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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Loss HEAVY BY FIRE
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND SIX.
TY MILLION YEARLY.
Carelessness Is the Chief Cause, and
People Should Be Taught How to
Prevent Fires.

Present indications are that the are
losses in the United States and Can
ada for 1911 will exceed s260,000,-
900. The figures for the first seven
months Of the year slow a total OF
sl54,se2,900, as compared with
s126,076,S00 during the same period
last year.
The losses for 1910 were 1884,
406,650, and II the present ratio OF
increase continue throughout the
year, the 1911 losses may approach
100000, 0,00c. This will exceed any
year in the history of the country, e1.
cept thos9 of the San Francisco and
Baltimore confagrations.
Government officials, underwriters
and dremen agree that the majority
Of these fires are due to carelessness
and are easily preventable. All OF
the recent fires, which have attracted
public attention because Of the heavy
loss of life with which they were &C.
cImpanied, were due to the careless
ness and indifference of the owners
occupants, or municipal authorities
New York has been spending s10,.
100000 a year for fire extinguish.
ment and only $4,000 for fire pre-
rention. The recent shirt waist fac.
tory fire aroused the public and the
authorities, and fire prevention Is tc
be made much more prominent here.
after.
The most important consideration
is the development of sense Of per
sonal responsibility on the part Of
property owners for the excessive fire
waste, which is daining the resources
OF the country and weakening its
insurance capital. A score Of fire
insurance companies have retired
from the field already this year, be-
cause Of the heavy losses last year
and the unfavorable outlook.
Disasters like the recent factory
fire at Newark, N. j., in which 20
girls were killed and so seriously in
Jured, are chiefly due to carelessness
In this case both municipality and
owner are responsible. The city had
not seen to the proper fire escapes
and exits, although the owners had
been frequently warned by the haz.
ards by the insurance men.
The public should be brought tc
realize the excessive danger involved
in the handling Of gasoline and the
fact that the greatest care Is re-
quired at all times. It's increasing
domestic use renders more important
the education Of the public in this
regard, as there are hundreds Of dis
tressing fatalities each year in the
smaller cities and towns which never
get headlines in the papers, because
only one or two persons were burned
to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
One Dead, Another Injured.

At Waynesboro, Ca, Tollen Law
rey was fatally and julie H. Reynolds
very seriously hurt when their auto
mobile turned somersault near that
place Wednesday. Reynolds, while
driving, attempted to light q cigar
ette and lost control OF the car. Low
rey lived several lours. Reynolds
was injured about t,,e head and sew
eral Of his ribs were crushed in.
Lowrey originally was from Colum-
bia, S. c., but recently has resided
In Augusta, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
DIVE KEEPERS Will
ONCE NOTORIOUS WOMAN GAVE
BIG SUM TO CHARITY. :.
Six Months Ago She Gave Her Former
Resort to City for an Emergency

