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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
THE STRANGE SLEEP
Of a Beautiful Young Girl Ended in
Death.

: The long. strange sleep of Miss
Edith Wardrop, heiress and Ward or
w. S. Kellem, at No. 237 Willis ave-
ne. New York ended in death at 5
o'clock Friday morning III Lincoln
hospital. To the last the coma which
remained unbroken for more than
1SO hours baf1ed the ablest alienists
and scientists in New York.
Miss Wardrop was l6 years old,
and an unusual pretty and intelli-
gent girl. Thursday afternoon lasu
week while watching a fire engine
90 by, she was stricken at the home
of her friend, Miss Adrienne La
Roche. a girl about her own age.
The two girls were seated in the
parlor when the fire bells sounded,
Miss LaRoche rshed to the window
and called her companion.
Come quick, Edith, and look at
the fire horses" she exclaimed.
She 1ookd around and found Miss
Wardrop motionless in a chair.
They thought at first she was IL
a swoon, but she could not be re-
viyed. The family physician could
not arouse her, and finally advised
removing her to the hospital. Sne
was taken there and placed in pri-
yate ward, where all the prominent
physicians and specialists in Ne"
| York, with few exceptions, had been
to see her during the week OF hel
strange trance. There was no sign
of pain. Miss Wardrop was given
pourishment through tube. and nac
not loss weight.
Her color was good and hel
breathing as regular as il she were
asleep.
All the authorities were advised
as to her ailment, but none coulo
give it an appropriate name.
It was learned later that MISS
Wardrop, short time before she be-
came i'll, fell from sleigh, and 1t l:
regarded as possibly the only eS
nlanation Of her coma.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
FATAL BIRD HUNT.
4 Young Lad Accidentally Shot by
His Uncle.

A special dispatch from Aiken tc
The News and Courier says James
Humphrey, the 12-year-old son Of
Mr.. C. A. Humphrey. Of Atlanta. Ga.
was shot and killed Friday afternoon
neor Aiken accidentally by MT. Ben
F. Tyler while hunting. The full
charge of a shotgun loaded with bird
shot took effect in the boys head, lit
orally tearing it off. Mr.. Tyler is
prostrated with grief. and made
threats of committing suicide.
Little James. with his mother and
other members of the family, came
over from Atlanta to spend the holi-
day with relatives in and near Ak
en-. The family resided at Montmor-
enci. near Aiken, until few years
ago. Mr.. Tyler was an uncle Of the
dead boy.
Mr.. Tyler. with large party. in
Guiding a number of Aikenites, went
70 attend a dove shoot, and James
and his small brother were present
picking up the birds. They. with
Tyler and Dan George, another rel
ative. were on one side of the field
at the beginning of the shioting. A:
drove flew over George fired. kill
ing three. and as Tyler raised hi:
gun to fire. James jumped in from
of the gun, receiving the full charge
in the back of the dead, dying in
stantly.
Tyler was crazed with grief, ant
| said l.c was going to kill himself
when he was disarmed. He then fel
in a swoon. James was bright boy
and ,he horrible accident is great
leplored. The boys family is yer
prominent one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Dr.. Thorn, of CASTOR Shoals, Cuts
His Throat.

DR.. j. L. Thorn, Of Castor Shoals
in Cherokee County, committed sui
eide Christmas night by cutting ms
throat. He retired apparently in HI:
usual heatih. but about a quarter %
eleven o'clock he told MS wife that
ne was oppressed By the weight OF
the covering. She suggested that ilt
throw some OF it of. He then arose
and went into the next room. His
wife. hearing water dripping on the
floor, asked him what was the mat
ter. He replied, Come and see.
AS she entered the door be sank tc
the foor. dying in few seconds
Dr.. Thorn was shout forty years o1
age, and leaves wife and two liEl.'
children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
DIED FROM LOCkJAW.
DR.. Piesen of Chicago Diagnosed His
Own Case.


