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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-29

township than the one at which he is
registered and desires to vote at such
nearer precinct shall, upon the
surrender of his certificate of regis.ra,
ton be entitled to new certificate en-
titling him to vote at such nearer pre-
cinct.
Section 90. The supervisor shall de.
post the books of registration for safe
keeping in the Office of the clerk of the
Court Of General Sessions who shall
keep the same with the other records
in said office. Said books shall be
opened to public inspection atall times
but shall not be removed from the Of
fee of the clerk Of Court by any per,
son except the supervisor or any mem
Der of the board Of supervisors, who
are authorized to mako and keep the
same as long as may be necessary as
to enable him or either of them to per
form the duties herein imposed upon
them.
Section %. Immediately preceding
each general election or any special
election the board Of registration, or
the supervisor, as the case may be, shall
furnish to the commissioners of elec-
ton for his county two registration
books for each precinct in bis county,
containing in each the names Of all
electors entitled to vote at such election
and no elector shall vote at any pre-
cinct unless his name appear on the
registration books for that precinct
The commissioners Of election shall
convey said books to The managers o.:
elections at each precinct, who shall
be responsible for the care and custody
of said books and the return thereof to
the commissioners within three days
after such election. The commission
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amend ments from the floor changed
the bill in important particulars, the
chief being the reduction of the salary
of the Chief Justice to 5000 and the
Associate Justices to $500. These
amendments have yet to run the
garutlet of the Senate.
THE SENATE.
In the Senate yesterday the follow
ing bill was passed after some discus
sion:
Sec. l. That hereafter no FIRE insur-
ance company doing business in this
State shall issue policies for more than
the amount of the value of the proper
ty to be insured, such amount to be
fixed at or before the time of issuing
said policies, and in case Of loss by FIRE
the insured be entitled TO recover such
amount in case of total loss and pro.
portionate amout in case CT partial
loss. Provided, that this does not ap-
ply to insurance on merchandise or
stock in trade.
Sec 3. That no statement in the
application or condition of the policy
of insurance, shall be held to avoid
the policy of insurance unless the in.
surer shall have within thirty days af
ter the date of said policy cancelled
said policy. Anything in the policy
to the contrary Notwithstanding"
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AN Infamous LIAR

BERLIN, Jan. 23.-In the reichstae
today DR.. Barth, leader of the Radi.
cal Unionist party, asked Chancellor
Won HohenIohe what had been done
with the resolution in favor of bimet.
allism that had been introduced dur
ing the last session of the reichstag.
The chancellor replied that he was not
yet able to make any statement to the
chamber concerning the resolution.
Barth then declared that the bimetallic
agitation had been fometed outside OF
Germany, adding that perhaps Ameri,
can gold had assisted the agitation.
Herr 70 Kardof, the German champi-
on of bimetallism and leader Of the
Agrarian party, challenged the pro-
duction of proof that any one of the
German bimetallists had been paid to
represent American interests, and de-
clared that DR.. Barth was an Infamous
liar. DR.. Barth sprang from his seat
and hotly declared that such remark
was an infamy and an outrage on de,
bate. The president OF the chamber
called DR.. Barth to order, stating that
he had not heard the remark imputed
to Herr Won kardoff.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-01-29
4 Trio of Eogues.

CoLUMPUs, O., Jan. pa bomb
was exploded in political circles to-
night by the indictment of three ex-
members of the Legislature on the
charge of bribery. a true bill was
found against ex-senator John Grier
for soliciting s400 from w. f. Burdell
OF this city for his influence in secur-
ing the passage of a bill in the interest
of the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust
Company in 1898. A true bill was
also found against ex Senator Gear for
soliciting $3.50 from D. H. Gaumer of
GAINESVILLE, in the Iden-Gaumer cleo
ton contest in 1892. Three counts
were found against ex-senator L.C.
Obi, as follows: Soliciting $3.50 from
ex-senator Geo. B. Iden in the Iden-
Gaumer election contest, accepting
$3.50 from Iden in same, and offering
and promising to give Senator Avery
of Cleveland $166 for his holding up
in committee two bills in the interest
of the Ohio State University. Gear
and Grier are Democrats and Oil a
Republican.
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Donaldson Talks.

