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j. Picrpont Morgan Is looked upon AZ
the greatest financial power on tho
continent. II not In the world. His re-
cent negotiations ancnt loan to the
United States Government have drawn
to him universal attention as prince
Of finance. Morgan has made millions
so rapidly that his wealth Is estimated
as high AZ $T5,O00.O00. Reorganizing
railroads IL his forte and he never I'M
dertakes the reorganization OF road
for less than $1,OO0.O00. He inherits
financial ability. His father. after hav-
ing risen from poverty 10 wealth In
this country, entered into partnership
with Peabody, the great London bank
er. When his son arrived at the age or
20es.that was In 1851 Morgan took him
to New York and put him In as Il clerk
with Duncan, Sherman a. Co. The boy
was numbering plodder. shy and DIFF
ficult to make friends with. but he
soon founded the firm OF Dabney, Nor
gan a. Co, OF which he was the ruling
spirit. He evolved dazzling schemes
which caused Wall street to look upon
him with apprehension. This was
turned to respectful admiration when
the Young financier manipulated affairs
so successfully as to capture the Albany
and Susquehanna Railroad from Jay
Gould and Jim Fisk In 1869.
In 1871. the great house of Drexel,
Morgan x Co. was formed. Morgan's
influence made the great banking insti-
tuition famous throughout the world.
In 1877 the United States Government
needed money. Morgan formed syn
dictate with the Rothschilds and pur-
chase was made OF S2GO,OO0,OOO OF
United States bonds. Over $5,OOO,OOO
was made out Of the deal, but the gov
eminent was rescued from threatening
financial dangers. Later. Morgan took
Vanderbilt's breath away by getting
$25, 100000 ofCentral stocks at 40 and
selling it TO his European friends ut
100 and upwards, making 81 100000 on
the deal
When the New York. Centrars future
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out in one or another part Of the island.
Generally they are easily and quickly
subdued, for the Porte keeps nearly
10000 troops on the island, and every
man Is needed, too, in order to over
awe the native population of 100000.
AS soon as signs of rebellion appear in
any quarter, an overwhelming force
from the nearest garrison is marched
to the scene, the insurrectionists, IL
caught, are put to death, and the dis
trict assessed heavy fine. which
means the confiscation of all properly
belonging to the Christian population.
But the rebels are not always caught.
Up in the mountains of the island there
Is hardy tribe of hills men known as
the Sphakiotes. who are to the rest Of
Crete what the Berbers are to Morocco
or the mountaineers Of Afghanistan are
to the dwellers I'm Indian plains. They
have never been subdued by the Turks,
and after waging war with them that
lasted the greater part of two cent,l-
ries. the Moslems finally cOntented
themselves with building forts and
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great or brilliant intellectual faculties.
Not in congress or convention, nor as
speaker writer, or even soldier, were
these displayed. Other men have excel
led him in all these ways. but in word, it
was manhood; it was character: it was
moral greatness. 1t was that nice add
justment Of the moral and intellectual
faculties, that perfect blending of parts,
that lofty sense of duty in the perform
ance of every trust, that spOtless truth,
that stainless honor, that incorruptible
integrity, that faultlcss courage and I'M
shaken endurance-all these and more
that made up that consummate piece of
manhood which lowered out in that eight
eenth century of time and which is now
evermore the priceless possession and
glory of history. This is the supreme
greatness of Washington.
Washington belongs not with the con-
querors-with Alexander, Caesar, Napo-
leon, but with the great unselfish pat
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

to the Turkish system Of letting every
thing go to ruin, they are almost chOk-
ed up with sand. The towns of Crete,
like other Ottoman towns, are not bad
looking from n distance, for, from some
strange freak of human nature, the
Turks religiously whitewash every
house and wall once or twice n year,
so that a Turkish town looks as though
built Of marble. But that Is as far as
the MOslems ever go in the direction of
public cleanliness, and on entrance into
the narrow. dirty streets, filed with
all manner of Offal and refuse from the
houses, with homeless and ownerless
dogs sleeping everywhere in the street,
all impressions Of fairyland are instant
ly dissipated.
The Moslems and foreigners generally
live in the cities and towns; the Greek
Christians In the villages and country,
and the latter are, as a matter Of course,
expected and compelled to bear the
greatest part of the burden Of taxation.
1T has always been so ever since the
Turk came on the island, and 1t will
continue to be so until the Turk has
been expelled. But time has not accus-
toned the native Cretans to the yoke.
and, indeed, every year they find it
harder to bear, because every year the
increasing poverty Of the Ottoman Gov
eminent and of it's local officials makes
the demand for money more merciless.
There is, however. constant friction
between the Cretans and their brutal
masters. and hardly twelvemonth
passes without Instructions breaking
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
WashinRton,s Prayer.

