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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
BY Mysterious Gas On Board OF
Steamship at Sea

Mysterious gases released from the
hold OF the United States collier
Nashan when the steel oulkheeds OF
that vessel were stove Ia By ay-
2hoon were responsible for :te death
OF Ave members OF her crew. accord
Ing TO story OF Third Assistant En-
g!neer Elme. Eutchins. who arrived
At San Francisco Monday on board
the cruiser Buffalo.
The vessel was en- route from Ca
v!te TO Hong Kong. Shortly after
the ship ran into a terrific typhoon
q noise like an explosion OF gaases
was heard. Capt Carver took Eve
members OF the Filipino crew co.-
ward With him to investigate. The
failure OF the ma TO return LED
Eu:ch!ns to make a. investigations
and he vas also overcome. but was
revived.
When the men were finally drag
sed back from the hold. It was found
that by sone ine1p!iccbie freak tho
bodies had been stripped naked By
the fumes. Capt Carve. revived
BIZ, Chic. Officer Lark;a. Second o.
fee! Rapp and three sailors died
from !ahailing gases.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08

The t!e-up IN the State board Of
canvassers last week hss caused .
great deal OF eonment IN ell sec
tons o: the State. It is very inter
esting to note that the very mat
te. upon which the tie-up arose was
not touched upon IN the executive
session tha. Is the eo7stitut!ooa!tsy
OF the &C. providing for the cleo
ton was rot before the board.
Aa affidavit Of interest IN con-
nec,!oa With the deadlock IN the
board. which was given out. was
aled with Associate Justice aydr.ck
By Aessrs. Lyon. 1eCowo and Jen-
n!ags. The AFFIDAVIT follows:
Personally appeared R. u. Ne
Gown. R. II. Jennings and J. Fraser
Lyon. who being duly sworn each
for himself says that the board OF
State eaoTas.ers las rot dec!ced
whether II has power to eons!de.
the eonst!tutionsl!ty OF the act under
WcICG l9C CiCSl4SA VA SA0 SA~ A|-SS-
was held. that deponeets have soecis-
!eal!y refused to pass upon the same
q: this t!me. but desire to hear coun-
sol upon the subject That It was
and now IS the order Of the said
board to hea. such argument IN or
de, tha. the board may oeenlighten-
Cd on the subject. bat whenever such
arguments commence. Hon A. ".
Jones. comptroller general. leaves
the meetings o: the board and balSs
tee ouo:um-
THAT said bard has decided no
matte. In controversy whatsoever at
It's pcesen. meeting, but viii duly
and properly render its decision II
quorum may be had"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
GETS HIS BEER FREE
Clever Trick Played on Charleston
Blind Tiger.

The Charleston Evening Post says
a we'll kown citizen Is enjoying a
barrel OF export beer without cos.
to himself. thanks to the custom az
some OF the tigers in using the
names o. citizens without their con-
sent by which means contraSanS
liquor and beer are snuggled into
the city by the police ccrdons.
The citizen who Is drinking iced
beer free OF cost and who has enough
to last him fo:. some time to come
ten dozen bottles being al ample
supply for one time. said that oEe
day recently whe be came home from
his daily grind. his Wife told him
q barrel OF beer had been delivered
70 their house. Now the citizen
could not account for this. as ne
had never ordered so much beer at
one time in his lie. but be got wise
and went out to inspect the wind
fall. which proved TO be barrel Of
popular export.
/: did not take Mr.. Eappyman
long 70 break into that barrie. and
soon he had q score OF bottles rest
ing peacefully on a cake OF ice. He
planned to walt for results. mean
while not neglect!ng his opportun!-
ty OF using the beer ADDRESSED AID
sent to him.
The next day a driver called at
his house and said that the beer
had been delivered by mistake. But
this trick did not work The citi-
zen who had the free beer wished
10 know who sent It to his house
in bis name with authorization
He neve. learned. for the sende.
did not care TO reveal his identity
The beer IS nearly ali gone now. 70.
he citizen has been extremely gen
'rous with that beverage which cos,
him naughe.
Farous citizens are complaining
hat their names are being used by |
igers without permission as means
II getting beer and liquor into the |
'!;y. and they wish a remedy. The
rec beer scheme looks good.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
CUTS THROAT WITH RAZOR
L A. Bickie, Mail Clerk on Looted
Train Ends His Life.

