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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
The South in the Saddle.

The New York Evening Post refer
ring to the southern cotton mill indus,
try, makes the claim that the southern
mills are driving the Fall River mills
to the wall, selling cloth to the PRINT
works and bleasheries in Fall River at
prices which the local mills cannot
meet. The southern mills, for example,
make profit on cloth at 3 cen ayard
for which the Massachusetts, mills must
have 8 1-S cents. Aud this is not all,
for competition is promised soon in
even the standard wide print cloth, the
80 2 inch, 63164 s. Furthermore it
is to be added that the south has in.
creased her spindles in the past year to
an amount easal to Two thirds Of the t..
tai spindleage in Fall River, about g.,
600. 900 sDindles.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
EVIDENrLY 4 CRANK.
a Nan Visits Charleston Who Is
Certainly Off.

Mr. James Buchanan Weaver, who
claims to be a retired lawyer Of Phil,
adelphia, announced today at the court
house, where he was a visitor, that he
would be s candidate for the Presi-
dency Of the United States in 1904, Mr.
Weaver is gold Democrat and says
his platform will be government fol
the people aad by the people.
Mr.. Weaver is an ex-Confedera:e sol,
dier, having fought uuder Lee in tie
Army of Northern Virginia. After the
surrender he drifted to Philadelphia,
where he went into the drug business,
studied medicine and finally took up
the law. As a lawyer, he says, he soon
made q name for himself as we'll as
plenty Of money. Several years ago his
wife died and having no circumference
he retired and Of late years he has
been travelling and studying political
questions.
This morning Mr.. Weaver vas Visi-
tor at the court house. Hs vas a stran-
ger when he entered but it was not long
before he knew Judge Aldrich and
every member Of the Charleston bar
who was present in the court house at
the time. He introduced himself, de,
clariug to his newly made friends that
he expected to become candidate for
President of the United States in 1904
He said that be was q grand nephew Of
President Buchanan and had right
to the Office.
son, am smart man." said Mr..
Weaver, in taking to an Evening Post
reporter, Il know how to build poll
tical fences that Mark Hanna with
all his wealth and power can not de.
stroy. It will take Aunt Carrie Na-
tion and her little hatchet to smash
the political fences that I have con-
structed.
"Charlestcn is gold bug town and
you can say to the people through your
paper that I'll be here when the next
Presidential campaign opens and will
talk Democracy and good gold money
to the people OF this ancient old city.
This is grand old town and love it.
Just tell them that you saw me- and
that want a big vote in Charleston.
Mr.. Weaver talked about blind tigers
in the city, declaring that they were as
thick IS black birds in the summer
time, and while he has only been in
Charleston few days he knew ell the
ropes and could scare up tiger st any
old time.
Yesterday he visited the city hospi-
tai and St. Francis Xavier In6rmary,
and went over to the Isle OF Palms.
Sat the palm besoh," he said, 81
swiped palmetto, boxed itup and sent
it to my little darling in Philadelphia.
"Oh, you need not laugh, for I am en-
gagged, even if I am a WidoWer," he
explained.
Tell the people Of Charleston that
] am going to call on Gov. McSWeeney
and get his influence and support in
my rase for the Presidency"
Mr.. Weaver said he was going to stay
in Charleston for several days longer
and that he would receive all politi.
clans at the Charleston Rotel.-Char-
lesion Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06

scored the system in the strongest pos
sible Language, and called a special
term Of court to receive their report, 50
that he can take the matter under ju-
dicisl consideration.
Besides, the State authorities, as l
know with absolute certainly, have no
syp! sthy wha:evtr with any such
wrong doing. They do not propose to
countenarce it in any way, and the
State government will bend every ef
fer; to stamp out any such Unlawful,
cruel system.
The leasing Of convicss has been
broken up by the legislature, and no
convicts are allowed to be hired to
private parties, and the cooping in sleng
With the convicts Of ignorant aad silly
negroes SIS prisoners can no longer exist,
even though public opinion did not
froEn upon it.
From my knowledge Of the feeling
Of the people OF the State-and l think
I kaow IS much about public opinion
in South Carolins as any other maR-
there is no sympathy with any view OF
dealing with labor tha. is not fair and
just.
The nature Of our crops requires a
contract that involves years work, and
the effort of landowners has beer in the
direction Of securing such en- agree
meat, authorized by the Legislature, IS
to compel persons, white and black,
who have made contracts to cultivate
the crop on shares to carry out their
contracts.
s'This is for the reason that the ex-
penditures Of money for supplies and
clothing during the winter, and, in
fact, sll through the summer, would
all be lost unless the crop was worked
and gathered and prepared for ship
ment.
The preparation Of land for the crop
and picking and and ginning takes ten
months, snd troopers on shares who
were not hound By contract to labor by
the year would have the landowner st 8
great disadvantage.
There is absolutely no ground for
any assertion that the people of Suoth
Carolins sYmpsthize with this scheme
to reestablish slavery under contract
system, and I am sure that the State
authorities will take al necessary steps
to stamp it cut"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
A Remarkable Man.

