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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Saved from a Mob.

Eight negroes were arrested for an
attempted criminal assault on Mrs
Hart, a white woman, at Whitestone,
Tex, on Wednesday. Seven were re-
leased and the eighth man was held
or Identification. A mob appeared
at the jail and took the negro and
b.. ..ged him to a tree nearby. Before
he bcame unconscious officers appear
ed and rescued the negro and are
hurrying him to Shermon for safekeep-
ing. The mob is gathering to pursue
the prisoner and it is said other COM
munjties will join the mob.
After the negro Brown had been
forcibly taken from the mob, its mem
bers turned their attention to the col
ored residents of the town. Guns
were fired promiscuouSly in the negro
section and the terror-stricken negroes
when they came from their houses
were ordered to leave town at once.
No violence further than this intimi-
dation has been offered so far. AS a
result outgoing trains on all roads are
crowded with negroes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Rode to His Death.

Henry f. Spalding, aged about As
years, an expert automobilist from
West Orange, N. j., rode to his death
four miles east Of Whites Plains n. Y,
Wednesday afternoon. He was on the
tow path of the Erie canal. Owing
to the muddy condition of the path
and while turning out for liniman's
rig, his automobile swerved more than
he intended, and man and machine
plunged into the water. Two linemen
rushed to aid Spalding but in their
excitement let go entirely Of the ropes,
the end of which they had thrown to
the drawing man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Ea,ber and Son Convicted.

Jobel Register and his father, H..
B. Register, Wilmington, n. c., were
convicted in Whiteyille, Columbus
county, Wednesday Of the murder OF
Jesse Sales and Jim Stally last March
and burning their house down upon
their bodies after robbng the premises
Of something over 900. The young
er Register was sentenced to be hang
ed on October 9, and the father was
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
Cross EdmondSon, whose confession
implicated the Registers and secured
their conviction, was sentenced to six
years. Registers counsel gave notice
of appeal to the supreme court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
More Mills Close.

The Whaley Mills in Columbia have
decided to run three days Of each week
until the new crop Of cotton comes in,
which will be the first week in Sep
tember. The mills shut down Thurs
day night and resumed operation Mon
day, running until Wednesday again
for about four weeks. The statement
was made in Charlotte paper recent
ly that the mills Of Columbia would
lie idle for several months, but otfi-
GERS Of mills state that this is nothing
but a sensation story. The mills have
lust about enough cotton on hand to
run in this manner and as soon aS the
new crop comes in full time will be re-
sumed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
From the New York Tribune to the
Colored Man.

A negro preacher of Chicago at
tempts to explain the attack on Booker
Washington in Boston saying that the
president Of Tuskegee institute goes
counter to his race when he advocates
industrial education, labor and aban-
donment of politics. These theories,
the Chicago negro says, would if car
ried out lead to the fall OF the race to
a condition little better than serfdom.
In advocating surrender of rights"
Booker Washington does not represent
his people, says the western critic.
The staunch newspaper, the New
York Tribune, gives the negroes ad-
vice and displays very clear concep-
tion Of the situation, north and south.
Only through Booker WaShington's
policy, it says, can the negro hope to
rise from a condition Of Serfdom to full
political and ciyal recognition" The
claims he is charged with neglecting,
says The Tribune, have alrerdy been
surrendered. IF the political and
civil rights thrust upon the negro in
the process Of Federal Reconstruction
have not been rescinded, they are in a
great measure, at least already in
abeyence. Negro leaders now face
theproolem not Of surrendering those
rights but Of regaining them. Never
perhaps since congress gave him his
new status has the negro's capacity to
live up TO the status been so hercely
disputed; and it seems the part OF Wis
dom for negro leaders not so much to
pin their faith blindly to enactments
which have lost their virtue as to turn
their energies to lifting their race to
new levels Of character and eligibil-
ity." 1t doesn't require very keen
PERCEPTION to see the trend Of The
Tribune's reasonings. The Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments have lost
their sacredneSs in it's sight.-The
State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Big Railroad Deal.

