The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-08
4 COLOSSAL LIAR.
An lnsai7,sw Published in a
Richmond P5psr.
DRUNK, GEAzY Or NoR5E.
oeorgs Walters Says Things
About she Exposition in
Which There Is N d Al
lo:a cf Truth.

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There are number Of people il
Charleston who are looking fer certain
Mr. George Walters, "a travelling
man" Should this Walters Esd i
convenient to come &c Charleston agair,
pzesumirg that lie has been heze, cf
;ghich soma people may hare d;ubts,
he would, no doubt, 6ld the mercaaots
tumblirg over each other to give HIN
orders. And perphaps also IS, IN his
own words, he ss5s that :'ths Exc cosi-
ton Company needs sRla1t lis, -
he might ges j,h With that concern.
This, however, is also in doubt, for the
fa0ricaticns published in a Richmond
newspaper, which are credited 70
George Walters, are SO c.cns3 aao
ridiculous on their fsce that It Is iikzlp
that Mr.. Walkers is not even IS o!e7er
an inventor as he thinks he is. Prob
ably 5e has only pcsc.icsd By himself
Ia the ozIE for short tina and exp ,ri-
ence might be productive OF greas re-.
suits. Anyway, Charleston would be
glad to have lin come this Say, as
soon as business demands it, snd tbs
neWspspera here will ssEe pleasure IN
Recommending him to tie merchants as
8 dIuEmer Eith more lu1gs than tr&ios
aad who Is either engagso in ma.lci-
Gus piece Of work o. else is q fool.
There csn be 70 middle gryund in the
ma:ser. The story which hiss cesn
pinned il one Of tie Richmond nsEs-
papers and accredited TO Mr. Walters is
silly, untrue, and - appears r>raer
strange to tie average p3rsoa il Char
iesson inst saca q reuscksD:e Sarn
should haVs been given spscs IN re-
putab!e papsr. The faats IN tie case
are we'll knoT1 to every progressive
newspaper in the county aus tley are
very different from tie details CT Shs
Walters tale. Tie story IS IS follows:
Il ha7a seen soac mezsrss n ny
time," said Mr. George Walters, a
travelling man, who vas ia 3 cbuend
yesterday, '.hut have never seen one
which would approsoh Charleston just
noW. The Ezposit!on there hiss pos
sibly been the most s:arsiins faiiuro Of
sny Exposition the world ever saw.
There is nobody there. There is no.h
il G st all doing and j1st Why 10 ,ne
resms to be sbie 10 tsi:. Possibly it ls
because the public has been surfeited
with expositiong, possibly from dtz n
otter causes, out st any rate the facts
remain.
ITO begin With, the Midway has
closed and gone. For ibis Midway
privilege the Bossook people, under
stand, paid something like thirty fv3
thousa1d dollars scd l doubt If they
took in theirty-fvs dollars sitter the
first day ESQ. rhsy finally closed up
to save money. In addition to this
exhibitors are going and Macy of tie
most striking of the exhibits have bsen
tsksn out snd shipped aHay. There is
nobody there TO look st then save the
exhipltcrs themselves and it is rather
trying on their eyes.
''Ihe racing EhiSh began & few days
sgo, sud which was thought to be .he
srrongsst feature Of the Exposition is a
6zz!e. A large sum was psid toz this
privilege ald Id ike 70 gamble that
the daily attendance will not average
two hundred people and great msjori-
ty OF these there, On passes. Ths Ez-
position management doesn't seem tv
be able to give away tickets to the Fsis
and all interest his been lost By the
Charlesto1ians Themselves. Tee Ex
position grounds look like lumber
yard. Only three Of the buildings navs
been finished and lumbar Is pi!eu e7ary
where. ! don't believe the Exposition
will last unit: February /.
Personally [ think this CHASTITY fail
ure was entirely due to lack Of press
work. It takes pretty smsrt liar al
the head Of sc Exposition and I en-
AFRAID Charleston couldn't Tlss to the
OCCASION"
10 very briefly contradict the state
nents made N the article rep:oducso
here it may be said uhaS not oGe single
exhibit has been taken away from Char
lesion snS that more arc arrl7ll 6 hlrs
svers dsy. Tne fsos that there are a
rumbcr oe eXnlolgs not yet placed ls
cus 10 the miscaicutaalon Of eZ lloitocs
and they are working as lard as they
can to get everything il shape. As
every boay knows the Midway ,s Eos
closed. Neither did Mr. Bosscck buy
the Midway privilege for $50. .UC0 or
any olhcr smsuat. Ihe Midway con-
cessions we're bought By a dozen or
more people snd e7ery toos OF space is
occupied With fist class shows. The
MIowsy has neTer closed for day
since the very first shoR vas made
ready Tor business. TIE Exposition
Gem rany is no: so dull fer snuse Nho
nave Zine to 30 up to tie grounds. The
a.tenasnoo "Wednesday @as about eight
tnou.aui. and hslt - th5 Eumbtr
pSopaoly attended ;he rsees. some
Little ezIeI:Cr work ls being done on
scme Of the buildings, su; there are
seventeen completed, icsiead ot rh.ea.
SIS Mr.. Mal.lr5 States. The Stats
ou!lolDgs OF ll!]nols and Pennsylvania
are MOI completed, bus :hal IS no faux
ct the Es3oslLiOa ComDsny aud the
visitor Who walks sooaa on lumbar plies
must 90 and iook for them. Is hard
~ worth while 10 co1.rstlct tie general
run OF misssatanen.s mace in Mr. Wal-
ter5's inteivleR, bus she foregoing will
shoT thss the gentleman Was el.her
drunk or crsz; guen ners and probably
ne7er wena lea1 the sIouods.-Neas
and CoGrlor.
Wicked Chorus Girls.