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Regre so de
COmpatriOtaS.

Daspues de tres amos de ausen-
cia de paseo por Europa se espera
en- CAmuy 10 Sra. Dof1a BAsilisa AL.
vArez viuda de Brusi que tiene anun
ciado gu regreso para el correo pro
ximo 6 llegAr.
LIE AcompAflAn sus hijos Alber-
to y Erne sto, AbogAdos, y 50 auge.
lical hija Sofia que goza de mutt
pies simpatfAs por estos lares.
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MOnedaS J medallaS.

Muy &ntiguss, algunas del prin'
cipio de Ia Era Cristiana, Sc venden
bAratas, Informaran en- La Cores
ondepeia.
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UNA CARTA
DE YAUCO.

La tests "unionista" sus-
crita por lmportantes ele-
mentos polfticos de aquel
distrito.
La siguiente c&rta SO nos hs
remitido:
sYauco Is de Agosto de 1902.
<Sr. Lcdo. Don Rosendo Ma
tienzo Cintron.
San Juan.
sEstimado amigo:
sSismpre hemos considerable CO.
mo verdadera calamidad para Ell pals
lA actual division de Ia familia puer-
torrjquef1a y, por consiguieDte, In
propAganda ae uniol que Vd. ha
iniciado nos salts face por complete.
sPAra 10 reslizAci6n de sus pro-
p6sitos de concordia, puede Vd /,
pues, contar con In mas decidida
COOP erAci6n de sus sf sctfsimos ami
gos y S. s. @. B s. NJ.
Juan Amill Amill.
Jose Olivieri.
Emilio Bac6.
Arturo Lluveras.
Francisco Lluch Negroni.
J. Francisco Lluveras.
Luis SotomAyor.
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Briones & Co.

Compra, ventA y Alquiler de niue.
bles. eag~ g~78, Rafael Oordero 78. -Aa
D. p.
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TO LET

Fine rooms and one commodin.
and well ventilated mirador at ra.
nsnbls upriess- Apply at 30 Sc.
J0ak StrAt
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EugeniO BeDiteZ
CaStalO,

E1 el 6ltimo n1mero de nues-
tro apreciable colegA <El leal La
tinos, de Carolins, despfdese del
campo periodistico este ioven com.
bAtiente, Director del Aludido voce-
rO.
eDejamos ell periodico (dice.) 81
alg1a dia piaamos de nuevo la are.
M del compate, llevaremos el mis-
mo LENA en- nueatro escudo: <Todo
para IL pAtria..
Sentimos Ia resolution del COM
pA11ero, per los merecimientos que
en- 81 concurren para ell eiercicio de
est& profession, noble apostolado que
much mancillan; y esperamos YER.
le olgatn dSa pisar de nuevo 10 arena
del combAte con Ia peculiar altivez
de Los buenos.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Shot Roers Like Rabbits.

The London Morning Leader pub
fishes the alleged story of the crimes
which led to the courtmartial and ex-
ecution of two Australian officers in
South Africa which is just now excit-
ing keen: Indignation: in Australia.
The newspaper asserts that several
officers of this particular irregular
CORPS shot Beers like rabbits and that
they are even suspected of numbering
men of their own command. The in
cident which led to their courtmartial
was the cold-blooded: execution by
these officers OF ten Beers supposedly
having 10000 pounds, who were jour
neying to Petersburg to surrender.
The Australians stopped the Beers,
tried them by mock courtmartial and
ordered all to be shot. This was done
by a squadron Of the soldiers after
some of the non-commiSSioned officers
had refused to carry out the death
sentence. The officers then ransacked
the Boer wagons but found the 20,O0O
pounds was in TranSvaal money. Lieu
tenant Hancock, one of the Austria
lians concerned, fearing German
missionary would divulge his informa-
tion. shot the missionary dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
What Early Will Say.

General Fitzhugh Lee, who diStln
guished himself in the Confederate
service and is now on the regular army
retired list as brigadier general, re-
Gently went on a visit to West Vir-
ginia. While there he met ar old COM
rade in arms whose reception was
somewhat frigid.
"Well, what's the matter" said
General Lee.
''Oh, nothing mucn," was the non
committal reply.
There is something wrong per.
sisted the general. Out with it.
What do you Want?"
After being strenuouSly urged the
old comrade said:
"Well, / want to die at least half
an hour before you do. I want to be
in the other world when you arrive
there, just to hear what General Juoal
Early says when he sees you in blue
uniform
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
BRYAN Is Right.

