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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
CREATED A SENSATION.
Solicitor Bonham Throws Ont Shy
lock Case.

a sensation was sprung in the
Anderson court on last Thursday
afternoon, when Solicitor Bonham,
after hearing the testimony Of Mr..
]. F. Rice, complainant in the case
against G. D. and Gertrude A
Pyle, charged with obtaining goods
by false pretenses, told the witness
to come down from the stand and
ordered a verdict Of not guilty.
WELL" he said, ''you will have
to come down, Mr.. Rice. will have
to direct verdict Of not guilty. I
cannot prosecute this case in this
court" The applause that followed
this statement by the solicitor shook
the court room, and was continued
long ard loud.
In the warrant against the Pyles
it was charged that they had bor-
rowed s25 from Mr.. Rice, who is a
money lender, on August 31st, 1907,
and were to have paid back s30.50.
They secured the amount by a mort
gage on certain articles Of furni-
ture, etc., and failed to make set
tlement.
BY Mr.. Rice's testimony it was
shown that the yyles had borrowed
SIS, but had in reality gotten only
$40, the SIS having been paid back
to Mr. Rice for drawing certain pa
pers. The Pyles were represented by
Messrs. Paget and Watkins.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
FUGITIVE CASHIER.
Caught by Detective When He Visits
III Son.

After i've months Of flight
through Western cities, and into
Mexico, Edward B. Towne, Jr., has
returned to his home in Orange, n.
J., to see his sick son. He was
quickly arrested by detectives, whose
vigilance has never ceased on charges
of embezzling approximately $780,
900 from the Matheson Lead Com
pany of that city.
Towne, who is only twenty years
old, rose rapidly with his employers,
and was cashier when he disappeared
in December. Following the dis
covery Of his alleged shortage, it
was revealed that he had been liv-
ing extravagantly, having two motor
cars and maintaining a residence
believed to be beyond his legitimate
means. 1t was believed that he had
considerable money with him when
he disappeared.
Towne quickly moved out of one
city to another in the West and de-
tectiveS were never able to catch
up with hi ut the watch on his
young wife YER ceased. In some
manner TowI. heard Of the serious
illness OF his little son and dashed
up to the house concealed in the
tonneau of ar automobile.
Private detectives on guard sum-
moned the police and, when the home
was entered, Towne was found in
an exhausted sleep on an upper
floor, and was dragged away to Jail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
WHITE SLAVES on CANAL.
Crittenden Mission May Establish
Refuge Station.

According to reports made at the
opening session of the National Flor
ence Critden mission in Atlantic City.
\. j., American girls are being made
the victims Of the terrible white
slave traffic in the Panama Canal
zone.
The report is based on statements
by judges and officials Of the district.
whe have expressed the hope tiat
refuge station will be established
in the zone and that missionaries will
be sent to take charge Of the fallen
girls. The convention has order
ed an Investigation.
Another appeal came from Shan
ghai. China, where recent erusades
have been made by United States
officials and representative from
other governments in an effort to
clear their colony of women who
have caused scandals among young
army and diplomatic officers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
WHITES MADE BLACK
And Blacks Are Made White in
Coscob, CoaB.

Temperance cranks, worse than
the ku Klux Klau and the Night
Riders, are operating in the village
of Coscob, Conn. Habitues of the
village saloon believe they are try
ing to discourage drunkenness by
white washing negroes when they be-
come intoxicated and by using stove
blacking on whites while under the
influence of liquor. Others say the
coloring is the work of village wags,
but at the best the inebriates are
indignant.
A few nights ago the police Of
Greenwich received call to arrest
a drunken negro in Coscob. Police
man Jones took the man to cell.
Next morning the jailor aroused the
man when he called Come out here
You niger" A torrent Of profani-
ty issued from the cell and Charles
Carolig. white man, but black as
the ace of spades, came forward.
A short time ago Justice Brush
tried white" man, and he was
winter than snow, on charge of
He had been white
washed while in a stupor Other
similar cases are reported, but the
drunks are never able to identify
The perpetrators of the terrible out
rages," as they characterize them.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
RUNAWAY AT COLUMBIA,
Young Lady Sustains Broken Limb.
Two Others Hurt.

