davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
KILLED HIS BEST FRIEND.
Prominent Railroad Man Slain by
His Chief Clerk.

Geo. C. Thomson, division freight
agent of the Southern railroad, with
headquarters at Greensboro, n. c.,
widely known in the South, was shot
apf killed by William F. Blair, chief
clerk in his Office, at noon Tuesday.
An egort Of Blair to end his own
life when advised by physician that
Thomson was dying was frustrated
by the physician who wrenched from
Ills hands a .32 calibre revolver
freshly loaded. When carried to jail
he muttered in broken sentences re-
gret Of his action and declared he
had killed his best friend. Later he
lapsed into semi-comatose state,
brought on, his physician said, "by
the use of whiskey during the past
week"
Thomson was shot down in Blair's
home after he had responded to a
request of his assailant that he come
to his home for few moments. The
request by Blair was in answer to
note delivered during the morning
and signed by Thomson in which
Thomson stated that effective No
vember 1 the services of Blair would
be 10 longer desired in the division
freight Offices.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
MORE DRINKS AND SMOKES.
Consumption for 1912 Heaviest in
History OF Country.

The American people are drinking
more whiskey and beer and smoking
more cigars and cigarettes than ever
before in history, according to tax
returns received by Royal E. Cabell,
commissioner of internal revenue.
From July l to October l., 1912,
more than 3,SG0,000,000 cigarettes
were smoked. an increase of one bill
lion over the corresponding period of
the previous year, which broke all
records.
The nation consumed 33.1 $4,000
gallons of whiskey during July, Au-
gust and September, an increase Of
$4,000 gallons as compared with
that quarter Of 1911, while nearly
100000 cigars were smoked dur
ing that time The cigar consump.
ton promises to establish a new rec
ord.
A total Of 10,sOo,Oo0 barrels OF
beer we're consumed during the three
months, which was $4,000 barrels
more than in the same period of
1911. This somewhat surprised rev.
enue officials as beer drinking fell
off considerably during the fiscal
year ending June 80 last.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
TURKISH SOLDIERS EXECUTED
Many Put to Death as Result Of Kirk
KiliSSeh Panic.

a Sonstantinople dispatch says
three hundred Turkish officers and
men have been executed in connec-
ton with the panic among the Turk
ish troops at the taking of kirk-kil-
:ssed By the Bulgarians. It is said
that a night attack upon the Bull
garian advance guard was ordered by
me Turkish commander, but the en-
ergetic defence offered oy the Bull
sarians disconnected the Turkish
Troops and a panic set in.
The troops dispersed, abandoning
is their fight their guns, rifles and
ammunition. Mahmoud Mukhtar
Pasha tried to stem the panic by
shooting several fleeing soldiers.
Prince Aziz Pasha joined in the
a!ght. After consultation with OBJ
oullah Pasha, the commander Of the
Turkish troops at Adrianople, by tel
egraph, Mahmoud lMukhtar Pasha
ordered a general retreat.
Many divisions OF the Turkish ar
my retreated in the greatest disorder.
The main body retired toward Visa,
where the divisions commanded by
Fahri Pasha and Djemal Pasha stop
ped the routs, restoring some SEM
bla1ce of order. Fahri Pasha held
the Bulgarians temporarily in check
and recaptured four Of the guns they
mad taken from the Turks.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
WOMAN WAS slain
SHE TESTIFIED AGAINST TIE
White SLAVERS
Her Death THE result
Rosa Rossi, Who Was Murdered
Near Bridgeport Last Week, Had
Been Working for the Govern
ment, and Told Of White Slavery
rI,irarn

