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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
MAN SHOT DOWN
IN COURT BEFORE THE JUICE
AND OTHER OFFICERS.
The Husband of Divorced Woman
Kills Her Former Husband Abou:
Their Child.

4 ;errihle tragedy was enacted
at Little Rock. Ark. on Tuesday
Shooting over the head Of United
States Senator JeGries Davis. W. Y.
El:is. reSiden, OF Pine Bluff. fred
a bullet into the heart OF Nathan
!el Parker Mills. owner OF liquor
cure at indianapolis. Ind. !: the
Circuit Court room at Littl> LOCK
Tuesday afternoon. The Saooting
was the tragic ending OF a lawsuit
brought By Willis agains. his d!-
yorced wife. who had subsequently
married Ellis. for the possession OF
his child. Willis died almost in
Stantly after he was shot in the arms
Of his mother. who was waiting
across the room. and rushed towards
him As he fell in the hallway out
side Of the court room.
Willis secured his divorce a num-
| Der OF years ago. and recently start
ed the litigation for the possession
OF the child. Monday he secured
an orde. from Circuit Judge Fulk
| 20 take possession Of the child. who
has been for the past ten days IN
the custody Of an uncle at Pine Bluff
and Tuesday the parties 70 the suit
me, in the court room to decide
| where the child was to be delivered.
Ellis appeared for his wife. the for
mer Mrs. Willis. and Senator Davis
represented Willis.
While Judge Fulk was seated at
a table IL the court room. discus
sing with Senator Davis the cond!-
,ions OF the transfer Of the child.
Ellis pulled revolver from his
pocket and fred point blank at Ellis.
who was seated across the table. A
court attache knocked up his arm
! lust as the weapon was discharged
and the bulle, was embedded IN the
wall
Willis ran round the table. with
Ellis close at his heels The latter
rested his pistol against the doo'
lamb just as Willis ran out and
fred a second time. Willis fell tc
the floor. dying. clasped in his moth
e-'s arms. Sheriff Roberts seized
Ellis. pulling him into an ante room
70 prevent any further shooting
He surrendered his pistol to Judge
Fu!k and was q. once taken to jai!
Relatives OF the man killed have
been summoned to Little Rock. Fol
lowing the shooting those in an ad
Joining room scrambled FOR an out
let. and in the subsequent excite
ment serious injury to several wa:
narrowly averted.
Two attempted to leap from
window but were restrained. Tha
Senator Davis had close cali L
declared by those in the Toom a
the time. Several assert that tn
f.st bulle: passed through his coat
Explaining a rent in his garment
however. Senator Davis declares tha
liz was torn by catching on an edg'
OF the table as he hastily arose.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
MAKES TRIPLE PLAY
And Rctires the Other Side All By
Himself.

Shortshop Neal Ball. formerly Of
the Atlanta and Montgomery clubs
OF the Southern league. and who
went TO the New York Americans
two seasons ago. and IS now with
Cleveland. has made record for
himself that few ball players have
ever attained.
In a game at Cleveland Tuesday
when his club was b!aying against
Boston. Ball made an unassisted trip
le play. In other words be retired
the Boston club without any help
when there were two men on bases
and none out. This is how 1t hap
pened:
Wagner and Stahl led of with
singles. The hit and run signal was
given. Mcconnell was at the bat for
Boston. He landed on one Of CT
young's curves with a vicious crack.
The instant the ball hit the ball both
the base runners were off. The ball
shot straight to Neal Ball. Coming
in with great rapidity he sheared It
in his gloved hand. and ran across
touching second. thereby doubling
Wagener, who had started 10 third.
Stahl had taken a long lead OF first
base. and was almost at second wher
he say Bali grab McConnell's hot
liner Stahl was running at full.
speed and did not have time TO slow
up before Ball touched him with the
horsehide. thus completing a triple
play.
This was in the second inning and
the next time Ball came 10 the bat
be hit a home run. practically win
ming the game for tie Maps.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
a FALSE ALARM
SENATOR TILLMAS'S son DENIES
STARTLING REPORT.
Concerning the Serious Illness OF
His Father Published by Wash
ington Paper.

