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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
TwittinS on Facts.

"Van Wither made an unfortunate
remark at Summers wedding yesrer-
day."
"}That did be say"
congratulated him on the treasure
he had won, and every one but van
knows Sumner married her for ner
money"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03

tauSnt me 70 ignore TIC SuDJeCI-
Donald spent the afternoon with his
mother, who returned from Solway,
which was only a matter Of five miles
distant, in time for luncheon. In the
evening he disappeared, and I found
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-12-03
Nothing Peculiar.

.'I told the boss that would like an
increase in my salary" said the clerk
at the neckwear counter to the floor
walker.
"What did he say!
HE said that everybody would
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
JACK THE RIPPER" CASE
Wilbur SherwelI Goes on Trial
for q Number of Brutal
Murders.

Evansville, Ind, Got. 20.-Aftei
many delays the case OF Wilbur s.
Sherwell, who is accused Of murders
OF the "Jack the Ripper" type, was
called for trial today. Sherweil has
been in Jail nearly year. He v.as
arrested Nov. Is last, charged with
choking to death Lena Renner and
Georgia Railey, whose dead bodies a
few nights before ha1 been found in
bitches along the roads leading into
the city. At the time of his arrest
Sherwell was a member Of the city
police force. The accused was una.
BILE to give bail and has been in Jail
ever since. The grand jury that con.
vened shortly after the bodies Of the
two women were found indicted
Sherwell for their murder and also
the murder Of Mrs. Mary Anne Storck.
The body Cf Mrs. Storck was found
in almost the Identical spot where
the body OF Mrs. Railey was found.
Apparently she had been oh oked to
death. In addition to these crimes
the name of Sherwell was connected
with the murder of Fannie Butler,
but the grand jury did not indict
him for this crime. The BODY Of the
Butler woman was fOun d in an alley
year ago last May. From all ap.
pearances she had been choked to
death in the same manner as had the
otner Victims. 1t was ascertained
that Sherwell had been talking
the Butler woman on the night she
disappeared.
Since his arrest the prisoner has
steadily refused to talk about his case
beyond asserting his innocence. His
wife has stood by him all through his
trouble, working in a mill to sup
port herself and her two children.
Able counsel for the defense has been
retained by the mother and sisters
Of Sherwell, who live at Monroeyille,
O., and who are said to be wealthy.
The trial promises to be one Of the
most notable in the criminal annals
of the state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
WHEN MOSBY r A N

Col. John F. Mosby sent word TO
the remnant Of his old guerrilla band.
who recently held their annual re-
union at Leesburg, Va, that the pres
sure of public duty would prevent
him joining them. If Mosby's mem
DRY remains active, the recent death
of Col. Tichener of the board of gen
eral appraisers at New York must
have reminded him of an occasion
when the pressure of private-!ex-
tremely private and personal---very.
caused his absence from a place
where he was very much wanted. He
has sometimes mentioned it, in these
later years, as the closest CALI he
ever had in his life.
Tichener, who was a union officer
in the civil war, had been sent out
one night with company in advance
of the army to skirmish and estab-
lish picket lines. Before he had gone
very far he stumbled upon three men
on horseback and cried: Halt! Who
goes there?" Two of the men
wheeled instantly, galloped away and
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

He had executed the hustle of his
life in order to reach her home in
time to take her on the ride down the
river, as he had promised, sand in
doing so he had been compelled to
side-step his regular daily lunch. Con-
sequently, when the boat moved out
on the bosom Of the historic, low-mur-
muring stream, he had about as much
of the Keats Shelly poetic infiatus
suffusing his hungry frame as is con-
tanned in the makeup of a carpenters
horse.
"How beautiful the deep emerald
tint OF the foliage is this year!" she
murmured MISUNDERSTANDING her.
self had whole lot of lunch at home
before she had started-waving her
parasol toward the shore.
"Um," he replied, his mind on the
things that he would about do to two
strawberry shortcakes If they should
happen to drop in his lap.
There is something sadly reminis-
Genital about the Potomac, don't you
think?" she asked him as the boat
swung by Giesboro point.
Sure" said he, dismally, wolishly
cycling the little girl, who was eating
pickle and cake out of the family
lunch basket.
Don't you always fancy that some
thing of the old, old atmosphere of the
dreamy southland still seems to cling
about Alexandria," she asked him as
the boat glided by the quiet town.
"Uh-huh," said he, half of mind to
go up against ball of popcorn to sort
O. keep him going until the boat made
it's landing.
''See how the sunlight strikes the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
Eeae of PeIee,s Shower.