GREENvILLE, S. c., Jan. 24.-M. L.
Donaldson of this city, member for
South Carolina of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, has returned from
Washington, where he attended the
meeting Of that committee. He told a
representative of the Greenvile News
yesterday, in answer to inquiries, that
he had been unable to gather from his
fellow committeeman any information
Of value regarding the political situa
ton in their respective States. All
were remarkably reticent.
Regarding choice for the Presiden-
cy, Mr.. Donaldson says there seems to
be no man in sight on whom the SEN
timent of the party or of any faction
or section of it is centered. All he
could gather was that the Republicans
are as badly at sea for candidate as
the Democrats. That was the general
belief Of the members of the commit
tee.
Committeeman Donaldson does not
think the vote of the committee for
the convention city was test Of senti-
ment On the currency question. The
silver men were agreed On only one
point, and that was to oppose New
York. Many Of them voted for st.
Louis, but they did not regard them
selves as bound to that city. By the
way, one of the leading delegates from
St. Louis was a Mr.. Sammons, who
went from Greenville county. His
mother was Young from the Paris
Mountain section of the county. He
is said to be the most prominent can
didate for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Missouri.
Mr. Donaldson met President Cleve-
land and hel a orief talk with him.
He says the President looks clean,
clear cut and healthy. Any talk Of
his being a habitual drinker or having
recently used spirits to excess is evil
dently, Mr.: Donaldson says, a SLAM
der. He observed the President close
" and was impressed with the clear
ness of his skin and eyes. Mr.. Cleve-
land seemed to be in good spirits and
temper and had every appearance Of
man who is in the highest health
and contented frame of mind and
able to think clearly and act decisive
ly.-NeWs.
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THE Manufacturers Record pub
lished reports from nearly all the cot
ton seed oil mills throughout the
South, showing that the decrease in
the supply of seed has been much
larger than is generally understood,
and that owing to this scarcity, Yearly
all mills will close down for the sea-
son very much earlier than usual.
These reports indicate with very gen
eral uniformity that the seed supply
has been from 10 to 50 per cent. less
than last year, and that number of
Texas mills make the shortage even
greater.
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Chairman Bd of Registration

Section Is. In case of the removal
of an elector from one county to an
other he shall notify the county super.
visor wherein he is registered, and
shall surrender to him his certificate
of registration. and the said supervi,
sor shall note the fact of such removal
upon his registration book, and shall
give ch elector certificate Of trans
fer to the county to which he has re.
moved. Upon the presentation OF
such certificate to the supervisor OF
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CHARLESTON FOR CUBA.
Captain Hughes of tho Steamer Lorada
Promptly Acquitted.

