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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
lish r2ce tracks nor in secret cooclaves
OF self constituted Bosses. y

lish race tracks nor in secret co2claves
OF self constituted bosses. "
It is said that Henry George wrote
the platform.
While all this work vas goicg on,
Mr.. George was still absent form the
hall. When he entered, accompanied
by Tom l.. Johnson, the audience
again arose, with mere feryor than be-
fore, if that were possible, aud for
several minutes there was wild hur.
ricane ct cheering. A. 3. Cruikshank
OF the United Demccrscy, then form
ally tendered the nomination on be.
half Of his arean;zation to Mr. George.
Charles Frederick Adams, on behalf
OF the Democratic Alliance, then OF
fered to Mr. George the nomination CT
the organization, which ha repre-
sented.
James 7. Garvcr, Ct the peoples
party, and John H. Crosby, of the
Manhattan Single Tax Club, also no
titled Mr. George Of his nomination bJ
their respective orgaD;z atoms.
The rising o. Mr.. George was the
signal for another outburst OF cheer,
ing.
2Ir. George said:
Fellow Democrats, men who voted
last year for William Jennings Bryan:
I Iaccept your nomination. From now
until election closes, l an yours. Aye,
and after election, 100. I am Demo
crat. (Thunderous applause and cries
Of Not Of the Hill stripe.')
II cannot divide into parts the qles
tons which I as q cit;z5n have to deal
with. For the same reason that op
pose this mons!rous tariff n all is
forms, for the same reason that !
would vote wherever I could for the
utter abolition OF that tariff, Tor taat
same reason I an opposed to the in
reference with individual liberty
which you see here in New York. I
am a Democrat in the Jeffersonian
sense, because I believe in the princi-
pies and stand for the philosophy OF
Thomas Jefferson.
'It was for that I voted at the last
election. Because the Chicago plat
form represented the idea CT giving to
the great common people what be
longs to them, tha: l stood for it, vo5.
ed for it aad VAS socriar tnan | vas
ever before when it was defeated. ="
Mr. George then declared that be
had not sought the nomination; TIA.
it was repug1aat to him; bat ne &C.
cepted it for the cause OF D:mocracy.
NJ. George spoke for 25 minutes.
Immediately after the conclusion OF
his speech the meeting was declared
adjourned.
Many OF ths audience climbed over
the press tao.es to tae platform aad
took turns il shaking the hand OF Mf.
George,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Causes q Strike.

B3cau e he kissed one Of the fair
English Iassies employed in the dust.
ing department of the New Castle,
Pa, IN plate works, Richard Kissing
er was discharged. He is member
Of the Patent Machine Timers I MON,
which IS affiliated with the Federation
Of Labor. Stealing kiss was not suf-
dcient excuse for discharging q work
man, the officials OF the union said,
and they demanded Aissinger's rem
statement. This was refused and
strike was ordered. Aoou. 200 men
and Boys are oat. The company does
not claim the girl objected to the kiss.
iog. kissinger says the superintend-
en-. 0: the MIL wanted to get rid OF
him and took this means of doing it.
THe girl says he did not kiss her, but
e7en if he did, she said, the ofense
was not serious enough to cause sus-
pension of work. The strikers say
they will no! return until Kissinger
is reinstated.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
rs E-i,red sIa:r.uony.

Dr.. William SIX plead guilty Tues
day afternoon IN the Sangamoa cir
cut court at Springfield, H., to the
charge Of b!gamy aad was given an
indefinite sentence under the new law
in Chester penitantiary. Tne com
plant was made by James Eorung,
brother Of Miss Katie Horung, Of Bec-
~, Ills, his latest victim, whom he
married last spring when he ha1 10
other undiyorced wives living u v2ri
Gus cities in I1diara, Missouri, Kan
sas, Oalah )ma and Texas. Hiss 10
rung, with an unaccountaole infatua,
ton, stuck to Six 10 the last. He is
veterinary surgeon, about - years
old and fairly good looking.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
DisDensary Ei&urcS,

