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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES BY
THE GREAT FLOOD.
Leyees Standing the Pressure OF Wat
er, But They May Go Down II Rise
Tonti0uaC

With mighty volume Of waite,
moving southwark at rapid rate
the man-raised banks Of the Missis
sippi river are subjected to heaV!
strain. So far they have held thei,
own. The crest Of the rise is not ye
in sight, but the speed Of the foo6
must bring the highest point before
long.
Fully 1000 people are homeless
having been driven from their houses
by the encroachment of the waters
on the inhabited portion Of the banks
of the great river. 1t is predicted
that the water at Memphis will reach
corty-fve feet above the food stage
If the water rises much higher, it is
predicted, the levees must give way
under the terrific strain in which they
have been subjected during the past
few days.
At Memphis while all the main lev
ees are holding, the food is telling on
the banks OF the Mississippi river,
and the situation IS not so hopeful.
Several weak spots have developed,
especially at Mound City, Ark, and
in them the Reelfoot levee, west OF
Hickman, KY. Large forces OF lab
orers and volunteers are at work boil
stering up the sloughting embank-
ments and piling sand bags where the
water is tapping the crest.
At Memphis the water is within
two-tenths OF the 44-foot dead line
set by S. C. Emery, government fore
caster. Mr.. Emery IS Of the opinion
that the levees can not stand up un-
der the strain Of more than forty-four
feet.
Unfounded reports are that the
Reelfoot levee had gone out, and that
the food was pouring over populous
farming lands.
Late reports aer that the levee Is
still holding, although the situation
is grave.
Refugees from the flooded territory
are focking into the cities and towns
on the high lands by the Thousands.
Conditions in the flooded cities OF
Hickman and Columbus, Ky, were
relieved Thursday when foodstuffs
and tents were carried there.
At Hickman, Ky, there are 500
refugees, including the 1000 made
homeless when the factory district
was submerged. Their distress was
partially relieved when food and
tents were portioned out Friday.
At Columbus, Ky, 500 to 1900
people have been driven from homes
and are ercamped on hills overlook
ing town.
At New Madrid, Mo-, 500 are
homeless. The business and resi-
dence sections are flooded with three
to FIVE feet Of water.
In the Dorena, Mo-, community,
900 to 1000, driven from their res
idences, have been rescued by Hick-
man, KY, residents. Many head OF
live stock have been lost.
In Memphis, Tenn, 1900 people
have fed their homes in the low part
Of north section. The gas plant out
of commission. The authorities are
warning residents of the district to
boil water before using.
At Craig's Landing, Mo-, eleven
employees Of the Mengel Box com
pany Of Hickman, Mo-, are endang-
cred by remaining in camp when
80 others were rescued.
Hundreds Of steamboat landings
between Hickman, KY, ana Arkan-
sas City are submerged.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
TIGER Killed by a Bulldog.

A tiger has taken refuge in cave
on a farm at the foot OF Winterhook
mountain, in Cape Colony. a bull
dog was fetched and it at once rushed
into the cave. a desperate struggle
apsued. The dog was badly wounded
hv the tigers claws, but it caught
the tiger By the throat and did not
let 80 until the tiger rolled over dead.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
FALLS TO HIS Death
FAMOUS AVIATOR LOSES HIS
LIFE BY AN ACCIDENT.
His Chief Note Rests on His Achieve
ment Of Crossing American Cont
nenu in Flying Machine.

Calbraith P. Rodgers, the first man
to cross the American continent in an
aeroplane, was killed at Long Beach,
Cal. almost instantly late Wednesday,
when his biplane, in which he had
been soaring over the ocean, fell from
height Of 200 feet and buried him
in the wreck. His neck was broken
and his body badly mashed by the
engine OF his machine. He lived but
few minutes.
For week Rodgers has been max
ing daily fights there and had taken
up with him many passengers, both
men and women. Wednesday he
started up from his usual place and
scared out over the ocean, crossing
the pier, and then turned and dipped
close to roller coaster on a beach
amusement park. Hearing flock Of
gulls disporting themselves among a
great shoal of sardines, just over the
breakers, Rodgers again turned and
dived into them, scattering the sea
fowls in all directions.
Highly elated with the outcome OF
his dive, Rodgers then few farther
out to sea, all the time gradually ris-
ing until he had reached height Of
about 200 feet. Making a short turn,
he started at full speed for the pier,
then suddenly dipped his plances and
his machine began q frightful de-
scent
Hundreds OF persons on the pier
saw Rodgers relax his hold On the
levers, and then, seeming realizing
that he was in danger, make siren
nous efforts to pull the nose Of his
machine into level position.
Failing in this he managed to turn
his craft further in shore, and an in
stant later the craft crashed into the
edge of the surf, not 500 feet from
the spot where on December 10, last,
he had finished his ocean-to-ocean
fight.
Ernest Scott and Jas. Goodwin, life
guards, were first to reach Rodgers.
They said Rodgers head was hang
ing over one wing Of the machine,
the heavy engine was on his back and
his feet were drawn up nearly double
over his shoulders.
Rodgers was lifted from the wreck
and hurried to the bath house hos
pital. He died on the way. His
neck, jawbone and back had been
broken.
A telegram was SEM 70 the avia-
tors widow who lives in Pasadena,
and cablegram to his mother, Mrs.
II. S. Schweitzer, who is now in Lon
con. The body was prepared for
burial and sent to Pasadena.
The machine that Rodgers used
was the one with which he won SILL
600 in prizes last July at the Chicago
endurance meet. It is a wreck, many
parts having been swept out to sea by
the tide.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Three People We're Killed

