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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-12-08
LOCAL NEWS.

sun rises tomorrow at 7:16 a. M. and sets
442 p. m. High water at 1l'OS q. M ano
1925 %. No.
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The regular monthly meeting o. ,s .hs
Seventeenth Virginia Chapter, L. d. &. VIII
be held at Lee Camp Hall tomorrow ai'er''0o"
at $3.50 o'clock.
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DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.

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Novelties.

This department contains an almost endless
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a variety of designs. Our price,. "
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CANNED SOUPS-2O dozen Campbell
Condensed Soup, full variety, l0c can, just
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LOST.

\ OST.-AN ENVELOPE containing some
l.. bills and two checks Of value only to the
owner. Finder will please return same to
Gazette Office. deco 81
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22

These pirates obtained on this voyage
scme 20 negroes from that sEction' and
in due course put to sea the way they
had cone. The word being, OF course.
un!y bluff, It was thrown overheard
Is soou as possible 70 l:ghten the Boat
and give her !nore speed. These ne
oroeS we:c carc:a;: 20 tGair fe:.oez-
ynus. .r 50 Island So;Ila EE:ies hc:o"
Now ,ir!sacs. tG:;n: which pace '.!e!
wera tanned i,fer u ihose H's's'hS
Then
After t1s Cls:! war one or the ne
,r:oes taken away on that occasion re-
r,,rn,,.i r.. .lohnS island anu gave an
a,.,.orn, OF bis adventures. No one,
however. believed his tale until it was
corroborared by the mates confession,
whic!l came duly to the knowledge Of
the writer The captain was arrested
upon the mates confession, but being
prominent in the corrupt political
deals OF those times nothing ever came
Of it and eventually he went to Cali
tornia and was lost sight Of.
Many hundreds of slaves were car
ried of by these pirates and it is sur
prising how successfully they eludeo
all suspicion. Had they attempted to
sell all of the negroes thus stolen they
would surely have been caught, but
the leading spirit of it all was toe
shrewd for that. w B. Holmes,
Charleston, July II.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
A Fatal Tornado.

At Streator, H., on Friday a tor.
uado killed Ave persons, injured a
score Of others and caused heavy
property loss. The dead are: Harry
Doyle, n. II. Bivens, R. Purcell,
Charles Snyder and an unknown ne.
gro. All except Purcell we're killed
at the race track. A new building
had just been erected and the races
were to have been given week after
next. Not building is left stand
ing. All Of the buildings at Case
Electric park were destroyed and the
fence and anphitheatre of the ball
park were blown away. Stauber's
clothing factory, two-story brick
building, was blown down and all the
stock was ruined. The Vulcain West
ern company's plant suffered heavy
loss. Purcell was killed there. The
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa bridge cost
ing 81, 900, 900, is nearly half gone, the
hosting works and buildings at
Spring Alley, four miles west OF Strea-
tor were blown down and several per-
sons were injured. Many houses were
unroofed and otherwise damaged.
Telephone and telegraph lines are
nearly all down and details are mea-
gre. Four persons were killed and
ten others seriously injured by tor
nado which struck the northern part
of MENDOZA, Ill The path Of the
storm was about eight miles in length.
Everything in the storms track was
was leveled to the ground.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
Attempted Assassination.

The St. Georges Eagle says: Henry
Summers, colored, was shot by some
unknown assassin on Saturday night.
about 10 o'clock, and at first was,
thought to bein dying condition, but:
he has recovered and is getting all
right. The shooting occurred in a.
tenant house on the place known as
the Keller house, and was indeed a.
cowardly act. A shot gun was used:
for the work. The Sheriff teleph0nedi
to Charleston for blood hounds, but
through some misunderstanding they
were delayed and could not be used op'
the trail. The barefooted coward was;
tracked, however: by posse for some
distance through the field in which be
passed to commit the deed, but moth
ing could be done in the way Of oetec-
tion. Sheriff Fernedoe arrested and
locked up about half dozen negroes,
but at the preliminary on Monday all
were released but two, Julius Dollison
and Andrew Bailey. who will have to
answer for the crime in the circuit
court. Sheriff Varnedoe wishes to
thank all the young men of the town
for their prompt and valuable assist
ance in the endeavor to capture the
guilty patty" We hope the guilty
parties have been caught. Assassina-
tion is one Of the foulest crimes known
to the law, and it is a pity that every
scoundrel guilty of it could not be
caught and punished.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
A Routing Fool.

