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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Goes tor Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt Friday receiv.
ed an open letter from General James
n. Tyner, former assistant attorney
general for the pcstt fi,e department.,
who several months ago was acquitted
OF the charge Of conspiracy in connec-
rion with the alleged fayoring OF GER
tain alleged get rich.Quick concerns.
The letter, says the writer was
prompted by the recent appearance in
popular magazine OF an inspired
article" which is such deliberate
tissue Of fal>ehood and is circulated
with such an evident purpose that
he could not ignore it," General
Tyner bitterly arraigns President
Roosevelt for bis unwarranted pro
clamation Of guilt" and proceeds:
Your accusations are false and have
been proven false, but I have no fur
ther meaps Of establishing this ex-
cept by going into the courts, and l
have too much respect for the high
ofice which you occupy to do this. II
my letter to you OF December 2, 1903,
protesting against your unwarranted
proclamation, I defed you to produce
a scintilla Of evidence IL support Of
your accusations and now, after I
have gone to trial and every act Of
nv private and official life has been
laid bare and not a particle Of evil
dence has been produced against me,
you seek to shield yourself by saying
was not tried for what you accused
me Of, but for something else. That
IS false; the records show, and you
know IL -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Will Not Preach.

Colonel James II. Tillman will not
enter the ministry, right away any
how. And if be did take such a step
he has his text picked for his first
sermon. In speaking OF the report
that he intended to eater the Metho-
dist ministry, the colonel said. / am
amazed that 50 serious matter, tor
The sole purpose OF a newspaper SEN
sat:on, has been telegraphed all over
the country. Surely might be per-
nitted to attend to my own affairs.
Slice my return to E'gefeld I have
diligently applied myself to the prac-
tice of my profession and the court
calendars will show that it Is now
larger than ever"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
A FLYING MACHINE.
It Takes Flight Of Ten Miles Across
the Mississippi.

Propelled rart of the way by its
own power and the remainder ct the
distance by the wind, which was
blowing at 10 miles an hour, The
Arrow, an airship, owned and per
fected by Thomas S. Baldwin Of San
Francisco, In charge OF A. Roy Kna-
oenshue of Toledo, Wednesday made
an unannounced fight of 10 miles
from the worlds fair grounds over St.
Louis and across the Mississippi river
to Cahokia, Ills.
TIE aerial performance attracted
the attention Of thousands Of persons
who cheared almost continuously as
the big flying machine passed over the
exposition grounds aud scared high
above the high buildings Of the busi,
ness quarter Of St. Louis.
ClngiDg to the frame work OF the
car, his precarious fcothold, an iron
tabe that forms one Size OF the base
of the triangular network Of supports
and ribs OF The Arrows body, Koa-
oenshue die the movements of
the flying machine and manoeuvred in
circles and against the wind high over
the great buildings of the exposition
before an accident to the motor rem
dered the big fan propellers useless
and curtailed command Of direction,
but not Ct Su pension or descension.
Wien the motor broke Knabenshue
manoeuVled the f ling machine into
the wind, and he was enabled to steer
the arrow Ia a course that varied sew.
eral points either way from the trend
Of the wind and 70 land at a point Of
his own Sc Getting.
When within 10 feet Of the earth,
KnabeDsAue threw cut his s--IppIe,
and one of the ho1ks caught In large
tree. The large balloon settled slowly
to the ground, resting lightly on its
framework.
Kn b .nsaue alighted, secured the
alrsnip to prevent injury from the
wind and assured Mr.. Bald win by
telephone that The Arrow was unin-
jured, except for The minor breakage
Of the motor.
After landing Kuabenshue said that
in his opinion the trial Of the airship
was a distinct success.
The airship was constructed under
the personal supervision OF Capt.
Baldwin in California, and differs in
many features from ships constructed
in the past.
It clrries a double cylinder, seven
power gasolene engine, making 1000
revolutions Of the propsllers a minute
possible. The machine is arranged so
that the ship is pulled instead OF
pushed.
Wednesdays fight was not a trial
for the worlds fair 100000 prize,
Capt. Baldwin said, but simply trial
to convince the residents of ST. Louis
and the worlds fair visitors that he
had an airship that could fly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
ALL OHE PEOPLE.
Some Strong and Truthful Words
from Chicago Paper.

