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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
People Who Make Sunshine.

There is a society that has for its
motto these words "If you have a
kindness shown you pass it On" There
is . sermon in few words. There are
thousands Of people who see much Of
the dark side Of life. They are poor,
miserably poor. Their lives are pinch
ed. They hardly know what kicd ness
means. Sickness to them means the
hospital and charity. So the Sunshine
Society vas organized, and It grew and
brosdened. There were noble women
behind it. Their hearts throbbed with
good feeling. They read to the sick il
the hospitals. They established free
library sectors in tenement districts.
and bright faced girls gave up after
Moons to instructiDg sid amusing chill
dren who needed just tina: kind Of help.
In addition, work vas found fer young
girls recovering from ill2ess AID 700
wesk to resume their regular positions.
Now tea rew resdipg snd amusement
sections are to be opened, ard s1n-
shine, IS warm and bright IS god IT.
pulses can make ii, vii; enter re ;iv:
Of psny people. It IS 5 Eoble 2hilaa-
thropy. It is practical, s1G i Is fou41
to have sn elevstirg snd encouraging
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
trhG BOY ana the Dog.

There is no truer friendship than
that Of the boy and the dog. There
are no happier days to which the
grown man may look back with a
tender regret for their passing than
the days spent in the old home fields
with the faithful four-footed COM
panion of youth Confidence between
boy and dog was perfect. The dog
perhaps was not thoroughbred, and
had come into the world minus a
pedigree, but the boy accepted him
for what he was, and in the blessed
ingenuousness of youth may even have
found an occasion Of added pride in
the dog in some characteristic which
he now knows was highly to the ami
mails discredit as determined by the
bench show standards. And as for
the dog, on his part, too, he took the
boy for what he was, asking of him
no more than that he should conde'
scend to make of himself demigoo
for unstinted confidence, affection
and worship. If the scientiSts would
devise way to represent the care
free happiness of boyhood days II
some equivalent of foot-pounds, the
amount of it justly accredited to the
companionship Of boy and dog woulc
be expressed in many tons.-Forest
and Stream.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
a Pathetic scane.

'The PRESIDENT is dying isn't he
Mr.. Cortl5 5ou, said Mrs. NJ K'nley a.
she met The secretary in the hall.
He is very ILL., "
"lknew it," Mrs. Mckinley sobb ID.
The doctor said I must not 60 into the
room when / went there this morning "
"Ycu may 90 into tie room 10 see
the president now, Mrs. Mckinley,
sad Seer targ Cortelyou, later.
How is he? How sad you 'o,k. Oh
see! TIE president is low-the rrss
ident is very low. My Gods the
president dying? l know it."
In the room, the preaid snt, under
stimulants, was conscious. He recog
nized lis wife. He smileG-or tried to.
my dear.
Then the wife bowed her hesd to the
bed cover. She recovered herself. She
smoothed the patients brow. Hs locked
st her-looked his thanks. There was
love in the glance. The wife took the
husbands hand, holding it in hers. H.
consoled Eer. He bsds her coed bye.
This was shortly after 7 o'clock. Still
she vas brave. Her fortitude was nj
raculous.
Mrs. Mckinley last saw her hu=bsnd
between II and IL. Al that time she
sat by the bedside holding his hand.
The members of the cabinet were ad
mitted to the sick room singly at shat
time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
South Carolina's Population.

The Genius bureau Thursday is
sued a bulletin on the school, militia
AID voting populations Of South Caro-
lima. 1t shows that $50 773 are Of
school age, including 354 foreign born:
OF the aggregate 2l8, 1913 are white and
342, $50 are colored, all but 49 OF the
last namcd being negroes. There are
279, $40 males of school age, of whom
279 1868 are native bora and 10, IT'S
are white The total native white males
of achcol age is 10, 598, Of whom all
but ], 849 are Of native parents. Fe-
males Of school age number 28l ,227,
ali but l76 being native born and lO7,'
549 being white. Males Of militia
age aggregate 236,76 Of whom all but
1906 are native born aud the tota!
white number 1O6 4O6 OF the lO4,:
983 native white all but 1855, are Of
native parentage and Of the l3O, 36l
classified as colored all but 78 are ne.
groes Males Of voting age aggre gate
283 325, all but 3, 104 being native born
and the total white number 13O, 375. Of
the 127 1896 native white all but 1879
are of native Tarents and all but 80 OF
tie l52 $50 classified as colored are
negroes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Where the President Died.

