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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
A New Militia Law.

President Roosevelt has signed the
Dick military bill recently passed by
Congress. The bill places the militia
under government supervision under
different conditions and regulations
than those now existing, without TAX
ing from them the authority Of the
Governor. Although the President
has signed the bill, it viii not affect
the South Carolina troops until the
Legisl ture ratifieS The act and the
Governor signs it. After this is done
the bill will become operative in this
State Th re was much opposition
to the bill in its original Shape. but
many Of the generally obnoxious fea-
lures have been eliminated and the
militiamen generally over the cDun-
try seem to favor the measure.
The adoption nf the measure means
the reduction Of the numerical forces.
buta greater efficiency Of the service.
The present status Of the Stale mill
tia will be changed and the standards
changed The period Of enlistment,
which is now two years for the hrst
term and one year each subsequent
term, in South Carolina, will be made
three years. A better physical stand
ard in officers and men will be re-
quired The troops will be armed by
the government and regularly inspect
ed by United States army officers.
The stancardS, the same for each
State, will have to be kept up by the
companies and regiments.
,Che bill also provides that tie COM
panies shall have d certain amount Of
camp service and practice marches
each year and provides fund out of
which the expenses Of the encamp-
ments will be paid. Another feature
Of the bill provides for rifle practice.
Every company must have certain
amount Of practice each year. In re-
turn for these things enlisted men
are subject to the orders Of the ma
tional government. through the Gov
ernor, for service when necessity de-
nands. They may be used for repell-
ing invasion, quelling mobs, and the
like, for time not exceeding nine
months. at the expiration Of this
time the men are discharged and may
reenlist if they SO desire. The govern
ment of the militia thus organized is
in the hands of an Adjutant General,
to whom the Adjutant General OF the
different States will report.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

The News and Courier says Cover
nor McSweeney will retire from office
with dignity and honor. He began
with the prayer that peace and pros
perity might prevail: that the differ
ences among the people might be COM
posed: that the spirit of factionalism
might be allayed: and in his last mes
sage to the General Assembly he ex-
presses qualification that if he has in
any measure contributed to the unifca-
tion of sentiment among our people
and the wiping out of factional lines, ;"
He has succeeded far beyond general
public expectation in the admnistra-
tiOn Of his office.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
A Poor Compliment.

"People don't often insult you when
they mean to be gracious" said an art
list the other day. Insults are the ere
ations Of Ill nature and not mere mat
tiers Of words. But had an expert
ence that made me laugh and yet irri.
tated me-"
Somebody take one Of your SNOW
scenes for a spring landscape| In
quired an amtable friend.
NO" replied the artist; this was
not matter Of professional pride. a
tradesman sent me bill in which he
unintentially charged me only about q
third Of what owed him.
Thought he stood better chance
Of getting 1t, I suppose" interrupted
the facetious friend.
''Now, hold on, Billy, and let me tell
the story Well, that was the second
time he had sent bill for less than
owed, and wrote him note calling
his attention to the error. This morn
ing got a letter from him in which
be thanked me for my honesty. a
man may thank you for your courtesy
OF. for your kindness, but when he
thanks you for being honest it is an
insult. One might as well praise q
man for not beating his wife"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
A Supreme Court Coincidence.

While in session the associate justices
Of the United States supreme court are
seated on either side Of the chief JUS
tice, in the order Of their commissions,
the oldest in commission on his right,
the next oldest on his left; the third is
second on the right and the fourth sec
ond on the left, and so on alternately,
the youngest in commission occupying
the seat Oh the extreme left.
When Justice Field was the senior
associate, this arrangement produced
this curious result: The names Of the
justices on the right had but a single
syllable Field, Gray, Brown and White
while the names Of those on the left
aad two syllables-Harlan, Brewer,
Shiras and Peckham. All were mar
ried, but no one Of the justices on the
right had ever had any children, while
each Of those on the left had both chill
dren and grandchildren. The colors
were all on the right-Gray, Brown and
White-while the left was colorless.-
Youths Companion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
4 Stricken City.

