The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-27
EUTAW SPRINGS.
1t Is Urged That the Government
Should Preserve
The Battle Ground, Where An I'm.
portAnt Battle of the r voIution-
ary War Was Fought.

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Tie movement to get the nationa
government to purchase Revolution
ary battlegrourds in this State i
rowing in favor. It has been publish
ed In The State that North Carolin;
congressman has introduced bill t.
have the Kings NJ uataIn battle-ground
purchased for the sake Of p7eserva
tion. The Columbia State says Gov
HeYward Thursday received a yer,
inteIe,;i G letter from Mrs. Minni
Edwards Russell Of Anderson, who's,
greet grandfather was one OF Marion
ste # and was murdered by T ,ries
Mrs. Russell thus proposes the purch
ase OF the Eut W Springs battle
grourd:
In The State Of the 18th inst, al
article, copied from the Charlotte Oh
:eIv=r, states that Representative
Web oflNorth Carolina Las preparedsss
bill to introduce at this sessioI OF con
gress. asking for an appropriation O.
sl00, 900 to purchase the Kings noun
tain battle-ground and to build a monu
ment In memory Of the Revolutionary
heroes who persisted there. In anoth'
or issue Of The State I noticed that
M j. L. W. Haskell is to introduce a
b IL at the next legislature looking &c
the preservation OF the forests ir
South Carolina.
Dur ng my recent trip to O:ange-
burg I went on TO EItawvllle and re.
visited the battlefield OF Eutaw
Springs. Nowhere in State can be
found such a Wierd and picturesque
spot and in the vicinity are grand
avenues and forests OF trees Of many
varieties. I recall one Of the former
of mammoth cottonWoods and anoth
or at ST. Julien Ct beautiful live oaks,
this avenue being q half mile In
length. :
'Tne national government should
own the evolutionary battlefslds OF
the South as well as those Of the
North. I would rather see the State
purchase the property, but the old
cry OF poverty would be raised If the
subject were up before our legislators.
I suggest the subject Of the purchase
of the battlegrounds Of Eutaw Springs
20 our mutual friend, Maj w. L
Glaze Of o O:angeburg, and he promised
to use his ichu 91ce with Representa-
tives Lsgare aud Lever to secure the
introduction Of bill during this con.
sress and also 20 secure an endorse.
nent from my fathers old friends,
Ju5ge IL ar ard Hon. S. Dibble.
Mr.. Legare Is the proper person to
frame the DILL as he represents that
district, but II he does not take hold
[ think I know congressman who
will.
1.-The owner of the ground, Gen.
Chas. St. G.. Sinclair, may not be
willing to sell, but I have been told
oy gentleman, who is familiar with
the fight cv-r Niagara Falls in New
York, that the land could be condem
aed by the government. 1t looks as
II 100000 should be ST III lent to pur-
chase K.Lg's Mountain and also Eu
taw Springs and Ninty. Six.
"A few years ago the Ferguson NJ II
company bought Is, 900 acres Ct land
IN the vicinity of the spring and have
been cutting timber up and down the
S .ntee river and saving at the rate OF
100 900 feet Of lumber per day. I
saw magnificent red-ceder right at
the springs being cut up for hreWood.
It would be a shame to let the unique
and marvellous forestry Of that region
be sacr. feed with u. making some o.
fort to preserve it.
1T you approve Of this initial at
sempt to get bill framed, will you
please write me to that fact, and al
80 write a letter to Congressman L.
gare and enclose same to me? ] wish
to secure a number Of letters from
prominent cit;Zsns and forward them
n bulk to Mr.. Legare. All to whom
have mentioned it have approved
and promised ai1.''