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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
s DEST &HA:G, THIEF.
Killed One Han aud Wouude6 Az
other ard Wife

\ dispatch from E!Ocr,o:., Ga says
ThurSdsy morning a5oa; 5 COX VII
liam Branch. colore5, sho; asa air. :,st
Instantly killed George Bcii, 3 res,.ees.,
ble ard wel;-to- &c ycung wb:te m.u.
At night, BeiI, in comnaay @i,il is
friend, u Mills, were re;aru;Dg h smc
frclu Eiber,on aud mes H5aac; ca is
roa5 with load Of cot:oi :s@3 bei;ev-
ed be had stolen. Ml.!S ,arteG ;o"agd
hin, vhcn Branch sb&, hi.1 ii Tax
arm. Bel, with Two ot3c, fl;ssds. a1-
pretended Braoch anG 5eg:c Iu4re&.
ing him 10 town. Su4d.uiy b:acch
snatched Bells gun iroJa tiu an1
shot Kim twice, the spIire second
lead enteri7g tie righi iung. li.,i2g
MIN almost instantly. bcar ch ;;oSe
away, aud was wounded b. lir 6. i.
McL1Dahaa, but manage! % escape.
Pursuit was Immediately ocsua. Later
the sheriff and posse weo, IN !,u:sUit.
About II O'Clock Thursday nighs an
uoknown party went 20 tle wildo@ OF
George Il. McLanahan, vino lives about
three miles below Elbertou, AID shot
him and his wife as they were retiring.
Mrs. McLanahan is not badly hurt, It
is thought that Mr. McLaaahan IS IA
tally shot. Mr.. McLarahar Is one Of
Eiberton most respected anG weilto DO
farmers and the attempted assassination
has caused the intense Indignation Of
the entire community. Medical atter-
ton has gone to the wounded people
and large parties have gone in search Of
the perpetrator of the crime. It was
found cut later that Branch was the
assassin. He vas captured Friday and
lodged il jsil, from where he will be
legally executed after his trial, which
will take place at once, uo!ess he IS
hung by mob, as threats Of lyrching
and burning at the stake are freely
made by an excited people. 1t is be-
lieved the sheriff will Try 10 outwit the
crowd by taking the Negro TO Atlanta.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
4 Fool College President.

A dispatch from Jonesville to the
Greeaville News says Misses Eta
Hsmes and Lizzie Littlejohn vent to
Hickory, n. c., to enter Claremont
Female college. After the two young
ladies spent one night and looked
around they were dissatisfied. They
would not be matriculsted and pro-
posed to return home. The president
demurred and refused to let them go.
They wired nome the situation and
their parents wired them to return,
but the president still refused to let
them go. Miss Littlejohn got away
and came home. +. L. Hsmes went
over to Hickory after his daughter and
President Eattoa refused to give up
her trunk or the trunk of Miss Little
John. Mr.. Hames offered to pay the
expense Ct the girls while they were
there, 5ut his offer vas refused and ne
employed an attorney, who took out
proceedings of claim and delivery and
the trunks were released and MIR.
Hamcs returned with his daughter and
the baggage. a damage suit may be
the result.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
MANNING, s. c.. WEDNESDAY,

every Anxiety to se}j. Undoubtedly
the high price sif,a5y scared mas
tempted uiany TO 2 rtGay the crop
prospect IN their respective sse;i2aa ii
as most unfayorab!e I;gh; as noSrl5!e
Reports are comips IL !r' III sections Ct
Louisiana just contrary 20 wh>t nas
teen claimed By various sntho7:,lss As
to the crop out.o,k. Aeoor:ing TO
these the promise suTpsSsts anything
known IN previous S%&So@s. ArrYa'S
Of cctton in these f.vcrtG sections Lave
been unusually heavy, 81 uuch SC IS to
give rise to the belief nat arena:Aat
heavy yield will result ln&smach as
these reports are coupled wiki state
ments to the effect thai most faTor1o:n
conditions have enabled very r&rid
catherine and that planters are u>iag
unnsuai haste TO avail themselves &: 't2
bi2h Level Of prices it wyu,d Be ua-sf2
10 conclude just yet, tha h. c':y 70
ccipts Indicate 3 ieusESatj3 10y
yieid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
FACTS ABOUT TRUSTS.
The New York World Gives Hanna
an Object Lesson

