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Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
7 J2pANE
Are, Simple and Easily conjstructed
 Affairs Without Doors or Aalis.

Affairs Without Doors or 4Aalis.
 A Japanese houseconsists in the main of post at each corner aid a roof, says the Detroit Free Press. The roof may or may not be covered with heavy channeled purplish tiles it makes little diff ference in the long run whether it is or is not, for if it is not tiled the first typhoon that comes along removes it into somebody's gar den anything up to quarter of mile away, and if it is tiled heay- ily enough to resist the typhoOn so much the worse for the people underneath it when the first gen uine earthquake arrives. But the odds are that it will be burned down before either happens, as the Japanese use very cheap lamps and very fiery petroleum and are regular children about fires. Of course something else IS done to the four posts and the roof before they become houses in which births, marriages and deaths can take place. But really remarkably little is necessary. Cross beams are naturally added to support the weight of the roof, grooves are made in the cross beams and in the platform raised a foot or two above the ground which constitutes the floor. A Japanese house is all on one floor generally-in fact, one might say It is all on one floor. Between the grooves in the floor and the grooves in the cross beams are run shutters with paper panels to di- vide the houses into whatever number of rooms the owner may choose, which depends on the number of bedrooms he may re- qulre. There are no doors or pas sages in typical Japanese house. In It every room acts as passage into the room beyond it and for the door you slide back the panel that happens to be nearest ; you.
 For this sliding there are little bronze sunk handles in the wood. en frames of the panels. The out side paper shutters do not come quite to the edge of the platform floor, the grooves along the edges are filled at night or in severe weather with wooden shutters, each of which is held in it's place by the one that follows it, the last one being secured with fimsy wooden bolt.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
BANK OF NE
Paid in Capital and Surplus, $
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
G.. W.DEcKER,. President. R. M. JOHNSON, Cashier. V. Y. COOK,
 THos. J. GRAHAM,

The people of this community have given us'nrt' Da
  satisfactory business the past year, and n Unlon c ginning of another desire to ackn Deng 'nl our thanks and appreciation for her confdenoorhood ; - o yiEthe chief W a seiis'ou' paiioh'ee. fiu we aSShhe doing business with us that we shal4t previous t
 here the deer| ave ue oPei all account tio iaii, ana of them to please then, in every reasonable ,a swith voat.
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Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
Whats the Use ?

One can raise a Ect of disturb ance most of the time, but what's the use,-Washingtca Qa.) Dem ocrat.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
A Good Way, Too.

The way to convince some peo pie is by letting them alone.-- Washington Qa.) Democrat.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-06
FRIDAY, NOvEMBE sS
MOVEMENT ORGA

MOVEMENT oRoA ERa ERa's stagnaion., s ,I Lu51( h ~rSabors exorbtant nstei te done more than nent oHces asny other ing w. I&ut this setback
 ntoasu This especially 5Haahs y. .ldng trade. Of
 capital is,pot free ess t was We can always have the demand that had short time ago. That abnormal condition There may slight falling then but tbe increase the less be steady.
 In 1870 the steel products of this courv Inns year they were tons That doe look like going backward These disturbances opnon alarming They will from caus another But predict that will have plenty business in tn country for long time
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
INSURANCE FRAUDS.
Several Murders Done to Aid a
Gigantic SwindIc.

Assistant District Attorney krotel
said Wednesday that tile Insurance
fraud cause now under investigation
in New York promised to develop into
one OF the most startling ever known
in the criminal history OF the city.
Before the district attorneys Of
fee has finished its investigation of
the astounding and extraordinary
New York insurance frauds" he said,
Il should not be surprised if it were
proved that the conspiratorS even
went so far as to murder in cold blood
to get bodies for toe purpose of col
lecting policies. We have found that
% substitute bodies were passed off on
the Hancock Insurance company alone,
and as soon as the piotterS are indict-
ed these will be exhumed. The in
vestigation into the remarkable plot
has hardly begun
The fate Of Sarah Weber, who it is
alleged, died from the effects Of brutal
treatment, which, it is charged, she
received at the hands Of the conspira-
tors, Mr.. Krotel said, was but single
instance.
According to stories told by her rela-
tiveS Sarah Weober was tortured in
order to compel her to aid in the in
Surance frauds.
When the girl left home she had
rosy cheeks and was the picture Of
health. When her family found her
she was shadow Of herself. She
told her brother that she had been
beaten, starved and siashed with
knives to force her to help those en-
gagged in the conspiracy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
The Storm King.

