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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
MASONIC GRAND LODGE.
Elects Officers for the Next Year, and
Then Adjourns.

The grand lodge of Ancient Free
Masons of South Carolina concluded
it's 135tn annual communication at 2
o'clock Wednesday and was called off
to meet again next year In the city
of Charleston. 1t nigh noon We'd
nesday the grand lodge elected Off
GERS, and these and their appointees
were duly installed. The officers for
the ensuing year are as follows:
Grand master, George S. Mower Of
Newherry; deputy grand master, Geo.
T. Bryan of Greenville; senior grand
warden, R. a. Cooper Of Laurens;
junior grand warden, W. w. Wanna
maker Of Orangeburg; grand treas
urer, W. H. Prioleau Of Charleston;
grand secretary, o. F. Hart OF Colrm-
bia; grand chaplin, Rev. W. 2. Smith
of Spartanburg; senior grand dea-
cons, J. P. Duckett of Anderson and
J. F. Kinney of BennettsVil.e;; junior
grand deacons, S. T. D. Lancaster Of
Pauline and L. I. Parrott of Sumter;
grand stewards, c. K. Chre!tzberg Of
Rock Hill and A. J. Thackston Of Or
angeburg; grand marshal, John Ken
|nerly of Edgefeld; grand pursuiVant,
J. E. Cogswell of Charleston; grand
tiler, W. A. Winkler of Charleston.
District deputy grand masters are
as follows: First district, W. G.
Mazyck; Second, J. n. Peurifoy;;
Third, A. Patterson; Fourth, W. A.
Giles; Fifth, B. E.. Nicholson: Sixth,
Kenneth Baker; Seventh, W. a. Hud-
gins; Eighth, o. R. Doyle; Ninth, a.
S. Rowell; Tenth, W. B. Patton;
Eleventh, Van Smith; Twelfth, M. H.
Sandifer; Thirteenth, Joseph Lind
say; Fourteenth, j. B. Wallace; FIT
teenth, /. S. Jones; Sixteenth, W. E.
James; Seventh, J. c. Sellers; Eigh-
teenth, W. l.. Glaze.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
ROBBED NEAR EDGEFIELD.
Held Up bssndits and Relieved Of
Good Sum.

a special s;sestch from Edgefeld
to the Augusta Chronicle says that
Monday night about nine o'clock,
near Log Creek on the Johnston road,
Mr. Jesse C. Turner was attacked by
several men while on his way from
Augusta to mis- home in the Harmony
section and robbed of the sum Of
s4S7. It has been impossible to get
at the real facts Of the case; but, it
seems that M..+Turner was to Angus
t.. and received the amount OF money
He did not leave for his
|s till some time after dark, and
sbbe3 at the place and Of the
state6. It is said that on ac-
the darkness, Mr.. Turner did
gnize any Of the assallants.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
KILLS HIMSELF on HONEYMOON.
Florida Mans Bride Unable to Ac-
count for Suicide.

81 cannot bring disgrace upon my
family, so I have decided to end it
ALL" This was the substance Of a
note found In Room "A of Jackson
vile, Fla, hotel Monday morning, af-
ter Zebulon Vance Fowler, aged rs,
young lumberman from Terrill,
Florida, had taken quantity Of
strychnine. Only having been mar
ried since December 9 and having
come to Jacksonville with his bride
to spend his honeymoon, the young
man, a member of a prominent fami-
ly OF the State, committed suicide
hortly after 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. His wife was with him at the
time of his death, but declared she
was unable to account for his terrible
act.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
TOYED With DEATH
CHILDREN STATED OVER DEAD
LY EXPLOSIVES.
People Horrifed to Learn That They
Had Lived in Close Proximity to
Large Stores Of Dynamite.