4 mother with her baby clasHed
in her arms and an eighteen-vear-
old sister were crushed TO death
Thursday when Chicago and Alton
railroad freight trains crashed into
a Kadz;e avenue street car. Eighteen
other persons lere injured some per
hsps fatally.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Gives Her Another Chance.

Now that you have a chance to
Get a third husband, for Gods sake
don't talk him to death" So read
= note which Henry Juntunson, q
prosperous Otter Lake farmer, wrote
to his wife Just before tying moose
about his neck and then sending a
revolver shot through his brain at
Houghton, Mich.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Double Tragedy at Waycross.

After shooting and fatally injuring
q woman named Mrs. Bunting, with
whom, he was driving, ]. \. Mills, a
merchant Of Waycross, Ga, turned
The pistol on himself, committing sui
riae. Mills leaves q wife and fam
liz. living there. Mrs. BuntirG's hus-
band IS said to be railroad engineer
in North Carolina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
DAYS OF BOSS RULE OVER.
The Times Puts Georgetown in the
Jones Column.

The Tines says It IS commonly
talked on our streets that the vote
of Georgetown County has been
promised to Blease. We are conf
dent that the good people of this
county will do their own thinking
and voting when the time arrives,
and will not be dictated to by the
local bosses. The time was when
certain bosses controlled the cleo
tons in the county, but things have
changed, and when few ring
sters" undertake to hand out the
vote of our county to Blease or any
other man, we think it time to call
q. halt. We predict that Georgetown
County will give Mr.. Jones a good
majority this summer, and thus show
to the rest Of the state that one or
two men cannot run up to Columbia
and dispose of our votes before they
are cast.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Three People Die in Fire.

Mrs. Amanda Dunn, aged ffty-1Ve,
Cleveland Dunn, her son. aged twen-
tv-three, and Mildred Dunn, aged
two. daughter Of Cleveland Dunn,
lost their lives shortly after mid
night Thursday night in a fire which
destroyed the home Of Milton NJ.
Dunn, treasurer OF Lee County, a
few miles south Of Opelika. Cleve-
land Dunn lost his owE life and that
OF his baby n an heroic effort to
save his mother.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Merchant Faxed Holdiip.

At New York Robert II. Cooper,
tie Brooklyr produce merchant. who
was found bound and gagged on a
railroad track Monday night, con-
fessed 10 the police today that he was
not robbed but told the story to gain
the svnlNa;hy Of creditors.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
He Killed Them All

Traced by bloodhounds, Peter Pod
dienski is in jail, charged with the
murder of an entire family and their
servants altogether numbering fifteen
persons, near Foreschata, Russia. He
confessed to have committed the
wholesale murders.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Dial Wants Tillman's Seat.

Col. Nathaniel B. Dial, president
Of the Enterprise Bank, OF Laurens'
of the Reedy River Power Company
and the head Of many business en-
ternrjse. has announced that he will
ha IN the race for Senator Tillman's
seat in the United States Senate In
the campaign this fall.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Tool, Bath Too Soon.

Al New York Joseph Orlando, a
crack quarter-mile bicyclist, was
found dead in a bath tub Wednes-
day. Orlando became overheated
and took a cold bath and died Of
heart shock, He was thirty years
old.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Entered Corn Contest.

One hundred and twenty men and
one woman have thus rar entered
The Snartanburg county corn contest,
the ultimate purpose Of which is to
win first prize for this county in the
National Corn show at Columbia next
winter
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Another Murderer Parolcd.

Gov. Please has granted a parole
to James Lindsay. who was convicted
in York county in 1902 on the charge
of murder and sentenced to life I'M
prisonment upon a recommendation
Of mercy.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
u,r,,top Murderer psrolcd.

