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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
BACK IN TIE PEN.
Ben Bennett, the Cels bratcd CTim:-
ns!, Brought Back From Macon

The Colunbia Record says Bsn
Bennett, the celebrated prisoner
who killed his wife after b ing ctndi
tionally pardone' for another muider
is again in tie South Carolina peni.
tent,ary. Bennett vas brought in
by Sheriff L!ghtsey, OF Hampton,
from Macon, Ga !: vilsrs he vas cap.
turad several weeks ago. 1t seems
that Bennett was .arrested 10 Macon
for Drunkenness ard according Ju Gus
story he told when baing put in the
penitentiary, be Was sentenced to
four months OF the city chaineaDg.
Bennett evidently thcrghJ all
chais:gaDgs were easy marks, after
his experience in Hal pSon, and he
tried to escaps but the Georgia guard
vas really on guard and he was SHOT
down b5foro he could get avay. he
has now one bullet In his back AID
another in his hip, bus he is not SO
badly wounded that he could not be
tut into a cell at the penitcntlary
when he was b:ouehu in last night.
Bennett, it will be remembered,
vas pa-doced by Gov. Mes Hee1ey
while serving life sentence for mur.
der, tie pardon beirg grated on con-
dition that Bennett would leave the
state and not retusn. After Cover
nor Heygard b2came governor, Ben
nett wrote 10 i.im asking that he be
allowed to come bs cz to the state to
see his wife st Hampton, but the re
quest was refused as in proper. Ben.
lett came, however, and while cl
this ylslG to his wife shot ard kil:e3
hel. His story was that while asleep
be heard some one at the window,
and tn hiking it was tie sheriff CONE
for him, Gs SHOT, tee tuilet striking
his wife, who had arisen during the
night.
Bennett 4as tried for murder after
a ridiculous verdict from the coro.
ner's ju-y generating him. He was
convicted Ct manslaughter and SEN
JeDced to five years in'p:isionmet.
1hic,l ua'er ths l21s Of the STATE
sent him to t2e cAaingang. He founo
it an easy matter to got away from
the gang In Hampton county and has
been at large year or more until be
turned up at Macon. as stated above
and was recogn zed as the man want
I'D in South Carolina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
CHINESE DOCTORS POPULAR.
Have a Lucrative Practice in Western
Cities.

The method of treating sick persons
in some cities is similar to that of the
other physicians of the United States
and those of Great Britain. They de-
pend much however, on the eXamina-
ton OF the pulse. Their sense OF touch
is so wonderfully developed that it is
said they can determine the condition
of the heart as well as some of the 9TH
er organs merely by the feebleness or
strength of the beats; but they say
there are no less than twelve different
movements OF the arteries in the hu-
mal body, all of which can be detect
ed by feeling the fingers, wrist and
arm, says an exchange.
When patient calls on him for ex-
animation, the doctor first presses the
arm, wrist and fingers, touching nearly
every part. Sometimes ten or fifteen
minutes is occupied with this exam1na-
ton. Then he may ask if the patient
is married OF single, and also his age;
but this is about the limit of the ex-
animation. Apparently he can tell the
nature of the disease without question
ing further, and if the caller wishes a
prescription he writes one in the ordi-
nary Chinese characters on a generous
sized square Of paper.
Ringing a bell, he hands the prescr!p-
ton to the Chinese attendant who en-
tiers, for each physician has his own
shop, filled with the ingredients which
he uses in treatment. If he has large
practice he may employ native chem
ist, who makes up the prescription.
One of the curious features of Chi
nese medical treatment is the way In
which tue physicians administer their
remedies. Nearly all the Offices of the
principal doctors have what may be
called tea room attachment This is
spacious apartment, well lighted, fre-
quently ornamented with oriental pot
terry and pictures, and containing small
tables, each with two or three chairs.
# the invalid does not wish to take his
medicine at home, be is ushered into
this room, and, while seated at one Of
the tables, drinks his prescription as he
would cup Of tea or glass Of wine.
With but few exceptions the medicine
is in liquid form, and served hot in
dainty Chinese bowls, for most Of it is
composed of a decoction Of herbs.
Each table contains bowl Of rails
irs, and when the attendant brings in
the medicine he also brings In a glass
Of tepid water # the drink Is bitter,
as 1t usually is, the patient can eat
some Of the raisins to remove the taste,
while with the water he rinses his
mouth and throat Then he is ready to
go home, returning the. next day fos
another examination and dose.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
THREE SgNT UP.
Alleged Pickpuckets Have Hearing
and Failed to Give Bond.