Commissioner Vance takes issue
with the assertion in the State Thurs
day morning that The surplus IL the
GiSpensary's treasury is made up OF IN
sold wliskey" and thu bank books OF
the institution show that statement is
incorrect. OF course, large part OF
the dispensary's assets is represented
By the stock on hand, bl5 it is by no
means suffering from lack OF cash.
On the 30th of September, the dispsn-
sary mad to its credit in cold casn in
state treasury the comfortable sum Of
$50 ,S73 81, while i! also had on deposit
oa that date in the Carolina National
bank 1,551.47. During the first six
DAYS of October, there wss paid into
the dispensary SIS, 10717. These cash
assets make total of $50, 53LSS. Since
the 30.h of September tns dispensary
has paid out S33, 900 in round figures,
which ridicules the S3,50040 1t has
turned over to the state treasury to an
ancially pay up the accured profits
which went to the credit of the gen
eral fund Of the susie treasury at the
time the legislature declared the pro6ss
of the dispensary afterward earned
should be devoted to educational pur-
poses. Tnat shows that the disQensary
sill hes on h.ad as cash balanea
the tidy amount of s56,53l.S5. All
the liquor bought by the state board
of control has been paid for, except
two or three carloads which have no:
yet been received. Conmissioner
Vance says the cash balance on hand
is sufficient 10 pay for those two or
three carloads and all ths liqIor
which the state board will buy a. this
mee;ing. He says the casa receipts OF
the dispansary last week were $22, ,00C
and that they will at least raacn that
SUN this week. He laughs a. the
gIoomy predictions of the State as to
the financial future Of the dispensarJ.
He says tae editor o. Toe State has q
perfect right to indulge in such
soeculations if he wants to, bat thai
tue outcome will prove the editor o
Tns State was incorrect in those
soeculations, for the dispensary vii
continue to make money.-Racord.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
Afraid of Ras ctian.

The New York Post, the staurchast
Of Republican journals, warns the
Hanna brawlers who are working the
prosperity boom so trsmandousl 2 just
now, OF the dangers that the boomer
ang argument may produce next year
upon the congressional elections, hen
with good crops abroad, the price of
wheat declines, wool doe: not rise as
It should, and there are strikes and
men everywhere out OF employment.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
COTTON MARKET COMBINATION.
Some Words OF Wisdom frosn the State
About Them.


About Them.
Complaints come from many towns
and cities of the State that ccmbins-
tons exist in their cotton markets by
which the price Of the staple is de-
pressed, to the injury st once O. the
farmers and the merchants. Tae lat
ter feel as strongly on the suHj:ct as
the former, for when the raissrs OF
cotton find that they cannot get full
prices in such town they take their
cotton, whenever possible, to another
where the bidding is free-and thus
their trade is lost to tae community
where the oEense is givsn.
It is to the interest Of everybody ex-
cert TIE mills and the cotton buyers
that full prices shall be secured. The
higher the price il any market the
more money there is to spend in pur-
chases of goods, and the more cotton
is attracted 10 it; and Of course the
larger the sales Of cotton the larger
still the aggregate of purchases. So
the farmers and merchants are to-
gether in this matter, and 1t is natu-
raj that the latter should resent any
com bination which may contract their
market for selling and buying. That
is the reason the merchants OF New
berry have resolved to put cotton
buyer of their Own in the field, to en-
sure the farmers sgainst imposition
and themselves against loss OF trade.
It would pay them indeed5-se asa-eos-
ton at the price for which they could
sell it, for their profits would accrue
on the increased sales of goods.
We do not positively know whether
the price of cotton in Columbia is SIS
high as it ought to be, and therefore
we make no charges. But we do koow
that the receipts have not increased IS
they should have done in consequence
of the ablishment OF three cotton
mills, with their extra demand, AND
we are sure they would have increas-
ed very largely if the scale of prices
had increased in consequence of the
expected mill competion. We are il
formed that cotton is being shipped
by the thousand bales to Wilmington
from point in this county only few
miles from Columbia.
Therefore we advise our merchants
to look into this matter and fad out
for themselves If anything is wrong
in the cotton market here; and if they
do find that there is not full competi-
ton we suggest the Newberry plan
for their consideration.
The prosperity of the cotton mills
of Columbia is dear to The State; it
has had a good deal to do with their
establishment. But they can afford to
pay as good prices for cotton as any
mills in the South. So with the COT
ton buyers unconnected with the local
mills. We wish them profit in their
business. Nevertheless, it is to the in
terest of this community generally
that cotton shall sell here at the top
of the market and that the receipts
shall be increased.
Let the merchants examine into the
methods and prices of our cotton mar
ket.-State.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
are now being made.

