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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24
Local Tales of q Hundred Years Ago.

sfR EDroa:-Last week I wrote
YOU short article about the Reyolu-
tionary war, and the difference IN the
times then and now. I am only writ
ING from hearsay, aod may make some
blunders. You know there were To-
r;es in our country then, who assisted
the British very much in annoying our
people. During the year 1850 the
British captured Charleston after q
siege of forty days, and then COM
menced to oyerTun the State; but
the settlers we're anxious for the fray
les their descendants were IN 1851.
Marion, Pickens, and Sumter were
leaders, each having a command, and
their exploits were along the Santee,
Black River, Lynches Creek, and as
far as the Pee Dee. Many daring at
tacks on the British were made along
the Black River from Kingstree to
Pocotaligo crossing three miles this
side of Sumter), and many hardships
were endured by these followers OF
the Swamp Fox. It was August OF
the wear 1790 that Gen Gates met
the British at Camden, and was de-
featsd by them. After this all depended
on the aPartisans," as Marion's men
we're called, and well did they do their
duty. BY the first OF September
17sl the enemy had left the whole
country, and were shut up in Charles
ton, leaving General Green master OF
the whole State.
sOld Granny's Hill (owned now by
Mrs. Thames) lies north Of the court
house, Just half mile away. By this
place ran the old Georgetown Road,
which leaves Black River entirely on
the right as you go towards Camden.
This place was was roted for skir-
mishes between the Britishwith their
allies, the Tories, and the Continental
troops It was at this point that pow
der and ball was concealed for the
nse of the ssPartisans," and the writer
many years ago heard old Granny
Ridseway, who lived at this point
{Grannys HilD until the year 1852 or
1853, tell of the many hair breadth es-
canes that were made by our soldiers
who we're being sheltered and fed there;
One of the Ridgeways was captured
here one night, and recaptured just
after daylight the next morning at the
old crossing Of Ok Swamp, just
aboye where it runs into Black river
This place is just below the depot at
!. Manning. The land now, I believe, is
owned by our townsman, E. E. Dick,
son. The recspture was made N this
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24
A PUBLIC GRADED SCHOOL.

We have been requested to state
that meeting will be held in the court
house Saturday, May 4th. for the pur-
pose of discussing the practicability
of a graded school for Manning. This
matter has, since we have been res
ident of this county, largely occupied
our attention, but we never could see
sufficient light ahead to materlalize
any plans. And we confess that it
still looks gloomy. We would feel
that we were recreant to our trust, as
editor of a newspaper, to allow such
matter to progress without giving
the people proper information on the
subject. 4 graded public school is a
grand blessing to any people, is need
in every community, and we hope that
Manning may very shortly have good
public school system. The people OF
this town and county may rest satisfied
that we Will never prove laggard in
building up any good Institution or
industry. Seven years ago we cast
our lot with the people of Clarendon.
Their interests have since been ours.
In 1882 we consulted with the
school commissioner and county aud
itor on the possibility Of a graded
school for Manning. The total value
of all property in Manning township
was then S22S, ,sO2; the polls 16s. The
revenue to the schools from this source,
allowing ten per cent. deduction for
treasurer's commissions, nulia bona,
rebates, etc, was about 1855. An ad-
disional two mill tax would have added
about $40o more; orss65 as the total
amount then available for conducting
8 public graded school.
The value of all taxable property in
this township now is ss2l,464, and
the polls 242. Allowing as before ten
per cent. deduction, we have as the
income from the constitutional two
mil tax and the poll tax about $500.
Add a special 2 mill tax, about s575,
and we have $1375 to run our public
schools on.
But this money must be divided be-
tween the whites and bl2eks, and we
Will suppose $500 to be given the col
ored people and ss75 to the white
schools.
We now have $975 as basis to
start a free graded school on. It
will cost between $2,500 and $4,000 a
wear TO run such a school, and the
school building and furniture at least
$1,000 mole. It is said we may get
$500 from the Peabody fund. This
would then give s1,275, or about just
half the money we must have to be
Gin on. It would take TEN MILL
levy to run a graded public school IN
Manning, or more than the tax levy
for State and county purposes.
We have above given clear cold
figures We cannot see how a Tree
graded school can be established IN
Isnning, and we hope those who
have called this meeting will give
their plans for making sl,275 pay
double that sum. Dispassionate dis
cassion can not possibly result IN
harm TO any good cause.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24
A CARD.
FULroS, s. c., April Is, 16S

FULTON, .. ., ApIH 10, ioo5'
Editor Nannirg Tin,es:-Through
the columns Of your paper I wish to
advise the somewhat previous" pub
lie that lam not toe parent of "Jake's"
sabble, and that I would 'blush to
gurgle" were I related by even the
remotest tie of "consanguinity or af-
fnitv" to either himself or "Pinewood
Knots" that is, ssjournalistically"
speaking. The young gentleman whose
wont it is sometimes to disguise his
identity meath the 'ncognito of an
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24

"Argonaut," requests me to enunciate
with a strong accent the fact that the
bare suggestion that he is responsible
for the public afaiction promulgated
by ssPinewood Knots" makes him in
disposed with a deathlike sickness.
Yours truly and emphatically,
J. MANNING WELCH.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24

In reply to our question last week,
sbout the acts of the Legislature,
TIE Columbia Register and the Nescs
and Go,aisr each say the acts we're
printed sbout three weeks ago. We
insist then that somebody is to blame:
no copies have been sent our county
officials yet.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-04-24
what AILS The NATIOn1

The Average Length Of Life De.
creasing-Not Pestilencex
Not Famine e-All eus -.
OWN Fault.
MODERN CooKNe AND Mod
ERN LIVING have brought it
on. It comes upon Us una
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especi-
ally In the morning; A sort
Of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor
There is a feeling like g heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
a faint, an-gone sensation at
the pit Of the stomach which
food does not satisfy = The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. : After a while q
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is at
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. ,. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest, After a time be be-
comes nervous, irritable : and
gloomy, and has evil forebod-
ings. "a There is q g;ddiness, q
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud-
denly. : The bowels become
costive; the skin is dry and
hotat times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant;; the whites
Of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositing a sediment
after standing. There is fire.
euently a splitting up Of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is fire.
quently attended with palpi-
tation of the heart and Asth-
matte symptoms; the vision be-
comes impaired, with spots be-
fore the eyes; there Is a feel
ing Of great prostraton and
weakness. : All Of these symp-
toms are in turn present, & 1t
IS thought that nearly one-haF
Of our population has this dis
ease in some Of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract Of Roots (Sei-
gels Syrup changes the fer
ments Of the Digestive organs so
asto convert the food wee eat into
a form that will give noursh-
ment to the feeble body, and
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvellous. y Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor Of its
curative powers arc : over
whelming. i Hundreds Of 80
called diseases under various
names are the result Of indi-
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms ( Of the real
malady.
Testimonials from thousands
of people speaking highly of
its curative properties prove
this beyond a doubt soldby
druggists .---
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
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LENGTH. OF ROOFS.
Information That VIII In All Probability
Surprise Many Farmers. a..-a.--......

Information That VIII In All probability
Surprise Many Farmers. a-r~s@e-,~...-~-
'How long are potato roots any
way2' ] can not tell. but judging from
analogy, should say that in a fine,
rich, mellow soil under favorable con-
ditions, they grow five or six feet
long. The person who pulls up hill
of early potatoes while the tops are
green, and shakes off the earth may
suppose he=has Enearly=aH the
roots, but such is by no means the
case. The same is true of onions. Z
once had an onion bed ON a hillside
garden the soil of which was fine
sandy loan. The bed was about four
feet wide. the onions about full-grown
and the tops still green. There came
a shower in the night and stream ran
down over the bed until the surface
dirt was alLwashed away and the roots
We're left xtending unbreken In
every direction. and generally remain
ing in the place where they grew. In
the morning when | visited my garden
to see the havoc that had been caused
by the rain. was surprised, beyond
measure, to find that onion roots were
so long. Some onions that stood near
the middle of the bed had pushed
their roots in both directions to the
outside OF the bed !; in other words.
their roots were extended two feet on
all sides. u would not believe it ii had
not Scent it myself, 1t is the common
opinion that the roots of trees extend
about AS far out In the ground as the
branches project out above, it; but the
truth is that they extend much FAR
ther. have seen large trees, as we'll
as willows and alders, washed out by a
flood in the creek, and in every case
the roots were more than. twice the
tengtf of the branches Ffie person
who buys trees from the nurserymen
may think he obtains about all the
roots with the trees, but he does not
get one-half of them. From what l
know of other vegetables. believe
that potatoes of vigorous growth send
out roots three feet in every direction
where they are not opposed by some
impeachment and that il there is richer
soil or manure within four feet of
where they are planted they win start
for that the first thing, and reach 1t in
short time. The man who manures
one row OF potatoes and leaves the
next without any manure as an expe-
riment, to find out the value of COM
mercial fertilizers, makes as great d
mistake as the one who put his money
into contribution box, thinking it
savings bank. H.you manure one row
of potatoes, the next row will steal
part of the manure unless you inter-
pose an impossible barrier OF boiler
plate orchilled iron. Cor. Rural New
Yorker.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
A JEWELLERS SCHEME.
He Invents a Novel Way to supply Every
Body with q watch.

He Invents a Novel Way to supply Every
Body with watch.
The latest application of the scheme
OF cooperation is in the purchase OF
jeweiry. A little club has just been
organized in East Boston in which the
new idea will undergo its first test
The club had its first meeting last
night. As might readily be suspected
when the plan is outlined. there is a
jeweler deeply interested in it. The
idea probably emanated from the fer
tile brain OF man in the trade who
was anxious to extend his business.
This club has fifty members, who agree
to, pay into the treasury the sum of 81
a week. and the $50 thus accumulated
shall be expended in the purchase of a
gold watch. Each week-rthe meet
ings being held weekly at the resi-
dences Of those members who are will
ing to provide --alittle- entertainment.
such as card playing there is to be a
drawing for thewatch thus purchased.
The successful member takes the
winning" at once. but to satisfy all
concerned. gives lease to some one Sc
lected by the club. and then the prin-
cipal participation which he Cor she)
has in the meetings subsequently he'll d
Is the paymentsof 81 a week until the
-obIigationis cancelled.
There is no element OF hazard in the
drawing, or should not be. il the Nom.
bers are all honest. and in the end
every one of the fifty will have gold
watch, paid for on the instalment plan.
OF course, there is in addition tho
pleasant element. OF sociability. A
member is not obliged to accept a
watch, but may, be permitted to take 6
diamond ring instead. The club was
however, organized on the idea that
watches were most needed. and they
will be most extensively sold. II lis rep.
resented that the jeweler who Is inter
ested in seeing all these people get
watches is enabled to- sell $40 time.
pieces for $40 less than the usual pric,
on account of getting so much trade
in fact, that he sells his jewclry at i
positive loss. IL he we're asked to ex
plain how he was able to stand 1t. he
would say that he couldn't-if he didn't
sell SO many. The jewcler seriously
states, however, that no does not &c
into this cooperative schem. with any
hope OF immediate reward, hut looks
for it hereafter. when the watcher run
down and get dirty. and when their
owner feel that they want to buy new
chains to carry them with, etc. - Boston
Herald.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
The ONION CROP.



II is usual to get the onion crop in
rs soon as the frost leaves the ground,
and ii is not unusual to have the seeds
or sets planted as early AS March. No
crop demands more careful preparation
OF the soil than the onion, as the most
laborions period IS when il Is in its first
stages of growth. The crop not only
requires rich sol, hut must DO
kept free from weeds. 1t is not
summer crop. as it delights in cool
season, and the frosts do but little. if
any, damage 10 the plants in this
section. The best location for onions
is a piece OF ground that has been
heavily manfred the year previous. A
poultry-yard in which large fiocks
have been kept answers we'll, and the
soil should be mellow, SO rs tosadfnit
Of easy cultivation.
In shc Mouth the crop is grown from
seed the first year. the red varieties
being preferred, bit the gardeners and
truckers in this latitude grow their
crops from onion sets, which are pro-
dnced by sowing the seed very thickty'
in therows, and on moderately fertile
soil. After the tops die down the sets
are stored in thin layers in cool
place to be planted next spring. each
set making a large onion the
second year. The white silver-skin
and yellow Danvers varieties are
| considered the best market varieties,
but the potato onion. which grows in
punches from single seed. is the
earliest for table use. but is not now
early is to escape weeds. which entail
hand wedding, but as the, onion is n
gross feeder it delights in any kind of
manure and good cultivation. The4sets
are simply planted in rows. about
three inches apart, by lightly sticking
them in the ground, though the truck
ers plant acres of them by covering
them completely in the rows, In order
to save labor.
The maggof is an enemy that gives
trouble aud is not easily subdued, but
where the crop is grown on new beds,
instead of on the(s same location every
year, as was formerlyasthe practice.
Ethe depredations of the maggot have
been greatly reduced. The onion bed
should receive only fine, well-rotted
manure free from any kind OF litter,
and well incorporated into the soil,
which should be worked over until not
clod can be found, for upon the thor
| ough preparation OF the soil depends
the yield of the crop, which may range
anywhere from 100 to 600 bushels per
acre, according to the soil and manage
ment. The crop is a paying one, as
the supply is seldom co alai5 to the de-
mand. -Philadelphia Record.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"


Ma, what is linguistp" asked
her little boy, looking up from his
reading. "A native of Lynn, Johnnyp
Texas Siftings.
Philadelphia has Colonel New
and Chicago Major Old. and now
where does General Average hang QUIT
Detroit Free Press,
Customer any thing new In
coffee to-dayp" Grocer labsent- mind
edly-"No. we have never been able to
find any thing that disguised better
than beans. Burlington Free Press.
--"Oh. why has this come to meP
Why did not dye before those fatal
words were spoken~ He had heard
rich woman refuse him because his
mustache was too gray.--N. X. Plea
yune.
4 --''Oh, j do so love music, said the
gushing Miss Ringlets- Won't you
play something for us. Mr.. Thurnpkp"
rSartainly / will play any sing Miss
Ringlets may desire. What shall II
beP'' do you know that er-the
Peek-a~B oolanger march y=American
Musician.
Colonel Steers (of Montana) lit
seems to me you New Workers. are en-
tirely too .uppish' and on your dignity.
II you only were out where live you'd
see what Western hospitality Is. = Mr..
Manhattan--sI have ] once took =
drink with Six-Tocd Hank Of your
town at the point Of = pistol! Il Puck.
s Sign painter-.'Y want sign
English Chop House over your door.
10 your" Proprietor Yah; dot vas
id~S English Ghop-House.' do you
want any extracts from the bill OF fare
painted mi" Yah;s dot vas Won goot
idea. Baint on de board: I Hot Sausage.
Peer, und Limburger Cheese. -Phila-
delphia Record
Teacher-..Now, children will
give you three words Boys. bees and
bears; and / want you to compose q
sentence which will include all three
words" Small boy--.I have it,
Teacher"John Mccarthy, you may
give us your sentence John Nc
Garthy-4B Boys bees bare whin they
goes in swimmin'. = Harper's Bazaar.
Giddings-.That young Smithy
that got married the other day Ii
mighty nice fellow Peyton- s.Don,t
know. Saw him treating his wife the
other day as Fwouldn't treat my dog. Z
Giddings (excitedly) Ills It posi-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-11
HER SONS WEE.
"A Poor Woman Entitled to Every Readers
Undivided sympathy.


"A Poor Woman Entitled to Every Readers
Undivided sympathy.
ii A keen-eyed, wiry little old lady,
with determined expression on her
countenance and an aggressive air
generally, sat directly in front of me
on a Western railroad train, writes u
correspondent. We had just left a
small, dreary-looking little town in
Kansas. when the old lady turned
around and asked, THE next stations
b. amt itp"
Yes" replied,
NJ git on there, said the ord lady;
and having begun her condolences. she
continued: 49,
Yes, I'm going out there to live
with my daughter Harriet-7--tha is, il
we kin git along together"
'.lndeedr' / said, as she evidently
expected me to say something.
You see. i been staying awhile out
in Ohio with my son Hiram. but me
and his wife never could git along in
this world. neuer!t Amt it awful how
sxtravagant young people are nova
days. 1t want SO when was young. :"
The times are different, said.
That's no excuse for woman
THROWN away whole half-loaves Of
bread, is it?'' she asked sharply, and
when | made no reply, she went on:
I And that's just what my sons wife.
Ellen, did. Then she used u sohote egg
ev'ry morning for clearin' coffee, when
anybody knotos that the yeller or the
white alone will do. I've often cleared
it with the shell alone, and IhaUe made
it without any egg at all, and it didn't
pizen US.
l still kept silence, for my sympathy
was with her sons wife, and the old
lady persisted with her complaints.
Another thing; she takes good but
ter, fat thirty cents pound, and
s,,reads it on beefsteak after it's
cooked. Think Of that. And she
makes her. gingerbread out OF half
sugar, instid Of all molasses. which is
good enough for anybody, It was just
waste, waste. waste in that house!
expect to see the whole family in the
pore-house yit. and told my sons
wife SO ev'ry day | was there. .
What did she saye"
Not word. She never minded
me, but kept rightion. So / left; and
If Harriet carries on Hike that, Ill
leave her, too. Youths Companion.
T. i
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FICTION IN MAINE.


and7=Jane,a[ Experieace
with Light Literature.
This was told by u lady who wit
messed the occurrence. It happened
in q Bangor book store.
There entered two women, whose APP
pearancc indicated that they had come
from -semeafar-of rural region.
want to buy Il novel. said one OF
them.
What novel do you wfsh?' asked
the clerk
Il dunno" she said.
Them What do you want?"' she
asked, turning to her companion.
II don't care replied this woman.
Give .us a good one. that's all, . said
the first speaker.
nd not too big added the second.
fWouId You like one of Dickens's
workspn asked the clerk.
did he write good novels?"
Yes
Lets look at one. :"
The clerk handed her David Cop
perficidn and she looked OVER tho CUT
sfde-ef-the beels-earefullH -------------------
'sToo big, amt it? she asked the
other woman. -
Ts.Iguess So"
perhaps you would like one oil
George Eliot'spn the clerk suggested.
Ibid he write good novelist"
Yes the clerk said sedately. and
laid one Of Eliot's works before the
women. They glanced at its pages in
a dazed way.
.Weh,' said the first woman, help
lessly, in a few minutes. 1--WE don't
care. much what it is, if it's only a
novel"
'.And not too long, INTERCEPTED No. 2.
.How would you like Robert Els
merc?'" asked the bookseller.
who's hep
The man of books explained that
such was the title of a novel.
'1s it q good novela'
at is read a great deal nowadays"
How many pages are therein It -
.About seven hundred"
" Hdb7uo y ou Say, oloueI'
Il don't eare,n said the woman lp-
pealed to, '.if it's not too long,
do you think that is as good as any
you have?" asked the first speaker.
yes" said the weary bookseller, =
We'll. HI take it, guess" she1said,
and closed the contract.
# was=evideHt hat-these t4Go women
had never before entered1the realms of
fiction, that a strong desire forlan ac-
quaintanee with its mysteries had sud
denly come over/them, and they had
recklessly decided to make an explor-
alton at ait hazards and find out for
what Il ne0el Lis hey had
deliberately planned TO indulge in this
unified dissipation. and their only
care was some prudent consideration
for the extent OF it. they apparently
having apprehenslons that dangers
were lurking for them, Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.