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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
GREAT RACE CONFERENCE.
The Fourth to Be Held in Orange
burg January 2l-2S.

TO tae Colored Citizens Of South
Carolina:
lie: me urge you 70 attend the
Race Conference at O.angs5u.g. Il
opens at eight ?. NJ. Tuesday. Jan
uaTy "a Il VIII De the :2ost inter
,ercs,:ns Race Conference We haye
yet had. We are sure TO have as
speakers OF tha: meeting. the most
noted men OF North Carolina. South
Carolina and Georgia. and promaNeat
men and women OF other places
Our program is strong snc- We;
have some OF The sbles;<Men white
and coloredl IN the/S,ase OF souss
Carolina. Addresses each day and
night. on various subjects. including
agriculture. by the governor OF the
State and government experts.
We want farmers. educators.
TEACHERS. mechanics, business men.
phsicians. preachers. ane other oeo-
pie 70 attend this meeting Reduced
rates will be granted on all rail-,
roads leading to Oraugebu.g.
The citizens are prersStas TO .gfre,
big banquet on the second night
o: the conference Write Rev. E. &
Quick. D. D.. o.. Rev. y. c. Nix.
D. D.. /; you are going 10 attend this
conference.
Ar members OF the State Fair
Association. and the Batesbn.g Ts!r
Association. are requested 10 meet At
u an. January -. IL Trinity A.
M z. Church. 70 elect officers and
20 attend 70 any other business con-.
nected with the State Fai. Associa-
ton. and 70 arrange 70 hold another
fair II the city OF Columbia. We
van; all farmers 70 bring some farm
product for exhibition on the 26th.
Al aboard for O.sugeburg.
Richard Carroll
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
N>bic's frustrated attempt leaves
S question Of his insanity still op-
Was Playing With Gun.

Paving just returned from hunt.
ard while pointing the gun at each
other in playful manner, the gun
IN 'ae hands Of Alex Do.ahoo was ac-
eiaoacal!y discharged. and 0. 3.
Ly-ch was instantly killed. The en-
tire load took effect in the top os his
herd. which was literally blown OF
Both boys are about II years of age
and sons Of vel! known and prosper
ous farmers Tho accident occurred
Jnsc over the North Carolina line.
AID the coroner o, Polk County held
an inquest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
JAPANESE IN CONTROL
Army Officers Declare They Coulo
Take the Philippines

Army officers recently returned
from the PHILIPPINES are deeply con-
eerced owe. conditions IN the Islands.
aac maintain ,ha, /, vas on irtovna-
tloo soraished By them that Secretary
Of Var Dickinson and Gen. Leonard
Wood based much IN their recent re-
ports to Congress On the unprepa:ed-
ness Of the country 70! war.
In brief. the charge IS openly made
that the japanese are II absolute
control OF the PHILIPPINES. and that
they will have little or 40 difficulty
q taking over the isaaGs whenever
they aye ready to move.
Il is declared By responsible OFF,
ces Of the United States army. both
in person ard By letter. that the jap
aaese deliberately sunk the grea, dry
dock Dewey IL Sub:s bay. and that
this fact IS known in official circles. :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Find Body OF Baby.

While searching for the body Of
Cornelius corbe,.. who ~as d.owa-
ed 70 IN heroic attempt 20 save zee
tfe Of q young woman ~ho ha,. al
Icr f-o- cerrc boat crossing the
Cha:tahoochee River. sea-ceers
found the body o. q baby TIE body
was lying il shallow 200! OF wafer
and was weighted down The body
q. Young Coroett was sorsd about a
Gile below eha fairy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Killing Sixteen People and l9arns
Twelve Others Badly.
TEE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN
\ Terrific Explosion at the More
wood Ice CompanS's Plant, at
Morewoo1 Lake, Mass-, Thursday,
Spreads Deoth and Injury Among
rh. Workmen, on Duty.