DR.. Joseph T. Piesen, depart
ment superintendent employed by a
Chicago packing firm, regarded as a
leading authority on lockjaw, died
Thursday night Of the disease, re-
sulting from a fracture of the nose
which occurred week ago.
DR.. Piesen fell down stairway n
the labratory Of the packing plant.
The skin over the nose was broken
and the wound bcame infected With
tetanus germs.
On Christmas Eve the physician
was stricken with locljaw- He dag
nosed his own case and with the ald
of pencil and paper directed his fam
" to send him to hospital. He the1
sent for 9. lawyer and made his Will
During his illness he constantly
ioined with the hospital physician:
in their consultations and gave 1t a:
| his opinion several days az" that h'
could not recover. The late
cause Of his death wa: b;
heart failure following 2 co Ii L
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Little Girl Burned.

At Charleston the siy-year-old
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Martin. was SO badly burned Christ
mas in playing about Christmas
tree that the child is not expected tc
live. The little girl either reached
for a present. on the tree or tried tc
light z candle. causing her dress tt
become ignited by lower candle
and before the flames we're exiting
rished she was fearfully burned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
ANOTHER COTTON PICKER
One Invented Over In Augusta Said
To Be a Success.


The Augusta Chronicle says pc
tition was filed in the Office of the
clerk Of the Superior Court in that
city on Monday by Bryan Lawrence
William K. Miller, Benjamin A.
Chew and W. o. Tarver, Of Richmond
County, Georgia, and C. J. Garfield
Of Cook County, Illinois, asking to
be incorporated under the name Of
the Georgia Cotton Picker Company.
The principal place Of business of
the company will be in Richmond
county. with the right to establish
branches in any part of this state
where the petitioners may desire, or
in other states.
The purpose of the concern, as
stated in the petition, is the manu-
facture and sale of cotton picking
machinery of all kinds, in the pur-
suit of which they ask the right to
buy franchises and patents, to ac-
| ISdl SSldlS, anu Nv Ga
those other things incident to such
a business.
The capital stock of the concern is
to be $4,000 fully paid in. and II
| is specified that there shall be no per-
sonal liability on the stockholders,
lbeyond the amount of their unpaid
subscription to the capital stock.
The organization of the company
is based on the successful invention
iof new cotton picking machine
which has been tested by experts
and farmers and pronounced sure
isuccess.
II this picker proves a success II
will solve to a large extent the farm
labor problem in the South.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
RALEIGH GOES "DRY.'
Decisive Vote for Prohibition in an
Election Thursday.

BY a majority of 54I Raleigh, \.
c., on Thursday voted out its liquor
dispensary and becomes a proh1bl-
ton city. In the city there were
92S votes for prohibition, 3Sl for
dispensary and two for saloons. The
dispensary has been in operation for
four years, twenty-four saloons hav'
ing been voted out in favor Of the
dispensary. The sales have amount.
ed to about s250,000 year, with
about $4,000 profit, this being
placed to the credit of the schoo
fund, the road fund and the city eX
pense account 1t reduced taxation
but the voters felt that its influence
was not for the city's best interes
and voted it out. The election va:
cuiet one
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
DNED AND WINED.
Fleet Officers Guests of the Govern
ment of Trinidad.

The captains of the American bat
lie ships and staffs were entertained
at luncheon Thursday by Sir Henry
Moore Jackson. the Governor OF
Trinidad. and later we're the guests
of the Governor at the horse races.
The weather was ideal. and the
race course was IhrongeG with Off
GERS and men Of the feet together
with a holiday crowd from the city.
The American horses carried off the
hont:s. being The winners III nearly
all the races. and the visitors gave
themselves over to applauding these
victories
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Freight Money Short.

According to the statement made
by an official of the Southern railway
the entire system has lost during
the past two weeks more than $500.
900 in its freight business from the
volume of trade last year. The gen
eral tightness of the money market
and a more conservative and econo-
mic conduct of trade is attributed as
the cause of the reduction of the
freight business.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
REDUCE OUTPUT.
The Cotton Mills Declare Clotf
Market Need Relief.
Eighty Per Cent of New England
Mills and One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Workers Affected.

