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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
PELLAGRA HAS THEM PUZZLED
Three Surgeons Are Coming to Study
the Disease.

The Columbia Record says another
indication of the growing interest in
the pellagra problem on the part Of
the medical profession throughout
the country is the fact that DR.. W.
S. Thayer, associate professor of
medicine in Johns Hopkins univer-
sity, Baltimore, has decided to study
the disease, which has now been rec
ognized in nearly every Southern
State, and will come here aext week
for that purpose.
Surgeon General Wyman, Of the
United States public health and ma
rine hospital service, has detailed
Surgeon c. H. Lavinder to make
Columbia his headquarters for the
study of the disease throughout
South Carolina. 1t is probable that
he will spend month or more in
vestigating the disease, trying espec-
tally to find out its cause.
DR.. Ch. Wardell Stiles, the recog-
nized expert on the hook worm dis
ease, has also been detailed by Dr..
Wyman to investigate conditions
among certain classes Of South Caro-
lima population. 1t is understood an
effort is being made to secure an
ample appropriation from this con-
gress to warrant thorough study
of the hook worm disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
FELL TO HIS DEATH.
A Young Man Was Fatally Hurt in
Columbia.

The State says William Brewer, a
young man about 25 years Of age.
fell from the Seaboard Air Line
trestle, near the corner of Lincoln
street and Whaey avenue a few
afternoons ago, and sustained in
jnries from which he died last night
at 9 o'clock. The fall caused frac-
ture of the skull, fractured and
dislocated hip and broken arm.
The injured man was removed to
the Columbia hospital at once, but
he was found to be fatally hurt, and
all efforts to save his life proved Of
no avail. He was an employe of the
Virginia Iron Company and was en-
gagged with corps of workmen in
replacing the old wooden trestle.
where the Seaboard tracks cross the
Atlantic Coast Line, with steel
structure. It was in this work that
he was engaged when he fell to his
death. The dead man is a native OF
North Carolina and was unmarried.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
EXCITEMENT AT MAYEsVIIuE
Caused by the Attack of a Negro on
a White Man:

Wednesday night serious clash
between white and colored people
of Mayesville over in Sumter coua-
ty, was narrowly averted, but the
counsel Of the cooler heads prevail
ed, and quiet was restored.
Mr.. John Cunningham, who is en-
ployed by the Linson Lumber Com
pany, reprimanded one Of the negro
hands, Lindsay Conyers, for care
less work, and hot words followed
AS Mr.. Cunningham turned away,
the negro struck him q blow on the
head with a scantling, laying open
the scalp to the bone, and render
ing him unconscious.
The negro then took refuge In
nearby cabin, and when an officer
attempted to arrest him, resisted.
and drew a, Colts automatic pistol.
Fortunately he did not understand
the safety catch, and he was over
powered and taken to the guard
house. Considerable excitement pre-
vailed, and there was talk of lynch
ing.
This, however, quieted down, and
Sheriff Epperson was notified. Dep.
uty Sheriff Sykes went to MayesVllle
Immediately and brought the pris-
oner to jail without trouble.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
STRUCK By LIGHTNING.
But Thought His Mule Had Kicked
Him Sens SIS.

Him Sens
The story of peculiar lightning
adventure comes from the upper
South Edisto river section. Several
days ago, negro was ploughing in
field of Mr. B. F. Peoples, when
thunder storm came up suddenly.
Before the ploughman realized it.
the srom was upon him. A bolt Of
lightning suddenly struck the mule,
and severely shocked the negro. The
bolt, after passing through the mule,
followed the plough stock, render
ing him unconscious for more than
three hours. When he was found,
he was in a comatose condition, and
all hope for his recovery had been
given up, when he began to show
signs that he was still in the land
of the living. He initiated his re-
covery by pouring fourth lurid
stream of epithets at his mule, who,
he said, had kicked him, without
even backing his ears" by way Of
warning. The bolt had struck him
on the head, crossed around his
body, travelled down his right leg
coming out Of the big toe of the right
foot. The negro has about recov-
cred from his injuries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
KILLS HIS NEPHEW.
Boy and Aunt Were Being !arraigned
in Police Court.

