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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
HUMAN TORCH.
pours Oil Over Her Clothes and
Sets Them Rfire.
Ran OUT in THE YARD.

Reaten Off Until He Knocks Her
Down. Survived Illness, but Be-
sieved That She Was Slowly
Going Blind and Wanted to Die
At Once.
A terrible tragedy was enacted IN
St. Louis, Mo-, one day last week.
Driven to desperation by the fear
that she was about to lose her eye
sight, Miss Mary Ollinger, 27 years
old, poured coal oil over her clothing
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Bar
bara Anderson, No. 26ll North
Broadway, touched a match to her
dress, and was fatally burned.
Sne was removed to the City Hos
pital, but the surgeons could do lit
tie for her, and she died, in few
hours after reaching the hospital in
great agony.
While the flames were scorching
her flesh, Miss Ollinger fought with
persons who tried to save her, and
pleaded with them to be permitted
to die. She made no outcry because
of pain, but was enduring the tor
ture stoically when her sister dlscov-
cred her and called for help.
Miss Ollinger was alone in the house
shortly after | o'clock on the day of
the tragedy. She opened bracket
lamp and poured the oil upon her
clothes, then lighted match and
touched the blaze to a loose waist she
wore.
She ran into the yard, apparently
that the wind might fan the flames,
and was standing there when Mrs.
Anderson first saw her danger.
Mrs. Anderson screamed for help
Richard Rosenkranz, an insurance
agent, who lives across the street,
rushed into the Anderson yard and
tried to beat out the fire with his
hands. Miss Ollinger, who was large
and strong, fought him with her
fists, and cried to him to leave her.
81 want to die!" she exclaimed
frantically. Il am going blind, and
there is nothing left in life for me!'
Rosenkranz could not overcome
her, so he ran into the house, seized
feather bed, dragged it into the
yard, and threw it at the burning
woman. The weight knocked her
down, and he soon had smootherec
the flames.
Doctor Oliver Bacon, Of No. 436;
North Market street, administered
soothing lotions, and an ambulance
conveyed the young woman to the
City Hospital.
Mrs. Anderson said her sister sew,
eral years ago suffered a serious i'll
ness which affected her eyes. Recent,
ly Miss Ollinger imagined she was
about to lose her sight entirely and
was subject to melancholia. None
of the family, however, believed she
: would attempt to destroy herself.
Her near relatives were Mrs. An
derson and George Ol!inger, broth
er, who is an engineer in Kansas
City. At the hospital it was found
that Miss Ollinger's body from the
waist to the neck was mass of blls-
| terS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27

Albert Bailey, electrician at the
Orr Mills in Anderson, was severely
burned by coming in contact with
a live wire. His right hand was
hurt, but he expects to have the use
Of it again in a short time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27

JOHN D. Rockefeller has announc-
ed his intention of giving two hun
dred and fifty million dollars for the
benefit of the poor. 1t will take
more than that to save you, John,
in the grand wind up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27

Five Belgians, who have been
working for the street railway COM
pany in Andersen, have gone to Ne
braska, where there is a large Bel
gian colony.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
OFFICERS SALARIES
Gist of the Act Passed by the
Last Legislature.
The Aumounts to Be Paid Auditors,
,Treasurers, Clerks, Sheriffs anu
Other Officials.

A showing of the salaries paid to
county officers in the State appears
below and will doubtless prove IN
teresting to people throughout the
State. Some changes were made by
the general assembly, though there
were fewer this year than usual.
1t should interest the citizens of
one county to know what their neigh
boring county is paying her officer,
or what any other county is paying.
A study of the figures will show
that there is wide difference in the
amounts paid the same officer in the
respective counties. Some are doubt
less we'll paid, while others are poor
ly paid.
Of the various county offices per
haps that of sheriff carries with 1t a
larger salary in the most counties. 1t
ranges from S700 in Pickens county
to 81 900 in Charleston county; Alb
beville, 100, deputy Sl0O; Aiken,
$1,000; Anderson, sl,SO0; Bamberg,
$500, for keeping jail and dieting
prisoners sl0o; Barnwell, 81 200;
Beaufort, 81, $50; Berkeley, $1,000;
Charleston, 81 400; Cherokee, 81 800;
Chester, 5000; Chesterfield, $500;
Clarendon, $500: Colleton, 81 800;
Darlington, 81, 800; Dorchester, $500;
Edgefeld, $1,000; Fairfield, $1,000;
Florence, 50, ,250; Georgetown, s., 100.
Greenville, $4,000; Greenwood, ST.
400; Hampton. 1.G0G;; Horny. sl00:
Kershaw, 81, 200; Lancaster, 81, 800;
Laurens, 81, 500: Lee, 81, 500; LeXlng-
ton, $500; Marion, 81 800; Marlboro,
81. 800; Newberry, Sl,400; Oconee,
81, 900; Orangeburg, 81, 800; Pickens,
s7O0; Richland, s2,40O; Saluda, ST.
| lO0; Spartanburg, $500; Sumter,
81 800; Union, 81, 500; Williamsburg,
| 81 300; York, 1850.
! In addition to the salaries named
| the sheriffs of the various counties
receive 80 cents per day for dieting
each prisoner while in custory, with
actual necessary expenses for him
self, prisoners and lunatics wher
called beyond the county.
SUPERINTENDENT: OF EDUCATION.
AS rule the man who fills the Of
Hce of county Superintendent is {
very poorly paid official. The salary
ranges from S4,O0t $1,000, as fol
lows: Abbeville, $500; Aiken, S70O
Anderson, 5000; Bamberg, $500
Barnwell, $500; Beaufort, S400; Ber
kelley, $500; Charleston, 81 900; Cher
okee, $500; Chester, $500; Chester
/ field, $500; Clarendon, $3.50; Collie
ton, $500; Darlington, $500; Dorches
ter, $3.50; Edgefeld, $500; Fairfield
$500; Florence, 5000; Georgetown
$500; Greenville, 500; Greenwood
$500; Hampton, $3.50; Horny, $500
Kershaw, s700; Lancaster, $780,
Laurens, s75O; Lee, $500; Lexington
$500; Marion $500; Marlboro, $500
Newberry, $500; Oconee, $500; Or
angeburg. $3.50; Pickens, $500; Rich
land, 81 200; Saluda, $3.50; Spartan
burg, 81, 200; Sumter, 5000; Union
! $500; Williamsburg, $500; York
500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
AUDITOR AND TREASURER.

The salaries of county auditors
range from S675 in Pickens county
to Sc, 200; in Charleston county, as
follows: Abbeville, 1000; Aiken,
1000; Anderson, 1900; Bamberg,
800; Barnwell 1900; Beaufort, 1000;
Berkeley, 1850; Charleston, 5000;
Cherokee, 1000; Chester, 1000; Ches-
field, 900; Clarendon, 500; Colleton,
1900; Darlington, /, 100; Dorchester,
900; Edgefcid, 1,C00; Fairfield, 1000;
Florence, 1,l00; Georgetown, 1900;
Greenville 1900; Greenwood, 1000;
Hampton, 900; Horny, 750; Kershaw;
1000; Lancaster, 900; Laurens, 1000;
Lee, 1000; Lexington, 900; Marion,
937; Marlboro, 900; Newberry, 1000;
Oconee, 900; Orangeburg, l,500;
Picke1s, CTS; Richland, 1000; Salu-
da, 800; Spartanburg, 1900; Sumter,
l,20C; Union, 900; Williamsburg,
900; York, 1900.
In addition to their salaries the
county auditors are allowed a fee of
rs cents for each conveyance of real
estate transferred upon the records
Of their respective Offices, which fee
is to be collected of the person or
persons presenting the conveyance
for transfer.
TIE county teasurer in each Of
tie counties of the State receives the
same salary as that paid to the coun-
ty auditor of such county, except in
The counties of Union and Marion,
where the salary is 1900, and in the
cc'nty of Lee, where it is $50. In
&C ition to the salary each Of the
county treasurers is entitled to a
fee of 81 for each tax execution is
sued against delinquents. Only in
Chesterfield county is this fee charge
able against the county, where 50
cents is charged.
SUPERVISOR,
County supervisor---Abbeville ST.
100; Aiken, 900: Anderson, 1900;
500; Barnwell 900; Beau
fort, 800; Berkeley, 800; Charleston.
1,50O; Cherokee, 700; Chester, 800;
Chesterfield, 800; Clarendon, 500;
Colleton, $50; Darlington, 1000;
Dorchester, $50; Edgefeld, 900; Fair
field, 1000, Florence, 1,l00; George
town, l, 200; Greenville, 1900; Green
wood, 1000; Hampton County COM
500; EACH; Hoor1y, 600;
Kershaw 800; Lancaster, 800; Laur-
ence, 1000; Lee, 500; Lexington,
$50; Marion, 500; Marlboro, 1000;
Newberry, 1000; Oconee TOO; Or
700; Pickens, 600; Rich
land, 1900; Saluda, 600: Spartanburg
], $50; Sumter, 900; Union, 600; VIII
liamsburg, 700; York, 700,
In the most Of the counties the
supervisor and board of commission
ers are provided with a clerk at a
salary ranging from 100 to 500.
The clerk of court in each county
is paid small salary and given the
fees Of the Office, which amount to
a great deal in some of the counties.
The coroner's salary in Charleston
county is 800: in Richland it is $50,
in the other counties it ranges from
Is per year to 400.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
WHAT THE KIDNEYS Do.
Their Jnceasing WorK Keeps es
 Strong and Healthy.


 All inc blood in the body passes through the kidneys once every .., three minutes. The kidneys inter the blood. They work night ana day. When healthy they remove about 50U grains of impure matter daily. when unhealthy some part oi this impure matter is left Tn the blood, This brings on many dis eases and symptoms-pain ln the back, headache, nervousness, not dry skin, rheumatism, gout, gravel, disorders of the eyesight and near ing, dizziness, irregular heart, de bility, drowsiness, Gropsy, deposits in the urine, etc. But ot you Keep the filters right you will have no trouble with your Kidneys.
 E. Levy, dealer in tobacco and cigars. at 215 Main st., and living at S23 West Sixth st, Little Rock, Ark, says: There was a m:ser- able feeling in the small of my back and a feeling of weakness. AS I do a great deal of driving ] blamed the constant jolting for causing the severe pain across my Kidneys. Whatever the cause of the trouble was after I started to use Doan's Kidney Pills my back gave me very little annoyance, the use of this remedy having driven the lameness entirely away. I have rec commended Doan's Kidney Pills to several of my acquaintances and shall continue to do so for I know they can be relied upon to bring re- lief in cases ol backache.'
 Plenty more proof like this from Pine Bluff people. Call at Mann Tankersley drug store and ask what customers report.
 For sale by all dealers. Price % cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York, sole agents for the Unit ed States.
 Remember the name-Doan's- and take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

Western Union officials are mueh worried over the prospects opened by a possible walk out of the operators, which, as it now appears to them cannot be averted except by com plete surrender on the part of the company to the Commercial Tele9- raphers' Union of America. Whether
 this trouble will be delayed until June. when there begins a beaVy in crease to the volume of the business, or take place within a few days, the company, it is declared, will fight the men to the end, on the ground that they have no grievance that will gain for tEem any public sympathy. The Western Union has never ac- knoWledged the American Telegraph CTS union but now the men are wear ing union buttons and asking what is going to be done about it. Any thing approaching a general strike 9 the operators would paralyze tele- graphic communication throughou the country, and the officials are seeking to gain as much time as pos sible in order to be able to make an effort to meet the emergency.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
OUR NEW YORK LETTER

densely peopled East Side districts af night. as often happens, there Is little hope finding tEe culprif, The obadger game as well as straight boldup by women, are also increasing
 Active work upon the eXeaFat1oif or series of excavations for the terminal has left the north side oi .rhirty-third street between seventh and Ninth avenues in somewhat unsettled state The houses are shored up, it is true, but no hem lock scantling is strong enough 10 shore LID the hopes of the board ing house keepers who are affected. The natural result is, that some oi the houses in which board ana lodeine may be had, which have ln front of them fringe of sidewalk, are offering unusual inducements to possible boarders. Contrary to GUS tom this sOicltnde is so mahllesf only toward the tending boafdef. The lodger already in the house has every detail of his comfort carefully attended to. In some or the houses breakfasts are served, included in the weekly charge for the occupancy of the room, and this rate is lower than in any of the uneXcaVated sections ot the west side. Morover, it IS lower than the rate obtained in the same houses prior to the great change. One lodger in shored up house could not understand how it was that his laundry was never in ar rears. For a time he did not in- quire too closely. In the end curi- osity won a victory over the better part of valor. Mrs. Peach, he said, how is it that my laundry bills are always paid nowadays2 That's easy,s she said, we give breakfast and laundry with the room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
ILOILO WIPED
 OFF THE MAP

Manila, April 20.-The city of lloilo, fisland of Panay, was to- tally destroyed byf fire Friday, with the report that twenty thousand persons are homeless.
 As this dispatch is filed the confagration is still raging and, owing to the heavy wind blowing, it is beyond control.
 The civil and military authori- ties are doing everything possible to check the flames and assist the srft erers
 No estimate has yet been made of the amount of damage done. and no details of the fire are obtain able, owing to communication be- ing seriously affected
 Iloilo is the capital of the island of Panay, located on the east. coast. The port, which is the sec ond in importance to Manila, is the center of the sugar import trade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

New York, April 70. Art circles were deeply stirred last week when it became known that the National Academy of Design had rejected some of the most gifted and accomplished candidates for associate membership on the nomination list, nominated in recent years. Out of thrty-siX pain ters. sculptors, and en@raVers on the nomination list, only three were elec- ted associates. These three were Jo- seph Pennell, the etcher, and Robert Brandegee and Frederick Ballard Will Hams. painters. Among those rejec- ted were J. Campbell, Arthur 5. Da- fvs, one of the rarest talents Amer ican art has produced; Jerome My CTS. whose personal and sympathet- ic view of New York S East Side folk has brought him substantial recognl- tion from collectors and the pubic; Ernest Eawton, Paul Cornoyef, Colin C. Cooper, C. W. Hawthorne, Willard Metcalfe, and Edith Woodman Bur roughs, whose spirited bronze statue, "Circe,' won the $500 Julia Shaw memorial prize in the current Acad- emy exhibitions Friends of the re- jected artists assert that this action by the Academy means deliberate step backward by what ought to be the most advanced organization Ill America TDe impressiOn certainly, is strong that something besides Jnat and honest and honorable choosing dictated the choice that filled the list with men who are subordinate 70 nearly the whole list of those W1o were rejected. The public look for something else than this from an or ganization that presumably repre- sents the higher and finer thought oi the period.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

Miss Helen NJ. Could is the hitherto unknown philanthropist who purchased 100. .000 acres of land near Greeley, Colo, at a cost of $330 ,000 to. be subdivided for for houses for poor persons from New York tenaments. Another S100,000 will be spent for farm irz- plements, seed and fencing. Benz ticiaries will be allowed to make easy payments, if they are diligent, but the shiftless will be Weedea out. There will be j corps of aer;- cultural and sanita'5 instruments. d 'ibl; and readln"g room and ol, a>,.re at4nnds. J.icrc will p9 r9 quirements as tO religion Dairying and poultry raising will receive the most attention at the start, and general farming and fruit raising will follow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
SCARLET FEVER

Please take no':ce; We hove 'h- stalled the est renHyato' and sterilzer knn,,l to Us for cletshi,.t, the germs e:nm carpets ana mat tresses whera diseases always bren We will cal! and get your work and deliver sane in 'he best shape Our prices will b, right. Cal old 'phol.e. S96: new, i9. Yours tG serve,
 TURNER PLDD NJ FACTORY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

Julius Leitner left today for Kan sas City, St. Louis, Chicago and other Northern and Eastern points to book attractions for the summer theater which will be opened by Leitner and Veil on Main street, at the old Main Rink, within the next few weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

An advance of 10 per cent, rang ing from $4 to S10 in weekly sal aries were granted to all the em- ployes in the diamond cutting fac tories in this city. Manufacturers say that the increase in the cost of labor means slightly higher prices for diamonds, which have been getting dearer every year fG" several years It is also said that Wall street conditions are not Der ceptibly affecting to diamond trade and that people are buying as many was the greatest in the history of the trade.
 II get many orders these days | do not care to fill," said a painter of miniatures. They are from men. There seems to be fad among men at present to hand themselves down to posterity by means of miniatures. That is un- fortunate, because they do not show up we'll in that kind of paint ing. Even woman dressed in plain clothes makes a poor subject. A miniature, to be at it's best. re- quires model dressed in fluffy materials and delicate cOlors. Since it is contrary to custom for man to deck himself out in Gains borough hats and silks and hihons he doesn't appear to good ad- vantage in a miniature. Formerly most men recognized their limita. tions as subjects for the artist, and comparatively few of them ven tured into the field of miniatures Now, however, their vanity seem' to have run away with their discre ton and the miniature painter are working overtime to fill or ders'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

-Wanted-Men to learn barber Trade. Few weeks completes, tools given, wages Saturdays, positions guaranteed. Catalogue mailed free. Write nearest branch, Moler System oi Colleges, St. Louis, Mo-, or Dallas. Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
LOST. DIAMOND RING.

Lost on Monday on Main, near Sec ond, a ladys diamond ring-about 3-4 karat; ring plain. Liberal reward will be paid if returned to McGaughy Hardware Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21
FOR SALE.

First class lunch stand on Main street, established trade, good loca- tion: good reason for selling.
 DAD DAVIDSON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-04-21

Beware of the Vigilance Commit tee was the warning whispered about the curb the other day. Those brokers who received warnings be- came nervous and uncomfortable. The Vigilance committee of the curb can ruin the business of those who violate the curb rules, and the committee has been at work trying to establish the identity of about thirteen men who. it is charged, were guilty of yio- lating one of the strictest rules of the curb. About fifteen brokers, af- ter the close of business adjourned to a neighboring cafe and traded Tn 20.000 shares of Nevada Goldtield, ad- vancing the price 3-4 of a point and spelling the market for those brokers whp obeyed the law of the curb. When the market opened next day, many brokers who had orders found that they could not be executed, IS the price had been advanced. IL Was discovered that the guilty men were among those who had come upon bro kers who kbitually do business on the curb. The 200 brokers who hab- itually do business on the curb agreed that in future they would not tra le with any man who violates the rule for closing. The Vigilance commit tee will furnish the names every day to the press, with request that they be published. Other brokers upon reading the list. will refuse to do any business with the outlaws.
 There is decided increase in the number of street robberies accompa- nied by violence As rule strong arm men are more trouble to the pc lice during the months of severe win ter than in the season of agreeable temperatures. Just now, perhaps there are as many hDldups as there were in mid-Winter, and the boldness with which they operate is pronounce ed among the long list of crimes committed during each twenty-foul hours, holdups take prominen place, numerically, as is shown b! the precinct returns every morning Many of the strong-arm men arr Poles, Italians, and Hungarians, an' few are Americans. The metbod pursued are either intimidation an
 simple robbery, or failing, that, sucl slugging as leaves their man uncon scious, if not dead, where he dropped When a holdup is worked in in
Daily Kennebec journal., 1907-11-22

Citizens living in the vicinity of the
Williams Grammar school were witness
es to 4 game of football yesterday af-
ternoon that will go on record as ono
of the most heroic struggles of the sea
son in juvenile football circles. The
BATTLE was between the Bangor street
eleven and the Pine Tree Stars. and
was fought ont on its merits. all the
unwritten wcrk of the game being
brought into play. but the Bangor street
boys We're too much for their advcrsar-
les and the Stars went down in an over
whelming!y defeat. the score being q
to o. The players on the Bangor street
team were Capt. Lawrence Purinton.
Leroy Hussey. Earl Cooper, Walter
Burke. Manager Stanley Husscy. Har-
vey Pierce, Ralph Ingrham, Albert
Chadwick, Elmer Day, Allen Bowling
and Robert lockwood, and the Stars
were Capt. Clarence Haskell, Ralph
McCourtney. Stanford Miller. Joseph
Young, Harold Tobey, Carroll Burns,
Kenneth Wilson, Eddie Merrill. Harry
Freeman, Earl Merrill and Manager
Ernest Smart. 1t was a great game
but there was mud on the diamond
and it is understood that if the two
teams come together again this fall the
mothers of the respective players have
decided to attach identification tags
to their hOpefuls in order that they NAV
be able to tell who's who when the
battle is over