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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

taken off and laid down. neatly fold
ed, at the foot of a tree.
Bud was busy. too. First he took
Roland's under-clothes and tied them
together; then he tied knots in them
in several places, pulling the knots
as hard and fast as he could. Then
he picked up the Lord Fauntleroy
shirt waist, tied knot in 1t and then
tied one of the sleeves to the under
wear. To this he fastened Rolands
stockings. tying knot in each OF
them.
And, to cap the climax, he affixed
this string of knotted clothing to Ro-
lands trousers-so that the whole
might have been likened to kite
with a long, knotted tail. That done,
he quietly deposited the clothes at
the foot of the tree where the new
boy had left them and slipped into
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For YOU see the message the wind
had brought was that thoughtless
boy had shot the lnother Wren with
his air rifle. and SO the leaves were
all mighty sorry for the little fiedg-
ling. The big leaf at the end of the
branch sheltered her while it
stormed; the wind made her strong;
and when the storm was over the sun
shone. The little Wren had learned
a little self-confidence through her
trip across the branch. SO that, after
little. she found courage to go forth
and find her own food, and all be-
cause the leaf at the end of the
branch had kept on calling and beck
oning to her.
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- OW Roland Wilberson had not
MV been in Cherrydale ten days be-
fore the boys set him down as a
u I'D sissy" And chief among his
detractors vas no less parsonage in
the juvenile world of that village than
Bud" Brown.
Indeed, 1t was largely because
Bud" had stamped him as such that
the rest of the boys came to that con-
clusion; for, to put it slang. whatever
But said went" But. If the truth be
told, neither they nor Bud had seen
any evidence that proved Roland that
most despised of all things in the
world of boyhood-a Sissy"
Bud had come to this conclusion
after one short experience with Ro-
land which. to Buds way of thinking,
was quite enough. To begin with,
little Roland was new boy in town"
for ii was only ten days ago that his
parents had moved into the big yellow
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ter and told the clerk to see what
flavors the boys wanted. just as he
had seen his father do many times be-
fore with grown-follSs.
There was a great to-do among the
boys in deciding what they wanted ;
but at last all the orders were in-that
is, all except Buds.
Hey. kid" he said. with a grin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-31

0HOOSIN sides for baseball is a bully way
" To find out what fellows think about your play.
~ For if you re mufer. when for men they call,
You're the last one taken. if you're took at all.
Each side has captain an they choose you know.
One says, I'll take Reddy;" other I'll take Joe;''
Il want Tommy Jackson. " Gimme Sammy Kline
So they keep a-choosin till each get nine
Last time playin' Billy Brown was one
Of the fellows choosn' he's our champion;
An while was wondern' who his choice would b
| heard him a-ssyin' that he wanted me-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
BOYS AND GIRLS WORK.
Many Corn and Tomato Clubs Are In
the Land.

The department of Agriculture
Tuesday announced that winners of
the State prizes in the boys corn
club, contests in the Southern States
would visit Washington and be well
comeed by the department on Dec
ember II. 1t is proable that win
ners of State prizes in the girls to-
mato raising contests will visit here
at the same time. There now are
about 10000 boys in the corn clubs
in the Southern States and about3 A.
900 girls in the tomato clubs. The
Northern States have just started or
sanizing this year, but it is thought
that altogether there are about 100,-
900 children in the club work.
Present indications are that there
will be something over 200 boys in
the Southern States whose corn crop
will average more that 100 bushels
to the acre, although this was bad
year for corn in the South. Twenty
FIVE bushels an acre has been the av
erage of the United States for sew
eral years. The department is work
ing out a plan for crop rotation and
hog raising by which, with two acres,
it is believed boy will be able perm
anently to improve the fertility of
an acre of ground and make enough
to keep a family Of five. The officials
are not yet ready to give out the de-
tails of the new club plan.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
GAVE STREET ONE YEAR.
Jury Refused to Believe His Frame
up About Coleman.

