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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Sampson's History.

,"Who is this man Sampson?" Where
did :he come from?" asks Senator Till
man, with reference to Simpsons turn
ing down Gunner Morgan, because he
was not born an ariatocrat, so,alled.
The answer is given in outline By the
Philadelphia North American as fol-
lows: William T. Sampson waa born
on farm in Wayne County, n. Y,
February 9, 1910. His father vas q
day laborer, who immigrated from the
north Of Ireland in 1926 and settled at
Palmyra, on the Erie CsDa'. A. a boy
Sampson attended the district school
during part Of each year, ard vas re-
ouired. when not in the school room, to
assist his father at odd jobs, which were
given him to do by people in the village.
The Sampson family consisted Ct eight
children, all Of when, including Will
lism T., the elder, spent their early lives
in performing menial labor, much Of
which was offered them by charitable
friends or neighbor." =" There is nothing
diseraceful in this, except in accordance
with the standard of social excellence
set up bySanpson himself. According
to this false standard Sampson is a pie
biap of the plebians. Richmond Dis
patch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
A Fine Job.

Two park laborers sat On the cITn-
stone Of the Eastern Parkway IN
Brooklyn eating dinner out Of thesr
pals, for it was the noon aour, ana
discussing their surroundings In q
brogue which suggested that they hao'
MT been over very long. One OF them
fell to admiring the Museum Of Arts
and Sciences, which stands back from
the Parkway. -
"Its a foine big buiIdin'," he said;
"an' solid enough put up to last for
iyer."
what isit ferT
.aTo kape dead boogs an other
crachures in," said the first tits 8
museum, It is"
can a re them big letters cut into the
stone above the windies the name nv
it?'
81 dono what thin letters wud be-,
said the first speaker. He fell to spe4i.
ing out the words, and presently o ray
Of intelligence succeeded the pulAeo
expression on his face.
"Sure, I haY it." said he. hin Is
the names a7 the contractors"
"'Tis q foine job they done, amy.
way" observed the other admiringy.I
"They'd be big uen in thear own 2sS
wid slathers Of fnhcoence, belize.
And Patrick made good guess, fos
The names craven in the stone were
Aeschy2us, Sophocles, Pedcles, Hero
sotus, Socrates, ThcydideS, and Oe1e.
theses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20

Charleston county produced only Lea
islard cotton. yielding $3.50 bales OF
an ave7sse weight If 344 POUNDS.
Beaufort sid B.lkcley a,e the only
o,h.r COUNTS which produced sea is
land co ton, but they also r,euced up
len2s. Beaufort produced l 643 and
Be,ktl. ; /, 1877 bales Of sea islsnds.
R,und bales w"re produced in nine
couEties IL 1899. The number Of lount
bales Produced n those coantlss ano
tie average cost Per ba:e FIR giL Mig
ana bsling beiDg as follows, tie bsi,s S
aversgipg PSI pounds:
Lsu-eps, ] 2l3 $1.54.
Barneell. 1.13S 81 06.
Chest,r, TIA 81 cents.
NeBterry, 400 81
Bsmt,rs, go 81 25.
Orsrgeburg, Is, 81 cents
Greenwood. Il. 50 cents.
York, Is, 81 81
Hanptt n, 5, 81.
The average weight Of the square
iales was 49l routds, or neacly iWice
that Of tho round b.les. The average
cost for ginning aud baliDg square bales
in the vayicus counties was sy follo~s:
Beaufort, 81 81; + czens, 81 66;
Georgetown ard Srsrta .iurg. 81 81;
Greenville, 81 SO, Oconee- sid Vii
lismsburg, $l.5S; Horry, sl.55; An
dersoD, 81 So; Rlchlsnd, 81 43; Che
rokee and Hampton 81 SO; Darling
ton, 81 81; Chesterfield. 81 36; Berke
ley and Florence, 81 IS; Lancaster,
sl.32; Lsurers 81 26, Saluda. 81 25;
Barn veil and Union, sl.23; Do1ches-
ter, 81 21; Bsnberg and Eegefeld,
81 Is; Aiken. 81 16; D .r]iDgso1 81 IL,
Fairfield, 81 II; Kershav, 81 10;
Greenwood, Lexington asd Yolk,
Il o.; Marlboro, 81 06; Marion and
Sumter, 81 05; AbbeviIle sDd New
berry, 81 O4; Chester. 81 O3; Claren.
dcE ard Oraugeburg, 81 o.
Bul these figures sle light CONT AIRED
viii the COS. Of ginning sid bal'ns sea
island cotton, which was as foiloRs on
bales averaging 347 pounds: Charles
ton, ss; Berkeley, s7O6; B aufort,
s6 96.
The average COST Of ginring snd
quare balios 064 III bales Of uplands,
averaging 491 rounds, was 81 20; while
the average cost Of ginning and round
bslipg 3, 6O2 bales OF uplaLd' averaging
257 pounds vas 81.
TIE entire crop Of cotton raised in
this country in 1899 was 9. 645,974
bales, Of which 9,O43,23l bales we're
square uplaDds. averaging 498 pounds
in weight and gitned and valued ST an
average cost Of 50 03 per bale; sos 464
bales were round up!ands, averaging
259 pounds and gipned and baled at an
average cost Of 81 10; and 81, ,22S
bales of sea islands averaging 388
pounds in weight and sirned and baled
at al average cost Of 80 per bale.
The average cost Of ginning and
square balipg bale Of cotton is less in
South Carolina than IN any other state.
-CGluubia R. cord.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
To Reach the People.

