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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Killed by Lightning.

The Columbia State says bolt OF
lightning instantly killed little Jacob
Wages, a 13 year-old cotton mill oper-
ative Of the Olympia village, Tuesday
afternoon at 20 minutes to 7. The boy
was sitting on little bench next the
stoop of Gaines store, which is locat-
ed on the Bluff road in the mill vii.
lage about 100 yards from Wages
home. The boys face was slightly
scratched, but otherwise there were no
marks on the body and the coroner'S
physician testified that there were no
bones broken. Standing in the door OF
the store within two feet Of the boy
was G. G. LawhorD, also an operative.
he was Knocked backward on the floor
but was not injured. T. E. Mitchell,
the clerk, VINO was standing behind
the counter near the side door, about
Is feet from the front door, was not
even shocked, he says. The fash fol-
lowed by the lcui report like that OF a
cannon frightened a horse attached te
a wagon near the side door and Mr..
Mitchell ran out and stopped tim from
running away. W. T. Cox, a laundry
wagon driver in the store at the time,
was only slightly shocked. The bench
on which the boy sat was under shed
which shelters the door and surround
ings. Near the bench high wire fence
connects with the corner OF the store
room. There was no scorching Of any
Of the surroundings.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Charged With Murder.

At Winchester, Va, FIVE men,
George, Charles, Raymond and Hun
ter Carver, brothers, and Edgar Car
ter, were arrested Thursday afternoon
near there in connection with the dis
appearance Of the Caryers cousin,
Ashby Pugh, who it is believed has
been murdered. George and Charles
were committed to jail without bail
and the others were released on five
hundred dollars bonds each. The case
has caused the greatest excitement in
the country. Monday morning Pugh
was beaten by the CarVers. They say
he went to the creek to wash the
blood from his face and has not been
seen since.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
TAXES BIS OWN LIFE.
Mayor NcLane, Of Baltimore Shoots
himself in the Head.

MAYOR INC4SoSt va oS%A y oASONS
himself in the Head.
A dispatch from Baltimore says.
Mayor Robert NJ. McLane, Of that
city, shot and killed himself at his
home Monday afternoon in his bed
room at his residence, No. 20 West
Preston street. His bride Of less than
two weeks was at the time OF the
tragedy asleep in an adjoining room,
and was awakened by the discharge OF
the revolver, which MI. McLane evil
IDENTIFY fred while standing before the
mirror OF the dressing case.
The bullet entered the right tenn
pie, and crashed through the head in
the rear Of the left ear. Mrs. NcLane
and other members OF the household
rushed to the mayors assistance, out
he did not regain consciousness after
be fell to the floor, and expired with
in an hour. a number OF physicians,
who were Immediately summoned,
gave the opinion that the wound was
necessarily fatal.
No cause can be assigned for the
act by the members OF MI. McLane's
family. Since the FIRE Of last February
be has been kept assiduously at work
administering the affairs OF the city,
besides endeavoring to direct the re-
Mobilization and rebuilding OF the
burned district. This, together with
criticisms by his political opponents,
is thought by many to have caused
temporary abberration Of mind.
Coroner Benjamin F. Hayden sign
ed certificate giving suicide as the
cause Of death, and the remains were
turned over to an undertaking. firm to
be prepard for burial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
BEATS THE RECORD.
Was Married Ten Times and Divor-
ced Eight Times.


