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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
TO FLY ACROSS OCEAN
VANIMAN TO MAKE HIS START
DURING OCTOBER.
His Airskip Will Be Larger and Far
More Powerful Than That Of Well
ruan's.-No Equilibrator.

Arrival at Atlantic City, N. j., last
week of the huge silk envelope, that
is to form the sustaining power of
a big dirigible in daring attempt
to cross the Atlantic Ocean with Mel
van Vaniman at the helm, has again
given the seaside resort the airship
bug" The balloon is 26S feet long,
20 feet longer than the one in which
Wellman started for Europe and
which was lost before he had trav-
eled many miles. 1t has gross
lifting power of $4,000 pounds. 1t
is made of 1900 pieces of tough
fabric. The gas bag is Of the cigar
shape with an extreme diameter of
As feet.
vaniman expects to sail some time
before the middle of October, but
the exact date and the course to be
taken are problematical. depending
entirely on weather conditions. The
path of the big flying machine will
be in a general way that taken by
the steamships but the bufreting Of
the adverse winds and storms may
cause a change at any time during
the fight.
The game little Englishman speaks
OF the trip as little voyage" and
does not seem to realize its magni-
tude and the possibilities should he
successfully accomplish the deed he
and Walter Wellman tried last Octo<
Der. Not that he is not confident
and anxious to make get away, for
he continually puzzles himself over
the smallest details to make sure that
everything is in shipshape. He eats,
sleeps and drinks aeronautics. He
said this week:
"I'm sure it can be done II con-
ditions are only what I want. We
will take every precaution My trip
with Wellman has helped me to
guard against the greatest dangers.
MY ship will be larger that is long
er, but not SO wide as was the Amer
lea. The engines will be twice as
powerful as those on the America,
of driving US at wonderful speed.
With the new shaped envelope, and
faster engine we will be ready to.
take advantage of favorable condl-:
tions and make great headway and,
when things are against US will have
the power to put up better fight.
''No there will be 10 equilibrator
on my ship. Instead I have discov-
cred another device, that will keep:
the vessel on an even keel. By use
of this the weight of the airship will
be lessened when we get within dan
gerous proximity of the water and
increased should we start to soar to
undersired heights"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Charge Attempted Assault.

Buford Young, prominent young
farmer of the Walnut Grove section Of
Spartanburg county, charged with at
tempted criminal assault on girl 4
years of age, was granted bail by
Judge Hydrick Of the supreme court
Friday. Young spent last night in
Jail here, having been arrested on a
warrant issued by Magistrate J. Wal
ter West Of Walnut Grove.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Shot -Four Times.

At Natchez, Miss. Fred Dyers, a
married man was shot and killed at 2
o'clock Friday morning by L. c. Spen-
Ger at the latter's home. Spencer re
turned from Mobile Unexpectedly and
when he reached home he found Dy-
ers in a room with his wife He shot
four times, each ball taking effect.
Dyers' wife and daughter are visiting
his brother in Washington, D. c.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Perish in Collapse.

The restaurant connected with the
Eldorado, the largest theatre in Nice,
France, collapsed Friday night bury
ing number of Italians in the deb
ris. Late that night II dead and 16
severely injured persons had been
taken from the ruins, but it was fear
ed more persons still remained be-
meath the wreckage. 1t is said the
building in which reinforced concrete
was used was being buried by the
contractors, who were liable to a
heavy fine for each day they exceed
ed the contract time for finishing the
structure.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Train Goes Through Trestle.

A train load Of pipe, en- route from
Bessemer, Ala, to San Diego, CAL,
went through a 60-foot trestie on the
Frisco railroad, near Cardova, Ala,
Thursday and killed brakeman and
injured other trainmen. The trestle
was demolished, as we'll as a large
portion of the pipe.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
FAMINE HORROR IN CHINA.
Red Cross Aid for Flood Sufferers
Will Be Asked.

The enormity and horror Of the
famine situation confronting China,
caused by the Tang-Tse Kiang River
food, was officially reported to the
State department at Washington by
American Consul General Wilder at
Shanghai, and the question Of ten
dering Red Cross aid is under con-
sideration.
The entire territory between Han
kow and Shanghai, distance of
about six hundred miles; has been
overfowed. Cities and towns are un-
der water, many dwellings being en-
tirely submerged. Conditions among
the people are distressing, and a
famine threatens them.
Unless the tide of the Yang-Tse
soon subsidies it is believed that con-
ditions will become far worse.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
E:tten by Mad Dog.