DR.. G. X. Boyajian, an Armenian,
a few days ago shot and fatally
wounded his nephew, Harotoon Gas
anian, while the latter was being
arraigned in police court with his
aunt, the physicians wife, at De-
troit, Mich, on statutory charge.
Dr.. Boyajian fred four shots at
his nephew, three of which found
their mark. He then turned the re-
yolver on his wife and fred the two
remaining bullets at her. A news
paper artist saved the woman's life
by pushing her into vacant jury
room.
Mrs. Boyajian, who is 2s, and her
23-year-old nephew were arrested
the night before. Boyajian told
remarkable story of his discovery OF
the alleged relations between his
wife and nephew, whom he had
brought from his home at Lynn,
Mass. and was educating in a local
medical college. His suspicious were
first aroused by having his wife
murmur his nephew's name in her
sleep. The doctor summoned law
yer and questioned her. He de-
clares that she made a full confes-
sion. He then swore out warrants
for the couples arrest. When the
case was called and Justice Jeffers
ordered Gastanian to rise, Boyajian
whipped out the revolver and fred.
One bullet entered the young mans
back; another penetrated his wrist,
and a third in his hand. He fell to
the floor as the doctor turned the
revolver towards his wife.
The widest excitement prevailed
in the court room as bystanders and
officers jumped for the maddened
husband, who was arrested.
Gastanian died shortly after. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
GETS HIS REWARDS
ANOTHER TAFT DEMOCRAT" Is
REMEMBERED FOR
His Good Work in Behalf Of the
Republican Party During the Last

Election.
Zack McGee, writing to The State
from Washington says James T. Will
liams, Jr., Of Greenyille, was named
Monday by the President to be one
of the three civil service commits
sioners. He puts down his residence
a, "Lincolnton. The salary is
$4,000.
Here is the story: Jimmie
Williams hit this town some seven
or eight years ago as typewriter
and assistant to one of the Wash
ington correspondents. Being a
bright young man and alive to his
opportunities he has steadily risen
ever since. From one suit of clothes
with the vanishing point of the
'breeches' somewhere in the vicini-
ty of the ankles and string tie
hanging down on his bosom, he has
steadily advanced il the satorial
scale, till the "breeches' have been
converted into trousers" and his
haberdashery has become one of the
fashionable institutions Of Washing
ton. It takes four Wallets, it is said,
to keep his wardrobe.
He soon got a position with the
Associated Press and being assigned
to the State, war and navy depart
ments it soon developed that he could
shake hands high in air and bow
down before "your excellency" most
efficiently. Having fairly good
head for news and being able to write
well, he became valued reporter OF
the Associated Press. Three years
ago he was made the Washington cor
respondent Of the Boston Transcript,
Jimmie kept growing, and the
hand-shake went steadily up with
him. BY the time arrived here
three years after him, he was saying
"parst" and "arfter." for "past" and
"after" and when I asked him one
day how to spell "collards' he sale
he had never heard Of such things
In due season he became Re
publican and last year was made one
of the secretaries to the Taft propa
gandist bureau, prior to the Ch1ca
go convention. After Taft's nomlna
ton he stayed with the Republican
campaign committee and is said tt
have done valuable service for the
Republicans. Any way, Mr.. Taft fel
under obligations to him and has CIV
en- him a job in the administration
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
THEY WERE RATHER GAY.
Ex-Governor Of Oklahoma and "o-
man Arrested in St. Louis.


man Arrested in St. Louis.
Frank Frantz, former governor OF
Oklahoma, was arrested in St. Louis
a few days ago in company with
Young woman after an automobile
ride to a road house in the suburbs,
which began Saturday night. The
couple was charged with disturbing
the peace. They were detained at
the police station until 9 o'clock
the morning they were arrested.
when they were released on bonds.
At S o'clock at night an additional
entry was made on the police blot
ter. 1t read:
Charges dismissed by order Of
the chief"
The woman gave her name as
Edna Wilson, and said she lived at
the Jefferson hotel.
Chief Creecy, explained that the
charges were dismissed after per-
sonal appeal by Frantz.
The facts were that he and the
Young woman were just trifle hila-
rious," said the officials. "They had
not done any particular harm, and j
could not resist the appeal"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
TROLLEY STRIKES AUTO.
Society Woman Fatally Hurt in an
Accident.

