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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
A GRAND OBJECT LESSON.
What a One-Horse Farmer Showed at
the Augusta Fair.

The Augusta Chronicle says one OF
the most attractive displays 1t the
Georgia Carolina fair. demonstrating
possibilities on a small farm, is the
Individual exhibit of S. T. Adams, OF
South Carolina, who is a small far
mer. The explanations accompany
ing the display furnish lesson that
could well be studies by any visitor
who is interested in modern farming.
The exhibit is made entirely from
Mr.. Adams small farm, which makes
it more worthy of note, in the estima-
ton Of visitors. In it are found corn,
hay, sweet and Irish potatoes, meal,
flour, hams. bacon, canned goods OF
all kinds, domestic foods OF all kinds,
the exhibit being complete in every
way.
It shows that the small farm pos
sibilities around Augusta are great
and there is really no limit to what
may be accomplished. Mr.. Adams
friends are congratuiating him upon
:he award of second premium for this
exhibit.
Mr.. Adams was awarded the first
prize on baled cotton. He cnly rails
ed two bales of cotton and entered
one and got the blue ribbon.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15

Jared Y. Sanders has done for Louisi-
ana? why could not the magnificent
harbor and terminal facilities OF
Charleston be utilized for this State,
as New Orleans are for Louisiana,
Mississippi and eastern Texas? The
harbor OF Charleston is splendid
asset, it belongs more to South Car
olina; why not use it
GAS to the cost Of holding an extra
session, am deeply gratifed to learn
of the patriotic spirit which prompted
The senator from Newberry to refuse
pay for services at an extra session.
am not willing, however, to admit
that the Senator from Newberry had
monopoly of the patriotism of South
Carolina, and if called on I believe
the entire general assembly would
serve in this emergency free of cost
"The act Of 1908, page 1919, pro
vides pay for the regular session;
therefore we may infer that the leg,
islature expected that members call,
ed in extra session would serve from
patriotic reasons, or that no govrnol
+ould ever be so progressive as to cal
an extra session for any purpose 9th
er than to elect some man to office, a:
was the case in the extra session tx
which you referred.
With assurances of my high re
spect, am yours, very truly,
J. J. Evans,
For the Committee
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
MOST UNUSUAL FREAK.
Cow in Greenville County Has Thirty
one Horns.

The Greenville Daily Piedmont
says the most unusual freak Of nature
that that county has probably ever
produced is a cow that belongs to
Mr.. H. r. Scalf, who lives near the
CoDastee Mill, which animal has
multitude of horns growing over her
back and hips. Mt. Scalf says the
cow has thirty-one horns, though he
tells people that there are seventeen
so they will not lie disappointed when
they see the animal. There are sew
enteen prominent horns.
Some of them are very small, says
the owner, but there are in all thirty
enc. The cow is eight years Of age
and the horns started to grow t. .
years ago. Mr.. scalf has had .ne cow
examined by veterinarian and he
saws that the animal will in time be
covered with horns. The horns :,
growth.
The lonesgt- Of the horns are the
wo natural ones at the cows
these being some four inches In
length. The others range from an
inch and quarter to very short
lengths. The cow gives milk and Is
good animal. Mr.. Scalf says he
thinks he will sell her to some carni-
val company.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
EXPERIMENT A SUCCESS.
Planting Tea in South Carolina High.
" Satisfactorily.

The governments experiments in
tea farming this year were highly sat-
isfactory to the department Of agri-
culture officials. On the 100 acres in
South Carolina where the bureau Of
plant industry is conducting the work
there were produced this year about
1900 pounds of tea worth fully 81
a pound. While this was not record
yield, the season having been too dry
for that, there would have been rec
rd, it was confidently declared by Dr..
Roney W. True, in charge Of tie work
if conditions had been favorable.
With the invention this year Of a
tea plant pruning machine, which
worked successfully, only one pro-
cess in tea growing now must be done
by hand, that is the picking. The in
creased demand in the southern
states for this American tea has pro-
duced q market for all of it within
a limited distance from the place
where it is raised.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
SAILOR EATEN BY SHARK.
Shipmates Of the Sailor Witness the
Horrible Spectacle.

