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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
A Real Tragedy.

a sensational attempt at suicide
vas made In a New York saloon
Thursday by q man who described
himself as Rankin Duvall, IN actor,
40 years Of age. Duvau entered the
saloon and walking up to the lunch
counter picked up long bladed cheese
knife and turning to the bartender
with smile asked:
MAY 7 Use this?"
Certainly" replied the bartender,
thinking be was about 50 carve come
cheese for himself. Instead, to the
horror Of the people In the saloon, be
unbuttoned his coat and vest and
pressing the point Of the knife to bis
abdomen and fell heavily to the acor,
so chat the big blade ripped bis body,
Before any OF the men close by could
spring upon him and wrest the knife
from him, he had thrust the Weapon
twice more into the frightful wound.
DQval did not lose consci business and
when asked Why he had done such q
thing, replied: "Oh, I'm criminal;
that's ALL"
At the hospital where Duvau was
taken, 1t is said he has only a slight
chance for recovery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Killed by Railroads.

The railroads in South Carolina
during the year just passed killed 1913
persons and Injured l, 148. This in.
sludes passengers, enplo;es ana tres
fsssers, the fsurss being obtained
from the annual reports to the rail.
road commission.
rhs Southern Railways milesge In
this State is greater than that OF any
other system and naturally the lsrg'
est NUM- Der Of deaths vas on that sys.
tam. The report for that system is
under threa heads, as follows:
Atlsnta and Charlotte, killed 20
irj 2red l47.
Southern Railway, Csrolins divi'
sicn, killed 81; injured Isl.
Southern R2ilway in South Caro-
lima, killed Is; injured 2e5.
The reports from the other ROAD:
which had casualties sre as follows:
Atlantic Coast Line, killed Is; IN
jursd 2ee; Charleston and Wssserr
Carolina, killed 6; injured SO, Colun
ola, Newberry and Laurens, Injured
p. Lancaster and Chester: killed l
Northwestern Of South Carolina, Ia
jursd /.
The other small roads report non
injured o. killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
farmer, and has always been regarded

farmer, and has always been regarded
az . good corn farmer" He used t
live ia Marlboro County, AID Though
they knew oYsr there better how I:
grow corn than anywhere else. s.;
adopted the Williamson plan" this
year and made 76 bushels per scre,
and under the old plan he has mace
Is to 20 bushels per acre. Same lanos,
same condit1ons.
Lands are, under the new plaD,
very much improved.
Mr.. Robert E. James says that, he
has followed the plan, and is pleased
with it, aud satisfied 1t will be gen.
orally ado pied. HIS yield OF corn Is
from two to three times greater than
under the old plan.
O. b. Ellis thinks that the plan is
90 far superior. to the old plan that
40 comparison can be made. he hss
followed the plan for eleven years.
Leaving out the question OF fertil.
!zers, the Williamson plan Of making
corn costs much less than the old
plan.
A, j. Howard used list year $3.50
worth Of fertilizer on 40 acres, and
made ESQ bushels OF ccrn. This year,
on so acres, with s400 worth Of fer.
tilizsr, he made 500 bushels OF corn.
Mr.. David B Coker talked OF the
plan and Of his experiments In pulling
and not pulling fodder. Whers the
fodder was pulled the yisld was ~
bushels per acre; where cut and shock
e. IS bushels per acre; where fodder
not pulled 40 buehels per acre.
He exoerimented with alfalfa and
Bermuda grsas. He paid s400 for an
acre IN town and spent money in ad-
dition for fences, work, fertilizer, etc.
out thinks this Is one ct the best IL
vestnents: he has made this year.
Ee spoke Of uhe necessity fer selec
ting seed and for using the same, not
only Ia corn, but Ia other plants. MI.
0oker exhibited quite an interesting
lot Of specimens Of his efforts to il.
,rease the yield Of cotton and the
ength Of the staple.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
TIE TELEPHoNE GIRLS
Should be Remembered With Con
eideration lTNot Gifts.

Il any one class of workers, says the
Columbia Record, Is more entitled to
the kind thoughts and wishes OF
'peace on earth" which come st the
Christmas time, it Is the young ladies
gho sit day after day for long hours
at the switch board-the hello girl.
The difficulties she has to contend
With, the nervous strain put upon her,
NE tr:al Ct nsf patience is continual
iy undergoing, no one can reahzs. It
the public *hom she serves realized
In halt they would give her more COZ
sideration than they now are inclined
to do,
When. many times, sha Is trying
her best to give what IS asked for
complaints are hissed at her over the
aire, abuse and displeasure heaped
upon her innocent head by the casto.
mer she Is doing her best to serve. Be.
cause Central is the only one con.
nected With the exchange that tee
customer knows, he visits the displeas-
uTe upon the girl who is only doing
her little part the best she can. 90
der the most favorable conditions the
work she has to d. Is tsrG and 1t must
sometimes be almost unb ,arable
OF course there are occasion when
the subscriber feels justified ia beins
wrathy, but thinking of 1t calmly
what good will 1t do to yell at central
II you have any complaint to max;
you CAP at least make It In 8 q1ie'
way And probably II everyone Iriet
in these little way to tighten her heaVy
burden there would be less cause TO,
complaint Of any kind. Simple kind
ness is surely not much to give. Ans
now that the Christmas time is con
ing let Us all wish her happiness ant
in the coming year, do our share t.
make the day easier for her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Another Negro Mystery.

A remarkable phenomenon vouched
for by several people who have sscn .
colored babe born IL KY, with the
lo.ue.s ~ NJ" plainly marked on
It's forehead. The child belongs to
Pear Franklin, and her home has
been the mecca Of supertiticus and
curious colored beople since the child
was born. Those who have seen IL
and believe in signs nave been pouf-
ing over dictionaries, trying to hno =
COM m5instion of two words Of which
the birthmark might be initial that
would convey soma message to the
world.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Daring Robbery.

One Of the most daring robberies OF
recent times in Russia vas committed
at the Petersbprger international
bank Wednesday a!terr oon, wnen a
number OF robbers escaped With s14,-
500, the entire cash Of the bank.
Hslf dcz9n armed men sud 5enly ap'
peared st the counter and ordered the
clerks to throw up their hands and
shot toe policeman on duty. They
the y riied the cash drawers snd ran
eff. a fcrce Of CoEsacks pursued the
robbers and captured five Of them, but
the rest got away with the money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Times save Changed.

When the Connecticut people held
the negroes IN slsve,y 1t was against
the law to teach tnem TO read. But
when they sold themselves 70 the peo-
pie of the South tDey c1anged some
what, and Miss Prudence Cradell,
who died seventy. five yesrs ago. and
who was imprisoned for teaching
colored girls to read and write, Is now
about to be honored by Waterbury.
A big granite boulder rough In struc
ture is to be set up near Ter grave,
9htch is the last resting plsce also OF
Elder Levi Knaeland who Wss ip
priscneo for helping Miss Crsndall IN
de6en OF the custom Of her Time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Killed Their Captain.

4 riot OF negro troops, Similar 70
the Brownsville affair, has happened
In the Philippines, according 70 q
letter received by Mrs. M. 4. JacR.
son, Kemoas, Ind, the mother OF
Lieutenant Calvert, who was murder
ed nv members Of nis company while
On duty. The letter says Calvert was
the yietim Of preneditatsd mur ler.
Re tried to stop drunken fight OF
h,s men OF the twenty-fourth infan-
try. negrces, when shot. The entire
company is under arrest. An appeal
will be made to President Roosevelt
to have the guilty punished. No
members OF the company will reveal
who did the fatal shooting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
PRAYER Raised the Dead.

At Boston before a class In the
fashionable Emanuel church Thurs
day night, Rev. Elwood Worchesser
gave an astonishing account Of now by
prayer and auto suggestion he had
revived a Philadelphia woman who to
all purposes vas dead. Seven doctors
had pronounced the woman dead. Ber
heart had ceased beating and her e1.
tremities were cold, yet he revived
ner 30 she lived "a hours and talked
with friends. Three hundred persons
in the class accepted the story with
out QUESTION.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Barn Burning Society.

Three negroes were arrested ID
New berry, being suspected OF having
burned the barn Of Press N. BoeZet
and one Of the number has con1essso.
Investigation leads to the belief thai
there is an organization In tras
county composed OF negroes who or
de-ed the work to be done. There
vss considerable excitement at first
INIT ali is quite there now.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Barkeeper Killed.

The italian quarter OF New York
WAS shocked Wednesday 81 the most
revolving murder OF yesrs. Salvatore
Sterlozzs, 9 sa.oon Keeper, is the vic
tim, The assassin drew circle on
the glass door OF his saloon as 8 tar
get and then called the barkeeper. AS
Sterlozza's body covered the target,
the assassin fired with shotgun
loaded With slugs, mimic balls and
shot. The mans chest and head
were literally blown to p!ecss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Child Badly Burned.

At Columbia the little eleven year.
old daughter Of Fire Chief May was
painfully and very seriously burned
early Wednesday morning and hsr
iather was also painfully burned.
Che little girl wSs standing before az
open fire when her clothes caught,
the flames 9 llckly spreading over the
IL f smuable materisl. Mr.. May
rusned into the room, grabbing his
daughter in his arms and set to WORK
to e1tingush the flames. MI. May
wss burned while thus occupied.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Much Fertiliz srs Used

While the farmers in some sections
OF the State may lave been hard hit
by the autumn storms the figures in
the State Treasursr's Office on the
privilege or fertilizer tsx show that
more fertilizer material wss used this
year on the farms than in any other
wear since the establishment OF the
tax. The total received 80 Tar is
s161,738.41 against 1927 .282.7S for
the same period last year. The taz
Is % cents per ton and the entire
amount goes to Clemson College.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19

ten by toe same person who wrote the
letters to MI. Benson.
That a mistake has been made and
an unknown body shipped to MIR. Ro-
jahn is certain.
MI. Elliott states that while he is
not legally responsible for the money,
in consideration Of the fsct that q
mistake was made, he will refund all
but actual expenses.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Drowned in q Wsshtub.

The little fVe.yesr.old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Ellis, who live 10
miles south OF Greenwood, was drown.
ed Wednesday morning in 3 washtub.
TIE little child climbed up In q
wheelbarrow standing by the tub and
fell in the tub CT water. She was
there 20 minutes before being discov.
ered. DR.. Ward the nesrest physician
was teiephoned for, but the little
child vas dead before he could gel
tnarn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
KILLED q Horse.

One of the state constab ables shot and
killed horse in Charleston on Tues.
day that was drawing a wagon load
Of contrsband liquor. The constable
had ordered the driver to stop, and be
refused. The horse belonged to Sot-
tile Brothers, notorious blird tigers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Masonic Orphsnase,

The grand lodge Of Masons in SEE
sion in Charleston decided to build a
Masonic orphsnags. The tru'tees will
have this yssr $40, 900 for this pur-
pose. They are j. R. Johnson, Gao
S. Mower, G. Z. Bryan, c. z. Sawyer
and the grand master ex. otticio.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Wounded Man Dies.

Forms. Uoite6 States Senator Ar
thur Brown, Of U5sh. who was shot
in his apartments ST tbs Hotel
Rsleigh in Washington Saturday az
ssrnoon By Mrs. Anns II. Bradley, OF
Sslt Lake City, died at midnight
Thursday, at the Energere ey Hos
pitsl. Mrs. Bradley wss arrsigned IL
polieo court on ths charge OF murder.
Her atsorrags set up the defense that
shs was jus.:Ssa under the 'unWIls-
ten L. a~'' IN shooting MI. Brown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Forty Drowned

At st. Petersburg, Rnssia, forty
factory workers were drowned We'd
nesday morning while crossing the
Neva river on the ice on their way
to work. The ice collapsed when one
hundred men we're In the certer OF
the stream. Sixty saved themselves.
but the Others were washed under
the ice,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
First Tea Crop Sold.

At Charleston last week marketing
vas begun OF the first crop OF Amerl.
can tea grown en- a commercial scale.
Twelve thousand pounds have been
raised Oh q plantation IN Colletoa
county, few miles from Charlestcn.
For several gears tea hiss been mar
keted troE Pinehurst, the govern
nent experimental garden at Sum
nervil]e, tu5 the product marketed
today is th- first of purely CONNER.
cial venture. The output next yea!
promises to be very large.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Ha honaht for $40 QGO the

stsle He bought for $40, 0C0 the
residence then known IS the Preston
msnsio1-hs7icg cor long time been
the home OF John S. Preston, 9
wealthy and prominent citlzsn. This
building with it's grounds and with
others arecse: oc them has in recent
years been ussd as the Presbyterian
College for Women.
Moses had this mansion elegantly
furnished and the building and
grounds he always kept in first class
condition. His style OF living wss
most estravsgaIt. he had q hand
sons carriage drawn bg pair Of
bssutiful horses-tne whole turnout
calculated to give TIE impression thst
it belonged to some rich man fond OF
making adisp'sy Of his wealth. AWay
from Eone-on the frequent trips
which he made to Washington and
New York-hs spent money even
more la7ishly (snd more disrepptably)
Than be did at home. Hs had tie
reputation OF spcn1ius thirty to forty
thousand dollars OF hls sala,y q
So 500. Tnsse estimates might have
been excessive bscsuse made by peo.
e'e who ware unscoCstomed to such q
cisolsy OF wealth IS Moses ssV, tasns
The general opinion Wss thar in his
ayo 3es-S il the governors off :e Be
mrso nsse sp=at not less than $50, 600
for nis living sxpenses. Ee expended
lsfge sums otherwise. IN NJ ay, 1874,
it was publicly ststsd that ais debts
amounted to mcrs than 1925 900 and
his sssets TO s67 600. These fgures
were afterwards verified when be file d
hts petition IS voluntary bsIk uo5
The corrupt means which bs employ
cd to get money made him famous as
the roboer governor
BIS SOURCES OF REVENUE.
'Tae frauds by which Moses pro
cured the money that he spent chief.
ly In 'rioutous living hsvs bean
Stated by himself or by these who
joined him In his scasmes. Re Ieceiy-
ed s large share OF the 1ooney PAID by
Josephus Woodruff sn6 A O. Jones
10 have their printing bills passed. For
ths approval OF one printing appro
p,iation December 81, 1922 Moses
received $40, GOO. For z Ike service
in relation TO the set Of December ls
1878, he received SO. 500, and on diff
srent Gays IN that month severs! sums
agsrasat ting about S., 900. Moses him.
self admitted under oath that on q
single occasion he bad received from
Woodruff SIS, 900, which Was used to
make the first ps7msn6 IN the pur-
chase Of the Preston msnsSon.
1t was Commonly reported thSt
N 3ses exacsed money OF numbers OF
his appointses among the county Off
cisls, and that he sold many psrdons
for actual money. Certain it is thst
whenever his Official station gave him
opportunity he used 1t corruptly in
his interest. HIS conduct became 50
orazen, bis villsnies were 50 much ad-
rertised the country over that it was
plain to the Republican leaders in
South C:rollEs thas unless they should
really turn over new Leaf they must
not expect the countensoce OF the na
tionsl party or the help Of the nation.
81 government.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Heard Eighteen Miles.

Eighteen miles is said to be the
longest distance at which a mans
voice has been heard. This occurred
IN the Grand Canyon Of Colorado,
where one nan shouting the name
Bob" At one and was plainly heard
at the other end, which Is ls miles
awsy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Killed in China.

News has been received In Ander-
son of the murder by Chinese OF the
sen-year-old daughter Of MI. and
Mrs. Frank Royal, missionaries IN
China. Mrs. Royal was bsfore her MAJ
,aige q Miss Sullivan, nesr Peizsr.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Heavily Fined.

Judge Holt IN the United States
court in New York on Tuesday I'M
posed fines OF $780, 600 and $40, 900 re-
spectiYeiy on the American Sugar Be
futng company and the BfoQk2Ess
Cooperage COMPANY iasFssssB5
bates tS6as III
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
Epidemic of D,phtherf..

Owing 10 sn epidemic OF diptheris
In several psrls ct Long Island very
large numosr Of schools have been
closed. 4 punber Of deaths are re-.
porrld. The disei Sc Is spreading.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-12-19
HAS SEEN a NEW LIGHT

Ws7ne G.. King says be made about
go bushels per aore, with s7.15 per
acre. His neighbor, r. s. Grant,
over In Chesterfield County, is good
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-14
Bad Money in Church.

Vestrymen in a number of New York
churches are complaining OF the guam
tity Of counterfeit coins found in the
collection boxes nowadays. Time was
when a piece of bad money in the con
tribution box was a curiosity. Per
sons who were unfortunate enough to
get stuck with spurious coins took
good are not to pass them off on the
church. Whether they are less con-
scientious now or less able to detect
the character Of the change they han
die is a question. -
Churchmen hesitate to suspect the
congregation of saving up counterfeit
dimes, quarters and half dollars for
the collection plate as the easiest way
of ~discharging their church duties and
at the same time getting rid of bad
money, but with all their charitable in
tentions there are those counterfeit
coins to be explained away somehow
New York Press.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-14
Many wonderful cures of female Ills
arc continually coming to hgGtswhieh
have been brought about by Lydia e.
Pipkham's Vegetable Compound, and

through the advice Of Mrs: Pfnxham,
of LynnsMsss>, which is given TO sick
women absolutely free'ofcharge.
The present Mrs. Pinkham has for
twenty-five years made a study Of the
ills of her sex she has consulted with
and advised thousands of suffering
women, who to-day owe not only their
health but even Life to her he1pfal
advice.
Mrs. Fannie D. Fox, of 2 Ches+.ut
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Women suffering from any form Of
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-14
FIrst South American Cardinal.

Mgr. Gioachino Arceverde de Abe
querque Cavalcanti. upon whom Plus
x. has bestowed the red hat. thereby
creating the first South American Car.
dinal. comes of the Brazilian branch OF
the ancient and noble Italian family
Of Cavalcanti, one of whose members,
Guido Cavalcantl. was the friend OF
Dante. In South America the Brazil.
ian branch has been established 400
years. and many CGvalcautiS have he!t
distinguished positions in the church
and State in that countrywide Mail
Gazette.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1906-02-14
TRUSTEE FOR FIELD ESTATE.
IS, 600, 900 Left to Daughter and $S,'
900, 900 to Columbian Museum,

' ''
Chicago, ul.-Tbat the estate of Mar.
shall Field, by the will, will be held
undivided under trusteeship for the
benefit of the children of Marshall
Field, j., was learned from one Of the
members of the family present at the
reading Of the will.
TO the people of Chicago the mer:
chant prince. carried out his implied
promise by leaving $S,000,000 to the
Field Columbian Museum. Mr.. tleldS
only daughter, Mrs. David Beattie, OF
England, will receive $S,OOO,OO0
These are the only large separate be-
quests. To his nieces and sisters Mr..
Field left cash gifts Of 100000 or less,
thus fulfilling the growing belief thai
he would not dispose of large sums i'll
this direction. Smaller sums were left
to various charities in which Mr.. Field
was interested. Old family servants
also were remembered. The Field eS-
tate at once takes first place among
the biggest family fortunes i'll the
United States. Attorneys now are busy
estimating its size. and formal an.
nouncement of the contents Of the will
have been postponed until an accurate
valuation shall have. been reached.
Whether the lump sum is $100,O00.OU
or $3.50, 100000. it certainly takes rank
with the Gould. Astor or Vanderbilt
fortunes.
The chief bene6ciaries are as yet
only children. They are Marshall
Field. ILL.,. twelve years old; Henry
Field, nine years old; Gwendolyn Field,
four years old.
It is believed that Mr.. Field included
all three of his sons children i'll the
trusct deed because Of the poor health
from which young Marshall Field, the
natural heir. has suffered.