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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
TERRIBLE DISASTER
Or Board Of a Large Japanese
5attle Zip.
Party Of the officers and Enlisted
Men Killed ard Wounded by the
Accident

A dispatch from Toxic tells OF a
terrible disaster on a japanese war
ship. The dispatch says forty of the
crew including nine officers, were
killed and injured on board the Jap
anese battleship Kashima by the ex-
plosion CT l2inch shell within the
shield after target practice near Kure
at 4 p. NJ, on SEPTEMBER g.
The Kashima, under command Of
Capt. Koizumi, reached Kure at 6
D. M, where the wounded were plac-
ed in the hospital. The fatalities in
cluded a lieutenant, two cadets and
one staff officer, the rank and name
of whom is not given.
The exact detail regarding the eff
fects of the explosion are lacking
but it was terrific and the ship is
badly damaged. A majority of the
bystanders were fearfully mutilated.
The cause of the explosion is under
investigation.
It occurred inside of the shield OF
the starboard after 10-inch gun. 1t
was not the shell which exploded but
powder which evidently caught ire
from the gas emitted from the
breech when opened for the purpose
of reloading the gun. The hull OF
The Kashima is not damaged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
DEATH OF A LARGE WOMAN.
She Weighed Seven Hundred and
Twenty-Five Pounds.

So large that her casket could not
he taken in a hearse, but har to be
removed to a cenetary or, a truck,
Mrs Walter Short, aged 3S years,
who weighed 725 pounds, was buried
al SMYRNA. Delaware. Fourteen pail
bearers were necessary. Over l,ooo
nersons witnessed the interment, the
corpse being the largest ever Durieo
in Delaware.
Mrs. Short, who lived on farm
near SMYRNA, was the largest woman
in this part of the country. She was
aff,icted with tumors, which gre" to
gigantic proportions. This did not
cause her death, however. she ha'lhs
dronped dead last Friday from heart
disease. ..
The woman was short OF stature
tnt her arms were forty-six lnchcs
in circumference. The casket was
hnt four feet six inches in length
but was three feet five inches ID
width The combined weight OF tne
corpse and casket was 929 pounos
Mrs. Short was able to move apou'
freely until the day of her death. lhe
casket was one Of the largest ever
made in this country.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
uIT,ED DEPOT AGEN''
>, .,.,.;b,e Deed of Mailman at Kings
Mountain, Kentucky.

A. four o'clock Thursday morning
uar,ie Watts, a lumber man lep:e-
senting a Tennessee firm, walked n
TO the passenger depot at King $
Mountain, Ky, and placing his gin
mon the floor, called Agent w. o.
vandiver and asked him to op-
on it. vandiver complied with tne
request and Watts took pistol from
the grip, remarking ''now you !, s1ye I'VE
opene the grip; will open you; IL 40
fred and the ball penetrated '"a0A
ver,s head, killing him instantly. -
Watts fed TO the Knobs, BIS! norsn I'LL a =
Kings Mountain. Vanolfei .S he-
native rv CT Harrodsburg, KY, ss.;,,,s ano An An
lorgs to a prominent .aIHs sIS;ng in
oe5eer l46s IL later found Watts h5 n5d,ns ing IA IL
= hortow stump. He oHereo nI a,,on+
a.o,oe nooto" When questioned ABOUT
sin she murder he stated that ne ne nevss wss
me me - aeen 90 vandiver before and was
n.se a,le TO account for his ac..on;
15.stts ynatse was taken to the Stamford
iai1 j. for safekeeping.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
SPENCE COTTON.
Consul Grifiths Tells of An East In
dian Cotton Tree.

