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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Burclar Creates Terror.

The police Of Macon, Ca. are hunt
ing for negro burglar who has been
Systematically robbing residences on
Boundary street and Coleman ave-
nue., having visited no less than tlve
of those thoroughfares this week. In
one instance be ransacked room at
the home Of S. L. Stripping, in which
there was a person sleeping. The
negro has twice been captured BY
the owners Of the house, but man
aged to escape.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Owed Him Small Amount.

Jesse Kirk, a negro, shot and kill
ed Will Wood, also colored, at Swift
zer, Spartanburg county, Monday.
Kirk claims that he shot Wood, his
brother-in-law, in self-defense. he
said he and Wood had been OF to-
eether and were returning home,
when Wood claimed. that Kirk owed
hin 25 cents. Kirk claims that ne
paid Wood the amount and Wood
then claimed Kirk owed him more
than 25 cents. Kirk denied owing
him any more money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Struck in a Field.

Robert Wilson, colored, laborer
on S. B. Crawford's plantation, near
Great Falls, Chester County, was in
stantly killed by lightning on Fri
day afternoon. Wilson and several
companions were engaged IN hoeins
cotton when the accident occurred.
Three of the others were Rocked
down and stunned, but fortunately
were not killed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Struck Below Ground.

While working 1900 feet under
ground at one. a. m. James Conroy,
of Kingston, Pa, was struck D.
lightning and so badly injured that
he is not expected to recover. He
aid not know there was storm
until his chamber was filled with q
blazing light, and he was knocked
senseless and badly burned. The
stroke of lightning had followed the
intake Of air current as far as Con-
1oy's chamber.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Killed About Ten Cents.

In a row over ten cents, the ter
mination of negro card game, Hamp
letter shot and killed Will Cade, near
Woodruff one day last week. Jeter
was committed TO jail at Spartanburg,
charged with murder. Jeter claimed
that Robert Green owed him 10 cents
and pulled his gun to take a shot at
Robert; however, CaGe got in the
way Of the bullet and was killed. All
parties are colored.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Fatal Crap Game.

AS a climax to "crap game, en-
,sased in by a crowd of negroes dur
ing the progress of camp meeting
on Sunday at Montague, a small
station on the Greenville and Knox
Vile railway, eight miles above
Greenville, an unknown negro was
shot and instantly killed by vii.
Robinson. Robinson was captured
BY the sheriff and is now in jail
He claims he shot in self-defense.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Held on Serious Charge,

At Macon, Ca, Charles Doctor, the
voung musician who is charged with
criminally assaulting Leah Cohen, a
13-year-old girl and the daughter OF
Rabb, Cohen, is in Jail. It was ex-
nected that he would have prellral-
nary trial Thursday, but he has not
asked for it. Doctor has offered to
marry the girl, but her relatives will
not consent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
TWO GIRLS Win
IN RATTLE AND ARE AWARDED
A LIFE PARTNER
A Novel Manner Of Raising Money
at Church Lottery Held in Phil
adelphia, Pa.