The Atlanta Journal says the
purchase in the open market Of a con-
trolling interest in the Seaboard Air
Line by parties representing the Rock
Island and Frisco systems of railroad,
is perhaps the most important hnan-
cial development Of the year.
The Seaboard Air Line owns out
right or controls by lease 1904 miles
of road. 1t has outstanding common
stock to the amount Of $4,000, 600
par value, and preferred stock to the
amount of s19, 9,000,0 900 par value; also
$685., 900 in bonds. Its net earn
ings are something over sl,l00 per
mile per annum.
The Rock Island system operates
S,057 miles Of track. This system is
controlled by the newly orsanized
Rock Island company" ~L4ch was
formed few months ago with an
authorized capital Of s150,0o0,OOo to
absorb the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific and other companies. The
combined balance sheet issued last
year showed the cost Of the various
roads and equipment to be $3.50, ,oOo,-
600, and the book assets, including
s21, ,13O,173 in cash and current &C
counts, to be approximately 1851, los:-
900. The outstanding bonds OF the
system aggregate s127,559, 500.
The St. Louis and San Francisco
Railway company, operating what is
known as the Frisco system, controls
about 1910 miles Of track. Its out
standing capital stock amounts to
about $40, 900, 900, exclusive of nearly
$40, 900, 900 in stock Of leased lines
and over sl10, 100000 Of bonds.
The combined length Of all the
tracks in the three systems is nearly
Ii 900 miles. The combined capital,
including bonds, foots up to nearly
$3.50, 900, 900. In other words, the
merger of these roads will form the
most colossal railway system in the
world.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
DISASTROUS HURRICANE
Causes Many Deaths and the Loss of
Ten Million Dollars.

The West Indian hurricane struck
the island of Kingston, Jamaica with
it's full force Wednesday, inhicting
great damage. Port Antonio, on the
north coast, was completely over
whelmed. Only six houses were left
standing there. The United Fruit
company's wharyes, offices, hotel and
plantations we're utterly demolished.
Five of the company's steamers, in
cluding the Simon DumoiS, Alfred
Dumois and Brighton were driven
ashore but are lying in easy positions.
Port Maria, another town on the
north coast, also suffered Similarly.
The coast is strewn with Wreckage Of
local sailing boats.
The southeastern portion Of the is
land has been completely denuded of
its crops, the rivers are flooded and
many men were carried out to see and
drowned. Considering the damage to
property during the hurricane, the
loss of life is comparatively small al
though the present estimate is that
the death list will reach so. Hun
dreds Of persons were injured and
there were numerous hairbreadth es
capeS. The property loss is estimated
at $40, 100000.
The entire eastern end of the island
has been devastated. Villages have
been wiped out and public buildings
and churches demolished. Thousands
of the peasantry, rendered homeless
and destitute, are wandering about
seeking food aud shelter. The destruc-
ton of the banana plantations has
been complete and the fruit trade is
paralyzed for the next twelve months.
Hundreds of prosperous fruit growers
have been brought to bankruptcy and
ruin. The western enl Of the island,
which it was at first supported had
escaped, also suffered considerably al
though not to the extent which the
eastern end did The new banana
plantations planted there were partly
destroyed and the orange and the
coffee crops were also injured. The
Norwegian steamer Salvatore did
Giorgio was driven ashore at Annotta
bay and lies in dangerous position.
Several sailing vessels were wrecked
on the north side.
Thousands of houses in Kingston
were damaged, the wharves were bat
tered several coasting vessels were
sunk in the harbor. Trade is prac-
tically at a StandStill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
ACT OF A MADMAN.
Fires Shotgun Into a Crowd ofFive
Thousand People.

