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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
McLAURIN is FOR WILSON.
Only Man Who Can Defeat Teddy
SAYS Former Senator.

The Bennettsville correspondent OF
The News and Courier says Senator
McLaurin was present Wednesday
and heard Governor Vardaman's ex-
pressions as to nominee for President
by the Democratic party, and later
expressed himself pointedly in favor
of Woodrow Wilson, saying:
81 am for Woodrow Wilson. I be-
lieve that he represents the progress
siye elements in the Democratic par
ty, and that we can elect him i he
secures the nomination.
81 know Clark and Underwood, and
both of them are good men, but they
do not represent what Wilson does.
Harmon I don't think will do at all.
TOO we'll to amount to much if he is
TOO vel Ito amount to much if he is
elected. There is a wonderful SIM
ilarity between the positions Of Will
son and Roosevelt. Their views are
much the same They are about the
same age. Both are progressive, The
masses Of the people in either party
are for them and the politicians are
against them. The difficulty with each
is to secure the nomination. be-
lieve either of them would be elected
il nominated against any other man.
but my opinion is that Il Wilson were
nominated by the Democrats and
Roosevelt by the Republicans that
Wilson would be elected. I believe
or Clark could beat Taft,
but do not believe that either one
of them could beat Roosevelt. In my
Judgment the only man yet named
who can defeat Roosevelt is Wilson
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
GOVERNOR BfEasE IS BEATEN.
The Cherokee News Says He Cannot
be Reelected.

The Cherokee News says the State
campaign, insofar as the Office Of
governor is concerned, is fast taking
shape. Those who are in position
to know. and who are observing con-
ditions have reached the conclusion
that it will be an impossibility for
Gov. Blease to succeed himself. Some
of his most ardent supporters figure
in the same way. They claim that
he has antagonized so many people
uselessly-merely to show that he is
one with authority = that the in
fuence of these will turn the tide
against him.
The governor has made the mis-
take Of supposing that all who voted
for him last time were his friends,
and he had not tried to make any
new friends; in fact, publishing it
abroad that only his friends need ap-
ply to him: that he is the governor
of his friends, and no others. This
policy has cost him dearly, for those
who have been over the State claim
that they have yet to find man who
ro.e6 against him last time that viii
vote for him this time, while those
who voted for him last time, but will
not vote for him this time, are very
numerous.
Those who are in position to
know claim that at one Of the larg-
est mill communities in the State the
governor has lost fully twenty-five
per cent Of his following because
Of the fact that he ignored the choice
of the primary election and appoint
ed one OF his friends magistrate IN
stead OF The man who was the choice
OF a majority Of the voters. Such
policy does not make friends.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
AUTO KILLS 4 LITTLE GIRL.
She Was Run o -er and Crushed by
a Negro Chauffeur.

At Anderson little Lilly Mae
Wright, the eight-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. P. Wright, was
run down and killed by an auto
mobile driven by Henry Williams,
colored, at I o'clock Friday evening.
The child was in the act of stepping
into Mrs. Jno. Tate's automobile, on
West Whitner street, when the car
driven by the negro struck her.
She was picked up from under the
rear wheels and cavried to a drug
store. where medical attention was
quickly had An hour later she was
taken to her home, on Market street,
and died at $50 o'clock. Besides be-
ing fearfully gashed on her head, the
child suffered broken shoulder and
her lungs were crushed.
Williams was arrested and is in
the city guard house. He claims that
the child ran from behind Mrs. Tate's
machine and that he did not see her
until she was struck. He claims also
that he sounded an alarm as he ap-
preached the automobile. but this is
denied by other persons who wit
messed the tragedy.
The little girl was an unusually
bright and lovable child and the ter
rible accident has cast gloom over
Anderson. Mr.. Wright is chief elec-
trician for the Anderson Cotton Mills.
The machine driven by Williams is
owned by Jno. E. Peoples and was oc-
cupied by Mrs. Peoples.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
MURDER MOST BRUTAL
NEGRO SECRET SOCIETY CHARG-
ED WITH THE CRIME.
Negro Appointed to Kill ". r. Bry-
son Furnished With Money and
Made Good His Escape.

