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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
THE CONVICT APPEARS.

our way, and the next moment two
gaudily uniformed officers climbc:.
aboard and asked whether I ha:
seen anything of a rowboat. to-.
them l had but that ] paid no par
ticular attention to the direction th
rowboat went, which was only tn.
truth. The question as to Wheta-
er I had any stranger aboard I truth
fully replied that I had not. Afte,
walking around the deck for shorl
time, in manner which seemed to
imply that they did not believe me
the two officers went their way N
their launch.
THE next night we got ready &c
sail, having secured our clearance
papers and the permission from the
port authorities to get away. Long
about eleven O'Clock We weighed an
Choir and under fair or~eze made
our way into the open sea. We'd
travelled about half an hour wher
the same launch in which the two
prison officers had come the night
before blew a'ter US and came along
SIDE. Instead of the two officers.
however, out stepped my convict Wis
itor, tired, but evidently feverish in
his happiness.
He told me that he had been
pursued the night before by the
keepers in the little power boat and
that he made for one of the small
islands in the harbor. That it had
been q game CT hide and seek be-
tween him and the prison officers
and taat finally he had managed to
get at the other end Of the island
where the launch was moored and
get away in her, leaving the two
keepers on the island with a rowboat
tc get back to shore. in.
''I could not go back in:o the bar
Dor without causing my owners
much expense, and so decided that
I would not turn the young fellow
adrift, but instead, allowed him to
become one of my crew, after enter
ing him as a 'castaway' and sending
the launch adrift We were bound
for New Bedford, and I knew that
the cable would probably ask for the
detention Of the escaped convict at
the Massachusetts port If the Guiana
authorities and thought the man
came aboard the Tidewater.
Two days before we reached New
Bedford, my convict sailor whose
name was Jacques, disappeared, and
It was not until long after that /
learned that he took a chance OF
swimming away to PASSING schooD-
er bound for New York, go as to
cause me no trouble with the Amer
Jean authorities at New Bedford.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BROKE BIS SONS BACK.
Report Reaches Lake City Of a Ira
sedy in Florence County.

sedy in Florence County.
News reached Lake City Thurs
day afternoon of q most deplorable
tragedy, which occurred in the
Hynan section of Florence County
Wednesday afternoon late.
Details are meagre. but it seems
that Thomas Sumnerford, a white
man. living just few miles from
hynan, attended the campaign
meeting at Hynan on Tuesday, and
in the afternoon loaded up on booze
and went home and promptly raised
a row in his family. In the excite
ment he picked up one of his little
boys and thrust him against the
banister with such force that it broke
the child's back, from which injury
he died in very few minutes. It
seems from all reports that Summer
ford is a very quiet and peaceable
man when not under the influence of
whiskey, which makes the case all
the more sad. 3
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC CASES.
Constitutionality of Federal Law In
volved in Appeal.

The constitutionality of the federal
law prohibiting the importation OF
women from foreign countries for
immoral purposes is involved in the
cases Of Alphonse and Eva Dufour,
which were docketed last week, IN
the supreme court of the United
States.
Six indictments we're returned
against each of them in the United
States circuit sitting in Chicago on
the charge OF violating the importa-
ton law, and Judge Ae1nesa"'
Mountain Lands refused 70 release
them on writs of habeas CORPUS.
They then appealed to the supreme
court.
TIE maximum punishment is i've
yes Imprisonment and fine OF
5000 n each count.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

JUMPED OVER lAG NALL.
line as she stood, with back up and
hair on end, at the foot end Of our
bunk.
What was still more strange,
both my wife and I had been dream
ing of a shipwreck when the cat
awakened US, and the Ill omen was
so apparent that I told Mrs. Bates
to dress and 1 dressed myself. On
the watch found Simpkins, the
mate, and five members of the crew,
all working desperately to save the
Maiden which was wallowing in a
sea such as I had never seen be-
fore
Matters kept growing worse
eyery minute from the time I got on
deck, and it was shortly before dawn
that the cat went over the side. That
settled the crew and the men who
had been working at the pumps,
with the water gaining on us every
minute, decided that I should or
der the boat lowered and cut away
from the Maiden. The schooner was
leaking like a sieve, and one might
as we'll have tried to pump the At
.antic dry as to pump the Maiden
free of the briny.
well, what happened to the
=cho ,ner need not take long to tell.
She went down like lump of lead
and we had barely time to get the
boat away before the topmasts dis
appeared under the water. My wife
and l and the crew Of six dr!fted for
dozen hours before Far East
tramp bound for Savannah showed
her lights and stopped for us. We
were taken tc Savannah where we
received every hospital ty that could
be extended to as dreay a lot oi
eight shipwrecked mariners, includ'
ing one woman, as ever drlfteo
around the coast.
''Will my wife go to sea again
Well, I reckon yes. Tue next time
I get ship you'll see her shipmates
with me. and she has told me thai
we won't go to sea without a cal
either, for the meowing Of the Nal
den's tabhy undoubtedly saved ou'
lives"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
THE CONVICT SAILOR.
Strange Addition to the Crew Of the
Barkentine Tidewater.

