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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16

belonged TO no clubs. Tyo months
was the longest time he had ever re-
NAMED in New York since the dis
posal Of his old home IN Madison
avenue and his resignation from his
clubs. This once, then, he would break
the law he had written down for
himself. Boldly he entered the res
taurant.
Some time before Hargreaye sur
rendered to the restless spirit Of re-
bellion, bitterly to repent for It later.
there came into this restaurant man
and woman. They were both evt-
dently well known, for the head waiter
was otsequious and hurried them over
to the best table he had left and took
the order himself
The man possessed a keen, intelli-
gent face. You might have marked
him for successful lawyer, for there
was an earnestness about his express
sion which precluded a life Of idle
ness. His age might have been any
where between 40 and so. The shoul-
ders were broad and the hands which
lay clasped upon the table were slim
but muscular. indeed, everything
about him suggested hidden strength
and vitality. His companion was
small, handsome, and animated. Her
frequent gestures and mutable eye
brows betrayed her foreign birth. Her
age was matter Of Importance to no
one but herself.
They were at coffee when she said:
There's young man coming toward
US. He is looking at you"
The man turned. Instantly his face
lighted up with q friendly smile Of
recognition.
ttWho is it?" she asked.
"a chap worth knowing; a reporter
Just a little out Of the ordinary. I'm
going to introduce him. You never
can tell. We might need him some
day. All, Norton. how are you?"
Good evening, Mr.. Braine." The
reporter, catching sight of a pair of
dazzling eyes, hesitated.
The Princess Perigoff, Norton,
You're in no hurry, are you?"
Not now" smiled the reporter.
"Ah!" said the princess, interested
It was the old compliment. said in an
unusual way. 1t pleased her.
The reporter sank into a chair
When inactive he was rather a
dreamy-eyed sort Of chap. He pos
sessed that rare accomplishment OF
talking upon one subject and think
ing upon another at the same time,
So while he talked gayly with the
young woman on varied themes, his
thoughts were busy speculating upon
her companion. He was quite Ger
tain that the name Braine was as
suued, but he was also equally GER
taia that the man carried an ex'
traordinary brain under his thatch OF
salt and pepper hair. The man had
written three or four brilliant mono
graphs on poisons and the uses OF
radium, and it was through and by
these that the reporter had managed
to pick up his acquaintance. He lived
we'll. but inconspicuously.
Suddenly tho pupils Of Braine's
eyes narrowed; the eye became cold
Over the smoke Of his cigarette he
was looking into the wall mirror. A
man had passed behind him and sal
down at the next table. Still gazing
into the mirror, Braine saw Norton
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16

carriage lurched on two wheels. The
man in the carriage balanced himself
carefully, so that the bundle in his
arms should not be unduly disturbed.
His arms ached. He stuck his head
out Of the window.
That's the place." he said. "And
when you drive up make as little noise
as you can"
Eyes, sir" called down the driver.
When the carriage drew up at its
journeys end the man inside jumped
out and haste1ed toward the gates.
He scrutinized the sign on one OF the
posts. This was the place:
MISS FARLoW's PRIVATE SCHOOL.
The bundle in his arms stirred and
he hurried up the path to the door
Of the house. He seized the ancient
knocker and struck several times. He
then placed the bundle on the steps
and ran back to the waiting carriage,
into which he stepped.
"OS with you!"
4naIS q SoOo "OIu, Sll. MeS 10
we can make your train"
do you think you could find this
place again?'
You couldn't get me- on this pike
again, sir, for thousand; not mel"
The door slammed and the unknown
sank back against the cushions. He
took out his handkerchief and wiped
the damp pers2iration from his fore
head. The big burden was of his
mind Whatever happened in the fu-
ture, they would never be able to get
him through his heart. So much for
the folly Of his youth.
It vas a quarter after ten. Miss
% Susan Farlow had just returned to the
reception room from her nightly tour
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-16

