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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
a MASS OF FLAMES.
NOTHING CAN SAVE VANCOUVER
FROM DESTRUCTION.
Fire Fighters Fleeing From Death
on Train Encounter Wall Of
Flame-A Fight For Life.

A dispatch from Vancouver, B
c., says three days the people Of
Michel have fought for their lives
and homes, but at dust wednesday
the city started to burn. Nothing
can save it from ruin. a gale from
the west sprung up in the afternoon.
At the edge Of the town 100000
feet Of mine timber owned by coal
company caught fire, and four load
ed railroad cars standing on the side
track were consumed. Two Canadian
and Pacific locomotives were hitched
to a train to carry the fire fighters
away to the west to safety.
The train got only half mile on
It's journey when it encountered a
wall Of flames. There was danger OF
its being henmed in and burned
with everybody aboard, SO he loco
motives were reversed and run back
with all possible speed. By the time
the train returned all the houses on
the fiat district back Of tn Great
Northern depot were burning and
and the main town seemed likely to
catch at any moment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
TWO KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Electric Bolt Plays Strange Franks
in New jersey Home.

Two persons were killed ard two
others severely injured by lightning
during severe electrical storm tha;
swept over Eastern Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Friday, causing
much havoc.
Robert Eeimbach, a farmer, was
struck and instantly killed, nea:
the fields, and Walter Catteil. aged
Lewisburg, Pa, while wori;ing IN
the flds, and Walter Catte:l, aged
II years, was struck and killed,
near Glassboro, n. J.
His sister, Mabel, and Rebecce
Turner, were also struck and severe
" injured, the latter being in a
serious condition. Cattell, his SIS
ter and Miss Turner were seated uE.
der shed watching the lightning
when a bolt hit the peak Of the
shed, where they wree sitting.
The lightning broke the legs Of
the chairs and rendered the trio un
conscious. The charge passed dowr
Cattell's back and he was dead
when picked up. The shoes we're
tipped from the feet Of his sister
but she recovered consciousness af
ter a short time, and is seriously il
from the shock One corner of thu
Cattell home was torn out Of th'
building by the lightning.
Buildings of all sort We're STRUCK
in various sections and DESTROYED
and many districts suffered from
flooding. Philadelphia, IN connection
with the storm. was pelted by on
of the most severe alls OF hail tha
has occurred in number of years.
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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
CIGARETTE CAUSED KILLING.
When Youth Approached Father
Smoking Quarrel Followed.

The killing of James A Riddle by
his son, Thos. Riddle, which occurred
Sunday at Cotton, cotton mill town
seven miles south of Fayetteville, N.
c., is said to have been the result of
quarrel which the boy had with
his father about smoking a cigarette.
Young Riddle approached his
father, in the presence Of others,
smoking a cigarette, when the elder
demonstrated with him, bringing on
quarrel.
The father attempted to strike him
with a board, when the young man
drew revolver and fred four shots
into his fathers body. the first caus-
ing instant death.
Thomas Riddle Immediately sur
rendered to the police. Coroner J.
Vance McGougan ordered the mur-
derer held without bail. He was
taken to Fayetteville late Sunday
nigh and placed in jail.
He made statement for publica-
ton in which he claims that his faith
er was under the influence Of an in
toxicant Sunday afternoon, and that,
according to statement made to the
prisoner by his mother, short while
before the tragedy, James A. Riddle
had left the home to secure pistol
with the threat that he would kill
the family upon his return.
The young man came in contact
with his father before the latter's
return. The prisoner also says his
father had him hemmed in a jam
and was about to slay him with
board.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BURNED TO DEATH.
Young Lady of Chester County Meets
With Horrible Death.

A dispatch from Chester, says
Miss Eta Melton, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Melton, Sr., of the
Louisville neighborhood was burned
to death last Saturday at noon Whlle
preparing the family dinner. In
handling kerosene oil can for kind
ling the fire the blaze reached the
can of oil, causing explosion and
quickly enveloping the unfortunate
Young lady, and her tragic death
medical treatment was secured, but
the fierce fame completed its fatal
work in four hours. Miss Melton
was 16 years old, a most estlmaole
Young layd. and her tragic death
causes much sorrow in her home
community.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
HEADQUARTERS AT CHICAGO.
Chairman Mack to Open There.
Finance Committee.

