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The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-14
TWO TAKE TRIP
ON MOTORCYCLE

Mr.. and Mrs. Johnny Wilson re-
turned Saturday afternoon from
pleasure trip about the state that
is rather unusual in the way of trav-
cling, Last Monday they started
out on a motorcycle. The machine
has a second seat attached behind
the regular one and this was occu-
Mod nv Mrs, Wilson. attired in a
riding costume. During the trip
they covered Just little less than
500 miles. Colorado Springs, Den
yer, Boulder, Eldorado Springs and
most of the towns in northern Colo
RADIO were visited Not mishap
marred the journey and the best of
roads were found all the way.
NIr. and Mrs. Wilson are both
very enthusiastic over the outing
and contemplate other trips during
the pleasant fall weather.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-14

Mrs. w. e. Lester, who Is visit
ing friends in Massachusetts, is
much improved in health since go
ing east.
The Greeley tribune., 1911-09-14

Allen Pierce of Num- spent Friday
in Greeley.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
MUST WANT TO GO BACK.
Recently Pardoned by the Governor
Caught Stealing.

J. 3. Jeter, who is said to have:
been the first man to have received
executive clemency from Gov. Btease@
was Saturday placed behind the bars
of the Lexington Jail by Sheriff +.
II. Corley, with the charge Of larceny
resting against him. it being alleged
that he stole a lot Of jewelry from
his sister, Mrs. Eva Hodge, and some
articles from his aged mother, both
of whom are residents of. Swansea.
He was later released, his sister
and mother agreeing not to push the
case, provided Jeter would sign an
agreement never to appear again at
his mothers home. The agreement
was drawn up by the clerk of court.
Frank W. SheaIy. In the paper Jeter
admits his guilt and agrees that lie
shall keep his pledge, and should
he failsso to do, that he will be tried
for larceny.
Soon after Jeter's release from the
penitentiary, where lie was serving
life sentence for having killed man
on the streets Of Union eeve1a.
years ago, having served eight years
of the sentence at the time Of his
pardon, he went to Swansea and re-
NAMED there for sometime, living
with his mother and sister, both Of
whom are widows. The dates upon
which the several articles were stol-
en- is not known, but at various in
tervals, it is said, valuables would
disappear.
His relatives became suspicious Of
Jeter and the matter was placed In
the hands Of Sheriff Corley. The
sheriff traced Jeter from Swansea
to Columbia, and after tedious
search many Of the missing treas
ures were found. Jeter's arrest fol
lowed, and a full and complete con-
fession was made to the officials.
Jeter is about thirty-fVe years OF
age.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
FELL MORE THAN A MILE.
Monoplane Shoots Down and Both In
mates Are Killed.

At Johannisthal, Germany, Herr
schendel, whip, though practically
only a beginner, on Tuesday estao-
lished German altitude record OF
S,594 feet IN an aeroplane, fell that
evening with his mechanic, Voss, and
both were Instantly killed. Schendei
was trying to eclipse the worlds altl-
tude record with a passenger.
In a Dorner monoplane Schendel
and Voss had reached heigh. Of
$3.50 feet, when a cannon was fl ed
on the aviation field to announce the
end of the days competition. A mo-
ment later the monoplane was seen
TO assume vertical position.
It is believed that Schendel was
trying to glide to the earth with his
motor shut off. Once he seemed to
have righted the machine, but almost
Immediately he again lost control,
and it shot to earth with terrific
speed, landing just outside the avia-
ton field, the PROV burying itself in
the earth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
Grasshoppers Hurt Cotton.

According to a prominent cotton
planter who has returned to New
Orleans Thursday after two weeks
trip through various parts Of the cot
ton belt, grasshoppers in large guam
titles are beginning 70 attack the cot
ton crop in sections of louisiana and
Mississippi. So far, the pests have
become noticeable only in certain To-
ca1ities, but it is feared, the planter
SAYS. if the hot dry weather cont!n-
ues much longer they will become
great danger to the crop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
DEFENDS HER HONOR.
A Married Woman Sla;s u Man Who
Attacked Her.

