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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
A LIVELY CORPSE
WERE MOST AGREEABLY SUR
PRISED on TRAIN ARRIVAL
Went to Meet Dead Body OF Brother.
but Saw Him Get of Train Well
and Happy.

and Happy.
Through a misunderstanding in a
long distance telephone message rel
atives Of T. C. Chambers Of Washing
ton. D. c.. went - the depot at
Wadesboro. y. c.. the other night
expecting to meet the dead body Of
Mr.. Chandler. and were most hap
PLY surprised to greet him we'll and
happy. The Messenger and Intelli-
gencer tells the story:
T. C. Chandler OF Washington. D.
c.. John w. Chandler OF virginia.
and r. W. Chandler OF Nangum.
aIchmond county. are brothers. They
are al! getting to be old :aen. and.
though their paths through life have
been divergent. tGev nevertheless.
have preserved an unusual affection
for each other.
John W. Chandler has for some
lime been on visit TO r. W. Chaad-
Ter at Mangum. T. C. Chandler at
tended the reunion a. Mobile and
reached Charlotte Saturday on the
return trip. From Charlotte he tel
ephone,: P. W. Chandler that ne
would pay him visit and to NEE:
him in Wadesboro. WITH a wagon
Saturday afternoon to carry his trunk
70 Mangum. Mrs. R ". Chandler.
who is slightly deaf. received the
message and she understood the per
son talking TO say sha. T. c. Chand-
ier had died suddenly in Charlotte
and to request that a wagon be sent
to Wadcsboro to meet his remains
that evening.
Immediately there was consterna-
ton in the household and John w.
Chandler at once made preparations
to come to Wadesboro. He hired d
team and reached town In time to
meet the seven O'Clock train from
Charlotte. Il was his intention 10 take
charge O. the supposed corpse anu
take il 70 Virginia and deposit II
beside the remains Of his ancestors.
With this end In view he went tc
the express car as soon as the train
stopped and asked the express mes
| senger il he had corpse aboard
The messenger answered in the mega
| tive. and while they were talking
about the matter someone walked u
from behind and slapped him on the
| shoulder. Mr. Chandler was so over
come when he saw his brother stand
| ing before him alive and we'll. ne rel
on the Supposed corpse's shoulder
and wept-
The good news was quickly tele
phoned to the grief-stTicken family
at Mangum. tie brothers spending
the night here and joining thei!
brother at that place next day
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
TILLMAN IN AUGUSTA
Is QUITE FEEBLE But Is LOOk-
ING VERY WE'LL.
The Visit Of the Senior Senator Was
Of n Personal Nature, but Took
Shot at Teddy.

The Augusta Chronicl. says Sena-
tor Tillmau was in Augusta for
few hours Tuesday. and while there
was the guest OF Mr.. and M:s. II. c.
Morrison. Senator Tillman was ac-
companied by his wife. The object
Of his visit was Of personal nature.
10 look after the improvement OF GER
tain propert: Of his in the city.
Senator Tnlman was seen by re-
porter OF The Chronicle just before
boarding the train Tuesday afternoon
for his home The senator. though
somewhat feeble. and lacking the ac-
customed heariiness OF nandshake.
was very cordial in his answers to
questions regarding his health.
Having found that his visit was
purely OF personal nature. the re-
porter asked Senator Tillman il nc
had Kept up with the happenings OF
ex-Tresiden, Theodore Roosevelt.
The senator's look and silence
spoke more than any amount OF sar.
-asm or ridicule could have Gone
After few minutes he mildly re-
piled tha, he no longer tried to keep
ap with Roosevelt. :hat in his fam
lily the newspapers were read TO him.
but all references TO Roosevelt were
skipped.
He is the grandes, fakir in the
world" said the senator. and he has
the best staff OF press agents thai
there Is in the world"
When asked to talk further upon
topics Of the d.. especially the
switch OF Republican strcngholds &c
Democratic strongholds. the senate!
asked to be ercused, pleading weari'
ness
His friends in Angus, were GLAD
10 learn that the senator was vel
enough to make the trip 10 Augusta
He came to Augusta from his home
n Trenton. S. c.. and returned there
Tuesday afternoon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
MCRDERERS IDENTIFIED.
By One OF the Men They Attempted
TO .Assessinatc.

