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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16

could take the place of any of the
three small States.
Which Of the gentleman named
as the probable Democratic candl-
date is the most likely to success
fully work the combination and
land in the White House? The one
that has the best chance OF doing
this, is our candidate, be he Wilson,
Clark, Harmon, Marshall, Under
wood or some other good Democrat.
1t looks to US as if the Democrats
can win if they will push the tariff
question to the front. With the
tariff as the main issue President
Taft, who is sure Of renomlnatlon
By the Republicans would be at a
disadvantage for having vetoed the
efforts of the Democrats to give the
people cheaper clothing AID other
necessaries Of life. In our Judg-
ment the only thing that could de-
feat the Democrats would be huge
corruption fund in the hands OF the
Republicans. The Democrats should
guard against this danger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Cowhided by a Woman.

Because, it is alleged, he circnlat-
cd reports detrimental to the charac-
ter of Mrs. H. G. Sheriff., wife Of a
well known citizen of Spencer, n. c.
George L. Webb, a machinist in the
Southern railway shops there, was
cowhided by Mrs. sheri i, who I'M
rediately afterwards went to police
HEADQUARTERS and submitted to a
charge of assault
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
PREDICTS END OF WORLD.
Seventh Day Adventist Says the Time
Is Near at Hand.

The world will come to an end
within very few years." declared
Elder O.. Montgomery, president OF
the Indiana conference Of the Sew.
enth Day Adventists, during the SER
vices of the camp meeting now pro
crossing at indianapolis, Indiana.
'I cannot set the year. 1t may
be next year; it may be fve.years.
But l do know that it will come be-
fore the death Of the last man who
saw the falling Of the stars on Nov
ember 13, 1888. There are few
people living now who saw that phe-
nomenon and I know that the end
will come before all Of them are
gone
Elder Montgomery said that
science had been unable to solve the
falling of the stars n 1888 and that
he has Scripturai proof that the mil
lcnium will occur within the genera
ton following that event.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
PAID TO VOTE
Senator Heltslaw Repeats Bribery Story
Before Committee.
ON THE LORINER CASE
Ranker, Church Leader and State
Senator Makes a Most Humiiating
Confession Before the Committee
Investigating the Bribery Charges
Against e. S. Senator Lorimer.

Feebly defending his confessed
graft, former State Senator D. W.
Holtslaw, the 81 year old Illinois
banker and church leader, Tuesday
retold to the senate Lorimer com
mittee his story of being paid for
having voted for Lorimer for Sen
ator. Incidentally he. told Of ask
ing and Of being promised s1,500 for
buying furniture for the State from
a certain firm.
Holtslaw was asked many humil-
iating questions. He was required
to tell of being called before the
grand jury in Cangamon county on
his way back from Baptist conven-
ton in Baltimore, to which he was
a delegate. He was led by counsel
into all the details Of his demand
to be paid by the furniture men be-
fore he bought furniture for the
State.
s|You were looking out fol
the best interest Of the State when
you demanded S1.500?" asked Sen
ator Kenyon.
s'I felt honestly that I was not
taking anything from the State, but
vas getting part Of the agents com
mission"
"You were worth 100000 and
didn't need the money!"
'eNo, I didn't need it,
ssDid you intend to turn it over
to some charity fund.-" suggested At
torney Marble.
'toh, no; I intended to keep every
cent Of it,
He did not get the money because
he told the grand Jury about it, he
said, and declared that it was most
" to get immunity for his part II
the furniture deal that he told the
grand jury about receiving money TO,
having voted for Loriner.
Holtslaw told Of his conversation
with State Senator John BrodericE
the night before Lorimer was elect
ed.
"He said to me: Senator Lorime1
will be elected tomorrow" sane
Hottsaw. "'Yes,' I replied, I an
going to vote for him After {
second had passed, he said, There
will be $4,000 in it for you die
not say anything"
t:Did you think you ought to have
got more?" asked a member Of thu
committee
'tNo, I thought I ought to have
had none"
sWhy did you take it them"
''I really do not know"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
BURNED TO DEATH
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ANDERSON
COUNTY HOSPITAL.
Miss Mabel Thompson Receives
Fearful Injuries in Lamp Explo-
sion and Dies Soon Afterwards.


