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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Co ught a Fire Bug.

There is self-confessed frebug be-
hind the bars in the Jail here. A negro
by the name of Ossie Shackelford was
arrested at Mclean station and brought
here and put where she is now, together
with another negro by the name Of
Mundy. Ossie confessed to the au.hori-
ties that she had set fire to two houses.
She said she was working for Mrs.
hopkins on Broad street and several
weeks ago she broke some crockery for
which she was reprimanded and told
that the amount would be taken out OF
her wages. Later she did some Of her
household duties in such manner as
to again cause her to be reprimanded.
This aDgered her and she took the bur
Ter from kerosene lamp and poured
the contents on some clothing in
closet and lighted it. She also ac-
sno*ledges having fred a double tene.
ment house on Center street, which
*as occupied by Tom Lark and Tom
Pope. before it was burned. She said
>he did this because the negroes living
in the house did not treat her right
Augusta Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
An East Side Doll.

.I wish" said young lawyer, who
| has IN office in New York and a home
in brooklyn, that had kept account
Of the queer incidents I have noticed
in the course of my walks through the
east side on my way to the ferry. One
Of these incidents-it happened one
rainy day last week-made a particu-
larly strong impression on me. was
hurrying along Cherry street. holding
nv umbrella between me anu g. fine
driving rain, when noticed little
girl ahead Of me. She was very little
girl, not more than or 6 years old,
poorly dressed and quite unprotected
from the rain, so far as an umbrella
went.
81 hurried along, vaguely thinking
about how wet and cold and miserable
the child must be, and reiterating in
nv mind a determination, to which I
often come, not to go home by the fer
ry, but to take the bridge for~the e3-
pess purpose of escaping the sight OF
the children down there. When
came quite up to the child she turned
suddenly and faced me. She looked up
with the most engaging smile and said
quite simply but pleasantly:
"'My dolly's a'seep.'
81 looked down and discovered she
was nursing in her little arms q whis-
key bottle, quart sized and unadorned,
save for white label discolored by the
rain. What did 1 do? Oh, l ac-
quiesced in the dolly theory and ez-
pressed few of the adult idiocies usu-
al under under those circumstances.
Then took a good look at the shining
eyes in the child's rain-wet face and
went on. But in spite Of any care in
impressing on my mind the fact that
her eyes We're happy, I haven't been
able to get rid Of the recollection OF
that dolly."-New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Another Georgia Fiend.

A dispatch from Fitzgerald, Ca,
says: "At about 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning a negro named Bill Clark en-
tered the home of Mrs. Sarah Baker,
white, aged nearly 20 years, and CEN
mitted a criminal assault upon her.
Mrs. Baker came here from Miun"apo-
lis, Mum. Nearly all the residents of
the town are irom he north and uurth
west. it was several hours before Mrs
Baker was able to apprise her neigh
bors IF the outrage. The man vas cap
tured and positively Identified by his
victim. Arrangements were made for
a lyDching when cooler counsel PIE
vailed for the time aud preliminary
examination was held and Clark was
ordered committed to Jail. While the
trial was in progress the lynching Splr
it arose agalu aud arrangements were
made to hang Clark as soon as hands
could be laid upon hun. Lcaraing Of
this the officers spirited him away out
Of back door. The mob, made up OF
both northern and southern men, IS
still looking for him. Should he be
found he will be hanged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Gloomy ForebodiDgs.

a gentleman IN Augusta has received
letter from private correspondent In
which he refers to the political status
in this country and the impression
which 1t has created upon the minds Of
Republican citizens Of France. We
quote the following paragraphs from
the letter: You speak with much l,a
trio,ism about Old Glory aud the Stars
and Stripes. Twenty years back that
was all right, but si1ce the &. 0. P.
is in power, with its gold standard, but
with 40 god il IT'S treasury; with all
the trusts and Combinations; making
war against the Filipinos and siding
with England against the Boers, don't
see that am very proud of our flag
which used to stand for liberty, but
now means highway robbery"
1t did me good TO hear ". J. Bryan.
He said We had better t.ke down that
rrca; statute in the harbor Of New
York ol Liberty Enlighteuing the
World, anI get in its place second
hand statute Of George, the Fourth OF
England; it would be more appropriate
and better suit he occasion aud the
time. If re don't have change soou
Of some kind think | viii live to See
the day when we will have dictator
here OF au emperor. Ne are going
that way sixty miles an hou;. R~pu5
li;aD Freuchmen told me If the Unl-
ted State, kept on this way for another
ten years, increasing the army, getting
colonies aud doing everything like We
are ding in Europe, we are all gone
The Uulted States will fall and we will
fall, and then it vii! be a long time be-
fore another republic can stand. y
News aud Courier
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
- An Annoying Book.