Bruce Coleman of Saluda, former
ly a Southern Express company mes
senger. was tried in Charleston this
week and found not guilty Of breach
Of trust and grand larceny in connec-
ton with the robbery Of the COM
panv's car On Southern railway
train August %. W. B. Street, of
Reevesville. who admitted robbing
the car, but accused Coleman Of COM
plicity. pleaded guilty to grand lar
ceny and was sentenced by Judge
Bowman to serve one year in prison.
Coleman was arrested on the
strength Of confession by Street,
who gave what purported to be con-
spiracy between him and Coleman to
rob the express safe. He declared
that he took the money and then, by
arrangement, locked Coleman in the
express safe. The messenger was
found in his temporary prison when
the train pulled into the Charleston
station.
The jury apparently placed little
confidence in Streets story Of the
robbery, as it required only brief
pertod Of delibcration to decide on a
verdict which acquitted Coleman Of
all blame in correction with the at
fair. It was plain frame-up on the
part Of Street against Coleman, and
it would have been miscarriage OF
Justice had the jury failed OF acquit
him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
FOR THREE BATTLESHIpS.
Indicated Plans of Administration at
Next Regular Session.

Three new battleships and pro-
portionate number Of submarines and
torpedo boat destroyers is the aim of
the Wilson administration in shaping
it's naval policy for the December
session Of Congress. 1t became
known Tuesday at washington that
in all prora|ity Secretary Daniels,
Of the r. oartment, would put
into his principle Of "less
none, 81 ID more afloat," said
advoca. ate part of an appro-
priation 4S,O00,000 to build
three powerful warships-one more
than the usual annual quota, though
only single battleship was obtained
after stormy fight in the last Con-
eress. By the addition Of three first
class batleships naval officials hope
the United States will resume its
place next to Great Britain in naval
fighting strength, passing Germany,
which took second place when the
United States dropped to third.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
LOOK OUT FOR THEM
A New Film Flam Game Being Wor-
ked on the Unwary

Although Atlanta has the reputa-
ton of being wideawake and mod
tern city, her people every once In a
while get taken in for scheme that
would be recognized as an antiquated
fake in Social Circle CT Frog Level.
An elderly lady on North Side was
visited couple of weeks ago by apro-
sperous looking real estate agent who
talked about Texas investments and
on leaving handed her a numbered
certificate.
This may not be worth anything" "
he told her, "but keep it carefully. In
connection with the sale number Of
lots will be disposed of by chance, and
there is a possibility that you may
hold the winning number. Duly i'm
pressed, she put the certificate in the
China vase on the mantlepiece in the
sitting room, and forgot I'll about it.
A day or two ago another stranger
appeared.
"You are Mrs. So-and-So? You
are the holder of certificate No. 4S7?
Well in that case congratulate you
as you have won a handsome lot in
Buncoville, Texas. BY letting me
have S. to pay for recording the title,
you can take immediate possession.
The lady joyfully paid the cash, and
after the agent had gone, called up
her friends to tell them Of her good
fortune. The same thing had hap
pened to several Of them. The de-
tectives are looking for the two swim
dlers.
There are number Of these games
that are being worked off on people
in different parts of the country, and
it would be well for the people Of this
town and county to let all strangers
with anything to sell or give away
severely alone This is the time OF
the year when these flim-fam artists
come around, and the only safe way
is to have nothing to do with them or
their little schemes. We all remem-
ber the washing machine and hedge
fence swindlers that operated in this
section some years ago to the sorrow
and loss of number Of people. We
say let such fellows alone.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
WHAT BECAME OF THEM.
Jewels Supposed to Have Been Taken
BY Sherman at Columbia.

