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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
PROBABLY DIED FROM FRIGHT
Wife Of Florence Postof6ce Clerk
Found Dead.

Mrs. Rosa McWhirter, wife Of Jas.
McWhirter, a clerk in the money or
der department at the Florence post
Office, was found dead in her home
on Gilliard street, Monday afternoon
shortly after the thunder storm, and
it was first thought that she had been
killed by lightning, but the coroner
and physicians investigated her death
and it was determined that she died
from fright, coupled with some little
heart affection. The woman and her
two little babies were the only per-
sons in the house at the time the
thunder storm reached Florence. sne
was found dead by neighbors, who
heard the scream of the two little
children after the stoEm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
HIDDEN GOLD FOUND.
Estimated to be Between Fifteen to
Sixty.fye Million.

A message received at San Diego,
CAL, from treasure seekers aboard
the steamer Eureka says their expe-
dition to recover an immense cache
of gold hidden by the crew Of a Chill
can cruiser off the Honduran coast
more than 20 years ago, has been
successful. The treasure has been
variousiy estimated at from $15,00o,-
900 to 100000, according to
reports. The expedition was financed
by aHrry Krelling, a well known
clubman, Of San Francisco. The map
showing the location Of the buried
treasure was in possession of a for
mer resident Of Honduras, who sue
ceeded in interesting Krelling in his
story Of the buried gold.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Will Begin at Once.

Bv a. unanimous vote the senate
wednesday approved the action OF
the committee on privileges and cleo
t;ons in naming subcommittee OF
eight to conduct the new Lorlmer
Investigation. The subcommittee
which under the resolution adopted,
really becomes separate committee,
is clothed with wide authority, and
will begin it's work Immediately.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
LAND SELLS HlCa
WONDERFUL INCREASE IN VAL
UE OF GEORGIA DIRT.
Little Over Three Hundred Acres In
creased Over Two Hundred Thous-
and Dollars in Forty Years.

The Atlanta Constitution says the
sale Of the aImshouse property by the
county Last Saturday brings up a
very interesting bit Of history which
shows the wonderful increase Of real
estate values near Atlanta.
Fulton county bought the propert,
in three different lots and at three
different times.
In 1869 the county bought from
the Mechanics Building and Loan
Company two hundred and two and
a half acres for>s1, 1000.
In 1877, the county needing more
Land for an aims farm, bought forty
three acres from J. l.. Mathewson
for s705.
More land being needed the county
bought, in 1881, se7enty-seVen acres
from Henry Irby for s770.
This made total Of three hundred
and twenty-five and a half acres, and
the total amount paid by the county
lS1 luS SuII4 . IL o1SS VI 4oAu n<-S 0A1y
STATS.
It will be seen that the first pur-
chase was made rtorty-two years ago,
the second purchase thirty-four years
ago, and the third and last purchase
thirty years ago.
Now, after a lapse Of forty-two,
thirty-four and thirty years, the
same tract Of land that cost only ST.
ATS, has been sold for s2os;232.53.
These figures show that the land
was bought for about $3.50 an acre,
and sold for about $500 an acre.
There were two sales Of. the prop
erty. On June 26, 1909, more than
one-third Of the land, including the
r'luable Peachtree road frontage,
was sold at auction, aud from the
sale was realized S69,690.76.
Last week the remainder or nearly
two-thirds of the property, was sold
at auction for s130,541.77. It was
thought two years ago that the prop
erty brought an exceedingly high
price, and yet that price was small
as compared with the sales made
last week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
DEBATE Was BITTER
TRUSTS AssAILED IN SPEECHES
on THE WOOL TAX.
Underwood, Democratic Leader,
Charges American WooIen Com
pany with Forcing Adoption Of
Schedule X.