There is remarkable old white mau
living near Psntego, Beaufort county.
His name is Ransom Saunders. he is
nearly 80 years old, he has been mar
ried six times (his sixth wife still liv-
ins) has been the father Of nearly 40
children and apparently has still .
long lease Of life. Hs is we'll and strong
and works hard. He dresses very thin
even in the coldest weather, about like
the average man does in summer. and
never wears an overceat. He is coEer-
ed all over his person with thick, long
hair that is greater protection than lots
Of clothes would be from the cold. He
is regular in his habits and a good
citizen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
THE FREE PASS RECORD.
How the Members Of the House
Votsd On It.

We have been asked by members oi
the house of representatives who voted
against the bill to repeal the anti free
pass act why neither TIE State Dol
The News and Courier printed the vote
in detail. To this We replied that We
did not know; that the legislative re.
porters Of The State, and We believed
Of The News and Courier ss well, were
instructed to give the vote by yeas and
nays on issues Affecting important 1egis-
lation; but that the omission Of the de-
tailed vote in this csse might be at,
tributed to an error of judgment on the
part Of the reporters as to what consti-
tuted measure of Importance. At the
request Of these members-Eho, it is
hardly necessary to say, voted against
the bil!-We recsify the omission by re
| producing from the j urnal OF the pro-
ceedings Of the house of represents
tives on February 8 the following
record:
H. 467.-Mr. Spears: A bill to re-
peal an act entitled ''An act to prevent
the use Of free pass, express or tele-
graph frank on any railroad by any
United States senator or member Of con.
gress from this State, or by any mem.
! Der Of the general assembly Of this
State, OF by any State or county official,
or by any judge of a court of record in
this State" approved December 22nd,
A. D. 1891.
Mr.. Tatum moved to strike out the
enacting words. Upon that motion the
yeas and nays were requested, and it
was decided in the negative.
Yeas, 38; nays, g.
Those who voted in the Affirmative
are:
Messrs. Austin, Bacot, Beamguard,
Brooks, Dorroh, Elder, Fraser, CASTOR,
Galluchat, Gunter, Halle, Hardin, Hol-
lis, Keels, Kibler, Lide, Logan, Lo.
max, Mccall, Mclaughlin, MsLecd,
Mishoe, Morgan, Moses, Moss, Prince,
Redfearn, Richards, RuSker, Sanders,
Strom, Tatum, Theus, W j Thomas,
Thompson, Wilson, Wingo and Wood
wsrd.-38.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Hon. W F Stevenson, speaker; MessIs.
Ashley, All, Banks, Bates, Bivsns,
Blease, Brown, Bryan, Butler, Camp
bell, Carter, Cooper, Cosgrove, Croft,
Crum, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis, Dodd,
Dominick, Dunbar, Durant, Efrd, Es-
fridge, Fox, Freemsn, Gourdin, Hill,
Humphrey, johnson, Kinsey, Lsver,
Little, Lockwood, Lotion, Lyles, Maui
din, Msyson, McUraw, McGowan, F &
McMssteI, Jno. MoMaster, Morrison,
Murchison, Nichols, W L Parker, Pat
terson, Rankin, Richardson, G E Rob-
inson, r B A Robinson, Robertson,
Sinkler, j B Smith, NJ L Smith, Spears,
Vincent, Wolling, Wells, West, Wes-
ton, Williams and Woods.-64.
Mr.. Spears moved to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill was ordered to a
third reading, and to lay that motion
on tie table. Which was agreed to.
The journal Of the next day, Feb
cuary, 9, shows that this bill passed its
third reading in the house without d.
Vision.-Coiumbia State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Dr., f Aiken Shoots Els Beautiful
Wife, Then Himself

