The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-06-18
WEDNESDAY. JUNE IS. 1880.

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Wednesday, June 18th.
The town of Manning is probably
not for Tillman, but fully one-thlrd
OF the Democratic voters favor him.
At the recent term Of court for
Berkley county, Judge Aldrlch sent
twenty one recruits to the penite ntlary
and one to the gallows for murder:
The Cotton Plant, the Alliance organ
in this State, has been sold to DR..
Stokes, of Orangeburg, and will prob
ably be moved from Greenville to that
place.
This week by request we republish
the platform of the March conven-
ton. It is an able and conservative
document, and will repay a careful!
perusal.
Georgetown will hold its county
convention, and elect delegates to the
State and congressional conventions
before the State campaign meeting is
held. Snap judgment by the Anti
Tillmanites.
The man who provides employment
to q half dozen men is worth more to
q town than a man who has hundred
thousand dollars with which to spec
ulste in real estate that he does not
intend to improve.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland presided at
the flower stand of a charity fair in
New York Thursday evening, and sold
roses as fast as she could hand them
out at $25 each. And Grover will be
the next president
The gubernatorial contest in Geor-
sia which promised to be a bitter and
: hard fight, has simmered down. The
bosses who have hitherto so complete
" controlled the destinies of the State
have been brushed off the scenes so
efectually that they are not even
thought OF, and the new farmers party
has assumed full possession of affairs.
Hampton county Democracy held
her convention yesterday and elected
q ful delegation to the State conven-
tion with instructions to support Till
man and reform. The Ants were
confident ofcarrying Hampton against
Tllman, but they reckoned without
their host, as the resolutions endors-
>sng TiElman were adopted by vote
on $50 26.
clarendon,is going ahead organic
ing Democratic. clubs. That is right.
The county executive committee were
wrong, and the people have got their
eyes open and are simply showing
them that they have rights and opiN
ions of their own which they propose
to have respected. The action of the
executive committee is worth at
least FIVE hundred votes for Tillman.
Col Elliott has been ousted from
congress, and the negro Tom Miller
given his seat According to the rul-
ing Of the congressional committee on
elections all the congressional elections
in 1888 in this State were Illegal. Our
consolation is that the Republicans
hare so disgusted the country with
their acts, that the next house will
again be Democratic, and then We will
again get justice.
The News and CoUie1, yesterday un-
tied the string, and the casaeaped out.
The Alabama plan ISIS be tried: to
bring out candidate from every
county if peMlbae, and then when the
'aSsaSs eenaention meets combine and
dsssas zillman. That is the plan. Il
is anybody or any means to defea;
Tillman. Will the people show THEN
want OF wisdom by swallowing the
bare hook? We shall see.
What is to hinder us from estab,
fishing cotton bagging factory al
this point? The farmers county ALI
aaee meets in the court house on July
4th, and We think if our merchants
Z will take the matter in hand and show
to these farmers that they are trying
5 10 establish something for the benefit
OF the farmer as we'll as the merchant
it VIII meet with favor by this organ.
ization. Suppose a subscription lisl
is started, and our merchants sub.
Sseribe with a liberal spirit, the farm
ees would also subscribe and a cottor
bagging factory will be established
among us ed thereby be great say
ing to the consumer of this article.
Politics is getting wild, and there i
SO much we see We would like to pub
lish. it is very difficult to select JUS
Rhat will be most interesting: it is al
) interesting. No man in this State
has ever received a more enthusiastic
reception than has Tillman at the
campaign meetings SO far. The peo
pie seem to grow wildly enthusiastic
over him. It will take the stronges
sind of wire pulling to defeat him: il
fact the way the thing now stands, j
the convention was held soon he would
be nominated almost unanimously
The people this year will not listen tt
the former bosses, but having take,
the bull by the horns, they propose te
do their own thinking and their Owl
acting. Tillman will be the next gov
ernor.
We have not heard word recently
4 from our business men on the rail
road question. They seem to have
fallen into q fatal comatous condition
and any effort to arouse them is una
vailing. Are we to sit IDLY by, no
5 making an effort for self-protectior