CHARLESTON, Jan. 23.-The patriots
Of Cuba are not friendless in Charles.
ton. Indeed, considering the fact
that Captain Hughes was acquitted on
the first ballot by the jury today, SEN
timent may te considered strongly in
their favor. Capt. Samuel Hughes,
master Of the steamship Laurada. was
charged with violating the neutrality
, laws of the United States in shipping
men and arms to aid the insurgents.
The trial was in the United States dis
trict court, Judge Brawley presiding.
The courtroom was packed with spec
tators throughout the day, and the
keenest interest was manifested in the
result OF the trial.
Mr.. J. P. K. Bryan, for the defense,
took these legal positions in his argu'
ment:
First--1t was no offence against the
neutrality laws of the United States
for person to 60 abroad to enlist in a
foreign army.
Secoad-lt was no offence against
the neutrality laws of the United
States for master of an American
ship to carry as passengers such per-
sons going abroad to enlist in for.
eign army and to land them in for.
| eign country.
Third That it is no offence against
the neutrality laws of the United
States to sell, ship and carry by ship
to foreign country, amunitions and
munitions of war, intended to be used
in a foreign war.
Fourth--That it is no offence against
the neutrality laws of the United States
to carry abroad on the same ship with
volunteers, intending to enlist, muni'
tons of war intended to be used in
foreign armies.
Fifth-That while under interna.
tional law a belligerent foreign power
might capture abroad such munitions
of war aud such volunteers intended
to be used against it, still the acts OF
carrying abroad and landing such
volunteers in a foreign country were
not offences against the neutrality
laws of the United States, but were
lawful commerce under such laws,
and that it is only of such acts that
there is any evidence atall in this case.
Sixth-That the only offence that
the United States statutes denounceS
is carrying abroad a military expedi,
tion-an organized military body,
either cavalry, infantry or artillery,
oficered and equipped--and that no
such acts have been proven in this case.
Mr.. Bryan elaborated these lega. po-
sitions at length, citing in their sup
port many and recent decisions Of the
highest court of the United States, and
also referring to many authorities on
international law and State papers.
This concluded his argument on the
law.
Ex-senator NJ. G. Butler, in his ar.
gument for the defence, made like
speech.
The attorneys for the prosecution
laid their case on the evidence Of their
witnesses.
District Attorney Murphy appeared
for the government.
Judge Brawley's charge to the jury
was on the law in the case, and was
very clear.
The verdict of not guilty was reach,
ed in twenty minutes.-State.
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Supervisor Of Registration

Section 80. Before any municipal
election to be held in any incorporat-
ed city or town in the State, after the
general election of 1896 the municipal
supervisor shall furnish the managers
of election with one of the books of
registration for the city or precinct
thereof, which they shall return to the
supervisor within three days after the
election; and no elector shall be eallow-
ed to vote in any municipal election
whose name is not registered as here
in provided, or who does not produce
a municipal registration certificate at
the polls.
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That Will be Introduced In Either House
During the Present Session Of the Legis-
Iafn
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Looking After the ColIeges--A Committee
Wanted to Report on Winthrop'S ENpen-
dirures--Members of the House Holding
Two Ofdces--Other Business.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
THE SILVER SUBSTITUTE.

The defeat of the Senate silver
substitute to the House bond bill
in the House Friday was over
whelming. The vote was 215 to
80. The silver men laid claim a
few days ago to over 100 votes,
yet they could muster but go
from all three parties. The ma
jority against the silver measure
was 125. In July, $780, straight
free coinage bill was defeated in
the House by but II majority.
This serves to indicate how the
silver sentiment has dwindled.
The action of the House is well
calculated to have a good effect
in financial circles abroad. It will
counterfeit whatever distrust the
Senate's vote may have created
and will give the world to again
understand that this nation does
not favor a silver standard. When
it is remembered that the MEM
bers of the House of Represen-
tatives are elected two years on a
population basis, and, therefore.
come fresh from the people.
while Senators are named every
six years by the State Legisla-
lures, regardless of of popula-
ton, it is easy to see how the
House comes nearer represent
ing the true sentiments of the
people on these great questions
than the Senate.
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ever policy its leaders may deem
best for the Republican party.
Again: The silver problem
which the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention will have to
solve will include necessarily
many questions as to persons.
What leading Democrat can be
found whose position on the sis
yer question will enable him to
appeal as the champion of either
the free coinage of silver or of
the other side of that knotty
question? Sound money men, it
is assumed, will surely refuse to
touch free coinage The friends
of free coinage may decide to be
as uncompromising as the other
side.
So that the problem under
consideration is one of the most
difficult of solution, whether we
undertake to commit the Demo~
cratic party to a measure Or to a
man.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
THE SILVER PROBLEM.

