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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
DepIorabIe Accident.

While engaged in moving a freight
car on the side-track at the Middle
burg mill Mr.. James Kneece, a highly
respected citizens Of Batesburg met
with very serious if not fatal acci-
dent. In going down rather steep
grade the car gained sufficient mo-
mentum to become unmanageable.
While be was attempting to get out
Of the way Mr.. Kneece's foot slipped
and he fell being caught and horribly
mangled beneath the wheels Of the
car. The right leg between the ankle
and knee and the left foot were mash
ed terribly. Drs. Hardin, Zimmerman
and Mitchell were summoned imme-
diately and did all that human skill
could do to relieve the sufferers pain.
1t is thought that both legs will have
to Oe amputated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
With Glass Pitcher.

A dispatch from Palatka, Fla, to
the Atlanta Journal says J. S. Swack-
ard, a negro tailor, died Tuesday
morning under very peculiar circum-
stances. he and his wife had some
trouble about ten days previous which
resulted in a fight, according to evi-
dence given at coroner's inquest, and
as Swackard was getting the best Of the
woman, she got hold of small glass
pitcher with which she struck him on
the forehead, inhicting a slight wound.
SWackard attended to his business as
usual until last Friday when he was
compelled to take to his bed on ac-
count Of it. Lockjaw soon after de-
veloped, a physician was called, but
too late to afford any relief. The
jury rendered a verdict Of justifable
homicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Gold Brick Missing.

If any one should find gold brick
of the value Of $4,000 lying around
loose, reward of $4,000 will be paid
for it's return to the manager OF the
Union passenger depot, Detroit Mich
igan. On March 18th a gold brick
valued at $4,000, which was being
shipped by the Pacific Express Com
pany, was stolen from the union depot
in Detroit, Michigan. The bar was
carefully guarded and its disappear
ance was a deep mystery. Pinkerton
detectives we're engaged and officers
all over the world were put on the
lookout for the bar A reward Of S5,-
600 was offered, yet the brick Of gold
is missing. The Pinkerton force is
now making redoubled efforts to find
the bar
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Mob Law.

Henry johnson a negro, was taken
from jail at Lake Village, Fla, at noon
Tuesday by a mob and hanged in the
centre of the town. The act followed
a fight betweeu the whites and blacks
early in the day in which Frank An
dersou was killed and B. VinSon, a
lawyer from Little Rock, and several
Others were wounded. During the
row, it is claimed, Ed. Coleman, a
negro, began shooting whicn began d
fusilade. When it was over the dead
and wounded were counted. Coleman
fed with posse in pursuit. Johnson
was locked up. Excitement ran high
and a mass meeting Of citizens was
held, at which observation Of law was
urged by a large number. The more
e1citable rushed to the jail, battered
down the doors, secured johnson and
and hanged him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Democratic Judge Killed.

In a pistol duel in the voting place
Of the 39th precinct OF the Eleventh
ward at Thirteenth and eileen streets,
Louisville, Ky, Tom Kiley, the Demo
cratic judge, was Tuesday shot
through the head and probably fatally
wounded by Jacob Kriger, the Re
publican sheriff. Wm. Stevens, the
Republican judge, was crossing the
street to enter the polls wnen kiley
opened fire on him. Jacob Kriger,
the Republican sheriff who was inside
the voting place, says be believed that
Stevens life was about TO be taken
and he opened lire on kiley. Kriger
was subsequently, released on $500
hail
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Told to Leave.

Excitement prevails among the col
ored citizens Of Morgan Park, Illinois,
as the result OF the posting Of placards
throughout the town giving notice to
all colored persons that they will be
allowed forty-eight hours to leave the
place. Several families have already
left, taking with them whatever goods
they could conveniently carry, and it
is expected thai others will follow
their example. The order to leave is
the outcome of the murder Of Chief of
Police Airey Saturday night by Mack
Wiley, who, with several other Of bis
colored friends, was out on halloween
frOlic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
LIKE a SCENE IN a PLAY.
A Man Killed in a Saloon While I'm
rating a Tragedy.

