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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
A COLUMBIA MYSTERY.
Body of a Negro Man Found in an
Unused Well.

The State says Columbia has
another murder mystery which will
probably never be solved. Well clean
ers descending in an old we'll in the
rear of a house at 1914 Hardin street
Waverly, Wednesday found the body
Of Edward Patterson, negro ABOUT
40 years of age, who was employed
by the Palmetto ice Company as a
driver until December 10 OF last year
when he disappeared.
It was generally supposed that ne
had gone to Birmingham and no In
vestigation was made at the time as
to the cause Of his disappearance.
The we'll is located just back of the
house. The house has not been oc-
cuoied since last August: Coroner
Walker made a searching investlga-
ton as to the cause of the death anu
found that Patterson had been mur-
dered. His head was crushed by a
heavy blow. The shirtwaist OF ~o-
man covered his head. The body
was decomposed almost beyond rec
ognition.
An examination by a physicisa1
determined the fact that the man was
a negro. Coroner Walker found that
the negro had about $3.50 on ms
person the night that he vas killed
He had been robbed. Many theories
have been advanced as TO the mo-
tive. No announcement has been
made by Coroner Walker as to when
the inquest will be held. He IS
working on several theories and Will
very probably learn something OF
tangible nature.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
MEXICAN BOY LYNCHED.
Whiting Stick Caused the Death
of Several People.

of Several PeOple.
The whiting of stick led to the
killing of Charles Zeitung a garage
owner, and the subsequent lynchlng
of Mexican youth at Thorndale,
Texas, Tuesday night. Whether the
boy was citizen of the United States
or of Mexico is not known.
The Mexican, lad of about ~,
whose name has not beei as
certained, was sitting On the
sidewalk, in front Of zeitung's garage
early Monday night, industriously
wheilding pocket knife and making
a pile of shavings. Zeitung protest
ed against the littering up Of the
entrance to his place of business and
ordered the youth to stop. This, ac-
cording to bystanders, angered the
Mexican and he stabbed Zeltuns
In the heart.
The youth was arrested and lodg-
ed In Jail. Soon after nightfall a
mob of about 100 men surrounded
the iail and secured the Mexican
with little difficulty. Some Of the
lynching party went for ropes, but
others in the crowd were impatient
and held up truck farmer who was
driving a load of watermelons to mar
ket. The team was unhitched and
the Jour trace chains fastened to-
gether. One end Of the chain was
fastened about the neck of tue youth
and another boy climbed a telephone
pole. throwing the free end over a
limb. The Mexican was hoisted about
six feet from the ground and was
quickly strangled to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
A TRAIL OF BLOOD.
Desperado Spares No Man Who was
in His Way.

William r. Kidd, railroad conduc-
tor. dead; Samuel Melton, deputy
Sheriff, seriously wounded; Edgar
McGill, rancher, wounded; Reuben
Scott, watchman, three fingers snot
away; Robert Obey, constable, wound
ed-these are the known victims OF
Hugh Whitney, an outlaw.
Added to the identified sufferers
there may be others whose fate has
vet to be learned 1t is rumored that
the bandit has killed his former part
ner in crime and there is uncon-
hrmed report from Blackfoot, ldano'
that he shot and killed boy to Sc
cure possession of a fresh horse the
lad was riding
The bandits trail of blood extends
half vav across eastern Idaho. A
whole region has been terrorlzed by
his deeds. Posses are out from eV-
cry town and the governor OF the
State is considering a plan for call
ing out a portion OIL Tue Aoano -'
tional Guard.
Blood hounds have taken up his
trail at times, but more formidable
pursuit is that begun Tuesday by a
band of Blackroot Indians, who unite
with the instinct Of hounds the sa-
gacity of the scout.
Whitney is the Short man" OF an
attempted saloon hold up at Monlda'
Mont, on Friday. He shot the o.
fcer who had him in custody and
fatally wounded the Oregon Short
Line conductor, assisting the ofhcer.
McGill was shot because Of the horse
which the bandit needed; Scott be-
cause he was guarding a bridge, and
Oley because he was MEMBER OF
a pursuing party.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
THAT SLUSH FUND
THE ILLINOIS SOLONs KNOW
ABOUT JACKPOTS.
Hopkins, Defeated by Lorimer, Says
Corruption Funds is Tradition Of
Illinois Politics.

