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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
SAID he WAS RUSSIAN.
spartanburg Prisoner Tries New
Route, but Gets 80 Days.

When Philip Alexander, a white
man, arrested on railroad train for
refusal to pay his fare, was brought
before Magistrate Robert ]. Can't, OF
Spartanburg, for trial Saturday, he
represented in broken English that
he was Russian, unfamiliar with
the language and customs Of this
country. Magistrate Can't sent for
a native Of Russia, who runs shoe
repairing shop, to act as interpreter.
It was then demonstrated that Alex
ander could neither speak nor under
stand Russian, German or am
other languages of continental Eu-
rope. When he saw that his game"
would not work, he pleaded for elem
ency in fluent and eloquent English.
Magistrate Can't sent him up for
thirty days.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
GERMS IN LETTER.

CONTINUED from first page.).
was chosen from list OF 500 Known
to be subscribers to charity. The
money, he directs, is to be left at the
Grant Monument in Lincoln Park.
Mr.. Steele attempted to make light
Of the affair. "It is only an ordinary
blackmail plot" he said: eve are
not at all afraid. The matter was
turned over to the authorities, as
any attempt Of this sort should be.
did not even read all Of the letter.
The fact that germs are supposed to
have been found proves nothing to
me-"
The letter contained pasty SUBJ
stance between the pages. 1t was
turned over to chemists employed by
the postal authorities, who discover
ed colonies Of germs in it. The gov
ernment chemists, however, were un-
able to state the nature of disease.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Makes a Great Change.

Ex-Governor NJ. R. Patterson, OF
Tennessee, who recently professed
con version, seems to have gotten a
dosa of good old time religion. He
is now lifting his voice whenever oc-
casiou presents in denunciation of
the Nouor traffic and the men and in
tere1s that are behind impure poll
tics in Tennessee. Mr.. Patterson is
an ab]e> man and splendid speaker,
and the forces of civil Righteousness
gained a powerful ally when ne JOIN
Cd himself to their standard. The
mercies Of God are sure and enduretn
forever
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
TWO TRAINS CRASH.
CONTINUED from first page }

CONTINUED from first page.)
A. Hall, of Savannah, negro porter
internal injuries.
John Bivens, of Savannah, negro
fireman Of passenger train knee
sprained.
Will Harris, of Savannah, brake
man on freight train, bruised about
head and shoulders.
E. Robinson, Savannah, fireman,
leg sprained.
The passengers reported injured
are:
Mrs. ]. E. Goodwin, of Sty1.
J. C. Coates, Of Savannah.
]. S. Fallow, Of Castor.
f. NJ Robinson, of North.
L. R. Oates, Of Columbia.
A q. Stroman, of Swansea.
A women patient who was being
brought to the State Hospital, was
injured by falling timber.
1t is said that the wreck was caus-
ed by trainmen Of the freight mis-
reading their time, in that their
watches were l hour slower than
they should have been. The passen-
ger train was running dead on time,
and of course, had the right away. 1t
is said that the freight crew thought
it was an hour earlier than it really
was and that this was the cause Of
the wreck. This report cannot be YER
ified. The track was torn up for some
distance and Seaboard trains are be-
ing detoured over the Southern via
Denmark. .
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
YUAN THANKS WILSON.
Chinese Ruler Acknowledges Res.
milton by United States.

Acknowledgement of President
Wilson's message of congratulation
upon bis election as first permanent
president OF the Chinese republic has
been received from Yuan Shi Kal at
the state department His answer
reads:
"Peksng, Oct 13, 1913.
Intensely appreciative of your ex-
cellency's congratulation and compll-
ment extended to me on the occasion
of my Inauguration as president of
the Chinese republic, 1 offer to your
excellency my most sincere thanks
for them. The high trust and conf
dence which the people Of China,
through the national assembly, have
seen ft to place in me, makes me
fully conscious of the great response
bilities that go with them. Happy
in the performance Of my duties, L
always have the luminous example Of
the United States to guide and help
me. It also affords me mucn oehsnt
to observe that your excellency's s
hope and expectation for the ad-
vancement of China and the promo
ton Of the peace and happiness and
prosperity Of her people under the
republican system Of government CO.
incide precisely with my resoEute aim
and firm object in carrying on the
new administration. With this re-
newed indication of sympathy and in
terest from your excellency, my hope
to draw the bonds of friendship and
good understanding that unite the
two sister republics has grown
stronger than ever and it will be an
unfailing pleasure to me to co-ope-
rate with your excelIency to attain
this end.
"Y,rsn ShI Kai."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
President Chosen.

