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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Injured in New York.

New York, April THE high
gale that prevailed to the west and
north of New York city today,
causing havoc with telegraph and
telephone lines, attained it's full
force here at 7:45 o'clock tonight.
when the wind reached velocity
of 60 miles an hour. Several per-
sons were hurt and much damage
and discomfort resulted.
Two persons, an elderly woman
and child. were badly hurt by
being blown off their feet and dash
ed against objects in the street.
At Rochester John Vsith was
killed this afternoon during 81
mile an hour wind storm, and a
12-year-old child sustained a frac-
tured skull from Wind blown
chimney.
At Buffalo from three o'clock until
five this afternoon the wind tore
through the streets of Buffalo at
the rate of 70 miles an hour. One
man was killed and many people
were injured by parts Of buildings
detached by the force of the wind
and hurled through the air.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
CASTRO LANDS
HE LEAVES THE STEAMER AT
FORT DE FRANCE.
Very Much Annoyed by American
Governments Interference With
His Plan Of Visiting Venezuela.

Fort de France, Martinique, April
7.-Cipriano Castro, in rage
against the British government and
the State department at Washington,
left the steamer Guadeloupe at this
port today and has taken up quarters
on shore. Finding all ports in the
West Indes, excepting Fort de
France, barred against him, the pres
ent course was the only one left open
to the former Venezuelan dictator.
Senor Castro's wife will continue
on board the Guadeloupe to La
Guaira.
The American monitor Montana
came into port this morning.
The Guadeloupe, on board which
Castro and his party sailed from
France, March 2S, after four months
spent in Europe, came into Fort de
France late last evning. While at
Pointe-a-Pitre of the island Of Guade-
loupe, where the steamer touched
yesterday, Castro was notified by
the British consul that the British
government had decided not to per-
nit him to disembark at Port of
Spain Trinidad, consequently Castro
decided to leave the Guadeloupe
here.
The decision of the British, acting
on request from the State depart
ment at Washington not to let him
land at Trinidad, was unoficially
communicated to Castro a second
time this morning. He expressed
himself as annoyed and angry at this
decision, which he characterized as
a violation Of the rights Of man.
He is furiously angry with the Amer
ican government and the French
Steamship Company. The latter re-
fused to let him continue On board
the Guadeloupe to Colon.
After expressing his annoyance at
this unexpected turn in his affairs,
Castro disclaimed the bellicose in
tent!on with regard to the existing
political situation In Venezuela with
which he has been credited and he
declared that his only purpose in
returning to Venezuela was to give
his attention ITO his private busi-
ness.
Castro appears still to be in III |
health.
The steamer Gaudeloupe left here
at noon today for Port of Spain and
Venezuelan points. She was follow
ed out of the harbor by the cruiser
Montana.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Great Damage at Toledo.

Toledo, April HUNDREDS OF
men out of work, thousands OF DOL
lars damage done and many per-
sons slightly injured as the re-
suits of a hurricane that visited To-
ledo and vicinity today.
The wind attained a velocity OF
60 miles an hour in this city. The
roof of the plant Of the Massilon
Bridge Company. $50 by 40 feet was
rinped off. ard hurled into a held
and 500 men were thrown out OF
employment until the damage can
be repaired.
Pedestrians were injured by fall
ing signs, parts of roof, chimneys
and limbs of trees and many women
were blowed over by the wind.
In small towns near Toledo con-
siderable damage was done. Many
houses were struck by lightning anu
the occupants stunned, but there
were no reports Of fatalities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
STARTS VERY YOUNG.
Boy Of Six Kills Girl of Three and
Hides the Body.

Union, S. c., April S.-Though
only six years of age, Fred Bell is
a prisoner in the Union countp Jail
with the grim charge OF murder rest
ing against him.
1t is charged that the child yes
terday afternoon shot and killed
Ethel Thomas, who was only three
years Of age and because of this
the murder charge was brought to-
day. 1t was alleged when the ac-
cusation was made that the boy tried
to hide the body of the little VIC
tim, in an apparent effort to cover
up the tragedy.
1t was said that his efforts had
failed and discovery Of hhe dead
baby girl caused the boys arrest.
He is the youngest prisoner ever COM
mitted to the Jail in this county and
probably holds the record for the
State. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
PROVED A FAILURE
THE WILLIAMSON PLAN DID NOT
WORK WE'LL.
Practical Tests Prove Same Amount
of Fertilizer VIII Produce More
Corn Without Stunting.