A dispatch from Chicago says the
woman shot to death near Bridge
port, Conn.,, last Tuesday week by
one of five men who had taken her
in an auto to a lonely spot in the
suburbs was Rosa Rossi, a Federal
Government detective. After she was
killed it was said she was Rosa
White, who lived in the Bridgeport
red light district.
Rosa Rossi had lived in Chicago's
levee district many months, carrying
on her work of investigation for the
Government. She worked herself in
&, the confidence of some of the most
:sotorious of the men OF the district,
ard as a result gained much valuable
:!iormation about the white slave
trade. In particular she got facts
about the Importation of girls from
europe. These facts went to the
Government.
When the woman spy Informed
against Demetrio Mariana she sealed
her death warrant. He is now await
ing trial in New York for violation
of the Mann act. Mariana carried
Violet Nicholas from New York to
Chicago and sold her to The proprie-
tor of resort at No. 104 West Twen-
ty-frst street.
The Rossi girl found this out and
reported to Government officers. A
trap was set for Mariana by writing
him a decoy letter asking that he
supply another girl. He was arrest
ed as he was leaving branch post
cffice in Brooklyn with the letter.
George Craft of the New York Of
fee Of the Department Of Justice
went to Chicago and arranged with
States Attorney Wayman for raid
or; the house in which Roso Rossi
lived. She and eight other women
were found there. Jennie Dorm, the
kousekeeper, agreed to turn informer
because Of Rosa's example. These
two and one other woman were car
ried to New York to testify against
Mariana.
The Rossi woman's evidence was
particularly damaging and he vas
held for trial. Then Rosa went 20
Bridgeport, where she had lived be-
fore she went to Chicago.
Associates of Mariana sat in iudS-
ment on the "squealer" and sentenc-
ed her to death. Five men were
summoned from different places to
act as eXecutioners.
Jennie Dorm, the housekeeDer, has
disappeared. Mr.. Craft fears that
she too has been murdered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
VERY COSTLY PEST.
Boil WeeyiI Has Caused Loss Of Ov'
er One Million Dollars.

The cotton boil, weevil, the great
est pest of the south, has caused q
loss OF 100000 represented by
2,550,000 bales of cotton since the
weevil first invaded this country, &C
cording to an estimate Of the depart
uaeat Of agriculture, issued Wednes-
day. The weevil crossed the Rio
Grandee into the United States 26
years ago. ''The problem Of the
control Of the boil weeril will be
more difficult as the pest continues
its invasion of the cotton belt" an
nounced the department. 1t can not
be considered as yet completely solv-
ed. There is no occasion to lose
hope, but there must be devised bet
ter means Of controlling the pest and
reducing the enormous loss suffered,
especially during unfavorable sea-
sons in Texas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
HUNTING A FiEND.
Ohio Farmers Seeking Negro Who
Attacked g. White Girl.

4 dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,
says farmers armed with shotgunS
were securing the suburbs Of the city
in an endeavor to capture q negro
who attacked and seriously injured
Miss Louise Miller, a young white
girl. The negro beat her with A
club and physicians at the hospital
to which size was taken say her IN
juries may. prove fatal. Miss Miller
was returning from work and was
knocked down from behind BY her
assaila1t within a short distance Of
herohome. Miss Miller was dragged
into a ravine and badly beaten about
the head, portions of her body were
lacerated as if by teeth and most OF
her clothing was torn from her body.
have been sent for in an
eadeavor to trail her assailant.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
RECTOR I'm BAD REPUTE.
PEOPLE IN GREsNvMEE OPPOSE.
his ELECTION. v=ss5.szs2iFzsS
They Net in Mass Meeting and Put
Ont Candidate Against Him for
Sheriff. y

A special dispatch to The News,
and Courier from &:eenvlhes says ene
most remarkable gathering :o1 a poiie-
,ical nature held in that clty LOT many
years was ths~mass meeOng OF the
citizens Of GyeenTille County at the
beard of trade rooms Wednesday
night, for the purpose Of formally
naming an independent candidate for
the Office Of sheriff OF that county.
The result Of the gatherings was
unanimous endorsement Of Mr.. ". F.
VerSin, OF Austin Township, as the
independent candidate 20 oppose Mr..
hendrix Rector for this highest exc
cufiYeS Office OF the county. In the
meeting were men from all walks Of
life. The mil operatives, the4farm-
er, the clerk, tie merchant, the mill
superintendent, the mill president,
the banker, the broker and the bar
Der were all represented. A more
comprehensive collection%of men it
would be very difficult to find.
The meeting was the elimination
OF the opposition to Mr.. Rector, be-.
cause OF the alleged part he took: in
the arrest Of Messrs. Gilreath, Cos
nell and Phillips. The meeting was
not extensively advertised, being
more in the nature OF voluntary up
rising of the conservative citizens.
Of the approximately one hundred
and fifty men who were on hand, per-
haps twenty-five gave expression Of
their views. The keynote of all
these speeches was that the oaths OF
the primary were absolved, because
&C the fact that matters have now
risen above the standard Of politics.
The question, as these speakers
put it, is no longer one Of loyalty to
q more or less perfunctory form, but
OF loyalty to the manhood, prestige.
dignity and welfare of the county"
As one Of the gentlemen who ad-
dressed the gathering stated, the call
was no longer one Of politics, but Of
simple manhood an decercy." 1t
was pointed out that the movement
on foot Is not one to split the Dem
ocratic party, but to preserve it from
men who would vitiate 1t.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06

