The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-03-18
GREEEVILLE SHERIFF ISASEED TO
DRIVE RlH Away
joke HAS GONE TOO FAR
Many OF the Inhabitants Of the Tiger.
vile Section Of Greenville County
Said to Have Been Alarmed Over
Supposed Presence Of q Desperate
Wild Mana Probable Solution.

The Greenville Daily News Of
Thursday carried the following story:
Making the swamps Of north
Greenville county his headquarters
and showing himself only In the VIC
unity Of dense sections Of the
"jungles". a wild man" has so
frightened many Of the inhabitants
Of the Tigerville community that they
are afraid to leave their homes at
night without being armed. This
wild man, it is said, has been seen
by many Of the residents Of that Sec
ton and, according to their descrip-
ton, he Is the widest looking being
imaginable.
With long, dishevelled hair and
painted face the wild man" has been
seen crossing from one swamp to an
other. Several times he has been
surprised by residents Of the neigh
borhood while in quest OF water and
food and on these occasions he will
give a wierd howl and fee like mad
into some nearby thicket-
Some of the inhabitants say the
man has the appearance Of an Indian
chief, while others describe him as
being tall and gaunt and dressed In
the costume Of a westerner. The fear
OF few residents OF the community
became so great recently that they
notified Sheriff Rector to come to
their aid with a posse OF officers. The
sheriff is iii, having several days ago
been seized with an attack Of grippe.
Even If he was in the best Of health.
though, It is not likely that he would
set out on such a wild goose chase.
He has pooh-hood the idea Of a wild
man., but the bearer Of the request
that he come and make a search was
In earnest and would not listen to any
argument put up by the county au-
thorities.
The wild man" Is a joke. That
goes without saying and it appears to
many, especially those Of the Tiger
Vile section, that the joke has gone
far aplenty. One resident Of that
section, who was a visitor to Green
Vile Wednesday, said many OF the In
habitants had gotten wise to the at
fair. He stated, though, that many
Of the people still believed a "wild
man" is at large and are afraid to go
about alone.
It seems a certain resident OF that
section, who went west several years
ago to make his fortune, has return
ed to his native heath and to have
some fun with his neighbors Is stalk
ing about the dark places In swamps
in Western garb. On some occasions
he will dress himself as an Indian
chief, and when seen by any OF his
neighbors will give fierce war hoop
and vanish into the thicket.
The neighbor who witnessed this
extraordinary feat will soon spread
the report over the community that
the wild man" has been en-. The
young westerner will then slip back
to his home, put on ordinary clothes
and jon his frightened neighbors IN
tho search for the wild man.
Rumors Of every kind imaginable
have been circulated through the
nefghborhood, many Of them descrio-
ing the so-called wild man" as the
most dreadful object imaginable, and
IN this manner some OF the inhaot-
tapts have been led to believe that
some fearful being has come to prey
upon them. The wild man" Is the
tonic discussed about the ghreside at
night. and many a youngster crawls
Tar beneath the cover after going to
bed, hiding his face from the slsnt Ok
the Imaginable wild man.