davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-07

thickly shirred over the hips, and the bands of embroidery are alternated with shirrings finished with a deep tuck. The sleeves consist of simple pun, elbos length.
 ACorrecf Back View
 Seal brown siciIienne Is frightened up with brown and gold braids. these being used AS binding and also te form medal lions. The Eton jacket fits snuggly, with n chasuble collar over the shoulders, and sleeve showing q modified wrist puff caught Into trimmed cuff. The skirt has yoke which is continued in sash straps, back and front, these being elaborately trimmed with the brown and gold braics The fitting Is cleverly effected by means of tiny tucks over the hips, and a simple velvet binding finishes the hem.
 Severely Plain TsiIor-made Gown
 Covert cloth of slightly greenlsh cast Is used in this tal,ormade gown, which depends solely upon the perfection of nt and finish for its cachet. The coat Is long, with pleats back and front. and fits the figure with the extreme straight front eff feet The skirt Is fashioned with pleated gores, and finished with a stitched hem.
 On the Gninsborough Order.
 Somewhat on the Gainsborough order s the shape in white beaver, with facing of pale blue chiffon upon which leag spray of green chenille lembroleery s cleverly posed The high crown Is en- circled with the same embroidery, and the feathers are of white shaded into several shades of blue.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Kerosene for Cleaning.

The cleaning properties Of kerosene:
are not generally recognized.
Nothing makes a kitchen cupboard
more attractive than cleaning TIM:
ware. ~: ~:
For removing stains and spots from
lavatory basin and bathtub kerosene
cannot be equaled.
Table oilcloths or the hnoleum on
the kitchen floor can be kept fresher;
and cleaner with oil than with soap
and water.
4 few drops OF kerosene will accom-
plish this. Soap and water will re-
move the oil, and the odor will soon
disappear. There is nothing like
kerosene to make the wash basin
shine.
1t is effective as furniture polish.
Mahogany can be freed from that blue,
smoky film by the use Of few drops
of oil mixed with a little water. Cary
ed> furniture, which dedes the dust
cloth, can be made as attractive as
new by brushing it with soft hair
brush dipped In kerosene. ~.
A few drops Of oil will do much to-
ward starting particles OF dust from
machinery. II clock Is to be clean
ed it can be dom effectively by plac-
ing in the lower part a cloth saturated
with kerosene. The bits of dirt and
particles OF dust will be loosened by
the yapor and will drop down and can
be removed. =. =
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Rirs of CoreIan .Wisdorn,..

4 The Boston Transcript prints the
following Corean proverbs and say
ings, which afford an interesting in-s
site into their modes Of thought and;
Illustrate the intellectual aptitude and
power Of observation. 81.
a thing is coed when it is new. 5s;s
A man is good when he is old
He who hath eaten salt drinketh
water. ;a:S: ~
One can paint the fur Of a tiger but;
not his joints.
One knows the face Of a man, but;
not his interior. IS Z. s3s g.
II one is not observing one sees
nothing.
Even the blind man can find his
way through an open door. ssss;;s: s;;s;
When the tiger is gone the fox:isS
master. g
AS soon as the moon is full it begius
to grow smaller. s.z:zsz1
The higher the mountain the deeper
the valley.
Does smoke come out OF a frelessS
chimney? i
Even a hedgehog says his yourg5
ones are weak. :..s5.jj*; ......:5sjjS*;;
a single high wheat stalk is not
distinguished from the rest In the
field. .ls.*s
4 basketfui Of gold Is not so valua-S
bic for son as instruction in one of.
the classics. t5s:3S ~ &
1t is only the thirsty who dig a well. /
When the OK has broken through
the stall repairs are first made.
A family who has no sickness for !
ten years must be rich. sss<
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Negro legally Disrranchised.

