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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
A MATHEMATICAL QUIZ.
Small Estate in Most Pushing
Manner.

Heirs Of Peter J. Gergen, whose will
was fled for probate at Milwaukee,
Wis. the other day. probably will be
forced to resort 10 higher mathemat-
les TO ascertain Zee amounts to which
they are respectively entitled.
In its directions regarding the dis
tribution of the estate. which is val
used at $500, the will is curiosity
The property is to be divided among
the widow and eight children, and the
allotment to the children is made IN:
the following language:
Mary to receive for her share $500
more than the other children. Nicho-
las to receive $50 less than the other
children, John to receive SO less than
the other children. Anna &c receive
$50 less than the other children, JOS
eph, Peter. Gabriel and Frank to re-
ccive an equal share, which shall be
5000 less than Mary, $50 more than
Nicholas, $40 more than John and $50
more than Anna" Peter Gergen, one
Of the sons, was named as executor in
the will
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

WOMEN AND SCHOOL HOUSES. The
very mud-sill Of the educational cam
paign must be better school houses,
says the Raleigh: \. c., News and
Observer. The best teachers and
brightest pupils are at q disadvantage
when the school house is cold, dreary,
cbcerless. The women alone can
bring about the improvement in the
school house, which require good taste
and deft hands. This work ought to
enlist the hearty cooperation Of the
most progressive women IN the state.
1t will deepen interest on the part OF
men in public education, secure in
creased attendance, and result in bet
ter schools and longer terms where
needed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
CLEMsoN's CADET OFFICERS.
Appointments For the Next Session
Made Public.

A special dispatch from Clemson
College to The State says: Publica-
~tion Of the following will crafty the
laudable ambition Of some, remove
the suspense Of many, and satisfy the
curiosity Of all Clemson students:
Staff-Lieutenant and Adjutant
Perrin, Lieutenant and Quartermaster
Young.
Non-commisSioned staff Sergeant
Major Hamlin, Quartermaster Ser
geant Tarbox.
Company A-Captain Wylie; Lieu
tenants Reamer and Ellis; SergeantS
McGregor, Bell, L. H., Morehead and
Miller; Corporals Abel, Cross, CANDY,
R. B., and Robinson, B. r.
Company B-Captain Black; Lieu
tenants Norris and Fox, L. W.; ! Ser
geants Henry, Hail, Self and Baker:
Corporal Beatty, Dean, Fox, T. H.
and Ruff.
Company Captain Hagood; Lieu
tenants Quattlebaum and Grace; Ser
geants Hightower, Walker, Dew and
Siau; Corporals Ballenger, Crowther,
Kennedy and Slattery.
Company D-Captain Barnwel, W.;
LieutenantS Walker and Bradford:
Sergeants Barnwell, J., Gelzer and
Fielder: CorporalS Bell, NJ, Cannon,
Irwin, ". H, and Weston.
Company E-Captain Glenn: Lieu
tenants Cummings and Cain; SergeantS
Norton, Mauldin, Phillips and Hol-
man; Corporals Ellison, B0ykin, Jen-
kinS and Speer.
Company F-Captain Legerton;
Lieutenants Livingston and Rhodes:
Sergeants Roberts, Weir, Wyse, +. c.,
and Muller; Corporals Dukes, W. W.,
Eason, Holland and Sweeny.
Company G-Captain Harvey; Lieu
tenants King and Robertson; Ser
geants Coney, Connor, Breese and
Elias; Corporals Goggans, Earle, W.
B., Jones and Youmans.
Company H-Captain Candy, t: s.;
LieutenantS Tillman and Ford; Ser
geants Templeton, Monroe, Sparkman
and LipScomb; CorporalS Williams, A.
NJ, Elliott, Matthews and Watson.
Of6cers and non-commiSsioned Of
fcerS of Company H to be assigned to
duty with recruits.
Col. N. B. Hardin, acting president,
has signed the order appointing the
cadet officers.
Everything is being put in readiness
for the reception Of the cadets on the
9th inst. The new president, DR.. 2.
Il. Nell, arrived on the 4th.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Ar Tng srcrs.
What Was Heard During Msse ~
sorhlng Scene.

