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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
THE GAMBLING MANIA.
How. 1t FIaunted Itself Mt One Ttme
In the French Capital.

In the fcench SaplldA.
Some Of the old stories told Of the
gaming tables eau hardly be believed
nowadays. though they are related in
such cool. matter Of fact style by
writers Of the time as 10 show that in
the eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries the practice formed q part
OF high class social existence. Captain
Gronow relates that. having been ap-
pointed to the staff Of General Picton.
who was then starting for Brussels
lSl5). he obtained $1,000 from the ar
NV agents, which he continues. Il
took WITH me to a gambling house il
St James square, where l managed,
by some wonderful accident, to win
s6OO." With this sum ne subsequently
provided his necessary outfit.
When the allies marched into Paris
after the battle Of Waterloo, Grono"
found the Palais Royal hotbed OF
gambling-"the very heart Of French
dissipation" There were tables fol
all classes. The workman might play
with 20 sous or the gentleman with
10000 francs. The law did not prevent
any class from indulging in vice thai
assisted to fill the Golfers Of the munich
pality Of Paris The English visitors
were not slow to participate in the
play, one officer Of the guards obtaining
leave Of absence and never quitting the
Palais Royal till the time came for hiE
return to the regiment
Large fortunes were often lost a.
gambling in those days, the losers dis
appearing never more to be heard Of
Lord Thanet, for instance, who had ar
income Of S250,000 a year, lost every
farthing at play and, concludes Gro
now, "I do not remember any instance
where those who spent their time il
this den did not lose all they possess
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
FLOWERS IN MEXICO.
90 Plentiful That They Are Used Fox
Great Public Decorations.

90 Plentiful That They Are Used For
Great Public Decorations.
AS q people the Mexicans are very
fond of flowers, and every village, town
and city has its place where flowers
are sold, and many Of the larger places
have extensive flower markets. Often
the flowers brought to the market are
wild specimens found in the woods and
the fields, but all are beautiful. In
many of the smaller towns and villages
the public parks and the sidewalks OF
the streets are used as places for the
sale of flowers. Everywhere they may
be bought at surprisingly low prices.
So plentiful are flowers they are used
for great public decorations. Some
times whole parks and the fronts Of
buildings for many streets are covered
with floral decorations on feast day.
The Mexican love Of flowers has been
inherited from a long line Of flower
loving ancestors. More than a thou
sand years ago the chief feature OF
worship among the Toltecs was the
great floral Offering which was made to
the fair god once a year and which
lasted for a whole Mexican week. Dur
ing this festival one Of the features
was a great floral procession, which
trayersed the principal streets Of the
city to the sound Of musical insru-
ments. Every one in the procession
carried flowers to lay upon the altar OF
the god Or to place upon the steps or
walls Of his temple. In this procession
were princes, mobiles, priests and COM
moners. This floral festival was an
expression Of the love Of nature for
which the Toltecs were noted. Until
they came into contact with the AZ
tees later on in history they were pure
ly nature worshipers, and flowers and
fruits formed the chief part Of their
offerings. So the Mexican comes hS
his love Of flowers honestly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
LAST YEARS COTTON CROP.
II Amounted 20 Little Over Ten
Million Bales.

From New orleans the totals OF
Secretary Hester's annual report OF
the cotton crop Of the United states
were given out Wednesday evening.
They show receipts Of cotton at all
United States ports for the year,
,,2522, 222, against ',12+, l04 last year;
overland to northern mills and
Canada, $50, ,e43, against Loss, ,3s3;
southern consumption taken direct
from the interior Of the cotton belt,
1878, ,209, against l,92O,O12 making
the cotton crop of the United States
for 10000 amount to lO,0ll,S'4,
against O,127, $50 last year ana lO'-
$50, $50 the year before.
Colonel Hester has made his usual
Investigation into the consumption OF
the south and has received reports oy
mail and telegraph from mills consun-
ING cotton in the cotton growing
states, including woolen mills tnat
have ,sed cotton and the results show
a total of l,09l, 252, but OF this lO0,-
O43 were taken from ports and H.
cluded in port receipts. This shows
that the mills Of the south have used
I'D Sl,477 bales less than during
1902. .O3 and Is, 119 less than during
le0l.O2, the decrease being due to the
unsatisfactory condition OF the goods
trade and the relatively high prices OF
the raw material compared with the
manufactured product during most OF
the season.
Colonel Hester's full report will be
issued Thursday or the day after and
will contain interesting and valuable
facts, showing the consumption OF the
south by states, the takings and con-
sumption CT northern mills and the
worlds consumption Of American cot
ton. He will also give the crop by
states and facts in relation to the IN.
crease in the spindles Of southern
mills.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
His Last Poem.