While the fiery tornado. passing
toward the south and west, widened
the sweep Of It's destructive power In
order to extend it's oevastations fur
Their another remarkable phenome-
non came to stop it in it's course. Two
strong atmosphere currents, laden
with rain, moving, one from the south
east, the other from the north, fell OF
a sudden upon the sides of the fiery
spout, and, encircling it along a dis
tinctly marked line, cooled it to such
a point that have seen persons who,
finding themselves precisely upon the
line of demarcation, were struck on
one side by fiery missiles, while on.
the other, and only few feet away,
nothing was falling but the rain OF
mud, cinders and stones which de-
scended on the countryside every.
where.--From Century for August.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
LAKE OVER VOLCANO

Squire Redwine, who has been in
Phoenix for several days, yesterday
described a smoking lake not far
from the country where he lives, says
the Arizona Republican. The lake is
about forty miles from the town of
Imperial and twenty-one miles. south
of Mexico. It lies within the Cocopah
country at the base of the mountains,
even below the foothills, but it has
not been there very long. 1t is on
the Mexican side Of the line. 1t used
to be in California and was supplied
with water by the Chino river, but the
MeXicans damned that stream and
the water was turned into the Coco
pah river, which feeds the new lake
and does little else.
Within the boundaries of the new
lake there has been for several years
what the Indians believed to be a vol
cano. Smoke was almost constantly
rising from the ground, but there had
been no other sign of an eruption.
The water of the lake now covers the
volcano to depth of from five to ten
feet. Ever since the water has been
there there has been trouble, and it
is getting worse every day. The In
dams have moved from that neigh
borhood and the whites in the settle
ment twenty miles north are thinking
of moving. The lake is about four
teen miles long, but not of great
width.
At first the disturbance was con-
fined to that part of the water in the
vicinity of the volcano, but now the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
PANAr1A CANAL COMPANY
Investigations Show an Absolute
Iy Clear Title

Washington, Oct 18-The result Of
the recent Investigations Of the de-
partment OF justice in Paris and else
where concerning the validity Of title
of the present Panama Canal Com
pany will probably be placed in the
hands of president Roosevelt Monday.
The Cabinet will then be asked to
consider whether the report should be
made public or held till Congress
meets.
It may be safely assumed that at
torney general Knox finds the title
absolutely clear. This is expected to
be severe blow upon Senator Morgan,
who opposes the Panama route, but
it is believed he will fall back on the
sismeio feature which his committee
clerk is Investigating.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

escaped; the third hurried forward,
throwing up his hands and scream
ing: Il surrender! l surrender"
Tichener was much annoyed. He
could not shoot man who had vol
UNFAIRLY made himself a prisoner OF
war, and the direction taken by the
others was such that he should have
risked hitting his prisoner if he fired
upon the two fugitives; SO he had TO
let them go and bring his one prize
into camp. The captive proved to
be a local preacher who knew the
country SO we'll that the confederates
lad pressed him into service as
guide, and he revealed the fact that
one Of his companions was confed-
crate officer and the other the gueril-
Ia NIosby, who, in the then state of
feeling within the union lines, would
undoubtedly have been given short
shrift and hanged.
Mosby afterwaid met Tfchener and
told him that he did the liveliest rum
ming that night of any time in his adj
venturous career.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
HOW TO DRAW A CORK.
It Can Ee Done With Common Piece
of SeaIinu-Wax.

