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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
A New Industry.

According to The States correspon-
dent several Anderson dealers are en-
gagaged in buying mules in the ccun-
ty which will be shipped to Tennessee
to be fattened during the fall and
winter. Next spring the animals will
be shipped south again and sold for
good prices. It is said that a very
large corn crop is being made in Ten
nessee this year and that good profit
can be made in buying mules in this
section and shipping them there to be
fed on the corn. A great many Of the
mules that are now going to Tennes-
see came from that State last spring.
Asa rule the mules are OF second grade
quality and many Of them are being
taken by the dealers from people who
bought them on credit and will not be
able to paw for them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
No Negroes Wanted.

The State says Elwood, Indiana, is
another northern town which will not
allow a negro in it's limits. An In
dianapolis dispatch says that severa.
horsemen who had animals to exhibit
at the Elwood fair this week H.nd en-
ploy negroes to care for the horses
were waited on by these employees and
told that they dare not enter the
town. as they had been warned not to
approach the place. The horse
men" says the dispatch, consulted
the local authorities and were inform
ed that the people Of Elwood and es-
pecially the employees OF the factories,
are greatly prejudiced against negroes
and that no negro had ever been
allowed to come into the town." And
this is in Gov. Durbin'S common
veal th'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Assaulted the Preacher.

The States Spartanburg cores
pondent says, Jones' tabernacle, near
Rich Hill, is a place of worship for the
the colored people of the Methodist
faith in that vicinity. A recent oc-
currence at that place Of worship will
be ventilated in the courts. 1t ap-
pears that on Sunday, Aug. 9, among
the many attendants on meeting
there. was one Preston Williams, a
negro strong in the Baptist belief.
The pastor, Rev. A. D. Duncan, in bis
discourse, said something that die not
please this auditor, who took it as re-
feeting on the BaptistS. His be-
ilavior occasioned his being reproved
in open meeting, and after service
Williams waited near the church en-
trance for the Rev. Duncan. In one
hand he carried a stick and in the
other an open knife. AS Duncan ap-
preached Williams struck him With
stick and advanced to carve him With
the knife when bystanderS lnterfereo
and disarmed the belligerent. Duncan
swore out warrant against Williams,
charging him with assault and battery
with intent a kill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Dead Body in a Can.

The blood stained corpse OF a five
ycar-old boy was discovered Wednes-
day evening by baggage man a. Is.
Mcdonald on a Pittsburg, Virginia
and Charleston railroad train en- route
to Dayersburg, Pa. The little body
was packed tightly in large coffee
can two feet high and IS inches wide
and was wrapped in the blood-soaded
folds Of Il woman's dress The only
marks on the body was a bullet hole
in the breast, probably the cause OF
death. When DaverSburg was
reached man and woman who had
deposited the can in the baggage. car
at WalterSburg were arrested and
taken to jail in Mckeesport. They said
their names were Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
.Iuibler, of Tucker and that tie boy
was their son, who had accidentally
shot himself with his fathers rcvol-
yer. When they found him he was
dead. Theo decided to keep the mat
ter quiet and hurry him quietly to
Darersburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
DEATH TO CHRISTIANS.
That Is the Cry of the Turks, Who
Are Ready to Kill.

A fierce battle is reported to have
occurred in the neigborhood Of Mon
astir, Macedonia. Three Turkish bat
talions attacked a thousand insurgents
and after the fight had ragged for six
hours the Turks were repulsed, with
the loss of 210 men killed or wounded.
The insurgent loss is not given.
Reports received here from Constan-
tinople, and believed to be authentic,
confirm the previous statements to the
effect that when the Turks recaptured
Krushe7o they slaughtered the entire
Christian population without eXcep-
tion, and it is pointed out that among
those killed were the employees OF the
government tobacco establishments
which were under European control,
as the proc eds from these establish
ments were assigned to the service OF
the Turkish debt.
A reign of terror is reported to
prevail at Uskub, where the Christian
inhabitants are afraid to leave their
houses. The vail has issued the
strictest orders to the MussulInan
population to remain on the quiet and
not molest their Christian neighoors,
but the Mussulmans in meeting in the
mosque have resolved at a given sig
nal to massacre the whole Christian
population, Immediately after the trsf
insurgent band appeared near Usku7'
or on any pretext. The Christians are
terrorized. The Turkish troops, who
are their only protection, do not show
the slightest disposition to aid them.
The attitude Of the Turkish troops re-
Gently was plainly manifested when a
trainload Of soldiers, shortly after
leaving Uskub, fired on the Bulgarian
workmen who we're repairing the
track. Three of the w0rkmen We're
killed and their bodies were left lying
on the line.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
A Boston Denial.