The Democratic national head
quarters opened for the season at
the Auditorium Annex Wednesday
Chairman Mack, of the national COM
mittee. accompanied by Roger e.
Sullivan, of Illinois, have arrived
in Chicago.
Chairman Mack is expected to an
nounce the membership Of the nnan-
ce committee and various suo-com-
mittees rot yet appointed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
FOLLOWS BRYAN's ACTION.
Taft Makes a Speech to Phonograph
to Have it Reproduced.


The use If phonogarph bv Candi-
date Tit as means for dissemina-
ton of his speeches. as reported IN
the dispatches from Hot Springs.
Va, excited the liveliest interest OF
". j. Bryan, So much as that he gave
~ut the following statement in re.
;;ard % it.
The republican papers have beer
,,aking fun of me fer usjns th'
Monograph as q means of 1each:aG
he public. but since the reoubllc@E
.andidate has followed my example
presume that the criticism VII!
cease and that this will nov he re
Graded as a dignifed method OF dis
cussing public questions.
1T looks as if the democrats Ver
going to have hard time this yea
protecting their patents from N
frineement. The republicans seem
to be bent upon initiating not onl
our platform. but our campaign me
rhods. There is, however, some ao
vantage in the fact that we are sci
ting the pattern this year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
COW WRECKS A TRAIN.
Four Persons Killed in Accident on
Texas Tram Road.

Four persons were killed and four
others were injured, two probably
fatally, when an engine on the tram
road of the Livingston Lumber Com
nanv struck a COW and plunged into
a deep ravine, near Livingston
Texas Friday.
The dead: Watson Scott, en-
eineer: Fayette Rogers, fireman;
Fiois PEBBLES, Henry Young Color
ed. Brad Hickman and young man
ramed Clark, are perhaps fatally
injured. while the negroes are less
seriously injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
TICKET TAKER ARRESTED.
Southern Employee in Trouble TO-
Drawing Pistol on Passenger

At spartanburg, ". R.. Lucas
ticket taker on Southern TRAIN, va:
arrested Friday-night when the
train nn1led into the station on the
charge of drawing a pistol on one
Of the passengers. On the train
from Greenville Friday afternoon
about two hundred base ball 1ans
we're aboard returning to Spartan
burg from the ball game IN Green.
vile Trouble arose about fares anc
difficulty was narrowly averteo
1ucas drew his pistol and when the
+rain pulled into the station ne "a'
arrested by the police.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
HARD RUDE AWAKENING.
Young Mans Nap in Railroad YARD
Results in Loss of Arm.

Dewitt Glen ent, young man OF
Asheyill, was injured by an engine
in the Southern Railway yards at
spartanburg Tuesday night, and his
left arm had to be amputared
Clement and friend were asleep
on a hnad car in the railroad yards
A passing engine woke Clement up
and he jumped up suddenly about
halp asleep and got in the way oi
the engine. His left arm was badly
crushed and the member was ap'
manutated. He also sustained scaJ'
wounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
FEUDISTS IN BIG FIGHT.
Two Men And a Woman Killed in
Kentucky.

The bloodiest feudist battle II
wears took place at Layman. HorHn
COUNTY. Ky. late Thursday afternoon
Three persons were killed, one be-
ing woman. and one woman wa:
wounded. The trouble dates back
for generations between Blantons
and Tavlors. The immediate cause
NJ the shooting was a dispute ovel
school election.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Suicide at Savannah.

Can't. =. G. Purse. prominent cltl-
zen noted developer industrial writ
or and promoter. and having con-
necrions in New York, Pittsburg and
other centres, committed suicide a;
ea~annah Thursday by snccting Ne
,a,ee is given for the deed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
MAN sTABs Els WIFE.
wo,nan's Injuries Considered Serious
Husband IN Jail.

Tom wick, a mill operative, IS II
The county jail at Greenville charged
wirh w stabping his wife at their cot
+aee IN the suburbs of that place
rriday afternoon. The woman
,n;nries are said to be serious. es'
,ec;al,v the wound in her SIDE VICE
also plunged the plade in his wife
+hroat the wound being about az
;nch deep. The affray seems 10 nave
been the outcome OF a fanny row
Rolls Down Enbankn'ent.
The work train on narrow,
gauge road running TO the Hore'
iron Mines. two miles from hoanohe
Va. Friday left the rails and rol!e'
down Z hisb em5anknent on III
mountain side. A number OF me'
r,dipe on the train were caught un
der the engine and cars. Three We.
tilled and several more Ser!oe5-
injured. The dead: James E7res
Jans we-tz, John Brown.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
OUTLOOK HOPEFUL.
DEMOCRATS HAVE GOOD CHANCE
IN NEW YORK.
Chairman Mack Holds Conference
With Murphy, Senator Daniel, Ex-
Senator Pettigrew and Henry Wat
terSon.
terSOn.

An important conference to out
line plan of campaign in New Yorl
State was held Monday by Norman
+. Mack, chairman of the Democrat
national committee, with Charles F
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hal
at New York. The conference con
tinued for some time and it was sait
that the part which the national De
mocratic committee will play in ht
campaign in this State was determin
ed.
After a conference lasting ovel
two hours, Chairman Mack said:
Mr. Murphy and I talked Of the
situation in the State and what is
being done to elect the national
ticket. A more active campaign will
be made here after the State conven-
ton. No mention was made OF
gubernatorial candidates.
"The State committee will direct
the campaign in this State and as
long as everything is satisfactory
and everything has been so far
the national committee will not in
terfere.
"Much has been said of Mr.. Bry-
ans speaking campaign. 1t is Mr..
Bryan's intention to speak in cen
tres of doubtful States, though he
will not make the number of speech
es that he made in his former acm-
paigns. AS has been announced, he
will speak twice in this State, once
in Greater New York and once in
Buffalo, but I shall try to persuade
him to speak also at some point in
the centre of the State. He will not
speak in the State until some time
after the State convention, which I
understand will be the latter part
of September OF the first part Of
October.
"I believe New York to be the
battle-ground where the Democratic
party has a good chance of success. "
Senator John w Daniel of Vir-
ginia, Henry Watterson and Former
Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota
had conference with Mr.. Mack.
Senator Daniel will leave for
Europe tomorrow to be away a
month attending to his duties as a
member of the monetary commits
sion. On his return he said ne will
take an active part in the campaign.
Mr.. Watterson is engaged in the
formation of his committee Of edl-
tors throughout the country favor
able to Mr.. Bryan's candidacy Chair
man Mack, accompanied by secre-
tary Urey Woodson, left for Chicago
Thursday and will not sreturn until
after the Bryan notification. On his
arrival in that city he will announce
the makeup of the subcommittee
which will have control Of the cam
paign east of the Alleghanies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Victim for the GaI]ows.

At Cul1man. Ala. John Holland
was THURSDAY found guilty Of the
murder of II. D. Putnam At HenHe'
vile, Ala. On July 2. and vas sen
fenced to be hanged September 10
Holland was town marshal forHance'
Vile. and after telling friends thai
he was going to Futnam's house +
arrest him shct him, death being 2!
most i1stantsce
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
TOO MUCH HARD CIDER.
White Man Kills Two Negroes Near
Iynchburg.
Lynchburg.

Near Concord, 10 miles east OF
Lynchburg, Va, Monday night Jack
Lee. white, shot and instantly killed
Beverley Cardwell, colored, and NOR
tally wounded his brother Samuel,
who died Tuesday morning. The
men, whites and blacks, were drink
Ing hard cider and had a drunken
misunderstanding. Lee was arrest
oS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
WILL CRAFTY AMBITION.
Edison To Give Himself Rowing
Commission Into Science.

Commission Into Science.
Thomas 4. Edison has begun tt
gratiS an ambition he has cherish
ca many years. and the laborator!
at Llewellyn,, n. z. will see. com
paratively little Of him henceforth
Mr. Edison's ambition has beer
to give himself a rowing commission
into pure science and to steer clear
os commercialisu. He does moi
want to increase his fortune. he
has got s35,ooo,ooe, which he
thinks is more than enough. All ms
life he has been turning out none!
making inventions. He will devote
his remaining years to investigate
ANYTHING that strikes his fancy wita-
out regard to it's financial produc'
tivenesS-
Il is learned that the man VINO
has achieved so many marTels II
electricity mas a greater love TOT
chemistry than electricity Cnemas-
try was the first science to captlVae
his wonderful intellect but he mas
never had chance to dig as deep
into its mysteries as he wanted TO-
Now he proposes to give hlmsei1
the chance. Moreover he is gong
to take life more easily.
He has promised his family ano
his friends to give up slaving night
and day, Sundays and holidays IN
his laboytory. Not only that but ne
Is going to take jaunts about ano
see something Of the rest OF the
world. He has bought himself
place in Florida where he will speno
a couple OF months in the late WIN,
ter and early spring next year.
Toward the end Of this month ne
is going with his wife on a montn
trip to the Pacific coast. he vii
STAY more than month if the fanc!
strikes him. Monday, instead OF be
ing In his laboratory, be was for
making with some friends down OF
Long Island where be went On ST
day to spend three days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
AUTOMATIC DoFFNG MACHINE
Invention for Cotton Mills Designed
by South Carolinians.

An automatic dofing machine is
.he Joint invention Of a. G. boozeT
Of Greenville and George Hill OF
Turarau. The machine is now II
successful operation al 1ucapau Mill
in Spartanburg county. The neeo
Of a machine for this work has Ions
been an important one. for the helT
r. do the dohrg IN the splnnlns
n1ants has always. been difficult t
Ssrure
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BaBY's NECK BROhEN. "
7,ittIe Child in Laurens County Killed
by Fall From Doorway.

News has been received that lit
-1e child of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Smith,
who live several miles out from
GRAY Court, in Laurens County, fell
out of door Saturday afternoon
and broke it's neck. Tt seems from
what can be learned that the cnllo
was standing in the doorway, Wnlcn
was only two or three feet from 1ne
ground. when it lost its balance ana
fell 10 the ground, breaking its NECK.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
SHOOTING on STREET CAR
Negro Passenger Refuses to Kay
Fare and Row nesults.

At Pensacola, Fla. wednesday one
man fatally wounded and another
painfully injured. is the result CT q
fight between negroes and street
railway employees on a Bay Shore
car. Wm. Johnson, colored. was shot
in the mouth and abdomen. while
Chief Inspector NcClung, OF the
street railway. suffered painful
wound in the hand. The negroes
had had picnic at Palmetto Beach
which lasted far into the night. a
special car. with half a dozen trallers
we're bringing them back when one
naero refused to pay his fare. \
general fight followed between rms
eight CT te, conductors and scne =
! the negroes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED.
North Carolina Farmer, His Wife and
Son. Slain by Lightning.

4 special to the Charlotte Obser-
yer from Sparta, Allegheny County
brings news of the death OF an en-
tire family at Edmonds, ten m1ies
across the mountains from Sparta:
on Friday by lightning: Frank Nur.
.nhy a farmer, and his wife ano
Young son were in the field stacklns
rve when the storm came up. The
trio ran for shelter, but were strlck.
en- down before they reached tn
house and presumably instantly XIII,
ed The bodies were found later
E.'5---soss-
by neighbors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Perish in Snow Storm.

According to a telegram received
from Copenhagen, says Mylius En-
chsen the Danish explorer, and TWO
roamoers Of the party that sailed
With him to the unexpsored regions
~ Greenland, have peIsshed n q
sror storm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
mLLMas IN ITALY.
Writes to Gen. Jones for News From
the Campaign.

Cen. Willie Jones, chairman O
the State Democratic executive CON
mittee and Senator Tillmans SUP
stitute on the national Desnocratlc
eo-onittee. Monday received a lette!
FROM the senator. The latter is no"
IN Ttaly and finds the lakes owe;
there very beautiful.
Senator Tillman will be in London
-, +be 10th of August. The State
democratic primary is on the zota
senator Tillnan asks Gen. Jones lo'
information from the campaign.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
REPORT OF GRO. CONDITION.
Bureau Of Statistics Of Agricultural
Department Issue Bulletin.

