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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
TWO SECESSIoNS.
Comparison Between the Case OF
South Carolina and Panama.

W
South Carolina and Panama.
It has been said that Great Britain
would have been as jystifable in recog-
nizing the independence Of South Caro-
lima in twenty-four hours after the
fall of Fort Sumter as the United
States was in recognizing the Repuo-
lie of Panama as soon as it was pro-
claimed by the junta. A comparison
shows rather to the advantage OF
South Carolina. The two have very
nearly the same area, but large por-
ton of Panama is not habita5le, being
either high and Jagged mountains or
marshy coast. South Carolina had il
1860 a total population of 705, ,606.
Panama's population is probably less
than 100000 There has been no re-
cent accurate census. Secession in
South Carolina was not altogether so
precipitate as it was in Panama, and
it preceded by four months the attack
on Fort Sumter. On October %, 1850,
resolution passed the South Carolina
Legislature declaring that the State
would secede if Lincoln should be
elected. On November Of the same
year the Legislature passed an Act
calling State Convention, and this
Convention on December 20 unani-
mously adopted the ordinance of Sc
cession. The State forces seized Fort
Moultrie and Castle Piuckney Decem-
Der 27, and it was not until April II
that Fort Sumter was fired On and
CAPTURED by Gen. Beauregard.
These proceedings were leisurely,
compared with what was done in Pan
anna. There was no Legislature there,
no sort Of State government. The re-
gion was merely a department OF the
Republic Of Colombia ruled by officials
appointed from Bogota. The Act OF
Secession was declared by junta COM
posed of some half dozen men, without
any formal consultation Of the wishes
of the people. The secessionists would
have been powerless to protect the
government they set up, but marines
were landed from the gunboat Nash
vile and the commandant of the Col
ombian troops at Colon, forty miles
away, was prohibited from sending
soldiers over the railroad to Panama.
A Colombian war ship undertook to
lombard the rebelliouS city. but the
United States authorities ordered it to
deSiSt.
South Carolina had a regularly elect.
ed Governor and State Legislature
and the act OF secession was deliberate
and orderly. Great Britain or any
foreign Power, after the fall OF Fort
Sumter, could have recognized it as
an independent State with more con-
sistency than the Government at
Washington could recognize the junta
government at Panama.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Important Action Taken by the At
Iantic Coast Line Railroad.


Iantic Coast Line Railroad.
The annual meeting Of the stock.
holders Of the atlantic Coast Line rail
way was held at Richmond, Va, Tues
day.
The following officers were elected
r. G. Erwin, president; Alexander
Hamilton, first vice president; c. S.
Gadsden, second vice president; T. NJ
Emerson, third vice president; J. +,
Kenly, fourth vice president.
Board of directors rs-Michael Jen-
kins, Waldo Newcomer, H. Walters
and ". G. Elliott of Baltimore; f. W.
Scott, Richmond, Va: E. 3. Borden,
Goldsboro n. c.; J. H. Estill, Savan.
nah, Ca; NJ. F. Plant, New York:
Donald McRae, Wilmington, n. c..
H. 8. Short, Lake Waccamaw, n. c..
J. J. Lucas, Society Hill, S. c.; Alex
ander Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.
The board of directors elected the
following:
H. Walters, chairman; II. L. Bord-
en-, secretary and assistant treasurer,
New York; James E. Post, treasurer,
Wilmington. n. c.; r. D. Cronly, as
Sistant secretary, Baltimore; W. R.
Sullivan assistant secretary, New
York: W. R. Jones, assistant treaSur-
er, Richmond; J. J. Nellijan, assist.
ant treasure, Baltimore; c. G. Olney,
assistant treasurer, Charleston, S. c.:
J. NJ. Lee, assistant treasurer, SaVan-
nah, Ca; J. r. Kenly, general mana
ger, Wilmington. N. c.; H. NJ. Emer-
son, traffic manager; Wilmington, n.
c.: H. G. Prince, comptroller, Will
mington, n. c.; w. G.. Elliott, gener-
al counsel, Baltimore, Nd.
4 dividend OF , l-2 per cent, was
declared on the common stock payable
Jan. 10, 1904.
One Of the features Of the meeting
was the adoption Of q resolution au'
thorizing the board of directors to eS'
tablish board Of pension by which
pension will be paid officers and en-
ployeS of the road on the basis Of ser,
vice and age.
The annual report of the officers OF
the company shows the following
financial condition of the road: Gross
earnings sl9, ,6S2, go, operating ex'
penses s11, ,9l0,336.59; net earnings
s7,7I2.ll9.0l; other income Sl,l52,-
952.34: total income IS, 925, ,071.35: de,
ductions from income S7,646, llS.OS:
surplus income for year, 81, ,2IS, 953. p.
1t also shows that the company
owns 3, ,99926 miles of track and oper'
ateS under lease 1S96l miles, making
a total Of 4,13S.S7 miles by the com,
pany.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
He Was Bounced.

