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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
PRESS ASSOCIATION
Held Regular Session at White Stone
Springs.
LARGE NU MBER IN ATTENDANCE
President Aul's Annual Address in
Which He Pays Tribute to De-
parted Members-..Every-
Held Regular Session at White Stone
LARGE NUMBER IN ATTENDANCE
President aun's Annual Address i,
body Delighted.

Special staff corresp. 'ndent Of the
State, writing from White Stone
Springs says: The Goth annual meet
ing of the State Press association was
attended by large number of the
best newspaper workers OF the State.
The printed minutes Of the associa-
tion's meetings from 1871 to 1888 re-
clll the facts that for the first four
years of the existence Of the associa
tion, 1915 to 1879, Col. Jas. A. Hoyt,
then editor of the Columbia Daily
Register, was the presiding officer.
Col. Hoyt is here today, nearly as
vigorous as he was generation ago.
On the other hand there are q number
Of Very young newspaper men here,
mcn whose work gives promise that
Lie future OF the press OF South Car
plina will be as honorable as the past,
al,l that the weekly papers continue
to be great educating influences.
After making his annual address in
Which he pictured ale future of the
press in glowing terms, Mr.. &. II.
Aull Of the Newberry News and
Herald Wednesday made his annual
report.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Narrow Escape.

Douglasville Ga, was visited by a
severe thunderstorm Tuesday. The
lightning struck several places in
town and among the number was the
residence of R. NJ. Wilson, clerk Of the
superior court of that county. Mr..
Wilson and five other members OF bis
family were in the house when the
bolt came and their escape is very
miraculous. Mrs. Wilson was in the
kitchen washing dishes and a large
hole was torn in the floor within ten
inches Of where she was standing.
The dishes she held in her hand were
broken, but she escaped unhurt. A
son, F. NJ. Wilson, was lying on a
bed upstairs and pieces OF plank ano
plastering were thrown all over him
He was unhurt. Other members o1
the family had equally as miraculou:
escapes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Mothers Dreadful Deed.

A terrible tragedy occurred Thurs
day night in the village OF Leroy, n.
y, when Mrs. William Baxter hanged
herself and two children, Goodson,
aged s years, and Gladys, aged 3.
When her husband returned to the
house at f o'clock he could not get in.
He waited for some time, then broke
in window and searched the house.
In an unfinished attic oyer the kltch-
en-, reached by ladder, he saw hang
ing, side by side, from the rafters his
wife and two children. From indica-
tions the woman must have carried
the children up the ladder one at a
time. The room was SO low that the
boys feet nearly touched the floor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
HAS z DYING MANIA.
West Virginia Man Pronounced Dead
but Still Lives.

Clayton Westfall, of Parkersburg,
W. Va, is victim Of the dying habit.
He lies, apparently, fools all the per-
sons who see him and then fools the
undertaken who calls to prepare him
for burial by waking up from semi
conscious state and protesting against
being made to witness his own fune-
raj from the inside Of a coffin. West
fall died last week for the seventh
time, but revived again in time to pre-
vent the funeral, although the grave
had been dug and the coffin ordered.
He is worker in the OF fields near
Jake's run and according to his own
story has frequent attacks Of uncon-
sciousness. He had one OF his attacks
Friday, and the family made the usu-
al tests and he was pronounced dead.
The grave was prepared and the
undertaken sent for. He arrived at
night and was almost frightened to
death when the supposed corpse arose
in bed and asked the undertaken what
he was going to do. Westfall found
out in a short time that it was pro-
posed to bury him and entered Vigor-
Gus objection.
Westfall says he has several times
been in this condition and has mar
rowly escaped being buried alive on
more than one occasion. He has
sometimes laid in a trance for Two OF
three days at a time. During this
period he has always the most remark
able dreams. Nearly always he dreams
he is in heaven but can give no &C
curate description Of what the place
is like. At other times he dreams he
has gone in the opposite direction, and
when this happens he is always glad
to be awakened, even by the under
taker. He.is in excellent health, and
his experience never hurts him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
TIE PRESIDENTS REPORT.

