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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16
'Ihe Sailing of the First American
Battle Fleet Under Lieut.. John
Da,1 Io.~-

dul Jones.
John Paul Jones is entitled to a con-
spicu0us place in American History,
yet, the details of his career are little
known. Unlike other American heroes
he left no family to preserve his recD
ord. Tho his history is written in
English, French and Russian, the half
has never been told.
John Paul was born in Scotland in
little fishing hamlet, about 1850,
When he was not forced to help make
the family living by fishing in the
waters of the Solway he attended the
little parish school, At the ape of
twelve he besought his father to let
nm go on vessel bound for the new
world: He loved The sea, loved its
pursuits, and his disregard for it's
perlis was often a subject for remark,
His seamanship one day came under
the observation Of a Mr.. Younger. who
was ready to sail to the new world
and John Paul was offered a place as
masters apprentice on this ship. He
obtained his fathers consent and set
out upon thi royagc, Such was the
sea b!rth of new sea-power, the
iatner OF the American navy.
For 1our years John Paul continued
IN the service of Mr.. Younger and was
rapidly promoted to the position of
tlrst mate, After leaving Mr.. Younger
he entered the slave trade and com.
nianded vessels for owners trading in
North America and the West Indies
on his trips to Virginia he often
visited his brother. the adopted son of
william Jones. Thus, until he was
twenty-sevcn years of age, he spent
ms life upon the sea. BY this time
ne knew Naval history, had mastered
frehch and Spanish, and was as HIGH
~ educated as any naval officer of
his age. VI
When in port he sought the society
or people of prestige, and was every.
"here accepted as a man of culture
and intellect. N''o''
Upon the death Of this brother IN
lfG3 ne became heir to the valuable
Jones estate, so changing his name to
John Paul Jones he exchanged the
deck or merchant brig for the broad
acres Of a Virginia plantation, thus
casting his lot and fortunes with rs
Ihcn came the clouds of war. He
watched the gathering of the clouds
ana force saw the need of an army ut
sea. Lord Nelson said, "A naval Of
ilcer' unlike military commander,
mas ma ilXed plan. He must always be
ready FOR the hcance. 1t may come
tomorrow, or next week, or next wear,
or never but he must be always
ready and John Paul Jones was al
ways ready. He was in New York
when he heard of the battle of Lex
ington. He Immediately made ar
ranlgcmonts regarding his business.
and offered his services to the Ameri,
can government. Then he began with
all his wonderful energy to prepare
TO meet the duties that he knew he
would be called upon to perform. Tho
Hcotchman, he linked his destiny
Congress met on May 10, ITS, and
sppoInted naval committee to en-
quire into and report on the orpani-
cation of naval force, John Paul
Jones was asked to meet the commit.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16

sent into port to clothe Washington's
| ragged army
The next year he sail to France in
a fine, new, ship called the Ranger
Before he rode out of the Portsmouth
| Harbor, he rau up the mast head of
the Ranger" the first stars and
stripes ever raised on a ship.
tie went to France and had a talk
with Benjamin Franklin, the great
! American, who induced France to helm
the U. S. in the Revolution. Then
after he had sailed through the whole
French fleet, and made them all fire
salute to the American flag, he
stcered away for the shores of Eng
land and so worried the captains and
sailors and people Of England, that
they would have given anything to
catch him. But they could not.
The English king and people did
not think that the Americans would
hight, and especially not on the sea.
The English despsed and made fun
or the yankee Soldiers" as they call
Gd the Americans. But when captain
Jones came sailing along in his fine
snip entering English ports and burn
ing ships; and villages, they began to
think differently.
Americans in their war for indepcnd-
ence. So soon after CAPTAIN Jones
was put in command Of five ships. and
back he sailed to England to fight the
British ships again.
The vessel in which Paul Jones sail
ed was the largest of the five vessels.
1t had forty guns and crew of three
hundred sailors. Captain Jones
thought 80 much of Franklin that he
named his ship for Franklin. He sail
ed 1t the "Bon Homme Richard, which
IS the French for "Good Man Rich
ard" The ship was not good one
# it was a large one, because it was
leak Y and rotten, but Captain Jones
made the best Of it.
The little fleet sailed up and down
the English coast, capturing a few
prizes, and frightening the people by
saying that they had come to burn
some of the English sea towns.
But lust as they were about ready
TO sail back to France, they came near
an English cape, called Marlborough
Head, upon great English fleet of
shlps, forty merchant vessels and two
warships.
One Of the warships was a great
English frigate called the "Sevapis. !"
way than the "Bon Homme Richard"
Bue Captain Jones would not run
away. What ship is that?" called
out the Englishman. Come a little
nearer and well tell you," plucky
Captain Jones replied.
At seven o'clock in the evening the
British Frigate and the "Bon Homme
Richard" began to fight. They banged
and hammered away for hours, and
then the English captain thought that
ne must have beaten the Americans,
for it was so dark that the Americans
and British could only see each other
by the fire flashes, so ne called out
to the American captain, "Are you
beaten 2 Have you hauled down your
flag yet?" q, L, 'r.'ws. - =
And back came the answer Of Can
tain Jones: "I haven't begun to fight
yeti" S' 80. ',,i
AT last when tho poor Richard"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16