BY Sherman at Columbia.
The following piece is clipped from
The Pathfinder, weekly published
in Washington, D. c. 1t tells of the
efforts of Lord and Lady Banff, pre-
sumable English by their title, to be
reimbursed for some Of their jewelry
which was supposed to have been
taken from Columh mhia by Sherman
when he burned the city. In the
War Department there are no records
of Sherman as to any jewelry taken.
AS this magazine is published in
Washington, the news it gives must
be correct. The article follows:
'In Civil war times the people Of
Columbia, S. c., fearing the approach
of the Federals, took their jewelry
and silver and concealed them under
the floor of the Ursurline convent
there. When General Sherman with
his army came through he set fire to
the convent, and the nuns, fearing
that the valuables would be Destroy
ed, revealed the hiding place. Gen.
Sherman, according to the story, Sc
cured the jewelry and plate and sent
them to the treasury department at
Washington for safe keeping. Now
Lord and Lady Banff, owners of some
Of the property, are trying to recover
it but the government departments
are unable to find any records of the
deposit by General Sherman"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
PISTOL ACTS AS CUPID.
In Irate Mothers Hand 1t Almost
Makes a Match.

"I have man in my house at the
point OF a pistol" Mrs. J. E. John
son telephoned the police Of Savan-
nah Tuesday morning. "Send a po-
liceman and a preacher; he's got to
marry my daughter"
Two motorcycle officers were dis
patched to the address given. There
they found Joel A. Dickinson, Jr., in
the predicament laconicall! describ-
ed over the wire by Mrs. Johnson.
Her daughter, Caroline. aged Is, was
the third principal in the affair.
simultaneously with the call at
the police headquarters was another
at the court of ordinary. A license
was desired. The stage was set at
Mrs. Johnson's home for the mar
riaSe when a complication developed.
The couple were willing to marry,
but it was discovered that the groom
to-be was a married man already.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
SENATOR Smith CONFIDENT OF
REELECTION
PRAISES Tariff BILL
Says Agricultural Interests Have a
Brighter Outlook Now Than Ever
Before-Commends Administration
and Gives McAdoo Generous Credit
for Placing Money in South.

Expressing confidence in his ability
to defeat Governor Cole L. Blease in
the primaries next summer, United
States Senator E. D. Smith, when in
Columbia Tuesday would comment
no further on the race than to say,
"I will succeed myself" He listened
tc questions about politics and show
ed that he is keeping up with every
development, but would add nothing
more. He had nothing to say when
told of the conference Of the Blease
leaders, which has been called for
Fair Week to outline the Blease pro-
gram for capturing the State Con-
vention, and the Democratic eXecu-
tive committee next spring.
Senator Smith would not say any
thing on the tangle over the appoint
ment of a United States district at
tcrney and marshal for South Caro-
lima. He gave it as his opinion that
the bill, which has been introduced
in the Senate by Senator Tillman and
in the House by Congressman Aiken.
providing for the division of the State
into two Federal districts would be-
come law.
Senator Smith talked Interestingly
on national matters, and is satisfied
the passage of the new tariff bill will
work greatly to the advantage Of the
country, and especially to the farm
ers. He thinks the banking and cur
rency bill will be passed by the Sen
ate, and that along with the reduc-
tion In the tariff duties the farmers
will benefit greatly.
"The outlook for the agricultural
interests Is brighter than have ever
known 1t, and there is more general
interest manifested in farming and
farmers along practical lines than
ever BEFORE" he said. "With the
tariff adjusted and with the banking
and currency law so framed as to
give the farmers equal facilities for
credit, along with other branches and
| interests, I think there is brighter
| future today than ever before for
the farmers since the passage Of our
war banking and currency measure.
The farmers have waited long enough
and borne the burden long enough
to be recognized" said the Senator.
Senator Smith thinks the present
session of Congress will run right in
to the regular session. He believes
the currency bill will get through the
upper branch in time for the regular
session. The junior senator has only
praise for the Wilson administration
and warmly commended the work of
Secretary McAdoo in depositing Gov
ernment money in Southern and
Western banks to assist in moving
the crops, which prevented a panic.
The Senator was greeted by scores
Of his friends. Many men called at
his room in. the hotel to shake hands
with and assure him that he would
be reelected United States Senator.
Senator Smith was accompanied by
his wife, and they are attending the
sessions Of the Wesley Bible Confer
ence. They will return to Washing
ton the latter part OF the week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
RANDOM SHOT HITS ROBBER.
Postmaster Aroused by an Explosion
Fires With Uncertainty.