At the meeting which was held at
the Farmers Bank and Trust Co.
Monday morning Mr.. Shep Pearlstine
was chosen as president Of that in
stitution, vice Mr.. D. S. Murph, re-
signed. Mr.. Murph will leave in a
few days to take up his duties at
Washington where he holds the posi-
ton of chief clerk of the agricul-
tural committee.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Loses Both Legs.

Robert Melton, white, about 81
years of age, fell as he attempted to
catch moving freight train out OF
Florence Saturday afternoon and had
both legs cut off between the knee
and ankle. He was from Chester
field county and had been in Flor
ence some time. He was taken to an
infrmary for treatment by railroad
physician.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Sees Father Shot for Deer.

'<You got him all right" yelled the
daughter of Warren Briggs, of Cof-
fms Mills, n. Y, as Grover Spencer
fired at what he thought was deer
on a driev in the woods. Members Of
the hunting party were horrifed a
moment later to discover the body of
Briggs lying in the brush, a bullet
wound in his heart.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29

cial inquiry at New York. Commis-
sioner Caminetti and DR.. Parker
studied the record before the arrival
Of Herbert R. Reeves, engaged by
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont Of New York,
to represent Mrs. Pankhurst, and F.
S. O'Neil.
In response to inquiries by men,
bers Of the board, the record showed
that Mrs. Pankhurst detailed in brief
the history OF her life, particularly
with reference to her activities in
the cause Of woman suffrage. She
admitted having been imprisoned five
times for various offences against
British laws. three times for attempt
ing to present petitions for woman
suffrage to the king or authorities Of
the British home office, the technical
reasons for her arrest these times,
was, she explained, interference with
police. The last time she was ar
rested she was charged with "con-
spiracy" for delivering addresses cal
culated to incite her suffragette fol-
lowers to acts Of violence, to the de-
struction of property and possibly of
life. She was convicted and SEN
fenced to three years servitude but
was subsequently released when she
Instituted her hunger strike. She
explained that while she was released
on what amounts to parole, she had
delivered other speeches since her
release and no obstacle was laid in
the way of her departure from Great
Britain.
What was your purpose in COM
ing to the United States?" she was
asked.
"To tell the true story Of the wo-
mems fight in England" she replied,
"I come exactly as Parnell and Red
mond and other revolutionary lead
ers have come-to get sympathy"
"Is it your purpose in this country
to advocate the tactics that you have
in Eng!and-violence and the de-
struction OF property in order to &C
complish your purposes?"
81 do not come to interfere with
the business Of American women, for
it is their business to get the vote
for themselves"
''Is it your purpose to advise them
to accomplish their purpose if neces-
sary by the destruction Of property or
life"
II have never advised the destruc-
tion OF life. do not come to advise
women at all. I consider
conditions totally different here from
what they are in England"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Gives Up Sfrfsibfes.

Because of the disaster Of the
Zeppelin dirigible balloon SAs Ger
man minister Of war has coEnter-
manded all the proposed ascents Of
the military di7igfSles Zodiac ana
Belgique for the year. He also mas
decided to suspend and probably Will
abandon the intended purchase Of a
new dirigible of the German rigid
type.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Te~ro Drops Dead.

No little excitement was created at
tho Commercial club Of Chester Fri
dav night. when Henry Clifton, the
negro ianitor, dropped over on the
floor in the presence Of scores or
ladies and girls and died in few
minutes from heart failure. Inc
ladies' we're getting ready for the
p,ritv brotherhood banquet and
Clifton was performing some little
duties in the way Of running errands
when he toppled over.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
-FOUR DAYS FIRE AT SEA.
Dutch Steamer Had Hard Battle With
Flames.