Before many yeals shall pass the
newspaper will be the medium Of pub.
lioisy for all who have any snnounce-
ment to make TO the people, and the
latter will look to the newspapers for
information on virtually all subjects.
Besides telephone, street railway, in
surance and financial companies, which
in some cities advertise in the news
paper IS regularly as do the merchants,
some of the churches, school boards,
municipal corporations and business
organizations have adopted the news
paper as their means Of communicating
with the public. Recently largo 80
ciety in Southern Michigan which is
engaged in the propagation Of certain
altruistic social doctrines decided to
abandon it's own paper and to buy one
colnmn a week in each Of a number Of
leading newspapers for the publication
Of we'll written articles on its creed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
A Signal Mans Death.

". ". Blackford, signal man on
the Lshigh Valley rosd at Park View,
N. j WAS found dead in his tower
early Thursday uorniag. He had been
shot and his death is surrounded with
considerable mystery. The belief is
that the man killed himself accidental
ly, but not until the coroner and polioe
make an investigation will it be settled
just how be died. BIackford went on
duty at ten O'clock Wednesday night.
At midnight one Of the track walkers
stopped in at his post and apparently
all vas well. At two o'clock the track
walker went back and on entering the
lower floor stumbled over Blackford's
body. By Blsckford's side lay pistol.
The coroner after investigation ez-
pressed the opinion that Blackford
shot himself accidentally. That no &C.
cident happened was fortunate, as the
signal tower was without any one for
several hours and both passenger and
freight trains are conatantly passing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Delerates APPOINTED,

The Southern Industrial association
will hold convention in Phlladelphia,
June 4 to z, 1901. This is the body
which held such an important meeting
in New Orleans several months sgo. w.
B. Smith Whaley, Of Columbia, and D.
A. Tcmpkins, Of Charlotte, are vice
presidents. Governor McSTeeney Thurs
day appointed the following delegates
to the Philadelphia meeting. ". B.
Wilson and g. B. Edwards, Charleston; /;
G, K. Aiken, Hender, ,on;U. H. Fisher,
Gjge6eld; J. NJ. Sullivan, Anderson;
W. L. burst, Greenwood; s. L. Miller,
Columbia; A. B. Calvert, Spartanburg;
W. j. Roddey, Rock Hill; Leroy
Springs, Lancaster; G. s. Mccall, Ben
netts7ilIe; J. J. McSwain, Timnonsvilie;
". P. Roof, Lexington; and s. Kohn,
Orangeburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Increasing Taxes.

The Chicago Times Herald calls at.
tentin to the increasing burden OF
taxes. 1t says, editorially: The State
Of Illinois is grooming under too much
government. The state is burdened
with q vast army of political tax eaters
who get at the public crib through the
devious channels Of complicated, use
ess, worn-out and costly governing
machinery. Fifty per cent Of the Of
fee holders in the slate are nothing but
political parasites, sucking the life
blood from the body polite. The
property Of the people down to the
iron hedstead and oak wsshstand Of
the modest dweller in cottage is levied
upon to feed great and ever increasing
army Of political grafters.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Woman Turned to Stone.

