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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

Ea.
of man. The sun shines and the
fragile anemone pushes up with the
gallant boldoess OF a soldier. Datk-
ness covers the earth and cruel w1nds
lash the trees, but the delicate Hover
is true to itself, and bowing itself 20:
the storm OF life with serenity and
NEE kness and reaches out to possess
every stray sunbeam Of joyful courage
Is it not the true philosophy OF life to
enjoy what we have? You cannot
gather figs Of thistles, nor can you,
make an orchard bear more or diff.
erent fruit than it possesses when the;
autumn has come. Let US help the,
young to reach full development.
and let Us learn to enjoy the fruits
that the men and women about us;
yield. A knotty apple is better than
none, and sometimes a rusty, gnarled
peach has a 6ner flavor than a plump,
soft rosy beauty. Nature teaches un-s
ceasing effort, but she teaches also.
coote ntment and peace. Impatience
Is useless; it alienates and retards.
Discomfort is fa:al; it kill the SOFT.
new groth. Without regret and With
out remorse, nature lets the dead,
past bury it's dead" Remorse for the:
irrevOcable is waste Of time, regret.
for mistakes is useless. ..s-isggff1s5
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
UNLAWFUL SHOOTING.
Killing OF Bats and Insect Eating
Birds Not Allowed.

It is not generally known that
those who shoot bats, martins and
other insect eating birds are violating
the laws OF the state and are subject
to a fine of $40, one half OF which
goes to the informer. Wednesday az
ternoon Solicitor Thurmond and
Judge Purdy, while in the suburbs,
noticed a large number Of young men
shooting. The attention Of others
was called to the matter and as the
practice is general all over the state
there was Request that the act, which
was passed in 1902, be published so
that those ignorant of the law might
know the result Of the violation. 1t
is as follows:
"Section 564. It shall not be law
full for any person in this state to
wantonly shoot OF entrap for the pur-
pose of killing or in any other man
her destroy any bird whose principal
food is insects or to take or destroy
the eggs or young OF any Of the
species or varieties OF birds who are
protected by the provisions of this
section, com prising all the species and
varieties of birds represented by the
several families Of bats, whip poor.
wills, flycatcherS, threshers, warblers,
inches, larks, orioles, nuthatches,
woodpeckers, humuing birds, blue
birds and all other species and Varie-
ties of land birds, whether great or
small, of every description, regarded
as harmless in their habits, and where
flesh is unit for food, including the
turkey buzzard, but excluding the
jackdaw, crow, eagle, hawk and owls,
which prey upon other birds"
The tine is $40 on conviction, one
half OF which goes to the inforner.
Columbia Record.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
THE HARVEST SEASON.
The Weekly Report on the Crop and
Weather Conditions.

Section Director Baurer issued his
weekly crop bulletin as follows:
The week ending s a. NJ, Sept.
5th, had a mean temperature of 79
degrees, which is about one degree
above normal. The temperature was
very uniform throughout the week.
The extremes were a mini mum Of Sc
at Greenville on August 30th, and a
maximum Of 81 at Blackville on the
3rd. The sunshine was slightly above
the normal amount, and the relative
humidity was slightly below. There
were no violent winds or any hail
storms during the week.
The precipitation averaged less
than the weekly normal amount, al
though in the northwest counties and
in the middle Savannah valley coun-
ties there were excessive rains locally,
over quite large areas. A number OF
places had no rain until the 4th, when
generally showery conditions prevailed
over the entire State. What rain fell
during the week was generally bene-
fetal.
The moderately high temperatures
and general absence Of precipitation
were favorable and farmwork made
rapid progress.
Fodder pulling is under way and
nearing completion in the western
counties, and is practically finished in
the eastern ones. The bulk Of the
corn crop has matured and it is a uni
formly large crop.
Ga sandy lands cotton has stopped
growing and generally slapped fruit
ing; it is opening fast with picking
general over the eastern and central
counties, while picking has just be-
gun in the western counties where the
crop is from one to three weeks late.
Rust, shedding and blight continue
to cause deterioration on light lands,
and rust has appeared on some clay
lands and on sea island cotton. Boil
worms and caterpillars have appeared
in a few fields, but are not yet threa-
tening. Sea island cotton is heavily
fruited and is still blooming freely.
The weather was ideal for cutting
rice, and much Of the early planted
crop has been harvested; late rice is
very promising; rice birds have ap-
peared on a few coast fields. Consld-
cradle hay was cut ana cured in fine
condition. Peas are fruiting heavily
recently. Nearly all reports indicate
continuous promising condition Of
all minor crops and fall truck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
TIE GUATEMALAN ANT.
Will Feed ON All Kinds of Bugs and
Other Insects.