The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier says 3. R.
Tillman. Jr.. son CT Senator Tilimen.
denied the alarming reports Monday
that had been scattered throughout
Washington concerning the serious
illness OF his father. The stories con-
ce-ning tSenator Til!man's illness
arose in all probability from the FOL-
lowing. printed n the Washington
Post Monday morning: a
The shrill voice OF Senator Benja-
min Ryan Tillman. Of South Carolina
may never be heard in the Senate
Chamber again. Senator Tillman is
III At his home. a farm. near Trenton.
S. C. He has been at home for three
weeks and his friends say his con-
dition is so serious that there IS little
likelihood that he will be strong
enough to return 70 Washington to
vote on the tariff bill. The rumor
that he contemplates .es!gnins his
seat Is revived. but Senator T!llman
is following the same course ne did
las. summer and refuses to confirm
or deny the report.
Senator Tillman has not fully re-
covered from the attack Of partial
paralysis. which seized him last sum-
mer He tried 10 cure this by an
extended tour Of several months In
Europe. The health resorts Of th,
Continent helped him greatly. and be
returned to the United States much
stronger than he was when he left.
While the paralysis has not returned.
a general disability from nervous
ness has made his lie unhappy in the
last few months.
The going of Tiilman will take
from the senate one OF its most pic
turesque characters. Pitchfork Ben
as he is called. is feared OF all othe.
senator's for the sharpness Of his
tongue. and the keenaess OF his wit
No man in the United States Senate
is an ADLER. rough and ready fshte!
than Tillman.
Senator Tillman's brother. the
late George R. Tillma1. was Con
gresham from the 2nd South Caro-
lima district in the House. He wa:
known as one Of the most quiet aac
Unconditional men that ever sat n the
body. The name Of Tillnan wa!
practically unknown until Senate!
Tiliman was elected Governor o.
South Carolina in 1890. He cele
: brated his election by forcing
through the Legislature the dispen
sary liquor law in that State.
Always interested IN education
he founded his second college In TIT
State after the Inauguration. Thi
frst school established through hi
efforts was the Clemson Agriculture
and Mechanical College at Calhoun
old home. Fort Mil. S. c. The Sc
cond school IS the Winthrop Norma
and Industrial College for Women
at Rock Hill
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Shocked and Horifed.

AEy sonan in the State Of Geor-
Sia who rides astride will become a
feion. Il the bill introduced in the
house Monday BY Representative
Wright become \ Law. The states
man from Stua-' rz,er saw d womaa .
ride as,-ide until he came 10 Allan
Ia He was shocked and horrited
by the sigh: OF pretty girl liz di-
vided -;ki-ts whirlinS along on the
back OF 4 meddlesome horse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
PUTS a QUESTION.
4 Woman Asks Mr.. Rockefeller to
Beat It"

The August American Magazine
publishes a letter. signed AN Amer
ican Woman" in the department.
Tho Pilgrim Scrip" IN which the
author claims that men have come
10 realize that IL modern industrial
conditions the majority Of them can
not conduct a paying business and
live according TO :ne tenets OF the
Christian religion.
But" she continues. they rebel
against the hyproc!sy OK such a
course. Americans may be cynics
but they are not hyprocites. The
motto OF the majority may be. II
religion interferes with your busi-
ness. then Gu. out your religion but
on the ether hand. the instinct Of
the majority is also TO demand Of
those who profess religion that they
shall practice it.
ut Is. for instance. one OF our
great American jokes-it has al
GoaCy DeeU CclcV. dlec III 4ato to-SiiiiV
ballad-that Mr. John D. Rookie
Teller teaches Sunday school. The
attitude OF the average American
toward this tellow-citizen OF our
might be translated into these
words:
Conduct your business as you
wish. Mr. Rockefeller. for. after all.
We rather admire sharp practice
when Il makes good. Put your
helpless competitors out Of the game.
drive them TO failure. despair and
suicide. buy up the Upper House.
create Third House. But don't
on top Of that. don't We beg OF you.
have the face TO preach the Golden
Rule Really. Mr.. Rockefeller. when
it comes to this Sunday school prop
osi;ion. you're nothing but a joke
Beat it,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED
In the Wrecked Town OF Bastrop
BAY, Texas.