In defense of her honor, as she
Mrs. Michael Lefevre, wife OF
a prominent man of South Credle,
Colorado, shot and killed John Zang,
proprietor of the Zang Hotel at that
place about three o'clock Monday af-
ternoon. Zang was 55 years old, and
his slayer is twenty years his junior.
Mrs. Lefevre is held in the county
jail charged with murder. Accord
ing to the wonsan's story, Zang call
ed at her home about 2:30 O'Clock
in the afternoon. He asked for the
~oman's husband, and on learning
that he was not at home, seized Mrs.
Lefevre. She took her husbands re-
volver and shot Zang in the face.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
SHE TOOK them In
FAKE FORTUNE TELLER REAPS
GOLDEN HARVEST.
Magic Talismans Sold to Number Of
Superstitious and Credulous Peo-
pie for Large Sums.


Mrs. Jennie Hunter, alias Madame
Hunter, who was arrested in Balti-
more recently on warrant from Ra-
leigh, charging ner with obtaining
money under false pretenses, work
ed number Of superstitious and
cvredulous people there for eonsid-
cradle sums of money as a fortune
teller
Mrs. Annie o. Eatman, we'll
known dressmaker, lost $500 through
th. representations of the willy for
tune teller that she could unravel
and work out the happiest solution of
some fahily troubles that were dis
turbing Mrs. Eatman.. Just what
they were has not yet been divulged
except to the authorities in conf
dence.
The next largest amount claimed
to have been obtained was from
well-to-do negro woman. Madame
Hunter read her palm and told her
she would soon break out with terri
Bile sores unless some counteractlng
spell was worked for her; that she
had been conjured to have these sores
develop. For 5000 she gave her
talisman that would ward off the af-
fiction. 1t was a small wooden box
securely sealed.
The victim was told that if she open
ed the box she would die. Chief Of
Police Stell opened it when the wo-
man brought it to him, and found
that it contained some blackish pow
ders. Some of this, he says, he rub
bed between his fingers, and much to
his alarm, the fingers began to 1tcE.
Put he convinced now that the it.
itching was imaginary and that the
powder was really perfectly harmless
and worthless.
Another victim brought tails
man in a red flannel sack. 1t con-
tanned two pieces Of worthless ore
rock. 1t had cost her the small sum
of 50 and was presented by Madame
Hunter to possess allpowerful charm
| for her welfare.
Madame Hunter came to Raleigh
early in the year, openel PENTHOUSE
n vacant lot two doors from the
State house Of Fayetteville street.
Here she did flourishing business
as palmist until late in April, when
she disappeared oven night.A notable
thing is that she refused to take Mrs.
Eatman's check for her pay, but re-
ouired her to get her own checks
casbed and bring the money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21

to have few words TO say about
how you got it and whence it came.
Since have been here my mind hes
been busy thinking about the men
who have helped US plan and work
for this college. Three of them are
no more I speak of the life t7us-
tees, Col. D. K. Norris the Hon. R. E.
Bowen and Capt. John E. Bradley.
These trustees have ceased their la
bors and have crossed that bourne to
which We are all fastening.
''You are not near enough to it to
realize or consider it as yet, but I
will soon be there and join these
men. Col. D. x. Norris was man
who loved the college and worked for
It day and night While he was
trustee he helped to plan and build
t, and he as much as any other trus-
zee did his full duty to bring about
the results which you see about you.
# you will wear this medal honorably
which I trust and know you will, be-
cause I know the county your are
from and the breed to which you be-.
long: know your family and people
and the stock from which you came;
hope that you will occupy the high
est position to which you may aspire.
'And now, young friends, want
TO ask you to take home to your par
ants my greetings, and say to them
that Clemson College has made you
what you are; that it has afforded you
the opportunity to develop your hign.
est powers. If, in after life, you
will climb to the top Of the ladder.
that is all ask. 1t is not given to
every man to succeed. All men cant
be senators or governors, but every
man can be a good citizen, good
husband and a good father. And II
YOU will remember this and let it be
an inspiration to you to your future
career: that you went to Clemson;
that you at least learned how to OBEY
orders. Although 7 have a recol-
lection of April Fools Day, when
some did not, you will always be
proud of the fact of your years at
Clemson, and if. in after life, when
YOU have climbed high, it can be said,
here goes Clemson boy poor bog
that Clemson has helped to educate
that IS all I Ak Of vou. l ask God
h1eesinp on Won all !"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
FINDS DAUGHTER AT 90.
Father Had Tramped $4,000 Miles to
Locate His Family

