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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
fight With LION
ARMY OFFICER HAS A NARROW
ESCAPE.
Blood-Poisoning Results from Claw
ing and Biting Of Infuriated Beast,
Which Is Killed.

London, Feb. 24.-Among the pas.
sengers who arrived at Plymouth by
the steamer Marmora was Lieut. G.
S. Anderson, Eighteenth Hussars, of
Dawlish. Lieut. Anderson, who has
been attached to the intelligence de-
partment, is suffering from blood
poisoning, the result of mauling he
received from lion six weeks ago
on the borders OF Somaliland and
Abysinia.
In company with native servant,
Lieut. Anderson went out for days
shooting. Finding a lion at short
distance, he fred and the shot graz
ed the beasts's skull, slightly wound
ing it. The infuriated beast leaped
upon the officer, throwing. him to the
ground, and bit him through the
knee just as he fred charge from
his double barrelled sporting rife
through it's head.
The animal continued to claw and
bite MIN while Lieut. Anderson, fight
ing for his life, dubbed the lion with
the butt end of the rife. All the
while blood was streaming from the
wounds Of the lion, which was of
unusual size.
The native servant, although prac-
ticaily unarmed, rushed to the aid
of his injured master, and at length
the animal, exhaused from the loss
of blood, SUNK away, leaving Lieut..
Anderson almost overcome and in
very precarious condition.
Subsequently the lion was found
dead at little distance from the
scene Of the encounter. The injured
officer was conveyed to the coast, and
at Aden embarked for London, where
be will be treated in hospital.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
film FLAM GAME
WORKED BY A SLICK NEGRO
ARTIST IN ANDERSON.
Reaped a Rich Harvest by Claim
ing to be the Forerunner Of Booker
Washington.

Anderson, Feb. 24.-Special tele'
gram to the Greenville News tells OF
film fam game worked on the col
ored people of this county by a slick
rascal of their own color. Claiming
to be a forerunner of Booker 7.
Washington, a negro by the name of
Will Johnson has reaped harvest
among the colored people of this
county during the past few days.
HIS housekeeping was abruptly
stopped when Sheriff King and Po-
liceman Martin Of the local force
nabbed him on street of this city
a couple Of nights ago.
1t is said that Johnson has been
operating in this section some time;
that he has picked communities far
from any cities. He claimed to be
an insurance agent, and that the COM
pany he represented was organized
and manned by Booker Washington.
He talked the ignorant negroes in
to paying him sums Of money, claim
ing that Booker Washington urged
him to come here to cause them to
take out good insurance at cheap
rates.
He collected considerable money,
giving the victim in turn slip Of
paper, which he said was Greek, and
which could be translated only by
Booker Washington, "who is soon
to visit this section and who will
deliver the insurance policies in per-
son." Evidently the negroes here
ahouts are anxious for glimpse of
Washington, for no doubt the sug-
gestion of his delivering the policies
had as much to do with causing them
to ttake out policies" as did the
need of insurance.
Johnson was hailed before Magis-
trate Muldrow this afternoon, and
when brought face to face with nine
indictments be plead guilty to eight
and not guilty to the ninth. Mag
istrate Muldrow imposed the maxi
mum sentence in each Indictment
making the sentence aggregate $500
or eight months. The prisoner will
be given a trial on Monday next on
the ninth indictment, and in the
meantime between 40 and SO other
indictments will be secured from 9th
er victims.
Johnson is a slick-looking negro,
and his scheme was well worked.
At present he is resting in the coun-
ty Jail, and will remain there until
after Monday, when he will likely
commence service Of his long SEN
tence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03

A Mill COLLAPSES
Three Floors of the SpIendidly
Equipped Gibson Mills Give Way
and Sink Six Feet-Crumbling Of
Pillows Affected the Foundation.
No One Was Hurt.