Bitterness of political debate sucl
as has not characterized any Of thu
opening tariff skirmishes Of th'
present session Of congress, cropped
out in the beginning of the WOO
tariff discussion in the house Wed
nesday.
o. W. Underwood, chairman Of the
ways and means committee, devoted
the afternoon to an explanation Of
the proposed revision Of the WOO
tariff and to an attack upon the
Payne tariff law and the Republi.
can party.
He was met at almost every stage
of his argument by replies from
Senator Payne, ranking Republican
member on the ways and means
committee, and by other Republicans
who questioned his statements and
his arguments.
Mr. Payne denied vigorously the
Democratic charge that the Payne
law had not fulfilled Republican
promises Of tariff revision; and he
criticised in detail Mr.. Underwood's S
statements that the country's reVe-
nue. was declining and the treasury
approaching a deficit.
Mr. Payne will lead the opposition
Of the Democratic bill and probably
will make the opening speech. No
limit has been set to the debate, and
while it is Mr.. Underwood's. hope
that it will be concluded with in
week, it is expected to last well into
the second week.
MIR. Underwood declared that the
American Woolen company had die
tated to the Republican congress on
the wool tariff.
tsThere is nobody in this country
who does not know that the Ameri-
can Woo1en company fixes the price, !"
said Mr.. Underwood; "that 1t is a
monopoly, that it is trust, and that
that industry and that company die
tated to a Republican house.. when
they prohibited you from reducing
the exorbitant rates under schedule
K in the last congress" :"
Critioising the present tariff board,
Mr.. Underwood said that if that
body event on for 10 years as it is
going at present,-we would not get
enough information on the wool
schedule to write a tariff bill. /"
While not questioning "the SINGER
ity Of honesty of purpose of Presi-
dent Taft" Mr.. Underwood said he
was convinced that "either the board
was convinced hat "either the board
refused to give up facts we called
for, even with the presidents sane
ton, or else the board has wasted a
quarter of a million dollars in its
work"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
FATAL EARTHQUAKE
Earthquake at Mexico City Kills at
Least $50 Persons.

Rolling from coast to coast
through Mexico Wednesdays earth
quake brought death to at least $50
persons, according to latest accounts
received at Mexico City Thursday
night. The area Of the quake was
rectangular in form, the lower part
being along the state Of Guerrea.
The death toll grows as belated re-
ports come in. Fifty-nine corpses
have been taken from the ruins IN
OceIan, Jalisco. 1t will never be
known how many perished In villages
in remote pairs Of the quake zone.
II is estimated, however that at
least $50 persons have met death,
but the deaths cannot be accurately
numbered. Not many persons were
killed in the city Of Cc1ima, but a
considerable amount Of damage was
done.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Speech PleaseS Sims.

Representative Sims, Of Tennes-
see, a Democrat, was so pleased
with President Taft's reciprocity
speech a Chicago that he announced
at the White House Tuesday his In
tention to ask Congress to make It
a public document. Mr.. Sims said
he preferred that a republican offer
the resolution but if none rose to the
occasion he would.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
CAN'T Be FOUND
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
CAUGHT AND LYNCHED.
Slayer Of J. ?. Bouknight, Who Es-
capped in Night Clothes, Has Not
Been Seen Since.

The body of J. Pink Bouknight,
the farmer of the Shady Grove Sec
ton of the Dutch Fork Of Lexing-
Eton county, who was shot and killed
at an early hour Wednesday morning
while heading posse of white
.caps," by Will Collins, negro, was
Elaid to rest at Shady Grove church
Thursday afternoon at O'Clock, in
the presence of a large congregation
of friends and relatives. VIII Col
.Mns, who did the shooting, has
either been killed and his body
thrown in the river, or he has sue
ceeded in making good his escape, ac-
cording to the most reliable infor-
nation obtainable from that section.
The first news Of the death Of Mr.
Bouknight reached Lexington We'd
nesday morning, when Coroner
Clark received a telephone message
stating, in effect that J. P. Bouk-
night was dead and requesting the
officer to come over and hold an in
quest. No particulars were given,
and, attaching but little importance
to the message on account Of its
meagreness, the coroner instructed
Magistrate Lorick Of Irmo, who lives
not far from the scene, to hold the
inquest.
Nothing Of the real seriousness of
the situation was learned until
the return Of Deputy Sheriff Miller,
who was early on the grounds.
Wednesday. After making an in
vestigation, Mr.. Miller was not able
to give any Of the particulars Of the
tragedy, further than that Bouk-
night had been shot in the stomach
eth, 2 shntern while nakine an ef
fort to enter the home Of Will Col
Inns through a window.
Opinion IS divided as to the
whereabouts Of the negro who es-
capped after shooting Mr.. Bouknight,
but the majority believe that he was
killed and his body thrown into the
river. Others declare that the groans
Of the dying man SO frustrated the
party that their attention was d.
verted from the negro and that he
made his escape. One Of Collins
children was shot In the back, 1t is
said. Collins wife it is said, makes
the statement that she told him to
shoot, believing that she, together
with her two children, would all be
killed. She gathered her children
in her arms and managed to make
her escape in the darkness.
The verdict Of the jury Of inquest
was in effect, that the deceased came
to his death by gunshot wound In
the hands of parties unknown to the
jury. The wounded man was car
ried to the home of his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Fulmer, where convey
ance was secured to carry him home,
but he died on the way. The de-
ceased was a brother-in-law to- Joe.
Fvlmer, whose barn was burned
few weeks ago, the burning Of which
was laid to the negro.
The killing occurred on the plan
tation of Rhett Younginer, for whom
Collins worked. The tragedy has
cast a gloom over the entire section.
J. P. Bouknight was 50 years Of age
and leaves a wife and several chill
dren. He was prominent In the
community and numbered his friends
by the score Deputy Sheriff Miller
returned to the scene to make furth-
er investigation, but no trace Of the
negro could be found.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
After Seven Weeks Sleep.

