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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
GENERAL SUMTER.
A Monument to His Memory Un-
yelled at Statesburg.
Mr.. Fl. A. VI. Smith, as Orator of the
Day, Delivered Historical Address
Of Great Interest and Value.

Of Great Interest and Value.
The monument to General Thonla
Sumter in the cemetary at States
burg, where this Revolutionary sol
dier and early American statesman
lies buried, was unveiled on Wednes
day of last week in the presence of {
large gathering of South Carolinian:
and with interesting and brilliant eX
ercises. The little town Of States
burg was more lively Wednesda!
the occasion will be notable in the an
nails of Sumter county.
The Charleston contingent, includ.
ing the regular troops from the artil,
lery post at Fort Moultrie, accompan.
led by the band, arrived early in the
morning, coming by way of the At
lantic Coast Line on special train
which was run to Scales Siding,
from which point the troops, three
hundred in number, marched and the
other members Of the party rode to
Statesburg. A number of people
came to Claremont on the Southern
railway, and were. conveyed from
that station to Statesburg.
At II o'clock the procession was
formed in the grove of the Gen. Sum-
ter Memorial Academy, and marched
from there to the cemetary, the reg
ulars leading with their band, and
followed Immediately by the Sumter
Light Infantry with the Second Regi-
ment band of Sumter. the whole gath
ering Of people following the mill
tary.
Arriving at the grave the invoca-
ton was pronounced by Rev. H. H.
Covington, Of Sumter, and the monu-
ment was unveiled, the cords releas-
ing the draperies being pulled by Mrs.
J. Herbert Haynesworth and Miss
Beatrice Sumter, great-great-grand-
daughters of Gen. Sumter, the bands
playing string military airs.
The procession then reformed and
the whole assemblage returned to the
grove, whence it had started, there to
carry out the program Of the exer-
cises.
The chairman of the monument
committee, Col. J. ]. Dargan, called
the gathering to order and introduced
Gov. Ansel as the presiding officer Of
the occasion. The Governor made
brief address on assuming the chair
Hon. Richard I. Manning. of Sumter,
then introduced former Gov. A. J.
of Virginia., who deliver
ed a most interesting and eloquent
address.
The orator of the day, Hon. H. A.
NJ. Smith, of Charleston, was present
ed by Hon. Marion Noise. of Sumter.
and delivered an extended and admir-
able address.
He reviewed the services of Gen.
Sumter, recounting his military eH-
ploits which won him the title of the
.Gamecock" from his admiring Brit
ish foes, and his services as states
man in the Legislature of South Car
DINA and in the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of the United
States.
Mr.. Smiths address was most
valuable contribution to the history
Of the State and is probably the most
complete record of the life and ser
vices of Gen. Sumter, which has ever
been prepared.
After music by the bands. follow
ing the address of Mr.. Smith, Gov.
Ansel read a letter from President
written for the occasion.
having tribute to the services of Gen.
Sumter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
TELLS OF KOREA.
Pity OF Senator Stone Rises at
Crushing OF Nation.
Marquis Ito Rules By Force-Em-
peror and Father Prisoners in Pal
ace-Reckoning is Certain.

SNS"ANSNAOuAAASo WI SS~AAIs
Senator William J.. Stone, of Mis-
souri,, who spent week at Seoul
Korea, investigating the Korean sit.
uation, was received in audience by
the Emperor, and the Marquis Ito
chaperoned him. Senator Stone, sum-
ming up the situation, said to cor
respondent of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat:
From Korean standpoint the
situation is pathetic For the first
time in my life I have seen the mail
ed hand of foreigner lay ruthlessly
over a conquered people. One EN-
peror has been forced to abdicate to
make place for weakling. Both are
held in practical imprisonment by
their conquerors.
There is an armeo Japanese force
about the palace, and Koreans are
denied the right Of access or COM
munication with the palace, all but
the suppliant ministers doing the bid
ding of Marquis Ito, and who dare
not show themselves in the streets
of Seoul without Japanese guard.
mo man, Korean or foreigner, can
have an ardienc.> With the Emperor
except by pernisa.vn, and in the pres
ence of Marquis Ito. The Emperor
and his Ii, her are prisoners in their
own palace aad the Marquis Ito is
the real ruier The Government is a
despotism OF foreigners, upheld by
military force
THE people Of --~rea are overaw-
ed, intimidaled and subdued. and
well they may be, for he who rules
them is as ruthless and as arbitrary
as a savage and is supreme
''It is pitiful to note the hopeless
ness and l1elplessness of this unhap-
py people. No American could wit
ness this tragedy without feeling
of profound sorrow for the victim,
but unhappily, in view of the Philip
pines, the American protest is silent
from an international standpoint.
The purpose of the japanese is to
Korea and make it
gateway for encroachment upon
China. The Chinese policy of Japan
is one of territorial and commercial
aggrandizement, and this policy is
carried forward with a ruthlessness
in modern times. Right
is based on might, while the world
looks on inGifferently.
But history is being made here,
which, in its ultimate and intended
is far beyond the con-
fines of this country and involves far
more than the destiny of this unhap-
pv Empire. Some day there will be,
and must be, a reckoning
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
R1SKED PRISON TERM.
70 Make His Sweetheart
Was Rich.