1. A. Hickle. white. aged 43. an
ex-ma.! clerk on the Southern rail.
way. almost severed bis head from.
his body with q razor at his home At
Augusta Sunday morning. B!ckle
had been II I'll health and 1t Is said
that his mind was unbalanced De-
cause Of this and recent bereavs-
neats IN his family.
He happened to be mai! clerk Q
Southern train from Cherisston Oh
the night Of May 1s last. whsa ths
express car was riaed and when the
train reached Augusta tho ness>,Ee-
was found il q chest. The nesssn.ef
claimed that be had been knocked
down by masked men and .iseed
IN the chest
G. P. Humphreys. baggage nas.ar
on the train on the night OF the
robbery. cut bis throat two .on,hs
ago. dying almost instantly. aecaL.e
be was suspected OF the robbery.
However. the express officials DO no:
connec. Bicsle with the robbery. but
II Is fact that the detective. few
days ago. questioned him regarding
the ease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Made Bad Mistake.

While bunting squirrels near
Roanoke. Va. Wednesday morning
jaime, Spe.eer s!stook the gray hat
o. Els .oa. Charles J. Spencer. for
= squirrels tai! and AIRED bis shot
gun through the bushes at the OBJ
tect. The load ot shot took effect
n the sons face. neck and shou!-
ders He vas carried to town aad
given medical attention. TIE wounds
arc aoc fatal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
WHITE FESD CAUGHT.
An Alleged Rspist Found and Ar
rested IN Atlanta.

A special from Lancaster to The
News and Courier says Cecil Broom.
the prominent young business man
OF Wa1haw. u. c.. who is charged
with cs!n!nally assau!:!ag a young
lady in the Van Tyck section OF
Lancaster county on the 23rd OF Ju-
". and who ced tie country after
ward. was arrested II Atlanta
Wednesday. at the instance o: Sher-
III J. P. Hunter. who has been inde-
fatisuble in his efforts to catch his
man. spending over $500 in de,ec-
lives hire travelling expenses. tel-
egrans. etc. C1dey tie assumed
name OF ". c. jenkins Broom has
been traced By the sheriff II several
cities. among them Charleston and
finally locating him
morning n Atlanta The
chief Of police OF that city wires
that the young man will return with
out -equ!sit!oa papers. Sheriff Hun
,er has gone to Atlanta after the
fugitive.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
NUMBER, PLEASE"
That Is the Way the Telephone Girl
Muss answer Now.

did You use the telephone to-
day." asks the Columbia Record.
Then you noticed a difference IN
the way the telephone girls answered
your call. d!da't you? What? O.
course you noticed tha, little please
that was tackled on after the call
number? Just think a moment cnd
you'll remember. Here's the way Il
was. Instead Of having the tele-
phone girl answer Number when
you called. she answered Number.
Diease?' That's exactly what It was.
AMI there's reason 70. it.
1t may seem a snal! thing for
the telephone girl to tack Oh tha,
little please ae the end Of the an
swe- to the calls. BIZ, the Southern
Bel Telephone and Telegraph man
agement doesn't think so. The com
pany thinks It's amply worth while.
consequently al order has been Is
sued to every telephone exchange in
the Southern Bell Conpany's ter
ri;oy. which extends over seven
States. that every operator answer
all calls in tie future by ':;uneb-.
please" instead o. simply snQu.r-
ing Number.
The order is effective at all ex-
changes OF the company. I. is be-
iiered by the telephone MANAGEMENT
that the change in the answer made
by the telephone girls to the calls
iaa; are received will improve the
service and be thoroughly apprecsa,-
el by the public. Now. don, think
because you fail 10 get the new en-
sweT that the telephone girls are
not on the job as the order calls for.
It's just case Of having gotten the
tabit-see? Give them a little time
70 tack on the please and see 1,
Fou don't Zee! better With the new
order Of things. You'll be delight
q with that sweet little please be-
ore you knw tt
We are not 50 particular about the
please as We are about having our
'hone wosk satisfactory.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
TOUCHED WIRE AND DIED.
Experiment OF North Carolina Boy
Ends Fatally.