and Failed to Give Eond.
The Columbia Record says Joseph
Shutz, J. ". Parker and Joe Beckwith,
the three nea arrested at the fair
grounds OF wednesday CT fair week,
we're given preliminary examination
F;idaY morning before Magistrate
Moo,msn and sent to jail tor the Feb
ruary term OF court in default Of 81,
coo each.
TIE e2aminati, q took several hours
Friday morning and number OF the
pocket books found where the men
had been trying to bury them were
i'd entitled by witnesses. There are q
number yet, however, awaiting iden-
5i6catlon and it will be necessary fol
those who have missed anything tc
prove property before either ths
magistrate OF sherH #
Messrs. 3. B. McMaster, r. W,
Welsh and G. Duncan Be.linger rep
resented the men and the witnesses
we're examined in regular order as per
the warrants. Afterwards the maglS'
srate announced that he thought the
showing suffice to bind the men over
snd they were sent back to jail, 1t is
not known yet whether any attempt
to produce the bond will be given OF
not.
Some interesting evidence was pro
cucsd at the hearing. L B. Jones, Of
Cage field, had written letter, stat
ing that he had lost some money and
q ticket. There was marked fifty
cents piece in the money that he could
identity and it was afterwards discov-
cred that one Of the officers had by
mistaken given this morey to a hack
man when the men we're taken to the
jail.
L c. C2inkscales, Of Absevilie, wrote
that he had lost s20 and NJ. S. Spires,
CT O :angeburg, wrote that he had lost
a railroad ticket and some money. B
J. Gautt, OF Union, testified to the
loss OF 8 pocket book and r. T. May
bin, OF Chester, to the loss OF 800.
Some Of the witnesses were present
and testified as to the identity Of the
three men.
Messrs. Thackam, Strickland, Cath
cart, Knox and several others told OF
the arrests Of these three men with
another who afterwards escaped and
also told the discovery Of the attempt
to bury the pocketbooks in the little
enclosure where the mer were arrest.
ed. Iue officers also testified that the
three men were seen to walk through
the crowds several times and that
when searched q considerable amount
OF money were found on their persons.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

King Edward has appointed King al.
Sonso a genera, In the British army.
There are only 1,oOo,O 900 out Of the
l3 600, 600 young men in the Unite d
States and Canada who go tc church
What shameI Cannot something
be done 10 reach the men and get
them into the church?
a noted fashion authority has de.
creed that pockets should be worn.
1t Is true that every woman envies a
man his luxurious accommodations IN
this line. Pockets may be conven.
iently tucked away in almost any
gown, and patterns are now being
drawn that provide for this welcome
idea.
The mar who grows on farm all
that he consumes on it saves double
transportation-Ghe hauling home
what he buys and the hauling to mar
ket OF what be sells to pay for it.
These two items OF cost help very ma.
ter1ally to make up the difference be-
tween profitable and Improbable far.
ming.
CIV. Hsyvs-d hae accept ID the in
vitation to visit Orange .lrg on the
first d;y Of the earn ,a4 and deliver a
snort address. Tlls is good news.
Ine { oVerl,c i very popular In this
county, and he will meat with a
Walnl recepaion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
INDIANS WERE GIANTS.
Evidence That Bears Oat Capt. John
Smiths Story.

