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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
cI;nned Into the Sea.

The Charleston respondent OF
The State says a section OF the 1roat
beach on Sullivan's Island, extending
over an area OF 100 feet by $50 feet,
was washed away at o'clock Friday
morning, leaving an excavation OF 81
to so feet deep. The landslide oc,
cu,red in front OF the Pringle and
Noises houses, the cave-in r-aching
within 25 feet Of the residences.
With the extension Of few more ftet:
the residences might have been
wrecked and lives lost and injured
during the hours Of night, when the
inmates OF the houses were al as eep.
The cave in is supposed to have been
caused by the currents wash1ng away
the beach. The point OF the island
where the cave in occurred is next 10
the jetties, the narrowest part O. tne
channel. The constant sWirllng OF
the warter between the stone grill
lages, which are on each side OF the
n]ace that was washed out, probably
undermined the beach and caused the
landslide. A small boat which was
high and dry on the beach has been
lost, swept into the vortex and car
ried probably down the coast. a
similar washout, but not as large, &C.
cured a few years ago. The cave N
has caused much excitement among
the nervous people on the island, VINO
are fearing other landslides.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
The Black Hand.

The BLACK Hand OF tie Maha
socit ty struck blow OF vengeance in
Athens, Pa, Friday night and two
men are lying in Robert Pa exert hos
pi5al at Sayre IS a result Of that m?s.
terious band of Italian bandits. The
men who were attacked are Domini-
co NJ stello, and Giuseppe Scirona,
italians. Some time ago Mots llo in
formed tie Lehigh Valley Raj road
detectives Of the identity Of three
members OF the Mafa gang who held
up large number Of italians at Lake
Garry and levied tribute on them.
The members Of the BLACK Hand
were arrested, but it was impossible
to convict them, as Mostello and all
the other Italians we're afraid to tes
tify against them in open court. Soon
afterwards two or three men robbed
OF sl00. Friday one CT the tbr>e
said to be member Of the Maha bano
of New Yolk, leading some recent re-
cluits from the Athens Italian colony
again attacked Mcstelio and Scirna
and they secured considerable money
from Mcstello and S75 from Sciron2.
Then tae leader of the band deliber
ately shot Mostolle twice ard stabbed
him several times with a stilletto
Sciroaa was SHOT through the face
and two teeth knocked out and the
base Of his tongue Injured. 1t i:
probable tt at Mostello's injuries vii
o. owe fatal. No a rests have been
made
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Huesed the Girls.

Fracksvil]e, Pa, is In an uproar, all
be ause I. G. Miller, principal Of the
high school, cannot r>strain himself
Fl IN hugging the pretty teachers and
larger girls Of his school. Several
parents called on the school board to
oust the principal, but the latter de-
clined to do so. Thursday Samuel
Purcell, the father OF one OF the pu.
pills, had the entire board arraigned
before Jus.ice H. B. McCoos on q
charge OF misdemeanor in Office. The
eight members CT the board
were put under $500 bonds for court.
Miss Edna Miller, aged seventeen
years, the daughter Of an Episcopal
minister, testified that Miller hugged
her every chance be got and that she
lost six weeks from school at one time
purposely to avoid him. Miss Viola
Purnell testified that she had to quit
school becuse she could not bear with
Miller's hugging propensities. Miss
Annie Curry and the other women
teachers said they had to guard them
selves constantly to keep out OF Mil
ler's cluthes. It seems to US that
Miller ought to be suppressed, and If
the school board won't do it the courts
ought to. Teaching and hugging
don't go together, and the people OF
Fracksville are right in objecting
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
September Weather Records.

