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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Counrerreiters Captured

Chief Wilkie of the secret service
received a telegram announcing the
arrests at Memphis, Tenn, of Irvine
Tolley and Luke Ray. two ex-convicts,
together with a man named Willis, all
charged with counterfeiting in raising
notes of a low to higher denomina-
tion. The men were captured after
chase lasting over a month and IN
which one man killed. About Aug. /
TIE secret service received informa-
tion from number of points in Ken
tucky aud Tennessee that three color,
ed men were passing raised notes
principally at county fairs. Secret
service agents started on their trail
and finally located them on a train
bound for Cave City. The officials
telegraphed the agent of the railroad
company at the point who sum-
moned several citizens and undertook
to arrest the party \ fight followed
in which d man named Sheppard wds
killed. The negroes made their eS-
cape ano went to Chicago and from
there were followed south, being To-
Gated Tues lay night in saloon in
Memphis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Hunting q Solution.

A dispatch to The Tribune from
Memphis, Tenn: says: United State
Senator Carmack explained Tuesday
night that his purpose in proposing to
introduce a bill at the next session OF
congress for the repeal OF the Fiji
teenth amendment, thus disfranchis-
ing the negro, is simply to open up d
discussion which will contribute to
solution of the race problem. TO
Senator Carmack'S mind the SureSt
plan of solving the negro question as
it affects the white race, both socially
and politically, lies in the negro's eli
mination from politics. Should the
Fifteenth amendment be repealed, the
question OF treating with the negro
would be left to the States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE
Which Col. Thomas Pays to Gen
Micah Jenkins.

It is proposed to place in the State
house a portrait in oil Of Gen. Micah
Jenkins than whom no brgadier in the
war between the States reflected more
lustre upon the Confederate army and
than whom no general was more ex-
cellent in Christian character and
purity Of life.
All OF his friends and admirers, and
all the officers and men OF his famous
brigade and especially OF the Jenkins
Palmetto Sharpshooters are invited to
contribute to the portrait fund. Sub
scriptionS may be forwarded to Mrs.
S. Reed Stoney, or to The State, Co.
lumbia, S, c., or to The News and
Courier, Charleston, S. c., or to Col.
J. a. Hoyt, Greenyille Mountaineer.
In his forthcoming sketch on the
Character and Career of Gen. Micah
jenkins be published at an early
day-Col. Thomss says at the close OF
his paper: In response to the sus-
geStion of Mrs. S. Reed Stoney. some
of the patriotic and appreciatlve wo
men Of the capital of South Carolina
the State to which Micah Jenking'
was a loyal and de} oted as ever Caval-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
TIMING EXPOSURES.
Work In Which Photographers
Become Remarkably Accurate.

Become Remarkably Accurate.
The photographer was about to take
a picture OF young woman Its SO
dark here he said, that guess III
give you about thirty seconds" and,
drawing out the slide and removing
the cap. he began to count in a meas
ured and mechanical tone, "one, two,
three, four, five" and So onH When
the exposure was finished the sitter
said: You gave more than thirty Sec
onds to that plate. You counted very
slow-Im sure it took you full min
ute to count thirty
The photographer handed his watch
to the young woman. He said: "1'll
count thirty again. Time me-" And
he made the count exactly as before
and he was just twenty-nine seconds
making it. 'One second of-not 80
bad. Near my old record, in fact"
said the photographer. Ten years
ago, when I made more pictures than
I do today, could by counting make
exposures up to FIVE minutes without
being more than second off. Usually
I'd be q second under; but, over or un
der, it was only by one second that
I'd be out Of the way. But" be added,
this gift Is not remarkable. Nearly
every photographer has It. Nearly
every one Of US can guess spaces Of
time running from a half second to
FIVE or six minutes with what is for
al! practical purposes perfect accu-
racy."-Philadelph Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
COTTON rs DETERI0RATING.
Has Suffered Considerably on Ac-
count OF the Lack OF Rain.