The Arkansas Legislature will be
petitioned to forbid the sale Of book.
The citizens Of Fort Smith have the
petition we'll under way. The petition
states that the book is calculated to
prejudice the public against Fort
Smith.
The book is the life story of the
Hanging Judge" the sterrest Of all
American justices. 1t is the biography
Of Judge Isaac Charles Parker. The
title is Hell on the Border" Judge
Parker was known as ''The American
Jeffreys." He sentenced 200 men to
death. One of his chief executioners
alone hanged eighty-siX men. His court
was a continuous performance. He
opened court at s a. N. and sat in Judg-
ment until dark. When he passed his
first sentence he burst into tears. Not
withstanding that he afterward SEN
fenced 199 men to death and sent 1919
more to prison for life. He was burned
and hanged in effigy in Indian Terri
tory. On the day of his death there was
a joyful riot in the old Jail at Fort
Smith. Ark.
he had two ruling principles: do
equal and exact justice" was one, and
the other, Permit no innocent man to
be punished, but let no guilty man es-
cape" Men were hanged in squads,
FIVE at time, on the Fort Smith gal
lows by his order. He was at once the
most esteemed man in Arkansas and
the most hated man in the Indian Ter
ritory. Though he passed the death
sentence upon 100 men, Judge Parker
was opposed to capital punishment. He
administered justice according to the
laws Of his state. He quarreIed with
and won a victory over the Supreme
Court of the United States.
George Maledon, slim. 1.-THE. smileless
and GS years old, the man who hanged
eight-eight men,, Judge Parker's able
lieutenant the ''Prince Of Hangmen."
as they picturesQuely put it in the
West. the most famous e1ecutioner Of
modern times. is another figure Of
Hell on the Border"
George 81aledon was the hangman
during most of Judge Parker's admins
tration. He hanged eight-eight men.
He was dubbed Judge Par''er's under
derstudy." Very grim and picturesque
is the humor Of the West in such cir
cumstanceS.
S. W. Harmon served on the jury in
the famous terrible court a hundred
times. He is the author Of the me-
moirs Of what he styles "a great court
and greater Judge" to which he has
given the title, "Hell on the Border"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Gracie's Sticker.

It is really not a fathers fault that
that his little daughter supposes him
to know everything. Children are born
to have faith. But one parent should
have expected trouble when his child
began:
"Papa you went through the scien-
tific course at school, didn't your
''Yes. dear; I spent two years On
science"
"When you look in a mirror, the left
side Of your face appears to be on the
right side, and the right side seems to
be the left. The looking glass reverses
It, doesn't it,"
ayes"
"Then. why doesn't it reverse the top
and bottom Of your face the same
way"
"Nhy-er-ah."-Pearson's Weekly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
& Triumph in Science.

There can now no louger be any
question whatever Of the true scientific
value of the Kceley Cure for alcohol
ism and morphi1eism. Indeed, this
treatment was not actually offered to
the public by its ii>coverer, the ]at.
Dr. Leslie E. Keelay, until he had :!
careful xperimcniat:on and By other
methods assured himself of its safety
ard ctli:acy This treatment has al
rs:rir stood the test of time, and the
public confidence in its merits is con-
stantly strengthened by the publics
observation of what it has actually &C.
complished. The number of those who
have been cured at Keeley Institutes is
large enough to extend the proofs Of
its blessed fruits to every section Of
our couatry. The keeley treatment is
administered at the Kelley Institute,
Columbia. S. e..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
FREE BLOOD CURE
An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers

Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are
all durable by B. B. B. Botanic Blood
Balm, } which is made especially to cure
all terrible Blood Diseases. Persistent
Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes,
Scrofuia, that resist other treatments,
are quickly cured by B. B. B. Botanic
Blood Balm). Skill Eruptions, Pim-
pies, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales,
Blisters, Boils, Carbuncles, Blotcbea,
Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc., are all due
to bad blood, and hence easily cured
by B. B. B. Blood Poison producing
Eating Sores, Eruptions, Swollen
glands, Sore Throat etc., cured by B
B B. Botanic Blood Balm), in one to
five months. B. B. B. does not con-
tain vegetable or mineral poison.
One bottle will test it in an case. For
sale by druggists everywhere. Large
bottles 81, six for FIVE IS. Write for
free sawplebottle, which will be sent,
prepaid to Times readers, describe
symptoms and personal free medical
advice will be given. Address Blood
Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
4 WAR DICTIONARY.
Definition of Boer Terms Now in Ere

The following list Till be found use
ful by readers Of tie wal news. The
pronur citation Of the more difficult
words is given
Aapies river (Arpies) Runs through
Pretoria into the Limpopc
Afrikander.-A white man born in
South Africa Of European stock.
Berg.-A mountain.
Bethulie (Beth-ool! l!)-Town in the
Orange Free State.
Bltong.-Boer provendor Dried
meat.
Boer-A peasant.
Burgher.-Malcs over sixteen years
old po>scssir & ne franchise.
Con:mandant- Command'r
CommauGo.-A body tf Bocr>.
Commaudecr.-ro mobil:z' to r,qlI-
si,irn
Dan An artificial lake.
Dis>eiboom Pole cf an OK wagon.
Dnrga A waller hole rr ccep ditch.
pop = I}or brandy.
Drpp,r-rhc l'unrapical Lutheran
B.rr.
Drop ~ village
Dlit-A ford.
Etshowv (E,>h. ov!) ).-CaInp 10 Zulu
land. Residence Of commissioner.
Field Cnrnet.-A magistrate with
certain military powers.
Fonlein.- (. spring.
Gabclones (Gsb Der, ooB>j Very i'm
porlant native town, uinety miles North
Yf Mafeking
Geldephuis (Geld-den hisO For
merly member Of the Folksrsad for
Johannesburg.
Griqaalapd West (Greek-a-la =
District Of Kimberley diamond mines.
Kantoor (Kautor).--Rocky mining
valley near Barbertau, in Trsnsvaal.
Kip "A stone.
kloof "A ravire
Konali Pnort (ke marty-poor) =
Bordertown, Transyaal and Portuguese
territory.
Kopje.-A hillock.
Kraal A cattle pound, OF collection
Of native huts.
KraDlz "A cleft between hills.
Lager A Boer camp.
Mealies.-1ndian corn; staple food Of
natives, and much grown and used By
the Beers for bread. ETC.
Mex The saddle connecting two
hills.
Oorlog. Wa.
Palapswe Pal-larp sway Very
large native town in Bechuanaland.
Chief Khama's headquarters.
Pan-A sheet of water.
Pont A ferry.
Port pass between or over the
mountains.
Rama,hlabama (Ray.math. lay. bar.
me,) Near Mafeking: British camp.
RoviDek. k.-LiIeraliy red neck. Boer
term for English soldiers.
Schuin' Hoogte (Skelns.boog- tay -
Hill in Natal; just over the Transvaal
border. Battle in war Of 1881.
Sluit.-A dry ditch.
SpTulC.-A sinai! S!Team.
Taal.-The Boer Low Dutch Ian
guage.
Trek.-Traveling by OK wagon.
Uitlander.-A nonburgher Of the
Transvaal.
Veldt.-The South African prairie.
Neldt Cornet.-See field cornet.
Eerceniging (Fur-eeny.giu giug).-First
station On the TlansVaal side Of the
Vaal river. Custom 5ouse.
Vierkleur.-The four colored Boer
flag. red, white, blue and green. >
0Tiei-A small lake.
.lVoorlooper.-The boy.leading the
first span Of an OK team.
Eoortrekker.-The older generation
Of Beers who took part in the Great
Trek of 1887.
) Z.rp.-A Boer policeman.
i-t,Zoutsparberg (Zoot-pans-berg y
Very large northern district of Trans
vaal Highly nineralized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
DOG Leaves Home to Live With Foxes.