In illustrating a play from which
he had Just returned William Frasel
stabbed and fatally wounded Thomas
Barrett in H. J. McMullen's saloon
$50 Franklin street, Brooklyn last
week. He then walked to the nearest
police station and surrendered himself
saying: - have killed my best
friend. J"
Fraser is 40 years old and Barrett
was p.
The two men attended the theatel
together and after the performance
went to McMullen's saloon, where
they were well known. About Is men
were in the saloon at the time, and
Fraser and Barrett began illustrating
the most exciting features of the per
formance which they had seen.
1.-The william walked up to a man, .
said Barrett, approaching Fraser.
Then he raised his hand like this.
He had long dagger and be brought
it down and stabbed the fellow
through the heart
That's what he did all right" said
Fraser, but you didn't show the
exact way it was done. Now here" he
continued as the men in the saloon
gathered around the pair. "Suppos-
ing you are the man that was killed
and I am the villain. First I pick up
this here butcher knife from the free
lunch counter. That's to make 1t seem
more real. Now, then, you are in my
power. [ have you where we are alone.
Die"
AS he said this Fraser brought the
knife down toward Barrett's left side
and at the same moment the young
man, at make the illu ,tration more
dramatic, sprang forward as if to re-
sist the attack. Ia doing so he lunged
against the knife and it penetrated
his left side just below the heart.
With scream OF agony be fell to
the floor. Those in the saloon fled to
the street, panicstricken. Fraser
followed them and disappeared. While
the police arrived Barrett was uncon-
scious. He was taken to the Eastern
District hospital, where he died.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
A Sad Loss.

Abandoned by her husband ten days
ago and apparently crazed by anxiety
Mrs. Susie Abrams, Of New York, has
Jumped from window Of her rooms
in an East Fourth street tenement.
She died instantly. Her ten-year-old
daughter was with her when she
threw open the window. When the
Child realized what her mother was
about to do she grasped her skirts and
exerted her utmost strength, but the
frantic woman beat her off and leaped
out. Neighbors found the child on
the sidewalk, crying over the dead
body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Got Six Thousand.

Attorney D. F. Morrow Of Yorkville
has returned from Washington, where
be went to endeavor to bring a CON-
promise in the case against the South
ern Railway company in The suit bis
son was to have brought for broken
leg and other injuries be received in
the Fishing Creek wreck, Yorkville,
some weeks ago. After some days de-
batting with Southern Railway attor-
neys and officials In Washington, At
torney Morrow succeeded in securing
a compromise Of $4,000 together with
other considerations for his son, Mar
win Morrow, who is cashier Of the
Bank Of BlackSburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Negroes At tho hniLe auuae.

One night last week President and
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at the
White House the enlisted men Of the
dispatch boats Mayflower and Sylph,
which had been employed during the
summer as private yachts for the
President aud his family. Among
the party were several colored men,
who are members Of the crews, and
their presence has excited considerable
remark, in view Of the criticism which
attached to the Presidents entertain
ing Booker Washington in the early
days Of his administration. The
sailors were presented to the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt in the east
room, each one being introduced to
the chief executive and his wife.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
The Deadly Gin.

A dispatch to The State says Martin
Riddle, a well to do farmer and a
highly respected citizen Of the Warrior
Creek section. Of Laurens county, met
a tragic death Tuesday morning about
10 o'clock. He operated in connection
with farming interests big ginnery.
This morning in passing among the
shafting be was suddenly jerked into
the machinery and terribly mangled
and bruised. Death ensued in Is min.
utes. BE was 60 years old, being a
veteran Of the War Between the
States, and his friends recall his record
as a soldier worthy Of tine name.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
A Foolish Mothers Crime.

Lookout, I'll shoot baby" cried
Mrs. Thomas Zant, of ValGosta, Ga,
in frolic with her year-old child on
Saturday, at the same time pointing
at the baby an old parlor rifle, that
had been laid around the house since
Christmas. The child laughed in glee,
but in an instant there was an explo-
sion and scream of pain from the
baby and another scream Of horror
from the mother. The child fingered
in agony until Thursday morning,
when it died. Mrs. Zant is frantic
with grief and denouuceS herself as a
murderess, though it is conceded that
The shooting was accidental.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Fooled With a Gun.

