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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

Law is the head and glory Of a state,
but law wastes an enormous amount
of time and energy. To occupy the
time of business men and mechanics
over petty cases which do not amount
to anything seems a very great waste.
The time of the mechanic is worth any
where from four to six dollars a day,
and he has to sacrifice this In order to
.adjudicate upon the question Of wheth-
Ter Fong Phoof threw tomatoes at a
barn storming troupe or whether he did
not Then think of the immense waste
of time among witnesses. These I'M
fortunates are summoned to attend at
all kinds OF times, and then are kept
cooling their heels while lawyers wran-
gle and judges crate. Civilized man has
made a fetch of his law and its eX-
Founders know this very well, and are
constantly charging their privileges.
Some of these days our system of law
will be discovered to be so cumber-
some that reformer will wade in with
an ak and cut down right and left till
some form of simplicity is left.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The Shamrock II 10 showing good
sailing qualities since she has got into
American waters, and Sir Thomas Lip
ton certainly seems to have better
show than he had two years ago. The
betting however is in favor of the
American boat. The wagering is heavy,
one syndicate bet being t25O,0OO against
$l50,0OO put up by an English syndicate
Such heavy betting shows the deep in
terest tken in the race, but the moralist
must look with sorrow upon it. Heavy
betting is always demoralizing and
leads at times to underhand practices.
One would rather see the race sailed
without dollar IN and only the prac-
tically valueless cup as the guerdon of
honor and victory.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11
FACT AND FICTION.

One can never tell in kilograms about
the Humphreys case what is fact and
what is fiction, what is colored or what
is truth, Until the Humphreys brief
reaches here it would not be justifiable
TO review it. Mr.. Hankey is quite able
TO handle the matter and undoubtedly
has the ability to do so. Five days has
been allowed him in which to make a
counter argument.
1t is very evident that the defence of
Judge Humphreys consists mainly in
what is known in hunting parlance as
drawing a herring across the scent, and
setting up a new issue. AT a distance
of five thousand miles from where cir
cumstances have occurred, lit must be
very difficult for any one 30 judge Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The Japanese keep up their record for
crimes of violence. There is no race
on these islands which has so many
crimes of this character LAID TO lls &C
count. The quieLest and most polite oil
Japanese may at any time, 1t seems
develop into a homicide. Among the
lower class of Japanese morahty Is not
at a very high STANDARD, and things
occur among them that the outer Worlo
only gets a glimpse OF through the in
Vestigation into some crime.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The story of a regular slave trade In
Manila beng carried ON under the nose
of the government is a revocation which
is certainly startling 10 say the least
of it. If it is true it SHOWS what
long task it will De to bring the Filipino
mind into accord with Angio-SaXon
ideals. The Filipino is an oriental, and
his civilization has come to MN from
the semi-oriental Spaniard. 1t is no
mean task to strive to eradicate the
traits and the mental bent of such
people. The Filipino problem will not
be fully solved for some decades to
come.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

the value of statements either Tor or
agolnst in such set % charges and
counter charges as have come before
Attorney General Knox
IN Judge Humphreys favor there
must be- the decided bias that federal
appointec can count on. II Is not In
the nature OF an appointing power to
own that It ls wrong. or that II has
made a mistake and the arguments
must be- especially cogCnt which are
brought to bear. in order that they
may tell. Then again his constant re-
iteration that what he has done, has
been done with the object of spreading
Americanism viii have considerable
weight.
This constant reiteration Of Ameri-
canism. however, comes III from people
who use it against men who have de-
voted half life time to Americanizing
the Islands, and who risked both life
and property i'm the struggle, merely to
be pushed aside, when the fight was all
over, by those who, having borne no
portion of the heat and burden of the
day, wish to garner the harvest that
others have titled and brought to
fruition.
That the cause of those who are in
the right in this matter. and who have
been deeply maligned and misrepre-
sentation at five thousand miles dis
lance are difficult to fight, still all diff
culties can be overcome.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The strike in San Francisco continues
as acute as ever. The strikers main
tain that they are gradually tying up
the shipping, while the employers claim
that they are in a better position now
than they were a week ago. Certainly
the deep sea vessels get away on time
now, and fairly loaded. The bitterness
of the strike has become more intensi-
fed, however, and more violence ID in
dulged in. This phase of the strike il
likely to develop still more acutely.
The outlook in San Francisco is by no
means promising.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