are no" rStuS MaQC.
Cotton is not dear st present prices.
It has not been so low since May, 1873,
the season OF the great depression IN
cottoa. think that Spinners cao now
manufacture It at a fair ploht ItmaF
90 lower, and the prospects for an I'M
mediate improvement are not encour
aeing, but from its present price 1t
would Jump leaps and bounds should
unusually early frcsts occur. The
spinner who buysat present prices and
in case Of further decline. follows the
market 3osU, will probably not have
cause to regret such action, for ne
eill have detained his supplies OF
raw material (Which loses nothing or
its value by being keD) at 8 price far
below the average for many years.
These who wait for lower prices IN
their anxiety to secure their cotton at
the very bottom" may fad their
plans upset By sudden and sewers
Irosts and be compelled to pay well
for their co.ton-and experience. The
crop is far from icing secured. lis
extent and its quality will largely de-
pend upon the weather during the
next six or seven weeks. Frosts will
reduce the yield and frosts and rain
will ir rjlre the quality. The prese2tle-
ceipts are excellent, both as tc quality
and staple, and spinners need not be
afraid to bay it and putt away, for
there are far worse investments than
sctual cotton OF good grade and stapl5
a. present prices. Those Who enter,
taia the idea that cotton will fall to
the low prices OF the season OF 1885, 95
are hugging vain dellsion The
conditions are essentially different,
and l never expect again to see mid.
ding cotton sell IN New York for
5 9 1ec., which was the prize in NJ.
vembar. 1894, aud in March, 1895. l..
is well to remember that il April.
1895, it had advanced nearly l l 2
cents, snd in May advanced 3 s cents
more, making aa advance OF nearly 2
cents ia two months.
Exactly this state OF things may oc-
cur again if prices are forced too low
during the present depression.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13
+rs--lrt In Foar fEtau .e1,

3 Wedding z. Wellington, ke1., re.
Gently broke ali records Ia that state.
!; loca Co.ss OF Perth, Kan, and Mrs.
Mary Rsnfrew met in the morning
through the aseLcJ OF a friend, 10
whom Mr.. Coles had intim2ted that ne
was locking for wife, and they
agreed in four minutes to marry. Ea
is y and the bride -.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13

Why the Great Staple Does Not Keep CO Ia
pany With The Sharp Advance In Wheat,
Corr. Provisions and Other Commo-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-10-13

Henry George 8ccepts the Democratic
Nomination for Mayor Of Greater New
Yell> Sc e ETonster Demonstration Held
IN His House.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13

There was once a prosperous city, IN
which poverty, disease, crime, prodigal-
ity and parsimony were almost absent.
Their state was said to be too millen-
NAL to last.
This city had splendid water sys-
tenn, bringing abundance of pure water
from the only available source. This
had become a commonplace, so that
the people hardly ever even mentioned
ii. Therefore, nobody ever dreamed OF
stealing water.
Now constituencies company, hav-
ing acquired monopoly of the springs,
and wishing to assert their claim and
to put price upon it. suddenly cut of
the supply. Within "a hours, water
was the only subject mentioned in the
city. Everything else sank into insig-
nificance. Everybody tried to secure a
monopoly for himself, and the people
began lying, fighting, stealing and
numbering for water. They became
diseased, insane, and died for lack OF
water. Hundreds committed suicide to
escape the pangs of thirst.
"This," said the directors, lis the
natural result of the growth of popu-
lation."
Those who had no water stored up
sold themselves body and soul to those
who had secured a surplus of the life
giving fluid.
The teachers and preachers lost con-
troll of the people and warned them in
vain against neglectlng the gods and
drinking foul and poisonous liquids.
The water company said: This is
indeed a dishonest and anarchic city.
We must hire police and courts and
soldiers to protect our water rights
from these robbers"
The president and stockholders said
that was just, so the company raised
the price of water to pay for the ex-
pense.--Bolton Hall, with acknowledge
ments to Mr.. Edward Irving.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
Proved Her Relationship.

