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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Hafpisss to Save Him.

A. New York notwithstanding a
desperate struggle c. his wife aud son
TO hold h:m By sile feet after he had
tainted and toppied ever the sill OF an
open window, Gsoogs F. Knapp cash-
;er Of the Cooper Exchange Bank, fell
70 :hs St eet from the fourth floor OF
bis home at No 2Ge West 9Th street
to-day and vas killed. Mrs. Knapp
and her son, Herbert, saw Nj. Knapp
wao was IN iii health, suddenly fall
over backwards. Both mother aud
son jumped to the window in time to
se;ze tae falling nan by The feet.
They held him safely for a few Sec
ondS; screaming for help, but 5hs as
sisJarcs was slow in coming, AID Mr..
Krapp's weight began to slip away
from his rsscue:s. The realization OF
Jhts terrible iact CAUSED the wife's
strength to laays her completely and
the soa, with his mother helpless at
MS side, compelled to hold his father
alone, was 700 light to1 bis fathers
gu osrior weight. Exhausted and on
the point Of being d.aEgsd over the
wind9w sill himself. the boy lost bis
grip an2 M-. Kra2p fell to the street.
He disG soon afterwards.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11

statement: After I go5 ny sup9e!
last night went to M. MsDo@S:l'
s:cre ca Main street ard waited foi
hin tc close up. he had given ne 2
bed st lis house anG 7 was going tc
spend the night these. BE shut up
ABOUT halt past s o'clock and We walk
cd toward his house along the north.
side OF D K=lo street. When We
re cls1 Hampton pc.lk ! remarked to
Mr. L-3oEsl that had seen string
times t1ere on one occasion, referring
TO the occasion OF Hamptor's visit
there during his campaign. And We
we're about the centre Of the fGcare
then.
Il have absolutely ID recollection
Of anything that bspp2Ded after shat
uatil this morning.. I id not see
anyone at all strike hi. OF me-. The
first thing I remember ot<er I vas
bit was going up to AZ old tree in DE-.
DeSaussure f lid near 3Ee river and
sitting down. Later l got up and
walked across the river bridge to q
pump and washed out a bloody hand.
kerchief had and tried to wash the
blood eff of my face and hands. Then
it was Mr.. Tom Ammons came along
in his buggy and told ME to get in
and be brought me to town to Dr..
Dunn"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
A Role Thief.
concerned,

In the city CT New York In broad
daylight and with hundreds OF Dsople
on the Street, Louis Brown S negro,
made an atsenps to rob q Ms:den
L.ue jewellery store OF $4,000 worth
Of diamonds TnursdaY. His aJsenps
vas frustrated by Oscar Windof1, d
clerk, who grsppled with the would
be thief, and who vas stabbed by the
negro during the fight. Brown is q
carrier for Ja1elery Statesmen, sno
he entered tee store OF Gross 3
Begun, ard asked TO see scme jewell
cry. Windorf noticed the negro put
a tray OF jewels Under his coat and
be immediately se;zsd hin. Brown
drew a knife an6 s!sshed the clsrk ua.
Ill he finally get feee. a chase OF
several blocks followed, BroTl swing
ing right anG left WITH his wszpon rs
be rushed through the crowd. He
was finally captured by q policeman,
who he tteDpt=d unsuccsssfu'ly te
stab. WinGr-f was lot seriously
injD .aS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
E,oped With Three Women.

Adolphus saowdsn, a nineteen yea,
.old youth, li9ing near Goshen, Iod,,
has developed remarkable hypnotic
oowers, Il the story Ct Mrs. Mary
Burleson, Mrs. Sarah Snowden and
Mrs. Alice SaoWden are true, for the
unree alleged that they were so hyp
aooiz3d by him that they deserted
their families and went with him to
Fo.kstown, Dekalo county. When
found it was discovered that Mrs. Bur-
leson was living with Sao"den as bis
wife, and the other tTo, VINO are SIS
uers-in- law. were known as his sisters.
They were all living in the same house.
Snowden was placed under arrest, and
the women. when taken to their
homes, told practically the same Story.
They said that they did not under.
stand the influence that the young
man exercised over them, for they
loved their husbands and children,
but when Snowden suggested that
they elope with him, they could not
raeict
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
iEad Eefs
A CancEian lamar. noted for

A Canadian farn8r, noted for his
assent raiGds;nsss, vent 10 town one
ds.y and transacted hiS business with
s}1e utco2s5 precision Hs started
osob: Il bis say hone, however, WITH
tha i:n conviction that be lad fer
.o-.sn son5Ooi g-nhat 1t vas ie
c2uld not rec~ll, try how he would.
as he nezr>d dome the conviction il
creased ac6 three times he stopped
MS . .se and wal5 csretui!y through
n cccsst6ook il vai;l eldeaTor to
.s53ye. wnea he bad forgotten. l.,
Gu: course he rs2clsd hone, &nd wa-
Get ny lis da4ghter, WHO loose1 at
:l;a su:p7lse, AID exclaimed, Way,
father, whecs have you left mother?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
a Nest of Grafcers.