The general subject of jurisprudence
was discussed at tie convention Of the
American Social Science Association
at Baltimore Thursday. The pro-
gram included an address on Dis
franchisement of the Negro from the
Lawyers Standpoint" by r. B. Moi
fatt. of New York. Another was by Ed
ward Atkinson, WHO considered the
tendencies in manufacturing toward
indiyidualism. Motfatt's address con-
tanned many references to the con-
yention minutes, State constitution
and court decisions. His conclusions
were that under the existing court de-
cisions and the present legal practice
the Southern States have lawfully ac-
complished the disfranchisement OF
the negro and that the only step the
Federal government can take is to re-
duce the South's proportlonate repre-.
sentatiun in Congress and the electo-
raj college and that judicial relief is to
be had only by unlikely extension OF
the jurisdiction Of the United States
Supreme Court by virtue of that trib-
unal's own power.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
A SPRING CARNIVAL.
Columbia Getting Ready to Make

Columbia Getting Ready TO Make
Merry With aer Friends.
Columbia is preparing fer spring
carnival which will exceed in attrac.
tiveness anything before attempted
at this time Of year by the capital
city. The chamber Of commerce is
back Of the undertaking. and has re-
ceived assurance from number OF
towns in the State which indicate
that the attendance will be as large
as the crowds which gather in Colum-
bia fair week. The day attractions
on the streets will be by one OF the
best carnival shows that could be
obtained, and the great night attrac-
tions will be the ireworks-the fall OF
Pompeli-by the Pain company, pre-
senting ballet Of 800 people.
But the great feature Of the week
will be the floral parade Thursday
afternoon, May 26th. There will be
two miles of vehicles gaily decorated,
the procession being led by the king
and queen in state The coronation
will take place at the State capitol
just before the gorgeous caravan pro-
cee0s up Main street. This feature
alone will attract many people to Co.
lumbia, for the most beautiful feature
of reunion week last year was the
floral parade. Thursday night there
will be a grand ball. which will equal
in pomp and circumstance tie State
ball Of fair weeks. Indeed it is pro-
posed to make the Fln-Flower carDi-
val an annual fete, and the ball will
be as much Of a feature as the State
ball is fair week.
The chamber Of commerce has Sc
cured reduced rates On railroads, and
has procured two Of tae best bands in
the State. There will be a grand
tournament Wednesday, and knights
from all over the State will partici-
pate for the prizes in gold, aggregat-
ing $3.50, and for the silver cup for
horsemanShip.
Another feature which will draw
many people to Columbia is the
gathering Of the Elks. There will be
a meeting of all the lodges in the
State, and number Of other secret
orders are preparing for like celebra-
tion.
Columbia is prettiest just at this
time CT year. and the people OF that
city think that a spring floral carni-
val is just the proper thing to give
pleasure to the people Of the State at
a big spring jollitication.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Pennies Were Too I,1ly

Enterprising burglars who looted a
peny slot machine concert ball in
Broadway New York, have failed to
escape with their plunder, because one
Of their number broke down under the
burden CT IA, 900 pennies. The party,
consisting of three or four men, went
through the machines in full view Of
the street, but were supposed to be
employees. After placing the coins in
bag, they made eff, but policeman
gave chase. The bag carried broke
down after a short run through a
cross street, and dropped the money,
which YVES recovered intact. None Of
the men were captured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18

was called up to the cabinet, it having
been announced that Mr.. Beecher was
present and wished to speak to ne.
Sure enough, when the curtains
were parted, there was the beecner
face, wonderfully hfelike.
doctor, 8, said a deep, husky voice
all the spirit voices at this partlcu'
lar circle are peculiarly husky, except
those Of the three controls-'l am glad
to talk to you in this way, l and 9TH
ers here wish you TO organize on your
side, and we shall organize on our side,
for al effort to bring about conditions
that will make it easy for US to come
in visible form and talk to ycu face
to face. II We shall be able to do this,
it will greatly tend to bring to an end
all thought of materialiSm on earth,
and will lift the world to much
higher plane of thought and action.
Do not put this by lightly; it means
much to the world.
. Do you see my face clearly" He
drew the curtains back, and the face
was turned full toward the dim light.
Tt is with great difficulty that we
come back into visible form. You
have no adequate thought OF the na-
ture, the largenesS, and the com
plexity Of the difficulties that must De
surmounted by the spiritual world IN
order to return to this way, but We
can surnount these fully, SO our
scientific leaders assure US. We have
surmounted them in part; your side
can largely help by supplying the
proper Thought and heart conditions.
Do not smile when we speak Of mag
netism and vibrations aud waves.
There is such a thing as mind OF soul
ether. To this ether your thought
and feeling aud will and ours are dis
turbing and controlling forces-very
real. You must study on your side
these psychic forces and their laws.
- I cannot hold longer the force by
which have come-watch NE closely
THE image, or whatever it was,
slowly sank to the floor and then dis
appeared. Before it sank, a hand was
placed upon my shoulder. The hand
was substantial-very human. What
was it,"
Dr.. Funk gives in his appendix a
list OF well-known psychologists to
whom he has submitted the story Of
the widows mite with request for
opinions as to its significance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Shot to Death.