TIE Chicago Tribune makes TIL
admirable saying:
There are some Nor5heraers Wht
kuow more about Germany and abou
Italy and perhaps about the roman
tic and picturesque Balkan PENN
Sula, than they do about Georgia anc
South Carolina, and Texas. ConSe
Quently, Trey show more sense whe1
they are talking about lese majesty
or eb)ut the temporal power Of tbs
Pope, or about Turkish oppression
than they do whe n taey are talking
about the r:g1t Of the neg:o to vote.
1t is so easy to think that just be-
cause you live in country you must
understand it. The Southerner aud
the Northerner are fellow cit;z ms
They owe allegiance to the sane dag.
Therefore the Northerner is perfectly
competent to tel! the Southerner how
to settle the negro question.
TIE fallacy in this logic is that be.
cause of the presence of the negro the
social condition Of Charleston, S. c.,
q fers from that Of Boston, Mass.
more than that of Boston. Mass, diff
fers from that Of London, England.
And a citizan Of Boston gets on bet
ter in London than he does in
Charleston.
The negro question is greater than
any other question in America. And
it is not only greater but mole deli
cate. It is a matter Ct social as we'll
as OF political and industrial life. So,
more than almost any other question
that could be imagined, il needs per-
sonal experience. The occasional
negro OF the North is not an adequate
basis for studying tie negro OF the
South. IN the South the Iegro in
many communities outnumbering the
white, and there IS possibility Of
negro rule.
Therefore, Northerner, if you have
time and money to visi1 new scenes,
visit the South. Some OF your fel,
lows have gene to The South and have
lived there for a few years. They
don't feel now quite as you do. See
if you can find cut what it was that
modified their opinions.
Go South and watch the descen-
dants Of Washington, Madison, Jack
son, Marshall, Jefferson, Clay, Cal
houn, Polk, and Lee while they, bone
OF our bone and flesh OF our flesh. are
working out, with errors Of mind and
with errors of heart, but with Ameri-
can pluck and hope, the greatest do
nestle problem that ever ate into the
heart OF a civilized people. Come
back, and if you still think that they
are wrong you will say so in a differ.
ent tone.
That is said in a truly American
spirit and it's tone should perva5e the
whole land. What a pity that We
have not, at this especially opporsune
time, at the head of the nation a man
with this catholic view Of his coun-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Called Off.

James d. Ferriss, National Chair
man OF the Peoples Party" had been
planning a great convention" of
Bryan Democrats" and "Silver Be.
puolicans'' to be held in Chicago last
Monday week. He had been advertis-
ing the event with great blow OF
trumpets and much zeal. Tue Repub-
lican newspapers had been helping
along. Ferriss had been using paid
matter" in Democratic newspapers.
he declaEsd that hundreds of thous-
ands" OF Bryan Democrats were ripe
for revolt, and were getting in line
for great demonstration. But sud-
denly the thing has been called of, to
prevent miserable duke, says the Au-
gusta Chronicle.
A dispatch from Joliet, Illinois
dated Oct. o., the day before the
great convention was to be held, said:
James d. Ferriss, national chair nan
of the Peoples party, announced Fri
day night taat the meeting Of Bryan
Democrats and Silver Republicans
called to be held in Chicago on Octc-
Der 25, has been postponsd until after
the coming election. Mr.. Ferriss
states that II any Of the 1000 persons
to whom invitations to the meeting
were sent shall come to Chicago he will
meet them at the Briggs House on the
date originally named for the conVen'
tion."
In commenting on the failure to
hold the convention the Augusta
Chronicle says the truth is, they
could not afford to make show Of
hands, or count Of noses, and the
thing had to be called off. II is con-
ieSsioa tnat there is nothing in the
so-callei and much-houted revolt.
There was nothing il it. Democrats
have buried their differences, and are
now working together for the election
OF Parker. From Bryan to Cleveland
all the way-5hey are in line, unless
we note the rather queer conduct OF
Mr., Hearst
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Burned To Death.

