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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
BATTLES POLICE
TWO MEN CONCERNED IN THE
MURDER OF WOMAN.
Laborer Tells Of Seeing Them Trying
to Burn Mattress Which Contained
Her Body.

That at least two men were con
cerned in the murder of the unidenti.
fed woman whose half-charred and
acid-scarred body was found on the
Green Point avenue dumping ground
in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N. Y,
early Wednesday morning, was es-
tablished Thursday night.
Philip O'Brien, laborer of Green
Point, saw a covered wagon driven
to the dump at dawn Wednesday.
Two men got out and lifted from the
wagon what the witness supposed to
be only an old mattress. He saw
the men pile heop of brush on the
mattress, pour oil over it and set
FIRE to it. Believing the mattress was
being destroyed because it was dis
ease-infected, the man avoided the
spot There can be no doubt but
that the mattress was the one in
which the body Of the murdered Wo
man was concealed.
This important development led to
the discovery that the wagon was
seen by several other persons and
the police now have minute de-
scription of the two men who
were in it. They were foreigners.
Another startling feature of the
case was disclosed when Coroner's
Physician Wurst made second au-
topsy on the corpse. His first autop-
sy revealed a deep cut across the
woman's throat. The second autop-
sy shows that this cut was made by
a person who is expert in surgery.
The incision, says the coroner's
physician, is such as is made in des-
perate cases Of diphtheria, where 1t
is necessary to pierce the windpipe
to prevent strangulation. Whether
this wound caused death or not DR..
Wurst is unprepared to say.
DIR. Wurst will make careful
analysis of the stomach to discover
whether drug was administered to
the woman. Besides the incision IN
the woman's throat her skull was
fractured and the police believe that
poison may have, been used to make
thrice sure Of her death.
Failure to identify the victim is
the greatest obstacle the police have
to overcome in solving the mystery
a general alarm has been sent out
for Mrs. Mamie Muskovitch and her
husband, Stanley, who have dlsap-
peared.
There is possibility that the mur-
dered woman may be Mrs. Musko-
witch. Muskovitch and his wife LETT
Green Point last Monday, supposed
ly for Stamford, Conn, and Mrs.
Muskovitch has not been seen since.
Her husband returned to Green
Point on Tuesday alone, it is said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
QUICK JUSTICE IN JERSEY.
Blacksmith who Killed Preacher
July Is Sentenced to Die.

A dispatch from New Brunswick,
n. J., says Another example OF
quick Jesrey justice was given Tues
day when Archie Heron, the form
er blacksmith, who shot and killed
the Rev. S. V. B. Prickett, a Metho-
dist minister, on July IS, was con-
victed of murder in the first degree
and was sentenced to be electrocut-
ed at Trenton on September I.
Herron's trial began MONDAY ana
the case was given to the jury iues-
day. It took but forty-flve minutes
for the jurymen to bring IN q yer
dict of guilty. Heron shot the Kew.
AR. Prickett while his victim was
walking in the street. His mo1lve Is
believed to have been to revenge n!n-
@,f upon the minister, "ho' wnen
recorder of the Metuchen Court
sentsnced Heron to serve ten Gays
IN iail for drunkenness and disorder
II conduct.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
COTTON CROPS CONDITION.
Government Reports Note Improve
ment Over Last Month.

The average condition Of cotton
was SO per cent on July 25, as
against S1.2 a month ago, and Is a
year ago, according to the report OF
the department Of agriculture given
out on the. first. The condition on
The condition Of cotton or July %
in 1906, 74.s in 1905 and s1.z for
the past ten years.
The condition 70 cotton on July 20
and the ten year averages respective
ly by States follows:
Indiana, 80 and SO; North Caro-
lima. SO and 81; South Care 1, 81
and 80; Georgia, IS and 81; florida
IS and 81; Alabama, IS and 81:
Mississippi, SS and so; Louisiana, SO
and 50; Texas, 80 and 81; Arkansas
IS and 81; Tennessee. IS and "a;
Missouri, IS and 81; Oklahoma, 50
and SIS.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
PEACE MOVEMENT GAINING.
Congress Now in Session in London
Much Encouraged.

