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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
FREAKS OF TORNADO
ONE MAN SHOT INTO MIDST OF
DINNER PARTY.
Only One Negro Out Of Iwenty-Six
in a Pool Room That Was Wreck
ed Escaped Death.

Among the freak tragedies Of the
tornado that wrecked a large portion
of Omaha, none is more remarkable
than that of the Idlewild pool hall,
Twenty-fourth and Lake streets.
twenty-five negroes were killed. The
story is told by the single survivor,
John Brown, who was dug from the
wreckage twelve hours after the de-
molition Of the building.
Eight men were playing pool at
one table," Brown says. "The rest
of US were standing about watching.
Without a moments warning q ter
rife roar swept down through the
room. The roof suddenly was lifted
from above. The pool table shot
straight upward, many feet in the air.
AL Of us still were unhurt."
Insane with fear but wondering the
negroes rushed beneath the open roof
and gazed upward. Then the heavy
pool table and pieces of the roof shot
down. All were caught. Brown was
dug from the wreckage twelve hours
later, uninjured.
An Easter dinner party was in pro-
gress at the home of Benjamin Ed
holm, 1886 Charles street. Nine per-
sons were at the table when the tor
nado struck. Mrs. Edholm ran to
the window and closed the shades.
A minute later a human scream
mingled with the shrek of the blast
Straight through the dining room
window and onto the table shot the
nude body Of a man. Dishes crashed
to the floor. Soon the human me-
teorite sat up very much alive and
hastily converted the table cloth into
a toga. A pair Of trusers were lent
to him and he raced to his home'
without leaving his name.
Huddled with his family in the
basement of his home at 1929 Cum
ming street, Prof. E. W. Hunt-saW
the house split asunder. When ne re-
covered consciousness beneath the
wreckage he discovered that last
summer straw hat was cooked on the
back of his head. It had been hang-
ing in a bedroom closet three stories
above.
The body Of a girl about four, was
dropped into the arms of pedest-
rian, Charles Allen, at Forty-hfth and
Center streets. Efforts to identity
the child have failed. In a field hall
a mile from their home were found
the bodies of Mrs. Mary Rathkey and
her two grown sons, Frank and
James. All three were dead but no
bruises were found. The wind hao
cut their clothing completely away.
Mrs. F. Bryant, ninety-two, lived
with her son, DR.. D. G. bryant at
30O6 Sherman avenue. She was IN
bed on the third floor Of the home
when the tornado struck. The three
floors beneath her were shifted out
and her bed fell to the basement.
Except for the shock she was unln-
iured. DR. Bryant and his wife were
dropped to the basement from the
ground floor. They, too, were un-
h1rt
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
SULZER DOWN ON BOSSES
SAYS BARNES MUST STAY AWAY
FROM CAPITOL.
Accuses Him of Trying to Influence
Certain Legislation by the General
Assembly.

Governor Sulzer, of New York,
Wednesday night accused William
Barnes Jr., Of the Republican State
committee, Of having instigated
resolution offered by Senator Brown,
requesting the Senate judiciary COM
mittee to determine what, if any, &C
ton should be taken by the Senate
or the legislature in relation to a
published letter in which the Gov
ernor was quoted as having made a
prediction promise to sign the full
crew bill.
"If Boss Barnes does not keep out
of the Senate and keep his hands of
the Legislature, I will get after Mr..
Barnes declared the Governor.
Barnes is the man who instigated
that resolution. He is part of the
invisible government. He has no
business meddling with the Legisla-
ture. There would be a howl If Mr..
Murphy came here and went into
Senator Wagner's room and drew
resolutions against the Governor. I
want Mr.. Barnes to keep away from
the Capitol. He is the Republican
boss. The people do not want bosses
up here. The people are the bosses
now.
even if I had promised would
sign the full crew bill, it would be all
right. Governor Hughes and others
promised they would sign certain
bills if they could get them passed.
There is nothing wrong in that. I
notice Governor Fielder signed full
crew bill yesterday over in New Jer-
sey. Between the railroads and the
people, I am with the people. In my
opinion, one human life is worth
more than a train load Of freight
cars"
Senator Brown denied that Mr..
Barnes had any part in drafting his
resolution. Governor Sulzer said
Wednesday night that John Fitzib-
bons, Of Oswego, a legislative repre-
sentative Of the Brotherhood Of Rail-
road Trainmen, had denied the au-
thorship Of the letter accredited to
him, in which the statement was
made that the Governor had promis-
ed to sign the full crew bill if elect
ed
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
Two Actors Gave Exhibition OF the
Real Thing.