A dispatch from Buffalo to the New
York Tribune says the name Of John
George Mu burn, in whose beautiful
home President Mckinley died, has
become known to every quarter # the
elobs. l. is s,nethirg that Mr.. Mil
burn wcu,d rot have sought or
desired under ordinary circumstances,
for he has always disliked everything
that approached parade and notoriety,
and has never Put himself in the way Of
public applause. For twenty years or
more John G. Milburn has been know
IS one of the ablest lawyers in the
western psrt Of the state. In Buffalo
he has belonged to that class Of meE
who do not intrude themselves into
public matters, but whose opinions,
when given, count for much-the sort
of man whom the newspaper reporters
&, to Rnen the soundest jund gmsnt up-
on the gavest affairs is to be had. When
the business men Of Buffalo decided 10
build the Pan. American exposition it
vas this sort Of man they wanted at the
head Of the great undertaking, and they
selected John G.. Milbu,n bscusse he
wss giant intellectually, a g.ntleman
always, and honest beyond the auspi-
cion Of sny mans DOUBT. By birth he
is an EnglishmaD, and in Politics. 8
Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Eashiooa In Eocua.

If the question were asked: Why
do the rhinoceri grow their horns
upon the nose, instead of on the head,
like other animals? the answer would
probably be that they require them
for root digging and such like pur-
poses as we'll as for war, and the nasal
position renders them more general
ly useful than if they were fixed on
the top of the skull. At present the
rhinoceros is the only quadruped
which has a horn of this kind, but a
study of fossil mammals shows that
he is the sole survivor of a vast num-
ber of creatures whose natural weap-
ons were built on the same general
plan. In fact, in the days of the rhi-
noceros' early forefathers horns of
this kind were probably much more
common than those such as we see
on the heads of oxen, antelopes and
sheep. In the course Of ages the fash
ion in wearing horns has undergone q
radical change, but the rhinoceros,
who is essentially conservative
beast, has stuck to the oldeS method.
-Pearson's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Rseord SS Coal GonsuiantioA.

The machinery of two steamers,
the Inchdune and Inchmario, has
proved remarkably economical. The
engines are modification of the
neutrality-suspicious. hve-crank type,
advocated by the late Mr.. Mudd. The
working pressure has been increased
2e7 pounds per square inch, and the
steam is superheated to tempera-
ture approaching 500 degrees Fahren-
heit. The general result is that on
an extended trial from Hartlepool to
Dover the coal consumption was at
the unprecedentedly small rate Of
81 pound per indicated horse power.
If we increase this to one pound, 1t
works out to 15h tons per day for
ship carrying $40 tons at 9A
knots, or to 1874 tons at 9 knots.
In other words, one ton is carried
one nautical mile on an expenditure
of about one-third of an ounce Of
ceal. Taking coal at Is shillings q
ton, one ton of cargo is carried over
$50 miles for an expenditure of one
penny for fuel.-London Engineer
ing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Ghosts Use Telephone.

A nun Der Of Spiritualists are inter
ested in ghostly voices over the tele-
phone to Mrs Mary F. Bringman, a
medium who keeps a boarding house
at Springfield, Ohio. The mysteri-
GUS telephone is on the wall Of large
room, and had been there for some
time before the manifestations were
noticed. One evening a visitor was
startled by hearing the voices, and
finally the story was spread through
town. A well. known spiritualists has
said that he had no doubt that the
voices we're from friends IN the other
world II havs talked through the
telephone in Mrs. Bringham's," he
said. There can be no mistake IN this
matter, and it is not subject to be
treated hippantly."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
HOW MEN MAKE LOVE.
Some Do Il In q Grandiloouent Nam
oer and Fail to Make an
Impression.