Other Insects.
A dispatch from Washington says
colonies Of Guatemala's insect eating
ants, which are now devouring the
cotton boil weevil, are to be located in
other parts of the United States and
several are already at work dining
upon potato tugs, grasshoppers and
other things on the crop around Lam
ham, Maryland. The department. Of
agriculture has come to the conclusion
that il the ant will eat boil weeVils, he
may be taught to destroy the pests
that cause hundreds of thousands
OF dollars loss to other crops. and the
bureau OF entomology Of the depart
ment is now experimenting along
these lines. The experiments are in
charge OF o. F. Cooke, chief ento-
moligist who is acting head Of the
bureau during the absence OF DR..
Howard. The ants are Of the same
lot which was imported for use in
Texas.
They came in cages, and were fed
upon various kinds OF bugs on their
way north fur the purpose Of deter
mining which they liked best and
which suited their digestion. The first
lot reached Maryland about week
ago, and since then field experiments
have been made with them. 1t is as
yet too early to decide whether they
will prove Of use in the northern
fields. 1t is feared that they will not
be able to stand the cold weather. In
regard to the reports that several OF
the large colonies have disappeared
from the Texas fields, MI. Cooke said
this morning that the dispatch We're
twisted.
There was a colony in the back
yard of a house in Paris, Texas" said
he, that did not seem to be able to
get the right kind Of food; they died.
The others, those in the cotton felos
are thriving and it begins to look as
though the experiments will be sue
cess, the ants living and propagating
as well in Texas as they do in Guate-
mala." The department. OF agricul-
ture is giving much study to the Ques-
tion OF the destruction Of insects,
which are running crops in various
parts Of the country. The loss has
been growing slowly but surely for
decade because, it is said, OF the
slaughter Of insect eating birds. 1t
seems surprising but experts make the
statement, that insects destroyed an
nually nearly S100, 100000 in crops,
"And," concluded an officer Of the de-
partment, IL the ant can save even a
quarter OF this, be is well worth his
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER.
Seven Hundred Japanes Blown Up
ty The Russians.

A d!spa' ch from Che'oo says a Jap
anese column numbering approximate
ly 700 men while marching along at
night on a road in the valley between
Long hill and Division hill met a
frightful disaster through the explo-
sion OF an electric land mine, Sept.
lst.
The mine was carefully laid by the
Russians three weeks ago. 1t covered
nearly a mile OF available marching
space. The explosive was placed at
the bottom. Rock were placed next
and on top OF these clay were paced so
carefully the ground gave the i'm
preston of not having been disturbed.
The indications Of Japs nese activity
in this vicinity put the Russians on
guard. Near midnight the outposts
rushed in and reported that the Japa-
nese we're approaching.
The Russians withheld their fire for
some time. Suddenly they threw a
searchlight up the valley. The Japa-
nese opened with rifle fire. The Rus
SLAMS waited until apparently the
whole japanese column was in the
danger zone. Then the mine was ex.
ploded. The force Of the explosion
knocked number Of Russians down,
and the sight Of japanese rifles. water
bottles, legs and arms hurled through
the lighted space made by the search
light was an awful spectacle.
Some rocks landed inside the Rus
sian lines. There was one appalling
moment during which the garrison it,
self was stunned, then a death-like
silence. The searchlight coldly light
ed up the road and hillsides strewD
with dead.
The following day the Russians
buried the dead, but owing to their
dismembered and mutilated condition
the Russians were unable to accurate
~ estimate the number OF killed. A
few Japanese escaped, however.
The foregoing information is con.
tained in a small sheet issued Sept. 3
oy the Port Arthur Novakrai, break
age in the press having made it i'm
possible to issue full edition.
A Chinese arriving there at mid.
night confirms the above to the extent
that he heard the report that many
japanese had been killed by a mine,
but he did not learn the details. On
the nights Of Aug. 26 and 81 a SINH
lar disaster befell the japanese nea1
redoubt No. 2, it is reported, but nc
details have been ascertained.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
NEGRO ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
A Little White Girl Had Narrow Es.
cape from the Fiend.

