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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Light on E MGrGer.

At New York further light on the
recent mysterious murder OF Jacob s..
Thompson, exchange editor OF the
T;c,es, was obtained by the police
Wednesday wheE Mamie Gibscn, the
nsgresS who knew tie colored bell BOY,
R:co2rd Hannibal, who died Tu u:sdsy
rig1t while under suspicion OF COM
mittipg the murder, was arralgned IN
court Wednesday she said that Hanni-
oal told her that il she was ever Ques-
tionsd abou5 the murder she must say
taa5 hannibal spent the night Of
Thompson's death at her house. BE
vas not thsre that night, the girl tss-
titled. She said that the bell boy told
her that be did not murder Th' mp
son but that be ought to have been
murdered because Of the small tips he
gsve. The colored girl was arraigned
in connection with Hannibal'S death,
as the bell boy wss found with his
throat cut after be had QuaCreled with
her and wounded her recently.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Out, age Near Gafney.

a dispatch from Gaffney to The
State says a petition Is being circu-
lated in that city asking for signers
for the purpose Of forwarding it to
the governor OF South Carolina with
request that be Offer a reward for
the apprehension OF the parties that
fred into the house OF Wash Lips.
comb, a negro living near Gafney,
Wednesday night. Wash Lipscomb
is a respectable, hard working negro.
he thinks that about q dozen shots
were fred through both sides Of his
house, IN an effort it is said, to draw
Wash from the inside. No one was
injured by the shooting. In addition
to shooting with shot guns around the
premises, the marauders by the use
Of axes, knives or some other kind OF
an instrument cut a buggy belonging
TO the negro entirely to pieces. The
buggy was new one and was entirely
cut up, being complete wreck. The
petition had no lack OF signers and III
is probable that the reward will be
f7red. It is thought that the shoot
ing and cutting must have been done
by quite number.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Work Without Paw.

In his History Of Coal Mining" r
W. Galloway points out that what ap-
pear to be traces Of primitive state
of ,servitude existed In Stafordshire,
where the laborers employed in the
haulage Of coal continued to be known
as "bondsmen"-a name probably
coming down from remote period;
a supposition which receives support
from peculiar service required OF
them, known as "buildases." THIS
consisted In working at times IN the
morning without receiving any pay
ment beyond a drink Of ale. This
custom Of exacting labor without pay
is supposed to represent some ancient
service required from their tenants
by the monks Of the Abbey OF Build
was, in Shropshire, whence the name
was derived.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
A CITY Of CretinS.

Almost the entire population Of Kho-
kand, in Turkestan, suffers from goltre
or cretinism. When the Russians occu-
pied the city in 1878, goitre Immediate
ly appeared among the troops, and in a
few months tenth Of the garrison had
developed well-marked tumors. Be-
cause Of this the headquarters were
eventually removed to Marghillau.
Khokand is the only place in Turkes-
tan where such remarkable stats Of
things exists. According to Dr.. G. Ca
pus, author Of q French work on medi-
cine in Central Asia, there appears to
be nothing in the surroundings Of the
town to account for goitre being en-
demie. Its sanitary condition is not
bad, the altitude but 1900 feet, and an
abundant and pure water supply is OBJ
tained from a mountain river. Goitre
is Que to an abnormal growth Of a
gland in the neck known as the thy
roid, situated just below the so-called
Adams apple. Cretinism is an arrest
of mental as well as physical develop
nent due to disease Of the thyroid. It
usually begins from the second to the
fifth year Of infancy. Some Of the
dwarfs exhibited as curiosities are the
produc: Of this curious disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
DEMOCRATS CAPTURE OHIO.
They Elected AL State Officers
and The - gislature.

Jchn NJ. PAttiSon. Democrat will be
the next governor OF OaiD, and his
party associates on the state ticket
have also b.en elected. B,th houses
Of the legislature will be democratic
the last hope OF the republicans Van
isAirg with the report that the Ham
1lton c u1ty delegation vas soiioly
democratic. Chairma, G .1ber, OF the
Democratic State Committee, after
reading dispatches ffcm the county
chairman throughout the state,
said:
The indications are that Pa5tison is
elected By from 10 0o0 to so. 600 fx-
CO, ding ny estimate cons. derab,y.
We ca -ried both houses Ct the )eg'sla'
ture and will bave the largest ns u.
ity there we have ever had.
BE said he w>u,d give out regular
statement later in the day. At that
ht UT Chairman Dick was not atre2ub,
lican heai quarters, and in his absecce
no fyures would be gwen out, but his
earlier claims that II rick was elect
ed were still maintained.
The repu olisan c1unties throughout
the state show enormous republican,
losses and the democrats have gained
almost everywhere. Z 9TH chairmer
have sent % ,ssages 10 tie county
uhairmen urging prompt reporting Of
result, and eaca nopcd to have def
cate figures durirg the m)rnirg
The governor has been running away
ahead Of his ticket alnost al over the
state. The reverse was expected,
owing to the tactional fight against
his reelection.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
aCcmmon Sense Railing.

TIE president has a way OF doing
things that must be calculated to
veil nigh take away the breath OF the
red stick;er at Washington. Recent
IL be authorized an amendment Gr
the civil ssrrics rul:s providing tha:
here after cab;uet otdcer shall have
power summarily to remove, without
hearing, any civil service enploye
IN his department. who has been gull
ty Of misconduct, or "ho is inefficient
ir the performance OF his duties.
Heretofore unworthy enployes have
been kaown to taxa advantage Ct
their civil service s.atus to hold their
j -, and have de6sd uheir supsriors.
rais ruling Il the president will put
z stop to thst sort II thing. Posi-.
ely the preaid ,nS my hevs strained
his authority q lio5ie but his action
is based on common sense anj-
T2V
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
WsrsaW's Woes.

Warsaw has been having an excit-
ing time Of late, but, according to
what is written, Warsaw ought to be
used to it,, for that city has expert
enced many a doleful time in its long
and checkered history. That history
reaches far back into the Eists OF
medieval centuries. a certain Dukt
Conrad erected a castle on the site
Of the present city in the ninth cen
tury. Since then wars and battles
have been plentiful thereabouts. War
saw is beautifully situated in gently
undulating, fertile plain, for the most
part on the left bank Of the navigable
Vistula river, 404 miles cart of Berlin.
It is defended by nearly twenty de-
tached forts. The main city lies close
to the river and is closely built The
streets are regularly laid out, except
in the old city, where its ancient
houses are quaint and its thorough
fares are crooked and narrow. There
are eleven gates, beyond which lie
the new suburbs. The old Polish no
bility loved display and there are
more than 160 palaces, Of which six
ty have been confscated by the Rus
sian government.
Today Warsaw is big town. In
1897 it's inhabitants numbered $685.
2CS, about one-third being Jews. Ger
mans form a considerable portion OF
the population and the Russian garrl-
son comprises over 10000 soldiers.
Although Warsaw has lost its politi.
cal Importance, it is increasing its
prestige in all other directions. 1t is
still the gay, active metropolis OF Po.
land, whose literature and art it DOM
mates. Warsaw's industrial impor.
tance, though considerable now, is Of
comparatively recent growth 1t has
hundreds Of establishments employ
ing thousands of men. 1t is a grea,
railway center and the chief distribut-
ing point for vast and fertile dis
trict. Warsaw's artisans have always
been keenly alive to their national
wrongs. They are most patriotic as a
race and the result has been success
sive outbreaks against the rule OF Rus,
sia. There is turn have brought about
successive and wholesale deportations
of the workers, which have tended to
retard Warsaw's growth, but have nev.
er been able to stop it
In 1853 the Russian government un-
dertook to crush the spirit of rebel
lion that permeated all classes Of So
ciety. Executions, confscation and
exile to Siberia were in order on an
unheard-of scale. High schools and
scientific societies were closed and
the nonasteries and nunneries were
emptied. Hundreds Of Russians were
called in to I'LL up the vacant posts
and the Russian language was made
obligatory as far as was possible.
The very name Of Poland was expung.
ed from official writings and Russian
tribunals administrative institutions
were introduced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Sewer Blown Up.

An explosion of gas In the sewer
running under Pennsylvania avenue,
Allegheny, Pa, betWenn Sedgwick
and Manhattan streets Wednesday
broke hundreds OF windows and tore
up pavsments on Pennsylvania avenue
for distance Of two squares. No one
was injured. The explosion caused
much excitement in the vicinity, and
the report was plainly heard mile
away. All the windows In an electric
car on Fulton street, some distance
away, were broken, and the passen-
gers were in a panic, several being
making a hasty exit from the car.
How the gas was ignited Is not
known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
His Affection Hurt.

at Buffalo, N. Y, Elna Wallace
Hopper is the defendant in suit for
breach Of promise, brought by James
G. Morton, who says he is an actor.
He asserts that Mrs. Hopper asked
him to marry her and he accepted.
rs then called her to fulfil her propo-
sal, but that she refused. The papers
in the case were fled Wednesday and
asked for $4,000 to satisfy Morton S
mental and financial injury. Toe
actress denies all his assertions except
that she did frequently asked him
why he did not get married. His in
variable reply was that no one would
have him,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
A Sad Case.

A dispatch from Fort Mill to The
State says: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hammcnds are prostrated with grief
over the death Wednesday afternoon
OF their 2.yesr- old daughter, who died
frc m the affects Of On ounce Of carbol-
ic acid. Mr.. Hannonds was prepar-
ing to move and n packing up bis
household goods came across bottle
Of carbolic acid, which he threw
through al open window into the yard.
Els liatle daughter, playing In the
yard, saw the bottle fall and picking
it up, drank it. Her parents soon
discovered that something vas wrong
with he- ard summoned physicians.
In spite Of al! the Efforts VI ffiencs
and physicians che little girl died IL
less :ihan An hour.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Boil Weeyil Pest Spreading

The louisiana state crop pest com.
mission reports that the>Mexican boil
weevil has just been reported az Bay
ou Chicot, St. Landry, nearly the CEN
tire OF the state, showing that it has
moved forty miles eastward in Louis
ana this summer. The fight against
the weeyil In Louisiana has so Tar &C.
complished little, although the most
strenuous policy Is pursued and 10
goods likely to carry DOLL weeVil are
admitted from an infected to an IN
infected portion OF the state. The
commission also reports against the
Marston process OF getting rid OF
the nesvils by the use OF paris green,
which claimed the $50, 600 prize ofSer-
ed by Texas means OF checking
the boil weeviIs, and declaring that
the remedy not only did no sood, but
actually teoded tc increase the num-
Der Of weeVils.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
The Davis Monument.

Ground was broken at Richmond,
Va, Wednesday for the monument
to Jefferson Davis, to be erected by
the United Daughters OF the Conted-
eracy and to cost $4,000. Mrs. S.
T. Mccullough, Of Siauton, Va,
chsirnen OF the monument committee
presided at the ceremonies, which
wee simple in the extreme, and wit
messed practically bY the members OF
the building committee only. TIE
urveiling ceremonies are fixed for
1907 and are expected to be very eisb.
ora te, the whole south participating
thl oush prominent representatives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
An Old Ne2ro's Discovery.

An old negro who has a forty-acre
farm on Choctaw creek, near Sher-
nan, Tex, claims that he makes a
bale O. cotton to the acre every year
by topping the cotton stalks In the
dark OF August moon. The topping
is said to cause the plant to spread
and to put an heavier fruitage on the
lower branches. II it be established
that his uniformly good yield is main
ly due to summer pruning, this hum
ble tiller OF the soil on Choctaw creek
has made as important discovery in
cottol planting as that made in cotton
spinning by the mill operative who
fonnd out for himself that the thread
came smoother and easier by wetting
the raw cotton before spinning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
PERUNA Captured
Eight Bottles Of the Patent Medicine
Taken at Central.

The Colum 1ia B cord says the first
seiz1-e OF patent medicines under the
recent order Of Chief Codstable Ham
NETT was made Wednesday at Central
which is in the prohibition county OF
Pickers. Here eight bottles Of Pcruna
were taken by Onief CuIston and his
men aud a report CT this was uade to
M. Han NETT.
The Sc zuse was made from J, E.
Brown. merchandise dealer IN that
town and 1t is said that a vigorous
campaign is going to be waged against
the thirty cdi medicines that have
been outla awed for sale In this state
without prescriptions. Just what
the outcome OF this will be is not
known yet, but it is said that rep
resentative OF the Proprietary Asso
citation oi America will be here in a
day or 80 Tor conference With the
constabulary dep.r5msnt. The asso
citation is composed OF practically al
OF the manufactures OF the country
and the7 play prominent part in the
making Of medicine Laws If the Vari,
GUS states.
Tie druggist here are discussing
the recent ordar genera " d d is is
safe to say that it will BE- obayed. n
trouble Is anticipated in ncst OF the
larger towns and cities as matter Of
fact a,d it is only in the prohisition
com muDities that close watch vii
have to be kept.
/; is REGARDED IS rather pecllias
that Pickers county, which has only
recently voted out tie diSpensary AID
where the c2nsta bles were only few
days ordered back, should be the first
to report a violation Of the order.
Tae spirit proof OF Parma which was
se!zed is g:v-n in the tti ;ial rspcr'
OF the Sac Chemist as fifty two pei
cent,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Dispensers l .uic.et.

At Spartanblrg the grand j Try In
sessions court Wednesday returned
true bills as TO J. P. ThackStoD, j. J.
Bishop, L R ediing, q. T. Ferguson
and J. W. Husenann, charged with
violating the dispenssry law. E ,ch OF
these defendants is dispenser, four
conducting beer dispa1saries and one
-Fergusor-opersting liquor dispen.
sary No. l No ection has YET been
taken as to Chas. Smith, former chair
man of the county board Of control,
Z H. landlord, member OF the board,
J. W. Harmon, liquor dispenser, and
W. N. Avant of tie board OF control.
Their cases will probably be passed on
by tho grand jury Thursday. The dis.
pensers against whom true bills have
been returned may he tried at the
present term Of c)urt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Eagle rook . Child.

While a peasant woman who was
carrying her baby, aged two years,
was returning home TO hamlet near
Courmayer, Switzerland, she was at
tackled by an enormous eagle which
attempted to snatch away the child.
The bird though beaten Of, return
ed 20 che attack again and agaiC, and
finally succeeded in carrying of the
child. The mother, who received
many wounds and had her clothes
tori, hurried home and In a short
tine seventy five mon headed by the
priest, climbed the neighboring noun.
tains in search OF the eagle and the
child. No trace Of either was dis
covered, and the sea1cl has since been
abandoned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Caused Him to Suicide.

Alarmed by receipt OF a letter upon
which was drawn z skull and cross.
bones, Howard Owen, prominent
ousinass man of Vienna, Co., took
bis life on Wednesday. He had been
married just one month. His wife,
hearing the report OF the pistol, ran
in and threw bucked OF water on
bin to quench the fire which was
burning bis clothing. Mr. Owen was
held up and robbed Monday night n ~:
6. Wednesday morning be found his
pistol which the robbers had taken
from him under the doorstep. After
going to his place Of business be found
in the mail the skull and crossbones
letter with the words, Prepare to
meet thy God" Oven Immediately
went home and killdd himself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Way TEEy WIRE KILLED.
The Missionaries Trie to 5 op the
Worship Of Idols.

The massacre at TIE American
Prest yterian mission au Lienchau OF
October 2S, when Tvs persons we're
ki?lsC and Two ssyerly wounded by
N b ot Cinnamon Was caused by the
ac,io1 CT two mem osrs OF the mission
the caughter Of Dr.. Macale and q
ceaenuess, IN erdeavnrirg to dissuade
a number Of Chinese worshppars
from tfsriGg prayers to an idol. TIE
two Rumen ara said to have se!zso the
inase which the Chinanen were
wors a!ppiog and refused TO return it.
The mob DESTROYED al TIE American
:aisstunary establishments and sub
cstG tie MS ioEar;ss 10 many cus-
RACES. The bodies Of five persons
who asre killed were thrown into the
rire;. SIX French priests living II
The Vicinity were not harmed. Thsr2
IS nc fear OF further trouble in Lien
cEau. a Chinese maedarin dispatch
ed soldiers to the scene as Socn as ne
/ heard Ct the trouble. but they arEiVeo
to late to save the missionaries. It
| is also stated that the mob was anger
ed at request by DR.. Machle that Q
temporary theatre which bad been
erec-ed rear tie American Mission
hospital, should be removed. The
mob found skeleton in the nisSioD
Instruction room and carried it in the
procession through the town, exhibit
| Ing it as an instance Of the foreigners
treatment of the Chinese. Ths re.
Quest OF Dr.. Machle for the removal
OF tie theatre was on scccunt CT the
noise that was made during The per-
formances. The missionaries took
refuge from the mob In cavern, but
were pur; ued ard all killed excepting
DR.. Machle and Miss Patterson, who
escaped TO the yamen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Met. on = Curve.

Five persons we're killed, 10 serious
" injured and score hurt in head.
on collision between passenger train
sn6 coal train on the De:eWare,
Lcckawanna & Western railroad, near
g laiock's creek, in Pennsylvania,
Wednesday afternoon. All Of the kill
ed were trainmen. The injuries to
the passengers were caused by the ter
rifc force Of the trains coming TO-
gether, the esgine on the passenger
rain being forced almost through the
baggage car. The passenger train
dashed INTO the freight on a sharp
Gu We. The passenger train las run
rirg at the rate Of about 35 miles an
hour. 1t is said that the freight crew
m!s,ead the orders and instead Of
waiting on siding for the passenger
train came out on the main track.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Murder and Suictde.

At Washington, after firing two
shots at bis wife. one OF which pene-
trated her breast, the other the ah-
domen, Washington J Q liggle, early
Wednesday morning snot Himself
in the head and died almost instantly.
Qliggle was private secretary to
Thos. F, Walsh the Colorado mining
millionaire. Mrs. @ liggle is iD a
critical condition ard may not survive.
The couple we're secretly married less
than two months ago in Boston. No
cause is given for the shc1ting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Dropped Dead.

a nan believed to be B. E. Cart.
rel OF Dodge, Walker county, Georgia,
dropped dead on oae Of the principal
streets OF Birmingham, Ala. Thurs.
day. Ip his pockets was letter ad-
dressed to 'B. E. Gartrell." Memphis
Tenn, and signed Sister Mary" It
was written from Dodge. he also
nad sl24. o5 in cash on his person. he
seems to have been il bad health.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Fatal Accident.

James b. A. Brooks, well known
manufacturer OF Philadelphia was
killed; Michael G.. Price. a business
associate was seriously injured, AID
their wives were painfully hurt in an
automobile a accident Thursday near
Absecon, N. j., about so miles from
Philadelphia. The accident was
caused by q tire slipping ef one of the
rear hs als Of their automobile while
they er, riding at high speed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Lost an Arm.

NJ. Ralph Bser, CT Spartsntu~g
While operating ? corn shreG0ing Ia
c.ile On the farm cf J. q. GoSneil at
C2lnpton Tuesday, NET With 81 &C.
c:c cot @nicn cos nin lis right arm.
IN some manner bis arm was caught
n :hs machinery and terribly lacerat-
cd, which resulted n the anpuEation
Of iihe nenbs Dr.. &. E. Black per
formed the operation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-15
Burned 20 Death.

At Elizsbeth, N. J., Thomas Gala
ghrr was buried under live Goals and
ou,ned Jc death. He crawled into an
ash pit under the railroad tracks Of
the Port Reading yard and went 20
sleep there. An engine backed down
to this pit early Wednesday and
sto oping directly o7e1 the spot where
Ga lagher lay asleep, dumped burning
Goals and red hot ashes upoc him in
suca quantities that tie sleeping nan
was CON pisSaly c3vera5.