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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
TALKS INTO PHONOGRAPH.
Bryan Adopts Novel Method fol
Spreading His Political Views.

Most OF last Tuesday was spent by
Mr.. Bryan at his home in Fairview,
Neb., in delivering short speeches on
the issues of the campaign into a
phonograph. Previously he made
similar speeches on the records OF
competing concern. The intention
is to give the speeches wide distribu-
ton throughout the country. OF his
own volitson Mr.. Bryan announced
that he had received $500 from each
of the two concerns as compensation
for his work.
When confronted with the sugges-
ton by 6 newspaper man that he
had accepted money from corpora
tions. and thereby had acted contrary
to the declared policy of the Demo,
cratic party, Mr.. Ery:n stated that
the whole proposition was a com,
mercial one, and that he very pro-
perly could accept pay for his labors
The remittarces were not retained
by him, but he turned them over tt
the State and county Democratic
committees respectively as persona
contribution.
Miners Believe in Unionism.
The Western Federation of Miners
has reaf6rmed it's faith in industria
unionism.
WANTS HIS NAME CHANGED.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
REV" WHITAKER CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Using Mails for
Fraudulent Purposes.

In the United States Circuit Court
at Asheville, n. c., Tuesday Judge
Newman presiding, the Rev VIM
G. Whitaker was found guilty Of us
ing the United States mails for fra
dulent purposes.
The accused was found guilty on
all six counts on which he was indict.
ed next day.
Whitaker was arrested in Dayton.
Ohio, last February at the instance
of the postal authorities.
Whitaker claimed that there exist
ed in the Bank of England fund
of s2O0,0o0,O00. which was the law
full property Of the heirs of the
Whitaker family, and is alleged to
have collected various sums from
the heirs in all sections of the
United States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
4 HANGING POSTPONED.
Gov. Ansel Grants Respite to Con.
demned Greenwood Negro.

4 dispatch from Greenwood, says
Lawrence Hampton did not hang
Friday The scaffold was ready, new
clothing had been bought for Hamp-
ton. the condemned negro himself
was ready, that is he thought he
was. as he was sure he was going
to be hanged, but respite by tele-
gram from Governor Ansel postpon-
ed the hanging until Friday. Aug.
2S. 1t is supposed a stronger effort
will be made to get his sentence
commuted. The other two negroes
in the row were given life sentences
and Hampton was the only one con-
victed without recommendation tc
mercy.
His crime. was the killing of Ro-
bert White. another negro, at ne
gro church near Callison in 1906
All of the negroes seemed to have
been drinking and rows and fuses
were very common around this
particular church, but no one haG
been killed until this time.
There We're not many people IL
town Friday. A few negroes from
the country came in. They did NO
know of the respite, OF course, a.
the message was not received there
| until that morning. and thy coult
| not see ANYTHING more than the tol
| If the scaffold. but they had tn
morbid curiosity to be near the spot
The scai7old will not be takel
down. pending the final outcome o
| the case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
THE NEGRO IN AFRICA.
he Does Very Well There. is an Ef6c
lent Planter and Miner.

Il am very much interested in the
education of the negro. In the col
ny which am the Governor, We
lave a population of 100000 ne.
groes and 1900 white people, 500
of whom are officials, and the res,
merchants and people connected
with and Interested in the mining
ind"stries," said Sir John Rodger,
Governor of the, Gold Coast, West
Africa. 1T seems to me that our
negro problem is Of a less compli-
Gated nature than that of the United
States. l dent knoJ whether tae
tact that the Gold CoIst negro is a
tulI blood, no mixture with white
blood. has anything to do with it or
not The full blood negro seems to
De more amenable, more simple
minded possibly. and is therefore
more apt to follow the instructions
of his white teacher. We have mate
considerable progress with their ed
ucation. which is naturally Of the
primary character. We also teach
theI to be agriculturists and ar
tisan-. and they are making wonder
fui progress in those directions. The
cocoa plantations. are almost entire
= in the hands Of negroes. who cul-
tivate them to the highest degree Of
efficiency; making the article the
greatest and most important item of
export OF the colony. Gold mining
is e.other great industry of the col
On. In this work the negro also lie
doi7s. the work. He is invaluable
in the mines.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
c. Flourney Asks Judge Hydrick at
Sp,rtanburg for Relief.