AS the result of an explosion at
the. Anderson County Hospital Mon
day afternoon, Miss Mabel Carpen-
ter Thompson, the superintendent Of
the institution, is dead, Miss JOSIE
Moffett, a trained nurse, Of Due
West, is badly burned, and Charles
Barnes, the hospitals orderly, who
held the kerosene lamp when it eX-
ploded is suffering with an ugly cash
in the head and painful burns on the
arms, hands and face.
The News and Courier correspon-
dent says the explosion occurred
when the orderly was pointing out
to a plumber defect in the primer
kerosine lamp, that is used to heat
the sterilizing machine. The negro
pumped air into the lamp, to show
where it was leaking. Some screw
about the lamp must have been lose
for the explosion followed, hurting
the top of the lamp towards Miss
Thompson, who was looking on.
Practically all of the kerosene was
thrown on Miss Thompson, and in a
seconds time she was one mass ct
flames.
Her face, head, arms and chest
we're saturated with oil and before
assistance could reach her, she was
burned horribly. She very probably
swallowed some of the gas and the
flames. Miss Moffett was attracted
from the adjoining room and she
had the presence of mind enough to
gather up the carpet off the floor
and throw it around Miss Thompson
who was thrown to the floor and
rolled over and over.
The chemical fire extinguishers
were brought into use and in a fe"
moments the blaze was extingulsh-
ed. Miss Moffett received her burns
in the fight against the fire. The
negro orderly received his wounds at
the time of the explosion, flying
part of the lamp hitting him on the
head and the flames leaping to his
face.
Miss Thompson came to Anderson
from Dayton, Ohio, last November.
Her home is in Damascus, Ohio, ane
her sister, at Salem, Mass, has beer
notified. She has a brother in New
York, but his address is not known
Both of her parents are dead. Since
coming to Anderson she endeareo
herself to all the people with whom
she had TO come in connection. She
made an ideal superintendent ano
under her supervision the hospita
was getting along very nicely. Hel
fatal accident has cast a gloom ovel
the whole city. She was about 81
years of age.
This horrible accident and sad Sc
ouel is terrible blow to the hospit
al and to the people Of the city ane
county. Miss Thompson recent!
received an offer Of the superin
| dency of large Northern hospital
| carrying much larger salary thar
she received here, but because she
was contented with her work at An
derson and because Of the fact tina
| her work was highly satisfactory
and appreciated by the people gen
eraly she declined the offer Mond
day night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Sell Cotton Slowly.

4 circular letter has just been sent
out BY the South Carolina State Far
mer's Union telling how prices for
cotton fell down in Sumter very
quickly from something over Is
cents to below 12 The reason Of
this was that the cotton was mar
keted too quickly and the price
refused to hold Added to this
we're words Of caution about selling
the cotton so quickly as to push the
price down. II the crop Is sold
slowly the price Will stay up.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
THE MYSTERY HALF SOLVED.
Georgia Officers on the Trail Of Two
Murder Suspects.

By following week old automobile
tracks on a lonely road, Deputy
Sheriff Meldrim, of Chatham Coun-
ty, solved half OF the mystery sur
rounding the murder, exactly a
week ago, of J. H. Turner, probably
the wealthiest negro in Savannah
who was killed in his automobile by
two white men, twelve miles from
Savannah. The officer found the
body of the negro, at least three
miles from where he was killed
wrapped in cloth and hidden in an
cid and deserted well. An automo-
bile was hired by the two men for a
trip into the country, and, appar-
emily, the negro had been killed by
being struck with some blunt IN
strument as he sat in his car.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
SIR ORACLE HAS SPOKEN.
Teddy Tells HOW to Regulate the
Big Corporations.

Theodore Roosevelt stalked boldly
before the House of Representatives
committee of inquiry into the United
States Steel Corporation at New
York on Monday and told how his
action in consenting to the absorp-
tion of the Tennessee Coal & Iron
Co. by the Steel Corporation in 1907
averted a disastrous panic.
He arrived unheralded at the city
hall, vigorously shook hands with
members of the committee. declared
himself delighted to see everybody
and got down to business.
First and foremost he placed upon
himself responsibility for approving
the absorption to save a perilous
financial disaster in Wall Street and
condemned any man who would be
so weak as not to act as he did in
that crisis.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
"Old Nick" in Charge.

a dispatch from Flushing, y. Y,
which has about one dozen or more
Protestant churches, that an under
taker there vainly tried to find a
Protestant clergyman to of6ciate ct
a funeral. The preachers were all
of on vacations. A newspaper head
ed an article telling of the incident
''All pastors at play, Old Nick makes
bay" The article ended by saying
"Oid Nick, for whom it is said, sum-
uer time is harvest time, is still in
Flushing, L. l., presumably
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
VERY QUEER ACCIDENT.
Huge Turkey Buzzarc Causes Two
Cars to Leave Track.

