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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Crum is Confirmed.

Th nomination OF W. D. Cum, q
negro, to be collect for the pert Of
Charleston, S. c., vas confined by
the senate in executive session Friday
By a vote OF 33 to II. Crum has been
nominated by the president three
times and in addition to these nomi-
nations has received three recess ap-
pointments, and is now serving under
the last OF these. Confirmation vas
opposed by Senator Tillman, Eho ob-
jsctsd to the appointment OF Y negro.
Senator Tillman made a speech de-
voted almost entirely to the question
Of the constitutional right OF the
president to make recess appoint.
nent when no actual recess had oc-
CURED, the senate having adjourned
one session and begun another at noon
Of the same SaY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Found His Dead Body.

The body Of Neil S. Phelps, the
capitalist OF Battle Creek, Mich, who
mysteriously disappeared a numbe,
Of weeks ago, and who later supposed
to have been located in British Colum-
bia, was found Wednesday badly de-
CON- posed in the river there. Phelps
vas the construct1r Of a sanisarium
here bearing his name and was prom
inent in the food industry. II 1903
his Affairs became involved and be
vas given year in which to Straigh.
ten out the tangle. 1t was just be.
fore the expiratio1 Of this year that
be disappeared. Soon after Phelps
disappeared it was discoveted that
$4,000 OF stock in publishing house
that Phelps was interested in had
been forged and Used to secure loans
frlm banks in Adrian, Teoumaeh and
in taiS city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
The Unloaded Pistol.
ers to Ten Thousand 1ien.

A dispatch from Holly Hill to The
State says Jim Russell, the l4.year-
old son OF Mr. T. S. Russell, who re.
resides nearaclly Hill, accidentally
shot himself Thursday morning with
the proverbial ''unloaced pistol" In
taking his fathers old pistol, which
was believed to be unloaded,
from a bareau drawer it was acci.
dentally discharged, the ball pasSlng
through his hard and entering MS les
just above the knee The ball was
not taken out but the boy Is resting
quietly Thursday night. The wounds
are not thought to be serious, but
will be some time In healing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Fiendish DePrayi7y?

Gov. Vardaman, of Mississippi,
after an Investigation OF the whipping
OF Convict Howell OF Sergeant Pickett
at the Rankin peniteptiary said: The
punishment inflicted upon this un-
fortunate convict was dendish and
betokens d. praVity which Would dis
grace the most abandoned criminal in
the penitentia7y." Ths governor has
employed counsel to pros scute Pickett
in the State courts. Pickett, whose
time as sergeant has expired, Is very
defiant anG is not apprehensive OF
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Falls Dead.

a special from Yorkville to The
State says Mr.. Napoleon A. Sinrll,
while sitting on a mule at his resi-.
dence two miles east OF YorkV1lle
Tuesday afternoon, had an attack OF
heart trouble and fell dead, Mr..
Sinril witnessing the sad occurrence.
Mr. Simril was one Of the most s1c.
cessfui and enterprisIng men Of York
county, and was highly esteemed by
his many frieods. BE leav:s Wild
ow, one son and two daughters. One
of the latter is a student at Winbhrop
college.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
In Good Shape.

Special dispatches from Tckio say
that tie Port Arthur garrison wss
marshalled at O'Clock Thursday
morning at Yahutsui in accordance
with tie terms Of the supplementary ,
agreement. The Standards Port Ar
thur correspondent reports that tie
town appears to have been a lit e
damaged by the bonbardm9nt. Car
riages and ricksna rs, be says, a:e
moving about with Well Or. ssed pe0-
pie who apparently are anything but
starved. The ruined forts resemble
hills shaken by mighty convuision
and in many cases cvesy trace OF the
works las disappeared.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

THERE was something over three
hundred homicides in the city OF New
York during the past year. Other
northern cities are about as bad, yet
the papers up there ever fail to read
us lorg lectures on orr lawlessness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
CALHOUN CCUNcY.
Carried the Election by @n Over
whelmin& Majority Last Week.