For the benefit Of all the doubling
Thomases in corn culture, I ask you
! to publish some tests made in Fair
field county by good, conservative
farmers. The men had such implicit
faith in the Williamson method that
when approached on the subject Of
growing more corn per acre, or as
much with less expense, they would
reply: "Give me the Williamson
plan and I will make more corn
than Dr.. Knapp"
But many are the converts since
harvesting the crop of 1908, and the
year 1909 will bid long farewell. On
many farms to Mr.. Williamson.
While his plan of preparation Chat
is, a deep seedbed well prepared) is
what we want, We do not want any
more stunted corn that takes ferti-
lizer bill yard long to pay for half
the yield.
Due credit has been given Mr..
Williamson for having proved that
the yields can be increased, and I
hope the day is not far off when every
farmer in the South will have al
ways seedbed ten to fifteen inches
deep, well filled with humus made by
growing cover crops before the corn,
and when every farmers fertilizer
bill in the fall will read so many tons
Of high grade phosphoric acid (and
II need be, some potash), but not
so much 8-44 or 1873 that he buys
every year in the face OF the fact
that nitrogen floats in abundance,
around him, and can be secured by
planting peas, sofa beans, crimson
clover and other legumes.
The following are the tests re-
ferred to-:
Mr.. W. ]. Burley planted one
acre of corn on Dr.. Knapp's plan,
using the same amount Of fertilizer
that he did on the Williamson plan,
and secured ten bushels more per
acre than he made on the William
son plan.
F. R. McMeekin & Bro. staked off
two acres side by side, using the
same amount Of fertilizer, and stat
ed at the time that the Williamson
acre would Skin" the Knapp acre
mile. They harvested tnirty-fve
bushels on the Knapp acre and thirty
on the Williamson acre. Their en-
tire crop for wages this year will
be planted by the Knapp method.
Mr.. D. L. Stevenson tried the two
methods, planting the poorer acre by
the Knapp method, using the same
amount Of fertilizer per acre. The
Knapp acre yielded thirty bushels
and the Williamson acre twenty
seven.
Mr.. NJ. w 'Doty, one Of the larg-
est planters in the county, will work
almost his entire corn crop on Dr..
Knapp's plan this year.
W. r. ELLIOTT,
Local Agent Of Farm Demonstration
Work, Winnsboro, S. c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Several Men Missing.

Cleveland, Ohio, April THE
fishing tug George Floyd, with seven
men aboard, and the sand sucker
Mary H., with nine men are missing,
and the barge Norman Kelley, with
crew of four persons, was rescued
tonight after a desperate fight, as
a result of a fierce windstorm which
ragged on Lake Erie today. The wind
blew a sixty-mile gale Throughout
the day. Life savers have been un-
able to do effective work.
The steel barge Kelley's crew,
three men and a woman, were picked
I'd after floating fifteen miles from
Kelley's Island, when the boat
broke away and idrifted to sea.
There was neither an engine nor an
oar on the barge, so the crew was
at the mercy of the waves.
Several small buildings were
wrecked and buggies overturned In
Cleveland. Two men were blown
from the shore of the Lake into the
water. Both were rescued.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
WANTED TO SAVE HER.
aunt Easter" Sacrificed Her Life
For Her Mistress.

Eatonton, Ca, April 8.-News has
just ben received of the burning at
Ludowici, of the home of DR.. John
Weaver. Aunt Easter, an old family
servant, who had been with them
for years, thinking that her mis-
tress was in the burning residence,
rushed in to save her if possible.
The mayor Of the town seeing her
go in the burning building, and
knowing her danger, rushed in to
save her. He succeeded IN getting
her out. after she was assured that
Mrs. Weaver was safe and unharm-
ed.
She was so badly burned though
that she died later from the EFF
fects of the burns. Sush instances
as these are becoming more and more
rare as the faithful servants Of the
fast dying out. The old negro was
cared for as one Of the members Of
the family and given good burial
and all the members Of DR.. WeaTer's S
family were among the most sincere
mourners at Aunt Casters funeral.
Augusta Chronicle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14

that October cotton is being sold
for about cents on the New York
exchange. Now, are you going to
plant another big crop when you
know that 9 cents is about the cost
of production? Surely not. There
is Just one thing that will keep you
from delivering your cotton crop OF
1909 for cents, and that is organ
ize into the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union of America.
Plant 35 per cent of your cotton crop
into food crops and you will get as
much money for an 3,500,OOO-bale
crop as you will for a 100000
bale crop.
''B. HARRIS,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
NEEDY SCHOOLS
APPLY TO THE STATE FOR
HELP.
Fourteen Counties Report School
Term Averaging Less Than Eigh-
teen Weeks.