Mrs. Mary Black of Clinton county,
linda, whose affection with a complioa-
ted attack of Addison's disease, known
as ossifoation, has attracted the wide
attention Of medical men and scientists
for eighteen moths, is dead. The pro
gress Of the disease continued up to the
time Of her death. She became perfectly
helpless, the flesh hardening until her
whole body was as rigid as stone, and
took on marble like appearance. The
hardening process also affected the en-
tire organism. The bronze color Of the
hardened flesh, prominent feature Of
the disease, gave way to dark gray
color before death. For weeks the Wo-
mans features have borne more Of re-
semblance to chiseled statuary than to
a human countenanee.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Excuses and PreteXts.

The imperialists, who are in favor Of
grabbing everything in sight when it
will not involve US in trouble with
powerful nation, are putting up all soris
Of pleas for the appropriation Of Cuba
by the United States. One administra-
tion organ says thst it is ns cssssry to
limit very closely the liberty Of the
Cuban republic, because, while We
promised the Cubsns freedom snd inde-
pendenc, We also guarsnteed them
stable government. But how do We
know that they are not capable Of gov.
erping themselves steadily and well
until we nave give them sn opportunity
to try? Would child ever learn to walk
if it were compelled to stand forever
still between props? The conditions
which the administration proposes to
fasten upon Cuba will remove its gov
ernment very far from Independence
and will certainly be accepted, if ac-
cepted at all, in very bad temper by 8
disappointed people.-Atlanta Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
a BAD Outlook.

A dispatch from Boston says the unsat.
isfactory market for print cloths and
other coarse goods made by many Of the
cotton mills in the New England States
which has compelled Fall River manu-
fscsurers to attempt to bring sbo7t
general curtsilment in thas city also
is causing some uuessiaess among
officials identified with interests IN
other mill centers. The feeling in mill
circles here seems to be that unless the
situstion shows indications Of an early
improvement, many thousands Of spin
oles other than those in the great print
9th centre will be idle for some time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Price of War and CONQUEST.

The total appropriation for military
aid naval purposes made by the Re-
publican congress aggregate $424 $685.
340. This means that the head Of the
average family Of FIVE persons must pay
this year about s2S as his share of the
taxation cesssry TO meet this military
outlay. The New Yolk World quotes
William Pirtfas saying:
TO levy direct tax Of I per cent is
dsDge rous experiment in free couu,
Try, and may excite revolt; but there is
a method by which you caa tax the last
rsg from the back and the last bite from
the mouth without causing murmur
against high taxes, and that is 10 tax q
great many ARTICLES Of daily use snd
necessity 50 INDIRECTLY that the people
will ray thsm aud not know it.
The men who are responsible for
,hcse enormous appropriations AIT upon
tie theory that because federal taxa
tion is not direct taxation the American
people will be slow to resentment.
The federal method Of indirect taxation
is somewhat slow IN reaching the indl'
V.6ua], or.rather it should be said that
tie individu Al is somewhat slow in real.
izirg but the burden exists and the in,
div:dual pays his proportion Of taxation
although he does not readily recognize
the burden. When We see the govern
manu expending billions of dollars in
order to maintain un-Anerican policies
We Go not realize that someone must
soot the bill. We do not seem to ap
preeiate the fact that money does not
groa On trees. The present administIa-
;icn appear to have no concern for the
value Of money, and it is squanderirg 6
dollars at reckless pace-The Com
moner,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
A Tornado's Freaks.