Harvey Richie. 90 years old.
climbed Into one OF the big trans
mission towers Of the Southern Pow
er Company. at A!benar!e. Stanley
county. y. c.. Monday afternoon. 70
ascertain II he couic get a shock
By touching the wires AS the youth
touched tho deadly wires his feet
burs:ed from the terrific current that
entered his body. and he dropped
TO the ground. dead. The tower IS
one OF the series OF stee! STRUCTURES
employed By the Southern Powe.
Company to transmit electr!ca! en-
e-s! from the Catawba river sta
tions. n this county. to the mills
OF tho Piedmont section. and the
wires carry eighty thousand volts.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
SmASHES RECORD
LAST YEARS COTTON CROP THE
LARGEST EVER MADE.
Secretary Hester Figures Out Pro-
duction OF Nearly Fourteen Million


Statistics showing that more COT
ton was handled during the CONNER
c!al ysar ending at midnight Tues
day night than ever before and tha:
all records had been broken IN the
amount Of cotton consumed By
Southern mills was the features Of
the annual crop statement OF Secre-
,a,y Eeste: OF the New Orleans COZ
son exchange. Tie document forms
the preliminary report OF Secretary
Ees.er's sanuai review OF the COM
nere!al year.
The coun. OF the Commercial! crop
showed It to DO the largest on rec
ORC. 13.s25.457 bales. The previous
larges. commercial crop was 1865
SIS. marketed II 1S04-05. Las:
seasons total was only 11.57l.s6S.
The very large total for this years
| crop was surprise to the trade.
/ including both the bulls and the
bears. and Il the figures had been
issued while trading was go!ng on
it is probable that they would have
had q depressing effect on prices.
The E,oss important features IN
the report oe1t TO the size Of the
crop itsel. was the statement on the
amount Of cotton consumed by
Southern milis during the season
which closed Tuesday. Here all the
records were again broken. the total
being 2.55e.s;s bales This poin;
was regarded BY the bulls IS being
even OF more Importance than the
size OF the crop itself. It was TAX
en- as Official confirmation OF the
many stories Of the great expansion
OF cotton manufacturing in the
South. The figures compared with
:.1es.o0o last season and Ass.
900 two seasons ago.
IN the poin: OF port receipts an
other record was broken. Net re-
ceipts at all ports OF the season were
put at lo.os2.s45 bales. against onl,
s.57e.s4s last year and s.919.5ss
TWO years ago.
Liverpool vii! have the frs
chance to trade on the report. tn,
; trade IS about equally divided Il
opinion over the eject OF the total
bulls claiming the bea7ishness Of :h'
big crop is more than OFFSET by th'
bullishness Of the big consumption
n spite Sef the claim OF the bear
: that It Is a decidedly bes-!sh docu
; ment
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
White Fiend Lynched.

Following the lyochins ot Robert
Hooda!!. white man. 10. crtni-
nal assault on Myrtle Neal. twelve
years old. fierce battle broke out
IN Biookha-ea. Miss. "Wednesday
night A score OF persons we've
wounded. Three companies Of
troop, were rushed to the scene. The
city IS divided into two camps. The
gill died Thursday morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
q Young Tramp.

Saugly cu1led up IN a milk car.
where he had spent the night. a
little nioe-year-old boy. who gave
the nene OF Eddie Co-.igan. OF 114s
Spring Garden street. Philadelphia.
was found by Station Agent Willard
C.outhameI. 1T Wycombe. Pa. The
little fellow said he had slept in the
car all night ard that he had run
away from his aunt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Commits Suicide.

J. Ebbie Belser. constable for
Magistrate Mu!dough. committed
suicide at Hampton on wednesday.
When he went up to bis roon tha.
nigh: he told his wife and little
boy that he intended taking his life
and then fred bullet through his
brain. Belser had been drinking
TOR the last few days preceding his
rash act
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
SLEEPING CAR LOOTED.
Burglars Rob Sleeping Car on Side
Track at Memphis.

