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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22
a GHOST STORY.
A White Robed Figure Brings Warn
ing Of Danger to a Man.

ing "a Od1SSG W q MALL
a dispatch to The State says there
is one family In Aiken that is really
glad that tine does fly and the 18th
Of June has pcs ed. This excellent
family is composed Of enlightened peo-
ple and there is not a particle OF igno-
rant superstition in their make up,
but one night last week some
thing'' occurred that is calculated to
make the most sturdy OF US uneasy,
just little bit.
On the night Cor rather In the wee,
small hours Of the norning) IN ques-
ton, MI. H. F. Warneke was awaken
ed by a noise in his back yard. be
waited a while and as he again heard
something be went in the yard to look
around. Not seeing anything he
started back to the house. He says
that while be was going to the house
he felt an almost irresistible force
pulling him back. Nothing touched
him and be saw nothing. He catered
his back door and closed it. The doc:
flew open. He slammed 1t shut and
it again flew open. And then Mr..
Warneke went TO see what the matter
was. and there 1t" stood, a tall figure
with a sheet wrapped around it and
with very white face.
"What do you want, and who or
what are you?" asked Mr.. Warneke.
Come out here and I'll tell you, :"
replied His Chalklness.
go away, I don't want anything
to do with you," said Mr.. Warneke,
and tried to close the door, but the
figure pushed it's foot between the
door and the door frame and showing
it's white face up to Mr.. Warneke's
said, Come out here and III show
YOU something that isgoing to happen
to one of your children on June 18TH"
Mr.. Warneke asked which child and
what was to happen toit. The figure
always replied, Come out here and
III show yCu."
Finally, the figure finding that MI.
Warneke would not come outside said,
Remember, tried to warn you, %
and vanished. Mr.. Warneke did not
get at all frightened until he got up
stairs AMI got to thinking over the
matter, and 1t seemed so curious and
unexplainab.e that it has worried the
whole family a little. But the fatal
18th has passed and they are all as
healthy as ever.
Whether the whole thing was a
practical joke or not Mr.. Warneke
cannot Of course say. He does not be-
lieve in ghosts and is just a little bit
mystihed at the affair. However, If
it was joke, as it must have been,
the joker, if found out, will certainly
be induced to stop such antics.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22
jumped from Train.

a dispatch to Toe State from
Greenville says: Deputy Sheriff Ball
enger returned Saturday night from
Salisbury, bringing with him Robt,
Bird, wanted at Mountain Inn for the
Fowler murder, The trip was with
out incident uatil after Blackshurg
was passed, when the negro jumped
frQm window while the train was
making 80 miles an hour. Ballenger
rushed to the platform and leaped.
The negro was found on an embank-
ment badly crippled. Ballenger's only
injury was sprained ankle. The
deputy held his priioner until the train
backed to tie point where the negro
Jumped and took them oa board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22
A Parting.

A Parting.
"Good-b -bve, then"-and he turned away,
No other word between them spoken;
You hardly would have gussed that day
How cl Sc bond was broken.
The quick short tremor Of the hand.
That clasped her own in that brief parting
Only her heart could understand,
Who saw the tesrdrop starting.
Who felt sudden surge Of doubt
Come rushing back unbidden DER her,
As, at the words, her life without
His presence loomed before her.
The others saw, the others heard
4 calm. cool man, gracious wornsn,
4 quiet. brief farwe!l unstirred
By aught at all uncommon.
See knew fatal die was cast;
She knew that two paths hence must Sever;
That one familiar steps had passed
Out of her life forever.
To all the rest it merely meant
4 trivial parting, lightly spoken;
She read the bitter, mute intent,
She knew heart was broken.
~~~~-~~~~N~N~<~~
ton will never ride at the head OF tne
old Confederate legions again. Cor
don has gone over to the other side.