"Manv signs of the increasing I'M
nortance of the peace movement have
developed during the progress OF the
Universal Peace Congress, said Ben
iamin F. Trueblood, of Boston, presl-
dent of the American Peace Society
and head of the American delegation
now in London, in an interview.
First we have seen the number Oh
delegates grow until every ciVl1izeo
nation of the world now is represent
ed at the Congress, and by men OF
standing in their own countries. The
meeting of the Congress have oeen
exceedingly well attended, and the
greatest interest has been displayed,
the most important Of which was that
on the subject Of ornaments.
make it clear" said Mr.. true
blood, that we are not urging I'M
mediate disarmament, but q scheme
hv which the increased expenditure
for ornaments can be stopped.
"Another incident showing the
growing Importance Of the Congress
was the recognition of tue delegates
bv King Edward, q precedent "nlcn
doubtless will be followed in the lu'
ture. The British Government nas
ablv seconed his Majesty by inviting
the delegates to the congress 70
banouet Friday evening, there Will DC
sneeches which will advance 1ns
cause which We have so much a
heart. These and other attentions
we are receiving from the ofncia
heads of Great Britain insure Jns
success of the Congress in the future
The discussions in the Congress
while they are doing much sooo
have not had so much effect as 'h'
imnressions we have received iron
rulers and political leaders OF couA
tries 50 vitally interested in the MAN
tenance of peace
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
SEE NEGRO BURN.
Alleged Assailant Of White Girl
Lynched by Citizens.

"Tad' Smith, negro boy 18
yeas old, charged with criminal as
sault on Miss Viola Delaney at Clay
ton, Hunt County, Texas, was cap
tured by officers Tuesday. He was
taken before the young woman and
identified. The prisoner was then
hurried to the Greenyille jail. Be-
fore arriving there, however, a mob
of citizens overpowered the officers,
took the prisoner and burned him at
the stake. Fagots were piled up IN
the public square at GreenVille and
the negro was placed thereon, kero-
sene oil was poured on and a match
applied. Smith slowly burned to
death while thousand people look
on
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
TESTED TORPEDO NETS.
Steel Mesh Withstands Shock OF Tor

A dispatch from Newport, R. l.,
says important secret tests were made
at Coddington Cove and in Buzzard S
Bay Thursday with the new torpedo
nets, a steel mesh, which is supposed
to be able to Withstand the shock o.
torpedoes fired at close range.
In Coddington Cove the torpedo
boats Morris and Gwynn fred tor
pedoes at different ranges and diher-
ent speedes at the nets, placed above
the water, while at Buzzard's Bay
the tests were made by firing orVed-
oes under water, the second suoma-
marine hotilla being engaged IN the
experiments. 1t was said unohclaiis
that the tests were satisfactory.
The nets are designed to be placed
abord armored cruisers and torpede
boats for protection in time OF was
against torpedo attacks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
STRIKE RIOT AT Bo,ABAY.
Twenty Thousand Men out-britisn
Troops Disperse Them.

At Bombay, Twenty thousand Mill
hands who struck Thursday became
rio-or, Friday and a detachment OF
prirish infantry was called out.
Tbev fred, killing one native and
vornding six. Several Europeans
ond natives of the police force sus-
tanned injuries.
The rioters were dispersed. Inc
-+~;rers are out in sympathy for
Ti,ak the nationalist leader and
oai-or who was sentenced to trans
,,orta+ion for six years on a charge
Of sedition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
KIDNAPPED AND DROWNED?
Authorities Unable to Account Other
wise for Young Iady's Condition.

Late Friday night at Pittsburg, Pa,
Miss Clara Konter, IS years Of age,
who, it is believed, was kidnapped
and detained for twenty-four hours
By persons unknown, had not regain
ed consciousness.
The young woman left her home,
near Shousetown, about Is miles
from Pittsburg, Monday afternoon, to
make several purchasers. She failed
to return and while the entire COM
nunity were searching for her, Mrs.
Konter, the girls mother, found her
lying across the bed Of her room at
home.
Physicians have, worked with the
girl since Tuesday night in an en-
Geavor to bring her back to conscious
ness without success. According to
Dr.. Kerr, Of Shousetown, a powerful
drug, the nature Of which has not
yet been ascertained, was administer
ed.
Whether the girl was kidnapped
and mistreated is not definitely
known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
LYNCHED BY MOB.
NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED LADY,
LYNCHED BY CITIZENS.
Execution Only Accomplished After
Eleven Men Had Been Shot Down
bY the Sheriff.