Cascade Township, Lycoming coun-
ty, has dog that was stolen by foxes.
and which now lives In the woods with
the sly animals that stole it n. J.
Maloney, a farmer Of the township,
had had several chickens stolen by the
foxes. Mr.. Maloney was not the only
person who missed some Of bis chick
ems. There were others. Some Of the
neighbors waited with shotguns for the
thieves, and four or FIVE foxes were
killed.
Instead Of doing that Mr.. Malone!
put a six-mcnth-old pup in a kennel
near the chicken coop. He thought the
dog would frighten the foxes away;
but he was mistaken. The first night
that the pup was put on guard the
foxes made raid. and, besides one or
two chickens, stole the dog. It was
thought that the foxes had killed the
dog; but several nights ago the dog
was seen going along the edge OF the
mountains with two foxes. The dog
has assumed the slyoess CT fox ana
can run nearly as fast as the foxes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Rather Natural.

Senator Lodge has delivered speech
in tie senate upholding the presiden-
tlal policy and declaring that the presi-
dent should be authorized to control
tie Philippines and our position be
clearly defined. He deprecated max
ing the Philippines party issue, which,
by the way, is rather natural from q
Republican standpoint. = Augusta
Cronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
A ROYAL BATTLE
spider and Hornet in a Scientific
FIGHT

Fight.
There was fight in the yard Of
house on Germantown avenue, says
Philadelphia paper, between a spider
and hornet about which a privileged
crowd Of spectators went wild. There
were no cries Of fake, for the fight was
to finish. True, the contestants dis
regarded Marquis Of Queensbury rules
and fought under the unsportsmanlike
regulations Of the old London prize
ring, but the affair was pulled of
without the knowledge Of the police
and there was no interference.
The scrap started by the hornet get
ting tangled up in the spiders web.
The spectators were drawn by the loud
buzz Of the hornet made in trying to
escape, and they started jeering the
spider because that wary beasS stayed
in his corner.
"Time' was called again and again.
'sPoke him up," suggested somebody
finally, but hardly were the words
spoken when the spider darted out
The fight was on. Betting five to four
on hornet on account Of heavier weight
and longer reach.
Round 1.-The hornet jabs with his
sting, but the blow falls short. Spider
very nimble on his feet. Makes rush
but we'll met by hornet, who swats him
with wing hook. Fiddling in the CEN
tre. both watching for an opening. The
spider goes to his corner. End Of
round l. Betting even. with few back
ers Of hornet. It was the spiders
round.
Round 2-Spider rushes at opponent,
who. as before, rears and strikes.
Again the spider, by clever footwork,
eludes the blow. The spider by his
ouickness makes the hornet look like
a novice, but if the hornet lands one
blow it is all over Both hesitate to
mix 1t up, and the crowd jeer. Round
in hornets favor. If anything. Betting
brisk at even money.
Round 3-Hornet comes up Iaboring
heavily. Spider dances around him,
bnt will not mix it up. Suddenly
rushes in and lands a beautiful blow
on the head, jarring the hornet. Breaks
away before the hornet, who is grow
ing weaker, can return. Another rush
follows. Both mix it up heavily. the
spider trying to land the finishing blow.
Hornet fighting grandly. All over. The
spider has just jabbed sting in solar
plexus, the hornet gives few convul-
sive struggles. falls and lies still. He
Is counted out and then eaten by his
victor.
There was much dissatisfaction
among the hackers Of the hornet, who
declared that If their fvorite had not
been drugged in the first place he
would never have entered the web.
Referee decides bets must be paid, how
ever.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Murdered by Robbers.

A dispatch from Baxley, Miss, says:
''Dan Minis, a prominent young farmer
living 20 miles from here, vas mur-
dered by two negro robbers Tuesday.
He vas on his porch when attacked,
and when his wife Ian out the rrtiians
had killed him. She tried to escape
with her baby but the negroes killed
the child and beat her SO cruelly that
her life is despaired Of. Officers with
dogs have gone from here The mur-
perers live in tie neigf.borhoo3 They
are both less than 20 years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
No Such Office.

Recently the governor has received a
number Of applications for appointment
as State fish commissioner. He asks
that it be stated for the benefit of these
applicants that there is no such Office
in this State. There was an Office Of
terrapin inspector, but the legislature
has abolished that and devolved the du-
ties on the county supervisors and COM
missioners. s.-Ihe State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Chicago is Sore.

