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Drunk on Power.
Makes as Big Fool of a Man as
the Ninous Kind.
Rev + { Hickson in Gaffney
Ledger.

My challenge has been accepted
ut last. The whole host of can,
didates for governor and lieutenant
governor, and Mr. TlIlman thrown
in for good measure, came down
on me today, hnt mv hands were
tied and could not say a word.
| should like to discuss the uues,
ton and challenged Mr. Tillman.
personally, for Il Joint debate,
which he declined. | take this
means OF replying. What the
candidates said was so puerilc and
seemed to have so little effect that
shall not reply to them now, but
c"niine myself to Mr. Tillman and
his speech. The farmers of this
county know that | have stood
with and for them and voted with
and for them through all the Bit
ter struggles they had to get pos
session of the State government.
and hence know that it is not
political prejudice against MIR
TlIlman that prompts what | shall
say.
Mr. IiIIman has not advanced
any argument for the dlspensarv.
He has simply thrown his persons
al influence into lne fight against
Col Hoyt. His speech here to-.
day was, as | told him an effort to
stir up all the old timo prejudice
and fling it against Col Hoyt and
prohibition. Hence, one cannot
discuss his position in this matter
without discussing him. He ap-
peared today, and does appear in
this fight, in two roles, neither of
which is CrcIitable to rim. He
first appears in the role of an
ecclesiastical bishop to regulate
the preachers-a kind of theoloci,
cal instructor of the preachers
and their charges.
He says the Bible is not OBS
posed to drinking liquor, nor to
making and selling liquor. Now,
rs would be expected of one who
has studied the Bible as little as
Mr. Illlman and who has been
as indifferent to it's claims TO
regulate his conduct as Mr. Till,
man, that he should not be a pro-
ficieRt teacher nor even bright
scholar. He doesn't seem TO
know that there was no such
thing as liquor in Bible times.
People had learned then the art Of
termenting fruit Juices and max.
ing something that would, if taken
IN very large quantities, make
drunk. But the art of distilIino
fruit and grain and making the
terrible poison of alcohol came
centuries after the last book IN
the Bible was written. The
Bible does prohibit the use even
OF wine among preachers and dea-
cons and pronounces woes in this
life and damnution in the life to
come against the drunkard, even
when the thing used was no more
than weak wine. What would
Paul and Solomon say of those
who use the distilled double Xxx
now Vended in the dispcnsaries of
South Carolina! But Mr. TiIIman
says Paul did tell Timothy to take
little wine for his stOmach's
sake. Let us see how far that
comes OF serving Mr. TiIIman's
case. He is advocating the use
of distilled liquor as beverage,
that is for purposes of drunken |
ness; Paul Is prescribing medi-
cine.
The prOhibitionists allow that
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AT the earnest solicitation OF lzaxsy,~
lrlend-, hereby snnounce my se " a.
candidate FIR reelection TO the ssFss~x
oi County Suporyis' r. subject 70 sa.
result OF the democratic primary
VI G. GARDNwR-
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FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDU CATION.

At tile solicitation Of a few friends
announce myself a candidate for the
Office of Superintendent of Education.
r. BAXTER BLACRMON.
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FOR SUPERVISOR

The many frieuds of Mr.. f. n s.aD..
announce him him as candidaas iSs->
o"hty supervisor, subject 10. i'm
rules Of the Democrat ic Primary
NY FRIFN TSSx
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Announcements,
FOR SOLICITOR

will stand for denomination to tie
office Of Solicitor Of the Sixth judicia
Circuit subject to the results of th.
Democratic Primary.
J X. HENRY
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The many friends o: Mr.. Joseph F
Gregory hereby announce him As n
candidate for the Office of Clerk of
the Court, subject to he result OF the
Democratic Primary,
MANY FRIENDS.
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7 Y WILLIAMS.
FOR CLERK OF COURT.

