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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
CITY ALL IN RUINS
NOT 4 HOUSE LEFT STANDING
IN MESSIN3.
Impossible to Give a Faint Idea
Of the Desolation o fthe Awful
Scenes.

Rome, Dec. 31.-The commandant
Of the Russian cruiser Admiral Max
1arof, which arrived at Naples yes
.erday with refugees from Messina
today, gave the following account
If the disaster:
Hearing at Goata. Sicily, Of the
disaster, hurried to Messina. The
city was literally nothing but heap
of ruins. Every building there has
collapsed, but in many cases the out
ward shells remain standing and rs
a result the general contour of the
city is less changed than might b.
expected. This is particularly true
Of the sea front. In spite Of what
has been said, the form of the Strait
If Messina shows little if any
change.
The harbor is filed with refuse OF
very kind, and at one end lies the
wreck of a sunkep steamer.
1T is impossible to give even a
sant idea of the desolation of the
;cene. Every now and then We
| heard the crash of falling floors
nd walls. This constitutes the
greatest danger pf the rescuers.
t is not safe to approach any stand
ng masonry. Men from my vessels
had many narrow escapes, and |
saw several terrible accidents to the
| hrave Italian soldiers who were do
ng more than their duty.
We lost no time in setting about
he work Of rescue. We established
n open air hospital on the shore,
where we received and treated a
thousand men. women and chill
lren. We also saved the safe OF
the Bank of Sicily with its treas
ure, weighing two tons.
81 estimate the deaths at Messina'
conservatively, at $4,000. The mind
shrinks from contemplation of the
present condition of the stricken
,ity;; that there are thousands OF
persons still alive in the ruins, and
hat countless numbers must die.
The tidal wave lasted much longer
han the earthquake. During all the
time we were in the harbor of Mes
sina. our vessel shivered intermlt-
| .ently, as though shaken by some
huge marine monster.
81 could relate pathetic stories
without number. Under some wreck,
age, inclosed in a kind of little cub
by hole and protected by two heavy
| beams. I discovered two babies. safe
| and uninjured. They were comfort
able as possible, and laughed ana
played with the buttons on thell
| clothes. We could find no trace Of
heir parents, who undoubtedly los'
heir lives.
'It made terrible impression tc
| see the bereaved children. Many q
| he little ones i've while their par
ents are dead, while we saw man.
mothers with dead babies in Their
arms. It was ais indescrlbaolA
| painful to see the many who has
gone crazy from grief. They search
ed and searched ainllessly for thell
loved ones, keeping up the ques'
even after they had been brought or
board our ship
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Shoots His Fa>u,,.

Greenville. S. c., Dec. 31.-Thc;s
as Springfield. merchant near the
Monaghan mill village in the sub
urbs Of the city, was shot this al
ternoon by his son and his condi-
ion is considered critical. Spring
field was shot in the stomach. It
is reported that Springfield was
drunk and that he had some words
with his son, which led up to the
shooting.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
FREE DINNER
GIVEN TO POOR CHILDREN IN
CHARLESTON
At the Masonic Banquet Hall on
New Years Eve, Nearly Six
Hundred Attended.

Charleston, Dec. 31.-Nearly 500
poor children, their sisters, cousins
and aunts, mothers and grandmoth-
ers, attended the dinner at the Ma
sonic temple this afternoon, the Rev.
0r. Vedder opening the entertain
nent by saying, Help yourselves.
children" and the fun was on. Re-
markable changes of scenery made
Up this remarkable dinner, where
nothing was eaten, and yet the ap-
petite OF hundreds was satisfied.
1t was a play Of three acts unde.
he heads OF preparation, realization,
and mastication. The preparation
took weeks, the realization about
.wo minutes and the mastication
was of indefinite length. This din
.er is one that requires the 'going g
out into the highways and the by
ways for guests, Of which work Of
several good people Of the city each
year hundreds Of poor people are
made very happy by the dinner, and
his year they seemed especially so.
Promptly at 1:30 O'Clock this
afternoon Miss George F. N. Fowler
gave the signal to MeZ's orchestra
n the large Masonic temple banquet
hall. ard the waiting children, wo-
men with babies in their arms and
little ones tugging at their skirts
old women who needed assistance
Ind one old man, moved up stairs
and into the hall. They found rows
of tables gay with many good things
On the rostun was seated the
Rev Dr. vedder, with visiting Ia
lies and gentlemen. Metz's orches.
ira. OF seven pieces, was there, as ii
is every year, with music for the
occasion given free.
When all was ready, the Rev. DR.
Vedder gave three-minute talk
appropriate to the occasion, and toll
he children to help themselves.
Dr.. and Mrs Vedder, Miss Geor
lie F. NJ. Fowler Mrs. J. H. Holmes
Mrs. c. J. Larsen and all the ladie:
interested in the dinner returned
most hearty thanks to all who hat
helped to make the dinner success
ful. Some 35 hams, 35 turkeys, {
dozen punches of bananas. severa
boxes of oranges, scores of pound!
of candy, boxes of raisins, scores
Of loayes of bread, hundreds o
cakes, several bushels Of apples, an:
other food were distributed. Tht
cash donations were liberal. ane
there was no lack Of interest 0;
i'help. Many ladies and gentlemen
boys and girls helped to prepare tht
tables and food this morning, il
work from early morning, and much
good was done in the feeding of tht
| Door. The poor children's dime;
is an institution that bids fair t
continue many years in Charleston
It is large work.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
YOUNG MAN KILLED.
BY the Girl He Was Telling Good
BYE.