A yellow cur, supposed to be rabid,
created sensation in two of the mill
village about Greenville Thursday.
morning by attacking and biting four
little children and two dogs. The
dog was surrounded by crowd OF
men and boys and stoned to death, at
ter it was decapitated and its head
was sent to Columbia for exami-
nation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
ORDERS RIOTERS BEHEADED.
Drastic Measures Being Taken In One
Chinese Province.

The disaffection in Mongolia, where
the princes and religious heads are
uniting against the Chinese develop
ment schemes, seems now to be trac-
cable to the Tibians. The princes,
it is said, have appealed to Tibet for
protection. Regarding the situation
in Sziechuan province, where the pes-
pie have risen against the railroad
projects, Sheng-Haunsa-Huai, who is
the strong man in the Peking Gov
ernmentt, ordered a score Of decapi-
tations of the ringleaders of the riots.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Was PAID TOO MUCH
COMMISSION WILL GIVE PUBLIC
NEWS VERY SOON.
That VIII Be OF Possible Interest to
Mr.. T. B. Fielder, So Declares MIR.

DOmlnlcS.
"At the next meeting OF the COM
mission there will probably be some
thing to give out of particular IL
terest to Mr.. Thos. 3. Fielder" said
Mr.. Fred H. Dominick, following a
meeting of the dispensary winding-uO
commission, held in Columbia Tues
day at about noon.
Only three mem bers Of the commis-
sion were present, Messrs. ]. V. Wal
lace, chairman; Fred II. Dominick
and e. N. Thompson. The commis-
sion held another session Tuesday
night and then adjourned until the
next meeting, which 1t is stated Will
probably be in the next two or three
weeks.
When interviewed regarding the
work of the commission the three
members were in MT. Dominick's s
room at the Columbia Hotel. eve
are still at work on the voucher mat
ter" said Mr. Wallace. There is
very little to give out at present.
We have been delayed by the sick
ness of our accountant or we would
have been further advanced in our
work than we are.
However, there will probably be
something of interest to the public
to. give out at our next meeting In 2
few weeks from now-somethins OF
particular interest to Mr. Thomas B.
Fielder" said Mr.. Dominick. Some
interesting figures as to money got
ten by him, particularly some that
was overpaid, a portion of which he
now has on hand and which runs IN
to a good many thousand dollars.
After a pause Mr.. Dominick add
ed: According to the partial re-
ports Of our accountant the amounts
paid for attorneys fees by the FORM
er dispensary commission exceeds the
amount collected from the graft ac-
count by about $4,000 in round
numbers. There will be something
doing at our next meeting he con-
cluded after few seconds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Eighty-One Drowned.

A dispatch from Lima, Peru, says,
the Chilean steamer. Tucapel, has
been wrecked and is total loss.
Eighty-one persons were drowned.
The steamer Tucapel was engaged in
trading on the west coast Of South
America. She was 1912 tons,
and was commanded by Captain Mar
row.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
ROAD IMPROVEMENT TRAIN.
Southern RailwaJ Helping Coed
Roads Movement.