have been called out Of town. The
servants are off for the night"
Very interesting" replied Jones,
staring at the rug.
Your master Is dead"
Jones' chin sank upon his breast.
His heart was heavy. heavier than 1t
had ever been before.
your master left will?"
Indeed, could not say"
I'VE can say. He has still three or
four millions IN stocks and bonds.
What he took to the bottom Of the sea
with him was his available cash"
81 know noting about his finances.
I was his butler and valet"
Vroon nodded. Come, men; It Is
time we took ourselves off, Put things
in order; close the safe. You poor
jackals, I always have to watch you
for outbreaks Of vandalism. Of with
you!"
He was the last to leave. He stared
long and searchingly at Jones, who
felt the burning gaze but refused to
meet It lest the plotter see the fire In
his. The door closed. For fully an
hour Jones listened but did not stir.
They were really gone. He pressed
his feet to the floor and began to hitch
the chair toward the table. Half way
across the intervening space he crum-
pied In the chair, almost completely
exhausted. He let quarter Of an
hour pass, then made the final attack
upon the remaining distance. He sue
ceeded in reaching the desk, but he
could not have stirred an inch farther.
The hair on his head was damp with
sweat and his hands were clammy.
When he felt strength returning he
lifted the telephone off the hook with
his teeth.
Central, central! Call the police
to come to this number at once; Ear-
greave's house, Riverdale. Tell them
to break in."
After what seemed an age Of walt
ing to the exhausted prisoner. with
crashing and smashing Of doors, the
police appeared in the room.
Where's your gag?" demanded the
first officer to reach Jones' side.
There wasn't any,"
Then why didn't you yell for kelp?"
"The thieves lured our neighbors
away from town. The patrolman who
walks this beat is bound and gagged
and is probably reposing back Of the
billboard in the next block"
Murphy, you watch this man while
I make a call on the neighbors," said
the officer who seemed to be IN au-
thority. When he returned he was
frowning seriously. WED better tele-
phone to the precinct to search for
Dennison. There's nobody at home In
either house and there's nobody back
Of the billboards. Unite the man" J"
When this was done, the officer said:
Now, tell US what's happened; and
don't forget any Of the details"
Jones told a simple and convincing
story; it was so simple end conyinc-
Ing that the police believed 1t without
question.
well, if that amt the limit! Did
you hear any autos outsider"
II don't recollect," said Jones,
stretching his legs gratefully. "Why?''
1.-THE auto bandits held up q bank
messenger today and got away with
twenty thousand Whenever q man
draws: down a big sum they seem 10
know about It. And say, Murphy, call
up and have the river police look out
for a new-fangled airship. Your mas
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27
WHATcHAMEAN BY LYNCH?

VITA 7 CF1HWEHN bT LTNCH!
Charles Lynch, Virginia planter
of revolutionary days, found rather
an unpleasant way of handing his
name down to posterity.
Planter Lynch was law-abiding
man, and his respect for law was so
great that he thought death was the
only fit punishment for the lawbreak-
er. More than that, he took the law
into his own hands and had men
hanged fol- murder, stealing and 9TH
er crimes. So many men were hang
ed in this unlawful way by the law
loving Lynch and his followers that
all unlawful executions came to be
known as lynch law. =
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27
FRAGRANT TO THE EYE

The campus is in very fine shape
and looks very excellent indeed. 1t
has been recently moved and the
fragrance of freshly blooming flowers
with the verdant grass is indeed
pleasant to the eye.-Macomb (nl)
Journal. go g hi4i
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-07-27

They all look twice at this man,
Representative Witherspoon, since he
gave back $500 to Uncle Sam and
said he didn't earn it because he was
off the job four days. He tried to hide
his honesty and is the first man who
ever obeyed the law which says law
makers shall be locked for absence
on private business.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Initiative and Referendum and
Regulation of Private Banks
Among Measures Advocated
SULLIVAN SOUNDS KEYNOTE
OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY
Praises President Wilson as the
Greatest Constructive States.
man of the Age.

