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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
Good for tha Isxparers.

COLUMBIA, Sept. 3.-The Safe Board
of Contro! net last night In regular
monthly session. One Of the matters
in which the public has been interest.
ed was the investigation into the cnn--
duct of Dispenser Stevenson on occa
sion Of the campaign meeting at
Wiunsboro. The County Board of
Control made report aud il was CIV
en- out last night that the board had
exonerated he Dispenser from the
charges" made against hun. Tue. re
port of the county board was not
made public, but it was accepted by
the State Board. a matter in which
all taxpayers are most interested, how
ever, was the determination of the
board to pay inro tue State Treasury
$l00, 900 from the accrued net profits
OF the business. This sum will be paid
in four monthly instsliments, the first
payment to be made on October l.
That the board is able to pay this
much towards the reduction Of taxes
will not only be welcomed by the peo
pie at large, but is an evidence Of the
good business principles on Which the
dispensary is being conducted under
the present regime. So far the dis
pensary has paid directly INTO the
treasury $50, 600 borrowed lc start on,
$4,000 towards the payment OF the
expenses of the constitutional conVen'
ton, which is to be followed by this
paynent of $780, 600.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
A Md Skunk's Bite.

SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 3O.-A Spe-
cial to the Morning News from St.
Fla, says: Allen Miller,
residing at Moultrie settlement, near
here, was bitten by a skunk ON We'd
nesday, and at once gave signs OF ny
drophobia. Before he was secured,
he badly bit his steo.son and ran
through the woods biting trees and
everything coming in his way. lie
was tied to his bed, and today, in q
paroxysism. broke the lasking and es-
capped to the woods, severely biting
two of his keepers, one dangerously.
Application was made to Judge Coop
er here tonight for the sheriff and a
posse to hunt for and capture Mille-,
who is raving maniac. Women
and children in the settlement are ter
rorized, and as word is passed about
houses are barricaded against the man,
who, when lest seen, was biting cat
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
Tillmauin penn.ylvspta.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The Bryan
campaign managers have decided that
Senator Tillmau Of South Carolina
shall resume his campaign in Penn
sylvania among the coal miners
where, it is claimed, no became such a
hero by few speeches delivered re.
Gently The Senator will come from
South Carolina and go 10 Pennsylga
MIA about the 10th Of this month. lie
will remain IN that state unti! tue
20th, speaking continuously Ga The
18th he is scheduled to speak in Phila,
delphia, and the Silvorils there Will
prepare an ovation for hlu. His
speech there VII be addressed particu-
larly to The worklngmep, who are
supposed to pat great faith in him.
State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
Hnka Smith I;etEres.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-Secretary
Hoke Smith closed his administration
of the affairs of the Interior Depart
menL today and retired from the Cab
met. The last papers in the routine
business OF the department were sign
ed and his active work closed yester-
dav afternoon. Today the Secretary
was at the department, but he devoted
almost his entire time TO callers and
10 taking leave Of his associates and OF
the employeesin the department When
TX Governor Francis Will arrive from
Missouri and take the oath Of Office is
not yet definitely known, though it
vii be before the end of the week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09

EX SENATOR Rice, of Arkansas, Who
was prominent Republican politician
during reconstruction days, wrote to
Democratic headquarters several days
ago to announce that lie had aban-
doned the Republican party and to
offer to lake the stump for Bryan and
silver. His offer was accepted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
TiIlman,s Good Work.

Tillman, of South Carolina, who has
been spending week in Pennsylva,
MIA, PASSED through Washington
Friday and held conference
with Lawrence Gardiner, secretary Of
the League of Democratic Clubs.
Senator Til man was accompanied by
William Wilhelm, of Pottsville, who
will be recalled as having been proml-
nent in the attempt to coerce Penn.
sylvania manufacturers to support
free coinage at the conference held
last winter with the silver Senators
here in Washington. Mr.. Wilhelm
remained in the city to discuss with
the Democratic managers the sltua,
tion in Pennsylvania. He insisted
that the work of Senator Tillman dur
ing the past week had made converts
by the thousands in Pennsylvania, and
he was urgent that the South Carroll
ma Senator should be at once returned
to Pennsylvania and placed on the
stump through the mining regions.
Mr.. Wilhelm stated that from his
own personal observation free coinage
sentiment in Pennsylvania was more
widespread than had been believed
even by the most earnest advocates Of
the Democratic ticket. He said that
the work done by Senator Tillman
was surprising. Last Saturday" ,"
said MIR. Wilhelm, II found that Sen
ator Tillman was to speak to some
farmers at Mount Gretna. l wired
him, asking that he speak at Pottsville;
be hesitated, but at last agreed to
make some speeches. Little notice
was given that he would speak any
where, but in Shenandoah, Pottsville,
Ashland and other cities and towns
where he spoke this week the audi
ences were larger than ever known in
those places. and Senator Tillman
created the most intense enthusiasm.
The people went wild about him, and
last night at Tamaqua he was waited
upon by large delegations from all
over the coal regions, begging him to
speak at various places. There are
four Congressional districts in the
coal regions. All are now represent
ed by Republicans, but every one OF
them will 60 Democratic this fall. The
meetings addressed by Senator Till
man were all held under the auspices
of Republican silyermen. In Schuyl-
kill County nearly every one OF the
former Republican managers has gone
over to the silver ranks. The gain OF
Democratic Congressman in Pennsyl-
vania this year will be larger than any
other State in the Union. I have
managed good many campaigns in
my county, but there never was such
enthusiasm as has been created by Sen
ator I'illman. Heretofore when 4
meeting was held there has always
been question as to who would pay
the bills, put this lime the bills were
all paid by silver Republicans. When
Senator Tillman and myself asked for
our bills at the hotels we were told
that they had been paid. Besides that
the epeople Insisted on paying our rail
road fare"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09
HELP OF A KIND WORD.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE breaches HU-
MAN KINDNESS.

Itisa Mesns of Defense as Well as Useful
ness-Enemles May be Conquered With
Soft Tougue-Sympathy Is Potent wax"
sinners-Christ's Chief characteristics.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09

Oh, that we might IN our IamllieS
and in our churches try the force OF
kindness! You can never drive men,
women or children into the kingdom
of God. A March northeaster will
bring out more honeysuckles than
fretfulness and scolding will ever
bring out Christian grace. I wish
that in all our religious work we might
be saturated with the spirit of kind
ness. Missing that, we miss great
deal of usefulness. There is no need
of coming cut before men and thun-
dering to them the law unless at the
same time you preach to them the gos.
pei. The world is dying for lack OF
kindness.
These young people want it just as
much as the old. The old people
sometimes seem to think they have
monopoly of the rheumatisms, and the
neuralgias, and the headaches, and
the physical disorders of the world;
but l tell you there are no worse heart
aches than are felt by some OF these
young people. Do you know that
much.o of the work is done by the young?
Raphael died at 81, Richleau at 81,
Gustavus Adolphus died at 3S, limo
cent III came to his mightiest infiu-
ence at 81, Cortes conquered Mexico
at 80, Don John won Lepanto at 25,
Grotius was attorney general at "a,
and have noticed amid all classes of
men that some Of the seyerest battles
and the toughest work come before 30.
Therefore we must have our sermons
and our exhortations in prayer meet
ing all sympathetic with the young.
And so with these people further on IN
life. What do these doctors and law
vers and merchants and mechanics
care about the distractions Of religion2
What they want is help to bear the
whimsicalities OF patients, the brow
beating of legal opponents, the un-
fairness of customers, who have plen.
ty OF fault tinding for every imperfec-
ton of handiwork, but no praise foT
20 exceliences. What does that brain
r&cked, hand bliste9ed man care for
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-09-09

ooSu az tuS SdtOE StoulSSi, 1ILClhii
tore its entrails out.
The blood from the combatants at
tracted every one CT the salt and fresh
water denizens in the vicinity to the
scene of combat, and the utmost con-
fusion appeared to prevail, but at the
same time we could see from our deck
that the larger and more powerful OF
the fishes had formed pools or syndi-
Gates, and, as result, the small fishes
on both sides disappeared in very short
order.
However, much as we had been
surprised, it was ordered that we were
to be more surprised yet, for just as
we thought the turmoil in the water
was growing less our attention was
called to the other side of the ship and
we there saw q sight such as we had
never seen before and never believed
any man could have seen. Marco
Polo and Baron Munchausen, in their
widest flights of imagination, never
attempted TO describe such a monster
as we saw dancing with easy undula
tions toward the bloody spot of water.
Without doubt it was the veritable
sea serpent and a serpent among sea
serpents at that. Every writer who
has seen it gives a different descrip.
ton of the sea serpent. In fact it APP
pearsto he like Proteus, whose distin-
gushing characteristic was the faculty
of transforming himself into different
shapes.
"Our snake was like any ordinary
everyday snake, except, mind You, in
size. Its head was shield shaped and
only very little wider that its body; its
laws were enormous and armed with
four immense fangs. They were
placed well in front and must have
been fully ten or twelve inches longer
than the other teeth, with which its
Jaws were thickly studded. It's nos
1rils appeared 10 be placed somewhat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

since Taking prices, wages and the purchasing power of wages in 1860, each, as 100, he finds that in 1862, when the greenback was worth SS cents on the dollar prices were 1O4, wages were 103.7 and pur- chasing power 996, In 1864, when the greenback was worth but 40 cents, prices were 172, wages were 134 and their purchasing power but IS. Wages, it is seen, Jagged behind prices when the dollar in circulation fell below par with gold, and the lower it fell the worse it was for the wage-earner. In subsequent years, when machinery came into increased use, prices fell and wages advanced, and at the same time wages would buy more. In 1891, for example, prices were 94.4 wages 16S.6 and their purchasing power 17S,6,
 Do the worSingmen think it is for their advantage to vote for rise in the price of that which they must huy and a decrease in the value of that which they get to buy with?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
4 SILYER PLOT.

One of the most interesting and i'm, portant of the political conventions will be the ninth annual convention of the National Republican league, which is to be held in Milwaukee beginning at 10 a. n., August 25. It will be 6 great meeting and an enthusiastic the United States is entitled to six del- egates at large. In addition to this, each congressic nal district is entitled to four delegates, and the American Republican College league is entitled to one delegate from each college club, represented by one of it's members in the annual convention of that league for 1896. The following are ex~officio delegates, viz, president, secretary and treasurer of the National league; one vice president and one executive mem Der of the national organization from each State and territory, and the pres- ident and secretary of each State and territorial league, making four ex-offi- cio delegates from each. Under this apportionment each State and territory has ten delegates at large. in addition to the four from each congressional dis trict. The total representation will ex- ceed two thousand delegates, with an ,f al toc I,,1c
 mess of the meeting will include re- ports from the officers of the league
 the election of officers, vice presidents and members of the executive commit tee for the ensuing year, the designa- ton or the reference of the time and place for the next National league con- vention, and general legislation for the advancement of the league idea in the great work of the Republican party.
 It has been discovered that a plot has been formed by the silverites to cap- ture this convention. It will probably not meet with any better success than the plot of the silverites to capture the National Republican convention. In order that it may not it is desirable that this part of the country should arrange for a full and efficient repre- sentation at the convention. The dis | covery of the plot has been a good thing. The annihilation of it in the convention will be a better thing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

waters is to be made, At present prac- tically the only oysters marketed in Oregon are the small Olympia and Shoalwater Bay oysters, which are c table delicacy, but to the minds of many are not to be compared with the large, fat bivalves from the Chesa- peake and other oyster-beds on the At lantic coast. It is expected that the experiment will be as successful in Ore gon waters as it has been off the coast of California and Washington, where eastern oysters, planted few years ago, are thriving, With laws in Ore gon and California, such as Washing ton has, to protect the transplanted oysters for a period, it is believed that 8 large oyster business can be built up on the Pacific coast.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
NEXT.

It is an excellent thing to be able to sing well, and the next best thing is to know you an't.-Puck.
 Are your daughters enjoying the seashore, Mrs. Dash?'' 'Enjoying it? Why their laundry bill is s10 week. :" Chicago Record.
 Her Father-Has my daughter given you any encouragement, sir? Suitor- We'll, she said you were always a very generous parent.-Philadelp Amer jean.
 MT. Meanitall-This is leap year, you know Why don't you take advantage of it? Miss Coquette-I do. I flirt all I want to, knowing that none of the men will propose.-Vogue.
 Friend-Was he very much intoxi- cated, colonel? The gentleman from y-Disgracefully, sah Never saw such a spectacle! He was so drunk, sir, that he lost his corkscrew Puck.
 "Bloomers," said the old fashioned boarder, lessen woman's matrimo- nial chanches." Dear me!' said the Cheerful Idiot, ''I thought they were a distinct aid in striking match" "-In- dianapolis Journal.
 "Bacherly. why don't you find some good woman and form matrimonial alliance?" What I want in that line is a silent partner, and I've been seek ing in vain for the last ten years. ."-De- troit Free Press.
 Were you ever bothered by horse thieves out here?" inquired the tourist. Well, yes" said the native of Oklahoma, there used to be a good many hanging around, but I haven't t seen one for a year."-Truth.
 Has your wife learned to ride a wheel?' "Nup; but she has been talk ing cooking lessons, and about every morning she goes into the kitchen and has a scorching competition with the cook. k."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Mrs. DIulhooly-An' phy did ye give
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
CORN ERING SILYER.

One of the intelligent theories of the Boy Orators is that if the United States will establish free coinage of sill yer the value of the white metal will rise so that a silver dollar win be worth Q dollar instead of tifty-one cents. They do not seem to see that if business it will be in the position of a man who tries to run a corner in wheat there is enough to swamp him when the price is made attractive to those who have it for sale. And they seem to forget that the United States has al- ready been through one decidedly dis astrous experiment in raising the price of silver. When the government of the United States began to buy silver in 1878 under the Bland act, the silver in a dollar was worth about 99 cents During the next fifteen years the gov ernment bought, in round numbers, a half billion ounces of silver, (459, ,946,70 ounces). This was almost exactly 75 per cent. of all the silver produced in the United States. Yet in spite of this enormous artificial buying, silver fell steadily, so that when it was stopped the silver in a dollar had fallen from 8 cents to 60 cents. The effort to bol- ster silver has already cost much. The stock piled in the treasury vaults is worth less than it cost by $145, ,S71 ,952 to- day, or an average of SIP per head for all the voters in the country, while the indirect loss through depression and panic is incalculable.
 Why should the United States try to run another corner in silver? The other deal cost it over 45,OO0, ,00O It has lost enough in silver speculation hasn't it?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
TT HAPPENED BEFORE HE CAME

TT HAPPENED BEFORE HE CAME.
 A small youth out in KenWood has come to think his native state does not amount to much Some time last year his family removed from St. Joseph, Mo, to Chicago, and took up residence within the fashionable district of Ken wood. The younger son of the family is a lad about nine years old, and few days ago the whole Sabbath-school which this youth attends was being questioned by the superintendent upon the lesson of the day. This little fellow has an unusually bright and interest ing face, and as his class was seated di- rectly in front of the superintendent he was naturally attracted to him. The lesson was of Moses and how the Red Sea had separated and permitted him to lead his hosts through the divided waters to safety.
 When the superintendent had finished relating the story he concluded to see how much his youthful listeners had taken in.
 'Who was it, children" he ques- promised land?'
 Wltn the USUAL tlmlulty or CHllureH about speaking out in meeting" none of them replied The boys looked at each other and giggled, but none off, fered any response.
 'Now, I know you all know his name" said the superintendent in pa- tronizing tones Just think moment and tell me- Won't some of you? Let this little man tell me- he said. point ing at the recent conner from the south.
 q dc.i't know. sir; I don't live here. I only came up from Missouri the other day" was the frightened reply.-Chica- go Chronicle
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
WAGES DON'T RISE w1rH PRICES

The Boy Orators promise the work ingmen great prosperity if they will only vote for free silver, just as other orators promised the workingmen great prosperity if they would only vote for free trade. But the Boy Orators are a little wary about promising the work ingmen rise in their wages equal to the rise in the prices of goods which will take place if free silver is estab- lished. The Boy Orators are wise in not being very definite about the rise in wages which is to come with free sil- yer. The experience of tine past is very much against them. lt is in structive to see how slowly and made quately wages follow an aavance in prices. A table has been 1-spared by Edward Atkinson, shollag prices. wages and the purchasi power of wages from 1869 to 1891, ing the De- riod of depreciated gr backs and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

Recent experiences of aeronauts in a thunder storm near Paris tend to show the dangerous character of the experi- ment undertaken by Dr. Andree. A balloon commanded by M. Boiteux and containing four men rose above a thunder storm and into a region so cold that ice formed on the balloon. In the haste to descend and save the lives of the occupants the balloon was car ried into a dense wood. One man who remained in the car until the baIloo l was stopped was partly frozen. This experience was near Paris. What the temperature may be five or six hun dred feet above ground in the Arctic regions no one can tell, but it is possi- ble that if Dr. Andree has ascended with his two companions all have been frozen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
F. M. BROWN & co.

dressed as a French driver, black coat with brass buttons, red waist coat, drab trousers, glazed hat and whip, which character she sustained to the life, swearing like a trooper The em- peror, never quite sure of what she might be expected to do, was particu
 larly indignant with her on this occa- sion, and would have requested her to withdraw had it not been for the inter- vention of the empress, with whom she was great favorite. So, thanks to her partiality, she was permitted to finish the evening, which she did, to the inf mite amusement of her numerous friends and admirers, and to her own entire satisfaction, proving the adage that it is truly a good thing to have a friend at court-London Society.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

the name of Standish at the police sta- tion? MT. Mulhooly Ol was arr risted fer bein' dhrunk an disorderly, an 1t isn't me wud be disgraein' the name of Mulhooly. York Weekly,
 Dukane-The college which will at tract the most attention this year does not possess a football team. Gaswell --Oh, nonsense Its a fact" What college do you refer to?" "The eleo- toral college, "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

variety finds it difficult matter, espec- ially if she is stopping at a resort where much is made of outdoor bath ing. Tn this event she dons long cotton water that the burn comes These gloves reach to the edge of the bath suit sleeve, and make the water toilet really "modish.'
 Even the athletic girl is not above making her bath rig stylish, and small wonder, for she'll be as fashionable as they make 'em next winter, when she will probably have discarded her fad for things muscular How her brown skin will look with bodice like that shown to-day is a matter that causes her very little worry; when the time comes she can be counted on to be equal to the emergency. It will be just like her impudence, Miss Lilly White will think. to discard her summer se- verlty of attire and turn to feminine elaborateness of this sort. Be the wearer athletic or not, this bodice should prove becoming. It was of ac- cordeon pleated mousseline de soie over White SILK ilhliiS, tiiV liio"''SiA'o '-fiie' adorned with black lace applique leaves, and with a narrow border that framed the points on sleeves and plas- tron. It fastened invisibly at the side and had a high stock collar of cerise satin ribbon, with bows at the sides and a paste buckle in the center, the belt matching the collar. Ribbon bands and large bows ornamented the sleeves fLoRhIIh.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

In spite of "the crime against silver' more than one hundred million dollars worth of that metal was coined last year by the different silver-using countries of the world. This country coined in seven months last year more silver dollars than were coined in the entire eighty years between 1792 and 1873.