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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
ACCIDENT ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL
Four Passengers Killed and Thirty
six Injured in Wreck.

Murpheysboro, H., Feb. 1S.-Four
passengers were killed and thirty-six
injured today when an Illinois Cen
tral train bound from st. Louis to
New Orleans was wrecked on a tres
tie by running into broken rail,
six miles east of Murpheysboro.
The dead:
Mrs. Grace Perry, Carbondale, ILL.,
Sheriff Alden and Mrs. Alden,
Union county, III.
B. Brinkley, Carbondale.
The injured include: The Rev.
H. NJ. Mcclellan, of Murpheysboro,
and sixteen members of the Perry
Hastins show troups slightly hurt,
and Miss Helen Yelewe, of the show
troupe, back injured seriously.
None of the injured will die.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
Nearly Three Hundred People In
a Theatre Burned.
VICTIMS ROASTED.
The Intense Heat Together With the
Absence of Smoke, Launches Sew
eral Hundred People Into Eterni-
ty by Fearful Suffcring-The Pitt.
full Screams Heard Blocks.

Mexico City, Feb. 15.-Between
$50 and 800 were burned to death
and many injured in fire which
destroyed the Flores theatre il the
city of Acapulco last night. The
1ews of the disaster reached the cap
ital this morning, telegraphic COM
munication with Acapulco having
been disturbed, owing to the fact
that the telegraph office adjoined
the theatre was burned and all wires
put out Of commission.
The floor of the theatre was a
wooden affair, and .ast night over
1000 people crowded into it to wit
ness performance given in honor Of
Governor Damian Flores of the State
of Guerro, who was visiting the
port at the time. One Of the mum
bers of the programme consisted OF
a series of moving pictures. While
the operator was exhibiting these,
film caught fire, and blaze was
quickly communicated to bunting,
which had been used for decorative
purposes. In an incredibly short
time the flames spread to all parts
OF the structure. There were but
three narrow exits and the panic
stricken audience rushed to these,
many falling and being crushed to
death, their bodies choking the way
to escape to others.
Pitiful Screams.
The screams of the Imprisoned
we're terrifying and heart-rending
Owing to the rapidity with which
the fire spread and to its intense
heat, it was impossible to attempt res
cue work and those imprisoned were
literally roasted alive, as the fire
burned with little smoke and few
were suffocated.
The efforts of the fire. department
were confined to the attempt to save
adjoining buildings and they sue
ceeded so that the property loss waE
small. The telegraph Office, post
Office and custom house were damag
ed, but all of the government rec
ords and registered mail was saved
Today pitiful scenes Of grief are
being enacted in the street Of the
little west coast port. Men, womel
and children are wandering from
place to place, hunting for relatives
Many of the dead are of the first fam
lilies of the State, as the affair a
| the theatre was a social event O.
considerable Importance and callet
out the wealthiest and oldest fam
lilies for miles around. In some in
stances entire families were wipet
out of existance. The municipal au
thorities caused large trenches to b.
dug and into these the remains o
the dead were laid. According t
the teiegrams received today, reeog
n1tion of any Of the dead has beel
an impossibility, owing to the fac
tnat the bodies were burned in mos
cases to a crisp.
Telegrams to the American con
sui at Capulco by the Associated
Press, asking for the names Of th'
Americans have as yet not been re
piled to.
Acapulco, on the west coast, 1
one of the three important ports o
the Pacific coast of Mexico. Nearl:
all of the steamship lines make,
a port of call, and the harbor is ae
counted the best in Mexico.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
FIFTY-TWO BODIES
Recovered From The Wrecked Steam
er Penguin on Tuesday.

Wellington, n. H., Feb. 14.-Fifty-
two bodies have been recovered from
the wrecked steamer Penguin of the
Union Steamship Company, Of Wei
lingSon, which went on the rocks Fri
day night off Cape Terawhiti. Six
of those aboard the Penguin are un-
accounted for. In all, the passengers
and crew numbered about one hun
dred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24

The Hartwell Sun thinks that the
woman who gets up and builds the
fires in the mornings should be al
lowed to vote. And the man who
allows her to make the fires all
the time should be disfranchised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
COST Hin HIS LIFE.
Went to Rescue a Woman and Roof
Fell In.
Fell In.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 15.-Mrs
Robert s.kipwith, an aged woman
belonging to a prominent family, and
a man named Johnson, were burned
to death in a fire, which destroyed
an old mansion near Clayville,
Powhattan county, last night. John
son and his wife were tenants ir
the house, which was the property o.;
Mrs. Skipwith. Johnson returned te
rescue Mrs. SlSipwith when the roof
fell in.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
LIQUOR REPORT
JANUARY STATEMENT FROM DIS
PENSARY AUDITOR WEST.
Columbia Dispensaries Sell One
Seventh Of Stock Of state-Ex'
penses and Breakage.