A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla,
says two men killed and nine wound
ed, some of them fatally, is the re-
cord of the clash between the mob
bent on lynching Leander Shaw, a
negro, and the sheriff and his forces,
in which the mob finally overpowered
the authorities of that place Thurs
day. The lynching was carried out
in the most prominent part of the
city.
Shaw "Wednesday assaulted Mrs.
Lillian Davis, a highly respected lady
Of that city, during the absence of
her husband, and after cutting her
throat almost from ear to ear, club
bed her over the head with a revol-
'ver, which he had taken from the
house. During the afternoon when
it became known that the negro had
been arrested, crowds began forming
upon the streets and early in the
night they were reinforced by large
numbers of men from the country.
The mob formed about eight
o'clock that night and made an at
tack upon the county jail, where the
negro was confined. The jail gate
was broken down by the mob, and
the sheriff and his deputies opened
fire. Three men dropped from the
first volley of the sheriff's fire. Vol
ley after volley was then fired by
the sheriff's force, but the mob was
About midnight another attack was
made, the mob having increased to
one thousand determined men. Inc
second attack was successful, for the
reason that it was made upon all
sides o f the jail. One party forced
it's wav through to the rear, oTerpoW-
ering the officers and securing the
trembling negro.
A moose was slipped about his neck
and after being dragged Tor two
blocks he was strunk up to an eiec-
trio light pole in the centre OF the
park, where fully 1000 bullets COM
pletely riddled his body.
The dead are: Henry c. Kellum,
street car motorman; Bud Nicholas
e planter.
The wounded are: Charlie Turner,
probably fatally; Jos. Brewton, prob
ably fatally: Jailer J. H. Beaton'
probably fatally; Bud Knowles,
probably fatally; Sheriff Jas c. van
Pelt, John Van Pelt, a brother; Freo
Enmphreys, W. P. Brownson and W.
P. Bayliss.
Probably dozen or more others
were slightly wounded. The oooF
If Shaw was cut down next morning
Inv orders of the authorities. Tne
hahv who was struck by the negro
at the time he tried to Kill the
mother. it is said will recover.
The fearful cost at which Shaw
was secured and made to answer
the penalty of outraged people IS
greatly deplored, and citizens are III
a unit in great sorrow over the re-
sults of storming the county JAN.
Mrs Lillian Davis, ShaW's Vlctlm'
&c in desperate condition and her
life is despstired of. The wounoeo
mon in Wednesday nights battle are
receiving every attention.
The coroner's jury investigating
the riot found that Leander sna",
c,me to his death at the hands OF
men unknown to them. The jury 10
LEO to investigate the death of hel-
INN who was shot and killed IN lne
scufie at the jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
MATTERS POLITICAL.
Editor Norman Mack to Run Demo
cratic Campaign.

Matters are still moving smooth!
in national democratic affairs. Nor
man E. Mack of Buffalo, an edito,
and a man who has the confidence
of the party, and who is hard work.
er, has been made chairman of the
national committee, which means
that an effort is to be made to cap.
ture New York and lne New York
politicians think that the effort will
be successful. The choice Of Mr..
Mack seems to give general satisfac-
tion.
There is every evidence Of the
fact that the democratic committee
is leaving no stone uaturned to get
the votes Of the people and they are
making progress. They will try to
capture Ohio by bagging the Forak-
er support, which seems probable,
they will sacrifice no principle, make
no promises that will bind the party
to anything Objectionable in doing
It.
Gov. Johnson will set out soon tc
make some speeches for the ticket
which he aspired to lead, and IS
great enough to help though he was
disappointed.
The republicans are also very busy
they are trying now to make terms.
and this information comes from the
New York World, which is not very
favorable to the democratic party,
that the administration has surren-
dered to the Wall street capitalists
and rapid pool and will permit the
railroads in the west to raise their
rates, and will make it convenient to
have the employees of the road con-
rinced that their object in so doing
is to increase their wages, or prevent
their reduction, and that their hope
is in the republican party, the part,
of the full diner pail.
The collections for the campaig,
funds are growing very slowly, the
farmers do not respond as rapidly
to the appeal as was thought when
they realized that the election de.
pended on them and that it was
plainly up to them now, if they want
ed such government as they had been
for years demanding, they had to
support the workers in the field, sup
ply the ammunition for tie batteries
and pay the bill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
MILLS TO SHUT DOWN.
800, 900 spindles in spartanburg to
be Idle for Two Weeks OF Longer.