One brave man has developed in Hi
nois. To the Chicago Chronicle he
says. speaking OF The negro: 1 think
that one who is industrious, honest
and true to his c0lntry isa thousand
times better and more to be esteemed
than million of rebels whose claim
to superiority is bottomed only upon
the possession of a white hide. The
Columbia State says at latest ac-
counts this man had not been lynche0.
OF course he meant to say half
million rebels" for it was that num-
Der which kept the TWO million Of the
true to bis country" and hot for
bounty" interested for four years.
The survivors have been endeavoring
even since to keep the surplus in the
treasury reduced But the Illinois
water is not q survivor: at least l 800
miles separated him from the nearest
skirmiSh lines.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
4 WILD GOOSE CHASE.
Seeking a Buried Treasure Near the
City of Savannah.

". H. Haslip, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
is in Savannah, Ca, to dig for buried
treasure on an adjacent set island. 1t
is not wild, Captain Kidd kind Of an
adventure he is on, however. The
treasure he is after was buried on
WarShaw island in 1869 by Confede-
rate soldier of the name Of Amos
Berien, who died in Philadelphia last
week Berien, who had been in the
employ Of Mr. Haslip for the past ten
years, often told that gentleman that
he had treasure buried on the Georgia
coast. Shortly before his death be
told Mr.. Haslip that in his trunk
would be found certain papers and
parchrnents t. at would be Of value to
him. and that the property was all to
be Mr.. Haslip's after Berien died.
Mr.. Haslip investigated the trunk.
Among other things be found an old
piece Of sheepskin parchment, which
had evidently done duty as a drum
head. The parchment contained a
map Of Warsaw island, locating a GER
tain spot. Accompanying it was a
statement to the effect tEat Berien
was first mate on the Confederate
blockade runner, Lucy Verne, out of
Baltimore. On one trip when rich
Virginia family named Starke was
aboard the Verne was chased by
federal war vessel.
Finding themselves overhauled it
was determined to buy ashore all the
treasure aboard. Berien was one OF
the party assigned to bury the treas
ure. He made a map Of the location
on drumhead, which be kept. Sever
al times, Berien says, he attempted
to recover the treasure, but some
thing interferred. Mr.. Haslipis posi-
tive of the correctness of the story
and says he will devote a month if
necessary to locating the treasure,
which, according to Berien'S mem
orandum, consists Of gold coin and
cilCer n1a te
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
A SPLENDID TRIBUTE
O.: the Press Association 70 the Late
.:.iti:or of The STATE.

The following resolutions were pre-.
senued aud adopted at the session OF
tie Prass association at White Stone
Springs the evening before adjourn
ment;
Your committee On the death OF
Mr.. \. G.. Gonzales would offer the
following as its report:
In view of the sudden and lament
able death of our brother journalist,
Mr.. Narcisso Gener Gonzales, on
January 10, 1908, let US add tribute
to his work and to his memory.
In him We recognize a man Of the
highest type. He was a man Of
true principle He hated the low
and mean with an extreme hatred
He exacted from his fellow men,
especially those in public position, the
same irreproachable conduct he re-
quired from himself He was man
OF decided conviction. He thought
clearly and logically and always knew
what he believed. If he made mis-
takes at times in the application Of
principles to conditions and actions Of
others, so that he was judged to be
unfair and even unjust, yet his
positiyeneSs and frmness in convic-
tionS, as to what he thought would
be right, won for him the respect OF
those who did not agree with him.
He WAS an independent thinker, and
often advocated movements and
policies in advance OF those above him,
which, of course, meant frequent
differences Of opinion and opposition
to his views. He was careful and
accurate man. and yet bis was quick
and penetrating mind. His position
was always positive and clearly dehn-
ed. These qualities won for him sue
cess and eminence as a journalist. He
was the founder of the Columb bia State
in 1891, and soon made it one of the
best newspapers in the whole south.
His services to Columbia, South Caro-
lima, and to the south, cannot now be
measured. He was a patriot Of the
truest type and worthy public Ser
want. In him we have lost one Of the
most brilliant and successful editors
of the new south, and this association
has lost an active, efficient anG loyal
member. Let US emulate his virtues.
J. c. Mace,
w. n. Greever,
II. H. Watkins.
Committee.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
a Young Lady Drowned.

a dispatch from Anderson to The
State says: News reached the city
Friday night that Miss Ethel Harri-
son vas drowned Thursday while visit
ing friends in Florida. Particulars Of
the distressing accident were not
given. Miss Harrison was a sister OF
Mrs. George Baker and Of Mr.. Walter
Harrison. who at one time was IN the
employ Of the Hill-Orr drug store in
this city but who now lives at Pied
mont. She formerly resided at Pied
mont and had many friends through
out the county who will be shocked to
learn OF her tragic death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
The Face Question.