A short time before the battle of Chat
terton HIM. in White Plains, Washing
ton occupied the old Valentine homestead
as temporary headquarters. At this
time Rcbecca Valentine was living there
with her parents. She, although then a
child, was profoundly impressed by the
visit to her home of such notable per-
sonage, and retained vivid recollection
of the incidents of the occasion to the
end of her long life.
She was always glad to tell of them, re-
calling nothing more clearly than the fact
that the General made a prayer in the
presence of herself and others at about
the time Of his departure for what proved
to be the battlefield of Chatterton Hill,
in the course Of which he quoted the
twenty second verse of the twcnty-second
chapter of Joshua, which reads as fol-
lows: "a
'erhe Lord God Of gods, the Lord God
OF gods, He knoweth, and Israel He shall
know: IL II be In rebellion. or In trans
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was imperiled by the building of the
West Shore Road. Morgan saw mill
ion dollars in ii for him. He feorgan-
lied, saved money for the stockholders.
and Vanderbilt made him 4 present OF
Il silver service of 300 pieces valued
at $4,000 His next great stroke was
to save the Baltimore and Ohio from
ruin. and he incidentally made $1,000
600 by the transaction. Even greater
than this achievement was the trans
formation of the sickly Richmond Ter
mnal into the hale and hearty Southern
Railway.
These are some of the important deals
which Morgan has brought about.
There are hundreds Of lesser ones but
enough have been cited to show his
business character. Personally he is
a peculiar man. He loves yachts and
dogs and has spent thousands on both
these hobbies. He is charitable aAl
has given millions for philanthropic
and educational purposes.
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have an allowance for the use Of tn.
machines. In some Belgian cities the
fire department uses tricycles for hose
carts, with good results. On Long
Island, New York. an entomologist car
ries reservoir of insecticide attached
to the handle-bars of his bicycle, and a
knapsack spraying machine on his
shoulders. He has thus a quick and eff
ficient means Of scattering the poison
which kills insects injurious to vegeta-
ton
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gression against the Lord save us not TIM
day."
When II Il considered that the words
were uttered by the commander-in
of the revolutionary forces, ut such SUI
prcme crisis in the long struggle for indie
pendence. when the chances of success
seemed more than doubtful, think you
and all that read them will regard this
utterance as being eloquent and impress
sive to degree hardly equaled by any
other human expression Of which history
contains a record.
"Oh! who shall know the might
or the words he uttered there"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
GEORGE AT SCHOOL

