The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-01-30

D that remained after the great
shaking up a couple of years ago has
been finally wiped ou. There seems to
be more light; the people are seing
things; tigers are not only no long
er blind but they seem to have gotten
i'll the right road, and if you chance to
meet one now you wouldn't know it,
for they seem now to be real good,
law-abiding citizens.
Mr.. Editor, have you ever thought
seriously what terrible affliction it
! lovely things around us in nature:
the beautiful moon and stars in the
heavens; the beautiful stars OH the
stage and on the streets and every
where 1t is certainly enough to touch
, the heart of villain to be walking
along the street, especially in these
days when there is more to see than
ever bforc, and meet up with poor
blind man, feeling his way along with
his stick, or being led by a little boy.
Yes, a blind man can always have my
last dime; they have been welcome to
it, and always will be, so long as I am
blessed with sight. For the chances
, are that YOU or l or anybody that has
pity on the blind will be rewarded,
and what l mean is right away, at
that; if we help the blind in the right
spirit. The thing was pictured to me
IN Ashevilie some years ago, Of what
terrible thing it must be to be blind,
and of the willingness of most men to
help the blind man. / was standing
on the corner Of Patton avenue and
Park Square, where the street cars
transfer, and there was a big crowd of
people coming and going. / think
! there was a big convention in the city,
and there was an unusually big crowd
fmen at this point, for if there is
anything to see that is the place to
see it. Just about time for the cars to
leave, a most beautiful woman, "some
queen,"' came tripping up the avenue
to catch the car. She was all beauti-
fully gowned, and, of course, a woman
like this is the most beautiful sight
for any man to see. Well she was
dressed according to the fashion of
several years ago, when the dresses
were worn pretty narrow, and hers
was unusually so; and of course this
caused her trouble when it came
to her stepping up on the run
ming board Of the car. Three times
she made desperate effort to get
aboard the car, and it is needless to
say that the onlookers were much in
terested in the performance. Finally
she tripped and fell, and there she
was; couldn't get up on account of the
tight skirt. After the conductor and
motorman had lifted her up to the car
and the car moved on down Patton
avenue the crowd still watched the
car, hoping, ! suppose, that the poor
woman would try to get off at the
next stop, but it went right on, and
when the big crowd of, men that were
looking on turned around to 90 on
their way, there stood the poor blind
man. Just to think ,he was right at
the show, and saw nothing. But he
smiled a plenty when the quarters,
dimes and nickles commenced to drop
in his tin cup. 1t seemed to come Over
the men in a flash that there was a
poor man that hadn't seen this beau
tlful woman and everybody went down
IN his pocket for something for the
poor fellow. Some even went so far
as to borrow from friends in order to
"do their bit"
Well, as | stated before, l haven't
been out OF the store enough to see,
or to hear much about any visitors
that might have been in our midst.
Mr.. a. Plumer Burgess and family
nave returned to Sumerton after be-
ing away for several years. and we
are certainly very fortunate in having
them with us again. Mr.. Burgess is
state inspector Of fertilizers, which
necessitates his being away from
home most Of the time during the
movement of fertilizer.
Miss Sallie Anderson spent few
days at home, returning to Orange
burg. last night. The high school in
which she is teaching had to close for
a few days on account of the fuel
shortage.
T.. A.
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