of SeaIing-Wax.
If you want to amuse friends at
picnic, or have left the corkscrew at
home, as usually happens, tell them
that you can draw a cork out of any
bottle without a corkscrew. Of course
they will laugh, but very soon it will
be your turn to smile.
Take a piece of sealing-wax and
hold one end of it over lighted
match until it becomes soft; then let
some drops of the wax fall on the
cork in the bottle AS soon as the
cork is covered with wax you must
press the piece which you hold in your
hand against the cork, and you must
hold it there until the wax is quite
dry. Then it will be easy for you to
draw out the cork by using the stick
Of wax which adheres to it, in the
same manner as you would use a
screw.
No matter how firmly fixed the cork
may be. it will almost Immediately
yield to the pressure. You must,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

Thy Plantation" Safely Through An
other Week." and many others, was
for many years deck hand on
slave ship and saw all its horrors. He
became converted, but soon after be-
came captain of SLAYER and for four
years pursued it diligently and miti-
gated It's cruelty. Then he quit and
went to preaching, and says in his au-
photography that it never occurred to
him that there was anything wrong or
immoral in the slave trade where 1t
was humanely conducted. The Savior
said: "Offenses must needs come, but
woe unto them by whom they come"
In Appleton's long and exhaustive
arlIcle on slavery it is said that slav.
cry in some form has existed ever
since human history began. And 1t ap-
pears to have been under the sanction
of Providence as far back as the days
of Noah and Abraham. The latter had
a very great household and many SER
wants whom he had bought with his
money. The word slave appears but
twice in the Bible. 1t is synonymous
with servant and bondsman. There
has been no time since the Christian
era that the dominant nations have
not owned slaves-sometimes the
bondage was hard, but as general
rule the master found it to his interest
to be kind to his slaves. AS Bob
Toombs said in his Boston speech: "It
is not to our interest to starve our
slaves any more than it is to starve
our horses and horned CATTLE" Short
~ after the little cargo that the Wan.
derer brought were secretly scattered
around | saw some of them at work
in large garden in Columbus, Ca,
and were told that they were docile
and quickly learned to hoe and dig, but
that it was hard to teach them to eat
cooked meat. They wanted it raw and
bloody. They were miserable little
runts, Guinea negroes" with thick
lips and fiat noses, but they grew up
into better shape and made good serv-
ants and 1 know were far better off
than in their native jungles, the prey
of stronger tribes, and made food for
cannibals. !
No, there was no sin in slavery as
instituted in the south by our fathers
and forefathers, and that is why
writes this letter-perhaps the last
shall ever write on this subject. /
wish to impress it upon our boys and
girls so that they may be ready and
willing to defend their southern ances-
tors from the baseless charge of suf-
fering now for the sins of their faith
ers.
A northern friend writes: "Do please
let up on the negro. We up here are
tired of him. Give us more of your
pleasant pictures of domestic life, etc,
but let the negro go dead"
He does not know that the negro
and what is to become Of him is a
question of tremendous moment with
us and it must be written about But I
will refrain as long as it is prudent.
Just now l would like to hire man
to cuss the black rascal who came
into my back yard the other night and
stole my grindstone. For five years
| have let every darkey grind his ak
who wanted to, and now l can't grind
my own. The fact is, l have no ak to
grind, for they stole that frst-BILL
ARP, in Atlanta Constitution
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
HIS THOUGHTS FAR AWAY

little ripples on the surface> of the
stream over yonder!" said she. costa
tically. 49, +,
Yep" he replied, really thinking
however, of how he would like to play
with about two large Southdown NUT
ton chops and some lyonnaise pota-
toes. Nf
"The sky is of such a deep turquoise
hue to-day, is it not?" she inquiped Of
him.
''It sure is" said he, but the Diue Of
the sky made him think of pudgy
huckleberry pudding and caused his
teeth to leak.
She perceived that he wasn't gar
rulous little bit est the sky tints.
perspectives, middle distances, and
things like that, and SO she paused for
little while. So did he. His mind
was on the carnal things of the world.
What are you thinking of" she
asked him playfully, breaking the
sizeable pause. "Of the music made
by the zephyrs as they fit through
the lovely trees over there at old fort
Washington" ~
Nope" said he, in a matter-of-fact
tone. 81 was wondering whether I'd
have mustard or not on the four swiss
cheese sandwiches that I'm going to
lean up against when we reach our
getting-off place."
Then she gazed at him reproach-
fully and passed up the tropical-moon-
light conversation until the brute was
Post
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