1t is quite the thing In Philadel-
phia now for girl to take chance
in a husband. That sounds as if It
were not new, but the fact is that a
girl at a fair can put her hand In a
grab bag and pull out husband if
she is lucky.
Miss Mary Doyle did almost that
at the fair for the benefit of St. Greg
ory's Roman Catholic Church We'd
nesday night. She and several thous-
and young women bought tickets in
lottery for a husband whose identity
was carefully hidden. St. Gregory's
rector vouchsafed that the prize
would make a good husband, and an
rounced that he would perform the
marriage ceremony gratis. AS an
additional inducement q diamond
ring was thrown in with the husband
TheSdrawing for the one capital
prize was held on the porch OF the
headquarters Of the church fair com-
mittee Wednesday night. Miss Jen-
ME Woodhouse held a box full Of
numbers. Miss Mary Murray. blind
folded, thrust her hand in the oox
and drew forth a number. The girl
who held that nun Der was the win
ner. The united heart pit-a-pats Of
the hundreds Of girls assembled were
almost audible. ''No. 1859 wins"
announced Miss Woodhouse.
After much fluttering It was dis
covered that Mrs. Doyle held 1868.
Her envious eo-gamblers In the game
Of love thrust her forward and she
was directed to step on the porch
and discover her winnings" woo
was hidden behind screen.
An. orchestra played the wedding
march from "Lohengrin." With a
pretty, petulant gesture Miss Doyle
knocked down the screen.
There stood William Bowers,
known to all the girls of the church,
etthe bashful bachelor" He was
blushing furiously. Besides he wore
evening clothes, except that he he'd on
green necktie..
"Pshaw" said Miss Doyle IN tone
that made Bowers blush deeper
crimson, "I know Mr.. Bowers is very
nice, but don't want husband that
costs me only ten cents" She gave
up the diamond ring too.
Bowers will be ratified of again,
next time to buy new organ for
the church.
Miss Doyle may change her mind
again. Miss Catherine N. Flanagan
did this afternoon. Pity, as well as
budding affection, seems to have In
spired Miss Flanagan, for she said:
Nobody loves fat man, so I'll
marry him" She held the ticket that
won Thomas skelley as husband at
the fair of the Church Of the Immacu-
late Conception. skelly is six feet
tell and weighs $50 pounds.
His identity which has been baf-
fling mystery for a week, during
which the fair has been in progress,
was disclosed simultaneously with
the announcement that he belonged
to Miss Flanagan if she wanted him
Skelly mounted chair and said
he had entered the affair in a spirit
of fun, but since he had seen Miss
Flanagan he was willing and anxious
to relinguish his bachelor life. Miss
Flanagan blushed prettiEy and 1t was
creed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Struck a Snow Storm.

Dispatches from Duluth says that
steamers down the lake are sending
in wireless messages stating that
they are late because they have been
held up by a snow storm this side OF
the Canadian 500. Snow fell IN
abundance, according to reports, all
Thursday night. During the storm
most Of the freighters anchored and
rode safe until the snowfall ceased.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Held live Wire
Denell Harrison Lost His Life While
Viewing Base Ball Game.
Was HIGH UP ON A POLE
Over Two Thousand People Who
Were Witnessing Base Ball Game
Saw the Unfortunate Man Fall
Backwards and Hang Head Down.
Ward for Some Time.

HarC 1Or some lime.
The State says while perched on
an electric light pole near the centre
field fence watching the Columbia.
Charleston game Wednesday after
noon at ElmWood park, DerrelT Har-
rison, young white man, came in
contact with live wire and hung
suspended from a cross arm, head
downwards, for about five minutes
in plain view of about 1900 horri-
fed Spectators Death resulted al
most instantly.
The accident occurred in the sixth
inning, about $40 o'clock. Harr,-
son and another man, whose name as
yet has not been ascertained by the
authorities, were watching the game
from the electric light pole. A light
which looked like ball Of fire flash
ed and Harrison fell backwards, his
legs catching on the cross-arm, the
other man dropping to the ground.
His hat then sailed to the street be-
low. It is said that the other man
was not injured.
In an instant the grandstand and
b1eachers were in state Of confus-
ion. Women shrieked and hundreds
of others rushed on the field FOR the
scene Of the accident. John Burke.
centre fielder on the Columbia team,
was among the first to go to his aid.
A man climbed the pole with a
rope and attempted to tie 1t around
the dead mans body to lower It to
the ground, but his body was so limp
that it slipped out, falling into the
crowd. Examination showed that he
was dead:
Derrell Harrison was about twenty
FIVE year old He was from the
Horse Creek valley Of this State, but
has recently been with his brother
in-law, G. T. Scott, in the Olympia
mill village. His wife was in Colum-
bia. After the accident the game
was resumed, but many left.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Fatal rramxar Accident.

A special from Wilmington, n. C.'
says that as result Of an accident
on the tram road Of the Waccama"
Lumber Company, near there wed
nesday, four men were instantly kill
ed and one man seriously wounded
Three of the dead men are Italians
Details of the accident are not avail
able at this time, but the coroner OF
Brunswick county is investigating the
accident.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Ignored Governor Blease.