While armed resistance in the Phil
ippines is becoming less and less, ana
insurgent bands are constantly report
ed as surrendering, the Boer war deVel-
ops raids and Counter raids. with bodies
of troops constantly chasing a viii o
the wisp in one direction, which rapid
" turns up in another. The end OF the
guerrilla warfare is not in sight, ana
no one is in a position to tell when 1t
will be.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-11

The Columbian difficulty seems to be
gathering to head and threatens to
cause general uproar in Central Am
erica and the Northern Republics of
South America. These semi-Latin'
semi-Indian republics show what would
happen in the Philippines, if the Fill
pinos were left to work out their own
destruction.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
SLEEP IN THE CIGARETTE.
2<athean Compound Used by an E1rePf
Spanish Thief On Pas
senEeFs.

s: Prof. de Gubernatis, the well-knowB.
italian orientalist, has been the victim
of crime often read Of in lurid tales.
but seldom experienced in real Life.
The other day he was travelling in .
irst-class carriage in which there was
one other individual. He went to sleep:
and On arriving at Parua found himself
without his purse, containing 1,4oe
france. He Immediately complained to
the station authorities and not long
after certain Spaniard, Alfredo Gar
Ella, Of Barcelona, who described him
self as silk merchant, was arrested.
says London paper.
In spite Of his protestations Of innos-
eence his baggage was examined and
was found to contain, besides knife,
money and scissors used by thieves for
cutting out pockets, case with some.
cigarettes. This last object in the pos
session Of = Spaniardis is not a suspicious
circumstance, but one Of the police;
thought he would try them, and-to his
estonishment tie room full Of people,
were aoon ali soundly and peacefully
o!eeping. An examination proved that
the cigarettes contained substance,
the smoke Of which acts as narcotic,
while the smoker experiences mo In
convenience after having become sc
customed to it. The arrest of the pro-
fessor's travelling companion was soon
Effected, but Prof. de Guberratis has
not recovered a penny Of his lost
money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
WY tho ozates czea galle.

Is 10 pointed out that partial 3oil.
use Of the oyster crop in certain years,
4he aiminution in size OF oysters on
the market and the extinction Of
many oyster beds that formerly were
9amo1o-tho Saddle Rocks, for in
stanee-have been due 70 want Of ma.
terial for the production Of the oyster
shell. The beds throughout the oyster
belt have steadily deteriorated IN late
yearo, and in many cases become abb
solutely worthless, in spite Of the fact
that food has been supplied artiA-
cially at great expense and trouble,
and wire fences have been used to
protect the oysters from the star
Ash. For this trouble the deilement
Of the water by sewage and waste Of
various manufacturing establishments
have usually been blamed, sometimes
justly, sometimes without cause.
What the oyster plant must have, or
it will perish, L. a full supply Of car
Donate Of lime with which to build
it's shell. Near the mouths Of rivers,
where carbonate Of lime in mechan-
ical solution, as IL is expressed, comes
down from the hills and plains Of the
interior in drainage, the oyster has
all the material it needs for building
its house, and at the same time the
infowing tide brings it ample food.
Boston Transcri-t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
THEY WERE always HERE.
According to This Account Cook
reaches and Bedbuga Are OF =
Very Ancient Lineage.

In the very oldest fossil-bearins
rocks no insects are found. The very
oldest fossil is kind of polyp, making
reefs of limestone, when as yet the in
sects had not appeared, and it flour:
ished" in Canada, says the London Spec
tator. The first insect known to have
existed, creature of such vast an
tiquity that it deserves all the respect
which the parvenu man can summon
and offer to it, was-a cockroach. This,
the father of all black beetles, prob
ably walked the earth in solitary mag
2iAcence when not only kitchens, but
even kitchen maidens were undreamed
Of, possibly millions OF years before
neolithic man had even back cave to
offer with the remains of last nights
supper for the cockroach Of the period
to enjoy. His discovery established the
fact that in the silurian period there
were insects, though, as the only piece
Of his remains found was wing, there
has been room for dispute as to the
exact species. Mr.. Gross in his preface
TO the second edition of his book notes
says that what is probably still older
insect has been found in the lower
eilurian in Sweden. This was not
eockroacb, but apparently something
worse. II the Latin name, Protocimex
Gilurius, be literally translated. it
means the original silurian bug.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Want a Dispensary.