Under lhe heading of Facts About
Trusts" the New York World continues
to consider tie crigram Of Hanna,
There is not trust in the enti1e
United States. First, The World gave
brief but comprehensive history Of
the wire trust and its workings, and the
second trust thus considered is the salt
trust, of which The World says:
The salt trust. known as the National
Salt company Of New Jersey, was in
corporatcd March 20, 1899. It's capi-
tai is So, 900. coo. This company has
natural monopoly in interior States,
while tariff duty averaging about so
per cent. gives to it an artificial NO.
nopoly on the coast. 1t is also said to
have an understanding with the salt IN
ION Of Great Bcitain. Under existing
conditions this trust is likely 10 add the
full tariff duty to the price Of its pro-
duct, which will amount to between
81 600. 900 and s., ,O00, 900 a year.
The general belief is that this trust
is controlled by the Standard Oil pco-
pie. Its New York Offices are in the
building of the Standard Oil company,
apd the Standard Oil attorneys in Ohio
have appeared for it in the suit brought
against it in that state for the purpose
of testing is powers.
TIE trust has closed one plant which
it OWES and several other plants which
it has leased.
Since the trust has been established
dairy farmers in Michigan, at the
works, have been obliged to pay 50
cents barrel, instead of 35 cents, the
price in 1896. In New York city dairy
salt costs 81 40 Instead o! 81, the cost
in 1896, and 81 10, the cost in 1897
In other interior states which do not
themselves produce salt the price has
been about doubled.
Prices began to increase the moment
the salt makers got their duty and per
fected their combination. Salt had not
only been comparatively cheap under
the Wilson tariff, when il was on the
free list, but domestic production had
increased more than importations.
The addition of the tariff tax to the
price Of the domestic product would
alone make a profit of almost 81 per
cent. on the trusts common stock.
Evidently, The World intends to
keep up these lessons on trusts. They
constitute the best answer that could
be given to Han1a's foolish statement,
aud the national committee Of the De-
mocratic primary party would Go we'll
to circulate them as campaign liter
ature.
A point to which attention should be
directed is that the tariff makes pos
sible the salt trust, just SIS it promotes
the wire trust and all other trusts. In
proposing to remove the tariff from
classes of goods made or controlled by
the trusts and thus allowing conpetl-
tion from abroad, the Democrats offer
an effective and practical remedy, for
an examination Of the matter, such as
The World has made, shows that IN
nearly every case the power of the trust
is fostered by the tariff which shuts
out foreign goods and allows a domestic
monopoly which can fix prices and regu-
late the market to suit lis own pur-
poses. The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
BRIAN'S CHANCE
Of 8eirg Elected P asit;Sn1
Seems 10 Sa Coco.
A WINNING comRINaT;cH
Teh EI, c}cya! Votes Tha& Wou'd
Garry is;m TO V CT ~.
States re IS KY
20 Cary,

4 Washington dispatch says o. late
vast Gcsi Of attention has ceatered On
New York, anG il spite Of overwbelm
ing odds favoring Mckinley, the posi-
bility of the Empire State giving ,hiv-
ty-six electoral Votes to >lr. Bryan are
discussed by deserving mo0 core thar
any other Political topic oE the day.
There are certain forces in New York.
Roosevelt's majority for Governor vas
SO small, and the tendency Of large
independent vote is so difficult 70
fsehom, that one is justified perhaps IN
placing thst State at present IN the
doubtful column, where four weeks ago
1t seemed bus fair to reckou It as surely
for Mckinley by big ajorlty. The
saying is common one that If Bryan
carries New York and Indiana his eiec-
ton is assured. Yet il is Interesting
to note that he might have ;he elcc;ora!
vote of both those great States and
barely defeat the Republican caE5i
date, or be defeated himself. Accord
ing to the best s6vices the outlook IS
very brighton the Democrats in In
diana. By carrying the following
States the Democrats would elect Mr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Over at Last.

The South African war is com.
pletely ended, said the Lorenzo Mar
ouez correspondent to The London Daily
Telegraph. Many guns have been des.
troyed and hundreds of wagons and
thousands Of tons OF stores Of every
description nave been burned. Burn
ing wreckage lies in every direction IN
the Hectorspruit district. Any good
police force Ct 10000 men can effect
the complete pacl6cstion Of the coun-
try. 1t will be impossible for the
Beers in the future to mass a force
exceeding 1900. They are sick Of the
war and the lrishAmerican and other
mercernaries are ciamoring for pay
ment and they threaten the Boer 9TH
cials -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
HOWARD TO BE HANGED
He is the Man who Killed Governor
Geobei, of Kentucky.