In it's daily consular and trade re-
port of Wednesday the department
of commerce and labor at Washing
ton says:
Consul John L. Grifiths writes
that prominence has been given IN
the Liverpool newspapers to an an
nouncement of the sale on that mar
ket of a sample of five bales OF In
dian Spence cotton at Is cents per
pound. The consul sends the follow
ing on this subject, concerning winch
considerable has been printed from
consuls in India:
"'The sample of cotton referred to
is the result of three years exper'
iments with an indigenous Indian
cotton by ]. R. Spence, formerly
member of the Liverpool Cotton as
sociation. The product is stated te
be strong and wiry, with staple O
/ to IA inches in length. 1t !:
suggested that the sale Of the sample
of "Spence cotton" at the prlce namec
indicates important posslbllltles IL
the vast cultivable area of India. a
local paper says:
There are now considerably
over 10000 trees on Mr.. Spence
plantation at Deesa, Bombay presl,
dencv in a most fourishIng condi-
tion. growing to a height OF from
to 7 feet, full of buds and bolls ano
nearing cotton daily. The yield o.
the first year has proved to be l.:
ounces per tree, and as there are owe:
< 900 trees to the acre, this gives thF
first years yield 500 pounds PEI
acre The second years crop ma:
proved double that OF the nrst
and it increases every year.
".This cotton it is claimed is anl'
70 withstand long periods OF drougn'
and has so far escaped the raVages 0
the troublesome boil worm. Inc IN
dian. cotton tree does not appear I
roonire much attention aftc" : M
heen once planted, and it grows 70
boiobt of six or seven feet. u
greatest production is in us .ni!
rear An effort is now being mace ;
England to organize COMPANY 10
49, production and exploitation c
this cotton. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
POSED AS MERMAID.
IN Lily Pond and Photographed by
Photographer.

The fashionable North RlTersloe
park district of Wichita, Kansas was
thrown into a turmoil when the res
idents saw young woman scan1li!
clad. posed in lily pond, "nlle
man with large camera made sever
al exposures. Twenty-Five calls were
received at police headquarters ana
the people rushed out Of their houses
70 the spot. The girl, Miss mona
Pavton nineteen years old, was sent
home and the photographer }. j.
Todd was arrested.
Todd said that he wanted picture
70 enter in a Photographic confess
He said he wanted to take the ple-
tnre of the girls head and shoulders
and convert it into picture Oh d
mermaid basking in pond Oh illieo'
Women who discovered the pnotos,
ranher at work declare tneT lcuno
her clothing on park bench: ! nt u.
Dolice have taken charge OF tooo
camera. and the plates he maoe-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
FATAL SNAKE BITE
Railroad Section Hand Killed by
a Huge Rather.
The Unfortunate Man Died a Few
Hours After He Was Bitten by the
Snake.

A letter from Florence to The
News and Courier says one day last
week Section Master Matthews, of
the Mount Holly section, on the
Northeastern Railroad, had his gang
of hands at work cutting down
bushes On the right of way near a
swamp three miles south of Straw
berry.
One of the hands. John Jenkins, a
negro, was cutting some small sweet
gum bushes near the stump of an
old tree. All Of sudden he felt
something strike him on the leg, and
as he looked ne saw the head of a
monster rattler lying about three feet
from him.
Knowing that he had been bitten,
he rushed from the bushes and hal
lowed "snake." The other negroes
rushed from the bushes and to Jen-
kins' assistance 1t was soon found
that Jenkins had been bitten on the
leg and he was placed on hand
car and hurried to Mount Holly.
Some whiskey was procured and
poured down the negro, who in that
time, just seven minutes, was begin
ming to suffer agonies from the pois-
on. A physician was sent for from
Summerville, but it was some time
before he could reach the sick man,
and the result was that he died sew
eral hours afterward.
Mr.. Matthews, the section master,
as soon as ne reached Mount Holly,
and after barring the negro's leg,
measured the place where the snake
had stuck his fangs in the leg, just
below the knee, and by actual meas
urement it showed that the two fangs
in the upper jaw measured two IN
ches apart and the distance between
the upper and lower jaw, where the
fangs entered, was just 4 IA inches,
showing that it must have been a
moustrous snake indeed to have sucn
a very large mouth.
In the excitement VII negro
was bitten no one had :sence OF
mind, or took the time t. kill the
snake, and when the party returned
the snake had moved away and could
not be found.
Vlhere it lay in its bed and "here
the negro stood were justs two ano
one-half feet apart, showing that the
reptile was of unusual length
or it would have been impossible tc
have struck his object so far away.
Where the reptile had lain IN the
bushes he had made bed some tlvF
feet in diameter. An effort is to nF
made to capture this monster reptlle
bv a party of snake hunters and l
secured he Will be placed on exnlol
tation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
NpJRsCIT OF CRAChsMEN
Alabama Posse Likely to Have FlSh'
With the FugitiveS.

