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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
A EORRI6LE ACCIDENT.
A Fast Freight Train Crashes Into
Load Of Dynamite.

Fast freight No. "a, on the Balti-
more and Ohio, struck a wagon loaded
with $50 pounds Of dynamite at the
crossing at North Branch, W. Va,
Friday afternoon. Two persons were
killed and nine were injured, three OF
them seriously.
The Baltimore and Ohio tower was
wrecked as we're several residences
near by. The commissary OF Mike
E:more, Wabash sub.contractor, and
the Wabash temporary hospital with
other small buildings we're demolished.
The windows Of the school house and
of the residence Of G.. A. Zimmerly on
the mountain half mile away were
all broken out. No house escaped
damage.
James Laing, who drove the wagon,
escaped with only trivial injury, as
did the two horses, although the lat
ter were blown so yards into a held
According to eye witnesses, Laing
hearing the train, became terriheo
and stopped on the track. The Wagor
was three feet of clearing it when the
engine struck the rear end, carrying
it 80 feet before the explosion. Laln@
deserted the wagon and ran doWr
from the track into ditch. He VA
knocked down and rendered unconcl
Gus for a time but the force OF the ex
plosion passed over him.
The engine was overturned ant
stripped and seven cars following
loaded with high grade merchrndise
were broken, several being demolish
ed. The tracks were thrown ont Q
the bed and twisted serpentine, Will
rails were mapped like pipestems
The wires were torn down and relle
vas telegraphed for after going t
Patterson's Creek on handcar.
Seven d cGurS went from there D
sreial train. Engineer Pike was hel
under iron scraps on top OF the bolle
while beirg slowly cooked to death
5 1t requir. d four men to extrlcate him
The explosion knocked nearly ever
, person in the neighborhood down
r buried Hunter Bowen through a roc
but dlu not hurt him, and threw part
. of the er gine 200 ards. Slack tele
r graph wires were snapped midway bt
! tween the polls by conclusion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
Acquitted Of Murder.

At Lexington Thursday morning
the jury in the case OF r. W. Nc
Daniel brought in a verdict OF not
guilty, Mcdaniel is the son-in-law Of
lawrence w. Youmans, the wealthies
cotton planter in the State. The de-
fendant killing the town marshal at
Swansea OF Christmas ever told years
ago and was convicted. After serving
several months in the penitentiary he
was given a new acquittal Thursday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
Train COlii0ed.
A northbound passenger train on

A northbound passenger train on
the New York, Philadelphia and Nor
folk railroad Friday night ran into a
southbound fre, got at Blo2om, Va. :,
demolishing both engines killing Ea.
gineer S. J. Brown, and his fireman,
Francis DJnoway, OF the passenger
train and severely injuring Engineer
Clark of the freight. The fireman OF
the freight escaped injury by jump
ing. The accideot, it is said, was due
to carelessnesss Of az inexperienced
breakman who threw the wrong
switch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
Little Girl Assaulted.

An eight-year-old daughter OF
Thompson Coultey, Of Kiskiminetas
Junction, Pa, was assaulted there by
a masked man, while on her way to
school The child had to pass through
a group of trees and it was at thls
point that the assault was made. Line
pirl will die. Great excitement pre-
walls and armed men are hunting 1o1
the prepetrator. BIoodhounds have
been put on the trial.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
OueerCase.

4 dispatch from Macon, Ca, to the
Atlanta Journal says: Standing on
the railroad track at the foot Of Cher
~ street, on the 9Th day Of August,
1898. a few minutes before Captain
Chas. r. Warren's company Of Rays
immunes left for Cuba, Frank Carroll,
q member Of the Company, vas mac-
lied to Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Fuller,
q widow residing in Macon. The
groom boarded the train immediate
" and left his bride. He never saw
her again. He did not return alive
Application for pension is now being
made by the widow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
CAPT. P. a RAYs0R.
Colonel J. P. Thomas Pays Tribute to
His Memory.

