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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
TWO white BRUTES
Arrested at Union on a Most
Serious Charge.
They Attacked and Attempted to
Assault d Young White Woman
on the Highway.

|
a special dispatch to The New.
and Courier from Union says OF
Sunday afternoon a dastardly at
tempt at criminal assault was
made, it is alleged, by Lester Beck.
nell, white, upon Miss Fannie
Vaughn, respectable white girl OF
l6 or IS years of age.
Miss Vaughn and Miss Sadie vii.
lard come to Union last week from
their homes near Santee on a visit to
relatives.
On Sunday. little before sunset,
the two girls were walking on the
Southern Railroad leading to Spar
tanburg. When short distance up
the railroad they were overtaken by
Lester Becknell and man who gives
his name as W. C. Massey. The for
mer is a native of Union county.
When these men came up with the
girls Miss Willard turned and ran
back to the home Of her brother-in-
law, but the men took hold of Miss
Vaughn, carried her some distance
up the track and into a thicket,
where she was knocked down, beat
en-. about the face, and the men on
ly desisted from their efforts to ac-
complish their purpose when they
became alarmed at the outcries of
the girl.
Upon being arrested Becknell re-
NAMED stolid and weakly denied his
guilt. Massey, on the other hand,
pointed out Becknell as the guilty
party, and stated that he himself
only stood off and looked on while
Becknell made his attempt.
No one having denied this ac-
count of the affair, Massey, who only
;ame to Union last week, is being
leld IN aSas witness, while a
warrant was promptly issued for
3ecknell on the charge of an assault
With intent to ravish.
Miss Vaughn's brothers assaulted
Massey after the occurrence and |
stabbed him in the back with a |
,nife, but the wound is not serious
me-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
DrspENSsRY LAW DISCUSSED.
Representatives Of Eleven County
Boards of Control Meet.

Pursuant to call sent out by the
Kershaw County board Of Control
there was held in Columbia Wednes-
day a conference of county boards
which was attended by representa-
tives of eleven county boards as toll
lows:
Kershaw. Richland, Orangeburg.
Charleston, Lee, Barnwell. Laurens.
Dorchester. Fairfield, Chester and
Sumter. DR.. ". J. Dunn. Of ker-
shaw, was elected president and Capt
J. II. Claffy. of Orangebnrg. secre-
tary.
| The members OF county boards
oresent discussed the provisions OF
rhe Carey-Cothran law in detail and
particularly as to such sections as
now give practical difficulty III thf
oneration Of the dispensal@es.
The matter Of samples. which /
NOT dealt with al all in the Law. VA
chiefly discussed, and it was decided
70 ask the General Assembly Il
amend the Law so that the-boardS Cal
dispose of samples in some way ie
i nIly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
WATCHMAN MURDERED
And Robbed at Pee Dee Bridge IN
Marion County.

a special dispatch from Florence
,o The News and Courier says MI
G. E. Kale. the bridge Waterman
FOR the A-lan,ic Coast L e at Pee
,,aa Riy4r. was found lying beside
,ha track in an unconscious condi-
-;on herwocn the river bridge and the
station ., -Pe,-Dee Monday night,
with two wounds on the head his
money and watch missing indicating
,that he had been fouuy dealt with,
robbed and left for dead.
He was found by the station agent
at Pee-Dee and. as he was still alive
was brought to Florence on Train
No. SO for medical treatment. bu'
died soon after reaching the Coas
Line Hospital without resalnlns
consciousness.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
A WILD Man
Attacked Lumbermen in the Woods
Out in Washington.

Out in Washington.
A dispatch from Seattle says roam
ing the Northwestern forest and
fighting the inhabitants of small
Washington towns along the Monte
Cristo branch Of the Northern Pacif-
fc is wild man who has thus far
eyaded capture.
Nels Helgensen, recently from st.
Paul, was attacked by man while
in the brush, who, Helgensen says,
wore a few ragged garments and
CARED rusty pistol, which he le-,
,veled at Helgensen, the hammers
clicking several times without shoot
ing. The strapping .swede grappled
with his assailant, and got the worst
Of the match.
Other ioggers laughed at his story
until few days ago when John
O'Leary, timber cruiser, went into
the same neighborhood for game and
had a similar experience. He went
to sleep in a deserted cabin and was
awakned by yell.
Arising, he was knocked to the
ground again, but hit the man with
an az as he grappled for his throat,
The wild man SUNK off with a pite-
Gus half-human wall. The man,
|O'Leary says, had a hairy body ana
face. 80.
Many old timers at Granita Falls
saw they have seen the wild man,
who is believed to be a Frencnman
who took up a timber claim near
Mt. Pilchuck five years ago, ana ois-
appared mysteriously two years IA
ter. The supposfticn is that soil
tude drove him crazy, after whlcn lsn n ne .
lost much of his resemblance to the
human by living wild
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
THE GOEBEL MURDER.
Youtsey, One of the Participants,
Tells About II.
He Says Caleb Powers and Taylor
Both Approved. of the Plaa to Kill
I1 Cnropr7np
the Governor.

/ At Georgetown, KY on Wednes
day of last week, Henry E. Youtsey
who is under life sentence for com
plicity in the assassination Of Gov
William Goebel, Of Kentucky, som.
years ago, went on the witness stant
and testified in the case Of Cabe
Powers, who is being tried there fol
the murder. Powers was Secretary
Of State of Kentucky when the as
sassination took place, and the shot
was fred froIS one Of the windows il
his Office in the State House al
Frankfort, where Goebel had gone tc
be inaugurated.
.Youtsey testified that be had talk
ed with DR.. ". r. Johnson in the
latter's Office about the killing of
Goebel and Of the purchase by him
self Of smokeless cartridges IN Gin
cinnatti. He said before the car
tridges were offered Johnson became
impatient, and said he could shoot
Goebel with his pistol from Secre-
tary of State Powers window, curs-
ing Goebel at the time
Youtsey then told OF the plot to
kill Goebel. He gave a detailed ac-
count Of events leading up to the
tragedy, and told of the preparations
he had made for the shooting. He
said he met James Howard, who did
the actual shooting. on his arrival
at Frankfort, few days before the
shooting took place.
Youtsey also told Of placing guns
in Powers Office, Of raising the win
dow, and drawing the curtains, of
pointing out Goebel as he approach
ed the capitol and seeing Howard
aim at Goebel He then left the
room and heard the crack CT the ri
fe as he was descending the stairs
Youtsey in his testimony corner
ed Powers directly with the tragedy
by stating that he fixed the door for
the entrance Of the assassin and ap-
proved of the plan. In his testimony
he also gave very damaging testi-
mony against Former Governor Tay-
lor, State Treasurer Day, Superin-
tendent of Public instruction W. ].
Dawson. W W. H. Cullon and others
ton.
Youtsey further testified that Tay-
lor dietaced letter to him asking
for Howard to come to Frankfort to
do the job," and he stated that he
would give s1,5oo, a pardon and
military escort to the mountains to
the man who would kill Goebel.
Youtsey identified the original af-
fdavit which he gave Powers while
both men were in the Louisville Jail.
In this document Youtsey made oath
that he knew nothing against Pow
ers to connect him in any way with
the assassination of Goebel The
affidavit, the witness stated, was Civ
en- to Powers at his request for the
purpose of getting Powers new trial
as his case was then pending in the
court of appeals.
An agreement, purported to have
been given Youtsey by Powers in ex-
change for the affidavit was also
put in evidence. The agreement was
to the effect that the affidavit made
by Youtsey for Powers should not be
made public, and should be returned
to Youtsey in fifteen days. Youtsey
stated that he knew when he made
the statements sworn to in the Off
davit they were false, and that Pow
ers said he must have it to get new
hearing. He said Powers wrote the
agreement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
VERY FAST TINE.
Ninety-Two Miles an Hour. Made by
Electric Engine.

The record for electric locomo-
tiyes was attained at Clayton, n. j.,
Thursday in the tests being made by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. The electric engine No. O28.
belonging to the New York; New
Haven & Hartford Railroad and
known as the Jamestown Exposition
engine, made a fraction over nine
ty-two miles an hour The loeomo-
tive weighs. 10000 pounds. The
officials say the tests have been high
ly satisfactory and that it has been
demonstrated that trains can be run
with safety at a speed of ninety miles
an hour.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
CASHIER KILLS HIMSELF.
Illinois Banker a Suicid.s-Sailk Iii
Fine Condition.

r p. Easton. As years old, cash
iar of the State Bank OF Herscner.
M committed suicide in his bank
I.st vaek bv shooting himself IN the
bead Easton had been cashier OF
30 hank since its organization and
vas stockholder. He was married
o,d leaves widow and two chll-
dren When the recent call for the
condition Of ali the State banks III
Illinois was made Easton oank
made one of the bset reports sent
out from that section Of the state.
The report showed the institution 10
be is excellent condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
GETS 4 FORLtAE'
Pensacola Woman Thought She was
N,iuistcrin@ to 4 Paupef.

Miss Annie Burkbart. twenty years
old, thought she was entertaining a
manner in Thomas Caldwell, an aged
recluse who went to Pensacola, Fla,
from Chncago and eked out Galser-
able existence by peddling fsn and
food. Miss Burkhart ministered to
the man when he was i'll The gir!
has now received information that
she has been made the sole heir o,
the estate of Caldwell, valued al
$4,000. :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Employee OF Carnival Company l:
Shocked to Death.

A dispatch from Camden to The
News and Courier says Tuesday eve
ming WILDER Lewis Langley, of Ian
caster, who was recently employed
in the Persian Theatre of the Jones
Carnival Company, now showing al
that Mace. met with tragic death.
He was attempting to attach a gio5e
10 an electric wire and in taking noio
OF the wire he was instantly A.ieu.
He was a young man apparently o.
about 20 years OF age
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
Section Of d New Bridge Falls In-
TO Swollen Stream.
SEVEN MEN DROWNED.
High Water Caused the Accident,
The Catastrophe Occurred Just at
Nightfau, When Men Were Pre-.
pairing to Knock OF Work for
the Day. There Were Many

~|NJ' 4NoAS "CAO many
Narrow Escapes.
High water Monday night caused
the collapse of new bridge in
course Of erection over the west
branch of the Susquehanna River
at Mifaingville, Pa, and resulted In
the death Of seven men and the in
jury OF nearly score Of others, two
fatally. Forty men were at work
On the traveller on the middle span
OF the structure when it collapsed.
They were all thrown into the swol-
len river.
The collapse Of the bridge was
caused by the rapid rise in the river.
The water rose during the day at the
rate of almost one foot an hour and
debrfes carried down the stream by
the food struck the false work Of
the bridge and caused it's collapse.
The accident occurred just at
nightfall, when the men were pre-
pairing to abandon their work. IS a
result the work Of rescuing those
who were thrown into the water and
caught in the mass of twisted iron
and steel was greatly retarded. The
second span Of the bridge was being
erected and it was this section that
fell with the big traveller.
The bodies Of four Of those killed
were found floating on the surface Of
the water entangled in the bent and
twisted girders and iron work, but
the others haven't been. found: Many
Of the men were caught in the rapid
water and carried mile or more
down the river before they were
rescued.
One Of the most miraculous es.
capes was that Of William Nesbit,
who was caught in the iron work
and held a prisoner an hour with
bis mouth and chin above water be-
fore being rescued. The bridge was
being built by the State to replace
one carried away in a freshet IN
1903.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
Didn't Slur Bryan.

Thomas E. Watson, of Georsla'
as,ed the American Thursday 70
sonr tho story that he referred TO
prvan ~ at zone big laugh" 1T IS
absolutely untrue said Mr.. Watson'
..+bat made any disrespectful al
,usion whatever to Mr.. Bryan:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
Two Islands Sold.

Tanning and Washington islands.
OF the Tanning Isaands group in the
South Pacific. were sold at auction
at Suya. Fiji, on Saturday last to
Father Broughier for the sum OF
sf05 0lh
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-18
F. T. Pender Hired Miss Olga Sjos-
tedt by Advertisement and Then
Tried to Starve Her.-He Laugh
cd at Her Pleadirgs.-When Re
leased, She Declares Negroes Re.
ceived Better Food Than She.

Half starved. yet joyful over her
release from, what she declared to
be slavery on farm owned by E.
T. Pender, six miles from Halifax,
\. c., Miss Olga Sjostedt passed
through Washington D. c., on Thurs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17

Since the mere sight of a photo
ing his large fortune to the American
original, whom he had never seen,
it is to be expected that the distribu-
Iion of photographs in Mexico may
take on large proportions. Matri-
monial agencies will no doubt seize
the opportunity to advertise a list of
Mexicans of wealth who are pining
for an American wife, if only she is
good looking Even then the substitu-
ton of another's photo may over
come -ugliness.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17

Senator Clay is receiving many
compliments from the press of Geor-
gia. The newspapers are almost with
out exception admirers of Senator
Clay, and though his place is not in
Jeopardy, it pleases them to throw
bouquets. The Atlanta Georgian has
the following to say anent the Sena-
Tor: And it is only fair to say that
shere are few men IN the senate who
could have been more effective to
this or to any other cause which they
nave essayed to help. The president
Of the United States has declared
that no member of the Democratic
party in the senate has a nearer hold
upon his confidence or a more ready
access to his ear and counsel than
Senator Clay, Senator Beveridge, one
of the Republican leaders, told the
editor of the Georgian that no man
upon the Democratic side of the SEN
ate could secure as much from the
good will and respect of the Republi-
can majority as the junior senator
from Georgia"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
PROHIBITION WAVE.
ON BUSINESS BASIS

The Dublin Times has the follow
ing to say of the sermon of Rev. o.
P. Gilbert in that city last Sunday:
Rev. o. G. Gilbert, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Americas,
preached two interesting sermons at
the Dublin Baptist church yesterday
morning and last night. He filled the
pulpit in the absence of Rev. Allen
Fort, the pastor, who is in Americas
assisting in revival.
Mr.. Gilbert preached last night
upon the theme of "the Lords ven
geance upon sin" and logically and
interestingly he showed that, while
one could be forgiven for sin, mental
physical and material losses due to
that sin could not be restored or
blotted out. The preacher, in discuss
ing the sin of intemperance and max
ing local application, stated that he
believed the wave of prohibition which
swept recently over Georgia was due
to the influence of the commercial
and other business interests more than
to any other cause. Drunken people
had become unmanageable and dan
gerous to society, and business men
had decided to remove the cause of
so much trouble.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17

Matrimonial agencies offer very
dubious opportunities in bringing
about desirable matches A case of
color blindness" is reported this
week from Lake Park, Ca, when a
young lady arrived to meet man
who it was found was a negro preach
er. The negro claimed that he
thought it was a "culled lady" to
whom he was writing The young
lady will be assisted back home. The
principal object of the bureaus" is
10 get their fees and such little ques-
Iion as that of color does not con-
Germ them. 1t would be interesting to
know how many men and women in
this section are corresponding with
names furnished by the bureaus"
for a consideration.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
Wisconsin Monument Dedicated at AndersOnyIle Today

ected at a total expense of $4,000.
Connecticut now has a monument in
course of construction costing $4,000.
It will not be long before the Governor
of that State, with a distinguished
body of citizens, will come to An
Jacksonville to dedicate this memorial.
This monument is also being erected
by Clark's Monumental Works, as
sub-contractor Mr.. Clark was the
direct contractor in the case of the
Pennsylvania monument, and built
the Massachusetts, and Rhode Island
monuments as sub-contractor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
TO HEROIC DEAD
OF WISCONSIN
Monument Is Dedicated at
AnderSOnyiIIe Today.

Today the monument erected by
the State of Wisconsin to the mem
DRY of it's dead at Andersonville will
be dedicated with appropriate GER
emonies.
Gov Davidson of Wisconsin, with
members of his staff, the Wisconsin
Monument Commission, and a num-
Der of old veterans and members of
the Womans Relief Corps will ar
rive at Andersonville in special Goa
ches on the morning train from At
lanta. In all about one hundred are
expected to be in the party
The Monument Commission, COM
posed of Hon. D. c. James, President,
c. H. Russell, secretary, and Lansing
Williams, treasurer, have made all
the arrangements for the trip.
In a circular letter issued by John
c. Martin, department commander of
Grand Army of the Republic, it is
stated as many comrades, their
wives, ladies of the Women's Relief
Corps and of the G. A. R., and all
loyal men and women of Wisconsin
who can do so, are invited to make it
a point to go on this occasion to do
honor othe 378 known dead Wis
consin heroes who passed away with
in the prison pen at Andersonville. |
vors left that pen of horros to return
to their homes. Many of these died |
soon after their liberation. A few
regained their health.
The National Woman's Relief |
Corps purchased the prison stockade |
and surrunding grounds and have
converted it into a park. They, by |
the aid of nature, have covered this
sombre feature of the past with a |
mantle of bright green. Young trees
have sprung up; in the midst of this
foliage birds sing as if to the de- |
parted ones. The creek, which in |
older days ran dark and muggy |
through the stockade now sparkles
in the sunlight, clear, pure and I'M
defied. These things tend to Danish |
some of the unpleasant memories of |
the past and accept the joy of the
joy and peace which the
horrors of AndersonviIle did so much |
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
FARMERS UNION
DAY AT FAIR

ATLANTA GA, Oct 16. (SpeciaD
Hundreds of Georgia farmers took
part in the celebration of Farmers
Union day at the Georgia State fair
today. An elaborate program was
carried out, including addresses by
c. S. Barrett, of the National Far
mers' Union, 0. P. Pyle, of Dallas,
Tex, editor of the National Cooper
ator, and Dean A. X. Soule, of the
Athens agricultural college. A fea-
ture was a recitation by Miss Lutte
Gresham, daughter of the founder of
the farmers union movement and the
adopted daughter" of the national
union
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
to bequeath to US"
A Southern Product.

The monument which is to be dedi-
Gated today is in the old stockade
grounds, now owned by the Woman's
Relief Corps and converted into an
attractive park of sc acres. 1t enjoys
the unique distinction of being
Southern product throughout. 1t
is constructed entirely of Georgia
granite, was built by Georgia labor,
and the contract was with a Geor-
gia firm, Clark's Monumental Works,
of Americas. This is the first State
monument at Andersonville to be the
handiwork of Southern labor through
out and to be constructed of Southern
material as we'll.
The monument represents an out
lay of $4,000, and is the most eX
pensive yet erected at Andersonyille.
The design, which is shown in the
accompanying illustration, is practi-
cally a reproduction of a monument
in Germany. The base work is fifty
by twenty four feet The monument
stands thirty-five feet in height to
the top of the bronze eagle that sur
mounts it. There is seat in front
and back. At the base the monument
is twelve feet thick, and at the top
about three feet. The granite of
which it is built came from the FL
berton quarries. The only polished
portions are the two dies, in front
and back. On the front die is the in
scription to the 378 known dead Union
soldiers who hailed from Wisconsin
and are buried in the cemtery On
the die in the rear are the words:
"To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die"
On the base course of granite, in
large raised words, are Gen. Grants
immortal words: Let Us Have
Peace"
This is the ninth State monument
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17

to be completed and dedicated at An
Jacksonville. They represent the fol-
lowing States:
In the national cemetery: New
Jersey monument, costing $4,000;
Pennsylvania, costing $4,000; Iowa
costing $4,000; Maine, costing S.
600.
In the prison park, or old stockade
grounds: Ohio monument, costing
$1,000; Massachusetts, costing $1,000;
Rhode Island, costing $6,O0O Michi-
gan, costing $4,000, and the Wisconsin
monument, which, as stated, was err
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
MIR. JOHN E. SINGER
BURIED IN AMERICAS

The remains of Mr.. John e. Singer,
accompanied by members of his fam
lily, reached Americas yesterday from
Cleveland, Ohio, where he died three
days ago. Friends of the family,
former residents here, met the fun
eral party and attended the service at
Oakgrove Cemetery. Rev. J. P. Ward
law of First Methodist church, con-
Quoted the service at the grave.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
THE "BLACKMAILERS"
, PLEASED IMMENSELY

For the first time here the Hub
and Comedy Theatre Co. put on last
evening the pleasing pictures "The
Blackmailers" which proved one Of
the very best of the long series. A
large audience attended both in the
afternoon and at night and both per-
formances were highly creditable. An
other fine list of pictures will be
put on this afternoon from to 6 and
again tonight. The audiences in
crease daily, and "the pictures" de-
light all.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17
STATE PROHIBITION
NOT NECESSARY
Senior Wilson Says County
Plan Is Good.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Oct 16.
(SpeciaD State Senator John F.
Wilson says that it is entirely super
fous to adopt State prohibition in
Alabama as the State is going dry
by counties. In every contest so far
the prohibitionists have been success
full, Senator Wilson pointed out, the
counties of Talladega, Pickens, Lee,
Butler, Lowndes and Coosa having
already gone dry.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-10-17

The public read of the awful disas-
ter at the Dupont powder mills in
Indiana with horror. Such a whole
sale slaughter stirs the feelings even
of one jaded by the almost daily
perusal of smaller tragedies.