will be conducted by the County Su-
perintendent of Education. Foot ball
games between leading southern col
leges, are scheduled for. two days Of
the Fair, and this highly scientific
and enthusiasm producing sport will
draw thousands Of people. In the
horse racing events that take place
daily, will be seen some Of the fast
est trotting and running horses OF the
south
The automobile races will be races
in reality, and applications for en-
try are coming in from all sections OF
Orangeburg, and neighboring coun-
ties. A hair raising feature will be
the remarkable performance Of the
worldwide famed Babcock, in his
original act. entitled Looping the
Loop, wit loop, and then Leaplng
the Flume". This is free exhibit
ton that takes place twice daily. The
White and LaMartys Silent Comedi-
ans is another of the free exhibits,
and is one of the highest priced per-
fcrmances that could De secured.
What is conceded to be one OF the
best, If not the best carnival COM
panies touring the United States, has
been secured for the entire week,
and will have midways on the Fair
grounds, and Main Street.
An offer that has attracted num-
erous exhibits from other counties, Is
that of the railroads to return all
exhibits by freight free. The rail-
roads have granted very attractive
rates from all points. The promo
ters Of this vast enterprise have ar
ranged for the entertainment Of,
from fifty to one hundred thousand
visitors, and their expectations will
be realized, if the attendance last
year is a fitting criterion by which
to judge. There will be amusement
and instruction for every man, wo-
man and child. who come to Orange
burg during Fair week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
YOUNG GIRL is KILLED.
Eoth Feet Are Cut by a Train at
!NEendaIe Thursday.

Miss Ruth Myrick, the 16-year-old
daughter Of Mr. 3. r. Myrick, of A.
lendale, was run over at 1880 Thurs
DAY morning by the east-bound c.
and W. c. passenger train, and both
OF her legs severed from the body,
and as result of the accident die3
few hours later. 1t seems that Miss
Myrick was walking on the track in
front Of her home. and in an effort
to free herself Of danger from the ap-
preaching train, stumbled and was
caught beneath the wheels before the
engineer could stop his train. The
uatimely death of this fair girl, just
budding into womanhood, has cast a
gloom over the entire community.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
SOME BAPTIST FACTS
WHIT 4 GREAT CHURCH IS DO
ING IN THE STATE.
Leads AL Other Denominations in
Point of Church Members in South
Carolina.

The Baptist State Convention,
which will hold it's annual session in
Abbeville early in December, is the
largest religious body in the State.
The last United States census figures
of religious denominations, puts
down the leading denominations in
South Carolina as follows: 51.3 per
cent. of the total church membership,
Raplist; Methodist, 37.4 per cent;
Presbyterians, 5.3 per cent; Luth-
erans, 1.9 per cent; Roman Catholic,
1.9 per cent; Protestant Episcopal,
1.3 per cent; all others, 1.3 per cent.
1t will thus be seen that the Bal
fists constitute more than half the
total membership of all the churches.
The Convention will be attended oy
about 400 delegates, about IS pc:
cent. of whom will be laymen. In
this denomination, preachers have Nd
extra rights by virtue Of their oflce,
but are elected as delegates by
churches just as laymen are.
Probably the chief source of
strength of the Baptists is their home
mission work. In every State there
is a mission board, whose only duty
is to develop the denomination with
in the bounds of its own state. There
is also a mission board for the south,
and one for the north. These two
general home mission boards cooper
ate with these state boards, strength
ening the weak by the help OF the
strong.
For forty-two years there has been
a mission board among the Baptists
in South Carolina. More than half
of the white Baptist churches now In
the State have been helped by this
board, and innumerable colored
bodies. There are to-day no less
than 558 white Baptist churches in
South Carolina which were organized
or fostered by this board.
Among these churches are some OF
the very strongest bodies in the de-
nomination, as the First Church, at
Columbia; Florence, First; Shandon;
Abbeville; Central, Greenville; Lau-
rents, First; Lancaster, First; St.
Matthew's; Union, First; Conway;
Rock Hill, First and others.
1t is the policy Of this board to
help churches for limited mum Der
o. years, and it is a rare case where
aid is extended for more than four or
FIVE years. save in a most limited de-
gree. The purpose or the board is to
develop weak churches, not to sup
port them.
Secretaries of this board in the
mast have been men whose influence
in the State can hardly be over estl-
mated. These men have been: ]. O..
3. Dargan. j. F. Morrall, a. W. La
mar, w. H. Strickland, r. H. Grlf-
fifth. and T. NJ. Bailey. Of these all
save Mr.. Lamar and Mr.. Bailer7 are
dead. The present secretary is the
Rev. ". T. Derieux, D. D., native
Virginian. of old South Carolina
French Huguenot stock, as his name
implies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Drank Too Much Booze.

