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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Killed His First Cousin,

Friday morning Mr.. Dave Hath
cock, from the lower part Of the county,
cana to the city, walked into the once
of Sheriff Cathcart and announced tnas
ha had come to deliver himself to the
sherif-that he had killed his hrst
cousin, Mr.. Mack Haithcock, Thurs.
jsy night. The sheriff took charge OF
him and he was committed to jail. Iae
coroner was notified Of the homicide
and left as soon as possible to hola an
inquest. The tragedy seems to nave
been the result of family teua Or
long standing, it being particularly
hitter between the two men. The facts
Of the affair as related Friday were
about as follows: It appears shaV s .
menber of the family of MIR. BoWens
was sick and the neighbors kindly took
it upon themselves to attend the SICK
person and do what they could to re-
iieye his sufferirgs. Mack Halthcock
seems to have been at the house IN az
vance Of Dave and he was evidently ex-
pecting trouble when Dave came up'
According to the story as told there
Mack was in the yard when Dave came
up. Dave had double-barrel shotgun.
BE and Mack had some disputs>sed Il
is alleged that Mack strucs/Da7e 9
heavy Blow with stick which he car
red. -laRs therefore enpSed The load
Of his gun in MacE's body, killing him
almost instantly.-Cclumbia State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Slaughter Goes On.

A dispatch from Manila says: About
300 Of the enemy have been killed re-
Gently in the North Ilocos, including
Dodd's fight and the attack on Batoc ~
April Is, when from 600 to 700 rebels,
a quarter Of whom were armed with
rifles, determinedly attacked the Am
ericans, charging their positions and
fighting at close quarters. The engage
ment lasted all the afternoon, the enc
my burning the town, but they we're
repulsed after the arrival Of American
reenforcements. The insurgents gen.
orally we're aggressive in that province.
They captured an Americc:n provision
wagon near Lapo. The America 'aV-
ing obtained evidence that the alcsdes
(mayor) of Lapo, Magsingal, Cabugas
and Sinait were holding treacherous
communication with the insurgents,
imprisoned them and burned Lspos'
town hall. There have been several
minor fights in the province including
an attack by 200 insurgents on LaVag,
April II, 40 Of whom were killed and
80 captured. Officers report that the
men Of the Thlrty-third regiment and
Third cavalry behaved splendidly under
very trying circumstances. There
were no American casualties at Batoc(N
where 180 insurgents were killed and
20 CAPTURED,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
A Sensational uttarauce.

Allen 0. Myers, Of Ohio, responding
to toast at banquet at Wichita, Kas.,
Wednesday night created q sensation
by his utterances. He drew dark
picture. The country was fast racing
to destruction, said he, and Mark Han
ma, William Mckinley and Great Bri-
tain were driving it. Then suddenly
turning toward Mr.. Bryan, who had
just flushed speaking, the speaker ex-
claimed You may be elected, sir,
by a million majority, but they will not
permit you to take the presidential
chair, Look at the fate Of William
Goebel. Men whose psstime is bribery
fad in murder an amusement. Ohio
was bought in 1895, the country was
bought, it will be bought again in 1900
and Mark Hanna's reward for it is a
seat in the United States Senate. II
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
& Black Fiend.

A dispatch from Greenville says
Jim Martin, negro, 40 years old,
who has worked at Piedmont some
time and who is we'll known about the
town, narrowly escaped being the VIC
tim Of lynchlng Wednesday. 1t is
alleged he attempted to criminally as.
sault Ethel Mccall, the three-year-old
daughter Of L. T. Mccall, one Of the
leading operatives at Piedmont. Mr..
McCall's friends we:e incensed beyond
control when they learned of the crime,
and it is said at Piedmont that they
would undoubtedly have lynched the
negro had they been given the opportu-
nifty. AS it happened, however, the
Cannon Ball train was late and the
officers who got hold of Martin quickly
carried him around through some back
streets to the depot and we're able to
get him in the Greenville jail within a
few hours after the alleged crime was
committed, and out Of Piedmont be-
fore Mr.. McCall's friends we're able TO
deal out vengeance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
a Close Call.

Miss Anna Brown, 14.year-old girl
living two miles from English, Indiana,
attended Sunday school at that place
Sunday afternoon, and started home
about o'clock, taking the railroad
track as the shortest way. She start
ed across trestle that spans a ravlne
about 800 feet wide, and had just
reached the center when fast freight
turned the curve near the trestle. She
saw it would be impossible to reach
the further side before the train would
be upon her, and she stepped to the
edge of the trestle, and, as the train
came up, swung herself down by her
hands, holding on to the cross'tles.
The engineer saw her, and as soon as
the train cleared the trestle he Jumped
from his cab aud fastened back to-
ward the girl. She was struggling to
raise herself and was almost exhaust
ed when the engineer caught her by
the hands and pulled her up on the
trestle. The ravine over which she
was suspended was fully Is feet deep.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
A Remarkable Case.