Peter West is the most married
and most divorced man in the United
States" This is the comment Of
Pension Commissioner Ware, On
the application Of Peter West, Of
Pendleton, Ore, formerly Of the
Seventh U. S. Cavalry, who was mar
ried ten times and divorced eight
times. He was, it appears, a private
in the company OF Mr.. Ware.
West found difficulty in getting his
marriage and divorce record on one
application blank. He therefore
made additional comment to the ef-
feet that the Government might give
more room for such details. He makes
application on the ground of physical
ailments, such as rheumatism and
diabetes. His marriage record fol-
lows:
Eliza Hubbard, in Waterloo, Iowa,
divorced in 1868.
Bertha Meirs, married December /,
1868, in Independence, Iowa; divorced
in Waverly, Iowa, in 1878.
Emma Dixon, married in Sacra-
mento. CAL, October y, 1915; divorced
January IS, 1879. in Iowa City, Ia.
Elizabeth Bray, married July I,
1879, in Winnemucca, New, divorced
December l9 1881, at same place.
Frances Westfall, married August
20, 1882, Rye Patch, Ney., divorced
June 10, 1885, at Winnemucca, New.
Mary Pendleton, married November
y, 1886, Oakland, Cll.; divorced De-
cember -, 1890, at Reno, New.
Lucy E. Johnson, December 81,
1890, Reno, New; divorced February
Is, 1896, Pendleton, Ore.
Melinda E. Hanley, July 2, 1897,
at Pendleton, Ore; died May II, 1898,
at same place.
Laura F. Burget, married August
21. 1898, al Pendleton, Ore.; divorced
April 4, 1899.
Pauline Miller, married October 25,
1899, divorced at Pendleton, Ore.
Only one of the eight divorces ap-
pears to be dead.
Long as West has been on wives,
be is short on children. There but
four, and none Of them, were he to die
today, would secure an orphans pen
sion, all being over sixteen.
OF ali bis wives, figures show that
be liked Emma Dixon best; be was her
husband for fourteen years. 1t is
shown that he got divorces in almost
as many States as be had fingers OF
wives
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
HeroisIn Rewarded

William Burns Of R3ckaWay, N. j.,
recently displayed great heroism and
Immediately found his reward in q
peculiar way. The New York World
says that as Mr.. Burns was crossing
the canal bridge, be heard screams Of
children. Five little ones we're run
ming wildly to and fro along the bank
Of the canal, shouting for help. The
figure Of a little boy was foundering
In the water. The little body sank,
and the children ran frightened nall
directions. Burns threw of his coat
and di7ed to the spot where he had
seen the boy sink. When he arose
to the surface the body had been car
ried to the middle OF the stream by
the current. he swan hard and
brought himself to the spot as the
body sank second time. As it rose
again Burns seized it. Then almost
exhausted himself, and weighed down
by his clothes, he made for the bank,
and finally reached it after struggle.
The boy was unconscious. He turned
the body over and looked at the face
for the first time. MY God, its my
son.; be cried. It was fve-year-old
Willie, who tried to sail his toy boat
while waiting for his father, and fell
into the water. In the hurry Of saw
ing the boy the father had not recog-
nized his son. He put his hand
hurridly to the boys heart and found
it was still beating. Then be rolled
the body back and forth on the grass,
until he saw signs Of returning con-
sciouspess. Artificial respiration,
applied vigorously by the frantic
father, restored the little boy fully to
consciousness, and half an hour later
Willie was resting in bed, not much
the worse for bis narrow escape. The
children spread the news OF the
rescue through the neighborhood, and
neighbors who went to Burns to con-
gratulate him were doub]y joyful
when they heard the rescued boy was
his own son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
William Beard, from July, 1'79, to
May, 1888, in Capt. John Twins COM
pany,
DROUGHT ENTIRELY RELIEVED.
Gentle, Generous, Soaking Rains Fall
Throughout Entire State.

Section Director Bauer had the re-
freshing and cheerful announcement
TO make Wednesday that the reports
showed that the drought had been
completely and delightfully."- relieved
in all parts Of the State and in a
fashion that left no room for desire
for the thing to have been otherwise
than in the way it was done. The
rains were general over the State, and
the eastern part, which had oeen
suffering most, got half an inch, with
2. ~ inches in Florence and Darling
ton counties. Sone sections had re-
ceived more than they needed, but
uhe rains were gentle" everywhere,
and consequently no damage was
done.
Asked to estimate what damage In
dollars the drought had done, Mr.
Bauer said that be had nothing on
which to base an intelligent estimate.
In his opinion, however, relief came
before there was any material damage
to the staple money crops, with the
exception Ct trucking interests on the
coast, where the dry weather has re-
duced the yields from rs to go per
cent. below normal.
Corn and cotton have plenty Of time
in which to recu perate. In fact the
drought has possibly been more bene-
fetal to these crops than otherwise,
since the relief, came In the form OF
gentle rains, which soaked thoroughly,
for this reason: The natural tendency
OF growing plants Is to seek moisture.
II this is not found above the earth
the growth is toward bigger rootage,
and while there is apparently no
growth in dry weather the plants are
busy gaining a wide earth feeding.
The gentle rains penetrating deeply,
the upper growth and development
are the more rapid when relief does
comes. The rains Of this week have
not washed out the commercial ferti.
lize,s, but have teLded to make them
soluble. The rains which relived the
dry spell Of last May we're OF the wash
ing variety, and the result was that
practically all the fertilizers were
waShe0 aWaV,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Battle With q Hawk.

freeman Lane, a wealthy farmer,
eighty years old, had fierce battle
with huge hawk in his woods near
Sayville, L. T., Wednesday, while
strolling in pine wood. When near
a pine in which there was hawks
nest one Of the birds swooped down
upon the old man, struck him square
ly in the face and Knocked him down
ten feet in gully. The hawk con-
tinued scratching bis face, and for a
long time the old man lay as dead.
Lane rallied his remaining strength,
crawled out Of the wood and reached
home. His face was badly torn by
the birds talons and be was suffering
from q severe shock,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
A FOOL WITH MONEY
4 Rich Old New York Nan 600
6ooe6" by Woman.
TIE GREEN TRAGEDY RECALLED
Hannah Elias, About Whom Prom
iueEt New Yorker Was MUIR
dered, the Woman in
the Case.

A dispatch from New York says the
murder several months ago OF Andrew
Green, known as the father OF Greater
New York and one OF New Yorks
most prominent public men, was re-
called Wednesday when suit vas
brought by John r. Platt against
Hannah Elias, a mulatto, to recover
certain real estate and money in
banks, held in her name. Mr.. Green's
murderer, negro named Williams,
said his victim bad interfered to
separate him (Williams) and Hannah
Elias. Williams was declared insane
and sent to an asylum. He had an
moved Mr.. Green for some time and
Mr.. Green had said be never saw the
woman Williams referred to. 1t
developed after the murder that
Hannah Elias had become wealthy
and occupid a costly residence in Cen
tral park, west.
Mr.. Platt in his suit asks the courS
to hold that Hannah Elias holds prop
erty as trustee for him on the ground
that the money paid for the grounds
and premises were procured from him
By fraud, 6uress, coercion and black
mail without any consideration" In
the papers FLED, Mr.. Platt says that
he is upward of 50 years old, a retired
merchant, in feeble health and wild
over. He says that he first met
Hannah Elias prior to January, 1895;
that she represented herself to be a
single woman of Spanish blood, but
that be discovered afterwards that
she was the wife Of one Mathew c.
Davis. The papers go on to say that
soon after Mr.. Platt formed her &C
ouaintance she told him that be had
gained her love.
Mr.. Platt says that these protesta-
tions Of love were scheme on her
part to enable her to coerce and black
mail him into giving her large sums
OF money. According to the papers
fled, Mrs. Elias said her husband was
negro and that her husband threat
ened to do the plaintiff bodily
harm and expose him. The plaintiff
states that he paid Mrs Elias $685.
900 at different times between the
years 1896 and 1904. It is further
alleged that Mrs. Elias told the plain
tiff that she could not obtain a divorce
unless her husband received $4,000
and that as a result Of threat made
by her he paid that sum Of money
and she obtained the divorce. This
amount be, alleges, never was paid to
the husband, and that during the year
1897 he was coerced into paying the
husband, who in the meantime had
been divorced, the sum Of sl6,0 not
to press a threatened suit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
The Deadly earlor Rifle.

a dispatch from Anderson to The
State says by the accidental discharge
OF q parlor rife in the hands Of his
young brother Friday afternoon, little
Ralph Edwards, six years OF age, was
shot through the head and fatally
wounded. It is not thought that he will
live through the night. The child is g
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. n. Edwards Of
Monterey, Mexico. Mrs. Edwards and
family are spending the summer there
with Mrs. Edwards mother, Mrs.
Mary Browd, but Mr. Edwards Is In
Mexico. The family is one OF the old
est in the city and the news OF the ac-
cident shocked eVey one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
A Safe Bet.

The State says: "W. E. Curtis
writes that the only armed opposition
to American rule in the Philippines is
"a small oand OF sc-called patriots
who are hiding somewhere in the
mountains Of northern LuZon." Yet
We are vii Ing to venture that Nh.
Curtis is not making excursions into
any quarter Of the country that is not
thoroughly guarded by American SOL
Siarc -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Bolt Was Fatal.

Three children were killed, one man
fatally Injured, and a woman and child
seriously Injured Thursday by an cleo
trio shock which partially destroyed
the home OF John Gentry near Tenny-
son, Ind. The storm swept over a con-
siderable portion Of southern Indiana,
doing great damage to telegraph and
telephone wires.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Ten Men Killed.

At Peoria, ILL.,, an explosion which
occurred in the IL story warehouse OF
Corning distillery, the second largest
in the world, Saturday afternoon, com
pletely wrecked the building. The
ruins Immediately took fire and COM
uunicated to three adjoining building
burning them to the ground. len men
we're buried beneath the ruins ard SIX
others were seriously injured. The loss
on buildings and whiskey and spirits
stored will approximate 81, oo0'oGo.
The fire spread to the stock yards dls-
trict. where dozen large cattle barns,
filed with cattle for market, were
burned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Two Men And Boy Drowned.

It is feared that two men and boy
who left Ocean City, n. j., last Thurs.
day, bound for Holly Beach, Md, in a
small boat have been drowned. A
boat has been found bottom upward
near Holly Beach. Capt. Isaac Jones
OF this place had charge Of the boat
and was going sturgeon fishing. He
had with him William Short and Will
liam Jones, the latter fifteen years
oll
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
TEE STATE CAMPAIGN.
The Assessments Upon the Canoi-
Sa,es the Same az Last Year.

The State says the subcommittee
appointed to arrange scheoule ZOE
the State campaign met II tne ounce
~ Cen. Willie Jones, State chairman,
at the Carolina National bank last
night. The dates Of the meetings
and the assessments upon candidates
were decided upon.
At a former meeting it was decided
not to require attendance upon al the
meetings by candidates who are with
out opposition. The assessments fixed
Thursday night are: For candidates
for governor, $50; for lieutenant gov
ernor, $3.50; for adjutant general,
s25; for all other State Offices, $3.50:
for congress, $50; fox solicitor, s25.
The itinerary as mapped out BY the
committee is as follows:
Sumter, Tuesday, June 2lst.
Manning, Wednesday, June 22d.
Monks Corner, Thursday, June %.
Georgetown. Friday, June p.
Kingstree, Saturday, June 25.
Conway, Tuesday, June %.
Marion, Wednesday, June %.
Florence, Thursday, June 80.
Darlington, Friday. July l.
Bennetts7ille. Saturday, July 2.
Bishopville, Tuesday, July 5.
Chesterfield. Wednesday, July 6.
Camden, Thursday, July /.
Lancaster, Friday, JulyS.
Yorkville, Saturday, July 9.
Union, Tuesday, July u.
Spartanburg, Wednesday, July l3.
Gafney, Thursday, July Il.
Greenville, Friday, July is.
Pickens, Saturday, July Ii.
Walhalla, Tuesday, July 10.
Anderson, Wednesday, July 20.
Abbeville, Thursday, July 2,.
Greenwood, Friday, July %.
Laurens, Saturday, July 23d.
Newberry, Monday, July 25.
Orapgeburg. Tuesday, July rs.
Bamberg, Wednesda July p.
St. Georges, Thursday, July %.
Charleston, Friday, July 20.
Walterboro, Saturday, July 80.
Beaufort, Tuesday, August 2.
Hampton, Wednesday, August 3.
Barnwell, Friday, August 5.
Aiken, Saturday, August 6.
Edgefeld. Monday, August s.
Saluda, Tusday, August 9.
Lexington, Wednesday, August 10.
Chester, Thursday, August IL.
Winnsboro, Friday, August II.
Columbia, Saturday, August l3.
Although the candidates for the
State offices have until June 10th In
which to file their pledges with the
chairman OF the executive committee,
Gen. Willie Jones, several have al
ready formally entered by sending
their pledges accompanied by the
money
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
The Privilege Tax.

The privilege tax receipts up to
June this year are SO, ,3S0.6O, or over
10 per cent. greater than they were up
to the same time last year, which In
dicates a heavier cotton crop. The
tax so far this year amounts to sl0l,-
1866 as against 590,785.05 for the
same time last year. The tax this
year is the same as it was last year
2l cents a ton,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
DROUGHT PARTLY RELIEVED.
Many Sections OF State Still In Sore
Need Of Rain.

The Columbia State says the re-
ports that came in to Section Direc.
tor Bauer Tuesday indicated that
the rains OF the day before had entire
" relieved the droughty conditions in
Alabama and Georgia, where from
one TO two inches and over fell on all
sections OF these States, but only parts
Of South Carolina were relieved. Wes-
tern North Carolina and the western
counties Of South Carolina and the
long suffering Savannah experienced
good rains, almost as much as they
needed, but the remainder OF the
State had light rains. Lexington,
Aiken, Saluda, Greenwood, Newoerry,
Laurens and Spartanburg counties
we're the most generously dampened,
while the rainfall westward was light,
as it was in the Congaree valley.
These sections received enough rain
to bring up late cotton and corn. con-
corning which there has been much
fear the past few days. The rain
came too late for the wheat and oat
crops generally over the State, but
these crops are in fairly good condi-
tion in the western counties.
In Charleston county, Observer
Jesunofsky reports the drought IS the
most severe that section has expert
enced since rain records began to be
regularly kept there l66 years ago.
Charleston had a quarter OF an inch
Monday night but in April only eigh-
teen hundredths Of an inch fell and
May up to Monday was even worse.
In the two months not enough rain
had fallen to make one respectable
shower. The severe d1ought extends
over Beaufort and Hampton counties,
but these places have had a little
more rain than Charleston.
The national weather bureau at
Washington says although cotton
continues small, general improve
nent in it's condition is indicated,
especially in the central and western
districts where rains have been well
distributed and generally ample. The
least favorable crop reports are receiv-
ed from Georgia, Florida and portions
of South Carolina, where the drought
continues. Lice are not SO generally
reported in the central and eastern
districts as in the previous week, ex-
cept in Georgia, but boil weevills con-
tinue to increase in the southwest and
central cotton counties Of Texas. As
a rule the crop is well cultivated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
A Bad Case.

The; St. Louis Republic says a
physician writing In the Medical Re
view says that many women whom be
observes at the theater are "hebet.
udinous." Unless the author Of the
allegation is a psychologist possessing
propensities for spontaneous action In
the subconscious mind, arriving at
conclusions by a process Of ratioc1na-
tion characteristic Of phrenologlsts,
his own case may be diagnosed as die
tiouariomania.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
The Farmers Friend.

TIE State says government expert
estimates that in Virginia alone the
consumption Of weed seed by part
ridges is no less than 513 tons year.
This expert further AYERS that the
partridge is the deadly enemy OF the
boil wee7il. And the partridge is only
one Of the many Of the bird tribe
which work increasingly for the vel
fare Of the farmer, who oftener return
evil than good to his feathereo friends.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Two Vititors Killed.

While attempting to cross theWa
bash tracks at St. Louis, near the Van.
de7enter avenue station Friday night
Miss S. II. Unger, Of Martiosvllle,
Va, was killed and Albert Il. Wells,
Of Washington, D. c., was seriously
injured by being struck by a Wabash
railroad passenger train.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Committed Suicide.

Thomas Moore of Hartford, Conn,
committed suicide at the Mccain
house in Asheville Friday afternoon
by shooting himself through the head
with a revolver. Mr.. Moore was an
invalid and it is presumed that III
health caused him to commit the
deed,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Found Charred Corpse.

Detectives of Delaware county and
Philadelphia, Pa, are working hard
in an endeaYor to unraVel the mystery
connected with the finding OF the
body OF man on Decoration day in
the marsh close to the banks OF Darby
creek, south Of the city. On the banks
OF Darby creek are scores OF boat
houses, many Of them being the rend-
ezyous Of dissolute men and women
who spend nearly every Sunday dur
ing the summer months in drinking
and carousing. It is evident an az
tempt had been made to destroy all
means Of Identification by burning
the body and the murderer or muir
derers covered their tracks well.
Within a few hundred yards OF the
spot where the body was found is the
farm house of Horne. Ga the night
Of Sunday, May 22d, a rope and two
pieces of chain were stolen from
Horne's barn. This chain was found
close to the body of the murdered
man. It had been fastened to fence
pests by staples and after close in
Vestigation, the detectives have come
to the conclusion that the man had
become involved in a QUARREL over a
game of cards in one OF the boat
houses and had been murdered; that
his body was chained to the posts,
saturated with oil and then set on
fire. a two gallon oil can, compare
lively new and which had been stolen
from the Horne residence was lying
close to the charred trunk, which
would seem to bear out this theory.
Two suSpender buckles, halt of
hand, and the toe Of shoe are the
only means by which the detectives
can hope to identify the murdered
man
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Will Hang.

At Green7ille last week Fletcher
Bird and Palmer Croswell were tonnd
guilty Of murder in the first degree
for killing Magistrate Cox three weeks
ago, The trial consumed three hours.