Wednesday On the Paagett place
about six miles from Johnston, q teE-
ant house occupied by John Rollc-
way, colored, and his family was de-
stroyed with it's contents by FIRE and
three Of the children burned to ccath,
aged about l month, and 5 ye2rS.
Holloway and his wife, it is said, We e
in the fed as the time the house ~ss
discovered in flames, which is SupeCs
ed to have caught IN pile Of cotton
on the floor. The door was not fasoen.
id, but even the oder child failed TO
eSca DE-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
TEE PRESIDENT AND TIE MOB.
How the Violent Have Been Encour-
aged to Break the Law.

country and in all parts OF it; has
brought our good name and fame into
disrepute, and justly discredited our
boasted American civilization. high
funetionaries OF the Republican party,
recognizing this fact, vie with each
other.in fierce denunciations cf the
practice. 1t is too much to ask tnen
to remember that a mob has as much
right to be law unto itself as a Pres
idelt OF Cabinet minister, or e Coz
gress; that, in its ignorance ard un-E
disciplined passions mob has excuses
for illegal violence which it's superiors
in station and enlightment cannot
plead; and that obedience to law, un-
der whatever circumstances aad-in
spite Of all seductions by the highest
in Office, as We'll as the loWliest of pri-z
vate citizens, is patriotism Of the
genuine type compared with which
the exercise OF the fighting instincts
and prcpeasities which we sla.s with.
the brute creation is OF little worth
and small account? He who will not
govern himself by the law has no
right to aspire to govern Others.
Against the self-seeking, the con-s
ceit, the impatience Of legal and con.
ventional resJrain.s, the devcuring am-
bition, which are at the bottom OF
such candid Icy, tie Democratic
party protests not in words merely,
but by the very character of it's nomi-
nee for tne Presidential Office. 1t not
only antagonizes Republican policies
as already described-i5 submits to
the Judgment and conscience Of the
American people that, whatever may
be the policies, the Republican Candl-
date for the Presidency has demon
s5ratedhis unftness to be the head and
the official representative Of a tree, q
law-abi1ing and peace. loving people.
In it's own nominee it presents a
candidate Who is the exact antithesis
OF the Republican candidate; a maa
Of moaessy and self-restraint. Not a
glori6er OF war, but a representative
Of the absolute supremacy OF the law,
which is the very climax OF tie
triumphs Of peace; not a seeker Of
office, but sought for by it; man by
nature and training aud experience
reverentiai Of the Constitution and
laws, and sure to be governed by them
himself and to insist that all others
shall be; a man who can be relied upon
to recognize the people as the source
Of all political power and himself not
as their boss or ovsrlcrd, but as sinp-
ly the agent and exponent OF their
will; man not compelled to repubiate
his convictions as private citizen
and public expounder CT economic and
political truths in order to justify his
acts as National Executive and keep
nis place as party candidate; man,
in short, who will model himself upon
Washington and our other great Presi-
dents, and not upon the Eaperors
and autocrats of the present day. -
From Richard OnleY's Great Speech IN
New York.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Saved from the Deep.

The schooner Cordoba 8ayos, which
arrived at San Juan, P. r., Wednes-
da7, brought to port passengers and
crew Of the Brithish steamer Kelvi,
which was swanped and abandoned
on October 1th. Those rescued num-
bered rorty-two. They left the ship
Oc.ober I, when two days out Of New
York bound for Montevideo. They
took to open boats and spent seven
teen DAYS in awful torture at sea un-
ril the Hayos Friday picked them up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
MINING DISASTER.
From Thirty to Sixty Zen Lost Their
Lives by Explosion.
IN AN IRON MINE IN COLORADO.
The Women and Children Had TO
be Led from the Mine to Pre-.
vent Their Being Killed
bY Fumes