The following data covering pc.
riod OF II years have been comp:rad
from the weather bureau records al
Columbia. They are issued TO show the
conditions that have prevailed during
the month of September for the above
period of years, but must not be con-
strued as a forecast Of the weather
conditions of the coming month.
Temperature--mean OF normal tenn
perature, IS degrees. The warmest
month was that Of 1900, with an aver
age of 10 degrees. The coldest month
was that of 1888, with an average Of
e. degrees. The highest temperature
was l04 degrees on September H.
1896. The lowest temperature vas 4
degrees on September 30, 1888. The
earliest date on which killing" frost
occurred in autumn, October 10, 1895
Average date on which first killing
FROST occurred in autumn, November
9Th. Average date on which LIST xii
ling" frost occurred in spring, March
23rd. The latest GATE Oh "lllcu !0s'
"killing" frost occurred in spring
April 10, 1899.
Precipitation (rain or melted snow
Average for the month, 4. Y inches
Average number Of days with .0l OF al
inch or more, s. The greatest month
" precipitation was 7.os inches IL
1890. The least monthly precipitation
was O. 56 inches in 1887. The creates
amount of precipitation recorded II
any "a consecutive hours was 20 IN
ches on September I II. 1901. I'M
greatest amount OF snowfall recorded
in any "A consecutive hours (recort
extending to winter CT 1884 50 only
was none.
Clouds and Weather-Average mum
ber Of clear days, 13; partly cloud!
days, 10; cloudy days, I.
Wind-the prevailing winds nave
been from the northeast. The averag'
hourly velocity Of the wind is 8 mile
per hour. The highest velocity OF th'
wind was SO miles from the southWes
on September 30th, 1902.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
In the Rose Garden.

A hundred years from now, dear heart,
We will not care at all.
It will not matter then whit,
The honey or the gall.
The summer days that We nave known
Will all forgotten be and roWn;
The garden will be overgroWn
Where now the roses fall.
a hundred years from now, dear heart,
We will not mind the pain.
The throbbing, crimson tide OF life
Will not have left stain.
The song We sing together, dear.
The dream We dream together here,
VIII mean no more than means teal
Amid a summer rain.
a hundred years from now, dear heart
The grief will all be DER.
The sea of care will surge in vain
Upon a careless shore.
These glasses we turn down TO-DAY,
Here at the parting OF the way,
W.. shall be wineless then as they,
And not mind it more.
4 hundred years from now, dear heart
Wen neither know nor care
" hat came of all life's bitterness,
Or followed loves despair.
Then I'll the glasses up again
And kiss me through the rose-leaf ram
Well build one castle more in Spain
And dream one more dream there.
JOHN BENNETT.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Took Him for an officer.

The Augusta Chronicle says A.
Bishop, farmer living just outside
of Rebecca, Ca, was shot through the
abdomen by negro Tuesday night
while on a moving train OF the Allan
tic and Birmingham, and it is believed
that be will die Of his injuries. Mr..
Bishop boarded the train at Rebecca
for Cordele about s o'clock and took
one OF the front seats of the middle
car and was talking to the newsboy
about a robbery at Fitzgerald that
had Just occurred. Mr.. Bishop said
that the robbery had been the work
Of negro and that be knew him.
He then give the newsboy a-descfip-
tion OF the negro. Just ahead was
the negro coach and both the door OF
this coach and that occupied by Mr..
Bishop were open at the time OF the
conversation and the description was
heard by one OF the negro passengers.
Mr.. Bishop had not concluded his de-
scription when one of the negroes in
the coach shot him through the ab-
domen. Mr.. Bishop hurriedly pulled
his gun and fred at the negro, but it
Is not known whether or not he hit
him. Tne negro Immediately after
the shooting, jumped from the NOV
inp train and made his escape.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
HANGED FOB MURDER.
Death Penalty Enforced Friday on
Negro in Pickens.

The Pickeps correspondent Of The
State says Henry Jones, the negro
murderer Of Constable Columbus
Jones, who was banged Friday went
upon the death trap few minutes
after IL O'Clock, and before the plac-
ing of the death cap upon the doomed
man the usual opportunity was given
him to make statement.
Jones avowed bis readiness for
heaven and beseeched everybody to
meet him up there. He warned his
race against the possession and use OF
fire arms. Fully 200 people, outside
the walls Of the building, listened
with bated breath at the last words
of the man soon to be hurled into
eternity. At the conclusion OF his
confession be chose to pray, and hSV-
ing prayed for some time, and seem
ingly drawing to conclusion, Sheriff
Mcdaniel descended the SIT p', cne OF
which, as the sheriff stepp d upon it,
sprung the death trap, al d in the
twinkling of an eye the reck OF the
wretched negro was broke u and soon
his life had gone out.
The prisoners mother did not visit
him on his fatal day and he was oufi.
ed at the expenses Of the country. In
the vast crowd that assembled at the
jail there were not more than 30 re-
grceS.
Sheriff Mcdaniel and the people Of
Pickeps generally feel relieved that
the execution is over ard not tne
slightest trouble arose, although
some threats bad been made by the
negroes in the past few days. Sheriff
Mcdaniel did not take them seriously
though he took the precautlon x
telegraph the governor Tu sday Tor
company Of State militia. Tlis was
not thought necessary by the cover,
nor, who instead requested the sheriff
to deputize enough trusty men to see
that the law was carried out.
1t has been authoritatively learned
mere Friday afternoon that military
company in GreenVille Friday night
remained in their armory ready u
move at a moments notice and coulc
have been transported to Pickens II
less than an hours time. Heavy
guards were placed at the jail Thurs
day night and the dispensary wa
closed until Friday afternoon and TN
vast crowd had left for home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Sentenced to Death.

