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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
LONG AIR VOYAGE.
Experience OF One of the Men Who
Made It.

Prof. S. H. Clayton, who accom-
panied Oscar Erbsloeh in the German
balloon. Pommern, said that the voy-
age from St. Louis had taken exactly
forty hours, less five minutes, ac-
cording to the time they had record
ed
I'VE were over Philadelphia one
morning at SUNRISE" he said, "and
we stayed there at an altitude Of ten
thousand feet for about an hour. This
was the highest altitude reached by
us on the trip. We kept moving
up and down over the city, as we
were desirous of finding an air cur
rent that would carry US northward.
Our ambition was to reach New York
City, and we are very sorry we were
unable to realize. We had enough
provisions and sufficient gas to take
further journey Of 500 or 500 miles.
''The trip was exceedingly pleasant
in every way. There was no rain
throughout, and scarcely any cloudy
weather. The bright moonlight
nights were delightful.
"a funny incident occurred near
Easton, Pa. We were very uncer-
tain as to our whereabouts and want
ed to find out our exact position. So
we descended to about 500 feet from
the ground, and seeing woman
standing in front of farm house,
shouted to her, asking what place 1t
was. The woman gave one startled
look into the air, and then with a
shrek rushed into the house and
slammed the door behind her. Even
the chickens and pigs on the farm
seemed to be excited over our COM
commotion in the barn yard. We
ing, and there appeared to be quite
kept on for about two miles at the
same altitude, and then spied a far
mer, who in response to our inquir-
les, told us where we We're. Then
we ascended to a higher altitude and
continued out voyage.
The balloon made very graceful
landing at Bradley Park. Mr.. Erbs-
loeh and his companion, Henry II.
CLAYTON, said the were in excellent
shape. The balloon was absolutely
undamaged in any way. The ball
loonists said that they had had fine
trip and figured that they had ira
veled 1,04S miles in 40 hours, or an
average of something over 26 miles
an hour for the entire distance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
BITTEN By RATHER.
Letter Advising Dealer Of Danger
Was Delayed in Mail.

The sending Of boxed rattle
snake to a Brooklyn dealer IN birds,
reptiles and animals, and leaving to
the mail, which sometimes are tar
DIV, the conveyance Of a letter telling
of the yenomous character or the
contents of the box, came near re-
sulting in the death Of Harry Aayie
in Brooklyn recently.
large box was delivered to his
store 4 tag showed that it came
from Peter Jackson, OF Norwich, Fla
Hoyle knew that Jackson was a deal
or in snakes, but it had never been
Hoyle's custom to have venomous
REPTILES in his establishment, and ne
thought those in the box were nafm
less and proceeded to show them 70
Prof. Jos. Edwards, Of Phllaoeipnle.
Opening Hoyle took hold OF lalse
hae AS soon as be loosened tne
string holding the top OF the oas
,,.oun head darted at him and the
saOss Of the snake embedded them
se1eys at the top of his index finger.
Hovle, after much difficulty, man
coed TO get the snake back in the
has By that time his hand was bad
" swollen and he started for the
hosnital The hand was lanced and
eauterized
A letter from Jackson, who sent
the snakes, arrived at HcyIe's store
an hour after he had been bitten, in
which was explained the contents OF
the box Hoyle recovered
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
DARING ROBBERY
OF Freight Train Crew On a Cal
ifornia Road.