DR.. W F. Aiken, alesding specialist
Of Savannah, Co., shot and killed his
wife in iheir bedroom at an early hour
Wednesday morning. The report Of the
pistol awakened their little son, aged
eight years. In his night clothes and
barefooted, the child ran in the street
to call policeman. when tie officer
entered the house he found Mrs. Aiken
dead on the bed, with q bullet hole
through her head, and Dr.. Aiken, with
pistol in hand, lying on the floor
dead. After she o ing his wife he had
placed the weapon to his own head scd
sent bullet through his brain. The
child said that he had heard his father
count, lone two three," and then the
pistol shoot.
Itwas develcyed at the corners in
quest this sfternoon that Dr.. Aiken
was about 3S years old. He Was born
in New York, and was graduated at
Yale st the age 20 years. After gradua
tion be vas connected for a time with
the health department Of the city Of
New York. Then he took a special
course in diseases Of the eye and ear,
and came south to settle. he married
Miss Anna K. Potter, daughter of the
Rev. A c. Potter, cl l:rgynsn Of New
Bedford, Mass. The R,v. Mr.. Potter
was close personal friend of Ralph
Waldo Emerson. A brother Of Mrs.
Aiken, Alfred G. Potter, is now litra
rian Of Harvard university. This
brother has been telegrphed for, aud
will arrive tomorrow to tske charge of
the bodies and remove them to Massa-
chusetss for interment.
No cause for the tragedy WAS devel-
opened at the Inquest. It was brought
out that Dr. Aiken was 3 cigarette
smoker to excess, and that he was Of
az extremely nervous temperament.
Two weeks Or SO ago he had to have the
services Of physicians in what was be-
lieved to be morphine poisoning, and
it was rumored at the time that he had
attempted suicide, but the attending
physicians said that was improbable.
Lately his friends had noticed. an ex.
treme abstraction and irritability.
DR.. Aiken was devoted to sciepc e,
and was an inventor of some note He
is the originator Of many opthslmolog-
ical instruments that are now in COM
mon use all over the country. He re-
fused to patent bis inventions. saying
they were for the benefit Of mankind.
he had q very large and lucrative
practice, and was in independent cir
cumstances. Mrs. Aiken was - lady Of
great besuty and many accomplish
ments. They leave four little children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
Outrage by q Negro.

An unknown negro entered the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Buchanan, 86 Spring
street, in the heart Of Atlanta, Ga. ,
Thursday morning, and compelled her
to cook breakfast. Then, tying her feet
and hands, he quietly ate the breakfast
after which he set fire to the 'house BY
placing a quantity Of paper in the bed
where he han forced Mrs. Buchanan to
lie. The negro escaped without be.
ing detected. Mrs. Buchanan screamed
and assistance came before the fire had
gained much headWay. Search is now
being made for the negro.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
CHANGE IN LORD CAMPsELL ACT
Granting Exemplary Damages in Case
Of Dsath by Accident,