Got a Solid Knowledge Of Mathcmat-
ics, but Never learned to Spell.
AS n matter of fact little is known
about George Washington's schooldays.
His first teacher was named Hobby, and
he was sexton as well as pedagogue Of
the Virginia parish in which the Wash
ington family settled. Hobby was not a
man of wide information or of deep cul-
ture. 1t is to be inferred that he knew
how to write legibly and to teach the
art skillfully, for the one pupil of his
school who was destined to be illustri-
Gus wrote clear plain hand. But, judg-
ing from the letters and other writings
of the immortal George that are now ex-
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man to control and guide it. Call this
Providence, or accident, the American
revolution was no exception to 1t. Be
fore the first murmurs of discomfort were
heard in that struggle the man was being
prepared for the crisis. On the banks OF
the Potomac and the Rappahannock, thir-
~ years before Lexington and Bunker
Hill, a truthful and manly boy was grow
ing up, ripening into stalwart young man
hood. With only the common school ed
ucation Of that early day, the young man
was soon being educated in the broader
school of nature and experience. in the
great forest, under the open heavens,
with his surveyors chain and his sword.
In Indian wars, defending the frontier
settlements from savage incursions.
Growing still apacc, the manly young
Virginian is soon the leading spirit and
military commander of all that Potomac
region, and his skill, endurance and cour-
age.in those campaigns swell the measure
of his fame. Then with the peace. the
young commander lays aside the sword.
marries and settles upon his inherited.
country seat at Mt. Vernon, and like his
ancestors is now a rich landed proprietor,
a Virginia farmer and planter and country
gentleman. So he might have remained
to the end, had not the voice of patriotism
called him to take part with his neigh
bors and the oppressed people Of the col
onies against the tyranny of the mother
country. Washington sat with Jefferson
and Richard Henry Lee and Mason and
PendietOn, colleagues to that first CONT
mental congress at Philadelphia.
The guns Of Lexington crack, and their
far echoes reach the patriot congress at
Philadelphia. They walked the colonies to
action. 1t had been debate and petition
and remonstrance before-it was war, war
for liberty now. TwcDfy thousand pat
riot colonists had closed in upon the re-
treating British in Boston. Who should
this leader be? The hour found the man,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Has Cupid Conquered at Last?

One of the most interesting rumors
with which Washington society amuses
itself over afternoon teacups Is that
Senator Hill is to marry the widow
of Senator George Hearst, of Califor-
mia. Mrs. Hearst has a beautiful home
in Washington and is worth perhaps
$25,OOO.OOO, most Of which will go to
her son, William r. Hearst, Of San
Francisco and New York, In case she
marries.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
A Young Daughter OF tho Revolution

The youngest daughter Of a revolu-
tionary soldier, so far as known, was
discovered at Lebanon, Conn.,, recently,
and added to the membership Of the
acknowledgements the Daughters of
the Revolution. She Is Mrs. Augusta
Avery, and Is only &c years old. Her
father was "a years old at the time Of
her birth. He was doubtless one Of the
youngest soldiers In the. war. There
are only eight other daughters of revo-
lutionary soldiers belonging to the or
der
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

NC k~CvCH AOA0 x<lcs
1.-THE SMALL BOYS vIEw OF IT'D
He must a been bully chap. that Teller
Cor have often heard my pa wush he had
NJ ma says Il must "a nlled his mothers
Coz she could "A tell the folks next door she
had a little boy
Which wuz the bestest boy In town; N on
go her back yard fence NJ. 81.
didn't have no sense
Bout raithln' chil'ern; ef she had there wuz
Her johnny wusn't like her George. who
My! I've told lots q whoppcrs! N George
must a been goethe.
the truth
When my mas jam Is mlssln' N she takes
me on her knee, .. u..,,,
won't suit me.
don't mind a-sayin' i saw little wully
N that he couldn't reach the shelf m so he
I guess they had no jam them days. m that's
the reason why
That little boy George washlnton never told
Ma sends me OF to Sunday school m meet
Johnny BROWN,
N We two go a-swimnln' with lots o boys
When get back n ma asks what KEEP Sun
day school 80 long,
/ tell her that the teacher made us learn
little song,
" made us learn lots o. hymns n lots O.
" lots n lots s o holy things. | guess lin
They didn't have no Sunday school, n that's
That little boy George washinton never told
l heard pa tell the story yuust about the
N bout tie little Ratchet III bet fit wuz
l would a chopped the thing clean down n
ct the cherries, too,
what ] would do. =.
Ny pa run for office wunst, m promised II
he'd win
He'd give each one bully job who'd help
But when he wuz elected n got his seat, he
found
There wuzn't jobs enough to go one-tenth
the way around;
he run.
l guess there wuz no Jobs them days, or meb-
be Washin'ton
Never run fur Office. n that's the reason
why
The Father of his Country never told a lie.
Nc N pa went fsliin' wunst n didn't get
But heard pa say that we caught nineteen
N when i said, sWhy, pa!' his face it jes'
got awful rcd,
N e slipped penny In my hand, N
looked up n said:
"Why, pa. | found 'twuz twenty when l
counted EN- again.
Well, / guess the Presidents never went
a-1shln' then
Like they do sometimes nowadays, m that's
Pa says. that Mister washln'ton never told
lie.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