Sixteen worknen were killed
Thursday when q boiler a. tie plant
OF the Norwood Ice Company. at
Morewood Lake. two miles so1th OF
Pit,sae!d. Mass. exploded. Twelve
were Killed instantly. one died short
ly after the accident and three others
died IN the hospital. IN sdit.on. l2
men were injured and Il vas stated
il was feared two OF these Will die.
At special meeting Of the city
count! resolutions were adopted CALI
ing for immediate actions 70 supply
the wants OF the fatherless and 10
jured and ;c a shor: tine nearly So
900 had been subscribed. United
States Senator Winthrop Murray
Crane headed the list with $500.
Gc:ac.-d THURSDAY forenoon IN
and about tbs little boiler building
were about 125 men. mostly Poles
and Italians. o, work With . ter
rife crash tho boiler bezs<. Bodies
OF men and fragments Of toa and
timber were hurled through the air.
Most Of the wo.kmen who 7e.e not
killed outright were either ia3ured
or dazed by the shock Physicians,
and automobiles were
rushed from that city 70 the scene
and the inj1set were hurried 70 hos-
pitals there.
When the explosion occurred oae
>odr was iiowp 3 distance o: 200
:ec, anI a2otter $50 feet The cyl
Inde- Of the boiler was found u
tree on the edge OF the lake. moro
than 100 feet away.
The Ice house Is ABBOTT two n1les
from P!ttsaeld. and It was some time
before word OF the disaster reached
there. Every ambulance was iumeo-
lately dispatched to the lake. The
service. however. was To-
tally inadequate to the needs Of the
and automobiles were used
to aid IN the work Of removing the
..iJ oi GU " lAO .GCSHISo@Ss
One Of :he owners Of the More
wood Ice company said tha. the boil
er was inspected during the sunne.
By an inspector OF the State police.
who ordered certain changes and
that these changes were made.
Thursday be said test OF the water
:uaSe showed that instrument TO be
in perfect condition william Dunn.
one OF the men who was killed. was
In charge OF the boiler Thursday.
He vas an experienced engineer.
The boiler was used II furnishing
the power to drag the cages Of ice
up the inclines into the ice storage
houses. The police department has
ordered an investigation OF the ex-
plos:on. The property loss will 40:
exceed $500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
NO. "a
TOLL OF THE MOBS
PITY sEvEN PEOPLE WERE
LYNCHED TIE YEAR PAST.
Florida, Georgia, Alabama. Arkansas
and Texas Led in This Class ot Vi
Client Deaths

Oniy 81 lynca!nss we're recorded
+, 10 the United States IN 1910. a much
smaller number than in almost any
previous year In the las: IS IN 1909
i the :otal was 90 and In 1908 It was
e5. All but dre OF the So cases OF
! iynchins. in 1910 were Of negroes.
land ten OF these cases were those IN
which the charge against the victim
was assault on white woven o. girls
Ir II OF the remaining number the
charge was attempted crinins! as
, sault In the Eve cases OF white
men. four were foS murder and the
other for aiding and abettinS IN.
JAN delivery. Several ot the cases
IN which negroes were lynched were
based upon the murder. CT alleged
murder Of white women in which tie
question. OF assault IS implied.
As IN previous years. nearly al the
i.--aca:ass we're in Southern states,
Flo.ida and Geo-g:a having ten each.
Alabama and Arkansas eight each.
Texas SIX. The only lrnch!ne n tAe
North orc.:--.t IN Ohio. the victim
.";:;g cnrl E;seringtoa. and agent oe
the Ohio Ant1-SaIoon league. Who
net death st tho hands ot : mob IN
Newark following his iErrfsoamens
n jan on charge Of haytng nrfaee.
I'd q ssioonkeeper while making q
raid on an alleged blind tiger. Ono
man has been convicted o& having
participated n ths HneAing and eivtn
Q 20 years prison senteace.
Following IS the record for 1919
br states: Alabama. eight NEGROES:
Arkansas. eight negroes: Florida.
eight negroes and txo wh!;es: Geor-
~ ;cn r"--oes: Louisiana. oae
white man: Mississippi. Eve negroes;
Missouri. :hree negroes: North Caro-
Una. one negro: Ohio, ono white
man: Oklahoma. one negro; South
Carolina. one negro; Tennessee. two
negroes: Texas. four negroes and
two whites.
OF the Eve whites lyrched. two
were Italians. who were iynched n
Florida They were charged with
nurde. and With melting the slots
during the strike OF cisarnakers IN
Tampa Another Of the white v!ftiw's
was Me1ican( who was shot and
burned at the stake near ne Te1as
border. following bis confession that
b. had murdered white WOMAN. OF
:he 50 negro victims. two were ro-
mec.
In many OF The cases the iyachinss
followed the arrest or coorics.oa ..
'he victims oa the charges made
against them. IN other cases tue
victims net death while eadearor!ng
70 escape from pursuing posses. In
.wo cases tie negro victims were
lynchcd by MODS composed o: nen-
bers Of their own race. IN almost
every case the victim was. sunmariiy
hanged or shot without burning q.
%" stake. such as accompanied these
acts OF summary vengeance n for
naer years.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
SnuccIe Hine:e