A dispatch from Spartanburg says
to the lax enforcement OF the liquor
laws in that city is attributed the ff-
tv-seven arrests which were made
there for drunkenness on circus Gay.
The session Of the Recorders Court
lasted practically all day and fines
we're imposed on the men who got
soused. 1t is also a notable fact that
mi the heavy docket there was NOT
one defendant charged with violat-
Ing the whiskey and beer ordinances
Of the city.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Killed His Sister by Accident.

A Clarksviile, Tenn. special says
that Louis Hale. accidentally shot
ard killed his sister, II years old,
~ their home fa1' miles south OF
C1arEsville. He had been cleaning a
revolver and stumbled as he stepped
across the room to nut il away, the
weapon striking something and be-
ing fred. The slot struck the girl
in the temple:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
TOOK LONG FREE RIDE
CARRIED oEEaC ACCIDENTALLY By
A BIG BALLOON.
With BIS Head Downward, the I'm
willing Man Was Carried Three
Miles Cross the Country.

Miles Cross the Country.
One of the most hair-raising,
breath-taking scenes that has ever
been witnessed in that section was
one at the Cumberland County Fair,
held at Fayetteville, n. c., last week,
which was viewed by the ten or more
thousand. people who had gathered
to take partnin that great show.
There was stosbe balloon ascension
OF Thursdays and great crowds gath
cred around the show grounds where
the balloon man was to start his up
ward shootsinto space.
All the arran gements and details
sfor filing the balloon had been COM
! !efed and>fhe man who was to ride
N the sgas bag stepped back into his
tent or apartments to get something
he had IeYt,When all Of sudden the
monster bag flied with gas, broke
loose from its fastenings and began
it's ascension alone.
AS it made it's way upward and
the ropes began to be picked up from
the ground, sharp shrill cry of a
man was heard, then there were
groans and screams, and to the hor-
ror of thousands of people who were
witnessing the upward trend Of the
bag, they saw dangling from the end
Of one of the ropes, hanging far be-
low the basket in which the balloon
artist rides, a human being.
All hope of staying the bag was
lost as it swept upward and onward
with the man hanging head down
ward, with his leghocked hard and
fast in the rope that dangled from
the bailon and several feet below
the basket or parachute.
1t was soon learned that the man
who had so suddenly been caught up
and carried away with the balloon
was Mr.. J. NJ. Smith, of Cypress
Creek, near Parkersburg, N. c., a
man about so years old and a farm
er The balloon continued its fight
until some 1900 or more feet in the
air and then began to watt slowly
with the wind and settle slowly to
earth.
AS it moved slowly it was noticed
:hat the man had managed by some
means to pull himself up and was
erasping for the basket, which be fin
ally did and seated himself in the
basket, where he remained until the
balloon once again rested on Mother
Earth, about three miles away from
where it went up. Mr.. Smith was
aot in inred in the least and after get
ting himself into the seat of the bas-
ket rather enjoyed the ride down
Yard to the earth.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
CHARGE OF TRAIN WRECKNG.
Man and Boy in Jail - Engineers
Widow Sues Southern.

Charged with wrecking Southern
Railway Passenger Train No. 43 on
October 4, causing the death OF En-
gineer Jacob Costner, Edward Rem
froe, aged 43, is in Jail at Clarksville,
Ga, Monday. This is the second ar
rest for the crime. Tom Tankersley,
said to be country boy, being ar
re sted several days ago. Tankersley
IS said to have made 4 partial con-
fession, declaring that, while drink
ing, he, with others, opened switch,
which caused the wreck. Renfroe
denies any completely in the affair.
Mrs. Costner, wife Of the dead engi-
neer, has fled suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the railroad.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Murder Mystery in Chicago.

