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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
CONVERSE COLLEGE STEWARD
and COOK shot
SERVANTS In A PANIC
The Negro Cook, Who Caused All the
Trouble, Had Been Dismissed From
Service at the College, and Had
Come Back for Settlement as to
Wages.

A Spartanburg special to The News
and Courier says while two hundred
Converse College girls were at break
fast Thursday morning, J. D. Ches-
hire, a white man, steward of the in
stitution, and John Mayes, a negro
cook, fought a pistol battle in the
kitchen, which adioins the dining
room. Both were wounded.
When the pistol shots rang out
and negro mattresses, with bulging
eyes, ran screaming from the kit
chen into the dining room, the young
women were greatly startled. They
rose to their feet, and some prepared
to fee. Mrs. Sarah N. Huber, the
dean, finally restored calm.
After the shooting the negro ser
wants Of the College, including six
cooks and twenty mattresses, went on
strike. About thirty students, some
of whom had been reared in luxury,
volunteered their service. They don
ned aprons cleared of the breakfast
dishes, washed them, reset the table
and prepared and served luncheon
and supper.
Mr.. Cheshire discharged Mayes, it
is claimed, for stealing provisions.
Mayes called Thursday morning, it is
said, to get the wages due him. Mr..
Cheshire, according to report. handed
him the money and asked him If it
was the proper amount. Il don't
want to have any more trouble with
you," said the steward.
'.Oh, you don don't want to have
any more trouble with me-" repeated
the negro, into whose eyes came an
evil, sinister look, and at the same
time he drew revolver, according to
report. Mr.. Cheshire grasped the
weapon at the muzzle, it is claimed,
with his,left hand. Mayes shot. Mr..
Sheshire's hand, fearfully torn and
burned, dropped Imply to his side.
Mayes shot again, the bullet struck
Mr.. Cheshire's breast bone and glanc-
ed off. Mr.. Cheshire managed to
draw his own revolver with his right
hand and put five bullets into the
body of the negro. Mayes was car
ried to the Spartanburg Hospital.
His condition is desperate. Warrants
were issued for Mayes and Mr.. Ches-
hire. The latter was arrested, but
was released On bond.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Drowned by Accident.

The overturning OF motorboat on
Sunday night near Wansop, Wis,
caused the death of six persons-Her-
man Roehl, Gustav Jahnke and his
four children. Four others were saw
ed. The boat struck sunken log,
breaking the rudder. The current
was swift and the craft dritted over
a partially submerged pier and cap-
sized.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
THINK THEY SEE JOKER
FEAR EFFECT OF NEW CIVIL
SERVICE RULING.
Some Republicans Declare Democrat
ic Administration is Only Trying to
Clean Out Republican Postmasters.

Republican politicians at Washing
ton expressed the opinion recently
that they saw "joker" in the ad-
ministration's decision to revoke an
order of former President Taft bring
ing $4,000 fourth class postmasters
into the civil service, this decision
providing hereafter for examinations
for Democrats and Republicans alike.
Republican congressman see large
possibilities in the action of the ad-
ministration.
Under the civil service rule, the
post Office department will make its
selection Of a postmaster from a list
Of three eligibles. One at least Of
these eligibles is almost sure to be a
Democrat. That the postmaster gen.
eral will see to it that the Republican
eligfbles are passed over for Demo
Gratis is not only expected, but it has
been asserted on good authority for
weeks that this was just what Post
master General Burleson was plan
ming in the way the Republicans see
it.
Under such an arrangement a Re-
publican incumbent Of an Office
would have little chance. He might
pass a successful examination. Some
Democrat or more than one in the
community would probably get on
the eligible list. The post Office de-
partment, as Republican members of
congress view it, will do the rest.
In other words, while the Senate
Democrats are just now crying out
against overlooking the civil service
with Republicans, Democratic ad-
ministration is alleged to be planning
one Of the greatest pieces Of political
favoritism under the guise of the
civil service on record.
Against any such charges, the
Democrats declare, their plan Is much
more fair than President Taft's
wholesale order putting the postmas-
ters in the fourth class Offices into the
service without examination.
While Republican senators and
house members are disapproving Of
the Burleson announcement and
threatening trouble, as a matter Of
fact there is probably nothing they
can do, except to make speeches and
attack the Democrats for not obserV-
ing the spirit of the civil service law.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
WORK OF 4 REAL FIEND.
Some One Poisoned Two Horses for
Hampton Farmer.

