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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03
HENRY WARD BEECHER.

Henry Ward Beecher. BY Lyman An.
bolt. s1.75; Boston and New ofA'
Dr. Abbott made the acquaintance ?l
Beecher in 1854, and was a close ana mt
mate friend of his from that time torMar "a,
He attended DR.. Bee cher,s church in
Brooklyn. and is thus well qualified to-
give an outline of the character OF the
Great preacher. The book is therefore
not SO much a history OF the ~: ne VI
Beecher as it is sketch of his !ife ana
character as he appeared to Dr. ADpott'
The career Of Beecher as an antl.s!aVery
reformeri before and during the clvll war
period. he tells in I'VE chapters, ,n ian ~ ~
especial Importance is the chapter on mr..
Beechers anti-savery campaign in Eng
land in 1868. He eached London in the
Continent his intention being to rest be-
fore sailing for New York. But fate or
dered otherwise. At that time the sym
pathy OF the English people, more espe-
es, was overwhelmingly in favor of the
South. and the man who dared TO SPEAK
in behalf OF the American cause was
sure to invite every species of insult and d
indignity.'' This sympathy for the South
and hatred Of the North had. at the time
Of Mr.. Beecher's arrival, assumed alarm
to the effect that the British government.
in all probability would be forced by pub
lie sentiment % intervene in the struggle
then going 70: ward in America in behalf
OF the South. Such was the statS W teel
ing when DR.. Beecher reached England.
The Americans residing in London were,
of course. greatly alarmed over such
prospect. ana after much trouble, per-
suaded Dr. Beecher to, make !ecturing
tour through England. speaking in behalf
Of the Federal cause. BY this they hoped
to counterfeit the work of agents of the
Confereracy who were then seduously fan
ming the name of British enmity by their
speeches and publications. Any other man
would have weakened, but having prom
he stuck to it courageousy in spite of
mobs. blood-red placards, insults, boot
ings and all the other annoyances which
the British public consider perfectly legit-
innate to prevent an unpopular speaker
ised his friends to prosecute the campaign
from being heard.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03
DlsRAEEl As A PLAGIARIsT.

Statesman Appropriated Brilliant
Words Of Other Men.
A recently published volume on Dis
raeli singles out as one of the most
brilliant of Disraeli's savings q sem
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03
FORMS OF ENGLISH POETRY.

Johnson's Formssof English Poetry.
By Charles F. Johnson, l.. H: D.. Pro
lessor of English Literature in Trinity
College. Hartford Cloth, IL mo-. 36s
pages. Price, 81. American Book Com
pany. New York. Cincinnati and Chlca-
Co.. - .sEF..-. a.-s-. =
Equally suitable for young people
and for general readers, this volume
contains the essential principles of the
main divisions both by forms and by
subject matter The historical develop
ment Of eight OF these divisions is
sketched and briefly illustrated by ex-
amDles. but the true character of poetry
as an art and as a social force is al
ways kept in evidence. The book will
cultivate an appreciation and a love of
poetic literature, and will arouse in the
student a love of poetry. s,ea S. q Z
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-12-03
ANTISEAIITISM.


Antiseniti<m: BY Bernard a} 81 iaza Re
ternational library Publishing Co.
g. Recent events in Russia have given
this book a peculiar timeliness. 1t is ;. a
pages must have been written many
months before those outbreaks gave a
most painful interest to the Jewish ques-
ton The author is himself Hebrew,
piled In the title to his book but this
circumstance does not seem to have BIZ
ased his Judgment in the forming Of his
opinions. The case is certainly stated
with great candor, and the blame is dis
tributed with fairness. The fault is found
to be not all on the part of the Gentle
world. but the Israelite himself is char
ged with having brought much of the
trouble to his people by manifest short
comings.
The treatment given the subject is his
toricai In successive chapters the re-
lations between Jews and Gentiles are
traced from the earliest times Perhaps
the reader will be most surprised to
carried on recprocally between the He
brews and their neighbors. From this
has resulted greater mixture of race
than Jews would. perhaps. willingly ad-
nit The author does not believe IN race
distinctions whether these be founded up
on language. shape of the head. or color
of the skin. So long. however, as the
opinion prevails that races are distinct
part and inferiority on the other part
there is likely to be trouble between Jew
and: Gentle as well as between black and
white. There are too many illustrative
examples of this in the current history
of ,his country. and this book can :, be
read with profit by many who are called
upon to decide questions daily arising
here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Wanted at Kansas.