A dispatch from Bregard, N. c., to
The State says about half-past II
O'Clock Tuesday a young negro at
tempted an assault on little l3-year-
old girl, the daughter OF prominent
gentleman of New Orleans, who Is
spending the summer at a boarding
house at Brevard with her uncle and
aunt.
The girl, who has an attractive face
and dark brown curls, was returning
to her boarding house, after getting
the morning mail, when she was ac-
costed by mulatto, apparently about
21 years cid, who insolently said:
Shake hands with me-"
Il WON'T" she cried, and attempted
to run in the opposite direction, when
he caught her by the throat and tried
to choke her, but she struggled and
screamed, which frightened the negro,
who ran off, while her cries attracted
the attention of some boys who were
near the Brevard roller tl0uring mills.
When they found her near the mills
on the railroad track, she was weep
ing and running distractedly, with
her throat bearing the imprints Of
the negro's fingers, but fortunately
be had been unable to accc mplish his
terrible purpose.
The child was brought to the Tran
syIvania lodge, where she was given
every attention, while the alarm was
given, and in a few moments dozens
of armed, excited men were securing
every section of the country. With
in an hour a young negro was captur.
ed, but when brought before the Child
she said be was not the right person.
An hour afterwards another negro
was caught whose description tailed
in every particular with that first
given by the child, and she identified
him except as to his hands. He was
promptly committed to Jail, and the
judge who is holding court here now
says he will be given an immediate
trial, if the posse now securing the
country do not bring in man who is
positively identified. The whole COM
munity is greatly excited, but it is
thought tha5a lynching will be avert
ed.
It is expected that negro from
South Carolina working for negro
farmer named Arthur Hemphill may,
be the asSailant, and the road to South
Carolina will be strictly guarded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
Murder and Suicide.

At Louisville, KY, w. E. Neal, un-
der Indictment for the murder last
winter Of Assistant Commissioner At
torney James b. Shrader, Thursday
shot and killed his wife, Nellie Robin
son Neal, and then ended his life.
The tragedy occurred in a boarding
house on west Broadway, where Neal
nd his wife bad been living since
a unday as Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson OF
S ashville, Tenn,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

THE Augusta Chronicle says: AN
indignant subscriber who writes to-:
stop the weekly Chronicle-and whose
letter: by the way, came to hand In
the same mail with two yearly SUBJ
scriptions for the daily wants US to
understand that he would swim the
Savannah river for Tom Watson
Although the Savannah river itself
needs washing just now, still, we have
no doubt that the performance would
improve his sanitary condition-but
otherwise we are not interested"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

L1TTAUER, the presidents Statute
OF limitation" friend, is again can
didate for congress this year from a
New York district. He is the great
exemplar OF the principle Of govern
mental graft" for which Roosevelt
and his party stands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

An official from Richmond, Que,
states that in collision between pas
senger trains on the Grand Trunk
railway near Richmond, QUE nine
people were killed and two have since
died OF their injuries. The number OF
iniured is not know.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
TIE Columbia Record SAYS: 9Th