AS the Richmond Dispatch
well says, the vote taken last
week in the House of Represents
tatives on the silver question
may have results which the
members of that House, whether
Republican Or Democrats, did
not foresee. What sort of issue,
for instance, can the Democratic
National convention make upon
the silver question? The vote
resulted in the House of Repre>
sentatives as follows: Twenty
five Republicans, So Democrats
1 Silyerite, and all the Populists
present voted in favor of free
coinage, while 154 Republicans
and 81 Democrats voted against
free coinage. More: The most
distinguished champions of the
respective sides were both Dem
ocrats, and leading Democrats at
that, to wit: ex-Speaker Crisp
and Representative Turner. One
spoke and voted for free silver;
the other against it.
In view of these facts, what
sort of silver plank, we repeat,
can the Democratic National con-
vention lay down? If national
conventions were made up as
State conventions are, there
might be no difficulty in forcing
through the next Democratic
National Convention a resolution
committing the Democratic party
to free silver, in spite of the ac-
ton of the House of Representa-
tiveS on that question But when
we recollect that not a Democrat
from any Northern State voted
for free silver coinage, as we be.
lieve was the fact, and that all
the Northern Democrats will be
represented in the approaching
Democratic National Convention,
we cannot but see that one of the
most difficult of problems now
awaits solution at the hands of
the Democratic party. We say
DIT the hands of the Democratic
party, because the Republican
National Convention will be SO
strongly ~anti>free coinage that
this body will be able to lay down
a platform whose silver plank
will commit the party to what
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
THE mistake of the silver men

THE mistake of the silver men
is in supposiug that because sill
yer, at certain times and for Ger
tain uses, is as good as gold, it
should be preferred to gold all
the time. Senator Davis seems
to be making a similar mistake
with regard to the relative value
of speech and silence. The Min
nesota Senator gained some
prominence by speaking out
when there was an occasion TOR
speech, and now he persists in
speaking when it would be much
more serviceable to himself and
the country to hold his tongue.
There is some danger of Senator
Davis being considered a blath
ershite, and it is not remember
ed that the people Of the United
States ever elected q blather-
skite to be President.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20

THE report OF the Senate com
mittee in favor of the claim of
Col. Dupont as Senator from
Delaware was expected. The
question of DuPont's election
depends upon the construction of
the Constitution and practices of
the State of Delaware, and a de-
cision by the Supreme Court of
that State would have been con
elusive, as that of nc other tri-
bunal can be. In the absence of
such a decision, the Senate CONS
mittee resolves the doubt accord
ing to the party preferences and
the majority of the Senate will
doubtless concur. Fortunately,
Col. DUPONT will make a good
Senator and Delaware will not
be misrepresented.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-02-20
The Conversion of Mary Ellen Lease

1t it is but a step from the SUI
blime to the ridiculous, there is
no reason why the converse of
that proposition should not be
true. Certainly, no more widely
divergent characters than a Pop
uliSt stump orator and a minister
of the gospel can be imagined,
especially such a stump orator as
the Rev. Mary Ellen Lease, Of
Kansas. proved herself to be. It
is idle to speculate upon the de-
tails Of this conversion. Whether
some of the wild doctrines of the
Populist party contributed TO the
change. or the Kansas variety of
Populists raised doubts as to che
possibility of salvation, must be
left to conjecture. Il is better
therefore, To accept the concrete
result as to Mrs. Lease and to
prayerfully hope for an equally
gratifying transmu5ation of other
POpuliSt apostles
One of the most interesting oc-
currences imaginable wodld be if
tue Kew. Mrs. Lease, We're to un.
dertake to convince Brothers
PETER and Simpson and Stuart
and Allen and others equally
prominent in the Populist party
thst they must do something else
to be saved than proclaim from
the house tops and other conven-
lent locations the doctrines
which she and they have held in
common heretofore. IF she were
TO wrestle with all of them, trying
to persuade them to turn their
talents and energies to advant-
age in the pulpit, instead Of the
forum; ii she could induce them
to become fishers Of souls in>
stead of fishers of votes, she
would accomplish a feat that
would be a%pplauded by all men.
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Daily except Monday tDaily ex