The Boston Herald protests most
strenuously against the veracity of a
statement credited to Senator Money
to the effect that last year in Massa-
chusetts , 900 white women were mar
ried to negroes. The Herald exclaims
that this aSsersion is "besmirchlng
Massachusetts," that it is an "arraDt
falsehood,oo and a sheer invention"
for political purposes. This vehe-
ment Boston paper declares that in
stead of 1000 there were only so
such marriages last yearin that State,
and mot one among people OF any
social standing or influence" the
white participants being usually of
foreign birth. This is showing for
Massa chusetts that we are glad to see,
since it demonstrates that the spirit
of race integrity is pretty strong even
there, but is it not evidence that the
door Of hope" is shut in the negro's
face in that abolitionist common
wealth? Is it possible that Massa-
chusettS not only does not encourage
but does not even condone social
equality, OF which the only and logical
end is intermarTiage:-The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
STRUNG HIM UP.
A Negro Boy Commits Horrible
Crime and is Lynched.

At Halifax, N. c., Thurday eve
ming between and o'clock the dead
body Of Mary Jenkins, IL years old,
was found in the stable Of Capt. Grif-
fin, ler grandfather. Her throat was
cps from ear to ear: and the body was
tied up in a bag: The girls grand
mother had been looking for her, and
going to the stable, found it locked.
She put Mary's little sister through an
opening in the door, and the girl Stun
bled ever the body in the bag.
A Negro w,lo is employed at the no
tel and also oy Capt. Griffin is Sus-
pected OF the crime. When searched,
he was found to have the keys of the
stable in his pocket, a bloody knife and
blood on his hands and his clothes.
He is now under guard of a large num-
ber of citizens, as well as deputies and
constables, awaiting the arrival OF
bloodhounds from Weldon, to be used
to track him from the stable. The
whole town is thpughly aroused, and
crowds of men have come in from Wei
don armed with rifles. 1t is not
thought the negro whose name is Man
ma Ponton, will live to See daylight.
Later news says a crowd gathered
and securing the negro, hanged him
to a tree and riddled his body with
bullets. The negro after the moose
had been placed around bis neck con-
fessed to the murder Of the little child
and having criminally assaulted her.
After disposing Of the negro the crowd
which had made no attempt dt con-
cealment, dispersed without any furth'
er disorder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.
Bucket Shops Hit, Hard By a North
Carolina Judge.