At Pensacola, Fla, four promi-
nent society women were injured
Monday. one fatally. when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
was struck by an electric car. Mrs.
Gonzales, of Pensacola, was fatally
injured. The others hurt were Mrs.
T. N. Mulcoon, Of Pensacola, and
Mrs. Luce and Mrs. Clark, OF Mo-
bile. The automobile was struck by
a Bav Shore car running about forty
miles an hour. Mrs. Gonzales later
died Of her injuries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
WITNESSED AN EXECUTION.
An American and His Wife Present
by Accident.

By Accident.
Mrs. y. W. Stowell Of San Fran
er Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, of the
North German Lloyd, told how she
had been compelled to be present
at Canton, China, when mans head
was cut off.
'tMr. Stowell and I were taken to
the execution grounds in Canton
among other sights" said Mrs. Sto-
well, "and when we were within the
enclosure the gates were suddenly
closed. To our horror they let out
poor wretch and our guides told US
they were going to cut his head off.
We wanted to get out, but they would
aot open the gates until the eXecu-
ion was over.
''Of course I turned my head away
and suffered intense emotions, hit.
there were no unusual sounds or
outcry. Afterwards We were told
,ney had given the victim opium
When he gates were opened we Iur-
ried away as quickly as we could
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
FATAL POLITICAL FRAY.
One Dead and Three Wounded in
Shooting Scrape.

Cornelius Pritchard is dead and
three other persons are wounded as
a. result of a six-handed shooting
affray at Meadville, Miss, Tuesday,
the oucgrowth of a political feud.
At recent election DR.. A. N. New
man, formerly sheriff of the county.
defeated the father Of the young man
killed for the Office Of chancery clerk.
Feeling between the two factions be-
came intense, and when Pritchard
met Newman today weapons were
quickly drawn and fireing began. In
graham Pritchard came to the aid
of his brother and three sons of DR..
Newman came to his assistance.
When the firing ended Cornelius
pritchard was dead, his brother had
sustained a bullet wound in his leg
and two bystanders, Herbert Apple
white and Sidney Horton, were less
seriously hurt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
WOMAN CRUCIFIED.
Many Corpses Seen Floating Down
the River.

Mersina, in Asiatic Turkey. is un-
der marital law and the Turkish au-
thorities are maintaing order. The
sanitary conditions in the city, how
ever are very bad. There is lack
of fresh water and dead animals and
sarba ge that fill the streets pollute
the atmosphere. The river that
erpties into the sea here still car
ries down the bodies OF dead Chris
tians from the scenes Of the mas
sacres. Among the ghastly burdens
of the stream was the mutilated BODY
OF woman nailed to cross.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
MrsTRIaL FOR JOSH ASHLEY.
The Jury Unable to Agree in the
Peonage Case.

The jury in the case of John ".
Ashley. tried last week in the Fed
eral court at Anderson on the charge
Of peonaee reported Monday morn
ing to Judge Brawlev that it was
unable to agree and was discharged.
The case will not come up again till
the fall term at Charleston. Column
bia or Greenville. The trial attract
ed wide attention on account CT the
prominence Of the defendant, who
is a member of the Legislative del
esation from Anderson county. The
Jury stood seven to five for acQuit-
tai, It is currently reported.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
New Turkish Government Excel
ting conspirators
NA1IR PASHA SWUNG
lie Was One of Hamid's Chief .Ad-
vi>cr>-National Assembly ap-
points Commission to Try lnstiga-
tors of Armenian MaSsacreS. and to
Act With the Utmost Severity.