A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky, says
James B. Howard, who has been on
trial for the past ten days charged with
being principal in the assassination Of
William Goebel, was found guilty
Wednesday, the jury fixing his punish
ment at death.
The fact that the jury addeliberated
all of yesterday afternoon without rea-
ching verdict led to the belief that it
was bopelesslv divided and this fact
made the verdict shock to Howard
and those who hoped fer his ultimate
acquitttai.
Howard did not lose his composure
when the verdict calling 70, the ex
treme penalty Of the law read in the
crowded Court room. Ha glanced at
his attorneys, who sat beside him, and
smiled and said nothing. After the
jury had been discharged Howard was
taken back to the jail and hare for the
first time he be trayed emotion, He
called for pen and paper md wrote
long letter to his wife, during which
tears cour5ed down his cheeks. He was
Joined later by his attorneys, who spent
coed part Of the day in conference
with him in regard to the motion for
new trial, which will be filed tomorrow,
snd Other matters in connection with
the case.
Howard and his friends are very
bitter in their denunciation of wit
nesses who, it is charged, we're in the
conspiracy to murder Goebel, and who
have since been manufacturing sesti-
nopy against others in order TO obtain
immunity for themselves
Jim" Howard, as he is commonly
known in the mountains, is strlk-
ingly handsome maD, II years Of age,
and would be one of the last to be
pointed out by stranger as the man
on trial. He had the record, however,
of being the leader Of the Howard
White faction in the Baker. Howard
feud in Clay County, in which numer-
Gus lives we're taken. He had killed
George Baker and was suspected Of the
sssassinatian of Tom Baker, who was
killed after the same fashion as Goebel
was, and Howard's friends believe that
these facts had very much to do with
the making of the verdict sentencing
him to tie gallows.
The trial Of Henry 4. Youtsey, Of
Newport, will be called at Georgetown
next Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
C0GHLAN's REMAINS LOST.
The Casket Was Swept Away in the
Galveston Storm

The storm which so recently swept
Galveston played havoc with the ceme-
teries. Mountains Of debris are piled
up in them, mounds were leveled,
bodies disinterred and vaults crumb!ed.
In the recent vault at Lake Vie
cemetery were the remains Of Charles
Coghlan, the actor. The vault IN which
the body reposed was heavy granite
structure of beautiful architectural de-
sign. This vault was not spared. The
combined force of wind and waves up
rooted the foundation and tossed aside
the heavy granite blocks like so much
paper. The Coghlap casket was caught
in the swift current and has never since
been seen. 1t may have hosted out to
sea or up the upper bay.
To those in whose care the remains
of the dead actor had been iutrusted
this freak of the storm has caused con-
siderable worry. A force Of men sur
veyed the cemetery and surrounding
country today, hoping to find some
trace Of the missing cssket, but their
searching was unreWarded.
Coghlan died at the fremont Hotel,
Gaveston, November q, 1898, after an
illness Of about four weeks. He came
here with his company, starring in the
Royal Box" Upon his arrival he
became suddenly sick, but his Illness
did not assume serious form until
about two days before his death. AT
the time of his death it was the inten,
ton Of his wife to have the remains re-
shipped to St. Louis for cremation,
Ccughlan's dying request being that ais
body he disposed Of in this way. For
some reason his wife did rot have the
remains shipped, but placed them ten
porarily in a receiving vault, expecting
to have them sent East this writer and
the wish of the dead actor and play
writer carried cut. All Of the city sex
tens in Galveston were droWaed With
their families.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Killed By His Prisoner.

Mr.. George Bell, a young white man,
was shot and killed about two miles be-
low E.berton, Ca, Thursday morning
by Will Beausch, a negro. Brsusch,
who had been charged with stealing
cotton. and had wounded young man
named Miles. vino attempted to arrest
him. was arrested BY Bell and announcer
nan While uader arrest brauseh
snstebcd shotgun from Balls hands,
b:ew ofF he top Of his head with it and
ascansd Posses sre out searching for
Prs1sch and if he be captured by
-, ,bers than the sheriff be is likely to
he severely GeaIt With oy a mob.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
FUNDS NEEDED.
Senator Tiliman Wants Some
From Scuth Carolina.
MARION COUNTY LEADS OFF.
Chairman Jones Urges Others to
Follow This Example. Money
Needed for Speakers in
Doup. fu! States.