a dispatch from Seneca says Thurs
day morning while Walter Mills was
passing through a field, where Earl
Rochester was working, a converse
tion was started about a COW being in
Rochester's patch of wheat on Wed
nesday evening and to the amount of
damage that had been done to the
wheat. While the cow was in the
wheat, Rochester used a stick, beat
ing the COW, and it is reported that
the cow was killed. Mills was going
through the field and Rochester
told him that he must not come back
the way he had gone. Immediately
he made this remark he went to his
(Rochester's) home and secured SHOT
gun and returned to the field and
waited the return Of Mills. He
returned shortly, and as soon as ne
was in shooting distance, he fred the
guu, the ball taking effect in Mills
head, killing him almost instantly.
The affair is a very sad one and is re-
gretted very much by both the fami-
lies, as the young men are well con-
nected and were industrious, hard
working hOVS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
An important Discovery,

The first American chemist to dis
cover chemical element is DR.. Chas.
Baskerville, professor of chemistry
and director of the laboratory In the
University Of North Carolina. He re-
Gently announced that thorium, which
chemists have always heretofore con-
sidered one Of the seventy pctmary
elements, is complex in its nature and
composed really OF two elements, one
Of which the professor has named
carolinium, in honor Of his own state,
and the other berzelium, after the
great Swedish, chemist, who discoV-
cred thorium. 1t was in 1923 that
Be1zeius made his discovery. Thori-
I'm is the metallic base Of the earth
thoria found by this chemist in a min
eral from Norway now called thorite.
It consists essentially Of the siGeate
Of thorium.
The value Of thorium consists in its
radio active properties. In this it
stands next to radium, but while tho
rum costs only about 81 per pound,
radium is proportionately million
times as expensive. AS artihcially
prepared thorium resembles nickel in
color, and it takes fire when heated in
the air and burns with a bright fame.
Thus far it has been used mainly for
producing incandescence in mantels
used on gas burners. The North
Carolina professor held back his i'm
portant discovery for four years to be
sure be was right. No sooner had he
announced it than congratulations be-
gan to pour in on him from chemists
all over the world. One Of them was
from Sir William Crookes, the famous
British investigator. The man who
has thus taken a place OF rank in the
scientific world is only thirty-three
years Of age. After graduating in
1890 from the University Of Virginia
be took postgraduate course at the
Vanderbilt university, studied for a
year at the University Of Berlin and
then went to the University Of North
Carolina. He was at first assistant
instructor in chemistry, but four years
ago became head Of the department.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
TRUE 70 BRYAN:
The Loyalty Of Jud . Parker to: Depos:
eraey Fully Proven.
.WHAT cEA1RMAM WURTzssAYs
Judge Parker Was One Of the Most
Active and Loyal Supporters :@Ss
in the Last Democratic
Campaign.
Campaign.