Colonel J. P. Thomas Pays Tribute to
His Memory.
To the Editor of The News and
Courier: Exactly one year ago, Sep
tember IL, 1903, there died at Chap
pell Hill, Texas, typical South Caro-
Ina of the clas Of the Southern plan
ter.
This man was Peter A. Raysor, a
Citadel graduate Of the class OF 1852,
of which the only survivors now are
c. S. Gadsen, w. Y. McCammon, w.
A. Dial and S. C. DePass, A. n. Lit
tie, D. T. Williams, W. S. Brewster,
G. W. Earle, T. W. Fitzgerald. j..
". Murray, R. A. Palmer, Il. B.
Hopscal, G. W. Seabrook e. S. Hen
negan, J. W. Daniels, G. E. Gamble,
John C. Rich, P. a. R4ysor, and NJ.
J. Prothro, being numbered with the
dead after honorable service in the
battles OF the Southern Confederacy OF
in the great battle Of life.
Peter A. Raysor was the son OF the
Hon. Thomas Raysor, and the father
Of the Hon. Thomas NJ. Raysor. The
Senator from Orangeburg County.
Born in st. Bartholomew's Parish,
Colleton County, where his ancestors
resideded for generations, he was
graduated from the South Carolina
Military Academy in the year 1852.
After graduating he engaged in plant,
ing. AS captain Of cavalry, c. S. A.
he did his gallant part In the Con,
federate army, lS61.65.
After the war Capt. Raysor remoV
ed to Chappell Hill, Tex, and assumed
the role of a cotton planter. BE re-
sided at Chappell Hill until bis death
September II, 1908, In his 73d year
In his adopted State Capt. Rayso,
held during his lifetime several posi-
tions of honor and trust. His wa!
the pen of a ready writer and he wa'
frequent contributor to public
journals. He was also an effective
public speaker. In educating he tool
a deep interest. This was illustrated
by his trusteeship in several educa
tional iuititution. With high idea,'
Of duty he was a sweet tempered gen
tleman. he was the kindest Of neigh
bors, the most companionable Of mel
and withal public spirited citizen
whose career in peace was adorned b.
the practice OF civic virtues.
When he died full Of years an
honor one of the Texas papers, among
other eulogistic expressions had thi
to say of the lamsnted dead.
capt. P. A. Raysor, an cd an
honored citizen, Of Chappell Hill, die
at his residence in that village Frida
morning, after a lingering Illness
aged 73 years.
; Deceased had been a resident Q
Washington County for over thirty
, FIVE years. BE was an honest, jus
and upright man, a good citizen,
splendid neighbor, kind and 1nau
gent husband and father. In all th
walks Of life he 50 conducted himsel
as to win the love and esteem Of a
, with whom be came in contact" F"
: The surviving Citadel men VIII
knew the cadet, familiarly known 9
: Pete Raysor," and who will reca
= with affection and respect bis exec
2 lent traits OF kindly spirit and gene
GUS disposition, will be gratifed I
E know how to the end OF his life
2 earth he did good in his day by tt
8 nobility Of his career--thus redectir
e in the Empire State OF the Soutl
: honor upon his alma mater and b
: native State. j. P. THOMAS.
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RrYani in the fight.

The Columbia State says it is re-
norted that there is some life In the
campaign out west, Mr.. Bryan is busy
out their, still fighting the battles OF
the Democratic party. Some OF those
who didn't fight very hard In 1865
and 1900 confer" daily in New York.
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Ma aiority for Zimmerman. 2, ITO