Bye.
Norfolk, Va, Dec. S0.-A special
to the Ledger-Dispatch from WASH
ington, N. c., today says:
John Emerson Stone, aged 22,
highly connected in Boston and New
York was shot and killed here early
today by May woodward, who then
shot herself twice and may die.
Stone went 70 the woman's house
to avow his intention of leaving her.
It is said she coaXed- him into the
house and when he refused to re-
main drew a revolver and shot Stone
in the right temple. When he fell
she fired again the ball lodging in
the base of his brain. Then she shot
herself twice in the forehead and
temple.
The doctors at the hospital say
that the woman has fighting chance
for her life. Stone has two bcotl:-
ers. Albert Stone, New York, AMI
Captain Edgar Stone, U. c. A, sta
toned in Luzon, Philippine Islands.
The former is on his way here to
take charge of the body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
WILL NOT CURE
OR PREVENT HOGS FROM HAv.
ING CHOLERA.
The National Agricultural Depart
ment Warns Farmers Against Ger
tain Cure !Alls.

tain Cure Ais.
"Bruschettinis Hog Cholera
Vaccine and Hog Cholera and
Swine Plague Serum have been
tested by the department of agricul-
ture and found to be worthless for
The purpose for which they are man
ufactured. Both products are dis
tributed by the Sorby Vaccine Com
pany, 1853 Randolph street, Chicago,
and are extensively advertised in ag-
ricultural paper.
The act of congress making ap-
oropriations for the agricultural de-
Dartment for last year contained q
provision that the secretary of agri-
culture was authorized to purchase
in the open market samples of all
tuburculin serums, antitoxins, . or
analogous products of foreign or
domestic manufacture, which are
sold in the United States for the de-
,ection,. prevention, treatment or
| 'ure Of diseases of domestic animals,
test the same and to publish the
asults Of the tests in such manner
as they may deem best. Exercising
+his authority, samples of the prep
rations mentioned above, which are
widely advertised as prevertives of
1holera and plague in swine, were
| purchased and tested. The report OF
u, tests is in part as follows:
IN testing this product the direc-
ions for use furnished by the dis
ributors were carefully followed
The test was made by injecting
healthy pigs with Bruschettini's hog
cholera vaccine, and after the lapse
# ten days, placing these pigs il
,ens with hogs affected with the hog
:holera. All of the treated hogs re-
NAMED well until exposed to disease
in this way. After this exposure
they all contracted the disease with
in the usual time exhibiting typIca
symptoms, and all finally died
showing at autopsy typical lesion:
# hog cholera"
The statement of the department
concludes:
These tests indicate that neithe,
Brusche tiui's Hog Cholera VACCINE
nor Bruschettiui's Hog Cholera a1t
Swine Plague Serum are reliable
gents for protecting hogs from hos
'helera.' v
Which is no doubt useful infor
nation for many farmers. ever
though it is bad grammar for gov
ament executive department tt
,Se.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
KILLED Ar A FROLGC
FATAL SHOOTING IN LEXINGTON
NEAR SWANSEA.
Murder Follows the Too Free Use
of Booze at 2 Christmas Country
breakdown.