The stage of a theater at Argama-
silla, Spain, was the scene OF a duel
TO the death, during the production
of Carmen, the principals being
the baritone, Padro, who took the
part of the toreador, and the TENOR
Martinez, who filed the role OF Don
lose. Between these two singers
there existed intense rivalry over
love affair and they resolved to settle
their differences with the sword
They had decided earlier in the sea-
son to defer the combat until tne
company had finished its engage
mants The last performance was
given in the town of Argamasllla ana
the audience was horrihed, when IN
the third act, Padro and Martinez
fought savagely and continued until until
Martinez received thrust from
which he rapidly succumoeo.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
DROPPED BABY ON TRACK.
Mother Tries to Rescue 1t and Both
Are Badly Hurt.

Mary Tate, a young negro woman
about twenty-one years old, lost her
left leg and had her left arm broken
while attempting to rescue her tf-
teen-months-old daughter from death
by an approaching passenger train on
the Southern Railway, near Tlrzah'
in York county, on Saturday night.
Mary started out to go to her fathers
home and it was necessary fer her to
cross the railroad track. When she
reached the crossing she saw train
and while attempting to
rush across the track ahead Of 1t she
dropped her baby on the track and
it was while she was frantically en-
deavoring to rescue it that both were
struck by the locomotive. The baby's
left leg was cut off below the knee.
Both mother and child were placed
on the train and carried to Yorkvlile'
where they were given surgical atten-
ton. They are getting along as well
as could be expected and both, the
doctors believe, will recover.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Lever Named for Place.

Congressman A. F. Lever received
a letter from H. S. Graves, chairman
of tho forestry committee Of the Ma
tional Conservation congress, in
which Mr.. Graves requests the South
Carolina congressman to serve as a
member Of 5he subcommittee on fed
eral forest policy. MIR. Lever has ad-
vised Mr.. Graves that be will serve.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
JOURNAL CHANGES HANDS.
C. o. Hearon Buys Controlling In
terest in the Paper.

Announcement was made Wednes-
day that Chas. o. Hearon, editor OF
The Herald, Spartanburg's morning
paper, had bought controlling in
terest in The Journal, the evening
paper. from Chas. H. Henry. general
manager of the Atlanta Georgian.
and Chas. F. Calvert, editor of The
Journal. At a meeting Of The Jour
nal directors Wednesday afternoon,
Mr.. Hearon was elected president,
succeeding editor of The Journal,
was elected editor. The mechanical
departments CT The Journal and Her
aid will be consolidated, and both
published from The Herald Office,
but each paper will remain independ-
ent Of the other, so far as news gath
ering and editorial policy are con-
cerned.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Given Fifteen Years.

At New York Max Klienberg was
sentenced to Sing Sing for a maxi
mum term Of fifteen years for arson.
Klierberg pleaded guilty to an in
dtctment found against him on the
testimony of Izzy, the Painter, self
confessed frebug, who said kllen-
berg employed him to set fire to his
tailor shop.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
LYNCHERS WERE FOlLED
QUICK WORK PREVENTS A Sc
RIOUS TROUBLE.
Militia Ordered to Jail to Protect
Two Prisoners Suspected of Having
Killed Dispensary Constable Cooler

A Beaufort dispatch to The News
and Courier says the propt action
of the sheriff's Office in all probabil-
ity prevented serious trouble Thurs
day night and saved the lives OF two
negroes charged with the assass!na-
ton Of Dispensary Constable j. R.
Cooler, who was killed in St. Helena
last Saturday night.
Late Thursday afternoon Sheriff
White received word that a party Of
between ten and fifteen white men
from Jasper County were headed for
Beaufort, their intentions being to
take from the Jail and lynch the pris-
orers suspected Of having killed Cool
er. The sheriff Immediately wired
Governor BIease, requesting that the
local military company be placed at
his service, to .be used in protecting
the prisoners. The sheriff also dis
patched several deputies in automo-
biles to meet the would-be, lynchers,
who we're coming by train.
The party was met by the officers
about two miles from Beaufort and
the men were persuaded to abandon
their plans and give up their arms to
the officers. In the meantime, Capt.
H. F. Townsend had received orders
from the Governor to assemble his
company and go to the jail, which in
structions were promptly obeyed.
BY this time Sheriff White had ar
ranged to remove the prisoners,
whom he took by boat in the direc-
ton Of Savannah, but the sheriff re-
fused to divulge his destination, and
it is not known where the prisoners
are now.
The military company, about twen-
ty-five strong, remained at the jail
several hours, receiving orders to
leave about II o'clock, after the Gov
ernor had been advised that the sit
sation had been relieved by the re-
noval Of the prisoners and the aban-
donment Of the lynching plans.
There was considerable excitement
for a while over the prospect OF at
least an attempt at lynching, but
everything is quiet again and no fur
ther trouble is feared.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
MANNING, S. c.. WEDNESDAY AR1L 8 1913
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
SHAWNEETOWN Is ALMOST WIP-
ED OUT.
ALL Bnt One Hundred of the Three
Thousand Population Seek Safety
From Flood.

