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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
BRYAN IN RUSSIA.
The "Novoe Tremya" Quotes Him a >
the Democratic Leader.

Mr.. William Bryan, the famous
American politician and rival OF the
late Mr.. William Mckinley in the two
last presidential campaigns. is now
visiting St. Petersburg. Mr.. Bryan
will not remain long in Russia. lie
will depart in u few days. He came
here as Il tourist who is interested IL
Russia and interviewed Count Leo
Tolstoi. whose writings and teachings
Mr.. Bryan says have penetrated his
heart. The eX-candidate is of middle
height, somewhat stout. with a hand
some face and clever eyes. His big
forehead and clean-shaven face remind
US a good deal of Napoleon I.
1t is to be regretted that Mr. Bryan
refused to 60 into the question Of
some sharp politics. In his early
youth, he says he became interested
in Russia. when schoolboy read
some on Russia, and l was convinced
that there awaits Russia great fu-
ture in Europe, as a great future
awaits the United States in the
new world. -
We have mentioned in our paper
more than once that OF late the Amer
ican press denounces US very bitterly.
Mr.. Bryan, when asked to give us
some explanation on this subject, re-
piled in a very resigned tone:
The United States are under en-
tirely different conditions from the
rest Of the powers. They have no
friends nor enemies. Nor do they
have any allies. And as to the
American press, Mr.. Bryan points out
that our press often criticised the
United States government. but that
it would be ridiculous to blame the
entire nation therefor. Mr. Bryan re-
called that the car, as the author OF
peace was first to call the conference
at the Hague, and has set the founda-
tion of peace in our times.
"Of course" Mr.. Bryan says. we
cannot harvest tomorrow what we
have sown today" but he hopes that
the peace-loying tune Of Russia poll.
tics will not change AT the pres
ent crisis in the far east, Mr.. Bryan
continues, when the air is full Of
war rumors, it is especially pleasing.
shall sympathetically regard Russia,
whose future is very great, and also
Japan, which stands in the road OF
progress. and it would grieve me in.
deed if these two countries should
meet in collision. All measures should
be taken to avoid this dreadful wal
but this, l fear. will not be done"
Mr.. Bryan was interested to know
about our new city administration.
He inquired about the parties in the
city hall, and whether we are satisfied
with the results Of the election, anc
what we await from the new admins
tration. He himself is a Journalist
and editor of a newspaper. The Com
moner, and its circulation is $50, ,0o(
copies. The Commoner is devoted tt
Democracy, as he is the leader of the
Democratic party in America. Mr.
Bryan is also known as the leader OF
the silver-16 to sentiment. The
American embassy is giving dinner
in honor Of its distinguished guest
St. Petersburg Noyoe Eremya.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
BOY SOMNAMBULIST'S FEAT.
With Arms Incumbered He Climbs
Tall Palm in Hawaii.

A peculiar case of somnambulism
occurred lately near Hanalei, on the
Island of Kauai, Hawaii. William
Williams, aged II years, disappeared
from his home one morning early.
When he did not return for his break
fast, nor later in the forenoon, his pa
rents became anxious and search was
made for him. After some time a ma
tive found him lyinging in the shadow
of a great boulder in a place very diff
cult Of access.
When the native saw him he gave
shout, partly to announce to the other
searchers that the boy was found and
partly to awaken the boy, who seemed
fast asleep. The shout woke the boy
suddenly, and seeing the natives black
eyes staring at him, as he afterwards
explained, he thought-a wild pig, num-
bers of which are found in the region,
was about to attack him.
To escape the boy climed tall CO.
coanut tree growing hundred yards
away, and as he did not respond or
come down when called to, the native
climbed up after him, but was kept at
bay by the boy with Pinch knife.
Finally his father came and spoke to
him, and then he came down, still in
daZed condition, nor did he fully re-
cover consciousness until he had been
taken home and put to bed.
He then had but very dim con-
sciousness of his experience. All the
circumstances indicate that he had
risen from bed early in the morning,
put on his working clothes, taken
three books which had been presented
to him under his arm, and long
knife used in cutting ferns, and start
ed for the woods; where he cut a
quantity Of ferns, and carried them to
where he was found by the native.
When startled by the shout of the lat
ter he still kept his books under his
arm and his knife in his hand, and
climbed the cocoanut palm to the very
top, distance of 10 or so feet, most
difficult feat to perform, even to the
natives with their hands empty and
their arms free.
The boy was never known to walk
in his sleep before, but is supposed to
have been suffering from nervousness,
following an attack of dengue fever.
The boy had never climbed a cocoanut
palm before. Francisco Chroni-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
DEN0UECEs MOB LAW.
Gov. Herward Appeals for More Ade.
quate Law Against Lynching.