"BreakdOWn.
A fatal shooting took place a few
miles from Swansea on last Satur-
day night, and as a result Garfield
Iutto lies beneath the sod and
Thomas Craft is languishing behind
the bars in the Lexin gton jail as
| result of the Christmas frolic and
:he Christmas dram. a gloom has
been cast over two households,
which generations cannot wipe out,
Ind the life OF a young man once
50 full of promise, has been
'lighted forever.
On last Saturday night there was
old-tine country breakdown y
IS they are termed by the average
ountry person, at the home OF
'Feg' Brown, said to be a question
lble resort in the vicinity of Swan
ea. There was plenty of whiskey
here, and soon a row arose between
Thomas Craft and another vouna
ian, in which number took a part
raft became angry and left thu
ouse, only to bring a Winchester
;fie into play, which he had hiG
outside upon his arrival for the frol
:. With this rife he fired severa
bots into the building with the re-
ult that Garfield Hutto was struck
l the head by one of the balls, in
letting wound from which he dice
Sunday about noon.
At the inquest, which was held b,
Magistrate y. w. Jeffcoat severa
witnesses were sworn and the tes
'imony was conflicting, it is said
But it was sworn that Craft, afte
leaving the house, remark that h
would get somebody" and begal
firing. the second shot strikin;
'oung Hutto in the head. 1t wa
stated that several shots were fire.
| by. Craft, although he says that onl.
one shot was fired, and that the riff
vent off accidentally.
He claims that the whole affai
was an accident; that he and Gar
field Hutto had been the best o
friends and that he had no intention
Of killing him. 1t is stated, as
natter of fact that Craft and Garfcl
had been bosom friends, and tha
hey had taken several drinks to
gether just a short time before tn
killing, and that it was anothe
Young man by the name of HUT
hat Craft. wanted.
Young Garfield Hutto was just 2
'ears old. He was a son of MI
Terome Hutto, a we'll known farm
r. Craft is 26 years of age, an
8 a son of the late Walter Craft
Craft was arrested early Sunda
hight by Deputy Sheriff Miller, VIII
went to the scene Immediately upo
hearing Of the tragedy, and wa
lodged in Jail late last night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
WHY NOT SWING HIM?
A Seventy-Year-Old Negro Held for
Second Killing.

Anderson. S. c., Dec. 31.-Sam
Beat, negro aged twenty-five.
was shot and perhaps fatally wound
ed by Houston Tribble, colored,
aged seventy, six miles south of
Anderson early today. The shooting
followed a dance held by the ne
groes Of that section and it is stated
hat T'ribble was drinking. Beatty
was brought here few hours after
the shooting and is now in a dying
condition at The hospital, the ball
having penetrated the liver. Trih-
bic is in jail. 1t is said that Beatty
attempted to persuade woman who
was with TTibble to go with him
when Tribble cursed him and frel
the shot In October Of last year
Tribble killed Will Fuller, colored,
and was cleared.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Some Good Advice.

There are persons who will, with
out murmur, pay an Office fee o.
$40 to 'city DOCTOR" and ye:
srumble when the local physician
demands 81 for the same advice.
with seventy-five cents worth of
meocine. thrown in. Don't be one
Of this kind, sd:..s the Farm Journal;
but be willing to pay a fair fee tG
your home physician who, in nearly
all cases, can give as good advice
as the doctor in the city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Should Not Change.

Too many men who before thei:
marriage were always particular tc
get out Of the buggy and help the
young woman in, may be observed 6
,ew years afte~ marriage sitting i.
he wagon while the good wife
chambers in over the wheel as bes'
she may. There is something wrong
when the man is less thoughtful of
his wife than ne was of his sweet
heart, and every hue,,an1 who
guilty of it should let one of his
New Year resolutions be deterrli
nation to treat his wife as he did
lis sweetheart.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Swiss School Wisdom.

Whenever the natural Temperature
reaches certain point in Switzerland
the schools are dismissed. This Is
on the theory that after a certain
point Of suffering has been reached
by both teachers and pupils. the one
cannot impart nor the other absorb
instruction that would be OF any
value, and so the time spent IN at
tempting it Is wasted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
DEATH TOLL AWFUL
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND Pro
PIE PERISHED.
Vandalism OF the Worst Kind Has
Broken Out-Arlny to Bury the
Dead and Relieve Suffering.