with "a high sense of appreciation Of
past considerations and tokens OF
Kindness and with deep feeling of
gratitude for the same, beg to an>
h"unce myself q cand dat. for re-
election To the office of clerk of Court
i"r Lancaster County at the approach-
ing primary, su jec. to the rules of
the Democratic primary.
w 5 l. PORTER
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announce myself az o can IaS NV
lor tne Office of Coroner anu pm, ~
lnSseli TO abide the result OF ISss
democratic primary election.
T. STEW M&sSN
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The friends Of ID n MACEEN Ny.
n"un"e him as "A candidate for tS~. ssss~.
he OF foroner. and pledge h:SSs ~
anlde the result of the democratic, y-ra.
mary.
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am "A candidat" for the Legislature,
-uhicct l." rules of Democratic Primary
j HARRY FOSTER

The many friends OF J y Estridge
resnectfully ann ounce his name for
re>elec ion for the House OF Repre
~entativ,s Of Lancaster county. and
Will abide by the result ofthe primary
election.
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MANY VOTERS.

am candidate for the House of
Repres entatives subject to the Demos
cratic primary.
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FOR CORONER. /

The many friends of & c g5tSSSa,
Sr. announce him for the o+1F,-,y IN
Coro"er, subject to the rules o. IL,
Democratic Primary.
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MANY FRIEN8s

hereby announce rnys elf oszaSs.,-
nate Tor reelection to the o1rrg. W
coroner, and pledge myself 10 z.s.as,
the result of the primary.
II. YOU'RE
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j w HA Ell.

l am candidate for reelection to
the Legislature. | will abide the re-
suit Of the democratic primary cleo
ton.
TY WILLIAMS.
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FOR HOUSE OF REPRESEN,
,AIINEs.

| am candidate for the Legislature
aud viii abide the result of the pri
mary.
OSCAR w POTTS.
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FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce myself a candi-
date for sheriff, subject to the rules of
Democratic party.
JAMES S WILSON.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
POWER OF WATER
Hole Bored in Bluff as If by Can.


a little group of solid citizens was
standing on Baronne street, New Or
leans, watching q cleaning gang at
work with the hose.
THAT reminds me Of old days in Cal
ifornia," said one Of the party as the
stream veered slightly and shaved off
the corner OF pile Of dirt. 81 never
realized how much force could be de-
iyered by 4 jet OF water" he con-
tinued, until I tried hydraulic mining.
It was in 1870. up on the Sacramento
River. They had brought a stream
down the Sierra Nevada Mountains in
a big 'aume' that ended in length Of
wire-vrapped hose and a siI-foot noz-
zle with arm on the side for a couple
of men to take hold Of.
"They played the stream on big
bluff directly opposite, and it bored out
the solid, packed foundation like living
fire eating into tinder. For a dozen
feet from the nozzle the water seemed
like a hard blue bar and there was
something strange and murderous look
ing in the way it drove straight ou'
that made by flesh creep to watch It
Several laborerS had been accidentally
struck by the stream and in each case
the man was killed as suddenly as II
hit by . cannon ball.
81 remember on one occasion some
rival claimant came down from Shasta
and took possession Of a cabin not fa1
from the end Of tie fume line. Our
boss. who was big Irishman named
Murphy, told us to play the stream on
the place. and as we were all spelling
for row we lost 10 time in obeying'
1 never saw such 2 demolition in my
life. The shanty few seven ways for
Sunday and one Of the fellows inside
was pitched bodily through the air and
landed in the river. The distance was
so great nobody was hurt, and after
that our gang was known as Murphy S
light artillery Mark Twain draws q
very vivid picture Of hydraulic mining
in 'Roughing It. and from personal ex'
perience l can assure you he hasn't
embroidered the facts in the least"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
Good Sense.

Some young girls have good
share of excellent sense, as wit
ness this account from a New
York paper: cat ourhotel was
a young girl, educated, clever,
up-to-date. A handsome young
fellow was paying her the most
devoted attention, whenever he
was sober enough to do so, and
all of us felt very anxious lest
attractive manners and lavish
display of wealth should win the
girl. One evening late she came
into my room, and settling her
self on the pillows of the couch,
said: John proposed tonight,
went down on his knees, said I
was the only power on earth that
could save him, and if l didn't
consent to be his wife he would
fill a drunkard's grave" "What
did you say?" I asked breath
lessly. "Well," she replied, 81
told him that l was not running
Keely cure, but if he really
wanted to be saved from a
drunkard's grave I could give
him the address of several had
heard highly recommended"
We commend the good sense of
this young woman to all young
women when they feel inclined
to marry a drunkard to reform
him.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
A Tornado's Freaks.