Concord, N. c., Feb. 24.-With a
creak and a slow downward move
ment, the three floors Of the north
end Of the big Gibson Mills, located
in the northwestern part of the
city sank to a depth of probably
six feet Saturday afternoon at 1870
o'clock caused by the crumbling of
| pillar which subsequently caused
the giving away of the beams under
meath the building, probably affect
! ing the foundation.
There were 400 hands at work in
the immense structure and when they
realized what was taking place a
mild panic ensued, although not one
sustained the slightest injury, though
TWO or three young women tainted.
The mill is badly crippled, but to
what extent cannot be ascertained.
The structure is 700 feet long and
100 feet wide. The point where the
cave-in occurred is where the south
end Of what is known as the first
mill was joined by an addition Of
800 feet. Where this connection
was made is where the greatest de-
preston exists, and on the ground
floor the machinery slopes gradually
for twenty feet at an angle of 80
degrees.
The second floor is a little more
precipitous and the depression runs
parallel with the side walls, though
in the center of the room, distance
of probably 100 feet. On the third
floor the depression is still more
pronounced and the floor slopes still
further to the north !end of the
structure. While this condition ex-
lists parallel with the building the
floor swags inward from the sides
only about sixty feet, one column
not being injured in the least.
The top floor contains eighty spin
ming frames, and the second and first
rooms are filed with cardlng and
spinning machinery. None of this
machinery mentioned is located in
any part of the addition to this mill,
the floors of which are intact.
The gradual fall Of the heavy ma
chinery and flooring did not cause
the breaking of the shafting, steam
pipes or machinery, every piece re-
naming in its stationery position
as when put up, except for the natur-
al bending and twisting of the pipes
and rods as would be natural in
slump. The west wall is cracked fer
a distance of fully $50 feet, and is
said to incline inward several de-
grees.
The collapse will entail a consid-
erable loss, both in time and prop
erty. All work connected with the
mill will stand for several days, and
that part of the mill that is injured
will necessitate a shut down of at
least thirty days.
Hundreds of hands made some
very miraculous escapes, and the
manner in which employees took care
of themselves in everything demon
strates how well prepared factory
hands are in perilous situations.
The Gibson Mill is rated as ha7-
ing the finest equipment in the way
of improved machinery that is found
anywhere in the South.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
TOO FEW WEST POINTERS.
Capt. Hagood Would Increase Size Of
Cadet Corps.

Washington, Feb. 24.--If a
scheme that has been prepared by
Capt. Johnson Hagood, Of the army,
and which has been proposed as an
amendment to the military bill in
the House is passed, South Carolina
will hereafter have twelve men at
West Point, insread of nine, as at
present. Recent compilations show
that a very small percentage of the
regular army is made up of West
Point men, and it is proposed to
remedy this, if possible, by allowing
each State more men.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
ACCIDENT AT HAMBURG
In Which Some Are Killed and 9th
ers Injured.

Hamburg, Feb. 24.-Ten persons
we're killed and seventeen injured to-
night through the slipping of gang
way between the wharf and the
steamer Auguste Victoria, which was
being loaded preparatory to sailing
for New York on Saturday next.
Those who were on the gangway
wher the accident occurred, include
members of the crew, stevedores and
stewardesses. They were dashed IN
to the water, which was covered with
thick drift ice. The majority OF
them sustained broken bones and sew
eral were badly crushed. Only sew
ente=n of them were rescued, and the
officials estimate the dead, some Of
whose bodies have not yet been re-
covered, as ten or more.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
WILSON WILL BE OUSTED.
Florence VIII Have a White Post
master Says Euerbe.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Joshua
Wilson's name will not be sent to the
Senate e;ain for confirmation as
postmaster at Florence, and We eX-
pect confidently to secure there for
postmaster a good man very soon. ,
This was the statement made by
Representative Ellerbe today, referr-
ing to the efforts that have been
made to oust Wilson from the Flor
ence Office.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
GIRL ASSAULTED BY NEGRO.
Fifteen Arrests by Pittsburg Police
Grow Out Of Affair.

Pittsburg, Feb. 24.-Just when
the authorities believed that the re-
cent trouble in this city between
whites and blacks as a result Of many
assaults on white girls was at an
end, another white girl was the vic
tim of attempted assault late last
night. Early today the police had
arrested fifteen negroes in connect
ton with the affair.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
SAME OLD TALE
OF Violations of the Prohibition
Law by Merchants. !. ::
"A SMALL SENSATION
Sprung by Solicitor Spears in the
Darlington Court as to Runors
of Liquor Selling Evidence
Of Reports Of Violation Of Law by