\ snecial from Sulligent, Ala, says
++at cracksmen mede raid on YER
nor. the county seat Of Lamar couh. :
~ wednesday night, blew open the
safe in Tom Guyton's store ana Sc
cured more than a thousand ao1sars,
the also cracked the safe OF ). a;
cobb another merchant, secured
sf+,. dollars in cash and $4,000 worth
of papers. .,as,e horce
and escaped. The sheriff and a posse
cot near enough the robbers 10 cap,
Ture the stolen horse. The posse Is
still in pursuit and battle IS expect
ed A telegram has been sent 'e
birmingham for blood hounds
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
NURSE, WIFE AND WIDOW.
The Unusual Experience of Young
New York Woman.

To have been nurse and bride ana
widow all within few hours is the
unusual experience of Mrs. Alfred
Adler of New York. Mr.. Adler was
a wealthy Broadway glove manutac-
turer.
He was taken with typhoid fever
on the way back from trip to 1el-
1owstone Park with his flancee, VINO
was Miss Joanna Hartuns OF New
York and party of friends
On being taken to the hospital
Miss Hartung, to whom he had oeen
engaged eight years. became his
nurse. He succumbed to the disease
but before his death he and MISS
Hartung were married.
The wedding took place at Wv
and he died at 10 o'clock. For
three nights previous to his death
Miss Hartung did not leave his bed
| side
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
NARROW ESCAPE.
A York County Man Had Close Call
With Train.

disnatch from Rock Hill to The
State saws Mr.. w. Edwin Walker OF
the Neely's Creek section is suffer-
ing from bad leg sprain which ne
received in an accident which mar
rowly missed being fatal one Tor
him. He was driving to Leslie sta-
ticn with pair of horses attached u
his wagon and the early morn.ns
passenger train having just passed
the crossing not more than the 1ourtn
of a mile distant he had no loea tna'
another train was near. He proceed
ed on his way and when almost up
on the crossing, he saw approaching
and engine and cab. He was upon
the rails and so he whipped uI IN
the effort to clear the track before
the engine passed.
inst before the cowcatcher struck
tho rear of the wagon Mr.. Walker
summed and was not struck by the
train but the wagon was thrown up
on him, injuring him severely. Inc
train was a. special one, otherwise
the injured man would have beer
more upon the alert.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
RESISTED ARREST.
Man and Woman Wounded by
Constable Near Parler.
The Trouble Over the Contract Labor
Law-The Officer Shot to Save His
nN-r I ifa

