The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-03-19
Sureenu's Knife Not Needed,

Surgery is no longer necessary to
cure piles. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures such cases at once, remov-
ing the necessity for dangerous, painful
and expensive operations. For scalds,
cuts, burns, wounds, bruises, sores and
skin diseases it is uneQualled. Beware
of counterfeits. The r. B. Loryea
Drug Store.
Although not Liable, but Properly Approached,
the A. c. L. Gives Benevoie1ce.
There is proneness to be prejudiced
against the railroads, and many are
preiudiced without having any other
reason than. that they are concerns
owned and operated for the purpose OF
making money. A great deal of this
prejudice may be attributed to the polit-
| ical demagogue who, when he wants to
to emphasize his peculiar fitness fer an
Office. Jumps on the railroads, denounces
their management, endeavors to make
the people believe that their woes are
attributable directly to these institu-
tions and that he is the man to protect
them: but when circumstances arise
which require an appeal to the higher
and nobler instincts of man, these sell
fish demagogues find no place in such
an element. and are therefore useless
where good can be accomplished for
others. Why? Because they are on the
lookout for self entirely; they never give
helping hand to others and they are
totally devoid of appreclatlng the
meaning of the word BENEvoLENCE.
That class may be designated as selfish
designers, for the reason, they never
have an unselfsh purpose and make
their appeals to the baser passions to
arouse prejudice that they alone shall
profit.
This article is inspired by an incident
which will be of interest. 1t viii be
remembered on the 18th, day of Decem-
Der some children returning home from
school stopped to play about a freight
train which had stopped at Alcolu;
some of these thoughtless ones ran
around the train, others got on the car
steps and passed through, and others
ran along by the side. Unfortunately
one child fingered to long on the step,
the train moved, she got frightened
and screamed. Sallie McElveen one OF
her playmates reached out her hands to
help her off, and as the frightened one
jumped, it over balanced Sallie who
fell, one leg going under a wheel, sew
ering the limb, and in few hours she
died.
The company had an Investigation in
stituted, and from the affidavits OF eye
witnesses, it was clear case that the
railroad was free from blame. The un-
fortunate occurance could not be at
tributed to any carelessness of the com
pany, hences it was not liable for dam
ages. Mrs. Fannie McElveen the
widowed mother whose fathers family
and ourself are friends of years stand
ING, entrusted her interests into our
hands: we regarded this manifestation
of confidence a sacred trust. We real
lied the fact that money could not heal
the wounded heart of the widowed
mother whose child had been so sud-
denly taken from her, yet money could
buy some comforts to tighten her bur-
dens and aid her in doing her duty for
the remaining children. We also real
lied that to ask for verdict, under the
circumstances, would be like asking
the courts to punish the innocent and, If
verdict was obtained, it would not be
a righteous one. Therefore we brought
suit in court Of benevolence and OBJ
tanned verdict which with it carried
no fees nor costs.
After some correspondence with Mr..
Charles W. Bidgood special attorney
for the Atlantic Coast Line, and after
obtaining letters Of administration OF
deceased child's estate, by agreement,
meeting was arranged between Col.
". G. Elliott president of the Atlantic
Coast Line and ourseif, last Wednesday
at the Argyle hotel in Charleston. We
presented our case to President Elliott
as thoroughly as we knew how, and he
in turn showed US from the law and ev-
idence he was not liable for any DAM
age. and from a legal and business
standpoint declined to pay anything.
Knowing how futile it would be to
make demand which was not backed
up with law, and also that a business man
will look upon demand from a cold
blooded and legal standpoint, we were
convinced that law court was no place
for US and, into the court of benevolence
we made our appeal. Colonel Elliott lis
tened attentively to our relating Mrs.
| NlCElEGSll LllSlOIUUlCS olC SO4lO4I1Ol.
and in short while we discovered that
the man of law and business was permit
ting mis- heart to be unlocked with a
key of charity. He heard our story
with seeming interest and when we
had finished telling him OF this heart
crushed mother with five fatherless
children, he ordered his attorney to
give US check for $500, and the wish
was expressed that the money would
aid the grief stricken mother to buy
home for herself and little ones. This
is not the first instance that we have
known this big hearted railroad Presi-
dent to be comforter to the distressed,
Colonel Elliott is eXacting as business
man, and a thorough disciplinarian
when it comes to railroad management.
He does his duty and he sees to it that
all, from the highest to the lowest do
theirs. If there is grievance against
the system, and that claim comes arm
ed with Justice. it Is the law of the At
lantic Coast Line to satisfy the demand,
but on the other hand, if the claim is
unjust, matters not how small that
company will fight it to the last ditch.
In publishing this story we do so be-
cause III Will OS VI luLSISSo w Jul iCsSo-
ers and we think it a matter of justice
that the people should know that the
Atlantic Coast Line is business insti-
tuition, but its officers are men with
hearts, and also to show the falsity of
the expression that railroads have no
souls to save nor backs to kick" This
benevolent incident is one of many
cases in which the railroad officials have
given practical test that they are
possessed of the milk of human kind
ness. and TO our own knowledge this
company has proven itself comforter
when earthly comfort would come from
nowhere else.
In behalf of Mrs. Fannie McElveen
and her children, and individually, we
desire to make public our acknowledge
ment of the kindness and generosity of