"Jackpots'' or corruption funds In
the Illinois legislature constitute
zone Of the traditions of politics in
Illinois," according to the testimony
of Former Senator Albert ). Hopkins
Friday before the Lorimer investi-
eating committee of the Senate, at
Washington. Senator Lorimer sue
ceeded Mr.. Hopkins. Whether any
of the Jackpot" funds or other cor
ruption funds had been used to de-
feat him for senator he was unable
to tell the committee of his own
knowledge.
The only other witness of the day
was Edgar A. Bancroft, general coun-
sci for the international Harvester
company. His testimony was to the
effect that Clarence S. Funk, general
manager Of the company, had told
him of an alleged attempt Of "Mr.
Hines" OF Edward Hines" to raise
money to meet the expenses Of elect
ing Lorimer.
Mr.. Hopkins declined to answer
specific questions as to whether ne
suspected Lorimer was using corrupt
methods to defeat him or as to wheth-
er or not he believed certain mem
bers OF the Legislature had been
bought. ;.
Mr. Hanrey, counsel for Mr.. Lori
mer, protested against the witness
leaving the stand without expressing
an opinion on the rumor that the SO
Democrats who voted for Lorimer on
the last ballot received money.
.tIt leaves q cloud on those men, .
insisted the counsel. The Committee
did not require the witness to answer
as TO personal relation between +He
witness and Senator Lorimer. Nj.
Hopkins said Mr.. Lorimer had told
him he would oppose his candidacy.
Mr.. Bancroft, In relating what MT.
Funk had told him, said that he was
told Mr. Hines had asked to con-
tribute for the company $4,000 to
meet the expenses Of Senator Lori
mer's election.
Mr. Bancroft told Of Mr.. Funk ask
ing his advice as to whether ne
should make public the alleged re-
quest. This was during the consid-
Grafton Of the Lorimer case by the
senate.
Members of the company asked the
attorney if he did not consider MS
own duty to have been to notify the
first Lorimer Investigating committee
Of this matter.
Mr.. Bancroft replied that at the
time he did not consider the matter
TO be so important as it is now re-
garded and therefore not important
enough to justify an attack on the
company. Judge Hynes asked VINO
was expected to make this attack and
the witness replied that Lorimer and
his friends were feared because tney
."were in conflict with those who op-
4
posed them"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Woman starve to Death

For the second time within forty
EIGHT hours, a woman collapsed Sat
urdav 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 policeman wne
kneit over her that food had no'
passed her lips for so long tnst sne
had forgotten the date and had al
but forgotten the taste.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
BLEASL'S MISTAKE
SAYS FIELDER HAS BEEN INDICT-
ED, WHICH IS NOT so.
In Offering a Reward for the Atlanta
: Attorney an Incorrect Statement
Is Made.

An official proclamation by Gov.
Blease Friday makes a statement
of particular interest in connection
with the case of T. B. Fielder.
The Governor in his proclamation
says that T. B. Fielder "has been in
dicted for said charge and is now a
fugitive from justice from the State
of South Carolina
T. B. Fielder was not indicted in
Newberry county. This fact was
among those presented to Gov. Brown
of Georgia on Thursday as to why
requisition papers should not be hon
ored for Mr.. Fielder.
The occasion for the proclamation
was the offering of a reward Of $500
for the apprehension and delivery of
T. B. Fielder, to South Carolina Off
GERS.
The following is the proclamation,
in which the misstatement Of fact
occurs:
state of South Carolina
Executive Chamber
"Whereas, information has been
received at this department that one
Thomas 5. Fielder did on the secono
day of October, A. D. 1905, and div
ers other times, attempt to bribe a
member of the Board Of Directors OF
the State Dispensary Of South Caro-
lima, and did conspire to cheat and
defraud the State Of South Carolina,
by said actions, and has been indicted
for said charge, and is. now fugi-
tive from justice from the State OF
South Carolina.
sNow, therefore, I, Cole L. Blease,
Governor Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, in order that i?stice NAV be
done and the majesty of the law vim
dicated, do hereby offer reward OF
two hundred (s200.00) dollars for
the apprehension and delivery Of the
said Thomas B. Fielder to the Sheriff
of Newberry County, at any point
within the State Of South Carolina.
"In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the
Great Seal Of the State to be affixed,
at Columbia, this twenty-third day
of June, 4. D. 1911, and in the 135th
wear Of the Independence OF the
United States of America.
Cole L. Blease,
Governor.
BY the Governor:
r.. NJ. McCown,
Secretary Of State -~s----
The other facts in the proclana-
ton are familiar to the public.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Lost in CANON.