The Official bulletin from Mazatlan.
Mexico, covering the twenty-foul
hours ending at P. NJ. Friday, gives
the number Of deaths from the plague
as two in the city and three in tne
hospital. There were eight new cases
during the period and seven patients
were reported to be in a dying coadi-
tion. The streams Of emigration from
the stricken city continues and every
one who has the means and can get
permission from the health authori-
ties is leaving. Only few families
of means remain and these are preparss
ing to leave.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Loading Satan Down.

lightning knocked the church stee
pie down." some one said to Brother
DIckey. Eyes; Satan's eyes always
fash fire when be sees a church stee.
pie gwine ,.p." "And here's colored
brother killed another at camp meet
Ing" Eyes; Satan goes ter meetin'
long wild de res er dem en- sometimes
shouts de loudes'." "And preacher
was drowned in the river last week. y
"Oh, yes; Satan's in de water too. He
'bleege ter go dar ter cool off," $50
you blame everything on Satan, do
you?" "Bless Godw was the reply.
"Ain't dat what he's fer" Atlanta
Constitution.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
The Royal Color.

Purple has always been considered
the royal color. The III fated Charles
I. was, however, at his own desire.
crowned in a robe of white. Although
he was seriously reminded that Of the
two exceptions to this rule, Richard II.
and Henry VI, who wore white satin
robes at their coronations, both had
come to violent end, one st Ponte-
tract castle and one in the Tower,
Charles I. was resolute in his decision,
and, Phen, twenty-three years after
ward, almost to a day, his body was
conveyed to its grave through a heavy
snowstcrm, the supersttous could not
help remarking that the third white
king had suffered a violent death
st. James Gazette.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
The Soil Was rot coneea1a1.

It was Aunt Rebecca's first visit to
her niece, a city girl who had married
a few years before and begun house
keeping in a pretty town in southern
Michigan.
Myrtle" she said, looking out OF the
kitchen window one morning, you
have fine patch Of ground here that
seems to be going to waste. Why don't
you plant peach trees? They grow
beautifully in this climate"
'No, aunty," replied the young wife;
"the soil is too poor. have tried it.
You remember those canned peaches
you sent me year before last? They
we're the finest ever saw-fner than
any that grow here. Well, 1 saved the.
stones, and, without saying anything
to Robert about it, planted them out
there in the yard, but not one Of them
ever came up-not a single one!'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
4 Fatal Fire.

Columbia had a most serious fire
early Friday morning, as result Of
which two ladies have been most pain
fully if not seriously injured. and Jas.
p Moody, an invalid, Ded-ridden for
nearly thirty years, is missing. 1t is
feared that he has been burned alive.
The fire seems to have originated
from an explosion OF some kind.
which came with such force as to
awaken Messrs. W. y. Nets and j.
d. Mot. who reside Uu the block be-
low across the street. 1t Jared Mr..
Metts' bedroom door open. These
gentlemen say taat by the zine they
could get to the windows the flames
were bursting in sheets from the two
story brick building on the block Of
Main street behind the State house,
occupied by l.. NJ. Reagan & Co., as a
grocery, and formerly by \. a. Burn
side. By the time the firemen could
get on the run the building was prac
tically destroyed. along with the small
Ter place adjoining, kept by an Italian.
The tiremen made dash to save life.
it being known that Mrs. ID. E. Col
nick. her daughter, Miss Alice, her
son, and her nephew, Mr.. James P.
Moody, an invalid, occupied the
rooms on the second floor Mr.. Col
nick was away from the city. Mrs.
Golnick and her daughter were
awakened by Mr.. Moody. and they
barely escaped with their lives by
jumping from rear window to Shed
and thence to the ground. Mrs. Col
hicks back was badly wrencted and
Miss Golnick's ankle is painfully
sprained. Neither Of the ladies nor
any one else have seen anything Of
the invalid, and it is feared that be
was burned alive. DR.. GibbeS was
quickly summoned and attended the
injured ladies, who lost all their ef-
fccts and had no insurance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
AMERICAN AUDIENCES.
Stca und Women and Tsseir ESess
Upon Public Meetings.