Gigantic skeletons Of prehistoric In
dians eight feet tall have been diScoV-
cred along the banks Of the Cnoptank
river, in this state, by employees nf
the Maryland Academy Of Science.
The remains are at the academy's build
ing on Franklin street, where they
are being articulated and restored by
che -c,demy expert, John Widgeo1,
negro. They will be placed on public
exhibition early in the fall.
The collection comprises eight skel-
etons, OF which some are women and
children. They are not all complete,
but all the larger bones have been
fund and theirs is at least one ccm'
plete specimen OF az adult man. The
excavations: were in progress for
months, and tie discovery Is consider.
ed one Of the most imp rtant, from
the standpoint OF snthropology, in
NJ iryland In number OF years. The
remains are believed to be at least l..
600 years old. The formation Of Uhe
ground above ane the location Of the
graves gives every evidence OF this.
During the exc. .yation the remains OF
the camps o: later Indians were re-.
vealed. These consisted Of oyster Shell
heaps, charred and burned earth and
fragments OF cooking utensils. These
discoveries were made fully ten feet
abSve the graves which contained tbs
gigantic skeletons.
There hav, been other discoveries
in Maryland Of remains Of men OF tire
mendous stature. A skeleton was o1S-
covered at Ocean City several years
ago which measured fraction over
/ feet S inches. This skeleton was
inferred in regular burying mound
and beads manufactured by white men
we found upon it. The dead Indian
was probably one Of the tribes men.
tanned 5y Capt. John Smith, who, in
July, 1908, made a voyage OF explora'
tion Of the Chesapeake Bay.
At the point on the Choptank where
the remains were found there are
steep shelving cliffs Of sand and gravel
that extern 20 the waters edge. Be
meath the bank is a layer Of mari. The
graves are in the sand few feet
above the hard mari and have depoSi-
is OF between twenty and thirty feet
Of sand and gravel above them. A Pc
Thar feature Of the discovery Is the
charred state OF the bones OF the wo-
men and children. These Of the men
are untouched by Ere. This seems to
indicate that the ancient Indians Gre
mated the bodies Of all except their
warriors. The wet resting place OF
the bones for 50 many years has made
them very soft and fragile, an i it was
with the greatest difficulty that they
were removed.-Baltimcre American :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
Must Serve Sentence.

George Washington Murry, the ne
gro ex-congressman, must 60 to the
penitentiary. That is the decree OF
the supreme court Of the state. Muir
~ vas convicted in May, 1904, OF
having uttered a forged lease" by
which he meant to detraud one Scipio
Chairman. Murry has accumulated a
fortune estimated at between sl5 900
and 100000 and it will fall heavily
on him to serve a sentence OF three
years in the state penitentiary.
Strong efforts have been already made
to get 9 pardon for him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

Mrs. G.. W. Moore, wife OF a well
known and prosperous mechant On
Peachtree road, near Atlanta, was as.
saulted by negro Thursday morning.
The track hounds have been following
the negro all day, but at late hour
Thursday night he had not been cap
tured. The county police continue the
search and a large posse and all mem
bers Of the county police force will
take up the hunt. There is consider
able excitement In the community,
where the crime occurred, and it Is
feared the negro will be lynched II
caught. Mr.. Moore has offered 5000
reward for the capture OF the negro.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
Whiskey in Marion.

The people Of Marion county have
written to the governor in regard to
the selling OF whiskey in that county
after the dispensary has been voted
out. The letter was received from
G. P. Penny, who says that the peo.
pie are trying to enforce the BIice
law, but the whiskey agents, repre-
senting foreign houses, are ali over
the country and are doing big busi-
ness, The governor could do nothing
under the circu nstar ces as the law
gives an agent, representing foreign
whiskey house, the right to take Or
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
Talking " SaIoOn ="

