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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Roanoke Brute Hanged.

Henry Williams, colored, was hang
ed at Roanoke, Va, Friday. The exc
cution was witnessed by several hun
dred people assembled in the jail yard,
while thousands thronged the streets
about the prison. There was no de-
monstration but as precautionary
measure Acting Mayor Johnson held
a local military company in their
armory during the night and until
after the execution. The crime for
which Williams was hanged was COM
mitted Jan. 80, last. He entered the
house Of George J. Shields, well
known young business man, and after
assaulting Mrs. Shields, cut her
throat. Ee then struck Mildred, the
3-year-old daughter of the couple,
over the head with hatchet. and
then robbed the house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
BOOKER SHOULD HAyE DECLINED
Falls Dead in Chicago.

General H. H. Thomas, who was re-
Gently ousted as federal appraiser at
the port of Chicago, dropped dead
Friday. Heart disease is supposed to
be the cause. The removal Of Gener-
al; Thomas from Office few weeks
ago, was one Of the most picturesque
incidents known in politics here. Seat
ed under the folds Of United States
flag, General Thomas remained at his
desk, refusing to give way, until dis
possessed by the actual arrival OF his
successor. The death Of General
Thomas was as dramatic as his re-
moval. He had served in the civil war,
but had never made an application
for pension, while in receipt Of other
income. Thursday, after Intellectual ef-
forts to secure other work, he was in
a lawyers office preparing a pension
application. It was while thus en-
gagged that General Thomas fell dead.
He was &c years old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Safe Crackers Plead Guilty.

Henry Donohne and John Ray
mond, indicated on the charge OF
cracking the safe in the National
bank OF Rocky Mount, Va, two
months ago, when $1,000 was stolen,
we're arraigned in the Franklin coun-
ty court Friday. The men plead guilty
to the charges against them Donohue
was given 10 years in the State peni-
tentiary and Raymond was sentenced
to FIVE years in the same prison.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
A Valuable Gift.
VARIOUS Explanations.

Andrew Carnegie has notified Pres
ident Johnson Of Winthrop that be
will give $40, 900 for library building
on the college campus. President
Johnson has been several years plan
Mug to rise funds for big library at
the college, and as pleasant as the
gift is to bis long cherished hopes it
probably does not come in the nature
OF a complete surprise to him. The
exact site for the new building has not
yet been selected, it is said, but it
will be given a prominent place IN the
frcnt section Of the campus. A deal
Of care and attention have been spent
on tie present library at Winthrop
with the result that already it is one
Of it's kind in the south. This has
always been President Johnson;S favor
ite of the various departments OF the
college and the years Of thought and
attention and labor be spent on it
have resulted in its being one OF the
fullest, most selected and most COM
pleve ia the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Stabbed in Spartanbure.

Mr.. R. r. Wocdside, second hand
in the weave room Of the Saxon mill,
Spartanburg, was seriously stabbed
Thursday afternoon by Will Berry, a
former employe Of the weave room,
but who at the time Of the difficulty
had nc business in the mill. Berry
was drinking at the time he entered
the room and was ordered out by Mr..
WoodSide. A parley Of hot words en-
sued, after which was personal en-
counter, in which Berry stabbed
Woodside in three places-the left
shoulder, arm and stomach, inflictinr
ungly wounds. Berry then escaped.
Mr.. Woodside has been employed IN
the Saxon mill for some time past.
Sheriff White and others are on the
lookout for Berry.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Heavy Hail Storm.

The heaviest hail storm on record,
followed by terrific rain, occurred
Thursday afternoon at New Orleans,
and a great deal of damage was done
in the city. Stores were flooded and
stocks damaged, besides roofs blown
down. The main event was the cav
ing in of the roof of the Southern Ex-
press company's storage building. The
roof has a 9O-foot slant and the weight
and volume of hail and water tore a
hole in the roof and nearly wrecked
the building, causing a great deal OF
6amaCp
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
How Baltimore Fire Started.