All that is left Of Shawneetown,
ILL.,, is the few substantial brick and
ste q buildings behind the main
levee, and they are considered un-
safe. There are less than 100 per-
sons left in the former town of 5000.
They are in the second and third sto-
ries Of the Main street buildings, the
structures on the highest street in
the town. A high wind, rising at 20
O'Clock Wednesday morning, COM
pleted the destruction begun by the
opening Of the south levee Tuesday.
The water within the levees was
up to the ffty-seven foot level Of the
Ohio River. The forty-fve miles an
hour tempest lashed the broad waters
of the Ohio into rolling, toss
ing sea. The breakers dashed over
the already submerged levees. Be-
tween the churning waters and the
southwest gale frame building fell to
pieces and the more substantial
structures were shaken.
A break in the northern levee also
added to the danger OF the town, the
main force OF the Ohio striking the
embankment rapidly spread and soon
a swift current was dashing through
the residence section carrying all be-
fore it. BY night the Ohio stood be-
tween forty-tive and fifty feet, accur-
ste reading being impossible because
Of the huge swells rolling in.
The entire north and east levees
are submerged. The levee hotels,
heretofore considered impregnable Of
food attack, were deserted by the
several hundred men who had pre-
ferred them to refuge with their fam
lilies in the highest buildings in the
town. The State guards were trans
ferred from their camps to the refuge
camps on the hills when the levees
pegan to crumble before the wind
and water.
During the six hours storm the
two big yawls of the Naval Reserve
removed from the second stories OF
homes, previously considered on high
ground, dozens Of families who had
believed themselves safe. No fatali-
ties but many narrow escapes, were
heard of Wednesday night. The
the Governor be not requested to
property damage will now run into
the millions, lnree millions being
considered 4 conservative estimate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Thief Saws, "Pray for Me-"

4 masked burglar, whose voice
trembled and who appeared much
perturbed. appeared at the home OF
w. E. Lindsay, Of Aberdeen, S. D.,
and demanded money. As Mrs. Lind
say turnei over Sis. the robber
said: Il am sorry that ! have had to
do this, but it was forced on me.
Pray for NE, friends"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Cut Off For Seven Days.

Completely cut off from the out
side world for seven days, the city Of
Marietta, Ohio, Wednesday, through
the Associated Press for the first
time learned that ]. P. Morgan is
dead; that Adrianople had fallen;
that the Aliens had been executed;
that Colum bus, Dayton and nearly
the entire State of Ohio is emerging
from the worst food disaster in its
history.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Fire on Senator's Farm.

A dispatch from Lynchburg says
fire early Monday night destroyed all
outbuildings on Senator E. D. Smiths
farm, together with 500 bushels Of
corn, $50 bushels Of peas, all the
fodder and hay raised last year, and
his entire supply of fertilizer for the
present year. The loss is about s4,-
600 with no insurance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
School Boy Hero Dies Of Rabies.

Fred Piepper, ffteen-year-old
schoolboy, who saved score OF little
girls from a mad dog and was him.
self bitten, died in Chicago. ILL.,, al
ter suffering all the agonies Of rabies.
Two practical jokers turned a stray
poodle loose in a schoolroom, not
knowing the brute was suffering from
rabies.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
MADE HIM PAY FOR COAT.
Mean Trick of an Atlanta Paw7,broh-
er on a Negro.

For vicious and malicious destruc-
ton of property, Sam Bach, an At
lanta pawn broker, takes the CAKE
according to evidence produced in po-
lice court. Will Brogden, a negro,
had a new coat stolen from him a
short time ago by another negro. He
recognized the coat later in Bach 5
window and went in and demanded
it. The pawn fee which the negro
refused to pay, as he claimed the coat
was rightly lis. Bach then took the
coat to the rear and wrapped it up IN
a. bundle, but before wrapping it, he
sprinkled on it about pint OF sui
phuric acid, so that when the negro
got home he found the coat ruined
with big acid holes. Bach was arrest
ed. fined and made to pay for the
coat.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Boat and Soldiers Are Lost.

