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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
Big Damages.

The Charleston Post says fifteen
thousand two hundred dollars was the
amount of damages awarded by the
Jury in the case OF William G. Smith
vs.. the Atlantic Coast Line, which
was tried in the court of common
pleas Wednesday The verdict is one
Of the heaviest for damages ever rem
dered by Charleston jury. Mr. ?.
II. Gadsden, attorney for the railroad,
said that he would make motion for
a Few trial. The plaintiff brought suit
against the road for injuries received
last October. while in the employ Of
the company as brakeman and switch
man. The accident occurred in the
railroad yards. Smith went in be-
tween two cars to inspect some brakes
that were defective when the train
passing over both his legs, in-
juring both members to such an ex
tent that amputation was necessary
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30

rain was falling AT dusk on the Goth
We reached the Hour bag. Ii contained
only some Jumps Of mou!Gy green
stuff. The next morning George, with
the greater part, Of This To help him ~
his long Journey to Grand Lake. ana
l. witt. what clunG tc the oas and
few Jumps of the stuff, parted. and |
began my return march toward HUB
bard and camp. Before noon the snow
was half way to my knees. The spruce
and fir tree branches were bending low
with their weight of snow: the river
was partially frozen, and the whole
appearance Of the country was chang
cd. The SHOW had ohliterated all Hand
marks. and after walking pand down
several times where l thought the
camp must be. I was at length COM
PEELED to give up the search, and head
ed toward Grand Lake. My Intellect
vas nunbed through weakness, and |
walked in a half dream. Ard so it
was, day after day, night after night,
until l lost al record Of the time | had
teen away from camp and did not
know the day OF the week or even
what month it was.
Then l heard some men shout, very
near me, ard almost Immediately four
dark-faced men on SnowShoeS, with
bic packs on their backs, came over
the bank. Then | remembered George
was TO try summon TO Donald Bake
from Grand Lake. l knew Donald and
| recoyniZed him as one Of the men :.
| spoke bis name. "Donan!d Blake,
ard then he took my hand in bis:
and nv senses returned with the
touch OF human flesh. In moment
they had a rearing fire aud some hot
tea, and gave me a slice Of bread and
and butter. I ate it and it made ne
sick, but die me good. Everything l
ate for two weeks made me sick. My
rescurerS were Allen Grandy, a part
blood Indian, and Donald Blake, Gil.
bert Blake aud Duncan MacLane, part
blood EsquimauN. all trappers. sent
Allen Candy aud Donald Blake right
on to look for Hubbard. They found
him in a sleeping posture dead, and
he had evidently gone to sleep after
making the entry quoted above On the
18th, and never woke up.
George ard I reached \. W. River
Novemb Der 6. Mr.. Mackenzie, the man
ager, took Dne to his home. called bis
man from the company house to cut
NY hair and shave me q had not had
hair cut Since leaving New York, or
a shave since July ~, tub Of water
for q warm bath, suit uf night cloth
es and a good soft bed, and made a
tire in my room. He rubbed my legs
and put me to bed after supper. His
little housekeeper cried over our
troubles, and did everything she
could for ne. They have been very
kind, and here l am making my home
while here.
Mr.. Hubbard'S ccttin came to day.
Mr.. Mackenzie had the lumber people
make it. They brought it from kena-
miSh by dog train. With lots Of love:
Your EEectionate Brother,
DILLON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
a QUEEE TALE
In Vision Husband Came to a
Sometime Wife.

Sometime Wife.
4 letter to The S.ate from Green
wood says an interesting and curious
case is that of Charles Robertson, a
well-to-do negro. a native OF this sec
ton, who appears before a former
wife in 4 vision. so she declares. cauS-
ing her to leave her then husband.
The Robertson negro soon after died
and now this wife No. is about to
die. The dead negr1's relatives are
squabbling over the property left by
him and a great suit is on to decide
the case. The negroes are greatly in
terested in it.
The story is this: About 10 years
ago Charles Robertson was negro
carpenter here in Greenwood and do
ing well. Discovering that another
negro had alienated his wife,s atfec-
tions he left Greenwood for Atlanta.
In Atlanta he began business as a
hackman an1 at the time OF his death
he owned three hacks and was con-
sidered prosperous for negro. In
the course of time he married an
Atlanta negro who survives him.
Meanwhile the wife he had left in
Geeenwood also married again. This
husband having died she married a
third time. This hubsband, George
Davis by name, and herself were lir
ing amicably together until about two
months ago.
One morning she announced to him
that she had had a vision the night
before in which she saw her former
and first husband surrounded by
group Of angels and heard voice tel
ling her to change her life and pre-
pare to meet her God. She was so i'm
pressed with the vision" that she
drove Davis from the hearth and home
and has not lived with him since.
Her first husbands death occurring
shortly after in Atlanta and her own
serious illness have created a deep i'm
preston among other negroes that the
vision is 'djvinely Inspired" o2e.
Wife No. , is suing for what the Rob
ertSon negro left as are also the rela-
tiveS Of Wife No. !, who is still able
to be interested in that. and also the
sisters of the dead negro, who wish
both wives deprived Of any part in his
estate. The case will be tried at the
next term Of court.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
The WORK OF A M0B.
Several Negroes Lynched in arkansa
for Killing Two Men.