One of the few sentences Of death re-
commended be to imposed on anAmerl-
can soldier growing out OF service In
the Philippines Is found in the rr)-
ceedings of the court-martial trying
Private Feed n. Scow, OF Company
NJ, Twentieth United States infantry.
There were several charges against
scow, the principal one being deser-
tion and the court in it's findings re-
commended death as the punishment.
The papers have been received at the
war department and final action will
be taken on them by the president.
Scow deserted while serving in Luzon
in July, 1900, and was recaptnred the
same month. In August OF the same
year be escaped and joined the insur-
gent forces in Minduro, under the
alias FREDERICK de Ia Cruz. In May,
1902, he was recaptured by the
American fC rces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
Hanged in Washington.

John ". Burley, Of Washington
the negro In whose case the president
declined to interfere recently, was
hanged Friday in the district jail.
Burley's crime was committed about
years ago, his victim being a little
four-year-old girl named Ella Turner.
An application was made to the presi-
dent to commute the sentence of
Burley to imprisonment for life, it be-
Ing alleged that the prisoner was OF
mind so weak as to be irresponsible
for his crime. Attorney General
Moody investigated the case and re-
ported to the president fully as to the
facts. In rejecting the application
for Communication Of Burley's sentence,
President Roosevelt ordered the carry
ing out OF the courts sentence and
stated his belief that quick justice In
cases like Burley's would lessen lynch
ingS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
STRANGE SEA STORY.
Abandoned Vessel Frees Itself from
Reefs and Drifts to an Island.

Reefs and Drifts to an Island.
A strange story Of the sea OF q de-
serted vessel sailing about with not
soul aboard comes from Sydney, Aus
tralia.
The British bark Dumiriesshlre
while bound from Dunedin, Ne"
Zealand, to Nohoue, on the west coast
of New Caledonia, to load cargo or
nickel ore struck reef the early parG
Of July.
The vessel was under full sail at
the time she hit one OF the submerged
coral reefs abounding in that danger
Gus locality. Captain Taylor ana nls
crew of eighteen men considered the
situation such a perilouS one that IL
was resolved to abandon the vessel be-
fore she sank. Accordingly the crew
made their way ashore to the Island
during the night, taking such effects
and clothing as they could. When
daybreak came the vessel had disap-
peared from view.
"She has foundered and gone to the
bottom" declared the captain, and be
and the crew gave devout thanks for
having left the vessel il time to save
their lives. Subsequently a passing
steamer was hailed and responded to
signals Of distress.
The crowd OF caStawayS was taken
aboard, and all hands were positive
in their declaration that the Dunn
friesshire had gone to the b)ttcm the
master of the steamer made no fur
ther search for the wrecked craft, but
proceeded on his course. The true
fate Of the missing vessel subsequent
" was learned.
During the night that the captain
and crew abandoned the supposed
sinking craft the vessel gradually
worked her way off the reef. She bad
not been damaged to any serious ex-
tent by striki: g the reef, so when the
4 rising tide came up and the wind
shifted the vessel slipped off the reef
easily, as If a band of tugs had drawn
her. The vessel then started on a
voyage on her own hook. She sailed
fifty miles around the island and final
ly came to a safe anchorage at place
called Peum. A white settler noticed
strange and unexpected vessel bear
ing down upoa his little island. The
craft seemed to navigate in an odd
way; certainly whoever was handling
her did so in a way that the settler
had never seen before.
When the vessel all but went
aground be decided that some crazy
sort OF an Individual was running the
craft. The settler went out to the
vessel, and to his ,aStonishment saw
that the craft was completely desert
ed. He appreciated the opportunity
however, for he at once let go both
ancho:s and Gained her as prize.
The craft is an iron bark OF !, 262
tons gross and was built in 1877. She
is valued at about at about S75, ,0O0'
The new owner Of the boat is waiting
for people to come along and pay him
salvage on the prize that was literally
6oated to his front door.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
A TEST VOTE
OF the New York American Gives
Parker Big Gain.
WATSON MAKES POOR SHOWING.
Canvass OF Over Seven Hundred
Voters Shows That the Demo-
Gratis Are ElockiDS Back
to The Party.

