The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-09

the best equipped kitchens IN the
State, where a splendid cook works
at a great massive range. An as
sistant cook has been engaged and
will report for duty shortly. In the
rear of the kitchen are conveniently
located the pantry, the linen room
and the medicine chest. In the
latter are kept irst-aid bandages and
household remedies, besides such
drugs as are likely to be needed from
time to time. The main store rooms
are in the basement, along with the
heating apparatus. The home has
large kitchen garden, from which
the veterans are already enjoying
their own beans and turnips. Later
on there will be other vegetables,
with melons and green corn.
Full records Of every department
are kept For instance. when asked
about the bills OF fare, the command
ant turned to his desk and drew forth
at random one sheet from bundle.
It happened to be the menu card for
May 22nd and was as follows:
Breakfast-Hominy. breakfast ba-
con. broiled; hot biscuit, butter, sy-
rup. coffee.
Dinner-Lima means, rice aud to-
matoes, Irish potatoes. corn bread.
light bread, butter, coffee.
Srpper-Homln:. butter, hot bis
cult, stewed fruit, syrup, coffee.
We try to make the bill Of fare
lttl. different each day." said
the commandart Twice a week
and on Sundays we have dessert and
on two days We have sou2-mighty
good soup. Our COOK IS fine one
The veterans seemed contented
and thoroughly at home. The COM
mandant, Capt W. D. Startling, is
veteran; the adjutant. Capt. B. F.
Day, was also a soldier Of the Con-
federacy. They are deeply interested
in their work and fine thing for
the veterans, too, is the presence,
night and day, of Mrs. Startling. The
institution is directly in charge OF
Capt Startling, chairman of the Con-
federate Home commission. The
government Of the home, as arrang-
ed by Col. Cardwell and Capt.
Startling, Is simple and kindly.
There are few rules and none of
these are such as an old soldier
would not Immediately see the neces-
sity OF having. For instance, the
veterans are free to come and go
as they like. visiting the city or
walking about the suburbs Capt.
Starting stipulating only that they
shall report to him where they ex-
| rect to go. This is necessary be-
| cause some Of them are feeble and
for all Of them he is responsible to
their relatives and to the State.
The health OF the veterans is
doubly provided for. The institu-
tons regular physician, Dr.. Will
liam Weston. makes daily visits, and
two Of the veterans are themselves
practitioners Of long experience.
The assembly room has been
equipped with big phonograph and
a piano and doubtless all the news.
papers of the State will be glad tc
enter the home on their free sub
scription lists when the matter is
called to their attention.
Careful and disinterested investi.
cation by Record reporters has dis
posed to their satisfaction of ever,
criticism against the home, from thf
veterans standpoint, that has come
to their ears. The home has moth
ing Of the jail Or poor farm about it.
it has absolutely no connection viii
the State Hospital for the Insane
the veteran who enters it does no
lose his pension nor any part Of it
there is nothing OF reproach or hu
initiation connected with residenc'
there. nor is any effort made 10 com
pel the entrance OF veterans-on th4
contrary, the admissions are limited
| ny law to S4, two from each county
; and in each case the commission
must be shown by proper paper
: that there are good reasons why tn
applicant should he received. Their
. is probably not one veteran in )
! who would nor he both no.. com
Portable physically and happy men
t tally here than in his present stu