|
Darlington, Feb. IA sensation
was sprung in court this morning
when Solicitor Spears arose to make
statement to the grand jury that
had just filed in the room to make
some presentments. Mr.. Spears call.
ed attention to some articles which
had been published in his paper
the Darlington Press, in the months
of October and November last,
signed ''Vox Populi'
These articles said that there
were being circulated in this coun-
ty rumors to the effect that in some
towns of the county liquor was be-
ing dispensed by some leading mer-
chants and business men.
Mr.. Spears went on to state that
he did not stand for the truth or
falsehood Of these rumors, but only
held that they should be brought to
the att alton Of the grand jury, and
if true, such Investigations made as
would be necessary to bring the gull
ty parties to justice.
Mr.. Spears then stated that in
every sense Of the word he stood
personally responsible for those ar
ticles and that ne was not only pre-
pared to gives the grand jury the
names Of witnesses who had been
circulating such reports, but that
he proposed to do so today.
To the articles of "Vox Populi"
the Messrs. Coker Of Hartsville took
exception and wrote asking the ed
itor of the Darlington Press to state
what towns were referred to and
what merchants in those towns by
"Vox Populi.'' This the editor re-
fused to do, and in an editorial made
published, the author Of "Vox Popu-
Coker and gave, his reason for re-
fusing his request.
Judge Gage charged the grand ju-
ry that there were two issues. They
were not to consider the personal
element, that is any feeling that
might exist between the author Of
ttVox Populi' and the Messrs. Coker.
If they found, however, that the re-
ports said to have been circulated
did refer to Hartsville and to the
Messrs. Cokert and if there was any
truth in such rumors, then the
Messrs. Coker were unbeatable. If,
however, they found that the reports
had not been circulated and the ar
ticles by "Vox Populi" did refer
specifically to HartsVille and the
Messrs. Coker and were maliciously
published, the author of "Vov Popu-
Ii" was liable for libel.
No small amount Of interest cen
ters around this a:air.-The State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
KNEE DEEP IN LIQUOR.
Raiders Break Up Big Still in Green
vile County.

Walhalla, Feb. 27-The Oconee
News says probably the largest
blockade still ever created In Green
Vile county was destroyed early last
Monday morning in the Table Rock
Cave, near Caesars Head.
The revenue officers journeyed
Sunday night to the cove, and early
Monday morning located the booze
plant, which covered with all its ap-
purtances nearly quarter OF an
acre.
The raiders destroyed four thous-
and gallons Of beer and twenty one
sermenters and a forty-gallon "ooo
doubler. It took the men an hour
to destroy the layout, working IKE
beavers all the time. When the oee1
was dumped one of the raiders said
the whole party was knee deep in
soft LIQUOR for several minutes, and
even young saplings were almost
floating by the deluge. There was
no clue discovered as to the owner
ship of the plant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
Mixed in Scandal.

The Pittsburg graft cases are caus-
ing the entire State Of Pennsylvania
to stand aghast with horror. Ac-
cording 10 the story Of Councilman
John F. Klein, now on trial for ac-
cepting a. bribe, there was regular
organization among the councilmen
and he, as "The Angel Of Charity" +"
was it's head.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
KEPT HER BUSY
ATLANTA BOASTS OF A REMARK
ABLE WOMAN.
Though Only Thirty-Nine Years Of
Age She Has Reared Her Nine
teen Children.
teen Children,