The crop reporting board OF the
bureau of statistics of the depart
ment of agriculture in a bulletin is
sued Friday shows that the condition
OF corn on August l was S2.5 per
cent. Of a normal, as compared with
s2.S last month, SIS on Aug. i
1907. and s3.l, the 1o-year average
on August /. The condition in the
cou+harn States was:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BARBER SLABS WIFE.
Narrowly Escapes Being Lynched
by An.rg Mob.

At Burlington, y. J.. angered and
Jealous because his wife wished to
20 for a walk, Adam ropiel, bar
he~ THURSDAY night stshbed the Vo-
man and in turn Tas almost l%oSne2
~ an angry mob.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Negro Hanged in Mississippi.

NeSEO HdHs,eU III 0119SIoo1PP1'
After having been twice resplted
BY the Governor, George Toombs, an
old negro, was hanged at Waynes-
boro, Miss, Tuesday for the murder
OF his brother-in-law. Owen Pitt
man. thirteen months ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
BALDWIN MAKES ASCENT.
His Dirigible Balloon Goes Fiy'
Miles, Making Complete Circle.

Miles, Making Complete Circle.
1--WE sighted the enemy" These
words were shouted by Capt. Bald
win at Fort Myer Friday, says dis
patch from Washington, as he pilot.
ed his balloon to the ground after
making a successful fight of nearly
five miles in an effort to demonstrate
the usefulness Of an air ship in wa
time.
Rising from the ground like a
monster bird Of the air, slowly bu:
buoyantly, at 6.2l o'clock Frida.
evening, the aerial SIP, built .or the
United States army, was headed int,
the westerly wind by Capt Baldwin.
A complete circle was described, the
balloon rising gradually to a heigh
Of 200 feet. Again pointing to tho
west, and attaining at estimated
speed Of twelve miles an hour, the
ship voyaged in a direct line fo1
nearly two miles.
The trip was made with the wind,
which was blowing at the rate Of Z
miles an hour. The throttle was
thrown open a little wider by Mr..
Curtiss, who again operated the en-
CINE, and the ship flew along at
speed of eighteen or twenty miles an
hour.
When the dirigible passed over the
starting point it was about five hun
lred feet in the air. Bringing his
'hip against the wind, Capt. Bald,
win made landing much the same
IS pilots Of water craft bring tneil
Tessels to the side of a dock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
A SEVERE STORM.
Lightning Strikes Residences, chur>
ches ana Stuns Several People.

cheS ana StunS Several People.
At Spartanburg, lightning struck
four residences, two churches and
stunned several people during a Sc
we're electrical storm Wednesday
afternoon. Three Of the residences
that were struck were badly damag-
ca and one was set on fire. Silver
Hill Methodist church was struck IN
three places, and the tower. demollsh-
ed. a small colored church on
Charles street was set on fire by a
olt of lightning, and the fire depart
ment had to be called out to extin-
suish the flames.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
Rank AT UNION CLOSES.
nenositors Are Said to Be Fully Fro
tectd.

The Peoples Bank OF Union clos
et7 its doors Tuesday pending volun-
+,rv liquidation. In statement
issued by the president, the genera,
denreseion is the reason assigned
Pr 4he action. It IS said thet oe-
ces,+o-s are fully protected.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-12
JEALOUSY CAUSES SHOOTING.
Accused Man Of Improper Conduc.
Toward His Wife and is Shot.

~ s a.s d
A dispatch from Richmond, Va,
says Jacob L. Hechler is believed to
be mortally wounded, and Royal E.
Ellison, in the city Jail on the char
ge of attempted murder. The shoot
ing took place in Hechler's home
Tuesday. Hechler accused Ellerson
of improper conduct toward his wife,
and Ellerson shot him three times
twice in the face and once in the
lungs. Friends of Hechler tried to
lynch Ellerson, and six policemen
were engaged for nearly an hour in
getting the man to the station, sew
eral persons trying to shoot him.