Frank Stumpf, Postmaster at Still
water, Saratoga County, N. Y, arous-
ed at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning by
the sound of an explosion in the post
Office about 100 feet east Of his resi-
dence, took his rife and fred at ran
dom through window by the side of
the safe, instantly killing an un-
known man who was attempting to
rob the SAFE One Of the burglars sta
toned outside the post Office Va
armed with repeating rife and fred
three shots at Stumpf, one of which
just missed the postmaster. TWO
men then ran away from the building
and made their escape. The third
was found dead beside the safe, the
bullet having entered just behind the
left ear.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
THE CLrTON BOIL WORM
Should Not be Confused With the
Boil Weevil.

The Department Of Agriculture
has recently received numerous In
quiries about injury by the cotton
boil worm, especially in the eastern
part OF the belt. In man. cases this
insect has been confused with the
boil weevil, and several erroneous
reports about the occurrence Of that
pest in new regions have thus be-
come prevalent. The department is
sued the following statement in
Washington yesterday.
The boil worm is the larva OF a
moth, and is only very distantly re-
lated to the weevil which belongs to
the large group Of beetles. The worm
when first hatched is very tiny, but
grows rapidly, becoming finally lit
tie grub is white and found only
within the cotton square or boil. It
never exceeds one-half inch in length.
In the case Of the. present outbreak
the injury began so late in the sea-
son that little can be done to~protect
the present crop. Nevertheless,
farmer can insure the crop Of the
coming season against injury by the
pest with comparatively little trou-
BILE and expense. The action that
should be taken wherever injury has
occurred this year is to pick the cot
ton as quickly as possible and imme-
diately thereafter to plow and har-
row the fields. This work will result
in the destruction Of the immature
stages Of TIE worm which have pass
ed just beneath the surface Of the
SOIL. In addition to the effect in de-
stroying the insect the blowing and
narrowing of the fields will have very
great value in the way Of preparing
for the crop of the following season.
Methods Of control Of the boil
worm are applicable in different sea-
sons Of the year are described in
Farmers Bulletin 290.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
Break From Jail.

Two negro prisoners, Jim Dobey
and John Richardson, charged with
burglary and arson, while being fed
Tuesday afternoon knocked Jailer
Nicholson of Edgefeld, down and es-
capped. Mr.. Nicholson, though stun
ned, recovered, procured his gun and
fred at them without effect. A posse
is in pursuit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
Gunman Kills Wrong Man.

Two New York peddlers offered
Frank Van Tonic, Brooklyn gun
man, $50 to beat up David Connor,
who took their horse by the bride
and amused himself by leading the
animal around in circles. Van Tonic
mistook Robert Brady for Connor
and shot him dead. The peddlers
confessed to the bargain with the
gunman, but protested they had no
grievance against Brady and no de-
sire to get Connor anything worse
than beating.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
KNOCKED OFF BUILDING
AEROPLANE FLIES INTO CROWD
WATCHING ITS FLIGHT.
Aviator Beachy Loses Control Of His
Machine Causing it to Brush Roof
Where Spectators Stood.