4 small farmer, a good straight
citizen Of the Hockory Groce sec
ton Of Hampton county, about eight
miles distant from Brunson, lost his
only two horses few nights ago
from poisoning. Going in the early
morning, as usual, to feed his stock
he discovered his horses down and in
a dying condition. Examining the
troughs to see if they had eaten their
food Of the night before he discovered
a quantity of Paris green powder IN
the troughs. Both horses soon died.
Tracks Of a bicycle wheel were found
and followed some II or IL miles In
to the county Of Colleton, where they
were lost and no further discovery
has as yet been nada
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Escaped Prisoner Killed.

At soperton, Ca, ". L. Radney' a
farmer, arrested on burglary charge
was killed Thursday after he fed
from the lookup. The shot is said
to have been fred by Lee Keen, mem
Der of a posse, which included Mayor
Lamar Holmes and Town Marshal
Wadney, and is claimed to have been
accidental.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
Bryan Says Pleasant Things About
Them at BANQUET.

Bryan Says Pleasant Things About
Them at Banquet.
There is no place where the ideals
of the people are so firmly fixed and
so highly set as are the ideals Of the
people Of the South, declared the
Secretary of State, VIM. Jennings
Bryan in an address Saturday night
before the Southern Society Of Wash
ington. His speech throughout was
eulogistic Of the South and laudatory
of the men of that section who have
taken part in the formation and the
affairs of the nation. He pointed to
their ideals as an illustration Of those
whose 'convictions are such that they
don't stop to count how many stand
with them. "I hope the day will
never come" he added with empha-
sis. when a dollar bill will look so
large that mans good virtues are
small in comparison"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Jack johnson in the Tolls.

At Chicago Jack Johnson, cham
pion heavyweight fighter, was found
guilty Tuesday night Of violating the
Federal white slave law in transport
ing Belle Schreiber from Pittsburg
to Chicago in 1910. He was convict
ed on all seven counts in the indict-
nent. The jury returned its verdict
after an hours deliberation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Small Boy is Missing.

Search for six-year-old Albert
Smith, son of Alfred Smith, believed
to have been kidnapped, continues at
N. ]. The lad has been
since Friday a week. The
only clues to the lads disappearance
was the story told by a neighbor's
butler, that he heard Albert crying
don't lake me away"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
LITTLE CHILD WAS STOLEN.
Year and Half Old Baby Taken Off
BY Insane Negro.

At Jacksonville, Lucille Arbed, the
year and a half old baby, kidnapped
by an insane negress Monday morn
ing, was found in pitiable condition
Tuesday morning at $3.50 near an
abandoned race track just outside the
city, still in custody of the woman.
The baby's muffled cries directed the
searchers to a stall where the woman
was trying to hush it. The little one
was almost starved and showed evi-
dences of abuse but it was not MAIN
ed, as the woman had telephoned.
The child was restored to the frantic
mother at daybreak and the negress
locked up. The police believe that
others were concerned in the kidnap-
ping as a demand for money had been
made by telephone during the night
bv an unidentified negress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Fought Fatal Pistol Duel.

In a pistol duel at Girard, Ala,
Wednesday night, H. c. Elliott was
killed and ". B. Perry was probably
fatally wounded, according to adv1ces
received. Perry and Mary Lou Web
ster. a young white woman, who is
alleged to have been the cause OF the
duel, both are under arrest.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Mexican Officers Murdered.

twenty-five federal officers, includ-
ing an infantry and artillery colonel,
taken prisoners during last weeks
fighting above Guaymas, Mexico, we're
shot at public execution by order of
the Constitutionalist commanders.
The execution is admitted officially
BY state authorities.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Tonsilitis Becomes Epidemic.