John R. Musick Of Kirksyille, Mo-,
thus describes, in the Century, certain
madcap pranks Of a tornado which
passed through ths city.
MANY strange freaks were played
by the tornado. In a tree-top was
found Woman's hais, supposed TO
have been torn from her head as eho
was carried through its branches, yet
no person was found near It. a human
scalp was found three miles from the
city limits, under a bridge. Notes, kS
ters, and papers were blown from the !:
city into Iowa, and found ninety miles
away. One promissory note Of 800
was found IN a field near Grinnell
Iowa, nearly 100 miles away. while
clothing and papers were scattered
along the entire distance.
"One woman was decapitated by
tin roof, and her child was killed near
her. Some persons who were outside
the rotating current were killed or m-
iured by flying timbers, which, Ike
bolts from the catapult Of Joye, few
with deadly force for great distance,
while others in the very center Of the
storm escaped with little or no injury.
Perhaps the most remarkable expeEl.
ences were those Of Miss Moorehouse,
Mrs. Webster, and her son. The three
were caught up in the storm, and were
carried beyond the Catholic church,
nearly one-fourth Of q mile, and let
down on the common so gently that
none were killed. Mrs. Webster had
some slight cuts about the head, her
son had one arm fractured, but Miss
Moorehouse was uninjured
"I was conscious all the time was
flying through the air. said Miss
Moorehouse, and it seemed a long
time. I seemed to be lifted up and
whirled round and round, going 10 8
great height, at one time far above the
church steeples, and seemed to be car-
ried long distance. prayed TO the
Lord to save me, for believed he
could save me, even on the wings OF
the tornado, and he did wonderfully
preserve my life. As i was going
through the air, being whirled about
at the sport: OF the storm, y saw a..
horse soaring and rotating about with
me. It was a white horse, and had q
harness on. By the way It kicked and
struggled as It was hurried about !
know It was alive. prayed to God
that; the horse might not come IN con-
tact with me, and It did not was
mercifully landed upon the earth un-
harmed saved by miracle
young Webster says he saw the
horse in the air while he was being
borne along by the storm. AT one
tine It was directly over me, and L
was very much afraid would come
in contact with its flying heels' The
horse, it is said, was caught up and
earned one mile through the air, and,
according to the accounts Of reputable
witnesses, at times was over 200 feet
high, passing over a church gteepie.
Many who were not in the storm say
that they saw horses flying In the
wind. Beyond being well plastere6
with mud. the white horse was unsns
dured by his aerial fight"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Congressman Hull on the Army.

In recent number Of the Saturday
Evening Post Congressman Hull Of
Iowa undertakes to justify the neT
army measure. He oegan By saying
that the fight for the reorganization Of
the regular army had lasted four years
and speaks of putting the United
States in line with the rest of the world
in the matter Ct organization CT the
military snd Of the government. That
is statement which no Republican
leader would have made during the
last campaign. The reader Of the
article is disappointed to find no
mention made Of the rumber of sons
Congressman Hull has among the com.
missicned officers of the army. It is
also to be regret'ed that the gentleman
from Iowa did not take time to enumer-
ate among the reasons for the large
army the necessity Of protecting the
Syndioates which are being organized
to exploit the Philippines Islands. Be-
ing the president Of the Philippine
Lumber and Development Co., Mr..
Hull is in position to give valuable in
formation on this point. A prospectus
Of the Company, issued last summer,
set forth the fact that his coma y mad
alresd} secured valuable timb:r con-
cessiors and explained that the labor
prot lem Was easily solved because of
the abundance Of Chinese la5or.-The
Commoncr.
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a Good Example.

A special dispatch from Greenville
to the Augusta Chronicle says Wednss-
day night the police raided a gambling
room and caught FIVE young men in a
game of poker. Thursday morniag
they were tried and each fined twenty
dollars except one who wriggled and
pleaded not guilty and the mayor made
his fine thirty dollars. After the trial
in the mayors court Sheriff Giireath
arrested tie sports, took them before
Magistrate Glide who held them for
court under three hundred dollar bonds
each. Mayor Williams has determined
to break up all questionable places OF
resort whether for men or women.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
a Scaihing Indictment

cond Presbyterian church PORTS
mouth, O., on a recent Sabbath
afternoon, in the presence of
over two hundred men, a con-
verted gambler and ex-saloon-
keeper made the following state
ment, which has created a pro-
found impression:
II have been in the saloon
business, with a gambling room
attached, for the last four years,
and claim to know something
about what I am now going to
tell you. I do not believe that the
gamblingden is nearly so dan
gerous, nor does it do anything
like the same amount of harm as
the social card party in the home
I give this as my reason: In the
gambling room the windows are
closed tight, the curtains are
pulled down; everything is Sc
cretly for fear of detection, and
none but gamblers, as rule, en-
ter there; while in the parlor all
have access to the game, chill
dren are permitted to watch it.
It is made attractive and allur-
ing by giving prizes, serving re-
fresiments and adding high So
cial enjoyments. For my part,
I never could see the difference
between playing for q piece of
silver nodded in the shape of
money and silver nodded in the
shape of a cup or a thimble. The
principle is the same, and when
ever property changes hands
over the luck of the cards, no
matter how small is the value of
the prize, I believe it is gambling.
Have you ever thought of it?
Where do all the gamblers come
from. They are not taught in
the gambling dens. A 'greener,'
unless he is a fool, never enters
gambling hell, because he
knows that he will be feeced
out of everything he posses in
less than fifteen minutes. He
has learned somewhere else be-
fore he sets foot inside such a
place. When he has played in
the parlor, in the social game
Of the home, and has become
proficient enough to win prizes
among his friends, the next step
with him is to seek out the gamb-
ling room, for he has learned,
and now counts upon his prof.
cheney to hold his own. The sa-
loon men and gamblers chuckle
and smile when they read in the
papers of the parlor games given
by the ladies, for they know
that after a while these same
men will become the patrons Of
their business. I say, then, the
parlor game is the college where
gamblers are made and educat-
ed. In the nam e Of God, men,
stop this business in your
homes"
After he had taken his seat
another converted ex-gambler,
who led the mems meeting in
the second Presbyterian church
the following Sabbath, arose
and said: Il indorse every
word which the brother before
me has just uttered. I was a
gambler. I learned toplay cards,
not in the saloon, not in my own
home, but in the homes of my
young friends, who invited me
to play with them and taught
me chow"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
POWER or WATER l
Hole Bored In BlpG a. II By Cans
non Ball.