A few days ago The State announc-
ed that Gov. Hayward had been moved
very strongly by the lynching in Dor
chester and that ne would take some
steps to have the crime punished.
Just what he intended to do was not
known until Wednesday, when he pre-
sented to the general assembly the
following special message, which made
strong impression upon the men,
berS:
To the Honorable the Gentlemen Of
the General Assembly:
In my annual message to your hon
orable body reference was made to
lawlessness in our State, the frequent
occurrence of lynchings being dealt
with particularly. The necessity of
respect being paid to the law by civil
lied communities was urged IN TINS
connection. You, the lawmakers,
had not been assembled here a week
when another evidence of this laWless
spirit is given in the lynching at
Reevesyille.
The governor is popularity credited
with the power to prevent or punish
these outrages against the State. In
reality he is practically powerless.
When notified, he may sometimes
Illustrate the mob by the employment
of troops, but when the crime has
been committed his hands are practi-
cally tied. The meagre rewards he
has been empowered to offer out Of
his contingent fund have proven inef-
fectual. and this is as far as he is per-
mitted to 60. In the meantime the
spirit of lawlessnesS is unchecked.
Any band of lawless men may feel
secure in taking the life of fellow
being on almost any pretext. This
deplorable condition ought to be
remedied. To compel greater respect,
for the majesty of the law / recon-
mend The enactment Of special legis-.
lation in reference to lynching, that
the great responsibility Of officials di-.
4 rectly charged with enforcing the law.
be brought home to them, and that
more effectual measures be taken for.
the apprehension Of persons who take
the law in their own hands.
) In lieu of some such legislation, i
suggest that the governor be provided
: with an adequate fund for the purpose.
of suppressing lynching-a fund that
may be used in offering suitable re-
, wards or in obtaining evidence against
lynchers in such manner as maybe.
deemed best.
sincerely regret the necessity for
; this and am not desirous of additional
responsibilities, but | will not shirk
any duty that the general assembly
may see fit to impose for the welfare
and good name of South Carolina.
D. G. HEYWARD, -
January 20, 1904. Governor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
a STRANGE WILL.
Gives His Money to the Church In
stead OF His Family.

II, William W. Kendall, Kansas
City, being of sound mind and memo
ry, realizing my obligation to- my
family and my God, never forgetting
the debt Of gratitude l owe my Heav-
enly Father for the gift of his dear
Son, Jesus Christ, who left His home
in heaven and came to earth, taking
upon Himself the sins Of the whole
world, expiating them on the cross,
that whosoever believeth in Him
might not perish, but have eyerlast-
ing life, and that includes me: hence
I make this, my last will and tesla
ment.
William Worth Kendall, who was
a shoe manufacturer of this city: pro-
ceeds after this prelude to his will
filed here for probate, to leave SIS, 900
each to his wife. Emily c. Kendall,
and his four children, and to the
Methodist church s250,000, the resi-
due of his estate.
The will continues:
1t is my will that the balance Of
my estate. one quarter million dollars,
shall be held in trust as sacred fund,
the income of which shall be used for
the building of Christ's Kingdom on
earth under the auspices of the Meth
odist Episcopal church. The fund
shall be called the William ". Ken
dali fund OF the Methodist Episcopal
church.
1T is my will that this fund shall
be divided among the benevolent en-
terprises Of the Methodist Episcopal
church as follows: Ten twenty
fourths the board of church extension
of the Methodist Episcopal Loan
fund: three twenty-fourths. the Ma
sons society OF Southern Educational
society: three twenty-fourths, educa-
tional fund: three twenty-fourths,
permanent fund for worn-out preach
erS.
a clause in the will directs that if
any of the beneticiaries attempts to
break it, his or her share shall be re-
duced to 81.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
Tragedy or a Plantation About Seven.
Miles from Aiken.