Death between the jaws Of NOR
ster man-eating shark was the sad
fate Of Jules Antaine, an aged sea-
man, in the harbor Of Pensacola,
Fla, Wednesday afternoon The
gruesome sight was witnesses by. the
crew Of the British steamer Alders.
gate, on which Antoine was employed
as watchman and By half hundred
5aymen engaged in loading the vessel
with lumber. Antoine evidently had
allen overheard by accident for tie
irst seen of him was when the shark
swan le!surely out from between the
ship and the lighter Of Lumber with
Sc body of the man clamped between
its jaws, the head and shoulders pro-
rruding from one side Of its mouth
and the legs from the other. For a
moment the shark remained on the
surface, then sank to arise moment
later with only the head in sight, the
remainder Of the body apparently
having been swallowed. The shark
remained on the surface the second
time for nearly a minute and was
seen no more. One of the watchers
ailted from the spectacle.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
SOLDIER WAS DEAF AND DUMB.
Ran Away From the New Jersey te
Fight for the South.

Ben Oppenheimer, who ran away
from his home in New Jersey during
the War of Secession and joined the
forces Of the Confederacy, actively
participating in some of the most des-
perate Of the shrugged, never heard
al order given or a shot fred. He is
deaf and dumb and low 81 years OF
age. At the State Confederate re-
union in session at Montgomery, Ala,
the Memphis, Tenn, visitor was hon
ored by many attentions frora his
comrades at arms. A cross of honor
OF the lapel of his coat attests to his
faithful service in the sixties. He
attended the reunion at ,the birth
place of the Confederacy at the solic-
itation of the local camp. Open
h!imer was near Gen. Albert Sydney
Johnston when the latter was killed
and saw him fall
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
THIRTY DAYS ADRIFT
BLOWN OUT TO SEA IN A
SMALL OPEN ROWBOAT.
Was Nearly Dead and Despairing Of
Rescue When He Was Picked Up
by q Steamer.

Blown out to sea in rowboat from
the coast Of South America, Arrange
Rodriguez, a Spaniard, formerly en-
ployed on the Panama canal as a Ia
about for thirty days and was nearly
dead and despairing of rescue when
the British steamer Ikaria picked
him up. The Ikaria reached New
York last week from Buenos Aires
bringing the caotaway.
The Ikaria when two days out of
Trinidad sighted a small boat with a
nondescript sail off the port bow. As
she bore down the craft was found
to be rowboat with a broomstick
shipped as mast and tattered
shirt set as a sail. Rodriguez, on the
verge Of collapse, was taken on the
steamer.
When he had recovered somewhat
he explained that he had been en-
ployed on the Panama caanl as a Ia
borer and later went to Caracas.
There he hired a small boat to 90
fishing and was blown off shore by
a storm.
He had on board a demijohn Of
drinking water, but for food had to
depend upon fish he was able to
catch. After the demijohn Of water
was exhausted he managed to trap
enough rain water to assuage his
thirst.
As the days went by and grew in
to a month Rodriguez despaired Of
rescue and was almost too weak to
sit up when after 81 days from land
the Ikaria sighted him, took him on
board and cared for him. The boat
was set adrift.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
KILLED BY CONVICT GUARD.
John H. Gaynor Shot Down in Street
in Saannah.

At Savannah, Ga, J. H. Gaynor'
cousin of John F. Gaynor, who was
recently released from the Atlanta
Davis was drinking and the men had
peuitentiary, where he was punished
for his connection with the Savannah
harbor frauds, was shot to death on
the street Monday night by Joe Davis,
a convict guard.
Davis and Gaynor were not ac-
Quainted but met a few minutes be-
fore the killing in near-beer saloon
Dais was drinking and the men had
a slight disagreement there. Gaynor
With two friends walked from the sa-
loon, and after going probably lOC
feet, turning corner into another
street, stopped and was talking to his
friends.
Davis walked up to them and with
out word pressed pistol to Gay
nor's breast and fired twice. One
ball went through Gaynor's heart. Da
Wis was arrested at once. Gaynor was
about forty years of age and leaves
family.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Weather VIII Get Colder.