Hon. T. A. Hood Of Chattanooga,
Tenn, president of the Bryan club,
Wednesday received a letter from
Hon. W. ]. Bryan in response to an
inquiry for an opinion on the proposed
campaign issue. In his letter Mr..
Bryan said: II am afraid that so
long as live will be accused of hav-
ing ambition: however, the fact that
am editing a paper and exposing the
recoganizerS ought to convince the
people that I am not planning for per-
sonal preferment. While l believe
that the Democratic party would
quite generally be in favor Of the
taking care of the Confederate graves
along with the graves Of Union soldi-
ers. am satisfied that if it was put
forth as campaign issue it would
arosuse a bitterness which might de-
lay reforms far more. With the
southern people the taking care of the
Confederate graves is patriotic duty
and one that the southern people
would not be willing to have entirely
turned over to the Federal auth0rl-
ties and there are certain great re-
forms which are of great value to the
people Of the south and which might
be lost sight Of in a condition that
long ago ought to have been forgot
taO ::
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
A Wierd Story.

A strang case is being tried in
Montana Court. 1t was reported that
a man named J. c. Paulsan had COM
mitted suicide in March, 1897. The
body was at once placed in a receiving
vault by his wife, who had refused to
admit anyone to the house to see the
body. An insurance company which
carried $4,000 on Paulson's life became
suspicious, had a local agent investi-
gate the death, and he saw the body
in the vault. but said the face Of Paul
son was veay lifelike. The Insurance,
however. was paid. Mrs PaulSon start
ed for Germany with what was sup
posed to be the body Of her husband,
and is now living in some island prov
ince of that country. The insurance
agent and his attorneys and witnesses
at the trial declared their belief that
Paulson is not dead, but that he feign-
ed death afterwards made his escape
and is alive today.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
A Columbia Mystery.

The Columbia State says Wednes-
day morning while some workmen
were excavating for the foundations
Of Mr.. Allworden's new building op-
posite the Independent engine house a
gruesome find was made. Portions
of skull and some bones were uncoy-
cred. all very old and in very dry
and decomposed condition, almost
crumbling to pieces at the touch of
the human hand. The skull when
carefully examined seemed to be that
of negro, the receding forehead be-
ing easily recognized when the por-
tions were fitted together. How old
the bones were no one could venture
to say. The skull may have belonged
to prehistoric man who was won't
to roam about the forests attired only
in goat skin petticoat and smile,
or mayhap upon it once rested Fed
eral soldiers cap. The bones may
have been carefully laid away by low
ing hands or they may have had buried
with them the black secret Of foul
murder. An old house stood over the
spot where the skull was found until
torn down for the present work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Major Micah jenkins.

A dispatch says Major Micah Jen-
kins, Of South Carolina, famousas the
principal figure in the South Carolina
sword episode, is likely to be appoint
ed a retired captain, with pay, in the
regular army by special act Of con-
gress, the favor to be bestowed at the
request Of his friend, President RooSe-
velt. Major Jenkins appeared before
the house committee on military af-
fairs to ask the appointment and the
committee will report in his favor.
He will draw eighteen hundred per an
mum for the balance Of his life, II ne
lands. Major jenkins was in Roose-
velt's rough riders and made a distin-
guished record. Roosevelt asked Nc
kinley to put him in the regular army,
as captain, but the request was not
granted for some reason. Theodore
Roosevelt. when he became president,
gave his approval to a plan to have
congress pass special bill to put the
major on the retired list, disabilities
sustained in the Cuban campaign
rendering him unfit for active service.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Why State Pensioners Have to Be
Somewhat Patient.