The cotton crop has suffered during
tht dry weather OF the past fortnight.
Mr.. J. W. Bauer, section director OF
the weather bureau service, says:
"The extreme western border coun-
tie and the coast counties had light
but quite general rains that were
highly beneficial: the enterior OF The
State had none, expect that widely
separated places had light but in
sutficient showers. The average OF
the State was OIL of an inch. All
crops are suffering for rain.
with only one or two exceptions
to the contrary, reports on cotton IN
dicate further deterioration during
the week due to shedding, premature
opening, and the rapid spread OF rust,
owing to lack Of moisture. Much cot
ton is dead on sandy lands. There is
little prospect Of a top crop. Boil
worms and caterpillars are reported
from Barnwell county.
Cotton is opening rapidly, some
prematurely, over the whole State,
and picking is general, and under The
favorable weather for the work made
rapid progress. Sea island cotton IS
less promising owning to shedding
and the appearance Of blight.
The weather was favorable for rice
harvesting, progressed rapidly, but
Yields are somewhat disappointing.
Large quantities of fodder, pea vine
hay and other forage were saved in
fine condition, All minor crops have
failed for want of rain, but the dry
weather will add to the keeping quail
ties of sweet potatoes. Fall truck
planting continues. Little plowing
has been done, as the ground is too
dry and hard. Turnip sowing is not
yet finished.
Late corn failed rapidly or all but
moist bottom lands, owing to drought,
and will be failure on light soils.
1.-THE week ending S a. n1., Monday,
September ii, had a mean temperture
of - degrees, which is about degree
above normal. The temperature con-
ditions were favorable, although cool
nights were complained Of in some
localities. The sunshine was normal,
or above, and the relative humidity
low during the daytime and moderate
ly high at nights. The winds were
light eaSterly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
A Good Rule.

The State says Mr.. u B. Hanmet,
chief constable, has issued an order
forbidding di>pensary constables to in
dulge to excess in the use of liquor,
has also issued an order to the effect
tnat Any constable who voluntarily
accepts the hospitality Of a person
who is suspected of violating the dis
pensa!y law, Or accepts treats or
drinks, loans Of money, ETC.. will be
dismissed from the service This is
not to forbid constables buying whis-
key, ETC., from the illicit whiskey
dealer when they find it necessary to
do SO in ord,r to make case against
the party in court, provided they pay
full price for what they receive, and,
accent no favorS."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Three Women Murdered.

Mrs. H. II. Paine, an aged woman
her daughter Mrs. Williams and a IS:
year old daughter of Mrs Williams
were murdered in their home on :.
farm near Judson, Smith county,
Kansas, Wednesday night. Ihe
luree uad been accustomed 10 sleep
together. Mrs. William was found
dead outside the house Thursday
morning. The girl was dead in bed
and the grandmother was uncol. SclouS
and died soon after the discovery OF
the crime. The murderer had b,aten
in the skulls of al! the victims, Using
a cutivator bar. a young farm Eand
named Madison is suspected Il the
murders. He was enanorec OF MIS-.
Williams who was seeking a dlrnce
from her husband and who had leilS-
ed to marry Madison. Madison as
disappeared.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
FEARFUL SCENES
On a Steamer that Was in the Late
Storm.

Storm.
One of the most thrilling stories OF
disaster Of the storm is that of the
excursion and freight steamer S. E
Spring, which was driven ashore near
Greenwich, Conn. The Spring was
trying to put back to Stamford and
the gale had reached a velocity of 80
miles an hour, when the rudder failed
and the steamer founder ID at the
mercy Of the huge seas which swept
over her.
The panic stricken passengers fled
to the upper decH, wnere t!ley sought
refuge in the cabins: and the women
became hysterical. The pilot was still
irving to turn about when a sudden
gust Of wind tore off the entire reef OF
the upper deck ,'leaving only the pilot
house. When the roof went ot the
boat was lifted half out Of the water.
The strain was 50 great that it tore OF
the rudder and when she settled down
again in the trough Of the sea She was
perfectly helpless. Realizing that they
were at the mercy OF the storm the
sailors as a last resort made a deter-
mined effort TO get an anchor down to
hol the steamers head to the wind
No sooner had they done SO than The
chain snapped. The steamer was fast
being driven toward Shelving Rock,
one of the most dangerous shoals on
the Connecticutu shore. The passen-
gers were ordered to put on life pre-
servers and be ready to board the life
RATS.
A scene of wild confusion followed.
The crew launched the largest life raft
and the passengers with the life pre-
servers stood ready to get upon it
when the raft suddenly struck the
hull Of the boat and was pounded to
pieces. 4 second life raft put over by
the crew was also destroyed. This
left only one small boat OF any de-
scription on the steamer, and it was
50 small that Capt. Mcdonald was
afraid to put it over. He tried to put
up distress signals, but the wind
snapped of the tlagstaffS.
The steamer drifueo along the shore
an hour until she hit the rocks of t le
point at E. G. Benedict'S country
home and stove in her bow. AS soon
as she touched colored cook droprel
Is feet to the rocks. The water was
over his head and he was tossed un-
til he was badly bruised, but he kept
90 swimming and finally was tossed on
the beach. The servant ashore
grasped lines from the ship and in d
few minutes all hnadS had been safely
landed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Wre cks on The Florida Coast.