Dispensary Auditor West has is
sued a statement Of the total sales,
the breakage, the expenses and the
stock on hand at the various county
dispensaries for the month Of jan
uary. The statement shows that
Richland county leads with total
Of oyer $4,000 in sales, with
Charleston next, having little over
$4,000. The sales Of Richlane
county amounted to nearly one
seventh of the sales Of the entire q
counties now having dispensaries.
This county also has by far the larg-
est stock in the State.
Sales and Breakage.
The statement of sales and break
age is given as follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
KILLED HIS PLAYMATE.
Two Boys Playing With Pistol One
Is Dead.

Laurnes, Feb. 19.-An unfortu-
nate tragedy occurred at the Lau-
rens Cotton Mills at s o'clock this
morning, when Foster Turned, the
fve-year-old son Of Mr.. c. c. Turner,
was accidentally shot and killed by
his playmate and cousin, Hursell
Giles, the eight-year-old son of Mr.
J. S. Giles. The two children were
playing with a pistol, when it was
discharged in the hands Of young
Giles, the ball entering the forehead
OF his cousin, causing death in thirty
minutes. The pistol was 32-cali-
bre Iver-Johnson, belonging to Mr.:
Cleveland Giles, an elder brother
Of HurseIl.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
Drop Dead on Train.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-An unidentif-
ed man, As years old, believed by the
police to be F.. L. Woodruff, of At
lanta, Ca, dropped dead, supposedly
from heart disease, on a Michigan
Central passenger train bound for
Detroit last night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
FIRED INTO TRAIN.
Two Passengers on Atlantic Coast
Line in Danger.

Fayetteville, N. c., Feb. 10
Hon. J. G. Shaw, ex-Congressman of
this district, and Col. Sol W. Cooper,
manager of the National Bank Of this
city, returned from business trip
to South Carolina last night, and
report a thrilling experience, the re-
suit of an outrageous act. They were
on the train bound for Columbia and
at II o'clock, when short distance
from Florence, a bullet crashed
through a window, which Mr.. Shaw
was sitting next to, and not six
inches from his head, and only lit
tie further from Mr.. Cooper, who was
sitting next to Mr.. Shaw. A second
before that ball had crashed
through a window Of the second
class coach just ahead, but fortu-
nately no one was hurt in either
case.
Only a short time ago a promi-
nent citizen of South Carolina was
killed in this same manner. This
sort of thing makes one feel unsafe
to travel through South Carolina.
The train was not stopped and the
person who committed this fendish
act was not seen.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24

If the juries keep up the good work
they will make murder rather ex-
pensive luxury in this State.
In Texas there is man who car
ries on a regular trade in rattle
snakes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
Play Havoc in Turkey, Killing a
Great Many People.
PROPERTY RUINED.
Thirty Are Known to De Dead at
Sivas and Others May be Dead in
Ruins-Maay Of Inhabitants Are
Now Without Shelter-Houses and
Government Buildings Collapse.

Constantinople, Feb. 16.-A num-
Der of houses and government build
ings at sivas. the capital Of the
Vilayet of the same name In Asiatic
Turkey, collapsed today as a result
Of an earthquake.
The los of life has. not been ascer.
tanned, but reports say that thirty
people have been killed and others in.
iured.
Many of the inhabitants are with.
out shelter. SiTas has population
of about 5000 families.
What damage was done in the
surrounding country Is not ye
known, as communication is poor.
A dispatch from Rudopest say:
an earthquake shock lasting for ter
seconds was felt today in the dis
trict of Keeshemst, Macy, Koros
Czegid and Feligyhaz.
The inhabitants fed in terror tt
the country. The walls Of mum
Der of houses were cracked, but 9th
erwise no damage was wrought.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
WILL DINE TAFT.
The President to Attend Banquet Of
Georgia Students.

