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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
CASHIER SKIPPED
After Stealing Sixty Eight Thousand
Dollars From Bank.


Dollars From Bank.
Frank Jones, teller of the Char
lotte National Bank, it is charged, ),
has defaulted to the extent of $685.
900. News was just learned Wed
nesday morning.
The alleged defalcation will not
inconvenience the bank to any ser
ious extent as it has assets Of ST.
000,OO0. There was nothing crook
ed suspected until Jones left Satur-
day night, saying he was summoned
to Richmond. This, it is ascertain
ed, was blind, and his whereabouts
are now unknown.
Mr.. Jones has wife and several
children. He was member Of the
First Presbyterian church and to {
degree was very active in church
work.
He was chairman of the religion:
work committee Of the Y. NJ. c. A
here seven or eight years ago.
The other banks Of the city readl
ly offered to lend aid to the Char
lotte National Bank, but this wa
not especially needed.
The Charlotte Bank has offered
reward Of $1,000 for the arrest ant
delivery to the proper authorities o
Frank Jones, the teller.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
WANTED FROG ARRESTED
Negro Woman Who Thought She
Had Been Conjured

The Greenville News say the po-
lice of that place had call from
.'The Cover Line" of the hurry up
description and two of the coolest
and best officers of the reserves were
Immediately dispatched to the neigh
hood from which the call came. They
arrived fully expecting to fro in
progress a family row or rough
house but to their great surprise the
request was from a negro woman
that they arrest another woman for
attempting to conjure her. She al
legged that the woman had placed a
frog under her doorstep and this
had prevented her from sleeping a
moment during the whole night. She
began to dig about the step to prove
to the officers that this was a fact
but was unable to produce the AMI
nal. She was very much IN earnest
about the affair and stated that hel
intention was to bring out an 1nd1ct'
ment against the alleged conJurer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Heard Five Miles and Kills Two Peo-
pie Instantly.

A dispatch from Prosperity to the
News and Courier says a terrific ex-
plosion startled that place on Tues.
dav of last week. Many ran out OF
the stores and Offices to ind out the
canse of the noise, but nothing un-
nasual could be seen. In about tif-
teen minutes a phone message came
to Mr.. A. NJ. Leslie TO the effect that
boiler belonging to Mr.. N. R. Les
ter his brother, who lives near st.
Luke's Church, about five miles from
prosperity, had exploded, and tnal
Mr. Lester and a negro had been IN
stantly killed and another negro ser
iously hurt. Mr.. Lester was a "ell-
to-do planter and a prominent man
his community and the churen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
MADE MONKEY MAD.
And BE Scratched Little Girl Very
Badly.

John Williams two children and
a small friend of theirs thought
they would have some "fun" with
an organ grinders monkey. They
handed a hot penny on the end Of a
stick to the monkey, when it climb
ed to the second story window o. OF
Mr.. Williams home, in Richaeld, n:
H. The monkey politely doffed his
hat b and took the penny then screen
ing loudly, dropped it instantly:
Chattering with rage, the ANNA! a!
sprang at the biggest child. .ssgd giri hor ol
ten years. 1t bit ana scra.CneS eI+ ~ -
hands and although she fought IT,
retreated ra-r only when its master yank:
ed ed With Nth all his strength on the cord
tb That " bound m it. Returning home Mr.
end sId' Mrs Tr Williams found their daugh'
t,ne fer suffering 81 from shock and nurs
ing her hurts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27

TABLES TURNED.
A Lady Came Home and Laid Out
Matters.
Shoots One and Beats Another Fea-
male Visitor Of Her Husband in

Her absence.
Returning home suddenly and not
finding the door open, Mrs. c. N.
Clark, living down in the southwest
ern part of Joplin, Mo-, forced an
entrance and with a revolver opened
fire on a woman she found in the
house with Mr. Clark.
Three shots were fired, one graz
.ng the shoulder of Victoria Wilde:
afterward she struck her butt of the
weapon and turning on julia Messin-
ger, beat her so badly she is confn-
ed to bed.
Mrs. Clark was informed by neigh
bors of visits of women to her home
during her absence and watched for
an opportunity to catch them there.
Her husband is semi-invalid, and
sent his wife. down town after medi-
cine
While away the women went to
the Clark home Mrs. Clark watched
and saw them enter, and hurried
home. The shooting and beating fol-
lowed. No arrests have been made
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
WOMEN SHOT TO DEATH.
Assaulted White Lady, Her Son
And Daughter.

Charged with having used rasor
with probable fatal effects on Mrs.
Ella Rheton, a whit woman, and her
daughter, and kicking her son,
small child, about the road, two col
ord women were shot to death near
McKamie, Tenn, Thursday night by
a mob.
According to a statement Of Mrs.
Rheton, she and her two children
were attacked by the legro women,
while walking along the public ROAD.
She and her daughter received knife
wounds, which it is feared will prove
fatal.
The women were arrested and
placed under guard at the school
house at the town of Mckamle, that
place being without jail and from
which they were removed by the
mob at late hour that night anc
shot to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
One Thousand Reported Killed in
the Salyadorean Army.
Three DAYS FIGHT.
The Nicaraguan Army Completely
Triumphed Over the Salvadorian
Army, Which Was Routed, And
Left the Field in Great Disorder.
This Battle VIII Likely End the
War.

t
A dispatch from Washington says
the State department received the
following dispatch Friday from Jose
D'Oliverez, the American cunsul al
Managua, Nicarauga.
), This government reports that on
March Is an army of 5000 Salvado-
reans and 1000 Mondurans, COM
manded by Gen. Presa, a Salvador
can, attacked the Nicaraguan van
guard near Namisque, Honduras.
=" The battle lasted three days re-
sulting in the complete rout of the
Salyadoreans, who lost 1000 killed.
'Nicarauga has 10000 troops at
the front and will commence an i'm
mediate attack on Chatluteca and
Tegucigalpa."
Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan min
lister, has received cablegram from
his Government confirming the press
report to the effect that the Nicara-
guam navy has captured the impor-
tant Honduran Caribbean port Of
Ceiba.
The naval vessels are now on their
way to Puerto Cortez, where they
probably will repeat their success,
and as Trujilli already has fallen in
the hands Of the Nicaraguans, prac-
tically the whole north coast Of Hon
duras is in their possession.
The cruiser Chicago, which has
been patroling the Pacific side Of the
isthmus and Central America, has
gone from Acajuta, Salvador, to Aca-
pulco, In Mexico, thousand miles
northward. This voyage is made nee
essary from the fact that coal is
scarce in Central America.
The movement for Intervention is
gaining strength and Assistant Sec
retary Of State Bacon strongly i'm
pressed upon the minister from Cos
ia Rica and Nicaragua the wisdom
Of speedily terminating the warfare
in Central America, as 1t promises
to in volve all the other Republics,
and it is almost certain, If prolonged,
to lead to the presence in their wa
tiers of European naval vessels, with
possible Intervention in behalf Of
their own citizens.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
MUST BE SIGNED.
REQUEST Blank Feature Of Dispen'
sary Must Be Observed.

Request Blank Feature Of Dispen-
sary Must Be Observed.
The request blank feature OF the
new dispensary law is to be strictly
observed by the new administration,
if an opinion rendered by Attorney
General Lyon is needed
It is rendered directly to State
Dispensary Auditor West, and he
will see to the enforcement of the
law.
The opinion is clear cut and pos
tive. 1t quotes the law to show that
any dispenser or other dispensary
officer who fails to carry out this
part of the law is to be removed.
The patron must sign or make his
mark in the presence of the dispen
ser or clerk, who must attest though
= the dispens2ry official may used
rubber stamp to attest.
According to the opinion it is thu
duty Of the auditor to report to th'
Governor any failure to strictly en-
force this and other features.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
Will Raise More Cotton.

A dispatch from Carlo, Egypt, says
the council of ministers has adopt
ed the proposition to increase the
height of the Assuan Dam. It is cal
culated that this will give sufficient
new water to irrigate another mil
lion acres, which, it is estlma1eo'
should yield an increased cotton crop
TO the value of s17,50O,0OO to SZo,-
100000 annually. 1t will take SIX
wears to complete.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
LADY ATTACKED BY NEGRO
She Escapes But The Fiend Hills
Her Baby.


Mrs. James Tolbert, wife of for
mer Mayor Tolbert of Fairmont, Ca,
was brutally assaulted and her two
months old child was murdered by
a negro at their home Thursday eve
ming. The negro, who approached
the house when Mrs. Tolbert was
alone with her child, demanded $50.
Being refused he said he must have
the money or her life.
Then began a struggle during
which he followed her from room to
room, until she escaped and ran TO
her husbands store, some distance
away. When she returned with a
party the baby was found with its
head nearly severed from Its BODY
and the negro was missing.
A posse was soon formed and the
pursuit was kept up during the
night the crowd increasing as the
search continued. The whole country
has been secured for the negro brute
but his capture has not yet been re
ported. Excitement is running higf
and there is no doubt. If caught, the
negro will be lynched.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
PIG SAVES SIX LIVES.
Swims With Line From Wrecked
Ship to Shore.
Lifeboat Smashed and Vessel Going
to Pieces-Tied Rope to Porker
and Tossed him Overheard.

Bringing members Of the crew of
the wrecked Welsh bark Annie
Lloyd, the Hamburg-American line
steamer Prinz Ethel Friedrich reach
ed New York from Inauga.
The men owe their preservation
from the deep to a pig, and their ex-
perience explodes the time-honored
saying that a pig cant swim. A pig
that was on the vessel was used in
a rough sea for getting a line to the
shore.
The Lloyd was bound for Ham
burg when she was wrecked. On
February %, at night, in half-gale,
the bark was tumbled on coral reef
about twenty miles from Fortune is
land. She began leaking almost i'm
mediateiy.
Captain William tried to get life
boat away from the lee side, but it
was smashed into kindling.
The sea threw the bark down on
her pirt side until she had slant
if fifteen degrees.
The waves broke over the ship so
heavily that the crew had to batten
themselves below. The mate, boat
swain, and carpenter finally lashed
life lines about their waists and
made their way forward to where a
water cast was secured.
They emptied the cast, and max
ing line fast to it, threw the cast
overheard. 1t was hoped to get the
line ashore in that way, but the pro-
ject failed.
The lines and the cast were hauled
back on board and the mate suggest
ed that the pig be tried as life
saver. The pig was big, noisy and
strong as an OK. The end of the
heaving line was placed about the
pigs midship section, and with an
CRY protests the animal was cast
overheard.
''That porker was like swan"
said the boatswain, "He grunted like
thunder when he struck the water,
but he got his compass bearings at
last and headed for the shore.
eve thought he was goner sew
eral times, but he landed at last, and
the natives grabbed the line. They
gobbled up the pig first Of all, and
several of them disappeared up the
beach with the animal.
"Other natives hauled ashore the
hawser, which we bent to the heav-
ing line, and we got ashore in
breeches-buoy fashion.
Captain Hughes was the last to
get ashore. We didn't save stitch
of our stuff. The bark went to
pieces the day we got ashore.
It was a mere coincidence of the
pig rescue that the reef on which
the Lloyd struck is known as Hogsty
roof
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
WIPED OUT IN BLOOD.
Shot Betrayer Of His Sister, but Was
Also Shot.

At Hillear, KY, OF Wednesday OF
last week Frank Dutton was shot
and killed by Sam Rose, who was
soon afterward shot to death by Ell
las button, brother Of Frank Dutton.
Elias escaped to the mountains and
a posse is now in pursuit.
Sometime ago the Dutton land
Rose families lived in a village IN
Southwestern Virginia. Alcene Rose
was the belle of the town, and fell
in love with and was betrayed by
Frank Dutton, with whom she fec
to Kentucky.
Sam Rose, her brother, determln'
ed upon revenge, hunted for his sis.
ter's betrayer, and finally discovered
him. They met on the street anc
begun shooting
After killing Frank Dutton, Rose
~hen near his sisters house, en-
"ountered Elias, who shot him down
Rose dragged himself to his sister:
door and died in her arms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
A white FIEND.
Go vernon Ansel Offers a Reward
for one Goldberg.
Who Is Charged With Criminally AS
saulting a Mere Child in Colum-

The State Of South Carolina is
very anxious to catch one Leon Gold
berg, who is charged with criminal.
ly assaulting a ten year old Belgian
girl who came over in the White
kind few weeks ago. The outrage
took place in boarding house in
Columbia kept for immigrants by
Goldberg.
The girls parents are working on
a farm near Columbia. She is not
badly hurt physically, it is said, and
has been taken by interpreter Fam.
aey of the department of immigra.
ton to her parents new home in the
countTS.
There is deep feeling among the
immigrants over the matter, anC
while there was no talk Of violence
particularly after it was ascertaine6
that the girl was not badly hurt ply
sicaily, there was and is a genuine
and general contempt for the man
and he will be severely dealt with
if caught.
Goldberg is an Austrian. He came
to Columbia about one year age
from Canada, and had been from
time to time employed by Commis-
sioner Watson as an interpreter but
had been discharged Sometime age
and had no connection with the i'm
migration department when he COM
mitted his dastardly crime.
Insomuch as the crime was com
mitted upon the child of one Of the
immigrants brought over on the
Whittekind, the immigration depart
ment is doing everything possible
to apprehend this man and will as
sist the legal authorities if he is cap
tured and brought back to Colum bia.
Gov. Ansel has offered a reward
for the scoundrel, and every effort
is being made to catch him. The
Columbia authorities are doing every
thing they can in the matter and will
not let up in their efforts until Cold
berg is found and brought back for
trial. Should he be caught he will
be severely punished. In fact, he
deserves hanging.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
FOUND In WOODS.
George Mccormick May Have
Been Dead Since Feb. II.
Man Who Killed His Wife and Shot
His Mother-in.law Has Been Dis.
covered Dead.

covered DeaQ.
A letter from Aiken to The State
says very tragic climax to 2 bru-
tai murder case developed Wednes-
day morning when the decomposed
body of Geo. Mccormick was found
near the scene where he committed
a heinous crime on the 18th Of Feb
ruary. The body was found on Mr..
Jim Green's place near Toatha. 1t
is is supposed to have lain there
since the day after he murdered his
wife and seriously wounded his
mother-in-law.
Coroner Owens went down to the
scene Wednesday, accompanied by
Dr.. H H .Wyman, Jr., and held an
inquest. The evidence adduced was
all circumstancial, but chain Of in
cidents was linked together which
pointed strongly to suicide. A re-
hearsal of the murder and the Incl
dents leading up to the finding of
the body will be given below:
On Sunday night, Feb. 18th, Geo.
Mccormick went to the home of his
mother-in-law, where his wife had
flown from him, and after trying in
vain to induce her to return to him,
he few into frenzy of anger and
began beating her. Her mother in
terfered and Mccormick pulled his
pistol and shot her.
He then turned his weapon upon
his wife and shot and instantly kill
ed her. He then went, so the theory
goes, to his own house and there
drank two bottles of laudanum, and
Immediately went to the home Of Ed.
Hicks, a short distance away, and
begged to be allowed to remain that
night. Hicks stated that he was pc
culiarly affected and was in some
kind of a stupor. He stayed over
night there and next morning Hicks
ran him off upon learning of his
crime of the preceding night. Nc
Cormick complained Of feeling queer
and said he thought he was going
crazy.
He staggered off and has not been
seen since and it is supposed that he
Sul " "uSt z uS vas IOo11Nt A4ASA
is only short distance from the
house, and laid down and died in a
stupor. He was heard to say prev
iously that if he could kill his wife's
mother he would be willing to die
himself.
He was supposed all along to be
fugitive from justice in Georgia and
some parties followed what they mis-
took for his tracks to Katwoed. The
governor offered a reward for his
arrest few days ago.
The verdict Of the coroner's jury
was that he came to his death at his
own hands.
This ends one Of the most aggra-
waited murder case that has ever oc-
Cured in Aiken County and 1t IS
supposed that remorse possessed
him and he died at his own hands
rather than face punishment for the
brutal crime he had committed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
MONUMENT TO BAGLEY
The President Invited to the CnvaI-
ing Ceremonies at Raleigh

Senator Overman called on Presl-
dent Roosevelt Thursday to invite
him to attend the ceremonies of the
unveiling of a monument IN the
State. House grounds at Raleigh, n.
G.. to Ensign Worth Bagley, the
first American killed in the Spanish,
American war and the only naval
officer who lost his life il that strug-
gle. The ceremony will take place
Nav 2S. Ensign Bagley was killed
on the torpedo boat WinsloW early
in the war, while directing some OF
the movements of the vessel. The
President said he would Ike very
much to accept the invitation, ou1
it would not be possible for him to
| do SO.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
WRECK OF A FURNACE.
Hundred Tons of Brick and Mortar
Bury Workmen.

A message from Bessemer says
that the lining of the new furnace
Of the Woodward Iron Works, at
Woodward, Ala, fell in and a hun
dred tons of brick and mortar bur"
led a number Of workmen. Five
dead bodies have been taken out
from the debris. Dempsey Hayes, a
white man and four negroes are the
victims.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
Close Call.

An east bound Denver and Rio
Grande passenger train left the track
80 miles west of Antinlo, CALI FL
day night and 35 passengers, hao q q
miraculous escape from death. All
the passengers were hurt, but none
seriously.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNS.
One Teacher and Eight Children
Crushed to Death.

Nine persons, eight Of them school
children, were instantly killed and
many others injured at Durango,
Mexico, by the collapse Of the roof
of the public school building, while
the rooms were crowded with pupils
The dead include one Of the teachers
and eight members Of her class.
Scores were buried under the
wreckage and debris, and there may
be additional deaths, as many OF
the victims are seriously hurt. The
teachers body was pinioned beneath
a heavy rafter and it was evident
that death had been instantaneous.
The injured children were hur.
ried to the hospital and some OF
them to their homes, while the dead
were taken to the morgue, where
heart-rending scenes were enacted as
grief-stricken parents searched for
their loved ones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
BRYAN is POPULAR
With The Masses But the Leaders
Hate Him.

''In all probability Mr.. Bryan will
again carry the standard of the
Democrat party next year. He is
unquestionably one of the most pow
erful political factors in the country
today. He has grown. Conditions
have favored his growth.
''He is underated in no well-in-
formed quarter. His views are not
shared by Democratic leaders, but
the great mass Of party believe in
him-idolizes him-and will follow
him. His extreme views have not
handicapped him with the rank and
file.
"He occupies the same position
with the Democratic party that
Roosevelt holds with the Republican
party. His honesty and his sincerity
20 unchallenged, and therein IS to
be found the secret Of his great and
growing strength
Such is the opinion Of the Washing
ton Herald regarding the probable
candidacy of Mr.. Bryan in the next
presidential campaign.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
Negro Attempted a Criminal As
sault on Lady.
THE FIEND LYNCHED.
The Husband Of The Lady Fired the
First Shot. Beyound Confessing
His Guilt the scoundrel Would
Have Nothing to Say. he was
Summarily Executed by Mob of
Three Hundred.

Cleveland Harding, the negro who
attempted to assault Mrs. Ben =.
Rice near Florence, Ala, Friday and
who was driven of by Mrs. Rice's
shepherd dog, was summarily exc
cuted Sunday by a mob of 200 or
800 persons.
lied to tree with his arms up,
the negro was riddied with bullets,
the first shot, it is said, being fred
by Mr.. Rice, following which every
man in the crowd emptied his revol-
yer ct the prisoner.
Over 1000 shots were fired. The
negro was captured Sunday about a
half mile below town and was taken
before Mrs. Rice who tainted at
sight Of him. Upon recovering she
fully identified her assaliant and on
being asked what should be done
with him, told the negro's captors to
do as they thought best.
Harding was taken short dis
tance from the Rice home where a
conference of the mob leadrs was
held. Some said burn him, but
shooting was decided on.
Beyond confessing his guilt, the
negro had nothing to say and was
stolidily Indifferent, it seemed, to his
fate. The body was left tied to the
tree by the mob, members Of which
made no attempt to shield their
identity.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
Prices TO Advance.

A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala.
GAYS at a meeting Of southern stove
manufactures it was practlcallS
aereed to advance prices five per
cent because of the high price OF
iron and steel and the increased cos'
Of labor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
POISON CAN FRUIT
gf,,s Two Boys and Makes the Mo'h'
er Sick.

As a result Of ptomaine polsonlns
cansed by eating canned Peaenes, aan
M1vin Ives, aged thirteen, ano no sone
ard m Lee Ives, aged seven years. SOS sons
% 81 NJ and Mrs. ". ". Ives. OF adm- na ~
o., o. ~; Va are dead and their mother
" .oI' b'e1;eved to be dying. The moIce,
"a 10 hovs were stricken on ias'
@Soanes6ay Sno Leonard died SATURDAY
"si s Na3vin Sunday afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-27
soUASDERED A FORTUNE
Touching Story Of q Life Wrecked
Through Drink.

terrible story Of life wrecked
.,S fortune squandered through
Su;,t Su has been unfolded at Stepney'
o. TIgIsnd ,es on the death of a man
i.neTn n As Joseph Gibson, who had
Ano"n .s-o-sb p fortune Of s175,o0o
in four years. The widow. Dora Sno Sl,s
son. SC stated that she ana ne' pnaSs neSs
s.nd son' we're captured by the boers
during d the war, that she haa "a. a per, per
sona1 interview with MI kruger @ anu
even even prevented the deceased 1son
being shot.