Harry Little was recently arrested at
Marietta, Ohio, on the charge Of enter
ing the store Of R Z. Race. he was
arranged before Mayor Sykes and en-.
tered plea of guilty to the charge Of
housebreaking. Within the last few
months his father was found guilty of
neriurv and sentenced to the Ohio
ppen;tent;ary. Since that time the boy
has been without a home. He said
that he realized Just what he was doing
and did it so that he might go to the
pepitentiary where his father was
Being unable to furnish bail bond he
WAS sent to Jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
THE PROEIBITIONISTs.
The Executive Committee Issues a
Call for Conference.

The Executive Committee Issues a
Call for a Conference.
A few days ago Fhhs State announced
that the prohibitionists had determined
to hold State conference, and gave a
forecast Of call then in course Of prep
aration. Wednesday the call vas is
sued. 1t reads as follows:
A State prohibition conference will
be held in the city Of Columbia, S. c.,
on Wednesday, 23l day Of May, 1900,
for the purpose Of considering the pro-
priety ofsuggesting candidates for COVER
norand lieutenant governor to represent
the prohibitionists Of South Carolina in
the Democratic primary, and also to an
nounce the principles and purposes Of
the prohibitionists in seeking to obtain
control through theDemocratic organizs-
ton Of the executive and legislative
departments Of the State government,
for the enactment and enforcement Of
measures which are in best accord With
the highest interests Of the people, and
which will take the State out Of the
liquor business.
For the purpose of obtaining full
and free expression Of the prohibition
lists in regard to these matters, call is
hereby issued for them to assemble in
their respective counties at the court
house on Saturday, 18th day Of May,
1900, to elect three representatives,
with alternates, to attend the State con-
ference on the 23d of May, with or
without instructions and to choose a
county chairman for the ensuing cam
psigu.
Joel Z. Brunson,
Chairman,
Wsddy c. Thomson,
J. S. Mofatt,
James A. Hoyt,
Jeremiah Smith,
G. D. Stanley,
E. D. Smith,
Committee.
As chairman Of the Prohibition State |
executive committee, / approve OF the
A. Y. Jones'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
MANY CLOUDBURSTS
People Were Drowned in the
Streets Of a Texas Town.
THE CITY WAS FLOODED.
The People in the Portion OF the
City Suffering Most Fled
From Their Houses

An electric storm accompanied by
rain in torrents, visited Waco, Texas,
Friday. The city was flooded, doing
great damage to property. The bodies
Of two known and one unknown deao
have been recovered and three others
are known to have perished. The ous.
mess streets were converted into rivers.
Such food was never before seen
there. The rain resembled a succession
Of cloudbursts. Easements were hooded
on Franklin and Washington streets
and on Austin avenue. Waco creek,
on the south side Of the city, and Bar,
ron's branch, on the north side, poured
their surplus water toward the centre OF
the city and formed sea 10 the onsl-
ness district.
At present the exact number OF per-
sons drowned cannot be sscertalneo.
Mrs. Nancy Gaudle and her daughter,
who resided with Mrs. Norton at the
cornor of Jackson and Seventeenth
streets, are among the dead recovered
from the food. The house was IN the
Waco creek overflow and the two ladies',
in spite Of efforts at rescue, were swept
away. MIR. and Mrs. Norton were
saved. Their house was destroyed.
VIM. Walker, negro was drowned IN
the Barron branch overflow and ms
body was recovered. At the corner OF
North Second aud Barron streets an
arched bridge which had withstood for
80 years gave way and three negroes
disappeared with the bridge. Thelr
bodies have not been recovered.
The storm commenced at 4 O'Clock
Friday afternoon and the water fell IN
vast sheets, one cloudburst toaloW!ng
the other, the water courses rising
above the divides and uniting into a
fosming and raging sea. The people
in the portion Of the city sIneclns
most fed from their houses. Inc nie-
men and police and hundreds OF cltlAens
rushed to the rescue, but the water was
too swift for them and at least SIX per
sons lost their lives by drowning IN
less than FIVE minutes. The NAN
Bosque and its tributaries are Overflow
ing large district and running Vasua-
BILE crops. The Brazos river Is ten feeS
above the danger mark and is still rs
ing. The property loss at waco WIZ
be fully $4,000. As the city Is olVia,
ed into sections by the high water al
communication is cut Of between the
various divisions, complete list OF the
desd At this hour cannot be given.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
RAVAGED By FIRE.
Two Thousand Five Hundred Build
ings Destroyed.