The Columbia Record says: 1.-THE:
unwritten law In reference to two:
terms for railroad commissioner might
now be said to be written, and We
think this is shown in the defeat OF
Mr. GArris. It was generally ack-
nowledged that he was thoroughly IA
miliar with the intricate matter OF
rates and was well equipped to accept
ably fill the duties of the Office. He
made great run, but still the rule
prevailed term for railroad
commi: sioner."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
EXECUTION OF A BRUTE.
Legal Execution of Fiend for q Re.
go
voting Crime.

voting Crime. Sss
George Williams, the Jefferson
county negro Vho waylaid and crImi-
naly assaulted Laura Kna3e near:
Harper's Ferry, W.. Va, several weeks!
ago, was hanged at the State prisonin
Moundsville Friday evening at SIS :
O'clock. Eleven MINUTES later nfe@Ras /:
pronounced extinct and the body was
cut down and pr .pared for burial fn
the pr son cemet-ry. Williams never
lost his nerve and went 10 the scafold
without wbinper, declaring to the:
last bis innocence. The crime per-.
haps the most revoiting in the crimi-s
nal annals Of the S5ats. Laura Knade,
a beautiful white girl who e family Is
oae Of the most p 'ominen5 In The east
ern Panhandle, left her hone on 81
bright July morning driving to Har-,
per's Ferry to board train fer the
worlds fair. On the way Williams
waylaid the girl and committed the
assault. The crime aroused the scenn-;
tryside to a man and when the. negro
was captured public excitement be-
cane so great that the prisoner vas
taken over the border into Mary y1and. q
The excitement was al1ayed, seeming
ly and Williams was taken to Charles;
town jail but again mobs foymsd ands
the prisoner was hurriedly taken to-:
Mouudsville penltentiary to await
t.ial. Gov. White called out the nar
tional guard and under Its protection
Williams was taken back to Charles
town and the trial held under military
protection. The night before the; trial
the excitement eliminated in the for
nation Of the largest mob Of all and
assaults were made on the jail but the
militia, under Col. Sims, succeeded In
oreraWing the citizens and then fol-
lowed the trial which speedy resulted
in a verdict OF guilty and the sentence;
TO hang at Moundsyille September 81
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

The Hartford CourantI says that
Senator aoar, Of Massachusetts,, who
has been desperately i'll, and whose re-
coVery is still very much in doubt,
has rated his address tetore the New
England Society OF Charleston, South
Carolina, in 1898, as the finest of his
public diScourSes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
A Fatal Fail.

Mrs. George Hodges Of Spartanburg
fell down flight of steps at her home
in Spartanburg on Tuesday OF last
week and injured herself fatally.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
Figuring on Democratic Success.

The New York Herald says thata
Democratic landslide is coming for;
Judge Parker and that he will geta
good many more votes than the
necessary 239, which will be needed
for him to win. But close figures are
giving tine judge 243 votes and they;
figure them as follows: 90 -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

No doubt Bre;r Waring, Of the
Charleston Post, knows how a candi-
date feels who has been left stranded
on the bleak shores of defeat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.
Crude Thoughts as They Fall from
the Editorial Pen.

