The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-15

of religion. Before the time for the
society, gathering the male members
oceupled their time IN front of the bar
discussing the questions of the. day.
Within the han dozen children waited
for the Sunday afternoon lessons to
begin. They grew restless: Their
mothers apron. strings no longer held
them. While their teachers were de-
layed by the tightening gives OF
the saloon they found amusement for
themselves.
LOUIS LINGG as A GOD.
A aHNT Of eight years, with yellow
curls falmgS over the skeremef which
spreaSsafh fhef shoulders skipped over
the Chair seats to the left side of the
hall and raised her eyes towards a bust
IN a glass case midway between the floor
and ceiling.
s;There is nay great god," she cried in
a pretty voice to her-playful conpan-
IN ssSss stseEs iate. .esadlsa Laughter
The mothers nodded at one another
and laughed. They called the little girl
to them, smiled approvingly at her and
patted her curls. Each mother seemed
to wish her own child had said so pre-
cious az hiHg.
most ferocio1s and malignant OF the an
archistic martyrs"
This same sunday there was also a
meeting of the ''Arbeiter Bildungs We
rein der Nordwest Seite" at the same
place, or rather in another hall in the
Thalia building. The object of the
meeting was to discuss the marriage
question. a lecture on rs Marriage a
Failure2' was delivered by the secretary
of the Arbeiter Bund, that famous So
ciety the police tried to suppress, but
which the courts protected -
The text-wss to the effect that mar
sss;age was failure, and the lecturers
hearers agreed with him. Marriage un-
der the present system was certainly a
failure, 1t was agreed, and the only
remedy was its total abolition. The
race was dying out. His remarks re-
ceived hearty applause from bis audi
ence, OF which women=formed the major
part. t>SssE l<.t:--s
ATHEIsTIc SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
There is throughout the city a number
Of so-calleG Sunday schools, the doc
trine taught in which is that all religion
is either superstition or fanaticism, and
Should be abolished. These should not
be confounded with the anarchist Sun
day schools. The scholars in these
schools range in age between Z and 16
wears. and the first thing impressed
upon their aaindsis-that there is no such
thing as divine ilspiraIionspr aS codes Of
morals founded On religious beliefs; thai
churches are vile fraud, perpetrated by
ecclesiasticism, and are simply agents of
The goEeccplng class,-s-------,---------
Rid5cpIe sisathe. potent Weapon used
and thsnamesof the Deity as spoken as,
Misunderstanding upon thsfeugge
as that Of the most public Of characters.
A crusade was at one time begun against
these institutions but it was stopped by
the decision of Judge fuley, though an
offer was made to show that anarchistic
as well as atheistica doctrines were pros
mulgated in thesesscheals. Judge Tules
held that all sorts Of meetings should be
protected against the ''caprice, whims or
malice" of officers of the law, aad we're
not to be disturbed unless some overt
act was committed.
Evangelist Moody has frequently
referred to-these' decidedly freethinking
Sunday scn0ols, but he has received 10
encouragemests from the hard hearted
citizens of Chicago who feel that seed
sown in some sections of the city would
be cast upon very barren ground indeed.
Mr.. Moody would ike to make an
onslaught upon these hotbeds of athe-1
ism, but he can get no one to follow his
leadership. The great question IS as to
how the attack should be made, and
uRtil-taat-is-settled-nething will be done.
The probabilities are that nothing will
be done anyhoB, as Christian intruders
in the parts Of the city where these
schools flourish would receive rough
treatment:
AGAINST THE CENTENNIAL
The remnants of the old anarchist
organization, which was so strong three
wears ago, was much interested IN the
:celehration-in New York.
At the last meeang-at ~Naverly Hall i
the anarchiStSan97 97socialists came tosan
agreement that the present Constitution
Of the United States was of no use the
poor people. One speaker observed:
ssThe ConStituion.was the work of Alex
ander Hamilton; <Eho led the people di-
rectly away from the Declaration OF In
dependence The party he represented
is still alive.-The four hundred of New
York who Will conduct this centennial
performance know where their safety
L. Ind Ihar E1n1r. they gre s:,fnnS l0nor