It begins to look as II the two
negroes who held Up 4 car. mur-
dering the motorman. and danger
ously wounding the conductor. near
Atlanta. Ga. some time ago has been
caught. Willie Johnson and Charlie
Walker. have been identified by
Conductor Walter ,Sryson as the as
sailants Of himself md Motcrman S.
T. Brown Brown was killed oa
spot Almost by miracle Bryson.
who was shot through and through.
is fast on the road TO recovery. He
will be released from the hospital
within day or two. Rryson. who
never faltered once in his identifca-
ton. says the nero Jackson shot
him and tha, Walker killed Brown
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
4 Fatal Fall

In the collapse Of a scasold on
which the br;cklayers were working
at the new Central of Georgia Rail
way shops Monday at Macon. Ga.
four men were injured. one OF them
dying few hours later a; the Macon
Hospital Without 4 moments warn
ing the temporary structure gave
way. and the mea fell a distance OF
shout fifty feet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
STATE RIGHTS
Upheld IL I've Trust Cases By the FEEDER
al Supreme Court
STATE COURTS RIGHT !.
Decides that Mississippi Has Legal
Right to DiSband Lumber Dealers
and That kentucky Had the Righ,
to Gus, the Standard Oil from tha,

The hands OF the State * their
fight against trusts" were uphe!::
Monday by the Supreme eour. Of the
United States with telling effect.
The association Of Retail Lumber
Dealers in Mississippi and Louisian-
ma was dis.nnded by aftrmance OF
the decree Of the supreme court OF
Mississippi and the Standard Oh
Company OF Kentucky was oustec
from Tennessee by the approval OF
the decree OF the supreme court OF
Tennessee. Both, the state courts
had held. violated the anti trust act
OF. tie respective states
Justice Lurton announced the opin-
ion OF the cour, il the Mississippi
case. Il was his first utterance from
the supreme court bench on the
trust question. He said the mem
hers OF the association had obligated
themselves not to deal with any man.
ufacturer OF wholesaler in lumbe!
who sold to consumers in the locali-
ties in which they conducted bust
ness sufficiently large to meet the de
mand OF t.ae public.
He accepted the findings OF the
state courts. and declared that It Is
an Illegal combination an6 ccnspic-
acy under Mississippi statute
The proceedings in the Standard
Oil case were begun in 1907 unde.
the Tennessee anti-trus, sct The
charges against the standard Jrigi'
mated out Of q transaction at Gala
tin. Tenn. The Standard Of Kentucky
had oil! stored In tanks in Tennessee.
from which it procured supply &c
serve merchants throughout various
sections OF she state. The Evansville
OH Company OF Evansville. Ind. sen;
a Sc'eSnan 70 Gailatia to sell oil
He obtained number OF orders
whereupon the agent Of the Standard
Oh offered TO give the merchants ter
gallons OF Gil per barrel to counter,
mand their purchase ordera with the
Evansville oil company. Four o!
them accepted.
The Standard and two Of its agents
were indicted under the State anti
trust act One OF the agents was
convicted. but the Standard escaped
punishment on the ground that Il
could not be Sned under the act. ou'
could only be ousted.
Custer proceedings were then be
gun against it, the charges beinl
bssed On the Galiatin transactions
The State courts issued an oustins
decree from which an appea. va:
taken to the Supreme Csur, OF tat
United States
Justice Holmes announced the
opinion Of the court All the conten
tions Of the company were disposed
Of favorably to the State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
BROTHER KILLS BROTHER.
In Family Row Over the Boundary
Of Some Land.

Peter Kennedy. a prominent, young
farmer who lived en- Fair Forest
creek on the line. between Union and
Spartanburs counties. was shot and
killed by his brother David Kenne-
dy. Friday afternoon abou, o'clock
Tha shooting occurred over a dis
pu;e abou. land line. Edward
HAYES and Peter Kennedy. brothers
in-iaw. were dispu,ing about line
between their land David Kennedy
came by and took the matter up.
He went home and got his pistol ans
returned and sho, MS brother. Death
was almost instantaneous.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
CONVINCING ARGUMENT.
Lash Prove Efsicacious in Georgia
Convict strike

The strike of thirty long term con
yicts In the county camps. near Reid
vile. Ga. has ended. and their thcea,
to die before returning to work prov
ed baseless. Twelve able-bodied
guards. armed with whips. gave the
thirty men a sound whipping. and
before the iashes had ceased to fall
upon the backs OF the prisoners the
strike spirit oozed away.
Supervisor Tussle superintended
the job. and il was we'll done. The
wholesale punishment was admins
tered Monday. and after il had ended
thirty men went TO their work with
a.acrity. They have promised rot to
rebel again.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
TEDDY TALKS
SAYS HE WILL Non BE A CASD7-
DATE FOR PESIDENT.
Sticks to Taft, Who He Says, Is
Working to Carry Out the Poll
cies He Started.
cics He Started.


