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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Looked Death in the Face.

Mr.. Frank NJ. Harrison, a promin-
ent citizen Of the Walnut Grove
neighborhood, Of Spartanburg County,
had horrible experience while driv-
ing to bis home from Spartanourg,
a few days ago. The public highway
crosses the railroad down steep in
cline, and on one side the track
is sunk in a deep cut. Just as Mr..
Harrison. who was accompanied by a
little girl named Lille Veagey, ap-
preached, freight train passed, and
he considered the crossing safe. AS
his horses head reached the centre OF
the track, however, he heard a shout
and looking up saw material train
backing down upon him at tremend-
GUS speed. The shout had come from
the engineer, 100 yards away, and the
nearest car was within twenty feet.
With a powerful effort Mr.. Harrison
ierked the horse to it's launches; but
the hill behind was too steep to ADMIT
Of retreat by backing. The first car
struck the horses head, and the pass
ing cars rubbed the animals bent
neck until projecting bolthead
caught in a hame, bending and break
ing it. With remarkable intelligence
the horse stood firm. Because OF the
little girl Mr.. Harrison did not jump,
and in this horrible position they sat
until the entire train passed.
Aside from the nervous shock,
which was terrible, the only damage
on account Of the experience was the
broken hame and an ugly stab in the
horses throat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Policemen Murdered I.

Officers Timothy Devine and
Charles r. Pennil, patrolmen OF the
Chicago police department., were kill
ed in Chicago Wednesday in a revolv-
er battle with what was supposed to
have been gang of thugs. Much
mystery surrounds the shooting, for
both men died before an adequate ac-
count of the shooting could be obtain
ed. Devire died in the ambulance on
the way to the hospital and Pennell
on the operating table while surgeons
were probbing for bullets. The fight
occurred just before dawn near Jack
Sun Boulevard and Ashland avenue. in
the ariSt0cratic section Of the West
Side. The firing OF shots aroused the
entire neighborhood. CitiZers who
heard the dying policemen groan rush
ed to their assistance and saw men
running away. Officers Pennell heroic
ally staggered to a patrol box 100 feet
away and sent in an alarm for assiS-
tance. At once the police set drag
net for all suspicious characters and
soon had six men in custody. Before
Pennell died he was able to gasp out
a few words about robbers" giving
descriptions Of two men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Good Sport Ahead.

Sportsmen who delight in a day
afeld with gun and dog are entertain
ing the brightest hopes for next season.
They believe that there will be a
great many quail. These birds are
by long odds the gamest and the most
highly priced of any that are to be
found in the South, with the possible
exception Of woodcock. The belief
that there will be many quail is in
duced by the fact that May and June
were dry months. The young birds
flourish best under such conditions.
When those months are very wet with
heavy rainfalls the chances are that
many of the frdglings will lose their
lives by drowning. During July there
was plenty of rain. There were storms
that, had they come in May or June,
would have left a splender crop OF
new birds for the sportmen to seek.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Girl Turning to Marble.

Dorothy Stiles, aged 1e, residing
near Bay City, Mich, is dying from 2
disease which has bafled the physi-
clans. The girl several months ago
noticed a peculiar sensation at the
joints of the shoulders, hips and an
kles. One night when taking bath
she called her mother to observe that
her heels were perfectly white and as
hard as stone. This condition was OBJ
served also at shoulders and hips.
Since then the disease has spread, un-
til now the girl cannot sit up, her nip
Joints have lost power to bend, all
motion is gone from her shoulders,
and the doctors say death must ensue
within few months. The girl takes
no nouriShmert but fluids, and these
with difficulty. Pieces of the sub
stance. il is asserted, have been
chipped off from her body and seem
like pure marble. The girls father
attributes the trouble to his having
experimented with some chemicals in
the bathtub. He thinks he was not
careful enough about cleaning it.
The doctors scout this theory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Funeral Directors,