From 3 to so men lest their live
in g. terrific explosion which occurred
at mine No. Of the Rocky Mountain
Fuel and Iron company at Terico, 20
miles vest OF Trinidad, Col, Friday
afternoon. The exact number OF dead
may never be known, as the zine Is
burning and In all likelihood the
bodies will be consumed. A large
number Of mine officials left thsre as
soon as word OF the accident was; re-
ceiyed. The company doctors were
picked>up all al along the line aswell
as all availab,e physicians. f. ).
Foreman, go7ernm snt stock inspec.
tor, was at Tertico when the explosion
occurred. He returned Friday night.
and gave the following account Of the.
affair:
Il was standing not more than 800
yards from the mouth Of the tunnel
when the explosion occurred:
The explosion was preceded by a
low Iunbling sound, resembling an
earthquake, which. made the earth
tremble and startled the neigh bor-
hood.
I looked toward the mine and out
Of the mouth Of. the tunael and two
air shafts came a. great volume II
smoke and Dust which continued for
nearly minute. Out OF the two air
shafts, each Of which Is seven feet In,
diameter, timbers tnat were fully t8os
to three fset in diameter were shot
into the air and broken into splinters. s
B >cks were thrown over the camp for
a distance Of quarter of a mile. In
fact it rained rocks, broken timbsrs
and al kinds Of debris for fully a min
ute and many people were Injured by
being struck with these missiles. x.
The explosion, which reseub1ed a
volcanic eruption, caused the widest
excitement. Men, women and chill
dren rushed to the mouth Of the tun-
mel and women whose husbands we're
in the mine had to be brought away
by miners to prevent their being killed
by deadly fumes coming from the
mouth OF the tunnel"
The mine in which the ACCIDENT oc-
Cured employees 80 men and tits be-
lieved that at least 60 were in the ]:
mine at the time. News Of the ex-
plosion brought assistance from the
adjacent camps Friday night hundreds
OF men were trying to enter the mine.
Deadly fumes oVercane the rescuers
frequ entity but the!7 places immediate.
ly were taken by others ready to risk
their lives. It was not thought pos
siLle that any one In the mine could
escape death.
1t was impossible to secure names
OF the dead and injured Friday night.
Nearly all the miners employed are
Slavs. Fhe explosion is supposed to
have been caused by dust. But one
body has b;ea recovered, that of r.
Duran, a driver who was just enter
ing the tunnel when the explosion
occurred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Criminal CareIessness.

a stray bullet from a arevolVer fired
by VIM. Hefed finger, formerly a mer-
chaht of Crestiline, Ohio, resulted in
tne death Of two women Friday
night. The bullet was fred to fright
en two companions OF Refelfnger
who were escorting him home. The
bullet went wild and struck Mrs.
Harry Kinley, the wife Of a Cleveland
man, who was visiting at Crestline
home, in the head. She died within a
few minutes. Her friend Mrs. Carrie
Snafer, On learning Of the tragedy,
fell dead from heart disease. Hefel-
finger was locked up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
Old Men EIGHT.

At Holyoke, Mass, Patrick Claug-
helay and William Gillawe, each 10
years old, roommates in the Bright
side threw a chair at him and as he
was about TO pick up another Gillawe
nit him over the head with a cane.
a scufle followed and some men about
the place separated them. Claughe-
iag did not appear to be the worse 1or
the affair, bu5 on going to oed be fell
dead. Gillawe is much affected over
the death of his old friend, but says
he struck in self-defense.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
parroc cried ior iielp.

At Chicago excited by shIill cries
for help coming from burning but d.
ing, fremen fought their way J1rougn
flames to save supposed person, and
returned with a parrot thai belonge
to H. S. Fewer, whose Eoom:nS houSe
was damaged IS, 900 by the fire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
He Was Mis- staken.

Over sixty years ago Spencer 7.
Hancock OF Manchester, Vt, was IN
bad health thought he was going to
die and named the persons be desired
to acs as his palIoearers. Last Sunday
lie celebrated his eighty-frst birth
day. All the original pallbearers are
dead and he has now picked out a new
list,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
.yapanese Casualties,

According to dispatch received
bv The japanese legation at Washing.
ton from the foreign Cfice st Toxic,
The total casualties suffered BY the
Jananese army in killed and wounded,
ncluding officers, in engagements
around the Srakhe river up 70 wed
nes6ay amounted to 1873.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

SAY all they Can the Republican
cam oaign orators cannot destroy the
popular conviction that as ex-senator
Davis said in his letter Of acceptance,
the extravaganza in the conduct Of
the government is greater now t1an
at any time in the history Of the
county"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02
TIE men who signed the letter re-