Macauley's Theatre was 50 crowded
the last night Of the Julia Arthur en-
gagelnent that there was no room for
the Fool Killer who came late. Down
in the parquet was q couple in need Of
his services. They had been engaged
probably twenty hours, and within five
minutes everybody in their vicinity
knew it. TWO young men who think
Miss Arthur the greatest as well as
the most beautiful English-speaking
actress were in front Of the loving pair.
Trouble started with the second act,
when Miss Arthur swept on the stage
gowned in her Cleopatra costume.
vision Of perfect loveliness. The au-
dience gasped its admiration and the
only male creature that had been en-
gagged since Eden whispered to the cot.
ton-locked damsel beside him: That's
just as you looked last night, Evange-
line"
Then followed the scene when Jose.
phine. with all the seductive power Of
her voice, her beauty, her love and her
womanliness, coaxes the sulky Napo-
Icon from his room. The house was
scarcely breathing. The two young
worshippers were living on Miss Ar
thurs pleading. The voice Of the girl,
who had bitten off more love than she
.,culd digest secretly, rasped them to
earth again.
Henry" she grated, that's just az
I begged you after we quarreled to
night"
Again came comparative peace until
Napoleon began to urge the divorce.
josephine sinks on a sofa overcome.
Her husband offers her water. She
shrinks from him. '1That water is
poisoned, Junot. DRINK thunders the
emperor, and Junot drains the glass.
would you do that Evangeline,"
grunted Henry, turning calfs eyes On
her.
"I'd do 1t If loved him. I'd drink
poison for you, Henry" she whimper.
ed, sentimentally.
That was past all patience. One Of
the men whirled In his seat
"For heavens sake, young womaHs
drink it, and drink it quick" he said.
The voice from the stage was heard
alone after Charlottesville Courier.
Journal
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His Wedding Fee in Eggs.

a diminutive couple that ought to
have been spanked and sent home were
married at Stanford, KY, by a preach
er. who received IS cents and two doz-
en- eggs for his services. The groom
was about fifteen and the bride little
over twelve years Of age, wearing q
dress too short by two inches to reach
her knees. It looked like nlockery Of
marriage. After the ceremony they
drove their wagon up in fence corner
Ia the outskirts Of the town and pro-
ceeded to dine, a basket Of victuals
having been brought along to save the
unnecessary investment Of five cents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

GIRLS IN LovE.-An old lady
says: Girls in love amt any
good the blessed week. Sunday,
in the morning, they're looking
down the road expecting he'll come.
Sunday afternoon they can't think OF
nothing else, cause he's here. Mon
day they're sleepy and blue: Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday they
get aosent-minded and begin to look
off towards Sunday again, and NOPE
round and let the dish water get cold
right under their noses. Friday they
break dishes and go of In the best
room and snicker and look out OF the
window. Saturday they have queer
spurts OF working and spurtS OF friz-
zing their hair. And Sunday they
begin it all over again"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

The JOHNNIE OF FIFTY YEARS
Aeo.-Fifty years ago Johnnie got up
at daylight, started the fires, fed the
horses, MIXED a dozen long-horned
COWS that gave barely enugh milk for
coffee, ate a hearty breakfast, and
walked three miles to school. The
Johnnie Of to-day don't get up at all,
unless he is forced to do so, eats little
or no breakfast, and if the school
house is over three blocks away takes
a street car. The Johnnie Of tlfty
years ago is now a hale. hearty ola
man. Fifty years from now the
Johnnie Of to-day will be dead and
hurled
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

LOCAL TAXATION FOR SCHOOLS
Those cities, towns and rural commu-
mites that have adopted local taxa
tion have adopted the only means at
hand for the adequate education OF
their children. In adopting this prin-
ciplc of local taxation they secured,
first, adequate school funds; second,
competent supervision; third, skilled
teachers. Lacking any one of this
educational trinity no community has
ever yet succeeded in establishing the
means Of competent education for its
children. We should wake up along
this line.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Qutiandisn.

The tramp entered the private Of
fee Of a South Water street cheese
merchant.
"Bess," began the knight Of the ttS-
can tribe, Use z Boer, an wants
yer to help me to land In South AZ
RIGA"
'I'll help you to land On the OUT
side!" blurted the busy cheese mer.
chant.
Den, boss, I'll be an outlander."
and the tourist vanished before the
bombardment Of ripe cheese.-Chi~
cago News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
FOUGHT TIE PCLICE.
axe = piC"".