The special commission named by
local insurance people appointed TO
inquire into the origin OF the late fire
here, has formulated it's report. They
find in substance that the fire origi-
mated from outside causes in the John
E. Hurst company's building. The
electric switches were cut of, the flow
Of gas was cut off at the meters and
the fires in the boxes Of the boilers
were shown to have been drawn be-
fore the blaze started. It is the
theory Of the commission that a light
ed cigarette or cigar must have ignit-
ed inflamable material in the cellar
which smouldred until the hremen
discovered the smoke and began work.
It is suggested that the opening OF
doors caused a vent for the flames.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Murdered for His Money.

A special from Urumiyah, Persia,
saws: An investigation OF the death
OF the Rev. DR.. Benjamin Labaree,
the American missionary, shows that
DR.. Labaree, whose is superintendent
of the American mission here, was re-
turning from Koia to Urlmiyah on
horse back, accompanied by servant,
when both we're found dead by the
road side. Their bodies had been
stripped and multilated and had
numerous staos. The horses and ef-
fects Of the travellers were missing.
Dr.. Labaree leaves widow and four
children. Steps have been taken TO
discover the asSaSsinS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
First In South Carolina.

The first Automobile line in South
Carolina will be established in Green
Vile says the states correspondent
writing from that place. The Chick
Springs management has induced the
county supervisor to relocate the road
from Taylor's Station to the springs,
which will be a decided improvement
for the travel, and an automobile
track will be built from the station
to the hotel, distance Of one and a
half miles. The company has order
ed two machines to be used for rapid
transit to and from the hotel, which
will be an innovation and an advance
movement in transporting guests to
the springs, the first OF the kind in
South Carolina. Chick Springs in the
next so days will enter the list Of first
class summer resorts with a modern,
attractive hotel that will not be sur
passed in the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Latimer Well Received.

The first annual convention Of the
New York and Chicago Road associa-
tion met in Erie, Pa, Wednesday and
will remain in session through Thurs
day. Col. Albert A. Pope Of New
York is presiding. Among the pro-
minent men in attendance was Sena-
tor Asbu1y c. Latimer Of South Caro-
lima, who made an address in advocacy
Of his bill now pending in congress for
national aid in building improved
highways. BE was received with an
ovation, and delivered most excellent
and practical address.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Says He Should Hang.

Gov. Odell has received letter
from man condemned to death for
murder, requesting his interference
to prevent any attempt >to delay the
execution. The writer is Frank II.
Burness, sailor, convicted in Brook
lyn OF the murder Of George B. Town
send, the captain OF his vessel. He
is confined in Sing Sing prison and
was to have been executed Feb. .,
but the execution was stayed by an
appeal by his attorney without MS
consent. The letter says in substance
that the writer believes himself oe-
serving Of the death penalty. Inc
governor will take no action IN the
q
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
TO PROMOTE INn1eRAT1oN.
A Company Of That Kind in Process
Organization.