IEE men WHO SlSNeu Clle IeIUSI le
uuesting Gov. Howard TO resign may
be sensible men, but they did very
foolish thing when they sent that
absurd letter TO the Governor. II a
lot Of school boys had done it we
might excuse it, but it looks extreme
ly nonsenSical in a lot Of grown up
roeO
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-02

is nothing in this for me in any shape,
form or fashion except that will feel
when l get through that have done
my duty and you can do as your CON-
sciences dictate after I get through.
The question Of control OF Whiskey
and how to prevent the great evils
which every thoughtful man sees re.
suits from it is one OF the most dih
cul5 in government. 1t is question
which is always presentin some form,
the evils Of liquor drinking to excess.
1t is al issue that will never down be-
cause it can never b. settled accord
ing to the conflicting opinions OF The
people interested. 1t is going on in
one form or anotherS in a thousand
cJmm IalGleS tJd4y Gaey ha7a tr led
proh1oi5ion In three states, and it has
failed signally in stopping the sale OF
liquor Or preventing drunkenness.
The bar rooms ars run opeoly IN the
city of Portland, Maine, so l am in
formed, and it is the same in Kansas
! City, Kansas, and while there are
many small towns in the two states
where LIQUOR is difficult to obtain, the
number Of revenue licenses to sell
liouor issued by the United States
government in Maine Is more than
double the licenses in South Carolina,
both for dispensary and the blind
tigers. Maine has half our popula
tion, while in Kansas with a little
more population than We have, tae
licersss are more than tour times az
many.
When I was in the campaign fol
Governor in 1892 the question OF pr0
hioition became very burning on9
in several sections. The prohibitl0r
element started out to inject that inst
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-14

in New York calm FIR father. Don't
believe ivrything David Binnitt Hill
tells We. He's a gr-reat man at a
prim'ry, but he's poor in tn wards. He
knows how to reach tn captain iv III
eighth precinct but he's niver had mis-
ear very near to tn gr-reat throbbin'
heart if tn people on account iv tn
watch pocket bein' on that side What
tn public knows about we is all in ye'er
favor barrin' we have a slight impedy-
mint in ye'er convictions They like
we so much as an upright judge an
stalwart farmer that they may not
want TO remove we. They ARE a fool
ish people an they may ask We to stay
on tn farm. But don't be in too much
iv a hurry to declare ye'er principles.
We won't; but don't. If We have prin-
cipes iv ye'er own, they may not
agree with ye'er party's an II We hold
tn principles Nv ye'er party they're on
poplar. But don't be discouraged an
nyhow. TIL campaign is young. Amy
thing may happen. Rosenfelt may go
lame. At prisint, afther maxim a cold
an calculated survey iv tn situation.
/ can on'y promise We tn illicthral vote
iv Texas an mesilf an we both need
watchin'.
What wud he say2 He'd ask David
Binnitt Hill an David Binnltt Hin
wud say: It's a cinch. Not on'y ye'er
own gr-reat popularity an mine makes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-08-14

native born, and some Of the sailors
have never played baseball in their
lives. These find 1t a decided hard
ship TO be compelled to take their place
behind the bat and fan the atmos-
phere in abortive attempts to find the
elusive ball Said German sailor who
was vending his way to the ball field
at League Island Navy Yard last Sat
urday:
"vot for iss dis foolishiness. Shall I
make "a worse gunner for not being
able to hit der baseball already? / hit
der target at gun practice better as
any one on board. Why, den. must I
make snort for der oders by playing
ball ven / know not how"
Whatever their feelings about t..
however, the sailors must play ball. so
to the grounds at the navy yard they
go when. time for play comes. At the
grounds they are notified by signal
from the bugle when the games may
begin. The jackies are divided into
squads, so as TO form as many mines
as possible. As the grounds used for
the baseball setting up drill" at the
League Island Navy Yard are very
commodious, there is usually room for
all and plenty TO spare. The sailors
are not allowed 10 remove their uni-
forms. As they go about the ship 40
must they 20 about the BAH grounds
during the baseball drill" and the un-
usual sight Is presented OF jaclxies ny-
ing around the bases with their wide
trousers threatening to trip them up
at every step, ~ the pitcher performing
gNrationa That were never meant for
ankles cnvelOped in flowing white duck,
and Of men accustomed 10 hlt a target