The race question is attracting con-
siderable attention at the North, and
it is being discussed by the papers OF
that section in way that it has never
been discussed before The Indiana
polls Sentinel says: ''The situation
is serious. 1t is likely to get worse,
before it gets better: the race problem
has become an Indian problem: men
of all parties may as well look the
facts in the face and bethink them
selves how they are to be dealt with"
In speaking of the conflict between
the races in Evansville, Ind. in which
several people were killed, the SEN
tinel says: Behind all these manifes-
tations of lawlessnesS are conditions
which may well give pause to thought
full men. The fact is that the cam
munity has been debauched and cor
rupted by politicians who have i'm
ported hordes Of the most ignorant,
most worthless and vileSt negroes,
causing an enormous Increase IN
pauperism, vice and crime, and reduc-
ing materially the average elnUelugence
and virtue OF the people,
This is a serious indictment and
sets forth a condition of thlrgS that
communities in the south can fully
understand and appreciate. While
the original trouble grew out Of the
act of lawleSs negro, the Sentinel
declares that be had been removed
from the city and the only apparent
motive of the rioters has been to
make trouble in order to give vent to
their lawless feelings. The Courier,
OF Evansville, Ind, says:
The cause of the present reign OF
terror in this city can be directly
traced to the vitiation OF the negro
for political purposes. Before election
ton time the advertisements are sent
up and down the river among the
shiftleSs negroes, stating that they
can get money for their votes at
Evansville. The idea, ignorant and
vicious flock here: they are coloniZed
in saloons: they are gathered in herds
IUo llStlU DS1OlS CICCUlSA, ShSi4 ~ oAAS
custom house and the temple Of JUS
tice, debauched with free beer and
corrupted with free dollars, when they
are properly ready to be used on cleo
tion day.
Commenting on this the Indiana
polls Sentinel says: There is moth
ing to be said in behalf OF the mob or
any Of its members. But there is just
as little to be said for those who have
deliberately debauched and demoraliz-
ed the community by introducing Tor
political purposes dangerous and
vicious element and practicIng
methods which whenever tolerated
are certain to produce disastrous con-
sequences. The wind has been sown,
the wkirlwind is being reaped. " The
Augusta Chronicle says we are ac-
customed to this sort OF preaching
from the Northern newspapers to
Southern communities, but it sounds
strangely addressed by an Indiana.
polls paper to ali Indiana audience.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
THE Curse Of Eve"

In an interesting and ingenious pa
per published IN the North American
Review under the title ct The Curse
CT Eve" Margaret Bisland essays to
trace what she terms ''the decline Of
racial stamina Of the American 20
the emancipation o. woman from:
duties solely domestic. She sum
marizes the statistics Of the decrease
OF the native American race. recalling
the prediction OF Thomas Jefferson
THAI by 1915 the population Of the
United States must number no less
than $4,000. 900, an estimate based
upon the reproductivity Of the native
American at the beginning Of the last
century and taking no account OF the
- 900. 900 immigrants and their chill
drcn or Of the 100000 negroes who
are included in our last census OF 49,
100000. From this fact the writer
leaps to the proposition that this
failure in natural increase SIS due
to nothing more or less than the over
education and abnormal public actIvi-
ties SO ardently encouraged among our
women since the close Of the civil
war"
1t is claimed that the law Of nature
is to deprive intellectually developed
woman of her fecundity,; which can
only be preserved through domestic
shelter. The origin Of this discovery
is traced to the legend of Eden,
whence the race in Asia, checked in
development and hurled back almost
to saYagery because Eve tasted the
fruit of the tree Of knowledge, learned
to fear false ambition, calling wo-
man away from her appointed and
primordial task The writer traces
this theory through the rise and fall
of Roman civilization, where the ear
lier matron was the life Of the hearth,
whose emancipation marked degenera-
tion. With the participation OF wo-
men in the affairs Of the Roman
forum came the period when men
were forced to seek heirs by adoption.
when ladies reckoDed years by divorces
and when expresses left only crimes
for their memories.
The conclusion drawn by the writer
that if the United States should cease
to be nourished by Europe with the
warm bloom Of her vast maternity
our western race would fail because OF
the constitutional fragility and
consequent vice" that destroyed the
Roman empire is perhaps too sweep
ing. but it must be admitted, however
reluctantly we may wish to d It, that
there exist here two tende cies-the
diminution Of the family and the
weakening Of the the mar. age tie
that bode no good to the future OF the
republic. 1t is a question for the
advanced women to consider whether,
like the Roman empire, the United
States is becoming, determined. "
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
LOOKOUT FOR TIE COMET.
1t Is Nearly Overhead at Eleven
O'Clock in the Evening.