.Advices from Constantinople say
that the Constituencies have lost
no time in bringing the corspirators
in the recent rising to trial. The
military court, sitting in the war
office, Thursday condemned about
250 persons to death, and they were
executed. Many will hang before
things are adjusted
Nadir Pasha, the second eunuch
of the palace, under the regime Of
Abdul Hamid, was hanged at dawn
Thursday on the Galata bridge. The
body was allowed to swing until S
o'clock in the morning, and thou
sands of people stopped to look at
the great Nubian, whose name was
terror under Abdul Hamid.
The dead mans face showed an
undershot jaw and thick, heavy lips
In life lie had been fully six feet. SIX
inches tall Nadir was executed al
ter a trial by court-martial on the
charge that he instigated the mutiny
of the troops on April l3. Nadlr
Pasha came to the imperial palace
as a slave and grew up in that hot
house Of intrigue.
The government has decided tc
-an5 q commission 10 Adana to try
bv court-martial the instlgators o.
the massacres, and the commlsslon
is authorized to act with the utmost
severity.
It is alleged that the chief author:
Of the recent mutiny were Aodu
Hamid' s favorite son, Prince Mehmec
Rurham Eddine. Rear Admiral Sale
Pasha, son of Kianil Pasha, VINO
we're engaged for long time prlo'
to the rising in corruptins the troops
The two former have fled.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
Slept Long Time.

At Kenton. Ohio, Miss Laura Cas-
per, 20 years old, who had been
asleep for one hundred hours, 1.-THE
home of her sister, Mrs. Knapp,
awoke Thursday apparently in good
health, although weak. Physicians
saw her condition is due to a nerve
hysterical collapse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
MURDERED TRAVELLERS
Who Stopped at Their Inn and Rob
bed Them.

A band of female cutthroats, who,
for many months past have ben COM
hitting with immunity series OF
brutal murders, was discovered and
arrested Monday In the Russian vii
iage of Kurchine, thirty miles from
St. Petersburg. The principal cul-
prites are woman and her TWO
daughters, who kept g, tavern. AS
sisted by other women In the VII
lage they murdered travellers who
stopped at the inn for the night.
Disfgured bodies beyond recognition
and threw them into the rapidly
flowing stream that passed near the
inn
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
DIsFRANCHIsEslENT
Act Favored by the Florida Senate
by a Vote Of 20 to 10.

BY a vote Of 20 to 10 the Florida
senate, in session at Tallahassee,
Friday adopted the Beard joint reso-
luton, which submits to the voters
of Florida a constitutional amend
ment, providing that the voters OF
the State shall be white male per-
sons" This resolution, which is
similar to one which passed the
senate two years ago, but was kill
ed in the house Of representatives,
now goes to the house for consider
alton.
Senator Beard, of Pensacola, au-
thor of the resolution, read letter
from Senator Money, Of Mississippi,
commencing the attempt to regulate
the negro vote.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
WILSON MAY KEEP PLACE
If Fight on Cassell for Postmaster
Goes On.

A dispatch from Washington to
the Columbia Record says there is
little chance of the appointment of
any Democrat to the Florence post
mastership. Unless the South Caro-
lima senators stop fighting the Re-
publican. Cassel1, it is likely the ne
gro Wilson will keep the place.
Senator Penrose, Of Pennsylvania.
chairman of the postoffice commit
tee, is willing to see Wilson ousted,
but is unwilling to see Cassell, the
son Of friend, the former represen-
tative from Pennsylvania, lose the
job. He thinks the removal Of the
negro ought to satisfy the Caro-
linians and make them leave the road
open to a white Republican, es-
p p,cially as no Democrats name has
been presented in opposition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
KILLED HER BETRAYER.
Young Woman Shoots Down a
Young Man.

Isaac Morse, a well known young
business man of Nashville, Tenn.
was shot and almost instantly killed
today by Gertrude Douglas in the
office Of the American Dry Clean
ing Company. IN the excitement
that followed the shooting, the young
woman escaped, but was arrested
later in the Office Of doctor. A.
police headquarters, Miss Douglas
said: ''Ike Morse has betrayed me-
He has been going ~ith me for the
last nine years. He couldn't throw
me over and live.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
THREE LYNCHED.
Mob Takes Men From Jail and
Kills Them.

At Marshall, Texas, a mob enter
ed the county jail early Friday,
secured three negroes, Creole Nose.
Pie Hill and Mat Chase, and lynched
all of them. The negroes were chars-
I'd with shooting and killing Deputy
Sheriff Mark Huffman and wound
ing Constable Alex. Cargill few
days ago while the. Officers were
raidi1g a crap game.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
PLEADED GUILTY.
George Barton, the Yeggban, Con-
fesses Crime.