The Washington correspondent OF:
the Atlanta Journal says Judge JACOB
D. Wurtz, who was chairman OF the
Ulster county New York Democratic
committee during the campaign OF.
1896, has been heard from very con-
clusively on the question OF the loyal
ty of Judge Parker. 5.s:
1t happens to be pertinent at a
time when Hon. William j. Bryan
seems to have forgotten the existence
of Judge Parker in the presidential;
year of 1896, to say nothing OF deny
ing that the judges name was ever
suggested to him as a candidate To-
vice president.
While recently in New York, Con-.
gresham John Wesley Gaines, Of
Tennessee, was Informed that ndge
Wurts could supply him with inter-
estiug facts about Judge Parker's at
titude in '96. Mr.. Gaines immedi-s
ately wrote to J. D. Wurts and re-
ceived the following reply: ~
Woodstock, n. Y, May 10. IS
.ssTo Hon. J. W. Gaines.
Honorable Sir: Answering your
inquiry regarding TIE attitude Of Hon.
A. B. Parker in the presidential e,ec-
tion Of 1896, I will say that, as tire
chairman of the Democratic commit
tee OF Ulster county, New York, = was.
in position t, know who Wera the loy-5
Al supporters of the Hon. w. J. BrY-
an, and cannot con eive how any
question can be made of the loyalty OF
a. B. Parker. :s.;s.s. :;..,.s:
He was so truly, loyal that I took
him into my co.fdenc and consulted
him frequently regarding what was.
best to be done t. achieve success for
our ticket and when it became appa-
rent that we were badly in need Of
funds to defray the legitimate e1-
penses necessary fl carrying on am
aggressive campaign, he MT only con-:
tributed freely, but he also induced
several Of his intimate friends to do:
the same. zss:ss
'''On rhe occasion of the visit Of our
candidate to our country no one was
more enthusiastic than Judge Parker
In fact, Hon. w. J. Bryan and his.
wife made their stay while here at
Winniscook Lodge, this being a re-
treat mainly brought into existence
through Judge Parker andSseyeral Of
his friends. Respectfully Yours, SIS.
- JACOB D. WURTS.n ~
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
EXAMINATION THIS WEEK
No One Can Teach in Public Schools
w;,bour Certificnfe

Without Certificate.
State Superintendent Of Education
O. B. Martin has sent out the follow
ing to the county superintendent> OF
education:
The regular semi-annual examina-
tion for teachers certificates has al
ready been announced for Friday, May
Goth. I hope that you are extending
this notice thoroughly so that teach
ers whose certificates have expired
may have the opportunity Of stand
ing, and also in order that those who
expect to teach for the first time may
know that it is necessary to obtain a
certificate before applying for a school.
I have heard recently Of few trus-
tees who did not know that it is the
law that no general or special school
trustee shall hereafter employ any
teacher who has not a certificate to
teach in the free public schools OF the
State;' and that certificates must be
registered in the office Of county sup
erintendent of education.
''The examination questions will be
forwarded so that they will reach you
at least by the 10Th infant. The
usual rules about opening the ques-
tions in the presence-of the applicants
and of using numbers instead of names
will apply. If you haven't-a supply
of blank certificates, please notify this
office at once.
At the last meeting of the State
board of education a committee was
appointed to formulate and systema-
tie course Of study upon which
exam nations are to be based. This
course will be announced in advance
iu order to encourage continuous study
by those applying for certificates
Pending the competition OF this course
OF study, the State board decided that
the examination for September, 1904,
shall be based upon Peterman's Civil
Government Hughes Mistakes in
Teaching Enoch Arden,' 'Silas Mar
ner,' and the past II months Of cur
rent history. These will merely sup
plement the ordinary common school
branches and are given in order to
encourage s'udy along special lines.
P.ease make this involvement to your
teachers on May Doth and also on
other appropriate occasions.
Il hope that you will be as prompt
as possible in announcing the results
of all examinations"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Engineer Killed.

A dispatch from Florence to The
State says through freight train No.
20e, south bound, was wrecked at
Hope Mills, about seven miles this
side OF Fayetteville, Thursday even
ing. The engine jumped the track
while turning curve and turned
completely over, burying Engineer
ByerS underneath and killing him
outright, also the colored fireman,
who will die. The curve at that point
is short and the train was going down
grade and this is probably the cause
of the wreck, though the particulars
are not obtaipable at this hour. The
wrecking train ard crew left Thurs
day evening for the wreck. Several
cars also were derailed and turned
ever.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
BrutalIy Murdered.

Captain J. Stanley, whose home is
said to be Petersburg, Va, was shot
and killed Tuesday at Huxford's tur-
pentine still near Waycross Ca, by
an unknown assassin. He was in the
commissary waiting on a customer
and as he stopped to get some rice
with his back towards the front door,
a load of buckShot was fired at him
from the outside. The charge struck
him near the shoulder and be died al
most instantly. The murder is mys-
terry, as it was not known that Cap
tain Stanley had any enemies. he was
10 wears old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
4 Big SHIPMENT.

A train consisting Of ~ cars loaded
with vegetables left Charleston by the
Southern railway for New York, Phil
adelphia and other points north and
east. This was the largest movement
in the history Of the vegetable busi-
ness at that port. From April l to
May 13,e2,743 packages Of vegetables
we're shipped from Charleston by the
Southern railway,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Our Dead in Chicago.

Mr.. James Conner, Of Charleston,
President of the South Carolina Di-
vision of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, has received request fer
fifty laurel and palmetto wreaths with
which to decorate the graves Of the
Confederate dead in Oakwood Gene
terry, Chicago, on May 80. The re-
quest has been MADE by B. Frank Jen-
kins, Commander Of Camp s, Q. c. v,
Chicago, and Mrs Conner has invited
the co operation Of the members OF
the Charleston Chapter who are will
ing to contribute one OF two wreaths,
and of ANY patriotic women who
have not yet enrolled their names
with the Charleston Chapter, but are
willing to make contribution Of these
wreaths.' There will doubtless be a
very prompt response to this call OF
duty.
Tie News and Courier says there
is a special obligation upon the wo.
men of this State to honor the dead
who rest in Oakwood-there are South
Carolinians among them. When the
wreaths are sent to Commander Jen-
kins we would suggest that a particu-
larly large and handsome wreath be
sent in his care to Col. Henry L.
Turner, to be placed by him upon the
grave of any representative Federal
soldier he shall select, as a tribute
from the Confederate women Of
Charleston. This would be an &C
knowledgment Of their appreciation OF
one of the finest acts OF soTdierly cour-
age of which we have any record, and
it ought never to be forgotten while
we deserve to be remembered.
When the time for the dedication
of the Confederate monument in Oak
wood Cemetery was approaching there
was a great deal of talk among the ir-
reconcilables as to whether or not it
should be permitted, and some CT the
more gallant Of the soulters and camp
followers went so far as to say that
the shaft should not be erected on
the sacred soil Of Illinois. Then it
was talked about that Colonel Turn
ers Regiment, the lst Illinois Infant
ry, with headquarters in Chicago,
would be invited to fire salute in
honor OF the dead whose memory was
in this way to be preserved, and then
the indignation reached white heat.
All sorts of incendiary utterances es-
capped from certain Grand Army
Posts, and the orators filed the air
with their eloquence. Colonel Turn
er, himself a veteran of the Army Of
the Potomac and a member of the
Grand Army, one night down at the
armory Of his regiment made brief
statement of the matter to his soldiers
and called for volunteers to fire a sa-
lutte over the graves of the Confeder-
ate dead in Oakwood Cemetery and
asked such volunteers to step three
PAGES to the front. 1T was the
proudest moment of my life, " said he,
when every man in my command
stepped to the 'front.' And the
salute was fred It was big thing
for Colonel Turnerner to do, and it is
a thing that we should never forget.
He honored the Confederate dead,
and it would be a graceful acknowl-
edgment Of his courage and sympathy
if the Confederate women of Charles
ton should take this opportunity Of
showing their appreciation Of his sol
dierly conduct in the way we have
suggested-the way Colonel Turner
W0nl6 most highly esteem. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Suicide or Murder.

Edward Jarnagin and his bride Of
Eve months were found dead Thursday
in their bone at 1882 Dakin street.
The police believed it to be case OF
double suicide. Poison was the cause
Of death. MI. Jarnagin was manager
Of the Potter Wall Mills Company at
"a Lake street Chicago. The couple
were married last January in Boston.
Mrs. Jarnagin was Miss Elizabeth
Woodbury.. When the police searched
the rooms today they found number
Of letters indicating that Mr.. jar
nagin was being pressed for money by
Boston creditors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Lon&eYitT.

AS a rule married people live longer
than single, and those who have to
work hard for their living than those
who do not, while also the average OF
longevity is higher among civilized
than uncivilized races Further, peo.
pie Of large build live longer than
those Of small; but those Of middle
size live longer than either.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
Shot Him Dead.

VIM. Porter, aged 10, was shot and
killed by Millard A. Buck, aged IS, at
Prairie City, Ind, Wednesday. Por-
ter was one of the leading Democrats
OF this part Of the country. 1t IS SAID
be had been joking with Buck about
a story concerning 3 woman. 1t was
only a joke, but Buck took it serious.
ly, pulled a revolver and shot the old
man dead, Buck was arrested.