The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-10-24
CUR COAT OF ARMS.
Governor Tillman Has Large Oh Paint
tne of Ie Made.


COLUMBIA, S. G., Oct. 1S.-Mrs A. J.
Robertson OF this city has completed
for Governor Tillman large Oil paint.
ing on capyass of the Coat of Arms of
South Carolina and small plsQuer
painting OF the gcest seal Of 5he State {.
The paintings will be hung 10 the exc
cutiVe Uftice and will remain there.
They are the first ever made and will
20 down to the generations as he Of
hcial pitcures- The object IN having
them painted was 20 perfect, as near as
possible, the figures, emolems, etc.,
which have remained without perfec-
ton for so many years.
The history Of the seal Of the State
is known but nobody has any Enowl-
edge Of the history or exact meaning of
the Coat of Arms. 1t will remain a
mystery.
The Secretary of States offl,e furn.
lshes the following history OF the seal:
"Tne Great Seal of the State OF South
Carolina, by order Of the General AS
sembly, March, l776, was designed by
William Henry Drayton, assisted by
some OF the Pcivy Council, after the
Fort on Snlliyan's Islands had defeated
the British feet. which event suggested
some Of the devices.
"The Palmetto tree represents the
fort, which WAS constructed OF the
Palmetto trees that grew on the island;
they still grow there. There are two
shields pendant uader the branches Of
the Palmetto. March 26 D., the day the
State Constitution was adopted, is in.
scribed on the one, on other.
July 4, 1776, which refers to
the Declaration of Independence.
The sun rising with peculiar
splendor refers to the 2Ssh Of June, as
q fair day-also bespesks good fortune
to the State; a torn up OAK. with its
branches Topped off, lies prostrate at
the base of this erect Palmetto. The
twelve spears, points raised, represent
Ing twelve colonies, are bound cross
wise to the Palmetto-the thirteen
colonY-and upon the band which
unites them is inscribed 'Qlls Sspara-
Bit Beneath the prostrale oak is in
scribed Meliorem Lapss Locavtt, and
in large figures underneath 1915. At
the top Of exerque are the words South
Carolina,'-at tae bottom, sAnimis
Opibusque Parati.' Reversal woman
walking on sesshore, over swords and
dsggers; in right hand laurel branch,
in her left the folus of her robe; she
looks with hope to the sun rising in
great splendor over the sea. The azure
sky is above, and at the top Of exerque
are the words, Dam Spiro Spero.' In
the field below Is the word 'Spes, show
ing that the design above 1t represents
hope.
"The first use made Of this sesl was
by President Rutiedge, May 2, 1877,
who issued a pardon under the seal Of
the state"
If as much was known of the Coat of
Arms Governor TiIlman would be a
happier man. He has ransacked every
history to ind out something about it
and has offered areward Of S25 to any
person who would give him the infor.
nation desired. He Is no wiser than
when he began.
The Coat of Arms, ss is known, is
made up Of the seal of the State as
centre. Supporting the seal on the
right side is the figure of q
revolutionary soldier; on the left q
female figure; above the seal and be-
tween the other figures, the figure of an
angel blowing trumpet, supposed to
be herald angle communicating It'd
inss of some kind to the world.
The Coat Of Arms Is presumed to
have been adopted after the seal, as the
centre of 1t is the sesl.
According to instructions for GOV
ernor Tillman, Mrs. Robertson has
painted, as near as she could do so from
the facts known. the face of General
Moulrrie On the figure of the soldier,
and the face of hReal descendant OF
Emily Gs1ger On the female figure. In
the female picture the right leg Is
thrown forward and Is exposed to the
knee. This was painted this way be-
cause is some manner there has arisen
a conflict as to whether the right leg
or left leg should be thrown forward.
Some of the metal cuts used by the
State in the past have been printed one
way and some another. Owing to the
position Of the female 1t is impossible
tnat the LETT leg could be advanced,
Consequently Governor Tillman had
the right leg put forward, and in the
future no other position will bs official.
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