The Charleston Post says the last
production of the lamented Carlyle
Mckinley was poem Of two stanzas,
which was published in The Century
for July Of this year. The poem was
published under the caption OF THE
Toilers," and was undoubtedly the
poets farewell to the world in which
he lay suffering when he wrote it..
The beautiful little poem best sums
his philosophy Of life and shows his
unperturbed spirit more clearly than
could any words Of those who mourn
the passing Of the golden hearted
gentleman whose genius inspired it:
All day the toilers sigh for rest,
Nor find il anywhere.
The sun sinks in the darkling west,
And they forget their care:
Tired hands are folded on each breast:
The Lord hath heard their pra--er.
Through ali Our lives wc pray for rest,
Nor lind it anywhere.
Then comes the Night with balmy
breast,
And soothes us unaware.
wonder much-"And is it Death,
Or but an answered prayer"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.
Crude Thoughts as They Fall from
the Editorial Pen.

A column dedicated to tired moth
ers as they join the Home Circle at
evening tide.
AS some other has expressed the
thougt before, we are deeply impress
ed with the broad sameness Of the
human lot, which never alters in the
main headings Of its history, WIS.,,
hunger and labor, seed time and har
vest, love and death. The life cur
rent which etbs and flows in human
hearts today pulsates to the same
great needs as did others in past ages,
make the world better, were among
the last words Of the good woman,
Lucy Stone. She, too, realized its
great needs. Have we added one
atom to make it better or many to
make it worse? The old year lorg
since glided silently away with its
joys and sorrcws. The records are
fled against US or in our favor, the
door is locked and barred until that
great day when all things shall be
revealed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
THE POOR Rich BOY.

Three handsome boys, about ls,
well dressed, well kept: and decent
lo,klng, passed our Office this morn
ing. They are sons OF well-to.do pa
rents-boys who have little pocket
money whether they work or not. II
the style OF clothes should completely
change in the rext thirty days each OF
these boys would have complete OUT
fit. He would go to the store and
order it, and they would be sent in. !"
They are not bad boys; they would
think nothing however of spending
two dollars at the bowling alley, and
borrowing the money from some other
boys to pay for 1t. An old gentleman
who sat in our Office and saw the boys
pass, said, Poor deVils-they have 10
show. Luck is against them" And
what he said is true. Life is a strug-
gle, success is battle, which goes to
the strong. Strength is not inherited,
blood tells. but it only tells for men
and women who have character
enough to work, to grow strong, to dig
their toes in tie ground and grapple
with life. These boys in the days when
they should be gaining moral ana
spiritual. strength are idling. When
they get into the thick Of the battle
their muscles will be iabby. Wealth
will help them little. Their education
however good, unless education trains
them to be strong, will avail them
nothing. All that will count when the
test comes will be such moral fibre as
there is in their souls. Failure will
bump them, misfortune will jestle
them. Unless they can stand up and
set their jaws and fight, they are
goners. The boy who has to work hard
with his hands, to get his education,
to get his start" in life. is training
his moral muscle for the fight. he is
ready when the shock OF combat
comes. He is full armored for the
fight; he knows what it is to stint
himself, to do without comforts and
luxuries: he is more afraid OF a crook
ed dollar than he is Of a shabby coat.
He can go without q shave week II
be hasn't the dime to pay for 1t.
Dirty bands do not keep him awake
nights, but dirty conscience would.
Such boys have a mortgage on life.
They are not the poor boys. The
poor boys" are the boys who have an
easy tine OF it. II they succeed, 1t is
sign that they have not been loafng;
it is sign that some way they have
been gaining strength. If your boy is
loahng, having good time, for
heavens sake stop him, put some dirty
clothes on him that he has earned
himself, and let him have the new
clothes only when be has paid for
them. Too many boys these days are
going to the bad because their moth
ers insist on sending them. They are
tie poor rich boys. Pity them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
Belgium Marriages.

