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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Refused to Marry Her.

Miss A. Caaffee Drake, who claims
to be a wealthy young woman OF
Hendersonv!lle. n. c., arrived in
Chester, Pa Thursday night after
conirg one thousand miles from Fer
nau6zz, Fla, to become the bride OF
Hawkes. S. Thomson, youth Of
eighteen years Of age, who cams TO
Chester two months ago from Foilda
After the woman arrlv ID In toe city,
her intended husband refused to haV5
anything to do with her, ssatirg that
ais people would not allow hin to
marry. Miss Drake went 20 local
boarding house, and although she
made every effor5 to interview thS
young man, she was refused admit
sancs to the house II his aunt, Mrs
Thomas A. Divers, where he is
stopping. Thomson says. be never
intended marrying the woman.
Miss Drake is thirty.fVe years OF age
beautiful and very r-fioed and educa-
ted. S1e has telegramS and letters
from Thompson asking her to come
here to be married.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
cranoc ',ildren, has just welded NJ IS
Maud Live aged 81.
PURE CHANCE

A house in SAyb-ook, Conn. wa!
set on fire in April By the rays OF sun
light focus. q on curtain By a gold
fish globe.
A Canadian farmer, hurling sledgs
hammer at a Il :eing fox in June, un
earthed valuable silver and nicke.
nine
SAN Waite OF Riverside, Cal, be-
cine the father OF boy on Wash,
ington's birthday. Or bis nine other
sons one was oorn on Feouary 20,
two on April f,ol's day, oue on Ia
auguration day, one on grounding S
day Cab. y and one on Thanksgiv.
ing.
BABIES AND FUNERALS.
Marie Won Mater, year-o!d New
Yorker, lost coll in Central P.rk, ad'
vertised for it-and received seven
dolls in answer.
In february, in accordance with
her will, MIS- Constance Miller OF
New Rochelle, N. Y, was cremaUeo
her ashes placed in a Wo1k-basket Ct
which she had been very fond, and
then buried in her own yard.
Babics arrived last Good Friday in
the homes Of twin sisters, living with.
IN a block OF each other on Colgar
street, L uisville. There was but IS
minutes d If ,rence in the hours OF the
births.
at his last reouast, a Welchuan
1ao died in February, was buried in
his Sunday clothes, his sealSkin cap
on his head, his walking STICK by his
side, bis pipe in bis fingers and plen-
ty Of tobacco IN his pouch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
HID Two NiYs

B. G.. Gibbons, formerly MetEo
dist preacher in Princess Anne county
Maryland, aged 81 years, after leaving
a letter In which be admitted that be
was higamist, and expressed bis IN
dying love for Two wives, put bullet
through his head at his Norfolk home
Friday, dying IL short time. Mrs.
Gibbons No. /, with her two young
children, are here, while, according to
a letter lett by Gibbons, wife No. 2,
whom he married in Valeo,ta, Ga. :,
December IA, is now at hotel in At
ianta, Ga. Gibbons lately had been
employ ed as travelling salesman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
ALL WANT REWARD
E-ch Tries to Claim That He Arrest
cd Dan Murphy.

Dan Murphy has been assigned to
bis old q lsrters in the State penlten
tary, and several parsons are claim
ing the reward # red Tor bis arrest.
La commenting on the matter the
Augusta Chronicle says;
Dan Murphy was arrested In this
city last May by Patrolmen Campbell
and O'Connell for Emanuel county,
Ca, authorities on large OF horse
stealing, being caught on the goods. "
Later, through some very clever
work Of City Detective Tom Howard
and Chief Norris, it was discovered
and proven that ne was the famous
escape.
"Taere was some diff Guilty in finally
securing his identif c,tion, but it has
been at last accomplished and Muir.
ply has himself confessed it. There
was a reward OF $500 offered ior his
capture and three sets OF claimants
have come forward and sec clred at
torneys to press their claims. Camp
bsu and O'Connel CAIN it because
they arrested the man. Norris and
Howard, on the other hand, say that
Murphy was known only to the first
two as Frank Smith, the horse thief,
and they have gotten the s25 for this
capture.
''Ol the other hand they claim the
reward on the ground that the courts
have decided it goes to the mau
who discovered the identity CT the per.
son wanted. Swainsboro tn ;ers
also want finger in the pie, though
any possible excuse for their claim is
not apparent."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Wrecked by Dynamite.

at New York a bomb was hurls d
through one OF the front windows OF
the Allied Iron associ .tion at No. Z
east fourteenth street. 1t laLdsd in
a room used for telephone pu poses
and exploding, wrecked the place.
Several employees were in an aSj ming
roou but were only stunned by the
explosion. Fourteenth Street was
crowded at the time with thousands
of persons making their way to their
homes on the East Side and to Brook
lyn by way OF the new Williamsburg
bridge. For a time the crowd was
threatened with panic, but the arrival
Ct the police reserves soon straightsn:
ed matters out. Only fragments OF
the missile could be picked up In the
wrecked room and no one could be
found who saw the person who had
thrown 1t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
another Georgia Killing

result Of q difficulty att onesooro
Ga, on Tuesday night OF last week
Ben Hill Dorsey, a prominent cit
;zsn OF Jonesboro, is dead and Lon
T. Miner. well known farmer, Is
painfully w,uoded The two men
With pistols met in front OF the store
Of R. Nj. Wat5erson near the post
office about 6 o'clock. Seven shots
were fred. Dorsey was shot in the
left side under the heart. Miners
left thumb was shot eff ard he waS
also wounded in t~o othes places.
Il appears that he was beaten about
the face with the bu enc Ut q pistol.
The shooting was the result OF the
neHing ola former difficulty over
family affairs. Dorsey was a brother
Of Judge r. T. Dorsey OF Atlanta
he leaves six sons and two daughters.
Miner is unm arrisd. he surrender
ed to Sheriff B own soon after the
shooting. He claims self defsn,s.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
a Foolish HOy.

II will kill myself If you whip ne.
With this threat Ralph Hart, 13
year old school boy, broke from bis
mothers restraining grasp at the Fart
home in Memphis, Tennessee, ard
snatching a revolver, fred a bullet in
to his head. The boy is fatally injur
ed and his death is momenta1iiy look
ed for. Mrs. c. 81 Hart, bis mother
vas attempting to correct the lads
diso5s dience when the tragedy occur
red. Lajer the boy died in his moth
er's arms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Saved Ghier Lives.

At Macon GA. Walter Mckinney, 8
foreman at the Bibb cotton mills,
saved several factory operatives from
possible death in an ac;ieent to the
machinery in the building Tuesday.
a large rope conveying the power
from the engine to the machines snap
cd. A large number OF operatives,
chiefly children, stampeded. By q
daring dash which endangered him he
headed of the rush and stopped them
from jumping under death trap
created by the whirling rope. One
narrOWi7 escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
A Heroic Negro Die 9.

At Crawl ,rd, N. j., Peter Brady
and q negro woman. whose LIE be
was attempting to save, were bobn
killed Friday by an express Train.
Brady was the hagman OF duty and
was at his post at the South avenue
crossing here. The woman, who had
stopped or the track In front OF az
app: oaching trair, appeared too dazed
and frightened to step ofagain. Bra
day ran to her and was In the act OF
carryiny her eff the track when ehe
engine struck and alnosG instantly
kilIed bOGh.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Killed by DyaInice.

At New York SIX E,en we're killed
and more than a dCzen injured in
dynamite explosion in an excavation
for new tulljing opposite the Wal.
Gort- Astoria hotel at Fifth aveuue
aud Thirty. fourth street. The ex-
o;osion was caused by some Workmen
,4ho started to redrill q partially
drilled hole in which several sticks
If dynamite had been left Tuesday
hight About twenty men were at
work iG tie vicinity; some Ct whom
were blown TO atoms Eighty men were
at work in the entire excavation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
BISHOP D DROPPEIg.
Eow Senator 7illmans Fitchfork
lug 0 ia Big Sal ry.
Made 1t So Hot that Man Holding
aFatJlh on~the Panama
Canal Gave /. Up.

Aspecial dispatch from Washington
to the Augusta Herald says that fa'
NOUS ''pitchfork Of Senator Tillmar
is not very handsome weapon, and
In the oldsn days when chivalry was
rampant, it would have been classed
as barbarcus," out it is very effective
sometimes in throwing bad legislation
or bad administration to the glare OF
tee public. For sem, weeks much was
said about oGe Bishop who was dra~
ing salary Of $40, 900 year for Sit
ting in handsomely furnished apart
ment at Washington and giving to
press, when tie press called around
tor it, doses Of sulohate defensio, CT
tine doirgs CT the Panama Canal Com.
mission, out Mr.. Bishop ard the ad
ninistration paid 60 attention to
what was being said, until Senator
Tlllman took the field with his pitch.
fork and then Bishop, Shonts and
others run to cover and Senator Hale
was delegated to announce to the SEN
ate that the ':press burtau" OF the
con mission would be discontinued.
l. remains to be seen whether the
salary was abolished with the bu-
reau.
Senator Ti]lman exlr sses his de
termination to push mattersuntil a
reform in the salary list is brought
about all along the line. II this he
will be joined by Senator Bicon. It
is not to be taken that Senator TIL
man and Senator B:con are opposing
the construction OF the canal, for they
are not. but are arn ing its most ear.
nest advocates, but they do not be.
lieve in Overwhelming 1t with enor-
NOUS salaries. In short, their motto
Is more dirt digging and less fash
light display"
AS "a nation we are only little
more than century old, but are old
enough to bsgin to talk about mark
ing historical spots, and commemo-
attirg stone or brc1ze the heroic
acts Of those who have passed from
sight. Amorg the heroic scenes OF
the great contest for liberty was the
battle Of CoWpens in Cherokee coua.
ty, South Carolina.
The forces engaged were not large
but..t was fsrcly contested battl>.
and displayed the power Of unframed
Americans to contest with British
trained soldiers. representative
Finley, OF South Carolina, has intro
duc,d Till appropriatlng s25, 1000 for
the erection CT a monument and in.
closure on the ground where General
Daniel NJ organ made his heroic stand
for liberty.
Mr.. Finley has also introduced
bill appropriating one hundred thou
sand dollars for erection OF monu.
nent on the ground where the most
noted battle in the south was fought,
on Kings Mountain. Representative
Kitchen has intro 1uced bill lookl' 6
to the acceptance by the government
OF the transfer from the state OF
North Carolina OF the ground and
monuments where the the battle OF
Guilford was fought.
The contest for the possassien OF
the two C4rolinas was n3st desper
ate; it was heroism displayed by the
colonists there that so delayed and
wasted away the strength OF Corn.
wallis as to make his final capture at
Yorktown possible and the whcla
country will heartily indorSe the
move to appropriately mark these
places.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Tarred AND Eeathere6.

So.called prophets don't stand much
chance 10 Kansas. George Huffman
representing himself to be the True
Prophet OF Christ" was taIred and
feathered at Perth by mob. After
the terrible punishment was applied
the man walked all night to Renfre~,
Grant county, Okla. he suffered
greatly from the cold, IS he was with
out clothing. Huffman is changed
with inducing farmer to give up bis
property to him so that he could re-
generate the world.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Murdered and Robbed.

Two men named Suthertord and
Murray, from Philadelphia, were kill.
ed by big l"ayuen on a ranch at Diaz
small settlement in Chihuhau, NJ Z.
leo. A man named lnstad, OF Les
Angeles and another known as 'Shor.
ty" were wounded. The robbers es-
capped. No details OF the fight have
beel received.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
The English Nay.

At London, England, on Friday the
trisi ot Hugh Watt, former member
Of Parlsam mt, charged with melting
aired agents to murder bis divorced
vile, Julia Watt, and Sir Reginald
Reauchanp, ended with verdtc5 OF
guilty. Watt was sente1 Cd to five
wears Al, nenal seryituda,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
HOUSES burned.

The latest dispatch received from
T fl, Caucasia, today says that 300
houses in the MusSulman quarter
we're set or fire by armed Armenians,
who prevented the inmates from leav
Ing, and fred on the fireman who at
ten ped to extirguish the flames. Th5
total number CT MussulmeDs killed IS
not yet ascertained, but 81 Turks
subjects are knOwned to have perish
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Killed by Stepson.

At Stony Point, Hawkins county,
Tennessee, late Saturday afternoon,
Mis-. ". NJ. Carr was shot and killed
by her stepson, aged Il years. 1t is
understood the shooting was acciden
tai. Mr.. Carr, the husband Of the
dead woman, Is an extensive dealer in
horses and quite prominent. When
The tragedy occurred he was at Clinch-
port selling mules to the South and
Western railroad, and learned the
news by t( lepho
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Killed Wife and Self.

After acc:dently killing his wife
Saturday, Wi.h.m Monroe Mccarthy,
Madison county Ala, farmer, cholo-
reformed himself at his kone In the
Monrovia precinct, and was found
dead today. a note found in the
room stated that he was showing his
wife how to use pistol; that it ex
ploded accidently and killed her, and
be was so horrifed that he, too, must
die,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Boiler Blew CD.

Three trainnen we're killed by the
explosion OF boiler Of freight en-
gine on the Reading railway between
Birdsboro and Joanna, Pa, on Tues.
day Of last week What caused the
explosion is not known. The boiler
was lifted bodily from the frame and
hurled into the woods. \ j6hing but
the wheels and machinery remained
m the rails
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
YOUNG WIFE VICTIM.
Assaulted and Beaten Into Insensi-
bili.y by Brute.

A dispatch from Greenville says
Mrs. Frank James, the young wife OF
prosperous farmer, living in Chick
Springs Township, between Greer's
and Taylor's was assaulted at her
home about dusk Tuesday light, by
Andrew Thon pson, negro 40 years
old, who beat her into insensibil
ity, and threatened her with death if
she told.
Her husband, coming from work,
found her hysterical and d!Sdgured
from the blows OF the negro's fists.
The neigbbors formed a posse and be-
gan searching for the fend. Consta
BILE A. c. Raindey found Thompson in
a drunken stupor at bis cabin, a miie
from the scene OF the crime at 3
o'clock this morning.
Fearing lyrching the constable
left the posse with theimpresion that
he was going to drive across the coun-
try with his man, by the way OF the
Paris mountain road. They cut across
the country to head him off, and lynch
the prisoner, but he made detour
and cought Southern train No 80 at
Taylo1'o Station for Greenville. Rain
ey delivered the prisoner at the coun.
ty jail by noon.
Excitement is intense about Greer's
and Taylor's. The young woman Who
vas assaulted has been married three
years. She is the daughter OF John
Duncan, and member Of an axcellent
country family, with an extensive
connection. The man WHO'S said &c
have assaulted her has lived in this
nelghborhocd I'll his life, and presum.
ably committed the Geeo III drunken
frenzy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Suicide in Korea.

Adviees received bv the steamer
fremont say that Min Yong Whan,
the Korean minister who committed
suicide when the treaty with Jaran
was signed, did so because America
would not intervene. He lett 3 let
ter to this afact. When his body
was carried to bis residence his mother
took poison and Gied. Geo Piou2 S K
also poisored himself with opium
when In bis chair In ths streets. a
state tu.eral vas ordered for the sui
cides.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Hook Must HING.

The supreme court Of Illinois has
refused a new trial to Johan Hock,
the man who married about forty NO.
men and killed several OF them TOR
;heir money. The hanging OF Hook
will even up the score with the hang.
ing OF Mrs. Mary Mabe. Rogers il
Vermont last week. Crime is pun1hed
cnce in a while 10 places.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Cotton Ginned.

The census bureau has issued a bul,
letin showing the quantity OF cotton
ginred from the growth OF 1905 TO
December Is, to be 8 2S2 19l bales,
c uniting round bales as half bales, as
compared with II, ,S7l All bales on the
same date In 1904, and S,526, pa bales
otthe same date in 1903.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Carelessiy l. # Gas On.

William NJ Brusch, proprietor OF
several s-ccery stores, with Clerk
O car Hcchrein, was found dead IN
his apartments in the city OF New
York Thursday morning. A sister
O Brusch accidentally left the gas
turned on the kitchen range. She Is
in q critical condition at Roosevelt
hospital.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Killed by ; Woman

At Paduc k, Ky, ". N. Pryor aged
fifty seven, a prominent farmer, was
shot and killed by Mrs. Ella Gholson,
a young widow. Pryor ard Mrs.
Gholson were In a dispute ever a trea
which the woman wanted to cut down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
The South's Representation in
the House OF Representatives,.
WAR ON THE SOUTH.
Proposition to Cut South's Representa-.
,ion By About 0ne.Half. Bill Intro.
duced By 3 New York Con.
gresham and it May
Give Trouble.

! a special QlSpaGcl IOm WaSnlnG.
ton to the Charleston Evening Post
says the recent bill In the House by
Representative Bennett, ct N,s York
looking to reorganization # existing
delegations il the q ;use with a vie1
towards cutting down Southern repre-
sentation, portends trCub.s for that
section,
Southern members are .sed to the
yearly cry Of ''cut down Ssuthern
men" and so far agitation along Ehis
line has amounted to nothing more
than mere threats Of reduced repre-.
sentaticn-
Now, however, the situation does
not look so bright from a Syuthern
viewpoint. Mr.. Bennett has backing
this year that he has never had before.
he has behind him Crunpacker and
Keifer, Of OHIO, and it Is said that the
three have gone to work s7stamati-
cally to carry out their plans for
smaller white representation from
SOublefu GSIlltOly -
Representative Crunpacker has for
long time cherished she idea OF see
ing fewer Democrats in the House.
he could find no pretext upon which
to drive cut n ,rthern men, hsuce his
attention was directed against these
OF the South. he has done 80 much
talking about what he would do to
wards getting white Democrats out OF
tine House that maay have looked up
on him as harmless. BE is now, how
ever, reinforced by Bennett and Keif-
or, and the first move has been made
by the introduction OF Mr.. Benefits
bill. he would lrecuce the present
representation about one hal-f)r
instance, South Carolina from seven
to three or four, Virginia from ten to
about seven and other Southern
States in like proportion.
The mpiaint Of Mr.. Bennett Is
based on the ground that the present.
Southern apportionment violation OF
the fourteenth amendment 1T the coz
stitution, and that the disfranch1se-
menu OF the negro is unconstitutional
null and Void. That is, in substance,
the gist OF the bill.
Crumpacker, Bennett and Keifef
are rot alone in the fight they are
making. With them stand, OF course.
solid Republican forces ready to take
part in the fight at the proper time.
AS stated. representative z :iter
began fight OF similar nature seVsn
years ago when be was in the House
from Ohio but did not have the back
ing to support him in his moveniant.
BE has been out OF that body for per-
haps five or six years, but has return
ed with his supply OF animosity none
The less diminished by his long ab-
sence.
Mr.. Bennett threatens to fire his
FIST shot for reducSio Of Dam Gratis
soon after the holidays-as soon as be
can get his bill. before the committee
and has already sounded bis note OF
warning. -
II order to maintain the present
ratio Of Southern Democrats In the
House it will be necessary for the MI s
nority to heal the breach now e1is5ing z
among its members II 1t is intende1 g
essen the chance Of hayiog portion
OF it's members retired through this
-; I
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
NJ H.p. for Barge.

All nope Of fndirg the whal back
barge Bath. lost Sy LIE steamer By
View of Winter Quarter light, dur
ing a storm, has been given up, as 1t
is ALMOST certain that the vessel found.
cred near Cape Henry, and went to the
bottom with Captain Mackenzie, his
vyife and five seamen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
Sansat Ais Funeral.

a Sullivan county Kansas, dead
man sarg at his own funeral. a
phonograph was placed on bis cothn-
When the religious ceremony was
over the phonograph was turned on
and the church listened to the dead
mans voice rendering one OF his taV-
hvnrvc
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
SIashec His Wife.

At Philadelphia, Pa, after an all
night quarrel, John Meyers, age As
years, stabbed his wife, aged 80 years
three times ia tie breast early Thurs
day morning ard then plunged his
knife into his own chest and slasned
h throat. Both will probably die.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27

During the circus performance az
Hamilton, Ca, on Saturday night Ed
Daniel White was shot and killed y
'Slickn Strickland, colored. Strick-
land escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27

THE Old FOLhS.
James Barns, aged IS, c-mp,eted in
Sep tamber, the walk from Nv York
to DIS Moines. Iowa. while In that
SIN month, E B. Barnett (19) OF
Wichita, Kan, c!imed Pixies Peak,
making the round trip in rs hours.
Toe roster OF the Mississippi Agri
cultural college bears the name OF
William Stsndifer, who at 10, has
started his collegiate aducaticn.
Logan township. Michigan, has pro-
duced the prize bridegroom in George
Sintor, who, at eS, and WITH sla
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27

Rudolph Matter, New York civil
engineer. was uncivil enough to mug
Miss Gladys Chapman, overlooking the
tact that he did not know the LADY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27

The magistrate thought the embrace
worth six month ur the Island.
Because 8 revolver, which be had
purchased to kill himself with missed
fire. Paul SchlarGrun Of San Bernar.
dino, brought suit against tie hard
ware company for the price Of the
weapon.
Mrs. Lawson OF Richmond, Va,
owns COW and the cow Owned calf,
but this last was drowned in a swamp.
Tier, UPON the bereaved mother adcp
ted a 1awn, first rescuing it from a
hound which Lad Chased it into the
pasture.