Mystery surrounding thn murder
Of Sophia G. Singer, me.rbc: e q
well-Arown Baltimore family, whose
body was found bound and gagged
n rooming house il Chicago OF
Wednesday, three weeks after her
elopement with William Worthcn.
was rot solved by ar iuquest. which
was adjourned Wednesday night, at
ter a few witnesses had been exam
ined.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Gives Him Five Years.

William r. Kruse, former teller Of
the German National Bank of Gov
ington. KY, was sentenced to FIVE
years in the federal prison at Allan
Is Wednesday, when he pleaded gull
ty to the misuse Of $4,000 Of the
banks funds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
;. VERY SICK IAN.
No Hope for TIE Recovery Of Vice
P-cSiGcH. Ser IAN.
rested by Order of Gov. Blease.

\ dispatch from r';c%, y. y, says
lanes s. Sherman, E;cc President of
The United States. is seriously i'll and
G.=alilv fail;r~ p his home there.
While his physician, Dr.. Fayette II.
?eck, believes there is no immediate
danger, yet the distinguished patient
condition is such that it is . matter
CT cox;ecture how much longer he
can withstand the ravases of the d
sease with which he is suffering He
rnay withdraw from the Republican
Presidential ticket.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Saved Them From Chair.

Daniel Byrd Jr.. and Jake Moore,
convicted Of murder in Fairfield. in
Scn-ember. 1912. and sentenced to be
e,ectrocuted on November l. have
had their sentences commuted to life
imprisonment in the State Peniten-
tiarv bv the Governor. They are both
negroes
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Turks Still Retreating.

The Bulgarian army is vigorously
pursuing the Turks. who are retreat
ing in disorder and panic on Sera!
and Tchorlu Many guns and large
quantities Of ammunition have been
captured. Avail, near Luleburgas.
and Naras have been burned. All
the Christian inhabitants, according
to the Bulgarians, we're massacred.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Cot Games Peck C:-t,. I-;1o

Robert Robinson, Pit:sbu-g rail
read engineer. carried IN undos;r-
able cat 50 miles out OF the city. In a
bag, aad DUN ped It into q stream as
the train wes crossing TIE string
broke and the cat was liberated
When Robinson arrived home the
following morning he found the cat
under the steve and his wife sarcas-
tic,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
TIE GAMBLERS MUST GO.
Courts Sustain Governor Marshall
Using Militia.

At Michigan City, Ind, Judge Tut
hill rendered an opinion Saturday
denying to the Racing Foundation
Corporation Of America an injunc-
ton and thereby sustaining the &C
ton OF State authorities in quarter
ing troops at the Porter race track.
when told that the Indiana superior
court had sustained his action in
quartering state troops at the Porter
race track, Gov. Thomas r. Mar
shall expressed himself as satisfied.
That's fne," he said. "I'll show
them they can't dump all those Chi
cago gamblers into Indiana"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Four Lost Their Lives.

Four members OF an automobile
party bound for, Shawnee. Pa, from
their homes in Noble, Pa, were
drowned in the Delaware River Sat
urday when the ferry boat on which
they were crossing from Delaware,
n. j., was wrecked.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Eel q YIN Elevator Shaft.

I. G.. !. retired mining mil
lion 5 c ad as the result of in
iur: i've il a fall down an ele-
vato -. !e was sixty years old.
Mr.. : tered the lobby Of the
RroadN~. paTtment house where he
lived and walking hurriediy, plunged
INTO the open shaft. The car had
been raised to the second aoor for
reoajrs.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
CARRY TYPHOID FEVER GERMS
Cockroaches and Bcdbugs Are so
Branded by Surgeon.

Cockroaches and bedbugs are
branded as carriers Of typhoid fever
germs by Surg. R. E. Riggs, I. S. y.
Experiments on the cruiser Newark
some time ago made Dr.. Riggs sus-
picious OF bugs in genera. and of
these two classes in particular. :i2
tells. Of an outbreak OF tyl ho.l al q
naval post on an isolated island.
whehe lie was in charge 0: the food
and water supply. Careful study re-
vealed that cockroaches AMI bedbuss
were the distributors. Dr.. Riggs is
a native OF South Carolina.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
Ghost Guards Tunnel.

"a man without a head IS terror
izing freight trainmen at the Sand
Patch tunnel, near Hyndman, Pa
Several brakenen and fagmen have
refused to ride any train that enters
the tunnel unless they be allowed to
remain In the caboose.