The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-02

Tram az. 'os'F NON ''''.'. '1t', '',' 7, 't'-.,
dram. '1Gi S!'e.ls' ever ,''''7 y" n.,ss y, =
tor cah,'-' ANU excursions "ho 70" 'ns.'Ie
peyeCty !er -E9''s9e.t anu o''t '!''''''s' w
ever
II y me generous Hatoi 'le Capl''':.S's
ot th!s.eos;"iry or oy ne" law o. '"S :',, y,
srnrncnt OF the | cited States . per cen, CT
% percent or 400 per cent were addet 10
tue wages Of the working c-"sses o! America,
!. would oc no advantage 10 hundreds Of
thousands Of them un!ess iAey s3oP2e1
strong drink, Aye ucTii they quit tA&i sE'.
ha5it, the more money the more rum '1e
more w2ges. the more holes 10 the Dag.
Ny plea IS 70 those w9fNiAG Ps'E.' Nv
are in q disciplcshlP 70 the WNsNF 'o','S'
the beer iEg and The vine aiSA' i1u'' "nA'
say TO them Will not ne more aFi,'Vi,, ~
70 he working classes ;han tothe business
classes. arl the literary classes. ana '&e
professional classes. and all classes ana 10, >;
with the people c: one age more jnan o. al
ares. Take one good square look at ;ne SUI
rsripr 2tthe man who strong dr:nA mas C".
,R~aIIei aa: remember ;hat toward Shac
goal rlultituIeS are running. Inc "i'c.t,'eo'
@lc,bolism suffers the less otSeh TsSIsey'
IL
Just a. so5a as q man wakes up ana an1S
that he is the captive Of strong "riaAS ne
feels demcaaei. 10 not care LOW
recklesss.y he acts ile Ia, +, c,,,o,
don't care; re "'e$ cI5v' -. ~ ,I,,Ss ,,n,ass
look q pure man III ,.,e -os,I,,.
it IS with poeli5ive l'FSt &C.; % no.nrs So; =
ton. Three-iour'hS 't L1' - bo so,,S =
destroyed his sell respect - so',s, ~ 80
things re would not o'nerN'se S'J w. ~ o0No
things he wou!d not o'heE%iSe Nv. -,
man iS u!ne-tentnS soae w s'iVAS - ,,,,i,
the frs thing he wants 10 uo . "
YOU that he can stop any time ne wants ~ "
he cannot. The Phil!sunes nave ooUhU MIN
hand and so0;, and shorn MS locAS' au" p"'
out his eyes, and are making MIN grlno Id
the mill ofa great horror. lie S?an"1 s'o?:
viii prove it. lie knows 'haI u ms co"Ess S;l -
bringing ruin upon hlNse-i. ne 'IysS MN
self. II he could stop ne "oU''' l10 80
his course IS or2gins rum upon - na,,ij
He loves them. de WouI1 S'op l. 'e ,I.,,r vYuIS.
lie capnot Perhaps ne coct" '"'eT 1.:-. vs.
o. a year ago; not now Just %SA r'-i ~
stop for month. lie cannot. i1e AH0" ,
he cannot. so he does not try.
had q friend who was 10 years SOtus
down under this evil habit. lie 2au l@'se
means. He had given thousands OF collars
10 Bible societies end re-orma'ory ihs'''"-
tons Of all sorts. lie was very sst..l., ~.
generous and very loTaole, ana "aeng,et ~
talked about this evil haoit nc "'l.o -. ;
Il can stop any time b1' ne AeP' 81. b..
ing on, going on down. down. GOWN. LIZ -
family would say, Il wlSh yoa "0u'H stop.
why" he would reply, Il can SOY any
time If want 10. After awnl!e nc nat ,. os.
lirium tremens. lie haH IL l"tee' an% - :: ::
after that ne sald - can s'oP al "uS wv w
wanted to- He IS aeaI now: ma. 'I,'.
killed him? Drink, drlnT' Anu ~ ".D"nS on5.
his last Ufterances was. II caa sSo, :, -, ,.I
time. He did not stop II oecause I. -
no; stop it. On. there is point ~ l-,e ~
ton beyond which !; a man goes Ae ''L'1''
stop.
One oftbese victims said 10 Chrlstlsn
man. ..Sir, III were told that | couIdn
rst q drink until tomorrow night unless
5o3 oII nv focers cut of. l would say,
Fl .Pr;,,- No. 1bs batcbet and cut them of now
7 hay3 dear friend in Philadelphia whose
nanbew came 20 him ore day, and when he
was exhorted about his evil habit SAID:
"UncIe. can't give It up. If there stood a
cannon and it was loaded and glass Divine
were set on the mouth OF that cannon. and
| knew that you would FIRE 1t off Just as
came up and took the glass, I would start. for
I nnst have it, Oh, it IS q sad thing for a
nan 70 wake up in this life and feel that ne
- .,-' co,,;va, ,U He saws: II could have got
r;d of his once. but I can't now l might
have lived an honorable life and died q
Christian death. But there is no hope for
me now. There is no escape for NE. Dead,
but not buried. am a walking corpse. /
am an apparition Of what once was. am
= care3 immortal beating against the wires
Of nv cage in this direction; beating against
the cage until there is blood On the wires
and blood upon nv soul. yet not able to get
npt-destroyed without remedy
/ 90 on and say that the disciple OF rum
srffsra~s from the loss of health. The older
- y -. .o,,a ,-ao~s arh D~