The weather bureau predicts that
decidedly colder weather will over
spead the Northwestern States Tues
da and Wednesday, and advance
catward over the Middle West We
ne6ay, Thursday anad the Eastern
srtes the latter part of the week.
It's probable that this cold change
vi; be attended by SHOWS in the
Nrshwestern States.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
HARMON Is PLEASED
PREDICTS LANDSLIDE FOR DEM
OCRATs NEXT YEAR.
Signs Of Victory for the Democratic
Party are Evident Everywhere in

/
Passing his opinion upon the re-
suits in Massachusetts, Kentucky and
Ohio, and other points where Demo
cratic candidates were elected Tues
day, Governor Judson Harmon OF
Ohio, Wednesday predicted national
Democratic landslide next year.
"The results Of these elections have
pleased me very much" he said,
"snd I consider them a forecast OF
the outcome next year. It is the
strongest Endorsement OF Democracy
that has been rendered by voters in
recent years Not only local elections
do I consider significant but also the
elections in Kentucky, Massachusetts,
and other points,"
Governor Harmon went Oh to say
that the result Of the city elections
in Ohio show unquestionably that the
public is pleased with the present ad-
ministration, the tax reforms that
have been made in Ohio and the man
agement of State Offices under Demo-
cratic sway.
When asked regarding the Cincin-
natl results, Mr.. Harmon said: "Per-
sonally nothing could have pleased
me better. I have fought for twenty
five years to free Cincinnati from the
sway Of RepubHcanism and am Ger.
tainly delighted to find that the Vot-
ers have awakened and broken the
chains that bound her.
"Signs Of victory for the Demo
iratic party are evident everywhere.
Next year I predict that this party
will win the national Offices, includ-
'rg the presidency. 1t is an endorse
Ment of the Democratic administra-
tive policies and the labors already
performed by that party.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
White Man Kills Negro.

At Lamar Monday afternoon AL
bert Winndham, a white man, shot
and killed Joe Slater, negro, in the
store of 3. S. Stokes when the store
was crowded with customers. From
the testimony of eye-witnesses it
seems that dispute arose about
some money owed and Winndham
drew his pistol and fired al Slater
twice, killing him almost instantly.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
BROKEN RAIL CAUSES WRECK
Two Persons Were Killed and Sew.
eral Others Hurt.

Southern railway officials stated
that the wreck Of train No. IA, from
Cinnatti to Jacksonville, at Chatta-
hoochee, six miles north Of Atlanta,
in which two persons were killed and
several more or less seriously In
jured, was caused 0y broken rail.
The breaking of the rail is said to
have been due to "pipe" OF conceal
ed defect. The colored coach, bag
gage and express cars left the track,
The killed were o. P. Bryon, bag
gagemaster, Atlanta, and Ben Briggs
negro passenger, Cleveland. Tenn. S.
P. Whitaker of Knoxville, Tenn, lost
his purse containing $500 In the
wreck. The most seriously injured
were removed 70 hospitals after
their arrival in this city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
SWEPT TO DEATH
Chief Officer and I've Men Of The Stea-
nsr Msmas Carried Into Sea.
BY A HUGE TIDAL WAVE

Steamship as She Plouged Through
the Ocean OF the Coast Of Florida
on Friday AftorAeeR Of Last
Week.
The chief ottssr and two men OF
The Morgan line steamer Nomus we're
swept from the deck of the vessel by
tremendous wave on the voyage
from New Orleans, completed at New
York, and drowned. Tho victims are:
\. T. Beesch, chief onicer;; ]. ?. Serge.
boatswain, and r. Nordber:, seaman.
The unusual tragedy occurred Fri
day afternoon of last week off the
coast of Florida, but it was not re-
ported by Captain John s. Boyce un-
til the Momus arrived at New York
on Wednesday with her flags at half
mast.
The great swell. described as one
of tidal wave proportions, swept over
he Momus with deluge like Niagara
and carried the three men overheard
as If they had been corks. Before the
lifeboat could be lowered the victims
disappeared.
There were twenty-five passengers
aboard the ship and through the cab
in windows many Of them saw the
men carried away.
A gale was blowing and the three
men were working on the forward
part of the deck when, without warn
ing. a tilad wave rose above the YES
sci and crashed thunderousiy down
upon the deck.
Chief Officer Beesch saw Nordberg
rushed across the deck and sprang to
his assistance. Both went over the
side together.
Serge, the boatswain. was also
caught in tho torrent and, impellec
by a lurch Of the ship, shot over
board after his companions.
Orders to man the lifeboats were
issued at once and as the Momus
rolled and pitched the boat was low
cred.
Unit! darkness set in tho little boat
risked the mercy of the increasing
gale and sea in the hope Of recover
ing the bodies of the doomed men,
but without avail.
Two of the crew were injured while
lowering the lifeboat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
FATHER AND MOTHER KILLED
And Three Children Hurt in Trying
to Escape Fire.