After seven weeks slumber from
which physicians have been unable
to arouse her, Miss Hazel Schmidt.
of vandalia, ILL.,, awakened twice
Wednesday, each time for about an
hour. asked for something to eat and
then against dropped off into sleep.
Her case has puzzled scientists who
have written local physicians asking
about her condition.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Return States Records.

An Albany, N. Y, dispatch says
Gov. Dix has signed the bill requir-
ing the state board of regents to de-
liver to the state Of South Carolina
the records Of the commissioners of
the navy board Of that state and cer-
tain other records now in possession
of the New York authorities. Some
Of the records which South Carolina
desired returned were destroyed in
the capitol fire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Accidentally A Killed.

Information was received Tuesday
of the horrible and violent death of
Mr.. Grady Lane, son Of Mr. Henry
Lane, Of Early Branch, Hampton
county, bright young man, VINO
had not yet reached his majority. 1t
seems that he had just returned to
his work at the Cummings mills at
Flehtig from breakfast, was caught
by the betting or shafting, and dash
ed to his death. Further particulars
are lacking.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Boiler1nakers on Strike.

Between thousand and twelve
hundred boiler makers in the Bald
win Locomotive works at Philadel-
phia,~ went on strike Thursday
without the sanction, It is said of the
national officers of the Boiler Makers
Union. No wage question was IN
vclved. The trouble is due to the
laying off Of twelve hundred men re-.
Gently. The union men assert that:
the men were forced out because
they joined labor organizations.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Accidentally Electrocuted.

At West Point, Ca, while at work
painting in the Manett Cotton Mills
Tuesday afternoon, John Thomas, a
negro, came in contact with an cleo
trio wire. Eleven thousand volts
passed through his body, killing him
Immediately.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
OUTLAWS PUT TO DEATH
Stand no Chance After Being Cap
tured by Mexicans.

Twenty-eight followers Of "Mag-
oon's Mexican liberals" who were op-
posed to Madero, were summarily ex-
ecuted on Saturday and Sunday in
the Altar district, near Compania and
Altar, according to refugees. The dis
tricts have been cleared Of the fol-
lowers of Magoon, who were classed
by the provisional government as
bandits. The 2S executed were cap
tured after a skirmish, in which
there we're number of casualties
on both sides. 1t is said that the
Madero troops have been ordered to
put to death all captured outlaws.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
MONKEYS TO PICK COTTON.
Trial Was Suggested by Antics OF
Pet Chimpanzee.

An attempt Is to be made in Full
ton County, Ca, by French cotton
experts to teach monkeys to pick
cotton. If the experiment succeeds
a colony Of monkeys will be imported
and put to work.
The idea was suggested by the an
tics of a pet chimpanzee carried by
farmer boy into the fields. The
little animal, after frisking around
for a time and watching the negroes
at work, began of its own accord to
pick the cotton with almost incredi-
ble rapidity.
Animal trainers find it very easy
to teach monkeys to perform any
manual trick or labor. By utilizing
monkey labor the cost of harvesting
cotton would be infinitely less than
with human labor
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Teddy Denies Report.

A dispatch from Springfield. Mass
there, on WednesdaySHRDHRDRLD
says Ex-President Roosevelt said
here on Wednesday with reference
to a published story that he would
support Taft in the next presidential
campaign: "There is no truth in
the report that I have agreed to
SUPPORT any man for president in
1912. have not made any such
statement nor even discussed the
matter. The story IS made out OF
whole cloth"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Admits Many Murders.

At st. Petersburg Thursday revela-
tions were made by the criminal who
murdered an army officer and the Of
fcer's wife at Sebastapol. The man
was arrested at Tsaritsaym and says
he has in the course Of his career
killed 81 persons, including DR..
Popof, the surgeon Of Kazan. The
doctors assistant and his wife, were
accused of his death and being con-
victed, they are now serving terms
of Imprisonment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Six Injured in Storm.

At Baxley, Ga. six persons were IN
iured and considerable property dam
age done by a severe wind and rain
storm. which swept that section Mon
day afternoon. Mrs. H. J. Parker
was shocked by bolt Of lightning
The others injured were young men
who were caught in a garage which
was demolished by the storm.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Ohio Mob After Negroes.

Fear of mob demonstration
against the two negroes accused OF
implication in the murder Of 0. r.
Bowers about week ago. led OIL
GERS to remove the prisoners from
Wellsville to the county Jail at Lis
bon. Ohio Monday. A crowd was
gathering when the negroes were
spirited away.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
THE LORDIER CASE.
The ProDers to Look Into the Matter
Have Been Selected.

Senator's Dillingham;, Gamble, Ken
Won and Jones, Republicans. and
Fletcher, Johnston, Kern and Lea,
Democrats, will constitute the sub
committee that will conduct the new
investigation into the bribery charg-
es against Senator. Lorimer. They
were named for this duty Monday by
the committee on privileges and cleo
tions and are all ready to begin SER
vice with all the authority of full
committee as soon as the Senate ap-
proves.
Of the eight mem bers, iMessrs. Dill
lingham and Gamble, Republicans,
and Fletcher and Johnston, Demo
Gratis, voted for Lorimer in the prev
ious investigation. Mr.. Jones, Re-
publican, voted against him. Messrs.
Kenyon, Republican, and Kern and
Lea, Democrats, were not then mem
bers of the Senate. They are said
to be against Mr.. Lorimer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Died From q Fall.

At Iron Rock, Ca, Ben Adnew,
the fifteen year old son Of G. M. Ad-
new, was killed by falling off a load
of wheat as he drove in the barn.
yard Tuesday night. He was JAM
med between the wagon and a gate
post. He lived about twelve hours.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Gs7ernor Blease and Col. hub Evans
Se,rss the Fielder Letter
SAYS IT'S A PACK Ct LIES
The Governor Neither Admits Nor
Denies the Letters With His
Name to Them Published by Field
er, Who, Evans Says, Is CRATER
and ScoundreI.

Governor Blease has neither de-
MED or admitted that he wrote the
letters published by T. 3. Fielder
over the Governors signature. This
has caused some comment, but the
friends Of Governor Blease sly the
matter will all be cleared up as
soon as Fielder is hauled up, which
ne hopes will be soon.
Col. H. H. Evans was asked while
what have you to say about it. He
in Columbia if he had seen Felder's
article about Governor Blease and
wheat have you to say about it. He
made the following statement In
writing to the Greenville News for
respondent:
eyes, read Felder's article in the
Atlanta Constitution. do not know
who the alleged letter was written to
by Blease as the addresses name
is not given by Fielder. AS far as the
Club" is concerned in the said let
ter presume that it applies to Hub
II. Evans, as was the only man Of
the name of Hub that was ever on
the board Of directors. Fielder and
the addressee are both infamous liars
as I have never turned over to Cole.
L. Blease $500 or any other moneys.
And there is not man living in the
world that knows better than Tom
Fielder that I did not do it. If I
had done so every man who knows
Blease knows he would have too
much sense to have acknowledged it
in writing; for whatever else may
have been or may be said Of him, not
even his bitterest political enemies
have accused him of being fool.
Not only that, what inducemeat
could have possibly been bought
upon NE to deliver over to Cole L.
Blease $500 or any other moneys?
All Of my friends and enemies know
that Hub Evans did not give Cole
L. Blease or any other man $500
and another thing know that the
language published in the ;ette:>s as
to my not being reliable in moreS
matters was not Used by Ble'se for
he knows that I am reliable in all
Of my financial dealings.
Fielder is known far and wide as
a CRATER and a scoundrel and un-
worthy OF belief and do not care to
take further notice of his filth, but
am ready and prepared to meet him
and his associates on any charge
that he may make, as I have been
endeevoring to do by clamoring for
a hearing before the winding-up
commission an demand a trial II
the courts, both of which have been
denied me Notwithstanding the fact
that the constitution Of both the
United States and my state guaran-
tees me the right to fair, public
and speedy trial. Ali Of this has been
repeatedly refused me by the COM
mission and by the circuit judges
who have held the courts in the
eighth circuit.
'tI have been lied upon, lnsulted
by insinuations and lying charges by
Fielder and his crowd Of liars and
thieves and I now call a show down.
The limit is reached. # Fielder or
the addressee Of said alleged letters
published in the Atlanta Constitu-
ton feels aggrieved at my language
am ready to give them personal
satisfaction at any tine and place
they or either Of theIo may desire.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Three Lost in Storm.

Three lives were lost as the re-
suit of an electrical storm that swept
through Michigan Monday night
Wires are down in many directions.
The wind reached velocity Of SO
miles per hour.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
KILLED TWO PEOPLE.
Sent to the Penitentiary for Life for
Double Crime.


equity with recommendation to
mercy" This was the verdict reach
ed by the twelve men selected to
decide the fate Of Ernest e. Grims-
ley, who shot and Killed Mrs. Rosa
Bessinger and her nephew, Walter
sandifer, one month and one day ago
on last Wednesday. The tragedy
occurred in the Acme lunch room on
Taylor street, Colum bia-
Grimsley was tried on the
specific charge of numbering Mrs.
Ressinger. It will be remem bered
that the double murder was the re-
sr1t Of some words about a roll.
which Grimsley contended he was en-
titled to with bowl Of soup.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Shot Over Crap Game.

At Florence Doody Jordan, negro
is under arrest for the shooting Of
Frank Crawford, also colored. The
trouble arose Sunday over a crap
game. Crawford's wounds are not
nef essarily fatal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Aoe{1 Beaneater Weds.

At Muldrow, Okla, A. D. Dutton,
90 wears old, who attributes his long
ivitv to his habit of eating beans, was
married to Miss Rebecoa Jane Gallo
way, "a years old, Wednesday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14
Took Poison by Mistake.

Rev. H. R. Schramm, a Baptist
minister of Wylam, is dead as re-
suit of mistaking carbolic acid for
paregoTic.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14

Bitterness of political debate such
as has not characterized any Of the
opening tariff skirmishes Of the
present session Of congress, cropped
out in the beginning of the wool
tariff discussion in the house We'd
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-06-14

"The party is stronger than 1t
was last November when it carried
the election. It is advancing by
leaps and bounds. The growth OF
Democratic sentiment is more than
normal; it seems to be ct high tide.
No man can tell what the next year
will bring, but I believe that a con-
tinuance Of the present policies Of
the party will lean success IN
1922
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-05-19
South Dakota Dental
People at Aberdeen

Aberdeen, May 19.The twenty-ninth
annual convention of the South Dakota
Dental socoety was largely attended
by dentists from all sections of the
state. DR.. H. j. Rock, former mayor
of Aberdeen, gave the address Of vel.
come to the visitors, and DR.. F, E,
Field of Sioux Falls responded. Ad.
dresses were made by DR.. Brown sf
Sioux Falls, DR.. r. D. Away of Aber-
deem and others. Drs. E. T. Tinker Of
Minneapolis, g. E. Reed of Gettysburg,
s. D., R. B. Driver of Phillip. S. D., J.
B. Ridout Of st. Paul, s. A. Darling of
Aberdeen, c. E.Stutenroth of Redfeld
gave papers and at the Bijou theatre,
DIR. r III. VoIland of Iowa City, Ia,
gave an illustrated lecture. A recep-
tion was given the visiting women
who We're here in connection with the
convention, and the visiting dentists
and their ladies were guests Of honor
at theatre party rendered by the
Aberdeen residents. 55 I
a large number Of ivory extractors
We're present form Watertown.