Following is the text Of the sct to
grant exemplary damages in cases Of
death by accident and entitled an act
to amend an act entitled Fan set to
amend section 2316 o. the revised
Statutes Of this State, the same being
a part Of tie Lord Campbell act,' ap-
proved the 11,h dsy Of February, A. D.
1885,"
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly Of the State Of South Caro-
liua: That section l Of an sct entitled
IAN act to amend section 23l6 Of the
revised statutes of this State, the same
being part Of the Lord Cambell sct, !"
approved the 1lth day Of February,
1898, be, snd hereby is. amended in line
II thereof By inserting after the word
"dansges,' snd before the word ''ss"
the words including exemplary dam.
ages where such wrongful act, neglect
or default, was the result Of reckless
ness, wilfulness or malice; so that
said section, as amended, shall read as
follows:
Sec. /. That section 2316 of the re
vised statutes of South Carolina Of
1898, be so amended as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 2316. Every such aston shall
be for the benefit Of the wife or hus.
band aud child, OF children, of the per-
son whose death shall have been
caused; and if there be no such wife,
or husband, or child, or children, then
for the benefit Of the parent or pa
rents; ard if there be no such, then for
the benefit Of the heirs at law Of the
distributes Of tie person whose death
shall have been caused as may be de-
pendent oa him for support, and shall
be brought by OF in the name Of the
executor or administrator Of such per-
son; and in every such action the jury
may give such damages, Including ez-
emplary damages, where such wrong
ful set, neglect or default was the re.
suit Of recklessness Wilfulness or malice,
as they may think prcportioned to the
injury resulting from such death to the
parties, respectively. for whom and fol-
whose benefit such action shall be
brought. And the amount so recovered
shall be divided among tie before men.
toned parties, in guch shares as tfey
would have been entitled 10 if the de-
ceased Lad died insestate and the
amount recovered had been personal
assets cf his OF her estate.
The purpose Of this measure is to com.
pei Corporations, Railroad Companies,
etc., where recklessDess is proven, te
| give dansges in the way Of punisnmen;
10 the relatives of the party who was
negligently killed.
The Supreme Court cf South CaroliDs
has always held under Lord Campbsl.
Act that while a person could recove!
damages in punishment IS well q:
actual damages where a person va:
crippled by r. R. Co., yet if thai
same person was killed instead of Grip
pied the relatives of the deceased per
son could only recover actual damages
and could not punish the f. r. Co., BY
making them give punitive damages
for their carelessness.
This Act which Senator Braptley
succeeded in passing after hard fght
re7erses the Supreme Court of s. c.,
and now allows jury to give Punitive
damages where person is killed as vel
as where he is crippled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
A Mystery of Verdi's Will.
Verli's will, says the London Chro1
at Concsalnent

Verli Will, says lne Aon0on OnIon-
icle, contains one very curious item.
His residuary legatee is his niece,
Maria Verdi, who is married to Signor
Carra1a. To the infant asyiums and
the hospital for the blind in Genoa he
beoueaths 81, 1000. Large sums are also
left to the charitable institutions and to
the poor Of his native village, Roncole,
and also to those Of Bousseto. where
he lived for many years. Then comes
the following request: in the dining
room Of my villa, St. Agats, will be
found two large wooden boxes Of great
antiquity. desire that neither shall be
opened, but that both be burned imme-
diately after my ohsequies." 1t is pre-
sumed that the two mysterious boxes
contained manuscripts Of unpublished
operas which the master did not wish
to gee the light.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
A Tough Yarn.

A newspaper at Kastamuni states,
according to a Ceylon paper, that
while a peasant was shooting in q
forest near that place ne heard the
growing Of a bear, which he found un-
der a tree suffering great pain from
a large thorn in his paw. The animal
permitted the sportsman to extract the
thorn, and showed its gratitude by
taking the man, by means Of waving
its paw, to a tree in which was honey.
comb twenty pounds in weight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
STIR UP CHINESE IRE.
The Hatred of Foreigners May Last
A Long Time.

According to the opinion Of Sir Chih
Cheu Lohfengluh, Chinese minister in
London, antl.foreign sentiment will
abide In China long after the present
troubles are settled. His excellency
assures that the ':one- sidedness" of the
powers programme and the atrocities y
committed by eome Of their troops have
given Western civilization aR indelibly
bla,k eye among the Chinese people.
Ihe Chinese minister said:
II regret to be forced to the conclu-
sion that the record Of the powers IN
China will live in history as the record
Of ruined opportunities. Not the mere
signing Of peace terms can remove the
precoL celVed Impressions which events,
IN the popular mlnd, have not only
justified, but intensified.
Our people have not experienced any
Of the refining Influences which they
were told belonged to the occidenG.
they have seen European soldiers mur-
der, outrage and steal. They have seen
diplomats demanding exactlons some
what ous of keeping with the phllan-
thropic motives which brought the
great nations to our shores. Tney have
seen, in short, the policy Of al open
door with the door slammed in China S
face.
Years ago translated the lives Of
Cromwell, Shakespeare, Bismarck,
Napoleon, Washington and Lincoln.
| wanted to show my countryman the
sort OF character that grew and -four
ished in the West. l am grieVed, as
believer in that character, thas the
last years history has failed to sup
pore the ideals which l sought t. pic
Iure.
Lahfengluh intimates that China is
likely to lnterpose objections to pay
ing heavy indemnity. He thinks none
ought to be demanded or given in ez-
cess Of the actual value of the property
DESTROYED.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
To Become a Banker.