a shooting affray occurred near
Parler on Wednesday, AS result of
the shooting, Charles Watson, color
ed, is painfully but not seriously
wounded. and his wife who was also
wounded may die They did not
only resist arrest, but attempted to
cut and shot the constable who Wen.
to arrest them.
1t appears that Watson was under
contract with Mrs. NJ. L. Fielder of
Parler, but learning of the recent
decision on the labor contract law,
moved away leaving debt behind.
Mrs. Fielder sent her son to see Wat
sosn, who refused to pay the account,
and in the meantime returned to
Mrs. Felder's place and gathered the
extra crop upon which Mrs. Fielder
had claims.
Mr.. D. P. Dantzler, a son-in-law
of Mrs. Fielder, was sent by her 70
collect the account, but Watson re-
fused to pay it in insulting terms. A
warrant was issued before Magistrate
T. NJ. Fielder for Watson's arrest, and
also search warrant for the cotton
Constable W. C. Griffith and MI.
D. P. Dantzler were sent to arrest
Watson and take charge of the cot
ton.
The latter proved to be il hiding
in woods near his house. These
gentlemen acting under the search
warrant proceeded to seize the cotton
when Watson came up. Constable
Griffith attempted to arrest Watson
who with opened knife advanced
upon the officer.
Mr.. Griffith fired to scare the ne
gro, who made a dash for Mr.. Gri-
filth, but the next shot the ofhcer S
aim was more steady and the negro
was shot in the thigh. While this
was happening Watson's wife was
standing in the door, and her shot
gun was leveled on Mr.. Dantzler, out
before the weapon was discharged,
Mt. OCUlZlSi III GU a. SAAS "NAAA~N' w.
hall taking effect IN her side and
ranging downward.
Her wound is regarded as serious.
No further resistance was offered and
the wounded negroes we're attended
bv DR.. P. L. Fielder. Watson was
taken in charge by Constable Gri-
fifth and Mr.. Dantzler and was lodg-
ed in jail at Orangeburg. Watson
and his wife moved to Parler from
Wedsefeld early in January.
Judge Brawley's decision sun
gives trouble. 1t has caused the
death of several persons. The negroes
seem to have gotten it in their neaos
that they have right to shoot down
constables who attempt to arres'
them, but when one or two OF them
oct their necks cracked for muroer,
ing constables they will realize tne''
mistake. If the woman dies she ha:
nobody to blame but herself and nus
hand as the both resisted arrest O.
legally constituted posse and at
temnted to murder the people com
posing it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
Woman Tcrtued to Death to Dis.
pei Evil Spirits
SUFFERED AG0NIES
Before She Was Released by Death.
Son, Daughter and Three Others
Gave Her Violent Treatment in
Accordance With Their Religious
Belief-Son Says Mothers Con-
sent Was Secured.

A report from Chicago says five
people, members of the sect of Par
hamites, are under arrest at Zion
City, accused of torturing 10 death
Mrs. Letitia Greenlaugh, 64 years
old, a cripple for twenty years with
rheumatism, to show their belief in
the religion they profess.
The people under Arrest are: Wal
ter and Jennie Greenlaugh, son and
daughter of the woman; Harold Nit
chell, Mrs. Harold Mitchell, and a
Mrs. Smith.
The sect of Parhamites was found
ed about year ago, by Charles Par
ham, and numbers about 200. The
members originally belonged to Dow
les church. Their theory of sickness
is evidence of the possession of the
body by evil spirits.
The condition of Mrs Greenlaugh
convinced her son and daughter and
the others arrested that she possess
ed the evil spirit. They knelt by ner
bedside and after praying commenced
work.
The arms of Mrs. Greenl4ugh
stiffened by rheumatism were twisted
about in order that the dew might
be driven out. The cries of the aged
woman were considered those of the
evil spirit, and were greeted with tri-
umphant shouts.
After course Of tbs violent treat,
ment Mrs. Greenlaugh not only be
came so weak she could not use hel
limbs, but became incaable Of making
any motions Then her neck wa:
twisted for some time.
at the coroner's inquest youns
Greelaugh testified that his mother:
consent was obtained before the
treatment was commenced.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
CLOSE CALL.
A Tiger in the Bedroom When
Nurse Took in Baby.
Grandson of a Georgia Legislator
Comes Near Being Eaten by the