A special dispatch from Atlanta TO
the Augusta Chronicle says the state
mert is made that Governor Blease,
of South Carolina, being ignored in
sending out invitations to the unVell-
ing of the monument to the "Old
Guard" there this fall-and ne is
the only governor in the South thus
ignored-is not due to the fact that
he did not attend the conference, but
rather is due entirely to his action
in and conduct in reference to the
Fielder case.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Cotton Mills Closed.

In accordance with resolutions
adopted at meeting Of the Cotton
Association Of South
Carolina held In Spartanburg last
January looking to a curtailnent OF
the output of cotton mills Of this
State for a period of five weeks, be-
tween April and September. practical
ly all the cotton mills Of GreenVille
have closed down.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Elks Club Raided.

At TaIladega, Ala, Thursday Sher-
iff Connect raided the Elk's club, Sc
curing fifteen casks of beer and nj
teen cases Of whiskey. This is the
largest raid ever made in the state
of Alabama. The Elks are highly in
dignant. The entire city Of Talladega
is in a state Of excitement as the
result Of the raid
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Drown in River.

The bodies of Albert ]. Handtnan,
a prominent club man and achlete, OF
Cincinnati, ad Miss Anna KEGS,
known on the vaudeville stage as
Bonie Hampton. were found in the
Ohio river Thursday They had been
missing since Thursday week and it
was supposed they had eloped.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Woman starve to Death.

For the second time within forty
eight hours, woman collapsed Sat
urday of starvation in the steets Of
New York. This time the victim
died. She said she was Rose Dasso,
aged 81, homeless and friendless.
She had slept in doorways and parks
for year, she said, and with her
last breath she told a policeman who
knelt over her that food had not
passed her lips for so long that she
had forgotten the date. and had all
but forgotten the taste.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Sunday School Recruits.

One million four hundred and thir-
tv-one thousand pupils have been
added to the Sunday schools OF the
United States in the last three years,
according to statistics presented to
the International Sunday school con-
vention, which was in session at San
Francisco.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Fetal Automobile Accident.

One man, still unidentified, was
killed and Edward Ward and Charles
Irwin, of Pittsburg. Pa, were fatally
hurt in an automobile accident near
Braddock, Pa, sometime during trl-
dav night. The dead body and the
two unconscious men were rouHo oy
the roo dside early next morning.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Some More Hot Air.

The Augusta Chronicle says Fielder
made the statement in Atlanta We'd
nesday night that he will shortly be-
gin showing by oral and documentary
evidence, that "B1ease is moral
degenerate. and unfit to sit in con-
vention Of 'buzzards'.'
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Governor Blease Pardens Wash Hunter,
a Former Client Of His
Who HAD KILLED A MAN
Slayer Of Ebert Copeland Relieved
of Serving Eght-Year Sentence in
Penitentiary by Act Of Governor
Who, as Attorney, Represented
Him in the Courts.

A special from Columbia to The
News and Courier says: Governor
Blease has pardoned G. Washington
Hunter, the Laurens County man,
who has been under parole for the
last several months. Hunter, who is
generally known as Wash Hunter,
was convicted Of the killing of Ebert
Copeland, at Clinton, and sentenced
to eight years in the State peniten-
tiary.
The case went to the Supreme
Court of the United States after hav-
ing gone through the Courts of this
State. Hunter lost his appeal to the
United States Court last fall and
shortly after Governor Blease came
into Office he was paroled until July
the first.
Governor Blease prior to his cleo
tion as Governor, was one Of the law
yers who represented Hunter as coun-
sci, ard F. H. Dominick, Esq, Of
Newberry, who was Blease's law part
ner and campaign manager, is one
of Hunters attorneys now. "Wash"
T-rnter is brother-in-law Of Hub"
vans, of Newberry.
Hunter was tried at the February
term of Court; 1906, and being con-
victed Of mans1aughter, was senten-
ced to eight years Imprisonment.
There was a change of venue in this
case from Laurens County TO Green
wood.
Four times Hunter was tried in
Laurens county, there being one con-
viction, the verdict Of the jury being
set aside. Then there was change
of venue granted. It was taken to
the Supreme Court and the Circuit
Judge was sustained. Then came
the trial at Greenwood, with the re-
suit that the conviction and sentence
was secured.
Then up through. the State Su-
preme Court and the United States
Supreme Court and the United States
Supreme Court the case went. The
Hunter case was one of the most
noted in the history Of criminal cases.
in South Carolina There were ov-
er 700 names signed to the petitions
for pardon. Among the signatures
were several of the jurors who serV-
ed when the case was tried in Lau-
rens.
The postmaster of Clinton signed
and among other signers were some
from Abbeville County. Senator j.
H. Wharton, of Laurens, signed the
petition; also Col. Thomas B. Crews,
(late); Representative David H. Ma
gil and a large number Of others.
Governor Blease stated that ne was
moved in this case by the Supreme
Courts reversal in the Laurens case,
this case reversing the Hunter case;
that if the Hunter case had the ad-
vantage of previous decision. in the
Lazarus case, it would have been de-
cided differently.
Governor Blease indicated that he
would. later, at the proper time, am
plify his statement in the Hunter
case as to reasons for pardon.
Wash Hunter was paroied on
February goth by Governor Blease.
At the time it was. stated that 1t was
desired to make motion for new
tr,a1 On the same date the Supreme
Court ordered stay Of remltutur
The pardon papers were made out
for wash Hunter. and he, there
fore, goes free.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Hidden Mine Explode.

seventy-twc Maderist soldiers were
killed in the town Of Jonacatepec,
state Of Morelos. on Monday, by the
explosion of mine planted by Fed
erals before the excavation Of the
place, according to dispatches recelV-
ed at Mexico City.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Flock to the Sea Shore.

Three hundred thousand men,
women and children slept On the
beach at Coney Island, New YORK,
Thursday night. driven from their
homes BIZ the intense heat. Early
Friday, however, cool wave brought
relief. Five persons succumbed to
heat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Japs in South America.

private cable advices received on
Thursday state that the colonization
Of Japanese IS now going on in Mic
arasua, Hurduras, Panama and otn-
ar Central American states. The Jap
ausse government is said to be be-
hind the movement.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
PRICES ARE HICHER
THE COST OF TEXT BOOK SOME
WHAT INCREASED.
But Then 1t Is Presumed That the
Books Selected Are Better Than
the Old Ones.

The new books adopted by tn
State board of education for the free
public schools of South Carolina vii
cost the patrons of the school some
more than the books now used &C
cording to comparative figures made
up at the office of the State superin
tendent of education.
The increased expense is}shown il
the following comparative statemen
of the cost of new and old book:
prepared by Mr.. Swearingen:
Primer.
Cost of old Primer. :. i:
Cost of new Primer. .2S
Increase over 100 per cent.
During the five :: ear period 1906
1911 $4,000 primers were sold. Up
on that basis the total increase tt
the pupils of the State will be SIT,
$4,000.
Readers.
Cost of old First Reader. .2(
Cost of new First Reader. .2s
Increase Is per cent.
Total number Of Fifst Readers
sold during the past five years, 2oo,'
coo copies. Aggregate increase te
the pupils $4,000.
Cost of old Second Reader. .2s
Cost of new Second Reader. .35
Increase 25 per cent.
Total number Of Second Readers
sold during the last adoption period,
12s,o0O copies. Aggregate increase
ss,030.oo.
Geography.
Cost of old Elem. Geography. -3S
Cost of new Elem .Neograph. AS
Increase 80 1-3 per cent.
Total. number sold during last
adoption period, $4,000. Increase to
pupils, s7,5s90o.
Physiologies.
In place of a two-book series a
three-book series has been adopted
Cost of old series Elem. =. .3O
Cost Of old series Adv. SO
Cost of new series, 1st book. '.35
Cost of new series, End book. 40
Cost of new series, 3rd book. so
Increased cost to each pupil Of the
series, .55. Increase about so pei
cent.
Arithmetic.
In place Of a two-book series Gov
ering the work up to the high school
a three-book series has been adopted.
The first two books cover the work
up. to the 7th grade. Every pu'l'
therefore who passed into the 7th
grade will have to purchase a new
book for the one year at cost OF
II cents.
Cost of old Arithmetic Elem. .32
Cost of old Arithmetic Adv 40
Cost Of new arithmetic Elem. .:22
Cost of new Arithmetic, Inter. .36
Cost of new Arithmetic, Adv. Al
Increase in cost of the series, ~
cents, about Sc 2-3 per cent.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Buried Under Gold.