After travelling 1900 miles,
tramping most of the way, and living
on his pensions from the Mexican and
Civil wars, and searching for the l 4
children from whom he was separated
in the Galveston, (Tex.) food, in
1900, Frank Schromm accidentally
stumbled into the arms Of one of his
daughters in Indianapolis, Ind.
From her he learned that only
four Of his Il children were living.
Scbromm is 80 years old, and now
that ne has found his relatives he
is the happiest man in the world.
The reunion came about almost like "a
miracle. The aged man was slowly
walking down the street when lit
tie child caught hold Of his hand and
led him to his daughter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
NEEDS SOME HEMP.
White Brute Charged With Assault
ing Yaung Woman.

A dispatch from Monticello, Ca,
says a posse is securing the county
of Jasper for Lawrence Crawford, a
prominent young white ban, who ac-
cording to the story of the victim
Thursday night while the family was
absent, tied Miss Lizzie Halle to a
bed in her own home, assaulted her
and fed, leaving the girl trussed up
until her parents returned several
hours later.
Excitement is at fever heat and 1t
is generally conceded that if CraW-
ford is caught lynch law will go lnse
quick and immediate effect.
Crawford was a friend of the fam
lily and called while the girls parents
were at a lodge meeting. She says
he drugged her and she remembers
nothing until regaining consciousness
Friday morning. She had been IN
precarious health and fears are en-
tartained for her recovery.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
HERMIT PASSES AWAY
LIVED IN WOODS OVER FORTY
YEARS
John Carnes, the Wild Man Of
Cherokee County Dies in County

A special to the State from Gaffney
says one of Cherokee county's great
est curiosities is dead. wild John
Starnes, otherwise known as the Wild
Man of Cherokee, is no more.
1t became known several days ago
that Starnes was sick and a party
went in search of him, going into the
most secluded portion of the county
where he lived, and finding him. He
was brought to the county home, near
Gafney, suffering with pneumonia,
and was kept there until Saturday
night, when he died.
t'Wild John" has long 1een cur
iosity. Many have gone into the tol
ests in search of him only to be dis
appointed, while there are some few
who have seen and talked with him
He had been living the life Of
hermit for about forty years. It is
stated that when a young man OF
about 20 years, Starnes for some
reason became mentally unbalanced
and took to the woods. He con
|structed hovel Of goods boxes, 9
very inadequate shelter, and there
he has dwelt for the last 40 years
Many conjectures have been in.
dulged in as to what caused this
strange action, but it is supposed that
he was disappointed in love, although
it mas been rumored that Starnes was
the man who accidentally shot Cen
Stonewall Jackson and that this un'
balanced his mind. He was as shy
as a deer, hard to get sight o1
and harder to talk to.
One time, when sick, he was take,
to the home Of relative, but as
soon as he regained his strength he
hied back to his hoTel where he
barricaded himself and defed those
who wished to take him. Coco
homes have been offered him timt
and time again, but all to no avail
He has stunned society.
When taken to the county farm i
was much against his will, and ht
caused no little trouble while there
He would not stay in the bed, and a!
soon as the attendants back wa!
was turned, would leap out and hud
die in a corner with his hands clasp
ed and head bowed. He pleaded with
the superintendent Of the home will
tears in his eyes to let him ou
on the ground to die in peace. Tht
house and it's covering seemed t.
have affected him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
MADE A CLEAN SWEEP.
Bank Officials Steal All the Cash
There Was in Sight.