Morgan Smith, who was convicted
al Hampton IN 1906 Of murder with
recommendation TO mercy and sen
fenced &c life imprisonment in the
Penitrntiarv, was Tuesday raro'ed by
Governor R]easa.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-10
Elects Democratic Mayor.

Girard, the stronghold Of Kansas
socialism, elected W. II. Ross, dem
ocrat and Independent, mayor over
W. z. Ford. socialist. . !
The evening world., 1912-08-29

to marry each other. no matter how
long the date Is put on.
"B. s." writes: III young lady tells
man she can't see him any more be-
cause her mother objects to her coming
home late. what should he do? He
cares for her very much"
Let him write to the mother and ask
II he many not call on the daughter In
her home. II there are objections to her
going out.
"a F." writer; II planned to take
my fancee 10 y hail, but had to send
her ahead with her parents, In taxi,
and Join her an hour later. found that
she had not saved single dance for
| me. and when ! asked her why she
angrily threw her engagement rims at
me. Shall try TO win her affections
| again."
advise YOU to leave such an AL
natursd young person severely sIonA.
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hhne 20. THE New YoYk World.
An he amt got nothin' like tibet.
Frnm tn time he wuz born. stranger,
don't think I never had a minute's
thought o. myself. wux busy all tn
time plannin' fer him. and when seen
him grow up straight an perfect In
health. stead o. helm weak an rickety
like sum children, I thanked tho lucky
stars tibet give him overythin' good to
work with.
He never took to farmIn'. You'd "a
thought no wuz city bred. Tho wife
wuz proud o that-but want A
farm lad amt got no business with
city conduc'. SO tried to break II
out o. him. Then no got mad an no
done things TO try an git away.
lie stole. II want much. I covered
It and didn't tell Mother. An he went
round Just as whistlin' as II nothin'
had happened at ALL An after that It
WIZ one thing an then another Some.
times JUS pesky little things. an then
as'ln real big ones.
50 l sent him away down TO q big
town. thought thet mebbe down there
he'd find his own level an straighten
wv nut " dOH tnlnk IL y any
use trying to streighten a twisted twig.
None Nv IN folks round here knows.
None Nv 'em ever goes down TO tn
city, an they amt set eyes on hin,
fer pretty near five year. But know
an keep 1t rum 'em.
An frum rlin' such whoppers bout
his success an his chances 10 be, NAB
be, GUNNER Nv New York State some
day sometimes / git to believln' II my
SELF an then I'm proud an kin pitch
hay them days TO beat tn band!
But when tn sciatlcy comes aione
the real truth 10 brung with It, an
sec tibet boy Nv mine has turned
out n no-good Thet MY flesh an bone
Is twisted into n human bein' tibet tn
world'd be better 'thout, An II seems
| like ! got more weight n kin tote
round with me on them days,
" see that's the reason amt feei!n'
so good to-day. tn scIaticy has bruns
tn truth with II. an It aches some
So you better traipso along an leave
| mo lone.
sum Nv tn nelghbors II be shown UT
pretty soon to ask alnt heard rum
Bill. an what III tell EN- II give me
courage TO perk up. 80 come back Z
little later on an III be ready to tel
you somsthin' eom!cA!.
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glance. lie was stu sitting on his
pony In the centre Of the traIi-watch-
| Ing her.
For two wecks-whlle Harlan haunted
the river trail--Miss Tagsart kept close
u the ranchhouse. The OUTFIT had re-
turned from the Ute range. tho wagons
stood empty and forlorn In the corrai
yard--of no more use until the next
trip out. except TO an occasional ecoen-
tric punchcr. who. for diversion. would
throw his blankets In one and curl UP
comfortably for night. From the
blacksmith shop came tho constant ring
Ing OF the anvil; the repair shed was
the scene OF much activity; tho corral
rocked with the mlrc and dust or many
yearllngs-brought In for branding.
overalled punchcrs loafed from tho
ranohhouse TO the bunkhouse- sinewy.
capable men. who greeted her with po-
llto words and embarrassed grins. ad-
dressing her always as Miss Mary"
She heard from her father that Harlan
was doing some work-to keep up APP
pcarances and ward on suspicion. Tho
men did not take to him. said Taggart.
innate councils. Some OF them know
him: his reputation became a bar that
efrectuaily prevented him from attaining
the bunkhouss fellowship.
Miss Taggart caught glimpscs Of him
sometimes Che saw him one day re-
pairing a saddie-sitting on an empty
nail keg beside the bunkhouse. and one
day from behind the lace curtain OF a
window In the best room she watched
him roping In tho corral. Once, when
sho had walked down to the river In
the cool of tho evening. she saw him
coming toward her. and she hurried
her steps to AVOID meeting him. But
he had caught up 10 her near tho house.
In tho swift glance she had taken At
him she had seen that his face was
crave.
You didn't neod to rum" no said: IT
don't want to hurt you"
She threw her chin out, standing erect
and dehant I'm not afraid OF your"
she declared spiritedly. III was a man
there wouldn't be room enough at tho
Two Bar l. for you"
I'm glad tho men around here Amt
got your grit" he said.
She saw him smile, and with head
well back she started to pass him. But
he stepped In front of her. barring the
way.
There's a ming I've wanted TO say
to you" he said. his eyes gl!nting earn
estly In tho dusk.
She stopped short, her eyes meet
ing his
IT'S this" he continued gravely; Il
amt never hurt any one so they've
| died from It, I always aim
But she was on her way toward tho
house and he finished--if he did nnish
to the dusk and the silence, once
on the porch she turned and locke
back. and her hooking laugh reached
him. standing there with the shadows
OF the night around him. A few min
utes later he walked slowly toward
tho house. his head bowed thoughtfully.
lie did not see the lace curtain OF
the window In the best room moving
strangely.
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Mg@E, THERg AND
&VElPW7WlH(glRE.
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7 ENRY FORD refuses to make a
r. will. because he doesn't want
anybody to get his money when
he dies.
Old Fork says
}Ths Hedsevllle that burglars are
: Editor. nuisance. but
S~s~~~s~~~~~~~>~~>st they don't stay
long; while distant relatives always re-
main q week.
Mr.. Hess says his wife would DO will
ing to die II she was sure II would make
all the neighbors feel sorry.
When Dan Plank gets a present that
costs two dollars he appreciates It just
twice as much as II 1t had cost one
dollar.
Mr.. Dcrks says that his wife doesn't
need a telephone because when the
window 10 open you can hear her voice
all over town.
Since II Is learned that the story about
Miss Pafaun 10 true. Mrs. Harsh says
she - sorry that she ever repeated It.
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yer mind ais out o. sympathy.
All tho unhappiness thet ever hap
pened to me comes back an dlgs the
life out o. me. an git like tn old
COW when you take her calf away fruy,
her.
You say you didn't think I had IN
happiness happen to me? Say. y know
rs country folk kin hide things. too.
BOT a hole. . big hole. In my heart--or
whatever tibet organ 10 thet makes you
sad.
You didn't KNOW had boy. did
ye2 Yes, I GOT 4 boy-he'l be twenty
four come Thu october. A handsome
strip nc is, with tn figger NV a states
man.
But whatever eg'lates sin In US NOR
tails 10 missin' out o. him. He does
crooked things. an tn wust Nv II IL
he don't seem TO think they're crooked.
lie amt got no feelin' In him what's
right an whats wrong TO do. So II
RELY amt his fault when he goes
astray, Is Il?
You sure can't find yer way through
q thick, strange woods II you amt got
bend in IN road. or tall tree pr
somothln' TO help you out. kin you'
The evening world., 1912-08-29
Copyright, 1912. by N. ou,ins PuSisAins Co.,