A dispatch from Beaufort to the
Augusta Chronicle says Austin Le-
care, aged Is, and Robert Seabrook,
aged 10, both colored, attended a
dance near Eddings' Point. On their
way home they stopped at the shop Of
Kit Chopin, which is located on the
Mary jenkins plantation, ST. Helena
Island. A shotgun was standing be-
hind the counter. Legare pulled it
over the counter by the end OF the
barrel, which caused it to discharge,
and its load Of buckshot blew off the
right side of the face Of Seabrook,
who was standing near by, and in
stantly killed him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
The Earth Tremb1es.

A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn,
says two distinct earthquake shocks
were felt there Friday. There was
no damage in Memphis or vicinity,
but occupants Of Office buildings made
hasty exits. Many buildings swayed
and in the Business Mems club the
chandeliers were broken. In the
largest Office buildings the shock
we're especially noticeable and caused
CONSERVATION among the tenants.
Reports from surrounding towns tell
Of the shocks, but no serious damage
was caused. The vibrations were felt
far south as Fenada, Miss. The shock
was also felt in St. Louis, Mo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Well Matched.

Mrs. Nation has challenged Dowie
to joint debate. She offers to hire the
hall and give him $500 if he will GO
on the platform with her and let her
get a Whack at him. Mrs. Nation says
Dowie is an old fraud" and that she
can prove it. The Restorer hasn't
accepted the challenge. He has SAID,
however, that Mrs. Nation is fraud,
and that Christian Science is hum
bug. What a happy time the pro-
phets, healers and reformers are going
to have among themselves.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
An Ugly Affair.

A fatal election row occurred in an
election booth at Fairveiw, in Scott
county, Virginia, Tuesday. Two men
were killed, one other fatally injured,
and one seriously. The dead: John
Osborne, Ezekiel Nickels. Wounded:
J.H. Catron shot through the neck:
will die. Alexander Keys, shct in the
right hip. The trouble arose over OBJ
jections being made to G. P. Roller
serving as a Republican judge. Roller,
it is claimed, had been selected by
Democratic election commissioners for
services. Osborne and NickelS, the
two dead men, were Democratic
judges and we're brought into the
quarrel on account Of their official con-
nection with the election. 1t is be-
lieved that Cation fired the shot that
killed Osborne and Nickels. The two
men who were killed shot Catron
and Keys.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
THE OPEN SEASON.
Hunters Can Now Lawfully Indulge
In Their Favorite Sport.

The sportsmen are now free to take
to the woods after partridges for the
season opened Sunday, November l.
From now until April l next the sport
loving gunners will take the place
Of the pot hunters. The idea pre-
walls among some people that the
close season ends on August /, but
this is not the case for partridges.
The deer season opens on August /.
Section 552 Of the criminal code pre-
scribes that:
1t shall not be lawful for any per-
son in the State, between the first
day Of April and the first day Of Nov
ember, in any year hereafter Q8e5) to
catch, kill or injure, OF to pursue with
such intent, or to sell or expose for
sale, any wild turkey, partridge,
quail, woodcock or pheasant, or be-
tween the first day Of March and the
first day Of November any dove; OF at
any other time during the year to
catch, kill OF injure, or to pursue with
such intent, by tre-light any Of the
birds named in the section; nor shall
any person or persons destroy or rob
the nests Of any Of said birds. And
any person doing so shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not
more than $50 or be imprisoned not
more than 80 days"
Section 552 states that it is a viola
tion Of the law to trap partridges on
land where consent is not given, and
further lit is unlawful for any person
to sell, offer for sale, OF ship or export
for sale, any partridge or quail for the
space of five years from the 9th day Of
February A. D. 1900: Provided, That
nothing in this section shall prevent
the importation for sale Of any part
ridge OF quail" Violation Of this Sec
tion is punishable by a fine or not
more than $40 or not more than 80
days Imprisonment.
Until January 1, 1905, it is against
the law to kill any Mongolian phesas
ants. The penalty is q fine betweeE
IS and s25 or Imprisonment not more
than 80 days. The government print
ing office in Washington has lately
issued farmers bulletin No. 1870, en-
titled "Game Laws for 1908" and in
this much valuable information con-
corning the game laws of all the
States may be found. The pamphlet
will be sent post free to anyone on
application.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11

