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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
MIXED Els LETTERS UP.
Put Bis Pension and Insurance APP
pIications in Wrong Envelopes.

Dl1CaLlO0S HI w IoASS GbSOAoPN0s
Besides being statesman, Senator
Dryden Of New Jersey is also the
president OF a prominent life in.
surance company. The other day he
received a letter like this: "Deal
Sir: I am desirous Of taking out q
life insurance policy, and as I am from
your state, I thought l would write
you directly, thinking 7 might get
better terms, especially as am In
the best Of health and would be an
excellent risk. I have never suffered
days serious illness in my life. ]
would be glad if you would have one
Of your agents directed to give my
matter personal attention. Very truly
yours, John Smith"
The next letter tine senator picked
up had been forwarded to him from
the insurance company's main Office,
and was along this line: Dear Sir:
Can't you get me pension? 1 served
in the Spanish war, contracted a fever
in Cuba, and have since suffered With
weakness of the back and legs, shock
to nervous system, diseases Of the
stomach and digestive organs, vertigo
and other ailments until I am physi-
cal wreck. II anything is to be done
for me it must come soon. Very
respectfully, John Smith"
Mr.. Smith had made the embarrass-
ing mistake Of addressing the applca.
tion for pension to the insurance Office
and the letter about the policy to
Washington. Had he not done this
his deception would probably never
have been discovered. AS a result
Smith will receive neither the pension
nor the policy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08

been won, be added: Let US cross
the river and rest in the shade OF the
trees" When Grant was crushing
the lines at Petersburg Lee said to
Hill: General your men are giving
way" Hill galloped into the melee
and fell.
Gen John B. Villepigue, who led a
wing Of Prices army at Corinth, was
first lieutenant Of the I'd dragons
and resigned on March 81.
Gen. John B. Hood, who fought
with Sherman at Atlanta and with
Thomas at Nashville, was first lieu
tenant of the I'd cavalry and resigned
on April Is.
Capt. Lafayette McLaws. Of the 7th
infantry, resigned March %. On the
second day at Gettysburg, asa general
OF Lorgstreet's corps, he almost cap
tured Round Top-the key OF the bat
tlefeld. he made assault In conjunc-
tion with Hood. Meade afterward said
that il Round Top had been taken
nothing could have beer held
Gen. John S. Marmaduke bore a
leading part in the fighting west of
the Mississippi. His raids into Mis-
souri, made him famous. He was Sc
cond lieutenant Of the 7th infantry,
resigning on April II.
1t is a good time since the war and
if any mistake Is found In the preced-
ing let some Southern wet" correct
it. OF these disafected officers three
have since been in the service OF the
United States Government-G G n
Fithzugh Lee, Gen Joseph Wheeler
and the late Gen Longstreet, the lat
ter having been related by marriage
to Gen Grant and having a son now
commanding a company in the 18th
United States cavalry. 1t is probably
well known that a soldier Of the Mex
can war who afterward served in the
Confederate army is nevertheless en-
TITLED to pension for his service In
Meyico
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
A Bloody Fight.

At Knoxville, Tenn, says bloody
fight occurred at midnight in a res
taurant on Central street. AS a re-
suit one man is dead and two others
are mortally wounded. Constables
G. c. Gamble and T. W. McCartY
were eating when Lum and Wash Mil
ler, negroes, came into the place and
ordered something to eat. McCarty
told the negroes to wait until they
had finished. a war Of words fol-
lowed. Then Wash Miller struck at
Constable Gamble with knife and
the trouble started. Lum Miller was
shot through the head by Gamble and
killed, but not until he had shot Gam
BILE through the abdomen and twice in
the right leg. Wash Miller was shot
through the right arm and in the
chest by a negro named Cook, who
was trying to hit Constable McCarty.
Cook escaped. The two wounded
men are at the hospital and can live
but a few hours at most. Gamble has
been an ahacer for several years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Nine Killed.

Nine persons are reported to have
been killed and many injured In q col
lision OF passenger trains on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad near Martin City,
is miles south of Kansas City. The
trains, which met head-on, were the
westbound Colorado limited, No. l,
and the eastbound Hoisington, Kas.,;
accommodation No. 36. A message re-
cei7ed by Missouri Pacific officials
there ordered them to send relief
train as soon as possible and to get all
the surgeons obtainable from which it
Is inferred that numerous passengers.
were hurt. Newspaper men were not
permitted on the relief train, which
left about II o'clock Saturday night
and details CT the accident cannot be
learned until the return Of the train
with the dead and injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Goes to Creditors.