The Charlotte preachers are bound
to keep the old town il a fernent. They
No, only want to regulate the mayor
and the city council: 70: only intend
to break up the euoh-o and 1ua The
poke-p!a5er in;o lis hole, but they
have begun 9 crusade against the bar.
rooms in order to substitute q dis2e2,
sary. They hare sounded the tcesin c!
war in the following and sigce5 By
themselves and published il the city
papers:
Whereas, We the ministers Of Char,
lotte are uDco9"cGm!singly opposed
to the licensed s&lo2n, :hc systcm now
in opera.i0n II It's city. and.
Whereas, We le:icve ;hat the dis
reDsary system lessers the evil o.
drunkenness and thereby ce27taseS ali
the evils Of whi0l the saioen is the
fountain heed, We TIE undersigned
ministers Of Charlotte, some Of u5 out
and out prohib:;;orit IS ard 1eserVing
the right to oppose the disfeasa7y here
after, scma Of Us believing that the
dispensa,y is tbs bes: selu,io0 Of tie
liquor evil under Present circpnStan-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
IN WASHINGTON MONUMENT.
That Line the Interior Of the
Great Shaft.

Few of the thousands of visitors TO
the Washington monument have the
disposition to climb its 900 steps. It
Il much easier to ride on the eleTa~
TOR, which makes the ascent Of the
aall column in about eight minutes.
But visitors who walk one way, either
up or down, are well rewarded by
near view of the inscriptions on the
memorial tablets, says Youths Com
panion.
One hundred and seventy-six OF
these tablets were contributed BY
various societies, lodges, cities, states,
foreign countris and private indiTid-
ua Is. The variety Of their inscrip-
tions attest the wide reach of the in
Auence Of Washington.
The Association of Journeymen
stonecutters OF Philadelphia, under
the emblems Of their trade, inscribe
on their tablet: "United We Stand"
Westmoreland county, Va, describes
itself simply as "The Birthplace OF
Washington" Greece, the Mother
of Ancient Liberty sends from the
Parthenon "This Ancient Stone as
Testimony Of Honor and Admiration"
The Turkish inscription, it is said.
was written by the court poet, and
hears date in "year Of the He
gira." One of the longest inscrip-
tions appears on q stone presented
nv some Chinese Christians of Che
Heans, China, in 1853. It declares
George Washington to have been
braver than Tsau-Tsau or Lin-Pi.
A likeness Of Shakespeare stands
out on a stone at the twenty-sixth
landing, as the short level spaces be-
tween the fights Of stairs are called.
bearing these words above: "All thai
live must die" and below: "a t-ib-
ute Of respect from the Ladies ard
Gentlemen Of the Dramatic Prosea.
aion Of America"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
4 MODERN SLAVERY
a Newspaper Says the Contract Labor
system is Much Abused