Gilbert Trigg, aged 80 years, sup
posed to be insane, appeared on the
principal street of Winfield, Kansas,
Thursday with a double barreled shot
gun and fired both charges deliberate
ly into crowd of 5000 people who
were listening to band concert. he
killed three persons, fatally injuring
three, and shot 20 others, Of whom
six may die. Trigg was himself killed
by a policeman.
The dead: Sterling Rice, a carpen-
ter; Dawson Tillotson, barber, brains
blown out; D. Bowman, a carpenter
Of Oxford, Kans. Gilbert Trigg.
The injured Mrs. John Barnard,
shot in the neck: James Clarkson, shot
in the back and arm; r. E. Oliver,
shot in the shoulder and back; Clyde
Reed, shot in the hip; J. B. Sterry,
shot In the chest and knee; Wilkins,
Charles Thomas.
thirteen OJherS were less seriously
injured.
The band had just finished playing
a waltz when Trigg stepped out from
an ally half block distant and de-
hberately taking aim at the band
stand, fred two shots. r. E. Oliver,
a bandman, fell at the first shot: but
the crowd, not realizing what had
happened, rushed toward Trigg, be-
lieving that there had been an acci-
dental shooting Of some kind. AS the
crowd closed in the crazed man dis
charged two more shots at them caus-
ing a scattering in every direction.
With the crowd fleeing, the man stood
firing at random in every direction.
Policeman George Nichols confronted
Trigg and fred bulletinto his head
Before life was extinct the demented
man drew revolver from his pocket
and fired shot into his own body.
Gilbert Trigg was miller by trade,
He was commonly referred to as
Cray Trigg," but no one thought
him dangerous.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
ROMANCE ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
A Runaway Wedding, Row and a
Chase that Proved Fatal.

The Fort Mill correspondent Of The
State says on Sunday evening, 9th
instant, having just performed the
ceremony making couple from the
Fort Mill Manufacturing company
man and wife, Squire McElhaney was
called upon to marry Miss Ella Ram
sey and Mr.. j. r. Norman, both OF
the same village. There was serious
parental objection to this marriage,
and thereby hangs the tragic tale.
After the marriage Norman and his
bride returned to the home Of her
parents, who had bitterly opposed the
marriage. Immediately there was
first-class TOW, in the progress OF
which Norman severely abused and
cursed the girls parents, his manner
being extremely violent and threaten
ing. The girls father reported the
matter to- the town authorities and on
Monday morning Officer E. G.. johnson
went in search of the young husband.
He learned that Norman had just left,
going in the direction of Rock Hill,
eight miles distant, with the Catawba
river between them. Then it was that
officer Johnson brought out his blood
hound and gave chase. Striking the
trail Of the fleeing man, there was an
exciting chase between man and brute.
AS soon as the Catawba river was
reached the animal went straight to
the shore and, heSitating not a mo-
ment, plunged in and swan to the
west bank. There ne again endeavored
to strike the trail but failed. Johnson
had reached the river by this time,
and failing to find the young man
along the banks, he was convinced
that be was hiding behind a rock cliff
midway Of the stream. After exam
lining this cliff and failing to find his
man, johnson abandoned the search,
taking his dog and returned home.
On Tuesday parties along the river
discovered the body Of a man floating
down stream. They examined it and
found that it was the body Of the
bridegroom Of less than day. It was
pulled ashore and taken to a point
near the home Of Mr.. Banks Jones,
who is reputed to be a relative Of
Abraham Lincoln, where at last ac-
counts it was resting awaiting the ar
rival of the coroner Of York county.
Mr.. Norman was about 80 years Of
age. He had been in the mill village
at Fort Mill only a few weeks, having
come from Belmont, N. c., for the
purpose of taking a position in the
mill. He has a brother living in the
village. Mr.. Norman had scarcely ar
rived at Fort Mill before he became
enamored Of the girl, who, forsaking
her objecting parents, was willing. to
60 with him, without their knowledge,
to the magistrate, who was formerly
the intendant Of the town, and plight
her troth. The dramatic and tragic
sequel leaves her a widow and simply
brings to the attention Of the world
the sad ending Of a beautiful romance,
the result Of case of Glove at first
sight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Murder Will Cut.

Sol Benje and wife katherine
Raughuss of Wilkes county, n. c.,
have been arrested and committed to
jai! at Winston-Salem, n. c., on the
charge numbering Benje's daughter
Sarah, about Feb. 2Sth, 1902. On
March -, 1902, the body OF the dead
girl was found in a mill pond. AT the
coroner's inquest it developed that
were many bruises on the girl, lndlca-
tive that she had been killed before
being thrown into the pond. Recently
evidence has developed pointing to-
ward Benje, his wife and katherine
BaughusS as the perpetrators OF the
crime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Where Is He?

A dispatch from Atlanta to tue
Chronicle says: With a
rood-bye to his wife, and babies and a
promise to shortly return with pro
visions, Reese Hogan, mill hand,
who lives at Is Bluff street, left his
bone last Saturday night and has
not since been seen. Mrs. Hogan and
her four little children are now IN
destitute circumstances. The ponce
was asked to look for Hogan last Mon,
day. Hogan could not be found ana
it is now believed that he has desert
ed his family
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
THEY RODE TO DEATH.
Another Fatal Railroad Accident
Down the Saluda Mountain.

A dispatch from Spartanburg Il
The State says a disastrous freight
wrecked occurred on the Melrose grade
Of the Southern railway THURSDAY
afternoon at ?. Is o'clock by which En-
gineer J. H. Averill, Jr., and Fireman
Hair were killed outright, II cars
loaded with coal smashed into smith.
Greens, the locomotive ruined and W.
B. Sheriff., brakeman, whose home is
at Baltimore, lost his legs, these mem.
bers being severed by the car wheels.
The tragic happening occurred a
short distance below Melrose station,
almost midway between Saluda and
Tryon. The distance that the road
bed Of the Southern rises on this
heavy, treacherous grade Of Eve miles,
from A. little above Saluda to Tryon,
will open the eyes Of the average
traveller, provided he has had the time
to inspect casually, even, the route.
This afternoon freight No. 62,
headed for Spartanburg, with Con-
ductor Howie in charge, was running
from Asheville. This train was CON-
posed of one Of the Southern's brand
new mammoth locomotives and l3
cars laden with coal. Engineer
Averill was in charge of the locomo-
tive, and the trip was uneventful un-
til his train was passing along a short
distance atove Saluda. AS he had to
check up for that station, he applied
the brakes; the train was running at
a brisk rate of speed, which momen-
tarily increased. The brakes would
not work and in a minute the train
was beyond human control.
AS the freight passed Melrose sta
tion at a fearful rate Of speed Agent
Hetherly say, Fireman Hair, seated in
his cab threw up his hands, indicating
perfect comprehension of the danger
and peril awaiting the ill-starred
crew Faster and faster grew the
speed of the uncomfortable train and
finally the locomotive diyerged from
the iron rails and plunged down into
cut. The result Of this abrupt
check was fatal in consequence. The
faithful engineer and his fireman, true
to their posts until the end, were
crushed to death. Their bodies are
under the debris and ruins. Conduc-
tor Howie and the flagman escaped
without harm.
Eleven of the cars were demolished
and the engine is complete wreck.
The coal is heaped about the spot in
huge, i'll proportioned mounds. About
the scene there are signs Of sorrow
and grief, as the friends and relatives
Of the dead weep and wiring their
hands for those who will never come
back to their homes. Engineer Averill
was a bright young man % years OF
age, a son Of Col. J. H. Averill OF
Charleston. His father, mother, wife
and two little children, brother and
sisters are spending. the summer at
Saluda, three miles from where be met
his untimely death. He stayed on
his engine with the faithful fireman,
doing all be could to check the speed
Of the train until the engine buried
him. AS the runaway train passed
Melrose, the operator, J. W. Hetherly,
ran out and Fireman Hair threw up
his hands and smiled. The operator
tainted. Conductor Howie and his
Aagmen, Bishop and Ward, were un-
hnrt-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
Found in the River.

The body of an unidentified man
was found Thursday in North river at
the foot of One Hundred and Sixty
Third street, New York City. The
police say the man was murdered. a
handkerchief was knotted tightly
around his neck in such a manner as
to cause strangulation. There were
deep gashes over both eyes. He was
apparcutly forty years old and was .
feet inches in height.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
a Strange Case.

A dispatch from Roanoke, Va, to
The State says DR.. John L. Doggett,
60 years old, prominent dentist OF
that city, met with peculiar acci-
dent Wednesdays night, While in a
tit OF nightmare. DR.. Doggett's wife
graspedd him by the hands in an en-
deavor to quiet him. He gavea lurch
of superhuman strength, throwing
his hands over his head and back
again, swapping the large bones in
both arms near shoulder. Physicians
pronounce the case an extraordinary
one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19