The Arkwright Club, which rep
resents the cotton mill interests il
New England, at meeting at Bos
ton Thursday voted for the curtail
ment of production 25 per cent be
tween now and March 1, in order Il
relieve conditions in cloth market!
Of New York, Chicago, Boston ans
other large entries centres.
It was stated several days ago
that a committee previously appoint
ed by the Club to canvass the situa
ton among the mills had found sufi
cient sentiment to insure the sue
cess of the curtailment plan, and
that a restriction of production was
regarded as a certainty.
The cotton mills of New England
employ about $4,000 persons under
normal condition, and it is expected
that at least 10000 will be affect
ed by the short time. The eurtail-
ment agreement became operative
to-day, although numerous mills
have been shut down since Tuesday
hight.
The agreement will affect large
majority of Fall River print cloth
mills, the fine goods of New Bedford,
the Amoskege Corporation, of Man
chester, employing $4,000 hands and
most of the other New Hampshire
factories, the York Corporation, OF
Saco, Maine; Pepperill Mills, Of Bid
deford; the mills of Lewiston,
Brunswick and of the points, those
in Lowell employing 10000; Law
renee, Holyoke and Chicopee, Mass,
and mills controlled by large Rhode
Island interests.
The mills of Thorndyke, Bonds
vile, Palmer, Ware and Warren,
Mass, and Greenville and New Tsp
wich, n. H., controlled by Bliss Fy-
ban & Co., of New York and Boston:
adopted short1time policy a
month ago, as did the. Monodack, OF
Claremont, n. H. Those and other
concerns will reach the end OF their
curtailment policy before the faesof-~
les in the large centres.
More than 80 per cent Of the spin
dies in New England are represented
in the agreement The majority OF
the mills will run four day a week
during January and February. clos
ing Thursday nights, thus including
Saturday, a short working day, in
the shut down.
Mills which have contracts calling
for delivery during the winter are at
liberty to reduce their production 20
per cent partially before March l.,
and the remainder after that date.
The method of reducing is left large
ly to the discretion of the managers.
according to some of the officers oil
the textile unions, the operatives pre-
fer to work 4 days week rather
than be continuously idle for a per-
iod of nearly three weeks.
The curtailment movement orlgi-
mated in New York commission
houses, which feared a congestion Of
goods and falling prices in the
spring if the mills continued to oper-
ate in full during the winter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Famine in Turk

The American Board vi Comr:is-
sioners for foreign missions has re-
ceived advices from the interior Ct
Turkey. showing unusually severe
famine conditions Bread is double
the usualprice, and wheat end other
cereals are considerably higher :han
last Near
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
KILLED BI ROBBERS.
Prosperous Negro Merchant Founc
Dead in his Store.

4 dispatch from Sumter to The
State says Coroner S. F Flowers re
turned Tuesday afternoon from 1he
Statesburg neighborhood, where ht
investigated the death Of Wal1ej
Blanding, colored. The negro "a
he owner of a store and was lount
brutally cut up in his store.
No one appeared to know anEliios
of the affair, and Coroner Flowers
lid not empanel jury. From al
appearances the murder was done 10.
he purpose Of robbery, as only -
cents was found in the store ana lns
deceased was said to have been oolns
a good business and to be well on
The body was terribly mutl'ate'
with gashes inflicted with hatche
and knife that were found near tn
body covered with blood. The mur
der is being investigated by tn
county authorities, and further llsh
may be thrown on this horrible al
| fair
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Wants to be Hung.

At Rome, Ca, Dick Johnson. was
awakened by his wife Friday night.
Mrs. Johnson had seen a negro
standing by her bed. looking down
upon her and her husband. johnson
srappled with the negro, but he
broke away and leaping through a
window. escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
MADE TERRIBLE MISTAKE
Shot His Son in the Dark for Burg

At San Jose. Cal. Bertram Somers
early Thursday shot and killed his
FIVE year old SON. mistaking him Tor
a burglar. The child, it is believed
was walking in his sleep. The par
ents we're awakened by a noise IN
the room and. seeing the outline CT
2 figure near the window, they con-
Glued it was that of burglar. Mr.
Somers reached for his pistol, ano
fired, killing the child instantly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
MASHED TIE MASHER
Girl from, Alabama Landed a Dom
key in the Ditch.