y diSDIlc!i frn.n New io:i> 23::;
that Jerry Hunter. t:2c negro Who
Shot Il number OF pu:icG:ncn and sc1
fire t. Ills E~;S2 il Q;,2a.:sboro Tu:s-
day night, IN an effort 10 escape a.
rest. was captured the next morning
ana locked up in tie Astoria Jail. In
the fight between Hunter and those
who tried to arrest him, !! policemen.
3 citizens and Hunters wife were
wounded. Hunters wife, who helped
her husband in his efforts tc escape,
was taken to hospital, where It was
said she was in serious condition.
Hunter vas badly beaten in the strug-
Gle when he was caught. The citizens
wounded were men who had been
called upon by the police to aid IN snn-
DUNG Hunter. The following IS a !'sC
OF the Injured:
John Mckenna, policeman, both
eyes shot out, lips shot OIL, head hlieo'
witt? bucEs!yot, wounds likely fatal.
John O'Nei2l: New York, Shoa in the
back and shoulder.
Wm. Ordman, Corona, L. l., buck
shot wounds IN shoulder.
VIM. Thorpe, printer, Ne" DIX:
buckshot wounds in face.
Arthur Brill, policeman, Cne eye
shot out: head, face and arms full ct
buckshot.
Thomas Cassidy, policeman. cat on
head and shoulders by sabre welded
by Mrs. Hunter.
Police Capt. Thomas Darcy. slight
gunshot wound in ear.
Police Sergeant EAowney, face filed
with buckshUC.
Thomas Grcgan. policeman, shot in
leg and head.
Policeman Hcaly, shot in lcg.
Pat kiernan, policeman, shot II
leg.
Frank Pultz, policeman, shot IL
right leg.
Thomas Rigney, policeman, shot II
right leg and thigh.
". J. Ward. policeman, shot in !ei'
leg.
Jeremiah Hunter, aged 20, uegro
badly shot about head and face by
police.
Sallie Hunter, shot in head, scalE
wounds, and body bruised while resist
ing arrest.
Hunter was employed as caretakel
Of a large tract Of land near NORTH
Beach, L. I. Tuesday he saw a mar
digging sand worms on the property
and he shot at the intruder, who rar
awav and told Policeman Mchennt
what Hunter had done. McKenna rar
to Hunters home and was shot by tht
negro. The police reserves were callet
out, and then a siege was begun, Whlct
lasted until after o'clock in thf
morning. Every time a policeman
moved from cover d shot would bi
fired. Fortunately for the police
Hunter Seemed 10 have only q shot
gun.
Shortly after , o'clock Hunter Sc
fire to the house and tried to escape
Hunters wife carried an old cavalr,
sabre, and with this she fought unit
overpowered, inficting severe wound
on Patrolman Cassidy. Hunter raj
for a piece Of woods near the house
but was caught and subdued after
severe struggle: in which he was bad
| " wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
He Guessed Wrong.

Brown-You seem to be a hustler.
] saw that life insurance agent go into
your house this morning, and in less
than half an hour after him came the
doctor.
Smith-Well, what do you gather
from that?
Brown-Merely that you were In
great hurry to undergo the physical
examination and have It over with.
Smith-You're wrong. The doctor
came to examine the insurance mans
wounds.-Philadelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

\ GOOD LESSON. a little north
Georgia town some years ago, notes an
exchange, the leading merchant failed
for something In the neighborhood of
$4,000. \ mass meeting was called
and the amount needed to straighten
him up was raised without any
trouble. gnd he was given five years
to settle. The merchant is now worth
over 100000, paid everybody back
with interest and IS the best friend
his town ever had. We would like to
impress the moral Of Ibis story upon
every person OF our acquaintance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
40 Republican Ticket,

While the Democrats are holding
primaries, the Republicans in their
hopeless minority are keeping very
quiet, says The State, OF Columbia.
There have been rumorS that the Re-
publicans would call convention in
September and put out full state
ticket. A leader Of that party stated,
the other day, that the Republican
state committee would meet in Sep
tember, but he felt sure that no con-
yention would be called.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Snapshotting Church Sleepers.

A clergyman in England IS adVocat-
Ing the use Of a concealed camera in
the pulpit, says, by showing these pho
tographs to the backsliding ones they
would become so shamed that they
would rot be liable to repeat the per-
formance. The suggestion is ingenious,
but it would seem the surest thing to
keep the congregation awake would be
an interesting sermon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Following instructions.

Young Samnie Spender Is carry.
ing out his Governors wishes faith
fully, isn't he?"
Flows that?"
"Why the old gentleman left instuc.
tio1s in his will that after his death
his dust was to be scattered to the
Tinds."-Life.
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Seven Hundred Killed.