The Washington Post says in let
ters which Theodore Roosevelt Is al
legged to have written TO President
Taft, Senator Root and VIM. Loeb.
Jr.. the former president thoroughly
endorses the Taft administration.
favors II. Loeb to succeed Governor
Hughes Of New York and indicates
that his decision to remain in private
life is final and unaitera5le. The
Colonel will not even be candidate
to succeed Chauncey n. DePew IN
the Senate and much less would he
desire any other Office.
II is said also the former presl-
dent will in 10 sense be candidate
for the presidency IL 1912. On the
contrary his letters are said to indi-
cate that 1t is his conviction that the
reelection OF President Taft Is the
Republican paTty's duty.
While Col. Roosevelt believes that
hga, within the party. when It Is
confined to opinions Of legislation
may be heaith.ui. he does aot favor
degree OF insurgency that threatens
to disrupt the party at the polls and
will probably deliver some speeches
In the congressional campaign in the
West. urging the return OF repubii-
cans, to Congress.
When Col. Roosevelt speaks be-
fore the national conservation con-
gress In St. Paul in September. II Is
said be will declare himself again
for the policies for which he has al
ways stood. but Will insist that
the work be pressed forward With
ou, conservation q p' OF for polie-
cal expedients.
In a word. former President Roose-
Welt before seeing Clifford Pfnchot IN
Europe and since. hes expressed linn
self as convinced that President
TAFT has been working hard and con
sistently to carry out the policie:
which started during the Roosevelt
administration. ano has given to the
Taft administration his whole ap
Druyal
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
CLAIMS BIG DAMAGES.
The Columbia State Sued for Fifty
Thousand Dollars.

4 libel suit for s50.co0. hled Sat-
urday against the State Company
calls attention to the fact that there
is no libel statute in South Carolina
and only the common law applies.
Several years ago the STATE Press AS
sociation framed libel law. but 1t
was not passed by the General AS
sensb!y. Tha $4,000 suit IS filed BY
attorneys for John +. Black. an5
grows out OF the recent hcal poiiti-
ca! election. The complaint alleges
that the plaintiff was damaSed on ac-
count OF publications IN the State
during the recent municipal cam
paiGa in Columbia
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Trolley Smash.

At Urban. Ohio. ;wo men we're
killed. TWO men seriously injured
and eleven others received minor
hurts early Wednesday when & car
going south OF the Ohio Electric
railroad coll!6ed headon with pas
senger car coming north from
Springfield on hill Just south Of
this city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
HAS TRAGIC SEQUEL
Girl, Who Eloped With Her Uncle.
Dies N Childbirth.

Ida Markham. the 16-year-olS q:
seduced by her uncle. Hiima7 atsa-
who has since been convitce5 ana
sentenced to the roads for six yeas
.ied Sunday night in Wax. y. e.
after becoming the mother OF Call!
The youag girl is reported ~ he'
parents as testifyiug in the las h2u's
OF her agony that High force1 tc'
10 yield to him at the point II p,.'
toll. She was a daughter OF J. c
Markham. prosperous tobacco !ar-"
in Richmond. The burial ta<esen-t
er OF Wake. The two eloped il Sep
tembe OF last year and were cau5:.'
in Richmond.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
WANTED IT BADLY
MARK TWAIN WRITES ABOUT
THE PENSION THAT
He Failed to Get Because He Had
Served ~ Sols;ier In the Com
fcderate Army.

fcderate Army.
4 section chief in the pension ou-
reau has preserved copy OF char
acier:s:ic Mark Twain letter. ad-
dressed 10 Gen John c. Black. now
president or the Civil Service Com
mission. but at the time this COM
munica,ion was received was COM
missioner CT pensions. Senator Haw-
ley had called up the case OF Samue!
Clements. sol3ier who had disa bill
it. from rheumatism and sore
eyes" incurred in the military SER
vice.
When the pension was allowed
Senator Hawley. in accordance with
the usual custom. was notified. He
had probably never neard Of the
soldier. the reques, 70, cal! up aH1
the filing OF an inquiry slip being.
as rule. part OF :he duty OF a
senator's private secretary. When
the circular from the pension office
, came under his eye he could think o.:
| no soldier named CleDea,s.
He jumped to the conclusion tha'
! the pension was intended for his
friend and fello. citizen. Samuel L.
Clemens Of Hartford. Conn. and ad-
y:sed him accordingly. The eenia,
| nun.o:ist said that there had been d
..mixup' ana inclosed Senator Haw-
ley.s note in the letter TO Comnis.
sioner Black given below:
Hartford. Conn. July S. 'So.
/ Hon. John C. Black. Commissions
Of Pensions:
Sir: have not applied for a pen
sion. have often wanted a pen
| Ision-oeten-ever so often-but. in.
asmuoh as the o2ly military service
I ever performed during the war was
in the Confederate army l have al
ways fel: de!icacy about asking you
for It; however since you have sug,
gested the thing yourself. fee
| strengthened. I have not an: very
pensionable disease myself. bat car
furnish a substit itute-a man who Is
jus, simply chaos. museum OF
all the different kinds OF aches anc
| pains. fractures. dislocations. dis
tempers. distortions. contusions anc
malformations there are: man ~he
would regard rheumatism and sore
eyes as q mere recreation and re
sreshment after the serious occupa
,ions Of his day.
II you grant me the pension. dea'
sir. please hand il to Gen. HawieE
United States Senate mean han:
him the certificate. not the money
and he will forward Ii to me. Iot
will perceive by his posta! card here
with enclosed. that he takes friend
" interest in the matter. He think:
iI have already got the pension
whereas have only got the rheu
na,ism. but did not want that
\ had tina, before. ! wish it were
catching. know man that woul;
load up with it pretty early. W.
all feel tha; way sometimes. I hav'
seen the day when-but never mint
that: you may be busy: just hand !
10 Hawley-the certificate. you un
de-s;and. is not transferable.
Very truly yours.
| lSinSed) S. L. Clemens:
known to the police az Mari
Twain"
| Gen. Hawley's postal card read
Dear Sir: am informed that yor'
pension is allowed. and I consratu
late you. Very truly yours. ]. r
Hawley.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Alabama Local Option.

Ala bama had an election on Tues
day and the returns from siNty-seven
counties show that Emmett O'Neal-
local optioniSt-waS nominated IoT
Governor in the Democratic primary
held in that State by majority o.
100 over his opponent. II. S. D.
Mallory. Mallory ran OF statewide
prohibition platform.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Cleaning Gas Explodes.

At Atlanta. Ca. D. 4. Bentley.
manager Of local dry cleaning es-
tabiishmen:. and two negro helpers
were seriously burned Wednesday
when their clothing caught Ere as
,h,. result Of an exploding OF gas
in the plant. The interio! OF the
building was wrecked by the ex-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
STORK IN YANKEELAND
ALIEN RACES SHOW MARKED N
CREASE IN CONNECTICUT.
Birth Rate Among Native Stock Is
in the Deciine.-Latins Lead all
Foreign Races.

The report OF the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics OF Connecticut indicates
that that state. once the home OF
the New England Yankee. is becom-
ing foreign community. Study OF
the tabuiations concerning births re-
veal that the native stock OF the COM
monwealth g being overwhelmed by
the superior numbers OF the invading
races from oversee. Italians. S!ays,
and Austrians are beginning to figure
prominently In the payrolls OF Con-
nec,icut factories. and they are also
raising crops and families on worn
out farms on which Yankees find It
difficult to provide decent living.
The extent Of the injection OF iE-
ported blood and the shifting proper
,ions of new racial elements are
creating marked changes IN the pop
uIation and the citizenship OF Con-
aecticut.
In its Connecticut rounds the stork
prefers to visit alien households. In
1908 there were 26.694 births in
the state. The number OF cases /,
which both parents were foreign born
foots to 1870. establishing new
high record The percentage Of for
e!gn births in the past decade has
increased from AT to 32.9 per cent
Meanwhile the percentage ( birth
where both parents ase native boss
has undergone irregular decline.
In other words the percentage Of
purely American births in Connect
cut suffered a shrinkage OF pes
cent. during the ten year period.
while the ratio Of purely foreign
births mounted 11.2 per cent. The
percentage of births when one parent
is returned as native born and the
other foreign born was 12.3 in 1908.
while sn IL per cent Of the cases
the nationality OF the fathers and
mothers was not given.
The Italian race is supreme in the
number Of foreign children born in
1908. OK the tots! OF 14.I30, just
4.42I were Of Italian origin. Rus
sian born parents. most OF whom are
Jews. contributed 1854 babies in
1908. The decline o. the immigra-
ton Of Irish and German stock Is al
80 noticeable. In 1899 the Irish led
the percentage. In .90S that Ia
t,onality was third In the list Slavs.
Eungariaas and Canadians show an
increase IN population. especially In
the manufacturing centers-
Twenty-si1 towns In Connecticut
shcw an excess Of deaths over births
for the yeac 1908. In most Of these
the old native stock predominates
and the infusion Of foreign blood has
been small In the rural town OF
Andover. for example. three birth
certificates were fled during the
year. All the births were Of Amer
lean parentage and all the deced-
ents were American born. OF the
is births which occurred IN the farm
ing town OF North Stoningham IN
New London county. all we're from
Yankee born fathers aad mothers.
while 90 out OF IS decedeafs were
native Americans. In North Bran
ford. to cite one more illustration.
eight OF the eleven babies born
during the year were OF purely Amer
ican parentage and II of the 10
persons who died were OF native
ctocb
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
DECEMBER AND MAY.
An Old Man Marries Young Woman
in Romantic Way.

