The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-11-17

vel calculate! 20 make scientists, nor
p.;nr,tor 50 wei calculated to maae toe0-
(ooiaus as the @.yr:cau jail is circulated 70
~, Le criminals. Il that these men do not
spow Of crime al er they have been in thar
sfy!e OF dungeon for some time, satanic ma
chiua,io2 cannot teach thea. Every hour
these iails stand, they challenge the Lord
Almignty 10 Scrite the cities. l call upon the
people to rise in ;beir wrath aud demand
reformation. ca!iupon the judges OF our
courts to expose the intamy. demand, in
hehal; OF those incarcerated prisoners. fresh
air AMI clear sunlight aud, in the name OF
hiya who had not where 10 lay his head,
couch 10 rest or OF night Ia the lnsuttrrA
bic stencil and sicEeuing surroundings OF
some of the prisons, there Is nothing oHt
disease :yr the body, id;o'y for the mIad and
death for the soul St;tlej air aad da"knes
aud veruin never turned 1 thief Iato IA
aoucs, man We want mea Ike John How
ara an,; Sir William Blackstone and women
Ike Elizabeth Fry. 10 i for The prisons OF
m, United States what those people dl1 II
cher day. for the prisons CT EnglAad
hank God for VIA; ls.lc T. Hopper and
Or Wines and Mr. Harris anu scores OF
others have done IN the way OF PRISON re-
form. but We Saut something more rA1:2tl
neg,re voon cur cites sill con-. the blessing OF
aim VINO said, Il Was in prison and ye came
unto me.
In This class Of uprooGinc o., devouriug
popu!atiou are uatrustworthy officials
w. unto thee. 0 land, when thy king Is g
ahi.i and thy princes drink in the morning.,
Il is a great calamity to city when bad
mea set in 20 public authority. Why Was
it tha; in New York there was such unPara.-
eied crime between 1866 and ISL II was
because the judges OF police IN that city Tor
the mos; part We're as corrupt as the Saga-
bonds that caGle beto-e them for t.ial These
were the days OF high carnival tor etecllon
frauds, assassination and forgery. We had
the .whiskey ring" and the "Tammany
ripr," and the Erie ring There was one
man during those years that got Sl2S,00O III
one wear for serving the public. In te"
years it vas estimated that there were S20,-
0Q0 600 OF public treasure Squandered. In
those times the criminal had only 10 wlnk TO
the Judge, or his lawyer would WINK Tor
him. and the question was was decided for
the defendant. Ofthe 5000 people arrest
punished. These little matters were liked
up, while the interests OF society were
.6yed down" You know as well as that
q criminal who escapes only opens the door
Of other criminalities. l, IS no compliment
n ppbic authority when We have IN all the
cities Of the country, walking abroad, men
and women notorious for the crlmlhaIlty uo-
whipped of Justice. They are pointed out to
Won in the street day By day. There you
ind what are called the fences" the men
who stand between the thief and the honest
man, shelteriug the thief, and at great price
handing over the goods to the owner TO
whom they belong. There you will tlpd
those who are called the .'SklnnerS, the
men who hover around Wall street and
Ststrytreet and Third street with great
slight of hand in bonds and stocks. There
YOU find the funeral thieves, the people VINO
90 and s;t down and mourn with families
and pick their pockets. Aud there you hud
the confidence men," who borrow money OF
YOU because they have dead child IN the
house and want ID bury It, when they never
had q house nor family, or they want 10 90
10 England and ge; large property there,
and they want to pay their way, anu they
viii send the money back by the very next
ma;l. There are the 'harhor thieves, the
..snopl;fters," the ''pickpockets, famous all
over the cities. Hundreds OF them with
their faces in the '.rogues' gallery, yet
doing nothing for the last five or ten year
but detr4ud society and escape justice.
When these people 50 uHarrests1 aud IN
punished 1t IS putting high premium
upon vice and saving 10 the young criminals
of this couutry, WHAT 6 safe thing ltl TO be
q Great criminal Let the law swoop upon
them. Let it be known in this coutry that
crime will have no quarter; tha the detec-
lives are after it; that the police club IS be-
inr brandished: that the iron door o. the
prison is being opened; that the judge IS
ready TO call the case. Too great lenlency
to criminals is 100 great severity 10 society.
Among the uproo,iug and devourlng class
es IL cur midst are the idle OF course DO
not refer 10 the people who are getting old or
10 the sick or to those who cannot get work,
but tell you to look out for those athletic
men and women rho will not work When
the French noblemau was asked why
he kept so busy when ne had so
large property, he said, Il keep
on engraving so may not hang myself. l
do NOT care who the man IS, he caonot afford
10 be idle Ii is from the Idle classes that the
criminal classes are made up. Character, like
wate-. gets putrid II It stands still TOO long
Who can wonder that this world, where
there Is so much to do and all the hosts OF
earth and heaven and hell are p!ungIng into
the conflict aud angels are lying and GodtS
at work, and tie universe IS a quake with
the marching and countermarcalng sod
lets His indignation fall upon man VINO
cho ses iG:eness? | have watched these do
nothiugs who spend their time stroSins
their beard ard retouchiug their toilet and
criticising industrious people and pass their
days and nights IL bsrroms and clubhouse.
Iounriug aaG smoking and chewing and
card playing. They are not only useless
but they are dangerous. How hard II IS tor
them 10 while away the hours.
Alas, FOR them. fthey do not know how
TO while away an hour, what vii! they DO
when they have all eternity on their ha .ds:
These men for awhile smoke the best cigars
and wear the best br0adciotn and move II
the highest spheres, but | have noticed that
very soon they come down 70 the prison, the
almshouse or stop atthe sa.iows
The police stations OF TWO OF our cities
furnish annually 100000 lodgings. For the
most part. these 200 900 lodgings are furnish
ed 10 ablebodied men aud women-people IS
able 10 work as you and are. When they
are received 40 niger at one police station
because they are ..repeaters, they go 10
some other station, and so they kept moving
around. They get their food at house doors,
stealing wha; they can lay their hands on IN
the front basement while the servant is
spreading the bread IL the back basement
They will not work Time snd again, IN the
country districts, they have wanted hundreds
and thous andS OF lsborers. These men Will
not 60 at it; They do not want 10
work: have tried them. have
set them to saving wood in my cellar, TO
see whether they wanted 10 work offered
to pay them well for it. l have heard the
saw going for about three mirutes, aad then
went down, and 10, the wood, but no saw.
They are the pest OF society, and they stand