Majority for Zimmerman. ~, Ito
In the race for railroad commits
sioner it develops that the vote was
within 100 Of the vote in the second
primary two years ago, when candl.
dates for governor and for United
States senator were voted for. The
total polled in the second primary on
the 18th instant was 9l,Ul9. OF this
number Mai. Juo. a. Earle OF Green
vile received 0.726 and Mr.. Jno. G.
Mobley of Fairfield 40,293. Mai.
Earle's majority was 10,433. These
results have been declared official; the
committee adjourned, there being no
other business.
FIRST PRIMARY.
At the meeting of the State execu-
tive committee on the End Of Septem-
Der the following were declared noml-
nees Of the party in addition to those
declared the nominees Tuesday night:
For congress: First district, Geo. S.
Leaare; third district, Wyatt Aiken;
fourth, J. 7. johnson; fifth, D. =.
Finley; seventh, A. F. Lever.
For governor, D. G. Hayward; lieu
tenant governor, Jno. T. Sloan; secre-
tary of state, J. T. CAN'T; State treas
urer, r. H. Jennings; attorney gener-
al, y. X. Gunter, Jr.; comptroller
general, A. W. Jones; superintendent
Of education, O. B. Martin; adjutant
general, Jno. D. Frost.
The total number Of votes cast IN
the State in the first primary must
have been something like 107, 500. The
total number recorded for governor
was 106,0s5, but in Charleston there
were 500 people who did not vote the
State ticket and in other counties II
was the same way except in smaller
proportion. The reason OF this
was that the names Of the candidates
for State Offices were not printed or
The same ticket with the names OF the
candidates for county Offices and as the
State officers had nc opposition anc
there was no great interest In the
race for railroad commissioner, ths
voters did not take the trouble to vote
for the State officers.
Governor Hayward received tn
highest vote ever cast for a candidate
for governor in this State and OF TIL
, fact he is very proud, for he is tn
, first candidate to 60 before the peo
pie without opposition since the in
+ auguration Of the primary system
At only two precincts in the Wnol
State was there any evident effort t
cut bis name off the ticket and tina
I was in Charleston, where he has beel
= active in enforcing the dispensary law
and because be had refused to reVoE
: the commission Of notary public
= the notorious w. O. Bales OF For
Mill.
!. The total results in the State Wer
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MANNNG,S. c., WEDNESDAY. .SEPTEMBER2o l9O4

tion in his letter of acceptance that
we believe in the gold standard as
fixed by the usage and verdict Il the
business world and that the only
real way to keep the question frcm
becoming unsettled is to keep the he
publican party in power. !"
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*The total vote for sheriff IN Char-
lesion county was I, lS4 and for COVER
nor and other State officers $3.50.
The total vote in the first primary
in 1902 was 95, 36T: and in the second
primary 81, ,234.-Columbia State. :"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
THE LARGEST VOTE
Ever Cast in This State Was In the
Late Primary
RE ULTs DECLARED LAST WEEK
The Vote Ran Over Ten Thousand
Ahead Of the Vote Cast
in the Primary Two
Years Ago.

The committee to check up the re-
turns in the second primary met at
the Office Of Gen. Willie Jones Tues
day night to tabulate the results and
TO declare the nominees. This COM
mittee represents the State Demo
cratic executive committee and the
entire committee Of 40 was not Or
dered here, as it would make addi-
tional and useless expense.
There was one member from the
sixth congressional district, one from
the second district and one from the
fifth judicial circuit, in which there
we're contests in the second primary.
In addition there were the i've local.
members Of the committee.
The following were declared tne
nominees in the respective contests
]. E Ellerbe, for congress from the
sixth district; J. O. Patterson, fol
congress from the second district
Geo. B. Zimmerman, for solicitor
from the fifth circuit.
Tba roenltc ae officially declared
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
The total results in the State were

The only place at which Lieut.. GOV
Sloan and Mr.. CAN'T were cut was IN
Columbia; in Berkeley, Horny and
Charleston Supt. Martin was scratched
because of issues between his cffice
and local politicians. Otherwise the
ticket was voted almost solidly.
AS this was the highwater mark IN
the history OF State primaries IN
South Carolina, tie following figures,
the vote for governor, will be OF in
tsrest as a matter Of record:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-09-28
WHAT TILLMAN SAID
The Full Text Of the Senator's Lettre
to Mr. Bry
CHALLENGES AGY one TO DENY
That the Opinions He Expressed
Are Not Those Held by
Nearly All s o ut hern
Width People.

To the Editor Of The News ano
Courier: I have just seen your edl-
torial, Senator Tillman and His
Critics. and am induced to ask you
TO publish in full the letter l wioSe 10
Mr.. Wilbur +. Bryant, OF Lincoln,
Neb., short while ago, a copy OF
which I enclose.
NV wish is 10 let your readers see
lust what I said ard l shall be glad to
have any one challenge any statement
OF facts OF show wherein have ex,
pressed any opinion in that lette!
that is rot held by ninety per cent OF
Southernborn white men and women.
I have concluded ltng since, as sho" q
by nv speeches IN the Senate ano
elsewhere, that We Soutlerners hao
Just as well call things by their names
and let the North know our real 1eel-
ings and purposes. Hypocrisy ano
can't have had their day and so 1ar as
I am concerned I will none OF them
I may not be fair representative ol
Southern thought ard feeling, but II
I speak the truth and nothing but
the truth my discretion may be
doubted or denied, but my honesty
should not be called in question, ano
it is an open question whether my
method OF treating the race problem
is not the right one.
AS for the R.chmor d News Leader
and it's venom, 1 have not seen Wna'
it had to say, but your readers may
recall that one Of its editors ust q *
run the Greenville IS. CD News anc
that may explain it's attitude toWaro
ne.
Again challenge any one to DIS
pute the attitude and reasoning OF The
letter to Mr.. Bryant and to specify.
B. E. Tillman.
Trenton. S. c., September 70.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26

A Wrong View.-Who owns jack
son, Greenville and Meridian? Is it
the Yanks who loaned them the
money for their public improve
ments, taking first mortgage on
every dollars worth of property in
side the corporation and demanding
interest on bonds prior to food,
clothing and medicine, for it is a
practical fact that if there is sin
gle dollar it must be paid for taxes
even if the owner goes hungry. On
the other hand the people of Jack
son, Greenville and Meridian own
their Improvements of which they
are SO gaseous and proud, and when
they are builded with money fur
nished by strangers, who have yoked
them up to the load of debt that
skins the cream off the first fruits
OF labor that is compulsory and mex
orable? Men who loan money view
their security with complacency
while the foolish borrower trample
each other in the mad scramble for
money to pay the self incurred debt.
Strangers own our railroads, and
other utilities and now it looks like
deciding to money lenders first title
to our villages, towns and cities One
example here, is entirely enough for
our appetite, and that is in the city
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Bridge Notice.

State Of Mississippi, Washington 20;
By virtue Of an order OF the Board
Of Supervisors, Of said county, sealed
bids are invited to be filed with the
undersigned clerk, on or before ~
o'clock noon, on Monday. the sth DAY
of December, 1904, for the construl-
ton of pile bridge across saltwater
Bayou, on Road No. I22. in said coun-
~. The said bridge to be built IN &c
cordance with the plans and specih-
cations now on file in the Office OF
the Chancery Clerk, of said county
The Board reserves the right TO re-
ject any and all bids. :
Given under my hand and seal OF
office this 9TH day of November, 1904
T. H. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Notice to Contractors.

State of Mississippi, Washington Co.:
By virtue of an order of the Board
Of Supervisors Of said County, made
this day, sealde bideits ariedvn rhmb
this day. sealed bids are invited to
be filed with the undersigned clerk
on or before IL o'clock noon on Mon
day, the sth day of December, 1904,
for the laying of plank on 1000 feet
of embankment from Dudley to Swan
Island. The plank to be laid on five
stringers. All material to be fur
nished by the county. The Board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids.
Witness my hand and official seal,
this 9TH day of November, 100.
T. H. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Plantation and Timber Lands for Sale

We are offering the following prop
critics for sale:
I. Elcho Bend plantation, situated
on Bogue Phalia, near the new rail-
road, Said place containing $40
acres, $50 acres of same being in cul-
tivation.
2. The Chicora Plantation situated
on the Mississippi river, about 4 or
S miles below Bolivar landing, about
900 acres, about $50 of same being
in cultivation.
3. Plantation situated about 4 miles
from Gunnison and Malvina, contain
ing o2o acres; about 400 acres being
open land and the balance in timber
All of the above lands are in Boil
var county, Miss.
4. Also two sections of timber land
IN wilkinson county, Miss, containing
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Ibe State Press.
Comments the State Press Topics
Political Otherwise All making Very Interesting
Profitable Reading

hall. We are paying about $500 a
month rent to some Chicago folks
for the use of our new city hall.
Progressive citizens point with pride
to the building, not considering that
it belongs to strangers, with mort
gage on every other dollars worth of
property as security, and they re-
ceive their annual rental with a great
deal less trouble and more certainty
than does any local owner of any
other piece of property in the city.
There are two classes of people in
this world, the one loans money and
draws interest, the others borrow
and pay interest. Long years of a
system of protected manufacturers
that secured the home market of
the agricultural South has enor-
mously enriched the nation and today
the North practically owns every
thing save the fee simple of houses
and lands, and if the craze for Dor
rowing is not restricted they will
eventually contro our houses and
homes as we'll as farms, and these
foreign creditors while persuing the
life of ease and elegance begot of
wealth, (not debts) will with the
fateful taskmaster of necessity drive
the unfortunate debtor to early
hours and continued labor till the
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Halter S