Mr.. Aull in his annual report calls
attention to the fact that he was
elected At the meeting in 1894, at
which time there were but II mem
bers present. At Sumter, the year
following, there were 80 present, and
the average attendance since that
time has been net less than 50. 1t is
gratifying to note the increased and
continued interest in the annual meet
ings. He trusts that the time will
never come when there will be indif-
ference on the part OF the editors and
publishers 10 these annual gatherings.
They are helpful and pleasant and
must be beneficial. He feels that
those editors who have never identi-
fed themselves With the association
do not realize the benefits they would
rnroivn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
Governor Appoints Commissioners
for Exhibit at Worlds fair

The State of Wednesday says:
The governor yesterday appointed IA
commissioners who will have IN charge
the exhibit OF South Caroli-.. which
is to be placed at the worlds fair in
St. Louis next year.
The governor is very much encour-
aged with the prospect for the ex-
hibit and will use every personal en-
deavor to increase the sum now on
hand so that handsome exhibit
worthy of the State may be placed at
the exposition.
The newly appointed commissioners
will meet here on Thursday evening,
July 16, at o'clock in the governors
Office, and the entire situation Will be
reviewed and plans set on foot for the
raising of the desired sum. 1t is posi-
bic that about $4,000 is needed to
make an exhibit such as would best set
forth the resources Of the State.
Gov. Hayward himself is very en-
thusiastic about the plan and is con-
fdent that South Carolina will be rep
resented by most creditable display
when the gates Of the great eXposl-
ton are opened in 1904.
Two commissioners have been ap-
pointed from every congressional dis
trict. They are as follows:
First District-R. Goodwin Rhett,
Charleston: Louis Appelt, Clarendon.
Second District-Miles B. McSwee-
ney, Hampton: Robert Aldrich, Barn
we'll
Third District-R. T. Jaynes,
Oconee: J. NJ. Sullivan, Anderson.
Fourth District-T. c. Duncan,
Union; It. J. Moore, Spartanburg,
Fifth District-LeRoy Springs,
Lancaster: r. a. Love, Chester.
Sixth District--Thos. Wilson, Will
liamsburg: R. P. Hamer, Marion.
Seventh District-Altamont Moses,
Sumter: E. B. Clark, Richland.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
FAVORABLE TO CROP (;
Past Week Best Of the Season Thus
Far for Growth.

According to the report Of Sec5ion
Director Bauer, the past week was
very favorable for crop growth and
development. There was about the
usual amount Of sunshine and the
winds were light and generally
southerly. The relative humidity
averaged above the normal. At the
beginning of the week the ground was
thoroughly soaked by the rains at the
close OF the previous week, and there
were light scattering showers On the
2nd, and again on the last day, but
the ground was generally dry enough
to permit cultivation after the lst OF
July, with the exception Of very low
lying lands, and where the rains on
the End were heaviest. a few locali-
ties need rain, but generally the sol!
is we'll supplied with moisture. Hail
that damaged tobacco fell in Horny
county.
With the exception Of isolate and
limited localities where the ground is
still too wet to work, the week was
the most favorable Of ie season on
all crops, and afforded opportunity to
clean fields Of grass and weeds, and
give them much needed cultivation,
although complaints Of grassy fields
continue to be received from all parts
of the State. The warm. humid
weather, and the moist condition Of
the soil were conditions conducive to
growth, and ali crops responded, ex-
cept on ligL++ soils that have been
leached by the excessive rains of June,
and Of crops that have not been prop
erly cultivated. The hot weather,
following the heavy rainfall. scalded
corn and cotton in Hampton county.
Old corn has about laid by, and is
caring well. Young corn has good
color generally. On replanted bottom
lands corn is coming up tc good
stands.
Cotton continues small, and on
light soils is yellow, but generally it
has better color than heretofore,
and is growing rapidly. Lice have
about disappeared. Some fields are
blooming Fl, ely, in the eastern part
OF the State but in other parts bloom
ing is not yet general, and many
fields have not put on any squares.
Clean fields are the exception.
Tobacco curing is in progress IN all
sections. The crops has improved re-
Gently. except where previous heavy
rains caused irreparable damage. Rice
is not doing well generally. Peaches
and grapes are rotting extensively,
and the fruit crop is less promising
than heretofore Melons are small
and late Minor crops, pastures and
gardens are excellent. The hay crop
promises to be heavy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
AWFUL HEAT.
Thirty Six Deaths Recorded in
New York.
EIGETY-THREE PR0STRATI0Ns.
A Storm in the Evening Gave Some
Relief to Sweltering Humani-
ty. A Crazed Negro, Caused
by Heat.