People who for weeks unknowingly
lived near enough dynamite to blow
up the neighborhood and whose chill
dren skated over the floors of va
want house in which nitro-glycerine
had been spilled, testified in the Gov
ernment's investigation Of the dyna-
mite conspiracy before the Federal
grand jury at Indianapolis, Ind, on
Tuesday.
Witnesses from Muncle, Ind, were
questioned concerning what they
knew of the renting Of house in
Muncie to Ortie McManigal in De-
cember, 1909. After paying rent for
several months in advance, McMani-
gal stored it with boxes and sawdust
in which he packed nitro-glycerine.
The fact that the rent had been
paid and the house always in dark
ness, was visited periodically by a
stranger, created an element Of mys-
terry, which still was unsolved even
after the place again deserted was
thrown open and school children
skated over the floors upon which
appeared grease spots.
Later it was found the spots were
caused by nitro-glycerine and ex-
perts were called to destroy the ex-
plosive power. Among the witnesses
from Muncie were Mrs. Elizabeth
Hiner, Isaac Grant and manufacture
er who sold boxes to McManigal. The
evidence was traced by the investi.
gators, not only to confirm McMani,
gals confession, which implicates
John J. and James B. Mcnamara, but
also to bring out who, II any, as
sisted them.
Other expressions Of horror at dis
covering they had been living neal
explosives came from members Of tht
family Of D. Jones, a farmer near In
dianapolis. For long time prior t.
his arrest on April %, 1911, ]. J
Mcamara, secretary-treasurer Of th'
International Association Of Bridg4
and Structural Iron Workers, on tn
pretext that he was storing old rec
ords, kept in Jones barn, piano bo:
, filled with dynamite, from which Nc
Manigal replenished his supply whel
going on dynamiting expeditions.
The piano box still had twenty-fv
pounds Of dynamite in it, when Jones
digging on his farm, was apprised o
the fact by detectives who visited th
place the day John ]. Mcnamara wa
arrested. It was learned that thes
witnesses willingly told Of the rep
reservations under which they rente
their places and of the persons VIII
paid them money.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
COSTS THEM BIG MONEY.
Men Who Tarred School, Teacher VIII
Do To, r.

Miss Mary Chamberlain, the young
school teacher who was so shameful
ly treated at Shady Bend, Kansas, by
lot of ruffians, will be paid $4,000
by the men who ts-rred her Miss
Chamberlain intended to bring suits
for damages against all the partici-
pants in the tarring, but proceedings
are nov under way for a compro-
mise and it is said that s25,000 is
the least her attorneys will accept in
settlement. The three men, E. C.
Clark, Jay Fitzwatar and Watson
Scranton, who pleaded guilty, and
John Schmidt, who was convicted,
are worth in the aggregate more than
100000, Clark alone being rated in
excess of $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
"HOLy ROLLERS IN FRENZY.
Women Shrek and Beat Themselves,
Moan and Gesticulate.

The congregation Of the select First
Presbyterian church at Macon, Ga,
Sunday night is agDast over the de-
monstrations n made at the morning
service by the local sect Of "Holy
Rollers" who comprise some Of the
best-known women and men Of Ma
con. A meeting Of the Elders will
probably be held this week to take
action so as to prevent the 'Holy
Rollers" from ever attending the
Presbyterian church again.
Sunday morning the demonstration
was violently vociferous and sensa-
tional, and the entire congregation
was so excited that the audience dis
persed precipitately, Immediately fol-
lowing the last prayer, and numerous
of the women went away in hys-
terics.
"The "Holy Rollers mumbled,
shouted, swayed, moaned and ges-
ticulated all during the service, and
toward the end Mrs. Minnie Scott, her
niece, Miss Davis and the others be-
gan to shrek, beat themselves and
give vent to frantic manifestations.
Elder John J. Nlsckay, the pastor
and others sought to quiet them, so
as to restore order again among the
who were excitedly fl
ing out Of church. Finally the tEoly
Rollers" were induced to enter their
carriages, but as they moved away
they continued to Shrek, causing
crowds to gather along the sidewalks.
Professor J. R. Moseley, who re-
Gently forsook the Christian Science
to become "Holy Roller"
says that he and his associates will
go to another church next Sunday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
REWARD FOR MISSING MAN.
Seeks Messenger Who Is Accused OF
Taking $1,000.

The Southern Express Company
Monday offered reward Of $500 for
the arrest Of Robin C.. Fargason, Of
Macon, Ca, an express messenger
wanted in connection with the disap-
pearance Of a package containing
$1,000. The package was consigned
to bank at Griffin, Ca, and left Ma
can In Fargason's care on the Central
of Georgia train Saturday. The mon
ey is declared to have not been de-
livered and Fargason did not show
UP for the return run to Macon. He
has not been seen since, it Is reported.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
FATAL TRAIN WRECK
TEN PEOPLE KILLED IN 4 REAR
END COLLISION.
Engine PIoughs Five Feet into Sleep
er, Which is Telescoped In Forward
End by Diner Ahead.