S3co A1o Women 3nQ tbe1E S.+Sees
Upon Public Meetings.
American audiences are strangely
alike in some things and strangely dis
similar in others. y good committee
will take as much pains in the ar
ranscment Of It's audience as Of It's
speakers An audience seated without
crowding IS seldom enthusiastic. Nei-
ther is an audience whose hands are
occupied with bundles or umbrellas. an
audience largely composed OF women
or an audience in cold room. The
easiest audiences to address, the most
responsive and inspiring. are those
composed of men crowded and packed
together and warm.
Women naturally do not applaud Or
cheer They are by instinct more self
restrained in the public expression OF
their emotions than men. Every public
speaker is conplimented by their pres
ence. knowing that their quiet word at
home is oftentimes more effective IN
results than the most enthusiastic
shouting on the street corners by the
other sex. In a public meeting, how
ever, the audience gets its cue from
those nearest the speaker. remember
well two audiences, both from the
same social class, both crowded, both
in large theaters and both largely at
tended by women. One happened to be
in Colorado, one in Massachusetts. In
one meeting the orchestra was re-
served for women. In the other meet
Ing the men had the orchestra and the
women had the lower gallery and all
the boxes. In both cases the audiences
were entirely friendly to the speakers.
The second meeting was marked by
wild enthusiasm, the first one by re-
spectful attention. In the second case
the mass Of men in the orchestra urged
on the speakers by continued applause.
In the first case the men in the CALLER
les who started to applaud were
checked because between them and
the speakers was mass Of absolutely
silent fcmininity in the orchestra do
not say that one meeting was less er-
fective than the other, but the differ
ence in tie Strain on the speaker was
nlarked.-From 'The Spellbinder," by
Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., In Scrib-
| ner'S
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
No influence Above.

In DR.. John Halls time it was the
custom in his church to use the old
fashioned, simple hymns, and the sing
Ing was congregational.
On one occasion William NJ. EVarts
discovered e. Dclafeld Smith, then
corporation counsel Of New York city,
singing with all his heart and whis-
pered to his friend:
"Why, there is Smith singing II
want to be an angelp knew he want
ed to be district attorney, but didn't
know he wanted to be an angel"
The remark was repeated to Mr..
Smith, and quick rs fash came the
retcrt:
'No, have never mentioned the mat
ter to Eyarts, knowing that he had no
influence in that direction"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

Gov. McSweeney's message is prais-
ed on all sides. The State says sum
ming up the message: we find it to be
the best Gov. McSweeney has ever
sent to the general assembly. His posi-
tions are nearly all well taken and
well sustained. AS an occasional
critic OF the governor we take pleasure
in acknowledging the fact that be has
grown in official stature during his
administration and that however
weakness has marred at times the
quality of his public service, he has
with obvious sincerity labored for the
public welfare and has SHOWN on the
whole a breadth Of spirit not unworthy
the high office committed to his keep
ing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
TWO CASES OF TYPHus.
stosS OF q rarldsa Doctor and
Modified 2rescripttou

