The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-24
C,W WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a. 1906.

sapk insn the mess OF meat ssvers
Inches. There was a boiling OF water
The bow OF the boat sank deep an
a~ay it went for the Gulf.
General Cleary and his boat wer
closer to the fish than any other per
sons at the tins the harpocn wa
thrown. His boatman started II
pursuit, and when the fish made 1t
first swerve be threw line to th
boat Of Klein and Farley. Now i
had two Goats to pull with four men
Soon 1t made snothe. deviation an!
smother boat threw It's anchor IN th
Cleary bost. AL the other boats
seeing the success Of CleaZy, wer
rushing as fast as they could to do e.
be had done. The result was tbst II
hslf an hour the beast was tow:ns
thirteen boats, In esch Of which wer:
two men. The most ct these bost!
we're heavy si1teen-foot beats used 20
tarpoon snd sea fishing, while soma
OF them we1e gasoline launches,
It wss about 1890 o'clock Thez
Kline threw the harpoon. EleVer
O'Clock came and the monster wal
scurrying around with apparent ut
mcst ease. Out to the ocean buoy
away beyond the Pass buoy be weni
with bis string Of boats, and around II
sgain. Once he went so close to ii
that ne thought he would foul or foul
US on the chain Of the beacon but
there was no trouble. Then out in the
Gulf be went until the land had al.
most faded.
Twice, when he was eircling, he
took short cuts and went under the
boats. In each case it was all tha
world like q mad beast surrounded,
that had resolved to break. through.
As he made thesa moves there was q
scurrying in the boats, sn untying OF
towlines and breaking away esch
boat for itself.
Al about half past twelve 1t was
agreed to hoist a signal OF distress,
and call out the Efe.ssVing crew. So
we hoistad red and white hand
kerchief On q fishing pole and stuck it
as high as possible toward the sky. at
this season OF the year the life saving
service has a man at each station In
the cupola on tbs top Of the building.
The watch at tho pass ssw the signal
with his glasses he ascertained our
trouble. he notified Mr.. Cotter, who,
with another hs:pcon and Savage
rife, shooting 80 30 soft nosed bul.
let, came out to where ne were with
what was once our prize. but which
nov had about reversed conditions and
made US its prize.
Then Klein, Farley, Grow and Cot.
ter used their supreme efforts to pull
the fsn to the top. For time their
efforts we're unsvailing. But after 8
while the line slsckened little and
the bulky thing began to rise. Up, up
1t came, the psrson'fcation OF stub.
borness and weight. When within two
tset Of the surfece Cotter with all HI
force, threw his harpoon. The mon
ster, stung again, threw one OF It's
d!ppezs in the air, sank in fash and
was gone again. Men who had been
standing up in their boats to witness
what shey hoped Hould be the coup dc
maitre, fell back in thetr seats with a
back. disloeating jolt. Again the
travel around the Gul?
began. It wss about O'clock. Two
ropes were astachsd to the fish now,
snd the two could be used by two
,rsws to stop him and get him to the
surface.
a SHOWER OF EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.
Tnen it stoppej Nov was the time
ror strength. On the bottom the Great.
are lay, fully eighteen hundred
pounds in weight. The two crews
cent over to get mold Of the ropss az
near the water as possible. They
neaved. From every throat came
:hsers OF encouragement. They heaV
ed again, and there was slack In the
ropes. Again the cheers arose and
the monster weight gradually came
up to the surface. Cotter seized bis
rife. Bang! There vas a splash.
awsy w-nt the boats again. Again
5as clesture slowed up. Again su
oremest effort lifted it to the top.
Again, bang! Then, bang bangl The
creature ssnk. But there wss no
Of the ropes on the boats.
Il had SUNK under nortsl, parslyzlng
wounds. Slowly again it vas brought
20 the top. The blood from it redden.
cd The sea all around. Ropes were at
5ached to it, and then fastened to the
big launch, and back toward the bo'
tel it wsS towed.
The fish measured twelve feet across
and somewhere about seven or eight
feet in length. There were nc scales
TO weigh it on, but the tsxidsrmist
located 1t the Pass, Who preseryss
tsrpon and other fish and birds 70:
those who desire to decorate homes.
the weight at between l,500
and 1000 pounds. Two boatmen esti
mated it at that weight from the
strength required 80 get it on the
beach and 10 swing it up by oIocs
and tackle. It's skin was like that OF
e shark, though courssr, and felt
like san6pspsr. Its mouth reseubled
2 covered road scrapsr. and it is eyi.
dent tAat it was used as q scraper on
tha bot: ON of the sea, the fippers ct.
tackled to each side OF the odfce, fof
it could hardly Be called e mouth,
since it was f1si end inmoVable, be-
ing used to fan food into the oTihce.
The inside Of the mouth appeared to
be large enough in this specimen to
contain the contents OF a barrel. The
lower part looked like the cooking ap.
paratus Of a gas steve. 1t was gridiron-
ed throughout and these gridirons OF
seines were movable.
The vitality Of things was wonder