At Canton, Mass, three more
deaths from tonsilitis occurred Mon
day, bringing the total since the cpl
demic started last week to sixteen.
Nearly 400 cases Of the disease have
been reported in the town. No pub
.ic services were held Sunday and the
public library and schools will remain
closed next week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
MANY YEARS IN PRISON.
Locked Up Twenty-Three Years Out
Of Thirty-six.

Arthur Patten, who at 80 has spent
% years in Kansas prisons, left the
penitentiary at Topeka, Wednesday,
paroled to a farm "to become a cltl-
zen". At the age OF seven Patten
stole a three-dollar-watch and was
sent to the State reformatory as an
incorrigible. Paroled after four years
he entered farmers house in Usage
county, where he had vainly sought
work, and ate food he found in the
pantry. Caught, he was compelled to
finish his reformatory sentence and
then was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for second degree burglary.
Gov. Hodges acted promptly when he
learned the circumstances. Society
has committed a crime against Pat
ten," he said.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
MANY KILLED IN WRECK.
Mexican Rebels Blow Up Train With
Mexican Regulars.

Two hundred lives are reported
lost in the train disaster at Den, near
the Sinaloa-Sonora border Thursday.
State troops leaders declare the train
bearing $50 Mexican Federal soldiers
was not dynamited by stealth. 1t Is
said the insurgents fired into the
train, exploding car Of dynamite
which the Federals were conveying
to Guaymas. Only fifty Of the pas
sengers are reported to have escaped
death, and others were wounded.
The troops were moving from San
Bias in Northern Sinaloa, to Alamas,
below Guaymas, from which point
the insurgents feared they would
proceed to reinforce the garrison de-
Tending the Gulf port.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Condemn Present Styles.

That the styles in women's dresses
are tending to "break down chastity
and purity and that the general
convention of the church to be held
at New York should take action were
features Of resolution passed during
the recent session Of the Episcopal
diocesan council Of South Carolina
at Charleston.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
AUSTIN HAS BEEN CAUGHT.
Said to Have Been Taken in Custody
Way Out in Ohio.

". c. Cathcart, chief OF police OF
Columbia, received letter last week,
signed W. Jackson, Toledo, Ohio, to
the effect that a man, who says his
name is "Dick" Austin, Is in that
city, and that the writer believes he
is the negro wanted for the attempt
ed criminal assault on white wo-
man at Luray, and the resultant kill
ing Of three white men and the
wounding Of two others week before
last. The letter was referred to Sher-
if J. B. Morris, of Barnwell county.
Although it is hardly probable that
this is the Hampton desperate. Sher-
ic Morris wired Jackson to hold the
suspect. and that full description of
Richard Henry Austin would follow
by mail.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
First Man to Land Job.

The Senate has confirmed the nom
ination of J. R. Montgomery to be
postmaster at Marion. This Is the
only South Carolina postmaster nom
ination that has been confirmed thus
far In the Wilson Administration
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Want HOUSE BILL
WILSON CONES OUT FOR FREE
SUGAR and WOOL
WANTS NO COMPROMISE
Regards 1t as the Duty Of the Demo-
cratic Majority In the Senate to
Fulfill the Platform Pledge by En-
acting the House Tariff Bill Into
Law