A fire ragged in Ottawa and Hull,
Canada, on Thursday from about noon
until late in the night, destroying more
than $500 dwelling, factories, mills,
stores and other buildings, entailing
loss estimated at $50, 900, 900, and rem
dering $4,000 people homeless.
Half dozen churches and schools, a
number Of mills, the Hull wsterWorks,
the Hull court house and jail, the post
Office, the convent-almost every bus
mess place and about 1000 dwellings
and shops in Hull have been destroyed.
Indeed practically nothing of Hull is
left but church and few houses be-
yond it.
The spot where the fire originated is
about quarter of mile from the
main street Of Hull and as gale Was
blowing from the northwest right in
the direction of the lumber piles and
mills OF both the Hull and Ottawa
shores Of the Ottawa river and Chadul-
ere falls, it was soon seen that the FIRE
was almost certain to be large one.
By half past II o'clock the fire had got
good hold Of Main street and the en-
tire street, with dozens Of cross streets,
was burned. Practically there is not a
house left in the street. About this
time the fire made jump Of nearly
half a mile aud ignited Eddy's wood
yard, near the match factory. Itwas
soon in flames and so mile an hour
gale was blowing high column Of
fame across Bridge street and set fire
to the Eddy paper mill and the other
buildings Of the company. The fire at
this time also sprang across the Ottawa
river apd caught the sheds in the rear
of the Mackay Milling company on Vie.
toria island and in a few minutes the
lumber piles on Victoria, Chaudierie is-
lands, one of the power houses Of the
Ottawa Electric company and half the
buildings on the two islands were IN
flames.
Hull has a population of about 49,
900 people and more than half Of them
are homeless tonight. The entire bust
ness part Of the city, including the
court house. postofice, public build
ings and newspaper Offices is one mass
of ruins. The population is almost en-
tirely composed Of people who work in
the mills or who derive their business
from those works. The FIRE crossed the
Ottawa river in the afternoon, took
hold among the lumber piles on the
brink of the river and extended to the
lumber yards and mills. The result is
that the whole Of that part Of Ottawa
known as the Chaduiere fats, sur
rounding the Canadian Pacific railway
station where the lumber mills are all
located, is fre-swept. The only build
ing standing in the whole area is that
of the Ottawa Carbide factory, which
is neHily erected and ireproof.
From the fats the Ere extended
across the Richmond road on the Roch-
estervillo and ss far as the experiment
tai farm. Westerly the fire took in
Huntonburg and NIechanicsVille, 50
that on the Ottaway side Of the river
there is larger area covered by FIRE than
on the Hull side. 1t is estimated that
at the present time the number Of peo-
pie homeless in the two cities and SUBJ
urban towns is not less than $4,000
and it may reach $4,000. The fire
burnt itself out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Eops Killed Him.

Tom Jackson, an old negro so years
Of age, died last week on the place Of
Mr.. Lutte CHM, near Gainesville, Ca,
from over-feeding himself on Easter
eggs. He had been hearing Of Easter
eggs and thinking they were better at
that time than any other, bought two
dozen, cooked them and ate them on
Easter Sunday. The next Wednesday
he died.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02

corn and rice were planted, as well as
potatoes, sorghum, melons and gardens.
The ground was, however, too cold for
quick or favorable termination.
Tobacco in beds grew slowly, and
plants remained small. The prospects
for peaches, plums and other fruits
were NOT impaired during the month,
and remained very promising. Wheat
and oats grew slowly, but maintained
the stands that were left after the Sc.
we're weather of February.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Rig Nancy

New Orleans is to spend Sl4, 900, 600
for water, sewerage and drainage I'M
provements. The Crescent City con-
tractors and politicians will no doubt
wax fat and prosper during the next
several years. However, should the
improvements result in making the city
comparatively immune to yellow fever,
the money will have been well invested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
The Leading Issues.

A special from Wichita, Kas., to the
Chicago Times-Herald says: Neither
Editor Morss nor any one else can sue
ceed in getting me to abandon free sill
yer. I favor it as much as I did in
1896. While free silver will not be the
leading issue in this campaign, it will
be one of the issues" VIM. j. Bryan
made this fatfooted statement during
an interview here Wednesday afternoon.
Asked what would be the leading is
sues, Mr.. Bryan said: TRUSTS and
imperialism will be paramount" -"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Fifty Filiuinos Killed.

a dispatch from Manila says officers
9ho have arrived there from Nueva
Caceras, province Of South Camarines,
bring details CT fight April l6, in
which fifty Filipinos were killed. The
American outposts reported 300 ma
tives assembled three miles from the
town and General Bell sent three de-
tachments Of the 45th regiment, with
two Maxins, who nearly surrounded
the Filipinos, majority Of whom were
armed with bolos.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Will Wake Them Up.