Rome, Dec. 29.-Basing statistics
lpon the very latest reports receiv-
ed from the devasted districts Of
Southern Italy, which was swepr Uy
earthquake, tidal waves and fire, it
predicted this morning that the
casualties will reach 100000, per-
haps more. Hundreds of men and
women and children were buried
alive, caught in the debris and car
ried to suffocation and instant d :. th.
The disaster in the Province Of
Caalbria and Island of Sicily has to-
lay assumed staggering proportions.
each successive report received from
the stricken region makes it more
apparent that the first stories Of
widespread destruction were little,
if any, exaggerated.
Reggie still? remains in the tragic
isolation. It is impossible tu get
word from the stricken city and
the silence gives rise to rhe most
fearful apprehensions. News mas
come from Messina, eight miles nor:h Il
of Reggie, but no reliable estimate
If the dead there has been made.
| Vandalism of the worst kind has
broken out and the government has
| adopted the most energetic and most
severe measures for it., repression.
2obberies and lcoters are shot on
sight. The prison at Messina col
| lapsed, and some of tie prisoners
were killed, but the survivors made
their escape, and joined the Hocli.
gans who were sacRing the city
Such confusion reigned tnat the rob.
bers met with no resistance. The
local chief of police lies dead. The
! barracks at Messina were demolish'
ed, the commander of thu troops was
killed outright and there were many
victims among the enlisted men.
The government sent IN arm,
crops commander to take charge o.
the troops in the devasted distr;c
One Of his first measures will be tt
declare martial law. Robbers pill
laged the ruins of shattered build
ings, and even stole clothing ant
valuables from the corpses Of tht
victims. They were not deterre,l b,
the flames that broke out in seyera
sections Of the city, but took advan
tage Of the light for their vandal
ism
The night in Messina was. one o
, dead and dying on every side the cit.
in utmost confusion and peopl
panic stricken and under the sp.i
Of terror. The finest palaces, church
es and theaters of Messina are heap
Of ruins; countless. dead bodies ar
scattered through the wreckage
No part of the Province Of Reggie d
Calabria escaped.
Premier Giolstti has received
telegram from Deputy Feliceat a
Messina confirming the previous re
ports Of the complete destruction o
Messina by the fire following til
earthquake. The report says tina
the dead at Messina will be copnte,
By tens of thousands.
In some towns gas meters explod
ed. The tidal wave that completes
the destruction work Of the earth
.. quake was thirty-two feet high am
sank numberless small boats in th
harbor of Catania. Wireless tel.
graphy has been of great assistance
an Italian naval squadron at sea wa
reached by wireless and ordered t
Messina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Tbe Commercial Standing of Town.

The Commercial Standing Of a Town.
In great measure the CONNER
sial standing Of a town is reckoneG
according to the number and value
of it's business enterprises; its mora.
standing. according to the number
and power of its institutions, ex-
erting good influence as opposed
to those exerting bad. These
things being true, it should be the
intent of the citizens of Orangeburs
~ encourage such new enterprises
as tend in any way to make thc
place better; for a town IS greatly
what its citizens make it, nothing
more and nothing less.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Due to Monoxied Gas.

Washington, Dec 2S.-Deadly
fumes Of monoxied gas caused the
death of another person in this city
yesterday. The latest victim, Will
lam MCGOWAN, was over come while
in his bath room and died within
20 minutes after lighting a water
heater. Monoxide gas is caused .y
improper combustion. Three mem
bers Of a family were killed by such
a gas at their home on October
9Th.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
He Had to Go.

San Francisco, Dec. 29.-Claus
Speckels, the famous sugar million
aire, died here OF pneumonia Mon
Gay morning. Claus Speckies was
born "a Lalnst. Germany, IN 1928
and came to the United States in
1876. Alter being employed fo-
some time ii Charleston and New
York he came to San Francisco.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
HELD FOR SIX YEARS.
At Least That Is the Tale Told by
Boy.

valdosta, Ca, Dec. SIT. f.
Ramsey, well-known farmer o:
Brooks county, was arrested by Dep
uty United States Marshal Sutton
and brought to this city under : q
charge Of holding a negro boy II
q state Of peonage. The negro boys
name is Gus Scott, and he alleges
that he has been held for six years
as slave. During that time, he
says. ne has received only nine dol-
lars for his services. It is alleged
by the prosecution in the case that
TWO OR three times the boy ran away.
but that Ramsey followed him ana
brought back to his home and KEEP.
him there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
The Eternal Feminine.