A dispatch to The State says a ne:
gro named Jim Stevens, living on Mr.
J. D. Prothro's place about seven miles
below Aiken, was Shot and killed by
Mr.. Jackson Tanning, an oyerseer for
Mr.. Prothro, Tuesday afternoon JAN.
10. Mr.. Tanning was here Tuesday
and stated that the trouble arose over
dispute with the negro about water;
ing the stock. The negro was imper-'
tinent and Mr.. Tanning reprimanded
MIN. The negro cursed Mr.. Tanning
and advanced upon him with an open
knife in bis hand, and Mr.. flaming
drew his pistol but slipped it in his.
pocket and struck the negro with a;
stick. The negro than ran to his.
house and others standing by told
Mr. flaming that he had better be
careful for Stevens would kill him If
be had to waylay him.
Mr.. Fanning did not believe that
the negro would trouble him again,
out he went home and got his shot
gun and came out to the gate. En-
the meantime Stevens had gotten his
shotgun and came back to Mr. Stew
ems place, stopping on the way and
trying to buy some buckshot. The
negro crouched behind a wagon shed
and tried to get a shot at Mr.. Fan
ming who had dropped behind the
fence when he saw the negro coming
After the negro came his wife, who
screamed and begged him not to kill
Mr.. flaming. Mr.. Tanning, think
ing that perhaps the woman was
maneuvering against him also, turned
his head towards her when Stevens
shot him and ran. Mr.. Fannjng's
face and head and hands we're pep
pered with bird shot, but as the me-
gro ran off he shot him twice and
killed him almost instantly.
Mr.. flaming is a young man, un-.
married, and seems to be quiet and
orderly: and tells his story in straight
forward manner. He has been work.
ing for Mr. Prothro only a few months
out his employer speaks well Of him.
His home is in Williston where he
has many friends. And while he re-
yrets getting into trouble there is no
doubt that be killed the negro in SELF
defense. The coroner'S inquest was
held Tuesday but the verdict is not
Cet known
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

MRS. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch" has just bought $40, 900 resi-
dence in Louisville. This does not
mean that the famous lady who found
it impossible to be other than cheerful
is to change her dwelling place among
the railroad tracks for one in a.
fashionable section of Louisville. It
means that Mrs. Alice Hogan Rice,
who brought Mrs. Wiggs" before
the public, has invested portion OF
the goodly sums she has received in
royalties on her books and their dram
aJiZation in a home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
He Will Preach.

Chas. B. Bobo. Il prominent mer-
chant OF Laurens, has sold his home
and business and has gone with his
family to Louisville, KY, where he
will take course in the Baptist
Theological seminary preparatory to
entarinr the ministry,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
SOME SURPRISING FIGURES.
The Governor Of Mississippi Says
Education Ruins the Negro.

AtJackson, Miss, on Tuesday, 10th
instant, in his inaugural address
before a joint session Of the Mississ-
ippi legislature, Gov. James X. Yard
aman declared that the growing ten
dency IF the negro TO commit criml.
nal assault on white women is nothing
more or less than the manifestation
OF the racial desire for social equality.
Ia strong terms he declared that edu-
cation is the curse of the negro race
and urged an amendment to the State
constitution that will place the dis
trlbution Of the common school fund
solely within the power Of the legis-
lature Continuing his discussion of
the negro question Gov. Eardaman
sail:
AS a race he is deteriorating NOR
ally every day Time has demonStrat-
ed that he is more criminal as a free
man than as slave. that he is in-
creasing in criminality with frightful
rapidity, being one-third more crilni-
nal in 1890 than he was in 1880.
The startling facts revealed by the
census show that those who can read
and write are more criminal than the
illiterates, which is true of no other
element Of our population. l am 40
vised that the minimum illiteracy of
the negroes is found in New England,
where it is 2l.7 per cent. The maxi
mum was found in the black belt
Louisiana, Mississippi and South Car
olina-where it is 6I.1 per cent. And
yet the negro in New England is four
and one-half times more criminal, 100
for 100, than he is in the black belt.
In the south, Mississippi particularly,
l know he is growing worse every
year. You can scarcely PICK up a
newspaper whose pages are not black
ened with the account of an unmen-
tionable crime committed by negro
brute, and this crime, want to i'm
press upon you, is but the manifesto
tion of the negro'S aspiration for So
cial equality, encouraged largely by
the character of free education in
vogue which the State is levying
tribute upon the white man to main
tain.
The better class Of negroes is not
responsible for this terrible condition
nor for the criminal tendency Of their
race. Nor do wish to be understood
as censurlng them for it. l am not
censuring anybody, nor am l inspired
by ill-will for the negro, but In
simply calling attention to most un-
fortunate and uncomfortable condition
OF affairs. What shall be done about
it?
My idea is that the character OF
the education for the negro ought to
be changed If, after years Of earnest
effort and the expenditure of fabulous
sums of money to educate his head,
we have only succeeded in making a
criminal out of him and i'm periling his
usefulness and efficiency as laborer,
wisdom would suggest that we make
another experiment and see if we can
not improve him by educating his
hand and heart. There must be a
moral SubStIatum upon which to build
or you cannot make desirable citi-
zen
The governor also declares that the
people Of the nation should rise up
and demand the repeal of the fifteenth
amendment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