Lave
President Wilson came out strong
" Thursday as the champion Of free
wool and free sugar in three years as
provided for in the tariff bill recently
passed by the House. He announced
emphatically that he was not consld-
ering compromises Of any sort; that
he stood squarely behind the measure
as it passed the House and that he
regarded it as the duty of the Demo-
cratic majority In the Senate to fulfill
its platform pledge by enacting the
House bill into law.
81 am not the kind" said the Pres
ident, "that could ask compromises
when I once take my position. I
have taken my stand with the House
leaders for the present bill. Enough
said. I am not loking for or accept
ing compromises"
The Presidents utterance was
made a half a hundred newspaper
correspondents who gathered as
usual at the White House for
the semi-weekly conference. Prac-
tically at the same time the Sen
ate was engaged in protracted debate
at the end Of which an agreement
was reached to vote on the question
of public hearings on the tariff bill.
While the President smilingly let
it be known that he was expressing
no opinion whatsoever on the pro-
posal for hearings and that this was
subject for the Senate to dispose of,
his statement of unqualified support
for the House bill was taken general
ly to mean that Mr.. Wilson copstd-
cred arguments from special interest
on the tariff schedules to have been
closed when the measure passed the
House. He is understood to regard
the effort to obtain hearings as
flibustering device.
The correspondents were about to
leave the Office when the President
asked If it were true that reports
were being circulated Of compromise
on the wool and sugar schedules.
All day there had been rumors that
concessions of some kind would be
made on the principal schedules in
order to satisfy opposition in the
Senate.
The President had been told by
friends that in some sources there
was an expectation that duty would
be put on raw wool or that the pro-
vision for free sugar after three
years would be dropped. 1t was to
counteract these statements that he
took occasion to make his position
clear.
OF course, it Is expected at the
White House that ther evil be min
or changes in the bill made by the
finance committee, certain equaliza-
tions and corrections which have
been approved by House leaders since
the bill left their hands, but in the
principal schedules, such as wool and
sugar, the President is determined
that there shall be no change If he
can prevent. There were even inti-
nations that he might veto a bill
that came from the Senate with
amendments on wool or sugar.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
Currency is GermleSs.

DR.. ". C. Rucker Of the public
health service declares that the Unit
ed States currency is free from
germs. The ink used in printing
proved perfect gernicide.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
Surprise for Offcialdom.

He was a postmaster, and rats IN
his office were playing havoc with reg
istered letters, so he wrote to his
chief and his chief wrote to his chlet'
and so the matter went on, till about
six months later when he was older
and grayer, he received official per-
mission to keep a couple of cats and
provide for their cost in milk. For
month all went well, but then he was
compelled to forward to headquarters
this ominouS message:
II have the honor to inform you
that the senior cat is absent without
leave. What shall l do?"
The rats were busy again, and II
was impossible to wait another six
months for official directions, so he
took the matter into his own strong
hands, and a week later wrote:
RE absent cat. l have promoted
the junior cat and have taken into
Government service a probationary
cat on full rations."
The high officials are still trem-
bling at his audacity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
Summer Friends
By MRS. FRANK LEARNED.

n the choice of friends the MAORI
ty OF persons are very hasty and
select them for trivial reasons. 1t
Is well and right to be courteous and
considerable to everyone with whom
one comes in contact. 1t is different
matter to choose them as friends.
we exercise the greatest care" says
sensible writer, "in the choice of a
Jog or a horse; we inquire into its
pedigree, its training and character,
and yet too often we leave the selec-
Iion of our friends, which is of in
Hhltely greater importance-by whom
our life will be inf1uenced-slmost to
chance"
II is true that a real friend may
SoIhetimes be found in summer. When
we can add a kindred spirit to the
lumber tr of our friends, it is a pleasure.
gileh there is stir of expectation in
Sung TO new place and in the an
STtCIpalon of meeting new friends.
cry charming unknown friends may
oe at the turn of a road 1t is wise,
however, to be a little reticent until we
are able to judge of a new acquaint-
ahce. There can never be the highest
made
Choosing friends should not be
mere accident, or because people meet
me same hotel in summer or meet
III travelling, or are thrown together in
.ouhtry amusements. For instance,
,M9 very young persons, a young girl
Gnu man, meet in the summer and
IRE re thrown in one another's society
-.ey imagine that they are greatly
oStraCted to one another. Their par
nus look on with apparent indiffer-
nee and say, 1T is nothing but
sumner friendship
Inese summer friendships and in
,-liacles often result in rash, impetu-
Jus engagements where the attach
tieht has no substantial foundation.
n mere fancy, an infatuation, often
lakes young people hasten thought
iiessly into an engagement. Vanity
I've or admiration, love of power in
inning attention, may be among thd
t.nGentlves toward inducing a girl II
axe most important step.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
The Dog in the Manager
BY FRANCES L. GARsIDE.