The Columbia State of Thursday
says. In a few days application will
be made for commission for the Co
lumbia Land and Immigration COM
pany, which will have a capitalization
of 100000 with headquarters at Co.
lumbia. At first it was proposed to
make the stock $500, 900, but the pro-
moters have decided that it is better
to start with more moderate capita
ization. The corporators are: Mr..
n. w. Brooker Of Columbia, Mr..
Theodore Law Of Btshopville, and Mr.
J. W. Lee of New York city.
Mr.. Brooker says that the company
will operate in RIchhnd Lexington
counties principally Richland, he
he says, has the cheapest lands and
the most attractive truck farming
which can be found in the State. He
has several thousand acres in this
county which be can dispose Of toim-
migrants on the easy payment plan.
The purposes of the company are laid
out in the following statement which
he made Wednesday:
The plans Of the company are TO
take lands at reasonable price as
stock in the company, to such extent
as they may seem desirable. To sub
divide such lands into small farms Of
so to 100 acres each, and improve
them by building comfortable tene-
ment houses and boring wells, and
selling to settlers upon installmentS.
Many persons having surplus lands
will subscribe them as stock, and the
improvement Of these will enhance
the value of their other holdings.
These tracts Of land subdivided, can
be sold at an advance sufficient to pay
the interest on the stock, yet prices
will be made to the settlers at very
low rates.
''For purposes of improvement the
company will issue an adequate mum.
Der Of bonds, of sufficient duration,
underWrite the same to be foated by
the company as they may need money
for buildings, etc.
'"The company will confne it's opera
tiors, as much as possible, to Rich
land and Lexington counties. The
promoters have already procured an
agent in New York. to aid them in
reaching immigrants, who will be
furnished maps, plats and prices Of
farms for sale. One Of the promoters
is now in New York and it Is expected
that operations will begin at once.
Great care will be had in selecting
an honest and frugal class Of farm
ers. The company also designs
and desires a close cooperation with
the State bureau Of immigration.
This bureau having been established
and no funds provided for buying and
improving lands, which is necessary
to a successful operation Of the work
it is understood such movement as
this company proposes in opening up
the way and preparing homes for the
settlers, the efforts Of the State bureau
OF immigration will be largely sup
ported"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Wants to Stand Trial.

A white man, giving his name as
G. W. Valentine, walked into the po-
lice station at Winston, II. c., Friday
and said that during the winter Of
1902, while playing teller at one Of
the branch offices Of the Colonial bank
10 New York city, be absconded with
several hundred dollars and has been
2 fugitive from justice ever since. He
saws he wants to return to New York
and stand tnal. The Fidelity Casual
ty company which went on his bond,
made good bis shortage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Army Omcer Suicides.

Mai. VIM. n. Bean, q. S. A., COM
nitted suicide Thursday by shooting,
says a special from Omoha, Neb.
Ordered to the Philippines, be had
his trunks packed Thursday morn
ing and taken to the depot. 1mmedi-
ately afterward be asked his wife to
play on the piano and while she was
playing be thrust an army revolver to
bis right temple and fred. The bullet
lodged in his brain and he died almost
Immediately.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Safe Crackers Fail.

Five men made eight attempts to
hlow open the safe OF the bank at
Randleman, n. c., Friday morning,
but were unable to penetrate the
inner door. They held negro who
was seen passing a prisoner for three
hours.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
WHEN THE ICE WILL THAw.

London dispatches Of the 18th say
that inquiries made at Lloyds elected
the statement that the New ChWang
agent probably meant that the river
at New Chwang will be free Of ice be-
tween March 25 and 80 and that COM
munication with Port Arthur by sea
will then be reopened.
PORT ARTHUR's GARRISON.
A letter from Port Arthur says that
the garrison there consists Of 800
men. ale is quiet, and the military
bands play twice a week in the pubic
square.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
KNOCKED OUT.
The Government Wins a Victory in
the Securities Case.
TIE STATE SUPREME COURT
Declar' That the Big Railroad
Combination Is Violation Of
the Antitrust Laws of
the Country.