A dispatch from Cross Hill says
according to reports received there
the white residents of Mountville and
vicinity have learned Of the existence
Of a negro secret society in their
midst and to this society attribute
the murder of William Rhett Bryson,
the prominent young farmer muir
dered on his plantation at Gross Hill
recently.
1t is said that confessions have
been secured from some of the ne
gro members of this lodge and the
murder Of Mr. Bryson seems to have
been a prearranged affair, the negro
appointed for the job having been
provided with money with which to
make good his escape which it seems
at this time be has succeeded in do
ing.
Further reports state that COM
mittee of white men composed of
prominent farmers and business men
of Mountville and surrounding towns
fred with indignation at the foul
murder of Mr. Bryson have waited
upon a number Of the negroes sup
posed to have knowledge of the affair
and some severe whippings have been
administered. In one or two in
stances it is doubtful if the victims
of the beatings can recover so severe
ly were they whipped.
Since the discovery of the exist
ence of this lodge the white people
of the vicinity have been almost
afraid to venture forth alone after
nightfall but are determined to stamp
out the last vestige of the negro or
ganization. The many fires which
have occurred in and around Mount
Vile recently and which were known
to have been Of incendiary origin are
now attributed to this secret society
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
ONLY THREE FOR CLARK.
How South Carolina Members OF

The Washington correspondent Of
The News and Courier says South
Carolina's delegation in Congress, on
the present analysis, cannot be said
to be in favor Of the Champ Clark
Presidential boom. The statement
has been made that five out Of seven
Of the House members are for Clark,
but Representatives Aiken and
Byrnes declare that they are uncom-
mitted.
Representative Johnson is avowed-
ly for Woodrow Wilson, and Repre-
sentative Lever is decidedly inclined
towards Wilson. That leaves Messrs.
Finley, Ellerbe and Legare as the
only Representatives from South Car
olina committed to Clark.
In the other wing of the Capitol,
Senator Tillman, while uncommitted,
has done the Wilson boom conspicu-
Gus service by his interference in the
Observation-Disclosures affair.
Senator. E. D. Smith has within
the past few days given out an inter
view enthusiastically taking the side
OF the New Jersey Governor IN the
fight 70. the nomination.
Without counting Senator Tillman
for Wilson, the lineup of the delega-
ton today appears to be as follows:
For Wilson. Senator Smith and
Representatives Johnson and Lever.
For Clark, Representative Finley,
Legare and Ellerbe.
UncommitteG. Senator Tillman and
Representatives Aiken and ByTnes
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

The proposition for Clark to with
draw from the Nebraska Democratic
primary came from the Progressive
Democrats OF that State, who regard
Wilson and Clark both as progress
sives. They know Wilson to be the
strongest OF the TWO in their State,
and to avoid the possibility Of q re-
acJionary getting the Nebraska vote,
they asked the weakest progressive
to withdraw so as the whole pro-
sressive vote could be concentrated
on the strongest Progressive Demo-
crat in the race IN that State. This
request was coupled with the prom
ise to make Clark the second choice
We fail to see any combination in
that proposition
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
VERY near ITS FALL
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NEARING
IT'S OPEN GRAVE.
Roosevelt is its Hoodoo and is Large
ly Responsible for It's Perilous Pos
ition at Present.