At Milwaukee, Wis, thirty-eigh
indicted officials, against whom are
172 indictments returned by the last
grand jury today, appeared before
Judge Brace, IL the municipal court
and entered pleas in nearly every case
Of not guilty. Included In the list are
thirteen former supervisors, seven
supervisors, three members OF the fire
department., two newspaper reporters,
a State Senator, State asemblyman,
an Alderman, and an ex-Alderman,
and the balance business men. Ths
cases pending together with the list
returned by previous grand juries, it
is believed, will require two or three
wears to dispose Of.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Exp,oaed z SonIb.

A bomb filed with dynamite and a
quantity Of infaGnabie oil, was
thrown st the rear OF a crogCed tene-
merit house at Eighth avenue and
One Hundred and Forty third street,
New York, Friday. More than a
score OF sleeping persons were hurled
from their beds by the explosion and
r1o were carried fcom the house IN.
conscious. Within miluoa after
she explosion the d2mes had nearly
enveloped the rear wallS Of ten t7ne.
nent house. The police believe that
back hand" italian asssssins thre"
she bomb. Tee object CT the atUacE
was the rear ooor Of al Italian carbel
shop on the ground ioor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
TEs MYST&HY INJEEaSED.
Another Man Knocked Insensibie
When McDowa,l WIS kuIs6.

Aaother chapter OF Tuesday nights
das5ardly murder YES ulearthsd at
Camden early Wednesday morning
When MI. Tom AmmolS, coming into
town from West 1Fateree, found Mr.
r. W. Porter, substantial fa1mer Of
that section, at tie bridge 2:tn his
skull fractured ara very weak and
dazed from the loss O. blood. WneI
IL became known that Nj. PJrSer was
walking home With Mr. r. a. Nc
Dowall when the latter received the
mortal blow and When Re himself "aS
knocked into irse12ib:Ety, excitement
ran high.
A dis2atch to Tee State SAYS Mr.
Porter, ike Mr.. NcDowa!i, WIS Struck
in the head, the only difference n the
wounds being 51aS the .f:sctu-e OF tee
formers skull; seams tc have besn the
result OF q blow .7itn q scsrp iaStru-
ment, while the ls5.sr's wound las
more the appearance OF having been
delivered oy a blounG Instrument. Mr..
Porter YVES ve2flng a CefoS has ssneN
nc was ats.cEad &lj tLlo vas cut al
cost il hall.
al Gay l:llle groups 6 I2G could
ne seen On t.; ssGer.5 5aT--.e;,a!y cis-
cu5sing TIE vaTiCu; I;-eo@:: 3 zcig&cced
as to ene motive f5r t;lc attack. The
fact that mr. P l-oarr ?aS g juror en-
gsged in tie Trial Cf J. e. G:ii!s fol-
muTdsr caused cuns i1SCzo.e Tu22oI ci
sensational c1G2cc:,c ac, lut tbs Idea
yeas given liI9!e CT t:a!-ca bg TIE ciui-
zsrs. AS tie m.....tt:z avald noT nc
one seams 20 be acie o. SLSses & Goa
sis .eaG thacry AID the Case tensl1S
enshycudac IN mystery.
Mr.. Porter Makes tie following
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Cotton Bales Ginned.

The census bureau has issued a
bulletin showing the quantity OF COT
ton e;nned from the growth OF 1905
to September Is, to b. 2,358, OBJ
bales. The report is one OF a series
which will be issued regularly until
tie com mpletion Of TIE ginning OF the
crop Of 1905. Reports by States are;
Alabama, $50, ,3oS; Arkansas, 9,253;
Florida, 1864: Georgia, 900, ,2l2; In.
e:ian Terrisory, II. 695; Louisiana, A
794; Mississippi, es,6l7; Missouri,
35.; North Carolina, 12l, ,243; Okla'
ncms, S,S25; South Carolina, 32s, 1882:
Tennessee, 3 255; Texas, III, ,446: Vir'
ginia, 1913. Two round bales are
counted as one square bsle. The num-
Der Of round bales included is 78, 1919.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
81. &. EVANS, chairman,
E. ". EOYKIN.
IouN RETI, TOWILL


There Is absolutely no check TO
gusro against detrauding the State
exceps the honesty (2) OF the dsaler,
and 7 had large whiskey distitler
tell me once that al men Hho handled
whiskey had to be watched. x in this
advertisement is like x in the algebra,
an unknown quantity except as to the
'soroof" OF strength ofsthe liquor ano
every enc familiar with the business
knows that this is no:cCterion what
ever Of quantity OF value.
Section 557 Of the South Carolina
Code provides:
And said contract shall De award.
ed to the lowest responsible olcoef,
FOR such euan.isies and kinds OF La
uors as may be deemed necessary to
the dispensary FOR the quarter"
In the light OF this advertisements
can assert that there 81 competitor
ton in quality, only composition u
nrics and the spirit Of the law is NOT
coroplied with at al. 1t may be Saio
that the samples that accompany ohs
bids are 3 check on ehe bidder de1V'
erinc something else, but this IS az
ahsrrdity. as no man living can ts1
whether two samples OF liquor are
identical simply by taste OF by otnel
rooans for that matter. Yet LIQUOR Il
STABLE article and the Govern
nent's bonded ware mouse auoSu :
check ard absolute protection sgalDs'
rrard and Equcr can be described II
en advertisement as clearly as corn O
bacon 7 10 rot know how long tni
system of advertising has oesn 10 W 70
que, bnt whoever invented 1t hss Ger ;sa
tainlv nut it In the power OF the lQ
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Starved Him to Death.

The county jail at Kansas City,.
Kansas, was surrouned Wednesday
night by men who insist that Nrs.
Belle higgins, her daughter Clartssa,
aged IA years. and her husband,
George higgins, held by the coroner's
jury for the death Of Higgins e-,ear-
old son by former wife, should be
!ynched. That the little boy was
starved and tortured to death Is spec
ifcally charged by the coroners jury.
The boys 2-year.old sister was also
cruelty treated and Is at the point Of
death in a hospital. While Mrs. Big
gins own children were well fed and
kindly treated the two step children,
according to the evidence presented to
the grand jury, were literally starved.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Manxled Body Eonnd.

z. Welsh, cf Johnson City, Tenn,
YVES found dsad il the pit Of the ele'
v2tor Shaft al the Bodnann Tobacco
Warehouse on Front Street Cincinnati,
Oaio, THURSDAY. His chest was crushed
and itappesred as though ne had been
killed by the elevator descending on
him. Because OF what Eere said to be
suspicious Circumstances the coroner
acd the police are Investigating on
the theory that tie man was hrst
murdered and then placed in the ele.
yator pit to avoid suspicion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Work OF q Brute.

Presenting an appearance gtast,,y
il the extreme, Mcllie Spencer, wife OF
Charles Spencer, a well known local
caterer, OF GreenVille, S. c., was
found in a house near the Brandon
mills, with hair and eyebrows shaved
eff. The wife says that while intCxl-
Gated Spencer held pistol to her head
while be yielded q rezor and clipped
her eye lashes with scissors. he was
arrested on a city warrant in the after.
nooa, retained an attorEe? and gave
sl0G bail. A State warrant is also
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Missing From Home.

Nothing has been heard Of Edward
Beemsn, q bookkeeper Of lumber
concern near Charleston, who dlsap
reared from there about three weeks
ago. His 6isappearace is MISERY
He is kao8n to have had about $500
On MS person when be left there and
it is thought be boarded train and
is some distance from Charleston,
probably 81 or En- route to Oregon,
Where be has relatives, He has a
wife and ons child. BE- was married
about a year ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Ends HIS Own Life.

At New York, William B. Travers,
millionaire mn OF leisure, son Of
the celebrated wit and Wall street
operator, William B. TraVers, COM
nitted suicide Friday by shooting
himself through the headin his apart
ments In Madison avenue. The sui-
eide is ine1plicable, Mr.. Travers be-
ing in the Prime Of life, n fair health
and the possessor Of a large fortune.
MI. Travers married Miss Lily Harri-
man, a sister OF Mrs. W. z. Wander
bill, Jr. The couple separated three
years ago, Mrs. Travsrs going to Paris
IN live
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Big GIft.

john D. Rockefeller gave his checss S
on Monday for the ten million dollars
20 meet his subscription OF that
a1ount Gsde las. June for tha pur-
p-s.s Of education. The checks we're
made payable 20 Gsorge Foster Pea
noGv: treasurer OF the general board
& education; six we're for one million
aaca and two for two millions each.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Wholesale Massacre.

The Fankfurter Zeitung sounds q
warning to the entire civilized world
that another massacre Of Armenians
throughout the entire empire OF Tur-
key is imminent. The contemplated
slaughter, it declares, viii surpass
that which occurred in 1898. Accord
ing to information received by the
newspapers the Turkish minister Of
var and OF the interior have summon
ed the Armenian patriarch to the
Yildiz Kiosk, or palace Of the sultan
st Constsntinople, aDd have told him
that the sultan had resolved to give
orders for general massacre Of Armen-
ians unless the Armenian revolution
ary agitation is stopped Immediately.
Foreign embassies at Constantinople
are displaying far less sympathy for
the Armenians than they did in 1895.
and, according to the zeitung, the
Armeniaus are doomed unless an In
te-natioaal public opinion Is 80 7igoE:e
ousley expressed that 1T will 1ntimi.
date the sultan from carrying out his
plans for a massacre.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Blown up by Nine.

The coasting steamer Hsiesho, ply.
ing between Shanghai and Tien Tsin,
struck and was totally destroyed by a
mine ninety miles south OF the Shan
sung promontony Saturday morning.
Fifteen persons On board the vessel
we're drowned among them being
Eagineers Mauchan and Mulr.
The foreign passengers and a portion
Of the crew OF the Hsiesao were res
cued by two passing steamer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Many Lives Lost.

The governor general OF the Philip
pines cabled the war department. Wed.
nesday morning that five officers and
one post hospital clerk anG six pass
sengers, twenty-seven OF the crew Of
the coast guard cutter Lsyte were los
by the wrecking OF the vessel of Sam.
ar during the recent typhoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Found Dead.

A dispatch to The State says the
dead body Of Nea! Price was found by
the side OF the railroad track Tuesday
morning near his home about tarse
miles bslow Honea Path. It is sup
uosed that be was drunk AID sat ooSn
On the end CT 3 croSStie aGG either
1ect to sleep OF waS too diu9k to
notice the approaching CT the cannon
ball train and was struck By 1t anc
killsd. The 7sr6ic5 OF TIE coroaer's
jury was that be came to his deaoh
from causes unknora to the jury.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11

uor dealers 10 6e'rsu3 the State and
tois5 Of or tie people immense Quan-
tist;s Of infs:ic- a:1d 2aTha2s po!scn.
ous STUFF. n. wonder there is such az
immense stock Of unstable" or dsa2
stock whiskey cn hand.
I trust all newspa pers IN TIE State
that have copisd Mr.. Towi!rs inpu-
dent denial OF my statement will Go
me the Justice to ccpy this, and es-
?ecially these papers af Lexington and
.;s.uGa Counties. B. r TElman,
Trenton, S. c., October 2, 1905.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
WILL BRAVE TIE FEVER.
President Roosevelt Will Pay New
Orleans . Visit.

TIE President will go to New Or.
lsans, despite the yellow fever cpl.
demtc. An official announcement tc
this effect was made at the White
House by Secretary Loeb today after
a conference with the President, at
which arrangements for Mr. Koose-
yelt's trip through the South were
arranged finally.
In order to avoid complications over
the quarantine regulations Of the
various States the President has de.
cided to make New Orleans the final
stop on his trip. He will be in New
Orleans October 26. After the cere-
monies in that city he will go abroad
a cruiser OF the Cievela- :; e:-ne and
make the journey from N;7 O .eans
t? Washington by waite ;::5 is ex-
pected to arrive here On e.E.t the
30th or the 3lst.
The President will " r ashing.
ton on the 18th, A. :ac as ST..
Augustine the trip ~: - made as
previously arranged. FfOm So.
Augustine the President will go to
Mobile, instead OF Birmingham as
previously scheduled, thence to
Tuskegee and Birmingham.
From Alabama, he will 60 to Little
R3ck and there the party will be dis
banded, tae President and Mr.. Leob
going to New Orleans, for the Gre
monies on the 265h, and the re % Under
Of tbs party returning from Little
Rock to Washington.
Il has nos been determined Whist
vessel 5ne President will use on his
return, but it will probably be the
Cleveland, tns Tacoma or the Calves
Goa. In deciding to come to Wash
i-gton by sea, the President wss in
dueneod by a desire not to come into
colf,cG with quarantine regulations.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Boar Lost.

Major General CoTbin, cabling to
the saT department. regarding tie re-
cant ty2hoon il Maniis, says that all
oi ti,a cmcers and six passengers OF
koard +he Layte, the govsr2mentccas
guard boat, ~sre lost. Tle dispatch
adds that nlporary shelter posts at
six poin!s were destroyed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Killed himself.

1T Philadelphia William e. Kill
patrick, the Philadelphia agent ct
tee Northwestern Mutual Life In.
surance company. Of Mil1alkee, was
found dead Tuesday morning in the
bathrccm N Of his apartments with q
bullet wound In his head. H. haG
slot himself somatime during the
night. Mr.. Fitzpatrick had been in
IL health for some time, AID that is
supposed to have been the cause Of
his suicide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
On Bond.

John Marion Ashley, J. R. Moore,
John Moore, VIII Moore and Hugh
Bowen, charged with the murder OF
the negro Allen Psndleton at Hcnea
PATH, have been bound over to court
! in thesssum $1,000 each.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11
Brains Her Seven Children and
Burns Their Bodies.
TOOK HEB OWN LIFE.
Mrs. Clarence Markham, Of Cambridge
Illinois, was the Unfortunate Crea.
ture. She Survived Long
Enough to Make an Awful
Confession to Sheriff.

MIS-. Clarence Markham Of CAM
bridge, Illinois, in fit OF temporary
insanity Monday killea her:seven child
rem with an axe, after (which sha
piaced their bodies on q bed, saturat.
ed it with coal oil and set fire TO 1t.
She than hacked her throat with IS
knife and threw herself on the burn.
ing bed. Neighbors rescued he,, but
she was so badly burned that she died
soon after she had made q confession.
The Oldest Child was nine years Of
age, the youngest, a baby In arms.
Neighbos, attracted by the smoke
OF the burning dwelling, rushed 10
the rescue and found MIS-, Markham
covered with blood and badly burned.
Barely able to tell her story, she at
first declared the crime had been com.
mitted by strange man, but later
when the sheriff arrived she admitted
that she had slain her children one by
one and attempted to destroy their
babies and heI owp In the fire, Soon
sfterward she died. When the ruins
OF the home had cooled, a confrma--
tion of her story was had in the find
ing OF the charred corpses, each with
it's skull crushed.
The Markhams lived apart from
neighbors, sne husband being employ
ed as a laborer on q nearby farm. He
was compelled TO be awsy from home
during the day. Having noted hls:
wife acting quserly for several weeks:
be had kept the children, the oldest
Of whom was but nine years OF age,
out OF school to be with the mother.
She was never known to exhibit vio-
lent tendencies previously.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-10-11


x rye must not be less than. 81 oo
OF Xxx rye not less than. :. oo
OF XIX rye not les than. l ~
or x gin not less than oo
OF Xxx GIN not less than. oo
OF X rum not less than ...... oO
OF X corn not less than. =. ~
OF Xxx corn not less than oO
And Xxx corn, peach ard apple
brandy must g,ace II value
Lot less than. 49,. -......... oV
We also solicit bids on rye liquors 80
grace in value at s2. 81 so and 50 per
gallon; corn, at 81 IS and 81 So PEI
gallon, and malt at 81 and 81 10 psr
gallon.
Bids and samples to be sent by e1-
press to State Treasurer, charges pre-
paid, on OK before September 12Sn,
1905 Chemical purity snt proof muSe
be guaranteed Ole hundred.
q. q. EVANS, chairman,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-09-29
UPSET the Court.

A self-satisfied young lawyer came
over from Ohio TO represent a client
of that State who was mixed up in
some litigation over which the Wayne
Circuit Court had original jurisdiction
In the course of argument the Buck
eye lawyer became tangled and the
judge kindly advised him 10 back up
and repeat with greater deliberation.
Then the court let the youth down by
saying: IF you do that ! will be bet
ter able to follow the thread of your
contention"
Glad to accommodate you, Judge"
from the young man, as he recovered
his confidence. Il am dealing with a
very complicated point of law, and
suspected that IL might te too intri-
cate for your honor to follow at the
rate ! was going"
The dignity of the court was
knocked out and he joined heartily in
the general laugh.-Detroit Free
Press.