The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-23
MAI. JNO. NJ. RICHARDSON DEAD.
The Angel of Death Removed One of Our
Best Citizens.

Morris County (Tex) News, Feb. 10, SO.
The sad messenger of death has
visited our town and removed one of
our most beloved and highly respect
ed citizens. Maj. Jno. NJ. Richard
| son.
His death occurred at the family
residence in Daingerfeld last Friday
and was not unexpected. He had
been confined to his bed most of the
time for the past twelve months and
his last moments were passed sur
rounded by mourning relatives and
sympathizing friends.
Mai. Richardson has been one Of
the foremost men in the South for
| the past forty or fifty years. He was
born at Bloom Hill Farm, Sumter
District, South Carolina, March 18th,
1881. He graduated with honor at
Harvard, Cambridge, in July. 1854,
and adopted school teaching as a
profession, which he followed with
credit the best part of his life. When
the South seeded he espoused her
cause: and when the war broke out
he enlisted in the Confederate army
and served with distinction as major
throughout that memorable struggle
Twas during this bloody conflict
that he lost leg, and was cripple
the balance of his life. He was a
strong believer in the business Of the
Southern cause and defended it with
eaiuestness and vigor throughout
his life.
After the war he devoted his time
and energy in the cause Of education,
and was considered one Of the fore
most educators in the state.
At one time he was candidate for
the Democratic nomination of State
Superintendent of public instruc-
tions. He made a remarkable race
in fact it was so close that the con-
vention was locked for some time,
but he was finally defeated by a
small majority.
He has always been a Jeffersonlan
Democrat of the strongest type, and
has written a great deal advocating
it's principals and defending it from
the bitter attacks Of the Republl-
cans. He believed in the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver, and that
times would never get better until 1T
was put on equal terms with golQ.
He was great admirer of VIM. =.
BRYAN, and looked upon him as the
proper man to lead the silver forces
to victory.
Much of his life was devoted to lit
erature, both prose and poetry, and
he is the author OF several published
works. One of his best literary prod
uctions was song entitled: Lee Was
Right, Comrades True of which ne
composed both words aud music and
which he dedicated to the survivors
of the Confederacy and their descen-
dants. His pen embraced a wide
ranee-religion, politics, finance,
literature, etc. He contributed many
articles on these subjects to the Hous
ton Post and other Southern papers
He was one of those characteristic
Southerners so famous since the late
civil war, and of whom there are but
few left-honest; pure, generous, llo-
eral to fault and forgiving; a Chris
tian of the purest character. he
was man that was truly loved and
respected by all who knew him.
In his death Christianity has lost
one of its brightest examples; educa-
tion leading promoter; literature
shining light; Democracy one OF its
ablest advocates, and society one Of
it's safest anchors.
His life has been worithily spent,
and the messenger of death has call
ed and bore him away to the great
beyond; let US bow submissively to
the decree of Him on high, who doeth
all things for the best, but let US
remember his many noble qualities
of mud and heart, and try to emu
late them.
The remains were inferred in the
cemetery in Daingerfeld Sunday
morning, followed by a large con-
course of relatives and friends.