One of the interesting islands of the
world Is the Island Of Crete or Gambia.
now In instruction against Turkish
rule. 1t Is situated at the mouth of
the Aegean Sea and embraces an area
of $500 square miles. 1t has several
excellent natural harbors. but owing
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block houses here and there at we'll
known roads from the mountains to
the plains Of Crete, In order measurably
to reprcss the wnrlike descents Of the
Sphakiotes from their almost inaccessI-
BILE hills. Centuries Of warfare have
developed an undying hatred between
the Sphakiotcs and the Turks, and any
enemy OF the oppressors Is always well
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Wilsey Waller-Say, Ragsey. dere's
guy out west curin' people OF tings
by just layin' his hands ON 'cm. Rag
sey Tatters- Wonder II dat's the same
bloke what told me last summer II he
ever laid his hands on me he'd cure me
Of dat tired feelin' 2-Truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

0W shall any man
add aught to the
praise or culogy of
George Washing
ton? History and
biography, eloquence
and poetry have ex-
hausted their COM
bined riches upon
the successful leader
of the American rev.
olution, and the
founder of the Amer
lean republic-our
first great national
hero.
Every great crisis
in the history of the
world has found its
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Emperors and expresses. kings and
queens, write to each other as brothers
and sisters. Reigning grand dukes
also enjoy this privilege when address
ing kings, but sovereigns not possess
ting royal honors are designated as
cousins.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
Uses OF the Cycle.

In the Cycle Notes" Of the Scientific
American we find, in one week, three
new uses of the nineteenth century
chariot. In France it is used for the
distribution of kilograms; the riders
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

Everyone discovers some day that
when he asks for simple Justice, he ID
asking too much.
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and out there stepped from the Virginia
delegation and advanced to the bar Of the
house to accept his great trust, this mod
est frontier colonel. legislator and planter
--tnjI, imposing and commanding in APP
pcarancc, his fine form made athletic and
s;newy by long, manly exercise; his judg-
ment ripened by experience In war and
peace-tlie very ideal picture Of the hero
which the crisis demanded, George Wash
iugton. the MAN. ~ M 80
Aside from AL questions Of success or
failure. As,wc IoUk mt the man, what was
A that made Washington great? II IL
clear that II was not the possession Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20

When two people love each other,
they finally get to abusing each other
for being such fooIa
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coNTRAsTED WITH NAPOLEON.

Washington the Greatest and Whitest
Character in Modern History.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-20
IT'S WARLIKE LAND
ISLAND OF CRETE AGAIN FIGHT
ING THE TURK.

The Little Territory Has Had a Stormy
History Since 1t Passed Under the
Moslcm Yoke--IIas Rebellion Al
most Every Year.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

increasing the demand for silver. Be-
sides we would be foolish TO under
value Our own products. By nights
wo should demand IS IL instead OF
1G to !.
Is. If silver should come to our
niIts for coinage faster than their
present capacity, would not that pre-
vent the full rise in the price OF sill
yer bullion?
The capacity OF our mints could
easily be enlarged to meet all de-
mands.
l5. VIII not tie people Object to
using so much silver Oh account ct
its bulk?
Silver certificates, as now used, wijl
easily float all tie silver that may be
presented.
II. Woold tiiese De vault room. tol
the storage Of somuch silver?
Al! the silver coin and bullion IN
worId could be pnt il :: room sixty
six feet square and siHty-six :ect mgl!,
silver being like sold, precious
metal, all The gold coin and bullion ii
the world car be put in u room
twenty-five feet square and twenty
two feet high, which slows how easily
it may be "cornered."
Is. Would rot :hc free coinoce oi
I L., -
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05
SEED COTTON LAW.
To be continued. !