.I'll tell you how I am saving
money so that can entertain my
friends at dinner, Marie" said
New York stenograpner to her chum
as they scared upward in the Office
elevator. Whenever I am invited
to dine out and do not have to pay
for my own dinner, put the amount
/ save in my little iron bank. How
ever" she continued, with the par
ttcu1arly pleasant purr that some
times precedes scratch, that plan
won't do you any good, will 1t dear,
for you are never invited out, are
you?"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Rivers andNSn.

Little rivers. seem to have the In
detina abie-uGality that belongs to GER
E.sssas4sa people in the world-the power
Of drawing attention without court
ing it, the faculty Of exciting interest
by their very presence and way OF
doing things.-Henry Van Dyke.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Consul Lost.

Washington, Dec 30.-The State
department received dispatch iron!
Consul Gayle, at Malta, saving that
the consulate nj Messina has been TO-
tally destroyed, and Colonel Cheney
and his wife and Official family ali
lost their lives. Their bodies are
still in the ruins Of the consulate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Very Foolish Boy.

Rome. Ca, Dec. 2S.-Cliforl
Clark, 10 years old. committed sui
eide here today by drinking an ounce
Of carbolic acid. Ee had been pay
ing attentions 10 young woman of
Rome for the past several months.
and because she did not rcciprocate
his affection he became despondent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
USES LIMESTONE FOR u
St. Louis Man Mixes It With e.-
and Obtains Intense Heat

Alexander Marshall Of ST. Louis
told recently how he has solved an
important problem that may greatly
reduce the worlds consumption OF
coal.
He claims to have discovered a
method whereby the cost Of coal by.
the use OF limestone, in .e--sDaces t--z;
any kind may be reduced to one
half. The limestone exists In SUI
hcient quantities In the Piasa Bluns
along the Mississippi River to supply
Alton with fuel for centuries to come.
Marshall's scheme proves generally
successful.
"You see, throw in plenty of coal
to get 4 red-hot fire in the furnace.
The former dark, black smoke from
the stacks began to be transformed
into a light, airy gas-carbon1c ACID
gas released from the carbonate OF
lime. The heat was intense and IN
q few minutes seemed as II the
seams OF the boilers would melt.
Coal alone never gave such ):
heat" remarked Mr.. Marshall. "1s
a few weeks will have testing f.
paratus here for the purpose Of f..
ing out exactly the amount OF -
and then the number Of units it, nss,s3
and limestone.
After the test the residue left Wa
exhibited In the CRATE. There were
no clinkers; the coal had evidently
all been consumed.
The residue makes a good fertA-
fzer," Mr.. Marshall said. "Cf course
the asues are not so good as the lime
stone before burning, for that con-
tains forty per cent more OF carbon.
The advantage hes In tn, fact that
use has already been made OF the
coal. Left In the ground for long
er time, the burned limestone Will
bring about exactly the same effect
as the pure limestone; that is, In
correcting the acidity Of the soil.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Ship and Crew Lost.

London, Dec. 2S.-A report from
New Castle today brought the in
tclligence to the English maritime
centers that the British steamship
Advance and the bark Iverna COL
lided with the former. sinking with
all on board but the first officer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
First ..Dress Suit" In Kansas.

The first dress suit that ever came
to Kansas came with the aid" from
Boston during the dry summer OF
1850. Some rich man in the east
contributed it, having outgrown it.,
and farmer named PasWell, In
Kapioma township, In this county,
pioughed corn IN It all summer
Atchison Globe. e;5.ss
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Killed Himself.

Hazlehurst, Ga. Dec. 2S.-John
pickner, well to do farmer of this
section. shot himself in the head
with .3S Smith and Wesson pistol
here last night. while seated in a
rocking chair in his home talking to
his wife Death vas instantaneous.
No cause is assigned for the deed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Beyond Mans Realization.

Men make fun Of the fashions,
but even the wisest Of them do not
realize that the style change In the
Invisible clothes, with quast-vis1ble
ribbons, Just as often as they do for
the more apparent ones.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-01-06
Whist Eurts Most.

IT ten you, said Sinn!ck, men are.
getting so deceitful these days that
you can't trust your best friends
''And what's worse" interrupted Bor-
Froughs, gloomily, ''you can't get your
best friends to trust you.-Philadel=-
phia Press.