The Royal Dutch West lndlan
mail steamer Jan Van Nassau, Capt
Van de Est, which arrived IN Ne"
York Thursday from the West indies
reported that On the outward passage
from Amsterdam on October 4, be-
tween the channel and the Azores
fire broke out in the coal ounkers'
spread to the cargo in the forehoid'
and ragged for four days until the
vessel succeeded in reaching st.
Michaels, when the flames were got
under control. About 500 tons OF
cargo was destroyed besides all coal
In the forebuukers. There was only
one passenger oa board. The Jan
Van Nassau is a new steamer ano
this is only her second voyage TO
New York.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Eat Chestnuts and Die.

Ptomaine poisoning from eating
.hes.nuts is the cause given by ply
aicians for the deaths Of Edward ko-
berts. six years old, and his brother,
RAYMOND, three years old, OF Forest
Vile. Conn. The physicians believe
the nuts were affected by chestnut
blight.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
MRS. PANKHURST HEADED BY I'M.
MIGRATION OFFICIALS
PRISONER In new YORK
Leader In Violent Suffrage Movement
Of English Women for Ballot De-
tanned Until Appeal is Disposed Of
Threatens Hunger Strike if She
is DepOrted.

Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, fore
most of English militant suffragettes,
who Saturday reached America on
the liner Provence to appeal for the
sympathy and support Of the Ameri-
can people in "the revolution" for
which she says she is fighting, is a
prisoner at Ellis island under order
OF deportation, awaiting the issue of
an appeal which is to be decided at
Washington.
With Miss Rheta Childe Dorr, an
other OF the arriving English mill
tants, who was voluntarily detain-
ed" that she might be with her lead
er, Mrs. Pankhurst, occupies the
commissioners suite OF two rooms in
the administration building. While
presenting an appearance Of bare
ness, the rooms are comfortably fur
nished and the best in the building.
They are those in which Cipriano
Castro, former Venezuelan dictator,
was detained while his case was
pending. From the broad windows
overlooking the harbor, Mrs. Pank-
hurst can see the statue Of Liberty.
Mrs. Pankhurst was detained by an
immigration inspector on her arrival
and at once was taken before
special board Of inquiry which, after
examining her, decided, because she
had been convicted abroad for acts
involving moral turpitude, she was
an undesirable alien. The board
therefore ordered her exclusion.
So far as the personality Of Mrs.
Pankhurst Is concerned, many pre-
conceived notions Of her were upset
by her appearance and her general
attitude as she was taken to Ellis is
land and appeared before the in
quiry board.
There was no suggestion of the
hardy woman who could face self
starvation to gain freedom. The i'm
migration inspectors watching her as
she sat in the "well" in the board
room, saw delicate, pale woman of
motherly appearance. Her voice was
that Of a woman Of good breeding.
Saturday night, weary Of her expe-
rience of the day, she retired early,
to all appearances composed for
good nights rest and without worry
as to the outcome OF her case.
immigration Commissioner Can't
netti Sunday declined to release Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst. British mill
tant suffragist, on bond from the
Ellis Island immigration station, New
York, pending final adjustment of her
appeal from the deportation order
issued Saturday by special board of
inquiry. Her case will be taken up
formally by Commissioner Caminetti
and it is said a definite decision on
her release or deportation may be
reached at any time.
Commissioner Caminetti said that |
his beside was mot to be rushed into |
a decision of a case nationally and |
important" but that
he had done and would do all in his |
power to facilitate its determination.
Unprecedented efforts finally to dis
pose of the case we're made by the
officials and they sue
ceeded practically "in clearing the
decks" for positive action.
Just before the hearing began on
Sunday there came by special deliv-
cry mail the official record of the
before the board Of spe-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
PASS THE BILL.
Congress Should not Let Opposition
Stop Currency Reform.