ern Railway, the Augusta Southern
Railroad and affiliated lines In CO
operation with the United States Of
flee of public roads, will commence
its tour Of South Carolina and Geor-
sgia September 4. It will spend prac-
tically a month in South ! Carolina
making exhibitions at points along
the Southern Railway, and on Sep
tember 29th will enter Georgia 20
visit points along the Augusta South
ern Railroad.
The Road Improvement Train" is
being sent out by the Southern Rail-
way to further the movement for bet
ter wagon roads throughout the
South and at the same time to give
practical information to farmers and
road officials as to building Of roads
and their repair. The schedule for
the South Carolina and Georgia
points so far as arranged is as fol-
lows:
Sept. 4, Monday-Blacksburg, 10
a. M; Gaffney, 2 p. m.
Sept. 5, Tuesday-Spartanburg, 10
a. m. -.
Sept. 6, Wednesday-GreenVille,
$3.50 a. M; Easley, 2 p. N. :.
Sept Z, Thursday-Calhoun, 10 a.
NJ, Walhalla, ESQ y. Ill.
Sept. s, Friday-seneca, $3.50 a.
n; Pendleton, p. m.
Sept. 9, Saturday-Anderson, 10 a.
M; Belton, p. m.
Sept. II, Monday-Abbeville, 10
a. m.; Greenwood 2 p. m.
Sept. IL, Tuesday-Newberry, 10
e. m.; Prosperity, 2 p. m.
Sept. 13, Wednesday-Union, 10 a.
m.; Columbia, 1880 p. N.
Sept. II, Observation-Disclosures,
10 a. m.
Sept. Is, Friday-Chester, 10 a.
m.
Sept. 16, Saturday-Rock Hill, 10
a. M; Yorkville, Q D. N.
Sept. Is, Monday-Lancaster 10 a.
M; Camden, 8 p. N.
Sept. 10, Tuesday-Sumter, 1880
p. N.
Sept. 20, Wednesday-orangeburg
$3.50 a. NJ; St. Matthews. 2 p. m.
Sept 21. Thursday-Bamberg, 81
80 a. NJ; Denmark, p. NJ.
Sept. %, Friday-Barnwell, 10 a.
M; Allendale, 2 p. m.
Sept. %, Saturday-St. George.
$3.50 a. NJ; Summerville,. 2 r. m.
Sept. rs, Monday-Chazleston, 10
N.
Sept. 26, Aiken, 10 a. M; Edge
field, 2:30 p. m.
Sept. 27, MISUNDERSTANDING,
1890 a. m.
Sept. %, Thursday-LexiEgton, 10
a. n.
Sept. 20, Friday-Hephzibah, Ga,
$50 a. NJ; Wrens, l p. NJ; Gibson,
p. N.
Sept. 80, Saturday-SandersTille,
Ca, $3.50 a. m.; Warthen, p. NJ;
Mitchell, p. m.
Free lectures and demonstrations
showing the importance Of good
roads and how to build them and
keep them in repai: at the smallest
necessary cost will be conducted at
each by two road building experts OF
the United States department OF ag,
riculture, Messrs L. c. Boykin and
H. S. Fairbanks, assisted by rep
resentative Of the land and indus
trial department Of the Southern
Railway. Two coaches of the train
are filled with exhibits, pictures an6
working models, and the lectures are
illustrated with stereoptican views
At great expense the Southern Rail
way and affiliated lines are banding
this train without cost to the govern
ment in order that the people along
it's lines may have the opportunity
to receive the valuable information
as to road building which 1t affords
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13
Killed by Automobile.

Running at a high speed in an
auto, which struck telephone pole,
Glenn Elkin was killed aud three
other mem bers Of the party were SER
iously injured at Lexington, KY.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-13

bought a suit Of clothes. I stayed in
South Richmond for two days tnen'
but was so scared and got so ner-
vous that after two days I took the
train to this place.
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keep cotton at a low price, because,
said this report, the farmers OF Amer
ca would undertake to so increase
heir production when prices were
low as to get as much money in the
aggregate as when prices. were high.
The English spinners have always
gone on the principle that by fore
ing the prices down they would in
crease the supply. Three-quarters a
century past and even up to few
years ago that was the case. 1t is not
so any longer. Conditions have abb
solutely changed. Economic devel-
opment has made it possible for the
South to turn it's attention to other
crops and to other activities which
yield a far larger profit than cotton,
unless cotton commands what manu-
facturers regard as a high price.
"If during the last few years the
cotton manufacturers Of this country
had given more attention to educat-
ing the public to paying a higher
price for cotton goods, instead OF
spending their time, as they haVe
done, in seeking to put down the
price of the raw material, the s!tua-
ton would have been far more faV-
orable to them. Persistently claim
ing as most of them do, that prices
of the raw material were too high,
they convinced the buyers that cot
ton goods ought to decline in price,
and therefore the price Of the fin
ished article continued low, while
economic conditions forced an ad-
vance in the price of raw material
The speculators who were credited
with being responsible for these high.
er prices did not create these condi'
tons. They only took advantage Of
the situation"
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Mr.. MnntOr1 s
'fivf ."jH+ 4at- e.,,33.. tr
Methods
BY CIoudf,,e SsS0n

Copyright, 1911. by Associated Literary
Life was very easy for Gordon Man
ton, bachelor. He had the fortune LETT
by an aunt-he had very few worries
-he was a bachelor with no thought
Of marriage e-he had no lads to keep
him awake at night.
Mr.. Manton could have spared the
money to build three or four free libra
rtes. but he didn't build them In q
vague way be realized that the world
ought to be made better. but he knew
that 1t was a sure thing the first man
he reproved for profanity would hit
him on the jaw. The poor suffered
for ice In summer and for coal in
winter; but the rich suffered from i'm
posters, thieves and burglars the year
round, and that appeared to be an off,
SET .@. ..- -
He had only to glance over his
morning paper, to see that this was a
very wicked world It ought to be so.
however, to furnish contrast to
Heaven If the world we're good
enough then what would become Of
the arguments Of priests and minis
ters?
One summer afternoon Mr.. Manton
lay down on the lounge for nap. He
knew that thousands of the men
around him couldn't indulge in this
luxury and earn their bread at the
same time. but in sleepy way he re-
flected that those thousands had their
glasses of beer every night. while he
positively disliked the liquid. He had
slept for an hour when he quietly
awoke to find an intruder in his room.
1t was a ragged girl Of fifteen. She
was down on her knees rifling bu-
reau.
IF you knocked or rang l didn't
hear you," he said as he sat up.
The girl rose up and looked him in
the eyes for half q minute.
1T was over the roofs and through
the window for me You we're sleep
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Hit With q Sandbag.

ing so nicely thought l wouldn't
wake you up. What are you going to
do with me?"
Nothing"
But I'm caught with the goods
on"
Looks like it, but when the ice
man. the coal man, the tailor, the
grocer, the dry-goods man and the
shoemaker are grating on me why
should make an example of you?
The other day some one stuck me
with a bogus half-dollar. Did I throw
1t into the ash can? No. ma'am!
went half mile out of my way to buy
cigarettes and work that coin off on
the tobacconist I'm what they call
an honest man, and yet I did that"
"Then it amt the coop for me-" ask
ed the girl ~-~-'.-'@,' y t;'''~'',
"Not at all That would simply be
one more person behind the bars. and
what would that amount to? I'm not
even going to ask you to be good. To
get into that window you must have
incurred big risk shall let you
out by the door. If my landlady sees
you she will raise a great howl be-
cause I let you go, but the other day
left dollar on the rug to test her
honesty and she pocketed It,"
Would you mind If I fell in love
with your" asked the girl after long
silence. my name is Janet. and
have never met man like you We
can't get married. of course, bu:
should like to be in love to see how 1t
seems"
Then go right ahead You are en-
titled to your romance as much as any
other woman"
Thanks I'm sorry l was going to
rob you"
mot at all Do you find any of the
trusts apo1ogizing?"
IT most think l will give up steal.
ing" p"
Might think it over. but don't act
on impulse That 10, don't give up
stealing and turn to something worse,
as many reformers have done Tell
you what you might do, though, to
make the old town assume a more ar
tistic look. You might. wash your
face and comb your, hair and sew up
some, of the rents in your wardrobe.
And now ! think ! will bow you out "
AS he held the door open for her to
pass out she was smoothing back her
tangled hair and showing more shame
than when caught plundering The re-
buke had hurt
Almost every morning MIR Manton
had stroll During an evening he
sometimes sauntered through the
tenement streets On a certain even
ling as he sauntered be was hit across
the back Of the neck with Z sandbaa
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Copyright. 1911. by Associated Literary
Press.)
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MARTHA BERRY'S GFEAT WORK
"Sunday Lady of 'Possum Trot" 10
Educating Poor Whites Of
Georgia Mountains.

Until very recently. the work of edu-
cation carried on among the poor
whites of the mountain country and
in the piney districts of such states as
North Carolina and Georgia showed
greater zeal and self-sacriflce on tho
part Of the teachers than permanent
improVem ent Of the instructed It re-
mained for a southern woman, Miss
Martha Berry, to meet the situation
worst difficulties.
1t all began With a Sunday school
class IN little hut in the Georgia
mountains. After a time she decided
to establish a working school for the
children This was the beginning of
the Berry school, which started in
1902 with eighty acres of ground and
one log hut, but which now boasts sev.
era) dormitories, recitation hall, and
a dairy
She started 1t with five small boys
in an oak grove near 'Possum Trot
road. Bach boy did two hours Of
work each day, digging stumps and
CuOpp1AS WOOu 0AO oAI0I Wd1O LoUAAJ
them to wash dishes, clean lamps and
care for their rooms, Miss Berry
herself did the cooking. .. .
As the school began to become
known in the little community. where
there are but few schools in which
pupils learn to read and write. Il
attracted boys and girls from miles
around The first year there were 18;
there are now 200.
To this day the boys do all the
work Of the institution. There are no
servants At the same time these
children are receiving sound high
school education.
Miss Berry Is known for miles
around by the affectionate title a
"The Sunday. Lady Of 'Possum Trot "
metropolitan Magazine.
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ing so nicely thought l wouldn't
wake you up. What are you going to
do with me?"
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Bobby Burns and the Mayor.

On one occasion. arriving at Carlisle
on horseback. Bobby Burns is said to
have tur,.rd his steed out to grass for
awhile and The animal StraNed on to
a meadow LelOngi.-- = to the corporation
and got impouAted. Although the
horse was given ~ to him. the poet
retaliated upon the mayor whose ten
ure of office was to expire on the very
morrow Of the incident, as follows:
Was eer pur poet sac befitted?
The master drunk, the horse committed!
Puir harmless beast, TAX thee nae care;
Thoult be a horse whom he's mao mair
(mayor).
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consciousness he was In bare room.
hands and feet, tied. and couple Of
hard.looking. men waiting for the
event They had gone through him.
but that was mere trine They
wanted Ave thousand dollars to give
him his liberty Mr.. Manton didn't
rage 1t was straight business prop
osition. Only that day he had read
Of thirteen members Of 4 state legis-
lature being arrested for offering to
sell themselves. Was this crime
worse? He didn't charge that it was.
He simply refused to buy himself at
the sum named.
Tho k1dnappers were not cruel men.
They simply wanted their money They
|fed their captive and waited with
what patience they could And then
one night came Janet She entered
by the skylight, but her hands ana
face were clean and her hair brushed.
She cast the captive loose and then
said:
Il ain't stole a thing since that
day."
That's pretty fair" replied Mr..
Manton
And don't you think I look nicer!"
"You surely do"
TITS because you let me fall in love
with you want to please, you know.
An uncle Of mine is in this Job Co.
ing to bring the cops down on him
when you get out?"
mot at all. young woman. Two
weeks ago a real estate man who 10
called eminently respectable came
near beating me out of twenty thous-
and dollars. Why should blame .
couple Of men not so eminently re-
spectacle for trying to do me out of .
quarter Of that sum-"
~ guess you'll be glad to hear I've
got place in a box factory at four
dollars a week."
"Yes. that's good Most all thieves.
robbers and burglars admit there's no
profit in their trade"
"You rather be loved by factory
girl than by a thief. know I'm
thinking of you most all the time
Well. we've got to shin up the rope
and make over the roofs"
Fifteen minutes later Mr.. Manton
was on the street and walking home
wards. He met several patrolmen and
passed two police stations, but he had
nothing to say. Janet's uncle and his
pal had tried to extort money from
him, which is a prison offense He
passed hundreds of buildings whose
owners were squeezing the tenants
down to the last cent to pile up their
own profits. Why not law to punish
them7
Two weeks later the bachelor re-
ceived scrawl on a postal card which
read:
Il guess you'll be glad to hear my
wages have riz to Ave dollars a week.
Janet"
Yes; he was glad It was three
months before another card came It
read:
MY wages has riz to six dollars q
week and have bow. but I'm low
ing you still"
Then year passed. and third
card announced "riz" to eight dol.
lars and more love" and four months
later the climax:
Il am now the lady, and have got
married to Tony Griggs. but he says
may still love you Respectfully. yours.
Janet"
And If had preached reform to
her where would she have been!"
asked the bachelor Of himself as he
laid down the postal Seems to me
it's just about as we'll to let things
work out by themselves"
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1urnina Niaht Into Day

turning Nt0nt thto Oey.
When the doors opened in tho little
Indiana theater farmer wandered In
and looked around.
Ticket. please" said the doorkeep.
Or. r ,f1
'The only thing rye got agin these
here op'rys,'' said the Hoosier g, hs
walked away, "is that they don't b.
gin till bedtime. Success Masasine.
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THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH.

Age is to great extent a mat
ter Of belief. You are as young
or a. old as you believe you are.
The spirit Of youth should be re-
tanned. Life is a promissory note,
due one day after date, payable on
demand, but by right living we can
defer, payment almost indefinitely.
1t !. the staying power" that tells.
e. B. Warman.
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A Sure sian,

Bangs-Are you a good weather
prophet? Bings Only when the baby
swallows safety pin. Then | know
there's TO be squall.
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well. have you heard the news"
asked a friend brightly. MY wife
and are going on the vaudeville
stage. A clever friend has written an
act for us and we are going to PUT it
on next week"
Good work. old man." we exclaimed
enthusiastically. What is it-a song
and dance act or a society sketch?'
"Neither---it is mOnologue"
"A monologue? thought you and
your wife were both in the act"
I'VE are. But-do you know my
wifeW W-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Queer.

Queer.
"How is it. Pat. that your friend
Murphy is out Of jail" Faith. the
man he killed got well."-Life.