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The Washington times., 1906-06-30
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Speed of Autos Limited.

Regulating the speed of automobiles
In the District of Columbia, and for
other purposes.
In relation to contracts with the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
Amendatory 10 an act entitled An
act TO provide for payment of damages
on account Of changes of grade due to
the construction Of the Union Station
1904 -A'' - -
10 prohibit the killing of wild birds
ana other wild animals in the District
of Columbia
Authorizing the extension of Kalorama
road northwest
To authorize the Grand Lodge of the
independent Order of Odd Fellows Of
the District of Columbia TO sell, hold.
and convey certain real estate
The Washington times., 1906-06-30
Recovered Lost Ring.

Assistant Secretary Foster had ar
rived just az the singing OF the hymn
was begun. lie was kept standing in the
sisle until the song had been con-
cluded. He presented a private bill
which the President had returned I'm
compliance with a request Of the House
At l2-65 Speaker Cannon announced that
Representative HUFF OF Pennsylvania
had found a ring. It's mine" shouted
Representative Smith Of California. He
proved up and received the ring From
the Democratic side, Representatives
Hehin, Webb, Sherley and Clayton sang
the first verse OF Home Sweet Home"
The second verse was sung by the Re
publicans
A messenger from the Senate inter
rupted the singers In a few minutes
Representative Watson began Dixie
interrupted by Speaker Cannon. a If
teen minute recess was taken. Repre-
sentative was directed BY the Speaker
to continue his remarks
The Washington times., 1906-06-30
Sang Popular Ditties.

Rebel yells'' from the Democratic
side punctUated the song and the
chorus was sung by the entire House
with hearty good will.
The vaudeville performance" con-
tinued uninterrupted for an hour
Maryland" MY Old Kentucky
Home. and other songs were rendered.
Representative Watson leading with
Representatives Lorimer. Often. Hamil-
ton and Campbell as his main support
ers. Now and then REPRESENTATIVE
Fulkerson broke IN with whistlinc
solo.
Representative Hamilton shOne forth
as a star in the rendition Of negro
camp meeting songs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
The gEWTBOLLSE LINE.
Cha. Is to Be Eu.lt from Charleston
to Columbia

to Columbia
TIE Charlotte News says that CITY
'saas, ,besn suggested as prcnsnle ter
.ninal for 8 new 1silroad extending
Sccm Augusta, Gs., BY way OF Char
.sston anc Colun bla, S. c. The route
:or this new rosd has been detern-
!ned so far as the lines bsaween Char
lesion, Columbia and Augusta axe
concerned, and a number OF tentative
routes reschtcg into tie northern
part Of South Carolina and portion
CT North Carolins have been sugges.
ted. Mr.. O. E. Vsn Eth, repTesen.
ting tee South Csrolins Public Ser
vice corporation Of New York city,
hss written letter to Mayer S. S.
MeNinch asking Tor some advance
jdea OF yne value OF the different
towns Ia this section in order to make
. thoraugh investigation IS to the
traffic value Of certain communities in
connection With railroad deVelopmnt
to the mar ufacturirg toWpS in the
northwest portion CT South Carolina.
MI. Van E5tin writes that be Is cjm.
ing to South CarolIcs with an orga-
nizstion prepared to actively progress
this matter in November ct which
time he will cone to Chaelotte to con.
fer with Mayor McNinch In regard to
the manufacturing possibilities OF
Charlotte snd this Ssction." This is
the same line that is expected to run
by Orangeburg, and 1t tseems to be a
fixed fact.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
And Policemen Have a Desp,fate
Battle in Toledo.
a POLICEMAN KILLED
And Two Of the Desperate Foot
Pads Are Wounded Before They
Would Surrender to the
Brave Guardians of the

A desperate encounter between po.
licemen and three hold-up men took
placa early Friday at Main and Front
streets il E sst Toledo, Oaio.
Ooe Of the policemen, Joseph
Schlagheck. was fatally shot and two
Ct the highvaynen were hurt. The
third men, known as Blackie, escaped
and almost the entire force is search.
ing for him.
Christ Peterson, Nell Myers and the
man known rs Blacktie, held up +. 81.
Csrnell, an insurance agent, and after
nearly checking him to death, robbed
aim OF s45. BE notified th police
and Patrolnen Sch!agheck and Peter
Deaunnee ran the hold up men
down.
AS soon as the latter saw they were
cornered they started shooting. TIE
first shot caught schlsgheck in the
chin and snocsed him completely
around. As be whirled three moro
shots struck him in the back.
Deaunne drew bis weapon. His
first shot broke Myers wrist. Then
Dsaunnee grabbed Peterson and
quieted him with his club. Mean.
while Schlakheck had sank to the
ground and Blackie whose bullets had
hit him, escaped. Myers and Peter
son struggled like dends, but Dsaun-
nee go5 in front OF both and held
them at bay with his revolver NATL
patrol wagon reached them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Three Men Killed.

Three men were killed and 8 dozen
Others re1dere6 uuccrseicu hy an e1'
plcsscn anc FIRE in the PeDns2lyvsnis
Railroad tunnel, under LoEg Island
City, THURSDAY. Wooo wcrk kurpor,
eirg TIE tSnnel caught i-e i1s' q: tlS
ard great clcucs Of choking smoke
poured into sll parts Of the tunnel A
Wild rush for the shaft, q thousand
feet away and which was the only
nesrs Of exit, followed the explosion
Tne bucket by which the men were
taken from the shaft to the street
above ccu;d carry not more than rsi1
men, and there was desperate stug.
gle among the frightened worknen GO
be TIE iss5 to be taken out. When
the last CT the conscious men was
orcught to the surface he declared
taas sevecsl men were LYING uncon.
scicus ct tie bottom O. tie shaft,
There vas call fer rescuors and q
61z5n CT more f the tunnels workess
prc cmpt.y responded. Two OF them
vefe lowe.e6 into the shaft and those
Ct the cotton we're q ickly brought
up to to street.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
hat Can Be Done.

All you farmers that have ycur bus
mess matters well in hand and are il
position to hold your cotton cf II tee
depressed market, should go cut sno
tell your less fortuna:e brother farm
ers just how you managed toodo this.
When you 90 this gou are not cniY
helping your fellow craftsmen, bus
ycu are increasing the strength Of
your own position By bringing in re-
cruits for the purpose OF controlling
the farmers own sfsirs by the fsrm-
ers. II sll tie farmers in the South
would orgsnizs they coula conrrol the
price Of cotton as well IS labor. They
would be q great power IS they Hculd
number several million nsmbers. Nc
institution tor wrcEg could stand ur
against millions Of organized and de-
sermined tanners, who sre bar 6edto.
pether &c stand by The SIDE Of right
O:gsptzs, farmers, orgaGize, and Tor
will win a grand and glorious victory
VIII YOU Go IL.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
Wife Killed Her Husband and Then
Shot Eerself.

Wife Killed Her Husband and Then
Shot Herself.
Mayor Charles Smith, Of Brooklyn,
W. VS. liss dead at the a 8@lley Hos
oitsl, In Hinton, W. Va, and bis
widow is at the point OF death in the
hospital ward of the county jail.
Charged with his musdsr, all because
OF q practical :ke.
Mrs. Smith has slWsys been very
j ,sious OF her hurhand and be has cften
Jsssed her about it. Thursday nigh!
ne had E.bert Medley, a neighbor,
dress up SO wonsD, clma to his front
gate after Ozark, call HIM out and ask
nim t. take walk. Medley, did 80,
Initiating ths voice OF a woman &c
that Mrs. Smith could hear. Without
a WORD, she procured 3 big pistol and
followed tie awo on their stroll up
the street. Being aware OF her action
Smith ard Msolsy apparently mace
desperate love to each other.
Convinced thst her husband vas un'
true to her, and being unsb!e to long
er sland the sight OF bis .p1zIent de.
7oLion to another y G2n, Mrs. SMITH
called out to him. d: :uEnsd and as
he faced her ste lsesled ner pistol.
Befcrs he could utGsr word OF e1
PLANTATION she free. Toe bullet enter
ed bis abdomen, ranged upaard ano
vent through one CT his lungs He
tumbled over like Lex and dtsd l. a
short time.
KooTing she lad killed him ano
sitn no further desire to live. she
turned toe pistol on herself. III:
bullet tore 8 ragged cash down lei
side ard entered the leg, Where IL Sc
vered the main artery. She n ,arlJ
o]ed to deAth before tire foW c-uld os
stopped. As IL is she Ia lot expscuec
to recover. The entire countryside
is agog with excitement over the al
feir
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
MANNING,S c., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER II, 1906
STATE FAIR BATES.
OFFICIAL CICE GIVEN By COM-
MISSIONER FITZGERALD.
Very Low Fare Given From all
Points in his States and
Others.

The State says Secretary Love has
received from Cor missioner W. e,
Fitzgerald the rates in South Carolina
and tron Charlotte, Asheville, vii.
mtngtcD, Augusta and Savannah fol
9ne State fair. These rates do not in
c!u6e those grsnted in all OF the
Southern States tecsuse OF home.
oomars' week." the latter not applying
10 this State. The fic.al notice is as
follows:
.rhe rates, rules and regulations
herein published are the sepsrate
rates, rulss snd regulations OF the ct
sntic Coast Line railroad. Bue Ridge
-silwzy. CHARLESTON snd Western Gar
yllns railway, Columbia, Ns1berry
aud Laurens rsilrosd, Carolina ani
N2rtn western railroad, Ssaboa?d Air
Line rail say and Southern rsilwaT
from territory rsm abcve to Colun.
bia, S. O., and 1esu account above
occasion.
For iddivii iiuals-O2s first clsss
fare p'uss 25 csnts for the, round
pluss so cents admission for adults ano
25 ceats admission for children to the
fafr gt unds-oinirnnn rate inciud
ing admission for adults one dollar,
Ior children so cents.
For military companies and band
IN uniform, 20 OF more on one ticket,
5wo cents per mile one way distance
plus arbitrsries per capita. The fol.
loving fares will Apply from points
narsd; Abbe7Il!e 81 Is, Andersen
81. IS, &Ashe7:lle So 80, Augusta 81 IS
5 .acksburg 50 IS, Camden O.65.
Charleston 81 80, Charlotte 81 20,
Cheraw s1.75, Chester 81 80, Clinton
81 30, Denmark 81 05 G'eenville
1926, { Greenwood 81 10, Lancaster
81 IS Laurens 81. so, Nesberry so IS
Otanseourg 81 co, Rock Eill 81 10.
Savannah 81 IS, Spsr5snburg 81 90,
Sumter so IS, Wilmington 81 60.
Daoes OF sales-Round trip tickets
restricted to continuous passage IN
each ciress!on will oe sold daily Otto
Der 20 to Is ire usiVe, and for trains
scheduled 70 arrive in Columbia bs-
fore noon OF October Is, 1906; after
Ooso5sr 26, 1906. regular rases vii!
apply.
Lim!t-FInsl limit Of all tickets
Octcbsr 20 1906. Iron clad form OF
tickets viii be- required.
Interi!ns tiakeos will be on sale at
regular coupon Eieket cf6cs only.
Tickets foc individuals will embrace
coupons of admission to the fair
grounds, ezcspt that from points
within radius Of so miles the Seeoosrd
Air Lie will sell tickets without the
admission coupons, using one fare
rsts. No admission COUPONS will bs
embraced in tickets for military con-
psriss scd brass bands.
No admission coupons will be EN-
bracad In tickets sod by Carolina snd
Northwestern railway.
Tie no-ics Of tassa rates Is no SUI.
priss tc toe fair authorities, unch ,ial
Information being giVea some t1n5
ago that they would be granted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Hold Your Cotton.

Theodore q. Piice is recognized as
a good judge Of conditions. he is
Kept veil informed Dy corps Of cor.
respondents scattered throughout the
coEIcl belt, and in spite Of nis reputa'
sion tor getting from one side OF the
market to the other on short notice
his predictions are not written, weight
and ilf1euce. Last week Mr.. Pfice
autographed a cotton man In Green
vile tnat the market was advancing
on general appreciation OF the crop
shortage, and that he expected that
the staple would sell at twelve cents.
He added that an immediate decline
may be anticipated In view OF the
largely increased receipts, brought
about by the high market values
Jhough this decline may only be TEN
porary. Don't sell your cotton unles
YOU get at least ten cents for 1t. x
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Named q Good NJ IN,

a dispatch from washington says
Abial Latrop, Of Olangeburg, former
United States attorney for South Car
oliha, has been appointed assistant
attorney in place Of Lawson Melton.
The appointment is male on the rec.
commentator OF Cochran, United
States District Attorney. The De
partment ct Justics makes the ap
pointne is OF al the assistant sttor.
neys on the recommendations Of the
district attorneys. Mr.. Lrthrop's
appointment will give satisfaction.
he is q Republican well known over
ghe State and Is veil regarded. H.
served as Unitdd States District Al
so-ney curing the administrations Of
President Harrison and Mckinley.
BE is row au alderman and Mayor
pro tenn OF Olsngeb2rg, having been
slected to the position by Democratic
votes, which shows how he is regard.
ed at bis home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
LynchipS Record,

he recent race riots at Atlanta,
Ga bavs attracted attention to the
death rate among negroes due to
nobs. Figures show that 1000 per
sons have baen put to desth without
warrant OF Law in the q aited States
in the last 25 years, snd that 95 per
c~nt OF these we're negro men, cnaEg-
e with assault on white wo-
men. The methods OF execution
comprise hanging, shooting, burning
at the stake and haying In one in
stance, in ARKANSAS, the victims arm
we're twisted from their sockets As
a rule it has been the more atrocious
the crime the more terrible the pun
ishment. Betore the whole sale kill
ing OF negroes at Atlanta, Ca, Louis.
lana and Alabama held the lyncaing
record OF the year, but Georgia nov
goes to the head with something like
55 victims. The mobs vent their
hatred in various ways. Burning at
the stake has been almost as frequent
as hanging and more 80 than shooting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Hearss Gaining Ground.

Private advices from New York are
to the effect that Hearst is gaining
ground steadily throughout the state.
There is probably not very muca
doubt that be will carry New Y.r2
City and The indications are that his
vote in the country districts will be
much larger than his opponents e1-
pac5. The curious feature Of this
contest is that while very large
number OF people distrusS Hearst
they will vote for him because het re-
presents an idea, good OF bad that
the system by which the politics o.
New York has been controlled in ths
past must 20. II the Hughes part;
could buy the Hearst supporters tie
game would he rosy, but the peopls
who are bscking Hearst are not Tor
sale, and that is the difficult prob
| lam with which the repu0&cans have
to deal>-NsWs and Courier.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Signs OF . Hard Winter.

The Tyrose, Pa, Herald says the
coming winter is going to be q hare
one for the following reasons;
The corn husks are q foot and a
half, and all the stalks lean to the
vest.
The geese. ducks and chickens are
gro wing a cost OF fur nnder theil
feathers, and are rubbing bora1 on
their feet to harden them up,
All the one. eyed owls are leaving
the country month earlier than
usual, and the bob-tajled squirrels are
laying In sweet potatoes IS well as
nuts for winter provisions.
The farmer who has taken the
trouble to investigate has fund that
all tho toedstools on the oil logs have
7rinkles In them. The last time
this happened We had winter weather.
that frczs the handles of Of ploWs.
Rabbits are sitting around with a
humped-up look to them, and he!o
mice have wrinkles in their tsils. II
vnis means anything, it means 20 de-
grees below zero from November
through Nay.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Dispensary's Financial Better
Than Ever Bofore.
QUARTERLY RFPORT
Makes a Good Showing for the BIZ
Whiskey Concern, Considering Num-
Der of Counties Without Dis
pensaries and Recent
Heavy Political Oh.
stscles.

The quarterly report of the fnan'
cial operation and condition OF the
state dispensary sas made public
Wednesday Of last week. The figures
are for the quarter ending August 81,
sod are OF special interest in view OF
50 nnc1 political bombsst and mis-
presentation about the finances
iu7ing tae recent primary canvass.
TIE figures show the institution tc
7e in splendid condition, the re-
pert being, all in sll, about the best
2 TIE way OF prci:able showing ever
msdc. All this dispite the intensity
u the effort 80 discreGit the admins
1ra1ion and 6espite the numbsr OF
8rtce law counties, is high compd.
lens 10 the business sagacity OF Com.
missioner Tatun, his associates and
The management generally. Not
sithstsncing the nany obstacles
purposely thrown In tie way Of sue
c,2s and tie sbcewd work Of sharp
c2orcrts in manufacturing al sorts
Of depressing and rstardirg Influences
sn3 conditions, the institution is In q
better financial position than ever
before spd s better Quartely showing
made than, perhaps has been made
in al previous years OF the existence
the institution.
While the actual cash now in the
reasury falls behind what it was at
the ciose Of the last quarter in May,
yet general assets and accounts due
and bsing settled are uch that the
cash balance is practically over $751;
900 greater. The amount Of capital
stcck belonging tc the school fund, al
::::..:tsd by the legislature, is clearly set
til and 8 comparison shows that
:nis stock is being turned into cash
and over to the school fuEd in greater
SUMS than ever before.
But an analysis Of the report. which
IS so plain and clear, that any layman
having no acquaintance with book
keeping can easily understand them,
csn be better made by each one inter
ssted considering the figures for him,
sslf.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
A Horrible Fate.

At La Crosse, Wis, standing help
less with her foot caught In the cat
tie guard at Indian Hill crossing,
seven. ysar-old Mamie Hunt Thursoay
watched the running freight Grain,
which killed her, while DaRna Sen
sta5, her six year old companion,
. .inly tried to signal the engineer
Sitting upon brake whesl on top o.
sne train was John Hunt, the girls
father brakeman, unconscious that
a1s Child was being ground to death
beneath the wheels. The girls were
returning from school. when the
Hunt child's foot became caught
D.gns senssad ran to neet the train
waving her arms and screaming, bu'
tie engineer did net see her.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
T.AC1KR KILLS D
SCHOOL ROO| SCENE OF TERRI,
BILE TRAGEDY.
Murdered in the Presence Of Fer
Sixty Pupils by Rejected
Snifnr

Cleveland, Ohio, was the scene Of ;
terrible tragedy oa Wednesday OF lss
week. IL the presence OF sixty pupil
in the South Elc.id school Harr,
Smith shot to death Miss Msry shep
ard, q teacher, p yesrs cid. Coins
behind 81 barn in tbs rear OF his
home ih Ws,rensvilie two hours later
Smith shct himself through the head
dying instantly.
Disappointment in love is said t.
have been the motive for tae colo
FLOODED murder. Smith, who vas 6
fourth cousin ct Mss Shepard, bad
Roosd her Tor some time soo was re
jacssd. Broooing over the result OF
ais courtship, this afternoon be quit
Ted Els place Of business and went tic
The scEcol.
Miss Shepard responded to his
knock at the door. he walked in
md 1or q feS moments talked TO her
in the ball. Suddenly be whipped out
els revolver, showed it agsinst &c.
head and fred twice in rapid sUccs:
zion, both bullets crashing through
aer brain. Panic spread among tbs
pupils, VITO rushed out Of tie build
ing screaming. Some Of tie gir.S cSias
e6.
Smith leisurely walked oua sn6
bcsrce1 GET for War1eIsV;;le. Tne
news OF the crime vent like wilasrs
md in less than half an honr an arra-
ed posse was In pursuit. The ideu:i
" OF the murderer was quickly eStao
lished.
Chisf Of Police Kchlsr was notified
and he dispatched four policemen tc
Smiths bone in WarreDsVills short
distance from the school.
In the suburban car Smith COMES
sed to the corductor that he hsG
killed Miss Shepard and remarked
that ''they will have to kill re to
get me-" Reaching hone but q few
minutes before tine arrival o. the
posse, and police, Smith told bis faith.
sr Of the crime.
Whan his pursuers csne in sight
the young man became highly nervous
and ran from the house to the rear OF
the barn. His father remained il
ahe house. a loaded double harrele0
shosfun vas leaning sgsi2st cne sice
Of the hcuss, but vas passed by Smith
who evidently Lad 6etern:cec not t.
put up q fight, but to end his life a.
soon as surrounded.
When the posse got within few
feet of him, calling for big surrender,
and IS iour officers were rushing to ef-
feet his capture, be placed the rcvol-
ser against his head and blew cut
his brains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Home Ee Is Better,

August Kohn, chief Of the Colun'
bia bureau Of the Charleston Nsws
and Courier, arrived home from Nsa
York last week WbsIe he went abou:
TWO weeks before for expert medtca
advice. For SONS tine &c has bser
suffering from chronic appendicitis
In q letter 10 Colun bia friend Mr..
Kohn said that the surgeons nsVs
deemed it best not to perform an op.
erarion. His friends hope that he
comes home much improved in health
as the result Of the treatment he ha:
undergone during the absence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
Tired OfEtfe.

AS the outcome OF a suicide pact,
Jesse Webb, son Of prominen5 far
mer, was Thursday shot and danger
ously wounded by his wife at Smith.
Vile, Mo. Mrs. Webb then shot her
self through the heart, dying instant
II. The couple had been married!but
one week and were yet On their honey
moon "Trip.
Webb who had been suffering from
tuberculosis, became wolst during
the last few days. In statement
he says that his wife and he had talk
ed the maeter over and decided !,
was better to end it all, ="
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-10-17
PAIR OF YuUgG FOOLS.
4 Boy and Girl Runs Away aud
MarEies.

l
Marries.
The Greenville News says thst
Alice E Williams, the little girl who
vas married to Louis Japart In a cot
Ton feld In that county one day last
week went before q magistrate or
Wednesday and gave q full account Ct
the sfstr. Tie girl said she an6
Louis Japart ran ef and got married
N cotton patch. Lster G. E. Vii.
iisms, the father OF the girl, swore
out warrant for the abduction and
Japart was arrested by SheJf Gil,
reath and lodged in jail. The girl
vas taken back to ths home OF the
home of the man who had adopted
her.
When asked why she ran away, she
replied that two women who are en-
ployed at the mill bad told her to
run cf with the young man, and one
had even gone so far as to take one
OF the dresses OF the child and have It
heightened so that she seemed taller
IN order to deceive the young msa, II
seems, and also the nan who vas t.
preform tbs ceremony.
Alice Williams is less than five feet
tall, ard seems 3 bright child. She
was neatly attired and answered tie
questions of the magistrate readily
and With considerable intelligence
Size seemed &c regret her action, and
.nen advised by uhe magistrate 70 re
nair. at home she said she would do
so. she sesca to regard the entire az
fsir as joke snd treated 1t lightly.
Apparently she gave not a single
thought to the man who is in js!l
wa:ting for q preliminary examins-
tion.
The man in the case, Louis Jspsct,
seems to be about 18 years OF age, ana
is Of rather slight physique. He was
raised near Fountain Inn, has tsen
n!ght watchman at the plant Of the
MCGEE Manufacturing Company for
about tgo months. Magistrate Strad.
Icy told her ttat the marriage was no
narrisge at which information she
seemed relieved.