Becoming frightened at the drop
ping of a piece Of the running gear
Of the buggy TO which they were
hitcehd, two horses made wild
dash down North Main street in Co.
lumbia Thursday morning, and Miss
Annie Daniels, one of the occupants
of the vehicle. was severely injured.
the right leg being broken just above
the ankle. Mr.. W. H. Condry, pro-
prietor of the Jerome Hotel barber
shop, was also an occupant OF the
buggy and he suffered sprained
knee and several bruises. His six
year-old son, Clyde Condry, was
thrown from his seat when the bug
gy crashed into an iron telegraph
pole. The little fellow was only
slightly stunned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
MADE FATAL MISTAKE.
Used Wash Lye In Biscuits for Bak-
ing Powder.

AS result Of eating biscuits into
which she had, by mistake, put lye
instead OF baking powder, Mrs.
Robert Tarry is dead, and her hus-
band is critically i'll at their home
in Tottenville, Staten Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tarry kept house
for their bachelor son. A few days
ago the son went away for a three
day trip, leaving his mother, whose
age is seVenty-nine years, and his
father, aged seventy-eight years, at
home alone.
Neighobrs heard groans and
poundings coming from she Tarry
house and upon entering found the
old couple IN agony Doctors were
called in, but their efforts to relieve
Mrs. Tarry were futile as she died
shortly afterward, and little hope
is held out for her husband.
Five unlabelled cans containing
white powder were found in the
kitchen. Four contained baking
powder and one contained caustic
soda and this is what was put into
the biscuits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
FIREMEN'S POSITION
IN THE STRIKE ON THE GEOR.
GIA RAILROAD.
The Official Statement Of the Causes
Leading Up to the Trouble and
Strike.

There is considerable Interest in
the strike of the fremen on the
Georgia Railroad The fremen
claim that their position has not been
fully set forth. The official circular
Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, issued from
the grand lodge headquarters at
Peoria, H., on the 18th instant, after
giving review Of previous nego-
tiaEons between the fNsmen and
the management of the Georgia rail-
road, says:
"At this time ten of our members
engaged as assistant hostlers at the
rate Of SITS per day, were displac-
ed by negroes at the rate Of s1.25
per day. The joint board immedi-
ately took up their matters with the
general superintendent Of the COM
pany and were promptly informed
by him that he would not deal with
them or listen to their grievances
or the propositions which they de-
sired to submit He also stated that
he had orders from his superior Of
hcers to reduce operating expenses
$1,000 per month, and that he in
tended carrying out such instruc-
tions. He further stated that this
was only the beginning Of reductions
and that more would follow.
The matter was then taken up
with the general manager, who re-
fused to do anything except to sus-
tain the general superintendent.
;lcher Bai! upon attempting to Sc
cure conference with the general
manager, was refused.
After bringing every possible in
huence to bear with a hope of reach
ing peaceable settlement If the mat.
ter, and failing in every effort, it be.
came apparent that it was either
necessary to adjust the affair and
protect the interests Of our members
through an issue, OF perait the com
pany to displace them Nand employ
negroes at a reduced rate Of pay tt
fill the positions thus made vacant
and it was on account Of these con
ditions that our members voted tc
strike.
"In further explanation of the sit
uation, I will say that the Georgis
, railroad and the Atlanta yard ter
minal are leased and operated by The
Louisville and Nashville and thu
Seaboard Air Line Companies. I
is believed by the joint protective
board and by the officer directly il
, charge of the situation, that this i
only the beginning Of an attempt OF
the part of the company to dispens'
with the services of white fremel
entirely and to fill their places will
negroes"
, 1t is stated that the Louisville
and Nashville employs only negrt
f fremen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
BAD MESS In OHIO
NEGRO ATTORNEY ARRESTED on
MURDER CHARGE.
Mob Wanted to Lynch Him and His
Brother, Who Has White Woman
for q Wife.