The people in the territory involved
have declared in favor OF the estab.
!ishnent OF Calhoun county. The elec.
tion appears to have been overwheln-
iogly in favor Of the new county and
it is but left to the legislature to rat
F! ify that action. A dispatch to The
State Wednesday night from its cor.
respondent at Mccormick says Re
turns from election Tor establishment
Of Calhoun couoty show an over
whelming majority, beyond the two
thirds n q1ired by the constitution.
Retuccs sho" the following figures:
Atbeyille, a7es 246, nays II; Eige.
field, ayes 237, nays s5; Greenwood,
ayes so, nays IL. This makcs a total
Of 551 for the establishment OF the
new county against l47 in opposition. :"
There was considerably more than a
two. thirds majority in the territory
in each Of the counties affected. Ths
States correspondents at Eige6eld
and AbbeVille corroborated these
figures.
The lines OF Calhoun county as pro-
posed this year are as follows: The
line Of the proposed new county will
run from the mouth of Stevens creek
on the Savannah river and up the
Savannah river to point opposite the
lower end OF Cedar Island, the line
running south 80 degrees east l,4l2
chains to stake On Greenwood ccua-
ty line, thercs along the lover line OF
Greenwood county south II 3 de.
grses east 40 chains to mile post crl
&C. s. ". G. railroad near c. NJ. Sibert's
thence along straight line to the Till
man White place, thence to the house
Of ". T. Lovelace, thence across CUT
feetown c:ees at point near China
Grove Place, thence along the line Of
Edgefeid ard Greenwood county line
to iron pin in Martintown road, thence
GOWN Ma-sintown road to centre point
Of upper bridge over Turkey creek,
thence along the middle line OF Tur-
key creek to Big Stevens creel,
theEce along tee middle line of Big
Stevens creek to the mouth OF saii
creek, at Savannah river, the point Il
beginning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

TIE modern iocom otive costs Sl5,-
600 or $4,000, according to size and
equipment. Tie passenger locomotives:
in former days were embellished with:
extra brass work and trimmings, the
bright parts were kept by the iremen
in a state ofglttering efulgence, and
the passenger engine cost more than.
the freight engine. Nowadays, the.
trimmings are not put on, and the:
passenger engine, being lighter
costs less than the mammoth freis shter%
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Charter Fees.

The annual report Of the secretary
of state has about been completed
and he figures regarding the fees re-
ceiVt have been made available. The
tota. show that the amount of fees
rece; red fer 1904 was slightly under
that OF 1908, when the total was
s18, 90, but this is explained by the
fact hat the majority Of the ccm-
pani. S organized this year were small
ones with capital averaging $40, 600,
while the year previous there we're
many new cotton mills and other
large corporations formed. The fig
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

TIE Haytians have solved the prob.
lem Of what to do with ex-presidents
in their own peculiar way. They have
condemned former President Sam to
imprisonment for He at bard labor
for the alleged issue Of fraudulent
bonds. Even Madame SAM is SEN.
tencad to fifteen years imprisonment,
and several members Of Sans minis.
try and other high functionaries have;
been condemned to terms OF imprison-
meh0 ranging from five to fifteen
years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Embezzied Pension Money?

Mr.. D. II. Alexander, funeral pen
sion examiner Of savannah, arrived at
Beaufort Wedres day morning and
caused the arrest CT Peter Watson,
c)loreI, Of St. Helena Island, on the
c!la.ge OF embezzilng censiCn moaey
baIongirg TO sone minor children. 1t
is charged that, as guardian OF the
minors, OF B. Chaplin, Watson aporo-
priated some Of th money to his own
use. He was given hearing before
Uaited States Commissioner J. OH.
Saneers and was l-eld in bond in the
SIM of $500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

HAVE ne put democrat or a re-
publican in the White House?'' No
question has been more frequently
asked by re pub.icans than this, and it
has been reiterated more than ever:
since the president sent to congress
the annual report Of Commissioner OF.
Corporations. Garfield who adopts, as
his chief recommendation, after a
years study Of the subject Of Federal
control Of trusts, a scheme first pro-;
posed by William J. Bryan alta civic
federation banquet in Chicago, six OF.
seven years ago. 80 #
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
The Great Need.