We agree with The New York
World that when a political question
in the United States becomes so COM
plicated that the people and their
representatives are held to be incap-
able of dealing with it, the time for
action of some kind has most Ger
tainly arrived. No blunder that Con-
gress can possibly commit viii eq-sI
the error in such case Of an aolcct
surrender to outside influences. Op-
position to banking and currency re-
form now rests chiefly upon the as
sertion that bankers and not polite
ians must determine it's scope and
that banking principles and not polit'
ical principles must be our guides.
Yet, says The World, the present
scandalous financial system may be
traced much more directly to bankers
who have kept it alive. 1t IS bankers
who for fifty years have failed or re-
fuse to improve upon it. 1t is bank
ers in the main who have profted by
it. II we are to wait until those who
are controlled only by banking prin-
ciples get ready to act, true reform
will never be had. We might get a
central banking monopoly in the
course of time, but not much else. In
this respect the banking and currency
abuses resemble the tariff abuses.
very recently cured.
When those who had grown rich
by the tariff lost at the polls, they
held that what politicians had done
politicians were not competent to un.
do. 1t was argued that taxes bur
dening millions for the benefit Of
few, originally imposed by plain rep
resentatives Of the people, could DE
removed or lowered only by men OF
science. 1t was admitted that the
people Of the United States in Con-
gress assembled might be graciously
permitted to write tariffs for privi.
lege and monopoly, but when 1t was
proposed to rewrite or erase them a
Tariff Commission Of experts govern
ed by sound principles became abso-
lutely necessary.
We know by experience that to
have waited for a Tariff Commission
to take the p1under and plutocracy
out Of the tariff in superior fashion
would have been vain. Tariff Com
missions may have their uses In reg
ulating system from which the e1-
tortion has been eliminated, but there
is nothing like Congress Of the
United States to destroy wrongs that
are rooted in rapacity and fortified
by law. The people elected Con-
gress to do this very work last year,
and it should do it without fear or
favor. Congress should not let the
bankers or any other influence keep
it from doing its plain duty to the
people.
The great framework of banking
and currency reform in this country
must be prepared by representatives
of the people. They know the injus-
tices Of which complaint is made.
They know that bankers themselves
need instruction and restraint. They
know that the existing system pro-
duces jobbers and spectators rather
than financiers. They know also that
too many Of our bankers answer bet
ter to the classification Of dummy
than they do to thai Of scientist.
Knowing these things, they ought not
to be misled or frightened by the
assumptions Of the very persons
whose evil. courses they are expected
to correct.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Horses Are Burned.

Thirty-three horses we're burned
to death, a tobacco warehouse, sew
eral dwellings and livery stable
we're destroyed by fire Of unknown
origin at Chatham, Va, Thursday.
Several farmers sleeping in the to-
bacco warehouse narrowly escaped
being burned to death. The loss is
estimated ct $4,000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
SAVES MANS LIFE.
High School Teacher Of Conway Docs
Heroic Work.

Robert McCracken, the superin-
tendent of the "Snow Hill" farm on
the outskirts Of Conway, happened
to a horrible accident at the farm
ginnery Tuesday afternoon. While
attempting to unchoke one OF the
gins his hand was caught in the saws
and torn into shreds. AS he stag
gered from the gin house to his home
his cries for help were heard by Miss
Edna Mae Stephens, Of the High
School faculty, who requested the
wounded man to sit down. She
quickly and tightly clasped the arm
above the wound and practically
checked the flow Of blood from the
arteries until medical assistance
could be secured. Mr.. McCracken
was rushed to hospital where 1t
was found necessary to amputate the
arm at the shoulder. The self-pos-
session and quick action on the part
of Miss Stephens probably saved Mr..
life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
TENDER and -FOUR COACHES FALL
TWENTY FIVE FEET
Kills TWENTY SOLDIERS
Special Train Carrying Load Of Sol
diers to State Fair Runs off Track
.-.-t,-- -. ~.-F
While on Mississippi Trestle Caus-
mg Entire Train With its Human
-. - -. &:
Load to Fall to the Ground.