A dispatch from Spartanburg,
says c. Flourney, promoter, of North
and South Carolina. who, several
weeks ago startled the financial
world bysstating that he had formed
a company to organize the Thermal
Iron and Steel Railway Company,
with a capital of s1,000,000, and
proposed to build line from Tryon
to Spartanburg. appeared before
Judge Hydrick Friday and asked that
his name be changed to Walter G.
Flourney, stating that his former
name had been injured, and he want
ed to start out anew. Flourney, it
will be remembered. was arrested in
Greenvile some time ago, and after
several days confinement was re-
leased.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
Record for PunctuaIitY.

The school managers of the New
Shoreham Council schools have had
brough. to their notice the fact that
a scholar in the girls department. haa
neither been absent or late on a sin
gle occasion in eight years. The
managers considered this a most re-
marko BILE record and it was resolved
to ask the educational comm!;ive to
grant the scholar e sQecia! award.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
1,on,f Mind Iiieing..

.'The National Republican COM
mfttee Will accept no contributions
from corporations. says Mr.. Taft,
But the ,-easurer Of the committee
knows t'sferently, and he has al-
ready announced that corporations
could ge, rid Of their money to ad-
vantage by depositing with him.
The Char teston Post very truly says
''the utlerances Of the Republican
candida G for President on matter
of this SOFT is really of very littie:
importance, as was abundantiys
shown il, 1904, when Mr.. Roosevelt
most. positively and vehcmently
swore that not one cent was being
solicited or received from the corpo-
rations / r the ben-fit Of his cam.
paign,l when, as was afterwards
proved l'eyond peradyenture, Chair
man c., s;lyou and Treasurer Bliss
were r., u;ar and persistent calk-5
upon tl.. controllers Of b;g corpora.
tions, and seldom went away empty:
handed while MIR. Roosevelt himself
appeal, {: to that undesirable citi
fzen,' E II. Hartman, for the small
sum of sz6e; 900 which was promptly
fFforthc. ming, in expectation of bene-
fits VIII ca were not fully realized.
Mr.. Ia may protest that no cor.
poratirp will be received by his
campaign committee. but the tinan-
cial dir. ..tors, Of that political pro-
paganda will not turn away any cor
poratie,: seeking to unload some Of
it's sup fuous wealth at the doors
Of the Il publican party" The Post
is righ. Roosevelt did net hesitate
to lie ai,out the matter Of contribu-
tions, aid neither will Taft or any
other Republican corruptionists.
The Republican New York Sun says
at the very tine that Roosevelt de-.
nouncet Judge Parker for saying
that the t.'g corporations were con-.
tributing doodle to aid Roosevelt in
his election that he had Harriman's
$3.50, ,0W !, curity tucked away in his
trouser jackets. In the face Of such
fact as is, who would believe Taft
Or any ol.ier Republican when they
say Trey ill publish the Eames Of
the corporations and individuals
who contribute to their corruption
fund: f ,.>sevelt lied abousit and
so will TAFT ard his Doodle gather
ers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
hit BY LIGHTNING.
THREE MEN KILLED WHILE ELE-
MENTS PLAN.
Fierce Storm at the Famous Battle
Ground OF Gettysburg Results
With Three Dead.

\ dispatch from Gettysburg, Pa.
saws an all night search throughout
Camp Hayes. where the 10000 men
Of the National Guard of Pennsylvania
have been in camp for week, and
which was Thursday night visited BY
A terrific electrical and wind storm
shows that three soldiers were struck
dead by lightning, and that nearly
half hundred other persons were
injured. 1t was probably the WIG
esr night the historic battle-ground
has experienced since the memoraole
In,y days of 1858. Those killed
were: ~
Corporal c. Milton CARRIER, 1oth
regiment, Washington.
lanes A. Barbe, 10th regiment
Waynesburg.
clyde Morrison, 18th regiment
Oil City. g.,
The cots of the hospitals are nA-
cd with the injured. some OF "noh
are women and children who nao
been visiting the camp.
The tent, which Governor stuart
had been occupying during the "eeh ;
a,csmnment. was blown down anu
rho Governor and those VINO were
his guests at that time, were ourseo
,nder the canvass. -,
To add to the excitement tne S"is
iron aagstaf in front Of the tents OF
Governor Stuart and Gen. WHEY was
struck, stinging several menoe's
of the Governors stan ;,
Barbe was sitting in his tent With
another soldier when he was envesop-
ed in blue fame, following a terri
ac crash, and he fell dead. SIhe
other soldier was only stunned.
In each case Of those killed the
new army puttees furnished Just be
/ "ore the men went into camp were
| torn from their limbs, the steel rib:
being exposed. The storm. whlcf
had been brewing all evening, broke
suddenly. The wind blew with al
most cyclonic force, the rain came
down in torrents and the lightning
! was the severest seen here in years
For a time utter confusion riigned
| but as the storm passed off the com
manders of the several regiments II
| the I'd brigade brought about orde
and began a systematic search fol
! injured euar6smen. They were re
moved to the hospital tent and s1EeI
Iatention by regimentai surgeons
assisted by physicians summonet
from the town of Gettysburg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
Attacked Him as a Bear.