George Barton, the escaped yegg-
man, was arraigned in the federal
court at Greenville Tuesday morning
on the charge Of robbing the post
Office at Pelzer in December last,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
serve five years in a federal prison,
and pay fine of $1,000. He will
be taken to the prison near Atlanta.
Barton declared that his escape from
the Greenville county Jail was ef-
fected by blowing a hole through the
two-foot stone floor Of his cell with
collodion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05

AS rule, the man who boasts that
he has never made an enemy doesn't
amount to much.
It is just as well to put OF TIL
tomorrow the worries Of today.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
ATTACKED By RATS.
Fierce Onslaught Upon Men Fight
ing Flames.

Firemen who were called to fight
a balze in junk shop in East
Eleventh street, New York, Monday
night. were attacked by hundreds of
large rats. So vicious was the on
slaught Of the rodents as they climb
ed the legs Of the fre1en and bit
their hands and ran over their shoul-
!ors and helmets that the hremen
turned the streams Of water from the
fire on to the rats. After the rats
had been washed away by the ter
rife force of the water, the fire was
extinguished.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-05-05
FELL FROM THE TOP
Of High Skyscraper and Was In

Of High Skyscraper and Was In
stantly Killed.
Falling 425 feet from the thirty
fourth stor. Of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company's skyscrap-
er, on Madison Square, New York,
Monday, Thos. Mortimer, ~ years
of age, was instantly killed. Nor
timer. who was foreman of the rig
gers at work on the building, was
experimenting the erection OF
scaffold four floors above the big
clock, on the oath street side of the
tower. Hundreds Of people in Madi-
son Square were watching him at
work and saw him fall to the balus-
trade of the balcony above the clock.
Here the body poised for a moment
and dropped to the street.
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-03
HARTMAN LAWYER
FIGHTS FOR LANDS
Opposes Governments Effort to
Cancel Grant on Four
Grounds
Maintains That Possession Has
Been Undispufed for
Forty Years

PORTLAND, March 2.-Hearing OF
arguments on the demurrer OF the Ore
gon and California railroad company
to. the governments bill of complaint
In the land grant case in which the
United States seeks to have the rail-
roads grant Cancelled. were continued
In the United States district court to-
day. W. D. Fenton, OF counsel for the
Oregon and California railroad. con-
tinued his argument begun yesterday,
making 1t still more plain that the
company disputes the contention of the
government, as follows:
1. The object Of the congress in max
ing the grant was to secure the con-
structien of a railroad
2. That the act OF April 10, 1859, IN
inserting the actual settlers clause,
imposes a condition precedent TO the
original grant OF July %, 1866, in which
there is no settlers clause.
8. That the railroad has held undis-
puted possession of the grant for 40
years, during all of which time II has
considered the grant unconditional. and
that the government has by Its acts
also assumed it's unconditionality dur
ing these 40 years.
4. That 1t is alone the power OF the
congress to declare the grant forfeited,
and that congress has no power to dele
gate this authority.
Fenton concluded his argument late
today. Tomorrow morning B. d. Town
send, of counsel for the government,
will begin his argument
The San Francisco call., 1909-03-03
CHICAGO AND ALTON SAID .
TO HAVE FAVORED OIL
Tariff Sheet Showing Fixed
Rate Not Taken in Evidence

CHICAGO. March 2.-Testimony in the
retrial of the case against the Standard
oil company of Indiana began late this
afternoon before Judge Anderson. Fred
erick S. Hollands. formerly chief rate
clerk OF the Chicago and Alton railroad.
testified In regard to the methods used
in the company's office in making rates
and in mailing copies OF the tariffs to
shippers.
The government contends that the
published lawful rate on oil between
certain points over the Chicago and AL
ton was Is cents, while the Standard
oil company paid only 8 cents. Assist
ant District Attorney Wilkerson at
tempted to introduce in evidence the
tariff sheet showing an is cent rate be-
tween Chicago and East St. Louis.
Judge Anderson ruled that the tariff
could not be presented until the govern
ment had shown that it was the rate
published and filed with the interstate
commerce commission. The government
said the necessary proof would be pre-
sented later.