Sixteen Chinauen. coocealed n 4
box car wore arrested a: Ys!eta. Tex.
this week. and two Americans.
caarse,' with attempting 10 smuggle
them into .ae United States. we're al
SO :aken into custody. The. ca. had
been Iioed around the sides with ball
ed hay. leaving a space il the center
OF eae ca. in which tie foreigners
ware concealed .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
LOST OVER a MILLION.
Grand Jury Investigates New Or
leans Sugar Frauds.

Tia, the Federal Government has
been def7arded out Of more shan a
m!llio2 dollars in import duties at
New Orleans. through false weights
aad improper grading o! sugar. was
developed By the grand jury iaves;i-
cation which was IL progress in TIA;
city Two weeks before the holidays.
according 10 unofficial information
made public Thursday II is sa!u
that no criminal prosecution is TO fol-
low the investigation. bu. tha, the
Government will brin: suits agains.
certain sugar re6neries 70 recover
the alleged unpaid d1,ics. The
grand jury is expected 20 rcconvene
and present its report on the sugar
probe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
SOLD THEIR VOTES
CoRRPUTIoS IN
THE LAST OHIO ELECTION.
Many Farmers and Others Confessed
to the Court That They Accepted
RrsboS.

A dispatch from West Union. o..
where the court has been engaged
for sometime in trying election orio-
cry cases. says there WAS another big
cleanup Tuesday 5y the grand jury
which Is Investigating tn. charges OF
vote bribery IN Adams county
The grand jury Tuesday reported
122 indictments and carefully .ev!S-
cd figures. bringing the present total
up to IA. It Is expected that !i5
more Indictments viii! be returned
OF those arraisned Tuesday 10
pleaded guilty and four 40; guilty.
The usual fines and disCranchtse-
nents were imposed on those coz
Tossing te;r guilt
Fully one-half Of those WHO have
been before the court seen 10 favor
tie Investigation and openly declare
It Is proper.
Secs as- b. lad MADE mistake !o
telling .se court Monday how much
he received for selling his vote. Sam
Howell. aged 81. a veteran OF the
War 81 Secession. Tuesday walked
Is 1:ies through he cold 20 correct
his. error and 70 tel Judge Blair %: I
he had f!sored up and instead OF
having received 81 az the purchase
price. he had been given SIS. How
ell was fined IS and costs and dis
tranehtsed.
Frank Salisbury. who Ewes in
Franklin township. vas arrested for
contempt OF court and arraigned for
trying to tntimidate grand juror.
he also was charged that he had
beea making indirect threats asainst
Blair. through injudieious remarks.
Salisbury was fined $50 and costs
and 10 DAYS n jail. the ja:: sentence
being suspended.
Two new features developed at
the afternoons session OF the grand
jury Investigation. One Was that Of
WOMAN selling her sons vote. and
tie other concerned a voter who was
bought IN three different ways.
The woman Is a widow. who lives
a. PEBBLES. She is aecused OF having
accepted IS for her sons franchise.
Both mother and son were indicted.
but neither has been arrested.
A farmer in Jacksonville precinct
Wednesday surprised the tuTy By his
confession taa: he wss ught three
times last election day. For his
promise TO vote tee s,.aigh, Repuo-
lican ticket. be said. he received
sl2.5V: on a contract TO vote the
straight, Democratic ticket 40 was
paid $40. and the o-ice for agreeing
TO vote for certain Democratic can
didate vas So.
He pleaded guilty when arrairned
and was disfra anchised for five year.
fined IS and costs. and given six
months IN the work house. with the
prison sentence suspended. One hun
ored and SIX indictments were re-
turned. which brings the total up to
s9S.
There are indications tha; the
number will reach 1900 as predicted
By special Prosecutor ~. 3. Stephen
son.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
TOLL OF AR SHIPS
WHAT THE SCIENCE OF AVA.
TON RAS COST IN LIVES.
E,~T5 Country Represented in the
LsSs OF Those Who Dice IN Efforts
20 Advance the Science.

70 Advance the Science.
They have pulled the aviation bal
ance sheet for the season just cad
ed One side IS bor6ese3 with gold
tS:x:y-n;ne heroes OF the a: aav'
WOE medals and thousands Of dol
lars in cash. The other side Is pi9-
ed with black. Twenty-n!oe hav,
paid the anal price ot the hero 5usi'
aess-
On the wIde-st.etched wigs Of not.
'o.-pcshed. nao-bu,l: birds. intce2!-
flyers hare hung the gay emblem 0.
achievement 1000 feet up In cloud
land Others. reaching on; for the
stars. have ridden alott TO the music
OF waving ke-chiefs and 70 4 sa:e
which has tAe toaeral wreath for It's
dnahcy.
Everywhere there has Been s;rtv-
ing succeeding and striving and d.
ing aat;! the side Of the aviation
sheet which Is piped with black bears
these names:
Letebore. Fe.oer. Bossi. Haures:i
M.chel!n. Rooi. Speyer. Haas, Rolls.
Daniel Kiaet. Nicholas Kaet. Mas
dydk. Po!i!ot. Had:ot. sash!et. John
stone. Fernandez. De,asranSe. Ia
.B!on. Iosely. wachter. Plochwan.
Ea,iews,ch. walcesn. Pasca. v!rald!.
Won P!:cer. Hamilton. cAar.z. Blan-
chard. Mente.
Every country has offered IT'S man
two or three: yor may eeu By
.hc names Some have Died leaving
q word or two an maybe q figure "a
the record By wheh thcz may be re-
menae,ed when the List has grown
larger. Some have died ss from .
tumble tron g housetop-a mean
taking OF when you consider that
the setting Is bounded only ey track
less space.
Chavez died thrs-near the earth.
after be had marched over the Alps
And some have died With department
orders signed AMI countersigaed
thrust IA their belts. as Eeo who
serve the guns or sk:rmisn fathons
deep under the sea IN stee: bottles
called submarines have done before
low.
Fifteen months $50 the season for
flying and dying as double atsrac-
:iop bad It's formal introduction al.
Rheims. the ancient city OF the p!aIas
where the kings Of France were wont
- 80 20 St themselves With Crowns.
The affair OF Rheims was called a
meet. a word taken :r.n the vccao-
ralry Of the soxhuat and bicycle
riding.
In territory the list IS both broad
snd lonS. Meets. with thei:. cash
prizes and their lie prizes. became
popular. 10 the two lists to which
the names Of srtators may be added.
the average is one dead to every
three living The greatest amount OF
money any aria,o. has won. the fs-
ures being taken from his published
Is $4,000. 2au!hao so.
that. Only IS have Won more than
$4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
MOVED ENTIRE TOWN
PLACED on WHEELS AND HAUL
Ed ACROSS PRAIRIE.
Witt, Bank Open. Meals Served In
Hotel and Clerks Working in

Lamro. S. D.. has been put on
wheels and moved to Winner. whe:".
as the resul, Of bitter county scu,
wa! and agreement between tGe TAO
towns. /, has consolidated with Win
uer and rs a town ceased wholly 70
exist
Large store buildings with tA"i-
valuable contents were moved intact
Banks. with their cash in tie vaults.
were put on wheels and made The
trip across the prairie While the
clerks continued 70 work and money
was received and paid out OF Gus
toners.
Without disturbing the officials the
county court house was hitch.d to
two OF the iarses; traction engines
ever built, aad (. was dragged from
Larno 70 Winner. where II was plsc-
ed on foundation peviously prepar-
ed for It. The La.mo hotel. drawn
By q teams OF horses. made the trip
without so much as ceasioS business
a single neal.
The court house. q big two seory
frame building. was the Hrst TO De
moved. since It was necessary TIA;
the big house 30 put In place before
smaller hoTses blocked the way. The
big traction engines were htched to
1t, and across the prairie It went, the
big engines ruflsng and enortins Ike
Nosul locomotives. The a;stanee vss
three niles. and this was covered in
just two hours. So evenly was the
"job" carried on that clerks. writing
at thei1 desks were undisturbed-
After the court house and jail were
moved residences went over in reg
plar Socks. When nightsell overlook
house which was being moved 10
structure was left by the -oacs.,:e
for the night and the family occupi-
ed It Is usual.
Then the movers began on tho
business houses. and store after store
was taken TO Winner without
being interSered with. Banks were
removed without the money being
locked up. and deposits were receiv-
ed and checks paid without q halt.
The big school house was taken
over for The day. Only half day be-
Ing lost By the students. Although
the men in charge OF the engines
offered to take house. teachers. ck:l-
dren and all. the authorities cid no;
care to visx the collapse o: the build
ing when i. was occupied by SO many
cAi!drer.
The cost Of moving varied from
$50 for dwelling to $50, for
store dlled vita goods. 1t cost near
ly $1,000 10 take the cour. house
TO the new town and put /, in he
position il nov occupies
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04