water is boiling over a considerable
part of its area and explosions are
growing more and more frequent.
People living in the neighborhoodi
of Texico are often awakened by them
in the night time. Eruptions are 60
ing on all the time, but they are gen.
orally of sufficient force only to throw
up the water to the height Of few
feet. That makes no noise that can
be heard at any great distance. But
occasionally the eruption breaks
through TIE water and shoots mud
into the air at height of forty feet.
Whenever this happens the noise can
be heard and fame can be seen for
miles. 1t was such demonstrations
as these that frightened the Indians
away. There are boats on the lake
and parties have started out to the
volcano, but they have always turned
back without completing the investi-
cation. One party which came back
reported seeing an area of mud forty
feet square thrown fifty feet into the
air. The level Of this lake is several
feet below sea level.
The whole Cocopah country has
been volcanic region. The side OF
the mountains and the country for a
considerable distance around are COW
cred with sulphur. Within the mem
DRY of some of the older residents of
Arizona one Of the volcanoes in the
mountain range was active.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

cious manner, and Stanford will be
hanged ct Hazlehurst on the goth Of
November unless Supreme Court
appeal is taken, which is not re-
garded as likely. the evidence being
positive against the prisoner. Five
other prisoners were given peniten-
tiary sentences in the Copiah county
cirou;t court, one of the number
being white man named Burgess
convicted Of passing counterfeit
money.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23
The Pope's intention

Rome, Oct. 18.-It is the Pope's in
tention when the PHILIPPINE question
is settled by Archbishop Guidi and
Governor Taft, to ask the United
States to send to Rome a special en-
voy to ratify the agreement. He will
ask that the Governor be given the
character OF transitory diplomatic
mission.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

Tie prisoner was calm and was
the least disturbed Of any in the
party. He was smoking q cigarette
and walked erect looking directly
ahead Of him.
In order to reach the trap door Of
the soaffold it was necessary to climb
q ladder. and rope had been attach
ed to the negro's wrist to aid in
pulling him up.
Mr.. Josh Henson climbed up first
and held the other end OF this rope.
But there was no necessity to pull
up the prisoner for he assembled with
o firm sJep, almost hurriedly, and
seemed anxious to die. n
Sheriff Spradey and Mr.. Henry
Miller followed him. Ropes were
tied about his hands and feet and
then he was asked if he had anything
to say.
Here mighty shout went up from
the crowd that drowned the proceed
lngs on the soaffold. The sheriff
commanded silence, saying that
Buchanan wanted to pray. This was
greeted with Kisses and curses and
again the sheriff commanded silence.
The condemned negro then sank on
his knees with his face to the large
crowd and began to pray in = loud
voice.
BRUTE NOT KEPENTANT
His prayer was remarkable in
many ways, and was more Of sac
riligeous chant Of praise to the AL
mighty for having granted him the
nerve to die like man. He askep
that all of his race be blessed in the
same way to face such trying or
deal. He was never repentant, asked
for no forgiveness of his sins, but
rather resignedly consigned his soul
TO paradise.
At the conclusion of the prayer
Buchanan rose to his feet and said
he was ready to die and Sheriff
Spradley out the rope that held the
trap.
The negroes body shot through the
trap like stone from a catapault
and rs the slack gave out the body
turned around Ikea top. The neck,
was not broken by the fall and it
was twenty minutes before the doc
tors pronounced him dead.
During this time the crowd was
bowling like demons and general
jollifcation was the order of the
day. The sight was sickennig one
but this was forgotten in the know]-
edge that the world was better or
in the execution Of the dastardly
fiend who knew no repentance but
boosted Of his crime to the last hour.
The body remaiend hanging for an
hour when City Marshal Spradley
cut it down. Then there was wild
rush for him and the crowd dragged
the body from him, saying the people
from the surrounding country had
not arrived and that it should re-
main hanging until they arrived and
had their fill Of the laws vindica-
ton.
BODY AGAIN HOISTED
The gallows was then moved to the
side of the square and the body
again hoisted where it remained un-
til O'Clock, when it was placed in
a pine box ard buried.
The engine stolen from the militia
had been returned and after they had
dinner departed on their special
train for their respective homes. It
is estimated that 5000 persons visited
Nacogdoohes during the evening. but
aside from the execution the very
best Of order was maintained. The
saloons were closed aud the leading
citizens Of the town mingled with
lie crowd through the day maintain
ng law and order.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