Atlanta, Feb. 25.-The Journal
says Mrs. Flora Brown, aged SO
years, who lives at SAT East Fair
street, is the mother of 19 children,
in which number there are four sets
of twins.
Mrs. Brown says that home
without children cannot have even
a hint Of real happiness, but that
the greater the number Of children
the greater the amount of happiness
for the ills of the world.
"They keep mothers at home for
one thing" she says. ''If there were
more children there would be few
er card clubs
Ten Of Mrs. Browns children are
living, and ali of the four sets Of
twins are as hale and as hearty as
you please.
Mrs. Brown says that though her
family. is like that of the old lady
who lived in shoe, she has never
had an ache nor pain in her life.
when you have children you are
too busy to get sick" she says.
Mrs: Brown has been married
twice. Her first husbands death left
her with II little children to sup
port and No means Of supporting
them. She was then living on a,
farm in North Carolina AS soon
as possible she left the farm and
moved to Asheville, N. C. There
she secured work in a factory for
herself and those of her children
were old enough to work, and they
got along as she expresses it, "by
nip and tuck.
Later she started boarding
house, and then conditions became
more prosperous. Always she had
had the necessity in mind Of edu-
eating her children, and this she
has done despite her hard struggle
Four boys, she has sent to the
Winston-salem academy, N. c., and
two other of her children are at the
academy now. Two more at home
will go to the academy in the fu-
ture. Of the four boys who have
graduated from the academy all
nave excellent positions.
''That's because 7 was strict with
them," says Mrs. Brown. That's
the reason all my children are good
children. There two who are at
home never go anywhere without
asking me. have raised all my
children that way. They never dis
obey me, but are always considerate
Of my wishes. Every mother should
raise her children by this strict
rule"
Mrs. Brown moved to Atlanta
about two weeks ago from Asheyille.
Her first husband was named Vaughn
and it was by him that all of her
children with the exception Of one,
were born.
She says that getting names for
her children became a difficult thing
towards the last, and she finally
had to fall back on the family ply
sician and the Bible for help.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
Killed Oyer Crap Care.

Laurens, Feb. 23.-Will Goodman,
the young Cross Mill man who is
charged with shooting and killing
negro by the name of Ben Partlow
last Sunday afternoon in dispute
over a game Of craps, was lodged in
Jail last night by officers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
a BLOW AT THE DOGS.
Owning Of Sheep-KilIing CANNES to
Be Prohibited.

Columbia, Feb. 27.-The follow
ing bill became law by passing the
House last night:
Section 1. That from and after
he 1st day of April, 1909, all per
sons are hereby prohibited from buy
ing, selling, receiving, giving away
IT otherwise owning, controlling
having or keeping in possession any
log or dogs commonly called "sheep-
Killing" and known to be such.
Section 2. That the violation
knowingly, in any one or all re-
spects, of the foregoing prohibition
shall be a misdemeanor. punishable
upon conviction by fine Of not ex
ceeding one hundred dollars, or I'M
prisonment for not exceeding thlrt!
6ayS
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Sharp Creates Havoc in Camp
of the Defence.
MAS THEIR WITNESS
After Swearing That He Saw Entire
Fight he Admitted That He Was
175 Feet Away on the Other Side
Of the Crest Of a State Is
Making a Good Fight.

Nashville, Feb. 25.-The defense
of the Coopers and Sharp in the Car
mack murder case is finding the way
a little bit rocky, and the pitfalls
dug by the State deep and well con-
cealed. Robin Cooper, whom the de-
Tense declares fred the shot that kill
ed ex-senator Carmack, was the first
witness called after the opening ad-
dress had been made to the jury.
The young defendant was cool and
careful while on the stand, and he
did not return an answer to a single
question asked him until he had
deliberated upon it.
The lawyers for the prosecution
tried in vain to make him contradict
himself. Then they tried to anger
him, but with no better success.
When he finally left the stand it was
the unanimous opinion in the court
room that he had greatly helped the
defense Of himself and his two fel-
low prisoners. .
John D. Sharp, another of the de-
PENDANTS, following young Cooper on
the stand and underline skillful ques-
tioning of Gen. Meeks, he told story
both plausible and helpful. The
case Of the defense went along swim
mingly until Sharp was turned over
to the State for cross-examination.
Then his trouble began At the end
of two hours he sat on the witness
stand crumpled and bewi1deredz !.
man. The State had led and driven
and cajoled him into telling a tale
of the killing so at variance with
the testimony he had given on his
direct examination as to amaze every
impartial listener and even cause the
jurors to look at him with pity.
Sharp, by his own admission, put
himself in such a position in the few
moments in which the killing of: Sem
ator Carmack was accomplished, as
to have made it physically impossible
for him to nave seen what he swore
ne saw. He claimed he was standing
at least 175 feet from the scene Of
the killing with crest Of hill ris-
ing between him and the Coopers
and Senator Carmack, and yet he
insisted that he saw every move made
by the principals in the tragedy, even
to the blue-barreled pistol.
Again Sharp got on dangerous
ground by swearing that "Carmack
fell after Robin Cooper had fred
three tines" One Of the bullet
wounds, necessarily fatal one,
pierced the senator's neck within :
one-sixteenth of an inch Of the spinal
cord and came out under the tongue.
AS Sharp swore that Carmaek was
facing young Cooper, aiming a re-
Yolyer at him, this wound would be
impossible to reconcile with the
statement.
Sharp was also pressed as to the
identity of the revolver young Coop
er had used He said he never saw
it before. The States theory is that
the automatic revolver is Sbsrp's,
and three times it has had the NUM-
Der Of the gun entered in the record.
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LAWYER GOES TO PRISON.
Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Bribe
a Witness.