MAJ. Henry a. Meetze died at his
home in Lexington few days ago
aged 81. lie was for many years in the
state legislature, most of the time as
senator, and was a member of the
fraud commission that investigated
and settled the debt Of the State in
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
Tired OF Life.

Col. John II. Bacon, - years old,
former mayor OF Colorado Springs,
Co.., committed suicide by shooting
himself on Sunday because of bad
health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
Too Sensitive.

Rather than face his creditors,
Harry S. Twambly, Biddeford, Me-.
ieweler. ended his life on Monday
with a dose Of cyanide Of potassium.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
MANY WANT IT.

The next election was for two mem
bers of the beard of directors Of the
StateiPenitentiary. Curiously, for an
Office with so little compensation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
He Is Right.

w. G. Hammond, an Anderson far.
mer, gave his check for 500 on Mon
day for Anderson's share in the ex-
penses Of the State immigration socle'
ty. He says the immigration move
ment is the most important that has
been launched in the state since the
war
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
The Georgia Mule.

The Augusta Chronicle says the
Georgia mule scored again Wednesday
when one of that species, while being
led through the streets, of Columbus,
Ga, kicked fire alarm box of a post.
This broke the circuit which turned
IN an alarm and the fire department
was given a hard and useless run.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

RUSSIA and Japan are still gr0wl'
ing at one another
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

Capt. w. J. Kirk, well known
civil engineer, died at his home in
Cokesbury on Monday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

N~N
The joint assembly was called to
order at II o'clock by Lieutenant Gov.
Sloan Clerk Hemphill announced
the purpose Of the joint assembly and
ORDER Of elections.
Mr.. Sloan announced that the first
election was that OF an Associate
Justice for eight years. to fill the
position now held by Associate Justice
Charles A. Woods, Of Marion.
Senator Brown nominated Mr.
Woods for reelection and Senator
Stackhouse seconded the nomination.
The roll being called, showed that
every member and Senator present
voted for Mr.. Charles A. Woods, and
having received the unanimous vote,
President Sloan announced the cleo
tion Of Mr. Charles a. Woods as Asso-
ciate Justice for the term OF eight
wears
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27


When the joint assembly met again
at S o'clock the first elections were for
two trustees Of the South Carolina
College. There were two positions on
the board. to be filed. Mr.. Julian
Mitchell, of Charleston, who has SER
we'd so efficiently as a trustee for eight
years, declined to stand for re-elec-
tion. His service to the South Caro-
lima College has been effective and
efficient, but be wished to retire and
the College reluctantly loses him as a
trustee Mr.. Robert P. Hamer, j.,
an alumnus Of the College, and re-
Gently president of the Alumni Asso-
citation, was elected in Mr.. Mitchelal
place Mr.. c. E. Spencer, of York,
was reelected on the board without
opposition.
The next election was for three
trustees for Clemson College. Mr.,
Jesse II. Hardin was renominated.
Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger was named
for the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Mr.. GarriS. There was no
nomination for the third place. Presi-
dent Sloan asked for nominations and
kept on asking, and finally Mr.. Nor
gan jumped up and nominated his
friend, Capt. Ivy NJ Mauldin. There
seemed to be absolutely no one in
charge Of the matter and later on,
after it was too late for remedy, it
was found that Mr.. L. A. Sease's term
had expired and that no one knew Of
it. Mr.. SeaSe was one Of the first
graduates Of Clemson At first it was
urged there were only two places TO
I'LL, but President Sloan said the reSo-
luton called for three places, and he
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
KILLED BY AN OYERSEER.