In Belgium it is the custom to give
certificates Of marriages in the form Of
little books, which also contain sum-
mary Of the marriage laws and among
a mass Of other miscellaneous informa-
ton directions for the feeding and care
Of infants. There are also places for
entering the names and birthdays Of
the children Of the marriage, the au-
thorities CONSIDERABLY afording space
for twelve such entries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
Drowned in the Surf.

a Dispatch from Charleston to The
State says William J. Fleming, a well
known young man, was drowned
THURSDAY night while in surf bathing
off SulIivan's Island, near the place
where the beach was washed away a
few days ago. he was bathing with
a party including Miss Reynolds, to
whom be was engaged to be married
and who narrowly escaped similar
fate, being rescued from the water
in an unconscious condition. Mr..
Fleming was connected with the bag.
gage department. Of the Southern
Railway company, running between
Charleston and Columbia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

A dispatch from St. Johns: n. F.,
says the Canadian schooner Troops,
Capt. Pentz, from the Grand Banks
hshirg grounds, reports that on Aug.
20 Capt. Zimmerman, OF the fishing
schooner Colerane, reported having
spoken French barkentine, name un-
known, 40 miles off Cape Race, with
only three men left out OF a crew OF
1hirty-four, the others having been
lost while fishing with their dories.
TIE french captain begged Cipt. Zim.
hermann to board his vessel and help
him to reach this port, put the
weather was too stormy to permit
compliance with this request, and it
is feared that the French vessel and
the remainder of the crew have per-
icboG
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

In the current issue of Puck there
appears, at the head Of the editorial
page, this legend: For Emperor,
Theodore Roosevelt of New York. For
Prince Imperial, Charles Warren Fair
banks, Of Indiana. For President, Al
ton Brooks Parker, of New York. For
Vice President Henry Grassaway
Davis, of West Virginia" Thus does
this clever publication line itself up
once more with the Democrats and
another effective agency is engaged in
the good cause Of electing Parker.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
Succeeds Parker,

Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen of Brooklyn
was Thursday afternoon appointed
chief Judge of the court Of appeals Of
New York by Gov. Odell, succeeding
Judge Alton 3. Parker, resigned.
Judge Cullen is Democrat and is now
serving as an additional judge Of the
court Of appeals, a position to which
he was designated by Theodore Roose-
relt when he was governor OF New
York. 1t has been settled by the Re-
publican managers that Judge Cullen
will be nominated by the Republican
party for the position to which be was
appointed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
TONS OF POWDER RXPLoDEs.
PLAYED Havoc With Life and Prop.
erty For Miles Around.

Eight hundred kegs OF powder ex-
p,oded "Wednesday in the press room
Of the Lain and Rand powder works,
two miles east of Punxsutawney, Pa,
instantly killing one man, seriously in
juripg three others and causing costly
destruction Of property. The dead:
Leoard Bair, 81 years old.
The Injured:
Lot Bair, superintendent of the
press mill, probably recover.
VIM. Van Dyke, engineer, probably
recover.
Sheridan Valhoun, boiler tender,
believed to be fatally hurt.
The press room, which was about
forty feet square, was totally destroy
ed. Leodard Bair was in the building
at the time Of the explosion. When his
body was recovered among the ruins
after the accident, it was found that
part of his head had been literally
blown away. No other part OF bis body
was in the least mutilatcd. The three
other men were in an engine room 200
feet away from the press room. Each
was severely cut and bruised by pieces
of flying debris, and all were knocked
unconscious by the terrific force OF the
explosion. Other buildings in the fac
tory enclosure we're wrecked, and
every building within mile Of the
powder works was damaged. The resi-
dence Of Powder Boss Speno, 1000
feet from the plant, was ruined. The
cause Of the explosion will probably
never be known, as Bair was the cnly
man iu the building at the time. The
violet shock Of the explosion caused
every building in PunxSutawney to
tremble on its foundations.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

Is a curse and not blessing Speech
before Republican Club, New York
City, Feb. -, 1890.
Further documentary evidence on
Mr.. Rocsevelt's views is now being
cleaned from the Presidents writings,
and will form good part Of the cam.
paigu literature OF the Democratic
campaign managers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
BEFORE THE ELECTION.

DER Bill" wrote the candidate
to bis brother in Texas, II write to
say that l am getin' up among the
photographs. am running Il CLERK,
and the boys say l will win hands
down. There is no way to beat me.
Twenty-Five hundr d have pledged me
their suepert perS. nal,y, AID there
will be only $500 votts in the c.uDty
So you can see my majority won't
only be handsome, but orer~be m ng.
Old Carroll country is alright and the
fellow who can't rails in this neck OF
the moral vineyard has absolutely n
yeast in his anatomy. ] am writing
this on the eve Of the election and ere
these lines reach you l will be clerk
OF the good old county Of Carroll. Bill,
if you are heading anything in to-
shape Of financial assistance, don't fail
to call on your devctcd brother,
JOHN
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
Burned to Death.