The opinion Of the Supreme Court
OF the United States in the case of
the Northern Securities Company
against the United States, involving
the merger OF the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern Railway Compa-
MES was handed down last week in
favor Of the government. The opin-
ion was read by Justice Harlan. The
opinion of the United States Circuit
Court for Minnesota is affirmed. The
effect is to sustain the contention OF
the character in question. Justice
Harlan said that in the merger OF the
two roads the stockholders disappeared
and reappeared in the Securities in
the Company, the two thus practical
ly becoming consolidated in the hold
ing company, the principal object be-
ing to prevent competition. No
scheme could more effectively come
within the prescription Of the anti.
trust law and is within the meaning
Of the act
Justice Harlin read the opinion Of
the court. He first explained the
question at issue, being the enforce
ment of the antitrust act, in which.
congress declares illegal contracts or.
combinations in restraint trade aud
providing penalties. SsNoW what is
the case as presented by the plead
ings? Are defendants properly charged
with nonopolizing or attempting to
monopolize trade between states 2''
In our opinion" he said, the evi-
dence fully sustains the charge that
the Northern Securities Company was
organized as a holding corporation or
custodian Of more than nine-tenths Of
the stock Of the Northern Pacific
aud three quarters Of the Great
Nothern. Both lines were held as IL
held by one ownership. The holding
company dominated the roads for the
exclusive benefit Of the stockholders. Z
1t became powerful corporation
SO that competition between constit-s
uent companies might close. The
profits were to be distributed on the
basis of the stock held By the North
ern Securities Company. The combi-
nation is one in the shape of a trust..@
The suit was instituted by the
United States against the Northern
Company, two railroad companies and
their stockholders, for the purpose OF
disSolving the merger of the two COM
panies, which consolidation was
claimed to be in violation Of the Sher-
man antitrust law and in effect
pool to promote the interests, not Of
one system against the other, but Of
both against the public. The rail
road claimed that the transfer of the
stock Of the two companies to the
Securities Company was in the nature
Of sale and was perfectly legitimate.
Justice Harlin quoted various opinions
involving the trust question, saying
that from them it had been gathered
that all contracts ir restraint or
trade, whether reasonable OF unrea-
sonable, and prohibited by the Sher-,
man law, and that Congress has power
to establish such regulations as are
laid down 10 that law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Sank Dynamited,

Safe blowers dynamite the safes OF
the Bank of Pasco at Dade City, Fla,
Thursday night and almost wrecked
the building. The charges OF dyna-
mite were so heavy that the large
brick building was cracked from roof
to base and every one Of the plate
glass windows was blown out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Killec nv PaDer CAPS.

Two people were killed and several
wounded by an explosion Thursday
morning which wrecked the plant OF
the Chicago Toy and Novelty Conpa-
ny. The explosion was caused by the
ignition OF $50 gross Of toy pistol
caps stored in the building.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Tortured and Robbed.

Three burglars entered the home OF
James Pickenpaugh farmer living at
Cheatneck, near MongantoWn, ".
Va, Wednesday and after torturing
their victim, secured sl,l00 in, gold
and silver, and escaped. Pickenpaugh
had no faith in the stability Of the
banks and carried the money, which
represented his savings for twenty
years, strapped about his waist in
wallets,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
Bu1LDING A RAILWAY.

A message from Seoul, dated the
l7th, says five thousand engineers are
now employed in the building OF the
military railroad from Seoul to Wiju.
Only few miles have been completed.
Civilians are working on the railroad
from Seoul to Fusan. THIS road can
not be completed before next October.
KURoPATKINs PROGRESS.
a St. Petersburg corr :Spondent Of
The Echo, Paris, says Gen. Kuropatr
kin telegraphs that he has passed
Omsk, and he adds that by Friday
there will be 100000 Russian troops
concentrated between Harbin and
Port Arthur.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
THE. SOUTH INDICATED.
Mr.. Spight, OF Mississippi, Discusses
the Race Problem.

In the house Wednesday, during
the discussion Of the post Office appro-
priation bill, Mr.. Spight, Of Missis-
sippi very ably discussed the race gus
tion. He said be desired to yindicate
the South from the charge Of barbar-
ism. In the South, he said, the ne
gro had been denied the right to vote
and to hold Office, but not the right
to work for an honest living, as be
had been done in the Northern states.
I'VE some times kill them for out
rageous Crimes" be said, but never
because they want to work" AS for
lynchings, he said, that sometimes
they have unnecessarily occurred in
the South. He referred to the Will
mington, Del, lynching last year,
and to the subsequent attacks on the
negro settlement. This never occurred
in the South, he said. When the
guilty wretch has paid the penalty Of
bis awful crime, that is an end OF it, :"
be continued; "the mob is satisfied
and does not wreak indiscriminate
vengeance upon the innocent because
they belong to the same race as the
criminal" He said that unlike the
people OF the North, the people OF the
South don't 90 out with torch in
one hand a gun in the other, and,
pointing the gun at defenseless women
and children, and shoot them as they
fee for their lives" He said this had
occurred in New York City in 1900,
and be referred to number Of lynch
ings which had occurred iu the North,
including those at Danville, Ill.,, and
Springfield, O., and said "such race
prejudice finds no place in Southern
hearts,"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
CROSSING TIE YALU.