\ terrible wind storm and tidal
wave that swept across Mundens
Point. Va, Monday night destroyed
several houses. barns and the round
house OF the Norfolk and Southern
railroad at Norfolk. Va. from which
several persons narrowly escaped with
their lives. The residence Of Thns.
Morris was entirely destroyed Mr..
Morris, his Wife ami daughter were in
The house at the time a;!d narrowly
escaped Leing crushed to death. All
We're injured. The house of Elijah
White also was entirely demolished.
the occupants narrowly escaping with
their lives. Mr. White being quite
badly injured AT high tide a tidal
wave came across the land between
the ocean and panllico sound which
washed away everything in its course.
Several people living in the water
front were compelled TO wade through
water UP t. their waist in ordcr to es.
cape from their homes which were be-
Ing washed away by the tide. The
storm struck Noycock, y. c., 90 the
Norfolk and Southern railroad last
Monday night. Two two-story dwell
ings wcrc picked up ana carried scv-
eral feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
A E1DEOUs DISASTER.
Nine Guests Roasted in . Hotel Fire

AT Cedar Rapids, Ia, fire early fr!.
day morning destroyed the Clifton
Hotel, cremating nine Of the guests
and caused injuries to ~ persons. who
We're Scorched Oh forced to jump to
the frozen street from second and
third story windows. After an all day
arch in the debris four bodies have
been recovered. 1t is now believed
that five bodies more remain in the
ruins Of the hotel, which is said to
have been tlinsy structure and filled
with delegates TO the State Young
Mems Christian Association Co1ven-
tIon and the district convention of
the Knights ot Pythias. The hotel
register was destroyed, thus making it
difficult to ascertain the number Of
missing persons. In an hour St.
Luke's Hospital contained Is injured:
while many more, chiefly those who
had escaped with comparatively slight
hlrts, were being cared for in build
ings near the scene Of the tragedy.
Some who jumped owe their lives to
the fact that their falls were broken
By telegraph wires which interp1sed
in their downward flight. A number
of the guests who were able to con-
verse calmly following their escape
declared that they stumbled over
prostrate bodies as they rushed to the
windows. The flames literally were
chasing them and the smoke made it
almost impossible to breathe. The
proprietor Of the hotel placed his esti-
mate Of the number Of people in the
building when the alarm was raised
at between 20 and so. Those who
were first to escape, where they were
not too severely injured. stood for
some time harefooted in the snow,
chained 10 the spot and rendered un-
conscious OF the cold by the horror Of
the scene. Many OF them had to be
led away
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
& TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
Seven School Children Killed in a
Collision.

1t Newark. y. j., a fast express on
on The Lackawanna railroad cat
through a trolley car crowded With
school children at the Clifton avenue
Thursday. Eight Of the children
were killed and score or more of them
injured. Both the express and trolley
were on steep grades, going at right
angles. The express was signalled
and the crossing gates were lowered
while the trolley Car was yet half way
down the hill. The motorman shut
of the power and applied the breakes,
but almost Immediately the car began
to slip along the icy rails. 1t gained
tremedous momentum at the bottom
of the hill, crashed through the gates,
directly in the track Of the oncoming
train. The locomotive plunged its
way through the trolley, throwing
the children in every direction. The
accident happened within three blocks
of the high school building and in the
car at the time were nearly one hun
dred pupils. AS many Us thirty others
had managed to throw themselves
from the car before the crash came.
The trolley was one Of the specials
which every day bring the children to
school. 1t had more than its ordinary
load Thursday owing to the cold. 1t
contained every child that could
squeeze inside and many others stood
on The rear platform. Because this car
had been so crowded. many who. were
waiting fur it before the hill was
reached could not get on although
some climbed on the front platform
with the motorman. y score or more
children were compelled to walk and
they followed the car afo9t. Within
five minutes rs many dead bodies had
been laid side by side in the snow
alongside the track. One Of the
bodies, that Of a girl. was found a
block beyond. 1t had been carried
there on the pilot Of the engine. Load
after load Of the injured was sent
away in patrol wagons and ambu-
lances. Within short time there
was no injured person near the scene
OF the wreck and the dead were on
their way TO the morgue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
CRININAL STATISTICS.
The Number Of Cases Tried in Our
Courts Last Year.