Columbia, S. c., April S.-A large
number of communities over the
State are applying to the State board
of education for State aid to length
en- their school terms under the Gar
ris Act.
And in many localities the inter-
est manifested is most suggestive, y
said State Superintendent Swear
ingen today. MANY schools have
already closed for lack Of funds to
pay the teachers salaries, but these
will be in position to take advantage
of the new law during the coming
school year. The showing made on
some Of The applications would furn-
ish a clear insight into economic con-
Gitions III E.any localities"
Fourteen counties in the State are
having school terms averaging less
than II weeks for the cities as well
as the country. Colletou countys
average was only eleven weeks and
Horny only 12.
One district in Williamsburg
could raise only $50 with an extra
levy of three mills, and another
Williamsburg. district with 12mill
levy raised only $500.
One district in Saluda county
gave it's negro school only S13, its
white school had just little over
s10O.
Here Is an eloquent specimen from
about the best conditioned county
III the State, Spartanburg: In High
Point district the total resources
were s189. There are two white
schools and no provision of any kind
for negroes. One of the schools is
earring for so children, whose
teacher gets s35 a month. On this
school s125 was spent. Presumably
the remainder, $50, went to the
other school, in which there are 2s
children.
The State board of education will
hold a meeting on the 23rd to for
mulate high school regulations AID
to name the various county boards
Of education over the State. The
board is made up Of Governor Ansel,
e1-officio chairman; State Superin-
tendent Swearingen, ex-oficio sec
retary; W. K. Tate, Charleston, as
sistant secretary; H. i. Rice, Aiken;
Prof. D. W Daniel, Clemson Col
lege; Prof. A. G. Renbert, Wofford
College: A. r. Banks, Columbia; A.
J. Thackston, Orange5urg.
In statement issued today to
the press Superintendent Swearingen
says:
"The date Of the next teachers
exa xamination has been set for Fri
day. May a. AS there will be no
county summer school work this
year, teachers might find it conVe-
nient to take this examination rath-
er than wait for renewal Of certf-
ficate already granted. The new
boards of school trustees will prob
ably be hunting for teachers In July,
and applicants for schools should
not run the risk OF being caught
without a certificate
THE Reading Circle questions viii
be sent out on April IA, and teach
ers taking this course should see
that their name and address is
furnished the State superintendent
by that date"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
TRYING TO KILL OPIUM TRADE.
New Law Prohibits Importation and
Use Of Drug.

Washington, April 7.-One of the
most important bills passed at the
last session of Congress, and which
became effective on April /, was
that prohibiting both the importa-
ton and use of opium in the United
States for any purpose whatever,
except for strictly medicinal purpos-
IS.
In recent years the smuggling OF
opium into this country has ben one
Of the serious curses Of the time, and
all Of the larger cities have expe-
rienced untold trouble from such
traffic, especially among the Chinese,
as the records of the police tsations
and Criminal Courts abundantly
show.
Under the new law, If any person
shall f-audulently or knowingly I'M
port or bring into the United States
or assist in so doing, any opium o.
any preparation or derivatives or
shall receive, conceal, buy or sell.
or in any manner facilitate the trans
portation or concealment of sale Of
any such opi'lm products after tne'r
smpcrtation, knowing them to have
teen imported contray to law, such
goods shall be forfeited and DESTROY
ed. and the offender shall be vneo
in any sum rot 9 needing $4,000,
nor less than s5n. Or by lnprlson-
ment for any time not exceeding Two
years, or both.
The treasury department had gone
over the new law carefully, and IN a
statement just issued by SecretsrE
Macveagh, is is made plain hereafter
there shall be no tra.fc in this pro-
duct if it is possible to stop it.
In issuing full directions to eo!'
lectors at the different ports, these
officers are cautioned to guard close.S
against fraudulent importations here
after. In addition to this, the stare
md municipal officers have been sen'
copies OF the new law by the treasury
department with full directions foi
carrying It out, and with instructlons
also for making arrests and push
ing prosecutions when such arrests
ora deemed necessary.
Although more smuggling Of OPT
nm is done perhaps in San Francis
co than in any other city in the
United States, because o the very
large number of Orientals there, the
traffic in the drug has grown to enor
nous proportions in New York, Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Boston and else
where in the East during the las
Ave years. Not only this, but II
some instances negroes, too. have
been known 20 become steady ans
regular users of the drug. so tina
now the Chinese immigrant is no
the only person to feel It's harm1u
effects.
Many murders among the Chimes
in different parts of the country naV'
been directly traceable to the lllesa
use Of this drug, and it IS believed
bv those who have made caerfu
study Of the mater that the new lay
vii be most beneficial in its efIect
when it's provisions become general
known and its mandates are carrie
out.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Woman Dies of Wound.

Bogalusa. La, April Mrs.
Elizabeth King. aged 34 years, died
here today from the effects of bull
let wound inflicted last night by
Deputy Sheriff R. S. Carson, who
was a boarder in Mrs. Kings house.
The shot which struck Mrs. King
was aimed at a supposed burglar.
Carson was exonerated by the coro-
uer's jury
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
BLACK HAND SCHEME.
Just Fool Notion Caused by Dime
Novel Reading.

Atlanta, Ca, April TIT was
just fool notion got from reading
dime novels" said Daniel W. John
son, Jr., the 1S-year-old boy who
was jailed here last night for having
attempted to eXtort $4,000 from
Asa G. Gambler, prominent banker
and Georgia's wealthiest citizen,
through Black Hand methods.
The young man at first told the
police that he had, been foresd by
three strangers to write letters to
Mr.. Gambler, demanding the money.
He now admits that the scheme was
of his own concoction.
Johnson wrote the second letter
Sunday, repeating his threats Of
death to Mr.. Gambler in case of his
noncompliance, and then went to
church and took his regular place
in Mr.. Gamblers Sunday school class.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Barkantine, Abandoned.

New York, April abandoned
by her crew. badly battered by the
sea and with several spars carried
away, the waterlogged barkantine
Luarea was encountered about 200
miles east of Cape Hatteras Sunday
by the steamer Morse Prince.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
SHE'LL EXPLODEs.
Boy Killed by Relic of the Battle
Of Atlanta.

Atlanta. Ca, April 8.-While
shaking the powder out Of war
time parrot shell, found near the
General Mcpherson monument in
East Atlanta, Wayne Eightower, ten
years old, only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
L. L. Hightower, who reside on
farm a mile and a half from Ellen
wood, small station on the South
ern railroad, 13 miles from Atlanta,
was blown up by an explosion of the
shell. The accident happened at
2::3O o'clock this afternoon. At
1880 the boy was put on the train
and brought to Atlanta and to the
Grady Hospital, where he died al
$50 o'clock.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
GAVE GOOD SUM.
A Thousand Dollar Bill Put in Col
lection Plate.

Washington, Pa, April 9.-The in
sertion of an advertisement in To-
cal paper today that there Aad been
found in the collection plate Of the
Roscoe Methodist Episcopal church
near here after the services last Sun
day night a $1,000 bill, developed
the fact that the church officers
think the donor made mistake.
The yearly collections of the church
do not average much more than this
amount and the officials, in the ad-
vertisement state that they will re-
turn the money to the owner if ne
wants it back and can prove he in
advertently dropped it into the
plate,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
GUILTY OF MURDER
KILLED one Man AND TWO
HELPLESS WOMEN.
Avery Blount, Prosperous Louisiana
Business Man, Sent to the Gallows
by the Jury.