At Charlotte, n. c., in a charge tc
the grand jury Judge Walter H. Neal
OF the superior court, laid special en-
phasis on the suppression of gambling,
having direct reference to bucket
shops. !"
He called the attention OF the grand
jury to the fact that there is law Oh
the statute books Of North Carolina,
enacted by the legislature OF 1889:
which makes a contract in futures
void and also provides that any per-
son who buys or sells future contracts
may be indicted. las long as that
law stands On the statute books" said
Judge Neal, st is tie duty Of the
courts to enforce it, and | feel it my
duty to bring the matter to the at
tention of this grand jury. You have
no more right, in the discharge Of
your duties, to discriminate between
gamblers, for dealing in futures is a
species Of gambling, than to discrinin-
ate between other violators Of the law.
AL gam bling is indic:able, whether it
be playing cards for gain, shooting
craps or any other form that some
people might consider innocent ~
Judge Neal moralized on the evil in
fuence of gambling, especially ganb-
ling in futures. He called attention
to the belief OF many that they had
an inherent right to spend their own
money in such ways as they thought
proper, and, while this might be true
as an abstract proposition, it was also
true that they we're subject to this
qualification: No man has the right
to dispose of his money or property in
manner detrimental to good morals.
Continuing his remarks along the
same line, Judge Neal spoke OF the
trouble and disgrace caused by so
many good men falling by the way
side by gambling. For instance, :"
he said, there is the man engaged in
handling funds belonging TO other
people. He ESt stakes his own money
and loses it. In trying to recoup his
losses, with no intent to steal, he
takes the money that belongs to an
other. Again fortune goes against
him, and he becomes defaulter and
ar embezzler, and bis family is dis
graced." The temptation is so great
along this line, continued Judge Neal,
that the state it the exercise Of it's
sovereignty, has placed a ban on all
forms Of gambling and declares that
contracts in futures are vold.''
No charge delivered by any judge
in Charlotte in recent years has been
talked of more than the remarks Of
Judge Neal to the grand jury. Char
lotte people have become accustomed
10 seeing onslaughts made on poker:
craps and other forms Of gambling.
where the stakes may be few cents
or g few dollars, but no one has seemed
to think Of inveighing against gam
bling when the stakes amounted to
hundreds and thousands of dollars.
On every hand people have asked:
What action will the grand jury
take? Will any one be indicted for
dealing in futureS?'
1t may be remarked in passing that
no one would be surprised to see well
known men Of this city summoned be-
fore the grand jury and put under
their oaths to tell OF their connection
with transactions in the cotton
futures. Virginia-Carolina Chemical
knr others. Journal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
THE TILLMAN TRIAL.
Large Crowds Expected to Attend.
The Prisoner Comfortably Fixed.

A special dispatch from Lexington
to the Spartanburg Journal under date
of August IS says: About a month
hence is expected that this little town
will be entertaining the largest num-
Der of visitors ever known in it's his
tory: The trial of Jas. II. Tillman
for the murder Of n. G. Gonzales in
Columbia is set for that time, and it
is generally believed. will be delayed
no longer. Almost 500 witnesses have
been summoned to appear in this case
by the opposing sides.
All available space in the hotels has
been engaged weeks since by interested
parties, and how the immense number
of spectators sure to be on hand, will
be accommodated, is an interesting
problem. The last census gave the
town something over 900 inhabitants.
1t is thought that at least 5000 will
be here during the trial.
Meantime the prisoner occupies bis
cell in the Lexington County jail.
Sheriff Caughman has made him as
comfortable as posi- BILE, putting him
on the shady side Of the building on
the first floor near the Sheriff's own
quarters and occasionally permitting
him to exercise himself by walking up
and down the corridor As rule the
sheriff does not lock the cell from the
outside but leaves the lock for Tillman
to turn if he SO desires.
Three times a day Mr.. Marks, who
keeps a restaurant just behind the Jail
can be seen bringing the prisoner his
meals. Tillman states that he finds
his quarters here pleasanter than those
in the Richland jail, where be was i'm
prisoned during some warm days OF
May and June.
Many visitors attracted by curiosity
or other motives go to see the noted
prisoner. Some time since his wife and
liJsle daughter spent several days in
Lexington with relatives and made
frequent visits TO the jail. Others OF
his kinsrork lave been here from time
to time. Tillman'S little nephew, a
handsome boy Of seven or eight sum-
mers, is staying in the jail to wait up
on his uncle and is said to be a general
favorite with the prisoners.
Speculation as to the verdict in the
case is almost useless. AS stated
above, Mrs. Jas. H. Tilllman has re-
latives in the town and also in the
county and people feel much real SYM
pathy for hea. 1t is doubtful if the
same feeling exists in her husbands
case. The belief of almost all those
who have read the newspapers and
care to express themselves is that the
act was genuine murder and should be
punished. At the same tfmeit should
be remembered that Senator Tillman
has always had large following in
the county, whatever his nepheW's
following was, and that this fact is
almost sure to influence some jurymen.
So far sentiment does not seem to.
have crystallized, but it will be a sur
prise if Tilllman is either acquitted or
sentenced to be hanged as result Of
this trial. Not few look for a mis-
trial and then another application for
bail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Shown by The Abolition ofthe Office
of Phosphate Inspector.