ition at Present.
Intoxicated with its years of pow
er and obsessed with the one idea Of
maintaining its supremacy at any
cost, the G. 0. P is tottering nearer
and nearer its political grace each
day, says the Washington correspon-
dent of The State.
There are few persons who keep
abreast of the times and the politi-
cal events of the day who fail to see
that when the funeral dirge is heard
in November and taps sounded for
the Republican party as now organiz-
ed, one Theodore Roosevelt, he of
Oyster Bay, will be in charge of the
ceremonies.
It's going to be big funeral, to
be sure, and unusual JOY will ill the
hearts of loyal Democrats all over
the country. Judson Harmon, Will
son, Clark, Underwood and all the
other little and big Democrats who
for more than sixteen years have
been doing their best to break the
hoodoo ties which have led them to
defeat will be there.
And what about the colonel him
self? No one can blame the Repub-
licans for their defeat at the polls
but the sage of Sycamore hill. His
crushing defeat in his own State of
New York when he received only
seven out of ninety delegates ought
to be enough for any ordinary man.
But not enough for Mr.. Roosevelt.
He is another kind of man. Crushed
and Inundated in his own bailiwick,
does he take defeat gracefully? No.
It is "scandalous,' he cries, and hies
himself off to the wild West for med
itation.
Then what about Indiana? Crush
ed again there, though not quite so
badly as in New York, the silent mid
night specials bring the news of a
.ew party. It's going to be Roose-
velt-Pinchot-Garfeld party, pure and
simple, but it's safe bet that it will
die in its infancy.
It's the year when the Democrats
are scheduled to win, unless all pol
itical slate-makers have their wires
crossed and it is hardly probable that
so many wise men would be wrong.
Taps are sounding for the G. O. P.
and ere the white frosts of fall cover
the earth Democrats, North and
South, ought to be moving in the
direction of the White House.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
FARalER'S BLINDNESS CURED.
When a Dentist Extracted Two OF
His Wisdom Teeth.

Partially blind for five years, to-
tally blind for the past seven months,
Edward Kennedy, thirty-nine years
cid. farmer residing at Parker
town, Ohio, saw the light Friday af-
ter the extraction of two teeth. The
case is said to be without parallel
in dentistry. Mr.. Kennedy had been
declared by eye specialists to be be-
yond human aid and had obtained
pension from the blind relief fund.
Doctors gave the cause as paralysis
of the optic nerve. Mr.. Kennedy
went to a dentists Office, suffering
severe pain. An examination show
ed that two teeth. an upper molar
and a lower wisdom tooth, were bad
ly liberated, necessitating extraction.
had the second tooth been
pulled when Mr.. Kennedy exclaimed,
Il can see. I can see the light. I
can see the crack in the window. I
can see you"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
BOARD GIVES UP MONEY.
Collected Nothing But Spent -Four
Thousand Dollars.

The Florence Times says the COM
mission named by Governor Blease
to wind up the affairs Of the State
dispensary has turned over s25,-
5S70l to the State treasurer. When
the Blease commission took charge,
after the .Ansel commission was dis
missed by the governor, there was
: cash balance of s2S,737.a5 ca de-
post. The Blease commission held
Office for one year and spent over
$4,000 without collecting anything
Under the terms of the Crossen reso-
luton, passed at the last session of
the general assembly the Blease COM
went out of existence several
days ago and Z final report is to be
made within the next several days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
GROUND WATER LEVEL FAILING
If Not Stopped VIII Prove Menace to
Agriculture.

The ground water OF the United
States, upon which the agricultural
wealth OF the country depends, is
lowering at the rate of nearly two
feet a decade, according to Profess
sor W. J. McGee. soil and water ex-
pert Of the department of agricu1-
ture. He arrived at this conclusion
from reports from $4,000 different
points in the United States. Unless
means are taken to check the con-
slant lowering. dire results from
drought and failure of crops are like
" to ensue, declares Prof. IMcGee.
Investigation has shown that fresh
cts and floods are allowed to carry
of large percentage Of the rainfall
from lands where it should be re-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
CHILD KILLED BY PET DOG.
Tried to Play With Animal While He
Was Gnawing a Bone.

Anna De Calvo, three years old.
CT West Eleventh street, Chicago, was
killed by large New Foundland dog
Friday, while yisitin the home of a
neigh5or The child attempted TO
play with the animal while it was
eating a bone. Suddenly the dog
made a vicious plunge. II tore open
the child's throat and the victim bled
to death. The girl and dog had been
left alone in the kitchen for a few
minutes and when members Of the
family returned, they found the dead
body of the child on the floor. The
dog was killed by the police.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
BANK GOES TO WALL
A BANK FAILURE THAT SHOULD
BE LOOKED INTO.
Governor Blease Calls Upon Bank Ex-
aniner Rhame for an Explanation
of the Matter.