Hugh Tighe of Hennessey, Okla.
was bitten by dog. Without saying
anything about Hugh's name the in
cident does not lose interest with this
explanation in the Press Democrat:
The boy was clad in a red bearskin
cloth cap, cloak and leggings, and
it is probable that the d-g did not
recognize that he was child, and
made the attack with the above re-
suits
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
BODY CUT By SHARK.
After Several Days Searching, Body
Of Cadet V,S Enund

of Cadet Was Found.
A dispatch from Savannah, Ga,
says: Half the body of young Harry
Lovett, the young Benedictine cadet
who was mysteriously drowned while
swimming off the north end of Ty.
bee on Monday has been found
The lower portion of his body with
both fee1 eaten away washed VI
against the sea wall of Fort Screver
early Thursday morning and has beer
brought to the city for burial. The
remains were found by companion:
and friends of lad, who have beer
ceaselessly patrolling the beach since
the tragedy The condition of tha
portion of the sadt recovered seem
to indicate that it was shark which
attacked the young man while Soin;
for a long swim.
The finding of the lacerated por
ton of the body cast a gloom owe
the entire island. Men with sem
are now trying to find the rest o
Lovett.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
SWlNDLERS CAUGHT
QUICK WORK OF DETECTIVES
BROKEN WALL STREET GANG.
Four Are Awaiting Trial and -Four
Have Fled-fndividuals and Cor.
porations Forced Into Bankruptcy.

Three months ago Lieut.. Bernard
McConvilie. of the Detective bureau
Of the police force Of New York city
started out to clean up band OF
alleged noted swindlers, who had been
operating extensively in the Wall
street district The net result OF
his labor to date is:
Convicted and sentenced to states
prison: John Joseph Campbell, Maj
James n Whelpley, Regulus Ship
pey and Charles Barry. alias Barry.
Arrested and awaiting trial: John
Gundlach, E. Elliott Trautwein
Frank c. Helm and Michael Jacobs.
Fugitive from justice: Charles
Gardner and three others whose
names are withheld from publication
at the request Of the district attorney
! In addition the investigation has
brought to light crooked note tran.
sactions that have covered a period
Of three years and involved s1,000,-
| 900. Several of the individuals
and corporations have been driven
into bankruptcy, and an endless
chain of litigations has resulted.
! McConville began his crusade BY
the arrest of John J. Campbell,
former member of John ]. Rocke
feller, Jr.'s Sunday school class. He
was charged with the theft of So.
1000 in notes from the Delhi Sill
company. He admitted the crime
and confessed he had taken part IL
a scheme to float s150,000 worth o
notes of the Sherman &C.,, cutler,
Sdealers, of Keyport, n. J. Campbell
involved in his Confession Maj. ]
n. Whelpley, an ex-convict with
|long police record. Whelpley, un
der various aliases, had represente'
himself as one of the executors 0
an estate that had money to loan o.
lnotes. He would get possession o
the notes, turn them over to his con
| federates, who would discount then
and divide the proceeds. The
iWhelpley would change his alias. TIL
! holders would seek and sue the max
ers and perhaps be forced into bank
ruptcy.
Gundlach and Shippey were al
rested for swindling $4,000 wort
!. OF notes belonging to Alfred Visch
er & Co., manufacturers. When al
irested Gunlach said he had give
the notes to Shippey, who said n
had turned them over to Jacobs an
| the said Helm was their possessol
All were held. Barry was convicte
Iof a joint steal with Gunlach i
which s10s.000 we're secured fro1
Sherman & Co.. through false repre-
, sentations. Trautwein is accused {
stealing 100000 in notes issued b
the Hopper-Morgan company, c
Watertown, N. Y, by "trick and de
vice" Both the last two companie
named were hard pressed on az
count of their losses and litigation
are still pending as result. Gare
ner, who is a fugitive from justice
is an ex-convict and is implicate
:. lin several crooked note deals. Th
successful prosecutions of the men
bers of the gang thus far put o
trial have been conducted by Assis
ant District Attorney Kindeberge
land Appleton, who have been highl
commended by Mr.. Jerome. Detet
tive "Rato Nelson js an assistant i
the case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
MISSING GIRL FOUND.
Charlotte Young Lady Discovered at
Columbia Union Depot.