A report, which this far lacks con-
firmation, is current in Mexico City
to the effect that a boat, with more
than four hundred soldiers On board,
has been sunk off Guyamas, in the
Gulf of California, as the result Of
an explosion.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-09
Turkish Prisoners.

shukri Pasha, the captured TURK
,sh commander-in-chief Of Adrlano-
ple, with his staff and seven otner
Turkish generals, arrived at Sofia
Saturday.
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eating W all the trout In his
puddss
caught the promises the
w a. city orc for trout this
Aesopo: Of nh hsn Farmer Thuns n
And only few people killed them
uions Of Wild
~ all Yet in OF Eden
In
sau snAkH We Il - $500 Wv
We - that Charles ID called M.
nat would call the
taken the exciting
Asa the party always heoors
tas Waterbury Brass 10 " 49,
Esis INDIGENOUS and
vssA lock Int: ~ ma... cells being
hd Riding HeoS This comes from
being In Wall street much ~ Ash
hag end discourastng
for the pig '
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ma The prscs
me- Ths fur the
hsves not knowing
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Hoot Mon! Dinna Ye Ken the News?
The Draw Pibroch May Skirl Here.

- COTTIsH HIGHLANDERs are
very much indebted to the Prince
~ Of Wales. BY his example In mas
tering the bagpipes he has done more
than any Gaelic man cou'd have done
to popularize that historical instrument.
The bagpipe has proved Its utility
again and again. and II 10 gratifying to
Highlanders to know that many Of the
nobility and gentry are following in the
footsteps of the Prince Of Wales and
are providing tutors % that their sons
may be taught to play this weird but
historical musical instrument. Lord
Roberts. IN his recent visit to Glasgow.
In acknowledging his gratitude to the
HIGHLAND Regiments. told . certain
Scottish nobleman that without their
pipes the aIighlanders would lose half
Of their lighting power At the battle
OF Quebec, In l76o. when the British
troops were rstrsating In great disorder.
the General complained to hsh ofacsr
in Fraser's famous regiment Of the
behavior Of his corps.
.,S,r," said the ohicer. ''you dsd vsry
wrong In forbiddias the pspsrs to Play
this morning. Nothing encourages me
HiRhianders 20 much IN the day Of
battle, and even now they would - q
some use"
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ouus uO
doubt. for this reason Mayor Gaynor
studies the 'Menticuiture."
One Of the prime features of this new
study Ii the idea that II never recos.
nses the "too-late sign" Horace
Fletcher would sum II up something
like this:
1T IL all due to the point Of view,
and the point OF view is but as putty
In the hands Of inteiiigence.
How best to possess the point Of
vlew' Begin at the beginning and be-
Gin right. You may reply:
But ! have made a beginning and
haven't started right
begin again. he says. ~ began
sfresh after ! Was forty. Mr.. JefYer.
son began anew after he was sixty.
Luigi Cornaro made q distin guished
success Of life and became the patron
and example Of the great Venetian
painter Titian after he had passed
middle life. And there Ia no moro truth
full saying than 1t Is never too late to
mend
NornarO Mas n physioa, wreck ii
about forty. reformed by beginnins
afresh at the beginning Of all efficiency.
regulated his nutrition and died sweet
ly ana naturally ut about one hundred
"Ass yen sxSssuAs = 1--we ~ yserA
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Let them blow like the devil, thsn."
replied the General. '?f II will bring
back the men,
Tho pipers we're then ordered to play
favorite martial air. And he Ma
landers the moment they heard the
music returned and fought Ike furiss.
Many Of the British noh,smsn-eSpssl-
ally those with estates IN GeetlAaA--
have rsintroduced the custom Of . pilor
playing in the grounds Of their CO p
during breakfast Mr.. Andrew CArueOis
has also his piper at 6kibo Castle. era
famous piper he II. too. W
This season there have besn maSY -,
quinss. on the part ef rich American
tourists 70 Scotland. oonoeFnin6 the beg
pioss and whore tutors can b found "a
teach the pipes. One Chicago mas1A&s
10 said 70 have declared that ~ viii
take hack with him 70 the States the
best stand OF baspapss 70 b fsund in
Scotland. ana also the vsry Ssse tueor
for hi son. He believes the pipss w0u1d
catch on tu America. onos q Wa uao0s
stood how really Ans ths nus1s - -
There = . general Aemana aOeaG
American visitors about baODiDPA thelz
cost ana Asv bsse tAsy saa - ~
tered - 4
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The ''Weeds of Worry"
Stunt II e althy Growth.