burned iercely, raising quantities OF
smoke. simultaneously the electric
lights on the trains went out, leaving
the passengers in total darkness, eS-
cept for the light Of the burning en-
icne far ahead. This impeded the
progress of the trains toward Menll-
montant. The terror-stricken paSsen-
gers got out and tried ia grope their
way back to Les Couronnes. The
powerful electric current, which con-
tinued in the rails, is believed to have
stunned or killed many. A number
of the passengers tried to reach Les
Couronnes Station, but the maih body
of the passengers who overcome by the
heat and smoke.
A TERRIBLE PANIC
occurred among those behind, and the
horror of the situation was increased
by third train crashing into the
fiery mass, and adding another crowd
of panid-sticken passengers to those
seeking an outlet.
The cars continued to burn until
twenty were consumed. The burning
debris gave forth fierce heat, which
puffed out of the mouths Of the STA
tions Of Les Couronnes and Menilmont.
ant. Most of the trainmen escaped,
but the conductor Of the train caus-
ing the accident was seriously injured.
The escape Of the trainmen is at
tributed not to their lack Of attention
to the passengers, but to their Supe-
rior knowledge Of the subterranean
passage, which enabled them to hasten
forward in spite OF the obscurity. A
number of heroic incidents occurred.
One of the employees OF the road
nearly lost his life in seeking to make
his way through the smoke to aid the
victims, and is now in the hospital.
Several soldiers and fremen riSEed
their leves in attempting to succor the
passengers. Perfect Lepine himself
took his lifein his hands by entering
the tunnel and proceeding CONSIDER
able distance until the smoke drove
him back.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
THE MAIN FACTE
which have been established, are

which have been established, are
the following:
Train No 43, which caused the acci-
dent, trance to the Bois de Boulogne,
in the western part Of Paris, and pass
ing under the Place de L'Etoile, circl-
ed the northerly quarter OF the city.
In this northern Quorter-a manufact-
uring section-the train picked up
numbers Of workmen, who, after
their days work were returning to
their homes in the populous eastern
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Of the city. On
reaching the neighborhood of the
Cemetery Of Pere Lo Chaise, the elect
rical motor failed to act properly aud
the train waited at the sta lion OF Les
couronnes until the arrival Of a second
train, which pushed the crippled train
forward, making a total Of sixteen
coaches.
After proceeding about two hundred
wards towards Menilmontant Station,
the damaged dynamo set ire to the
engine Of the first train. The engine
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
SCENES IN THE TUNNEL.


A survive: named Jules Bouat, des-
cribes the struggle during the panic IN
the tunnel as terrible. Women were
screaming, "Save me-" An old man
fell exhausted until they fell asphyxi-
aGed.
NJ. Gauthier, the magistrate for the
district. says one of the main causes
OF the loss of life was that those escap-
ing took the wrong exit, one passage
letting out to the street, while the
other was barred, as it was usually
for admitting passengers. Many OF
the victims sought the barred exite,
and were found massed against the
wall, where they had been slowly suf-
focoted.
NJ. Bienvenue, the chief engineer Of
the Metropolitan Railroad, says from
the technical point Of view every pre-
caution to avoid danger had been
taken. The chief misfortune was
that the employees did not organize
assistance with sufficient rapidity to
permit the passengers being quickly
drawn out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-19
ACCOUNT OF AN EYE WITNESS.

The chief station master at Les
CouronneS, NJ. Didier, has given a
graphic description of the events pre-
ceding the accident. He says he
saw the flames running along the gear
of the cars when the first train passed
through the station and called out to
the engineer to stop, saying there was
not time to reach the next station,
but the engineer declared he had
ample line and proceeded. A few
minutes later long blue flame flashed
through the tunnel, followed by a vio-
lent detonation. Looking into the
month of the tunnel NJ. Didier could
see flashed from the burning cars.
Great masses Of smoke began to pour
out, preventing the officials from en-
tering the tunnel. Men struggled
ont through the smoke. Screams
could be heard in the distance amid
the cracking Of the fire.
VICTIMS MOSTLY THE POOR.
The names and occupations OF the
victims give pathetic evidence OF their
humble condition. The names are
characteristic of the French working
classes, and their occupations are
given :as given as painter, mason,
plumber, tailor, SeamStreSS, lock-
smith, etc. Outside the workmen,
about every third name is that Of a
woman. Pitiful scenes were enacted at
the morgue throughout the day as
the relatives gathered seeking to iden-
tify the bodies, which were arranged
in long lines on white marble Slabs.
The clothing Of many Of the victims is
torn, showing the ferceneSs of the
Strupple-