Dispatches from Seoul, dated March
II, say that the japanese authorities
have been advised that the Russian
cavalry In northern Cores has partly
recrossed the Yalu river and that a
Cossack battery has also withdrawn.
A small Russian force still occupies
Chong Ju.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
THE FALL OF COTTON.
Cotton Prices Drop Thirteen Dollars
on the Bale.
CAUSED GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Downfall Of Sully, the New York
Leader OF Bull Forces.
Had to Susp pend
Busin ess.
8 u in e SO.

Daniel J. Sully, the cotton operator
who has for Is months been the big
gest figure in the cotton make;s : Of the
world, and who has "bulled' cotton
from / cents pound to over II, an
nounced his inability to make good
his engagements on the New York
cotton exchange Friday. Within a
few moments cotton fell nearly sl3
bale from the highest figures Of the
day. Scenes such as followed the an
nouncement Of the failure it has been
the privilege Of few brokers to witness
before. Traders in the street have
witnessed stock panics in previous
years; corners have been broken and
many crashes have been recorded, but
none has been accompanied by such
frenzy and confusion.
While there had been no premoni-
tion of the impending crash no morn
ing of the session had witnessed a
more demoralized market. In less
than 10 minutes after the opening
half a cent had been taken OF the
price Of cotton. Prices went up and
down, 10, 20 .and 80 points within
two and three minutes. May opened
at 1925 and sold down to lt.115 in less
than Is minutes. while July, opening
at 1922, went down to 1886. To-
ward the end of the first half hour
early sellers started to cover and there
was rapid advance. There was moth
ing in the news to account for the eS-
element. 1t seemed merely Z re-
newal Of bear operations and the catch
ing of further stop orders.
Shortly after the afternoon session,
however, there was lull in the pit
and about five minutes after O'Clock
the Announcement of the suspension
was made by Superintendent King,
who read from the rostrum this no
tice:
We regret that we are unable to
meet our engagements and Therefore
will have to suspend
Daniel J. Sully s CO..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-23
OPPOSED TO MOB-BUT.


Mr.. Spright continued: $50 far as
am concerned, 7 am opposed to mob
violence as a general proposition. /
do not think that lynchings for any
other crime than the nameless one
against womanhood ought ever to oc-
cur. In all others the courts Of the
country are ample and generally, with
US, swift to punish.
'Brt, in the one class Of crimes 50
brutal and destructive Of all that Is
dear to an enlightened people, no one
with a spark Of manhood in him can
doubt that instant death to the per-
petrator should follow upon the ascer-
tainment Of the guilty facts. The
poor suffering woman who has been
the victim of the devilish lust Of a
brute, white or black. should not be
compelled, to appear in court and re-
peat before jury the horrible details
Of the outrage"
Mr.. Spight recited that the burn
ing at the stake OF such brutes'' was
not confined to the South, but had
occurred in t',e North as well.
MIR. Spight sooke Of the attempt Of
certain white persons to put the negro
on a social equality with themselves,
and referring to the occasion when
Booker Washington dined at the
White House with President Roose-
velt, said that ''this one incident had
done more to inhame the passions Of
the negro and give him a perverted
idea Of his importance and his near
approach to social equality than any
thing that had been done for the last
ten years"
BOOKER SHOULD HAyE DECLINED
He said Booker Washington had sat
down to dinner with the president as
graciously as if he had bsen the gov
ernor of New York. He was," he con-
tinued, sorry thai Washington did
not have more sense and self-respect
than to accept the invitation. 1t
would have been infinitely to his credit
had be declined. The more the me-
groes are put on social equality" :"
be vigorously asserted, the more
dangerous becomes their position and
the surer death by violence will over
take them sooner OF later"