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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
A BAD Woman.

At Rlyvjlle, L., charged with
poisoning her husband with strych'
nine, in order to be free OF martial
lies and to marry younger man,
Mrs Bette E. White, 3S years old, OF
comely appearance, has been convict
ed Of manslaug ater in the district
court here before Judge W. ]. Gray,
who sentelced the woman to term
OF fifteen years in the penitentiary.
The most sensational feature Of the
yrlal, which lasted week, was the
testimony OF Mrs. Mlry B.ssett, Of
RayyiIle, elder daughter OF Mrs.
white, who identified the handWrit-
ing Of her mother in numerous billet
doux alleged to have been sent bV
MIS-. Waite to Manfred Cook, Is years
old, her alleged accomplice In the pol
m consD!ra,V.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Paw Small Bills.

There is far TOO much negligence
everywhere about the small amounts
Of money. It not uuit: quently hap
pens that men will have a small
amount charged when they have suf-
icient money In their pockets to pay
It, and suajact the creditor to tbs
Trouble OF sanding it for collection
vher lie needs it, taking the chances
OF learning that the debtor Is away
from his place Of business or from
home and perhaps sunjectsng him 20
the imputation Of being in a needless
hurry for payment. More attention
TO TITS point, and especially by those
&c whom the payment is inmaterial,
who can pay at one time as we'll as
another, would be vast improve
uen5 Oh 1Ee present mode OF many
persons In doing business. The
prompt payment OF small bills is a
matter Of more Importance than is
generally attached to it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
One Thousand Killed.

A dispatch from Tokyo to The Lon
.aeF Daily Telegraph says: "AdVices
from Taihoku lcapital Of Formosa)
state that by the eartl quake on that
island, in the prefecture cf hsgl alone
l,4OO houses we're destroy ed, LOLA
parsous killed and 695 Injured. The
war department has Isl usd the follow
ino. "One-half Of Kagi has been Go
,troyed. The garrison we're marched
ouss;de, where they are now camping.
All the soldiers are safe. We are send
ing them to Tainan, Trains oe6"eeD
K:gi and Toroku have beer stopped
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Echoes ofthe Storm.

-Four sailing vessels lay wrecked or
tae Virginia and North Carolina
coasts Thursday. These vessels are
Il g taree-nasted schooner Raymon,!
T. Maull. Capt. Higbis, frcn Georgia
TO Philadelphia, which lies bszched
on Gull sl1osls, n. c., south Of Hat
teras; the three nasted schooner Hss-
land W. Houston, Capt. GasFsns,
from New York to Besufors,:N. G !,
which lies wate1-logged, at Batteras
tnIet; the British sailing ship Clyde.
Capt. Evans, from the South for NsW
York and Calcutta, which is stranded
south OF Cape Ratteras, and the four.
mas!ed schooner Harry T. Hayward,
Capt Cclcor5. which was beached ID.
side OF Cape Henry following Ter COLI
sion with the German steamer San
Miguel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
A LUCKY MAN,
FALLS ONE HUNDRED FEET AND
LANDS SAFE AND SOUND
Blancos Umbrella Acts as Parachute
when Ee7s Blown from Pal.
isades.

The Esw York American says one
Of tie n ost remarkable tricks ever
played by gale Of wind was perpet-
rated ty the clustering March storm
Thursday Eight when it tl,w man
over the Palisades, where there is a
sheer drop Of one hundred feet, buoy
ed him ID by his umbrella until he
had Il lated down the greater part OF
the distance, and then dropped to the
ground, where be was found scratch
ed and bruised but without a bcpe
broken.
Salvador Blanco was the srferer
from the prank OF the storm. He
lives on River avenue, in Cliff >ide Patk
about four miles north OF Hoboken.
B!anco saS returning to his home
wednesday evening, protecting him
self fron the sleet and rain with an
Old fashioned. wooden-handled UNI
brella OF large sizs. As was his Gus
tom, he was walking along the path
close to the brow Of the Palisades,
when a strong gust Of wind caught
the umbrella and almost Wrenched 1t
from his grasp.
Forgetting any possibility II perss>
nal danger, Blanco held on tightly to
she handle Ct bis umbrella, while the
/ force OF the gale dragged him to the
edge OF the Palisadrs, ana Saeh be
lost his balance and puff OF wind car
ried him cut into space.
The wind was blowing straight oVei
the river and Bianco was carried c.eal
Of the cliff, VIII n the wind got be
meath the umbrella, converting 1t into
parachute, and Blanco began to float
gently downward.
For space of several seconds the
gradual drop continued, the strong
ribs and cloth of the umbrella holding
against the weight OF the man. Blsncc
vas within twenty feet OF the ground
In the leeward Of the cliff when q
slant Of wind struck the umbrella
turning it inside out and collapsin2
it com pletely as support.
Bla, CO shot downward. But the
luck that had sustained him thus fa1
did not desert him. and be fell into
clunp OF bushes on the shore below
jol5ing, bruising and scratching hin
severely, but doing him no serious IN
jury.
AS soon as Blanco found his Voics
he yelled for assistance. he was foun:
among the bushes, still clingirg tc
the wreck OF his umbrella. When b
told OF bis drop from the cliff aboV'
these wh) had found him hastenec
to call an ambulance, believing tha'
the mans body must be crushed 81
that be could not live.
When the surgeon from ST. Mary
Hos pt sal in Hoboken arrived be coul:
ind no Indication Of serious injury
but he took the man to the hospital
There Bianco was found to be suffer
ing more from fright and shock thai
anything else, and he was kept owe
night. The surgeons believe tina
Bianco can look back with more calm
ness On his terrifying experience ant
with his nerves restored be can re
turn to his family. The umbrella ha
been preserved for BIanco.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Eor,une In Trash Pile.

At Hattisburg, Miss, Thursday
morning the negro porter in the Con-
ner Bios. shoe store was about to
pitch the sveepings Of the store into
the rear alley when Policeman Nor
wood reached down into the pile OF
rubbish and picked out an envelope
from which be drew greenback, bank
checks and other negotiable papers to
the value OF 3l,eS3.l2. The money
and papers were the property OF Dr..
J. A. B Sykes Of Iron City, Ga, who
spent the early part of the week here
aud travelled oa to New Orleans be-
fare be discovered that his fortune,
carried in an envelope, was missing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
4Jy5 AYD T0R1atS
Used BY NEGROES IN sHATTA.
SooGA on TUESDAY
Following the summary Execution Ct
cne Of Their Raca fur
Assault.
Assault.

4 dispatch says law snd oIdsr won
signal victory in Ctattar rooga,
Tenn, on Tuss6ay Eight when
SQUAD OF less than 100 police men,
backed by four companies OF militia
aeld a large crowd Of negroes. various
y estimated from 2,0G0 to 1000 In
number, In check; preserved peace;
aad pr vented riot which m1gn5
nave resulted in great loss OF life.
With the exception Of a small fusil-
lade Of shots or E2st Ninth street,
near the intersection Of A., IL which
5wo white men were sho:', ara tne
burning Of a house on West Ninth
street, there was no further disorder.
% to midnight the following i1]ur-
ed had been reported:
John Curtis, railroad msn, shot
in shoulders by unknown negro.
Dick Light, deputy sheriff, shot IN
haud by unknown negroes.
Tuesday night opened with every
evide1 CO # trouble. During the day
all the manufacturing plants IN the
city were closed because OF the refusal
Of the negroes to worE, and by night
they were forming into parties "h1cn
the cn1 GERS broke up as fast as posi-
BILE.
Tue trou',le was cause7 5y the lyn.
ching Of negro named Ell. Johnson
for comni. ting an assau an a white
woman some weeks ago. Johnson had
been tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hung. he was confined In the
jail at CaattaDoogs awaiting exocu-
tion, which would have taken place on
Friday.
| The case had been appealed to the
United States Supreme Court, which
had issued an order pcstponlpg the
execution. This so exasperated the
people that they took tie fsnd from
the isil and lYnched him, They were
afraid that ne would escape his just
punishment for the terrible crime ne
had committed. Johnson was lynch
ed on Monday, and this caused the
negroes to attempt vengeance. bad
che thing not been nipped in the bud
hundreds Of negroes would have been
killed, as the whites were fully armed
and ready.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28

\ ~.
''The official records Ct the Collector
internal revenue and Of the State
disrensa!y show therefore, that there
were during 1854 more than ten
times as many blind tigers in The
ninety-one dispensary towDs and cit
les as in all the resi- Of the State com.
bined."
Whiie this may be true as this cor
respondent states, 1t is interesting tc
note that tf the 297 blind tigers 10
Gated il the disp, nsary territory 23s
ct them are located IN Charleston,
NJ ultrieVille, Mount Pleasant and
J hn's Island. The three last named
places are near or adjacent TO Charles
ton, where the authorities, like those
Of Charleston, wink at The Illicit sale
OF Equor. Il will be further noticed
that 4S Of tbe So blind tixers that are
LETT at.er decucuiDg the 239 that ale
located in Charleston ano vic nifty ars
locat-d in C !unbia, Anderson, Dar
lingron, Eigefe;d, GreenVllse
L u:ens. Newoerry, Spartanburg ano
Union, all OF which place except Co;
luzbia has voted out the d.spensary
-his w;u.d leave only 10 bIiad tigers
for the di pensary e9uaties not anclud'
ing Caar:e,ton sSsa Vicinity aEa Go
lunbia. T;liS Is nog a. bad showing
IS the correspondent makes out fol-
the dispensary counties, which are
trying to enforce the Law. TIE cor
respondent goes on to say:
The habitat Of t1e tax receipt
blind tiger is chiefly in the larger
cities. Tae rural noonshiner fights
It out with the deputy marshals as
best be can without giving up to the
government toe price IT tie tax r.
csipt. In Columbia, the capital ci5y
the tiger is far less arr CANT than ne
was a few years ago. There are now
t1ent, Two blind tigers IL Culu2bia,
which pay the tax r>c:ipt, most OF
&c: 10 bairg locat7d within pistol shot
Ct tae capitol building and lying 10
tne territory between 1t ard the main
S3ate oispcnSsry builci. g."
Concerning Charleston, the point
tycm which be writes, the corEespo1d
ent says:
"Bus it is in Charle2ton and en7ir
DDS trat the blind tiger principally
5hrives. Here he aoides ard doe:
b.;s!ress with out little serious inter.
fererce.
In 1902. ID gathering some eV.-
decce for the Department OF Justice
TO, use in the case Of South Carolina
vs.. the Uaited States involving she
right OF 5ae 6 vern reDt TO tax dis
osr>aries, which was afirnatively
decided in the United States Supreme
Court last mouth, I had occasion to
prepare blind tiger map CT Charles
rnn. THIS map SLOWS the location OF
2Cs bind tigers in the principal part
CT the cisy.
Il have just completed new map
OF the ci:y, which shows 2Ol olinn
.igers IN the same territory as tney
exist tcday. AS the previcuz map
WAS mace curing the Charleston e1-
pcsitioc, there were naturally a
larger number OF blind tigers than
there are cow.
& comparison OF the two maps
shows. that the greater portion Of the
blind tigers Of 1902 are stillin exts-
lence atser q period OF four years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Nexroes to n ,2roes.

The following was adopted oy q
colored farmers conference recently
held In Aiken:
/. We congratulate the country
upon the steady decrease in the luz
ber OF lynchjpgs as indicated by hgur
es for 1905. We recognize the fact
that helpful and wholesome infuen.
css have been at work among the peo
pie, and We hope that 1906 will Wit
ness far less than the &c lyIchings OF
1905.
2. AS race, We pledge our sup
port to law and cr1er, by endeavoring
not to furnish TIE material for the
mob rule. In this fort, we urgently
appeal to our people to condemn ano
aid in reducing the number Of Grim
inals, loaters. uneducated dissipators
and disrespectfal boys and girls.
3. The Negro workman Is called
upon to give their employers such
satisfaction that in case Of q change
in employment, the position will al
ways be open to him.
4. Since ownership Of land anc
homes is one Of the highest 1ncen
tives to American cit:zsnship, we ep.
peal to our people to come In posses
zion more largely ct soil, etc.
5. Real Dg that so many potato
patc.e5, strawberry beds, vegetable
gardens ard plantations have been
put into the South Carolina Oispen.
sary We advise OUT people to invest
their earrings in supplying family
needs, Masking LONE attractive and
inviting and educating their children.
6. We declare ourselves free from
any desire for social equality with
our white neigbbors. We loudly
clanor for equality Of opportunity.
I. In view OF the real power Ct
the Southern woman, we urgently
call upon her to manifest more and
mere, a deeper interest in the welfare
OF the colored people.
g. We confess, that as race we
have faults. We ask our white
friends to help US remove these
weaknesses. Encourage the race, and
the European immigrant will not oe
needed.
9 We deacunce, as unsafe and IL
sane, any incendiary advice advanced
to our people by SO called leaders
touching racial conditions In the
South.
We recommend the above to the
Negroes every where. There Is
much sound sense In what is said and
if followed out b. the Negroes genral-
lY would make them happier and
more usef1! citizsns. We d, not
know who drew up these resolutions,
but whoever did, is good true friend
to the Negro and wishes to see them
prosperous and happy. 1t is an ap-
peal from Negroes to Negroes, and
should be needed by the race.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
TIE CAMS Law.
Many Done Seem 70 Understand the
New Act.

The Columbia Record ct the 2lst
instaat said a party OF about II
Columbia sportsuen organized to nake
q trip to Fort Mot5> lss5 week t.
shoot birds, apparently uaninoful CT
The fact thai the last legislature
auerded TIE game law SO as TO p1o
vide for q cIossd seas2n f:om ths 1t
Of Ma ca Instead Of from the Isl o.
April, as heretofore. A similar m:sun
Gersaan6iog seems to prsvail tartuga-
out toe state. A state thc3r'5 sscre'
tary received an iav15asloa Weines.
day from Yorkville party to g. GU:
for hunt before the seasoa," bat
he wired bis regrets, saying tla season
had already closed. The new game law
provides:
TT shall not be lawful for any per
son in this state between the lst day
Of Marco and the Is "a Cay OF N'vem-
Ter, exc pit in the couctits OF Beat
:ort H>upsan, Dorchester, Colleton,
Charleston. Barnwell, Ba-k ley, Aiken
Oconee, Lexington, Fairfield, Sal1da
Gso-gelown and Clarendon, wherein
the time shall be between the 1't day
OF April and the lst dsy Of November
In any year hereafter, to catch, kill,
OF irjure, or to pursue with such in-
te Mt, any wild turkey, partridge, Qu:il,
woooc2ck, Mongolian or other pneas-
ant, or at any tine within FIVE years
from March the first, 1865, to sell, OF
Ter, or expose for sale, snip OF export
for sale, or TO pot hunt, net, trap, or
by FIRE light to catca, kill or irj ire,
or to pursue with such intent, any Of
the birds haned in this section; no:
shall any person or persons destroy or
ro5 tie nests Of any said birds.
And auy person so doing shall be
deemed guilty. Of mlsdemeanor, anc
upon conviction therefore shall ts fa
ed not more THAI t1enty dollars or be
imprisoned not more than thirty days
Provided, That nothing in this act
shall prevent the importation for sale
Of any said birds. Provided, further,
Toat the own handling, possession.
control OF ownership Of any OF the SAID
birds sole, offered or exposed TOR sale.
or shipped or exported, shall be prina
facie evidence Of q violation OF this
act, AND the burden OF proof s5ail De
CT proof shall be upon any pers>n So
handling, possessing, controlling O:
owning any OF :hE- said birds, to sho"
that they were i'm ported from a1othsr
state OF territory"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Shot Hts Head OH.

The five year old son OF J. 7
Treadwell, near Whitesburg, Ca, has
had the top Of bis head shot ttf. He
and bis twip brother climbed on the
bed and reached up for the gun, to
pIay With as was supposed. 1t Is be-
lieved he had the nuzzle OF the gun
in his mouth while the twin brother
pulled the trigger. The mother hear
ing the report OF the gun, rushed in
to see her boy with the whole top Of
his head shot OF.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Struck By Lightning.

While preaching to his congrega-
tion Sunday, Rev. J. B. Lsntz. pastor
OF Latter Day Saints church at Car.
son, Iowa, was struck by lightning,
which caused his death within an
hour. The bolt was communicated
by a chandelier. The church took fire,
but the flames were soon extinguish-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Killed in snow Slide.

A dispatch from Granite, Colo.
SAYS an enormous snow slide cane
down Thursday eVenirg 6 In the Win
field and Clear Creek mining district.
killing, it is reported, at least half q
dozen men. Among the dead is
Harry Wineborn, the pioneer prospec.
tor and mining man Of Chaffee ceun.
ty. A relief party was organized oy
James Ball and has gone to the scene
OF the disaster. The news Of the
slide was brought to town by a coQr-
Ter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
CHASED By WOLVES.
a Night Traveller Attacked by the
hungry Beasts.

A dispatch from Outonagon, Mich,
ssys George Biggs, chased by q large
pack Of hungry wolves had a thrilling
experience in the wilds Of Carp Lake
township. He was hauling a load Ct
provisions from there to his home, at
the old Nonesuch mine. The dis
tance is twenty miles, and the way
lies through a practically unoroken
forest
Night overlook hiu before he had
covered more than talf toe distacee.
BE continued Oh bis journey, and bs
tween 9 and 10 o'clcck be was startled
By the bowling OF wolves close a.
hand. BE had no weapons with him
he urged his horses to a faster ga't:
but as the road is up a heaVS graoe'
progress was slow at best
Biggs had only gone a shors oS-
tance farther when ne noticed twenty
five or thiIty Of the auimals enlsrge
from the brush into the roadway just
behind him. On the front OF h15
conveyance was a lantern VITA a re-
Hector. MI. Bigge se.zsd this and
turned the strong lfgat upon The
wolves. 1t frightened them and thsg
SUNK back into the shadows OF the
woods. But they soou became bold
er and commenced closing In upon
tseir prey.
MI. Biggs realized that be was in q
desperate plight. IN the sleigh va:
tin pail with hay and taking IL to
the rear OF the conveyance be applied
a match. The flames cowed the AMI
mails. The fire was kept burning
brightly, and at the same time The
team was lashed and urged onward.
The wolves were kept in ch: ck 1o]
a time, bat they gradually came
closer ard closer, advancing along 1he
sides Of the Sleigh. The supply o.
hay was giving ous. Nj. Bizgs II
desperation tore open box of'cannet
goods, and commenced hurl'nR cans q
them with some effect, c1ecking incl
progress for the third time.
Just as he was about to give up tn
struggle small clearing was entered
The wolves dropped behind and th
man hurried the jaded horses int
one OF the old mine buildings, and
closing the doors as securely as pos
siole, passed the night there. IN
robes which were left in the sle1gl
we're found In shreds in the morning
and the snow round the building Wa
packed solid by the animals in thei
endeavor to gain entrance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
BLIND 1IGkRS.
a PROHIBITION FIEND AGENT
CLaSSItIES THEM.
ghs Number in Each County That
Have q: tied States EeV-
enue Licenses.

A stsf correspondent OF The Asso.
ciated Prohibition Press, who has
made an investigation Of the liquor
trs H. conditions In this State and a
special study Of the blind tiger siSua-
Sion in Charleston makes an inVesti.
eating report on the truitage ct law
lsssness and corruption in the wake OF
the Stste saloon system" He says:
There are 469 Federal tax receipts
of sretails liquor dealers and retail
dealers in malt liquors now in force
In South Carolina.
Including these that have been
voted out during the past year, there
are 107 regular and thirty-six beer
disoenssries in the State. Tits leaves
tossl Ct s26 'bllrd tigers in the
State that hold Federal tax receip:
for selling liquor. Thsre are, there
fore, nearly Two ard halt times as
many bind tigers in the State as
legal selling establishments.
"Thesa 143 dispe1sariesin the State
represent but ninety-one toWns and
cities where liq1or has been legally
sold curing the past year. In twenty
of thrse places, the people have voted
out the grcgstops, so that there are
now but Sc vsnty-one GOWNS snd cities
where intoxicants are legally sold.
"A most striking fac5 comes to the
surface OF this bIind tiger situation:
OF the 326 blind tigers OF the Stace
only twenty. nine are TO found IN pro
hiol:ion districts. The balance CT 2sl
are all located in dispensary to~ns anc
cities. In this connection, IL Is inter
estirg to compare with the above, the
dispensary cities Of tie State and thell
coraision as TO blind tigers.
R,!ow is given list OF the towns
and cities OF South Carolina Wher:
:he.e are more Federal tax receipts /;
tosc, taan there are dispensaries. OF
have ooen dispenssr!es during the pas
year. The rumber noted as bind tt
gers represents the excess Ct tax re
| .:.s, ov,~ riivpc pro RIGS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Three Children Cremated

The three children OF Junius Bach.
eris we're burned to death In their
home near Oxford, Fla Sunday night
curing tie absence Of the parert ts.
The children were too young to know
what to do to escape, enc being five,
one two years ole, and the other az
infant. Tae house was destroyed an !
the bodies incinerated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28

'.To al the cotton growers Of the
State leu me n AXE this plea: II you
have cot re5ucad yCur acreage, and If
you bave already prepared it for cot
ton, let me beg you as 8 business pro-
position. as a good sense proposition,
to reduce your cotton acreage now,
and irccesse your corn and food crops,
supply yourselves with more hogs and
cattle and reap the. reward OF proSpe.
ity.
"Hold you- sros cottoc!'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Fou1 Guests Burne d.

The business portion OF the village
OF Tustin, Osceolo county, Mich, was
destroyed by fire which started In the
hotel Compton from defective fur.
mace. Ten guests escaped In night
clothes while four we're burned to
dee Sh. The financial loss Is s2l, 900.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
AUGUSTA Confederate veterans have

tabled a motion to send delegates to
the proposed Wheeler memorial to oe
held In Atlanta. They:do not believe
In mixing the Blue and the Grey. Src1
intolerance Is out Of place, and we
are glad to know that there is not
much Of it North OF South.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-28
Served Him Right.

At New York on Thursday after
dslibsrating fourteen minutes, the
Jury In the case Of Robert S S'riggs,
the negro proprietor OF a resort
where it was alleged white wonen
were detained against their will,
bropoht In a verdict OF guilty OF the
second ctfense OF abduction. sprlggs
wae roman6ed for sentence. The ex-
treme penalty in such crimes is 20
vea,s i'm orisonment, and that will be
Sprigg's punishment.