Conner departed long since. Nc
Goyan is no more, Longstreet, Ker-
shaw, Hagood, Gary and Elliot have,
all gone On into the Valley Of the
Shadow, and officers and men are fall
ing in the inexorable strife Of life
every day. Tue order has come to
those who survive that they shall close
up and march on. What a glorious
army it has been! What a glorious
army it still is,' But how much do
our young people know OF the strug-
gle through which this glorious army
has passed? Session after session in
school they are drilled In the history
Of the United States as a whole until
they know the battles Of the Reyolu-
tion by heart and can repeat the list
Of sea duels which form d the main
feature Of the War Of 1872; but how
much can they fell OF the battles OF
the War for Southern Independence
where infinitely more important prln-
ciples were involved and greater num-
bers were engaged on each side?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22
Killed the Engineer.

a dispatch fr)m Butte, Mon, says
the North Cast Limited, the finest
train on the Northern Pacific, east
bouDd, was Thursday night held up
one mile east Of Bearmouth, the scene
of last years holdup Of the same train,
when Engineer Q'Neill was killed.
Three explosions OF dynamite on the
express car completely demolished
the Cal as far as reports are obtain
able. The engineer was killed In the
fight with robbers. The plunder Of
the robbers is believed to be large.
The bandits, two In number, have
escaped in the large timber OF the
mountains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22

rent OF the action OF malignant pas
sions-hate, anger, cruelty, dest1nc-
tiveness. The bodies Of friends are
buried, but those Of the enemy are
pulled to pieces and permitted to rot
where they lie.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22

on both sides who never come before
the public with demands that their
services in the past be rewarded BY
remuneratiye positioEs-aass.ysssesent. as
It is rather remarkable that, while
many old veterans continue te attend
the reunions, nearly all the distin-
guished officers Of the Southern armies
have passed away, although quite
number Of them were but young men
at the beginning OF the war. TO the
generation now growing up the his
tory Of the Civil war seems almost as
remote as that OF the Revolution. r.
E, Lee, "Stcnewalr' Jackson, "Ieb'"
Stuart and many another Of those men
who made Virginia. the scene OF 20
many brilliant exploits have taken
their place along with Washington
and his generals in their youthful
inaginations. 1t hardly seems pos
sible to them that any of those who
shared in their battles and triumphs
or defeats can still be alive to tell the
story OF those days. AS the News
and Courier said in welcoming the
veterans to Charleston: I'VE have
sometimes thought that the services
Of these men were not properly appre-
ciated by the younger generations who
control the life and purpose and des-
tiny OF South Carolina today. It is
well that there should be annual re-
unions Of the survivors OF the War
for Southern Independence, in order
that the people Of the present day may
see Of what metal the men Of the
most glorious period in the history OF
the State were made. They will only
be here for a.little while longer. Their
ranks are thinning every day. Hamp-.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-22

tlnguished from the latter chiefly by
the fact that they have bigger heads.
When the time comes for the an
nual marriage fight,' the winged
males and females-the workers have
no wings-issue from the subter-
rauean town in great numbers. After
mating the males die, but each fe-
male sets out Immediately to begin
the accomplishment Of her one i'm
portant duty in life-namely, to be-
come the mother Of a new colony.
Choosing a suitable place, she starts
in to excavate hole from = to E
inches deep, in which she rears and
provides for the first brood OF workers.
All Of the labor must be performed by
herself, unassiSted.
So great are the perils and Difficult
tiles to be encountered by a young
queen In trying to start fresh colony
that she is more'than apt to perish in
the attempt. In fact, the enterprise
fails in great ma1ority OF instances,
but it succeeds often enough to secure
the perpetuation Of the species. 1t
will be understood that the queen is
the mother OF the entire colony, lay
ing all of the eggs from which It's
members are Matched. When the
first batch Of workers has had time to
grow up they attend to the business
OF taking care Of subsequent genera
tions.
Now and then regular wars are pre-
cipitated by the intrusion OF the oc'
cupants Of one town into the premises
OF another. The najCr workers Win
the dig heads appear to constitute
the warrior caste, and the fighting is
conducted with the utmost feroclty,
the ground after a battle being streWn
with decapitated bodies, heads and
mangled limbs Of the slain. The In
sects fight two-and-two, in the fashion
OF the duello, and often pair OF COM
batants will be found locked in each
others arms, both cold and stiff in
death. All the evidences are appa.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04

fearlessness in the performance or
duty; of his perfect sympathy with the
great masses Of the people and of his
friendship for the west.