Springfield, Ill.,, Sept. l8.-With-
out a note of discord and in this re-
spect distinguished from meetings
of the past, the Democratic state
Convention was held here today for
the purpose of adopting party
platform and nominating three can.
didates for trustees of the Uniyer-
sity of Illinois.
The platform. the result of the
Sullivan and Con gresham Rainey.
praised the national and state ad-
ministrations and endorsed Presi-
dent Wilson for reelection.
Enactment OF the initiative and
referendum, regulation of private
banks, abolishment of state board
OF equalization and the substitution
therefor Of a state tax commission,
are planks in the platform.
Sullivan sounded the keynote OF
peace and prosperity in his speech
In which he praised President VIII
son as the greatest constructive
statesman OF the age, pledged to sup
port tho administration policies,
promised to work for the establish
ment of an American merchant ma
rine and declared that the hope of
European peace lay IN President
Wilson. ~ ~ KtS
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
MOUND CITY BOY
WRITER MOTION
PICTURE PLAYS
Frank Schuler, 19 Years Old. Has
Earned $475 Past Three Months
Writing Picture Plays

A Mound City boy has developed
into a successful writer of plays for
the motion picture film concerns.
Frank Schuler, 19 years old, has
been engaged in play writing for diff
ferent motion picture firms for the
past three months, and it is said his
plays have been accepted by Kalem,
Edison, Lubin and Vitagraph com
panies. One of his first plays, it is
said, was produced at the Gem
theatre in this city two months ago,
entitled "A Cousins Deception"
His principal efforts have been di.
rected to two and three reel features.
These are not being put in circula-
tion at the first run" picture thea
ters.
In the three months that he has
been writing these plays he has re-
ceiyed in remuneration the sum of
$475.
The young man does not claim to
be highly educated, having only taxi
en- the usual public school courses.
He conceived the idea of writing
plays while in Chicago where he was
employed for a time in his uncle's
drug store. His uncle, the late
Frank Healey, formerly resided in
Cairo and conducted a drug store in
the same building in which NJ. c.
Metzger now has his drug store. lie
was also a nephew of the late John
Healey, Cairo premier baseball pitch
or.
The suggestion that he try his
hand at play writing was given him
by friend who is interested in the
n.ottCD picture business.
Frank Schuler's pa-entz are both
jald and he resides with his aunt.
Miss Laura Gregson 1t is said the
new playwright will soon go to Cal
ifornia, where his uncle, Fred Greg
son, resides and where motion pic
ture plays are enacted in the vicin-
ity.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19

During the nights Of Sept. iJ and
1G the Germans attempted q formid-
able movement in the western
sphere, but were met by the French
and British. The Germans returned
to the attack no fewer than ten times
with remarkable tenacity and intre-
pidity but were unable to break
through the firm line presented by
the allies infantry.
The fight just before daybreak was
the most violent of all. The Ger
mans appeared to throw into the
charge all that remained In their en-
ergy but were rolled back with ell
ormous loss. Before retiring behind
their big guns they sacrificed greatly
Of their number, displaying resou-
tion which approached desperation
A vigorous counter attack from the
allies ensued.
Last night was relatively calm
along the front but today the fight
ing became more violent than ever.
During the darkness, operations are
rendered difficult owing to the reluc-
tance of the opposing commanders to
use searchlights.
After this stage of the fight was
concluded, the Germans appeared to
retire about seven miles.
During the combat the adversaries
in many instances came to hand to
hand clashes and the bayonet was
extensively used. The carnage was
terrifying, but the troops of both
armies appeared to be hardened to
such scenes and fought with great
coolness.
The allies aviatOrs apparently dis
covered the placement today of some
big German guns, Notwithstanding
ths cleyerness with which they are
hidden beneath earthen coverings
strewn with the branches of trees
The allies artillery opened a con-
centrated fire on a certain portion of
the line and the heavy German ar
tillery shortly afterwards launched
into silence at that spot, although 1t
is not known whether they were rem
dered impotent or merely were
effecting a change of position owing
to their former placement having
become untenable.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
PITTSBURG SENDS ALLIES
SIX MILLION H0RsEsHOES

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. lS- Six
million horseshoes. packed in TOO
cars. are being prepared in Pitts
hurg mills for shipment early next
week to France and Russia They
will be accompanied by a CORE
spending consignment of horseshoe
nails.
One mill has been working dap
and night to fill It's part of the or
der. and other mills are preparing g
to fll demands made upon them by
Austrian consumers, n direct result
of the European war.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
ROOSEVELT TO
SPEAK IN CAIRO
NEXT TUESDAY
Former President Campaigning For
Raymond Robins, the Progress
sive Candidate for Senator

According to the GRANVILLE Inde-
pendent, Ex-Prosident TheoGcre
Roosevelt, the big ull Mooser, Il
coming TO Southern illinois and will
be in Mount Vernon Monday, and
Tuesday will be in Cairo, to wake up
the progressives On leaving Cairo
he is to go to Shawneetown,
Carmi, GRANVILLE and Mount Carmel.
He is loaded to the guards for Ray
mond Robins, candidate on the pro-
gressiye ticket for the United States
senate
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
YOUNG MEMS
POLITICAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Organ ration is Effected and Samuel
Green is Elected President
Headquarters in Arcade Bldg.