Ten are dead and nearly a score
are more OF less seriously injured,
as result Of silk train on the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
road, which was running as section
No. 2 Of the columbian Flyer"
crashing into the rear Pullman Of the
flyer at the station at Odessa, MINI,
Monday. The engine Of the silk train
ploughed for five feet into the sleep
e7, but the greatest loss was in the
front end Of the Pullman, which was
telescoped by the dining car just
ahead.
Although both the diner and Pull
man were of steel, the former sheared
the upper portion Of the sleeper from
the floor as If it had been cardboard.
In some manner tie diners floor be-
came elevated slightly above that of
the Pullman, at the impact, and with
the force of section No. rs engine be-
hind, the Pullman was jammed along
for fully twenty feet, while the diner,
as If a gigantic knife, cut away the
uppe- structure and did its work OF
destruction.
Responsibility for the wreck is saic
to rest between the operator at Arton.
Vile Junction, who, 1t Is asserted
should not have permitted the sill
train to enter the block, in which
there was a train; the operator here
who, it Is added, failed to lift thu
stop signal for the Flyer, and tht
aagman Of the Flyer, who, 1t i
claimed, failed to protect the rea,
of his train Immediately following It
stopping at the block.
All Of the occupants Of the Pull
man but two escaped without injury
Immediately after the crash the un
Injured assisted in the work Of res
cue and many feats Of heroism wer
performed. G. F. Shuster, a "Jacky
Of the United States battleship Yves
Virginia, on his way to his home i,
Toledo, Ohio, OF furlough. was COO
spicuous in the worS OF rescue.
Nearly all of the injured were TAX
en- to Minneapolis and many Of the1
continued on to their destinations
The bodies Of the dead are being hel
4 here, and will be sent to their desti
nations as soon as word can be hear
from relatives.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Nineteen Provinces Are in the Starv.
ing Provinces.

The failure of crops in 19 Russian
provinces have left over lS,500,000
people without a supply of food for
the winter. More than half oe these
will starye, according to N. Kokov-
tsoff, If not otherwise relieved before
the reptapeism of Russian bureau
cracy will let them get relief. The
government has begun public works
and s2,500,0C0 has been earned since
the harvests thereby, but is only in
the less severely stricken districts;
in the 10 provinces where every vii
lage is famine-stricken grain and food
are distributed free; but the districts
are so remote from railways and CEN
ters where corn Is stored that many
must elapse before the ma
jority can get it. Meanwhile the
peasants must live or bread made of
grass and the roots they find in the
forests.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
ARRESTED IN CHARLESTON.
Two Men Suspected of Holding Up
Train at Hardeeyille.

George Beaureguard, William
Spencer and OK. Irby, all white, ar
rested at Ashley Junction, just out
side of Charleston Thursday evening,
are being held in the county jail at
Charleston on the suspicion that they
may be the men who held up the
Coast Line flyer near Hardeeville on
Tuesday morning. Beaureguard, who
is short and stout, and Spencer, who
i3 tail and thin, appear to answer to
the meagre description Of the train
robbers. Post Office inspectors have
been notified and will look the men
over
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27

The Governors of New York and
Massachusetts are being condemned
for granting less than dozen par
dons since their terms began. So
ciety evidently believes that 1t Is a
crime for Governor to turn con-
victed criminals loose on 1t, and So
ciety Is right.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
FEAT MAKES HER FAMOUS.
Girl Saves 1000; Dimes in a Year
and Guys Fur Coat.

Deluged with letters and with
Christmas gifts, Miss Ivy Cole, wait
ess in a Denver, Col. cafe, who saved
up 1000 dimes received in tips with
in one year to buy fur coat, is
amazed at the attention her srugality
has attracted. She has received let
ters and postal cards from many
parts of the country and proposals of
marriage from East, West, North and
South. Miss Cole began saving all
the dime tips she received year ago
last Thanksgiving Day. One day be-
fore Thanksgiving, of the present
year, sre had saved exactly 500, or
1000 dimes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Lyrc;inc in Oklahoma.

At Valdiant, Okla, mob forced
an entrance to the jail, secured a
young negro, who refused to give his
name, and hanged him to a tree al
the Fair grounds, near the town. The
negro was arrested on the charge OF
assaulting the twelve-year-old daugb-
ter OF Lee Saunders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27

The action of Governor Blease in
refusing to commission Judge Smith
a trustee Of high school because he
already held an Office of profit or
honor calls attention to law that
Is violated by many good men. This
law, like all others, should be en-
forced or repealed.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Gaye Him Ten Years.

Ten years in the federal prison at
Atlanta was the sentence imposed at
Portland, Maine, upon Rev. Frank ".
Sanford, leader Of the Holy Ghost and
Us society Of Shiloh for causing the
deaths Of six persons in the steamer
Coronet,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Seven Persons Killed.