The funeral directors association
which meet in Columbia last Tuesday
adjourned sine die Wednesday. The
annual election Of officers resulted as
follows:
President--Jno. F. Floyd, Spartan
burg.
First Vice President-J. NJ. Van
Metre, Columbia.
Second Vice President-W. NJ.
Waters, Florence.
Secretary--G. NJ. Tolly, Anderson
Treasurer-W. II. Dukes, Orange
burg.
Executive Committee. NJ. Connel
ly, Charleston; G. NJ. Tolly, Anderson
j. T. Mackey Grcenyille.
The next meeting will be in Aiken,
probably in August of next year.
MesSrs. w. w. Moore of BarnWell
J. f. Mackey Of Greenville, j. NJ. Con
nelly Of Charleston were elected dele
gates to the national convention in
Milwaukee, Wis, in October. Mr.. Con
nelly is vice president of the Nationa
association. Resolutions of thanks
were adopted to Major Christian O
Richmond for his able papers, and tt
the local newspapers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Bolt Strikes Church.

Richard DodSon was killed and 10
other were injured by bolt Of lightn-
ing which struck the Baptist church
at Leslie, during services. The church
was crowded with worshipperS when
the bolt descended, and that large
number were not killed outright is a
miracle. The opening song had been
rendered, prayers offered and the
minister had begun his sermon when
a thunderstorm came and before the
discourse was finished Il ball Of fire
swept through the church, striking
Dodson and killing him Instantly.
while 10 others were thrown to the
floor by the shock, but all will probab-
" recover. Many narrow escapes
were recounted, especially in the case
Of a friend Of young Dodson. who was
sitting by his shoulder when the fiery
messenger called him to eternity. and
escaped with L very slight shock,
which verified the prorerb that one
should be taken and the other left.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
4 HideOuS Curse.

E.Benjamin Andrews, chancellor Of
the University of Nebraska. in a lee
ture upon. THE Foes Of Marriage"
at the University of Chicago recently
declared that the American divorce
laws are so loose that they are curse
both upon parents and their children.
President Andrews also claimed that
a bachelor has no place in the social
scale and that to marry conSump-
tive is a crime. Advice to persons
intending marriage was plentiful IN
DR.. Andrews lecture. HaSty mar
riages do more evil TO the marriage
relation than anything elSe,' he declar-
ed. ''Early marriages ought to be
discouraged. No one should marry
before the age Of 2l: 25 is the best
age. The case which divorce is Sc
cured in this country is the greatest
foe to marriage, and, in fact, creates
divorces which otherwise would not
have been thought of. The injustice
done to the children by divorce in
the family is so great that no langu-
age can do justice to it. No one whe
has ever been divorced can pass
through the experience unharmed.
With it goes the best possibilities of a
life of service in this world never to
return"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
To Kill ChaRee.

Prepared to take the law into her
hands. Mrs. Annie White, Of Verde,
Arizona, is on her way to New York,
where she expects to have settlement
with General Chaffee when ne arrives
from the Philippines, says The Trib-
unes Ell Paso, Texas, correspondent.
She is the widow of a discharged
soldier of the Eigth infantry. On his
deathbed her husband exacted a
pledge that she would prefer charges
against General Chaffee for alleged
cruel treatment at Camp Mcdowell, a
post near the San Carlos reservation,
Arizona. Mrs. White charges that
General Chaffee, then major, sent
soldiers to their home, which was just
outside the reservation, burned their
house. and drove off all their cattle.
When seen at Ell Pasa, she said: l
am going to New York to meet Cen
eral Chaffee, and if he does not give
me satisfaction I'll shoot him dead in
his tracks. have preferred charges,
but he prevented then from getting
before congress. I have told General
Miles about it and he says for me to
wait. l have waited long enough. ]
want settlement and I am going tc
have it. Ill have his life or satisfac-
tory reparation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Mysterious Homicide.

A special from saluda to The State
says Tuesday afternoon late the body
Of scarborough Coleman, a negro, was
found near Mr.. Chester Taylor'S. about
II miles from here. Coleman had
been missing since Sunday. Two gun
shots were heard on Sunday morning
that seemed to have been fired near
the spot where the negro's body was
found. The inquest was held Thurs
day. but owing to the fact that no
evidence could be had, the usual YER
dict unknown was rendered by the
jury. The examination Of the body
disclosed the fact that two loads OF
shot had penetrated it. This is the
second dead negro found in Saluda
county this year where there was no
evidence as to the party doing the
KILLING
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Captured in Philadelphia.