A dispatch from Raleigh, n. c.,
says State Bank Examiner j. K
Doughon arrived there from Tarboro
to spend Sunday. He says it Will
take week vet to make Zae tn a.
cugh examination Of the bank OF
Tarboro necessary to ascertain the
exact shortage of Cashier Hart, who
suicided, and Assistant Cashier Hus-
sey, who is held in $4,000 bond Tor
defalcations. He says the shortage
will be 100000 and very probably
$4,000. While the shortages have
been accumulating gradually for sew
en- years, much the larger part OF II
has occurred within the past six OF
ran months. 1t seems to Examiner
Doughton that the cashiers found
themselves so deeply involved that
they could not straighten their BOOKS
further and Just set in deliberately to
loot the bank.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
Evans Case Dropped.

At Newberry Monday morning a
mol pross was entered in the case
against H. H. Evans, a former dis
pensary director, charged with ac-
cepting a rebate. Solicitor Cooper
read letter from Attorney General
Lyon, saying that owing to the death
of G.. H. Charles, material evidence
was lost which he had not been able
to SuDDlv
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
Storm on Austrian Coast.

A dispatch from Trieste, Austria,
says a storm of hurricane force ragged
Turing Wednesday night, causing
many deaths and much damage to
shipping. Early Thursday morning
the bodies of 20 victims had been
recovered at this point. 1t is feared
that the fishing smacks with crews
totalling 40 men, which were at sea
Wednesday night, were lost. The
ships in the road were severely
damaged. A Greek vessel with it's
crew of 12 foundered. Minor dam
ages to craft are reported from other
points on the Odriatic sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
Died A Noble Hero.

While attempting to rescue Sam uel
Scribner, fifteen years old, who was
struggling to reach the shore, after
saving his eight-year-olG brother
from drowning, Amos Harrington,
forty-two years, was drowned as was
the youth to whom he was trying to
give assistance in a lake nine miles
west of Oregon City, Oregon, Mon
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
The Gentle Cynic.

In contemplating what we do for
others we are apt to lose sight OF
what others do for US.
The man who always follows the
dictetion Of his conscience must have
pretty sharp ears.
If it were not for their long faces
some people have an ieda the world
wouldn't know they were religious.
1t takes two to make quarrel
but the quarrelsome person has sell
dom any difficulty in finding the 9TH
er one.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
CHEAP CANDY
Three Small Children klkd "a New
York by Eating Some Of Il.
SHOULD NOT Be EATEN
The Eldest Child Bought a Candy
Called Jelly Beans With . Gift
Cent and Gave Some of Them to
Fer Little Brother and Sister.