of Phosphate Inspector.
The abolition of the Office OF phos-
phate Inspector marks the decadence
of an industry in this state, which at
one time was the largest in it and
which brought into the treasury of
the state several million Of dollars
after the phosphate deposits began to
be worked. When Tilman was elect
ed governor he caused Some Hesitation
to be passed which the Coo Saw COM
pany, which had a practical monopoly
of the business, claimed was inimical
to the industry. The legislation un-
doubtedly put that particular COM
pany practically out Of business, but it
is doubtful where the course pursued
had any effect on phosphate min
ing generally. However, the trouble
of the industry began and increased
about the time, for valuable deposits
were found in Florida, Tennessee and
other places, which could be worked
cheaper than our own phosphate de-
posits. The business in consequence
grew less and less until now it is COM
paratively nothing as compared with
former years, or as compared with the
business done in other states.
Statistics show that from 1870 to
1900 the state received in royalties
81, 242, ,e6s,53, the royalty in one year
1898, amounting to s237, l3O. For
the past three years is has amounted
to only s25 900 annually. This money
is placed in the sinking fund and is
pledged to be used for the edueation
Of the debt.
That a great industry has been
practically destroyed is to be regret
ted not only because it takes away
from US pre- eminence we once had,
but became SO many have had to seek
employment elsewhere, and because
the state loses great source or reve-
nue.. Still we have some consolation
in the though that it is no fault OF
ours that this industry has passed al
most. for nature made it SO that We
can no longer complete with sections
which have been more favored in this
particular. Columbia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Ordered Him OF.

The Macon Telegraph says that the
Boston IIerald's indignant denial OF
the prevalence OF intermarriage be-
tween negroes and whites in Mass
achusetts recalls to mind the story
Tom Dixon tells in his great book.
"Fhe Leopard's Spots, OF ehe Boston
Republican politician who advocated
the obliteration OF the color line, who
took up an ambitious young negro,
invited him into his home, allowed
him to sit and chat with his daughter
bv the hour. but when the honestly
deluded young man proposed marriage
he became enraged and ordered him
OF the premises.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Knocked Down.

Edward Mikell. Il colored barber:
setting himself up as good as any
white man and pressing the PROPOSE
tion in an offensive way upon }. A.
Storer, alderman from Ward II in
Charleston, was given 4 hard punch
in the face by Mr.. Storer Monday
morning while the two were riding
on a trolley car. Later in the day
Mikell sought Mr.. Storer at his store
on King street and attemped to re-
new the discussion, drawing razor.
He was knocked down, remaining un-
conscious for some time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Some HanGings Needed.

There seems to be a band Of ineen-
diaries abroad in the LAND. Many
barns and dwellings in the sparsely
settled districts Of this state are being
burned and requests 10 the governor
TO offer rewards for the apprehension
pf the gsilty parties are being received
daily. Wednesday a reward OF slOO
was offered for the parties who burned
the barn OF Francis Manual: in Laur-
ems county. This makes the eleventh
reward offered in the past Two days
for this crime and it is noticeable
fact that few rewards of this kind are
ever claimed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Sent Back to China

Forty-four Chinese prisoners were
taken through Spartanburg Wednes-
day afternoon on the late Southern
train: on their way from Norfalk to
China, via San Francisco. Ihey Sup
ned into the country by way Of Cana
d. and were gathered together from
different rarts Of the East. They
were carefully guarded on the train.
They attracted much attention at the
depot while the train was waiting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Killed Himself After All.

Herman T. Coastes, who murdered
Louis Hull at Spring Valley \. y,
on May -. 1902. committed suicide in
the Rockland county jail Tuesday by
cutting his throat With rusty razor
which he obtained In some unaccount-
able wav. Coates was brought from
Richmond. Va, where he was arrest
ed for vagrancy. While there he con-
fessed to the murder Of Hull On
Sunday he jumped from an ola DO
minion steamer off Sea Girt. but was
rescued.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Born On q Train.

Austin and Green Murray, twins,
were born on the Iron Mountain tram
near Piedmont, Mo. while their
mother was en- route to the city hospl-
tai at St Louis. The conductor and
breakman secured the services OF &
physician and both the babies are do-
ing we'll. The mother named the boys
in honor Of the trainmen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Chinese Crusier Sunk.