Governor Hayward has received a
letter from Gen. H. C. Corbin, the
commander CT the Atlantic division
stating that it is desired that some
Of the troops Of the state participate
in the joint field movements to be
held at that point in September. The
letter states that it is impossible to
invite all OF the militia of each state
IN this division, that the quota from
this state would be about 1919. al
though if larger number be furnish
ed it is requested that the depart
nent be notified and perhaps arrange
ments can Re made. Under the ap-
oortionment however not over $4,000
of this division can participate, the
pay being for Is days. As some Of
the companies cannot be absent for
over days and in this way perhaps
more can go. The movements are
10 be made under the act Of 1908. Sec
riors Is and y and the department
wishes to know how many can attend,
transportation and pay to be furnish
cd. the number of days the companies
can be present and whether Septem-
Der or y would be the most suitable
date for the encampment. AS there
is plenty Of time the governor will not
answer the request at once but will
look into the matter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
A Great Country.

The latest census bulletin estimates
the increase in the population of the
United States since 1900 1t 1000, 600,
giving the country a present enumera-
tiop OF 80, 900, 900 souls. The London
Spectator makes interesting comment
on this growth. The Spectator says;
"a population Of 50, 0,000,uUO of whom
70, 900, 900 are white men and most OF
them of exceptional energy and in
telligence, speaking the English
language and living urder Anglo
Saxon institutions, is a tremendous
fact. If the union, as we trust and
believe she will, escapes internal con-
vulsions, she must rise in the next
quarter Of a century-that is, before
middle-aged men alive today are very
old men-to a position Of power AID
influence to which history hardly
affords a parallel
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Kill Ont the RarS.

Here is a farmers mode for ridding
his premises of rats and mice: If
you will sprinkle sulphur on your barn
floor and through your corn as you
gather it, there will not be rat nor
mouse botherit. bave done this sever
al years and have never been bothered
with rats or mice. I have some old
corn in my crib at present and not a
rat nor mouse can be found. In stack
ing hay or oats, sprinkle on the
ground and little through each load
and my word for it, rats or mice can't
stay there. 4 pound will be sufficient
to preserve a large barn Of corn, and
it is good for stock and will not hurt
the corn for bread.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Sad Fate Of q Diver.

1t is practically certain the diver
imprisoned under seventy feet of wa
ter at the bottom of the Jersey City
reservoir is dead, yet men at the
pumps on the raft are still pumping
away with forlorn hope that they
are giving him the breath of life.
The efforts of rescuers, Including four
divers and other experts, aided by
scores of landsmen, to save one mans
life, have been ceaseless for the t irty
hours that the unfortunate man has
been lying on his back with one foot
caught between the huge lead and
wooden ball and iron dange Of the big
exhaust pipe. This ball valve had
been lowered over the mouth Of the
exhaust pipe to act as a stopper. 1t
did not fit exactly, but established a
powerful current, which sucked the
divers foot into a creyice and held
him fast. He was trying to repair
the leak VIXEN he was caught. Since 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon no signals
have come from him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Goes for Cleveland.

In the House Of Representatives
Thursday Mr.. Cochran, Democrat OF
Missouri, attacked ex-President Cleve-
land for forcing his financial policies
on the country which, he said, were
at variance with those Of the MAORI
ty Of voters, and said that Mr.. CleVe-
lands arbitrary way Of doing so was a
menace to constitutional government.
MIR. Cleveland was man whose
friendship means destruction, whose
touch means paralysis and whose sup
port means dishonor." The ex-presi-
dert had been exiled 'never again to
reinstate himself in the confidence OF
his eountrymen." He said that now
the country was returning to patriot
ism and sanity, he would commend to
those in charge of the booms Ct GER
tain men seeking the Democratic
nomination to bear in mind that one
of the most circuitous routes possible
or imaginable was certificate Of good
character from Mr. Cleveland, late
Republican president Of the United
States"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Forfeited their Bail.