The Columbia Record says Senator
Tilinaa, the member from South Caro-
lima of the national Democratic CON-
mittec, has again telegrapbed to Colonel
Willie Jones, chair man Of the South
Carolina Democracy, urging him to
raise fund for the employment ef
Bryan speakers. In response to this
appeal. Colonel Jones has issued the
following letter to the chairmen Of the
county Democratic executive commit
tees:
Dear Sir: l have just received
telegram from Senator Tillman, our
rational committeeman, who is with
the national committee in Chicago,
earnestly requesting NE to call on the
people in the state for contributions in
aid Of the national Democratic party.
The money is to be used to defray the
expenses OF speakers in the doubtful
states. While We all realize that South
Carolina will 60 for Bryan, it is GER
talniy our duty 10 co Wnat We can 20
help our Democratic friends in the
doubtful states. | vii! thank you to
take up this very important matter at
cnce and call upon all club presidents
in your county, and the people general
ly, to take up a collection among the
faithful, and please remit sums so col
lected to Col. U. X. Gunter, Jr., Sec
retary, or to me as chairman, and the
same will be RENTED TO the chairman
of the national Democratic committee.
Yours truly,
Willie Jones, Chairman.
Colonel Jones earnestly hopes the
county chairman will make vigorous
efforts to raise money for this purpose.
Senator Tiitman expects South Caro-
lima to contribute 81, 600, or an average
of 500 to the county. 1t takes work
to raise such sum.
The first contribution came in this
morning and was from Marion county.
P. B. Hsmer renisted check for $50
for the Democrats of that county.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Wont Have e WaikGver


The Washington Post say The
indications OF the hour are rh2t Mr.
Bryan is practically sure of election
without the vote Of New York or any
of its neishDoring States. Ii IS Lot a:
all bad situation from our viewpoints.
What it is from Mr. Mckipieys he is
demonstrating by his actions. He IS a
shrewd politician, aud he knc"s ;ha.
unless the tidal wave be is arcoupiering
now can be turned back and ula4e 20
rush IN the opposite direction within
the next two months his chances Of
exile to the village Of Canon ID MaToG
next are TOO coed to be ooatemp!ated
without grief.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Beers Destroy Things.

A dispatch from Lorenzo Ms-quez,
South Africa, says: Gen. Ian Hamll-
tons division and that of Gen. Pole
Carew have entered komafroort. Not
a shot was fred nor Boer seen dur
ing the march. Evidences Of the en-
emy's des;ructi7eress we're everywhere
to be seen. The bridges have beer dy-
namited, the stores, buildings snc
homesteads looted and burned, as had
also the railway property, al the chief
stations being mere masses OF smoking
ruins, among them kaap Muiden:
HectorspTuit and komatipoort. Atthe
last place there is an enorcccoI5 area
over which the Beers have wrought de-
struction.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03

MARYLAND a0d ke1tucky will be decis-
i've itr ogc parry CT the other, but, not
vitastsuGlug the hope that Rcpubli-
cans nave OF those States. the drift TO
date has been against them. The
B,owu Democrats ip kentucky, who
ARE 10 good degree goid Democrats,
:.a@>, thyeUXh their organization, &c
c.e:a,. ter 5ir BRYAN, but against tie
iijsl.ocralc candidate fVT Goveroor.
In any event, speculation on the out
ce4c Vi the election is bound to revert
t. New York. 1t IS q very common
mtg nowadays to refer to the Wat be
,wgen Croker and Hill is enaanSeF,ng
~ Democratic prospect, but II quite
y.Ubabye that as the campaign al
yaaces this VIZ viii stimulate tie Two
4ead. rs 10 "; IL thei: hardest Work Tor
Nj. Bryaa. Iamnlany Hal! may be ac-
cGsea OF bad govern mint, Dat one
shoud not forget that ae rule " he
pubhca2 coumuolties up the State IS
knowo by Nc@ York voters TO be dis
gQstiDs!y corrupt, though less widely
sdver,,sed. Tneiniifereuceot Of Repua-
iica1 voters II the STATE is very
ua.s,d, AID no man car tel! now pow
erfuily they vii! muster al the polls.
Mr.. Croker may net be pleased that the
scepteG Of Democratic power IS just
now N tie ar Nest, but at ~ the sane
tioie tho platt workers arc kn0wa 20 be
anything but enthusiastic over Gov.
Roosevelt, ard verdict that put hlm
cut OF bu5lccss would not DC unwei-
come. Ghe fact that al Publications
poiut to much lighter Republican Vote
Ia November than four years ago
brinss New York, as we'll as other
States, nesrer 70 the danger line.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Struck by a Tornado.