The governor was again called upon
wednesday to>ask northern COVER
nor to hold a South Carolina fugitive
murderer awaiting reQuisition. Dur
ing the morning he received the fol
lowing:
Gov. NJ. B. McSweeney, Columbia.
S. c.
George McFadden, charged with
murder, arrested by Harry NJ. Quirk,
superintendent police, Philadelphia,
Pa, at my request refuses to return
with requisition, denies his identity
am certain he is man wanted, police
threaten &c discharge him, take
necessary steps to have him detained
until requiSition obtained, and Car
go for him.
Geo. P. Scarborough, Sheriff.
The following was promptly sent
to the chief executive Of Pennsylvania
Gov. Wm. A. Stone, Harrisburg, Pa
Please instruct Superintendent OF
Police Quirk to hold George McFad
den, under arrest, charged with mur
der, this State, until reQuisition Pa
perS from this office can reach you.
Answer.
NJ. B. McSweeney, Governor.
This reply was sent to the sheriff:
Geo. P. Scarborough, Darlington
S. G..
Have asked Gov. Stone to have Nc
Fadden held pending requiSiton.
NJ. B. McSweeney, Governor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
School Teachers Murdered

A dispatch from Manila says an in
vestigation made by the constabulary
to clear up the facts in the killing OF
a Cehu coaching party OF four school
teachers, shows that the party was
ambushed - miles from Cebu. Two
teachers were shot and killed at the
first volley, third, who ran, was Shot
in the back, and fourth who was
captured, was shot in the chest while
he was praying for mercy. 1t is sus.
pected that the fourth man was buried
alive. as his wound was slight, ano
probably would not have caused bis
death. Dogs dug up two Of the bodies
and devoured the flesh. 1t is believed
that sufficient evidence has beer
secured to convict all the participants
in the crime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Cut in Twain.

A dreadful accident happened IN
the yard of the Atlantic Coast Line
in Columbia on Tuesday afternoon.
18th instant, whereby Yard Conduc-
tor J. w. LaMotte, one Of the most
popular employees of the road, lost his
life. The victim was Columbian,
the eldest son OF Col. Thomas }. La
Motto. and leaves widow and several
children, who were not in the city at
the time. He was about IS years OF
age. The accident happened in this
way: Conductor LaMotte was taking
a number of cars down to one OF the
phosphate mills. He was standing or.
the top of the second car when sud
denly he lost his balance in some wa,
and pitched between the cars. All
nine cars following passed over hi:
body before the train could be stop
ped. Those who reached his body frs:
found him dead. The body was prac'
tically cut in twain across the waist
There was confusion on the side CT
the head but no other signs Of wounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
4 MurderOuS Plot.

A plot to destroy the Adams county
infrmary at Decator, Indiana, and to
kill the forty-rour inmates was dis
covered on Wednesday. a. W. Butler,
secretary Of the state board charities,
was making an inspection Of the bulIc-
ING and in the room Of Charles Escher-
man. he found a pile Of rubbish which
he ordered removed. Buried beneath
the rubbish 60 pounds of dynamite,
two two pound dynamite bombs and
ll5 feet of fuse were found. EScher-
man has been an inmate of the inhr-
mary for more than twelve years and
recently was reprimanded. Since that
time he has been sulky. When the
discovery Of the dynamite was made
Fisherman disappeared and no trace
of him can be found. 1t is known he
has a dynamite bomb with him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
TWO MEN LYNCHED.
One White and One Black Murderer
Hung Together.