During three days last week The
New York American took a straw
vote in New York on the Presidential
elections. 8 canvass Of IA voters was
made. They are representative, and
the result shows some interesting
facts, the most significant being that
the Democrats who bolted Bryan IN
1900 are coming back to Parker, and
that laboring men show a growing ia.
yoritism toward Watson and Debs.
People in all the walks OF life were
seen. Wall street sentiment was test
ed by means OF a canvass Of the Broad
Exchange building. On Sunday re-
porters saw members CT the Central
Federated Union at their meeting.
Saturday afternoon 400 persons cross-
ing Brooklyn Bridge gave their choice
for President, and Monday at the noon
hour a canvas was made OF the en-
ployes Of the Uneeda Biscuit factory.
COMPARED WITH 1900.
Effort was made to get the vote Of
1900 and the contemplated changes.
In the Broad Exchange Building
Judge Parker makes heavy inroads
into the Mckinley column OF 1900.
The same is true as to the voters who
daily cross the Bridge. Among the Ia
boring people Parker does not COM
mand the full Bryan strength, but
Roosevelt does not reap a correspond
ing advantage. The laboring men
think kindly Of Debs, and Tom Wat
sons speech and platform are also
winning favor with them.
In the Broad Exchange building, OF
the l45 lawyers, brokers and Stock
Exchange men seen, 20 in 1900 voted
for Bryan. Parker will get 63 OF this
number, Roosevelt 81 and Watson l.
Fifty have changed from Mckinley to
Parker. Two of the Broad Exchange
BRYAN men will vote Tor Roosevelt.
One Of the Bryan men will vote FOL
Roosevelt, he says, because Roose'
velt is nearer the common people
than Parker and his crowd" The
Parker men who were Mckinley mer
in 1900, many Of them say, are mere
~ coming back to the regular Democ'
racy.
One Broad Exchange member sale
he believed Roosevelt would bring
about trouble in the South if re-elect
ed. Another said be feared the Presl
dent would involve US in a war With
foreign country and another said ht
would vote for Parker because be be
lieved in the law and the Consti
tuition as against buster and the bi&
Stick,''
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT.
Hoke Smith Declares That Parker's
Chances Improve Daily.

Chances Improve Daily.
The Atlanta Journal says Hoke
Smith, former secretary OF the In
terror, has just returned from a trip
to the east. Mr.. Smith spoke In the
borough Of Queens in answer to q
speech OF Secretary Shaw, made a
short time before. The New York
papers were enthusiastic over Mr..
Smiths presentation OF the Demo
cratic idea, and such leading papers
as the Brooklyn E:gle, New York
World, New York Times and others
editorially approved his speech. Mr.
Smith visited Judge Parker, whom be
has long known intimately, and says
that the Judge is in the best OF health
and spirits and feels confident that
the people Of the country canEot fall
to endorse the sensible. clear, and
constitutional platform set forth by
the Democracy.
Mr.. Smith is very jubilant over
Democratic prospects, and among the
encouraging things he says:
Judge Parker is receiving loads OF
letters every day from Republicans
voluntarily proffering their support.
They say that they desire to return
to a, government of the fathers, q
government administered in accor.
dance with the law Of the land and
the constitution"
Speaking Of New Jersey Mr.. Smith
says that the Democratic managers
are confident Of their ability to carry
it for Parker ard Davis.
Mr. Smith talked with Chairman
Taggart and is certain OF Mr., Tag
gart's ability to carry Indiana. Mr..
Taggart says if he don't carry Indiana
he will quit politics forever. Mr.
Smith feels more conf lent about the
result than he has since 1882, and
says.
III we don't win this time / an
the worse fooled man in the world
The conditions are very similar tt
those Of 1892, and all the regular
Democrats OF the country as well as
the independents are against Roose'
velt. The independent press is unanl'
nous TOR Parker; the independent Vot-
ers are all for Parker; the happily re,
united Democracy is a unit for Par
ker; Tammany Is enthusiastic TO:
Parker; and I cannot see Tor him
noesihIe defeat"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
ALETTER FROM RUsKIE.
How He Would Have Settled the
American Slave question.