Ing %. The New York Evening World.
five years. one year. q month or only
. dayf Begin anew for that decade.
that year or that day. It will pay and
pay we'll. Some Of the things that keep
you from continued effort are worry
and anger.
May not the elimination Of anger
and worry take away some Of tho
stimulation to effort that IL necessary
to human progress? Arc there exam
pies In everyday life. among everyday
people. that prove the possibility Of
superiority over anger and worryf
Suppose you or your friend need
sympathy. VIII worry furnish either?
Wringing the hands In not the sort OF
ympathy that soothes. It 10 like the
blind leading tho blind or rather the
weak trying to assist the weak. Better
try to help with tho strength born OF
emancipation than with The weakness
" tho enervatins passions"
And there you are Many an individ-
ual OF forty has worried himself into
the sixty class. Failing In one thing
he has stopped trying. on the assump-
ton that II am too old to start again
Then he has proceeded to worry about
this. that and the other thing and one
by one the wrinkles have como. to
make him old long before his time.
What Horace Fletcher means by
emancipation" Is tho natural condl-
ton that makes for favorable growth.
LOVE ana APPRECIATION and
GRATITUDE are the evsr-present
faithful handmaids OF emancipation "
he says.
II you who are forty or more. live
and move and have your being from
the viewpoint that you are ''gettins
DID," you viii realize that this point OF
view 10 but putty In the hands Of In
tcliisence."
So that In truth YOU can MOULD
your viewpoint nearer to the hearts
desire.
ROOT OUT TILE WEEDS OF
WORRY 10 Make FOR HDALTH1
GROWTH
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- UGt1M10 HA1C0N, - 49,
. wireless esasssapAy. sass ~ GnMn
flah in . motor ssaiAsnA $500
nAshsd that NJ. Aascaai ~ tA1nO - -
- last Nv him.
"Xs." sspaisd the hvsnsss. = - - ~
the Italian Admiral. yoa ~ Hh~eA ~ ~
many baths md sssst svssWs. An Hf.e z
ball oss evening. b was psssntsd = ~ 60
Ing American women. Arr u sAnauA -
paassd % one Of IL WOMEN ssaashsl = ~
othss:
How fnshtfulb tat The sdniMl b evueuG.
. think II Il % unhsnonins 10 . aas, dsat NJ
"'fes. replied the othss woman thouekeei1H
- rule ] Do. But h thb esss II ssob
sortunsts. othsrwiss hs wouldn't b shls 70 ~
ell hs medal. '"--Chiesso Record. Hsail : q
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SsssSSsSssxssssSss
Mrs. Jarr Is Vacation-Hardened!
Nothing Could Startle Her Now
@aVesa a0(<l{lM


prosy affair to me il were to see 1t
now"
W. "Oh. you mean you want to take an
other trip. and you don't care II We go
to Jersey, even" asked Mr.. Jar.
"Yes." said Mrs. Jarr. after what
have seen and what have been
through with the merrymakers Of Man
haitian on the little outing trips they
take from day to day. II seems 70 dull
and silent here. especially since they
have put more r!veters to work on the
big apartment house they are building
next door to US. that want to bs taken
on . days outing to q battlefield or q
boiler factory or something like that, TOR
rest and quiet"
you mean you want to take another
trip somewhere. in spite of whats hap
penedT
II mean" said Mrs.. Jar firmly.
that have made up my mind that
somewhere now you are on your vaca-
ton. Nothing worse can happen than
what has happened. and. anyway. Ger
trude writes she 10 having such . lovely
time at her sisters railroad boarding
house in Jersey City. because her sis.er
has gone away for . week and now
Gertrude has nothing to bother her
while cooking for twenty boardsav and
keeping fifteen rooms IN order. 80
while our maid II having = vacation lot
US have one too.'
How about hiring an automobile and
going on q Weekend trtp7"
.atA Me- u. q An
pressive to wear In warm weather and
there's several weeks of summer yet,
and don't like the present style In
crutches. No, an automobile trip won't
do. Besides, our friends are out OF
town. And who would send flowers?
Think of something else"
"Weli. let me eee." reflected Mr.. Jar,
I'VE could take the children roller skat.
ing on Newtown Creek, or visit the oil
redineriss at Bayonne. Or 80 where the
sun shines bright and fair on the trar
rock Quarries above Newbursh. The
dynamite blasting would be very enjoy
able"
NO" said Mrs Jarr. II know you
are only thinking Of pleasant sights and
sounds for myself and our little ones,
but something simpler would do"
1.-THE Hudson II very dangerous "a
row on. Let US take q rowboat picnic
trip to some unsafe place under thu
Palisades" Mr.. Jarr suggested.
"The very thing!" said Mrs. Jar.