Two members of the Shapiro FAM
lily father and mother, were killed
and three Of their four children we're
badly hurt Saturday when they
jumped from windows on the second
floor to escape the flames that de-
stroyed a Brooklyn tenement house.
When flames trapped the Shapiros,
policeman climbed on the cornice
over the first story and told Julius
Shapiro, the father, to hand down
his four children, aged from IS
months to 16 years. The baby went
first and the policeman caught it.
Then Shapiro tried to hand out
nine-year-old Aaron. The boys
weight proved more than be could
manage, and he fell from the win
dow with his son in his arms. The
fathers brains were dashed out on
the pavement, while the boy escaped
with a broken ankle.
This calamity seemed to unnerVe
other members Of the family and al
though they could have been rescued
had they waited, one by one, they
leaped from the windows.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
THEY REFUSED FOOD
ENTIRE FAMILY STARVES TO
PURGE THEIR SOULS.
A Father and Mother, Followers OF
Self Promulgated Creed, Dies With

Details OF ghastly suicide com
pact involving a whole family were
brought out by the Chicago POLICE fol
lowing the discovery of the emaciateo5
forms of Herman Letsch. his wife
Anna and their l2-year-old son. All
had been dead several days.
Followers Of a religious creed. self
promulgated, the parents had forced
themselves and their son to do with
out food to purge their sinful souls
of lust" until starvation wiped out
the whole family. From physicians
examinations, it was evident the boy
had been the first to die.
On a bed was a black shroud,
bearing a note reading: This gown
is for our son Herman when he is
dressed for his coffin.
Apparently the parents had been
too weak to put the gown on the
starved form Of the boy when death
came, but weakened by hunger. had
lain on the floor near eacn other,
waiting for the death which came
several days later for the mother, and
a week later, apparently for the fatn-
father.
A long and rambling letter in Ger
man criticised churches and church
people, and named Chicago church
aud pastor. This pastor told the po-
lie that until about four months ago
the family attended church each Sun
day, always contributing 81. They
ceased coming, and when the pastor
asked Letsch about it, Letsch. he said
shouted, "All right, III get out Of
the church. but new appearance OF
God will blast you for it. -
The rambling letter said no minis
ter was to appear at their funerals,
the determination to die, is said, ran
back for three years and last March
II was the day first selected for their
taking off.
An illness of the boy, neighbors
said, must have delayed the suicide.
The last Of the three to die, the faith
er died three days before discovery,
physicians said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
KINDNESS BROUGHT DEATR.
A Man Wilfuuy Killed For Offering
Money to Strangers.


Willingness to give up his money
to prevent trouble among others was
the cause of Alexander Digiaccoma.
a tailor, losing his life Monday night
at Chicago. He had visited an Ar
cher Avenue restaurant, where he
heard three men quarreling with the
proprietor. Thinking they were with
out money to pay their bills, Digiac-
coma offered to settle the amount.
His offer was promptly resented by
the trio, who left the restaurant i'm
mediately. They waited until the
man came from the place, when one
Of the men shot him five times, kill
ing him instantly. The three escap-
od
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Manchu Fleet Bottled I'd.

The forts at WI Sung, China, COM
manding the entrance to the Yang
Use Kiang river, surrendered to the
rebel forces Thursday without firing
a shot. With the fall of these forti-
fcations into the hands Of the revolu-
tionists the feet of imperial warships
under Admiral Sab Cheng Ping is
now bottled up and can not escape to
sea.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
FINDS SAFETY IN TRUNK.
| Child In Waynesvile Rescued
From Burning House.