1t is sometimes interesting to hark
back a few decades and bring back
some Of the forgotten episodes OF Ine
great War Between the States. Inc
recently published letters of John
Ruskln, the great English writer and
tritlc, reveal some OF his ideas about
the gigantic struggle that was going
on this side the water. The letters
we're written to Charles Elliott Norton
OF Boston and the following is good
sample:
'The miserablest idiocy OF the
whole has been your mixing up a fight
for dominion (the most insolent and
tryannical, and the worse conducted,
in all history with a sol distant fight
for liberty. II you want the slaves to
be free, let their masters go free first,
In Gods name. II they don't like to
be governed by you, let them govern
themselves. Then, treating them as
stranger State, if you like to say,
You shall let that black fellow go Or
ETC., as brave buy would fight
another for q fag at Etol.-do so; but
you know perfectly well 10 fight cou'o
be got up on those terms; and thai
this fight is partly, for money, partly
las those wretch-d Irish whom yor
have inyeighed into it sl:ow) for Wlle
anarchy and the devils cause anc
crown everywhere. AS for your pre-
cious proclamation (eman.ipation)-
a gift Of that which is not to bt
given
By all the assembled powers OF eartf
and heaven.
"if had it th-re-theres foe nortf
wind blowing, and I would give IT t
tie fist boy l met to hy it at hi:
kites tail"
This was written in 1863, and while
tie issues OF that day are Low almos
ancient history it is Interesting tt
southern people to recall how one o
the most eminnet English ;holars ant
thinkers regarded the position takel
by the north, and what he thought o
the proclamation Of emancipation
There were many great m n in Eng
land who thought as Ruskin did
though they did not at all times ex
press themselves In such plain lang
uaQe,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-08-31
BOGUS MONEY ORDERS.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany Defaulted by an Employee.

J. T. Laney, alias A. P. Standish,
formerly receiving clerk Of the West
ern Union Telegraph company at Dal-
las, Texas, was arrested at Atlanta
on Wednesday on a telegram from the
company in Dallas. The telegram
specified no charges, but Laney, who
Is under twenty years OF age, admit
ted to the officers that he and a con-
federate whose name he gave as
Black, alias Edmund Seaborn, had
stolen sl,l00 on bogus telearsms.
According to Laney's story bis father
is now chief operator OF the Western
Union company in Dallas. he ad-
nitted that as receiving clerk he sent
bogus kilograms for money to a con-
fedsrate who travelled from city to
city. Laney was forced to leave Dal-
las about a month ago, since which
time be and his confederate have
travelled extensively over the country,
visiting St. Louis, Kansas Gi-v and
Baltimore, where they separated,
Laney coming then to Atlanta. From
here be sent a telegram to a young
woman In Dallas, which led to his ar
rest.
A dispatch from Dallas, Texas,
says: An affidavit fled here by G.
NJ. Baker, local manager OF the West
ern Union Telegraph company on Au-
gust l2, alleges that during the prevl-
Gus week J. T. Laney, clerk, by CO.
operation with e. S. Black, conspired
to swindle the company and did Sc
cure from the company the sums Of
$500, s40o and $500, aggregatin ST.
100, and that all trace Of the offend
ers was lost. The scheme was this:
A young man entered the Office at
Memphis and asked for $500 tele-
graphed from Dallas for him. He
was told that no such amount had
been received, but telegram to Dal-
las confirmed the deposit here OF the
amount and the sum was delivered.
at St. Louis $500 was secured in the
same way and at Chicago the same
plan worked. At this end, when the
query was received Laney, it is al
legged, would inform the operators
that the amount had been deposited.
He made no record or entry Oh the
books.
Wednesday telegram from Laney
was received here for young woman.
Her reply was sent and Instructions
given that detectives accompany the
messenger boy. Laney formerly lived
in Augusta and was widely known.