Any man can take newspaper 1t
is the cheapest thing he can buy.
Every time hen lays an esq, his
paper is paid for that week. 1t costs
him less than postage cent less
than to send letter 1t comes to
you every week, rain or shine, calm
or storm. No matter what happens
it enters your door a welcome friend
full of sunshine, cheer and interest.
1t opens the door OF the great world
and puts you face to face with its
people and its important events. 1t
is your advisor, gossiper and friend.
No man is just to his children who
does not give them local paper.
No man is god to himself who does
not take a newspaper.-Bezoni En-
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a large quantity Of merchan1|
timber.
Charles Scott, Wood B Soil
Rosedsls, "
Fo, Sale.

Nice lot facing New Kings DlA
ter's home, roomy corner lot ~
beauty. Terms anything. Look Z
right away.
Another one in the same
borhood must be sold. Csll MI
and let me show them to ycu
Two nice residences on ths 'e
of Shelby and Percy streets
are in a choice part OF tftsle
facing the. Archer school. N
limited time both of them Wy
at 5000 each.
Have other choice city piOPa''
in the way of residences ana "
lots. My motto is Quick Sa' Y
Small Profits" JESSE OLDn'
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Nequ Butcher Shop

Mr.. A. S. Riggs has opened up new
Butcher Shop at Iao Washington
Avenue, where he will make special
~ Of Pure Pork Sausage, and he So
licits the patronage of all the citizens
with guarantee Of giving them per-
feet satisfaction. His terms are
strictly cash and motto. Quick Sales
and Low Prices, Phone 642.
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bids are invited to be fled with the
undersigned clerk, on Or before IL
o'clock noon, on Monday, the 5th day
Of December, 1904, for repairs on the
Crook Bridge across Bogue Phalia;
The said repairs to be made in &C
cordance with the report by w. X.
Harvey, C. E., to this board, OF the
work necessary to be done on said
bridge.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
Witness my hand and seal of othce
this 9TH day of November, 1904.
T. H. HOOD, Clerk.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Kings Improved Cotton
Recommended BY the United y

Recommended by the On''sv Z
Agricultural Department =
earlier than any other cotton
year planted all over the Ool Y
districts of Texas. The only v
be certain that you are ge's'l'
genuine unmixed King CcI'0A
is to have them shipped nen
King himself, in North
Having been grown in . hign
these seed will mature wv
earlier than the same KING
raised here, and month sa1''
any other seed raised hefs
Dunn, Monroe, La, Genera
for Mississippi, Louisiana "
ansas.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26

Il Told You So."-Just as the En-
terprise predicted before the election
the movement for the reduction of
the Souths representation in Con-
gress has been renewed. Represen-
tative Crumpacker will introduce the
bill, and the Democratic minority will
be powerless to resist its passage
Greenwood Enterprise.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Pine Tree Wonderful Progress.

Pine Tree Wonderful Progress.-
People who have not been in the
pine districts of this State recently
have no idea of the wonderful pro-
gress. There was time, and not
long ago, when it was not thought
advisable to hold undeveloped pine
lands and pay the taxes Now pine
land with bit of clearing is worth
all the way from ten to twenty dol
lars an acre.-Vicksburg American.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26

Losing No Time.-The State
press has very wisely turned back
to the work of promoting new en-
terprises and building up our State
in all industrial lines. The time lost
watching the progress and result of
the national election was very
pleasant pastime, but we are all
back at business now and will man
age to get as much of the good
things going as the other fellow. We
are losing no time over split milk
Tupelo Journal.
The Cheapest Thing on Earth
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Bridge Notice.

State Of Mississippi, Washington Co.:
BY virtue of an order OF the BoarG
Of Supervisors, of said county, sealed
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-11-26
Elocution.

Miss Anne Brown has opened her
class in elocution and special reading,
2I2 North Broadway. Phone $50.
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twilight of each closing day of ever
increasing poverty Vicksburg Amer
lean.