A special to tie Atlanta Journal
from Columbus, Ca, says the little
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Slade
came within an ace Of being placed
in the mouth of a ferocious Mexican
tiger by it's nurse few nights ago,
according to a letter that has been
received in this city from Mrs. Slade
who was Miss Thurza Kirven. daugh-
ter of R. M. Kirven of Columbus.
The little one who SO narrowly es-
capped death is grandson of Hon.
James j. Slade, one of Muscogse
county's representatives in the Geor-
gia legislature.
The story is a most thrilling one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slade ere in Mexico,
where MI Slade is engaged in civil
engineering work. 1t was in the eve
ming: the twilight had gathered and
the shades of night had gathered.
The nurse of the little one had per-
formed her duty by her charge, by
singing and rocking it to sleep; then
she gathered him in her arms to
carry him to mis- little bed.
AS she went into the darkened
room and started to lay the little
fellow to rest for the night, she was
arrested by deep growl. The frigh-
tened nurse hurriedly gathered the
boy in her arms again and rushed to
the front porch, which she had but
recently quilted, where Mr. and Mrs
Slade were sitting and in a voice that
gave every evidence of fright, she
told Mr.. Slade that there was a dog
on the bed.
Mr.. Slade hurriedly grabbed a
spade with which he had but shortly
before been doing some work IN the
ward and went into the room. AS
he did so he noticed two glaring balls
of fire on the bed in his room. He
had no weapon other than the spade,
his pistol being in a room adjoining
the one in which the ferocious beast
had taken refuge. He seized the I'M
nlement which he held with hrmer
grasp, and boldly went into the room,
but strange to say the beast did not
attack him. He slipped into tne room
where his pistol lay and seized IT.
hurrying back to where the eas'
was, and firing at it. The shot olo
not strike vital spot, and the D1as'
was in a frenzy. 1t began to tear
around the room in terribly zero
cious attitude and Mr.. Slade quickly
emptied the contents of his weapon
into it's body, killing it.
Later it was ascertained that soms
soldiers in a garrison which had peer
located near where Mr.. Slade resided
had had a tiger, which had ESCAPED
from them. 1t it believed that thF
tiger that was slain by Mr.. Slao'
was the escaped pet.
But this fact did not rob MS eH
perience of any of the excitement a'
tendant upon it, for he did not know
at the time that it was such. ano l
is possible that if the nurse had no
snatched the infant from the ped d
hurriedly as she did, the ANIMAL Wou!'
have done it grtat injury. Mr.. slao
has had the animal skinned ana VII
nreserve the skin as trophy TO- III
CON
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
LARGEST on RECORD
Many People Killed and Wounded IN
Climbing the Alps.

A dispatch from Berne, S~ltzer-
land saws the toll Of Summer victims
Of Alpine accidents is the heaVlest
over recorded. Eighty persons were
killed and twenty two injured IN nlh.
etv accidents this year, as agalnst l; ene
previous record, seventy SIN .on+s lasas
ties in 1906 in seventy one acelus .usons
Thirtv-eight OF the eighty petso sro
killed were guides, thlrtS-on Inc and
spending vacations in the ,,:a a'p flower
the remainder were natl'I The fatal
gamers, gam sro caused by falls over pree- aee
ipices. The others others HSl and lightning.
1anches, snowstorms anu
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
Wholesale Arrests of the Alleg-
ed Grafters in Pennsylvania.
ROBBED The STATE.
Some High Officials Charged With
Crime-Alleged in the Indictments
That Five Millions of the Total
Was Purely Graft-The Names of
Those That Are Under Arrest for
the Steal.
the Steal.