Miss Matte Havis. the Charlotte
girl who has been missing for sever
al days and sought for all over the
section between Columbia and Char
lotte, was Monday, afternoon found
at the union station at Columbia by
Chief of Police Cathcart and Mr.. A.
E. Cohen, of Charlotte, brother-in-
law of Miss Havis. When she vas
met by the officer and her kins2an
Miss Havis went with Mr. Cohen to
8 hote! in the city and they left to-
getber for their horne IN Charlotte.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
MIND BLANK FOR EEGET DAYS.
Resident Of Savannah Has Strange
Experience.

While relatives believed him wan
dering about the country between
Macon and Atlanta, and on his way
to the latter place, Dan Cannon,
whose disappearance during the last
ten days have attracted considerable
attention, was walking to Savannah
and showed up at home Tuesday.
He declares that for eight days
his mind has been a blank. Yet in
that time he rode from Savannah to
CIaxton On his daughters bicycle,
told strange stories of his plan to
ride until he should be west OF the
Mississippi River and finally dispos-
ed Of the wheel when chance came
for a ride to Macon on freight
train.
In Macon his mind suddenly re-
sumed it's normal condition and, leav-
ing friends who had cared for him
without a word Of goodbye, he
started to walk to Savannah. Part
of the journey he made afoot. He
was in several hard rains and his
more than so years. coupled with the
exposure and unusual exertion, have
left him very III.
The story he tells is that, while
suffering from sunstroke, he made
the journey on his bicycle and freight
trains to Macon, taking eight days
to make the trip. During that time,
he declares, he performed no action
consciously. A relative vent to
Macon to search for him, but passed
him on the road. A physician is in
constant attendance upon him in an
effort to keep his mind clear. The
moments when he is going to sleep
and waking are especially carefully
watched.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOTEL.
Inmates at Resort at Wade Mecun:
Springs, \. c., Have Narrow Escape.

Lightning struck the big MOTEL at
Wade Mecum Springs, Stokes County
n. c., early Friday morning ano
started a fire which soon reduced the
structure to ashes. Many of the
inmates narrowly escaped with their
lives and all of them lost their per-
sonal effects, the management hav-
ing to call upon a recort several
miles away to furnish wearing ap'
parel for them as well as food. Ne
accurate estimate of the loss is OBJ
sinable. The resort, including the
famous mineral springs and a vast
tract of mountain land. is owned
chiefly by the widow of the late J
H. L. Sparks, the circus man, WHIT
lost his life there several years agt
by blood poisoning resulting from
the bite of a pet lion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Decrease IS 88,519.64
These figures are from the SO dis
pensaries in the "a dispensary coun-
ties. Of the dispensary counties,
i've have more than FIVE dispensaries
each, these being Aiken, with SIN.
Barnwell with ten, Charleston with
fourteen, CIrangeburg with seven and
Richland with ten.
!7he report does not give the n
cures by individual dispensaries. be-
ing compiled by county totals. but
it will be noted that since Augusta
went dry by legislative enactment
the Aiken county dispensaries, par
ticularly that at North Augusta
have been doing much better business
The figures in the report which re,
fer to Aiken county are as follows:
Sales, s65,219.60; breakage s5ls,'
rs; net profit, s14,S10.79.
With these compare the figures
for Barnwell, which has four more
dispensaries.
Sales, s33,605.4o; breakage s4e6.'
.t5; net profit s6,328.67.
During the quarter Charleston
county's fourteen dispensaries sole
goods to the extent of S152,533.75
learning net profit thereon OF $50,
1929.
Richards ten. dispensaries solt
s11S.os4.S5 worth; earning proht'
aggTegating s27,050.03
The report, which is Of consider
able length, but very clear ant
readily Ineligible, goes on to glv'
the sales, breakage and net profit b,
the counties through the whole list.
1t will be noted that the ratio o
profit to sales in not regular. Thi
condition arises from the fact tina
the selling price of the goods is FIX
ed by the, several county boards ant
some of them collect larger per
centage of profits than others.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
TROOPS ORDERED OUT.
Feeling Between americans and TIA
ians at Natalbany, La, Acute.