Prof. Spencer BaSsett, occupying
the chair Of English at Trinity col
lege, Durham, n. c., has rendered
his resignation and the trustees will
act on it Tuesday night. Prof. Bas-
seJU:s resignation is due to the herce
criticism Of the press on his article in
The Atlantic Quarterly on the negro
question in which he stated that
Booker Washington is the greatest
man, except Gen. Lee, born in the
South, in a hundred years. College
patrons were threatening to withdra"
pupils and Methodist churches were
demanding Prof. Bassett'S dismissal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
and that all the sugar be could find
that belonged to the trust was 3:2S5

tons.
"a few days later Mr.. Havemeyel
testified that the sugar trust had s3,,
900 tons of sugar in Cuba. Wood
only missed it by 100000 TONS"
Mr.. Burgess (Dem.) of Texas, char.
acterized the bill as an outrage and
said bis party could not hope for sue
cess at the polls next year if it con.
tinued the policy of making tariff
agreements affecting the agricultural
and stock interests of the country.
Reading on extract from an article
written by Thomas B. Reed, Mr.. Bur-
CESS said this simply means stripped
of all verblage and bare facts stated,
$4,000 was appropriated from the
Cuban funds on vouchers issued by
Leonard Wood, endorsed by the war
department Of this administration,
reciting on their faces that they were
for the purpose OF influencing public
opinion in the United States in favor
of this BILL"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Wired for Help.

W. H. Clerdenen,a telegraph opera
tor at Brown, Fa., was found dead In
the tower shortly after 7 O'Clock
Thursday night. At $50 O'Clock the
operator at Oak Grove, Pa, on saae
same road received this message from
Clendenen: 'Send switch engine
quick to me, / am being murdered
by-." The wire opened and
not another word came. & switch
engine was sent to the scene. The
body was found lying under the desk,
the head crushed in. A bloody spike
lay on the floor beside it. Robbery
apparently was the motive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Fell Dead in Street,

J. Fairfax Mclaughlin, so years
old, clerk in the New York surro-
gates Office, dropped dead at the
corner Of Broadway and White streets
Wednesday night. His death was
probably due to heart disease. Mr..
Mclaughlin was walking with two
associates in the surrogate's Office
when his hat blew of. He started
after it, but had gone but few steps
when be fell heavily to the sidewalk
and died. Mr.. Mclaughlin vas known
as the historian Of Tammany Hall.
He was born In Virginia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Begged for His Life.

At Alpine, KY, at prayermeeting
James Shelton, aged p, and Denny
Hayes, aged 26, engaged in an alterca-
tion when Hayes drew a knife and
stabbed Shelton in the right breast.
Shelton died in Is minutes. Shelton
begged Hayes not to kill him as he
had nothing against him. Hayes is a
cripple and bad character generally.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Roll Weevil in Mails.

Acting Postmaster General Wynee
Wednesday issued an order directing
a rigid enforcement of the section Of
postal laws and regulations which ab'
solutely excludes all insects and rep
tiles from the mails. The action is
the result of reports that specimens
of the Texas boil weevil, an insect
very destructive to cotton plants.
have been found in the mails.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Gone Wrong.

At Atlanta on commitment from
Justice Bloodworth's court, charging
larceny, W. E. Latimer: book-keeper
for J. j. s. j. E. Maddox, was locked
I'D in the tower Tuesday afternoon.
The charge, it is said, grew out OF an
alleged shortage Of about $1,000.
Latimer has been book-keeper for the
wholesale grocery firm Of J. J. & J. E.
Maddox for more than year. He
kept all accounts Of the firm and
handled the cash turned in ty the
collectors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
A Fatal Explosion.

BY an explosion Of dynamite in a
burning store at Sharon. Mich, three
men were killed and a fourth so Sc
verely injured that he may die. The
fire originated in general store, it
is supposed, from an overheated stove.
The blaze spread quickly and in the
excitement of the moment: every one
forgot about the dynamite being
ctnre6 in the hnil6inp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Nearly Wiped Out.

Remarkable fatality has attended
the family of Peter Hickey, OF Brook
lyn. During the past week five members
having died from typhoid fever in that
time. Of six persons in the house
hold only one-a little daughter-re-
mains. She is still i'll and probably
will die. A priest who attended the
family also contracted the disease and
died
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
Drowned Himself.