Displaying unusual presence Of
mind Edgar Applegate, the 4year-
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Apple
gate, saved himself from burning to
death by hiding in his mothers trunk
when a fire, which he started while
playing with matches gutted his
home at Waynesville, n. c., early
Monday evening. The older McCrak-
en- of Waynesville, rushing into the
house, seized the trunk and rushed
through the door with it to the yard
The lid of the trunk was lifted and
the boy was found inside, badly
frightened but uninjured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Corpses Clutter the Streets.

Advices from Tripoli state that tn
sanitary situation IS growing worse.
The boies of fifty Arabs who died
from cholera or hunger were found in
the streets. The palm groves are fill
ed with corpses and fifty cases OF
cholera are reported to be in the 1tal-
ian army.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Barnwell Murderer Paroled.

A parole during good bevavior was
granted Saturday by Governor Blease
to Charley Zissett convicted of mur-
der in the Barnwell county court in
March, 1895, before Judge Watts.
Zissett was sentenced to be hanged
but the sentence was afterward CON-
nuted to life imprisonment in the
State pe1itentiary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Turkish Gunboat is Sunk.

A Turkish gunboat has been sunk
IN naval duel with On Italian cruls-
er in the Gulf Of Akabah in the east
ern horn of the Red Sea. News OF
the battle was received at CONSTANT
NOBLE Thursday from the Turkish
commanGant at Akabah, fortified
village of Arabia.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
\Si1l Burn Rotten Corn.

Farmers throughout the Illinois
corn belt, although facing heavy loss
OH account of the large amount OF
grain that rotted in the fields, due to
excessive rain, have determined to re-
coup part Of their loss. The| VIII use
the decayed corn for fuel during the
the winter months.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Uncle Sam is Hands Or.

Despite the plea received from the
Turkish government asking for inter
rention 10 stop the alleged atrocities
being committed by Italian troops IN
TTipoli. the general opinion in diplo-
matte cicles at Washington is that
the United States will. like England
maintain a policy of hands OFF.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Twenty-Four Drowned.

The French steamer Diolibah sank
at sea Wednesday and twenty-four
persons were drowned. The Dioibah
was towing the French steamer Ii
bera for Marseilles when the latter
fouled her, tearing hole in the
Diolibah's side, causing her to found
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Southern States Quarantined.

Fourteen States in the South and
Southwest today were placed undeF-
cattle quarantine by Secretary of Ag-
riculture Wilson The prevalence Of
Texas fever among the cattle is the
cause. The states quarantined are
Georgia, Alabama, Florida. North
and South Carolina, Virginia, Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkan-
sas, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and
California.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Arab Women Fight as Men.

Arab women, dressed in mems
clothing, are leading in the fighting
against the Italians in Tripoli. The
sex of these amazons was not discoV-
cred until a number of them had been
killed. This information was re-
ceived at Malta Thursday on steam
ships from TripoE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Another Bowen Arrested.

Just about the time the right
Arthur Bowen was being arrested
near Neeses on Wednesday hight, an
other negro by the name Of Arthur
Bowen was arrested at Johnston on
the supposition that he/was the man
wanted for the dastYrdly crime 81
Springfield. Here if the account OF
the arrest at Johnston Of the wrong
Bowen:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Five Hundred Were Killed.

a news agency dispatch from Con-
stantinople says that it was official
ly announced at the Turkish capital
that the Turks had recaptured Derna
in Tripoli, and that 500 Italians were
Tending force were taken prisoners,
killed and the remainder Of the de-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
Attempt to Wreck Train.

Evander Ivey and Luther McLucas,
colored, are in Jail charged with at
tempting to wreck the train on the
Bennettsville and Cheraw railroad
near Blenheim. McLucas duplicates
another negro boy, Willie Ross.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
MONEY LOST IN THE MAILS.
Twenty Thousand Dolla: Package
Disappeared in Transit.

A registered package containing
$4,000 is said to have disappeared
from the mails last Friday hight be-
tween Bluefeld and Charlottesville,
"a. The pouch containing the remit
tance came to Lynchburg Friday
night over the Norfolk and Western
railroad and was banded through
the mail transfer to the Southern
railway. Soon after leaving Lynch
burg the clerk on the Washington
train telegraphed a report that he
was short the package. Fou" or hVe
postal inspectors are at worK On the
ease