The Columbia Record says the coun-
ty Of Richland is richer by 81 coo by
the order of Judge Gary Thursday
morning. The case against John Hays
ind J. H. Rice will be remembered as
the second pickpGcket affair during
last fair week. Hays and Rice were
arrested on a street car while endeaV-
oring to rob Mr.. Newham and were
first committed to Jail iu default Of
$1,000 bond each. This was after
wards reduced to $500 each and this
vas deposited in actual cash by the
mems friends the Two men being re-
leased. When the case was called at
this term of court neither was pre-
sent. Solicitor Thurmond made mo-
tion for a forfeit Of the cash to the
county and this morning Judge Gary
issued the formal order requiring the
clerk Of court to turn over the money
to the county treasurer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Fell TO Her Death.

After chatting merrily with the
other girls in the shirtwaist factory
at No. 80 Willet street New York,
Pauline Seder. a pretty young girl,
twenty-five years cl6, walked to the
open window during the lunch hour
and sat on the sill. A moment later
her body, crushed and bleeding, was
found on the sidewalk. The skull had
been crushed, and death was irstan-
teneous. Although none Of them could
say whether she had jumped or fallen,
the girls friends believe she died a
suicide from the fact that she told
some of them she did not want to live
any longer, as all of her sisters were
married and she saw no prospect OF
marriage for herself. The girls Sis
ter. Mrs. David Freedman, With
whom she lived at No. $40 Est
Eigth street, said Miss Seder had
plenty Of admirers, and she was con-
vinced the death was accidental.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
About two miles from the village of

About two miles from the village Of
Canton, Me-, is cosy, old-fashioned
farm house which is located directly
opposite a graveyard, with no other
house in sight. From the window Of
this little house nothing can be seen
except the graveyard with its gleam-
ing stones. and the hills and noun
tains round about.
The family that has been occupying
the house moved out not long ago,
declaring that they could not stand it
any longer, that they were wellnigh
distracted by the demonstrations.
When they told their story former
resident, who now lives in Hartford,
announced that ho had known for
years that the place was haunted. He
mad not told any one for fear OF the
ridicule Of bis neignborS.
The demonstrations were not only
in the house, bat in the barn and
around the premises. Regularly every
night at II O'Clock a team Of horses
rushes from the direction OF the vii
lage, rumbles over the little bridge
at a slashing gait, and then dlsap-
pears. It never reaches the house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Taylor's Opinion Of Candidate.

The Hon. Bob Toylor, Of Tennes-
see, describes the man who aspires for
public office as follows: Every hon
est man who runs for office is candi-
date for trouble, for the fruits Of po-
litical victory turn to ashes on his
lips. To me there is nothing in this
world so pathetic as candidate. He
is like a mariner without a. compass,
drifting on the tempest tossed waves
of uncertainty between the smiling
cliffs of hope and the frowning crags
of fear. He is a talking petition and
a living prayer. He is a pack-horse
Of public sentiment He is the drom-
edary of politics; and even if be
reaches the goal Of his ambition, ne
will soon feel the beak Of the vuIture
in his heart and the fang Of the SER
pent in his soul"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
A Great Discovery.

A dispatch from Washington says a
discovery which may prove to be the
most beneficial to mankind since that
of chloroform has been made by the
scientists of the Department OF Agri-
culture and will probably be placed at
the disposal Of physicians and health
officers Of the country within the next
few months. By its use it is regarded
as probable that TYPHOID fever ana chol-
era will become things Of the past: and
only the malarial mosquito and the
germs that affect mankind and the
lower animals by being introduced
into the blood through other channels
than water will be left for science TO
lind the remedy Of the preventive. II
the discovery proves to be all that it
is expected the germ of TYPHOID will be
a simple thing to kill, and all vegeta-
BILE germs that are harmful to man
kind will be at the mercy OF the chem
ical that has been found to be their
most deadly enemy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Stolen Fortune in Stamps.