The coroner's jury after an inVesti.
cation into the death Of Raynor Bell,
whose body was found in the Pasquo-
tank river at Elizabet City, \. c.. re-
turned a verdict that Bell came to his
death by attaching rocks to his body
and then leaping into the river.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
LITIGATION Is GROWING.

The matter was brought to the at
tention of the general assembly by
Gov. McSweeney. who reported that
the special term Of court permitted
under the act OF 1900, exhausted over
81 500 Of his contingent fund. He
had observed that the special terms
we're not as satisfactory as the regular
sessions. Continuing. Gov. McSweeney
stated to the general assembly.
II, however, there is demanded for
these extra courts, and the demand
is increasing, it would be better to in
crease the number Of circuits and do
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
AWFUL COLLISION.
Thirty-one Hen Killed and Fifteen
Others Bodily Injured.
ONE OF THE BOILERS EXPLODED.
A Freight and Work Train Cunning
at Full Speed Come Together
With Disastrous Results
Near Mackinaw, Ill

Another terrible railroad accident
is reported from Peoria, III. Thirty
one men we're killed and at least If
teen injured in a head-on collision be-
tween freight train and work train
on the Big Four railroad between
Mackinaw and fremont Thursday af-
ternoon. Bodies Of 26 Of the victims
have been taken from the wreck which
is piled 80 feet high on the tracks:
Five bodies yet remain buried under
the huge pile of broken timber, twist
ed and distorted ron and steel.
On a hank at the side Of the track
lie the bodies Of the victims, cut,
bruised and mangled in a horrible:
manner. So far IL only have been
identified, the remaining being un-z
recognizable, even by those who knew
them and are aware OF the fact that:
they are among the dead. The Vic
Tins are residents Of neighboring5
towns.
ALI the dead and most Of the In
jured were members Of the work,
train, the crews on both engines
jumping in time to save their lives
The collision occurred in deep cut at.
the beginning Of a sharp curve, neither
train being visible to the crew OF the
other until they were in SO feet OF
each other. The engineers set the
brakes, sounded the whistles and then;
leaped from their cabs, the two trains:
striking with such force that the:
! sound was heard for miles. A second
after the collision the boiler OF the.
work train engine exploded, throwing;
heavy iron and splipters @ WOOD ,.: zoos
feet.
Conductor John W. Judge, Of Ib6ai-
annapolis, who had charge Of thy
freight train, received orders at Ur-.
bana to wait at Mackinaw TOR the:
work train which was due there at
2.40 p. N. Instead OF doing this he
failed to stop. The engineer OF the
work train, George Becker, had also:
received orders to pass the freight at
Mackinaw and was on the way to that
station. The work train was perhaps
five minutes late and was running at
full speed. --.-5555 ---s.;--;55=
One Of the last bodies recovered was,
that Of William Bailey Of MacAnaw,.
who had been lifted 80 feet into the
air and held in place by two steel
rails which had been pushed up be-:
tween the engine and tender OF the:
work train. The dead will lie on the.
bank all night, or until the arrival of
the coroner of Tazewell county In the.
morning. Out Of the IS men who:
constituted the crew Of the work
train, only four are living and two OF
these are seriously injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25

This may not be the way the ac-
count was presented to pater after
daughter. had been successfully dis
posed Of, but a suit will be fled IN
the superior courts today based on q
claim for services performed by Prof.
N. Kline in arranging the marriage
contract between Miss Dora Wrinkle
and J. T. Wilensky.
In the suit which will be filed by
his attorneys, Messrs. Twiggs & Oil
yer, Prof. Kline will show that, ac-
cording to custom Of orthodox He
brews, be is the only person in Savan-
nah with the right to arrange marrl-
age contracts between husband and
wife, and that in accordance with
this right he accorded his services to
J. Fl. Wrinkle, on request, and after
duly arranging the terms, made a
match between his daughter, Dora,
and Mr.. Wilensky.
Prof. Kline will further claim that
be duly brought about the match,
drew up the dowry papers, and in due
time the ceremony joining Mr.. Win
kle's daughter to Mr.. Wilensky in
marriage was performed. he states
that the sum agreed on between him
self and the father Of the bride was
$500, and that the amount was to be
paid Immediately after the perform
ance Of the ceremony. This amount,
it will be claimed. was never paid,
and the court will be asked to grant
him judgment against the said Win
kle for the sum agreed on"
The marriage between Miss Win
kle and Mr.. Wilensky took place near
lly a year ago, and Prof. Kline be-
lieves that he should have had his
money long before this. Prof. Kline
does not sue for services in arranging
a match between Mr.. and Mrs. Wilen-
sky, but for his labor in drawing up
the proper papers for dowry, etc.
There is law against marriage lot
teries' in this state, which provides
that no one shall receive pay for ser
vices performed in bringing two un-
married people together as man and
wife. The suit will involve many
technicalities of law, and more deli
cate questions, exposing the privacy
Of contract always supposedly sac
redly secret.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
THE COMMITTEE BILL.