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING iNsrALMENrs.
Harlan. . cowpanchsr. hdes ny 10 the sppar'
ently deserted houss Of the Two Bar l." ranch.
While he 10 wondering u everybody In the plsce
Ia dead Mary Tassart. daughter Of the rsnchs
manage. apy~an In the doorway. Sle IL young
and beautiful. Harlan II Of once attracted TO her.
Yet he sT-ahs In irpnic vein sad che rcpiles
In kind. Then H.. turns on hef he'd and leaves
him. Harlan ties his hose and enters tho house
unlimited. lie tells Tazgsst he hss b--o ssnt
there by PoIhddse. ownsf OF the ssnch. TAszst
undcrvt ands that Harlan twho 10 rinfishterl 10
10 get rii Of Hixxins. q nearby hester. Mary
rides TO the Higgins snack with . warning Tho
"noster's" wife beg. her husband to atad trouble
by going away. Higgins sturdy Refuses aging
he has q legal right TO his home and that hs all
stay where he "a. Returning to the Two Bsr
L" ranch May overtakcs Harlan. who has becn
sIytng upon her aud VII, knows why she vent
o. So higgins. Mar b~ratsv HaIan, calling
him hired assassin" AMI saying the world
would be better off without him. us hints. in
reply. that he loves her.
The evening world., 1912-08-29