Thity-six death and SO prostrations
in and around New York and Brook
lyn tell the story Of Fridays heat. It
was the hottest July 10th in the history
of the local weather bureau, the high
est previous record being 81 degrees,
recorded July 10, 1880.
The early threat Of a temperature
that would break all records, however,
was not fulfilled. Thursdays record
OF "a degrees at 4o'clock, the high
weather mark Of the year, was reached
Friday at 20 minutes past l, without
signs Of relief. But by 2 o'clock the
temperature had fallen two degrees,
where it>remained during the next
two hours. At O'Clock Friday night
the temperature had fallen to SO de-
grees, degrees lower than at the
same hour Thursday.
During the two or three hours about
noon, when the heat was the most in
tense, the wind averaged about nine
miles a; hour. About 5 o'clock the
watchers at the weather bureau dis
covered that a thunderstorm was in
progress in the southwest.
Meanwhile the wind shifted and in
creased in velocity to 81 miles an
hour at 6 O'Clock. The storm, which
scarcely touched the city, had given
the desired relief. Between S and
o'clock, the temperature fell several
degrees. The city had been Swelter
Ing so long in the hot wave, however,
that it was hours before the beIehts
began to reach the tenements. m
the streets, where the cooling process
was more immediate. men, women and
children crowded in the doorwayS and
walks. to recover from the wearing
effects of the day. AS on the night
before many slepton the park benches,
and, where the police would permit it,
on the grass.
Waniel Lewis, a heat-crazed negro,
attacked with a club two girls who
were carrying a large piece of ice. A
mob quickly gathered and shouted,
lynch him." Lewis was rescued by
detectives and sent to hospital:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Petition Refused.

The State board of control Wednes-
day refused the petition of Mr.. J. c.
Cooper, a North Carolinian, who wish
ed to establish distiliery in Cievc-
land township in Greenville county.
Mr.. Cooper's petition was signed by d
large number Of the township, but
the board refused it because owing to
a recent law passed in North Carolina
an influx of distilIers from that State
would probably result. The law IN
dicated, stipulates that no distillery
can be:operated within the boundaries
of North Carolina which is not situat'
ed in an incorporated town. Natur'
ally many of the distillers would move
to South Carolina. The board feared
were they to grant one petition al
would have to be granted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Negro Killed on Southern.

Lee. a negro, was struck by The last
freight No. I on the Southern rail
road. about three miles this side OF
Hopkins, and instantly killed on Mo-
day morning about 6 o'clock. The y
quest was held by Coroner Green with
the usual verdict. Curiously enough
the man was not struck at all by the
engine, but his head was hit by tile
steps of one of the freight cars. En-
gineer Chandler, who was driving the
engine, says that he does not remem'
Der seeing the man at all.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Negro Was Too Bold.

A negro named Deb" Flynn, bruis-
ed and cut from wounds inflicted by
an excited crowd Friday, was spirited
out Of Marietta Wis, Saturday.
Flynn was walking with white girl
and got into a quarrel with some
southerners who resented it. A crowd
quickly collected, as street carnival
was being held and clubs, stones and
hammers were used on the negro. he
was rescued by a company OF militia,
which was attending the carnival IN a
BODY. He was kept in hiding over
night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Pulled Overheard by a Fish.

Wednesday night number of boys
werere gathered on Perido wharf
Pensacola, Fla, fishing for shark: one
of them. Carl Johnson, tied his line
about his waist and threw the hook
in the water. In few moments a
big fish took the bait and finding it.
self caught lunged for the bottom,
dragged the little fellow from the
warf. He disappeared beneath the
surface and was never seen again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Died from, Fright.