Hospital.
Miss Anna Wilson's gift Of pTacti-
cally 100000 to charity, the &C
cumulation OF 80 years profits from
the most notorious dive Omaha, Neb.,
has ever known, has brought out
more "reminiscences and caused more
talk than any single event in the Mid
die West in years.
Miss Wilson was sixty years Of age
when she died few days ago. and
in her will she makes no individual
gifts, except OF a trust fund, but
leaves all that she had saved to the
city as her greatest possible resti-
tuition. It is the second largest gift
10 charity ever made by an Omaha
resident. Six months ago Miss Viii
son closed her dive and presented the
building, with $4,000, to the city as
an emergency hospital.
Anna Wilson went to Omaha when
it was frontier town several years
before the Union Pacific railroad was
completed in 1867. Her first ap-
pearance was on a music hall stage.
She was bright and pretty. Also she
vas well educated. Just who she
really was has always been mys-
terry. She freely acknowledged that
Anna Wilson" was not her true
name, but her real identity has never
been revealed.
The young girl remained on the
stage only short time. When the
music hall went to the wall she was
without an engagement. In the emer-
gercy she took up with noted
square" gambler, Dan Allen, and be-
came his common law wife. This
relation she sustained for 90 years
until Allen died. Allen is said to
have furnished the money with which
Miss Wilson opened the most lotori-
Gus dive in the city. In the 40 years
O. its existence. however, there were
few arrests MADE there.
When Allen died be left a $4,000
policy, made in favor of Miss Wilson.
She notified his brothers that at her
death the money would be handed
over to them. Some years ago one
Of them asked Miss Wilson for a
portion OF the money and was given
$1,000. In her Will $4,000 is left to
Dan Aliens brothers.
Six years ago Miss Wilson leased
her home, purchased a $500 resi-
ience in Krountze place, an exclusive
residential district, and went to live
il her new home. With her, she
brought one of the best Shakespear-
ian Libraries in the West.
Among her books is al illustrated
Bible, which cost many thousands OF
dollars, and which Miss Wilson is
said to have been fond Of reading and
studying. Her library ran into thous-
an5s Of volumes, and pictures and
works of art fairly filed her home
Her flower garden and home were the
wonder Of the town.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
PARTY UNITED
Champ Clark Says Hepe Succeeds Dis.
pair in Democratic Hearts.
TARIFF IS TEE issue
After Years Of Labor, Declares Speak
er, Replying to Bryan's Criticism,
Efforts Of Himself and Other Lead.
ers Have Entirely Eliminated Dis.
cussion Within Party's Ranks.

Speaker Champ Clark, who Is In
Washington, declared Monday that be
had devoted the last three years
chiefly to getting the House Demo-
Gratis together and holding them to-
gether, and that, after seventeen
years of factional fighting, the Dem
ocrats are united, aad, by the bless
ings of God, will remain so.''
Il did not do it all by long shot, "
he added. "I had lots Of help, and
every Democrat who participated in
that troublesome, laudable work de-
serves his full share Of the honor
While there was once despair in
Democratic hearts, there is high hope
now"
In this way the tituIar head Of the
Democratic lower house Of Congress
made Indirect reply to criticisms OF
former Presidential Candidate Viii
liam Jennings Bryan, as to the Speak
ership no longer carrying the leader
ship Of the House. Mr.. Clark ccterr-
ed to the great importance OF unity
and wisdom among the Democrats to
draw voters not belonging to the
Democratic party.
"The most important feature Of the
extraordinary session Of Congress
from a political standpoint" said be.
"was the fact that We pulled togeth-
er, worked together, fought together
and won together. We replaced the
old habit Of defeat with the new habit
of victory, the bad fashion Of quar-
reiling among ourselves with the bet
ter fashion Of taking counsel together
and then presenting solid front to
astonished enemy.
1.-THE trend of public opinion IS to-
ward the Democrats. President Taft's
long trip seems TO have left things
in statu quo"
The speaker says the recent elec.
ton proved that, wherever the tariff
was the sole or the principal issue,
the Democrats won, and that when
Mr.. Taft vetoed the tariff bills, it was
inevitable that the tariff would be
the leading issue next year.
Zone Of the most preposterous
canards put into print since Gutten.
berg invented movable type" added
the speaker, "is the charge that
am in favor of the forcible annexa.
tion of Canada There is not fact
in the universe on which to base such
SANDER. l never at any time OF
place stated, or even hinted, such a
wicked and kuixotic scheme to any
human being. I have never dreamed
of such thing, and would oppose II
to the uttermost.
"I have frequently for years ex,
pressed the hope that there might be
union of the two countries by mu,
tual consent and for the good o:
both. 1t always seemed to me- {
friendly suggestion, because we are
neighbors, Of the same blood anG
speaking the same language, but as
the Canadians do not seem to want
that, there is an end to it,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
More Deaths Than Births.

The serious attention Of the public
has again been called to the popula'
ion question in France, by the pub.
lication of official statistics. These
cover the first six months in 1911
and show an excess of death over
births Of 1929. The figures are al
the more discouraging from the fact
that for the same period in 1910 the
births exceeded the death by 21,1S4
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Have Located him at Last.

From a description and photo
graph, the man who registered at the
Hotel Astor in New York as Maurice
Stuart and shot himself through the
heart on November was unohicially
identified Monday as Edward West
moreland Barret, who had said he
was the head Of the company bearing
his name Of London.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Frozen to Death.

a flock Of ducks, their fee: frozen
70 the ground, was found in field
near Williams, Ind, during the re-
cent blizzard. 1t is believed the
ducks had alighted in the field to
spend the night and that the sudden
change in temperature caused the
wet ground to freeze holding them
prisoners. Many OF the birds were
caught by farmers in the vicinity,
who cut them loose from the ground
with axes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Peculiar Skin Disease.

Dudley Payne, the negro who turn
C white at Chillicothe. Mo-, is dead,
and efforts will be made by the Mis-
cause OF the peculiar skin disease,
which has baffed physicians for sew
eral years. Splocches appeared on
Payne's hands and then spread to the
upper part Of the body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Leg CUT OF by Box Car.

While standing on a passenger
track at Spartanburg Junction Tues.
day afternoon, watching south.
bound train pull out, General Fore
man J. ". R1deout, Of the Southern
Railway, was struck by a box car,
which was backed up against him.
He was dragged ten or fifteen feet
and his left leg completely severed
from his body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Thief Ate Too Much.

A large catamount was killed in
one OF the busiest sections OF Hunts
vile, Ala. The animal raided the
henhouse Of William Fletcher and en-
tered q coop n which there We're
seven pigeons. II ate ali Of the pig
cons and several chickens, and after
its feast was unable to get out
through the hole it had entered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
SEVENTY YEARS SENTENCE.
Man Given Long Prison Term For
Trying to kiil.

At Vienna, Austria, Njcgus, the
Daimatian who fired four shots at
Herr Nochenburger, minister of JUS
tice, during the session Of the Austri-
an reichsrath on October ), was SEN
fenced to 10 years hard labor. The
t''ial lasted two days. Njegus had pro-
cured admission to the public gallery
Of the lower house of the reichsrath
on October during a debate on the
severity of some sentences imposed
on rioters who had protested against
the high cost of food. He fred le-
libcrately at the ministerial bench
where Herr Mochenburger and Count
Sturgkh were seated but the bullets
did not strike any one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Twenty.Second Child.

There IS rejoicing In the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Davis Of Car
bondale, Pa, for the stork has paid
another visit to their home and al
though the old bird had made twen-
ty-one previous visits, he was vel
coined and his burden, a son, was
greeted as kindly as it would have
been Il it were the first born.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Hold Jp Cashiers.

At Kansas City, No, a negro and
a white man with his face blackened
Friday held up employees in the cash
ter's Office Of the Missouri Pacific
freight depot and afte- shooting two
men, one probably fatally, escaped
with s132 In cash and checks
amounting to 1858.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
CONDITIONS ARE APPALLING.
People in Asiatic Russia Suffer From
Famine.

a dispatch from St. Petersburg,
Russia, says the sufferings expert
enced in the famine OF 1891 are be-
ing repeated in the province Of Oren-
burg and Tural territory, As!atic
Russia, IS famine stricken. The in
habitants Of these regions are flock
irg to towns, preparing for death and
begging Ic: the adm u'stration Of the
last communion. The crops in the
province Of Orenburg are Sc per cent
below the average, and Bishop T. c..
Helyabinsk has issued an appeal to
the government asking aid for peas
ants
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Trans Station Robbers.

When robbers entered the station
al Oriental, Pa, held up, robbed and
beat Operator A. L. Carroll they were
unaware Of the fact that he threw a
red signal as they entered the place.
The signal stopped train and both
robbers were caught ransacking the
place
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Fatal Fight in Church.

F ". Snowden was shot and killed
and his son, William Smell, was ia
tally wounded during a fight at
church service at OranGeviile, La,
Sunday night. W R. Dowden, who
is alleged to have shot the Snowdens
nd George Dowden and William Sim
mons. were placed in Jail All the
parties are farmers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
BOTH ARE TURNED LOOSE.
Jury Sets Old Man and Woman Free
of Murder Charge.

Charged with the murder Of vii.
liam A. Abbott, young printer, in
Srartanburg in September, 1879
Richard Abernathy, the aged chair
maker of Blacksburg, was found not
guilty at 10 o'clock Friday night, af.
ter the Jury had been out four hours
and after trial which consumed
the whole day in general sessions
court. Mrs. Dora Abernathy, wife OF
Richards cousin, and alleged acces-
sorry Of the murder, because Of whose
illicit relations with Abbott, accord.
ing to the State, the printer was
slain, was also found not guilty, the
verdict being directed by Judge Err
nest Gary in her-case earlier in the
day.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
EIudes Dogs and Men.

Though all the county officers and
three hundred volunteers searched
far and wide Wednesday, T. 3. Walk
er. the negro condemned to die on the
gallows at Washington, Ca, Wednes-
day, but who escaped from officers
Tuesday night. Is yet at large. He
was handcuffed securely when he es-
capped. Dogs followed his trail for
miles, only to lose it, and there is no
clue now as to where he is
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Eotel Clerk Killed br Convict

Hotel Clerk Killed by Convict Guard
Samuel E. Hicks, a clerk, is dead
and ". II. Malett, a convict guard
is under arrest charged with the kill
ing Of Hicks, the outcome of an argu-
ment as to the ownership Of an over
coat. The shooting occurred late
Friday in a hotel at Jackson, Miss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Died From Football Injuries.

Charles D. Benson, the 17-year-old
left halfback Of the Newport News,
Va, high school football team, who
had his neck broken in the game
against Fredericksburg College Fri
day, died there that night.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Convict Sees His Dying Babe.

Thomas Edgar Stripping, former
police chief OF Danville, Va. and now
Georgia convict and inmate Of the
state farm at Milledgeville, in chains
and under guard, reached the home
Of his wife at Columbus, Ca, and
embraced his dying baby.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Found in Federal Prison

The finding Of twelve loaded re-
volvers and four sticks Of dynamite
N the federal penitentiarv yard at
Fort Leavenworth, late Friday prob
ably prevented a wholesale outbreak
q government prisoners.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Kills His Wife and Self,

. While his five children, the eldest
aged Il, lay asleep in an adjoining
room. o. C. Allison, a farmer Mon
day shot and killed his wife and shot
himself to death in his home at Ne
vada, Mo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
CAR DYNAA1ITED.
Motorman and Dispatcher Hurt, But,
Passengers Escaped Injuries.

AT Birmingham, Ala, on Friday
an interurban car on the South Ems
icy line was blown up by dynamite
at Ensley Highland station shortly
after I O'Clock. Motorman Johnson
was seriously injured and Dispatcher
Parsons was cut about the face by
flying glass. Conductor J. D. Lee
and the passengers escaped unin-
jure5.
Feeling against the local traction
company has been aroused by sign
ing last Saturday by the city COM
missioners of new contract with the
company affecting street car rates,
transfers and the prices of electricity.
The chief seat Of objection has been
around Wylam, place near Ensley,
where transfers are not allowed un-
der the new arrangement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
Daily Thought.

Il what you have done yesterday
seems big to yn1 today, you nave
done nothing to-:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06
OufIfs and Their tTsee

Quills are things that are som mettmes
taken from the pinicls Of one goose
to spread the opinions Of another.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06

Aluminium In Place Of Paper.
Pressed sheets OF aluminium are
used for wall covering in place OF
paper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-06

Il am astounded, I am astound-
ed. My credulity has been imposed
upon. It is a bolt out Of a clear
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
. THREE FUNERALS SUNDAY.
One VIII BE in the Forenoon and the
Others, IN the Afternoon.

Three funerals will be held in the
city Sunday, The first viii be tina,
of Cleo Dillon at the residence, cor
lner Kaufman street and Oldham ave
nue., at 10 a. m.
The body of the little son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Williams, who died in
st. Louis Thursday, will arrive in
the city tonight The funeral will
take place at the residence of Ed
Williams in West End at O'Clock III
the afternoon.
AT A O'Clock funeral services wilt
be held over the body of Edgar
kemble at his late residence in Pat
rick's addition. The body will reach
here over the Katy this evening and
will be taken to the home of his bro
thery Yancey d. Kemble. Tomorrow
morning the remains will be convey
ed to the late home of the deceased
where the funeral services will be
held. s44:g fsg
The three intelments viii be made
at the city cemetery.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
Joint Installation Held.

Ferris, Jan. 2S.-Ferris Lodge No
Lodge held joint public installa-
ton last night in their new lodge
room. A splendid program consist
ing of speeches, music, etc, was had
Brother Walker, grand secretary
was the principal speaker. The fol
lowing Officers were installed: w
S. McCarson, N. G.; j. NJ. Douglas
V. G.; T. Clendenon, secretary; C
A. Weatherford, treasurer.
kahs-Mrs. l.. b. Garrett, n
G.; Mrs. w. S. McCarson, secretary
Miss Sallie House, treasurer.
About 400 guests enjoyed the en-
tertainment and supper.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
4 Good Performance.

The Flower of the Ranch which
came to the Shelton opera house last
night is a musical play in three acts.
all of the scenes of which have bean
laid in the rugged west, with color
full scenic settings of great beauty
The story of the play in brief is as
follows:
Winding down a steep mountain
trail in California stage coach con
tanning several passengers is over
turned and crashes down into the
valley. A ranchman arrives on the
scene and finds but one living sur
vivor of the wreck, baby girl held
fast in her dead mothers arms. He
takes the child, and as no papers or
evidence of the child's identity can
be found, adopts her as his own.
Seventeen years later, the child
gr9wn1 TO happy young womanhood
and beloved by everyone with whom
she comes in contact. is the lire OF
the town of Tomahawk, a struggling
settlement in which she has charge
of her fathers general store. Jack
Farnum, a popular young ranchman
whose possessions are coveted by a
scheming sheriff falls in love with
Flower as the young woman Is
known, and complications in which
thieving Mexican adds to the inter
est, develop. An Indian chief whom
Farnum had befriended assists
Flower in thwarting the designs OF
the sheriff and the young ranchman
regains the deed to his property
which had been stolen by the Mexi-
can, who in turn has been Slain by
the sheriff whoW he. tried to beIray
= Of course everything ends lapBi
~ but IN the Development Of the
story many strong situations and
stirring scenes are enacted Charac-
ter types true to the locale partti-
pates in the action Of the play The
musical numbers. Of which there are
some twenty, are logically and nat
urally introduced, and a romping
spirited chorus of handsome young
women, who not only sing, bat dance
with grace and yigor, add to tne IN
terest of the entertainment
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28

The members of the Baraoa class
of the Methodist church gave a re
ception last night at the church com
plimentary to their families and the
Philathea classes. A delightful pro-
gram was rendered, consisting of
several songs, an address by Henry
NJ, Barton, a reading by Mrs. II. n,
Peters and q pipe organ solo by Miss
Myrtle Maledon. At the conclusion
of the program all repaired to the
Baraca and Philathea class rooms
where sandwiches, olives, sailed pea
nuts, coffee and chocolate were ser
we'd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
Ellis County Man Died.

j. e Dawson, aged - years, a far
mer of -Maypearl, died at a local hos
pital here early Wednesday morn
ing following fortnight's illness,
He had been in Fort Worth but
thEHen days, coming here for med
ieaf tyeatment He is survived by his
widow and two sons, who were at
the bedside at the time Of his death
The remains We're forwarded ID
Maypaarl Wednesday by Undertake
er Robertson Fort Worth Record
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
Main Street Christian Church.

Foreign Missionary Rally tonight.
Sunday morning at 1880 Mrs. Waits
of Fort Worth will demonstrate the
Elementary Work in the Bible
School. At 1900, DIR: c. l.. Pickett
of the Philippines will preach.
At 2 80 there will be Bible School
Rally, conducted by County Supt. r.
A. Highsmith of Italy. Al night ser
mon by Rev. Cephas Shelburne o.
Dallas Everybody invited. G. F
Bradford Minister.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-01-28
Notice.

All members of the Waxahachie
Fire Department are requested to
meet at the city han tomorrow
morning at . O'Clock TO attend the
funeral of Assistant Chief cleo NJ.
Dillon. ROYAL WILLIAMS, Chief