- nos Moines taking the caanees d;aeogs
AT dns Des term term in prison and dlscovt svt
of Lohs Sweetheart that he was not
cry by ms Young millionaire, Robert
really bos heen stealing automobiles
stevens ra n~s the young @ woman for drives.
to The TSe thefts continued with regular
ne and apparently the police were
lty ,,1aes H until they discovered
he,pth Iench Of sweet peas in an empty ma
chine. o,e of nec,,liar
.,oae which it was found was grown
NV in one garden in the city.
Stevens was shadowed TOR several
,o,.e hv the detectives until the otner
o;sht when he was arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
INSANE FROM CIGARETTES.
Boy Tries to Do HinsesR Harm and
Is in Hospital.


Excessive cigarette smoaking has
made a raving maniac of Buck
Glover, nineteen years old, whose
home has been with his parents on
Glasgow street, Portsmouth. Va. He
is now confined in the hospital ward
of the Portsmouth Jail.
The young man has been acting
strangely for several days, but it was
not until Wednesday that he became
violently insane. He tried TO 90
himself bodily harm, and to prevent
this the police were called in.
In a moment of calm he consent
ed to accompany the pollce 10 'no no
jail, but on the way ne pecSne snr the m
violent that it was necessary io' 'D'
police to overpower him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
BOYS HAVE BLACK HAND"
Admit Threatening to Kill Youth I'm
less Mother Paid.

Charged with attempted blackmail
and with sending threatening letters
through the mails, two ffteen-year-
old boys were arrested early Wedres-
day morning by Acting Captain o.
Day, OF the East Twenty-second ST.,
station, New York and sent to the
Children's society for safe keeping
until their cases can be tried IN the
Children's court.
The boys gave their names as
Peter BOYLE, of 24l East Twenty
first street. and Palmer Murcha. 0t
229 East Twenty-frst street. 1t Is
charged that these boys, who were
dragged out of bed by the police
shortly after midnight. had written
threatening letter 10 Mrs. a. 9.
Schupp. Of 204 East Twenty-first
street, demanding sl09. and threat
ening to take away your son and
kill him if the money failed to be
forthcoming when man with a
green necktie and a W4.le cap pass
ed her stoop on the night of Saturday
last.
The letter read as follows:
Dear Madam: If you don't give
s1O0 to man with a green neckue
and white cap who Will pass by
YOUR stoop tonight at 10 o'clock.
tour sou Will re taken away and kill
ed.
The boys admitted to the police
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
KNOCKS PREACHER DOWN.
An Unfortunate Difficulty Between
Residents Of Gainesville, Ga.

At Gainesville, Ca, as the result OF
a dispute in the Arlington hotel
shortly gefore noon Friday. J. h:
Hunt, prominent banker and hotel
proprietor, knocked down Rev. J. A
Bell. pastor of the Baptist church.
Mr.. Hunt used his fist, planting
such a hard blow that the minister
fell to the floor in semi-coIscious
condition. Mr.. Bell claims he was
badly hurt.
The difficulty between the two men
is said to have been the outcome OF
the prosecution of J. Austin Bell, a
son of the minister, by Mr.. Hunt. The
son was fined $50 at the last term OF
the court on the charge of disorderly
conduct at the hotel.
The Arlington hotel, where the
difficulty occurred and where the son
is said to have been disorderly, IS
owned by Mr.. Hunt, who is a wealthy
resident
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
HEROIC GlR!. DROWNS.
cba Tried to Save a Boy But Both
perished.

Miss Edith Gregor Of North Attic
horo. Mass. and Clyde Morrison the
eight-year-old son of James MoErlso!
of yarmouth, Mass, were drowned
in : small pond Friday after heroic
effort by the young woman 70 Saw
the boy. cor
The lad fell in and Miss Gre5of
nlunged after him. Before assistance
could reach ner. she sank with the
boy tightly clutched in her arms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
KILLED BY LITTLE FALL.
After Climbing to Dizzy Heights for
Twenty Years.

The New York American says
"steeplejack" Bill Anderson, after 20
years of climbing to the top Of the
loftiest towers and most dangerous
fassraffs in New York, with never a
slip nor fall. was killed by a pretty
little drop of six feet the other day.
1t was an odd end to a steeple-
lacks career. Bill laughed when he
tackled the six foot job. 1t was to
paint pole on the roof OF the Hotel
belmont. The pole base if only tall
mans height above the roof. Bill! ran
I'D the short ladder like an ordinary
citizen would run upstairs.
Rnt as he turned to call to an as
sis+ant he lost his balance for the
first time in his life, and plunged
head first to the paved roof. He died
in a New York Hospital ambulance
from the results of fractured skull.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
HOTELS BURNED
And Many Guests Turned Out
And Had to Leave.
AT OLD ORCHARD, NE.
Two Lives Lost and Five Persons
Injured in Confiagration at Old
Orchard. Maine-Soda Tank Ex-
ploSion Blows Mans Head Off
Visitors Compelled to Leave By
Lack of Accommodations.

Visitors Compelled to Leave bj
Lack of Accommodations.
Two lives were lost and FIVE per-
sons were injured, three seriously, as
result of the fire which swept
through Old Orchard, Maine, Thurs
day night, causing loss estimated at
100000.
The dead:
Philip Partridge, "a years old, of
Pittsburg, Pa, struck by Boston &
Maine train at Kennebunk and killed
while on way to fire.
Unidentified man, killed by eXplo-
sion Of soda tank; head blown of.
The injured:
Rev. Rufus H. Jones, pastor Trim
ity Episcopal church. Saco, Me-; NJ.
T. Morrill,, Salem, Mass.
Unidentified man, probably fatally
hurt by tank explosion.
Samuel Emerson Of Old Orchard.
Miss Alice Minard, severely bruis-
ed " being thrown from carriage at
Kennebunk while on way to Old Or
chard with Philip Partridge, who was
killed.
Seventeen summer hotels, 50 cot
tages and score OF buildings occu-
MED by stores were destroyed.
The explosion which caused so
many injuries occurred in Horgans S
drug store On Old Orchard avenue.
It is believed that the fire started
from an overturned lamp in the an
mex of the Hotel Olympia. The total
insurance on the burned property, it
is understood, will not exceed $780,
600.
The water supply is getting very
low and it is feared the residents may
suffer from the lack of water.
AS result of the fire the season
at Old Orchard is brought to an ab-
rupt close. as only one large hotel,
the Old Orchard, remains. All trains
including several extras, were packed
with persons leaving the shore.
The people who were driven from
the hotels were compelled to spend
the night on the beach.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
BRIDE At SEVENTY.
Marries Man Thirty Years Younger
Than She Is.

A grand mother. and nearly seven
tv years of age, Mrs. Mary Louth,
forme resident of New York. became
the bride of William H. Becker,
blacksmith aged 40 at New Castle
Conn.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. George T. Anderson. Mrs. J.
Aud and Mrs. George Gill. daugn-
ters of the bride, were matrons or
honor, and Harry B. Leuth, son OF
the bride, was the best man.
After the wedding reception the
couple departed for Niagara Falls,
as happy as though in their teens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
SAVED THE GIRL.
But Plunged to His Own Death i'll the
Lake

\ dispatch from Seattle says D. G.
Shriyer. a book keeper in the Plrset
Sound National Bank, was drowned
in Lake Washington, Friday night
in an attempt to prevent the canoe IN
which he and a girl companion were
boating from capsizing. She reached
for lantern behind him and tipped
the boat, when Shriver. seeing the
danger. plunged overheard to preVenr
it's capsizing. His efforts were sue
cessful in saving the girls life, but he
himself was drowned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
HUNG HIMSELF
poc,,,.e His Mother Told Him to Be-
have Himself.

Al Neadville. Pa, Raymond, the
tweIve wear old son Of liermon W MT
nan farmer, hanged hlmmseit De-
cause his mother scolded him.
while returning from the hayleld
with his two brothers, the children
began throwing dust at each other.
they were told to behave and go
home.
RAYMOND went into the barn,
climbed up on the hay beam, wrapped
a rope around his neck and jumped
off. His neck was broken by the
fall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
MPALED ASLEEP.
Somnambulist Walks Out and Rolls
Upon Fence Pickets.

Edward Hornsley plunged ~ feet
70 his death during a somnambultstic
Wandering ~ at Mahanoy, Pa, for his
hody was impaled on picket renee.
The young fellow walked through
tho fhird-story window of his home
and dropped headlong to a kitchen
roof then rolled off upon the sharp
prongs Of the fence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
After Telling His Children to be Good
to Mother.

ONLY a few minutes after he had
his two daughters always
to be good to their mother. Henry
Francel, forty-eight years of age. a
pa,nter, of No. 55 West One Hun
dred and Fourteenth street New
York. ended his life by swallowing
carbolic acid.
His daughter Belle, twelve ana
Eta, eight, thought his remarks
strange, and called their mother;
When she arrived, rancel assured
her he had only snort time 10 I'VE;
Then he went to the bathroom ana
took the acid. He was dead When tile
doctor arrived. Business troubles
are given as the motive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
LIGHTNING SPLITS TONGUE.
Man Strangely Nan=lcd by Bolt From

the Sky.
In the midst of a terrific electric
storm, Bird Blackburn, a prosperous
farmer of Hanover county, Va. was
struck dead while loading his cart.
Blackburn was III his cornfeld.
about 200 yards from. his home when
he was killed. His tongue was split
both jaw bones broken and his neck
and chest badly burned.
Leander Black burn. a son, was on
the cart few feet away. He was not
even stunned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
COUNTY COURT.
Amaip Voted Down in Richland Coun-
ty by Large Majority.

The election for the establishment
of county court in Richland county
was defeated bv an Overwhelming
majority Thursday The same prop
osition was defeated two years ago
and was brought up in a different
form this time. by a special act of the
last legislature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
ENDS HIS LIFE.

The boys admitted to the police
That thev were guilty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-05-26
Or TIE L7KWDEg1RD

Only four able seaEien were needed
and as all wanted to go the selection
of a crew for the tifeboat was left TO
the foreeastle and Able Seamen Nc
Donald. McNalIy. Mckay and Robinson
we've chosen. MeDonaId and Mckay
were Scotchmen. McNaily an Irish
man and Robinson an Englishman.
born in the West Indies
Willing hands prepared and pro-
visioned the boat. and ats4 o'clock on
the afternoon Of September IL all was
ready for her departure. With great
difficulty the boat was launched. for the
sea stil ran high and the ship rolled
heavily. In few hours the little sail
had disappeared. since then nothing
has been heard of the hve brave vol
unteers, and Captain Horne fears their
boat was capsized in The. dangerous sea
OFF pillar and all hands drowned
Meanwhile the Hyndford was stin
drifting. Captain Horne decided to
make an effort to set sail on the ship.
The tiny triangies OF canvas with which
the Hyndford was provided were ao-
SufUiy 4HdQcQudltt tICLC IDS Htbit
spare canvas on board. and the tramp's
two masts were mere derrick poles and
never Intended TO carry wings
Part OF the cargo consisted o. gunnv
bags. Two bales OF these were opened
and with needles and thread all hands
set to work manufacturing hurlap sails.
This work occupied several days. and
the Hyndford ssill driftef-
Land was sighted to the eastward
on the morning OF Septe ember Is and
1t was an unweieome sight. because
these men adrift In the iron kettle
knew there were no anchorases ahead
and that the merciless rocks would
make short work OF the helpless ship.
The land was identified as the Noir
islands slowly and surely the Hynd-
ford drifted nearer. Boats We're pro-
visioned and swung ont to be ia readi-
ness for a forlorn hope when the vessel
should strike.
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they esS sis-' i1s.siEy 3. :.sis ...seyidsaee
steered tneir ship through dangers no
sane navigator would dare.
Chief officer James Leck of the Hynd-
ford ran the blockade into Port Ar
thur during the late war between Rus
sia and Japan.
We lay there for 10 days alongside
Russia's only remaining battleship.
Every. night after dinner we sat on
deck and watched the Japanese shoot
ing torpedoes at us. and our anchored
escort. Some mornings they hauled
dozen torpedoes out OF the nets inside
which we lay. 1t was exciting and
pretty nervous work, but was Ike
game of croquet compared with the
drifting of the Hyndford. We became
accustomed to the torpedoes. but there
was not an easy hour on the Hyndford
until we anchored in Port stanley
The Hyndford was new steamer
when she left Glasgow and her maiden
tramping tour is not yet finished she
may return to Glasgow in few
months. 1t may be years before she
picks up the cargo that will mean a
return home. When the new tramp
started on her maiden voyage four
bladed propeller twirled at the end of
her shaft and spare propeller Nwas
securely slowed in the tween decks.
Going into Bombay the tramp with a
kittenish glee or wild ambition threw
off one blade of the propeller and while
at the Indian port the damaged pro-
peller was anshipped and put away in
the hold, the spare wheel being at
tached to the shaft
The Hyndford's tramping took her to
Bahia Blanca where a big cargo was
taken for the west coast of South
America. She passed safely through
the straits of Magellan. and the esen-
ing Of September 10 last found her in
the open Pacific plunging forward in
the teeth of strong northwestern
About 2 o'clock the following morning
the steady beat Of the Hyndfords en-
2ines suddenly changed 70 tne hum Of
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-05-26

The chart on which the cour&e vxrrn
by the drifting tramp is marked well
with silent but thrilling eloquence or
the wonderful story Of that. month of
wandering. The southern extremity OF
South America is indicated on the
chart by what resembles the result Of
a violent collision between a bottle Of
ink and stone wall. The solid black
mark is Cape Horn The surrounding
innumerable blots and specks mark
the rocks and reefs which inspire the
terror with which mariners regard
these waters.
A carefully ruled line marks each
days drifting. On the Hyndford's $
Charts this line is series OF ire
sponsible zigzags that shoot back and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-05-26
E1Y7wc cWzzE 1HNoazApED
EROETZ.LER.

rrrrn through rne spfafser OF ink with
bewildering variation. Every ink
splash represents a rock that might
have pounded the iron kettle into
tangled junk. Every jog in the crooked
line represents either time Of renewed
anxiety or marks where hope took a
new lease of life. Around some of the
most dangerous reefs the Hyndfords $
scourse. as traced on the chart resembles
the seisrnograph record of an earth
quake.
Like true sailors the IIyndford's S
people overlooked no chance that prom
ised salvation and We're busiest when
in gravest danger But they realized
the danger Just the same and still
shuddsg when with charts spread out
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A Terrible Night

1t was a Ions night for those sailor
men tumbling about in their iron ket-
tic. being driven before a raging gale
straight down upon the most dan
gerous coast in the world. Daybreak
brought some relief and comfort was
gathered from the fact that land was
still out of sight. As the day ad-
vaneed the weather moderated The sun
came out and enabled Captain Horne
to take an observation. which showed
him that the Tyndford was about 40
miles to the westward OF Cape pillar.
After consultation with his officers
Captain Horne decided that the only
chance of saving the ship and the lives
of those on board waste dispatch a life
boat to the nearest port for assistance.
It was decided that Punta Arenas
would be the best place 10 report the
vessels plight. To reach Punta
Arenas it would De necessary to
make the mouth Of the s1raits Of Ma
gellan and then proceed eastward 70
the Chilean port This meant trip
Of 500 miles, but.if the boat could sue
ceed in leaving Cape Pillar TO the
westward the remainder<of the vosase
would be comparatively plain sailing.
Captain Horne called for volunteers
and every white man in the ships
company responded John Mclean. the
mate. insisted upon taking precedence
Of the other officers by virtue or his
seniority.