Hunted all Sunday night and
finally driven to bay by the police
and bloodhounds Monday, John \"
Beam, Of Lima, Ohio, negro at
torney and real estate dealer, &C
cused Of murder, attempted TO END
his own life. He was arrested on
the charge Of numbering Mrs. Estelia
NJ. Diltz, q young widow, who was
shot Sunday night at her own home
as she opened the front door in re-
sponse to pounding upon the door.
He is not seriously injured.
While it was first thought that
the motive for the murder had been
found in business relations between
Mrs. Diltz and the negro, search
of Beams papers in his office In
dicated that Beam was in love with
The widow, but whether the crime
was due to his suit being repudiated
or whether there was a quarrel is
unknown.
A letter addressed tc his wife in
endearing terms was found, in which
Beam told Of his love for Mrs. Diltz,
which had extended over two years,
and that his call upon her accounted
for his late hours at night. In
concluding, the letter directs: Have
| Estella and myself buried side by
side, that we may arise before the
Almightey God together"
Rumors that a mob was forming,
with the intention Of lynching Beam
caused Sheriff Van Gunten to remove
his prisoner from the city hospital
to the county jail. Beam was es.
corted to jail under heavy guard
Beam is now in the strongest cell
in the jail and strong guard is
maintained about him.
Dr.. Z. S. Beam, a brother Of the
prisoner and a wealthy citizen o.
Lima, closed his Office and left fol
his old home in Kentucky. Colorec
people urged him to leave, as it va:
feared he might be lynched if hs
remained there. Feeling runs higl
against him. DR.. Beams wife is {
| white woman and this aided in in
furiating the residents against him
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
VERY CURIOUS CASE.
Perple1es Surgeon Who Works on
Victim Of Auto.

lSt1Iu VI :4utO.
Ernest Frye, Of New York, whose
right leg was amputated five weeks
ago following an automobile acci-
dent, is the subject Of considerable
anxiety among physicians in the
Flower Hospital because Of his COM
plant that he suffers intense pain
in the toes Of the foot which was
amputated and which lies buried in
one of the suburbs. Frye declares
that be can distinctly feel a severe
cramping pain in these toes, the pain
being so intense at times as to cause
him to shrek. Doctors believe that
the sensation of pain is communi-
Gated to his brain by the nervous
cords which ran to his toes and
which were severed by the amputa-
ton. The contraction of these in
jured nerves, they believe, would
give Frye the sensation OF pain in
his toes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
Girl Killed by Horse.

Efie Townsley, the sixteen-year-
old daughter Of Samuel Townsley, of
Johnsonville, Bracken county, KY,
was found dead few days ago on
the road near her home. She had
been riding spirited horse, which
became frightened and ran away
with her, throwing her off, dragging
her over the rough road.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
ATTRACTS THRONGS
MANY PEOPLE EXPECT TO BE
HELPED BY PRAYING
To a Small Piece Of Bone, Said to
Belong to Saint Rita, Long Since
Dead.

A remarka bic scene was presented
at the Church of St. Rita, of Cascis,
in One Hundred and Forty-ffth
street, New York, when the struc-
ture was packed by several hundred
persons, while in the street there
we're several thousand more unable
to gain admission to the conclud-
ing services of the Novena, or Nine
Days Devotion.
On the alter Of the church there
is a fragment of bone, duly authen-
ticated as belonging to St. Rita, lad
vocate of the hopeless and saint Of
the impossible as her worshippers
call her. The annual Novena to the
saint in this church and the reVer-
ence of the relic are credited with
many marvellous cures and perform
ances in answer to supplications.
Many have declared that they have )
cured themselves or others Of physi-
cal ailments which bafled doctors,
while Others have transferred to the
saints answering their prayers con-
cerning business matters and other
things in which they sought sue
cess.
The rector, Father Charles Farina,
read a number Of letters from those
who had prayed to st. Rita.
A detroit woman wrote q year
ago she came to New York and pray
ed to St. Rita for civil service
position and soon obtained it.
A boarding school girl wrote that
her Novena to St. Rita had COM
pletely cured her eyes, throat and
nose.
A man, who said his friends
thought he was going insane be-
cause Of the pains he suffered in the
head, wrote that st. : Iita cured him.
| A young girl relates the marvel
Gus cure Of her mother after making
the second Novena to st. Rita.
A man wrote that he had been
in business troubles and prayed to
/ st. Rita for advice. He then sold
one Of MS grocery stores and pros
pered immensely in the store he re-
tained, and gave the saint Of the
impossible" full cerdit.
A janitor subscribed his thanks
for the return of a bunch of keys.
Such large crowds Of worshipers
now attend the annual Novena to
St. Rita Of Cascia, that the rector
is planning to increase the church, 8
size.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
TAKEN FROM JAIL
And Iynched by One Hundred
Enraged Citizens.