Practically all the large cotton
mills in the Spartanburg section will
close August for two weeks, some
Of them for a longer period. The
mills that will close down are Tu-
capau, Enoree, Pacolet, Spartan Mills,
Arkwright and Whitney, Of that
county, and Clinton and Watts Mills.
The Pacolet Mills will close for an
indefinite period. and will pay the
operatives half time and give them
free house rents while opratlon Is
suspended. The other mills will fur
rish house rent free. The closing
down of the mills, Angus 8, will be
the second tine this summer the
mills have shut down, and Will pre-
baby be the last. AS result OF
the shut down, more than three hun
dred thousand spindles in the coun-
ry will be idle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
MET HORRIBLE DEATH.
Young Man Fastened Beneath Engine
and Fatally Scalded.

Mr.. D. ". Dunlap, young man,
son of Mr.. Charles l.. Dunlap, OF
Fort Lawn, met with horrible death
Friday night says a news olspatcn
from Lancaster. He was acting as
engineer on the railroad between
Fort Lawn and Great Falls, and while
running what IS known as dlnkey
engine yesterday afternoon, the en-
CINE collided with a box car ana oV-
erturned, Mr.. Dunlap being plnioneo
under his machine and fatally scalo-
al his death ensuing several hours
later. The unfortunate young nah
was fastened beneath his engine an
hour and a half before he could be
removed, being conscious all tne
while
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Victims of the Cndertow.

Two deaths by drowning occurred
in Florida Monday. one at smeha
Reach near Fernandine, and the
other at Dayton Beach. Willie heck-
ham of Windsor, Fla, while IN oath-
80 Nth a number CT friends 2;
Amelia Beach, was caught N ms
undertow. and at DaFtona D. .
Ernch lost his life in similar man
,er Eo1b bodies are still missing
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Train Killed Aged Man.

John Glider, aged 81 years, and the
oldest living employe Of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad, was run down
and killed by a locomotive Of an IN
coming passenger train on that roac
wednesday near Whistler, Ala. His
neck and legs we're broken and the
nilot Of the engine knocked a hole
II his head.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
THREE HOURS IN BALLOON.
Successful Trip Made from Baltimore
to Hagerstown.

Ernest GIL, young man OF Sa!tl-
more, accompanied by Lincoln ano
Eillery Beachey, professional aero
rauts, made successful balloon Toy-
ase from Baltimore to Hagerstown.
Nd. Thursday. The air craft ascend
ed at 1.1s p. m. and 4.55 O'Clock the
marty landed safely about four mics
north of Hagerstown. It's passengers
,enorted that the experience was
,leasant, with no untoward incidents.
man in Hagerstown. watching
the balloon from the roof OF his house,
,oet his balance and fell to the ground
!oeS 0AS
and was Killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
BAGGAGENAN HELD UP.
Tno Men Rob Train of Mail Pouch
Watch and Money.

Two men held up baggag7man
late Thursday night on the Ulster
and Delaware passenger train be-
tween South Gilbea and Stamford. n
Y. They helped themselves to the
mail pouch. the baggageman S gold
watch and SIS in cash. They dis
arnearei from The train as it slowed
down at Stamford.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
SLIPPED OFF Her ROOF.
New York Woman Lost Balance. r. ell
Six Stories and Was Killed.

In moment Of forgetfulnes'.
while sitting on the edge Of the
roof of her home, Miss Annie NC
Nultv 10 years old, Of 23e East
1e2nd street, New York srretceno
ont her arms in exercise, and losing
her balance, fell to the street, SIX
stories telor-. She died shortly after
reaching the hospital.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
MINERS BURIED ALIVE.
Rescue Work Difficult, But Twenty
Have Been Saved.

A dispatch from Fernie, B. c.,
SAYS twenty-three men were buried
Friday morning by a cavein in No.
2 mine at Coal Creek, owned by the
Crows Nest Pass Coal Company.
The work of rescue was made diff
6cult by gas. but rescuing parties had
taken out twenty men alive at three
O'Clock Friday afternoon, and the
other three will probably be rescued.
Three men were killed in this mine
two months ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
BABY RESCUED FROM TUB.
Doctors Worked Three Hours to Re
vive Spartanburs Child.

At SpartanhurG Weldon Wilson,
aged two years. vas found sticking
head foremost in tub of water at
his home Friday Physicians worked
with him three hours and finally sue
ceeded in reviving him. How long
the child had been in the water is
not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Killed by Train.