"Thst member of the Anderson
deleea alton who told Mr.. Wolling, Of
Fairfield, that Negroes we're bought sud
sold here on labor contrscts can doubt
less giya aHidayits in abundance to
ests blish his statement. Il is matter
Of COMMON report here thst this is
instantly done, snd it is also matter
Of common rrn>r that many Of them
are shackeled aud put in seockadss ard
guarded and worked under guard like
regular convicss. From ell that ne
have heard We DO Dos think it would
bs any trouble to establish the fact By
iIdisDutab!e e7ideros.
The method of proceeu ure is about
tbs: A Negro gets into debt and
breaks his contract, warrant is sRtrn
out and he Is arrested and brought be-
fore the magistrate or com nitttd to Jail
to swat trial. In the meantime par.
ty goes to toe landlord and says, how
much will it take to get that n Neero?'
The amount being stated, the Negro
is seen aud agrees to enter into CON
tract for sometimes a looge, period
than q year, the amount due the land
lord is paid, the papers are signed and
the Negro is hustled of uader guard to
q sto,kade and is Kept as securely 80 il
he had been brought before 8 mssis-
trate, tried, convicted and sentenced.
And there are plenty Of similar
cases and ne have heard at least one
man ssy that Niggeris mine, bought
him and paid for him" And it is
said the lash is freely used On these
Negroes. How true it is We DO not
know, but it has been freely talked Of
on the streets that there should be sn
Investigation By t'e grand jury and
that, too, By some of the best citizens
Of the county. And the grand jury
ought to de it in :he interest Of al con-
cerned. The public has az interest in
knowing If these charges are true and
If they are uniTus, the other parties
having deeper inreressin showing that
they are untrue. We sincerely hope
that the presiding judge at the coming
term Of court will order the grand jury
to make searching Investigation and
to 80 inquire if the costs collected in
cases that have been compromised have
been turned into the county treasury"
Commenting on the above the Flor.
epce Times says "the story from the
Anderson Mail concerning the twen.
tieth century slavery can, DO doubt,
And parallel in Q number Of other
| counties and number Of other states
than South Carolina. In fact it is .
universal truth that debt enslsves, and
that where the opportunity 10 oppress
is g;73n the creditor he will use it as
| far as he can The only way TO keep
| free is to keep ous Of debt. Tie lien
law, the labor contract Law and eli
these kind Of laws tbat are intended to
protect the creditor are sbused to their
utmost limit and by nen Of whom such
use wtud be little e1l ectsd. Is is
the Negro thst suffers mostly We do
not believe shas any sach a condition Of
aff4irs exists in this county.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Germany Crowds England on the Sea

Germany Crowds England on tke Sea.
The naval weakness of Britain Is no
toriously the subject Of earnest pro-
sest by some OF our most efficient ad-
mirals adoat, says Q London corre-
spondent. German efficiency haa el-
ready secured . formida bic and homo
Feneous feet. Already Germany holds
the Atlantic record for speed. Her
system Of mail subsidies has secured 0
large portion Of Asiatic and Australian
trade. Her rate of increase IN ship
building, for the first time in history,
has exceeded that Of Great Britain
Germany has already stretched out her
hands for the trident. Neither France
nor Russia is impatient to assist ID TO
recover the supremacy which We have
listlessly allowed to slip from eur
hands.-Detroit Free Press
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
A Bad Teacher.

Aspecial from Huntsville, Ala, soys:
"Ne1s reached here tonight Of great
excitement in Marshall county over a,
case CT criminal assault. 4 white s5hool
tescber named Hall, near Guntersville,
it is said, committed criminal assault.
upon 13-year old girl. A mob secured
the country fer the teacher, but he fell
into the hands of officers ard ,his even
ing was lodged in Jail at GunsersvilIe
A report says hundreds Of people have
gone there frcm the county intent On
bre.kiug into the jill AID lynchins
Hall
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
All wprc Cn9e

An earthquake, lately, in Caracas,
venezuela, borught ruin and terror.
The city was in state Of chaos for
days. The keeper Of the Jail, which
always has inmates confined there for
political ofenses, issued the following
notice, which ought to have amused
% well as reassured those who READ
IL: "To the public: have the sat-
isfaction to inform the families OF
those who are detained here that this
mornings earthquake has happily
caused no accident within this eo
fabIiShmenfn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Pens siOnS GOlOra.

Il may interest statissicians and per-
hsps others to know that the aggregate
amount CT money appropriated By con-
gress fer pensions since the cad of the
Civil wax il 1865, plus the amount car
rcd by the pandipg pension bill for
the fiscal year 1902, is 81, 82l, III, ,426
Another yesr will carry the total far
beyond the three billion mark. By the
ceosus Of 1860 TIE entire valuation Of
tie II southern States sftcrward com
posing the Co2fa3erscy-the true 7alua-
tio0, not assessed, Of all property, real
and perzoDsl. il those II Ststes--Fas
$500, 166, ,207.-New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Tillnan Endorsed.