The State says Mrs. R. q. Plant,
the widow of the Macon banker VINO
lately committed suicide, has refused
to accept any portion Of the s760,ooo
in life insurance payable to her hus-
bands estate; every cent will go to
his creditors. This completes heroic
story of self-sacrifce. Plant, 1t Is
practically certain, killed himself for
the benefit Of his insured creditors,
and now his wife refuses even that
cart Of the estate to which she Is by
law entitled. The wisdom Of both
the husbands and the Wife's acts may
be questioned but its stern fortitude.
never.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Died Of Starvation.

Henry Miles, a colored man resids
ing at Blythe, Ca, died TuesGay night
of last week at the home Of friends at
Sl2 Campbell street, after a lingering
illness inflicted at bis own hands on
July 4, 1908. Miles, on ahe date
mentioned, through mistake, drank
enough potassium to leave lis throat
in condition that through a COM
plication OF diseases, gradually
ally grew worse until it closed entire
ly up Tuesday, and DR.. Goodrich,
who was In attendance, was unable to
give him any nourishment. 1t was
deemed necessary to hold an Inquest
Wednesday, and the body received a
pauper's burial Wednesday afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Found His Dead Body.

The dead body Of Herman S. Petit
bone, 81 years old, a son OF former
CONGRESSMAN A. H. Pettibone OF Ten
nessee, was found in a hotel in WASH
ineton Thusday. Some drugs Of a mix
ture Of aconite and morphine were
found in glass on the bureau OF the
room indicated that the man had COM
mitted suicide and the coroner gave a
certificate to that effect, Pettibone had
been dead some hours when found. His
father, who is now at Huntsville,
Ala, was notified. Young Pettibone
had been despondent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Found Dead in Room.

John C. Cole, representing an in
surance company Of New York, was
found dead in his room in hotel at
Birmingham, Ala, Thursday night.
He was well known man having oc-
cupied a prominent government posi-
tion in Washington for number OF
years. He lived in Portsmouth, o.,
and has relatives there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
The Ohio Way.

A dispatch from Springfield, Ohio.
says another lynching was attempted
there Thursday night. A crowd OF
negroes surrounded the jail at mid
night to lynch Walter Fisher, colored,
urder arrest for killing Edward Boone,
colored. Sheriff Routzahn had just
returned from Dayton where be took
Fisher for safe keeping, and so ad7is-
ed the crowd, which yelled back that
they would get Fisher when he was
brought back for trial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Lynched in Iowa.

At Grangeville, Iowa, T. Nj. Myers,
who killed George Brownlee and
wounded Alice Bennett three week;
ago, has been taken from officers ano
lynched. The lynchers were masked
and outnumbered the officers three tt
one. The method Of death is not
known. Myers was being taken te
the county iail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
JAPANESE CUT TO PIECES.
Cossacks Bore Down on Them in a
Resistless Charge.

Resistless Charge.
The japanese lost 200 killed and a
number OF horses in the fight at Va
genfuchu Wednesday. The Russians
orened lire at s o'clock in the morn.
ing and after two hours and a half
long range firing the japanese under
Gen. Akkiama prepared to charge and
crush the force which had been har-
RAISING them for twenty-one days.
In the meantime Gen. Samsonof was
approaching Vagenfuchu with a
strong force OF cavalry. 1t was a
sight worth seeing when at the word
Of command, the Russian SQuadrons
formed and rushed like whirlwind
across the terrible cut up country,
clearing away all obstacles, the bat
teries at the same time trotting along
the frighttul roads. Having passed
the railroad station, the troops came
under the fire Of the japanese ma
chine guns, but Withdrew without
suffering much loss.
The fourth and sixth companies OF
the Eighth Siberian Cossacks furious
ly charged the japanese cavalry with
lances, attacking both fanks. In a
few minutes they literally cut the
whole squadron into pieces. This
was the first time lances were used
and they struck terror to the enemy.
In some cases the lances pierced the
riders through and wounded their
horses.
Some OF the lances could not be
withdrawn from the bodies into which
they had entered. The japanese in.
fantry, numbering four battalions OF
800 men to a company, and eight
squadrons of cavalry attempted to ad-
vance, but the Russian batteries open
ed and soon the slope up which the
enemy was advancing was covered
with black spots and the enemy was
forced to scatter and retire. The jap
arese cavalry were wonderfully DASH
ing, charging with shouts upon the
Russians, who met and scattered them.
A Cossack who had lost his lance
and sword wrenched sword from a
japanese officer and cut off the officers
head. The Cossacks picked up boots
which had been taken, off by the Jap
anese in order to facilitate the fight
and hourished them on their lances as
tropics. The japanese used the Boer
trick of displaying dummies but the
Cossacks did not waste q shot on
them. Gen. Samsonof highly praised
the practice Of the Russian gunners.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Stole the Money.

A loss Of from $4,000 to $50, 900
through the embeZzlement Of it's
funds by a trusted employe, Douglass
N. Smith, Is admitted by the officers
Of the National Tradesmens bank Of
New Haven, Conn. The exact loss is
not vet known. Smith, who was pay
ing and receiving teller Of the bank,
has acknowledged voluntarily that he
embezzled about $50, 900 and the grea-
ter part OF it, If not all, within the
past eight CT nine months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Car Overturned.

Twelve persons were hurt near Cam
den, N. j., early Thursday morning
trolley car overturned and rolled down
an embankment on the line running
from Camden to Trenton. Three were
badly injured and were taken to hos
pital In Philadelphia and they may
die.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
Killed BY Fast Mail.

Frank Holmes, eighteen years old,
and Daniel Deadrich, aged nine, were
instantly killed by a fast mail on the
Southern railway near the Memphis
city limits Friday morning. The
boys were driving across the track
when the accident occurred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
FIVE MEN DEAD.
Two White Hen Assassinated by Ne.
groes and Three Negroes Lynehed.
NEGROES START TIE TROUBLE.
They Murder Two Men In Cod
Blood. Three Slaughtered In
Return. One Negro Helps
White Man.

AS a result of fight which occurred
on the Sims s. Williams plantation ats
Trail Lake, Miss, Thursday night,
John Sims and his manager, named
Cato, were killed by negroes and three
Of the negroes have been killed also. S:
The country IS in state of intense.
excitement and it is feared further!
trouble may ensue between the whites.
and blacks. =.
The slaughter started about 10s
O'Clock Thursday night, when Sims.
and Cato were shot down in their.
store by a negro named Sam Clark
Sims was engaged in checking up MIS-
cash when Clark came in. Before he;
could make any kind Of move Clark.
raised a Winchester and fired, the:
shot taking effect first in the back and:
then breaking the collarbone. He;
died instantly.
Clark Immediately turned on Cato,.
the manager, who was in another part
Of the store and shot him in the right:
side, the ball coming out on the left
side. -;
Cato staggered out to tne back OF.
the store and as he reached thesdoors
a negro convict guard named Van:
Horn, who was in waiting, struck him;
over the head with q rifle. Cato died:
at I o'clock Friday morning and the.
physician gives it as his opinion that
the blow over the head caused his:
death. s. ~
News of the tragedy was immedi-s
ately sent to Greenyille and Sheriff
John Crouch, with a posse, went TO:
the scene. z 3 3 - ., ;!.sss3.;;s;: s.:
| The negroes, Van Horn and Clark,
had made their escape before the posse
arrived, but the trail OF Van Horn
was found and he was tracked about
a quarter Of a mile into the woods.
Here another negro convict guard
named Mayfeld interfered with the
posse and he was shot down his
tracks. sS
Van Horn was captured and taken
to Leland, IA miles distant, where he's
was placed in the jail. He remained
in Jail all night under a strong guard, I,
and at $50 o'clock Friday morning he.S
was taken out and lynched by q mob.
While the sheriff and posse we're
busy with Van Horn the other negro,
Sam Clark, returned to the Sims store;
with the intention, it is said, Of Kill
ing Buck Williams, the other partner
the bookkeeper, named Grow, who
was also at work, and others. Crow
however, after the previous shooting
had armed himself and negro who
worked about the place named Aaron
Fuller. When Clark made his appear
ance he was shot and killed by both;
Crow and Fuller. It is believed at;
Trail Lake that the shooting Is the:
outcome of a meeting held; in the
vicinity Of Trail Lake by negro sec
ret society and that the negroes in-E
golved were picked out to do the kills
ing. - -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08

sos; Highland Park Mfg. Co., $751;
500: Manchester cotton mills, s23i,-
325; Victoria $4,000; Tavora, $780,
900: York (65 per cent.,) sl12, 500;
Chicora, $50, 900; Fewell waste mills,
50, 500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08

900; sc per cent. Sl2, ,00U.
Broadway Oh company, Belton,
s22, 900; sl3, 1900.
Clarendon Oil company, St. Paul,
SIS, ,000; 50, 600.
Independent Cotton Oh company.
Tinmonsyille, 1000; So, 900.
Tinmonsville OH mill, s2s, 900; ST.
400.
Cameron OH company, $4,000; s12,'
600.
Rowesville, $4,000; $4,000.
Wilkinsville, SIS, 900; 50, ZOO.
Prosperity, $50, 900; s12 900.
Walterboro Oh company, S25, 600
SIS, 900.
Goldville Oil company, $4,000; 81
200.
Seaboard Oil company, s32, 600; sle,'
200.
Townville Oh company, $4,000
49, 900.
Lee County Manufacturing com.
pany, s25, 900; 5000.
Westminster. $50, 900; sl2, 900.
Fort Motto, $40, 900; $4,000.
Donnald Cotton Oil company, s15,'
900; $4,000.
Jonesyille, $4,000; $4,000.
Williamsburg, 100000; S18, 1000.
Pauline Cotton Oil company, s20:'
900; s12, 900.
Pickens, 10000; sl2, 900.
FERTILIZER PLANTS.
The assessments on fertilizer factc'
ries were not changed, the follwing re-
port having been adopted:
We recommend that all assessments
stand same as last year. While We
fnd many Of the assessments reduced
we see no reason for same, as we have
no Information at our command tl
warrant same:
Anderson Fertilizer company, An
derson county, $4,000.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany, Beaufort county, s105, 600.
Ashepoo Fertilizer company, Char
lesion county, $4,000.
E5iwan Fertilizer company, Charles
ton county, s+5, ,120.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany {Atlantic works.: Charleston
county, Sis, 200.
Virginia Carolina Chemical COM
pany (Chicors works., Charleston
county, 1885, ,656.
virginia Carolina Chemical com.
psny (Berkeley works., Charleston
county, $685.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com.
pany Qmperial works., Charleston
county, s110,s1o.
Virginia-C Carolina Chemical com
pany (Standard works., Charleston
county, sls0,8l0.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com
pany (Stono works), Charleston coun'
ty. sl22, 235.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com,
pany (Wando works), Charleston coun'
ty, ssl,4sS.
Read Phosphate company, Charles.
ton county, s41, $40.
Virginia-Cacolina Chemical con.
pany, Cherokee county, s32,sS2.
Georgia Chemical works, Colleton
county, Sill, +2l.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com
panY, Dorchester county, $4,000.
Virginis-Carolina Chemical com
psny. Greenville county, $50, 1855.
Virginia Carolina Chemical com.
pany, Richland county, $4,000.
F. S. RoySter Guano company, Rich
land county, S45, $50.
Spartanburg Fertilizer company
Spartanburg county, $1,000.
Total, 81, ,553, 474.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08

Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, Lees right
bower" was first lieutenant OF the
lst artillery and resigned March l.
In dying delirium Stonewall jack
son said: Order a. P. Hill to pre-
pare for action. Pass the infantry to
the 'front.'" Then, as if the fray bad
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-06-08
OFT, MILLS ASSESSED

The assessment made on oil mills
last year was adopted for this yeal
with the following changes:
Aiken Industrial company, s31, 200
so per cent. sl8, Ito.
Darlington, oil mill, s65, 900, so pei
cent. s39, 1000.
South Carolina Cotton Oil company
at GreenVille, S4S,200.
Southern Cotton Oil company at
Greenyille, S9,6S0.
Dillon Oil company (burned), S.
400.
Cowpens Cotton Oh company, $780,
900, so per cent? sl2, 900, rebuilt.
Rich Hill, $4,000, 60 per cent lO,-
800, ca 2ital increased.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
SHEPARD ATTACKS ROOSEVELT.

Edward M Shepard was the speaker at the noon
ssv meeting of the Democratic Commercial Trav-
sTloruf League Al No. 697 Broadway. yesterday.
In a long argument he bitterly attacked President
Foosevelts selection OF the Secretary Of the De-
nartrnent OF Commerce and Labor a. chairman OF
+,a Republican National COMMITTEES.
III is the same principal Of the Governor-chair-
man in national politics. declared Mr. Shepard
81 admit we a prosperous nation continued
,ba speaker. I'VE ought 10 be- but we do not get
our share OF the prosperity. What good does IT do
ns that the country prosperous II do not share
T1of increased proportion 70 the wealth OF this
co,nry as represented By great capitalists and
,tiIionaires although this wealth has been the re-
,,if ~ the work and brains OF the Wnole people OF
tSe country. The distribution has not Dsen falr
.sq'he cause OF these conditions - the inlquitous
robberies Of the so-called trusts. Tnus the real
Ss,Ie Ia this campaign Is whether or not tne part
tt01r and the government now supported oy
President Roosevelt and Chairman Corteiyou, With
b5s great store Of corporation secrets shau con-
I'VE have seen the complete surrender OK Fresi-
dent Roosevelt to his original tsTlI Nss@ ~ SO
T7euubIicRn statesman has Desu AoA0 ~ 7L4-lo
against the policy OF high protsoloH- vas SA-s
.s4a has talked against bosses; no bosses Eer ham
But there Addicks: did ne oetS IN. L, Ano
there was Quay; he declared him 20 Ds nae close
PIatf; has be had any differences Win In Ll4s
Inc tariff he has surrenderea shere. - IS 49,
rendered reciprocity; CtVi SERVICE A4s"' 1aaS
he then political courag2
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19
MR.. CLEVELAND RAPs 11TrAUER.
he Writes Encouraging the COngressman's
DEMOCRATIC Opponent

The following letter from ex-President Cleveland
given out last night at the headquarters Of
the Democratic State Committee the Hoffman
House IL was addressed 20 Joseph D Baucus Z son
OF ex-State Senator BaucuS. a lawyer with Offices
at No. ~ WaII-st, and written in the interest
OF Joseph A KellOgg. the Democratic candidate for
Congress IN the &AEth District. against Congress-
man Littauer. Mr. Cleveland writes
! am pleased 10 learn that your cousin AIr Kel-
1888, Is making strong determined dght for
clean politics in the AAFth New-YOrk COngresa
District
/ sincerely trust that the good people OF that
district Will reaiZs the seriousness OF the issue and
express at the polls their stern condemnat OF a
representative who, when faced with a public
charge rejecting on his honesty ana his hIness
longer 10 represent the district Congress takes
refuge IN the fact that prosecution for the offence
Il any WIS committed. has been barred by the
statute OF umlLa lions.
The statute OF limitations never runs against
political dishonesty or the betrayal OF a public
trust when the offender, 10 secure a vIudcaLion
Oners himself FOR the sunrages OF the people.
You may extend 10 your cousin. Mr. kellogg for
NE, my hearty approval and best wishes Ia the
splendid and gallant tight he IS making against
heavy odds IN behalf OF honest government and
purity In public life.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-19

So aCtISe part IN politics after ne had becor,a
IDSs, tlT Suprerne Court in the Third I,1fciaI
ecsn5.i 2. 'Iat @ was an impropriety, il was
ha,-a -, ousHl 10 have been. Some persons
derol,..t 'IielIAed 70 take lenient view Of This
Ds,-iS 2 80 ause Judge Herrick has fought
think ,bs+ e. IA Albany politics. We do not
4,,s+if,- az excuses; II certainly does not
e1c,,sS, - =, ouF part We shall not attempt to
Caroo u Sues over this part IF the candidate's
- TsieeT- Democratic or i15aDer5err 1-C+s-- -
.t, IpliSan voters, sick Of Odellisrn v-b0 e-s
u.',eU uy H. ought 10 ask themselves WE
s,L;a--o .'leH-S that good men should seek 10
S+a+ 80 nc use Of the suffrage in New-YorlS
bi II IiH. II any voter believes thar n fs
rvLo -. - -,g 10 administer q rebUke 70 a Judge
he o,,.tt ID ID aDh!ed II politics. thrr by all means
>" vote against Judge Herrick
The Brooklyn Eagle" Dernl. sep.ennber q .
-. He CHerricl0 has not wholly kent ont y, no
''14cai management since he became q fudge
The Evening Post" Oem9. September %.
II. ~ ian independent newspaper is more fortu-
-cII Ilail INC k-ano- thin partsans IN not being
s.,,Ilys ~ the eXlgencies of politics either TO
rui1iIS ItselT or 70 attempt TO deceive its read
81 II II mas with The Sun called w., !,
80 'eSeileF oebarred from advocating his cleo
@ lou as Governor. II II has dwelt un0n fhA i'm
pIoprlefy Of Judge continuing TO he a 1artv
D"Hs' Il Is not ready with The World - tn turn
sHdTp corner and say that This objection VIII
-, eAIsl Wnen he resigns from the bencS The
Eei-.i moral OF thar would be that we NAV right
y saS 70 every politically ambitious Judge: IT
49, ouuI JuaIclal offlce for all there is in it. Be an
oLel partisan on the bench. Smear your errnins
win the oil Of the political machine Tba7 -at
yourself nominated for civil office and Ali ,-,1l
he forgiven '''O al VIII