- ENATOR JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. whose
y supply OF darby stories seems inexhaustible.
tells this new one. according to Lipplncotts:
81 was proceeding IeisureIy along a Georgia
road on foot one day. when met conveyance
drawn by mule and containing n numb OF
negro field hands, The driver. a darby OF about
twenty. was endeavoring to induce the mule to
increase Its speed. when suddenly the animal let
fly with his heels and dealt him such kick on
the head that he VAS stretched on the ground
In n twnklng. lie lay rubbing his woolly pate,
where the mule had kicked him.
rs he hurt?' | asked anxiously OF an older
negro, who had jumped from the conveyance and
was standing over the PROSTATE driver.
No. boss was tho older mans reply: dat
mule walk kind O. tendah for day or two, but
he amt hurt"
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Useful Invention.
A YORKSHIRE farmer was psid by eh~t y
N sons cattle he had sold. IL wa TIN FIR

what, thh" no ssd.
WY. money fr the trass." said the cattle
dealer.
IL. farmer stsr~i and hal 70 he assured that
II IN toot u " the bank they would give him
gold for II.
Wen" said he, AVN try, but u re .
wrong un tl.oull hear about g. "
The check was cshed, u oourse, and thr Tar.
msr wen, home happy, but he could not sleep.
Ne had sen . wonderful thing and 1t had srctsd
him AZ soon a. day bross he mlio foe ths
cattle dealers house and woke the dealer.
"rs me" 10 ssid. where's tina sot Thin
bit. Of payer FRONT Az ead do vi half dozen
n, ,sslf gon star.
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v CIR girl ais a..e .s .
Ia In love before
tho object OF her
a Z oct ions has
made known his
o W n sentiments.
What Is there Cor
her to do?
Nothing but her
historic old Job Of
waiting. OF course
shs may be nice
to the man when
he appeArs--but no,
The evening world., 1912-08-29

too nice. There y no use talking, the
average man doesn't value what he can
get too easily. The instinct OF the chase
Is still strong within him. A hint OF
difficulty does more to arouse his ardor
than anything else. 80 you SEQ there 10
certain psychological basis for the
general prejudice against proposals by
women.
morally certain that he cares for her
and Just as certain that he doesn't yet
know II himself. But It's against the
rules OF the game for her to enlighten
him.
And II she cares and he DOESN'T care,
ever her cue of acquiescent silence re-
mains unchanged.
''B. f." writes: ~ wish to rememh her
the birthday Of a young man who has
been paying me regular attentions
What gift shall / chooser
A book or box of homemade
candy would be appropriate gifts.
M NJ" writes: IT am In love with n
girl. but have not told her so, as I have
only met her when she was calling TO
see friends with whom live. Should 1
tell her I love herr
/ think II would be a trine precipitate.
Why not ask her permission FIRST 10 call
on herr
The Long Wait.
"R. +. writes: "A young lady and
myself are sure we will never love any
one else, and have agreed to wait Ave
years for each other. Do you think a
long engagement or a friendship more
proper for the Intervening timer"
You are engaged II you have promised
The evening world., 1912-08-29

FTER North Carolina voted to be "dry"
"A State. its citizens became very suspicious
of strangers
One day a commercial traveller went up to an
old negro in a little town in the eastern part OF
the State and said TO him:
''Say. uncle. !f you will lead me to some place
where cap get a drink. I'll give you ST.
Tho old darby looked him over carefully, ac-
cspted the two plunks. and said. IAN right.
boss! Jest foler me-"
He led tho thirsty one through the town, on
through the suburbs. into the country. and then
started due west, says Judge. After they had
tp2ersed about 1--WE miles IN silence and SUI
nothing in sight. the man asked;
LOOK here. Mosel Where are we golns after
this drink
ewes gwine ovah into Kentucky. boss; We
can't get nuthin' IN dis State"
The evening world., 1912-08-29

DIAMONDS"
II 0
The evening world., 1912-08-29

ono fat roasting
chicken. one cent.
one sheep, 10 cents.
Ono wagon load OF
wood spyen cents
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No High Cost
Of Living.

ono and quarter yards of woollen
cloth, six cents. One round of drinks
for ten people. one cent.
Have you read It? It's true. But
don't go looking around for those
articles AT that price. Because you will
have to travel far. And along a road
that Is hard to find. A road that will
lead you back 400 years. That scale Of
prices prevailed In Europe in the FIJI
teenth Century. And In the next hun
dred years It doubled; while the scale
Of wages d!d not double or come any
where near doubling,
sim. 1t Is pleasant to know there was
once Full Market Basket" and that
II could be filled TO overlooking for the
present price of one Ice cream soda.