Daily except Monday tDaily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train on the Scotland Branch Road
caves Weldon 300 =. n, Halifax Alb
o. NJ, arriving Scotland Neck at 5.05
p II, Greenville 6:47 p N, Kinston "a
p. m. Returning leaves kinston 7.20
a. M, Greenville So d N, arriving
Halifax at 100 a N, Weldon 11.20 q N,
daily except Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 100 a ID, arrives Parmlee
40 a m, Tarboro 10.t a m. returning
leaves Tarboro 40 p M, ParIulee $50
pm, arrives Washington 7.45 p N, daily
kept Sunday. Connects with trains
on Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., via
Albemarle and Raleigh Railway daily
except Sunday, at 4.50 p m, Sunday
800 p NJ, arrives Plymouth 900 o IL,
n 5.20 D. n1.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily, ex-
cept Sunday, 600 a Ia, Sunday $50 a m,
arrive TsrborO 1925 a. m, and II. As
p. m.
Train on Midland N G Branch leaves
Goldsboro daily, except Sunday, 500
d. N, arriving Smithfeld I 80 a N. Re-
turning leaves Smithfeld 500 a M, az
rive at Goldsboro $50 a m.
Train N Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4.30 p. H., arrives
Nashville sos p IN, Spring Hope $50
p n Returning leaves Spring Hope
800 3. M, Nashville S.35 a m, arrives
at Rocky Mount 9.05 a m, daily except
Sunday.
Train on Latta Branch Flor,Dce
Railroad, leaves Latta $40 . no.
arrive Dunbar $50 F N Returning
leaves Dunbar. $50 a m; arrive Latta
$50 a IN. Daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves
| Warsaw for Clinton daily, except Sur
day at lilo p III. Returning leaves
Clinton at 100 a. N. and 500 d m.
Train No u makes close connection
at Weldon for ali points North daily,
Also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk and
Carol ma Railroad for Norfolk daily
and all points North via Norfolk daily
JOHN F. DININE, Gen'l Supt.
J.R. KENLY, Cent Manager.
7. M. EMERSON. TraticMan'gr
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NOTICE OF ShLE.

By virtue of exec ltions in my hands,
| wall sell on the End day of March.
1896, at the Court House door in Colds
boTo, the excess oyer the homestead of
Jno. c.. Collier, consisting Of about %
acres OF the Evel lit place, which was
sold to Jno. Z Collier by Jno. E,
Smith, and being thai portion thereof
not included in the Zines of his home
stead, and eighty acres of land con-
veyed to Jno. q. Collier by Miss Suo
Collier by deed. dated September 10th,
1887, both pieces being in Brogden
township. This January 31st, 1896.
B. f. SCOTT, Sheriff.
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- ACCI, NiI fA1SG. dIOI VI
j as. hlgg, ST., deceased,
John King avidKing, ct ais
Jno. King and David King The de-
PENDANTS above named Will take notice
that an action entitled as above, has
been commenced before G. Il. Herring,
clerk OF the Superior court of Wayne
county, to obtain an oroer for the sale
OF certain property belonging to the
said estate to satisfy u certain judy
ment docketed in the Superior court of
said cOunty,in favor OF Giles kornegay,
TO the amoun of a215. 95. The said land
is bounded and described as follows:
Begins at a stake on Big Branch. Cog
dell b. Massey's corne and runs thence
south 30, west 81 poles to d stake. thence
south 524, east ITO to a stake, thence
north 30, asst u poles to a stake i'll the
head of a small branch, thence down
said branch to d stake at its mouth,
where it empties into Big Branch,
thence down said branch as 1t wonders
TO the beginning; f0rtY-nine and seven
Fights aces, more or less. The defend
ants will take further notice hat they
are required to appear before G.. r.
Herring clerk of the court of said
county, on the 18th day of March, 1896,
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, Or the plaintiff will ap-
ply TO the court for the relief demanded
in d complaint. Z. E. FkRRI>G,
Clerk Superior Court.
This 10th February, 1886
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NOTICES.

Having qualified as executor of the
last will and testament of David l.
Grantham, deceased, ali persons in
debted to the said d. /. Grautham are
hereby notified to make Immediate
payment and all persons boiling
claims against him are notified % pre-
sci the same to the undersigned with
in twelve months from the date hereof
This Feb'y 18th, 1876.
D F. CIR ANTHAM,E Executor.