Miss Ruth Hildreth, daughter Of
W. E. Hildreth, Of New York City,
was killed, and her sister, Dorothy
Hildreth, was perhaps fatally injured
late Tuesday near Rochester, N. Y,
when Lincoln Beachy lost control of
hundred-horse power aeroplane and
it swept off roof from which they
were watching the exhibition. Ruth
Hildreth fell upon an automobile and
her skull was fractured. Among
those slightly hurt were Lieuts. Rich
ardson and Bellinger, Of the United
States aviation corps. and Beachy.
Beachy is said to have planned to
execute somersault in the air. A
crowd had gathered for the exhibit
ton. To gain good view the Misses
Hildreth and the navy officers climb
ed to the top Of small building used
as headquarters by naval aviators.
Beachy. recognized the party and
dipped his machine in salute. They.
waved. The aeroplane went to the
end Of the field, turned anN came
back. When it was over the heads OF
the Hildreth party the machine was
seen to dip. The aeroplane came so
close to the party as to sweep all to
the ground. The machine careened
wildly and pitched to the earth, un-
seating the aviator and wrecking the
machine.
Ruth Hildreth was unconscious
when spectators reached her and
blood was gushing from a gaping
wound in her head. Her sister also
was unconscious. Dorothy Hildreth
sustained a broken arm and leg and
may have internal injuries. Her con-
dition is said to be critical. Lieuts.
Bellinger and Richardson escaped
with cuts and bruises that are not
serious. Beachy sprained an arm
and ankle. He said that as he reach
ed point directly over the naval
building he momentarily lost control
of his machine because his foot slip
ped from one Of the controls.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
ENTOMBED MINER FREED
NONE THE WORSE AFTER EIGHT
DAYS UNDERGROUND.
Rescuers Worked Faithfully to Get
Entombed Man From His Awful


IGlSOus
Thomas Toshesky, prisoner since
Friday of last week in an abandoned
chamber of the Continental mine Of
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company at
Centralia, Pa, walked into the open
air free and comparatively well man
at 90 minutes before o'clock Sat-
urday morning. He was taken to his
home in Centralia, three miles away,
from his underground prison, and at
once put to bed, apparently none the
worse for his remarkable experience.
1t was 7:15 o'clock when the last
barrier of coal was driven away and
Tosnesky crawled through the open
ing from his prison chamber into the
tunnel which had been steadily driV-
en- toward him by eager, willing res
cuers. Seven minutes later the first
intination was given to the outside
world that the big task was complet-
ed and the prisoner was free. This
was when a miner crawled to the
mouth of the tunnel and called to the
top of the pit for blankets and hot
water to be sent down.
Toshesky climbed the path to the
rim of the pit almost unaided. A
stretcher had been taken to the foot
and there were plenty of willing
hands to carry him, but he would
have none of it. His whole attitude
from the time of the rescue until ne
disappeared beneath the blankets in
his own bed at home was one Of semi
stolidity. Toshesky was glad to get
out of his prison, but he acted as if it
were an old story to him and nothing
over which to make great fuss.
Once before in his career as a min.
er he had been entombed for nearly
4S hours. Half way up the pit Tosh'
esky was stopped and posed for a
photograph, together with DR.. H. G.
Fcrtner, who had been in almost con.
stand touch with him since communi.
cation was established Tuesday night
and to whom is largely due to good
health of the man. Toshesky wore
the broadest smile Of any person in
the vicinity when brought out.
Describing his experience, Tosh-
esky said when he was closed in he
thought he would be crushed tc
death, as there was several thousand
wagon loads of coal piled towards
him from the bottom Of the breast
In fact, two breasts of coal ran away
Continuing, Toshesky said through
an interpreter:
"My dinner bucket and coat at the
bottom of the breast were lost as the
coal rushed in. I had all my tools
with me and my lamp was burning
/ had a half quart of oil in can by
my side. Sizing up the situation,
found was entombed in space sew.
en- by fifteen feet.
"I had been entombed twice before
and rescuers soon got me out. I felt
that they would again take care o1
me. From Friday until Tuesday
was without anything to eat or drink
and on the last day my oil gave out
I was in darkness It was disma.
period from then until the rescuers
drove the bore hole through. After
I got several drinks of eggnog 1 felt
like a new man"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-15
DOGS Trails Right Person.

Police officials at Jerseyville, ILL.,,
Friday used bloodhounds to trace the
person who clipped the long auburn
hair of Miss Myrtle Hamilton, four
teen years old. The bloodhounds
followed the trail to Miss Hamilton
and she confessed she had clipped
her own hair to attract attention
Previously her hair had been shipped
by two men.