The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-01-15

ltlc Stleui!Ic time. : ietl !!.lu ii
waving Of flags and handkerchief.
The lost hali-hour it was expected
would be made up between Columbia
and Savannah wit,!olt trouble. TIE
Grain vas 10 rcaac1 ~ ., :,n ~ : b at :, :;
p. H.. central tins. This morning
the bell will leave Savannah at 4
o'clock and is scheduled TO reach Char
lesion by the Plant system at 10 a. m.
The headquarters OF the es2ort;ny com
mittee during the STAY in Charleston
will be tie Charleston hotel. The
members OF tbs c9nmittaa will leave
i Charleston returning north at $50 p.
II. Saturday. going via the Atlantic
Colst Linz.
.. TIE rI2s0NNEL. =
i The Official escort OF the bell on this
, trip consists of the following:
Hon. Samuel II. Ashbridge, mayor
Of Philadelphia.
Committee from Common Council
George McCurdy, president: Harry D.
! Beaston, Lawson c. Funk. Alexander
i NJ. DeHayen, James N. Hazlett, Au-
gust Hohl, r. Cortland Horr, Albert
Moore, Thomas J. Morton. N. D.;
Charles Roberts, George W. Ruch,
Samuel ". Salus.
Committee from Select Council
Jas. L. Miles, president: Henry Clay,
! Geo. D'Autrechy, Joseph H. Klemmer,
Geo. R. Kucker, William McCoach,
Edward W. Patton, Charles Seger
Henry R. Shock, Samuel K. Stinger,
George W. Sunderland, Samuel P.
Town, Watson D. Upperman.
Secretary George W. Kochersper-
ger; Sergeant alarms Charles B. Hall;
Director of Department of Public
Works VIM. C. Haddock; Director Of
Department of Public Safety Abraham
D. English; President of Department
of Charities and Correction Jno. v.
Shoemaker: Chiefof Bureau of City
Property and Custodian of Liberty
Bell Geo. G. Pierre: Secretary to the
Mayor A. R. Fl. Morrow; Committee
men of Allied Business organizations
Of Philadelphia, ". ". Supplee,
Thomas Martindale and n. B. Kelly.
A number Of ladies are accompany
ing the party.
SOMETHING OF IT'S HISTORY.
The bell was cast by Thomas Les
ter. Whitechapel, London. The bell
arrived at the end Of August, 1852,
and was hung. Early in September,
however, it was cracked by stroke Of
the clapper without any other violence
and thereupon recast by Pass & Stow
two ingenious workmen," in Phila-
dolpAia. ana hang April 1'th. 1853.
In TIC racasting the same meta! was
used with the addition Of an ounce and
a half Of copper to the pound to make
the hell less brittle. The same form
ard lettering were preserved with the
substitution OF the names and place
and year Of recaSting it now bears. 1t
was recast by them. the first casting
not being satisfactory, and the same
year again hung in the State house.
The bell is y feet in circumference
around the lip and feet s inches
around the crown: it is three feet
following the lire OF the bell from the
liz to the crown, and ? feet 3 inches
over the crown. 1t is three inches
thick in the thickcts part near the lip.
and one and a quarter inches thick
in the thinneSt part toward the crown,
The length OF the ciappcr is 3 feet ,
inches. and the weight Of the whole
n 1850 pounds.
1t is lettered in line encircling its
crown with the Senterce:-
Proclaim Liberty. Throughout all
the Land Unto all the Inhabitants
Thereof" Lev. NV. w.
Imn1ediately under this sentence,
also in line encirciing its crown:-
by Order CT the Assembly OF the
Province OF Pennsylvania for the State
House in Philadelphia. Pass & Stow.
Philadelphia MDCCLIII."
The model Of the bell was one cast
by ordcro Henry III. in the early part
Of the thirteenth century in memory
Of Edward the C0nfesSor. which was
hung in the clock tower Of WeStmin-
lister. and was named St. Edward, but
generally known as the great Tom
of Westminster.
The ringers CT the bell were Edward
Kelly. 1I53-5: David Edward, lI55-6:
Andrew McNajr. 1876 September
l5). tie ringer CT tie Proclamation of
Independence. The last ringer Of the
bell vas Thomas Downing, 1926.
Tie Liberty bell has been removed
from the building on four occasions:
the first. during the revolution, sep
tember. 177I77. when it was taken on
a wagon t. .AilcntoTn Penn. and when
taken from the city to New Orleans,
January 80. 16S5: Chicago, April %.
1893 Atlanta. October q, 1895. TAis
trip to the Charleston exposition is
therefore the fifth in its history.
The frame has never baen taken
from the building from the time it
was first placed there in 1853. except
for a short time during The restoration
in 1898. until the present time.
On Ju!v s. 1888. the bell t0:lGd fGT
the las: time. John Marshall died i'll
Philadelphia on the 6tl laY 0f ! lsi.
1885: his remains were OF the day Ut
tile anniversary Of the first proc!ama-
ten Of the Declaration 10 tic lecpie
bJrne to Virginia for brial. aEd dur
ing the funeral sclemniticS TIE bell:
while slowly tolling. parted through
its great side. and WAS silent hence
forth. forever. The crack came With
out warning.
German Named.
The MARYLAND Democrats in caucus