Five English tourists are believed
to be either lost or have perished on
Mount San Bernardino. The party
left ten days ago to explore the Frost
Canyon, where ice Is perpetual, and
have not been heard Of since. The
party included Gus Jordan, Mark
Iandon, George Mcdonald and two
others whose names are not known.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
LEADER OF BANDITS
CHARGE MADE AGAINST RE.
SPECTED PHYSICIAN.
I'm the Daytime Highly Respected
Citizen and Doctor and at Night
Burglar.

BY day respected practicing ply
sician and mayor of Minnesota ci-
ty.
By night the brains Of an incen-
diary and robber band and using
his scientific knowledge in the prep
araton Of explosives to be used in
felonies.
This the Jekyll and Hyde personal
ity the detectives believe has been
revealed by the arrest of DR.. T. T.
Dumas, mayor Of Casn Lake, Mimi.
and owner and manager of the Cass
Lake baseball team.
The mayor has been arrested, the
warrant charging "wilful, malicious
and felonious destruction Of proper
ty." This followed battle between
posse and two men caught blowing
open a safe at Puposky, near Cass
Lake.
It was then announced by the de-
tectives working on the case and the
assistant state fire marshal that DR..
Dumas was suspected Of leading a
gang which has operated in Mime
sofa, North Dakota, wisconsin, and
other northwestern states, and said
bv the police to have been employed
bv merchants to rob safes and set
FIRE to buildings for the insurance.
It IS declared to have included sever
al men Of prominence in northwest
ern communities.
The mayor obtained his liberty by
giving bond. He asserted that he
was the victim of a police conspira-
cy and declared "some one should
suffer. He was present when the
safe at his Office was opened and
found to contain six sticks Of dyna-
mite and four dynamite caps. He
had hastened from the bedside OF a
natient to give up the combination OF
the safe,, so that an expert who had
arrived from St. Paul would not
have to blow the safe open. He 1ok-
ed at the discovery.
''The worst is tey to come, was
his comment.
The opening of the safe was pre-
ceeded by chase through the WOODS
near Puposky after mike" Davis
who with Billy" Bean, was trapped
bv detectives at Puposky. Bean was
wounded and captured. Davis is also
wanted on charges of having killed
policeman In Chicago and another
at Minnetonka. MINI, during rob-
berries several months ago.
iPinkerton detectives have a stem
osranhic report of what they claim
were the plans for the Puposky roo-
beSy, as given the two robbers in the
John Larson saloon by Mayor Dumas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
He Was Strung Up.

VIM. Bradford, a negro Of Aanap-
olitta, Miss, was hanged by a mob
near the lawn Of Sussky Mitchell,
farmer of this section. Bradford
was enroute to Jail in the custody Of
g. sheriff when the lynching party
made it's appearance, and after some
argument took the negro. He was
charged with attempted assault on
white woman of that county
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Negroes Were Attacked

The strike in New York among the
steamboat and railroad men still con-
t1nues. A score OF negro strlAe
breakers escorted by police were at
tackled on West street Tuesday by a
crowd of 500 strikers and sympathlz-
ers. Stones were thrown and the ne
sroes fed Police reserves repulsed
the crowd and several arrests were
made
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Fatal Boating Party.

Leila and Lena Stewart, aged SIX
.een and fourteen years, and Jonn
Fernhall, aged fourteen, were crown
I'd in a branch of the Grand river
near Eaton Rapids, Mich, when
canoe, which is supposed to have
struck a snag, overturned. There
we're no witnesses to the accident,
and the first known of it was when
the beat was found down the stream.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Killed at Saw Mill.

Ed CuIbreath, who lives in Landruna,
but who runs a saw mill several
niles from that place met his death
Friday. It is not known exactly how
The dog which held the log struck
the saw which sent it with great
force, hitting Mr. Culhreath IN the
forehead, crushing the skull shd
causing death in few hours.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Die From Acid Gas.