John R. Musick Of Kirksville, Mo-,
thus describes. in the Century, certain
madcap pranks OF a tornado which
passed through tht city.
Many strange freaks were played
by the tornado. In q tree-top was
found a woman's hais, supposed to
have been torn from her head as she
was carried through its branches, yet
no person was found near it. a human
scalp was found three miles from the
city limits. under bridge. Notes, let
tiers, and papers were blown from the
city into Iowa, and found ninety miles
away. One promissory note of S400
was found in a field near Grinnell,
Iowa, nearly 100 miles away, while
clothing and papers were scattered
along the entire distance.
"One woman was decapitated by a
tin roof, and her child was killed near
her Some persons who were outside
the rotating current were killed or IN
iured by living timberS, which, like
bolts from the catapult Of Jove, few
with deadly force for great distance,
while others in the very center Of the
storm escaped with little or no injury.
Perhaps the most remarkable expert
enceS were those Of Miss Moorehouse,
Mrs. Webster, and her son. The three
were caught up in the storm, and were
carried beyond the Catholic church,
nearly one-fourth Of mile, and let
down on the common so gently that
none were killed. Mrs. Webster had
some slight cuts about the head, her
son had one arm fractured, but Miss
MoorehouSe was uninjured.
81 was conscious all the time was
flying through the air. said Miss
Noorehouse, and it seemed 4 long
time. l seemed to be lifted up and
whirled round and round. going to a
great height. at one time far above the
church steeples. and seemed to be car.
ried q long distance. prayed to the
Lord to save me. for I believed he
could save me, even on the wings OF
the tornado, and he did wonderfully
preserve my life. AS I was goins
through the air, being whirled about
ut the sport of the storm, saw q
horse soaring and rotating about with
me- It was a white horse, and had g
harness on. BY the way it kicked and
struggled rs it was hurled about I
know it was alive. I prayed to God
that the horse might not come in con-
tact with me. and it did not was
mercifully landed upon the earth IN
harmed-saved by miracle
"Young Webster says he saw the
horse in the air While he was being
borne along by the storm. at one
time it was directly over me. and I
was very much afraid l worll come
in contact with its flying heels The
horse. it is said. was caught up and
earned one mile through the air. and.
according to the accounts Of reputable
witnesses. at times was over 200 feet
high. passing over church steeple.
Many who were not in the storm say
that they saw horses flying in the
wind. Beyond being we'll plastered
with mud. the white horse was unin-
jured by his aerial fight
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
A Fine Job.

Two park laborers sat on the curb
stone of the Eastern Parkway in
BROOKLYN eating dinner out Of their
pals. for it was the noon hour. and
discussing their surroundings IN a
brocue which suggested that they had
Mt been over very long. One of them
fell to admirinS the Museum Of Arts
and Sciences. which stands back from
the Parkway.
..It's a foine big buildin'." he said;
"an' solid enough put up to last for
iver."
"'Tis thot," agreed the other. But
what is it fer?'
TO kape dead boogs an other
crachureS in" said the first. 'It's a
museum. it is
"An' are them big letters cut into the
stone above the wildies the name w
it,
7 dono what thin letters wud be-"
said the first speaker He fell to spell
inc out the words and presently ray
of Intelligence succeeded the puzzled
expression on his face.
.Surc, | hay it," said he. Thin IS
the names av the contractors"
",Tis a foine job they done. amy
Cay," observed the ether admiringly.
They'd be big men in their own line
vid slathers Of inhooence. belize.
And Patrick made a good guess, for
rho names craven in the stone We're
Aeschvlus. Sophoc!eS. Pericles. Hero
dotus. Socrates. Thrydides, and Demos
thencs
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
FREE BLOOD CURE
An Off Providing Faith to Sufferers

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Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are
all durable by B. B. B. Botanic Blood
Balm which is made especially to cure
all terrible Blood Diseases. Persistent
Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes,
Scrofuia, that resist other treatments,
are quickly cured by B. B. B. Botanic
Blood Balm). Skin Eruptions, PIN
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Blisters, Boils, Carbuncles, Blotches
Catarrh, Rheumatism, etc., are all due
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FIVE months. B. B. B. does not con-
tain vegetable or mineral poison.
One bottle will test it in an case. For
sale by druggists everywhere. Large
bottles 81, six for FIVE IS. Write for
free samplebottie, which will be seat,
prepaid to Times readers, describe
symptoms and personal free medical
advice will be given. Address Blood
Balm Co.. Atlanta, Ga.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
More Soldiers Killed.