Borelli's comet is now plainly yisi-
BILE to the naked eye, and as the moon
is later every night the conditions for
the visibility of the comet improve.
The comet itself is rapidly brighten
ing and observers should experience
20 difficulty in detecting it several de-
grees southwest of the bright star
Alpha Cygni. just now the position
Of the comet is such that lines drawn
from it to the north star and the fixed
star Vega would form clmost an equi-
lateral triangle. At p. m., the comet
is nearly overhead, where the naked
eye catches sight Of it at once by rea-
son Of it's peculiar appearance-that
of a hazy patch Of light, or, as it has
been described, that Of hairy star.
The nucleus is visible as a bright
point, and the haze surrounding it is
continually extending and now resem-
bles very large bright nebula.
With an opera glass the denser part
of the tail near the head can be easily
distinguished, buta telescope is needed
to show the bifurcation of the comets
tail, which is several degrees in length
and growing as the comet continues
to approach the sun.
A dispatch to the St. Louis Globe
Democrat from San Jose, CAL, states
that Prof. w. w. Campbell, Of the
famous Lick Observatory, has seen the
comet and that it promises to be- an
unusually interesting object. Its
brightness has increased so rapidly
that it is now as visible as a fourth
magnitude star. Prof. Campbell says:
THE orbit of the comet has been
com puted by Prof. Perrine. 1t is now
in a parabole IN such way that its
nearest approach to the sun will occur
on August 81 at a distance Of 81, ,000,-
900 miles. Its present distance from
tie earth is about 20,000,0 900 miles.
THE recent discoveries concerning
the constitution Of matter and the
subdivision Of atoms lend particular
interest to the phenomena connected
with this comet.
The tail and other nebulous ap-
pendages of comets are probably COM
posed of matter finally divided and in
a highly electrified condition, SO that
cometary nucleus throwing OF these
emanations may in some respects be
likened to bit of radium giving of
it's streams of disintegrated atoms.
The comet will continue to in
crease in brightness, butt cannot yet
be said how bright it will become. 1t
is at present moving rapidly, SO that
ils change Of place from night to night
is very noticeable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-22
Changing Their Tune.

The Augusta Chronicle says nothing
more notable has occuored in the last
year than the radical change in the
treatment Of the negro question by
Northern newspapers. For years
past The Chronicle has urged the going
Of negroes to Northern states, believ-
ing that these very changes that have
come about would result, and that
Northern communities having this ne
gro problem to deal with to face among
themself, and not simply to preach to
Southern audience would see things in
a new light. The following are some
of the recent expressions by Northern
men and newspapers based on tile race
trouble and lynching in Delaware, in
Illinois, or Indiana:
The St. Paul Pioneer-PresS says We
are tired Of negroes and the negro
problem, and we are outraged with
negro preachers denouncing lynching
without a word of condemnation for
the negro brutes that cause them.
The Kansas City Jonrnal says The
negro race is but one generation out OF
slavery, and but few generations out
Of barbarism. When be reverts tic
barbarism and commits a crime
against womankind the punishment
will be fully as swift and horrible in
the north as in the south.
The Minneapolis Tribune says: The
wave Of black horror that is creeping
over the country will soon or late be
met and topped and overwhelmed by
a wave of horror that will leave the
superior race rid Of everything of the
inferior but the brutal barbarous
passions and hibit the conflict has
bred. The dark horror that hangs
over the south is creeping across the
Potomac, the Ohio, the Mississippi
and menacing the north as well.
DR.. Lorimer, the famous pulpit ora
tor and platform lecturer, declares
Instead Of holding meetings to de.
nounce lynching, we should hold meet.
ing with view Of forever stopping
barharous assault on the women Of cul
land. They are too frequent, and
what wonder human nature boils
over before such bloody deeds? we
should make it plain that white meE
will not tolerate attacks upon theil
wives and daughters. This is the i'm.
perative duty Of the hour, and
trust it may not be overlooked by oul
colored citizens in their talk about
racial prejudice. The lynching is a
regrettable affair, but the wantor
murder of defenseless woman is
more so. This butchery Of our wo'
men must be blotted out some way OF
other
We reproduce these statements by
staunch Northern and Republican
journals especially for the benefit OF
the negroes, and that our readers,
generally, may see what a change has
come over Northern sentiment on this
negro question.