"Now, Lillian, take good care Of
Agnes and Michael till I come back
was the parting Injunction Of Mrs
Elizabeth Murray as she left her
home, No. 5S5 Second avenue, New
York city for church shortly before
eleven O'Clock last Sunday morning.
Nght-year-old Lillian kept
watchful eye for some time on her
sister, aged four, and brother, two.
The children played around the fat,
but the sound of other childrer ofay-
ing in the hallway lured them there.
One Of the tenants, passing the mer-
ry little group, pressed a penny into
Lillian's hand. The other girls and
boys besought,h her to at once to buy
candy with the cash.
Lillian consented, but before she
started she led brother and sister
back to their apartment, cautioning
them not to leave till she returned.
In the stare she did not hesitate to
invest the copper in Jelly beans !,
vari-colored sweet that is a fair imi-
tation Of the common bean. More
Of them could be got for a penny
than any other kind of candy.
Returning home Lillian divided the
sweets into three equal parts, piling
hem in little mounds on the floor.
After they had eaten most of the
candy the children decided to put
he rest by for their mother. Then
hey started to play again. About
'2:30 Mrs. Murray returned from
,hurch, and entering the parlor she
ound the three children on the
or in convulsions She and ten
rnts who had been summoned by
Ter screams applied home remedies.
The children grow worse, but no
great alarm was felt as it was sup
nosed the antidotes had not mad
line to take effect. While Mrs. Mur-;
"ay was scurrying around about the
-ooms she discovered the jelly beans
and became convinced they were re-.
sponsible for her children's illness.
An hour later the little ones be-
came unconscious. Then Mrs. MUIR
-ay sought Patrolman Bligh Of the
East Thirty-ffth street station, who
got DR.. Meade from Bellevue Hos.
ojtal. The surgeon said the children:
were suffering from ptomaine pois-.
oling, evidently caused by the candy:
The little patients were hurried to
The hospital, where they sank stead
;ly. At 8 p. m. the mother was sum-
noned by telegram.
The doctors had practically aban-
7oned hope Of saving the children,
but did not tell the mother how
crave was their condition. But she
seemed to suspect it, and became
1ysterical when she arrived at the
hospital. An hour later it was said
the three were dying:
Analysis is to be made OF the COM
tents of the ~children's stomachs and
1so OF the candy found In the bag
and an Investigation is to be made
by the board Of health and the po-
lice
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
WANTS TO Be FREED"
PROTECTION BIT By DEMOCRAT.
&c MANUFACTURER.
He Says the Protective Tariff Wall Is
Unnecessary Because of Greater
Efficiency Of Americans.

EfEcIency OF Americans.
An attack upon the protective tar
if system by an American manufac-
turer, who claimed to have studied
labor and manufacturing conditions
in many countries of the world, held
the close attention of the house of
representatives for two hours Mon
day. Representative William c. Red
field, Of Brooklyn, new Democratic
member, a manufacturer of machinery
and longoconnected with export trade,
declared to the house that American
manufacturers are abandoning the
protective principle as unnecessary as
they develop more scientific manage
ment OF their own plants as now car.
ried on by the more advanced Aneri-
can manufacturers.
''The protective tariff has simply
enabled manufacturers to sell at
such high prices that they have not
studied their own conditions closely"
said MI. Redfeld. "They have relied
on government support rather than
upon close business management. Its
effect has been to stim ulate the devel-
opment OF plants until they are now
so large that products must be sold
abroad. Ia this condition the manu-
facturers no longer want to pay the
high prices necessary for material un-
der protective tariff"
Ny. Redfeld declared that instead
of foreign labor being cheaper, Amer
ican labor is really the cheapest in
the world; that from extensive III.
vestigation in many parts of the
world he knew that no labor produced
as much production in proportion to
The wages it received as Americans.
He said the American laboring man
only wants to be freed from old re-
strictions and outgrown systems
Mr.. Redfe1d attacked the Republi-
can system of tariff equal to the
difference in cost at home and abroad.
He said it was impossible to deter
mine this difference in cost, because
Of higher quality of American labor
md varying factory conditions.
"The American tariff board is
worthless unless empowered to call
FOR the cost sheets of the factories
engaged in the line of manufacture
it is studying" said Mr. Redfeld.
ssGive it that power and see what
howl goes up from the American
manufacturers. The truth is that Of
ten the American cost of production
is lower"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
BABY browns in Tub.

At Graham, n. c., the 1S-months-
old child of Mr. and Brs. Ernest
Bason fell into tub Of water and
was drowned. The mother had gone
ont to draw a bucket Of water and
the baby fell into the tub Of about
seven inches of water and was drown
ed before it was noticed. 1t was an
ordinary radtub, which easily al
lowed the infant to overbalance and
fall in.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-21
Tech Student Succumbs.

Robert L. Bowen, of Jewell, Ga,
q student at the Georgia School al
Technology, died at Atlanta Weones-
day morning from injuries received
when he was thrown from an auto
mobile. The accident was caused
bv the bursting of tire. Young
Bowen was accompanied by three
other students all of Whom we're
more or less injured.