With the arrest of Eddie Fay, Post
office Inspector James E. Stuart
thinks the mysteery as to the identity
Of the men who some months ago rob-
bed the Chicago postotfice Of s14, 600
in stamps, has been fully cleared up.
Inspector Stuart said that he was sure
Fay planned the whole affair and pro.
fted most by it. Fay is now IN jail
at Superior, Wis, and is to be tried
for robbiDg the postot1ice there. or
toe others implicated in the robbery
'Liud" Howlihan is in the pen!ten-
tiary at Raleigh, n. c., Tom
Turke' and Australian Mac are
now at large, and 80" Hopkins is
dead, having been killed by Dan"
kipley in a fight over a woman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
witness. he may shoot.

While the people are taught by
their leaders that it is no harm to kill
a negro suspected of crime or a white
man who has made threats, this hon.
icide mania will not stop. There are
thousands of good conservative peo-
pie who do not believe in it. but their
voice is powerless against the tide
which has been set rolling for the last
ten years.
Some of the jurors are always in
sympathy with this sentiment which
has led to the reckless taking of life,
and it is impossible to find II men
who will convict for murder. Espec-
tally is this the case when the accused
belongs to the party in control, and
which has had much to do in the elec-
tion Of judges. Men who are good
and true under ordinary circum-
stances cannot stand the pressure of
the church and partisan polite when
brought to bear in trials for murder.
so South Carolina scored 222
homicides last year. Our people
have been years working up to that
record. 1t will be decade or two
before we can retrace our steps and
get back on high plane, where hu-
man life is sacred and the man who
takes it wantonly is considered a
felon.
But just now, when one of our
leading politicians breaches the shot
gun policy for negroes at every public
meeting to which he is invited, in
this State and abroad these honicides
will continue. The old proverb, Like
priest like people, is as true as the
other.
But South Carolina will rise one
day and free herself from this charge
of wanton killing. The disgrace does
not attach to the State, but to those
men of power aud influence who hold
murderers up to honorable men, and
give them great ovations when ac-
Quilted and elect them to high and
honorable Offices. The State of South
Carolina is not disgraced by the bloody
record. New York Sun.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
The Deadly Par,or Rifle.

The eSpartanburg Herald says Thurs
day afternoon about l o'clock Mrs. G.
D. West was accidentlly shot by an
eleven-year-old negro boy named
Lewis Thornton, while she was walk
ing along in ST. Paul'S street. Thorn
ton and several other little negroes
were in a grove near he old Union
depot, some twenty or thirty yards
from the sidewalk, shooting at birds
with parlor rifle. Thornton was the
lad with the gun. Mrs. West, who
lives on Park avenue, started to visit
her sister, Mrs. J. II. O'Dell on Pine
street. Walking along in St. Paul's
street, she was suddenly struck in the
back Of the head by a bullet. The
negro boy had fred the rifle and the
bullet sped wide Of it's mark and hit
the lady. The ball struck just at the
base of the brain, behind the left ear
and entered the flesh. Medical aid
was quickly summoned. 1t is not
thought that Mrs. West is dangerous
ly injured, although the bullet has
not been extracted. She stood the
SD ock and nervous excitment remark
ably well. The negro boys disappear
ed Immediately after the occurrence.
The Thornton boy had not been ar
rested up to last night. The shooting
was purely accidental.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Served Him Right.

Sam Hunnicutt, young white man
was tried before the mayor Of Rock
Hill Monday morning on eight seper-
ate charges, the most serious Of which
was grossly indecent conduct in the
presence Of a number Of ladies. He
was convicted on each Of the counts
and was tiaed $500 or 240 days on the
county chaingang. 1t Is understood
that Hunnicutt will appeal to the cir
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Section Director Bauer's Report for
We, Ending Wednesday.