Seven persons were killed and sew
eral injured in the head-on collision
between two trolley cars on the Kan
SIS City-Leavenworth electric line
near Wolcott, II miles south OF here,
according to reports received. The
fog caused the collision.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
to Save Her Life.

Sae result Of a midnight motor
S the grand prize automobile
~ Savannah several nights
Ss W. ]. Oornell, Of Norfolk,
~ ~ Monday afternoon at To-
ssAI. Her leg was amputated
sort to save her life. A
pmpanied Mrs. Donnell
injured, but not seri-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
POLICE IN JAIL
Officers Of TawnviIle Held On The
Charge Of numbering a aas.
CRIME Was LAST YEAR
A Young Mountaineer, Doc Welborn,
Supposed to Have Been Burned Up
in Town Lookup, Now Said to
Have Been Killed by Bis Cap
tors.


q. W. Eolconb, chief Of police, of
Townyille; J. E. Woolbright, a po-
liceman; Basken Sears and Jim Bald
win, who were called in by the off,
GERS to assist them in arresting Doc
Welborn, young mountaineer, on
the night Of September %, 1910,
were lodged in the jail at Anderson
Monday night, charged with the mur-
der of Welborn. Welborn was ar
rested for drunkenness about nine
o'clock at night and three hours later
the guard house was burned.
The arrest came as the result OF
detective work by n. C. Long, for
merly Court stenographer Of that cir
cult, but now an attorney at Wal
halla. He has been working on the
case for several weeks and It is un-
derstood that he has gathered eVl-
dence tending to show that Welborn
was murdered before being placed II
the guard house and that the house
was burned to hide the alleged crime.
The four men came to Anderson and
voluntarily surrendered, when they
learned that the warrants had been
issued.
The warrants were issued by a To-
cal magistrate, upon the afddavits OF
the foreman and members Of the
grand jury. When seen at the jail
Monday night the four men declared
that their arrest is due to prejudice
but they refused to name the person
or persons whom they think are be-
hind the move to convict them. The
four men are married and have fam.
lies. Welborn's widow and children
are now working il cotton mil
here.
Chief Holman said that in his opin
ion Welborn set fre to the guarc
house while lighting a cigarette OF
in attempting to burn his way to free
dom. Mr.. Long was communicated
with Monday night and he stated IL
WCutu COAuS " SAAOC4 SOA S4& W SNA@SS
day to represent the solicitor, wheI
the prisoners will appear before
Judge Prince for bail.
The arrest Of the first Of the foul
men has caused considerable excite
ment in the Townville section ant
Monday many Of The leading citizen:
Of that own went to Anderson to g
on the bon Is for their release. Al
effort is being made to get Mr.. LooE
to 90 to Anderson so that the apps
cation for bail can be made at once
Mr.. Longs ability in detective worl
was shown several months ago, whel
he brought to justice Cantre]l, Gaine
and Angel, three white men, for thu
murder of Emerson, near Walhalla
At the time it was thought that Emer
sor was killed by train, but Mr.
Long worked on the case until ht
secured sufficient evidence to brin:
the three men from as many State:
and to convict and sentence them 70,
the murder. The trial attracted {
great deal Of attention.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
ROW ABOUT DIVORCED WIFE.
The Present Husband Shot the For
mer Husband.

"Myslnrious Billy" Smith, formerly
a well known pugilist, who was shot
Sunday night at Portland, Oregon, by
Captain A. B. LOOMS, husband of
Smiths divorced wife, IS said to
have a fair chance for recovery.
Loomis surrendered to the police,
he shot in self-defense.
Smith and Mrs. Loomis were walk
ing on the street VIXEN LOOMS came
up The men exchanged revolver
shots and Smith fell with four bull
lets in his body. Lnomis said Smith
had been in a grill with Mrs. LOOMS
earlier in the evening and that Smith
for long time had been looking for
him 20 shoot him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
WHAT FRANCIS HENEY SAYS.
Thinks Woodrow Wilson Would Beat
President Taft.

Francis J. Heney, fighting lawyer
and reformer from San Francisco,
says it is his emphatic belief that if
Governor Woodrow Wilson and Pres
ident Taft are opposing candidates
for the presidency next year the New
Jersey executive will walk away with
the plum. He doubts, however, if
Taft will even be nominated, as the
office-holders, who form the backbone
CT his support at the present time are
likely to become panic-stricken when
they discover that the President has
little or no chance to succeed him
self.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Plunged to Certain Death.

Mounting to the 18th floor OF the
Masonic Temple at Chicago on Tues
day, J. F. Greew, a machInist, dis
ro5ed, crawled out on a beam and
plugged to the rotunda below. Death
was instantaneous. In its fall the
body struck man at cigar stand,
breaking both his arms.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Young Man Shoots Himself

At Laurens, John H. Price, a
young white man., committed sui
eide early Friday morning by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
shot gun at the home Of his father,
Henry T. Price, four miles north Of
that Dlace.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
HE FEEDETH ALL
VsIue Of Crop Exclusive Of Gotten i.
Nearly -Four Billion.
WHAT TIE FARMER DOES
Final Estimates Of Eleven Most I'm.
portant Crops Announced by De-
parment Of Agriculture, Showing
Increase in Value of Nearly Two
Hundred Million Over Last Year.

With decreases In the PROD duction Of
the eleven important farm crops, not
including cotton, the value Of these
crops this year reached the total Of
s3,769,562,000, according to the fin
a! estimate announced Tuesday by
the department Of agriculture. This
is an increase Of almost s190,000,000
over their value last year.
The departments final estimate of
production today differs considerably
from It's preliminary estimate, made
in Novem Der, because Of revision
Of acreages based upon the census
bureaus figures, which became avail
able since that time. The important
features Of the different crops, COM
pared with last year were:
Spring Wheat-An increase Of
$4,000 in acreage, a decrease Of
10,297,00O bushels in production, and
a decrease Of sI4,S41,000 in value.
Oats-An increase Of 100000 in
acreage, decrease Of 25S,215,000
bushels in production and an increase
Of ss,257,ooO in value.
Barley-A decrease OF 116,000 IN
acreage, a decrease Of 13,592,000
bushels in production and an increase
Of s3S,756,000 in value.
Rye-A decrease Of $4,000 in acre
age, a decrease Of 1,77S,000 bushels
in production and an increase Of
s2,6o4,00o IN value.
Buckwheat-A decrease Of $4,000
In acreage, a decrease of $4,000 bush
els in production and an increase Of
s1,099,000 in value.
| Flaxseed-An increase Of 100000
in acreage, an increase Of 6,652,000
bushels In production and an increase
CT $5,S00,000 in value.
Rice-A decrease Of 26,500 in acre
age, decrease Of 1,576,000 bushels
in production and an increase Of ST.
$4,000 in value.
Potatoes-A decrease Of 1G1 900 In
acreage, a decrease Of $685. 900
bushels in production and an increase
Of s39,212,000 in value.
Hay-A decrease Of 2,674,000 in
acreage, a decrease Of 13,534,000
tons in production and a decrease OF
s53,199,000 in value.
Tobacco-A decrease of $4,000 in
acreage, a decrease of 193,306,000
pounds in production and a decrease
OF s16,932,000 in value.
The final estimates Of the depart
nent Of agriculture on the production
and value Of the principal farm crops
OF the United States for 1911, an.
: nounced today, were as follows:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Ever RESPONSIVE to Genius.

|VSI TlGSTOIIoIVGI 10 OCTIEUos
There Is 10 work Of genius which
has not been the delight Of mankind;
no word OF genius TO which the human
heart ard soul have not sooner or
later responded. james Russell
Lowell
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27

The chains that do us the most
harm are those that sit most lightly
upon US. Whenever chain gals
then we seek to be rid Of T..
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27

y finger OF destiny points TO
ROW Wilson as the next Presi-
%t the United States. We pre-
t he will be nominated by the
;ss and elected.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27


cording to the police, attempted to
rob Mrs. Legare at the corner Of Ash
ley avenue and Wentworth street.
The boys were arrested just after
this, if Taylor's story can be be-
Leved.
When Taylor was asked how old
Meyers was he said:
He ent no biggern'n me, but he's
older, I year dem other boys say he
been lock. up before. He lib right
near to de Jail anyway" and Taylor
grinned.
The charges against the boys are
serious ones and it Is evident that
Taylor is attempting to clear himself
by telling all he knows or all he can
invent about the affair. He denies
taking an active part in any OF the
crimes, putting al the blame on Mey-
ers and saying he was merely in COM
pany with the latter when It all hap
pened.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
They Were Short in Cash,

Thirty hoboes, arrested in Eugene,
Ore, had just Is cents in their pock-
cts. One had a dime and another
a nickel.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-12-27
Cents per
FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

(a) Per ton. (b) Per pound.