The auxiliary schooner klondyke,
c. A. Ball, master, laden with valu-
able fittings from the British steamer
Inchulva, brings the first authentic
reports from she several wrecks north
Of Miami, Fla. About a mile north
of Buynton the Standard Gil Com
pany's barge No SO, oil laden, is hard
aground on the beach. The Jug haV-
ing her in tow has gone north for an
other oil barge into which TO pump
the CARGO AS this vessel lies on a
sandy bottom and is practically unin-
jured, she may be saved. About tive
miles south and nearly opposite Del
ray, the British steamship 1nchulva is
total wreck. The Inchulva had a.
mixed cargo Of about 5000 tons. She
was from Galveston to LlveSpool.
Nine Of the crew Of this steamer were
drowned. When the vessel COM
menced to break up the chief engineer
went to his cabin to save 500 and
was not seen again. Three others
were washed overheard. The other
five were drown in an attempt to
reach the shore. Just north VI JupiJ-
er is the lumber laden three masted
schooner Harriet I. Thomas, from
Pensacola. Her cargo is being landed,
but the vessel will prove a total loss.
The American schooner Martha L.
Thomas, lumber laden, bound from
A palachicola to Baltimore, reported
ashore nine miles north OF Jupiter.
This may be the Harriet |. Thomas
above referred to, the error growing
out of similarity of names. These
are the only wrecks Of consequence re-
ported on the east coast Of Florida,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE.
A Soldier Puts a Bullet in His Brains
at Atlanta.

Edward Henley, who was stationed
with the Sixteenth United States in
fantry at Fort Mcpherson as a serge
ant 10 company F, committed suicide
Wednesday by sending a ball from a
Krag-Jorgensen rifle crashing into his
head.
The deed was committed in bed
occupied by Henley. After retiring
Henley reached out and pulled under
the cover Of the bed bis big rifle. This
be loaded and p Uniting it's muzzle di-
rectly at his face took a long stick
with which he pressed the trigger.
From the extent Of the wound and
the position in which the dead man
was found it is thought that death
must have been instantaneous.
1t later developed that the pangs OF
unreciprocated love were largely re-
sponsible for his action. A short time
ago during his furlough Henley spent
much of his time in Main, where he
became infatuated with young lady
to whom it was generally thought ne
would be married.
On Saturday night last he received
a letter from Maine and presumably
from the young lady. About this let
ter he said nothing, not even to his
closest friends. He continued his
routine duties as if nothing out Of the
way had occurred.
The first intimation Of any trouble
was given early Wednesday when his
companions were awakened by the
loud report of a rifle resounding clear
ly throughout the sleeping quarters.
A number of his comrades rushed at
once to his bedside to find him dead.
Henley enlisted in the services OF
the Sixteenth in 1900 and with them
had served up to the time OF his death.
Through his gallant service rendered
in the Philippines he was advanced to
a sergeant,S berth. His home was
thought TO be in Pennsylvania.
The funeral services were conducted
Thursday at Fort Mcpherson,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23