The company Of Augusta capitalists
who have recently acquired the Harris
Lithis Springs have DOW assumed con-
troll Of the property and Harris, the
hustler-the wizard Of the waters, who
found this spring in the wilderness
nine years ago and few days ago con-
verted it into 800, 900 caSh-is about to
engage in the banking business. If he
shall be half as successful in his new
field as he was in the old field where
he found the spring, his venture will
be a conspicuous success .-Coiumbia
State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
It Comes High.

Wednesday the commissioner Of PEN
sions dismissed his entire force for q
weeks holiday and turned over the
building to the inaugural of ,ials, who
will then make ready for the inaugural
ball. To make room for the daucers it
will be necessary to move 800, 200 PEN
son cases. The use of the pension Office.
for the inaugural ball will cost the gov
ernment $25, ,O00in salaries alone. Many
think this is the last time the pension
Office will be used for the inaugural
ball.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
Killed in a Wreck.

Two dead, three badly hurt, others
slightly hurt and passenger train
burned is the result Of head-o COLI
sion between passenger train No 16>
southbound. and local freight on the
Pittshurg, Virginia and Charleston rail-
way Thursday evening at Coal Valley,
Eve miles from McKeesport. W. Va.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
Opposes the Steal.

The Springfield Republican says:
"1,he lower branch Of the Wisconsin
legislature is overwhelmingly Rspub-
licau, having only seventeen Demo
cratic members, against eighty. three
Republicans; but fcr all that, it has
adopted resolutions urging the Wis
coDsin members Of Congress to oppose
the Hanna ship subsidy bill, by vote
of se7enty-eight to fifteen. This fact
alone should sufficiently warm the
party in Congress to keep clear Of
committing itself to any such mea-
sure"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
Fo11r Children Cremated.

Four children, 4 to II years Of age,
were cremated in the burning residence
of Jacob Bait, at L!tchfeld, Pa, early
Thursday morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06

Senator Ti!lman in an interview said:
"I an surprised that a respectable
newspaper-and consider The North
American one Of the most respectble II
this countrs-sbould lend itself to any
sensational assusations against the peo-
pie Of State of this character.
THE existence n one county OF
South Carolina of au unlswful system
Of contracts had already been called to
the attention of the grand jury Of that
county by the presiding judge, who
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contest going to Miss Kimball and Miss

contest going to Miss Kimball and Miss
Teasdel.
The engagement OF Miss Retta Lyon
and d. H. Taylor Is announced
Mr. and Mrs. William Price of
Goshen are spending few days with
their daughter, Miss Mamie Price. at
2di east Brigham ST.
The engagement of Miss Lizzie Smith
and Mr., Matt Collinson Is announced,
the marriage to take place June 10th.
Miss Ora Hardness entertained at an
elaborate luncheon on Wednesday In
honor OF Miss Burke and Miss Cotton.
Col. Clayton, accompanied by Miss
Sybella Clayton, Miss Helen whitney
and Miss Elerbeck left on Wednesday
for short outing at the Clayton ranch.
The Pan Hellenic society met with
Mrs. M. l.. Richie on Thursday, the
meeting being the final one for the
season.
Miss Eleanor F. Dooley, daughter Of
]. Il. Dooley OF this city, will gradu-
ate from Smith college, Northampton,
Mass, next month. She will spend a
few weeks at the seashore before re-
turning.
Miss Emily Kate win be the guest OF
honor at a breakfast on Monday given
by Mrs. Arthur Brown.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Alice
Hanford and Miss Fannie Davis were
the recipients OF an Informal recep-
ton given In their honor by the training
class OF the University kindergarten,
Refreshments were served and a de-
lightful time spent by those present.
Miss Norma Dickert, who has been
attending school In Washington, ID. c.,
viii return next week,
Miss Ida Walt, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Walt. and Mr.. Walter w. King
will be married June IL.
Mrs. w. H. Bancroft, who has been
spending the past two months In the
east, has returned
A pleasant event OF the week was the
strawberry and Ice cream festival held