ed the deck with such force that W
had to keep under the awnings.
heard the lookout call out, 'Smal
boat off the starboat bowl About
mile off there lay q little open dug-out
apparently empty.
We'll run up close to her and SCI
what she has aboard" I said. Th'
quartermster laughed, remarking tina
it would be a waste Of time. I or
dered the course changed, and he put
the wheel over. Within half a mile
Of the dug-out I saw raised above the
gunwale a head and knew that some
body was aboard.
AS the steamer rounded to and
ran past the boy raised himself and
weakly waved his hands: I ordered
Second Officer Van Beck, with two
sailors, away in boat. When they
reached the dug-out the boy had dis
appeared. They found him - to his
neck in the salt water. He was cling.
ing to the gunWale and Gaming
with main pain as the salt ate init
his bliStered skin and swollen flesh;
RESCUE OF THE. BOY.
Sticking up in the boat was a
small crotched stick with some fish
lines, without hooks, wound around
it. That was all the boy had for a
signal Of distress. The boy was COM
pletely naked with the exception Of a
torn piece of pair Of pantaloons.
His body was so blistered that
should have thought be would have
drowned himself on account OF the
pain.
When Mr.. Van Beck brought the
boy aboard be fell to the deck in a
faint. l took him to my own room
and gave him some water and, after a
while, as much food as I thought be
ought to have. II you could have
seen him eat you would not have
thought there was anything the mat
ter with him, but be has been more
or less delirious ever since be came on
board"
The boat, which Captain Prescott
will keep as a souvenir, is very old.
It is IA feet long, 3 feet inches wide
at the broadest part and is scoopsd
out Of a an immense Cuban tree. On
each side OF the stern is the name
''Relamaco (skylight.) On the bow
is the registry number in the Havana
office of fisheries records, IF. 2,340."
IF" refers to the folio OF the records.
How do you like New York;" lit
tie Jose was asked.
Il like it very, very much," be re-
piled. Il should like to stay here
and go to school, and when I grow up
/ should like to be a sailor
The sister in charge Of the ward
wound up a large music box. Jose
forgot the pain in his legs. He
laughed, shut his eyes and, maybe,
dreamed that he was in heaven.-New
York World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
A Foul Crime AvenGed.

Sam Adams, a young negro,
criminally assaulted Mrs. Peter
Ladausse at Pass Christian, Miss,
Thursday. He cut loose the horses
from her carriage while she was stroll
ing aield with nurse and child and
lured her from her com panions under
pretense Of securing the animals.
He escaped, but Was captured and a
mob took him from the jail, which
had been guarded by armed men as a
precaution, and hanged him to q tree.
The officers intended taking him to
Mississippi City for safe keeping, but
the avengers were too numerous and
determined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
a Cold Ride.

The Columbia State says a Missouri
man shipped his buggy over the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railway to a
point six miles distant and then he
and his wife decided to ride in the
buggy. The freight train was l3
hours making the trip, the doors were
locked, there WIS no heat, The weather
was cold and the two shippers almost
froze to death. They are now suing
the railroad company for $4,000 dam
ages. They will get the money-it
Missouri jurieS are in the business OF
holding up railroads.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Fatal Election Row.

In a fatal election row Tuesday
morning at Fairview, Tenn, two men
we're killed and one fatally and one
seriously injured. The trouble arose
by Republicans about the polling place
objecting to G. P. Roller serving as a
Republican Judge. He had been Sc
lected by the Democratic election COM
missioners. John Osborne and Eek
ial Nichols, the dead men, were Dem
ocratic judges. j. q. Catron fatally
injured, shot Osborne and Nickels
and they shot him in the neck. Fair
view is a remote mountain settle
ment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Fell on Darby.