The following official statement for
the benefit CT the pensioners Of the
State was issued "Wednesday from the
State pension department.:
Every year almost as soon as the
legislature adjourns and the appropria-
tion for pensions becomes available,
such questions are constantly asked, as
when will the money be paid OUT"
why should the poor old soldiers and
widows be kept waiting so long Tor
their money, when they need it so
badly?" ETC., etc.
These and various other questions
can best he answered by simple state
ment Of the amount Of work necessary
before this fund can be disbursed.
The various county pension. boards
are supposed to meet on the third
Monday in January Of each year, to
pass on all new applications and revise
the old list Of pensioners. 1t is neces-
sary in every county to have several
meetings before they can get their
reports in proper shape to send in to
the State pension board, and even,
after they are received here. every
mail brings in helated applications
from the chairmen requesting that
they be added to their rolls. This is
not the fault of the boards, but is due
to the fact that the applicants for
pensions often are unacquainted with
the time the board meets, or have had
difficulties in getting witnesses, etc.;
in many casea the boards held theirTe-
ports back purposely hoping to get all
the applicationsi in al once. The State
board requested that all the re-
ports should be in by March l, but
the last one has just come in, and
therefore it was impossible to call a
meeting Of the State pension board be-
fore.
The State pension board when it
meets has to consider each new appli-
cation, which is necessarily a slow
and tedious process, and also hear ap-
peals, etc. 1t is quite likely they will
be in session several days this year as
the number of new applications is very
large. After their work is over, the
pension clerk then has to prepare the
pay rolls for the clerks Of court Of
each county, and as there are over
5000 names, this Of itself takes some
little time.
''It is the desire of the State pen
sion board to pay the pensioners just
as soon as possible as they who are in
constant touch with them, know just
how great is their need Of this help,
and every expedition possible is used"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
A LABOR PAPER WARNED.
Orders from Washington About it's
Use of the Mails.

The Augusta Herald says Postmater
Smythe. of that city. has received in
structions from the postotfice depart
ment at Washington to exclude the
Voice Of Labor" a local weekly pub
lished in Augusta from the United
States mails if it continues to publish
in its columns inaammatory articles,
as have appeared in several recent
issues.
The paper has not yet been shut out
from the mails, but the editor, Mr..
John Allen Mette, has been cautioned
by Postmaster Smythe that the pos
tai laws would be strictly adhered to,
and these laws cover the sending
through the mails of such literature
as the Voice of Labor
Editor Mette went to Mr.. Smythe's
office, and asked by what authority
did the department want to keep his
paper out Of the mails?" Mr.. Smythe
replied that he was only carrying out
the laws of the postal department,
and cited these laws to Mr.. Mette,
The latter then wanted to know who
were the parties who had notified the
department at Washington of. the pa
per being in the mails. The postmaS-
ter told Mr.. Mette that he knew, but
did not consider it necessary to inform
Mr.. Mette. Mr.. Mctte was anxious to
know, but was not Informed.
1.-THE Voice of Labor" published
several articles in late issues that were
rather warm stuff" to use a slang
phrase. The headlines gloWed with
strong statements such as: "Consti-
tuition of United States a Damnable
Document" Civil War;" etc; The
last issue, that Of last Saturday, con-
tanned an article, denouncing the
municipal government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Columbia's Sky Scraper.

The Columbia State says the bids
for the big twelye-story Robertson Of
fee building had been opened and the
contract awarded, and that the work
of tearing down the Kendall building,
on the site of which it will stand,
will begin on the morning of June l.
As soon as this building has been
taken down work on the new struc-
ture will begin. The contract was
awarded by Mr.. Robertson to NJ. T.
Lewman & Co., of Louisville, KY, a
well known building firm. The big
building is to be twelve stories as orig
inally designed, and will be so feet
deep on the Washington street side,
running on the front, however, the
width Of the present Kendall build
ing and the two one-story struc-
lures adjoining, extending to the wall
of the Parlor restaurant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Will Visit Charleston.

Admiral Dewey has announced in
letters which he has written to
Washington friends that the condi-
tion of Mrs. Dewey, who has been
sojourning in Florida for his health,
has much improved, and is in every
way much benefited by her trip. The
letters state that she has almost COM
pletely recovered from the throat diff
Guilty from which she has been a suf-
ferer for several years. The admiral
and Mrs. Dewey have left Palm Beach,
and will return to Washington leisure
ly and by slow stages, visiting many
Southern cities en- route home, includ-
ing Jacksonville, Thomasville and
Georgia point, the Charleston Exposi-
tion, and a few points in North Caro-
lima
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Money Making Scheme.