line. Cain Henderson was killed oy
Robert Golden. at the home OF mis-
brother Clarence Golden. with pistol.
Mr. John Edwards. who was shot
By DsItz!er Toney. at Johnston on
last Saturday. is still alive. with
some hopes for recovery. He is at a
hospital n Augusta.
In addition 70 these tragedies
II. G.. Copelanl was caught il the
machinery at the Charleston power
house and MIS- life vas crushed out
There wee se"era' other Killings OF
negroes 10 aC5 about Charleston
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
R.AvAGES OF HCSGER-
Millions OF Chinese arc Affected By a
Famine.

An affecting picture OF the ravages
OF famine il China is afforded D. a
report 20 the state department by the
American cousu! at Nanking, irc!os-
ing extracts from the Shanghai news
papers. The consu! says that tie
famine is even more severe than that
OF three years! ago. since i, effects
larger territory and greater popu-
lation, in this case nun berins $780,
900 2ersocs- The famine is owing TO
the serious foods last sumner. which
destroyed the autumn crops. Tie
roads are 6l!ed With refugees. who.
in maay cases. in their desperation.
arc rohbins and plunderins the viii
lagos where toodstuns and money
are 20 be found
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Beats Of no.

A. Chicaso Kiss EIcn <. Miller
stror?. a niaeteen-year-oid girl, re-
sisted reco VINO attacked her last
evening IL Sor:n F'i,icth avanue
After q struggle IN which he vorn.
woman returned me r"Sro's blows.
=c-atea.n- and kicking him. he
knocked hn- cow,. rap through ar
alley aCG csca-a.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Kills Small Child.

At Bristol. Tern. Mathew Tins,
aged s years. las fatally sio; Friday
7icht by Robert Hill. an oi6 ,.ar,
whom be lad been persisten:Iy teas
ing. The bail lodged 3ea- the chiid's
heart and hA died Saturday. Hill
vas arreatsd. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Cleaned Up Family.

~ Baltimore. Nd. as climax to
series oe '':t:r- cuarreis :1etweep
W:l c. Strickles and his wife. the
former Friday shot and killed toe
after aud his l".sea--o!d stepdaosh;-
er. Eu!a Kils. St.iekies. vto vas
employed as fireman at = ce~er
to1se. then e.sd . bullet TITO sis
ovo temple.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Illinois .Juioe browns

?recir!,a:ed into SAoa! creek wher
the ice broke under the weight OF
his Horse and buggy. Judge Miltoc
~ Creighton o: t.s Montgomery
county circuit court OF L!tcaNeld. III.
Thursasy. A companion. riding with
him. sscape5-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
SWALLOWED LIKE JONAH.
Duck Escapes Alive FROM Goldfish.
But is Shot

Al Nantucket. Mass. a fisherman
ororsh: ashore huge Goldfish. While
dressing his ISL . hunter stopped 70
eat. The big cod caught his eye.
and tae fisherman opened It There
vas connot!on within. aad to tie
astonishmeat Of the oclooke-s out
anttered a fuIl-sized "shoal duck
Apparently dazed the duck lowered
overhead second or two orepara-
torT to starting on It's fight but It
xas fatal hesitation. for the gum
aer promptly threw bis docble-har-
re! TO his shoulder aud fred, killing
the bird. On seeing the fisherman sr
7roach the bird dired and had been
swallowed whole by the Goldfish,
which a porent after WIS caught.
Enough a:- passed through tho g;ns
Of the tsa In rssE:t tho eusk Is
breathe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-04
Boy Mashed 10 Death.

While swinging on and or trai.
at Greenville Wednesday afternoon
Toy Johnson. an 11-year-oIo negro
boy. fell beneath tie tracks 0. box
ca. aod vas ground TO death.