January 20, 1904. Go
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27

One time. the eloquent l.. y. Z.
Lamar wrote, in concluding letter
analyzing or paralleling Washington
and Lee. with the pen Of Plutarch,
that the latter belongs to civilization:
Aye, he belongs to civilization!
But let it not be forgottsn-for such
will be the record of impartial history
that it was the Southern type OF
civilization which produced him.
And now that a sublime self-im-
notation has fixed him on the topmost
pinnacle of fame, let his immortal
image look down forever on the ages,
the perfect representative Of the
mighty struggle, the glorious purpose
and the long-sustained moral principle
of the heroic race from which he
sprung.
Never let us despair of the republic
while such spirit shines along the
foremost files Of Time and such
heroic blood and forces remain
I'VE front the sun and on the purple
ridges
The virgin future lifts her wells of
snow:
Look backward, and an arch Of splen-
dor bridges
The gulf OF long ago.
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
ASK Your Druggist for free Peruna Almanac for 1904.
TOOK HIsX IN COUGHING.
Dangers Tha: ConsumEtives Fun In
Getting Shaved in Colorado.

Dangers Tha: consumFtives Fun In
Getting Shaved in Colorado.
The maa in the chair coughed sud
denly and Unexpectedly. Don't 90
that again" exclaimed the barber,
with an uawaT"anted display Of rita
ton. The MAT in the chair resented
in somewhat lurid language this re-
strictio1 cf his personal liberty and
tntima.2d that he would cough when
ever he felt like it. "All right, then,
cough your head off, but don't blame
me If l cut you," returned the barber.
There was nc coughing, how
ever, and the man in the chair made
his escape without injury. But as he
paid his check at the desk. he re,
marked to the boss barber:
Say, you wan. to give soma nerve
tonic to the fello;g who just shaved
me-"
"Oh, don't mind him." replied the
boss. Hes from Colorado and he's
used to shaving consumptives. He was
telling me the other day that he's been
in the business for over twenty years
and has shaved everything from a
16-year-old boy to an -~octogeGarian
drunkard, but his nerve went back on
him when he drifted into Colorado
Springs, and started to shave the coz
sumptives who hang cut there. Eyer
since then a man with a cough gites
him cold chilIs. Out there, he tells Ihe,
not q day goes by that some 'iuuser'
doesn't get a sash in his throat While
being shaved"
The Opelousas courier., 1904-01-09
QUEER FACTS ABOUT RAIN.
One Catches Less water by walkInl

One Catches Less Water by Walking
Than Running In a Downpour.
do you know" said the observant
citizen, "the habit Of running through
the rain is based on a definite fallacy?
It is a common habit. But does 1t tend
TO minimize the amount of water fall
Ing on q person exposed to the rain?
| am convinced that 1t rather agra
rates the situation. BY experience, In
passing the distance of adlock, run
ming n time and walking the other,
and at times when tie rainfall Was
about the same, / found that my
clothes picked up water and
were consequently damper when ] COW
cred the distance in q ruiz than they
were when I walked.
There seems to be a good reason
for the rather curious fact. Rain falls
~lrregularly. Sometimes there Is a
space Of i've or six inches between
The falling drops, as we have noticed
on snnootk:surfaces, like a stone flag
ging, and again only the fraction OF
an inch will separate the drops. Water
occasionally falls in sheets, but this
Is not usual. But while the fall is ir-
regular, considered with respect to the
perpendicular lines described in the
descent, looking straight ahead and
through the lines we will find before
US q sheet OF water that is wel1-nigh
solid. We can understand that run
ming against this sheet of water will
have very much the same effect wind
would have IL its direction forced the
rain into our faces. We simply pick
up the water and the fact that the
spaces between the drops, p~erpendic-
ularly considered, are greater than the
spaces in any given direction horizon
tally will explain to us the fallacy OF
the whole thing