The annual report Of the attorney
general of South Carolina. which has
been prepared, contains interesting
statistics OF the state for tie year 1902.
Between the ages of 10 and l5
wears there were y white. 81 blacks,
IS males and female offenders.
Between Is and 20 years there were
% white, 220 colored. 23S male and
10 female offenders.
Between 20 and 80 years. there
were l20 white, 639 cOlo;ed; .l3 male
and ii female Offenders.
Between 20 aud 5G years there were
so whit, l0G black. 80 male and t
female offenders.
Between the ages CT so aud 60 years
there were 20 white, 81 black. II male
and female offenders.
The covictjons were 202 white.
l.O54 black: acQaittals. lie white,
305 back
The various crimes are thus classi-
FED: Against the peace. Pos white,
4775 black: against property, l05
white, 151 black: against morality, %
white, 26 black; against the diSpen-
sary. 33 white, 50 black.
The total number OF cases were
1.73l.
The several circuits given i total Of
223 cases OF manslaughler during the
wear. The verd:cts in the cases that
vent to trial were guilty. ;. OF murder
or manslaughter. in all cases except
lO2. which resulted in verdict OF
guilt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
Tragedy in Crowded Street.

The greatest social and criminal
sensation Raleigh, n. c., has ever
known developed at 20 O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon when, on Fayetteville
street, Ernest Haywood shot and
killed Ludlow Skinner. The promin-
ence OF both families is marked. Hay
wood is a grandson of the late State
Treasurer John Haywood and son Of
the late Dr. E. Burke Haywood and
one of Raleigh's leading lawyers.
Skinner was a grandson OF the late
Mr.. Ludlow of New York, and a son
of Rev. DR.. Thomas L. Skinner, Of
Raleigh, one Of the best known Bap-
lists in the south. at least hum
dred persons must have seen the
shooting, certainly that number saw
the victim Of Haywood's revolver as
he reeled and fell upon his face on the
car track in front of the postottice
and Marlborough house and not 40
yards from the court house. The
runor there is that the tragedy grew
out Of reported secret marriage in
the family of one Of the men con-
carnad
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
The Feet of Chame1eons.

Chameleons, as no doubt readers are
aware, all belong to the old world, and
particularly to Africa. In their tongue;
their feet and their eyes they differ re
markably from other lizards. Their
feet, though possessing five toes, are
divided into two grasping groups, look
ing like a hand in mittens, and only by
close examination you perceive the
presence Of the two or the three oppos-3
ing respectively, but so close together
as to appear like one broad one.
On the padded soles or palms OF
these grasping limbs you can feel and
see the snall-may one say-palp1
which enable them to grasp so firmly
that it is difficult to detach chameleon
from its foothold These clinging feet,
together with their prehensile tail, en-
able them to sustain themselves on the
branches In the strongest gale.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
Blown to Atoms.

The State says soon after 9 o'clock
Friday morning residents Of the
southern part Of the city were startled
by : loud explosion and subsequent
shock seeming to, originate from the
mill village. The force Of the ex-
plosion was much greater than that
incident upon the usual blasting at
the quarries and the general idea pre-
vailed that an accident of some kind
had occurred. And SO it proved.
News soon reached the main streets
that 10 pounds Of dynamite had ex-
ploded at the Stewart quarry, the aw-
ful shock hurling heavenward the
mangled forms OF three negro work.
men. AS is usual many persons i'm
bued by curiosity went to the scene.
However, by the time the greater
part of the crowd had arrived what
was left Of the bodies OF the men had
been removed and only silent pools of
red blood and here and there frag-
ments OF clothing and CORY bits Of
flesh were left to tell the story Of the
tragic incident to the morbid onlook-
erS. II w the catastrophe occurred
will probably never be known. Only
the three dead men could tell and
their pathetic story is locked with
their graves
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
a DISSERTATION.
4 Historical! Sideboard No" Adorns
q Liquor Saloon.