In the article We publish below, We
clip from the Baptist Cturier, Mr.. W
q. Christopher gives his reasons fo1
being opposed to prohibition, BE says:
'Bu5 it Is our intention not to dis
cuss this question but one far more
serious in its nature, and that is the
walking, whistling, talking saloon;
the kind that strolls the roads ard
bY-paths Of our counties by day and
by night and calls out our citzans and
our boys and sells them the accursad
stL #. These walking saloons are the
most dangerous factor with which We
have to deal in the counties where
the dispepsary is voted out. They
are worse than the dispsnsary ard
open saloon combined, because they
60 to the homes OF our people with
the tempting block and thereby
cause some Of our people to drink and
become drunkards who were never
known to darken the door OF the dis
pensary. It. is to my mind one Of the
greatest temptations to our boys that
we have to contend with; and surely
there ought to be something done to
stop it. With no disrensary, which
means practically no law and no con-
stabulary, these walking saloons will
run riot ever our couatrY- They like
the secret reptile, hid under the bush
to some extent while We had the dis.
penssry and would sally forth to drive
their poisonous fangs in our country
men only when there was not much
danger Of being caught. But now
like the migrating reptiles that bit
children CT Israel they have glided
out and, encouraged by patronage,
they become more bold uGtill ere
long their po.soaous fangs will be
driven into the iieol Of our people and
the poison vii pe-meate the whole
population Of our country"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
Strenuous opponents OF race suicide

Strenuous opponents OF race suicide
are Mr.. and Mrs. Heise Of Owasso
Mich whose twentieth child was born
yesterday. All the score Of the
youngsters from Frederick, Jr., who
is 81 and the oldest down to the last
little girl who has just opened her
eyes on the world are healthy and
happy. Heise has the contract OF
coaling Grand Trunk engines here.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
The Power Behind the Purse.

The determining factor In all modern
life is money. The hand that holds the
purse rules the world, though the spirit
must regulate it. Man Is the wage
Garner, but the purchasing power OF
the nation is In the hands Of the won-
an-that Is, among the only women
who are Of any account In the empire,
the women Of the middle Cin all its
tiers) and the lower classes.-London
SaoI1
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
TELLS 8Is SAD STORY
In Parting Letter to His Wife
and Children.

The following statement ct T, Lee
Clark, cashier Ct the Eoterprise Ma.
tionsl bank Of Allegbany. Pa, writ
ten few hours before he committed
suicide, was made public Wednesday
night:
Dearest Wife and Children: In ten
hours or less I will be in the other
world. You have been dear, god
wife to me. Andrews has worked my
ruin. Dear wife, keep all the insur-
ance for yourself and babies. How
bard it is to leave you all. / have
made 8 desperate fort to keep things
going until ] would get the road
financed, but it has been too slow.
The examiner is here and an ruined.
Do forgive ne, it is not my fault.
have been shamefuilY robbed. The
bank will get everything but the life
insurance.
Your husband,
Lee"
Clark committed suicide on the
morning Of October Is and the above
statement, written in pencil on one OF
the banks letter heads was found in
the dead mans home by his IA year
old daughter and turned over to his
attorney. It was evidently written
at the bank the night before the
suicide, when Bank Examiner Gun.
ningham and Clark worked till mid.
night on the books Of the institu-
ton,
The bank was clesed by the comp
troller OF the currency the afternoon
following Clark's suicide on advices
from Examiner Cunningham. The
above statement is not the one alleg-
ed to be in tbs possession OF the fed
eral authorities. That one, friends
OF the dead cashier say, was to the
government authorities, but it's ex:s
tence has been vigorously denied.
T. Lee Clark was treasurer Of the
anita Fe Central railroad Of which
W. q. Andrews was president. A
dispatch from Franklin, Pa, says:
The alertness OF Receiver John B.
Cunningham Of the Enterprise Ma
ticnal bank Of Allegheny, has resulted
in securing for the creditors OF that
institution something like s1I, 500
which was seized on a foreign attach,
ment against VIM. Il. Andrews. 1t
is understood that the receiver took
this step upon learning that Andrews
contemplated the sale Ct his oil pro.
perty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
Took His Life,