All sorts of men in all kinds Of
conditions have made love to me,
While won't say that I loved them
all in return, they-that is those
who sent me fruits and flowers and
bonbons, not diamonds and gems,
succeeded best with me. Stage wom-
en- don't want big things; it is the
trifes that touch their hearts, says
Marie Dressler, in st. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Handsome men have never succeed
ed with me. They are generally too
overbearing and make you feel as If
they did you a favor by making love
to you. The little gentlemanly things
q man does win wonan's heart.
like q man who takes his hat of
IN my presence and the cigar out Of
his mouth the moment come nea1
him; who rises from the table and
remains standing while I am being
seated.
like the man who divines when I
feel draft and gets up to shut the
window even if it is in garden.
The man who wants to win my
heart mustn't do these things only
for few weeks, while I an getting
Interested in him, but keep right on
doing them.
The straightest way to woman's
heart is by small and gentlemanly
cou1teSes. It never fails. The man
who showers diamonds and costly
presents upon woman is usually
very ostentatious about it. The fell
low who comes along with bunch
of flowers or bonbon box makes
you feel as if you did him an honor
to accept his present. He'll win
where the other will get the cold
aboulder.
Love-naking is an art which wom-
en- understand much better than men.
Marie Dressler, in St. Louis Post
Oisaatch
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Strange Punsshment.

In Guiana, if a child is slow in it's
movements the parents apply an ant
to the child instead of a whip, to make
it move faster. This little ant bites
more cruelty than a mosquito, and its
bite is apt to be troublesome after
ward. AS you can imagine, the treat
ment does not make the child kind to
others, and the children of Guiana are
said to be particularly cruel to ami
mails. The little boys of Guiana do not
reckon their age by years, but by their
ability to endure pain. Until he gets
to the point where he can let the Hucu
ant bite MIN without wincing, he is
considered merely a baby.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Safety of Coaveyancea.

Railways, automobiles and bicycles
are safer conveyances than vehicles
drawn by horses, according to statis-
tics just issued by the French gov
ernment. In a single month es7 ac-
cidents occurred for which horses
were responsible, and in these so per-
sons were killed and ss5 injured.
There were 145 railway accidents,
causing eight deaths and injuries to
1877 persons. Thirty-eight automobiles
came to grief, and two deaths and So
injured resulted. Bicychsts had 11s
bad accidents, six died and 1i3 were
wounded.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Stormy Career.

Emma Goldman, from whom
Cz,lgo,z says he received tie impulse
to murder the President, is about 35
years old, the daughter of Russian
tailor. Without education, she was
brought up in a hotbed of anarchy,
near Koona, Russia. She came to this
country seventeen years ago and marri-
ed man by the name Of Gruenebaum,
with whom she lived in Rochester. She
deserted him after a year and half
and followed Louis Bernstein, an An
srchist, to this city, Since then she
has had many partners, disregard Of the
marriage tie being part Of her doctrine.
Assuming the name of Goldman, she
Joined Ansrchistic group knoWE as the
Pioneers Of Liberty. Her language was
so violent that they expelled her. She
associated herself later with the Gar:
man Anarchists and wrote signed
articles for Die Freihsit, John Most's
paper. She quarrelled with Nest and
on December IS, 1892, lashed him with
wcip IS be vas about to speak in Old
Fellows Hall. Alexander Berkmarn,
with whom shelived, shot Henry G.
Frick at the Carnegie works. Both she
and Berkman then joined the extreme
wing Of the Anarchists She made
her living by speaking. She vas ar:
rested for melting to riot in 1893 and
served 3 years term On BlaokWell's l.
land. While there she b; gan to study
medicine and took q degree after her
release. She LETT this city several
months ago. She speaks several Ian
guages, but her TRAD es are merely de.
nunciations of capital and the laws Of
societv, without logic or Argument
New York Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Ducheas, Trouble.

The duchess of Fife is one Of the
most quiet and retiring Of all the
king Of England's daughters. She
takes the greatest interest in the
bringing up Of her little daughters.
Some years since society was very
much disturbed by the case Of lit
tie child of high BIRTH who was ac-
cidentally found to be covered with
bruises inflicted by brutal nurse.
The duchess Of Fife said to lady
who was visiting her: "No nurse
would be able to Systematically
bruise my children's bodies, for not
many days go by that do not bathe
them myself" The lady misunder-
stood and remarked: do you trou-
bic to stay in the nursery to watch
their toilets?" II did not say I
watch" said the duchess, emphatic
silly. II said I bathe them myself
c. cago Times-Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Fatal Mistake.