The bill proposed by the committee
would have the circuits arranged. as
follows:
Firs t-Orangeburg, Dorchester,
Colleton, Beaufort.
Second Hampton, Bamberg, Barn
we'll, Aiken, Edgeield.
Third--SumIer, Florence, Williams
burg, Clarendon, Lee.
Fourth-Chesterfeld, Marion, Marl-
boro, Darlington.
Fifth-Saiuda, Ricbland, Lexington
Kershaw.
Sixth-York, Lancaster, Fairfield,
Chester.
Seventh-Cherokee, Union, Spar
tanbu!g.
Eighth-.Laurens Newberry, Green
wood, Abbeville.
Ninth-Charleston, Berkley, George
town Horny.
Tenth--Greenviile, PickenS, Oconee,
Anderson.
The ninth circuit would be compos-
ed OF Charleston. Berkeley, George
town and Horny. The tenth circuit
would include all of the lighting
eighth" with Abbegille left out--An-
derson, Greenville, Oconee and Pick
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
TIE MAGILL BILL.

Mr.. Magill worked out bis plan in
accordance with the census statistics.
The population Of the State is 1,3l0,-
SIG. The unit, if the circuits could
be made uniform, would be 16S, $50
for eight circuits: or l34, 900 for lN
circuits. His bill proposes the follow
ing groupings:
First Circuit-Orangeburg, BAN
berg, Colleton and Dorchester, ncpula-
tion l26, 706.
Second-Aiken, Barnwell, Hamp'
ton, Beaufort: population 1873: 769.
Third Sumter, Clarendon, vii
liamsburg, Florence: l2l, $50.
Fourth-Chesterfeld, Darlington
Marlboro, Marion, Horny; 1876, 1913.
FifJh-Lexinston, Richland, ker-
shaw, Lee; III, $40.
Sixth-Fairfeld, Chester, Lancas
ter, York. Cherokee: l45, ,395.
Seventh-Greenville, Spartanburg.
Union. l4+,55l.
Eighth-Abbeville, Anderson, Oco-
nee, Picl;ens; l32, ,l37.
Ninth-CharleSton, Berkley, George
town: 14l,316
Tenth--Laurens, Newberry, Green
wood, Saluda and Edgefeld; l4O,4,S
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TO PENSION THE FAITHFUL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
a NOVElSUIT
Brought by Matchmaker for Bring.

Brought by Matchmaker for Bring
ing Two Souls Together.
The Columbia Record says a story
having considerable local interest in
it comes from the Savannah News.
Mr.. J. H. Wrinkle, one Of the parties
involved, lived in Columbia once and
has relatives in that city now. The
story is as follows:
J. H. Winkle to NJ. Kline, DR..
To arranging one marriage contract
beteween daughter and j. T. Wilen-
skv $500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
PRESENT GROUPING.


Following is the way the State is
now grouepd:
First--Charleston, Berkley, Dorches'
ter, Orangeburg.
Sscond--Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwel]
Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton.
Third-Sumter, Clarendon, vii,
liamsburg, Georgetown, Florence.
Fourth-Chester6eld, Marlboro.
Darlington, Marion, Horny.
F:fth-Kershaw, Richland, Edge
field, Lexington, Saluda.
Sixth-Cherokee, Chester, Lancas'
ter, York and Fairfield.
Seventh-Greenwood, Newberry
Laurens, Spartanburg, Union.
Eighth-Abbeville, Anderson, Oco
nee, Pickens and Greenville.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25
IN A BAD FIX.
The Work of the Courts Is Still Very
Much Congested.
TWO ADDITIONAL CIRCUITS.
The Plan Was Favored by General
Committee OF the House Of
Representatives at the
Last Session.
Last Session.