Two persons were killed and thirteen
Injured in the tornado snd el2To9uIs' %t3 D
which struck Ferguson, Iowa "ea9es- >
dav The dead are: George, aged s.
and Elmo, aged i, children OF John
Lovelady. Three persons were la:aliy
;nir-ad and the other ten sustained
nn,v 49, minor bruises and will recover.
Haif dozen houses, including the
Hntson hotel and the St. Paul Railroad
1enot. were demolished.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Murdered in New York

Charles s. Peck, one of ihe toremcs,
architects Of New York, was fouGd
dead Wednesday morning oo the sac
wsik il front of 403 YES: Sevao:seoth
street. His head was badly bruised,
Indicating he was c.u0oed or s2ndceg
ged. Az indication VI mGr!er IS tie
fact that nothing Of value vas f1-nd n
his pockets. He WAS man Of large
rpe cams
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Porto Ricans Can Vote.

The Board Of Supervisors Of Election
of Baltimore, acting upon the advice
of counsel, has decided that natives of
Porto REQ who have resided in the
State for year and in the county for
six months, when otherwise qualified,
may vote in the elections: that they
are citizens of the United States, and
as such are required to conform to the
local laws only.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
8 Destructive Charge

September q was the anniversary Of
one of the most terrible conflicts OF the
civil war. 1t occurred near Centralia,
No. Nearly 200 Federal soldiers riding
out after guerillas met here a body OF
arout 250. Scarcely dozen Of the
Federal soldiers escaped with their
lives, while Of the guerillas two only
we're killed and one NOR lily wounded.
There is nowhere in the istory Of the
world record Of charge more de-
structive. Only few Of the older
citizens remember the fight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
4 Missing Child.

The police generally Of this 'oTn Of
this State have received com
munication from the p2iics department
st Lowell, Mass, asking TIA: Sl@y
take hand in searching ioc George
ArthurDeDt, aged four years sac s2x
months, who disappeared from his
home II Lo@ell last week, M trace or
tidiDgs ct him has since beo0 oi:,aiaHG.
The boy answers to tho name of
"Artie. 4 reward Of $500 viii De
paid for the returu OF the hoy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Pirates on the West River.

Adyices from the West river IN
China report that piracy and brigand,
age aae increasing, and it is considered
probable that the river will relapse
into its CID state Of insecurity during
the winter unless active measures are
taken. Several minor piraticsl acts
are reported and it is also stated that
villages near Kun Ckuk have been
burned by brigands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
4 Curious Case.

4 curious case OF loss Of memory is
reported from Worms. A small land
osncr was st!tck by lightning while
p!owiag, the f ash passing through his
lat, Leaving hole as large as fist,
,i.eu dows his neck aud through. the
ploT handle into the ground. The vic
TIM, who was Ill for several days, fl.
nally recovered, but he has entirely loss
his memory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Shot BY Burglars.

Hon. Charles a. Collier, en- Of the
most prominent citizens in atlanta and
known generally throughout the South
was found early Wednesday morning
lying at the foot of the stairs in yard
back Of his residence, with bullet
hole in his left side ia the region of his
heart. Before laspinginto unconscious
ness Collier uttered but one word Bur
glars" Collier did rot recovered con-
sciousness and died Friday morning.
H,5 pistol was found back Of him under
the stairs. His head and hand were
badly bruised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
AL Saved.

Though separated Vy the store AID
washed IN different directions, Ill the
members Of the Stub5s family at Cal
weston were rescued. Father. mother
and two children were on 2 bo1ung
roof that broke in pieces. he father,
with one child, went orc way, The
mother went another, and The remsin-
ing child went in still d third direction.
Sunday evening ali four were reunited.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Good Field,

There IS a big f4ld for missionary
work in Wyoming, Out Of population
of about 1900 10 large district it is
estimated that less than 5000 are
evangelical Christians, and they are
widely scattered over the 81, 0GO miles
of country in which the centers of
population are from 80 to Is miles
apart
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03
Paste This in Your Eat.

The time is drawing near now when
interest will be warm IL the presiden-
tial contest, sDd when a MAJ wants the
data of the electoral vote at his fingers
ends. Not every man is blessed with q
ready and retenti7e memory; and those
who are not viii find it helpful to cut
out the following list Of states, with
their votes in the electoral college, and
keen it for ready reference: