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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
RATE QUESTION UNSETTLED,
Main Issues of More CONSEQUENCE
Than Whether There Shall be a
Two or Three Cent Rate.

Richmond, Va, Aug. 5.-Attornev
General w. A. Anderson stated today
that Saturdays capitulation Of the
railroads is not, as is generally sup
posed, an end to the rate question be-
tween the railroads and the state. for
the stipulations of the truce have vet
to be executed. "The purpose and
e1tect OF the arrangement between the
representatives of the railroads and
the representatives of the state,n said
Maj. Anderson, care to expedite a
prompt decision of the important
questions presented by these cases by
the supreme court of the United
States in such manner as to arouse
AS little friction and antagonism as
possible.
"While the rates prescribed by the
state corporation commission for pas
senger travel are to continue in force
until the final decision of the suits
the main questions in the eases re-
main to be decided. These involve
the validity and effectiveness of the
state corporation commission and the
right and power of the state to effec-
lively regulate the railroads of the
state. They involve also the right of
the inferior courts of the United
States and the judges Of said courts
to enjoin judicial tribunals from pre-
scribing the rates and adopting regu-
latlons for the government Of rail
roads and other public service COM
panies in respect to the duties such
companies owe the public. The main
questions arising in the cases are, as
will be seen, Of vastly more impor-
tance than whether there shall be a
2-cent or Scent fare for passengers.
The rates prescribed by the state cor
poration commission are to be put in
TO effect not later than Oct. /, and
continue in force until the suits shall
be finally decided. The state filed
pleas and dcmurrers in the cases in
the United States circuit today"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
CHEAP RATES

VIA Southern Railway. Jamestown
Ier-c"ntennial Exposition, Norfolk,
Va.
on account Of the above occasion
the following instructions will gov
ern the sale of round trip tickets to
Nor1olk' Va. from Mulberry, S. G.
Season ticket-$19.55. This ticket
will be sold daily April 10th to and
including November Both, 1907, final
date to leave Norfolk returning De-
cember 18th, 1907.
oo day ticket-$16.3O. This ticket
Will be sold daily April 10Th to and
including November 3Oth, 1907, final
date to leave Norfolk returning six
ty (GO) days from date of sale and
not lated than december 18th, 1907.
Fifteen day ticket-$143O. This
ticket iwll be sold daily April 10Th
to and including November 3Oth,
l9OI final date to leave Norfolk re-
turning fifteen (15) days from date
Of sale.
Coach Exclusion ticket-$S.55. This
ticket is not god in sleeping, Pull
man. or Parlor cars, and will be sold
on Tuesday Of each week during per-
lod Of the exposition, final date to
leave Norfolk returning ten (10)
days from date Of sale.
For routes, stop-overs, ETC., write
or call on us.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09

klchmond, Staten Island, Oh suspic-
ION that he knows something about
the death of Sophie ucckler, the SER
vart girl who was found murdered in
the home of her employers in Sixty
second street Saturday after the
house had been robbed. The police
say that Hoffman was paying atten-
ton to the girl and believe that he
was the last one to see her alive.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
AN ASSAULT IN NEW YORK.
Carnival of Crime Goes on Unchecked
Many Reports, However, Are
Exaggerated.

New York, Aug. 5.-One of the
most brutal Of recent crimes against
women and children was today charg-
ed against Luca Fontza, who was
locked up at New Brighton, Staten
Island, accused Of assaulting Antoin-
cite Talcua, the two-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Pasquale Talcui,
Of New Brighton.
Fontaza and Talcui are both labor
ers employed at the King plaster
mills in New Brighton and Fontza
boarded with the Talcuis. Fontza
was left with the little child today
while Mrs. Talcui went shopping. The
mother had not gone far from the
house when the child's screams
brought her back. When he saw Mrs.
Talcui, Fontza rushed from the house
Mrs. Talcui following him. Her cries
brought ont the ncighbors and soon
a mob was following the flying Ital-
ian down the street The pursuers
soon, overlook the man and he was
knocked to the ground, where he was
severely beaten and kicked by men
and women until policeman appear
ed and with club and revolver fought
off the crowd.
The child on the orders of mag
istrate was examined by a physician
who reported that the child was SER
iously injured. Fontza was held in
$4,000 bail on a charge of criminal
assault.
Agclinc Condarti, six-year-old
child, was found terribly bruised in
thicket near the village of Linolc-
umville. Staten Island, this evening.
She had been attacked by an un-
known man.
John Ambrato, an Italian laborer,
was arrested in Brooklyn this after
noon on charge Of attempted assault
on two little girls.
Daniel Lalor and Frank P. Body
were arranged on similar charges.
Deputy Police Commissioner
O'kcefe, who was in charge of the
police department during the absence
OF Commissioner Bingham, today ask
ed the mayor and board of estimate
and appropriations tor funds to en-
ploy an additional 5Vv policemen. The
request will be acted on Wednesday.
Most Of the crimes are committed
in little frequentcd places. Mothers
throughout the city are terror-strick-
en- and incidents, which under ordi-
nary circumstances would be passed
over without a second thought are
magnific9 and reported as crimes,
which have little foundation in fact.
Many police officials believe that
there is not an unusual number Of
assaults but several murders within
the last few weeks and the hystcrical
condition Of the people, particularly
in the tenement districts, have caus-
ed reports to the police Of cases of
which, under ordinary circumstances,
they would never hear.
William Hoffman, 19 years old, was
arrested today at his home in Port
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-09
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
Suffered Much Damage.

Dispatches from various places in
Southern Illinois, Indiana and Ken
lucky tell of severe storms of tornado
severity, which caused some loss
of life and the destruction of much
property.
Early Saturday the town Of New
Minden, Ills, 25 miles southeast of
St. Louis, was visited by tornado
which killed four persons and lnJur-
ed score of others.
At York, Ills. Saturday night 70
or thirty houses were destroyed and
a number of people are said to have
been killed Because Of the loss OF
telegraph wires. exact details are not
available.
The storm is said to have been es-
pecially severe in Southern Indiana
and at Farmersburg and Sullivan.
much damage was done by wind and
rain
Duouoin, H., was also visited by
the same storm that caused the de-
struction of York. A number OF
houses were blown down, but no lives
were lost.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
CAUSES DISSATISFACTION.
Chattanooga People Are Angry Over
Appointment of a Black Negro.

A special from Chattanooga dated
June 13 says a bomb was exploded
in the H. Clay Evans camp there
when it became known that E. E.
Butler, internal revenue collector for
the second collecting district, had
appointed Garfield Thompson, one of
the blacklist negroes in. the city, as
guager for the Scott-Price distillery.
This is the fist time in the history OF
Chattanooga that a negro has been
appointed to internal revenue service
The appointment has received such
storm of opposition that proprietors
of Scott-Price distillery threaten to
shut down the distillery this week
if the negro is not removed. His
name is Garfield Thompson and he
is said to be full pledged negro
Proprietors of Scott-Price dlstlllery
assert he is incompetent and they
have sent up a petition to Mr.. But
Ter to have Thompson removed. 1t
is said that Butler, who is an appoln-
tee of Congressman Brownlow, is at
tempting to appease the wrath OF
Evanites by giving negroes in this
district recognition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
NEGRO MILLIONAIRE.
Former Slave OF Jefferson Davis
Owner of a Mine.

Samuel Jefferson Davis, negro
mine owner and millionaire, of
Warm Springs, Wyo., was once the
slave of Jefferson Davis, president of
the Southern confederacy. When
jefferson Davis was chosen to the
highest Office in the Confederacy, his
slave, Sam, went to Millidgeville,
the first capital, with him. at the
close of the war, his master gave
him $500 and told him to move to
the North to live his new life as
free man. Sam obeyed and IS now
one of the richest negroes in the
United States.
Samuel Davis was born on the
Davis plantation in Mississippi, N
1910. After his immigration from the
South he went to Cheyenne, then
drifted to the cattle ranges and be-
gan to cook. He saved enough mon
ey to buy few cattle. He soon had
a herd.
A few years ago be sold out his
cattle ranges and stock for a hand
some sum and went into the mining
business at Warm Springs. He struck
rich deposits. His business promises
to be one Of the best in the state:
Within a few weeks he has invested
more than $4,000 in machinery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
MANNING, S. c., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1907.
INNOCENT MAN FREED
The Confession of Outlaw Gives
Liberty to Convict.
Circumstantial Evidence Carried the
Conviction That Was Oyerthrown
BY Murderer's Dying Statement.

The dying statement of Byron Cole
an Oklahoma outlaw, gave complete
exoneration and freedom of Al Harp
ster, serving sentence of life impris-
onment in pen.tentiary at LANSING,
Kan. Harpster was convicted of the
murder of Martin Julian. All evil
dence offered by the prosecution was
circumstancial. 1t took the jury 4S
hours to find a verdict of guilty.
Harpster re ceived sentence in Apru,
1906. Forty-four days later in a
battle between deputy sheriffs and
land of outlaws Cole was fatally
wounded. In his dying statement he
confessed to having killed Julian.
Harpster was granted a new trial,
found not guilty and given his free
dom.
The murder of Martin Julian oc-
Cured on the evening of June 25,
1906, near Ponca City, Kan. In April
Of the following year Harpster was
found guilty of the crime. Jealousy
was given as the motive for the
crime. It was alleged that Harp
ster was envious Of Julian on account
of the attention he received from
Miss Della Lewis. 1t appears that
Julian and Miss Lewis and harpster
and Miss Nellie Edwards were driv-
ing on the night of the murder.
The defense showed that the latter
couple returned to their house be-
fore the time of the shooting. Harp
ster was convicted on the testimony
of a farmer who had seen him and
a young lady driving with Julian and
another young lady and that Harp
ster was ahead. The shot that killed
Julian was fred from the front. Fur
ther Harpster's shoe fitted in the
track of the man who shot Julian.
After the shooting Miss Lewis took
Julian to a farmhouse and cared for
him. He made no statement impli-
eating Harpster.
In statement made after leaving
the penitentiary Harpster said that
he had never known Byron Cole, but
that even if he was an outlaw there
must have been some good in him to
cause a confession that would release
an innocent man from life imprison-
ment. Harpster insists that three
days previous to Coles confession he
had a presentiment of good news and
told the foreman that he soon would
be free.
The fight in which Cole was fatal
ly wounded occurred in wheat field
near Ringwood, Okla, about June l,
1905. Cole was shot by Deputy
Sheriffs Campbell and Bucwell ia
battle with Winchesters. In his dy-
ing statement he confessed to killing
Martin Julian while Julian was driv-
ing with Miss Della Lewis, near Pom
co City. He said the killing followed
an attempt to hold up the man, in
when Julian resisted. He also con-
fessed to killing a man in Colorado
and to taking part in number of
railroad and bank robberies IN Den
.or and other western cities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
A Naval Launch Lost With All on
Board.
Twelve Members of the Battleship
Alinnesota's Crew Drowned in
Hampton Roads.

A telegram received at the Navy
Yard at Washington Tuesday from
REAR Admiral Evans at Norfolk says:
"Minnesota's steam launch, after
gong to the exposition is still miss
ing and grave fears are entertained
Inat she was run down and sunk.
She had crew Of five men and as
passengers Midshipmen Field. Ste
venson, Holden, Ulrich, Murfn and
Second Lieutenant Randall. Search
has been made but without success
Tuesday night Admiral Evans tele.
graphed that the five missing seamen
are: p. H. Dodson, seaman; H. l..
Vandorn, ordinary seaman; F. R.
Plumber ordinary seaman; G.. W.
Westphal, fireman, first class; Jesse
Conn, coal passer.
The loss Of five bright young mid
shipmen fresh from the academy at
Annapolis, young marine officer
very recently appointed, and a cox
swain and four other enlisted men
attached to the big battleship Mime
sota-11 men altogether-as report
ed briefly to the navy department,
was one of the most severe blows
that has fallen upon the personnel Of
the navy since the Spanish war in
the estimation of the officials
Midshipman Henry c. Murfn, Jr.,
was native of the Ohio and mem
ber of the second class at .4e naval
academy. Like the others, he had
been sent aboard the battleship
for summer course Of
instruction. to afford the practical
education necessary to supplement
the theoretical work at the naval
academy.
Philip H. Field was a midshipman
from Colorado, who belonged to the
first class of the academy.
Mdshipman Walter c.. Ulrich of
the second class was from Wisconsin.
Midshipman w. H. Stevenson,
North Carolina, member of second
class, and Henry c. Holden Of Wis
consin, member of same class
Midshipmen E. P. --olcomb, Del
aware, second class.
David M. Randall, cesond lieuten-
ant Of marines, was born in New
York and appointed from Kansas, en-
.ering after a competitive examination,
March 10, 1905.
Naval officers at the department
many perilous passages be-
;ween ship and shore. in these little
steam launches. But the general
opinion was that, with careful man
agement, the launches could weather
almost any kind of storm. The
conclusion was reached at the navy
that either on account
If the lateness of the hour of the re-
turn trip the Minnesota's launch in
her haste had been driven hard into
the heavy sea that prevailed IN
Hampton Roads Tuesday night or
that the little boat had been run
down by some of the giant tramp
steamers that made use of the Roads
=. q raf,oa IN tirno of Storm
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
MAY SOON GET PARDON.
Respite of Thirty Days Given f1er
to Prepare Her Petition. :

Mrs. Angie Birdsons, convicted VI
killing DR.. Thomas Butler at Aon'i-s
cello, and given five years IN the pen
itentiary, may be pardoned by Gover, @
nor Vardaman. says the Atlanta
Journal of Thursday. The supreme
court affirmed the decision OF Mn Tue
lower court which sentenced wa; vas
Birdsong.. After the decision MAN van
announced, Governor va t ~ ~ or-
granted a respite Of thirty qaHs migbt II ar ar
5er -, that Mrs. Birdsong liEin, misn. a. as
rense reo Ia and publish her pet.S5lon SiaSeon S is
range ran law SDr requires MIS- Blreson eanatoS rs
sne a;ece Of the United states s'aa Hena.o. w.
a an nlecn Gin ~ She shot DR.. Butter re, e
Mcn@ acr statements he is aileogeu ~
e .trae' made that he was lntlmate
ii.ith mir her. While in the once, MIS-
n;rdsong 1i.d ms alleged Dr.. Butler attempt
ID n1l ~ u criminally assault her, and she
eh .not y him. Mrs. Birdsong has gone
- 0 her home at Mendenhall: Many
nerjtions asking for her pardon have
heen circulated and will be presented
in her behalf
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
ARMSTRONG ACQUITTED.
Dentist, Whose Case Attracted Much
Attention Found Not Guilty.

A special from Newberry to The
State of Friday says: The court of
general sessions convened on Mon
day. Mr.. B. F. Greir of the Green
wood bar presiding, in place of
Judge r. c. Watts, who was kept
away on account of serious illness
in his family. There was several
cases of general interest on the docket
to disposed Of ct this term. but only
one has been tried that of c c Arm
strong. the young Anderson dentist
who was charged with the murder
of Mrs. Berry by administering CO.
caine or some drug while pulling her
teeth. The solicitor did not ask for
a verdict of guilty of murder, but
asked for a verdict of involuntary ho-
micide. The jury. after few min
utes' consultation, returned a YER
dict of not guilty.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
Many Houses Demolished.

The meagre details from West
York, Ills, tell of a destructive tor
uado, which visited the village OF
York, located on the Wabash River
Saturday night. The known dead:
Henry Rook, so, found crushed to
death in his garden.
Mrs. Malinda Pingston, aged 40.
Members of the families OF the
two victims were all more or less IN
jured.(
A dispatch from West York stated
that owing to the wires being down
and the bridges being washed away,
communication was impossible. 1t
was further stated that 40 or o0
houses had been demolished.
reports from points in Indiana a
sav that the storm was severe ana
several inches of rain followed, doing
big damage.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
ANOTHER NAVAL ACCIDENT.
United States Torpedo Boats Collide
of NorfoJk

There was collision at the Nor
folk Navy Yard Thursday between
United States torpedo boats Whipple
and Blakely, in which the Whipple
rammed the Blakely. putting cut
in her side. Both vessels were put
in the dry dock.
The following dispatch from Com
mandant Berry at the Norfolk navy
ward, regarding the collision between
the torpedo boats Whipple and the
Blakely, came to the navy depart
ment this afternoon: Whipple ram
med Blakely in coming to wharf, cut
ting completely into the after fire
room. driving the Blakely against
the sea wall and alattening in her
bow. Whipple uninjured. The ac-
cident due to errors in engine room,
going ahead full speed when signall-
ed to back
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
ALASKAN HEROISM.
Brave Man and Sick Wife Travel 175
Miles by Dog Sled.

To save the life of his sick wife,
James P. Galbraith, an Alaskan, con-
veyed her a distance of It's miles
over the hazardous trail from the
Duncan district to Dawson. The
Journey was accomplished in three
days by dog sleds. The animals were
the best trained ones in the Duncan
District. The sick woman was plac-
ed in a basket sled and made as com
Portable as possible, while her faith
full husband ran along behind.
Some of the streams were running
water and it was necessary to wrap
the sick woman in canvas to keep
her from getting wet while the dogs
half swan and half ran over the
stretches of water-covered ice. The
husband waded.
While passing through a bleak
wilderness on the thrail they heard
the howlings of pack of wolves and
were forced to quicken their speed.
The dogs seemed to realize that their
burden was a precious one and that
thev must reach Dawson ere it was
too late. They did reach the goal
and now the sick woman is lmproT-
ing under the care of physician.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
RAPIST HANGS.
Will Johnson Pays the Death Pen
atty for Assault.
While on GatlowS, Confesses Many
Other Mysterious Cr;CIes Are

A special from Atlanta Thursday
says: Standing on the gallows. Will
Johnson, negro convicted of GRIM
inally asSaulting Mrs. George Hem
bree, white woman. in a suburb.
last August. today confessed his
crime and Included in his confession
list of other assaults and murders
that have mystifed the police of Full
ton county for the past year When
he had finished he warned his hear
ers to avoid his example and the trap
was sprung His neck was broken
and life was pronounced extinct in
35 minutes.
Johnson admitted on the scaffold
tuat he shot Amos Moody a white
farmer, who was murdered on his
way home on August 16, last year,
that he attempted an assault on
Miss Lawrence. near Atlanta, Aug.
20, by which she was left uncon-
scious. with one eye gouged out.
sentenced to 40 years imprison-
ment: that he emptied a shotgun
through an open door of the res
idence of J. W. Bryant. farmer
living several miles north of the
city on the night of Nov. - last,
seriously wounding Mr. Bryant and
his sister; he confessed to attempted
assault on two white women in the
suburbs Of Atlanta last fall. and he
concluded his admissions by tell
ing Of the murder of man whom
he called Jackson in Texas, several
years ago.
So convinced were the attorneys
of Johnson's innocence that they
brought the case before the State
prison commission as late as Tues
day of this week. asking for COM
of sentence to life impris-
onment. This was refused and Gov.
Terrell also declined to take action
on the appeal for ciemency.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
A MORAL QUESTION.
Milwaukee May Have Public TrystIns
Places for Young People.

Milwaukee is facing a perpleXlng
problem of morals, which effects the
lives of it's young girls and boys. The
common council has decided hat
something must be done to save them
from lives of ruination and shame.
What can be done?' in the question
that has called forth many sugges-
tions.
One man has suggested that the
city should provide public trFstlng
places where young girls and boys
NAV meet and have jolly good time
in a clean atmosphere and under
the supervision of proper chaperons.
Their they do their counting, II they
are at the counting age. If they are
not old enough to do courtlng. tney
could have merry time without the
danger of immoral practices.
1t is probable that something along
the line of public clubs or trysting
places will lie provided by the city.
Just what it's character will be, mas
not been decided. 1t may be that the
schoolhouses will be used as meeting
places. One prominent schoolteach-
er condemns clubs and says children
should be taught to stay at nome.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-19
MANY sEAMEN ARRESTED.
Mutiny Impending in Black Sea
Fleet at SebaStopol.

A dispatch from news agency
from Sabastopol, London THURSDAY
saws that Vice Admiral Wren. III
command of the Black Sea Fleet. has
sifted oat and arrested the disaffect,
ed seaman of that port aand placed
six hundred of them on board the
cruiser, under a strong guard. AZ,
ditional arrests are being maze, a.eI
it probably will be necessary 10 90
out another penal cruiser ne @ NO
men of the feet are eNaspei az" nrefer-
cause no charges have 9esn 1,ap and
red against the arrestea eareat ns is ike
il is said a mutinous outofe'N
" to occur,