News has been received from Ills.
Trans Caucasus. Russia. of q landslide
which occurred August l1th in the VI
cinity Of Mount kasbek. and which
resulted in the destruction OF some 20
villages and the loss OF nearly 100
lives. Seismic Disturbances seem to
have started a glacier. which swept
down a valley and destroyed every
thing in its path.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
i FEARFUL NIGHT.
She City - Kingston Wrapped Is:
Gloom and Dread.

IN APPALLING phanouan0n was
witnessed at kingtDn St N!nces
Island Saturday night. It lasted from
. p. n. To ) O'clock this morning. \
dreadful eruption Of the Soulricre vol
cano enyelOped this whole island ia IN
electric cloud and smoke. At II
O'Clock this morning the atmosphere
is still unsettled, but tie eruption is
apparently subsiding. The sun is
obscurcd and oppressive heat prevails.
The sea is Slightly agitated. Sand has
fallen ten miles from the Greater. No
sand has fallen here. The northcrn
centres are deserted.
The eruption Of Saturday was longer
in duration and more violent in ac-
ton than even the first outbur>t OF
May :. With haunting rccoliec-
tioa OF the fate OF st. Pierre, Martini
que, and the last disaster here. the
people converged on kingStown and
ran to and fro seeking the safest
shelters from the threatening electric
cloud spreading over the hills toward
the town, while shocks of earthquake,
not severe increased the panic.
At , o'clock in the morning loud.
rapid explosions were mingled with
the continuous, terrible roar and the
zimmerman darkness changed into an
instantly glimmering armament. illu-
mined by forked lightning, balls Of
tre ascending from the crater and
bursting into meteor-ike showers.
Such an aWe-inspiring scene the wild
est flights Of fancy could not have i'm
agined, This lasted till 3 o'clock in
the morning. The rumor that a tidal
wave was expected caused increased
agitation and hundreds Of people fled
to the hills adjoining the town. Su-
pcrheated clouds rose to an immense
height and rain clouds below sent
down two showers.
At 6 a. m. silver clouds were issu-
ing from the crater and throughout
the day they moved slowly northward.
The heat was normal and there were
renewed indications Of a further out
break Of the volcano. Saturday night
there were unmistakable signs Of
Mont Pelee, Martinique, being in
eruption simultaneously with the Sou
friere, distinct electric flashes being
observed on the northwestern horizon.
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Sester's Cotton Figures.

Secretary Hester, of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, issued his
statement of the worlds visible supply
of cotton last Friday the total visible
to be 1909, 497, against 1,343,3 ,354 last
week and l,487,495 last year. OF
this the total OF American cotton is
S0O,497, against 1884 last week
and S57, ,495 last year and Of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India,
etc., 500, 900, against $4,000 last
week and $4,000 last year. OF the
worlds visible supply OF cotton there
is now ahoat and held in Great Bri-
tain and continental Europe 100000
against 7l!,000 last year; in Egypt
1900, against 100000 last year; in
India $4,000, against $4,000 last
year, and in the United States 2I7,-
900, against 1852, 900 last year.
The statement shows the amount
brought into sight for the first five
days Of September to be 1876, 1854,
against IS, 1873 lastyea and 81, S21 year
before last. Receipts at all United
States ports since September l have
been 90, l48 against 1896 last year:
overland across the Mississippi, Ohio
and Potomac rivers to northern mills
and Canada 66S, against 1,425 last year:
interior stocks in excess Of those held
at the close Of the commercial year
12.5 538 against decrease Of 3,4S3 last
year, and southern mill takings 3d.
900, against %, 700 last year. Foreign
exports for the five days have been
$3.50. against 25,II The total
takings of American mills, north and
south and Canada thus far for the
season have beel 50, against &c.
219.
Since the close Of the commercial
year stock at American ports and the
29 leading southern interior centres
have increased So, ,245 bales against an
increase last season Of al, and are
now 81 ,S09 less than at date last year.
Including amounts left over at ports
and interior towns from the last crop
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop the
supply to date is 35l ,+2S, against 1885,
12l for the same period last year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
An Idle Question.

rs there anything you wish to say
before sentence is passed upon you?".
asked the Judge.
Thereupon the bailif laughed.
He couldn't help it.
He was a married man and the de-
sepdant was woman.
"Such question:" he chuckled to
himself.-Chicago Post.
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The Farewell.