AoS@0e0 ETeScTapNcQs
AIr. Oseanyan In his book, 'The Sui
tan and His People" says that a Turk
ish physician was called to visit man
who was very Ill of typhus fever. The
doctor considered the case hopeless,
but prescribed FOR the patient and took
his leave. The next day, in passing by,
ne inquired Of servant at the door If
lis master was dead.
"Deadr' was the reply. mo, he ls
much better"
The doctor hastened upstairs to OBJ
tain the solution Of the miracle.
Why" said the convalescent, 81 was
consumed with thirst, and drank q
paiiful Of the juice Of picked cab
bage.'
''Wonderful"' Quoth the doctor. and
cut came the tablets, on which ne
made this inscription: Cured Of ty-
phus fever, Mehemed Agha, an uphol.
sterer, by drinking q pailful Of picked
cabbage juice"
Soon after the doctor was called to
another patient. a yaghlikgee, or dealer
In embroidered handkerchiefs, who was
suffering from the same malady. He
forthwith prescribed "a pailful Of pic
kied cabbage juice"
On calling the next day to congratu-
late his patient on his recovery he vas
astorished to be told that the man was
dead.
In his bewilderment at these phe-
nomena be came to the safe conclusion
and duly noted it in his memoranda
that although in cases Of typhus fever
picked cabbage juice is an efficient
remedy it is not to be used unless the
patient be By profession an upholster-
er."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
BLIND JUsTrcE.
4 tIeE seat to the 2enitenrary .or
Killing q Stranger.

After being out ali night the jury
in the case OF Fred L. Stephenson,
charged with the murder OF J. Z.
Ewing Thursday morning returned a
verdict OF voluntary manslaughter.
Judge Roam sentenced Stephenson TO
Is years in the penitentiary. This is
the way y tlanta deals with such cases.
Stephenson was an employee Of one Of
the railroads in Atlanta and Ewing
was 4 newsboy on one Of the trains
going out Of Atlanta. Stephenson was
drunk on the train, tlOurishing Z; pis-
tol. Ewing went to him and told him
to put up the pistol, when Stephenson
shot him. Ewing was stranger in
Atlanta and no one claimed his body
ar:l he was buried by the city.
Soon after the verdict was read.
Solicitor Hill stated to the court that
he wished to clear the character OF
the dead man, Ewing: Of any imputa-
ton that he was a crook. No evidence
he said, was brought out in the trial
that he had robbed Stephenson. He
said he desired to call the attention Of
the court to these facts in fixing the
sentence.
Attorneys Reuben Arnold and
Harvey Hill, for the defense, made a
plea on behalf Of their client, asking
the court to be as light as possible.
Tney said Stephenson had wife and
daughter, the wife being an invalled,
who were depedent on him for support
and who would be lest in dirt ressing
circumstances when the husband and
father was gone. 1t was stated that
at Stephenson'S age a sentence Of ten
years would mean practically a life
time sentence.
Judge Roam then sentenced the
prisoner to - years which. he said,
was the smallest sentence he felt that
he could impose, and that Stephenson
had no cause for complaint at thu
verdict which had been returned.
Stephenson received the verdict
stolidly, though apparently sta tisfed
The case will not be appealed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

The death of Mr.. Gonzales is a
great loss to the entire State, but to
Columbia it is irreparable. That city
owes, the martyred editor debt of
gratitude that it can never repay. 1t
was to his matchlesS energy and abil-
ity that much Of the prosperity that
Columbia now enjoys is due.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Consnicroua Example.

women are belittled and made Of
40 account in every possible way ex-
claimed the indignant head Of the fam
lily. Gwen the geographers willfully
and deliberately slight her. How many
really important towns In this country
are named in honor Of woman?"
We'll, my DEAR" said her husband,
scratching his chin rehectively, there's
Janesville. you know."-Chicago Trib-
11ne
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
An 0nti1nfatic View.

The invalid looked out Of the window
Just as hearse went by. and he
smiled happily.
"D'ye mind. Biddy," he said, SITS
worth the dyin' to have ride in q
thing like that, with the feathers on
top an man with bug on his hat,
an you bein' greater an more nicis-
sary than the marshal iy St Path
rick's day parade. There's wanst in
ye're life ye're the whole thing; an
that's whin ye're dead."-Chicago Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

The Richmond News says judging
by the fact that the slayer Of Capt. /.
W. Dawson was acquitted, and many
similar instances, we are forced to
the deplorable conclusion that in all
probability Mr.. Gonzales death will
be unayenged. They do not convict
white people for murder in South
Carolina. - This is terrible indict-
ment. but candor compels US to admit
that it is true,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
The Sensible Thing.