Three armed men Friday nhelc
ND a freight train within five miles
If Los Angeles. Cal. wounded one
.f the train crew. robbed them O.
,o5 and two watches and made theli
escape.
The train was a suburban freight
bound for New AlhamhTa It IS be,
.ieved the robbers boarded 1t before
if started from the yards. The ensl-
neers, fireman and brakemen were
IN the cab when their assallants
,}inhed over the box cars and cover
ed them with reyolvers and ordered
them TO throw up their hands.
While one OF their number remain
ed in the oil tank. extending a re-
volver in either hand. the Two ac,
complices searched Fireman MAJ
thew Brady, Engineer Ward Ha1nes
and Brakeman J. ". Woodsman
taking ali their money ana 'he
watches carried by Brady and haines
Brady objected at first 10 raising Ms
hands and afterwards lowered them
One of the men on -he oil tank hreo
the bullet striking the fireman IN one
OF his hands.
Near Dolville the engineer was or
! 6ered to slow down and the men
one after another. jumped from the
Iengiue and disappeared in the dark
ness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
President Roosevelt Pays Tribute to
the South's Chief.

In speech at Vicksburg, Miss,
last week President Roosevelt said:
''It is, indeed, an honor for me to
be today the guest of Vicksburg and
of Mississippi, and I was ineXpress-
IDLY touched by the greeting over the
great arch of cotton bales "hich
said: Mississippi greets the Presi-
dent. I should not be fit to be Presi-
dent at all if I did not with all my
might and main, with all my heart
and brain, seek to be in the full
sense the President of MISSISSIPPI,
the President of every state in the
Union, the city forever memorable OF
the conflicts in which victor and van
auished alike showed such splendid
courage, such splendid fealty to the
light as it was given 70 each.
Even before the civil war Mis-
sissippi's sons had shown that they
knew how to fight. 1t was from
Vicksburg that a company of that
famous Mississippi regiment which
won the undying renown in the Mex
lean war, under the gallant leader
ship Of its colonel, who afterWaro
became the favorite son, not only OF
Mississippi, but of all the South, JET
ferson Davis, came.
think how fortunate we are as
a nation that it is possible for the
President of the nation to come here
today to be conducted through your
national park by the surviving lieu
tenant-general Of the Confederate
army. and to feel that every instance
Of heroism recorded by the monu-
ments alike to the union and ronteo-
crate dead on that battlefield IS a
subject for just pride to every cltl-
zon of this nation, no matter where
he lives
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
MARTINS new PLAN.
State Superintendent Would Have
State Board Pass on Teachers.
Too Much Politics, He Says, in the
Awards as Made at Present by the

/ State Superintendent of Education
Martin will ask the Legislature al
its coming session TO- so change the
school law with regard to teachers
examinations throughout the State
as to have those examing papers
passed up by member of the State
board of education at Columbia In
stead Of by the county boards Of
education.
By this method Mr.. Martin hopes
to entirely divorce these examina-
tons from politics.
You will readily see that it is
practically impossible to keep these
examinations from politics." said Mr.
Martin. ITO keep this or that dis
trict solid for him in the coming
election it is a strong temptation to
a county superintendent to have him
self and his board favor the daughter
of the influential man of that district.
We had no end of trouble with our
scholarship examinations for the
State colleges until Iha6 the law
changed in such way as to have
the paper passed upon by the col
lege faculties by numbers. Every
time there was an examination this
Office would be flooded with COM
plants of partially and favoritism.
I'm order to raise money with
which to pay member Of the coun-
ty board to pass upon these papers,
my idea is to have each applicant
for teachers certificate charged a
fee of one dollar for the privilege
of standing the examination. This
would not only obviate the necessity
of making extra appropriation, but
would free these examinations from
large number of negroes. who
crowd upon every examination for
the purpose of practicing and in the
hope that they might strike an easy
examination some time that will af
ford them the opportunity they seek
of getting a certificate.
1T is to fit in with just such plans
as this that I am so insistent I be
consulted when the Governor makes
an appointment in the State board.
Dc you suppose for one moment that
ex-governor J. C. Sheppard, whom
Gov. Ansel tried to get on the board
recently would be available for such
work as passing upon a tedious lot
of teachers examination papers for a
per diem Of 81? l say nothing to
his discredit when say doubt when
he is competent to pass upon such
papers 1t is not in his line to do
it.
On the other hand. he probably
would not hesitate. to pass upon the
claims of Mr.. Bailey's coeducational
institute over there in his territory
to be placed on the list of accredited
colleges of the State whose gradual
es are not required to stand teach
er's examination. He would probab-
" argue that it's in Edgeheld and
has a lot of fine buildings, and, of
course, it should go on the list. In
a short time the barrier would be
broken down entirely.
MIR. Martin added in answer to
question that at the end Of his pre-
sent term he intended to take a six
months trip abroad in order to round
out his education.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
HEAVY SALES.
Large increase Is Shown In the
Dispensary Business.
The Sales Now Amount To Over
Seven Hundred and Fifty Thous.
and Dollars.

The statement Of the condition of
the county dispensaries for the quar-
ter ending Sept. 80, as prepared by
the dispensary auditor, Mr.. ". B.
West, is most interes+ing document.
1t shows the total amount of sales,
the brokerage and the net profits
from the 81 county dispensaries.
With the exception of Berkeley
county's report as to profits, the table
is complete. The figures show that
for the last quarter the sales IN
creased 100000, the figures for
quarter ending June 80 being s647.-
477.91.
The net profits increased about
$4,000 for the same period, the
quarter ending June 80 showing ag-
gregate profits of s106,792.02 This
money is divided among the cities
and towns, and in some county
part is to be used for road and school
purposes as ordered in the Carey
Cothran act.
Following is a statement of pro-
fits and number OF dispensaries:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
BALLOON RACING.
Eighty Hundred and Eighty Miles
Longest Distance Made.
The German Balloon Wins the Race
With the French Balloon a Close
Second.

Second.
With the balloon racing recori
broken, the second international cur
competition, which started from ST.
Louis on Monday of last week, end.
ed Wednesday, October %. with the
German balloon Pommerin winning
first prize for the longest fight.
The finish of the race was so close,
however, that the French contestant,
'L'Isle Of France" which descended
OF ITO O'Clock Wednesday after
noon at Hubertsville, N. j., a few
miles from the Atlantic coast may
possibly be declared winner after
official measurements are completed.
The Pommern landed at 9 O'Clock
Wednesday forenoon at Asbury Park,
n. j., apparently few miles further
! from st. Louis han Hubertsville.
Another German balloon, the
Dusseldorf, stands third in the race.
American entries finished fourth,
fifth and eighth, while a third Ger
man balloon entered fell Far short of
the others. The Pommern was pilot
ed by Oscar Ebesloche, aided by H.
H. Clayton, while Alfred Leblanc and
Edgar ". Mix sailed the L'Isle of
France.
The unofficial estimated air line
fight of the Pommern is $50 miles
and that Of the L'Isle of France is
SI5 miles. The Dusseldorf, third,
landed near Dover, Delaware, is es-
:imated to have covered 100 miles.
Only the proximity Of the Atlantic
Ocean stopped the fight of the Pom
nlern. The balloon could have re-
maincd in the air many hours longer,
and probably would have added sew
eral hundred miles to her record but
for the expanse Of water ahead.
While losing the distance record
and the cup, the French team sailing
L'Isle of France gained the worlds
record for duration of fight.
Starting from st. Louis at All D.
m. Central time,) they landed We'd
nesday at Ito p. N. eastern time,
making their time in the air forty
five hours minus one minute.
The previous record was forty-one
hours and five minutes, held by
Count De La Valux, of France. Aside
from possession Of the cup the Ger
nans won a acsh prize of $4,000
also, given by James Gordon Bennett.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
FELL UNDER CARS.
Travelling Salesman Met Instant and
Horrible Death.

At Selma, Ala, on Wednesday al
ternoon of last week in attempting to
hoard a moving trolley car in front
If the Arcadia hotel on Broad street,
r. K Meadows, travelling salesman
for the Southern Drug Co., OF ST
1ouis. fell between two cars and was
instantly killed. Stopping to talk to
friend, the car started eff and, run
ming to catch it, be either STUN oleo
or lost his hold just as he got to the
moving cars. The body was oaolv
oangled, practically every bone from
the waist down being broken.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
BANKS FAILED
Because of the Great Fhurry
Among Wall Street Gamblers.

The Trouble Caused by the Bank:
+; Loaning Money on Watered Stock:
and Hot Air.
New York has teen having TASTE
OF high finance for the last ten days
Some of he bubbles on which Wal
street fou7ishes exploded and as
consequence number Of small banks
which had loaned money on the buo-
bles went to the wall The larger
banks and trust companies were saw
ed by Morgan and Rockefeller ad-
vancing them large sums.
President Roosevelt's Man Friday,
Cou-telyou. also went to the aid Of
the gamblers and helped them out
of the trouble There was great eX-
citement for several days.
The institutions which closed its
doors Friday, with the sums due de-
pesitors, were:
The United States Exchange Bank,
Harlem, 100000.
International Trust Company,
about 100000.
The Borough Bank, Of Brooklyn,
S4,000,000..
The Brooklyn Bank, s2,300,00o.
The Williamsburg Trust Company,
Brooklyn, s7,50o,000.
The First National Bank, of
Brooklyn, s3,50o,000.
The First National Bank, of Brook
lyn, the Williamsburg Trust Com
pany, and the International Trust
Company were allied institutions.
None of these companies had any
business connection with
the larger banks which are represen-
tatiye of the city's financial affairs
Several large trust companies had
gone up before Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
THEY SWUNG HIM.
Amused Himself by Insulting White
Girls Over Telephone.

Henry Sykes, a negro, was lynched
at Vanveleet. Miss, by small crowd
of men thought to hail from Okolona.
who was a recent arrival from IN
diana, was accused OF calling up
white girls on the telephone and an
moving them.
The town authorities used a decoy
message TO get Sykes, but before he
could be overtaken he had escaped.
An all-night chase ended when the
posse captured the negro after brief
fight in which shots were exchanged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
WANTED a HUSBAND.
And Her Big Son Answered the !Ad-
vertiSement.

All the fashionables in Burlington,
n. j., a. old and aristocratic town,
are laughing at the reconire which
a matronly widow, who lives on Fed
eral street, there, forced upon her
self.
The widow, although well-known,
is best described by this personal,
which she placed in Philadelphia
newspaper.
"a lady of mature age, but look
ing young and feeling so: a tall
blonde, imposing and graceful. and
az the same time well-to-do, desires
to marry. Address, -
The lady, who is no older that she
feels, chose her affinity from the
writer's Of the many letters she re
ceived. Quickly an interview was
arranged-she, wearing bunch of
lillies-of-the-valley in her corsage,
was to wait at the Pennsylvania rail
road station; he, with a red, red
rose in his coat lapel, was to arrive
on the s.3T a. m. New York express
east bound Friday.
The wiIow, looking extremely
youthful and handsome, waited at
the station; the express stopped;
from car dropped her stalwart son.
Hello, mother he cried, what
ora ,-o,, Soino horeo''
Next instant he saw the bunch OF
lilies-of-the-valley: she, the rose he
wore. She 5lushed far redder than
the rose and was seized with an oD-
perfume fit of coughing, which could
not hide her confusion. however.
"I-I got-off so-to get paper
stammered her son, who is about
23 years old. a gay young fellow,
employed in Philadelphia.
He rushed to the newsstand grab
bed a paper, and scrambled aboard
the last coach as the express pulled
out. His mother tore the lilies from
her cossage. threw them on the plat
form and ground them beneath her
heel.
s.I will die widow" she has since
said to intimate, confidential fe-
male friends.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
BRCTALLY MURDERED.
Prominent Young Man of Georgia
Is Foully Slain.

\. H. Berry. about 50 years OF age,
Of Rome. Ca, was found dead IN his
room at a hotel at Norfolk, Va on
Thursday afternoon. His head was
crushed in as he had been struck oS
some blunt instrument and his throat
was cut from ear to ear. prooaois
With razor. AS his money ana
other valuables are missing, roooeT!
is supposed 70 have been the motl'e
of the crime.
The murdered man was not KNOW u
in Norfolk. He had been there Io'
the past two weeks visiting 'hs
jamestown Exposition. and. appar-
entity was a man Of means.
A dispatch from Rome. Ga. says
his family is prominent there and tee
young man was very popular IN that
city. Berry left Rome about three
weeks ago for a trip to the north
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
POISONED HIMSELF
Because of the Death of Her Father
and Brother.

After grieving over the death OF
her father for a year, Miss Pauline
Simpson, a wealthy and prominent
resident of McKeesport, Pa, COM
mitted suicide by swallowing the con-
tents of a bottle Of carbolic acid.
Two years ago her brother was
killed in railroad accident at Gin
cinnatti. Just a year James simp-
son, superintendent of the National
Tube Co.. came home from his othce,
and fell dead at his daughters feet
from heart failure.
Miss Simpson became very morose
after her fathers death, and fre-
uuently expressed to her friends her
intention of ending her own life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-10-30
Down in His Store Near Martins
Staten, S. c.
A NEGRO ARRESTED.
Bill Rhodes, Four Years a Customer,
and Behind on His Account, Is
Held on Suspicion, and Barely Es-
capped Lynching-The Wounded
Man Carried to the Augusta Hos
pItal.

MT. c. 3. Ellis, a merchant living
on the c. and ". c. Railroad, three
miles from Martin Station in Barn.
well County, was shot down in his
store on Wednesday evening at half
past seven o'clock, by a woul6-be as
sassin, who after firing his double
barreIed shot gun turned and ran.
The wounded man was carried to
the City Hospital in Augusta, Ca,
Thursday morning and although he
was badly hurt his wound is not con-
s56ered fatal
Bill Rhodes, colored, was arrested
at his home by posse of infuriated
white men. two hours after the shoot
Ing occurred and carried to Barn
well where he is being held on sus-
pscsoa by the authorities. There
seems to be little doubt Of his guilt
The shot was fred while Mr. Ellis
stood behind a counter near the CEN
ter Of the store, balancing cash.
Tracks opposite side door, showed
where the Tould-be murderer
crouched down by the edge Of the
Veranda, and fred through the open
ing. Almost the entire load of No.
s bird shot took effect, lacerating
the merchants chest, tearing his
face and temporarily binding both
eyes.
Mrs Ellis, who was in the family
residence about three hundred yards
away, ran when she heard the shot,
and found her husband lying prone
On the floor, behind the counter, in
seni-conscious condition. She quick
y gave the alarm and in less than an
hour one hundred armed men, had
come to the scene of the shooting.
The would-be assassin's motive
had evidently not been robbery, as
fifty silver dollars were left scattered
on top of the desk when the wounded
man staggered backward and fell.
Suspicion fell on Bill Rhodes, who
was known to have been trading with
NJ. Ellis four years, and who owed
him for provisions bought on credit
The posse proceeded to his home.
and found doubie-barreled shotgun
that showed signs Of having been re-
Gently fred one time, but Rhodes de-
ciared that he had shot at hawk.
Only the efforts Of the two broth
ers Of the wounded man, who were
among the posse, prevented violence,
and, had not they urged the men to
wait some more positive proof Of the
negro's guilt, be would IN all proba-
oility have been now swinging from
limb. He was taken to the Barn
well county Jail, and is being closely
watched
A peculiar feature Of the affair was
that Mr. T. B. Ellis, of North Angus
ia, brother Of the man who was
shot. suspected Bill Rhodes imme-
6iately upon hearing Of the affair
and expressed his suspicious to the
members of his family. He had not
even heard the particulars of the
shooting, but knew that Rhodes had
been slow in settling his accounts.