A dispatch from Natalbany, La.
says a company of State troops from
Jefferson Parish arrived Friday night
as a protection against further out
breaks of racial antagonism between
italians and Americans. The troops
were ordered out by Governor Sand
ers at the request Of Sheriff Saal,
after the dynamiting of an Italian
store.
George and Tony LAMBDA, accus-
ed cf the murder of the American
youth, Walter Simmons, have not
vet been captured, fact which has
served to keep many memb bers of the
American population in menacing
frame of mind. Threats have been
made that Italians will not be allow
ed to return until the accused men
are captured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Assuming that the foregoing ia
b!es are correct, we see that Bryan
has a Slight advantage---l3 electora
votes to be accurate---over Taft at
the be ginning. Mind you, these Ia
bles are based upon the best judg
ment of persons supposed to be "a
miliar with the situation.
And now we come to the doubtful
states. Lets see what they offer,
bearing in mind information gather
ed from Democrats at Democratic
convention, and from citizens gener-
ally.
There are fifteen doubtful states.
so called. Some Of them may not
be doubtful at all. Some of them
may be Democratic beyond doubt;
some Of them may be Republican
surely. But just the same they are
classed doubtful. They have l64
votes in the electoral college, more
than can be conceded to either Taft
or Bryan.
Bryan must get 81 Of the elector-
al votes to win.
Taft must receive SO of the votes
to land the job.
Here they are:
New York ...-.: 49,. ..39
Indiana. 10
New Jersey ..... u
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Granting that Taft will carry New
York, New Jersey. West Virginia,
Delaware, Idaho, Rhode Island and
Wisconsin. he would still be s votes
short of enough to elect, All Of
those states are debatable, too. not
ably Idah.>. Rhode Island and Wis
consin. New York, also. is extreme
ly doubtful, and if Tammany re-
mains loyal, as Murphy promises,
the Empire State will give Bryan
majority.
Of the fifteen doubtful states,
Bryan seems to have the best chance
in a majority of them, everything
considered. Bryan would seem to
have the best chance in at least elev-
en- of the fifteen. They are:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
ouits Race After Accident,

Col. H. c. Catrow, Republican
candidate for Congress from the
Third district of Ohio, has announced
his withdrawal from the race be-
cause his automobile struck and kill
ed Eugene Sullivan in Dayton, o.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
Six Mem Killed.

Six foreigners were killed by trains
between midnight and daybreak'
Monday morning on the railroad
yards at Buffalo. A dense fog was
the cause of the accidents.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
Fulfilled Her Own Prediction.

To fulfill her own prediction that
she would die June 2S, Mrs. Leroy
Noble took strychnine and killed
herself at jamestown, \. y, accord
ing to the coroner's finding.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29
Six Killed in Six Hours.

Inside of six hours six foreigners
we're run down by trains and killed
at Buffalo, n. 2, one day last week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

L. S. Balloon Tests Postponed.
The Government balloon tests at
Port Omaha, Neb., have been post
poned until fall and possibly until
next spring.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Souvenir Hunters Steal Bronze.
Souvenirs hunters have taken from
the Boston State House bronze mteal
to the value of more than 81, 900. &
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Yoa cannot always folio wthe ad-
vice of all your friends, but you are
foolish If you forget it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

Mr.. Bryan has this bunch Of votes
as q starter, also
He will have some more certainly.
| He is sure of Oklahoma, Kentucky.
Missouri and Maryland, with votes
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-29

The less money a man makes the
more be has-!s be isn't married.
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Total

Thus, Mr.. Bryan has as starter
not fewer than 166 votes in the cleo
toral college.
There are fifteen states that are
reasonably certain to go for MIR.
Taft, with 153 votes in the electoral
college, as follows: