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1..(SAPPELl'. EDITOR. MANNING, S. C.: 1 ESDAY, A UG. 26, 1896. ~A~C~? ?O~ fATES: Manit'.... .... .i' ADVERTISING RATES: One square, one tirme, :!; each snbse quent i.secti.on, 50 ceuts. uh.inuries an< I'butes of Respec: charged for as regula. adveritvemLs. Liberal contracts made fo tri-e, six and twelve months. Ca~u:n-aios must be accompanied bt -.r- rta uamue and address of the write in o->r to receive attenLon. No comcanication of a personal char aeter will be published except as an adver tisement. Entered at the Post Office at Manning a Second-Class Matter. 0 OUR g* STANDARD * BEARERS. *, President: WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, Of Nebraska. Vice-President: ARTHUR SEWALL, Of Maine. WHAT FREE COINAGE WILL DO The Headlight has always conten ded that the free coinage of silve: would Dot only help the farmer an4 laboring masses, but also build ur every business enterprise in ou American republic. The only class in this whole country that profits ' by the British gold standard are bank ers and money-lenders. Of course when we contract our currency it ren. ders money more valuable and redu ces the price of everything thal money buys. Ever since the passage of the Sherman act in 1873, prices o: agricultural products and wages o: labor have been going down yeai after year, while interest and debts continued to be piled mountain higi upon our people and country. Bul the elinma.: of iniquity was cappet wee: Grover Cleveland made a cor rapt ;md erv~ie congress strike dowi silver 'a':ogetner, and place on: country on a single gold standard Tedestruction of property by srrinkage of values during the past four years has been far greater thai even during the war between the states, wten the South was ravagec with o.ne nire and the sword anxd oul slaves emnancipated. WVe defy an3 man, unless he be a capitalist, 01 banker or speculator to say that hE has made more than a bare living ou of his busmness since Cleveland's in, auguration. And so far from busi ness improving, times are getting harder day by day. First the smnal firms were crushed. but now evej houses representing millions art succumbing. Hundreds of manu facturing enterprises have closed theil doors, and thousands upon thousands of industrious artisans and laborer: are thrown out of employment kc starve. Only last week the greal city of Chicago was shaken as witk an earthquake by the collapsing , : two enterprises, one representmng $20,000,000. And for what is a1l this? That a few Wall street bankern and European coupon-clippers maa extort from our people double thE value of the money they loaned. Il -is fearful to comtemplate the ruin and misery that President Cleveland hat -brought upon his people and his country,in order to make millionaires of himself and his Wall streel friends, But The Headlight is now en dorsed by the highest authority. ThE London Financial News, the leading gold-bug organ of Europe, in com menting upon the growth of the sil ver sentiment in the United States says: There is a plain moral in the re mark that if the United States should venture to cut himself adrift from Europe and take outright to silvei she would have all America and Asih at her back, and the command of thE market of both countries. The bar rier of gold would be more fatal that any ban-ier of a custom house. ThE bond of silver would be stronger that any bond of free trade. There cat be no doubt about it that if thE United States were to adopt a silver basis to-morrow British tradE would be ruined before the year was out. Every American would be pro tected, not oniy at home, but every other mnarket Of course the United States would suffer to a certain ex throogh having to pay her obligatiom abroaid in gold,but the loss of exteni chnge under this as compared tc the profit to be reaped from the mari d easAmerica and Asia, t> ..i : u ' f Europe. The mar vel I -: nild States has r.of lo- : ' .d the opportuni ty. It hat aL. a iece ->i iuck that it has ne'ver occurred to) the Americans tc se mewor-kfs markets by a slver ba.sis, and it m 2t - : ;gh d, irritted by the c as .by of our gov of goVl- ?'wdmous~ i.ieadight. The national campaign committee has put, Senator Tlillman to stumd spaking in several Northern States, and his services are in great demand all over the East and West. Wonder if the Senator's enemies still think that Tila' Chicago speech ruined his national rpttC SOME FAMOUS MEN WHO FAILED TO REACH THE COVETED PRESIDENTIAL CHAIR. From Burr to Blaine--Several Inter esting Pages of Our Politkal History Recalled by Recent Events. Presidential lightning is t.he mst eccemlric form of electric egy known to eitier science or rouighoi1 Again aud again has it fallen upoi dry places, when it might have found sfe conduct through brilliant minds aud embellished and compk ted a The greatest and wisest of our land have prepared attractions for it, but it has passed them by to illumi nate lowly and obscure. At this time, when the nation is girding up its loins for the twenty eight Presidential election, which will take place in November, it will not be amiss to glance backward at the names of those (all dead and many of them forgotten) who might have become Presidents of the republic but for the interference of stubborn chance, providence, or fate or what you will. The men who missed the Presi dency were in most instances the men who seemed at the time most worthy of the honor. Clay and Blaine were again and again within an ace of gaining the coveted prize. Daniel Webster, the modern Demosthenes, died of a broken heart because the ambition of his life was denied him, and yet he might have realized that ambition had his spirit been willing to accept the crown in the way the gods presented it. It is an interesting study, this re view of the causes which balked some of the country's heroes just as they were reaching out their hands to take more than a "kingly crown.' The contemplation of these facts of our history may bring comfort at this time, when disappointment is in the air for more than one aspirant, who would perhaps be ashamed to confess to the canker gnawing at his heart. AARON BURR COME NEAR IT. Aaron Burr just missed the head ship of the nation. He was a man of remarkably brilliant mental attain ments, and into the Presidential con test of 1800 he entered with his ac customed energy and determination. The Republicans triumphed, but be tween the two highest candidates Jefferson and Burr-there was a tie, eace receiving 32 votes, which threw the election into the House of Repre sentatives. In connection with this affair Burr was charged with intriguing to defeat the public will and have himself cho sen to the first office instead of Jef ferson. The Federalists resolved to defeat Jefferson at any cost, and so fixed upon Burr as their sole relionce in this great emergency. The balloting went on for seven days. Thirty-five ballots were taken without result. In the balloting in the House each State delegation cast but one vote. The candidate receiv ing the highest number would be de clared elected vice-president. The Federalists strove long and fervently with Burr, but could not obtain from~ him the pledge they desired. Jef ferson wag, therefore, elected on the thirty-sixty ballot, and Burr was de lared elected vice-president, having received the next highest number of votes. CLNroN'S s~U FIGHT. In the campaign of 1812 DeWitt Clinton was regarded as a promising Republican candidate for the Presi dency. lie had held many promi nent places in the government and filled them all with credit to himself and to the advantage of his country. During his term in the United States Senate he distinguished himself by a powerful speech opposing the war with Spain. He resigned from the Senate 1802 to take the office of Mayor of New York, to which he had been appointed by his uncle, then governor of the State for the second time. He continued Mayor until 1815. Aaron Burr's disgrace had re moved one of his most prominent rivals, but Clinton soon began to be looked upon with distrust by his party, ufn account of his want of sympathy with some of President Jackson's acts and with Madison's course previous to the war of 1812. He was suspected of a leaning to ward the Federalists, and was bitter l assailed by his enemies, toward whom his own course had never been . ld. The Republican caucus at Wash ington in 1%i2 renominated Madison, but Clir.ton, retaining his hold on the party ot his own State and relying on the support of the Federalists, secur ed a nomination from the Republican members of the New York Legisia ture. Clinton made a stout tight and up to the very last seemed to have a cace of winning because there was considerable dissatisfaction over the manner of Madison's nomination. With Pennsylvania on his side Clin ton would have won, and his sup porters were also sure in advance of the adherence of other States, which failed to come to time as expected. Thus did another statesman of the early days of the republic miss by a chace t'he great houor for which so many were striving. HENRY BL.AY'S MISs. Henry C lay would probably have been president but for the grip upon his reputation of the famous "bargain and corruption" charge, which cou stabty reueated, pursued im throuh the best part of hi~s public The charge had its origin a h camp.Iigu of 1824, when Clay saa candidate for the presidency, a-in for ompettors such men as.la Quiuy A laws, Andrew fackson am't Wilam H. Crawford. No one or me'se cad tiates received a majority of Ketord vote, so the election de veoped upon the House of Reresen tatives. Clay standing fourth in the number of eleetoral votes received, was practically out of the race, and ho used his influence in the House f ete~or Jhn Quincy Adams, who was ford alleged the existence of a cor ...t undertanding between Adams and Cay, and tiatE accusation W as believed at the time because Ada promptly offerCd Clay i- podtfo!o of Secretary of nate, and Cla' prom'ptly acceted it. Thf "bow evr, w lip, v byn u the e e tabl.ihed fat ' Ia ammedid after the icsdt . the Presidential elec ion in i .-t R ' declared his dtouinano to use InIMiee in 'itr Hiouset for Ada aainst Javksoi. The, dii h '.' j. - cey ht_ kdarjs ru'-ih bare, tea eI -ilawcso. in that C-kculol ..at for I Lmad ALuthler aurupt for Jhe resilee i 1 83-22 as tLe candi "at" of the nation'i. flepublicans. lie wa: disastrssiv defeated in this electier, receiving only forty-nine electer: votes. Clar seemed -ure of the PIresidu cy, vheu on Max 1, 1844, the whig natic.: -l convention nominated him 'h' 'vio'-e o! the 'e11 er- adJ th a :cnal conventienL of1 which nominated Harrison and Tyler, Clay would certainly have beena tlh cholce if the unit rule had not beon adopted. The annexation of Texas was the main question in the Presidential canvass of 1844. Clay had alread: declared himself against annexation! in the famous "Raleigh letter," of April 17. 1844. There was a plail: in the Democratic platform recown mrending the annexation of Texas. In this condition of affairs Clay, yielding to the entreaties of Southeiin whigs, who feared that his declara tion against the annexation of Texis might injure his prospects in theo South, wrote another letter in wibI he said that, far from having any persoual objection to the annexation of Texas, he would be "glaa to see it without dishonor, without war, with the common consent of the union and upon fair terms." This declaration of Ciay's turned against him many anti-slavery men in the North, and is believed to have cost him the vote of the State of New York and with it the election. Had Clay kept the anti-slavery element on his side, as it was at the beginning of the canvass, he would soely have been President. Clay was defeated for the Presiden tial nomination in the whig national convention of 1848 by General Zach ary Taylor. It has often been said that only the latter's military glory gave him the nomination over Clay. WEBSTR'S ONE CHANCE. Daniel Webster, incomparable as orator and defender of tle constitu tion, never had but one really good chance to become President, and that he put aside for the very good reason that it was unworthy of hin and his great reputation. The Mexican war haa biought General Zachary Taylor into the fore ground as a cand'idate for the Presi denv. 2nd somre of the whig ic:us ae.; propu.edl to nominja-i Mr. Weisier as Yice-Presidenit. Had Mr. WXebster accented secoral pa~c on that ticke: he would have ecomae President of the United States on T~sylor's death. Mr. Webster indignantly reaasd to acce~pt the second place on the ticket, but Mr. Clay's defeat in 184 i had made many whigs afraid to take him again as a candidate. Mr. Web ster, on the other hand, was thought to be entirely too independent. On President Taylor's death, July 7, 1850. Mr. Webster becamA Presi dent Pillmore's Secretary of State. An earnest attempt was made by his frieds to secure his nomination for the P'residecyi in 1852, but on the firse balilot in the convention he re ceived only twenty-nine votes, while there were 13e for General Scott and 133 for Mr. Fillmore. The result was a great disappointment to Mr. Webster, who refused to support the nomination and took no part in the campaign. HIs death followed soou aster, on October 24, 1852 cAiSS XISsa' vwies. General Lewis Cass, who was Sec retay of War nuder President Jack son, was twice in the race for the Presidency and twice seemed to have the coveted honor within his grasp. Cass was a strong candidate for the nomination fn the Democratic nation al convention, which met in Balti more May 27, 1844. At that conven tion Van Buren was the favorite, and for three ballots he had the majority, but lacked the two-thirds necessary to nominate. "By the seventh ballot," says Jos eph M. Rodgers, "his support began to go to Cass, who would probably bave been nominated but for adjourn ment. A combination was effected over night and yames K. Polk was nominated next day. But for this totally unprecedented move in poli tics either Clay or Cass would have been elected President, with chances in favor of Clay. Neither ever won that goal." General Cass resigned from the United States Senate in 1848 on his nomination as Democratic candidate for the Presidency. Zachary Taylor was elected, however, receiving 168 electoral votes, as against 127 for In this coztest there was a triungu lair fight and this it was that broughtj about the defeat of Cass. In the Herkimer Democratic con vention of October 263, 1847, the free soil baner was openly displaced and dele~ates were sent to the Democrat ic uaioinal convenation. Van Buren a mino~-e i i.A4 by a bar:m tm r vantieC Leld at Utica, to (......is Nicholsonl letter" -e 'nomnati was re alo i 1'5t The re-j ngh duel between van maen, " !e didno reted si lctrlvt wa-s able to pre ton ~ Taylor. n~APs n~oom. CL~Ar os. .John M. Clayton, the famous jurist ad egtiator in 1850 of the Clayton Buwer treaty, might have been o.. iIx. oi th United States but t for iiuod cf tem t'hat swept from thH ry- h' e toe Pro- .1-i t -;.c n*'o'r::a Willam4 enr thogh to. hav :.aiA-over. A- ci ,ed tatod, 'ewo i.-,ve beenu o1 .1A mericai Revie w, "was -1 Preident . t seems 1Likl fro. a.ll r t-that u ebOie w ould h' fa!'les,: onA john-; .. Chv yton, .f D.elai waN-re, but for tho)se teare." ar lio ;d Tvir hee."unePreil a-. Cevation, Le :_-";t is .4se i C -1IIC. T::. N :.'.6> 0 n Vt :.::. the lo4of the rei6dency by Saiu c, J T re too frCsh in the )ube wind to all for extensive recapitula tn.1Mr. Tiden wras no minated b0y the Democratic eticual conventioin w~hic A met in t. Louis in June, 1876. Rutherford B. Hayes was the nomi nee of the Republican party. The election v:as very close. The lAecto.ral vote. .i :inally dc-lared, was s.S for Mr. Hays and 184 for Mr. Til de!. Mr. Tilden had a majority of the popular votc, his vote being cbm puted as 4,284,265. as against 4,033, 295 for Haves. The result of the election was for a long timie in doubt, each side claimU 'the victory. B:.h parties claimed the States of Florida, Louisiana and South Carolinu. Fraud was liberally chaiged. The Republicans assen ed that the colored voters in maay SoutlierU .6;Am had been deprived of their votes by foace and intimida tion. Ti:e Democras. o the other hand, were just as stoutly convinced that their returs in the States meL ti&:ed above had been tampered wi.b b:- -he Republican canvassing 'board. TIhe canvassing boards of these taLes declared in favor of the Re publican electors, which gave Mr. Hayes a majority of one vote in the electoral college. The Democrats insisted, howcver, that thiev had been cheated, and oth er --ets of certificates were torwarded to Washington, which testified to the election of the Democratic electors from those States. An act was finally passed by Con gress referring all coLtested election casez- to a commission, composed of five a cutatives and riv jedges of the iupreie Court, the decision of which commission was to be final unless set aside by a concur rent vote of the tv-'o houses of Con gress. This commnissier refused to be be bind the certiticates. of the Gohvernors, ad n ::lc Preird . hated Stte. He ~ wol::gae Manu a r n~:s v:-orr .2'E No leader iu the Republican party' ha.s so ofen been ;a caundidate for Presidentl honors '.s was Jamas' G. B1a'"e. F:2r nearly twenty yeas' his name was in everybod', s mou~th whnvra natiotial conveontion- as sembled. A recent writer on the subject has wisely said that Blaine would have been nominated in 1576 had not the gas been turned ff in the conven tion ball. 'There is still an unsatisfied doubt in many minds as to whether the 'pumed knight" was not actually counted out in 1884, and there can be no two opinious as to the certainty ot his nominatiob in favor of Har rison. The election in 1884 turned upon the vote of the State of New York, and as wvill be readily recalled, the State was lost to the Republican party by the narrow margin of 1,047 votes. This was the nearest Mr. Blaiue ever came~ t the coveted prnze. Theo cause whieh contributed to his defeat have never been arranged in the order of their importance, but probably the eflicient of them was the famous Fiftfl avenue hotel speech of the Rev. Samuel D. Burchardi, in whieh ho made use of the blasting alfiteration, "Rum, Romanism and Rebellion," which characterization of tbe Democrats was permitted to go unrebuked by Mr. Blaine. On the other hand, in the memoirs of General Benjaiu F. Botler, it i positiacly asserted that thousands of voecast for himi :n the state of New~ Y-::rL were 'counted for Ge~ve an~. :mnd if this were so, and these baikl'ts had been propierly counted, Blaine would have unquestionably been detted. As .:bI ove stated, be only inisaed the P.csidency by a iluke in the eon venti',a of 1876. Oil the first ballot at th:at cojnventioni he received 285 votes out of a total of 754. On~ the seventh ballot his vote rose to 351: lacking only twenty-eight of a man joity, but at this supreme moment the gas in the- conventio" uall was turned off. rwr'J, 1:.wyar a:d Governoi of the. 4ta of Massachusetts, was u.Xce within a ars breadth of b~eomng~ Presiant. although he kuen at ut . When Lincoo wa re' ominated for the Presidency in 1864 the second plae htae i.r d il: ii tn.1 perhops ti. -: .- wb t or. - otya w. .1. 7 oo hewe i m INSTITUTE .- ' LbeeL anion 'g v:ry r:. 1' v 'c u n'Ja :Prtzot ;e RETURNS OF THE Pi a8v laction in Clarendon County Ield August 25, 1896. - - c V -o o , C - - o o -- CC CU J. L. McLaurin. C;-0 - - - Soh J. S Wilson. eitor -CC 4C . - -q -f I Tra S-coS. J. Bowman. surer. -- - - -J. Elbert Davis. - -t J. G. White. o - ,D. J. Bradham. C. L. Emanuel. ZZ r| o t Ct J. H. Lesesne. SIB. 0. Cantey. . . .I -- J. H.Timmons. . . . ..C. R. Felder. - P. W.. Webber. 0 - - -C. L. Cuttino. ,s.................... ... .........C S. E. Ingram. t- C. C. Davis. 0'A 11A: 4 . I' avis ~I 0 cc~A .. - -- o________ J. W. Kennedy. T. B. Owen. -J. C. Johnson. - -, b M. C. Galluebat. to WW tt I. M. Woods. R. R. Hudgins. -T- - t .T. C. Owen. - - J. F. McLeod. - - : H. L. Johnston. S. C. William. - E. P. Geddings. J. H. Johnson. - L - b- 0- 0 L. L. Wella. I- I_"RI. R. Billups. - -t- W. S. Richbourg. 21 Kc ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ -4t eC t ft S. P. Holladay. SJ. J. Brag don. - . ;:a7ijo R. F.lidgeway. - - Evans. t L. - ~ Earle. - Duncan. --- - Harrison. . - - - -. - hitmnan. - -- -McSweeney.I : e~ le Cooper.. - -- I 'Trea - a a:alo o e to~--:toaW. H.Timmrermnan. jsurer. ~.~ .jWatts. I ccoc 0~ 00,o 10 -b a o J-.C. Wilborn. .B .. .. -x o - n o o evenc n --a -a Crn The aboVe tabulated statement is the official vote in the Democratic primary held Tuesday, August 25, 1896. D. J. BRADHAM, A. J. RICHBOURG, County Chiairman, Secretary Ex. Comn. There is considerable uncertainty about the Senatorial race; GovernorE1to Ntc. Evans leads the tieket with Earle a good second and Duncan gets enough Mnig .CAg 7 86 to prevent Evans's election on the AseodPiayEetnfrth first ballot, are the indications as they floigofcswl aepaeo h ppear in the press dispatches up to 8hdyo etme.19,scn date. The State ticket which ap- Tedy peared in the Times is elected. There vnTELGSA~E will be a second race in the county .Kndy fr several offices. Let every man .M turn not on the 8th day of Septem ber and vote for the best men left in FRs~~r he field. Remember our most im- D .Bahm portant officers are to be elected on c .Eaul luesday the 8th day of September. Let reason and not passion prevail.FOCEROFORT .ood . iOaarillJ. H. tTimmoos, Crm)., Chat tLhed 6:lig 2re:.e i ap ..c.t av gin a refres.hing ileer.cuTp-PRVSR Mdade Them Cry. R .Hd7n Taler-When I lectured, there was not a dry eve in the audience. EThDTOFEUTI: Wak-I.:e . ami' wast wasi your L.. Vh, c:i-.cokery n.d giving acpractica onion.-lection Notice. - . __Manning,_8..C., Aug.)27,u1896. The ~ggl: I ophsty cnsst, frtTA seone Prmanr ulcindfor the ~ii mot pirt : itiga wrd n followingme ffics will ndke plae eonh sene ii tie ~~2S~Sandit~a 8the Teday, t of September6 second fTeday. aura, t dyo C . ~ coowoC. M.u Daodis. - Septembr. Nrdamescn nee eCt..Eau. Thpn~Thule trelivr roble .A.J. H. immouns,CoChimn Wpa:.s~ztblcs cre hedach. Se. Eantey . R~pans 'rauW. S.uRichbourg.a LetTit-its.R. F.s Ridgieway CENTRAL WAREHOUSE, DANVILLE, VA. One of the Leading Ware houses on the Largest Loose Leaf Market in the WVorld. Has ample means and every facility for handling and selling tobacco to the best advantage. 10We desire a share of your patronage. Correspondencc solicited. Letters of inquiry promptly answered. J. H. WILSON, Manager. REFERENCE-"Border Grange Bank," Danvillc-, Va. Bargains! Bargains ! WAGONS, BUGGIES, Mowers, Rakes, Brick, Lime, Hair, Horses, Mules AND ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. We will receive in a few days a car of the Auburn wagons, one and two borse,wide and narrow tires. These wagons are bought for. cb and at prices that we can under sell any wagon of like value. We have on hand a lot white hickory wagons, one and two horse, which are worth the money. We have built a convenient house for storing buggies and we will carry a full line of all kinds of buggies and harness, which we will sell cheap for cash. Be sure and give us a chance to show you how cheap we do sell for the spot cash. Don't forget that Thomas & Bradham can sell you almost anything you want from a brick to a saw mill. THOMAS & BRADHAM, Manning, S.C. Pure Drugs and Medicines C -Gils! ALWAYS ON HAND AT Complete ginninug systemis con The Well-Known and Reliable tracted for with Thomas elevator, DRUG STORE OF lint flue, battery condenser, self packing, revolving box, steam cylin In addition to a full and complete stock of drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, we keep a comnplte..... assortment of oles Patent Medicines, MlS. Toilet Articles,CneMl,. Eye-Glasses, c, Spectacles, And the thousand and one things usually found in every tirst-class - andwel-rguateraegttoed for ith hoalvto, CALdND SEeU r presses.adall Agoent, t TOTWnCLLA othruil yoe riconth 1 h ae tablsed... Which..sRicttedlls,...h... eye to he eomort W rik yrd andices. ee ancelusatedgstre......... o hand.BrAkdeAM, IA ALL SEE thUS. prve a SHAVING SALON Donh tte u with ans an diespothe...comfort* ...be cayfhahcaib c Atmes . . LO. Clnm o rcs HAIR-CUTTAIVNN IN ALMannngYL.sC OSIO A ALPOOIN disp ~ac... .~ .i G..S ake o iss Pc e x o CtrOde rs a . pcat chargs fo pacingk endBrripike! Stalls NosII hnde2establirsetd a Ollice. bosckisaadd2andMwiketkeep easttof may. appr.ved ma ~5 ~ meetscveryefiratdndftbmrthe 5enber rquesedetoat-lay tactr of b Y' tendfregularlythndepparps. ways elcom. I all Oan mnfsr1prices. J. F..GS. HARVIN W. E. LESLIEON ____ _____- CHARMSTn, S. C. wH sLN. SASTWEGHT A MANNlINGrdi2 S. 0 C. G LSSHce: o No ebares for acking SendCfrApric east f BHay. . . . -AI.__________________ CALE STONYIS FO. AL. A DNESAMO LADENo1, mc meets ever rS. (' e'rat irwand thiracla se~~~~ a Thrdy-ihs Ever 1.. jos oe, uhgnridpes 5 memer equste toat a fcturrso WANNG . C. DiNs CaCz Pi7odDpt o a OFFICE I .N E ENNIN ON. JOHaNs Tbes.ass iston. JH ~'L RiasTbls o ot tc.MANNING, S. G.C.g