2. ". Jackson. capitalist. OF Birm-
!cshan. Ala. s;de.!aeked On sleep
er a, Memphis. Tenn. With his wife
and three boys. awoke Sunday morn
ing 20 discover that during tho night
the car had been entered By a thief.
and he had oee2 relieIed OF cash.
bill os exchange and other rsiuables
to the amount OF owe. $1,000. The
family were en route to the Seattle
exposition but their through sleeper
was held over at Memphis all aight
oy reason OF a missed connection.
They slept on tho Pullman, IN the
yards by courtesy Of the Pullman
TIE car was locked.
but the doc. was forced by the
robber. who carried away satcheis
and grips. S. F. Keith. Pullman
conductor. was also robbed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
MEN!
Inscription Wanted for Woman's
saonum eat
SOON TO Be ERECTED
Chairman c. Irvine Walker Asks the
Men Of State TO Suggest Suitable
Words for the Memorial TO DO
Erected OF Capital Grounds n

Columbia
What do the men o: South Ca!-
ol!na owe to the women OF the Con-
tede.acy?" asks the Columbia State.
The State then goes on to say that
the funds for memorial to be
erected on the capitol s.ouads have
been raised. Sculptor F. Weli!Hs'
tor Ruckstunl Is now designing the
monument and the design has eesa
declared one OF the most artistic
eve, prepared. On the monument
Just II front OF the State house.
erected By the women OF South CAY
olina 70 the soldiers who died FOR
the Lost Cause" are two beautiful
inscriptions. These recite the valor
and heroism Of those who. true to
the instincts OF fhsr birth have
gloriHed a fallen cause By the an-
Pile manhood OF their lives and the!.
pat.en, SUFFERING a2d IN the dark
hours Of imprisonment. :c the ho1S-
lessness OF the hospital. IN the short.
sharp agony OF the teld. found aoDe
in tae belief ,ha. At home they would
not be forgotten"
These were some Of the words
inscribed by the women OF South
Carolina on the monument 20 the
soldiers.
It is now necessary for the mon
OF the State 10 send to the eomnis-
sion il charge OF the work OF erect-
ing monument 70 the women OF tho
Contederacy suitable inscriptions 70,
the tribute to their eelf-saer!aee a2d
devotion.
The following has been IaSued:
South Carolina Commission
Cor the Monument 10 the Women .:
the Consederacy.
Columbia. S. c.. Aug. 81. 1908.
To the Men OF South Carolina:
Two Inscriptions will De required
for the two large panels OF the pede'
stall Of the South Carolina nonu'
nent 10 the women Of the Coafedef.
acy. These inscriptions are desired
10 declare to the world what these
women Of the South did to deserve
this honoring" Each must eonta:l
from so 70 so words. preferably 60
The men OF our State are cords!
ally invited to suggest appropriate
wording 70! these inscriptions. Thos<
deemed most suitable BY the CON
mission will Re used. Suggestion
should be sent to Capt. Wm. s. Gon
zales. secretary and treasurer. Co
!umbia. before November l. 1909.
c. Irvine walker.
Chairman:
T. J. Moore.
C.. A. Reed.
J. G. Richards. Jr..
Wn. z. Gonzales.
Sec. and Treas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Killed by Train.

At Woodbury.. n J., Mrs. James
Frazier. sixty years old. and Mrs.
Emma Driseoll. severty-tou-. were
about to cross the tracks o. the
South Westvi!le station a few days
ago when they saw train app-oaca-
Ing. Ttey tried to Cross before It
got near them. but were hit by the
locomotive and all Of the cars ran
over them. cutting them to pieces.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Strange Occu.rsoco.

River 1ec ct Columbus. Ga. ara
nystifed at the sudden .isee o. the
Chat,ahoochee river. which began
Wednesday. Although that inae-
date section IS undergoing q
drought. the river has risen - feet
in - hours. There have been no
heavy rains reported at any poin.
on the river and the residents as
unable TO assign any cause co- the
p!eseo. stage OF water.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Negro Kills Officer.

~ Jackson. Ala. Deputy Sheriff
J. L. Wainwright was shot and In
stan,ly killed Monday while attempt
Ing TO arrest Louis and Josiah
Balaam. negroes. Cor assault with
intent 70 murder Morris Kinball.
who was with Wainwright. was
slightly wounded. A reward has
been offered for the capture OF the
negroes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Made Good Time.

Sunday at Van Patton shoals On
tho E1oree river 5s candidates FOR
Immersion were baptized by Rev. "
A. Anderson Il So minutes. NJ.
A3dccson IS pastor Of Ceca. Gr~7e
church. this county. and IN rec,ot
revival there the above number o,
accessions resulted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
HOW THEY VOTED
OFFICIAL FIGURES FROM EIGH-
TEEN COUNTIES.
Aikea and Florence Counties VII be
Passed On-Abbev1ile Is Yet IS
Incomplete.