A. Marvin Carter, time keeper at
the Poe mill in Greenville, committed
suicide on Thursday evening by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
pistol. He was 25 years OF age and
vas lately married to a daughter Of F.
S. Mcshsr, superintendent 2: the mill.
He was in poor health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
A Good SOacE

Miss Bose Elizabeth Cleveland, SIS
ter OF former President Cleveland, is
now a wealthy woman. & score Of
years ago she invested 81, 500 in an is
land cf the Maine coast near Camden.
ashton has turned its eyes in that
direction, and Miss Cleveland has just
sold part Of her island toT 100000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

There is nothing like a reasonable
amount Of reserve il people wish to be
fast friends. Human nature is so
weak and imperfect that fauiliaity
begetS contempt and it is only once in
a long while that we come ACROSS a
human being who throughout life i'm
proves on acquaintance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

a very conservative estimate puts
the yearly loss FIN insect 6epreda-
tions in the United States at one
tenth Of all the farm crops, and this
amounts to the enormous sum CT $780,
100000 and this is culy about S52 for
each farm,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

Take a day off and look around
your farm with your eyes wide open
and see how many improvements
could be made without the spending
Ct very much money. Let all the fam
lily join in and help. Then go to
work with a vim.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

4 Chinese newspaper has just rpun-
ded out the fourteenth hundrsth year
Ct it's existence. Subscribers who
stopped the paper with the idea that
it would have to suspend publication
now see how foolish they were.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
4 Bad Failure.

The worst bank failure on record IS
that OF the Enterprise oank Of Pitts
burg, Pa. The assets OF 81. 500: 900
are so completely gone that the de-
positors will not get over ten per cent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

4 friend to whom you have told Sc
erets holds q irs5 mortgage on Your
peace OF mind which he many -oreclose
any time by disclosing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

Liberia exports about 5e,0oo,00o gal
Ions Of palm OF year. It is made from
the outer part Of the palm nut, not
from the kernel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

Galalith, or milk stone," Is being
much used for decorating, aud promises
to take the place of marble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

In Bangkok you travel from the
steamer to the hotel on the back OF an
elephant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

Now is the time to take an old dull
noe and Scrape CT all the loose bark
tron the fruit trees, killing the eggs
Of the insects found there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

want to call your attention to
the TACT that all elders are alcoholic.
This is necessary to their preservation
conse qlently cider Of no kind can be
sold.
y. 3. HAMMETT,
Chief State Constable.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08
KNOCKED OUT.
Important Order to State Constables
Issued by Chief Eammett.
About Thirty Medicines and Tonics
Are Not to De Sold EAcept On
Prescription by Physician.

Are No, to ne ScId EAcept On
Prescription by Physician.
One OF the most important orders
ever issued the constabulsry force
was made public Thursday by chief
Constable Hammet. The circular puts
about thirty beverages and patent
meoicines out OF business in this
state unless they are sold on prescrip-
tion and all elders are also put on the
tabooed list.
The medicines and elders we're ana
iysed by the state chemist ard the
spirit proof of all Of them are given
in the circular which Is as follows:
To Division Chief Constables and
Members Of the Constabulary
Force:
lam handing you below a list OF
patent medicines and other goods
which are being sold in this state,
and which have been anal5z,d by the
state chemist. From bis report /
find they are strongly alcoholic, and
under the law c, South Carolina can.
not be handled except as provided by
that law. Reputable licensed drug
gis5s are permitted to dispose OF them
upon prescriptions; but not ether.
wise, and you are hereby authorized
to make seizure Of same wherever
found when you can satisfy yourselves
that they are being ussd as q beverage.
Sections $50, STA and 606 Ct the
dispensary law will amply post you,
and from them you will observe that
druggists caonot legally sell these
goods except upon prescription from
practicing physician, and i5 can be
given only to bona fde patients.
Name of Goods. Spirit Proof.
H.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-08

King Edward has appointed King Al.
Sonso a genera, in the British amy