Twenty soldiers were killed and
more than 100 persons were injured
when a special train on the Mobile
& Ohio railroad plunged through a
trestle near State Line, Miss, Sun
day afternoon. The entire train fell
q distance of 25 feet. The wreck was
caused by the engine tender jumping
the track about 200 feet from tres
ela. The engine was not deraiied and
passed over the trestle safely. The
tender broke loose from the engine,
however and plunged with the bag
gage car and three coaches to the
ground, 25 feet below.
At nine o'clock Sunday night 16
bodies had been taken from the
wreckage and Superintendent Pig
ford said in his report that he was
sure four more bodies were in the
debris, which will rot be cleared
away for "a hours. According to a
report which is unconfirmed these
were the dead:
Joseph T. Ebern, Ernest ParQuett,
Clyde Teel, H. B. Bishop, G. c. Bur
Lesson, Joseph Provence ". H. Brim,
Goodies, Remsen. Gruckle, Acres,
Capt. Johnson, Sth regiment band;
Corporal Konler, Corporal Chelewski
Van Stebeins, private. One body, un-
identified, with initials "H. T." in
cap.
One hundred and seventy-nire sol
diers were on board the special train.
They were from Forts Morgan and
Earancas. They were en- route TO
Meridian to participate in the Mis-
sissippi-Alabama joint State talT.
They were under command Of MAJ.
Taylor. The men had been taken to
Mobile early Sunday and at noon
their ill-fated special left Mobile.
AS meagre news Of the wreck III
tered into Meridian special relief
train bearing physicians and nurses
lett for the scene. Other trains left
from Mobile and Whistler, Ala. When
It was learned at Mobile that train
bearing the dead and wounded was
bound for that city another train car
rying more doctors and nurses was
sent to meet the one bearing the VIC
tins.
AS Is usual with troop trains the
coaches we're filled and when the
three cars tumbled through the tres
tie the men had little protection. The
dead and injured were entangled IN
a twisted mass Of wreckage, making
st difficult to remove the dead bodies
or rescue the injured. Because OF
the confusion due largely to poor
wire communication it was impossi-
BILE to ascertain how many OF the
wounded were expected to die or
Who they were.
The first report Of the wreck sent
to the war department was that II
had been killed, but soon after 1t
was sent other bodies were found.
Superintendent Pigford is firm in his
belief that at least four more bodies
are In the wreckage, but until the
Debris Is cleared away final state
ment Of the casualties cannot be
made.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Negro Baby Burns.

The home Of Addie Belton, negro
woman living near Ridgeway, was
completely destroyed Tuesday by fire,
and her ight-months-old baby, left
in the house while the mother was in
the field picking cotton, was burned
to death.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Will Distribute Copies.

Senator Tillman says that he has
a number Of copies Of the new tariff
and income tax laws, and that he
will be glad to send copies to cor
porations' and individuals who may
desire them if they will write to him
at once, before the supply Is exhaust
aI
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Tventy-eight Hurt.

Twenty-eight persons were injured
three Of them seriously, When Big
Four passenger train Sunday was de-
ra;1ed three miles south Of Tippin'
ohio One coach rolled down an en-
bapkmeDts -s--.,,,--ss-5sssssza - : So T.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
Child Swallows Jackpof.

Parents Of jeanette Wieland, a
year-old baby of Chicago, played po-
ker with friends. using match heads
for chips. jeanette swallowed the
jackpot and died Of sulphur poison
ing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
WILL SEND SHIPS
Great Britain Accepts Invitation to
Join International Fleet.

Gr ca t Britain Tuesday accepted the
invitation from the United States
government to send representative
vessels of the British navy to the
gathering of the international fleet
in Hampton roads early in 1915. The
fleet will celebrate the completion OF
the Panama canal by making a voy-
age to the Pacific through the new
waterway. The foreign Office has
turned over the arrangements as to
the war vessels to be sent to Hamp-
ton Roads to the admiralty with
recommendation that the British
navy be @'liberally represented"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
FIREMAN IS KILLED.
Coast Line Train is Derailed With
Fatal Result.


James Ramsey, coloTed fireman OF
Atlantic Coast Line train, No. Sc.
northbound from Savannah and due
at the Columbia Union Station at
1920 Sunday night, was killed, and
Engineer W. H. Martin slightly
bruised when the engine, express car
and two forward coaches jumped the
track a short distance south OF Green
Pond. The accident occurred at
9:14 o'clock Sunday night, and at
midnight a hastily made up wreck
ing train of five cars, in charge Of
Superintendent ]. C. Murchison, left
the Union Station for the scene OF
the wreck. From the meagre de-
tails to be obtained Up to a late
hour it is believed that none OF the
passengers was injured.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29

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