TIE oAc.al results from 1S couo-
ties Of tho q which recently held
an election on the wh!skey question.
as passed upon b. the State board
of canvassers. were given ont b.
Secretary Of State McCoTn. The
protests from Aiken county we're
heard before the county board OF
cauyassers and the protests from
Florence will be heard later. TIE
State board Of canvassers will meet
again on Friday to decide upon the
results Of tie last two named eoun-
ties should an appeal be made from
the county boards. The returns as
81 omitted TO the boart from Able
Vile county were no: complete. but
there was nc contest from tha: coua-
II.
The following Is the statement Is
sued BY the secretary OF State:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
-Four E,a Eoys.

At kaakee. H.. "a attempt Suo-
day by four boys 70 wreck the crowd
ed Chicago express. southbouad. o.
the IlIiSois Central railroad. wss
discovered by a switching crew IN
time TO prevent accident to the train.
They we're all caught and gave as
al excuse that they wanted to see
. wreck.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
ENDS HER LIFE.
Nrs. J. X. FAINT, Aged Sixty. Takes
Carbohc Acid

eS%< t14S
At camrobello Mrs. J. &. Fsne.
aged so years. committed suicide
Monday by drinking half an ounce
taiaoe carbolic acid. No cause is
asc-ioed fos tie deed oehe. than :he
aead woman a.,3 oeen suffering TO-:
sone months from denentia- She
had been carefully watched but took
advantage Of the fac: tina, her dangh-
ter. Miss Bessie FAINT. left her aloce
for a short time That the suicide
was preneditated was show2 by th.
fact that the windows and doors
were carefully closed and 3 rade
pallet prepared OF which Mrs. Fsas
was found dead.
She was the wife OF 2 Baptist
preacher who died about 10 years
ago. She leaves three daughters.
MIS-. Wm. Cobb Of Wilmington. n.
c.. Mrs. Mcmillan Of Brunswick. n.
c.. and Miss Bessie Fant :. Campo
belIo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Bolt Kills Farmer.

Alexander Ruyter. aged IS. a
prominent young plsrte. OF C!eve-
land county. y. c.. vas instantly
killed by lightning bolt while sit
ting IN the yard Of friends near
Grover Monday afternoon. Others
present we're not shocked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Dies Of Wounds.

Deputy Sheriff J. ". Skies OF Nor
folk county. Va. died Monday nigh,
from wounds inflicted By one OF three
negro hishwavner. They had been
placed under arrest by him and two
special officers in South Norfolk
Saturday night. The negroes escaped
and fed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
TIED TO TREE.
After Being Robbed and Lett for
Forty-eiSht Hours.

Lunbernen arrive. at Gu'epo.t.
Miss. Monday night from the ~
gent section. ten miles north Of Gulf.
port. report that three hishwaynen
held up az employe Of :he Jnsiam-
Day Lumber Company. near SIsen:
two days ago and atte. robo!ng him
Of forty dollars. tide him securely
TO tree IN the woods. In order To
silence him while they were making
good their escape they stuffed his
mouth full OF paper and rags aud
then left The man remained in
this position tor almost 4s hours
and when accidentally discovered.
was in a pititul condition. Without
food or water. and suffering agony
rom the numerous bites Of gnats
and mosquitoes. 1t was several hours
before he could even be partially
revived.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Two City Blocks Ssrk.

Much damage was done at Scran.
ton. Pa. Sunday. by the sinking Of
q mine cave from two 70 eight feet
throwing houses from their souada-
tons. cracking walls and otherwise
damaging buildings. The disturb
aaee Is estimated TO be about 1as
feet below surface. Fissu-es extent
i1a 70 the surface and three te.:
across the tops show themselves IN
. nu1oer o: places. Rats By the
thousands ran through the fssuves
and scanpered over the streets
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-08
Still Another Victim.

At lowell. Mass. an accident tina.
resulted fatally marked the t-st day
o, the practice runs Il preparation
Tor the week OF automobile racing
which opeas there Monday. The
victim IS Henry Otis. who was
struck by a powerful! racing car
driven By Joe Matson. The accident
happened in dense fog jus. as Mat
soo vas entering the track and be-
fore he had started his machine at
q high speed.