Overcome with grief over tn death
OF her daughter, Mrs. Kate Donnelly,
of Jeanette, Pa. in Sundays disaster
at Oakward, Mrs. MacGaryin, OF
Greensburg, dropped dead Wednesday
morning. The remains of her daugh-
ter were brought to Grcensburg for
interment and the mother, who was
sitting by the window, where she
could see the approach Of the funeral
procession. When it came in sight
she fell over dead The mother and
daughter were buried at the same
time Thursday afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
Another LynchinC.

Cato Garrett the negro who stabbed
Harry Stout's to death last Sunday
morning, Vicksburk, Miss, was hung
by a mob near the scene OF his crime
this afternoon. Garrett was taken to
Natchez Saturday evening, Sheriff
Brennan fearing an assault on the jail
here. This morning a special grand
jury found a true bill against Garrett
and Sheriff Brennan notified the
Adams country sheriff to bring the
negro to the city. Deputy Sheriff Paul,
with the negro, took passage on the
train due here at . o'clock this after
noon. At Stout'S crossing. a flag
station six miles south, the train was
held up by 80 masked and heavily
armdd men who took and hanged
~
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
A COLD BLooDED MURDER.

Blakely says he stood at the gate
and look through the hall which runs
nearly through the house and that he
could ear Mrs. Wham and Ramage
talking, but could not distinguish
what they said. He saw Wham up
stairs pick up something and then
saw him come down stairs with gun
in his right hand. AS he left the
staircase he passed out OF Blakely 5
sight and the shot was fired almost
instantly. Ramage called to Blake!y
and Blakely heard him fall, and says
he knew his friend was dead but did
not go to him. With the shot gun IN
his hand he went to the corner OF the
fence where he could see Ramage
living back Of the house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
and express car and took out 70 OF the
dead. Probably score OF injured
we're removed

and express car and took out 20 OF the
dead. Probably score OF injured
we're removed.
W. \. Ward, the Union News agent
of the train, whose home IS 10
Washington, was in the fatal collision
bu escaped. The shock OF the col
u,.on threw him through the window,
breaking his left arm The special
train which went from here to the
scene Of the wreck returned to the city
aboue $ o'clock bringing some Of the
dead and most of the wounded. Thir-
teen OF the injured were vaken to the
University hospital where their
wounds were dressed. Most Of the
Immigrants were AsStrians and were
bound for points as far distant as
California.
II. A. Sharpe Of Knoxville, Tenn,
narrowly escaped death. lie and Mrs.
Sharpe were returning from their
bridal trip, having spent their honey
moon in Washington. Mr.. Sharpe
was in the smoker engaged in conver-
sation with c. O. Owen when the
collision occurred. Owen was killed
instantly, his body falling on Sharpe.
W. Is. Rruebeck of this city con-
tluctor OF the local freight, is reported
in a critical condition. After Wit
Messing the awful sight he is said to
have become suddenly insane and
when found was tive miles from the
wreck
MAN At FAULT NOW INSANE.
The tracks are now clear and trains
are running On schedule time. The
cause OF the disaster has been official
ly reported as inattcntion to orders,
the freight conductor, w. B. Drubeck.
reading his orders to mean that the
passenger was one hour and twenty
minutes late whepit should have been
20 minutes. lie allowed the switch
to remain open. Brubeck is insane
from mental anguish.
About ten small children escaped in
jury, who, being foreigners, cannot
tell anything about their parents,
who were killed in the wreck. The
little cnes are being care for by the
people OF the city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-15
SpLENDID ACTING.

When Mrs. Wham ran cut to the
front piazza screaming Blakely asked
if it were safe for him to go to Ram
ages body and she replied it was not
safe. Here was enacted as wonderful
a bit Of acting as ever woman dlo
on or off the stage. The wife TO whom
Wham had been untrue, either ID ln-
tent or act, for nearly three hours
PLAYED an artistic role in order to give
him time to escape. She knew that II
Wham was taken by the friends OF the
other woman his life would be the for
felt. and so not only to Blakely, but
to the dozens of others who gathered
there this nervy woman pretended
that her husband was upstairs and
that il. would mean more bioodshed
and Instant death to any man or any
set of men who might attempt to en-
ter that yard or that house. Win
PRAYERS and pleadingS OF this sort she
kept the crowd at bay while the dead
man lay right at her back door ana
her husband was making his way TO
safety. For it must have been as
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
TeIephoninq Under Sea.