Eele Bored In Blu1 a. II By Ca1e
non Ball.
|; A little group Of solid citizens was
standing on Baronne street. New Or
leans, watching cleaning gang as
work with the hose.
'That reminds me Of old days IN Cal
ifornia," said one Of the party as the
stream vee7ed slightly and shaved on
the corner Of pile Of dirt u never
realized how much force could be dc.
hyered by q Jet OF water" he con,
tinued, until I tried hydraulic mining.
It was II 1870, up on the Sacramento
River. They had brought a, stream
down the Sierra Nevada Mountains IN
big 'hume' that ended in q length Of
Tire-Wrapped hose and q si1-foct no9-
zle with arm on the side for q couple
Of men to take hold Of.
"They played the stream on a big
bluff directly opposite, and It bored out
the solid, packed foundation like living
fire eating into tinder. For q dozen
feet from the nozzle the water seemed
Ike hard blue bar and there was
something strange and murderous look
ing in the way It drove straight ou9
that made by flesh creep to watch It.
Several laborers had been accidentally
struck by the stream and in each case
the man was killed az suddenly as II
hit by cannon ball.
'I remember on one occasion soma
rival claimant came down from Shasta
and took possession Of cabin not far
from the end Of the fume line. Our
boss, who was a big Irishman named
Murphy, told US to play the stream On
the place, and as we were all spelling
for a row we lost no time II obeyfng.
I never saw such demolition in my
life. The shanty few seven ways for
Sunday and one Of the fellows inside
was pitched bodily through the air and
landed in the river. The distance was
so great nobody was hurt and after
that our gang was known as sMurphy's
light artillery Mark Twain draws a
very vivid picture Of hydraulic mining
In 'Roughing It. and from personal ex-
perience I can assure you he hasI's
embroidered the facts in the least
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Burnt to Death.

Penned in blazing tenement house
in Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, Thurs
day morning, a mother, Mrs. Mary
Rontic, threw her tWelve-year-old son
from ffth-story window and lesped to
death herself. Her son was instantly
killed. Mrs. Mary Madden, aged
seventy, was burned to death: The
ipiu-ej are Mrs. May Beas, Farrell
Murray and Mrs. Lsurs Marshall. There
vas frightful panic among the twenty
families living in the tenement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
Cleveland and Hill.

The Augusta Chronicle says it looks
as if Grover Cleveland and David B.
Hill are in regular training for q demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency.
Cleveland seems to be, in a certain
sense, his own platform, Hill is more
specific. Well, it is q long way before
1904, and nobody can tell what may
happen meanwhile. However,, freedom
cf speech still remains and the demo-
cratic party can patiently listen to the
doctors and their prescriptions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-20
ORANGEBURG LEADS
Moys Gotten Crown There Than
In Any Osher Crun!Y.
SUMTER AooCO SECOND.
Oeorgsts Wn Tai's the List. Alb.
strsc, Of a Census Buile-
TN Prepared by d
Seun Carolinian
Seu:h Carolinian

Census bulletin, no. So, just issued,
deals With cotton ginning. It was pre-
psrsd by Daniel G. Roper, Of South
Csrolina ard deals with the cotton crop
ef 1899. It is the first report Of It's
kind ever made by United States CEN
sus. The statistics were c,llected by
corre spordeDce and through the enume-
rstors from 20, $40 establishments. The
figures fer South Carolina will be of
ger eral interest in this state. Orange
burg county wodrc ced the most cotton
and Georgetown the least. Reduced
to average bales OF 500 pounds each,
the rumher of bales Of cotton pro-
I-,,5 :, 1900 uee &C fo1Iovs.