Two farmers, Silas and Warren
Hicks, were asphyxiated at the bot
tom of a Is foot well near London,
Ont. Both were dead when dis
covered. It was evident from the
position of the bodies that Warren
was overcome first, and that his
brother lost his life in an attempt
~ +
to save him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
R,csshot Greet serenaders.

A party of country folk that gath
ered early Tuesday under the WIN
dovs Of J. Walter Force, a young
hr;degroom in the village OF Living
SION \. J., with the intention OF
giving the bridal couple chlVaree'
we're welcomed with buckshot. wal
fer Livenguth. serenader, fell NOR
tally wounded and Hugh Porter was
seriously wounded.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Mrs. Lea Gets Better.

Mrs. Luke Lea, whose life was de-
SPARED of until the TRANSMISSION OF
blood from her husband, Senator
Lake Lea, Of Tennessee, on Sunday,
was decidedly better Tuesday, while
Senator Lea, greatly weakened by
the loss Of blood. was able to walk
about They are both in hospital at
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Main Witness Dead.

Cicero Bird, the main witness Tor
tho State in the case against Coyt
Rlackman, charged with murder, that
was 70 be tried Tuesday at Darling
ION was found dead at his home and
the house in ashes. 1t is supposed
that lightning struck the house kill
ine Bird and hlrning his home.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
MUCH CHEAP BOOZE
MILLIONS OF GALLONS SHIPPED
TO THE SOUTH.
Report Says jug Trade Consumers
Are Of Lower Grade, as Is the Lii
quor They Use.
quor They Use.

The Washington correspondent OF
The State says Jacksonville, Fla,
probably the largest shipping point
for liquor in the South, sends out be-
tween 5000 and 1000 packages OF
one or two gallons daily, or total OF
about 100000 gallons a year. Chat
tanooga ships about 7S6,000 gallons,
Richmond 54e, 720 gallons, Peters
burg 268,128, Pensacola 267,760,
New Orleans 1856, Augusta 215,-
$50, and Norfolk, Cairo, Ills, Empo-
ria, Va, Louisville, Portsmouth, Va,
Roanoke and Savannah ship more
than 100000 gallons each annually.
The total annual movement indi-
Gated Is 6,o50,264 gallons. When it
is considered that these shipments
are almost entirely from three or
four States in the Southern part Of
the country and that the traffic itself
is countrywide, it is not an ex-
treme estimate that the entire volume
Of this traffic, going entirely to con-
sumers and not to dealers, is in ex-
ces of 20,0Q0,0oo gallons year.
With this statement the interstate
commerce commission rendered its
decision regarding the investigation
and suspension of express tariff rates
for the transportation Of liquor from
mail order houses in the South.
On petition filed by the Southern
Mail Order Liquor Dealers associa-
ton, composed mainly of shippers
from Virginia and the two Caroinas,
these two classifications were sue-
pended and under this suspension
hearings were had at Richmond and
at Cincinnati.
These packages" the commission
says, ARE sent express charges paid
direct to the consumers on orders In
most cases paid for in advance OF
shipment. The movement Is much
more active In the South than in
other sections Of the country, partly
because Of the extent Of the prohibi-
tion territory In that section, partly
because Of the. large quantities Of
very cheap wh1skey manufactured
and shipped there for the consump-
ton Of the negro population.
While it is not the function Of this
commission to be Influenced in its
conclusions by the moral aspect Of
the question, it is impossible not to
recognize in this tariff one Of the I'M
portant factors in the race problem Of
the South, the evil spirit Of that
problem in more ways than one. Gen>
orally speaking the evidence present
ed at these hearings went to show q
distinct cleavage in the industry; IN
the West a higher grade of liquor
was shipped and better clientele ap-
pealed to; in the South both whiske.
and consumers iere on a considera-
bly, lower grade.
The commission finds that ship
ments in corrugated paper cartons
are not unreasonable but forbids the
use of arbitrary weights hereafter,
adding that in it's opinion the indl-
yiduaI consumer purchasing the jug
trade OF whiskey will not be sub
ected to the hardship by being limit
ed to two gallons in single package;
indeed the limitation may in one re-
-
spect result in benefit rather than a
hardship to him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Fatal Political Fight.