An interesting story relating to the
sale Of the sideboard presented to Mrs.
Hayes when she was mistress Of the
White House is being sent out from
Washington. The story says the side
beard, ladeu with wine glasses. decan-
terS, siphons and even beer stems. now
graceS a saloon in the capital city.
This sideboard was originally present
ei to Mrs. Hayes when her husband
was president in recognition Of her re-
fuSal to allow liquors on the table at
the White House. 1t was the gift Of
numerous young women Of Cincinnati,
among whom were Mrs. Bellamy Stor-
er, wife Of the ambassador to Austria,
and Mrs. Taft. wife Of the civil COVER
nor Of the Philippines. The sideboard
shared the fate Of many another piece
of White House furniture at the gen.
eral clearing out auction last week.
1t was knocked down to it's present
owner for $50, and transferred from
the executive halls TO saloon, where
it has become not merely an article Of
use, but has furnished to iconoclasts
the subject for many bibulous jest.
No sooner did it become known that
the historic bit Of furniture was being
thus desecrated than John f. Nc
Lean offered $3.50, ten times the price
it had been bought at, for the old
sideboard. The new owner, realizing
the advertising value OF the sideboard
declined. Then Colonel Webb Hayes,
anxious to rescue the prize6 possession
of his mother from vandalS, attempt
ed to purchase it, but he was inform
ed that The price placed on it was
5000. So, surrounded by 6acchana-
liam insignia, in ali atmosphere heavy
with the fumes Of alcohol, the old
sideboard, the gift Of the Cincinnati
bellies, the most cherished possession
Of the white ribbon mistress Cf the
White House, stands while ribald
jests are abroad at the sad descent
from its former high estate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
4 Great FeN4t.

There has never been prepared at
any feast bigger bowl Of punch than
that which was brewed by the Right
Hon. Edward Russell when he was-
captain general and commander in
chief of the forces in the Mediferra-
mean seas. It was made in fountain
in a garden in the middle Of four
walks, all covered overhead with
lemon and orange trees. In every walk
there was a table the whole length Of
it, and on every table was cold COLA
ton. In the huge fountains were the
following ingredients: -Four hogsheads
Of brandy, eight hogsheads OF water,
25,00O lemons, twenty gallons Of lime
juice, 1900 pounds Of fine Lisbon
sugar, FIVE pounds Of grated nutmegs,
300 toasted biscuits and a pipe Of dry
mountain Malaga.
Over the fountain was placed great:
canopy, while in the midst of-thls lake.
Of LIQUOR there sailed little sailor boy.
who filed the cups and replenished the
glasses Of all those who had desire.
to drink. More than 5000 men put in
an appearance at this feast-London
Tit-Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
Tillman's Disappointment.

Commenting on the reception Of
the ruling Of Justice Pope in refusing
Jim Tillman bail. the Columbia
Record says: IF the decision was
unexpected by great majority Of the
people. it certainly was a deep and
bitter disappointment to Tillman. So
confident was he that he would be
allowed bail, that he had his boad
already signed by good suritics. and
all that remained to be done was to
insert the amount and oppose the
sureties. 1t is said that Col. Tillman
had submitted his securities to Clerk
Of Court Walker, who had to approve
them in order that there should be
no delay in furnishing the bond and
securing his release. He is very tired
Of confinement and firmly expected to
be set at liberty The decision Of the
chief justice completely upset his
plans
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
AN INTERESTING STORY
About the Discovery OF fLawJ Pro1nuli
gated Before Moses Lived.