Washington, February 1s.-After
being inaugurated President the first
banquet that Judge Taft will attend
will be one to e given in this city
on the evening Of March 4. at the
Arlington Hotel, by the cadets Of
the Georgia Military, Academy and
of the Donald Frazier School, both
Georgia institutions. Mr.. Taft has
promised the cadets that, although
he will be a busy man on Marcia, he
will drop in on the banquet for an
hour or so, and give them a little talk.
About $50 cadets from the two
schools will march in the inaugural
day parade.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
LYNCHISG IN FLORIDA.
Fiead identified and Mob Swings
Him Up.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 13.-Jake
Wades, the negro who was arrested
yesterday in Gainesville. Fla, &C
cused of being the assailant of Miss
Irma Newell, at Lakeland, Fla, last
Tuesday, was lynched today imme.
diately following his Identification
by the young woman. A posse Of
twenty-five men took him from the
train and carried him to the Newell
home. Miss Newell said that there
was no doubt that he was her as.
sailant. He was hanged to a tree
and his body riddled with bullets.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
LEFT HIS GRIP.
Containing Seyenty-fve Thousand
Dollars Worth Of Bonds.

Newark, Feb. ia man dressed
as priest walked into police head
quarters and said that he had been
robbed of securities worth $4,000.
He presented a card on which was
inscribed Rev. Charles Policsek, di-
rector of ST. Johns Kneipp sanitor-
ium, Alpha, n. j." He said he lost
the missing securities in a satchel in
a restaurant. Detectives were sent
to the restaurant and found the sat
chel with the securities in it. The
proprietor said the man came in the
restaurant, took seat at table at
which two young women and man
were already seated, and after eat
ing. walked away, leaving his sat-
chel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
NARROW ESCAPE.
Bullet N'hizzed by Spartanburs
Teachers Head.

Spartanburg, Feb. 13.-Miss Lucy
Riser, of Newberry, teacher in the
graded schools, this city, narrowly
escaped being shot to death this
afternoon by a small boy. who was
shooting at a target with pisto
or rife. Miss Riser was sitting by :;
window in her room on Glendale
street correcting examination papers
when a bullet from a rife or pisto
crashed through the pane, barely
missing her head. The accident oe-
Cured not far from the place where
Miss Myrtle Plumer, of Converse Col
lege, awas shot several months ago.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
BRAVE FIREN1EN
Rescued Eighteen Women From
Burning Building.

Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 14.-With tho
wind blowing & gale and driving
sleet in their faces. fremen early to
day carried eighteen women down
ladders to safety when a blaze rout
ed out the tenants in four-stor
apartment home at the corner Of
Adams and Seventeenth streets. \,
one was injured. The property los:
was about 5000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
STARTED YOUNG.
Sixteen-Year-Old Husband Divorced
From Girl Wife.


Although only 16 years old, Ed
ward Klaser, OF Evansville, o., mar
ried and the father of child, has
obtained divorce from his child
wife, who is only IA. The girls
name is Louise Mccormick, and the
pair were married on February 90,
1907. Klaser claimed that he was
hypnotized at the time he married
the girl, and the court, after hearing
his testimony, concluded that he
must have been, and ordered him
to go on his way single. but to be a
little more careful the next time
he married. The one-year-old child
of the couple was awarded to the
little mother, and she was also al
lowed to resume her maiden name.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24

A new broom sweeps clean, but
alas, it stays new brocm such
little while.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24

A strong solution Of potash will
remove paint from window glass.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
SWEPT TO DEATH IN SEA.
First Mate of Schooner Dragged
Overheard by Wave.

Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. 15.-Capt
Meader of the schooner George A.
McFadden, which arrived in port to-
day from Norfolk, reports that First
Mate Helon Cook was swept over
board at midnight Sunday, February
I, so miles northeast Of Frying Pan
shoals, by the heavy sea. The YES
sci hove to until Z a. NJ, but nothing
was seen of the body. Capt. MeadeT
reports rough voyage all the way
down the coast.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24

4 bulldog isn't always fighting
for his rights.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-02-24
s27a.427.80 s1.363.3t

IOCaI ,9II.oV oVo'oV
Expenses and Stock.
The statement Of expenses and
stock for the month Of January Is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

Springs where he VA horn In 1880.
For tho past four years he has been At
tending tho public schools In this city
until he accepted . position In the
ONCE Of our esteemed competitor, the
Enterprisa. @Runt" has only been
with us but = few months. but he has
proven . valuable addition 70 our force.
We always depend upon "Runt" to en-
terrain the hot-air dispensers that hap
pen TO blow into our ONCE, bat he takes
it goed-naturedly. without him half
Of our ginger and life in che ONCE would
barely exist.
We are all here to stay. There is not
q gutter on the force. We are always
ready to supply the wants Of our cus-
toners at any time during the night or
day. Our Office is always open to our
friends from the county and neighboring
towns. We are all here for the same
common purpose-to live and let live.
II we can't interest you in our lines,
we'll pay FOR the drinks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

besa narrjed % l4im llfnnio L1e
Bridger, Of sardis, daughter q > prom
inent citixsn Of P4nola county, who Il
also N extensive contractor snda mom-
Der Of Walthall's Brigade during tho
War. This marriage took place before
leaving POnt0toc and II wzs bride and
groom who went to Oxford tho same
year. From Oxford the young editor
went to Tupelo, whore he established
tbs Topelo Ledger, and where he re-
manned four years, during which time
he was elected , member Of the leg
isiature to represent Lac county, and
was the youngest member of tho lower
house in the session Of 1890. Selling
out The Ledger, he went to Memphis
and for about six months was q member
OF The r~eportorial staff of the Appeal
Avalanche, one Of the oldest papers of
that city. 1t was while on the staff Of
this paper when he made . trip to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17
4 LITTLE BII' ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH

Being handicapped by the seemingly
impossible improbability Of having 9th
ers bring us into print, we deem it not
inappropriate and not an objectionable
imposition to exercise our high pre-
rogative and relieve our systems Of .
little history and dope that may per-
haps be Of little interest to those inter
ested in The Commonwealth and its
management.
The Commonwealth is nov enjoying
its fourteenth year Of newspaper life.
After having beer established and con-
Quoted by former Governor Jas K.
vardaman for a number of years, Hon.
F. r. Birdsall, OF Yazoo City, pur-
chased the office and successfully ed
tied same for three years. Nearly five
years ago the present management
came into possession Of the paper. The
Commonwealth now owns it's home on
Market street, and is here to stay.
The Commonwealth greets its readers
today with as comprehensive an edition
OF a newspaper as ever issued from a
Green wood press, and in that afirms It's
~primacy, corresponding to h primacy
Of the city that it represents and re-
fleets. In projecting this special edi
ton we called it our Holiday Edition.
which title has been abundantly JUS
tilted in the generous advertising pat
ronage extended, demonstrating that
the progressive business men of the
bsst city in the state were ready to
avail themselves OF the advent of a new
day Of business activity, that is dawn
ing, while indicating at the same time
an appreciation OF the best and most
effective means Of reaching those to
whom they had a message to impart.
Therein is suggested the purpose that
has always and will ia the future an
innate this paper. Ever since our con-
n~ection with the paper we have sought
to reflect the forward movement OF
Greenwood in every particular-to lead
and project it il the occasion required
That sense of service and responsibility
abldes in It's editorial direction, and the
generous patronage Of this special
edition is the best manifestation Of APP
prevail Of that policy that could be Civ
en- US.
Our good people know we'll that The
Commonwealth ia, primarily AMI e.
sentially of and for the Queen City Of
the Delta" 1t has enjoyed consid-
cradle growth, larger opportunities for
service have been unfolded, and we
now command a recognition throughout
Mississippi. We are properly appre-
ciative Of the liberal patronage ex-
tended to our endeavors to produce a
paper truly representative Of Green
wood, AS in this holiday number, where
an abundant encouragement of its N
terprise has been generously man
ifested.
We cannot but feel proud Of the fact
that the present management OF The
Common wealth is composed OF the
youngest set Of newspaper men as
ISOLATED together in Mississippi. Theirs
is not a man on our force over twenty
one years OF age. Ambition in youth
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