The following is Section Director
Bauer's weekly climate and crop re-
port for the week ending the l1th:
The week ending s a. M, April
Ilth, had a mean temperature Of
about So degrees which is nearly 3 &C.
grees below normal, due to cool
weather at the beginning and the
close. and warm during the middle Of
the week. The lowest temperature
along the coast ranged from 40 de-
grees at Charleston to 81 degrees at
Conway, with an extreme minimum
for the week Of % degrees at Liberty,
Pickens county. Thin ice was noted
generally on the morning Of the 4th,
and light to heavy to killing frost on
the 9TH. The frost was very damag-
ing at places, killing, or seriously in
juring peaches, figs. plums, corn and
garden truck. In many localities
fruit escaped serious injury, and IN
the commercial peach orchards of the
ridge" section, it is estimated that
three-fourths of full crop remains.
Apples and cherries suffered only
slight injury, although some cores
pondents report both destroyed. Corn
and white potatoes were nipped, the
latter killed in places. The frost was
not destructive in the commercial
truck raising districts, except to Gu
cumbers that will have to be replant-
ed, and was also ruinous to straw
berries in the interior that were left
exposed. Timely frost warning made
it practicable to cover large part OF
the strawberry crop.
Rains fell on the 9Th, Tth, Sth and
9th, but the weeks rainfall was COM
paratiyely light, averaging less than a
quarter of an inch. Scattered locali-
ties had amounts ranging from halt to
over an inch. The rainfall was entire
ly insufficient along the coast where
droughty conditions prevail, and in the
north central counties were the ground
is becoming TOO hard to plow. A gen.
eral rain would prove very beneficial.
Farm work made very rapid prog
ress. and the preparation Of lands is
we'll advanced. Planting operations
were confined largely to corn, rice and
sea- island cotton, although some up
land cotton had been planted in all
parts of the State. The soil is in ex-
cellent tilth, but the temperature has
been too low for a favorable germina-
Jion Of cotton.
Corn planting is nearly finished in
the eastern half, and is well ad-
vanced in the western parts. Consid-
erable is up to fairly good stands, with
exceptions where worms and birds
have been destructive, ncessitating
considerable replanting. Some corn
has received its first cultivation.
Rice planting made uninterrupted
progress. Lands have been prepared
for tobacco, but none will be trans
planted until the moisture conditions
are more favorable The acreage will
be much less than last year. Plants
are plentiful in beds.
Wheat and oats continue to i'm
prove slowly. but, with few excep-
tions, are in good condition. Ship
ments Of early vegetables are heavy,
and truck looks very fine, but will
soon need rain to prevent deteriora-
ton.
Apple and cherry trees are now in
full bloom in the northwestern coun-
: tipS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Disaster in British Navy.

The British torpedo boat destroyed,
Teaser, which ran ashore during the
na val manocuvers of Portsmouth
Thursday night, has been towed off
and docked. During a sham battle
during the night the Teaser's officers
we're daZzled by the searchlightS and
the boat ran at full speed into sea
walls. All Of tie crew we e saved.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Named the Man.

During the session Of the house on
Tuesday Representative BARTLETT OF
Georgia, in the course Of a speech,
said he knew who would be nominated
for president By the democrats. Upon
being asked by a republican member
who it would be, he answered.: Judge
Parker of New York" The announce
ment e.icited considerable applause
from tie democratic side,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-04-20
Killed by an Editor.

VIII Hawkins, son of Jerry
Hawkins, of Hall county: died Thurs
day at bis home in Lawson, GA.
hona, as the result OF wounds inflicted
bv the editor Of the newspaper at that
place in difficulty. The body will
arrive in Gainesville on F'iday and be
buried here. Mr.. Hawkins was q
sergeant-at-armS in the territory as
sembly at Lawson, and a gentleman
Of prominence. The shouting came
about because Of certain things pub
lished by the editor and said to re-
fleet upon Mr.. Hawkins.