IA column dedicated to tired moth
ers as they Join the Home Circle at
evening tide.
The THREE DEAREST WORDS.
There are three words that sweetly blend,
That on the heart are craven:
precious, soothing balm they lend
They're mother, home and heave
They twine i wreath Of beauteous flowers.
Which placed on memory's urn,
Will cen the longest gloomiest hours
TO golden sunlight turn!
They form chain whose every link
Is free from base alloy;
A stream where whosoever drinks
VIII lind refreshing Joy!
They build m altar where each day
Loves offering is renewed;
And peace illumes with genial ray
Lies darkened solitude.
If from our side the first has fed,
And home be but a name,
Let's strive the narrow path to It'd,
That We the last may gain!
Home ought to BE- the pace on earth
in which to be flank and honest. Ii
ne are not candid with ourselves and
with our families around the family
hearth, it cannot be expected that We
will be so elsewhere.
Before you arise in the morning,
repeat within the secret chamber OF
your soul these words: In the name
Of the infinite Spirit, declare that |
shall always think peacefully, speak
peacefully, and act peacefully Before
you 20 to sleep at night repeat the
following: I love ever! body, and ask
everybody to love me. I forgive
everybody fer what they might have
done against me, and ask everybody
to forgive me for what might have
doue against them
x*
is it not highly amusing, If not pro-
vocajive OF wrath, to hear man con-
plain OF his home being cheerless
when be ADDS nothing to its happi-
ness? A. man is greatly responsible
fer the ozone Of his home. The day
to the wife may have been one OF un-
usual care and hard work, but If the
husband CONS In cheerful from the
field Of his work outside, the weari-
ness and careworn look will diappear
from the wife's face. q few sharp
words we can always excuse, for we
always attribute them to overtaxed
nerves, but we can find no plausible
excuse for sullenness on the part OF
the husband.
A touch of kindness in this busy rush,
A proffered hand to help Us fight the crush
A cheerful word that soothes heavy heart
Have you Of these small things assumed your
part?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14
A GOODLY HERITAGE.

Nature in her silent, beautiful way
teaches many lessons. She does not
force a moral upon Us. We may drink
in her loveliness and take or leave the
lesson as we please. A man must
have something OF the child in his
heart to feel the splendor OF the hori-
zon, the magni6cence Of the stars, the
mystery Of the woods, the Joyous dig
nifty Of fertile sunlit meadows; AID
having the child's heart to feel, he
will have the child's faith to see, and
whatever his sorrow, nature shall heal
it, whatever his perplexity nature
shall solve it. Men have set their
mark upo- the woods and upon the
hills. They have divided the lands
and have said to the world, This
farm is mine" ''Yonder WOO 1land is
yours; "the babbling brook and the
beech-covered hillside belongs to your
neigbor," but the first child Of nature
who chances that way without pen
ny in his pocket may have all the
beauty and peace of this lovely land
scape for the looking. Nature teaches
Us to live our own lives, to be our
selves. The petty cares of Life hurry
us away from the best that is within
US. We cannot stop to think the
noble thoughts, to live up to the
heights OF beauty. Nature says, All
these months I waited in serenity for
the springtime. Without haste and
without rest I have perfected each
tiny bloom until the work is complet.
ed and the blcssoming trees fill the
land with perfume and color.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

Is not a man child better than a
young tree and mature man more to
be considered than a fruit laden Or
chard? And yet with what inpa-
thence we follow the slow develop
ment OF the child, and how we worry
over the product Of the man! Can
we not let nature teach US dignity and
self1estraint and common sense. Ii
our children are peach trees is 1t not
madness to try to develop them into
apple trees because, forsooth apples
bring more than peaches IN the
neighboring market or are more useful
for home consumption? Can we not
wait for the limbs to grow and the
leaves to form and the buds to unfold
in slow ani perfect loveliness, with
out restless thrusting Of our fingers in
the heart Of the buds to hasten their
development? Shall not the children
OF men enjoy the sunshine, the soft
air, the long days OF silent growth
that seem days OF idleness to the care
less observer? Quiet communion with
nature, wild rompS with the sum ner
winds, the glory Of gay mornings, the
radiance of eventide the mysterious
quiet of the sustenanca OF earth-seek-
ing roots, the refreshment OF heaven
aspiring hearts, are the rightful heri.
tape Of the children Of men. With
out haste and without rest nature
fares onward in reyerential gladness.
The unnecessary effort, the courage
and faith Ct the frailest Of natures
flowers are worthy Of tine limitation
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

Home ought to be the pace on earth
in which to be flank and honest. Ii
ne are not candid with ourselves and
with our families around the family
hearth, it cannot be expected that We
will be so elsewhere.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-14

It is expected that a negro from
South Carolina working for negro
farmer named Arthur Hemphill may,
be the asSailant, and the road to South
Carolina will be strictly guarded.