Greenwood and formed a partnership
with Ex-Governor Vardaman and be-
came business manager of the Green
wood Enterprise. Two years later,
when Vardaman became a candidate for
governor, he purchased the latter's in
crest. Later he sold the Enterprise
snd for q time retired from the bns.
mess, but later bought The Common
wealth which Maj. Vardaman had es-
tabIished after his defeat in tho first
race. He has been, publishing The
Commonwealth successfully for the
past four years. During his career as
q newspaper man, which has been 4 suc-
cessfui ne, Mr.. Gillespie has served
as president of the Mississippi Press
Association, as national executive com
~mitteeman and delegate for Mississippi
t. the National Editorial Association.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17
JAMES GORDON GILLE sPIE.

JAMES GORDON GILLE sPIE.
James Gordon Gillespie, the junior
editor and" manager of The Common
wealth, was born in Tupelo February
the Gath, 1889, moving to Greenwood
almost within a year after his birth.
In 1904 he graduated from the Green
wood Graded School. The following
session he entered the University of
Mississippi where he pursued a thor
ough course in literature and law, grad
uating on the 3rd of Juno, 1909. In the
summer Of 1908 he took the State Bar
Examination in the Third Chancery
District aud was shortly afterwards ad
mitted to the practice of law. Since
his graduation from tho University he
has bee engaged in the practice Of his
profession together with the manage
ment OF this Office. He is local CORES
pondent to The Commercial Appeal.
Nuf sed, already.
NJ. L. N. BUSAM.
Michael L. N. Busam, the foreman II
the mechanical department. OF The Com
monwealth, is a hoosier, from Camel
ton, Ind, where he was born in 1888,
Early in his youth he responded to his
tact for newspaper work and was prom
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

Mr.. James Lewis Gillespie, the senior
editor Of The Commonwealth, is forty
three years of age, having been born in
Pontotoc county in 1855, his parents
being both Mississippians, born OF Vir-
ginia ancestors. His father, John Gill
lespie, was a farmer, and was a member
Of Company +, 41st Miss. Regiment I'M
private during the entire Civil War.
Mr.. Gillespie has devoted his life to
newspaper work and politics, having
begun the publication of his first paper,
the PJntotoc Democrat, at the g of
eighteen. After a year he leased the
Oxford Falcon, which he published for
years, having in the meantime
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

]. Sidney Grice, our ad man aud
straight-matter c~ompositor, halls from
Mount Olive, Miss. Mr.. Grice il =
native Of Sunfower county. During his
career in the newspaper work he has
had unusual experience. Among the
leading papers upon whose forces he
has worked are the Atlanta Journal,
Washington Post, Rochester IN. W
Democrat-Chronicle, Philadelphia Led
ger, Louisville Courier-yournal, Nor
folk Landmark, Daily Corin,hian, The
Common wealth aud others. AS = swift
~compositor, Mr.. Grice can take the blue
ribbon from any printer in the State.
We have eve read cleaner proofs than
those turned ont by him, and he is par
TALLY responsible for our record of hav-
ing very few typographical errors in
our editions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

with proper incentives and under the
Leadership Of one Of the most successful
newspaper men in the State, explains
whatever success has been melted to our
endeavors in journalism. Not only 10
force the youngest in the State, but
with our facilities, we can turn out the
largest amount Of work in the neatest
and most pleasing style of any weekly
newspaper in the State. Our j,b com
position has a reputation for originality,
speed and neatness, and our straight
matter compositor is without a peer
when correct proof and speed are taken
into consideration. With an apology
for the imposition. we are going to re-
late the experience Of our force in news
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17

inently connected with the forces Of
the Cannelton Telephone, C&nnelton In
quirer and tho Hawkesville (Ky.)
Five years ago he came
to Greenwood ard accepted tho po-
siti0n Of straight-matter man upon our
force. From then until now he has
been receiving deserved promotion un-
til he il q Of the highest-salaried men
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-12-17
Suits and Coats.

A complete stock to select from at shaved price during thu Holidays. $4,000
Suits reduced to $225; Pmntzess Goats from $500 to $15e8; Fancy onepiece
Black Vol $4,000 dresses to $500; Special values in Guaranteed Silk Petit
coats It BIS. On next Monday December 10th, W will sell all coors Onyx Silk
money on everything.