\ dispatch from Manila says the
runored engagementin Ssmar has been
confirmed by reports recently received
from Major Henry T. Allen, 43d regi-
meut, U. s. V. l., commanding samar
Island. That detachment Of thrity-one
men, stationed at Catubig, were at
tackled April Is by six hundred men
with tgo hundred rites and oue can
non. Our nrb qu.rt,red in convent,
which KS ii7cd next day by burning
heajp thrown from adjoining church.
Detachment escaped by river. Men
getting into boat we're killed; remaining
men entrenched themselves near river
and held out two days longer, facing
most adverse circumstances, until res
cued by Lieut. Sweeney and ten men.
Over two hundred Of attacking party
(many of them are reported having come
from Luzon Island) reported killed and
many wounded. Lieut.. Sweeney re-
ports streets covered with dead insur-
gents.
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I W onder.

| wonder #. when wander out
Through the realm Of eternal space,
And leave behigd this world Of ours,
With its ligh, ana love and grace:
When my soul goes forth to the dim un.
known.
Like rudier.ess ship at sea.
And g-opes and struggles to crap the shore
Oftte mystical great ito be
| wonder if shall ever look back
To this old vor have known,
With longing eyes and an aching heart,
For what is forever gone?
Iwonder if, when clasp the hands
Of the loved Of long ago
Who crossed the stream in the weird gone
past,
And, surely, shall know
Their forms and faces and hear the SQUAD
Of their voices. ne'er forg t.
I wonder if shall still turn back
And long for ~har have t?
Lorg for hose who are LEFT behicd
To suffer and toll and strive
IN the cold word s troubious atmosphere,
For the sake Of ing al ve?
l wor der if, when it is over at last
And sand in the pure new life,
| shall ever remember ID It this old, old rid
With it, sin and SORROW and strife?
Shall think Of the flush on the sunset hills,
o. sts's in the pale blue sky,
Oi the mighty ocean, beating the shore
Wien the raging tide rms hig'?
Y Ill the doubt q, dread forever be aed,
That trouble life here below?
Will the love and the longing be satisfied
Ab. very soon shall Know!
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
The postofice authorities have

The postofice authoritiesha have
discovered that somebody in
Washington has been sending
mail sacks full of clothing and
other personal property from the
Capitol to St. Louis, under the
postal frank of a congressman.
That's a small matter. The late
Gen. B. F. Butler used to frank
all of his laundry home every
week and frank it back to Wash
ington, thus protecting himself
against the extortions of the
aundrymen at the national capi-
al.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

The New York Times ex-
presses its present opinion of
VIM. Jennings Bryan as fol-
lows: ''It is simple justice to
say that the eleader of the Democ-
racy now presents a more re-
spectacle figure than in any
year since he entered national
politics. The Bryan of 1900
stands before the people as a man
with the boldness of honest con-
victions. The sincerity and
courage Of such an attitude are
admirable. - The world moves,
and the Times moves with it.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
AT the race conference being

AT the race conference being
held in Montgomery, Alabama,
Hon. Bourke Cochran of New
York, it is stated, scored the
most brilliant success of therace
conference in the closing oration.
He boldly advocated the repeal
of the 10th amendment to the
Federal constitution. He ar
gued that it was a bad limb on
the tree; that it had been nulli-
fed by the States; that it had
been lynched, so to speak, by
the people of the South.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

The Washington Post gives a
whole chapter of fact in the fol-
lowing terselines: "The south
ern Republicans lay great stress
on the votes of the colored
brother when they are after a
congressional seat to which a
Democrat has been elected. But
when it comes to selecting the
black man as a delegate to the
Philadelphia convention-well,
that is another story.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
Too Thin.