Parola, S. G., Aug. 4, 1S96.-Mr.
Editor: I am glad that in your issue
of the 29th, you called the attention
of the candidates for the Legislature,
to the seed cotton license, which as
you say it is a farce The law re-
quires license, registry of names,
weights, and of whom bought. Pur-
chaser allowed only certain hours Of
the day and not at night. Now these
stipulations are SO seldom regarded
that not one would go to country
store to try to trace mp seed cotton
which he may have had stolen A
citizen who buys license, in the
hurry of business, is tempted to
ignore the law, and no weights or
names of whom boagI,t is kept.
II am not mistaken, the law re-
quires very stringent petition for
license. Applicants must come up to
a high standard Of citizenship and
must be recommended by ten free
holders in his immediate neighbor-
hood. Any ten names is not which
is required, but owners Of real prop
erty. The business induces wrong
in various ways, to say nothing Of
thefts from the field, OF cotton under
lien. The business of seed cotton
traffic is really played ont with the
whites and IS carried on iilictly by
others among themselves. : would
like to see the law so changed as 70
prohibit the sale OF seed cotton, say
until the fifteenth. Of December at
least. 7 believe It wo;ald be to the
advantage Of botl! producer and
merchant. Ny section is decidedly
in favor OF abolisbing ihe seed cotton
traffic and would like so know from
candidates when they attend cam
paign appointments their opinions.
PLANTER.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

If Judge Earle is not the candidate
Of The News and Courier, why is it
that its headline writer will not be
fair end impartial. The reporter in
reporting the Winnsboro' meeting OF
yesterday showed disposition to be
fair to Governor Evans, but the head
lines of the account are so deceiving
that it's enough to disgust the reader.
The reporter gives Governor Evans
credit for doing al n his power to
make his friends be quiet that his
opponents might have respectful
hearing; this was too much for the
News and Courier, so when the re-
port reached their Office the headline
writer worked in his juggling bust
ness to deceive the people and to
gain votes for it's candidate Judge
Earle. Such are the tactics of the
newspaper that will not advise its
readers to vote the Democratic ma
tional ticket and the newspaper ad-
vocating the interests ofthe gold-bugs.
Our readers will remember that it is
charged the gold-bugs are fighting
Evans, and the News and Courier
seems to be backing Earle to do the
fighting in their interests
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

The gold standard Democrats are
in bad way, they know there is no
chance for them 10 stand before the
arguments of the silver men, and they
do not fancy the idea OF helping to
fasten McKinleyism on themselves.
If they go fishing on election day, the
loyal Democrats will neSer forgive
them; if they support an independ en-
ticket they can not win and they
know it, and they will be treated n
the nation as were the Haskellites IN
this State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05
EVANSVILLE MIDGETS-

Mayesville, July 3L.-The 7th OF
Augas1 will be big day" in Mayes-
vile. On that day there will be re-
union OF the Palmetto Sharpshcoters.
Several brilliant orators viii be pres
ent to address tie "O:l Confeds' and
a band will be on hand to furnish
music for the occasion.
Everybody from Ia: and near are
invited to come and bring their has-
kets fuli Of good things to eat, as a
basket picnic is Oh the program.
The Mayesviile and Manning base
ball teams VII cross bats, and rs they
are both sood teams. those present
can look for iae .a:ac of baseball.
The Msyesvilie lrinstrels are down
for play the early part of the even
ing, and at night there is 10 be a
dance il q spacious hall to which all
dancers viii be admitted free of cost.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

Every day the prospects for the
election of Bryan and Sewsll grow
brighter and if the cause continues
to grow, it would surprise US very
much if the Democracy fail to win in
New York, Indiana, Michigan and
Illinois. Thousands OF life-long Re
publicans are leaving their party to
help along the cause of silver, and in
macy instances whole townships in
former Republican strongholds have
come over. Whenever a large bank
er or Speculation quits the Democratic
party it opens the eyes OF farmers,
and laborers and they come to the
conclusion that there is something in
the assertion. that the issue this year
is not so much party one, as it is
one between wealth and existance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-08-05

We have are not now, nor have we
ever been in perfect harmony with
the political utterances of the Colum-
bia State, but in the present financial
fight we are heart and soul with 1.-THE
State has done a large amount OF
good work for the silver cause, and
its editorials on matters Of finance
are certainly the ablest We have read
anywhere. They are clear and IN
cisive, the humblest reader can un-
derstand them. We mention our ap-
proval of the States course specially,
because it deserves it, and we nope
every reader in the State will take
advantage Of its campaign offer, which
will give the people cheap, entertain
ing and instructive reading.