The democrats of Idaho who were led
by Senator Dubois two years ago said
in the campaign that the republican
party could not nominate President
Roosevelt in 1904 because the Trust
interests of the country would oppose
him.
The republican party, however, spoke
through their national convention and
Mr.. Roosevelt was nominated and now
the democratic party realize that the
only possible way that they can de-
feat him is by raising local issues upon
which to make the campaign. This the
Dubois democrats are doing in Idaho
and the same plan of campaign is be-
ing resorted to in every state in the
union where the democratic party have
even a faint hope of carrying the cleo
ton.
In this way they hope to blind the
people of Idaho and the nation to the
real issues which are before Them
Again assuring you of my apprecia-
ton of your courtesy, l am,
Yours sincerely
BURTON L. FRENCH.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04

In addition to the Archbishop of Can
terbury, the Church of England has as
representatives here the Right Rev.
William Boyd Carpenter, Lord Bishop
of Ripon, and one or two members of
the Anglican Episcopate. The Angel
lean Church in Canada is officially rep
resented by the Right Rev. Charles
Hamilton, Lord Bishop of Ottawa; the
Right Rev. James Carmichael, Bishop
Coadjutor of Montreal. and number
of prominent priests and laymen.
Talks with the prominent churchmen
already indicate that the coming con-
vention will be full of interest and i'm
portance Among the important topics
of business to be considered and acted
upon is the report of the commission
which was appointed threee years ago
to consider the question of changing
the legal name of the church, "Protes-
tant Episcopal" and to ask the opinion
of the dioceses. The commission In
report made public last spring deciled
against a change at this time.
The agitation for more explicit and
stricter canon on the prohibition OF
marriage of divorced persons, except
for one cause. will also be discussed
at length, and the ACCESSIBILITY of group
ing the doceses of the country into
provinces, with primate at the head
of each province, will also be consider
ed A proposed board Of review, where
appeals from the diocesan courts may
be heard, the question of meeting the
situation in the insular possessions and
other issues will also be taken up.
| At II o'clock tomorrow morning the
opening service of the convention Is
to be held in Trinity church, at which
the preacher will be Right Rev. William
Crosswell Doane, D. D., Bishop of AL
bany, and one of the prominent leaders
of the American church. The Arch
bishop of will preach in Trinity church,
however, next Sunday. and will prob
ably address two or three missionary
meetings during the week. Bishop
Lawrence of this city will be the pre-
siding officer over the business Of the
convention.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04
FRENCH REPLIES
TO DUBOIS
He SAYS There is No Mormon
Issue in State of
Idaho

Some time since the Spokesman
Review of Spokane printed statement
from Senator Fred 7. Dubois relative
to the Mormon issue and at the same
time the republican candidates of Idaho
were invited to answer the statements
of Senator Dubois through its col
umns. The following is the answer
submitted to the Spokesman Review
by Congressman Burton l.. French:
Challis, Ida. Sept. %, 1904. Mr. N.
w. Durham, managing editor OF the
Spokesman Review, Spokane Wash.
Dear Sir: l received your letter of the
22nd inst. on yesterday in which you
tender me the columns of your paper
for the discussion of Senator DUBOIS
article on the Mormon church, ana
beg to thank you for the courtesy you
show me.
However. as this is not an issue IN
the politics of Idaho, l shall not diverge
from the real issue of the campaign by
discussing extrinsic matters.
It would not be just toward the
Spokesman Review nor to myself nor
to the people of Idaho. for me to lend
the dignity of credence to the charges
made.