An interesting story from Vienna
is going the rounds Of the press. 1t
is to the effect that the well-known
.AsSyliologist, DR. Hugo Winckler,
has published the account of the legis-
lation promulgated by King Amrapbel
of Babylon. which. so far as is known
at present, was the first book Of laws
ever given TO the world. King Amra-
phel lived 2:250 years before Christ:
and is mentioned in the Bible as
contemporary OF Abraham, so that
his statutes were drawn up fully five
centuries before the laws Of Moses.
They number 2S2, and contain the
following: If woman who sells
beverages gives bao value for the
money paid to her, she shall be thrown
into Wat r.: If a wife commit lul-
terry, both she and her lover shall be
thrown into water" II wife be a
spendthrift, or if she otherwiseneglsct
her duties, her husband may put her
away without compensation; but if a
man put away his wife for no other
reason than that she has no children,
he shall return her whole doWry." :"
If a betrothal be rescinled, the man
shall pay the woman compensation. F."
~ widow with grown-up children
may not marry again without permis-
sion from a judge" IF doctor
opens swelling of the eye and there
by robs man Of his sight, both his
hands shall be cut Off" King Amra-
phel's laws also defined which classes
Of society were to receive salaries"
and which wages" A doctor IS a
day laborer and received wages, uut a
builder was worker who had to be
paid in the form of a salary. The
rate Of payment in all occupations
was fixed as well as the rent to be paid
for a house At the conclusion Of the
laws, Amraphel inserted high praises
Of his own work in promulgating them,
together with terrible curses on those
who should dare to destroy the tab
lets.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
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An Enri$ N6enaE Dinner.

"
The Saxon dinner arrangements wera,
orderly compared with those Of the
early Nornans, when the. halls and
passages were frequently the scene OF
free fight between the servants bting.
ing in tie food and the crowds Of hang:
ers OF endeavoring to snatch it from
them. This nuisance became at length
so iutoicraDle that uslers Of the hall
and kitchen we're established by King
William Rufus to protect not only the
cooks bringing In the dinner, but the
guests arriving to partake Of it. Upon
the occasion Of his great feast at West
miuster 300 Of these officers We're on
duty, some to guard the visitors as
they ascended the steps and others to
dcferd the threatened dishes.
Such was the uncivilized state OF So
ciety at this period, but when later on
the marauders disappeared from the
great houses it became customary to
carry in the dishes in procession, some
times preceded by music and headed
by the steward with his wand Of office.
It was the duty Of an "asseeur OF
placer to arrange them upon the table;
the ewers and napkins with which to
perform their ablutions were present.
ed to the guests by the esquires and
pages. while it fell to the lot Of the al
moner to say grace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25


he feels insulted. Immediately whips
ONT 2 razor or revolver. and can only
be subdued br the fash of steel. The
most conservative men who say the
reyc!yc: is unnecessary will add,
"Wcll must ada,iC that every wor2-
an who liYes out CT tie city liE:its
s',cu,d 90 armed White women afe
,,eyar safe fr1n1 the brutality CT these
nlac?; beasts. The most intelligent
,i,.n a:d women deplJre the fact OF
he carving OF hre;l rs. ana really
believe themselves when they sly the
impression that il is d custom is eIro-
ncoHs. Yet they viii tell YOU Of {.
ria1c when they really needed a re-
volHer. or else Of a time 1T was
!ucEy they rilan:ed to have q revoiy-
err"
Two or three wears ago. a represen-
tativa man met an acouaintapce On
The train who said. Il am going to
stop in Columbia il vou think | won't
run into a shooting: declare am
almost afraid to stop there. your bull
lets fly so easily.
Nonsense said the Columbian:
you have an entirely wrong idea:
you people Of the North are always
filled with wrong ideas Of the South.
Just get off the train and | will show
you the most peaceful law abiding lit
tie town you ever saw
The acquaintance decided laughing
ly to run the risk. He went to the
hotel. started out to see the town be-
fore supper, and at the first corner
ran into the worst shooting affair Of
the year. So he returned to the hotel,
took his satchel, went supperless to
the station and left on the first train.
I arrived here at night. The next
mornings paper had in the first col
umn the killing of a father and son
by d nelghbor ior some dispute over a
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-02-25
Had No Coal.

At St. Louis owing to the scarcity
OF coal at the -Four Courts" which
contains the Jail. police headquarters.
criminal court. ETC., the building was
closed today. Not a pound Of coal
could be found in the engine room,
and the old floors are being torn ZIP
to keep the 30 prisoners il the jail
warm. The grand jury investigation
into investment companicG was sus-
pended. and the two branches Of the
criminal court and The court of
criminal correction adjourned for the
day. This condition is the result Of
negligence cn the part OF tie con-
tractor, who failed to deliver the
coa! already contracted for Other
city institutions arc also short of fuel,
and IN investigation viii be held to
ascertain who is to blame.