That fifteen persons were killed
ard the town Of Bastrop. Texas. de-
vaS;ated. and the survivors barely
existing on scantr supply OF sea
food. IS the report brought 20 Hors-
ton Tuesday By Captain Pat Benson
when he returned from tod- OF
the coast swept by the storm OF last
week. Captain Benson declares that
five members Of the Wolf families
and three negroes We're buried By
memb be-s OF his party. on the beach.
and the few survivors who remain
say they buried s-ven others. The
iDha bitants are in 2 pi,able coDdi-
ton for want Of food water and
and for miles the beach is
Uttered with wreckaSe CT fishing
craft.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
THAW USED WHIP
on YOUNG GIRLS WHOM HE DE-
CEIyED BiSELY.
Testimony That Stamps Him as 4
Vile Wretch, Who Should be Kept
Locked Up.

Harry Thaw sat in the Supreme
Court at White Plains. y. Y. on
Tuesday and heard womans tes-
,imony that made his palled face
flush. He saw peari-handled dog
whip exhibited. and he heard the
witness swear that she had seen him
WELD it on the bare flesh OF young
girls.
The witness. Mrs Susan Merrill.
q bu1om. pink-cheeked woman OF
about thirty-fve years. opened a new
chaper In the life OF Stanford
Whites slayer. She told OF alleged
acts of his between 1902 and 1905.
when be was a young bachelor about
New York. before the tragedy on the
Madison Square Roof Garden that
resulted IN his being placed In the
State Asylum for the Criminal In
sane. from which he IS now trying
to escape By proving himself sane
Summarized. her testimony was
that during the three years named.
she kept in succession two Ne"
York lodging houses. where Thaw
rented rooms under assumed names.
and to which he brought al various
times more than two hundred girls.
After Thaw's Imprisonment. she said
she paid these women at least s25.-
900 as the price OF their silence
and 70 keep them from botherins
Thaw's wife or mother"
Tho woman told Of finding Tha"
on several occasions lashing the
girls OF their bare arms and bodies
Thatr. she said. had posed as
theatrical agent and had lured the
girls to his rooms with promises Of
engagements. She testified furtae!
that Thaw had frequently behaved
in violent manner in her pres
eace. and that she considered hi!
acts irrational.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
FEMALE MOONSHINER.
Marshal Finds Woman Running q
Di>tillcry.

Surrounded by crude outfit. with
beer in the tubs and the ripple Of
little stream trickling among the
fake stands. near the prosperous
town Of Sparta. in Hancock coun-
". Ga. United States Deputy Mar
shal Frank Riley today arrested
Pearl Gordon. on charge Of run
ming blockade dis,illery.
In all ais long experience in the
service this is the frs, woman the
officer ever captured in q moon
shine" plant. The outfit was in op-
Grafton and indications were that the
woman had been conducting a very
extensive business. The woman
gave bond for her appearance before
Commissioner Irwin.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
SKIPS WITH THE CASH.
BANK Officer Takes Banks Money
With Him.

The First National Bank OF Tifton.
Ind. has been closed because its as
sistant cashier. Noah r. Marker. has
skipped. taking with him between
s5e.ooo and $4,000. all the cash
that was in the banks vaults when
be left
Marker. after sweeping together
the money. set tie time lock on the
same so that it could not be opened
until 9 O'Clock Monday. and left Tif-
ton on a traction ca. for Indianapolis
Saturday evening. telling people thai,
he would spend Sunday with his
father and mother.
Nothing further has been heard
from him. Marker left note on the
desk Of bis brother. William Marker.
cashier Of the bank. saying that he
had gone for ever and that he had
taken enough money to pay bis ex-
penses The fact that BE had emp
tied the cash box was not known un-
I'll the time lock sava admittance
Monday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Farmer Kills Himself.

Mr.. Solomon Hall. farmer whose
farm and home IS two miles from
Hartsrille. committed suicide Tues.
day about II o'clock io the yard a,
his home by shooting himself in the
stomach with shotgun. He lived
only a short time after committing
the rash act. Worrying over the
sad fact that two Of his daughters
are insane. both Of whom are now
in the asylum. probably unbalanced
his mind
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
CHASED THE UMPIRE.
He Escaped But Twenty Other Peo-
pie Were Injured.