AS a. result of a quarrel over poll
tics Monday afternoon in Charleston,
Hugh Hartnett shot Frank Leonard
three times. The men belonged to
opposing political sides. Leonard IS
not seriously injured, the wounds be-
ing reported to only be painful. 1t
is the first shooting scrape OF the
nresent municipal campaign. :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Falls Twenty-Eight Stories.

The financial district OF New York
witnessed a gruesome accident at
it's business hour Friday afternoon
when VIM. Anderson, a stone cutter,
fell from the tWenty-eighth floor OF
the Bankers Trust company build
ing. The body which was horribly
mangled, lay in front Of the Wall
street tntrance of the stock exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Heard Five Miles.

A dynamite explosion in the con-
duit of the Commonwealth Edison
Company, at Chicago, broke the win
dows in buildings for several blocks
around, causing panic in several
hotels. The detonation wes heard
five miles. There were no casualties.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
DROUGTH Is BROKEN.
The Crops Will Be Greatly Benefited
in the South.

According to the weather bureau
rainfall has been general in the last
few days over almost the entire cot
ton belt. The South Atlantic States,
east and middle Gulf States and
southeastern Texas reported good
showers. Only in occasional spots
in the territory named does the long
drought still prevail. Much Of this
section had been without raj nfor q
month and the precipitation OF the
past three days has been worth per-
haps millions Of dollars to Southern
farmers. Some parts Of South Caro-
lima still need rain.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Bolt Kills Boy and Mule.

Dick Tisdale, negro boy about 16
wears of age, was killed Monday at
ternoon by stroke of lightning
while ploughing in ShannontoWn, a
suburb situated south Of Sumter. The
mule that Tisdale was plougnlng
was torn to pieces by the lightnlns.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Tj1l1nan Has Scholarship.

Senator B. R. Tillman has been
authorized by Superintendent H. Q.
Murfee, of Marion Institute, Marion,
Ala to recommend worthy boy in
South Carolina for a scholarship, val
ued at 500. Senator Tillman would
he glad to consider applications :.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Fatal Train Wreck.

Budd Cleveland and Charles Dem
mis-, engineers, were killed and sew
eral other trainmen and passengers
seriously injured in head-on coils
ion, which occurred shortly after 4
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon at MIL
Creek, on the Tennessee Central Rail-
way.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Cotton Picker Company.

The yorkville Cotton Picker Com
panv was commissioned by the sec.
retary Of State at Columbia Thurs,
dav, with capital of $4,000. inc
netitioners are: John Brown Nell
of Glover: H. e. Neil, Of Yorkvllse
and ". W. Lewis, of YorkVille. The
company will engage in the sale
manufacture and buying OF cotton
pickerS. etc.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Unearth Big Frauds.

Frauds amounting to several mil
lion In duties on cutlery the last
few years were discovered by secret
agents of the customs service VINO
have been working quietly In this
country and Germany, where most OF
the cutlery was shipped from =.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
getter and Out Of Danger.

Mrs. Lea. wife of United STATES
Senator Lea. Of Tennessee, whose
life is believed TO have been saved os
,ra TRANSMISSION into Der veins of Q
onart Of her husbands blood was
,ronounceG to be out Of danger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
bandits in Palestine.

In the wilds of Palestine hold-ups
are pulled of in the most improved
style, according to DR.. Ira Payne OF
Des Moines, who has Just returned
from a trip through Egypt and the
Holy Land. He witnessed battle
between brigards and tourists.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Water Famine Threatened.

The long continued dry weather
has seriously affected the water sup
ply Of the city waterworks, and un-
less there are good rains within the
next week or ten days to freshen the
springs that feed Shoaley and Chin
quepin creeks, the source Of the city's
water supply, the water situation at
Srartanburg will become a serious
question for the water commission
ers to solve.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
To Form Great So ,iety.

Steps toward formin; a Young
Peoples society Of Baptists In al!
parts OF the world A committee OF
25 leading minissnrs and the semi
nary leaders we're appointed to- COM
plete the work of Organization.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-28
Fatal Election Riots.

A cable from Vienna says it Is now
known that Is persons were killed
and 25 injured, some Of them fatal
", when troops fired a. volley into
crowd of election rioters at Dropobcz.