The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-22
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'Tis home where the heart is, and
the most Of mine is here. rhe epicure
filled his stomach with choicest food
and exclaimed, Fate cannot harm me,
| have dined today" and so | have
filed my heart with The sweets and
comforts of home. and feel defiant of
human misery. Fate cannot harm me,
for my nome is my castle where, as
Blackstone says, ''the king of England
dare Dos enter unlimited. But an old
man did enter not long ago and said he
camo to stay few days if it was con-
venient. l saw his baggage on the iron
seat in the ve1andah. He said, Il
travel free and lodge free aud mix with
none but the best people, aud SO have
come to abide with you FOR a few days.
hope it is convenient" Well it was
ent convenient, for my wife was at
Rome and ny daughters away, and |
had never heard Of him, and SO told
him it was not convenient. He seemed
surprised and asked me if was Vir-
ginin, told him no, l was Georgian,
and he said that Vitginians seemed to
De scarce in this region and he feared
that old Virginia hospitality had not
reached here; that Bishop Nelson had
entertained him in Atlanta, and he had
found a welcome among all Virginians.
What are you going to do with me?'
he asked. II am lame and can't walk;
| was told you had a carriage and would
drive me anywhere I wished to 60 "
NO, sir, l have neither carriage nor
buggy, but I will go down town and get
a vehicle and take you anywhere you
wish to co." Then he said that Brother
Besler told him that if I would not take
him, there was poor widow across
town who would, and he would speak
to her. So took him there and left
him, and will pay his bill if Brother
Bealer dident. There are religious
tramps as we'll as sinner trsmps, and
they are not angels unaWares. | was
down in the wiregrass region for nearly
two weeks, aDd have most pleasant
memories Of my new found friends. but
the last day was the best for | was on
my journey home and counted the
milestones as we speeded along. Happy
faces and loving kisses greeted me
when | came, and here | am going to
rest until the larder gets low and my
wife insists that l had better make
another venture. And now let the
procession proceed. Let the war go
on. 1t is none of my begetting; it
might have stopped at Santiago, but
our Yankee brethern seem to love the
niger afar off and have bought 8, 9,000,-
900 at two dollars and half a head,
which was cheap enough If Spain could
have delivered the goods. But they
have cost ten times that now and are
still in the woods. We used to adver-
tise our runaways and say "Ten dol
lars reward-Runaway from the SUBJ
scriber my boy Dick, 25 years old, 5
feet 10 inches high, black complexion
and very fat nose. The above reward
will be paid on his delivery to me or
his lodguent in the nearest Jail" Why
not try try that on Aguinaldo and the
other runnaEays? But If they catch
them | don't know what they are going
to do with them; they wouldent let
Aguinaldo set up a barber shop in
Manila no more than they would in
Boston or Chicago. Professor Council,
who is president of the colored
agricultural college 10 Alabama, under
stands this. He is the smartest and
best leader Of his race, and when he
speaks or writes to the public always
says the right thing. have great
respect for him.
But this awful muddle with China,
which was precipitated by our aggres-
sion upon the Philippines, seems to
have nc end in sight. Rev. DR., Halder.
man, of New York, who is said to be a
very learned man, says that he demon
strated year ago from scriptual pro-
phecy that the present year would find
all the nations at war, and there would
be mighty struggle between Russia
and China, and that RussiaWoulo even
tually gaia the supremacy; but that for
a time the hordes from China will
break in an awful avalanche uoon the
western nations and the greed, the
rapacity. the Christless, oiless selfish
ness of European nations will get its
reward, aud there will be a terrible
balance sheet against those Christian
nations who have poisoned China with
opium and made them look upon all
Christians as rspacious foreign devils.
He says that the Chinese are fighting
for their homes and institutions, and
know that the Christian nations are
seeking to rob them, and that their mis-
sionaries are backed by guns and swords
and Goddess soldiers ready to kill and
slsy. This infuriates them, and they
look upon any white man as devil who
should be slain. He says that while
this impending and destructive war is
ordained of God and foretold by His
prophets, yet the sin Of it lies at the
doors of Christian nations Ofensos
must needs come, but woe unto those
by whom they come. The love Of
money IS still the root of all evil.
"Trade will follow the fag," is the
shiDboleth Of com merce, and if the flag
has to be stained with blood it does not
matter.
These are my convictions, and hence
l can't work up any enthusiasm nor
auy revenge. In 184l England took
Hong Kong. In 1913 England made
China pay $40, 100000 because she de-
stroyed 20, 900 chests Of opium that had
been stored there by Eoglish merch-
ants In 1858 Russia grabbed all the
Armoor country, containing 600, 900
square miles, and when the Uoited
States grabbed the Philippines the sus-
piciou5 Chinaman said, "The Chris
tians are coming; they want mere" No,