The Canadian Pacific railroads
steamer Empress Of India, from Van
couver, B. c., July 27, and Yokohama,
Aug. 10, for Hong Kong, collided near
Hang with the Chinese cruiser Huang
Tai. The war ship sank an hour af-
ter the collision. The Empress OF In
dia saved 10 Of the crew Of the cru
User. The captain Of the Huang Tai,
VINO refused to leave bis ship, and -
of her crew were drowned. The En-
press of India was badly damaged
anidShiD.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Stole an Engine.

At Charleston Edward Robinson,
colored, was arrested by the police on
the charge Of stealing a stationary
engine, the property Of G. G Pardue.
It is alleged that Robinson, with the
assistance Of another negro, carted the
engine from Mr.. Pardue's premises on
Sheppard street during the night to
the outskirts of the city, where be
broke it up into bits of iron which he
attempted to sell to junk dealers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Wanted for Murder.

James Dennis Edwards, wanted in
Greenyilie for a murder which he is
charged with having committed in
1901. has been arrested in the oil fields
of Beaumont, Texas, Luther Taylor,
Edwards companion in the crime, is
now serving a sentence in the Peni-
Tertiary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Seven Hundred Killed.

Dispatches from Eunguru, dated
Aug. l., gave details OF the distruc-
tion OF the town of Rurmi, in north
ern Nigeria, by a British force Of 80
whites and 500 natives rank and tile.
The enemy'S loss was 100 killed, in
cluding the former sultan Of Sokota
and majority Of che chiefs. The
British loss was il men killed, includ-
ing one officer, and 62 men wounded.
The enemy made desperate house to
house resistance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
nR MAruEsoN.s Plan.
,rne n,an I suggest is as follows:

The plan l suggest is as follows:
Let the citizeDs Of each county hold
2 meeting on the first Monday IN
November next and form an associa-
tion to be known as The = County
immigration Society" electlng the
usIal officers TO act until superseded
as hereinafter provided. Each OF
these county organizations will eject
three delegates to attend a State con-
vention to be held in Columbia on
Tnesdav, November 10 next.
This convention will organize ltself
into the state immigration Bureau
Of South Carolina" adopt a constitu-
tion and bylaws, both for the State
and the several county organizations,
an6 elect an agent to be known and
DESIGNATED as South Carolina i1nmi-
orant agent" This convention Will
also prepare and adopt a bill to be
enacted into law at the next meet
inc of the General Assembly OF the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
THE ACCIDENT

Just before reaching the treStle, En-
gineer Hunter asked Fireman Duncan
to oil the engine valves. This could
have been done from the cab, but
Duncan chose the quicker method OF
going out on the footboard. Engineer
Green, who was returning from trip
to Spartanburg, was sitting out on
the footboard on the opposite side OF
the boiler. Mr. Hunter losing sight
of the boy on the side he had gone out
on and hearing from Green that he
had not appeared on the other side,
stopped the train to investigate. They
learned from Mr.. Il. L. Pope, the
trestle foreman at work in front OF
the train, that the boy had fallen IN
front Of the engine.
Much sympathy is expressed for
Col. and Mrs. Duncan and for Mr.. w.
Gist Duncan, the dead boys brother.
The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Don't Want HiIn.

The aristocratic circles Of Madden
the sedate residential suburb OF Bos-
ton are stirred up by the advent OF
Joe Walcott, the negro light weight
pugilist. Walcott, through an agent,
recently purchased house adjacent
to the home Of Col. Harry Converse,
one Of the wealthiest and most pro-
minent citizens and in close proximity
to the palatiel residence of E. S. Con-
verse, the multi millionaire rubber
manufacturer and philanthroplst.
Walcott paid 1000 for the house,
stable and land and through an agent
expended $1,000 in Improvements.
The neighbors looked for a swell fam
lily to move in and after the furniture
had beeu unloaded they were started
TO see the new tenants. The outfit
consisted of the champion negro pugl-
list, his mulatto wife, four pickanin-
MES, his white mother-in-law and a
yellow dog.