Charles Salyers. white, and Harry
Gates. colored, were taken from the
county jail at Lexington, Mo, by a
masked mob at l.30 Wednesday
morning and lynched.
They were charged with killing
George ". Johnson. a wealthy far
mer. who surprised them at his hen
house near town Il week ago.
They were strung up and Sa!yerS
made z statement to the mob saying
that Gates had tired the shot that
killed Johnson.
Johnson was one Of the weathieSt
and most respected men in the COM
munity and the feeling against the
TWO men was intense.
Last night shortly after midnight,
armed men came to town 10y twos
and threeS. most of them masked.
They massed finally near the court
ward in which the county jail is locat-
ed. The mob was orderly and well
directed. each man doing his work
efficiently and effectively.
\ demand on the jailor for the
prisoners meeting with refusal. sever
al men of the mob, who had come we'll
prepared, broke in the outer door and
made for the cells Of the murdererS.
1t took thirty minutes to eut through
the Steel doors.
Salyers. was taken out iirSt, then
Gates.
Without furtherado, the mob start
ed with their victims for a point half
a mile south Of town.
Then Salyers was granted permiS-
sion to make a statement. He said
that Gates had shot Johns after firing
three times, and that when the last
shot fired Gates had hold Of Johnson.
Before being killed Johnston bad
exchanged shots with the men and
Gates was found to have been shot in
the right hip. Slayers' statement
finished. the men were strung up to a
tree. They were left hanging and
the mob dispersed quietly.
Only one shot was fired and ch.at
was to put out an incandeScenU light
in front of a livery stable as the mob
passed by en- the way to the scene Of
the lynching. Salyer, alias Sacks,
had lived here for a number of years
and with family. He had bad re-
putaticn. Gates. who was 80 years Of
age, has served a term in the peniten-
tiary for burglary committed in Lex
inptOn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
A Young Hero.

Joseph Land, aged 10 years, son
of Philadelphia builder, and Dainel
De Angeli aged eight years, a son OF
John De Angeli, Of Philadelphia,
were drowned in the surf at Atlantic
City, n. j., Wednesday. Samuel Stagg,
IL years old whose home is in Newark,
n. j., and who was bathing with Land
and De Angel narrowly escaped a
similar fate. Land lost his life in a
vain attempt to rescue De Angeli.
The latter was carried off his feet by a
sudden wave and swept beyond his
deptc. Land went to his assistance
and both boys were drawn beneath
the surface by the strong undertow.
Stagg attempted to aid his compan'
ions, but was buffeted by the break,
ers to such an extent that he toe
would have been drowned had his cries
for help not brought life guard tc
his rescue
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
typhoid Fever.

The Philadelphia Press says that
typhoid is water-borne disease is
now universally admitted, and is the
chief Justification for the enormous
expenditure now in progress to secure
city water from which the typhoid
bacillus and other disease germs and
impurities shall have been filtered out.
But filtration, while it will decrease
typhoid, cannot be expected to eX-
tinguish it wholly. Ice and milk are
familiar vehicles Of typhoid convey
ance, and as the experience OF our
troops III the Spanish war showed, the
soil contaminated by typhoid patients
is direct purveyor Of that disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Saw Strange Sights.

Captain Richard Nye, who was one
OF those on the steamer W. S. Phelps.
tells Of many wonders Of Galapagos
islands. which that vessel recently
visited. In an interview he said:
THE islands are full of minerals as
shad is Of bones. On Albermarle
there is an extinct crater, miles in
diameter, in which there is IN sight
10, 900 tons of pure sulphur. the era
ter is about 10 miles inland and a
tramway will be necessary for trans,
portation to the coast, but this should
be a. small matter, considering the
possible profit. One Of the queer
things Albemarle island is that it is
oyerrun with wild dogs. The animals
are mongrelbreed and were left on the
island by whalers. The dogs have be-
come wild and are extremely vicious:
They are wolf like in their habits and
run in droyes." Captain Nye also
tells of a remarkable lake on the island
Of Chatham at an elevation Of 5000
feet above the sea level. This lake,
according to the captain, rises and
falls with the tide and no sounding
line has ever reached its bottom.
Many relics of an ancient race were
found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
A Newspaper Lie.

"A Georgia woman" says the Bos-
ton Herald few days ago, is look
ing forward to the pleasant privilege
that has been granted her OF spring
ing the death trap that is to hang the
negro slayer of her father. The sheriff
says he was looking forward to that
pleasure for himself, but being a
Southern gentleman. sab, he couldn't
refuse to comply with the lady's
wishes in the matter" The Macon
Telegraph nails the vicious story
promptly and plainly. 1t says: This
is a bit of Boston rot. The Associated
Press dispatch about this affair was
sent out from this office. The Boston
paper lies about the woman and the
sheriff.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
BOAT BLEW UP.
Four Of the Crew Were Killed or
Were Drowned.
CAUSE NOT AsCERTAINED.
Four OF the Crew Were Picked
Up in an Injured Condi-
ton. Was Built in
Charleston.
Charleston.

