The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-03

merry 0SO[SC, c--G-Gatt Z. t-S oet-
fersonian Democracy for mayor OF
Greater Naw York, is dead. II has
been mater q questioning remark
all along ho.T long Mr. George, an
Old man, ccul1 gilhst I'd the strain
CT his remarkable campaign agains:
tosSism. The harder be works. the
stronger he Eroms," vas me wonder
ing comment Of his friends; BAT the
wear and tear OF such struggle as
Ee has made w&s too mucH, and after
a round Of speeches at College Point
and Flushing, L /, and q long jump
70 the Central cpera house in New
York, the man who has made possible
the defeat of Tamaany, who has
caused Croker to be nizSeGin his owe
meetings, peacefully gave up his life
fer the cause he espoused.
Ms George ACCOMPANIED him in
his round o. speeches Thursday night
and returned with hiul to his hotel.
Those who net 0;m remarked that he
did not lcok like the hale old man who
had entered the campaign few weeks
before. = h2ggard and pine ed face;
a rowing eye, with q wistful, tired
lock, was what they said. But the
nerves were stead y, the voice calm,
but as he listened to the reports of the
Tammany celebration, where Croker,
his particular mark of attsck, had been
ieerad, lock OF satisfaction crept
over his tira6 face and expressions OF
qualification escaped him. Mr. George
arrived 81 the hotel about l o'clock
Friday morning, lie hsd just come
from several large mass meetings il
lie borough OF Queens and Brooklyn.
The work OF the night seemed to have
told On him. He complained OF beiag
tired, b1: MS friends and relatives who
awaiied him II ought ii oa!y the nat
ursl fatigue thai follows Sucl hard
campaign work as Gr. George has
osen doing.
Not Iong after reaching the hotel he
renred. Mrs. George awaited him in
room % OF The hotel. It was about
3 so O'clock when Mrs. George was
awakened. She found Mr.. George
sitting IN a. arm chair.
Il am not feeling quite ccmforta.
bic" SAID DR.. George to his wife.
Wont you 60 back to bedT' iE
quir:d Mrs. George anxiouSly.
L will sit here awhile" was the
answer.
Mrs. George 8: once grew anxious
as 10 her husbands condition. MIR.
George gradually grew incoherant and
lapsed into semi unconscioUsGess.
Mrs George was aow thoroughly
alarmed and called Ter son, Henry
George, Jr.. from an a5joining roou.
Frank Stevens vas also cslIed II. a
call was sent to Dr.. Kelly, Mr..
Georges family physician, and he
came wi:hou. delay. Mr.. George was
by this time unconscious. Efforts to
revive him failed. Without sign OF
recognition to these around him he
passed peacefully away at As o'clock.
Mrs. George was prostrated and was
cared for by the friends OF the family
at the hotel. DR.. Kelly said that he saw
Mr.. George & few days ago and that
ne was then in better condition than
ne had been at the opening of the
campaign. When asked as 10 whether
be had advised Mr.. George to enter
the canvass, DR.. Kelly replied ava
sively:
Il don't think any power in Chris
tendon could have prevented Henry
George from sacrificing himself IN the
cause on which ne was enlisted, and |
knew him well"
Io the death certificate Dr.. Kelly
said: u hereby certify that I attend.
ed the deceased from September 1881,
TO October 1877; that I last saw him
alive on The 29ih Of October, 1897, at
5o'clock il the mo ming, and that to
the best of my knowledge aud belief
the cause Of bis death is hereunder
written:
'''Chief cause, apoplexy (cerebraD;
contributing cause, aspayxia; dura-
ton of disease, one half hour"
The Rev. Edward McGIynn reach
ed the Urior Square hotel shortly be-
fore II o'clock. The dispatch which
summoned him merely announced
that a dear friend" was dead, but
bearing ii mind his own prenonitions
tia. Henry George had co1i1ea to
him, he concluded rightly that his
great associate in the single tax battle
OF other years had expired. When he
looked upon the dead face of his friend,
ne burst into tears. The scene WAS
distressing one. Af5erward Dr.. Nc
Glynn said:
Henry George died as Abraham
Lincoln died. Lincoln Was assassi-
mated just after his great work Of saw
iag the Union was consUmmated. 1t
was said thu: he was mercifully spar
ed the petty arnoyances and bicker.
iugs Of the reconstruction period.
Henry George vas struck down by
fate in the z3nith of his powers. But
the great work that he inaugurated
will 90 oG. As q man sid phiioso
pher. it will be long before his like
will oe seen again. His goodness and
gen.leness singled him cut among al
men, ard, with others, almost Tur-
shipped him"
Waen D.. McGynn was able to
thiak calIaly ever rs recent inter
course with the dead man he recalled
that bis iriend hadfreqUently expressed
10 him ais prenonitions that nIs END
vas Approaching, AID nad used Ian
guage that be now saw Indicated g
prese1tmert thsL he would net outi:7e
els campaign.