In the Senate THURSDAY Senator Aid.
rich offered the following concurrent
resolution, which wss adopted without
discussion or dissent, and sent to the
house: Be it resolved By the senate,
the house of representatives coocu'ring,
That the acknowledgements Of tie gene.
rsl assembly are hereby rendered to the
Hon. B. r. Tillnan for his able, pa,
sriotic aud consistent course in the
United States senate, throughout his
service in that body, which curse is
hereby indorsed and pronounced wor-
of his State and people.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
a Pat Response.

There are many ways Ct proposing,
but for the ''pop direct, and for the pat
response, nothing could we'll Surpsss
the specimen furnished By the Puritan
and the girl who had won his affections
Riding up to her fathers house, he
asked her to be called. ''Rachell'', he
said, "the Lord hath sent me to marry
thee" To which the damsel, after a
moments pause, replied, ,meekly, "The
Lords will be done"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
British Like Our Census Meehoaa.

Inquiries have been received from
che British governmenteoncerning the
methods Of taking the American CEN
aus, because it has never been able to
secure such comprehensive data, OF
even az complete count OF population,
IN Ten years Of continuous work as the
American system haa secured II II
months. With "a potential facts con-
eerning each individual accessible, the
sociological and Psychological prob
lems Of the present time, growing ous
OF the assimilation Of large masses OF
foreigners with the American people,
become fascinating etudy.-Nstional
Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
aow rraneo Cot into 7nao-chsaa.

The connection Of France with Indo-
China dates back to 17As, when . ware
house and trading station were CO.
tabliahed in Anam. The old crssoma OF
China still prevailed, the whole eoun.
tzy having been under China for many
eeaturies, until native vice king led
. successful revolt about the year 1880.
During one Of the inte7neeine eonHicsa
which broke out with due regularity
among claimants and pretenders the
aid Of Louis XVI. Of France was go
licited, and treaty Of alliance was ca.
tered into in 1887. Thus originated the
first claim OF France upoa IndeEhiss.
-Coosul JoSa c. Covert
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
He Is Fixed.

Thomas Kesrns, the new senator
from Utah, has silver mine for vhich
he has refused $4,000, 600. It is said
to pay him and his partner 81, $50, 900 .
year. They call it the Silver King +"
It has not been running long enough
st this rate to pile up much capital for
Mr.. kearns to work or, but his credit
is good. Mr.. Clark, the senator-elect
from Montana, is rated at $75 00G, 600
so that Kearns is comparatively poor
map.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
TIE VERY MAN BE WAS LOOKING


FORA South Carolins edi'ot on 60
ing away, left his paper in charge OF q
minister. During the minister's stay
in the ssoctum the following letter
came from a mountain subscriber;
"You know very veil that | raid my
subscription to your psp'r the last
time I was in your blasted toWu. II /
get any more letters from you like the
last one will come down TO your office
and maui the devil out of you The
minister answered: II have been try
ing to maui that thing out Of the editor
for fifteen years past. and it you will
coms down and do it for me. | have
twenty more members of ny coz.
gregation that / will get you to WorS
on"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
A Grave DANCER.

The Commoner says: "A Nation,
ILL.,, man asks for o divorce on tie
grounds that be was under hypuotic
influence when lie was msried. There
will be grave danger to the marriage
laws If this contention is upheld by the
courts. Il will not be difficult for any
man to PROVE that ha was hypeotised
when be was married A pair Of bright
eyes exerts q powerful inaaer se on the
average man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Tired of Them.

A bill before the Lesisla!ure Of Ne
braska declared sun6owers snd cockle'
b17rs public nuisance, and makes II
the Guty Of every owner Of land to
destroy them bet1een August Is and
Sept. l Of each yesr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20

ces, do hereby call upon our people and
upon all the ministers aud people Of
the country Of Meckienburg to aid in
the suppression Of the saloon By using
all honorable means to nave dispen-
sary law passed bv this legislature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-02-20
Swallows as Carriers.

The question Of employing swaa-
lows instead Of pigeons to carry dis
patches has been seriously conssd-
ered in France. The aptitude OF the
swallow for the work is by many heih
TO be even greater than that OF the
oiQeon.