A poor Irish widow, her husband ha1-
ing died in one Of the lanes of Edin-
burgh, went forth with her three chill
dren, bare Of all resource, to solicit
help from the charitable establish
ments of that city. At this charitable
establishment and then at that she
was refused; referred from one to the
other, helped by none, till she had ex-
hausted them all, till her strength and
heart failed her; she sank down in
typhus fever, died and infected her
lane with fever so that II other persons
died of fever there in consequence.
The humane physician asked there
upon, as with heart too full for
speaking, would it not have been
economy to help this poor widow"
She took typhus fever and killed II
of you. Very curious. The forlorn
Irish widow applies to her fellow crea-
lures, as if saying, "behold, am sink
ing, care of help, We must help me! I
am your sister, bone of your bone; one
God made us, we must help mel" They
answer, mo, impossible; thou art no
sister of ours" But she proves her
sisterhood, her typhus fever kills them.
they actually were her brothers, though
denying it! Had human creature ever
to go lower for proof?-Thomas Car
lyle.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
EAEsAS AGIIATlR GARNETT. KANSAS.
uces contraction and financial ruin at

duces contraction and financial ruin at
home.
Why do the goldites say that we want
money that is good in Europe? Because
they want the United States to make
all its money out Of the commodity gold
on which Europe holds a corner.
Is our gold money good money in
Europe? No, 1t is not money at all any
more than our wheat Is money In Eu-
rope. 1t is simply very dear commod'
ity which Europe has cornered to make
us sell our commodities for less than
the cost Of production to obtain 1t.
Could civilization exist II the govern
ment should put its sovereign stamp
upon anything besides gold and make
It full legal tender? Yes, the govern
ments of the world have existed for
thousands of years and they never were
confined to the use OF gold alone until
the dealers in money and bonds con-
spired to deprive the civilized world OF
the right to use silver as we'll as gold.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13

Republican partisans Of gold mono
metallism refuse to see anything but
their side Of the question, says the
Chicago Dispatch. In this we find
striking illustration of the proverb that
none are so blind as those who won't
see."
A leading Republican newspaper OF
Chicago, in an attack on the silver
conference, pitched in a querulous key,
takes occasion to remark: There was
a time when 371 grains Of silver would
pay off as much Indebtedness as rs
grains of gold. 1t takes now 7SO grains
of silver. The purchasing power OF sill
yer cannot be increased by law; the
debt-paying power can be Increased
dishonesty as far as existing contracts
are concerned" iirHI8 -S@
Thus, in plain terms is admitted the
fact that the man who borrowed 37l
grains of silver must now pay the lend
err 780 grains of silver In settlement OF
his debt. This strikes our contemporary
as just and right, and 1t argues hotly
in the interests of monetary system
that has more than doubled the indebt-
edness of this nation, since 1t has
been put in force.
The rights of the creditor are sacred
in the eyes of the goidites, and so far
as the debtor is concerned there is
nothing but reviling for his portion.
It is useless to argue with gold mo-
nopolists when they lay down propo-
sition so self-evidently false as that
embodied in the statement that the
purchasing power Of silver cannot be
increased by law" To argue on false
promise is to reach nothing but raise
conclusion, and when people make
statement which is false in fact and
evidently wish to make that the basis
of an argument, the inference must
naturally be drawn that they. prefer
false conclusions to those which are'
true. f..AI nI -Nlr1d gAt
There is one great and important
truth in the statement OF our CON-
temporary, and that is the demonstra-
ton 1t contains of the appreciated and
constantly appreciatlng value OF gold.
The debtor is suffering from cruel
and bitter wrong when he is required
to pay twice and more than twice as
much as he borrowed. That this
should be the case is the result Of fore
ing this nation on gold standard No
more dishonest confidence game than
this was ever played, and the abuse
of debtors as dishonest men scomes
with bad grace from the advocates OF
legalized highway robbery.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
TARIFF PROBLEMS.
BY Gen. A. ]. Warner.