At Los Angeles, Cal, the lives OF
A score of passengers on two inbound
beach cars were placed in jeopardy
late Friday night by huge turkey
buzzard. Just as Venice flyer and
a Del Rey car were approaching a
switch the Ibuzzard charged the bril-
liant head lights of the flyer. He
missed his aim and crashed through
the glass door, knocking the motor
man back into the aisle just as he
was applying the air brakes to bring
his car to a stop. The Del Rey car
was already on the switch and the
cars crashed, both being derailed.
None of the passengers were in
jured
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
They Are the kickers.

The man who habitually sends his
money to mail order houses for goods
whiuh he could buy to better advan-
tage to himself from home merchants
is generally the first to growl about
the deadness Of his home town. Ap-
parently he forgets that he is prime
cause of it's deadness and that he is
the most fitting person to oficiate at
it's funeral. Live men imbued with
true local pride and patriotism mean
a live town every time, even as dead
men mean a dead town.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Blease Refuses to Talk.

eat this time ! Go not care to
make any statement on that matter .
Governor Blease said last Tuesday,
when asked If he wished to be quot
ed in reply to an article published in
the Belton Times last week and re-
printed IN Columb bia newspapers,
charging him with incivility toward
a young lady, employed as ticket
agent in Southern Railway station at
EeNor.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Melon for BIease.

Gov. Blease has received from
George Kay, Of Honea Path, a water
melon weighing 6s 1-2 pounds which
is six pounds more than the Geor-
gia melon, christened '.Hoke Smith
which was recently sent to the White
House in Washington
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Killed by lightning.

At Coward as Henry LangstoD
was going to feed his hogs about
noon Monday he was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. He was
near a large oak in his yard, which
was struck by the same bolt. Mr..
Langston is survived by wife and
two children He had many rela-
tiyeS,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Charged With Murder.

A warrant charging murder was
sworn out Tuesday against Charlie
Jones, negro husband Of Bertha
Courtney, the white woman whose
BODY was found in a sewer ID
the outskirts of the city OF Clncln-
natl last friday. The negro is miss
n
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
An Attempt to Conceal Shortage BY
Committing Other Crimes
But THE SCHEME FAILS
Employed a Burglar to do the In
famous Work and He is Blown Up
and Dies From the Eject Of His
Wounds in a Nearby Hospital
Would Not Confess.

AS the result Sunday night to de-
stroy the records of the Long Dock
Mills and Elevator company, in Jer-
sey City, for the purpose Of conceal
ing shortage of $4,000 in the ac-
counts Of Samuel Brown, the cash
ieT. Brown and Patrick J. Tim
mons, an expert accountant, are in
Jail there, under the charges Of ar
son, conspiracy and manslaughter.
tracks. Browns alleged confession
bearing Browns signature, telling
of ais plans for the crime, and nam
irg Timmons, his good friend, as an
accompMce. Frank Walsh, known as
Lightning" the burglar who was
hired to do the job, died Tuesday Of
burns received in trying to carry out
the scheme.
Brown was arrested when he re-
ported for work Tuesday. His en-
ployers, told the police that experts
had been examining the accounts
during the previous week, and had
set Tuesday for examining the
books. Brown told the detectives
that he had been short since Jan
uary, and that Timmons had worked
on the books as a friend for three
NJ months, trying to cover up his
tracks. Browns alleged confession
said in part:
about p. N. Sunday I met Tim.
mons in saloon in Jersey City. We
had been talking about destroying
the books for the past two months.
as I was short in my accounts. Tim
mons said he could get man in New
York to do the job and there we
were joined by Walsh. The three OF
us took an automobile to Jersey City
about $3.50 we went to the Office
of the Long Dock Mills. I opened
the door and the three Of us went
in. l then opened the safe door and
took out three check books and the
cash book. Walsh held the books
over the gas jets and set them on
fire. 7 watched them set the books
on fire, then left them to go back
home. I did not know anything
about the fire until Tuesday morn.
ing.
The police did not tell Brown up.
on arresting him that Walsh hac
died in the attempt. Instead they
tried to batter down his defence, ant
failing, one of them finally said:
"Walsh died this morning at o.
clock. %
my Cod" Brown gasped, 's
can't have that mans death on ny
SOUL Then he told the story.
Timmons was arrested near hi!
home in Newark. Efforts Of detec
tives to elicit confession from Tim
mons have been unsuccessful.
In the Office there was no evidence
of an explosion, the lremen say, bu'
plenty of evidence to show that gas
cline had been used literally. The
books had bden soaked with thu
fluid but were only partially Dnrnt
Walsh was found with his eye'
blown out and his clothing almos
burned from his body. He said ht
had gone into the Office, the doo1
being open, to sleep. He was smok
ing cigarette, he said, fell asleel
and he supposed the cigarette set tht
place afire. At the hospital he wa:
told that he would die from hi
burns.
"Now," queried detective, "won'
you tell US how it happened?"
Walsh shook his head and stretch
ed out on his cot. It was his las
| act
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Many Are Killed.

At San Jose, G. R., the govern
ment powder magazine exploded
from an unknown cause. Several
rersors were kill,I and many others
wounded. Z. 'arcc na1,Dor Of houses
were blown down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Killed in Auto Crash.

A girl was killed and nine other
persons were hurt, some Of them
seriously, when an automobile con-
tanning six children and two men
crashed into an electric car on the
Fair Haven bridge at New Bedford,
Mass.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16
Atwood Starts Final Flight,

Harry n. Atwood will start on his
flight to the Atlantic Ocean from St.
St. Louis Monday morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16

The crops of many sections Of the
State have received many rains.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-16


white man.
He said it was not true that he
was unfriendly to the negro when
the negro was in his place, but he
wants to sound a word of warning.
$50 long as you can get white
women and white men TO go into
the school houses Of this country and
teach negroes and associate with
them side by side, so long will these
secret orders flourish among that
class, and so long will the white
people have trouble, and it will be-
come serious.
"Not long since, he said. he had
passed by an institution in South
Carolina and had seen handsome
white woman walking across the
campus of negro school, with one
arm around a negro boy and another
arm around a negro girl. That hap
pened, ne said in the city Of Colum-
.bia. He said he expected to recon-
mend at the next session of the Leg
islature tine passage Of an act pro-
hibiting anyone from teaching in the
schools of this State who has not
received a certificate from the State
of Education and the
Governor.
The greatest portion Of Governor
Blease's speech was fine effort along
fra1ernal lines, only the few diver
sions Of political nature being here
given. He vas frequently interrupt
ed by applause and he said that the
!:a!m reception which he had re-
ceived at the hands Of the people
OF tis native county made his heart
glad.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-29
Very New
Gather Bags
at $3.50

An unusually strong line OF
leather bags. One especially
featured design Is in long grain
and cross-grain leather, in navy,
green and black; square nickel,
silver and gun metal frames.
Silk lined and all fitted with
usual accessories. The same
style In walrus grain and seal
grain In black only. Six-inch
top and nine-inch broken bot
tom.
Then there Is the MusQueteer
shape. Just out In New York.
Black, navy, gray and brown
suede leather. Nicely fitted.
Silk lining. A beautiful quail
ity and absolutely novel in
every way.
Then another. these real seal
and morocco bags, fine silk lin
ing, with inside pocket, made
rather full, with gilt and gun
metal frames and long cord
handles.
A large practical bag at this
price Is OF seal grain or walrus
grain, full leather lined. with
inside pocket. Metal frames In
gilt. silver and gun metal, also
leather covered frames. A
great variety Of shapes In large
sizes.
You can almost get two OF
these bags for what you might
expect to pay for one "a en-
Splendid value, at :. pO. W
The Detroit times., 1911-09-29
POOR JoNEsl

When Jones was but mere small
His trial was that his mad employ
A slipper in
Her dainty fin.
TO wallop him for peccadilloes.
Her blows fell hard, not soft like
pillows.
IN course Of time he grew up, did
Jones,
Recalling his aching boyhood's bones;
Whereupon he swore
He'd pause before
He'd marry woman who believed
II spanking juvenile when she was
peeved.
g Jones Tor his wife took damsel
who vowed that she never would
strike q child
But who waded In
with a rolling pin
And warped Il over her husbands
head.
For Jones was no longer a child.
she said.
The Detroit times., 1911-09-29
City OWNERSHIP
MINIS IN THRIVING
CALGARY
city Owns Its Street Car System,
Electric Light and Power Plant,
waterworks and the Best
Business Sites.
All Ventures Are Paying Handsome
Profits Population Shows "a
Surprising Growth,

CALGARY. ALBERTA. Can, Sept
19.-This city, the most Important
trade. shipping, manufacturing whole
sale and immigration center between
Vancouver and Winnipeg, Is different
from the average American city that
( - prosperous and booming.
CnlgaTy isn't old; IL started TO grow
within the last FIVE years, and each
year since the boom" II has gone
ahead with greater speed.
But Il Is taking time to build right.
Calgary owns It's own street car sys-
ter IT. electric light and power plant,
rs waterworks and owns also the
j / 9t b. siness sites left in the town.
| Calgary stared IN the street car
1 sints year and q half aso.
SaooC0 Profit First Year.
The .nst six months Tie system paid
profit of s .0.000. ard In 1910, though
tie system was moe than doubled ~
Acka. Z. mad a .rc Il or S55,S15 net
4 OF g.ogs ca nings OF SEATS.
1 h wash Lal for an experiment
Ala n y b; siEess. The profits have
never iasien below Is per cent per
mum q t-e naf million dollars the
sister cost, AS tie proats Increase
*. a.. sd ron. these profits are real
IA EcE, j 81 n, payments OF interest,
ifin., md and Depreciation, the
Nh es On hs .aen VII be Increased.
aid aireadS mGch of the surplus Is
slng ntc SxtenEions &c thinly settled
s,nrhs, SheTe a private corporation
5i.d not build. Which brings cheap
! ome sizes into Close touch with the
city
City Sell Business Sites.
Calgary decided II wanted manufac-
tl.rers and wholesale houses, oft pur-
chased about 500 acres within the city
limits and Is selling sites at cost, plus
,41-2 per cent interest TO the date OF
sale. TO bona fide enterprises. And
these sites and improvements thereon
are exempt from taxation until 1919
The municipal light and power
plant cost 100000. and returned a
net profit OF $4,000 last year. When
the new water power plant Is complet.
ed Calgary expects TO have the cheap
eat electric power In Canada and VIII
sell Il TO manufacturers and citizens
nearer cost than any private corpora
ton on earth.
Calgary makes 10 or IL per cent
proft from its municipal water plant
every year. and 10 constantly cutting
the rates TO the home owners.
AZ for taxes. already q start has
been made to exempt improvements.
This year improvements were assess
"a at only so per cent Of their value,
while land was assessed at IS per
cent. The rate IL IA mills. making
the tar about half that OF American
cities like Calgary.
A the province of Alberta exempts
from taxation all improvements on
provincial lands, this policy IL expect
"a to prevail in Calgary within few
years.
calgary's population in 1908 was g..
900: In 1910 Il was $4,000.
Property Values.
The assessed value Of property In
1908 was s17.s41, 6ss; in 1910 1t was
>30.7s6,0s2
The value OF buildings erected In
1908 was ss37,1oo; in 1910 II was S.
SIS. bs4.
Seen any town In your vicinity that
has done better In the last two years?
The Detroit times., 1911-09-29
Autumn Colorings in Rich
New Silks

Sheer Silks-Pure Silk Wolfe in an even
thread. The approved weight and double
width. Per yard $1.50.
Bordered voiles-New designs, shown in
beautiful color blendings, selected and ex
elusive. Wide width. Per yard 50, 50,
and $2.50.
0mbra Mousseline-The newest from
Paris ombra style. with ombra satin bor-
der. Per yard $500.
Grenadines--Plain and novelty grena-
dimes. Very choice qualities. Per yard
$3.50 down to 81.
Largest distinctive showing west of
New York
Glorious New Satins-Special quality
satns for gowns, dresses, suits, founda-
The Detroit times., 1911-09-29

ton and all combination purposes. Paris
and special shades. Per yard So down to
Soc.
Novelty Gown Silks-The out-of-the-or-
binary kind. Beautiful Cashmere de Sore,
Lumineaux Satins, Meteor Satins. with
new Soutache and Arabic designs in the
Indian and Egyptian colors. Wide widths.
Per yard, So, $3.50, $500
New Bordered Silks-Very much in
vogue, wanted and worn by the women
who know. Exclusive designs and fash
ionable shades. Per yard So, $3.50, $500
Chameleon and Glace Silks-Chiffon Taf-
fetas, Lumineaux Satins, Pekin Satin on
Taffeta all in beautifully blended colors.
Yard wide. Per yard $3.50, $l.25.