Schooimaster What Is the meaning
of one twenty-h5th?
Boy-I-I don't remember.
Schoolmaster-If you had twenty-five
friends visiting you and only one apple
for them. what would you do?
Boyd wait till they'd gone and
then eat it myself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

4 Richmond, Va, judge has ruled
that "a man who has been called a,
liar has a right to strike back, provid-
ed he can prove that he is not liar,
but when d man is called by such an
epithet. and it is shown that he is
liar, the man in the first instance has
a right to strike back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

IN the death OF Mr.. Gonzales the
South has lost one Of her ablest
Journalist. He was one OF the most
brilliant and forcefui writer's in the
entire country. Personally, he was a
gentleman of many charming traits
OF character and was greatly beloved
bv all who knew him intimately. In
disposition, he was retiring ano
modest, and seemed 70 be unconscious
Of his great ability lis writer. These
we're the characteristics Of the man
that struck US most forcibly, in our
intercourse with him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Tail End Collision.

Twelve men are dead and as many
more injured as the result OF a tai
end collision that occurred on the
Great Northern five miles west OF
Chiwakum. Washington. An extra
from SkyshomiSh loaded with lumber
and there cars containing laborerS.
ran into a rotary snow plow killing OF
injuring all Of twenty-five workmeD.
Ten cars are piled up in heap with
nine victims Of tie wreck sill under
meath. Only two escaped and they
were thrown bodily into the air, land
thirty feet away upon the embank-
ment. The men were in their bunkS
asleep when the accident occurred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Has Accented

The announcement is made by the
dean and faculty Of the South Caro-
lima Medical College that the invita-
tion to the Hon. 3. r. Tillman to de-
liver the annual commencement ad-
dress to the graduating class Of 1903
has been accepted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Lift It High.

"Yo' kin allus tell er polite man."
said Charcoal Eph. ruminatively, "by
de way he If lis hat t de ladies, an
eff he liz it high, yo' kin also tell dat
he amt baldheaded. Mistah Jackson y
Baltimore News.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

The Richmond News says the
shooting of Mr.. n. G. Gonzales looks
like cold-blooded and brutal murder.
and adds that it is a horrible addition
to the long list Of bloody crimes which
stains the history Of this State. All
of which, we are sorry to be compelled
To admit IS rrllp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
4 Mysterious Affair.

Two assures in the earth about
three feet deep and a few inches wide
running for the distance Of a quarter
Of mile, are the only evidence OF a
mysterious explosion which shock
Whitman, Mass, just before daylight
Thursday morning. The houses rock
ed violently,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
Unfortunate.

Won Blumer-I wonder what kind OF
people have taken the house across the
way.
Mrs Won Elumtr-I don't know. I
was out the Gay they moved in.-New
York Herald
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

BRYAN's Commoner says If south
ern papers will refrain from commen-
ting on the latest Kansas lynching for
about six weeks longer the Republican
papers in the North Will feel more
like throwing spasms OF indignation
over similar affairs in the SOUTH
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
why q Man Shouldn't.

There are two things that should
xeep man from wocrying-if he have
no reason for worrying, there's no use
worrying; If he have reason, there Is
no use.-Lcs Angeles Herald
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
A Fatal Cave In.

\ cave in occurred in a mine breach
at Natalie, Pa, Thursday night, kill
ing Joseph Petros and his sons, John
and Joseph, and fatally injuring his
eldest son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28
An Auchor to Wtndwazd.

He-Let's get married on Friday.
She-Oh, George, Friday, you know,
is
He-Yes, l know it's unlucky, but,
then, if our marriage doesn't turn out
well we shall always have something
to blame it on.-Philadelphia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-28

4 rnar who dares to waste an hour
Of time has not learned the value Of
iife.-Charles Darwin.