Cornelia Wideman, q young colored
women, residing in Summerville tenn
porarily, died Thursday nigh at the
home of 8 relative in Eiizsb. thtoWn-a
negro settlement-northWest of the ar
senal. The woman was from Edgeield,
and was here to have her eyes treated.
She had several packages Of powders
which she was taking, and it seems,
from what can be learned, that she,
while in partially blind condition,
took the wrong powder a posion, and
took a large does of it. She grew
deathly sick, a nd, in a very short
time, died. There was no inquets
held, but it was thought for a while
that that tnere would be one-Augusta
Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
MRS. HUGHES GONE
With $4,000 and Mans Suit Of
Clothes She Decamps.


There is a defendant missing at Grim
inal court in Greenvil!e this week. The
celebrated Matte Hughes case was to
come up but the defendant is not there
and she is rot here, where her home
has been for more than year past.
She has been running restaurant al d
i. is generally conceded has made a
great desl Of money snd trouble.
Matte A Hughes ltfi this town last
week in the attire Of man. She sold
her restaurant business and for day
or so was sesn about town several times
with a mans clothing on. 1t has bsen
h;rted By some who preteEd to know
that she las eisher gone to Charleston
or Charlotte. 1t is not believed she is
in this city.
This WomaD has been the cause Of 9
great deal OF trouble. Nsarly three
years ago she killed her husband Geo.
w. Hughes, at Greers and three times
she vas put on trial, but in each case
m;strial resulted. Judge Townsend
hesrd the case first and it is his time
at Greenville again. A few liqucr cases
sre pending against her there.
In Spartanburg her course did not
improve and complaint resulted from
her establishment at the depot. Fights
became frequent and the police were in
demand A case for keeping a discr.
derly house vas made by the grand
Jury. 1t is understood she has threat
ened the chief of police. Several cases
for liquor selling are pending against
her. Mrs. Hughes is "ubtedly
away. She dressed up in SIS suit,
took $4,000, it is said, and went out to
see the Rorld.-Spar! a, burg Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
A Sumner.

One of those drummers who does q
good deal of driving about the coun-
try delights in telling about an old
time boniface who runs country
hotel within a days drive of Detroit.
"Sharp as tack" declares the
drummer. always as smooth as oil
until some one tries to make run
on him, and then he can get back
harder, faster and in fewer words
than any man I ever heard talk.
sI saw a man come in there one
day from the city. He is all right at
home, but was feeling his oats that
day and opened up on the old land
lord by saying: Hello, grandad, get
your frame into circulation. Don't
set around like bump on a log. I
want accommodation for man and
beast
"'Where's the man?' asked the old
chap, in a Aash."-Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Fighting Yellow Fever,

If the ship enters the mouth Of the
Mississippi with clean bill OF health
and no sickness on board she is al.
lowed to proceed to quarantine.
There the quarantine officer and his
assistant physician go aboard. The
reports of the master and physician
are received first. Then the crew Is
mustered, the roll is called, and, as
each mans nana is reached, he steps
out of line and extends his arm to
the physician, who feels his pulse,
and if the slightest abnormality Is
detected indicative Of fever the ciin.
ical thermometer is used at onco to
get the degree of fever.-Earl Nays
in Leslie's Monthly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Rough on the Bride.

At a small country church a newly
married couple were just receiving
some advice from the elderly vicar
as to how they were to conduct them
selves and so always live happily.
"You must never both get cross at
once; it is the husbands duty to pro-
tect his wife whenever an occasion
arises, and a wife must love, honor
and obey her husband, and follow
him wherever he goes"
"But, sir" pleaded the young
bride.
"1 haven't yet finished" remarked
the clergyman, annoyed at the inter-
ruption.
"She must"
"But, please, sir" (in desperction),
"can't you alter that last part? Ny
husband is going to be postman."
The King.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
State House Grounds.