A dispatch from New York says
dapper young man on upper
Broadway the other evening was
following girl whose hands were in
huge muale. Suddenly, at Forty
fifth street, one of her hands, clad
in a two ounce boxing glove dashed
out and sent the masher rolling into
the gutter. Then the man pickeo
himself up and apologized to the
young lady.
81 beg pardon, she said, sweetly
II am a stranger here. l came from
Alabama, and am a stenograpner
alone in town But III tell you
there is no man in town who can In
suit me with impunity. l taugh'
women boxing in the southland II
teach New York smashers boxing II
the north
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
LEAVES sWAG BEHIND.
New York Man&Gets Queer Christ
mas Present from Burglar.

Santa Claus, in peculiar soase'
maid a visit tosJohn Distler OF Ne"
York City. In: the night DistIer was
aroused by a noise in the d1nins
room and he at once decided tha'
there was d burglar in the mouse
Rather than take any chances Oh pc
ing shot Distler made great holSe
in his room for the purpose OF s'ai
ing the burglar away.
He was successful in this ana "hel
he went downstairs he found tha'
none of the family silver mad pee.
stolen. On the contrary he foune
on the table in the dining room {
large quantity Of silverware. "h.''
he had never seen before he oe
]ieves that the burglar ssa OBTAIN
ed it from some other houses anu
heipg scared by the noise ne niaoe
fed leaving it behind.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
SorrowfuI Occurrence.

At Clinton Mr.. F. A. Dorrity;s lit
tie son was burned to death Christ
mas eve. The mother was dressing
the children to go away for Christ
mas. She went out a few minutes
and when she returned the. little fel-
low was in flames: $500
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Labor Trouble.

According to a statement issued
officially the recent encounters at
Iouique, Chilli, between nitrate st'lk-
ers and the police resulted IN the
killing Of 2lo men and the woun7lns
Of about fifty. During one Of the
encounters the troops fired particu-
lar,y at the leaders Of the strikers.
bnt their aim was poor and the nlen
were not h.rtt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Furniture Company Fails.

The Lion Furniture Company, OF
Spartanburg has gone into bank
ruptcy. The petition to have the
furniture company declared bank
rupt was made by H. B. Carlisle, re-
presenting number Of out Of town
creditors before H. E. Depass, referee
in bankruptcy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
BADLY USED Up
BY Negroes Who Tried to Rob
His Store.
RESCUED BY SHERIFF.