A year or so ago. when Prof. Pupin's
invention of system of inductance
coils by which ocean cables could be
transformed into telephone lines was
announced, many apparently thought
that talking across the Atlantic would
soon become an accomplished fact.
But the questions of cost and techni.
cal difficulties seem to have stood in
the way. Now, however, it is reported
that Berlin capitalists, who have ac-
quired rights in the invention, intend
to push its application between points
on the shores of the Mediterranean.
the Baltic and the North Seas. Direct
telephone communication between
Berlin and London, and Berlin, Copen-
hagen and Stockholm, by the aid OF
this system, is regarded as feasible.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
A Novel Canal Lock.

A novel and unusually powerful ele'
vator for lifting canal boats and barges
from one level to another is situated
at Henrichenburg, on the Dortmund-
Ems canal, in Germany. 1t is capable
of lifting canal boat of 500 tons bur.
dens distance of about ffty-two feet
in slightly over two minutes. The
elevator itself, that is the trough in
which the boat floats. is about 229 feet
long and twenty-eight feet wide. 1t is
raised by a 150-horse power electric
motor, which rotates four vertical
threaded shafts, one of which is a
threaded travelling block supporting
the trough. AS these shafts are turned
around by the motor the four blocks
are drawn up along their threads, and
carry the elevator along with them.
Five floats in tank beneath the lock
on which the elevator. rests balance
the weight Of the trough and the water
1t contains. amounting in all to some
5000 or 1000 tons, so that the energy
expended in raising and lowering is
little more than that required to over
come the friction. The lock gates are
operated by electric motors. The
electric generating plant is situated
alongside the lock on the canal bank.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

The cause is this:
The czar and the Russian govern
ment have decided that the Turkish
horror must end, and the only way
that 1t can be done is through some
compromise or a peaceful settlement
altogether, il possible. And in order
to give this plan of peace every pos
sible chance of success it has been
decided to conciliate the Turk; hos
tility must give way to Sentler means,
and If they do not succeed, it will
be time to try sterner measures.
Should war come there will be a
new element of strategy introduced
into the situation, for 1t would be
impossible for the Russian army to
pass through Roumania, as they did
in 1877, under the terms of the San
Stephano treaty, which set Roumania
free.
The lines of operation in that war
are shown in the cut by the dotted
lines. 1t will be more difficult
proposition now. for the next inva-
sion would have to be diverted into
a more circuitous route. starting from
Odessa and Sevastapol. through the
Black sea to Varna and Bourgas on
the Turkish coast, where the Rus
sion troops would have to land.
The gate to the Bosporus will have
to be guarded by the splendid battle
ships and cruisers of the Russian
navy. a fleet which would advance as
far south as the formidable Turkish
forts of the Bosporus would permit.
A war on these lines is considered
to be more than possible contingen-
cy, from the fact that plan of inva-
sion has been mapped out with such
careful attention to detail. much more
carefully than the newspapers or Of
fetal gazettes are allowed to print.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

Schemes of Purple and Blue.

Purple and blue is the fashionable
color combination which has super
seded the too prevalent blue and
green mixtures since that has been
adopted by the public. Given the
right tints, purple and blue is an ex-
cellent scheme of coloring; but the
purple must be that wine shade
which is noticeable in the plum, and
the blue must have hint of gray in
it. The junction of pale mauve and
turquoise blue with which we are
familiar in the summer is a variation
of this scheme, which is also sue
ceAsful when carefully carried out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

Five hundred Iowa farmers have
tried the experiment of going into
business for themselves, dealing in
many staple articles used upon the
farm and buying all kinds of farm
produce. In 1901 they transacted busi-
ness to the amount of 100000, at an
outlay of about $4,000, inclusive OF
salaries, taxes and insurance. In 1902
the volume of business was approxi-
mately s630.000. Since these farmers
organized their company thirteen years
ago, the business transacted has
amounted to over si.O0O,O00, and the
expense of carrying it on has aver
aged $4,000 a year. The story of this
economical experiment. with sugges-
tion of its possibilities, told by w. S.
Harwood, will be one of the features
of the May Century.