New York, Feb. 24.-The tria! of
Carl Fischer Hansen, the lawyer and
society man under Indictment charg-
ing him with bribery Of a witness,
was brought to a sudden close today
by the entering of plea Of guilty
by the defendant to an amended COM
plant charging attempted bribery.
A sentence of - months imprison-
ment in the penitentiary was i'm
posed on Fischer Hansen by Justice
Bowling. In pleading guilty, Fischer
Hansen completely exonerated his
law partner, Alexander Michaelson.
who had been indicted jointly with
him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
NEGROES AGAINST SALOON.
Congress at Atlanta Puts Itself on
Record.

Atlanta, Feb. 26.-The Southern
Negro Anti-Saloon Congress in ses-
sion here has put itself on record
as anxious to cooperate with any
and all agencies engaged in fighting
against the saloon.
At today's session, a resolution
was adopted embracing the follow
ing:
Organizations shall be perfected
throughout the South to make war
on the saloon wherever it is in ex-
istance and to stand en- guard
against its reencroachment in States
and communities from which it had
already been driven; to crystalize
sentiment among the negroes and tc
use it against the liquor bust
ness
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
INDIAN TURNS SCALPER.
Runs Amuck in Station and Kills
Two Persons.

For the first time in many years
the ear-splitting warwhoop of an
Indian was heard in Cincinnati, o.,
this week, when an unknown Indian
became crazy in the Union station
and fatally cut and stabbed Mrs.
Anna Devord, of Huntingdon, W. Va,
and Max Meyers, of Cincinnati, and
seriously wounded Joseph W. Gordon
of Cambridge, III, in an effort to
scalp him.
The Indian was Wyoming Indian
and was on a return trip from Wash:
ington, with three Sioux chiefs, who
had paid visit to the "Great Faith
er." AS the passengers alighted from
the train at Cincinnati, the Indian
with a warning warwhoop, drew
long dagger and started through the
crowd, cutting and slashing right
and left. Station attaches rushed tc
the mad man, but not until he hao
done much michief.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
Killed by lightning.

Donalds, Feb. 23.-Capers Robin
son, respected colored man of this
community, was killed by lightning
Saturday afternoon. He was sitting
with his family at the freside in
his home. The others were not hurt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
Hprled to Rayine's Bottom.

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. PA
passenger train on the main line,
bound north, was thrown over a Cliff
one hundred feet high at a point
near Rio Ramba and crashed to the
bottom Of the ravine. twenty-five
persons were killed and forty wound
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Gets g. Good Job.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Bernard H.
Rawl, of Lexington, S. c., was today
appointed chief of the dairy division
Of the Department Of Agriculture at
$4,000 per annum. He is graduate
of Clemson College Of South CaToli-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-03-03
SUPERVISED EVERYBODY.
Rather Striking Order Of Chief JUS

tlce Pope.
Newberry, Feb. 27.-The Herald
and News says Chief Justice Pope on
last Saturday admitted Richard
Davenport to bail on his own recog-
rizance. 1t will be remembered that
Davenport is the negro who cut up
Magistrate Chappell and Constable
henderson who had arrested him,
the cutting taking place in Magis-
trate ChappelIs Office. The charge
against Davenport is very serious
one and judging from the way in
which he used the knife he evidently
intended to commit a homicide or
two. The order Of Judge Pope not
only releases Davenport but restrains
the magistrate from arresting him
on any other charges.
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GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
Has Not Been Heard From in Nearly
a Month.

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 26.-All hope
has been abandoned for the safety
of the schooner Dependent, which
left here February Z, for Port I1blis,
Fla, with cargo of coal. The YES
sci was commanded by Captain
Anderson Dengston and a crew ol
three. The vessel and crew hailed
from Pensacola. Nothing has bee-
heard from the vessel since she LEFT
here and it is feared she has beer
lost with all on board. The cargo
was insured.