The usual quiet village of Lilcol-
ton, Ca, was awakened at midnight
Monday from peaceful slumber by
the noise of a mob of about one
hundred enraged citizens as they
stormed the county jail and brought
forth Albert Aiken, the negro farm
hand who so viciously cut JLo.
Spires, highly respected white
farmer last Thursday morning. 1t
is learned that the body Of the ne
gro was found swinging TO a limb
OF a tree at Dry Fork Creek, three
miles from Lincolton and that the
body was filed with bullet holes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Bolt Kills One Man and Shocks
Tree Others.

At Columbia John Williams, short
ly after he had taken refuge in q
new house when he was driven from
MS work in his garden by thunder
storm, was struck by bolt of light
ming and instantly killed. He was
unmarried, but leaves three sisters
who were dependent upon him for
support. At the time he was struck,
Mr.. Williams was standing in the
door with both hands against the
facing. Three other men in the same
room were severely shocked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
DEFAULTER sURRENDERs.
Comes Back After Being Absent
Some Five Years.

Ex-Sherif and Tax Collector John
A. Perkins, of Calcaseiu Parish, La,
who suddenly disappeared five years
ago, going to Honduras and leaving
an alleged shortage Of $4,000 in
his accounts, returned a few days
ago and surrendered. He was re-
leased on bond. He disappeared
while the State auditor was check
ing up his accounts. The parish re-
covered $4,000 from property left
by Perkins.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
Prison Ship MARTYRS.

The prison ship, Martyrs, forgotten
victims Of the Revolutionary War,
are to be commenorated after more
than hundred years Of neglect. A
monument to the memory of these
1850 victims OF the Wallabut pris-
on ship is being erected On Fort
Green Hill in Brooklyn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
Killed His Mother.

Guilty of murder in the second
degree was the verdic. returned Sat-
urday by the jury before whom Del
mar Young was tried on the charge
OF numbering his mother. Young
showed no signs of distress when he
heard the verdict. It is understood
his attorneys will ask for new
trisI
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
Making Both Ends Meet.

A lawyer, who is the son of a
clergyman, of Poughkeepsie, n. Y.
has been attorney in two divorce cas-
es, Wnere his father was oMciatirg 2
minister at the marriage of the par
ties To the dirorce suit T. this MAX
ing both ends meet, or is it merely
moving in & circle?
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
Deserves Great Credit.

Roger D. O'Kelly. negro, Of Raj
eigh. \. c., who was born deaf ard
dumb and has only one eye, the
other having been removed because
of an injury sustained while play
ing football, has been admitted to
the bar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
MaROONED IN SWAMP.
High Water Kept Passengers Out
All Night.

Passengers out Of Columbia and
from other points along the Atlantic
Coast Line between Columbia and
Wilmington had q lonesome time On
Friday in Bogue Swamp, between
Hallsboro and Waccamaw lake,
storm waters submerging the tracks
and causing the annuling Of the
train. 1t is feared the high waters
in that section have seriously inter-
fered with the railroad construction
work over the Pee Dee river near
Florence.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02

When you f1ud man generous
with black paint for others you may
be sure he has whitewash for him
self.
Inspect the cellar Of en-, and never
allow any animal OF vegetable matter
to decay there.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
HALF HUNDRED TO HANG.
Were Leaders in the Awful Massa-
ere at Adana.
Mehemed Y gave orders a few


Mehemed Y gave orders few
days ago for wholesale executions as
the result of the investigations Of
the royal commission into the mas
sacre at Adana and the adjacent ter
ritory. He has already signed 35
death warrants and many others
are now in preparation. The convic-
tions of the new sultan against the
execution in Constantine
pie Of political offenders has been
Offset in the case Of the Adana mas
sacre leaders. In his desire to show
the outside world that Christians Of
his realm will be protected during
his reign.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02
DIED ON A TRAIN.
Rev. r. A. Coaners OF Eonea Path
Dies Suddenly.