The boiler of the Tug Jacob Kuper
blew up Wednesday near St. Georges,
Staten Island. -Four of the crew were
killed or drowned.
There were eight men on the tug
and all were blown into the water.
Four were rescued. Three are injured
badly and one at least is not expected
to live.
The tug sank almost Immediately
and later quantity Of wreckage and
clothing and the name board came.
ashore with the ebb tide along Staten
Island. The owners of the tug are &.
D. Kuper and Brothers. The tug was
towing lighter loaded with cotton
| from Brooklyn to Staten Island. The
Staten Island ferryboat Castleton was
near the scene of the explosion when
it occurred. Capt. Braisted Of the
ferryboat says the explosion and the
sinking of the boat were almost stimuli
taneous. The tug seemed to break in
two amidship. The Castleton was at
once stopped and boats were lowered.
Only one man was picked up by the
CastIeton. His face was horribly
burned and scalded. The other res
cued men were picked up by passing
tugboat. One Of the men, deck hand
named Hanson, was taken to Smith
in6rmary and the other to the Marine
hospital on Staten Island. Neither
was able to give any account Of the
accident. The lighthouse boat Daisy
is at the place where the tug went
down graphing for the bodies Of the
lost.
She was built II Charleston in 1885. )
She was 96 feet long and was of IA
tons gross. She was originally named
Bristol but was chartered by the gov
eminent and the name changed to
Cheyenne, then back to Bristol and
finally to Jacob Kuper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
A TELEGRAPEIC ERROR.
The MiX-Up it Caused and How a
Man Got Away.

AS has been stated. J. II. Adams,
who was under arrest in Savannah
escaped being brought to this state
probably through a telegraphic error
in sending name. This is probably
the first instance Of the kind that ever
happened in this state or any other.
Governor McSweeney telegraphed
the governor of Georgia to have the
sheriff Of Savannah hold J. H. Adams
until he could send requisition papers
for him. An hour or two afterwards
he received a message from Governor
Gambler that he had instructed the
sheriff to hold "Williams'' as request
ed. Governor McSweeney was non
plussed for the moment, as he could
not recall any WILLIAMS" that he
wanted held He thought that there
might be bare possibility that his
telegram might have said Williams"
rather than Adams" but looking
over his telegraphy copy book he
found that the name Adams" was
there all right. He Immediately
telegraphed Governor Gambler that it
was Adams he wanted and not will
liamS," and soon after he received a
reply saying that the sheriff had been
instructed to hold Adams, but adding
that Governor McSweeney's telegram
read "Williams.'
How Adams" got changed to
Williams" is the curious thing con-
nected with the case. The Western
Union officers say the telegram went
Adams from here, which, if true,
puts it up to the Augusta and Atlanta
office to show how it was transformed
to Williams when it got to the lat
ter place 1t may have been an error
caused from an operator having one
name N mis- mind while he was at
tempting to send another name. Such
a thing frequently happens when one
is writing, and telegraph operators
are sometimes, no doubt, similarly
affected.
The telegraph people are making an
investigation how it al happened, but
without result, 50 far. AS it happen
ed, Cover Gamblers message to hold
Adams got to Savannah too late, for
that man had been released for the
lack of prosecution and was fined SO
for carrying concealed weapons, which
fine he paid. Had it not been for the
telegraphic error in transmission,
Adams would no doubt be under arrest
in this state, his second wife being
resident of Hampton county. Wed
nesday he received letter from the
sheriff Of Chatham county stating
that by the time he received the tele-
gram ordering him to hold Adams, the
recorder had released him and he had
escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-20
Fewer Schools: Better Schools.

OF what value can school OF two
to three months, taught by $50
teacher, be to a community? asks the
Educational Bulletin. It can only be
a waste of money. Every man can L
have a school at his door. 1t will be
much better for the children to walk
two miles to six months school than
to have a three months school at their
door. In some states they have found
it to be much cheaper to furnish free
transportation and maintain fewer
schools than to have many schools
located conveniently to the pupils. IL
is not only found cheaper, but a larger
and more regular attendance is
secure d and more good accomplished
for the money.