The business Of the courts Of this
State is not in satisfactory condition.
Cases are continued from court to
court and the docket is numbered
with cases which have been in liti-
cation for years. Various remedies
have been suggested.
Some claim the trouble IS the fault
of the lawyers and litigants-not be-
ing prepared for trial. Others con-
tend that it is on account of the vol
ume CT business. The special court
has been tried, and in many cases
has given satisfaction, but in some
instances has not accomplished the
end desired.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
at the last session of the general
assembly Mr.. Huger Sinkler Of Charles
ton introduced a resolution providing
for the appointment Of a special COM
nittee to take under consideration
the advisability of legislation along
this hne. 1t was declared that the
frequency of the demand for the hold
ing of special terms Of court indicated
that the congested condition of the
calendar might be relieved by legisla-
tion, and the committee was author
lied to inquire into the conditions Of
the courts. and t., report by bill or
otherwise as to the expediency Of Gre
ating additional judicial circuits.
The committee consisted Of Messrs.
Huger Sinkler and Adam H. Moss of
the first circuit; J. H. Lesesne and j..
H. Clifton Of the second; W. p. Pol
lock and J. r. CoggeShall of the third;
John P. Thomas, Jr., aud J. ". De-
Wore Of the fifth: T. Y. Williams and
A. L. CASTOR of the fourth; r. A.
Cooper and H. L. Bomar Of the sew
enth, and B. a. Morgan and N. P.
DeBruhl of the eighth. After inves-
tigating the conditions, the commit
tee reported by introducing bill.
Mr.. Magill'S bill on the same sub
jsct received an unfavorable report,
Mr.. DeBruhl proposed to remedy mat
tiers by creating four terms OF gener-
al sessions and by electing four addi-
tional circuit judges All of sthe bills
were continued until the approaching
session when they will come up as
second reading bills with the addi-
tional dignity Of having been made
special orders-and the matter will be
settled one way or the other at this
session.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-25

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders Of the atlantic Coast Line rail
way was held at Richmond, Va, Tues
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
Anacostia and Vicinity.

Mr.. Ralph C. Murton, brother of DIR. p
W. Murton of Anacostia, has reached here
from Hamilton, Canada, and will reside in
Anacostia with his brother. Mr. Murton
held a position in the Sovereign Bank.
which he resigned.
Police Sergeant w. T. Anderson has re-
sumed command of the local station. fol-
lowing an eight days cunning trip along
Chesapeake bay.
There was a pleasant home entertainment
Thursday evening at Rose Terrace, 439 JEFF
ferson street, Anacostia, the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William v. Mahoney. The affair
was in the nature Of an evening in Califor-
MIA. there being addresses by FIVE former
residents of that state. The dining room
and parlors were suitably decorated for the
occasion, and California fruit was served
as part of the refreshments. An assembly
of about eighty people partook Of Mr.. and
Mrs Mahoney's hospitality during the
evening.
Mrs. Louis sanner, wife of Mr. James B.
Sanner of Washington street. Anacostia,
was stricken with paralysis on the street
Tuesday evening and died few hours later
at her residence. She was fifty years of
age. Her funeral took place yesterday
from st. Teresa's Church, Anacostia, and
the interment was made in a local GEM
etery.
Mr. Andrew ]. Boyer Of Bellevue, near
Anacostia. has gone to North Carolina on
shooting trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
RESCUED By TIE DON JUAN.
Story Told by Survivors Of the Benja-
min Sewall's Wreck,

ulln 6eWalIS wreck.
A special dispatch to the New York Sun
from Damariscotta. Me-. says that letters
received there from Manila give the full
story of the wrecking Of the ship Benjamin
SewalI the killing Of most Of her crew by
savages and the rescue Of five survivors,
including Captain Charles Halsted and his
wife. by the American gunboat Don Juan
de Austria.
The warship was sent up the Formosa
channel In search of the SewalI as 1t was
feared that she had met with disaster In the
typhoon early in October. The merchant
the storm left her battered hulk. Three
boats were lowered. and in these the twenty
four persons on the craft sought Safety.
The first boat contained Captain Halsted
his wife and two sailors. The second boat
was full Of Russians, Japs and Chinese,
but wave capsized 1t and all the occu-
pants were drowned. The third boat. In
charge of the ships carpenter. an Ameri-
can,- and containing seven or eight men,
started for the island. Before the beach
was reached some natives put off in canoes
and as they appeared friendly no attempt
was made to escape from them.
Once alongside the savages killed all but
three Of the men, who sought safety by
jumping overheard. The carpenter swan
out toward the captains boat while the
other two reached shore and disappeared
in the woods About this time a large
war canoe started from the shore for Cap
tain Halsted's boat. which had picked up
the carpenter. Before the natives "eould
reach the five survivors the American war;
ship appeared and frightened the savages
away.