An obstinate man does not hold opf0r
ions; they hold him.-Butler.
ier was to King in English story have
proposed to secure portrait in oil Of
the matchless brigade to whom a
major generaIship was in view when
Divine promotion came upon the field
'of the Wilderness to place the
picture in the State house alongside Of
Gordan and Hampton and Kershaw
and Butler and Gary. May this
happy thought Of South Carolinas
womanhood be promptly seconded and
carried to early constImmation by her
responsive manhood, and may the
best art available be engaged to place
on the glowing canvas the lineaments
of the soldier without fear and with
out reproach," the Bayard OF the Pal.
metto State-as brave as Ney, as ten
der as Sidney. as dashing as Murat,
and vital devout Christian man."
1t has been said that the fame Of
the soldier is big gh aud holy fame
founded on self sacrifice and achieved
through suffering, it shines from
mountain to seashore with protecting
etfulgence and lights up every hearth
stone in the land with the solemn
radiance OF notional feeling. Such is.
the fame Of Gen. Micah Jenkins. The
State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
CAN'T SHAKE NICKNAMES.
They are often Given for Absurd
Reasons Generally Stick.


Wonderful how names stick to a
person." said the observant man.
There were two nice little women
in our village who came to call on US
ona evening and We offered them pop
corn, which the children had brought
in from the kitchen. They refused,
but not So emphatically as TO keep Us
from giving them TWO heaping plates
of the corn We kept rehllng the
plates and they kept crushing all tie
evening. There was something SO 1un-
nv about it that l called them the
'popcorn ladies', and the name has
stuck to them so that the whole WILL
age knows them by it.
Il once knew a man who talked IN
cessantly in high pitched voice and
a bright girl dubbed him the chlrpe. >
The name was quickly passed around
among the young peopl and now
the great part of his friends know hin
by that name a very dignifed young
woman OF my acquaintance goes by
the name OF Whcnt' to this day be-
cause when she was a very little girl
she used to call herself Mrs. Whont'
when she played ground-up ladies, and
the family picked it up. She simply
can't shake the absurd name.
More than one red-haired man is
known by the name Of pink and phil
osophically accepts the title. l have an
AGO quaintance who holds responsible
ooSiticn who is known by the name of
Dotty. IL seems that one day a mis-
chievouS girl discovered that be had
three very prominent dimpleS. She
promptly dubbed him 'Dotty Dimple'
and now he is known to all his ac-
uuaintances as 'DJtty.' Another man
OF ny acquaintance is always called
Blue beard, because he has such a
very white and thin skin if he does
not shave daily his beard shows
through it. That name, too came
through woman's quick wit.
An old lady friend Of mine is still
called 'Peachy' because when she was
young girl she had complexion
like peaches and cream. Her brother
promptly dubbed her peachy, and
'Peachy' she will remain to the end Of
her days. In a certain household a
very feminine little woman is still call
ed The Boy because when she was
young girl she went through a very
serious illness which made it neces-
sary to cut her:hair Snort. Her young
er sister said she was The Boy OF the
family, anG the dainty lady is still
called by that absurd name.
An etleminate man was once call
ed Viola by one OF the boys in tn
Office, and now We know him by moth
hing else.
Another one of the boys in the Office
is always called 'Chesty,' and al
though he get angry at first, be has
cheerfully accepted the name now.
''Our bookeeper is always putting in
his oar when it is not at all necessary,
and I think now he will be known
until the end Of time as General
Butts A friend Of mine who is al
ways called Cheerful doesn't know
whether he is called that because
his friends believed he hasa sunny
disposition, or because they consider
him chearful idiot. But at any rate.
he can't shake the name"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Nature the Only Healer.

Medicine never did any person par
ticle Of good except by digestion, as
similation-going into circulation, etc.
No salve contains any healing prop
erty except as a protection to keep
away the effect of oxygen in the air.
dirt or any foreign substance from
coming in contact with the part aft
fected The natural powers Of our be-
ing possess the only power to hesL
Anything that may be done to assist
in a natural way is good-contrary,
bad. Give good food to make good
blood. Breathe good air, rest and not
overexercise to the extent Of fatigue.
Then the body will recuperate. Then
the wound will be healed by healthy
serum that is secreted to heal all
wounds, not the salve. The salve pro
tects from outside influence, while the
machinery within goes on with its
work. Nature does it all-MedicA
Talk
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
MOUNTAIN BLIND TIGER" +"
Regular Sign Board Up and all
Ready for Business.