Senator Dubois himself, said in the
limited States senate during the dis
cussion of the Arizona and New Mex
leo statehood bill on Friday. February
AZ. 1903, II doubt very much whether
gentlemen on the other side who are
proposing some special legislation ir
regard to polygamy are serious. ! &c
NOT think they. are. think they are
simply trying to put some amendmenti
on. this bill which may defeat IT. Al
one OF the representatives Of a stats
where the Mormons are one fourth o.
the people. l join with the senator IRON
Utah. who is in part Representative
of a state where three fourths arr
sMormons, in saying that there - N
,polygamy, that, In new, pplygamy II
those parts OF the country. ! doubt
the gentlemen on the .other, side ar
\ sincere In clubbing over this PROPOSE
tion." ~ -. sA ~
"a view OF the foregoing testimon'
Of Senator Dubois, am amased tina
he expects anyone to take him serious
" when he now attempts to make a.
issue by stating the opposite II tina
which he knew SO well only one yea
/ ago.
/ II Senator Dubois is anxious to dis
cuss this question would suggest tina
the Senator Dubois of 1904 argue
with the Senator Dubois of 1903.
The fact is. the administration Q
President Roosevelt is immensely pop
mar in Idaho. The people of idah
anproye of his tone of statesmanship
| OF his high character as man; OF nj
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04
PROMINENT CHuRCHmEN GATHER
TO attend EPISCOPAL ASSEMBLY
Notable Gathering Where Men of National
Reputation will Discuss Prominent Church
Issues of the Day.

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
BOSTON, Mass. Oct. 1.-THE intel
lect and the power of the Protestant
Episcopal church of the United States
are concentrated in Boston today. On
every train distinguished bishops, ac-
tive clergymen and influential laymen
from all parts of the union have been
pouring into the city, until even the
hotel corridors for once In their his
tory might be mistaken for the vesti-
bules of churches so numerous there
about are men of priestly mien. AT
many of the aristocratic residences in
the Back Bay district bishops and
clergymen have found splendid quart
ers. The handsome home of Mrs.
Jack Gardner is but one of large
number that has been placed at the
disposal of the visiting bishops and
clericals. The use of the palatial resi-
dence of Montgomery Sears by j.
Pierpont Morgan and the use of the
head residence by Bishop Potter of
New York are among the number. The
archbishop of Canterbury is being en-
tertained as the guest of Mr.. Nor
gan.
| At Emmanuel church this morning
where the business sessions of the con-
| vention will be held, a great throne
of churchmen were assembled. The
gathering was informal, the gentlemen
visiting the meeting place for the pur.
pose of getting their mail and obtain
ing information relative to their quar-
| tiers.
Prominent among the bishops from
abroad here to attend the tri-ennia
are the Right Rev. John McKim, Bis
hop of Toxic; the Right Rev. S. d
Ferguson (eolored), Bishop of Cap
Palmas, Liberia; the Right Rev
Charles H. Trent, Bishop of the Philip
pines; the Right Rev. Henry B. Res
tarick, Bishop of the Hawaiian Islands
the Right Rev. James H. VanBurer
Bishop of Porto Rico; the Right Rev
Peter T. Rowe, Bishop of Alaska, an
the Right Rev. Lucien Lee KinsolvinG
Bishop of Southern Brazil.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04
NEWS FROM LELAND
Potiatch People Were Moving About
During the Past Week
Especial to Evening Teller.)

Especial to Evening Teller.)
LELAND, Oct. al. r. Lindsey re-
turned Saturday from his mining claim
on Dicks creek. He will again go to
the claim in a few days to do some
preparatory work before the water
comes in sufiicient quantity to start the
work for earnest.
Mrs. and Mr.. o. w. Eastman re-
turned to west Lake Sunday after a
short stay with the parents of Mrs.
Eastman OF this place. Mr.. and Mrs.
Eastman are sufferers from the West
Lake fire loosing ali their possessions
and household goods which were not
covered by insurance.
Messrs. F. Vaughan, d. e. and f. G..
Green, d. Daniels ana o. f. Hefrins of
Cavendish visited lodge here last Sat-
urday evening.
w. e. Daggett and wife OF Southwich
were in our bdtxr saturday, >,
Mr.. A. H. smith and & Craig iefs
for clifford. Ida, this morning where
they will build residence for Mr.. w
T.. Stoddard of that place.