Hazlehurst, Miss, Oct. Twill
Stanford, negro. has been SEN
tenoed to death in Copiah county by
Judge Powell for one of the most
bestial crimes that has occurred in
Mississippi for several years. Stan
ford was convicted Of committing q
criminal assault on his step-daughter,
girl only ten years Of age. The as
sault was committed in 3 most afro I,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

however, take care not to wrench the
stick of wax away from it while you
are drawing it out. and you must also
see that the cork is perfectly dry be-
fore you put any wax on it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

Originator OF Postal Card Dead.
Privy Councillor Emanuel Hermann
who is said to have been the origina
tor of the postal card, died in Vienna
recently.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

An unhappy wife is one whose hus-
band always lets her have her own
way.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-23

All the troubles Of this world are
born with winds-Mary E. Wilkins.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-30

some girls are as full Of airs as q
music box.
steer clear of the man whom dogs
ana children dislike.
Even well water has been known to
make people sick.
Prosperity tries the small man; ad-
versity The great one.
About the worst thing q person can
take for a cold is advice.
1t takes telegraph operator 70 make
a few words g0 q long way.
Paradoxical though it may seem, it
is hard to touch u close man.
All things come 10 those who wait
except now aud then the waiter.
Some horses are fast, nut the aver
age mule Is Lehind Win his business.
Men who ure continually blowing
about themselves spoil 4 lot Of wind.
By avoiding their FIST quarrel 4
married couple Will never have 4 sec
ond.
Little Things console us because most
of our anlietians are liule ones.
II is the services OF lhe uncommon
man that command the highest wages.
When I dog growls over Ills FOOD he
likes it; but with 4 man IL is different.
Many young man visits the three
BAN merchant merely to pass the time
away.
There is TAR more eloquence in 81
ience than there is in some long wind
81 Speeches.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-04-30
He Rules Of the House.

Since Mr. Cushman Of Washington.
an able young man and brilliant
speaker. made his attack upon the
rules OF the House the papers have
had much to say upon this subject. No
doubt the feeling prevails in many
quarters that legislation in the lower
branch OF Congress is too much in the
hands Of one man. the presiding officer.
It is nothing new to have the Reed
rules abused. They were bitterly op-
posed when they were first framed ana
put in force. They were an outrage
against which nothing too bad could be
said by the Democratic minority. Yet
it is remembered that when the Demo-
Gratis came into control of the House,
a li,tle later, the rules were not so bad.
after an; good enough for them, in fact
There may be a better way of gov
orning the House than the Reed rules.
but their critics have not suggested it.
Ii they have A practical substitute it
would do no harm for them to offer it.
We doubt if any considerable minority.
knowing and understanding the situa-
tion, would care to have a return to
the unsatisfactory rules which pre-
vailed before the Reed rules were put
in force.
When it IS considered that there have
been introduced into the present House
over l4,0e0 bills most Of which never
can be and never should be considered.
1t viii be seen how necessary it is that
there be a tirn land to select from this
mass the bills most important for the
public welfare. Certain enactments
are necessary for the maintenance of
the government and they must not be
by the wasting of time over
matters at the whin' and