The work of making a park Of the
state capitol grounds is being prose
cuted by Mr. M. R. Cooper, the score
tsry Of stste. His assistant, Mr. Jesse
T. CAN'T, is also taking great amount
Of int rest in this work, and has some
we'll defined plans. This cf6ce will re-
quest the legislature to appropriate
$25, coo for the purpose Of building
granite retaining walls around the ter
races which surround the capitol build.
ing. It is also the purpose Of the sec-
retsry Of state to have the walks bord-
cred with granite cuEbing. The monu-
ments and statues in the capitol grounds
are in need Of better mounting and the
secretary Of state will try to hsVe the
bases made for these monuments.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Gone Wrong.

It was reported in Columbia Wednes-
day that something had gone wrong
with the post efics at Nevberry. A
dispatch to the Associated Press from
Ohattanooga stated that Mr.: William
F. Fair, the postmaster, had been ar-
rested for embezzlement. The matter
was deplored by all whc know Mr..
Fair. He is of highly respected
family and brother-in lay Of Hon. Y.
J. Pope, senior associate Justice Of the
State supreme court. Mr.. Fair has been
postmaster for over three years and is
aligned with the Republican party,
slthoueh of late it has been stated ne
hiss sn inclination toward Commercial
Democracy"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
They Met Their Match,

At an evening party the other night
one of the guests made novel bet.
He placed three jugs in row. Tying
a piece of stout string to the handle
of the first one, he threaded it through
the handle of the second jug, and tied
it again to the handle Of the third jug.
Then he offered to bet the other
guests that he would free the middle
Jug without untying or cutting the
string. Many took up the challenge
and wagered he could not do it. When
all was agreed the man who had made
the bet calmly lit match and burnt
the string through and took the bet
London Ansy ers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
The Real Thing,

The Suitor-Here, on my knees, I
place this ring upon your finger. My
love goes out to you.
The Coquette-But how do 1 know
it is genuine?
My love is as genuine as the blush
on yonr cheek
"i;other the love! mean the ring"
Chicago Daily News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
a GREAT NATION MoURNs.
'ontinuod from page one.

One ~ one they ascended the stairway
-Secretsry Root, Secretary Hitchcock
and Attorney General Kooz. Score
tary Wil.on was also there, hut held
back, Lot wishing to see the preei-
dent in his last agony. There was only
momenta,y stay Of the cabinet Fl SEE
at the Threshold Of the death chsn-
Ger. Then they withdrew, the tears
streaming down their faces, and words
of intense grief choking their thorets.
CALLED HIS DEVOTED WIFE
After they left the sick room, the
ply ysieisns rallied him to corsciou ,Dess,
ard the president sske ID almost iume-
diately that his wife be brought to him.
TIE doctors fell back iuto the shadows
Of The room as Mra. Mckinley cam,
through the doorway. The stroag face
of the dying man lighted up With a
faint smile IS their bards were clasp:d.
She sat beside him and held his hand.
Despite her physical weakness. she
bore up bravely under the ordeal. The
president, in his lsst period Of consci-
ousness, which ended obout 7:40 D. n,
chanted the words Of the hymn, Nearer
My God to Thee, and his last audi
bic conscious words, as taken down by
DR.. Mann at the bedside, we're:
''GoD's WILL BE DONE!
"Good-bye all, good bye; it is Gods
way; His will be done" Then his
mind began to wander, and soon sitter
ward he completely lost consciousness
His life was prolonged for hours BY the
administration Of ox:gsp, and The pr S!
dent finally expressed oesire to be 81
l.wed to die. Abou: 80, the sdmi.is
teIing Of cx5 gen ceased, and TIE pulse
grsW fainter anG fainter. He vas 81 k
ing gradually, like child, iato tie
eternal slumter. B7 10 o'clock the
pulse could no longer be felt in his ez-
tremities, and they grew cold. Bslos
stsi:s the griei-stricken gathering
waited sadly for the end.
A 2.l5 the end came, and the good
man passed to his reward.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
Cltv Takes a Hand.

The city council Of Charleston at its
regular monthly meeting Friday ratified
the recent ordinace and which renders
the sale Of liquor in any form in Char
lesion, other than as it is prepared for
il the dispenssry law, : misdemeanor.
Mayor S1ythe will give the Police
Department instructions to rigidly en-
force the ordinance, and from now on
a]l the alleged blind tigers in Charles
Ton will have to lock well to them
selves. This ordinance, it will be re-
menbe-ed, vas adopted at the sugges-
tion Of the state authorities Of South
Carolina.