ttTAM young girl of o." a very
distressed young woman writes
4 me, "and have been keeping
company with a man of % for two
years steady, and as yet he has never
declared himself, or. in other words,
has never asked me to marry him. He
is always talking as though he had no
intentions whatever; still he calls so
steady and keeps telling me what d
good, sensible girl l am and hopes
will marry some one worthy of me.
How can | know where ] am at. as
l now feel ought to drop him. All our
friends think we are engaged"
Robs Her Youth.
There are courts for those who offend
against the statutes and courts for the
protection Of juveniles. but no court in
which punishment is provided for the
man who sins against a girl and violates
no law in the SHINING
There Is no law providing punish
ment for the man who plays the dog in
the manager with a girl. He can finger
around her for years. giving her every
reason for hoping that he will some day
marry her leading every friend to think
they are engaged and keeping away
suitors who are more honorable and then
drop her. and escape all punishment!
He robs her Of the freshness Of her
youth he takes up her time; he es-
FRANCES her from her friends; by his
growls and barks he frightens other
men away, and then, like the dog that
he is, he runs away when he finds
those who might learn to care for her
her have passed on and forgotten her
An Agreeable Place.
Even now. after two years, this man
is a little more attentive II he scents a
rival 81 do not want you for a wife"
his attitude declares, but l don't in
tend to let any other man have you"
He enjoys her society without paying
the price for 1t in rent and groceries.
He has an agreeable place to loaf with
out any OF the obligations that owner
ship attaches He enjoys the sympa-
thies and companionship of woman
yet retains his freedom. He likes her.
His two years attention proves IL; but
he LOVES himself.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10

step ends the dance grdcd"Hy !" tn"
left and the girls right S~Hg
the Weigt to the bent outer hee
The separate little semtcrce at Vo'st
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
The Best Corrective

and preventive of the numerous
ailments caused by defective
or irregular action of the Or
gans Of digestion-is found
in the safe, speedy, certain
and time-tested home remedy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10

best way to dance is to have
good, catchy music and a good
partner who catches your idea.
and then work out your dance by
getting into the spirit of it.
1.-THE real tango-the Tango
Argentine-is not ballroom
dance. Any way, you do not
often see it danced without modi-
fication in this country. But it
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
He Didn t Know.

81 am eighteen" writes r. s., land
| am earnestly in love with man one
year my senior. know he loves me.
as he has declared himself many times.
have been keeping company with him
for eleven months. This week he called
on me, and when he was about to de-
part he attempted TO kiss me, which
resisted and refused him. Please tell
me IL did right by refusing, as he has
turned very cold since"
The foolish fellow thought that a kiss
was the proof of love. He does not
know that If every kiss proved love. no
one would be single-hearted. You love
him. but you want the engagement ring
on your niger before you kiss him and
you are right.
THE greatest sin 'twixt heaven and
hell is first to kiss and then to tell"
The girl who kisses freely is in danger
of kissing promlscuously. and the man
always tells.
He has protested his love for you.
Can you not ask him, my dear, If that
means he wants you to be his wife?
For under no other conditions may you
kiss him. / am sure the laws that gov
ern loving will give you this right with
out stamping you as forward or I'M
maidenly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-10
THE HOUR GLASS
BY CONSTANCE CLARKE

TNO-MORROW and tomorrow, what If all
The hours mine to plan-out of the gray
And misty future would call
Them to me, learn the secrets of each day,
And then unbidden l would let them go
For / would know.
If might hold the hour glass in my hand,
And breathless watch the tiny stream of gold,
I'd long for things could not understand
I'd tire of all things known, for time would hold
No hidden secrets but my Own-and so,
l would not know.