The long expected arrest of those
held to be responsible for the frauds
committed in the furnishing and dec
Grating of Pennsylvania S13, ,000,-
900 capitol were made Wednesday,
the attorney general causing war
rants to be issued for Il Of the Is
persons and firms named by the cap
itol investigating commission as be-
ing involved in the scandal. Those
for whom warrants were issued are:
Joseph NJ. Hudson, architect, and
his active assistant, Sanford B. Lew
is, both of Philadelphia.
John H. Sanderson, Philadelphia,
chief contractor for furnishings.
Congressman H. Burd Cassel,
treasurer and executive officer of the
PENNSYLVANIA Construction company,
contractors for steel fling cases.
James H. Shumaker, JohnstoWn,
Pa, former superintendent OF public
grounds and buildings, who receipt
ed for the furnishings.
George F. Payne and his partner,
Charles G. Wetter, both of Philadel-
phia, builders of the capitol and con-
tractors for the s3O3,O00 attic.
William P. Snyder, Spring City,
Pa. former auditor general who ap-
proved the warrants of the contrac-
tors.
William L. Matthews, Media, Pa.
former State treasurer, who paid the
bills Of the contractors.
Charles F. Kinsman, Willis Boil
leau, John G. Neider and Geo. K.
Storm, all of Philadelphia, stock
holders in the Pennsylvania Bronze
company, organized by Sanderson for
the manufacture of the S2,OOO,O0O
lighting fixture.
Frank Irvine, auditor in the aud
itor generals's Office, who audited the
accounts Of the contractors.
Nearly all the defendants appeared
during the day, waived hearing and
entered bail for their appearance IN
the Dauphin county court Inc
principal defendants were held IN
100000 bail, which was Furnished IN
every instance by surety companies.
All the defendants are charged
with conspiracy to cheat and defrauo
the State by making false invoices
which were approved by Huston anc
shumaker. Charges Of obtaining
money by false pretense were also
entered against sanderson, Congress
man Cassel, Payne and Wetter, i
being alleged they furnished hc1i
tious bills for greater amount 1nal
they were entitled to receive unoe'
their contracts.
The action was the outcome OF al
allegation made by State Treasure
william H. Berry during the cam
naign of 1905. He startled the stat
by charging that. according to Tn
State treasury books. the bulldln
and furnishings OF the State caplto
had cost s13,Oo0,000 AID not S9,ooe.
: 900 as had been generally believed
5 and that s9,O00,0vv went to turnls
j; He charged that s5,ooo,ooo of tn
a 50 100000 was pr~e graft. Coy
: Pennvpac :. n-her State offlclal
e and contrs c,ors denied the charge
but the agitation for an investlsa1lo
S which Immediately began continue
a until the legislature appointed a con
t mission to investigate the VINO
]. affair.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25

their Knees wien the scrai: logan.
Occurrences i'll British &c. nm va
and the Dominion Of Canada ana the
demand for exclusion will h"lp OUT
IN ser1Iiny the question. Japan IS
NOT going to rear up and tear around
v.;th her ally. England. a2d wnen
she gets through pleading with Eng
I.n6 tbev won't try to bluff ola
1-ncle Sam. The Japanese diplomats
are acute and alive men, and, OF
oonrse they are not going to he dis
advantaged by US if they can help 1t
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
BHYAN MILL sfhA>'
The scDraskan Will Address the
Macon Negro Fair.

william Jennings Bryan has ac-
,on,sd an invitation to deliver an
sa-oss at the negro state fair at
Macon, Ga, in October. Inc lnVlta-
.ion 70 visit Macon was extended to
Mr Rrvan some months ago, but his
sccentance was not received until
~acentlv. It is not yet certain Wha'
date he will be there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-09-25
VICTIM OF JEALOJoi.
An Ex.Austrian Army Officer Shoots
Young Lady.

Screaming "Julius, you wont XIII
mo will you?" Miss Draga Seigel, a
pretty 2o-year-old girl, was sno.
down early Wednesday by Jullus
Hoffman, former lieutenant IN tne
Austrian army, in furnished room
at No. 215 West Thirty-seEenth
street. ,os-
This girl is dying in Bellevue nos,
nital from three bullet wounds ana
HOFFMAN is locked up in the IhlrN'
ffth street police station. Jealousy
led to the tragedy.
The victim is the daughter ol
colonel in the Austrian army "he
died recently, leaving her sloo'oVV
which she was to receive on heI
twenty--hrst birthday.