Tue jacksonville Metrapolis says:
Educate tie youth at hazards Is our
advice. II parents will not send their
children to school let q law be enact
ei to make them do it, and every
child will in thee coming years sing
the praise and proclaim tee blessings
Of their benefacto.S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
LUCKY BABIES
& TERRIBLE STORM.
Grea. Snow Drifts Piled Up in New
! TOrk's Streets.

Greas Snow Drifts Piled Up in New
Tosk's Streets.
A dispatch from New York says
not in several years has New York
been visited by storm o; such pro
portious as that which commerceG
Tuesday and continued until early
Wednesday. Nine inches Of snow l..
paralyzicg traffic, and the marked
drop ia the temperature brought un
told suffering to the ci5y's poor. Tue
biizzlrd caused seven d aths in New
York and vicinity, while many per
sons, overcome by the cold, dropped
to the street, some Of them receiving
fractured bones.
The storm began with an icy slee:
which struck to car rails a3d caused 9
speedy abandonment Of railroad ant;
trolley schedules. The slee5 coVere;:
the sidewalks and streets with ice anc
rendered them almost impossible
Scores OF horses fell and many were S:
badly injured that they lad to bt
killed. A tue snow succeeded the slee1
and, aided by the wind, soon piled W
drifts th:lt shut of many suburban
points from the city.
Five OF the seven men who met
death from the results Of the storm
died from exposure, another slipped
on the icy platform Of an elevated
station fel! in front OF an approaching
train and was ground to pieces. Ths
seventh, L. W. Eiler, conductor o;
the Pennsylvania rAilroad, blinded b.
the driving snow, stepped in front CT
the "Congressiona! Limited" train,
South boy, N. j., and was instant
ly killed.
Tae decentralization of the surfac:
car service played havoc with thos::
soirg to business. The ele7ated trains
-an infra luently, throwing the bull:
II tae rstflo from the upper districts;
Of the city to the subway. Eveo The;
underground road did not escape the
storm. At the Times Square s1a ion
snow d:;fted IN, forming drift five
feet high and 1t was impossible for
people to use the station until the
snow mad been cleared away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

Soon after he was elected President:
Roosevelt declared his conviction that
the tariff should be revissd and inti-.
mated that he would call a special
session next spring to perform the
work. Now be admits that he has:
been talked out Of calling special:
session In the spring but adds that he
may do so in the fall The Spartan
burg Journal says the truth IS that
influential stand patters' are t5feat-
ening the president and declaring
that If he persists in. the policy of
tariff revision he will disrupt his party
as badly as did Mr.. Cleveland during
bis last term"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Postal Clerks Dismissed.

". z. Crismon I'D ". e. Stokes,
clerks n the Portsmouth postofice,
were dismissed fICm the service
Thursday by Postmaster Butt. This
action wes ordered by the post tfic7
department upon recommendation o.
the civil service commission, before
which ooth had beel tried for alleged
Irregularities in thesr examination be-
fore the civil service commission in
Portsmouth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

The farmers should get together
and stick together. In no other way
will they be able to protect their best
interests. .ganization is shat they
need and what they must have II they
want to accomplish anything in their;
efforts to raise the price Of cotton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

Iowa has record year in banking
Of the wrong kind. Forty banks
wrecked, sl2, 900, coolest to depositors,
10 suicides Of bank officers, and two
cases OF fight with bank funds. Near
ly every failed bank held considerable
amounts OF the paper of live stock
dealers and cattle prices slumped,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

Iy 81 900, 900 day at times. The lat
ter mint, being the only one which
makes cents and nickels, also turred
out s25,00U,000 a month in th,se
coins part Of the year.
Marshall Field shattered all previ-
Gus records in taxpaying. The Chicago
merchant paid on an assessed proper
ty valuation Of $40, 900, 900, which
placed him at the hea Of heavy tax
payers in the United States.
LUCKY BABIES.
The youngest baby in the world tc
start life with a bank account was
Hiram Goldstein Of New York, $40
having been place! to his credit one
hour after bis birth. Little Miss
Widener OF Philadelphia received TIE
handsomest birthday gift; at the ags
OF three she received checks for
$500, 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Got Him at Last.