Administration organs are Boosting
that if there has been stealing in Cuba
the thieves will be detected. That is
too thin. The fact that the men who
have been found guilty Of Tobbing the
government in Cuba were trusted en-
pIoyes, picked ont by the administra
ton, because of their peculiar fitness
for the work in haud, as advertised,
proves that Imperialism means not only
departure from the tue principles Of
this government but csrpet-baggery
and corruption. .-Spartanburg H,raid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
THE Democratic convention

The Democratic convention
of Tennessee reported a platform
containing a plank on expansion
which did not mean anything
and was a straddle as favorable
to the view of Mckinley as OF
Bryan. 1t was promptly re-
pudiated by the convention and
a straight-out plank condemn
ing the position of the Republl-
can party and standing squarely
by the position Of Bryan was
substituted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

Gov. McSweeney Thursday
received a long letter from a
married woman in Greenwood
county detailing all her troubles.
She says she recently left her
husband because of his cruelty
to her. Then she concluded
with an appeal to the governor
to grant her the privilege of
marrying again "as I am a
OrDhan."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
4 Warning to Girls.

An Iowa young man not long ago
proposed marriage to young woman,
but hearing that her hair was false. he
declined to fulfill his engagement. Sne
brought suit against him for breach Of
promise, but she was nonsuited ou The
ground that she had Won the young
mans affections under false I,tc,eus,S.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

The house Thursday by a very
narrow margin of two votes un-
seated Mr.. Crawford of North
Carolina, a Democrat, and
seated in his place Mr.. Pearson
of North Carolina, who was
member of the Fifty-fourth and
Fifty-ffth congresses. This
makes the third Democrat turned
out of the present house.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

Greenwood, Aug. s to Sept. i
Leonard T Baker, superintendent Ian
caster graded schools; Sarah Chandler,
Spartanburg city schools.
Saluda (date not fzed) e G Nc
CaDts, principal Blackville schools; }
Porter Hollis, Rock Hill graded schools.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
The State Executive Committee.

The following are the names Of the
State Executive Committee as was
announced in the State Convention
"Wednesday:
Abbeville-A " Jones.
Aiken-W w Williams.
Andersop-J Perry Glenn.
Barnwell-G D Bellipger.
Bamberg-S G May6eld.
Beaufort-Thos Martin.
Berkeley-S j Mccoy.
Charleston-J F Rafferty,.
Clarendon--Louis Applet.
Cherokee-Jno. 7 Lit,lejohn.
Chester-T j Cunningham.
Chester6eld-G } Redfearn.
Colleton-J " Hill.
Darlington-A j a Psrrott.
Dorchester-J D Bivins.
Eigeield-L j Williams.
Fair6eld-Thos. H ketchin,
Florence-D II Trsxler.
Greenville-M L Donaldson.
Greenwood-D H Msgill.
Hampton-W II Mauldin.
Horry--Jno. A McDernott.
Kersbaw-C l. Winkler.
csster-T Y Williams.
Laurens-N B Dial.
Lexington-D j Griffith.
Marion-S G Miles.
Marlboro-W D Evans.
NeRberry-Cole L Blease.
Oconee-J j Keith.
Orangeburs-W D Tatum.
Pickens-R F Smith.
Richland- Willie Jones.
Spartanburg N L Bennett.
Saluda-R B Watson.
Suuter-R D Lee.
Uuiou--J T Peake.
Williamsburg--I & Blackwell.
York. z Wilboru.
Ata meeting of the Committee Col.
Willie Jones was re- elected State Chair.
man.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

S. a. S#ails, leader of the Repub-
lican party in the days Of Moses and
Patterson, died at his home in King
stree last Thursday. He was State
Senator from Williamsburg county dur
ing the entire Radical administration.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

Robert B. Jennings, was held UP on
a street car near the corner Of Wash
ington avenue and Broadway, st.
Louis, Mo, Oct. 80, and robbed Of
sl,o43 IN cash and s4s.247 IN negotiable
paper.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23
Gainesville Ga Dec s. 1899

OdIEC5E I!1Vi = - " y -oVV
Pitts Antiscptic lnvigorator has
been used in ms family and am per-
fectly satisfied that it is all, and will
do ali, you claim for it. Yours truly,
A. B. Z. Dorsey.
S.-I am using it now myself.
It's doing me good.-Sold by The Muir
ray Drug Co., Columbia, S. c., and all
druggists. Il
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-05-23

A full report Of the proceedingof the
Democratic State Convention will be
found in this issue. Reed it, and keep
posted OF party matters.