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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Disastrous Floods.

A dispatch from Richmond Va, says
news reached there Wednesday night Of
disastrous h,ods sll over the State. At
FsrmVille the Apponattox is higher
than in 20 years and there has been
great loss to farmers by the washing
awsy of crops. East and northbouad
Chesapeake and Ohio trains were de
layed at Charlottesville By high water,
and the Charlottesville Wollen mills are
flooded to the second story. DsDville
reports much damage to the Danvllle
and Western railrosi and at Bsssett's,
vest Of the city, church vas washed
away. The Danville mills are flooded
and the electric light plant had to b.
shut down. New river, st Radford, is
on the biggest rise since 1878. The
electric light plspt is wrecked and the
roller mills are under water the second
story. Traffic on the Radford division
Of the Norfolk and Western road is sus
pended. James river, at Columhia,
has risen from Eve feet above low water
mark this morning to 25 feet tonight at
II o'clock and is still rising. This
means dxnger of a big food here. The
nigh wafer from up the James river is
expected to reach here about noon to
morrow. The mer chants and others in
the low lying section Of the city are
moving cut. A Bristol special says
HeIry Music, Of Halls Bottom, Va,
anu Milton Boyd Of Wallace, Vs., are
reported drowned ia the food in that
section. Two residences, school
house and barn were washed away in
Washington county.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
a West Virginia Story.

A Job, ". Va, special says: To be-
crushed to death in the embrace Of .
monstrous black bear and their little
bodies afterward msngled and partly de-
voured was the frightful fate that befell
the three young children Of E. P. Por-
terfeld, mountaineer residing about
II miles southeast Of this place. The
remains we're found Wednesday by .
searching party which had been out
since Sunday evening. The party In
cluded John Weldon, a Maryland hun
ter, who within few minutes after dis
covering the bodies, shot and killed the
bear in q neighboring thicket. The
children were Mary, aged 8, Willie,
aged 5, and Henry, aged 2. Shortly
after noon Sunday they left home to
gsther foWers in clearing near their
home. Nothing more is known but it
is supposed they wandered into the
woods and becoming lost continued on
their way until they we're overtaken by
The bear in the dense forest three miles
from thsir parents home. The bear
feasted of al three Of the bodies. The
bones of the chilire had been crushed
like strsHs and the flesh stripped of
with teeth and claws. The party divided
and began search. Within few min
utes Weldon discovered it in . thick
clump of hemlock sapliugs near small
stream. a single shot ended its life.
It was declared to be the largest bear
ever seen in this neighborhocd.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Ended His Life.

Bresci, the assassin Of the late King
Humbert, has committed suicide at the
penitenttary Of Santo Stefsno, Italy.
Bresci recently had been suffering from
extreme excitement, declared to be
from remorse. Tuesdsy righthe made
9 rope from his blankets and strargied
himself. On the wall Of mis- cell the
word "7engeance" was scratched with
his bloody thumb nail. Bresci's vio-
lencs last week eliminated in his at
taokirg a jsileg, in consequence Of
which he vas placed in a straight
jacket. Later the prisoner feigne0
dccility, in order to secure an oppor'
tunity to commit suicide which he ac-
complished by hanging himself with
an inpro7ised rope attached to the cell
ing. In the caller days Of his imprlson-
ment Bresci resented orders to keep
silent and threatned to kill himself.
At the cabinet council had tonight,
Sisnor Golitti, minister Of the interior,
Informed the king Of the suicide Of
Bresci. His majesty remained pensive
for 3 few moments and then said: 1T
is. perhaps, the best thing that could
hsye happened to the unhappy man"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Comes Too Late.

In answer to the question what hiss
been the efect Of the presidents atsi
tude toward the south. Has it tended
to bring about reconciliation between
the sections?" Senator CAmsck, Of
Tennessee says: I feel ab5u6 that q
good deal as Dr.. Johnsoa did with re-
spect to the grstuitcus patronage q
Lord Che. ter6eli: Had it been early
1t had been kind When We most
needed the cheering word and the help
lng hand we got nornirg from M. Nc
KiDley and his psrsy but the curse and
the clinched fist. S. long as they could
make party capital b. waving the
bloody shirt and By teaching the north
to hate and distrust the Sc nth, they
did so, ard the Republican conception
of ali that vas vile in human nature
was summed up in ths words the Con
feGerate brissdier.' TLi5 brigadier was
forbidden by law to draw sword for
the union and it was not until the
sword was needed ~ the war with
Spain that the law was repealed. We
rejoice that the time of sectional ha-
tired has passed OF is passing; but We
do not forget that it might have passed
many years ago if Mr.. Mckinley and
other Republican leaders had desired it
to pass.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Shot for Eating Pickles.

A dish Of pickles, a sisk woman, a
greedy man snd nsn with a shotgun
constituted the elements Of tragedy
in BilmiDgham, Ala, Thursday. Esther
Jemison, colored, was the sick woman.
She was abed with rheumatism and wss
eating from q dish of sweet pickles,
that being al she desired. Dan Allen,
friend, called and commenced eating
pickles. The WOMAN protested, but the
az contiL usd to est. About this TINA
FIaLk Miller, another friend, entered
the room and became sppr.s.d Of the
ACTORS Of Dan Allen. Miller had 8
shotgun with hin. BE raised the
weapon to his shoulder ard remarking
to Allen: I'll show sou how to eat q
sick Womsn's pickles." shot Allen.
Allen will die. Miller was arrested and
put in the county jsil.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Killed Himself.

A dispatch from Cambridge, Mass,
says Fred G. Foster, Of Cambridge
port, Hho was under suspicion OF the
police in connection with the explo.
sion Whioh wrecked The Cambridgeport
National bank here Wednesday, c,m-
mitted suiciie by shooting today in
the presence Of q police off, er who had
sallei on Foster make inquiries in con
nec,icn with the case. Foster was 43
years old. F,ster had Wife and three
children. He had baen under sur
7eilsnce, the police say, since Wedne-
day afternoon, when it became known
that he presented check at the bank
calling for 81, 100 for which he had no
funds in The bank.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
a Hundred EntOmbed.

An explosion OCCUR d Friday morn
ing at the U aiverssl colliery at Sem
gnenydd, in the Rhondds valley Eng
land. About . hundret men were in
the pit at the time Of the disaster and
there is little hops If saving the lives
Of any Of them. The rescu srs at the
Universal colliery are working with
great difficulty owing to lack OF air.
Five bodies have been recovered. Tae
Wre cksge of the pit is complete, al
most precluiing hope that the impris-
oned men can have survived. There
are 78 miners missing. The rescusrs
have found more bsdies, but there is
no hope that70 miners who are still en-
tombed will be brought out alive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Unprecedented May Rainfall.

Not since 1888 has the total rainfall
for May been so great as for the present
month. Ia that year 6 Sc inches fell,
but with only one heavy rain 2 80 fell
in q hours. This has been exceeded
in the past day. the amount for the "a
hours ending at "a. N. Of the 2lst hav:
ing been 3 81 inches. The rainfall
Of the past few days are unique in the
annals Of the local Office Of the weather
bureau, not only on account Of the large
tossl, that sirce the evening Of the 18Th
amounted to s SO inches, but also on
account Of the rate Of the fall, which
csn be readily ascertsined by an electric
self-registering guase with which the
Office has recently been equipped. The
rainy condition was not confined to
South Carolina, but accompanied a
general storm that entered the contl.
nent over lower California and moved
in an almost due easterly direction with
copious rains along its entire course.
In breadth the storm covered the en-
tire Gotten belt, and over this vast area
the rainfall averaged over an inch IN
depth with, however, the largest
amounts in Georgia and the two Caro-
linas. The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Disastrous Storm on Lakes.

A special from TaWas City says: A
terri6ce northeaster revailed all day
and last night. The stearmer Balti-
more, coal laden, broke in two and
sank off Au Sable this morning before
dayligt. Thirteen were drowned includ-
ing y woman and boy. The tug
Columbia Of Detroit with q govern
ment steam dredge and two loaded
lighters for the Soo was caught in the
storm. The lighters and dredge were
lost, parting their six-inch cable. The
crew Of six men is missing. While
searching today for her tow the Co.
lumbia picked up two men from the
Baltimore On raft. they were almost
dead and we're taken to cast TsWas. An
other man was on the raft, but was
lost despite the efforts to save him.
The Schooner Montm9rency, which
went around on the Charity Islands
several days ago, has gone to pieces.
Her crew left her Thursday. TT e
TaRas life saving crew made trip to
her at midnight and roRed IS miles in
the storm and against the wind, but
fouad no one aboard. The Columbia
picked up her dredge tonight, but the
lighters and the expensive machinery
they carried and the six men are still
missing. The wind is now going down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
DON'T WANT NEGROES.
a Northern Pap:r Says They Area
Menace.

There hss been trouble in tie coke
regions Of Perpsylvsnis. They have
been importing negroes to tsks the
place of recalcitTant Workmen. The
ether day the !ynching Of one Of these
negroes was narrowly a7erted. The
Pittsburg Post comnends the action
Ct offers in protecting the negro, but
adds:
The bringing in of Southern negroes
Of laEless character is an outrage on
cit zens who have their hcmes IN the
coke regions and desire peaceab!e sur
roundines. That is something that
should be stopped. The negroes are q
menace, and appear to be growing more
disorGelly and reckless as time goes on.
OF course, negroes imported TO work
in northern industries are rot taken
from southern pepite ;laries, nor do
the agents who collect them advertise
for the "law:e=s" ana reckless. They
simply take them as they find them
the common run of negro men to be
found on the streets of any southern
town. These 'lawless" aad reckless"
negroes WHO are "a menace" in the
coke regions are to b found by the
thousands in every southern state. In
the eyes Of northern editors it is
great outrage when disturbance oc,
ours in a southern locality where there
are as many Of these negroes as there
are whites, but to bring a handful Of
Them to work in the mines of Pennsyl-
vsnia us an outrage" When will our
northern brethren tote fair with the
south IN ita bearing Of the white mans
burden, aad be ready to carry their
shsre?-Augus:s Chronicle
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
BURNED the Site

The State leper board recently quiet
ly purchased large Elantstion in Jeffsr-
son parish, opposite New Oriesns, and
made arrangements to establish lepei
lszaretto. When the news beeams publ,
Jefferson and St. Charles parishes arose
to an indignant protest and threats vera
freely made that the torch and riff !,
would be employed to prevent the trans
fer Of he leper colony to the point se-
lected. At a meeting the bosrd
heard the vigorous protests Of the oiti.
zens Of the two parishes but decided to
take no action st present The pro-
testants concluded, however, that the
board had determined at least to At.
tempt the establishmentof the lazaret-
to in Jefferson. The result was that
during the night the proposed home and
other buildings on the plantation Sc
lecsed Eers fred and totally destroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
Lost in the Flood.

Millions Of dollars Of damage has
been done and at least eight lives lost
in Upper Tennessee by the foods,
caused by the recent heavy rains. The
Doe river, the Wsutaga, the Holston,
the Chukey and the French Brod are out
Of bounds and growing crops have been
swept away along their curses. Va
the Chukey river, three children OF
Joseph Hill were drowned in his house
while he was at his barn looking after
his stock and unaware Of the danger.
o. this river six bridges were swept
away, doing damage Of about SO, 900,
Ghiie the damage to farms, houses and
stock along this stream in Greene
county alone will amount to one-half q
million dollars. At Leeper's mill, on
Chukey r.vsr, two Bolivar brothers fell
from boat into the river, one being
drowned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
M'LAURINS PLACE.
There Are Many Candidates IL
the Field For 1t.
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED.
There Will be No Lack of cans
didases, but Who the
Lucky One Will Be No
One Knows.

Senator McLsurin's SPEECH Wednes-
day at Greenville is generally regarded
as the opening Of his campaign for re,
election, although there are some
who still profess to believe that
Senator McLaurin will not be in the
campaign rext summer. However that
may be, his activity at the present
time naturally directs attention to the
race for the seat once held By Wade
Hampton. From present indications
that race will be warn one. Con.
gressmsn Lstimsr, Of the Third dis
trict, is already an avowed candidate
and is actively at work. It is general
ly understood that at this time at least
Congressman Lstimer has the good will
if not the active support Of Senator
Tillma1. State Senator D. s. Hender-
son, of Aiken, is also understood to be
in the race for all he is worth, which is
not a little. It has recently been
stated that there is al understanding
between Messrs. Latimer and Hender-
son; that the former is looking after
Charleston and the low country and
the latter psying particular attention
to the Piedmont. Just what can be
gained from this alleged cooperation is
not known, but circumstances give
credeDce to the report. Congressman
Lstimer's efforts in behalf Of the
Charleston exposition are supposed to
give him Charlesson's vote 50 far as it
can be controlled, while Senator Hem
derson being possessed Of some inau.
ence with the cotton mill presidents Of
the Piedmont would be more apt to
undermine MeLaurin in that quarter.
The naue Of Col. George Johnstone,
Of Newberry, has been often mentioned
in connection with this race. II he
should be q candidate he would be
pitted against the man who defeated
him for reelection to congress-A @.
L.timer. Thisis an interesting coinci-
dence. Col. Johnssene was in the city
Tuesday, but was not talking poll
tics, being busy with some legal at
fairs. A close friend, however, stated
that it was most probable that Col.
Johnstone would have something to
say on the stump next summer. He
is one Of the most eloquent speakers In
tae State and ready stump debater, SO:
that his entry into the field would do
muchto liven matters up. There are
number Of other gentlemen mentioned
for the. place, among them being Gov.
McSgaenev.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
SHE CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE.
Mrs. gonine Has Confessed 10
Killing Young Ayres.

The mystery attending the killing Of
James Seymour Ayres, census Office
clerk, in the Kenmore hotel early last
"Wednesday morning, ct Washington,
D. c., and viii h because of the pecu-
lisr circumstar surrounding it has
srcused Washington moro than any
tragedy in several ears, was solved
Monday by voluntary confession from
Mrs Lulu |. Bonnie, married woman
and guest at the house, that the three
shots which ended Ayrss' life had been
fred in a struggle between herself and
Ayres. Mrs. Bonnie. whose husband
is drum er for the wholesale drug
house Of Dewitt & Go. OF Cii,ago, ez-
planned her presence in Ayrss' room at
2 o'clock in the morning by saying that
he bad come to her room complaining
Of chill and asking for m sdicin:, and
had induced her to follow hi to his
room to talk over some matters Of difsr-
ence there had been between them. She
said that she dress d herself in : wrap
per and went to his room. He had pre-
ceeded her and when she opened the
door and walked in he quickly closed it
and informed her he had enticed her to
the room for his Own purposes and said
if she did not submit to his wishes ne
would kill her. Ay-es, she said, was
undressed and had q revolver in his
hand and in struggle for its possession
which ensusd Immediately after she
entered, it was discharged three differ
ent times, the shots striking Ayres at
each discharge, the last one proving
fatal.
After her statement, which was
made to The chief Of police and nun.
Der Of other officials, Mrs. Bonine was
placed under arrest and taken to the
house Of detention, where she will be
held pending the result Of ths coroner's
inquest, which has bsen in session
since Saturday and at which Mrs.
Bonine vas to have appeared tomorrow
as witness. The tragedy which re-
suited in Ayers death was discovered
first about $50 o'clock last Wednesday
morning when his dead body was found
10 his room at the Kenmore, a small
family hotel situated not far from the
capitol. An examination Of Ayres'
body showed that he had been shot
three times, one ball entering the left
leg, another the left arm, and the third
penetrating the heart and causing
death. Suicide was the drst theors
advanced, but statements from two
witness that on the night of the murder
they had seen a woman descending q
fire escape leading from the front Of
Ayers room at the hotel and disappear
into the parlor Of the house ended this
theory and the killing was quickly de.
veloped into mysterious and senss-
tional affair that bamod the police un-
til Mrs. Bonine contested.
Saturday the corner began his in.
quest, but no substantial clue was
found to connect any person specifically
with the tragedy. The inquest was re
suned Mondsy and had developed
nothing directly bearing on the tragedy
except that Mrs. Bonine was much in
Ayers room, when it was suddenly ad-
journed on information that the dis
tric5 attorney and others were wanted
at police headquarters to hear state
ment made by Mrs. Bnn'ne.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
A Voyage in a Buggy.

a dispatch from Sharon says Willie
Hoyle started to York7ille Wednesday
morning in buggy and in crossing .
snell stream just this side Of YorkVills
his buggy broke loose and was carried
deWl the stream. he could not swim
but saved himself BY getting on the
horse and riding it out. He went on
to Yorkville and procured assistance
and came back took the buggy out but
it was badly torn up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29

The gates Of Bilibid prisons, Manila,
saung open Friday and admitted mule
wagon bearing three former United OIL
GERS who reluctantly alighted and be.
gan to- serve sentences in expiatlon OF
crimes in connection with the commits
sary scandals. Captain Frederick j:
BsrroWs, late depot quartermaster OF
the department Of Southern LuSon, is
sentenced to five years imprisonment.
Captain James G. Reed, late depot COM
missary at Manila, to three years i'm
prisopment, and Lieutenant Frederic Z
Boyer, late depot commissary at Ca
lamba to one years imprisonment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29
woodmen of the World.