Mr.. Clay Speaker of Cameron vii
make a public sale of his persona
property tomorrow and then leave fol
Prosser. WASH. 10 remain few day.
with his parents at that place aftel
which he will leave for Spokane to at
! tend the business college during TIN
winte.. term.
We are informed that H. w. Russell
viii soon be in business in our tow
again.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-10-04
October 81, % and 20

Worlds fair excursion tickets to
Chicago, ST Louis and all eastern
cities will be sold by the Great North-
ern Railway on October 9th, 2sth and
S9th, in addition to October Bird, 4th
and 5th. Apply to any Great Northern
agent for rates and full information.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03

In half an hour the steamer broke in
two and sank. Then as darkness set
tied over the river the passengers on
the levee began a picnic supper, pre-
pared by the darby cooks over the res
cued furnaces. There was no lack Of
supplies; the evening was gloriously
cool and still. A more beautiful loca-
ton for a picnic could hardly have
been selected. A skiff had been sent
up to Natchez for help, and until an
other steamer came to get them the
girls Of the party, grouped on the
leyee, sang the old songs, and listened
in turn to the roustabouts and the
cook-room darkies singing-not the old
plantation melodies. for few of the
river hands know them, but the mod
ern rag time songs which come
South to them from the vaudeville
stage Under the BambooTree' and
all the rest Of them made the night
melodious, and at last, when the pic
mic was beginning to pail, the rescuing
steamer came and took all on board for
Natchez, whence they went on their
way by rail to their destination.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03

After the terrible steamship and
past season memorable, it is pleasant
to read Of an affair so delightful for
its victims as the recent sinking of the
Mississippi River steamer Chalmette
proved to be. The Chalmette was the
last of the old-time cotton packets on
the Mississippi. There are many big
stern-wheel cotton-carriers, and sever
al Sidewheel passenger boats, but the
Chalmette was a relic Of the old st.
LOuis-New Orleans trade. She was the
City of EickSburg Of the Anchor line,
but was rebuilt some years ago to
carry cotton to the port Of Chalmette,
below New Orleans. She could stow
five thousand five hundred bales on
her spacious deck, and with her guards
awash and the cotton stacked high
above her cabin deck, was d spectacle
once common, henceforth to be I'M
known, on the river When the Louisi-
ana Purchase Exposition opened she
was put on as through boat from
New Orleans to the fair, and thus
opened q trade which had been dead
for some years.
On a Saturday in July she started
North with about forty passengers
and a lot of freight. Late Tuesday
afternoon she was within thirty-fiye
miles of NatcheZ when, in backing out
from landing, she struck a snag and
knocked a hole in the stern. She
swung round with both ends resting
on the bank in little eddy, but with
seventy feet Of water under her amid
ships, and began to I'LL
The passengers were quickly mott
fed, the gang-plank was run ashore,
and everybody walked out and found
a seat on the gently sloping, grassy
levee, to watch the spectacular death
of the last Of the packets. The crew
hastily brought the passengers bag
gage ashore. then brought the fur
naces from the galley and all the pro-
visions from the pantry, and the ia
bles from the saloon.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
"EsDrit dc Corps"

An the tiny cripples in the neighbor-
hooG Of the settlement house. together
with n few bodied children, had
been Toasted on cake and lemonade.
When one Of the Geformed mites was
ready to go home he missed his coat,
which search failed to find. The young
woman who had been miniStering to
the wants Of the company had seen
one Of the bodied girls go out with
something under her shawl too bulky
t. he Secrctcd cake.
Run. my dear, to Jenny she said
t. one Of the lads. I'm picking up her
shaw perhaps she got hold Of some
thing else by mistake
IRE boy moved off on his Stumpy
crutcll. and when he returned he held
The coat up in triumph. The accident
had happened; Jenny had picked it up
with the shawl.
II" crippled children crowded close
rouI,i the young woman in great per
turJ3tion. Their Self-respcrt had been
wnu.drd. ana they looked diSdainful!y
al the few sound children among them.
Finally one Of the lads said:
Miss Martin, ii amt one Of us that
did i! Jenny amt cripple; she's
ony a Sunday school,