T heard of these blind tigers" and
one day, in company with a gentle
man and two ladies', l drove to Lin
vile Falls. AS we were going we
passed fertilization On one side OF
the road; the drive announced that
it was tiger" We regretted as
we drove on that we had not stopped
to examine it, resolving to give it {;
trial on our return. Coming back we
found that it was square. log-hewn
building, abutting on the road, with
no front door at all, the logs fitting so
closely there were no means Of seeing
anything whatever inside.
The rear of the structure was en-
veloped in a large brush arbor reach
ing on both sides to the mountain
ravine. Tackled on the front of the
'stiger" was the following sign:
'Watts's Saloon, July 1st. Brandy,
s2.75 gallon: whiskey, 25 cents a
pint, $3.50 a gallon. Anything else
in that line. Drop your money in
the drawer"
There was a hole in the logs in
which was fitted box. dropped
25 cents in it and voice from the in
side said: Five cents more for a
bottle y
added five cents to the quarter
and pint bottle Of blockade corn
liquor was pushed out. 1t was a
white bottle and there were many
dregs in the whiskey. l made COM
plant and the bottle was pulled back.
Another came out, but it was black
bottle this time and l could not tell
whether it bad dregs or not. l haven't
tasted the whiSkey, but brought it
home as curiosity. We were anxi-
Gus to see inside this mysterious for
tress. So we opened negotiations
with the invisible occupants and were
told to put quarter in the box. wait
FIVE minutes and come to the back en-
trance.
Looking carefully, we could see the
shadowy outlines of three men aud
one woman gliding down the arbol
ambuscade to the ravine. When the
five minutes had expired we went to
the rear, found a door open and enter
ed. In the room we found two bar
rels of whiskey, one barrel of brandy,
a modern rubber syphon, patent
bungstarter, bottles OF all sizes, jugs,
etc. There were also two rifles, three
Shotguns and two pistols in plain view.
There were also bed, cook stove,
cooking utensils, etc, in the room
Things were in all right shape and
everything was in its proper place,
like any other well regulated business,
That's all we saw, and we left as we
had come. Hope you got your quar-.
ter's WORTH" greeted US from the
tiger" as we drove away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
Night Air.

One Of the bugbears Of old time peo-
pie is night air. and there is little eS-
aggeration in saying that the superstl-
ton against night air has killed more
people than the free circulation OF 1t
has ever injured. There is abundance
Of proof that night air is injurious to
no one. On the contrary, people who
sleep outdoors under the mere protec
ton Of tent are the healthiest of all
people. and the practice has largely
gained in popularity Of late years IN
der wider knowledge Of hygiene for
people in delicate health to go in
camping parties and breathe the bal
sam Of the night air. The vigor gained
from a few weeks Of such an outing is
a marked proof that the old prejudice
against night air is as foolish as most
other old wives whims.-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
One wax to Keep Accounts.

In u book Of accounts found on the
premises of a bankrupt dealer In city
in the west of England were the fol-
lowing names Of customers to whom
credit had been given and which would
have puzzled all the official receivers
in the kingdom: Woman on. the key,
Jew woman. coal woman. old coal wo-
man, fat coal woman, market woman,
pale woman. a man, old woman, httel
milk girl, candle man, stablemnn,
coachman. big woman, lsne woman,
quiet woman, egg man, littel black girl,
Jew man, Mrs in a cart, old Irish won-
an. woman in Corn street, a lad, man
in the country. long Sal. Mrs. Irish
woman, Mrs. feather bonnet, blue bon
nett, green bennett. green coat, blue
britches, big britches. the woman that
was married and the woman that told
me Of the man..London Tit-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23
In an Old Time House.

To go down into the low ceiled Ntch-
en-, with its heavy, rough hewn TIM,
bers and its great fireplace with the
logs fast turning to Goals; to look into
the old brick oven, where bread FOR
regiment could easily have been baked,
and, perchance, to be asked to sit down
on the old wooden settee under the lit
tie window where the pot Of flowers
stands and drink tea from quaint
blue cup will complete the charm tie
place has thrown about you. Many
fantasies will throng the mind. and
the shadows cast upon the walls BY the
wavering light make this house their
home-one booted and spurred and with
q military step. the other a rustic OF
silk and Whit OF rare perfume.-Four
Track News.