At Sprignfeld, Mass, Sister Gohn
of the Little franciscan Sisters OF the
Sacred Heart lost her life Thursday
morning while trying to save that OF
her patient, Mrs. Fred Passino. An
oil stove exploded in the Passino home,
where the sister had been nurse since
Monday, and it is thought her habit
caught fire from the blazing oil. ln-
stead OF saving herself she ran to the
aid of the sick woman. The fire de-
partment rescued Mrs. Passino and
her baby, but Sister Gohn was dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

JUDGE Geo. O'Reilly died at Wash
ington last week. He was Virginia
congressman, then consul to Zanzibar
under Grant. The queen anu her at
tendants bathed daily in the surf op-
20 lite the consulate. O'Heilly object
ed. but the bathing continued.
O'Reilly with a shot gun full OF pep
per and sault thoroughly seasoned the
naked queen, and this stopped the
bathing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
,,+a-r.r~vi,,r Among Rocks,

Among the odd habits Of rocks is the
Tay that members Of the same rookery
have Of intermarrying generation after
generation. The males always choose
their wives from their near neighbors,
and if one should be so bold as to
bring home to his rookery bride from
a distance the other rocks will invari-
ably refuse to receive her and will
force the pair to build some way of.
In the neighborhood Of big rcokeries
outlying nests Of this kind may always
be found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

L1rTAUER, the presidents statute
OF limitation friend, is agail a can
didate for congress this year from a
New York district. He is the great
exemplar OF the principle Of govern
mental graft, for which Roosevelt
and his party stands.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

TOM Watson refers to Ju1g, Parker
as revised and reduced edition o.
Grover Cleveland. There is where
Watson slipped coz. We will wager
last years crows nest that when
Parker becomes president he will
never issue bends to please Morgan as
Cleveland did. Parker is Democrat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
Always Something Wrong.

Clerk PLEASE, sir, can I have a
weeks vacation? Employer-Whats
wrong with you now? Clerk-I'm going
to get married. Employer-Now, you
were away a week with influenza and
ten days with a sprained ankle. I de-
clare, there's always something going
wrong with you, Jones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

TON Watson OF Georgia, the popu-
list candidate for the presidency, is
well ixed financially. He owns s.
1i5 acres Of land and is worth nearly
fifty thousand. He made most Of his
money out OF literature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
R,,,. +o sn;t circumstances.

Bills to Suit Circumstances.
"How much will it cost me to get
diyorcew asked the man.
"That depends" replied the lawyer
absentmindedly. chow much have you
got?'-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
TIE MANS DUTY.

We see much about the duty OF
wives and mo hers, but the remarks
alb )ut husbands and fathers on this
line are very sp.ringly. God in his
Infinite mercy and love gave woman
TO man for her to love, honor and obey,
which is the natural instinct OF al
woman. Holy writ also says Husbands
love your wives as Christ loved the
church and gave himself for it. This
shows plainly tta5 woman is to be
kept pure and true by the love and
protection Of her husband. A Wife's
heart is sensitive to >eVery cold lock
from her husband. We have seen men
who would not even look at a loving
hopeful wife doing all in her power,
fer his comfort and pleasure for days
and even weeks. While he furnished
her all she needed in this worlds goods
yet he starved her heart. Just because
some neighhor had trespasSed on bus
rights or he could not meet an ob?iga-
tion OF some kind that she knew nota-s
ing Of, she must bear the burden be-
cau:e she is a poor helpless woman.
He is the one to love and cherish her.
Will God nos hold him accountable?
We say, hu bands awake to your duty
as the head Of the wife and children
in more ways than 10 demand obedi-
ence, and there will be fewer elope-
nents with other men and fewer
wives trying to hlrt with other men:
Where is the woman that Is foolish
enough to leave the true love and pro-.
tect:on Of a loving husband that loves
/ in deed and in truth. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07
a1yantaEe Mutual.

"Does family approve Of her am.
bition to q, upon the operate stage"
"Um-e--yes and no-that Is. they
approve Of her going away to sing"-
Detroit Free Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

DAVID B. Hill has announced that
be is making his last political cam
paign in his work for the election Of
Parker and that this is entirely Ia
bor OF love. He says that he will
never again seek office nor undertake
the direct Of political movements
and that be will not accept any place
at the hands of Judge Parker should
the D. mocratic candidate be elected
President. We commend Hills sensi-
BILE action to Grover Cleveland, and a
a few other has beenS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

The Republican organs are boast
ing that wheat at sl.10 bushei will
make the farmers solid for Roosevelt
and prosperity" If: asks the New
York World, "the president sent
wheat rust and other contributory
causes to short crop he is also re-
sponslble for the prospect Of dear
bread. And the bread eaters greatly
outnumber the wheat-growers in this
country"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-07

Would Have the Fun Aftervard.
His Iother-Tommy, if you fight
with little Willie Walters today shall
out you to bed for two hours. Tommy
Put me to bed now, ma