a dispatch from Charlotte, N. c ,
says: viii Harris, a noted negro
critical, who esca ped from the States
prison about year ag). under 80
year sentence for bsrn burning and
wso was some months ago outlawsd
by magistrates proclamation, was ar
rested in Salisbury Tuesday. While
at large in tois county Harris created
veritab.e reign Of J>rror in the Sec
tion In which he was known to stay
Many farmers STAYED up all night to
guard their premises against his
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

TIE Augusta Chrc nicle says: THE
bucket-shop gamblers may buy and
sell paper cotton" 10 their hearts
delight, but the farmers and cotton
factors are still In possession OF
spots" and spot cotton Is what
counts in the present game.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

BROTHER Holmes, Of the Barnweli
People, gives this sound advice: Turn
over the new leaf and pin 1t down,
good. It is better to let it alone than
to turn it over and then turn back to
the old way, for backslider Is gen.
orally goner.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
Will be Inipeached.

After 3 thorough Investigation tie
house OF representatives has ordered
the impeachment Of Federal Judge
S9ayne of Florida for high crimes and
misGeueapors,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

PORT Arthur has at lest fallen and
the heroic Russian defenders Of the
post have at last yielded to superior
numbers and resources.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
a RECORD IN sPELLBINDING.

Shrewd guessers naturally would
pick Indiana as the scene Of the latest
record breaking in political oratory.
In the last campaign Congressman
Lands delivered so speeches IN less
than a month. This long distance
speubinding produced two results
bis own reelection and threat affec-
tion which temporarily licked his
jaws.
Miss Maggie Albany'S ranarkaol
achievement as a Sunday school pu pil
brought her a gold watch early in
1904. For . years, without a single
derelicsion, she had attended the SER
vices Of the Etentzsr Methodist Sun
day school il Philadelphia. Sac De-
gan at the age OF 8 years.
II die 1T So" said proudly, it
will be a. seventy seven years record. -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
TGE BIGGEST LOBSTER.

The biggest lobster ever seen in
Chicago arrived from the Atlantic
coast in November. 1t weighed IS
pounds aud ounces, was over eight
feet lorg AID had claws Is inches in
length. The dealers estimated it's
age at 100 years. ~AS it died on the
way, a iue lot OF salad was missing.
Monster, a ribbon bedecked Iowa
Steer weighing $3.50 pounds, brcke
ali records for hef1 at the live stock
show in Chicago.
Beef at 36 cents a pound "on the
hoCf" was the un orecendented prlce
paid at this show for the champion
steer. Clear Lake Jute, exhibited by
the University of Minnesota.
The largest rabbit hunt Of the year
took place in Oregon in January,
when it was reported that 10000 cot
tortails were killed, some 700 men
AID women participating in the
slaughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

The other vas photograph Of the
Chicago Board OF Trade, showing
the bulls and bears clamoriog in the
pit at fever heat. Twelve rounds OF
hashlight powder being distr buted at
$50 different points around the pal
cony and islited. simultaneously by
eiact rici,V
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
AMBITIOUS WOMEN.

Miss Annie S. Peck Of Chicago re-
turned from South America with new
laurels as mountain climber. Among
her teats was the ascent Of SoEata,
the Bolivian mountain, from 20, 200
to 25, 200 feet high. She surpassed
the best previous marks by going
within 500 feet Of the tor. She had
many narrow escapes, but next year
will go climbing again.
Nothing on earth tco high fcr an
ambitious woman she said.
The largest bottle ever blown was
made last year at tie Illinois glass
works at Alton. It was wiEe tot
tie seven feet high, and WlS made for
q wine exhibit.
GIANT PHOTOGRAPHS.
In the years harvest OF oddities
two ENORMOUS Photographs cua 20
mean figure. One was picture OF tie
Cult OF Naples, made by Berlin
company and showo al 81. Louis. 1t
was 80 feet long and feet 1igh-o:.e
largest photo graph eVer produced il
the world.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11

The total nun Der Of postal orders
Issued by the govarnnen5 during the
last fiscal year pissed the 10000, 000
mark fer :he first time in history, the
gross revenue OF the business being
50, ,626,6116.
Records for co:ni7g gold currency
at cle lainss il Philadelphia, San
francisco and Nzw OrlearS exceeded
all former marks, the output OF
Philadelphia alone aggregating near
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
RECORDS IN WRITING.

Miss Mae Csrrington Of Springfield,
Mass, in a tEpewriting contest at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
made record Of 100 words minute
b!indtolded. at the St, Louis fair,
S. F. Cole OF Catsklll, n. Y, broke
the worlds record for the greatest
number OF words II seven continuous
hours CT ty ypewriti0g. His total was
%, 944 words, al average Of nearly IS
woroS minute.
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York set
a lively gait in autograph work By
Signing bis nane $1,000 times IN a
new issue Of city bonds. Mr.. Aim
strong, assistant secretary Ct the
treasury at Washington, bas signed
his name 20 official documents more
than 5000 times a day with pen,
but often be had to resort to mas sage
to keep his arm ii working order.
Ina contest by Chicago bank erks
Lemoyne S. Hatch proved the adage
that practice makes perfect By count
ing total OF S6. coo in notes OF vari.
Gus denominations in tue record
breaking time Of 2l:06 ).
The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-10
CHAPTER X.

A night had passed, and the island
OF Martinique lay browsing in the
sieepiness of midday. In Fort Royal
bay, before the sleepy town, lay three
ships at anchor. The one nearest
snore was a brigantine. beautiful in
model and French in build; she car
ried long eighteen-pounder amid
ships, and her bulwarks were pierced
for lighter guns. This was the BLACK
Petrel." and she displayed the Ameri-
can ensign, now hanging limp in the
motionless air, as were the like colors
shown by the Condor" rocking near
by in the lazy tide.
Down in the luxuriously furnished
cabin of the brigantine, Laro and La
titte. seated, and in earnest CONVEX
satlon, paused occasionally to scruti-
nize this craft
Perhaps she means no mischief"
muttered the former; but the very
flag she flies, and the red showing on
her decks are enough to set my teeth
on edge"
You say you heard ashore last
evening, as did l., that she stopped
only to fill her water butts, and is
bound farther south"
Lafitte laid down the glass, and
laughed little bitterly; but he made
neither reply nor comment
Did old De Cazeneau seem inclin-
ed to treat his granddaughter with
kindness?' Laro inquired, after a
short silence, and as if considering it
wise to change the subject
yes, for all could see; and he is
likely to do so while she makes no
demand upon his gold"
Laro uttered an oath and drained
his glass.
THAT man has been growing more
ard more miserly ever since his pretty
daughter ran away with that cursed
Englishman, and l have often thought
it might have been money in my
pocket if l had let Stanley's blood out
of his veins the night of the COVER
The Holly chieftain., 1905-02-10
$ ball before he lavanted with the

hor's ball before he lavanted with the
girl"
Jean let this pass without remark !;
but, as Laro replenished his glass, the
young man said. "If you are not care
full you will get your brains as be-
logged as they were when | tried to
talk with you this morning.
'Befogged, was l, my son? Yet not
so much but that recall every word
you told me of what has happened
since you left L-azalie and me on the
Barra de Hero, and went to play gen
tleman awhile in New Orleans. BY the
way, Jean" he added, as from an after
thought. that was an odd thing for
you to do-go off on a wild goose
chase to the Florida wilds to bring
De Cazeneau's brat away from the
Choctaws."
There was a smoulderlng anger in
Laro's mocking face.
Il told you that the Indian runner.
Bird-Wing, came from his tribe to
Count de Cazeneau, bringing letter
from Mrs. Stanle-, imploring his for
giveness. as she was dying, and be-
seeching his protection for the daugh-
ter she must leave among the Indians.
He asked for my services. and | gave
them gladly, for his daughters sake"
Lafitte looked steadily at Laro. who,
in mocking tone, asked, did you
find her still such a charming demoi-
selle? | dare swear you did not, il
there be truth in the reports that the
Englishman left her long ago-left
her to wear out her life among their
red neighbors."
LATTE rose and went over to the
port-hole. turning his back as he an
swnred. ~ fo1nd her dead. with the