The Columbia State says Thursday
morning there was an interesting
scene at the old union depot, recently
abandoned. The work Of tearing up
the floor was commenced. There was
no trouble in finding laborers who
wished to take the work offered, with
the chance Of what they could get.
And they were wise men. Many
have often remarked that when the
old floor came up there would be rich
finds. So it proved yesterday. AL
kinds Of money, ranging in size from
dollars to one cent pieces were found
bv the workmen. A large number Of
pocket knives were also found, and
other articles Of more or less value.
The workmen needed no urging to
make them tear up the floor in a
hurry, but once a board had been re-
moved it was difficult to get him to
tear up the next. There was an
interesting scramble all the way
through.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Breaks Out AfreSh.

The fire that has been Smouldering
for 20 years in the old No. 2 coal mine
of the Union Pacific at Carlow, Wyo.,
has broken out afresh, and force of
men is now engaged in walling up the
mouth of the fan ehaft through which
the smoke and flame are issuing.
Twenty years ago, wnen the fire start
ed, the company, being unable to con-
troll it, walled up the shaft. At in
teryals Of two or three years the fire
has broken out in new places and for
five consecutive years it has burned
steadily. The fire has undermined the
country for a radius Of half a mile and
miners say it will probably burn for
an indefinite period.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
TIE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
Great Crowds Are Now Going to
Visit 1t.

Visit lt.
The Charleston correspondent of the
State says Wednesday was the great
est day in the expositiou's history so
far Us crowds are concerned. The
same correspondent, writing on Wed
nesday say for the last So hours the
railroads have been pouring people
into Charleston by the thousands.
Every train entering the city has been
loaded to overiowing and the trains
have been divided into sections Of
eight and ten coaches each. At this
time it is impossible to estimate how
many have come within that time but
it is certain that Charleston now has
within her gates the largest crowd Of
the exposition. Today the grounds
were for once animated. The people
were so numerouSaS to delight and in
spire the folks who have been for
months explaining and describing
their exhibits to the casual inspector
or to each other. To-day there were
plenty Of visitors to talk to and the
conceSsionaireS were joyous. The
crowds have come chiefly from South
Carolina. Educational Week and the
rock bottom Tuesday rates have
brought them. 4 number Of colleges
and schools are here and many pupils
are accompanied by their parents.
Teachers and fathers and mothers
were today eScorting the children
around the grounds and an occasional
weeping spell was INDUCED in by the
Youngsters too tried to do more sight
seeing. The difference in the charac-
ter of the crowds now here and the
visitors on earlier occasions is most
noticeable. The Yankee, the silk hat
man and the silk lined woman, have
given way to the wool hat Carolinian
and his wife and family. The gold
headed cane and the silk umbrella are
replaced by the lunch box and the ba-
by'S bottle. The virot hats have been
supplanted by the product OF the
small town millinery shop, with a
bunch Of not inconSpicuous ribbon and
a red or yellow flower. The rural
bride and her rustic groom-a green
waist, red shirt and a fur collar be-
traying the brides happiness: striped
trousers, red tie and new wool hat
giving away the groom's precious Sc
cret-the are here, imagining them
selves the admired Of all admirers.
The manager of the Northwestern
railroad-the miniature concern that
traverses the grounds-never fails to
spot this happy couple and immediate
ly he announces that the Honey
moon Special" is about to start.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
hands of the Philistincs- blind