Ever been in Cayenne, French
Guiana?" queried Ed" Randall, OF
tie British barkentine Tidewater, az
he watched the crates Of machinery
being lowered into the barkentines
hold. We'll, only few sailing
ships go there nowadays, and all
that most people know about Cay
enne Is that it is place where pep
per comes from. You anchor six
miles away from the harbor and
there are two quays there, where
there's little room for ships to land
their cargo.
I'VE anchored off Cayenne one
night several years ago, and all on
board the TidewateT were lying
around listless because Of the awful
heat. There was nothing doing and
there was about as much noise
around our anchorage as in church
during a period Of silent prayer
Then we heard the swish Of oars be-
ing carefully dipped in the water and
we saw a roWboat making for US. Nc
light shone on the little craft and
when she came urder our bow there
was no hail.
up the mans rope crawled a fig
ure that looked gray in the moon
light and which shufhed aft to where
I was sitting with hesitatirg step
The Monsieur lie Capitaine' that
came from the stranger told me il
6 minute who my unexpected guest
was. The peculiar black and gray
stripes on faded clothes also add
ed testimony that my visitor was
making the call aboard the barken-
tine unknown to the French prison
keepers in the city.
"The story told by the poor fel-
low was pathetic. He said he had
been convicted OF crime Of which
! he was innocent, and, while much
Of the proof Of this allegation was
missing when he presented his case
before me as a sort of final tribunal,
believed him, and felt that I'd like
to help him, only that could not
run foul of the French authorities b!
knowingly aiding and abetting the
fellows escape. I told him 80.
without a word, but looking the
picture of misery, my unfortunate
caller disappeared over the ships
side as silently as he had come
aboard and in few minutes we
hear. the swish Of the oars gradual
" fade away in the night.
"I was still sitting in my char
1ozing when little launch cams
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
MAD CAPTAIN A SUICIDE.
Schooner Reaches Savannah With
Tale Of Tragedy.

With the steward in charge and
the crew of four men aboard the
Schooner Frank A. Williams was
towed Into Savannah Wednesday
bringing the story of the suicide at
sea, and in raging storm, of tae
vessels mad captain, A. NJ. Guthrie.
The steward, Louis Inphen, told the
story. He said that Capt. Guthrie
was on the deck when the schooner
was of Cape Lookout. He saw the
captain walk calmly to the rail,
stand on it and dive overheard.
Though efforts at rescue seemed
foolish the steward threw a rope.
clenched his fists and held his head
The man in the water saw it, but
under water in an effort to drown
himself. The rope was thrown to
him twice, but he refused it. and a
big wave soon swept ulm from sight.
The story is unusual and adds
another to the long list of tragedies
off Cape Lookout. "He was insane, .
declared the steward. His eyes
told it. We all knew it, and we
persuaded him to give me charge
of the vessel. We did not want tc
sail seas unknown to US in the care
Of a crazy man. I saw he was
crazy as we left New York, but we
came on and he seemed to go al!
wrong when the storm got so bad
off Lookout light ship.
eve could not stop the captain
when he suddenly decioed to leave
the ship. We were helpless without
him, as none Of US knew the waters
we were in
The steamer City Of Augusta, from
Boston for Savannah, found the
schooner of the light ship and tow
ed her to Savannah. The crew OF
the. schooner watched the rescue OF
the crew of the schooner Schulz
which was abandoned off Cape Look
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
TUNNEL COLLAPSED.
Two Men Killed and One Fatally In
Jured

A dispatch from New York, says
20 men were crushed to death and
, third so frightfully injured that
begged his rescuers to shoot him,
y the collapse of tunnel being built
4 the main building Of the st.
:Jhn's orphan home, at st. Marks
nd Albany avenues Thursday.
The dead are:
William Mclaughlin.
Thomas Roche.
William Finlayscn, the third man,
as dying when he was finally taken
ON the huge pile of debris.
The men were workmen employed
the tunnel construction. They
ere working together whe nthe
alls collapsed and they were buried.
n alarm of fire was sent in and
olice and fremen began the work
rescue Two bodies were quickly
ken out and the upper part Of Fin-
rson's body was uncovered.
With the lower part Of his body
ushed Finlayson moaned in terri
agony.
For Gods sake shoot me and put
out of this agony" he cried to
.e men.
Ambulances were called from ST
'hn's and St. Marys hospitals. Fin
yson as soon as he was gotten out,
as hurried to the hospital.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Memorial OF Adam.

April / was marked on old calen'
dars as tie Memorial of Adam. .
The orientals relate that Adam when
dying, charged his children to bury
his body, embalmed with myrrh, in
c-nse and cassia, in the cave of Al
Kanuz near Paradise. When they
quilted the place they were to con-
vey his body to the center Of the
earth, whence would come salvation
to his posterity. This is said to
have been dore by Noah snd Melchi-
zodek, who reburied him on the sac
red hill Of Calvary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
ESCAPED FROM DOCTORS.
Thinking BE is An Angel Man Re
moves His Clothing.

A dispatch from Philadelphia
says on Saturday a man attired in
a suit of summer underclothing
jumped on a passenger street "ar,
rode half a block and then ran into
the crowded square at Twenty-sev-
enth and Jefferson streets, where he
took off the little clothing he had
been wearing.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Maggie
Cummings and Mrs. Clara Mann,
who we're passing through the
square, were pounced upon by the
nina, who threw his arms around
them, declaring he was an angel
It was learned by the policeman
who took him in charge that he was
Condor Vondrcn, 80 years old, who
had escaped from his home while
delirious from fever.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
DEMOCRATS REGISTER.
An Urgent Appeal From State Chair.
man Willie Homes. Dancer. in Neglect

man Willie Jones. Danger in Neglect
Gen. Willie Jones, Democratic State
Chairman, Wednesday issued the
following address:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
Fellow Democrats: In view of the
great Indifference which seems to eX-
ist among the Democrats of this
state as to registring under the new
law requiring ali voters to register
this year, feel it to be my duty as
your chairman to address you in this
public manner, and urge you to go
to your county seats at once and re-
g.ster. There is no doubt about the
fact that the negroes are registering
in great numbers in some counties
and if the Democrats do not register
they cannot vote in the general elec-
ton in November next, and some of
our congressman may be defeated
The electoral ticket of this state may
also be endangered by the failure of
the Democrats to register. The
time expires Septem Der 1st, 1908, and
after that it will be impossible to be
registered. We have heard Of late
various threats that our representa-
ton in congress would be reduced
by Republican congress on account
electoral ticket and also for our con-
election. All indications now are
that the next house Of representa-
tives will be very close, and the past
history of the Republican party prov
es that that party Will stop at moth
ing to count in working majority.
Now, fellow Democrats, do not al
low this serious charge to be made
against you, but go Immediately
and register, and be prepared to roll
up big majority for the Democratic
electoral ticket and ais ofor our con-
gressional nominees. The Democra-
tic county chairman throughout the
state are urged to earnestly request
the Democrats in their respective
counties to attend to this important
matter at once ard to use their best
efforts to get them out Immediately,
as the time expires for registration
l, 1908.
Very respectfully,
Willie Jones, Chairman.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
MADE TO LEAVE.
Masked Men Tar and Feather a
Rich Farmer.

Eighteen masked men entered the
home of John Tribby, rich middle
aged farmer residing near Rushville,
Ind, early Saturday morning, and
took Mr.. Tribbey from his bed by
force. Then they led him into an
open field where they snleared his
body with tar and rolled him in
feathers. In the meantime others
in theband were beIahorilg him
with sticks which had sharp pointed
nails sticking from them. When
Tribbey was almost insensible from
pain and fear, the mob silently de-
parted.
The masked men did not dispearse
but went 10 the home Of Miss Bessie
Smith. nearby, where they aroused
the frightened woman. They broke
in the windows of the house. tore of
the Notwithstanding and finally de-
parted leaving behind q roughly
scrawled note warning her TO leave
the country.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BURNED TO DEATH.
Steamer Destroyed and Eight Loose
Their Lives.

Their Lives.
A dispatch from st. Paul, MINI.
says a special to the Pioneer Press
from Winnipeg, Man, says the
steamer Premier. Captain Stevens.
was burned to the waters edge at
Warren's Landing, the northern END
of Lake Winnipeg, on Thursday
morning. Six passengers and two of
the crew lost their lives. Piers and
building in the vicinity were also
destroyed. The fire started in the
engine room of the hold during the
night and spread with frightful
rapidity, those who lost their lives
either smothering or burning to
death in their berths.
About 90 were sleeping on board
when the fire broke out, on account
of the lack of accommodations at
the trading post. When the cry of
fire was raised. those VINO esacped
did so in scant; attire, by jumping
overheard. They either swan
ashore, or we're taken cut by boats.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Republican Extravaganza.

The United States Treasury is
aging out nearly one million a day
rore than it IS receiving, that is the
;efcit for the first days OF July
%as SIG. 157, ,618. The ,at session Of
'ongress appropriated the enor-s
lous sum of s1,oe8, ,397, $3.50 5544SS IS for
he fiscal year beginning July i.
908, and the session Of Congress
beginning next December may be
expected to appropriatesas much for.
he fiscal year beginning July T..
1909. That would give our present
republican Congress the unique
.ecord of being a two billion dollar
congress. Every dollar the govern
tent expends is: paid ii some way
y the people. and voters should re-
member that this year they viii pay
s12 in taxes for each member Of
heir fanilies--a total axsof about
60 for each average family OF i've.
persons. .s... .s:.. 81
During the last four years of Re-
,ublicn extravagan ethere has been,
appropriated ss, ,42s. Geo. 600 ;or ssss,
100000 more than the vast expendi-
ures during fonr years ofcivil War.
o that during that period each head:
ia family hes paid n national
taxes over $500 and what has he got
COR it.? 4
Under Republ policies the tax
paid BY the poor manis as great
IS the tax paid BY the rich
man. Ii fact, in some cases the tax:
9aid BY the poor man is greater
FOR instance. when MI. Rockefeller:
Or any other rich man buys flannel
for underwear valued above 70
.ents per pound, he pays 9 tarltf:;
AK Of 86.39 per cent. but when a
Joor man buys a cheaper grade OF.
;lannel for his derWear, vslued at
:1ot more than 40 centssper pound,
ne pays a TART; 6; tax Of 4ss .6 per,
cent. These fgnres are the actual
.iuties paid on flannel for under
wear as officially reported BY the
Government for the year 1867 As
he present Congress refused ocon-.
sider any revision Of this unequal
lax, or the many other Ike cases.
1hich the present tariff law imposes
the high rate Of tariff taxes ona Han
1els and every thing else that is in
Guided in the tariff law still contin-s:
les.
Yet many business men. farmers.
md those who have to rely upon
wages still vote the Republican
,cket, which is virtually to endorse
ne Republican policy Of taxing
hose with small incomes more
nan those with large incomes.
Surely it is time for Retrench-
nent or reform. and experience
,nows that neither can be expected
rom Republican polite cions.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
True Bill Found Against Man Fol
Crme Committed Years Ago.

| SlLllS SOlUlullSSO Ic0TS ago.
Quite a sensation has been sprung
in Saluda county by the solicitors
handing out an indictment charging
Pope B. Havird, white with murder
and the grand jury's returning a
true bill.
Some 10 years ago a negro nam
ed Tom Scurry, living with Harvird,
very suddenly and mysteriously dis
appeared and he has never been seen
or heard of since Recently rumor
gained currency that Havird split
Scurry's head open with an axe while
they were splitting rails and covered
the body with brush an dlogs and
burned it. This rumor coming to
the ears Of Solicitor Zimmerman, he
made an investigation, with the re-
suit that he was satisfied there was
enough in the report to justify him
in handing out an indictment for
murder and the grand jury evident
y thinks there IS enough testimony
to warrant trial of the case.
A bench warrant has been issued
fer Havird and he is expected to be
apprehended at once.
It seems that several now claim to
have known Of Havird's killing the
negro at the time it. was done, but
they have kept it secret lal these
years until recently. when there was
a falling ou among them and Havird
and the parties who say they have
known of the murder all the time
began to whisper it first to one and
then to another until the report
gained general circulation.
The reason they assign for Havlrd' 6
killing the negro is that Hrviad's
barn was burned and he charged
Scurry with firing il.
Havird is the eyoung white man who
vas shot few years ago by John
Yarbrough in such manner that
one Of his arms had to be anputat-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

PRESIDENT Roosevelt does not ap-
pear to uphold the decision Of the
Circuit Court in the Standard Oil
case, but regards it as miscarriage
of Justice. But then he is only bluff
fng. The trusts understand him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Lead Wool.

Hitherto it has been customary to
make the joints for gas and water
pipes by first introducing strands OF
hemp yarn into the socket, then fill
ing the space left with molten lead
and afterwards caulking the latter.
A more modern way is now provided
by means Of what is known as lead
wool" The lead wool consists Of
the threads of virgin lead. cut by
special machinery in such a manner
that it will weld together when
caulked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

ALL at sea in Ohio the headlines
saw But Mr.. Vorys declares tt e
Republicans are cemented and de-
termined to elect the ticket by one
hundred thousand majority. Bot
how about Foraker and the colored
brethren. and the Labor vote?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Turks Objected to Horses Names

Turks Objected to Horses Names.
The horses belonging to the late
British Ambassador at Cnsta1tinople,
Sir Nicholas O'Connor, have been
sold By auction. The usual notice
was put In the local press, but the
censor took exception as there were
horses In the list with the names
Pasha, Selim and Haronn. which he
considered was offensive to Turks,
and the list had to appear without
the names.-London Telegraph.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
New Cotton Sold at Clio.

I'll first bale Of new crop cotton
was sold at Clio last Wednesday
evening by jeff D. Edens to the
Stern berger Company The bale
weighed 544, graded strict middling
and brought Is 3-S cents This cot
ton was planted about March 4.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

Now that three Republlca'
Judges have set aside that Standa,
Oil fine the Republican campai:
committee can count on a
huge contribution from that op-
pressed corporation for corrupting
voters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
WRITES FROM I1a-y.
SENATOR TILLNiAN'S LETTER
CONCERNING BIS Tl:Ii'.
Dr.. Babcock in Personal Note to
Mr.. August kohn Says senator
TiIIman Continues to lmprl:ve.

Senator Tillman and his cc~:}anion
traveller, DR.. J. ". Babcccs>, are
evidently having a most peasant
trip.
They have gotten as far as Gen
eva, Switzerland. In person. note
concerning Senator Tillmanss conol-
ton, Dr.. Babcock writes:
Geneva, Switzerland, July 10, oS.
Dear Mr.. Kohn: It is :alny
morning. so have taken aa'&atase
of the only opportunity I hive hal
r., a long lrn to get ST. =, LIZ
man to dic1aie an acco =. iii
travels Cor / S friends : s"n'i
Carolina. I an glad to GO eha'
the ~ena,or c.: tinues 10 l:'r'o;e
He is very active and kee"s soins
all the time. The evidence OF n!:
recent threatened paralysis ave d
most entirely disappeared. As ever
sincerely yours, J. ". Babccck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12

IF Mr.. Taft is elected President
we must all pray he will live long
-: prosper for it makes patriots
:. .,ver to rci. k.f i u Sherman be-
g presiden;.,.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
1s SLAIN BY YAQUAAs.
Massacre of Three Families In Mex
leo Reported.

That Yaquai Indians on July "a
killed thirteen persons, members OF
three families, near Lampazas Mine,
was the news received Thursday by
". NJ. Gluette, Of San Carlos, In
dian reservation, Arizona, in let
ter written to him at Ell Paso, Texas
bv A. D. McPhee, superintendent OF
the Promontorio Mine, twenty miles
from Montezuma, Sonora. The letter
saws ranches of the surrounding
country have congregated at the
Promontorio Mine, prepared to re-
sist the Indians.