a special to the Arkansas Gazette
from Dewitt, Arkansas county. says:
Five negroes who had been arrested
as result of race troubles at St.
Charles, this county, were taken from
the guards and shot to death.
The victims were:
Jim Smith.
Charley Smith.
Mack Baldwin.
Abe Bailey.
Garrett Flood.
This makes nine negroes that have
been killed within the past week in
the vicinity of St. Charles on account
of the racial troubles. a few days
ago difficulty occurred over trivial
matter at St. Charles between a white
man named Searcy and two negroes
named Henry and Walker Griffin.
On Monday last the two negroes
met Searcy and his brother in store
in St. Charles and the difficulty
was renewed. One of the negroes,
without warning, struck both Of the
Searcy boys over the head with a table
leg, rendering them unconscious and
fracturing their skulls, one of them to
such an extent that he may die.
Deputy Sheriff James Kirkpatrick at
tempted to arrest him and he too was
knocked down.
The negroes then gathered and de-
fed the officers, declaring that no
white man could arrest them. -
Their demonstrations aroused the
fears of the citizens Of St. Charles and
they telephoned to this place for a
posse to come out and protect the
town. P. A. Douglass, deputy sheriff,
went out with posse Of several men
to capture the Griffin negroes. The
constable met three negroes-Randall
Flood, Will Baldwin and Will Madison
in the road. He inquired Of them
if they knew where the Griffins were
and one of them replied that they did
but would tell no white man" adding
an oath. The negroes then attempted
to draw their pistols but the posse
fred, killing all three of them.
Thursday 16 men left this place for
the scene of the trouble. Large crowds
gathered in from Roe, Ethel and Clar-
endon. During the day while the
sheriff's posse was searching for the
Griffin negroes, they were fred upon
by negro named Aaron Hinton, from
ambush. Three CT the posse were
hit, but the shot used were small and
no serious damage resulted. The posse
returned the fire and the negro was
shot down. Several other shots were
fred into him, killing him instantly.
Five other negroes, Jim Smith,
Charles Smith, Mack Baldwin, Abe
Bailey and Garrett Flood, who were
the negroes that had defed the off,
GERS, were arrested and Thursday night
crowd Of men took them away from
the guards and shot them to death.
1t is reported late Friday evening
that the Griffin boys have been cap
tured. If so it probably means that
two more will be killed. Everything
at St. Charles at this time is quiet,
but the town is heavily guarded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
FINAL COTTON REPORT.
The Census Department Makes {
Comparison With Other Years. .

The Census department MAKES a
Comparison With Other Years.
The final report Of the census
bureau on cotton ginning, showing
the total cotton production for 1908,
gives the following:
Number OF commercial bales, in
cluding linters, l0,3s9,55S, against
II, ,2I5, l05 for 1902.
The following table distributes the
crop, exclusive Of linters, in the United
States: l0,2O5,073 commercial bales:
1884 square bales; TO, ,2O8 round
bales: IS 1893 sea island bales.
The total crop reduced to a common
basis as to size Of bales is an equiv
alent of 1851, l29 500 pound bales as
against 10, $50, ,9+5 5O0-pound bales in
1902.
The number CT bales, counting round
as half bales, including linters, was
l0,014,454, against l0,784.473; the
equivalent bales of a 500 pound stand
ard, including liners, were 10, ,045, $40,
against 10, ,2S7,l68 in 1902.
The square bales, upland crop, re-
ported from ginneries which aggregat-
ed 9,359,472 shows a decrease of $685.
1913 from 1902; the round bales, up
land crop, reported from ginneres
were TO POS, a decrease Of 211, ,056;
the bales of sea island cotton reported
from ginueries were 73, 39S, decrease
of %. $50; and the bales Of linters re-
ported from cotton seed oil mills were
l94.4S5, a decrease Of !, ,773S.
These statistics were collected
through d canvass Of the individual
ginperies Of the cotton States by 631
local agents, who found that 30,2lS
ginneries bad been operated for the
crop Of 1903, compared with 30,s4S
for 1902.
In the final canvass for this crop
where ginners had not finished gin
ming they were requested to prepare
careful estimates Of the quantity OF
cotton which remained to be ginned
at their esta blishments. Their esti-
mates, amounting to 75,40l CONNER
cial bales have been included in the
totals Of the above table.
The distribution Of the crop, ex-
elusive of the linterS, by States and
territories, giving the tooal CONNER
cial bales, follows:
Alabama. 1923, $50: Arkansas. AL
236: Florida, 5S,572: Georgia 1,32s,-
271S; Indian Territory, 312,776: Kan
sas, 10: Kentucky, 64t; Louisiana,
S3s,56s Mississippi, 1,43e, 2e6: Mis-
souri,, 80, 9,2S3: North Carolina, $50, $50:
Oklahoma, 2O4,s57: South Carolina:
S14,351: Tennessee, 250.437: Texas,
,, 562, 632: Virginia, l3, 68l.
The complete annual report on cot
ton ginning will be published about
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
TO MINE PHOSPHATE.
Central Company Asks for Exclusive
Right to Work Marsh Lands.

The State phosphate commission
was in session Thursday and a matter
of more than usual interest to the
State was discussed. Mr.. f. 0.
Hughes, an attorney of Charleston,
appeared before the board represent.
ing the Central Phosphate company:
which Owls plant Of $3.50. 900 value.
Mr.. Hughes submitted to the board
two propositions, one of which was re-
jected, the other granted.
1t is we'll known that in recent
years South Cardinals once apparent
Iy inexhaustible supply of phosphate
rock has dwindled to almost absurd
proportions in comparison with the
outlook. The cost of mining the rock
is said to be less in Tennessee, Florida
and in Algeria. three favorite sources
Of supply. Suffice to say that while a
few years ago South Carolina derived
5000, 900 from revenue in the indus
try, last year she received but a pal
Try s25, 900.
The cost Of mining is said to be in
excess Of the prices obtained for the
natural fertilizer in view Of the COM
petition now existing. Mr.. Hughes
said yesterday that his clients had
been operating at Il loss for some time
and that It was possible that the plant
might have to be Shut down.
He asked that the State reduced
the royalty which is now % cents on
each ton. After consideration. the
board declined to make the change.
The tax was formerly 81 per ton and
the tax is now pledged to the bond
holders of the State. In case of a rise
in the price Of the rock a rate less
than 25 cents per ton would be out OF
proportion.
The second proposition was an in
teresting one and may help tie in
dusJry materially. The Central COM
pany asked exclusive right to mine
5000 acres Of marsh land owned by
the State and containing phosphate
rock. This marsh is covered with
water at high tide. but the mining
may be done on the ebb.
The board granted this privilege
with the proviso that the work must
be conducted under the supervision Of
State Geologist Earle Sloan. The tax
paid will be ) cents per ton for the
first year, is cents for the second year
and - cents for the third year, the
grant being for three years.
The experiment has never been
tried before and will therefore be
watched with considerable interest.
Partisan capital OWNS the Central
company. The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
APRIL NOT so BAD.
average for 16 Years Shows Nearly
Half the Month Is Sunshine.

The following information, cover
ing period OF 16 years, has been COM
piled from the weather bareau
records at this place. The figures are
Issued to show the conditions that
have prevailed, during the month in
question, for the above period OF
years, but must not be construed as a
forecast Of the weather conditions for
the coming month.
Temperature Mean or normal tenn
perature, 81 degrees; the warmest
month was that of 1898, with an aver.
age Of 50 degrees; the coldest month
was that Of 1901, with an average Of
56 degrees; the highest temperature
was 96 degrees on April ls, 1895; the
lowest temperature was % degrees on
April 6, 1891; the earliest date on
which first killing" frost occurred in
autumn, Oct. 10, 1896; average date
on which first killing" frost occurred
in autumn, Nov. s; average date on
which last killing" frost occurred in
spring, March %; the latest date on
which last killing" frost occurred in
spring, April 10, 1899.
Precipitation.-Ave for the
month 2.7S inches; average number
Of days with .0l Of an inch or more,
I: the greatest monthly precipitation
was 5.91 inches in 1895; the least
monthly precipitation was 0.47 inches
in 1898; the greatest amount Of pre-
cipitation recorded in any "a consecu-
tive hours was sos inches on April
l7-18, 1900.
Clouds and Weather-AVerage num-
Der of clear days, 13; partly cloudy
days, 10; cloudy days, I.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the southwest; the average
hourly velocity Of the winds is 9
miles the highest velocity Of the wind
was 80 miles from the northwest on
April 20, 1902.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
A NEW TRIAL ORDERED
In the Case Of Mcdaniel Who Killed
Town Marshal.

The now famous case Of the State
VS.. r. w. Mcdaniel has been remand.
ed to the circuit court of Lexington
county for new trial. The case has
now become very well known in South
Carolina and the opinion Of the su-
preme court is quite interesting in
this connection. Mcdaniel killed Lee
Neece, the town marshal Of Swan
sea, Christmas eve, 1902, and was
tried for his life in January. 1903, be.
fore Judge klugh. The jury found
Mcdaniel guilty of murder with how
ever, a recommendation to mercy. The
sentence imposed was life impris m
ment. The defendant appealed to the
supreme court and pending the appeal
applied to the supreme court for leave
to move in the circuit court for new
trial on the ground Of after-discovered
evidence. This application failed by
reation of an equal division of opinion
among the four justices Of the su-
preme court-though no formal opin-
ion was delivered so as to show how
the justices stood On the question.
The State saJs rhe appeal was then
heard in the supreme court and the
sentence was at1irGed-Mr. Justice
Jones delivering the opinion and all
the other justices coucurring. Judge
Ernest Gary sat in place Of Justice
Eugene Gary. WHO was i'll at the time.
There upon the prisoner through his
counsel moved f0r a rehearing in the
supreme court, on the ground that
the court had overlooked an important
principal Of the law, to the defend
ants disadvantage. After due de-
liberation the court granted the re-
hearing.
The case cane W again at the last
November term i the supreme court,
and was the full, argued-with the
result that the judgment Of the Cir
cult court is set aside and new trial
granted. Justice JoI>S says in his
opinion of THURSDAY: - was error,
therefore, to instruct the juiy 10 ul>-
regard the plea of accidental homie
ide. if the defendant failed to esta5
lish it by the preponderance OF the
evidence. The opinion in effect holds
that the plea of homicide by misadven-
ture does not constitute an atlirma-
tive defense, which the defendant
must establish by preponderance OF
the evidence" /"
The opinion further states that there
was error in charging that the
burden of proof has shifted to the de-
fendant at all on the question whether
the killing was accidental. For this
material error in an otherwise clear
and able charge" says Justice Jones,
the Judgment must be reversed" /"
There was a large array Of counsel
for Mcdaniel, Gen. Leroy +.
Youmans of this city being employed
in the processes in the supreme court.
Mcdaniel had entered upon his SER
vice at the State prison before the ef-
forts Of Gen. Youmans secured for
him a new trial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
Dead BODY Found.

a dispatch from Pickens to The
State says young man was found
dead at the north switch at Central
Wednesday morning. He appeared
to be about II years Of age, was well
dressed and was Of good appearance.
There was nothing on his person by
which he could be identified. Coro-
ner Parsons found So in his pockets.
His hat was too large and was stuffed
with a newspaper which was printed
in Statesville, n. C. 1t being. inpos-
sible to identify the young man, be
was buried at the county's expense
Thursday. He was killed probably
by a train in some unknown way.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
Three Negroes Killed.