hands of the Philistines-the blind
tigers.
Mr.. Ketchins Of Fairfield remarked
banteringly that as this invitation had
not come unsolicited, it had better not
be accepted.
The motion was put and Mr.. Bleas'eS
substitute to hold the convention in
Columbia was carried by vote OF q
to .. The seven were: Cunningham.
Appelt. Traxler, Magill, Wharton.
Watson and Wilborn. AS there are
400 members of the convention, they
would have '>ad lively time together
in Charles, n, and Columbia could
spare the convention for once. There
seemed to be a hidden reason for OBJ
iecting to the proposed change in the
place of meeting, probably some eX-
pect matters affecting the organiza-
tion of the party to come up, and
think it best for such matters to be
disposed of away from the enchanting
music of the midway spielers.
One of these matters of party policy
is the attitude of organized Democ-
racy toward the socalled Commercial
Democrats" Mr.. Blease last night
introduced resolution to the effect
that the committee advise the conven-
tion to add a new section to the oath
to ne taken by candidates in the State
primary, so that they would be bound
tosupport the platform Of the national
Democratic party. But he withdrew
the resolution at the suggestion of
Col. W. D. Evans. who declared that
it would be somewhat like arrogance
for this committee, which now goes
out of existence, to make any such
suggestion to the convention. The
State
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
& DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE.
Four Negroes Goes to a Gentleman's
House 10 Assassinate Him.

On last Sunday night week there
was committed near Cameron an out
rage by several negroes that merits
the severest punishment, and we hope
the rascals who committed it, and who
are now in jail, will be made tc' feel
the heavy hand Of the law. About
eleven o'clock Of the night above
named four negroes went to the home
of Mr.. J. N. StallingS, who lives few
miles from Cameron, and called to
him to come out. Mr.. Stallings, know
ing that there were several persons in
the yard, declined to go out, and asked
what was wanted. The negroes made
some insolent answer and began
throwing bricks and other missiles into
the house through the window. In the
meantime Mr.. Stallings had his pls-
tol and was endeayoring to get a
chance to shoot some Of the Scoun-
drels. The black bruteS remained
sometime in the yard, cursing and
yelling, but finding that Mr.. Stall
ings was ready for them, they finally
left.
By some means it was ascertalned
that negro by the name of Russell
was in the gang that committed the
outrage. He was taken in custody,
when he give the whole thing away.
He confessed that he and three other
negroes had gone to Mr.. Stallings for
the purpose Of assassinating him and
then robbing the place. Had Mr..
Stallings came out when called he
would have been shot down, and then
the ladies and children Of the family
would have been at the mercy Of these
fiendish, black brutes. We shudder
when we think Of what might have
happened had it not been for the fore
thought of Mr. Stallings. No doubt
every one in the house would have been
murdered and the house set on lire
and burned to the ground had Mr.
Stallings came out and been assaSsi-
mated as the plotters intended.
The names Of the three negroes I'M
plicated by Russell, is Caleb Hamp-
ton, Peter Dantzler and Isiah Hanes.
All of them lived in the neighborhood
of Cameron, and are well-knoWn to
the people of that section. All of
them have been arrested and are now
in jail. 1t is reported that others are
concerned in the plot, and we have no
doubt but that is true If so, we hope
they too will be apprehended and
punished to the full extent Of the law.
The people in the section where the
outrage was committed are deter
mined that an example will be made
of these rascals, who, really, deserve
hanging, as they fully intended, by
their own confession, to commit muir
der, and possibly blacker crime had
opportunity offered. This outrage
should bea warning to those people
who live in isolated sections. Let
them all prepare for such emergencies
as confronted Mr.. Stallings. 1t is a
pity he did not have in his house a
good Winchester rifle. Then he might
have given these scoundrels what they
richly deserved.--Orangeburg Times
and Democrat
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a very excellent description OF the
men The authorities are satisfied that
the aSsaSSins OF Mr.. Collins are the
same men who held up MerriHether
and theMerriwethr description will be
OF much service to them in Identify
ing the bandits. Mr.. Wood is posi-
tive that he will be able to Identify
the men or either Of them. if they are
brought before him.
The excitement and indignation
caused by the assassination are in
tense, particularly in the neighbor-
hood where Mr.. Collins lived and
among the people in the vicinity ad-
Joining the scene Of the crime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-09
Fired the Last Shot.

Capt. S. H. Barton, C. S. A. who
is said to have fired the last hostile
shot in the rebellion on the plains OF
Brazos, Santiago, Texas, May l3, 1865,
IS now living in Del Rio, in that State.
1t is said that among his neighbors is
one Ney, a comrade on that occasion,
who claims to be a descendant OF
Napoleon's marshal of the same name.
who fired the last shot in Napoleon's
retreat from Russia. Capt. Barton
SAYS that a young man who fell by his
side was undoubtly the last man kill
ed in the civil war.