Rev. R. A Corners, pastor of the
Baptist church at Honea Path, died
On the train between Knoxville,
Tenn, and Newport, Tenn, Monday
morning. Mr.. Corners health had
been bad for some time, and he had
been in a sanitarium in Knoxville
to recuperate. He did not improve
and his wife and his brother went
to Knoxville several days ago to
bring him home. They started Mon
day morning and telegram received
brought the news Of his death. Mr..
Conner ha3 been pastor of the Ba-
tist church at Honea Path for about
three years, and was strong preach
er and very popular. He leaves
wife and six children.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02

Some men never blush when fnan-
cially embarrassed.
The chorus girls and ballet dane
ers hope to make their figures count
on pay day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-02

Charity always goes farther than
it is sent.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-02-19
Bank of De Soto
MANSFIELD, LOUISIANA,

Mr.. W. E. Seay, Special Agent,
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the u s.
Shreveport. La.
Dear Sir:
l beg to thank you for the very prompt settlement enec1eo oy
the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States upon
the policies of my father, the late Oliver h. +. Sample.
NV father carried policies in the Equitable aggregaung
1925. OOOO 90. The proofs of death only reached your New Orleans
Office December 10th, and your New York office on December
22nd. The Societys check in settlement OF these policies aggre-
rating 81 q OOOO 90 bears date of December 22nd, 1908, showing
that settlement was made and check forwarded from New YORK
the very day the proofs of death reached the Home once.
The dispatch with which the Equitable settled this claim Is
indeed most commendable and justifes the great confidence winch
my father always had in the. Society and which l beg TO assure
YOU is shared by myself and brother.
l can heartily recommend the Equitable to all those contem
plating life insurance. Yours truly
S. G. SAMPLE.
(Mr S. G. Sample is Vice-President of the Bank of DeSoto)
Parkerson and Mouton Agents for the Equitable for the past
twelve years.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-02-19
LOST CHILD RECOVERED.
Came to Lafayette OF Train, Was Lit
tie Daughter of Mr.. McCioy OF
Morgan City.

Wednesday afternoon a little girl
five or six a old arrived at Lafa-
yette without parents or guardians OF
any kind. Conductor Rousseau found
the child with a lady who had several
children along and thought the little
girl one Of the family until reaching
Lafayette when a change of cars led
the lady to disclaim any knowledge OF
the littlegirl who proved. to be deaf
and dumb. Officer R. H.. Broussard
took charge of the child and immedi-
ately began wiring down the road for
information. At last an answer came
from Morgan City that the little girl
was Katie, daughter of Milton McCloy,
an engineer of that place. Mr.. McCloy
came upWednesday night and returned
home with his child. He explained that
Katie wandered away from home and
in some way boarded the train. A
search had been made everywhere by
practically the whole city, and the
JOY of the parents OH receiving Officer
| B~roussard's telegram may be better
imagined than described. Before
leaving, little Katie, who had become
| quite familiar with Mr.. BrOussard's
| children, went to their beds and wax.
! ing them all up kissed them goodbye.
| The meeting of father and child was
most affecting and Mr.. McCloy was
! most profuse in his thanks to Officer
Broussard for his kindness and tender
care of the helpless little child.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-02-19
PIN HOOK FIELD.
To Be Tested for OIL. .Crowiey-lafa
yette Oil Co. to Begin Drilling
Monday.

The Lafayette-C Crowley Oil Co., L.
Nussbaum, president, have arranged to
begin drilling for oil on its holdings
near Pin Hook on Sigismond Demands
place next Monday. The company has
already erected a derrick and has all
the machinery on the ground ready
for drilling. President Nussbaum and
Secretary Sellers we're here yesterday
and say that Driller Estes, of Crowley
will commence drilling Monday even
ing.