During a riot over unpopular de-
cisiocs hy Umpire c. E. Eidr!dse OF
the Southern Michigan league. at
the concluson Of the Jackson-Adriaa
game at Jackson. Mich. Monday.
nearly score Of people were injured
when the railing OF the grandstand
gave way. precipitating them to the
ground. 12 feet below.
The Jackson team lost the game.
At the conclusion some one made q
start for the umpire The crowd &.
the grandstand fiocked to :b3 front
os the structure and pressed against
the railing. which gave way. preci-
pi,atins the people neares. /. to the
ground below. The umpire made his
escape pursued by the mob. and
was chased into his room at the no.
;el. two miles away. where be was
guarded by the police for TWO hours.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Pointed pararranhS

Sone.hcw. :he person who puts
on airs is not often the one whom
we consider breezy.
The op,ic:an says he expects TO
have customers who come 20 him
jlsf for rhe looks o: the thing.
/, Is never a lofty aim when you
attempt TO make some other perso5
the target OF ridicu!e.
In one sense the ocean diver may
heat The fireman getting TO the TOD
Of tie ladder.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Strikes SHOWN Storm.

A balloon that ascended at ST.
louis Sunday night landed Monday
morning at Savanna. III. after haing
in the air eleven and one-half hours.
Savanna is ahcdt o3i miles from ST.
Louis = brief message announced
that the halloonis.s driftnd into a
snow storm and had TO descend.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Two New Crop Bales.

TWO Georgia farmers Monday mar
Neted new crop cotton. J. W Avera
selling bale a; Quitnan and Deal
Jackson one at Albany. The latter
is negro farmer and has held the
first bale" record !or ten years. He
sold his first bale last year cn July
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Voted Them Out.

The Georgia Legislature has voted
trading stamps out Of that State.
The bill passed the Senate by un-
aninous vote on Monday and will
become 4 Law when the Governor
signs it. All the retail me,~taocs In
lie State favor the bill.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Steam Line to Panama.

Charleston is 10 have a direct
steamship line TO Panama. beginning
in the fail. and operating boat.
carrying mail and freight. every nine
days. running independently OF III.
government line. now running be-
tween New York and Panama.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Entirely Too Sensitive

Laurel Laidley. - years old. COM
ritt-d suicide Monday by hanging
himself 10 I raftcr in his fathers
barn ncI- GuthrI" Center. Iowa Tn"
hoy bad been rcprimancd by his
mother.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
HEN FOUND STOLEN JEWELRY.
Cneovers the Spot Where Thief Y1d
Buried the Treasure.

When jeweiary valued at about
$1,000 was stolen from the home OF
William NJ Skinner at Lakewood
y. J., ne offered a reward OF $3.50
for its recore-y. A hen scratching
under the front porch Of the Skin
e!ry 10 light. uncovering the spot
where the thief had apparently
buried the treasure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Killed by Pitched Ball,

During a game OF bal! between two
rural teams AT RameT Ala. Satur-
day. William Grantham vas fatally
hurt when pitched bail struck him
in the temple. He died Monday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
CHOkED TO DEATH
BY Being Caught in the PEkets Of
Fence.

At Milwaukee. Wis. mis- neck
wedEed between the pickets OF a
fence. the body Of William LEM.
aged IS years. for thirty years a
coachnac for August F. Gallun. a
rich tanner. was found in from. OF
his employers residence Monday
Lenz evidently had been st.angled.
The head projected between the
pickets and the arms were resting
upon the feacc The knees had
c-umb!ed from under him. leaving
the body suspended by the neck. The
police say he p-o5abl" leaned over
the fence 10 res; while. fell asleep
and as his throat caught between
the pickets, slowly stransled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-04
Long Canoe Trim.

Padding distance Of 2.o03 miles
IL an lS-too: canoe IN tweaty-a!ne
days. H C. Frasch and /. z. Bailey.
Of Harrisonburs. Pa, reached New
Orleans Monday from Pittsburg.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
ED TENEYCK DIES SUD
DENLY AT MILL CITY

Yesterday Caroner Robins was called
to Mill City. to hold an inquest on the
body of Ed TenEyck, who had died
suddenly at that place. The remains
arrived on No. 4 this morning, and are
now at the morgue. It is probable that
the Coroner is holding the inquest
today.
TenEyek, who was a mining man
and had been following his calling
about Humboldt House and Mill City
for several years, was well known in
Winnemucea. Last fall he was confined
in the county hospital for a while, and
as soon as he became convalescent, was
engaged to attend to f. M. Baum,
which position he held up to the time
of the latter death.
IT was known that deceased had been
an Odd Fellow, and this morning mem
bers of the local order communicated
with the lodge at Peru, Indiana, the
former home of Mr.. TenEyck, but re-
ceived an answer that he was un-
known.
The funeral will be held from Coch
rams undertaking parlors this after
noon or tomorrow
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
HOW "HOT CAKE JIMM'YS'' STAKE
HORSE CLEANED UP OLD "GRlzZLY''