The Spartanburs JcuTna says
Thomas c. Galloway. Of Gadsdea.
Ala. and Miss M. E. McCarroll Of
Ashev!lle were married in the parlors
Of the Finch Hotel at $50 Tuesday
morning. The groom Is about s."
years old and the bride only about
a5. The ceremony was Witnessed by
several persons who were guests OF
the hotel at the time. Rev. L. NJ.
Roper. pastor OF the Firs: Baptist
church. performed the ceremony. The
bride came to this city Monday and
met the groom at the Finch. The
party left Immediately after the cere-
nony for their future home in Cad
sden. Ala
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
STRUCK By LIGHTNING.
Fire Partially Destroys Chattanooga
Courthouse.

lAt Chattanooga. Tenn. the county
Court House. valued al SlSo.000.
was damaged ny FIRE Saturday night
10 the extent OF at least $4,000. and
il the valuable records are found 20
have been destroyed the loss will
reach in rhe neighborhood II ST.
600. 900. The Are was caused by
bolt OF lightning. which struck the
IA cpole on top OF rAe dome. contain
ing the big clock. Th.> entire upper
portion OF the building was consum-
ed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
abduction Charged.

D. Ra.-a. telephone lineman.
who has a wife and children in Vir-
siria. has been jailed in Columbia
charged with abducting Miss RUBY
McGinais. who has been missing six
moaths. She is a daughter OF John
McGiaais. who signed the warrant.
Br-a denies his guilt.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
They Are Held.

The Servian government: h.s re-
ceived a dispatch from Uskuo Sta
ton that a number Of foreign I,v5-
paper men reporting the war in Al
bania were seized by the AlbaniaGs
at Katchanik Pass some days ago AID
carried of TO lonely and almos.
inaccessible place in the noun
tains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Killed by Train.

Jack Hall. white. aged So years.
was KILLED by 4 south-bonnd Central
o. Georgia passenger train at lve=.
Ca. al an early hour Friday morn
ing. Mr.. Hall had bee hsh!ng and
was caught OF the trestle and knock
ed, dying instantly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Stove ENpiodes.

At Philadelphia Mrs yet:e Fried
man. so years old, was ki!le: Monday
by an explosion OF what is believed
10 have been dynamite in the range
OF her Ao:Ie. Several other Lersons
were injured and the house was bad
ly damaged. II is believed that .he
explosive was placed in the slel by
enemies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
GAVE UP THE FIGHT.
when q Mans Down and Out It's
Tsr,,o en- N,,;f

when q Mans Down and Out It's
Time to Quit"
At Chicago J. Henry Ball. car
penter, SO years old. committed sui
eide in his room at a lodging house
Tuesday by drinking carbclic acid.
He left letter addressed TO a fellow
carpenter. which reads:
When a man is down and out. in
a land OF plenty. and cannot even get
a meal. it is time TO quit went last
night to the Moody church and after
the service l asked one OF the minis
ters for aid.
He opened his pocketbook. as ne
did his heart. and gave me 2o cents.
| bought the acid With that 25 cents
II you ever see him thank him for
me. ought to write to him to
thank him. but / have not the time.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Very Heavy Rain.

The heavies, rainfall in years fell
in Greenvil!e for the twe9ty-four
:hcurs ending at c'c:ock Sunday
morning. eight and one-Eaal. inches
being recorded by the Government.
weather maa. Many BRIGGS have
been washed away in G.eenviile
county. and crops are badly dam
aged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-05-11
Village Destroyed.

The village of Plymouth. six miles
southwest OF Em7o7ia. Kansas. is re-
ported to have been DESTROYED by
tornado Monday night. Plymouth is
4 small town with 400 population
and on the Santa Fe railroad. All
wires are down.