A special from Dewitt Ark, says:
Three negroes were killed in a race
battle Wednesday at St. Charles, this
county. A posse Of deputy sheriffs
was engaged in a search for two ne
groes, who Tuesday had seriously
wounded two white men in a fist tight
at St Charles, and while passing
through a section of woodland they
were !ired at from thicket by a
party OF negroes. The whites return
ed the fire aud instantly killed Garrett
F!odd, Will Madison and Will Bald
win. The tragedy has greatly arous-
ed the community and further trouble
is feared
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
SOMETHING BEHIND DOOR
Wouldn't Come Out, so a Revolver
| Mas E,mDtied Into it,

Joseph Kreig, a farmer CT Sand
Creek Indiana, township, Bartholo-
new County, was entertaining friends
a nightor two ago. Late in the even
ing, after one Of the younger guests
had told a number Of hair raising
stories about hold-ups out West,
whence he had recently :etIrned, Miss
Fredia kreig had occasion to go to an
adjoining room. She pushe! the Goor
open aud it flew back, hitting her in
the face She opened it again and
again the door closed on her as though
some one was pushing from the other
side.
She ran into the room where the
guests were assembled, and told her
father that some one was in the room
and held the door against her. Mr..
Kreig went to the door and met with
the same experience thai bis daugh-
ter had encountered. He then rush
ed violently against the door and was
hurled back into the room. the door
opening but part OF the way, and a2-
parently being thrown back by SINE
one on the opposite side. Mr.. kreig
told bis daughter to bring his shot
gun, but it was in the room where the
suppose burglar held the door. y re-
volver was substituted.
George kreig forced bis head
through the opening and attempted
to peer behind the door, but it was
forced back against him 50 that it
caught his neck, aud he was glad to
pull his head back without getting a
look at the intruder.
Then two Of the guests were sent
outside to guard the windows, and
the elder Kreig armed himself with a
stick of stove wood and lamp. Bill
Wilbur, one Of the gleStS, had fire
shovel, and another guest the revol-
yer. The intruder was again called
and told to cone out or suffer, the
consequences, but he evidently chose
to suffer, for no response came t. the
command.
Young kreig then put his arm
through the opening, turned the re-
volver toward whatever was behind
the door and fired one Shot, The
women screamed and the excitement
became intense.
Another demand was made on the
intruder. He failed to respond and
shot after shot wsS fired from the pls-
tol in the hand through the opening.
Still these was no movement from
within. Then the two kreigS, Will
bur and Day rushed against the door
and broke it firm its hinges.
Just behind was The ironing BOARD,
which had fallen from is resting place
and had so lodged against the door
that it operated as spri0g to force 1t
shut whenever the door was pressed
back against it. There were-fUur hul-
let holes in the board. aud all agreed
that if it had been man he would
have been killed by that first Shot.
but if that had not been fatal, the
second would certainly have finished
y
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
The Thrifty Yankee.

The Philadelphia Record says the
Massachusetts, report Of labor statiS-
tics for 1903 in dealing with the sta
tus Of the negro population in that
state brings out the curious fact that
ssachusetts enacted the first stat
ute establishing slavery in America,
in 164l. This was twenty years be-
fore slavery was legally established in
Virginia, though slaves had been
brought TO that state in 1919. There
are now in Massachusetts, 81 1914 ne
groes, so per cent. Of whom live in
the cities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
New Methodist College.

Mr.. A. W. Todd, Of Charleston,
has been selected as architect for the
new building of the Columbia Female
College. The property in the city
will be sold by the South Carolina
conference. and the new building will
be erected in the suburbs at a cost OF
$4,000. The Methodists Of South
Carolina will be proud Of their inst1-
tuition in it's new surrounding.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
Bride of q Week Dies.

A dispatch from Clinton to the
State says Mrs. Richard E. Copeland
died there Monday week after only
two or three days illness. Mrs. Cope
land was q bride Of only little more
than one week, having married on the
18th day Of this month. She was
Miss East and a native Of Alabama,
having moved from that State to
Clinton just short while before
Christmas. She was a niece OF Mrs.
R. J. Copeland and DR.. East, who liv-
eS q short distance from Clinton.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
Robbed tho GalloWS.

At Tuskagee, Ala, on Thursday
Ralph Armstrong, under sentence ol
death for the murder Of his cousin,
Miss Alice Arms.o .ong, committed sui
eide in his cell. lie killed the young
woman because she refused 10 marry
him. Armstrong was q son Oh the
late CO.. II. Clay Armstrong, consul
to Rio Janeiro under President Cleve-
land. and was d member of one of the
most prominent families in the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30
The Eay Crop.

The State says hay does not figure
largely in the calculations Of the
southern farmer. yet the value Of the
hay crop in the Cnited States is from
$50, 900, 900 to 500, 600, 600 greater
than that Of cotton,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-30

SENATOR Tillmau is at his home at
Trenton recuperatiDg. His throat is
about well again.