Last evening a party of oldtimcrs
were sitting about the stove at the
Winnemucca hotel, discussing various
topics. Included in the bunch were
Jim Harvey of Paradise, l. B. English
of McDermitt, Tom Defenbaugh of Ma
tional and Mine Host Giroux.
ct have been stopping at the old
house for forty years." exclaimed
Harvey, "and have paid enough money
in hotel bills to buy it,
eyes" said Giroux, "but the profits
on your business would not go very far
on the purchase. When you were a
young man, Jim, you were terrible
eater. reeollect when you were mar
ried, you came to the hotel. The next
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
TRACKLAYING IN A
WEEK

Active preparations are under way
for commencing tracklaying on the
Western Pacific, and it is expected that
work will be commenced a week from
today.
Thursday a gang of so Greeks arriv-
ed from near Elko, accompanied by l..
q. Skliris, of Salt Lake City, Western
Pacific labor contractor, and G Econo-
my, his assistant.
All the new men are at work today,
snrfacing the spur thrack connecting
the two railroads. When seen at the
Lafayette this afternoon by repre-
sentative of the Silver State News, and
asked how many men he would furnish
the Western Pacific, Mr.. Skliris re
piled:
81 understand that the company will
give the preference to local labor. We
expect to supply only the deficiency
that may occur. Mr.. economy and my
self shall leave for Elko and Salt Lake
this afternoon, but will return in
about ten days or shortly after the
tracklaying has been started, when we
will be prepared to furnish whatever
labor the company may stand in need
off,
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Overstake, of Los
Angeles, arrived in town Thursday, and
contemplate opening an art studio
here.
A. Wilkeson, of McDermitt, is in
town.
j. G. Lisle, of Happy Creek, is spend.
ing a few days in town.
Michael Merieh, the Chafey mining
man, is in town today.
Jim Berry, who is associated with
Fred Braite in Barber canyon mining
was in town yesterday.
c. H. Carnahan and partner are in
from the Silver State range.
Mrs. Emily Preciado, owner of a
large copper proposition on Cherry
creek. near Battle Mountain, drove
over from Golconda this morning, re-
turning in few hours.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27
ASSAULTED BY AN
HUNGRY ITALIAN

This morning, at about $3.50 O'Clock,
T. H. Umfried, cook on the Sparks
wrecking train, was the victim of a
brutal assault by an Italian member
of the crew.
The train, aboard Of which were
Trainmaster Easton, Supt. of Car Re-
pairs Smythe and other officials, laid
over in Winnemucca last night, start
ing at O'Clock this morning for the
wreck at Cosgrave. Cook Umfried was
busily engaged in the kitchen, prepar
ing breakfast for the officials, when
his quarters were invaded by seven
or eight Italians, who demanded break
fast Umfried answered them pleasant
ly. saying he would attend to their
wants as soon as he had disposed Of
the officials. The men then retired 20
their car. In few moments one Of
them returned, and, upon entering the
kitchen, snatched two fried eggs from
the stove. The cook proceeded to call
him down for the act, when he was set
upon by the italian, who was equipped
with pair of brass knuckles, who
nearly tore his right eye from its
socket, in addition to infiicting an ugly
scalp wound. The infuriated man also
caught the ring finger of the cook s
left hand in his mouth, chewing it in
frightful manner. Hearing the
racket, the officials came to the rescue
and succeeded in ejecting the Italian
from the car.
Umfried was Immediately sent in to
DIR. Samuels, the company's physician,
for treatment.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-27

morning you sent me back eight times
for hot cakes. For several years after
everybody around the place called you
Hot Cake Jimmy
81 recollect that name you fastened
onto me- replied Harvey, good natur
edly. 81 had to wait for several
years, but l finally evened up on You.
1t was on the day of the match race,
when ] brought up my stake horse
from Paradise, and you entered that
old selling-platter named Grizzly and
l. V. Button a skate that he had an
idea could run some. / told my boy
not to beat you too bad but coming
into the stretch he got excited and let
the horse 60, with the result that But