Goodbye" said the pale. deternin-
ed man, as his wife flung her arms
wildly about his neck, and gave way
to a food Of weeping.
do not go into unnecessary dan.
ger" she cried. 'T know you viii be
brave and return with honors."
And he was gone. He was not OF
% the war. No; he was q baseball
umpire, and he was leaving home for
the opening game. - Philadelphia
North American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Mother, Sisters and Wife.

WoIner, SISItrS ano WIG.
'Man spends twenty years Of his
life in Sleep"
"You are mistaken; he spends at
least five Of the twenty years in bat
ting with his women relatives who
want to make him get up."-Chicago
Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

IT'S estimated that the coal and
iron policemen now guarding the idle
collierieS in the four counties Of the
anthracite region number five thous-
end. The expenditure by the COM
aanies to date is Sl.S00,00O. This ac-
pounts for the high price Of coal that
is now prevailing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

Mrs. Kate Wagner, wife Of Ross j..
Wagner, machiniSt. killed her two
children. aged six years, and herself,
Wednesday night, 1T their home in
Little Rock. Ark, by cutting their
throats with razor. No cause IS
known for the act. Their bodies were
found in the house next morning by
the aged mother of Mrs. Wagner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Rapid Development.

you are in business in Montana?~
asked the passenger in the skull cap
Eyes," said the passenger In the
smoking Jacket.
ais business good out there?"
Eyes. In the last two years our
plant has increased in size more than
1000 per cent"
"Great Scott! What was the size
Of your plant originality"
s'It consisted Of pair Of Belgian
rabbits. Tribune.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Police Officer J. J. Flowers was

Police Officer J. J. Flowers was
killed just before daylight Thursday
by two tramps, at BesSemer, Ala,
while he and Officer Smitherman were
looking for loitereTs They found two
white men in a box car and ordered
them to come out. The men refused
to do so and as Flowers struck a
match he was shot dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

ARKANSAS whitecappers whipped
the hide off a man who claimed to be
an angel, which leads the Dallas Texas,
News to remark that the angel busI-
ness seems to be unprotiitable in Ark
anSaS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
Connubial Galleries.

York. see tkey have q new cure
for rheumatism. They roast the pa
tient.
Towson-My wife must think have
it-Baltimore American.
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A Testimonial.

Little Boy (Writing to his school
master)-Eyerybody at home is do
lighted with the progress I have Dads
at your school. Why, when I came to
YOU knew nothing, and now, even IN
this short time, I know ten times as
uuchi
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

Has Fortune OF Her Own Probably.
A titled Englishman is going to
marry an American girl who has no
rich father. She must be really at
tractiye, remarks the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

Explanation of Her Psnehant
81 notice that she has her portrait
painted but never las her photograph
taken"
Eyes. You see tho camera is so
exact"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
ororf, ,TvBears Has left This World

O Lord. MT heart has lei; this "of!"'
It's ioysare ali is dr0Ss 70 me: ,,,..
Since have seen Thy w0ndrouS LOVE.
NV heart doth cling 10 Ihee.
Thou precious, living, loving Lord.
Who died for me On Calvary.
The love that wore for me the lnoti'>
Has won my heart away from A'''
The pierced hands aud bleeding StS sluc'
The drops that Staincd Ncrl.sc,'G';;G'; G;G..
The wand'ri0g sheep WHICH ii''' >''>'>''
seek. ,o,o,,o
Tho sinfnl woman 4; Thy feet.
The thief Thou didst pardon on the
The prodieals ord Thou didst welcome
home, s
free.
So. Lord, forever to Thee sing. -
From hence Thou art al IN an ~
me, ,,,
My longing heart doth almost Hie1A'
That l may Thee in glory see,
The more my eyes do see Thy grace; "a
The more MY soul to Thee "oHi0
fee:
But still on earth awhile Id live:
That may lead more souls to Ihee.
ON nv heart with love Divine.
Thy Spirit send. Lord, like q flame,
That with the power OF PentecoSt,
may proclaim Thy gracious name
NY TASK.
To love some one more dearly eV,ry
day.
To help wand'ring child to find ms
way,
To ponder DER a noble thought and
pray,
And smile when evening falls.
To follow truth as blind men long for
light, -,
To do M best from dawn Of day TIL
night,
To keep my heart fit for His holy
sight,
And answer when He calls.
-Maude Louise Ray, in Harper
Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10

Those of our subscribers who are in
arrears are expected to settle up as
soon as possible. Look at your date
and see how you stand.