DE CIne Jury.
Amite City, La, April Lat
this afternoon the jury in the cas-
of Avery Blount. charged with tn
murder of ]. o. Breland. SIrs. Bre
land and Mrs. Joe Everette, brough
in verdict Of guilty in the first de
gree.
The verdict carries the death pen
atty.
The accused man received the yer.
dict with much coolness.
Judge Ellis fixed Friday of this
week for the hearing OF motion foI
a new trial.
Sount, a prosperous merchant, OF
Tickfaw, was indicted on the charge
of numbering "Buz" Breeland, Mrs
Breeland and the latter's daughter,
Mrs. Joe. Everette, and was tried
first on the separate indictment OF
"Buz" Breeland's killing. Garfield
and Ben K:uchea, two brothers, in
dicted for completely in the assassi-
nation, are yet to be tried.
The killing Of the Breelands, and
Mrs. Everette was one Of the most
horrible crimes ever committed in
the State. The tragedy occurred on
the night of January %. near Tick
faw several miles south of Amite
City. BreelaRd and his wife were
bringing their daughter, Mrs. Ever
cite, from her former home in Liy-
iagstoa Parish to live with them
near Tickfaw. Mrs. Ererette's hus-
band had been killed by Ben Kiach-
en- q few days before.
Breeland was shot from ambush.
He was on foot, and the two women
were riding in buggy. According
to Breeland's dying statement Avery
Blount, accompanied by some other
person, then levelled guns on Mrs.
Breeland and her daughter. The
latter held her young baby in her
arms. The elder woman was first
shot and killed. Mrs. Everette IN
the meantime was beseeching the
sssassins to spare her baoy's life.
Her supplications finally resulted
in the child being taken from her
arms and laid by the roadside. The
mother was then shot to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
LYNCHED FOR MURDER:
Strung Up and Body Then Riddled
With Bullets.

Pensacola, Fla, April 5.-Dave
Alexander, a negro, was lynched here
this morning for the murder Of Po-
licemai Canton, whom the negro
liceman Canton, whom the negro
sisting arrest. While the police sta
ton was comparatively deserted,
crowd Of Is men, at the point of
revolvers, took the black man from
his cell and hanged him from an
electric light pole, half block from
the Jail. AS the body swayed in tn;
air, 40 bullets were fred into it by
the mob.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Killed by Robbers.

Birmingham, Ala, April g.
George Housley, a negro brakeman,
was instantly killed early this morn
ing in Bessemer by robbers. The
robbers had entered a freight car
which had just stopped at the depot
and the conductor, hearing a noise
sent EousIey back to Investigate.
The men escaped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Commits Suicide.

Richmond, Va, April Frank
T. Glasgow, Jr., 3S years old,
we'll known resident of the city, and
connected with the Gredegar iron
works, shot himself through the
head at the Office Of the plant today
and died instantly. III health re-
sulting in dependency was the
cause
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Robbed Gambling House.

Ogden. Utah. April S.-Last night
FIVE robbers walked into the White
Elephant gambling house, held up
the place and made their escape.
Four of the men held guns on the
dealers and crowd of twenty-five
players, while the fifth robbed the
game Of between $500 and So
nn0
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14

today. At the Aberdeen public
school. tail chimney crashed
through the roof, imorisoning 800
pupils, and creating a panic. Mary
Laburitis, aged 9 years, was fatally
injured. and four other pupils were
severely hurt. The fire department
worked rapidly and succeeded IN
ouieting the children, who were re-
moved by means Of ladders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
Won't Let Him Land.

Port Of Spain, Trinidad. April g
At the urgent request Of the State
department at Washington, communl-
Gated to the London foreign ONCE
the British government has decided
not TO permit Cipriano Castro, former
president Of Venezuela, to land al
Trinidad.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
STABBS HIS WIFE.
Drunken Negro Tries to Kill Ali
His Family.

Rock Hill, April This evening
at s o'clock Lawrence Boyd, we'll
known negro cook, while drunk, run
amuck on Ratterree hill and succeed
ed in almost numbering his wife,
Louisa, stabbing her deeply in the
shoulder. He started for their
child of three years old and cut at
it. His wife's sister grabbed at him
and prevented him from cutting the
baby, but received nasty cut on
the arm herself. Boyd then fed
and has not been caught.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-14
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Two Police Officers Shot Another
Man to Death.

Fitzgerald, Ca, April 7.-1ndict-
ments charging murder were return
ed BY the Irwin county grand jury
today against Chief of Police Brue-
baker and Patrolman Johnson, who
on Saturday night shot to death
Robert Gresham, manager of local
mill, the officers stating that they
we're after him Cor an alleged THEFT
and shot him down only after he
had fired shots at them IN a dark
alleyway. The officers are in jail
without bond.