Literally buried under ss,000,000
ir gold, Wadesworth Williams, en-
ployed in the San Francisco mint,
was so badly injured the other day
that his recovery Is doubtful.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
She Avenged Him.

After J. F. Hart had shot and ia
tally wounded her husband. Mrs. JOS
eoh Walker, Of Carlsbud, N. NJ, on
Thursday attacked Hart with heavE
rock and beat his head to a pulp
for revenge. Hart will die. Mrs.
Walker vas arrested.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05
Senator Williams Point 0 1t Inconsistency
Of Senator Cummings.
BE Was ON BOTH SIDES
Iowan Argues Against Canadian Re-
ciprocity and John Sharp Williams
Cites 1904 Speech in which Cum
minis Favored Putting Farm Pro-
ducts in Free List.

IOClS LII VTSS lASts
The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier says the gen.
eral opinion of disinterested auditors
Of the colloquy in the Senate Thurs
day between Senators Cummins Of
Iowa, and Williams, of Missippi, that
the briliaC.. Southerner routed the
Icwan, horse, foo: and 1ragoon.
The deed was accomplished by the
apt citation Of speech delivered by
Mr.. Cummings several years ago in
advocacy Of reciprocity, particularly
with regard to farE, products. There
Is wide recognition Ct the fact that
IN John Shaco Williams the South
has added aEother tc the galaxy Of
great Sena+ors.
Senator Cummings continued his
argument against the Canadian re-
ciprocity bill, but did rot conclude.
He attacked this measure from the
standpoint not only Of its alleged in
justice and political ine&pediaacs,
but on the grounds that it was not
properly drawn as a tariff law.
II passed in its present form, he
said. the agreement would give Can
ada the option of reorganizing one
half Of it without accepting it all.
The statement, explained in detail
by the Iowan, drew the attention of
the Senate, many members question
ing the Interpretation thus put upon
the bill as sent to Congress by the
President.
Senator Cummins said the passage
Of the bill would be followed by a
storm Of disapproval, against which
the Republican party could not stand.
He said it would be accepted by the
agricultural interests as notice that
the Congress had determined they
were not entitled to the same con-
sideration at its hands that is given
to the other producers Of the land.
ssNo self-respecting- nation can ac-
cept without qualification the Cana
dian reciprocity agreement in the ex-
act form proposed to u.s. declared
Senator Cummings. He declared he
believed in tariff revision, "but mark
my words" he said, "the people OF
this country, with unerring judgment
and intelligence, will know who is
responsible for putting the farmer
into free and unlimited competition
in what he sells, while still protect
ing the things that he buys.
Senator Williams, Of Mississippi,
interrupted to read from Senator
Cummings inaugural address in Iowa
in 1904.
In this speech Mt. Cummings ex-
pressed the belief that the Iowa farm
er would not suffer from free Cana
dian agricultural products more than
they do from the competition of near
by States.
s'I remember that speech" saio
Senator Cummins.
eBut it seems the Senator is now
most inconsistent. in his views said
Mr.. Williams.
sI am not" said Senator Cummins,
'sten or even seven years ago, there
was not the danger Of competition
of Canadian farm products that there
is now, when the United States al
most ceased to be an exporter OF
such products"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-07-05

Cost of old Arithmetic Elem. .32
Cost of old Arithmetic Adv AZ
Cost Of new arithmetic Elem. .22
Cost of new Arithmetic, Inter-. so
Cost Of new Arithmetic, Adv. Al
Increase in cost of the series, ~
cents, about Sc 2-3 per cent.