The Columbia State says some per-
sons appeared surprised that he use of
large FIRE crackers on the Fourth Of
July has been forbidden in the District
Of Columbia, but it is natural that the
celebration of that anniversary should
be annoying to those who are trampling
under foot the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence. However, there will be report
from Kansas City to wake folks up on
that date this year"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
An EZperimenf.

A train of seven cars with fruit is on
the way from Los Angeles, CAL, to
New York. Instead Of ice iqui6ed air
will be used as the refrigerating agent,
one bottle to each car. If this proves
success TIippler will have scoop on the
ce man
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Tha niRaranca.

Some days ago three negroes were
lynched in the state of Pennsylvania.
The northern papers are having, very
little to say about this Pennsylvania
outrage. If the same thing had occur
red in the south the Republican papers
of the north would have hoWled over 1t
for months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Will be Cut Short.

It is predicted that the foods at this
time will cut short the cotton crop in
Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, as it
is too late to get the land in shape for
planting in time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
GGes tn Prison.

Thomas J. Hunter, a late swell socie-
ty man Of Atlanta, who found that his
salary az auditor Of the West Point
road was not enough to properly sup
port his heavy swell in society,
has been sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary for embezzlement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
The Winning Girl.

1.-The girl that carries of the young
man the easiest" says the Indianapolis
Journal is the one that knows enough
not to know too much.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
& GIRL Manager.

Miss Annie Kitchener, Of New Phil
adelphia, Ohio, is said to be the only
young woman superintendent of a rail
road in the world. The road which is
under her charge runs from Canal Do
yer to Unionville, distance ofthi7teen
miles, and is owned by her father, Maj.
Kitchener.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
4 Coincidence.

The Des Moines Register says:
''Siegel, Cooper & Co., will run their
great department stores in Chicago and
New York on the cooperative principle
after Msy |, and will give their clerks
pensions as well as grant them share
of the profits. Down with the heart
less corporations" Commenting on
the above the Columbia State says: 1T
is something more than coincidence
that the hesdnan Of this firm supported
Bryan and free silver in 1896"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Ra1ievas in Brvan,

The Knoxville Sentinel says all this
talk of Bryan's election being impossi-
bic is mere poppycock,- and proceeds to
show how he can be elected. The Sen"
tinel's figures are plausible.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Killed in a Runaway.

Dr., James Reeves, physician resid-
ing at Calhoun, Ca, was thrown from
his buggy while the horse was running
away and instantly killed Thursday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02
Seven Drowned.

Seven negroes were drowned near
Jackson, Miss, in the high water rec
sulting from the recent heavy rains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-02

As chairman of the Prohibition State
executive committee, I approve OF the
foregoing. A. Z. Jones'
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-04-06

when he saw the devoted attentions
she received from so many men-ofsi-
GERS. civilians and cadets. Old CashtOn
came up now as regularly as Saturday
night came around, and there were
others. Margaret Garrison was more
talked about than any woman in Or
ange county, yet who could report any
thing of her beyond that she was a uni
versal favorite, and danced walked, pos
sibly firted with dozen different cav
alters every day of her life. There were
some few people among her accusers,
demure and most prOper-even prudish
women, of whom, were the truth 10
be told, o,little could not be said.
Gov" Prime tool, the only kind OF
room to be had in the house. so full was
it-a little seven by ten box on the
Office floor. He would have slept in the
cOalbn rather than leave her. He saw
her go off TO the hop looking radiant,
glancing back over her shoulder and
smiling sweetly at him. He rushed 10
his trunk, dragged out his evening
clothes and stood at the wall looking
on until the last note of the last dance
he, a noted German leader in the
younger set and the best dancer of his
years in Gotham. Not so much as
single spin had he, and he longed to
show those tight-waisted, buttOn-be-
strewed fellows in gray and white how
little they really knew about dancing.
well as many of them appeared on the
floor His reward was rendered as the
hop broke up. She came gliding to him
with such witchery in her appraised face.
Now, sir, it is your turn. / couldn't
give you a dance, for my card was made
out days ago. but Mr.. Latrobe was glad
enough to get rid Of taking ne home.
He is daft about Nita, and of course
she can't let him take her to more than
one hop week. Mr.. Stanton is her
escort tonight"
Then she placed her little hand on
his arm, and drew herself to his side,
and when he would have followed the
others. going straight across the broad
plain to the lights at the hotel. turned
him to the left. I'm going to take you
all the way round, sir" she said, joy
ously. Then we can be by ourselves
at least ten minutes longer"
ITO Be Continued