Two men were killed anc SIX more
,,;rrad one of them probably ratsi-
IL. On the Ontario and western Hoeo
At Mavfeld, Pa. Friday. The ceao:
Michael Duggon and Samuel Anoe'-
son The men we're repairing cars OF,
a siding when another tralo cEasnSa !.
into them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
IN DANGER FOR DAYS.
CAPTAIN and Crew Rescued from
Sinking Ships.

Capt. Foster and his crew of six
men were taken Monday from the
ill-fated schooner Jose OloveCri.
stranded on Bulls Island beach near
Charleston Thursday night. For
nearly four days the captain and his
men were unable to leave the vessel
and were in constant danger of being
thrown into the sea from the break
ing OF the pounding ship in a boil
ing surf. The loss Of their small
boats prevented the seamen, from
leaving the ship. Capt. Stevenson of
the Bulls Island lighthouse succeed
ed in reaching the schooner, the sea
and wind having calmed down suffi-
ciently to allow him to approach her.
The schooner, valued at about S25,-
900, and the cargo of cement, valu-
ed at about $1,000, seem to be a
total loss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
R,tf1eships Beyond Wireless.

4 dispatch from Honolulu says
for the first time since the American
Atlantic battleship feet sailed from
that port for Australia, the wireless
station failed to communicate With
-,e con,ec-t-uc Wednesday nleht. :
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
FOUND MOTHER MURDERED.
Woman, Sixty Years Of Age, Shot sH
Times by Unknown Party.

A dispatch from Tampa, Fla, says
Mrs T, ". Platt, sixty years old, was
by unknown persons MOI
dav at noon at her home near Gil
christ Institute. Discovery OF the
crime was made by her son, Waiter
Platt. who, going home for dinner
found his mothers body on the
kitchen floor 1ith six bullet wounds
in her head. Her daughter, MISS
Matte Platt, teache.' at the lnsu'
+,,te had left home thirty minutes
before.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
CAN'T SEEK WHIsKEY ORDERS.
Not Even By Mail, Says the Georgia
Court of Appeals.

At Atlanta Judge Richard B. Rus
sell Friday in the Georgia Court OF
Appeals. with the concurrence OF the
entire Court, rendered an opinion to
tho effect that the sollcitation OF or
ders by mail in another State for
vhiskev or other intoxicating beVer-
ages in the State of Georgia, as vel
as in the State Of Georgia by any IN
dividual or corporation. is VIOLATION
If fhe laws Of the State of Georgia.
as we'll as in the State by any lnol-
vidual or corporation. is violation
Of the laws of the State Of Georgia
and any preson making such sollclta-
ZION is guilty of crime against the
State
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
JOHNSON WRITES BRYAN.
Is Ready to Speak for Party Where
ever Wanted.

In a letter to ". J. Bryan. mailed
Friday, Governor Johnson Of Mime
sofa places his oratorical powers at
the disposal of the national Demo
cratic committee. He says he Will
be available about September and will
20 where wanted.
The letter was in answer to one
received from Mr.. Bryan several
days ago, calling attention to the
fact that there was desire IN many
States to hear the Governor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
MIR. uEyELAND's FORTUNE.
Said That Former President hei'
Estate Worth S25o,o00.

A dispatch from Princeton, \. j.,
esve while nothing in Mr.. Cleve-
lands will, which was filed several
weeks ago, indicates the amount 0.
his fortune, and although no ohc'ai
announcement has been made as 70
,+s extent, It became known FRIDAY
that his personal and real propss's
amounts to s250,0oo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
DEER HELD UP TRAIN.
noe And Fawns Scattered But suck
Charged Engine And Was Killed.

NIT"Ik gu
A passenger train which lelt Ne"
Haven Thursday night for Middle
ton was held up near Durham, Conn.,
in q most unusual manner.
Four deer, doe, two lawns ano
a buck stood on the tracks as the
train approached. When the en-
o;neer blew his whistle, all OF tne
5eer with the exception of the buck
The buck was run down and kill
cd as he stood challenging the LOCO
motive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
NEGRO BRUTE 10 DIE.
Execution Of John Finney Will 3
yircinia's First Elect-ocution.

4 dispatch from Roanoke. Va.
eavs John Finney, the negro. VINO
,wo weeks ago beat eleven-year-olo
Mary Jamiscn almost 10 death IN
Eranklin County. in ar attempt to
criminally assault her. vas trloaE
,.onvic+ed in Court at Rocky Mount.
The Jury was out FIVE minutes. IN
nov is the first criminal sentenced to
bo electrocuted in Virginia.