OF the Matter.
Il consider your faii''~e in this
matter derelection of duty and unless
YOU can give satisfactory eXpiana-
ton l would advise that you tender
your resignation at once" " wrote Gov
ernor Biease TO State Bank Examiner
B. J. Rhame, Tuesday afternoon IN
reference to the reported failure of
the bank examiner to notify him Of
the condition Of the Lexington Saw
inss Bank, now in the hands OF re-
ceiver. The letter Of the Governors
70 Mr.. Rhame is as follows:
March 26, 1912.
M-. B. J. Rhame,
State Bank Examiner,
Columbia. S. c.
Dear Sir: notice from reports
fled February 5, 1912, March 8,
1911, and april Is, 1910, that the
Lexington Savings Bank has been in
very serious trouble for some months.
also notice Mr.. Wilson, your prede-
cessor, in 1910, says in one Of his
reports: Full report submitted to
Governor ior review and advice.
Schedules B and C scare me-
will you please be so kind as to
advise me why you did not call my at
tention to the condition of this bank,
particularly when YOU and your as
s:stants knew that the superintend-
ent Of the State Pneitentiary had
many thousands OF dollars deposited
therein, and also that the county
treasurer Of Lexington County had
many thousands of dollars Of the
county's money deposited therein. If
YOU had called my attention to this
matter as Mr.. Wilson did Governor
Ansel's attention, I would have i'm
me6iately, upon the fling Of your
report on February l, 1911, ordered
that proper proceedings be Instituted
to protect the interests OF the county
and State. I consider your failure
in this matter derelection Of duty,
and unless you can give satisfac-
tory explanation I would advise that
you at once tender your resignation
as State bank examiner, and save any
further unpleasantness. We do not
want in this State carelessness or
negligence in office; ignorance is no
excuse. I would also be glad if you
would advise me why you did not act
in accordance with Section 1881,
new Code of Laws Of South Carolina,
when you found the condition of the
Lexington Savings Bank, one year
ago.
Very respectfully,
Cole L. Blease,
Governor"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
FEN ESCAPE Alive
EXPLOSION IN COAL Nine ends
-FOUR SCORE LIVES
EIGHTY-TWO WAS KILLED
Eleven Men Were Brought Alive Out
of the Mine, But the Deadly Coal
Gas Had Done Its Work So Well
That One of Them Died After


Eghty-two men were killed Mon
day by gas explosion in the Jed
Coal and Coke Company>s mine at
Jed, ". Va. half dozen miles from
Welch. Only II men escaped alive
and one Of these died within an hour
after being brought to the surface.
Monday night 33 bodies had been To-
Gated and the rescuers hoped to have
them out shortly. Exploring parties
will have covered all Of the mine by
5 o'clock Wednesday morning and ex-
pect to have all the bodies out by
noon.
The explosion took place before
noon and probably only the II men
working at the foot OF the shaft had
a chance for their lives. They read
ily made their way up the cages.
which were not damaged, and though
some Of the blades Of the fans were
shattered, they continued to operate
with the fortunate result that enough
air was present to admit searching
parties Immediately.
Less than half an hour after the
news Of the explosion had been COM
mun!cated to Welch, relief measures
were in order. Oxygen helmets and
other appliances were rushed from
the plant Of the United States Coal
and Coke company's plant, a United
States Steel corporation mine, near
by, government miIa rescue car en-
route to Huntington, ". Va, was
turned back on telegraphic orders
from Washington and another car
was started from Pittsburg. The
first car reached Welch shortly after
noon and the experts Immediately
conceded that all in the mine were
dead.
State mine inspectors promptly or
ganized rescue parties and began the
exploration of the mine. AS the
gases were cleared out by the fans
they began searching Of the lower
levels and Immediately began to come
CDON miners, httlSO dIi0OSI
Other mines nearby sent expert
enced foremen to lead hundreds Of
volunteer rescuers. who focked to the
scene as the news spread about the
countryside.
The mine was inspected last Friday
and was pronounced safe. The pre-
liuinary Investigations have not di-
vulged the cause Of the explosion.
Some local mine men are inclinde to
regard it as a physical phenomenon.
Barometers in this vicinity have been
showing unusually low readings for
the last week without the usual at
mospheric conditions.
The families of the dead men find
themselves in sore straits. Work has
been very slack at the mine. Outside
aid will be asked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
parolcd by Governor Blease.

Governor Blease has paroled dur
ing good behavior Buy McClary- who
was convicted at the fall term OF
Court at Williamsburg in 191l OF
breach Of trust with fraudulent in
tent and sentenced TO twelve months
on the chain gang. He also pardoned
Joel Tariton. who was serving a three
wear sentence on the chain gang.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Fought for Moving Pictures.

Another tragedy was enacted in
the old Carroll county court house
at Hillsville. Va, Friday. Another
troop Of mounted outlaws rode in,
shot the judge down of the bench
and duplicated the gruesome assassi-
nation OF a week ago-but this time
it was only fer the moving pictures.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

There are a few newspapers IN
the State that are doing their best
TO straddle the gubernatorial Ques-
ton this year. They try to make
Governor BIease's friends think they
are for him by criticising newspapers
known 20 be for Judge Jones for
commenting on the Governors pup
lie acts, but take good care not to
ansagonize Jones friends by advo-
eating Blease. They should come out
In the open, or hush.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Hanged for Killing Wives.

At Athens, Ga. Will Bell. a ne
gro. who killed his wife and brother
ir-iaw several months ago, vas hang
ed in the county Jail and at Athens,
Ca, Hezekiah Stevens. a young ne
gro, was hanged for the murder o.
MS wife last October. Both ha1gings
took place on Friday.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Three Cows THROW Train,

At 6:45 O'Clock Friday morning
near Oconee. Ca, on the Central
railway, a train carrying large
number Of men to work filing in a
trastle ran over three COWS. The
fat cars which made the train turned
over and two men were killed and
several injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Rescued From Cuicksand.

Life savers of the Cobb Island sta
ton Thursday rescued seven men
composing the crews CT the b2rges
CASTOR and ". Carlton and Mrs. Fick.
wife Of Capt. F;cl:, Of the CASTOR.
Just before the two vessels, sank in
the qu;cksand OF that coast.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Gave Big Sum TO the Poor.

In his will the late Rear Admiral
Melville, OF Philadelphia, sets $780,
600 ror placing deserving poor and
aged persons in institutions where
rhev can receive proper care. Such
i,ersons must be Of the Protestant
faith or of the Society OF Friends
and must be over 20 years old. No
versop having any traces OF the Afri-
can or .Asiat:c race is eligible TO pc
come beneficiary.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
L-irminia Town EIooded.

The Norfolk River has overfown
It's banks and boats are being used
20 transport persons through the bus
mess streets of Norfolk. The Audi
torium Theatre has four feet Of water
IL the orchestra pit. The food is the
worst since 1881.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
Great Loss of Live Stock

Eleven million dollars loss in Wy
oning live stock resulted in the re-
cert Storms ard cold weather. In
many instances entire herds of cat
tie were wiped out and every section
reports heavy loss il sheep.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

Col. George Harvey, who has not
voted the Democratic ticket since ne
voted for Grover Cleveland over
twenty years ago, is the Kind Of
Democrat that some Of the Georgia
newspapers seem 70 te willing 20
have select the presidential canci-
date this year for tie Democrats.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

The way to get the very best that
there is in people is to give them your
best.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

Home is where mother lives. And
whether you be prince or peasant, one
of the sweetest spots on earth is the
abode OF your mother.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

The Jewish Passover began Tues
dav and Will last for one week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

Wisdom and judgment are not al
the prerogatives of age.
Some persons have more common
sense at twenty-one than others will
acquire in lifetime.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

Political campaigns are ever pro-
life Of prophets and the fact that a
majority Of them are proven to be
false prophets each succeeding cam
paign does not deter them from boast
ing, whenever they espouse the cause
Of candidate that their man will
wipe up the earth" with the other
fellow.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03

A true lady is as much lady wash
ing her dinner dishes, preparing tbs
vegetables for dinner, cleaning lamps
and scrubbing floors, as when she is
bending over her embroidery frame
or easel in the pleasant sitting room.
II she is so fortunate as to possess q
servant she will use refined language
and as gentle voice in speaking to
her as she uses in her reception room
entertaining the most cultured among
her friends.