a1lef oeluS NeSCUeO, was Iahel
to the Hospital in Charleston To-
Treatment. He Was Unable t,
Give Any Account Of the Trouble
The Robbers Made Their Escape
The following account of an out
rage that took place near Charles
ton, We clip from the News and
Courier of Christmas Day. The New!
and Courier says 4 telephone cal
from st. Andrews Parish yesterday
afternoon gave information of an
outrage committed and the prompt
response Of Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Poulnot and volunteers was, no
doubt, the means of saving the life Of
Thomas L. Caves, who keeps q gen
eral store in st. Andrews, a short
distance from the New Bridge ter
minus, across the Ashley River.
The message was received in the
sheriff's Office about six o'clock and
it was to the effect that Caves had
been set upon and seriously injured
by negroes intent upon robbing his
store Caves, it seems, was, to some
extent, able to defend himself for
some time and, though badly inJur-
ed, managed to get inside the store
when he barred the doors. He then
crawled to the telephone and called
for the sheriff's office, Charleston.
The message sent was to the effect
that he was being murdered and that
immediate help was needed.
Mr.. Poulnot was in charge of the
Office and lost no time in starting
for the scene of the trouble. He
chartered one of the big touring cars
from the Charleston Hotel garage, in
charge of Chaffeur Johnson, and
picking up Mr.. Harry Lihnstedt and
later Constable R. L. Knox, sped over
to st. Andrews. The men in the
car did not know just what they were
to face-but they asked no questions
and were ready for any emergency.
Arriving at Caves store, which is
at the junction of the shell road and
the James Island road, they looked
about for beligerants. None was II
sight, and then giving attention to
the store, they succeeded in Toulsng
Mr.. Caves, who was just ablbe to gel
TO the door and unbar it; weeping
with Joy at +Ie sight Of his rescur-
ers. He was SO far spent with loss
of blood from an ugly wound over
the left eye, that he could give no ac-
curate account of the trouble, and
onlv the genearl details were learn
ed.
There was not person in the
neighborhood when the automobile
stopped at the store, and seeing the
condition of the wounded man, Mr..
Poulnot decided to come back al
once. Within an hour and half OF
the time of receiving the message
Mr.. Caves was at the Roper Hospital
receiving the best possible attention.
He is getting along very we'll, al
though not out of danger. Rural
Policeman Burton, responding to a
telephone call was coming across the
bridge when the auto returned.
There is as yet no clue as to the mis-
creants who committed the murder
ous assault upon theSperchant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Bold Robbers.

At Chicago five men. one OF whom
carried revolver. robbeG two other
men in the waiting room Or the La
sale street railway station r2 the
heart Of the business section Of the
city. Two of the robbers we're i2r-
rested within few minutes after tins
attack and a third Two hours later
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
Fatal Burning.
flames.

Henry Meiser and Antonia Ober
lin were burned to death and two
other men seriously injured Thurs
DAY in Ere which DESTROYED the
home of Andrew Baltow at Bradford
Pa. The origin is not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-01
SHOT HIS WIFI
Just Before Sitting Down to a
Christmas Dinner.
DIR. Amesbury Kills His Wife in Hit
chen of Her Mothers Home just
after Quarrel.


Dr.. Walter +. Amesbury, of Mil
ford. shot and instantly killed hi
wife. Anna, a teacher of music i
Roanoke College, Danville, Va, a!
the family were about to sit down K
their Christmas dinner at the home
of Mrs. Jennie Rees, Mrs. Amesbury':
mother, at 220 Metropolitan avenue
Hyde Park, Mass, Christmas Day.
Dr.. Amesbury was pla, under
arrest Immediately after the shoot.
ing. Mrs. Ameshury had come from
Virginia to pass the holidays with
her sons, Walter r. Amesbury, and
Ira r. Amesbury, who live with theil
grandmother. Mrs. Rees. Dr. Ames-
burg came frCw Milford, where he
has practiced for some time, to the
Christmas festivities with the fami-
ly.
Accdordirg to the police, Dr.. Am
esbury fred two shots, both Of which
took effect in Mrs. Amesbury's right
side. Her death was almost instan-
eous.
After his arrest. DR.. Amesbury
declared that the shooting was acci-
dental. He would not make any fur
ther statement.
Mrs. Amesbury was 40 years old
and a native of Kentucky
Since her marriage to DR.. Ames-
bury they had lived at different
times in Kingston and Tuxbury
Mass. and Corsicana. Tex. Some
time ago Mrs. Amesbury went to Vlr-
g!nia and began tecahing music IN
Roanoke College She was an ac-
complished vocalist.
According to the police DR.. Ames-
bury became engaged in a ouarrei
regarding family matters TneE
were conversing in the kitchen when
suddenly the other members Of the
family, who were in the dining room
heard two shots fred.
Rushing into the kitchen the AM
esbury boys. the Oldest Of whom Is
about twenty years Of age, grappleo
with their father and threw him tt
the floor. After a struggle the re-
yolyer was taken away from him
and he was held until the arrival OF
the police.
DR.. AmesbuTy is forty-nine years
of age. He was formerly a surgeon
in the British army stationed IN
Jamaica