A Aspeoia! dispatch to The News snd
Courier says the Sovereign Camp OF the
Woodmen cf the World st their recent
session in Columbus, Ohio, appropEiat,.
ed the sum Of $500 for the relief Of
Galveston sufferers and the sum Of
s1 600 for the erection Of monument
in the city of Galveston to commemo-
rate the memory Of the Woodmen who
lost their lives in the devastating storm.
The Pac;f, Jurisdiction made sn sp-
Dropriation Of 81, 100 for the sufferers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29

South, I see threat in the papers that
the confirmation is to be fought. If that
is politics, if that is Democracy, then
God save me from such infsmy.
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IContinued on page a.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-29

Fellow citizens: There is no greater
mensce to the stability o: our govern
ment than q large minority in the
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01
Where Uncle Sam Is st,ngy.

France has Just bought for 800
900 enough land in Washington
for handsome embassy All the
leading governments are providing
homes for their officials even
China Mr. Wa having recently
shown that be ia as sbrswd 10
bidding Tor land MS he is in doing
business Of other kinds Foreign
governments ars showing excellent
judgement in this matter Land
is approaching in value sll the
time ut the capital. aud building
mhy be cheaper now than in the
future. La contrast 10 this, United
States officials are living in for
eiRn lands in rented houses. The
salaries Of our am bnssadors aud
ministers nre much below those
paid by the leading nations.
Baltimore American
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01
ONE WAY 10 DO ir.

II is estimated that the cost Of
lhs postal service for the coming
yenr will be about sl36 100000
The total cost Of the inland trans.
portatiou service is s6B. 1000 Of
which railroad transportation. rail
wny mail service aud railway
postal car service amounts TO S52,.
100000
Spms congressman are trying TO
attain popularity by advocating II
bill reducing the cost of ordinary
letter postage TO Que cent 1t 10
not likely that this will come
about Immediately, but there 10
one reform which should be
wrought ms speedily as possible
The governme IT is now paying the
railroads in the same proportion
for transportation thnt II pnid
twenty yebrs ngo The figures ure
outrageously high II they wore
brought down to whore they prop
erly belonged improvements could
be made IN the Bervico without nd
ding a dollar to the present cost
This 10 the obvious way to make
great snving, and 1t ia surprising
that It never HeemH TO have oc-
CURED to congress- Denver Post
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01

Read The Daily Tribune,
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01

Tho Austrians, Slave and Polish
coal miners in tho oamps are not
working today In their respect
i've native lands today is holi.
day which corresponds with our
Decoration Day The miuers of
other uationalities are at work.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01
Frey Resigns.

The resignation of j j Frey.
president Of the Florence & Grip
Pile Greek railroad company, took
effect todny A meeting Of the
directors Of the road was held in
Denver at ! I O'Clock this morning
for the purpose OF clecting ncw
president
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01

a ieanyna
be
the straight
counted
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01

We nre glad that Ex Parte rec
ognisee the admirable qualities of
"the little daily" Notwithstanding
the dogserel story of the dog aud
the pup But iuet the same TINS
TRmtNE would rather he good
lively promising pup, than the
defuno, caroase of a big overgrown
dog that has met its death on the
goillotine of public opinion Aud
such will he the last end of Ex
Parte, This goes. for It ia written
ON the moon,
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-11-01

There il probably no disease
more distressing aud annoying
than piles Tabler'a Buckeye Pile
Ointment il daily curing cases OF
yenrs' standing of itching and
bleeding piles. The cure begins
on the frat application, n little per.
severance makes the cure com
plete Prico 80 cents in bottles.
Tubes 10 cents Mcdaniel Il Hull