Samuel Green was e'ected pres,
dent of the Young Mems Political
club at its first meeting held last
night in its club rooms upstairs over
the Arcade theatre, on Eighth street
There were 92 members present and
a complete organization was effected.
Harry F. Jones was elected vice
president and Tenny Goldsmith see
retary and Dudley Brown treasurer.
Martin Lally was elected advertising
manager.
The purpose OF the organization
is to boost the candidacy of P. C.
Scullin, candidate for county assessor
and treasurer.
The club has three rooms In the
Arcade building where the members
can meet. Next Wednesday night
the club will meet at Armory hall
where the campaign will be dis
cussed. Everybody invited to at
tend.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
S1XTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY
REBEKAH ODD FELLOWSHIP
CELEBRATED THURSDAY

The sixty-third anniversary OF
Rebekah Odd Fellowship celebrated
by Parthenia Rebekah lodge at SAT-
ford hall Thursday night was at
tended by one hundred Odd Fellows,
Rebekahs and their friends. A fine
program arranged by the committee
which had the affair in charge. was
highly appreciated. This commit
tee consisting of Mesdames w. H.
Geisenhof, F. w. Corn, George A.
Piper and Nelson Croft received
thanks for the fine entertainment
OF the evening. Ice cream and cake
were served.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
c. h. PARKER BUYS
NICE RESIDENCE
Two-Story Dwelling and Three Lots
From Judge and Mrs. Ross
26l5 Elm Street.

Charles II. Parker, proprietor of
the Gem Pressing club" yesterday
purchased the residence property
owned by Judge and Mrs A. J. Ross.
at 2615 Park avenue The property
consists of modern two story resi-
dence and three lots. The price
paid was S2,779.18. Mr.. Parker will
occupy the property
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Associated Press.

Associated GreSS.
Washington, Sept. 1S.-Great
Britain has not received a proposal
for peace either direct or indirect
from Germany or Austria and there
fore has nothing to say on the sub
iect. This is the substance of a
message received tonight by
Ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice
from Sir Edward Grey, British For
eign Secretary.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Naval Port Isolated
Associated Press.

Associated Press
London. Sept. 1S.--The Copenha-
gen correspondent of the Central
News in dispatch from Berlin says
''The situation OF the German
troops in the great battle on the
western frontier is good, especially
in the center, where the Germans
have received substantial reinforce
ments. The end of the battle is ex-
pected soon" j,
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Germans Well


ASSDClateu HFeSB.
Rome, Sept. 1S.-It is reported
here that telephone and telegraphic
wires out of Pola, the great naval
port and arsenal of Austria, have
been cut off and that bombs have
been thrown into the barracks. Re
port has it also that mines have been
discovered In the canal leading to
the arsenal.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19

On the battle 'front.' via Paris Sept 18The gigantic battle
battles continues today tonight
from Noyon the frontier The fighting does sustain
combined movements but reality proceeding
cessan the strongest points the Germans defending line along
Aisne
Each encounter influences the execution the general idea of
commandernhe of the allied army follow
another every wentyIour
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
AWFUL FATE OF
ALTO PASS BOY
STEALING RIDE
Cairo Man Also HobOing OIL Same
Train on Ml....le & Ohio Wit
nesscs the Tragedy.