Chicago is very sore over the nation
al Democratic convention going to
Kansas City. The Chicago Record
says: "1f Democrats had been warned
in advance, instead Ct paying Sc Tor a
nights slumber on cot in Kansas
City, they would have taken the $6 two
months ago and gone there quietly and
Bought a hotel"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Miss Wabash Amazed

What ts~that Old proverb about the
moss and tbe> rolling stoIe?' queried
the Chicago gir1>
"A revolving frI~nent Of the pale
ozo;c age collects no cesQtogamous veg
citation" replied her cou-.n ttEom Bos-
ton.
Lands sake!" calculated the Chica>
go girl, and let it go at that.-Chica.
SO NsEs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Follows the Flag.

The Charleston News aud Courier.
referring to the fact that ScLa.or J1ucs,
Of Arkansas, declared tine consti'u-
ton follows tie flag ii,c Ior'ner frc
ouent assertion that trade follows the
fag, and the reports from Manila that
saloons follow It, declares that alto
ge,her there is quite procession be-
hind the beloved emblem.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
How Johnny Replied.

On this particular evening his elder
sister had told him to say to Mr.. Hank
inson that she had g bad cold and was
sorry she could not come down.
On this occasion, also, he was in q
bad humor.
There was no candy.
Wherefore Mr.. HankinSon said
"Whcre is your sister, Johnny?'
Johnny replied
"She's up stairs sneezin' her blamed
bead of."-Chicago Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Suicide Of g. Lady.

Mrs. Sus,u Thirkild, aged sixty
three years, committed suicide Thurs
day Dlorning ten miles from Grecnville.
She was in good health, but had pre-
vicus!y intimated she would end her
life. She jumped in Reedy river and
was drowned. She was living with her
grandson.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

BrookvilIe. Pa. has crow hatchery,
said to be the only one in the world.
This birds jet black head makes a
handsome trimming for ladies hats.
ard mill;ners are credited with paying
- cents for each head. The eggs Of
COWS hatch in an ordinary chicken in
cuoator in fifteen days. and in eight
weeks the birds are big enough to be
guillOtined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
Farm Hands Wanted.

Five thousand waite farm hands are
wanted by the Hawaiian sugar planters
to meet the conditions imposed by the
Hawaiian government upon the grant
OF privilege 10 import more contract
laboTers from Japan. which conditions
are that an equal namber Of Caucasians
shall be induced to immigrate TO the
islands for every 5000 Asiatics here
after to be admitted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

& kingdom for cure.
You need not pay so much.
a twenty five cent bottle of L. L. & K.
Will drive all ills away.
See ad. and try it-never fails.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

We have walked eleven miles this
morning without stopping said one
Filipino soldier, discontentedly.
THAT'S so," answered the other.
I'VE might as well join golf club and
he done with it."-Washtngtcl Star.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
BLACK EYES.
Treatment for the Kind That Arc Not
Given by Nature.


When the patient is seen early, be-
fore discoloration has set in. cold com.
presses or evapoTating lotions are in
dicated; this reduces the swelling and
limits the subsequent discoloration.
But If the patient is seen after he has
fuliy-deyeloped BLACK eye" hot
compresses and massage are required.
The affected portion is smeared over
with vaseline and rubbed for 10 min
utes several time day. B.? frequent
massage and continuous hot applica-
tions the discoIoration may be almost
entirely removed within twenty-fou:
hours. The professional black eye
artists use poultice Of the scraDings
of a root, which is thought to be bI';..
ony root.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
NAV Be So Susan.

Susan B. Anthony declares that wo-
men will soon represent some OF the
states in Congress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
4 r C.. Dorsey

?. ST. am using it now myself.
It's doing ME good. Sold by The Muir
ray Drug Co., Columbia, 5. G., and all
druggists. II
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

Gainesville, Ca, Dec. S, 1899.
Pitts Antiseptic 1nvigorator in my
family and an perfectly that 1t IS all,
and will do all, you claim for 1t.
Nnnrs truly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14
a Crow Hatchery.

a single human heir viii support
four ouncos without i,:ca:;iA".
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-14

The People Do Not Concern Them
selves Much About the Rain, But
They Have Fine System Of Irri-
cation,