BY Gen. A. j. warner.
No doubt a tariff may be so levied
as to remove foreign competition and
thereby enable manufacturers of some
things to raise prices, but it never was
possible and never will be, by tariffs
or any other form of taxation, to raise
the prices Of all things. ~
The prices Of all things, or general
prices, can be raised only by increas-
ing the proportion between money and
other things. II, with no change in the
proportion of money and commodities,
the prices Of some things are raised.
the prices of some other things will be
lowered. J1tgA TlfsF
II by tariffs the prices of manufac-
tured goods are raised with no increase
Of money in any form, the prices of
other products, and especially of agri-
cultural products, will be lowered, for
it is impossible by taxation to increase
the value in money Of everybody's
property. Hence, while some may be
made richer by tariffs that give them
an advantage over others, all can not
be-some will be. poorer vs.
How much one can buy depends on
how much he can sell. II he must pay
higher prices for what he buys while
he gets no higher prices for what he
sells, he can not buy as much. How.
then, are the great mass OF, the peo-
pie, who are too poor to buy at pres
ent prices, going to buy more at high
er prices under the Dingley tariff?
They can't do it.
To enable people to buy more, and
to increase trade, the prices of the
things one buys with-the farmers
products for the farmer, for Instance
must 60 up. This condition can be
brought about only by increasing
money supply; never by increasing
taxes. tr.u. .tu a.sf
Debtor nations must pay what they
owe to other countries with goods or
with gold, If on the gold standard.
They can pay with goods only on con-
dition that they will sell as low as
any other country. If, therefore, BY
tariffs, prices in debtor country, are
raised, and to the extent they are
raised, goods will stay and gold will
go. The attempt, therefore, to raise
prices in debtor country, and at the
same time maintain the gold standard,
is like trying to rise by pulling at ones
boot straps. The evil day may be put
off by increasing debts abroad, and
that is what the attempt to maintain
the gold standard. by manipulating tar
if schedules will come to.-Nationai
Bimetallist. -4
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
One of the aravest Problems.

The important thing about the whole
matter is that the farmers are awaken
ing te the necessity of state control
of those means Of transportation
which in their nature are monopolist-
ic. The ownership and control of the
railroads of this country by the peo-
pie through government, state and ma
tional, will settle once and forever one
Of the gravest problems which confront
the American agriculturist today
Farmers Voice.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13

and legislation. When put in use the
poet will feel compelled to reverse his
lines about the world. After saying this
is pretty good place to live in, he went
on:
"But to borrow or beg to get ones own.
1t is the worst world that ever was
known"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
Insult to Organized Labor.

The Central Labor union *of New
York city have adopted thes following
resolution: A1iii.JM
Resolved, That the appointment Of
T. v. Powderly as commissioner Of In
migration is the greatest official insult
ever offered by the federal government
to organized labor"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13

"He who aids in increasing landlord
ism in this country hastens the over
throw of the republic, for free gov
eminent will not long survive when
a few own the land and ,naeans of sup
port, while the many are tenants. at
will."-Wm. ]. Bryan.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
BY YOUR UNCLE.
Uncle Sam Reflects Upon Industrial and
Political News.

Uncle Sam Reflects Upon Industrial and
Political News.
London has an army of 100000 pick
pockets. Now If some one will only
tell us how many useless officeholders
we have, born of political necessity,
We can compare notes and inform Lon
don how many pickpockets we have.
The so cents day man Is offered
as a wage in the truck raising portion
Of this state is almost enough to keep
any man from engaging in honest"
labor, and now that negro has been
killed by lightning, attracted by the
hoes he was carrying, the incentive
to work is still smaller. 1t is hard to
tell which is the most deadly - light
ming or wage slavery.
The Tribune of Scranton, Pa, says
the presence of 10000 alien paupers in
that state is a good reason why con-
gress should pass laws to prevent ad-
ditional ones from coming in. This
would be a beautiful theory to work
upon were 1t not for the sad truth
that these aliens have been made
paupers since they came to this
country.
A girl out in Indiana was struck on
the foot by lightning the other day.
She was stunned, but soon recovered,
the only injury being the raising OF
several small blisters on the soles OF
her feet. There are about 100000 men
in the United States who can show
similar injuries. They were not caused
by lightning, however. They got them
tramping around after that job they
were promised last fall II Mckinley
were elected-Cumberlan (Md..) I'm
Gle Sam.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-08-13
LET THE PEOPLE RULE
DIRECT LAWS-AND PROPOR-
TIONAL REPRESENTATION.

An Explanation of an Important Plank
IN tho Peoples Party Platform and
the Arguments In Its Favor ~ viewet
BY . Democrat.