An experience that viii never 5e
forgotten was thAt OF Cairo young
man who made a hobo trip to st.
Louis and return, last Saturday
night while he was on the Mobile
4 Ohio railroad en- route to Cairo,
He, with several others who were
heating their way south were in a
coal car directly in the rear OF a
string of box cars 4 member OF
old who was very venturesome.
Whenever the train stopped this
youth would climb upon the box car
and walk along the top of the cars
short distance. The night was
dark with the exception of the
light that would sift through a rift
in the clouds from the waning
moon. While he was on the last of
these fooihardy trips and the train
was about three miles south of
Murphysboro the train started as
the light from the moon was entire
ly obscured and ii very lark. As
the train was going at fairly rapid
rapid speed the occupants Of tho
coal car were startled by a piercing
and agonizing scream and they saw
q form fall from the top of the box
car down between the two cars and
disappear. II was the boy, who had
stepped out into the open space ex-
recting his step was upon another
box car. The boys partner jumped
off the train to learn what his fate
was and the others feared he also
would be killed or injured.
Who the boys were or what their
fate was not learned by the Cairo
man until copy of the Anna Talk
reache9 here yesterday. The ar
ticle Is head Head Cut Off. Thomas
Halliday of Alto Pass Meets Death
Under Train"
The article follows;
Thomas Halliday, age 16, whose
home was in Alto Pass, was run over
by an M. e. 0, freight train 3 miles
south of Murphysboro Saturday
night. His head was completely
severed from the body as was also
one arm.
He went to Murphysboro Saturday
night, leaving Alto Pass about $50
on n freight train and returning,
he left Murphysboro at about II
o'clock. When about ) miles south
OF there, he undertook to jump from
the top of one box car to another
and fell between. His body was
horribly mangled
This makes 20 young me-. rom
Alto Pass who have been killed by
NJ. & o, trains, four of whom have
been killed within the past fifteen
months
Halliday was a son of J. B. Hal
lsday, Il blacksmith.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Associated Press.

London, Sept. 18.--The Paris cor
respondent of the Exchange Tele-
graph says:
"Ail accounts received in Paris
agree that the famous Prussian
Guard Corps, the elite of the empire,
and the especial pride of the German
Emperor, has been biotted out prac-
tically in the battles which have
been waged along the Meuse, Marne
and Aisne rivers"
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
REPUBLICANS MEET
AND ADOPT new
SUFFRAGE PLANK
Favor Uulim ted Extension of Ballot
For Women-Kinney Elected
Chairman of State Committee
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Peoria, Ill.,, Sept 1S.-lllinois Re-
publicans met here today in a har-
monious session, elected Garrett De
Forrest Kinney of Peoria, chairman
of the new Republican State Com
mittee, and adopted a platform
which includes plank for unlimited
woman suffrage
The threatened fight over the Sc
lection of the State Central commit
tee failed to materialize and Kinney
was chosen.
The Sherman faction tonight de-
clared this action is merely advis-
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
COTTON BELT NOW
SELLS ALL ITS TICKETS
ON THE WHARFB0AT

All passenger tickets for the Cot
ton Belt railroad are now being sold
at the wharfboat office of the road.
which is now on the Halliday &
Phillips wharfboat, where the office
will be located until the new wharf
boat, now being built on the hall of
the transfer boat burned several
months ago at the foot of Eighth
street, has been completed and
brought to Cairo.
For years the sale of tickets hes
been Jointly sold at the wharf and
at the Central Union Station.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
SPEAKER CLARK JOINS
"BUY-A-BALE" MOVEMENT

Washington, Sept 1s.--Speske
Champ Clark today Joined the buy
a-bale-of-cotton" movement by tele-
graphing to st. Louis for bale at
ten cents a pound.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Associated Press.

Paris, Sept. ls.--The following Of
fetal communication was issued here
tonight:
'There is no change in the gem
eral situation except that we have
continued our progress on the left
wing and that lull In the battle is
Hoticed, ,.se.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
Associated Press.

Associated BreSS.
London, Sept. 1S.-The Daily Tel
agraph's correspondent says he learns
from an authentic source that eight
German army corps have left France
for the Russian frontier.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
WEATHER.

Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri:
Fair Saturday and Sunday.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19

Help! Hefpl Helpt II you need
Help Want Ad viii get you . new
maid. us. 4
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
GERMAN CENTER STANDS firm
AS RE|NFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
Battle of the Asne Still in Progress from Noyon to the Frontier
Fighting, at Times is Hand to and-Germans Sacrifice
Great Number of Men in Desperate Attacks


No Cessation Fighting Ngh-Germans Display Great Resou
ton in Charges-German Hidden Battery is Discovered
by French Ayiators and SiIenced by the Allies
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-09-19
LEGAL FORECAST.

Cairo and vicinity. Probable
rhowers Saturday.