While G. T. Darby, of Phoenix City,
Ca, was working at the bottom OF a
4Ofoot well at his home the wlndlass
broke and the bucket which was near
the TOP fell down like a meteor. He
saw it coming and threw up his arm
and broke it's force. Darby was daZed
for a while, but soon recovered con-
seriousness and climbed to the surface
by means of a rope which was let
down to him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
Was She Murdered,

a passenger train on the Spartan
burg and ASheville road ran over a
woman at Beuna Vista, ten miles
from AsheVille, at 6 o'clock Thursday
afternoon. Ihe head was severed and
the body mangled. The body was
found to be cold when picked up by
the trainmen and it is believed that
the woman had been murdered and
placed on the track. The victim is
believed to be Mrs. Murry of Beuna
Vista.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11
A Strange Notion.

A dispatch says the colored popula-
tion Of west Atlanta is very much e1-
cited over the belief that the sun will
be blotted out at l o'clock on Thanks
giving day, November 26, never to be
seen again from this earth. Services
are being held in various churches
daily and converts are growing at a
marvellous rate No one can tell
where the prophecy came from, but
the negroes believe it firmly and can
not be shaken in the belief that their
doom is pending.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-11

trust building. Criscom wanted a snip
subsidy. The idea which capital de-
Tested above all things was that which
looked to the broadening OF the Sher-
man antitrust law. Senator Hanna
took emphatic ground that there
should be no more antitrust legis]a-
ton. In this position Ee had the
hearty support OF the old gaurd in the
senate, consisting 81 Aldrich, Spooner
of Wisconsin, Quay Of Pennsylvania,
Allison Of Iowo, Elkins Of West Vir-
ginia, Foraker OF Ohio, and Fairbanks
Of Indiana. All Of these men can be
classed as defenders Of trusts and
when they unite, they can dominate
the senate" ="
Accompanying this interesting
article are several pictures Of senators
and above each picture is brief and
interesting description Of the man.
For instance, over Senator Aldcich's
picture that gentleman is described
as the most potent influence in the
senate and The prime mover in legiSla-
tion favorable to corporations.
Senator Quay is described as leader
in the fgnt against restricted i'm
migration on behalf of the foreign
steamship lines"
Senator ElkipS is introduced as the
gentleman who promoted the agree
menr between the sugar trust and
Senator German who later became
leader Of the beet sugar lobby"
Senator hillard is referred to as
''she strong friend Of the beet sugar
trust and also mainstay Of the Union
Pacific railroad"
Senator Dietrich is called 'one OF
the foremost upholders of beet sugar
and protector Of the usurpation Of
public lands"
Congressman Babcock is referred to
as the spokesman for the brewing IL
terestS.
OF Congressman WadSworth; it is
said: ''Sent to congress from agri-
cultural district, but the chief repre-
sentative OF the oleomargarine indus
try"
Senator Burrows is referred to as
zone Of the leaders OF the beet sugar
lobby and violently opposed to re-
ciprocity with Cuba"
It is explained that most Of the
senators who are engaged in shielding
the trust 2nd corporations that have
so long dominated congress were above
the suspicion that they do it for pay;
that most of them are millionaireS in
thei. own right; that while they are
actually the servants Of the trusts,
they are parts Of the trusts.
There are many people to whom the
statements Of the authors Of The
National Lobby at Washington" are
not revelations and yet it may not be
doubted that there are thousands OF
others, particularly among the rank
and file Of the republican party, who
really imagine that the Aldriches, the
Hannas and the Burrows are states
men who are greatly concerned for the
public welfare. To those who have
been really ignorant on this subject,
the article in Leslie's Monthly will
provide food for serious thought.
Can the American people expect
honest representation at the lands OF
their public officials when the trust
are permitted to choose those officials?
Is it not humiliating to the Amerl-
can citizen when be is told that the
men who are presumed to represent
public interests are, in fact, the repre-
sentatives Of special interests? The
Commoner.