sea, to which he came. He wished
very much that he could live in this
great country and determined some
day to go there again.
When Johns first voyage was over
he returned to Whitehaven, and back
to the store where he had first work
ed. The merchant who owned this
store soon failed in business and John
was out of job and had to take care
of himself. So this time he became
real sailor. For thirteen years he
continued to be sailor
He was such good one, that at
the age of twenty he became a cap-
tain. Now let me tell you how he
became one. While he was on a shin
in the middle of the Atlantic a fever
broke out causing death to the captain.
The mate next in rank to him and
all of the sailors were sick. There
was no one on the ship who knew
anything about sailing it except young
John Paul. So he took command Of
the ship and sailed into port without
accident. The owners were so pleased
with his success that they made him
captain.
Living on the banks Of the Kappa
hammock river in Virginia, John had
one brother. He visited his brother
several times and when his brother
died John gave up his sea life for
awhile and went to live on his
brothers farm.
When John became a farmer he
changed his name to Jones. And so
Little John Paul" became known all
over the world as "John Paul Jones'"
While he was a farmer in Virginia
M a
When war broke out, John Paul
Jones, being more of sailor than
farmer, wished to fight the British.
This was a very bold thing to do be-
cause England was the most powerful
nation on the sea. The king had a
fleet Of about thousand ships of war,
while America had none. But John
Paul Jones said, eve must have
ships"
Soon after this the Americans got
together five small ships to whip the
mlghtleSt sea power on earth.
Paul Jones was made the first lieu
tenant Of the ship ".tlfred." He was
the first man to hoist on any ship the
earliest American flag The flag had
thirteen red and white stripes, but
instead Of the stars that are now on
the flag, it had a pine tree, with a
rattle snake coled around it, and
underneath were these words, "Don't
tread on me-"
And the British who did tread on
him was terribly bitten, for Jones was
a brave man and bold sailor. He
darted up and down Long Island
sound, carrying soldiers, guns and
food to General Washington, and, al
though one great British warship, the
"Cerebus," tried for weeks to catch
him, had to give up the chase, for
John Paul Jones could not be caught.
For all this good work, this bold sailor
was made Captain Jones, Of the u. 8.
navy, and 1t is said that he was the
first captain made by congress.
He sailed up and down. the coast
hunting for British vessels. 1t is said
that in the course of six weeks, he
captured sixteen vessels and DESTROYED
many more On these vessels were
clothing and other cargo, which he
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tee and advise them as to the proper
| qualifications of naval officer. and
the kind of vessels best to be used,
SO valuable did the committee deem
his service that he was asked to in
spect and report on about twenty ves-
sels then at the disposal of Congress.
Of this number five were selected as
the foundation of the first American
fleet. In December of 1775 he was ap
pointed by the naval committee "a
Lieutenant. He was placed in tenn
porary command of the Alfred, where
ne had the pleasure of hosting the
American flag, which was not the
stars and stripes, but the pine tree
and the rattle snake, with the motto;
"Don't tread on me-" 1t NAV be said
here that Jones did not favor this
flag.
In May 1776 he was given COM
mand of the Providence, small shin
OF twenty-eight guns and one hundred
and seven men. He at once sailed on
a general cruise from the Bermudas
to thee banks Of New Foundland.
Al things considered this cruise of
the little Providence, under command
OF Jones, won the honor of being the
hrst real effective cruise of an Amer
lean man-of-war. 1t was beyond
doubt the first that reflected credit
on our flag or hurt our enemy. This
cruise captured sixteen enemy vessels,
kept eight or theem and destroyed the
rest.
Not being satisfied with the above
record Lieut.. Jones made two daring,
invasions ashore. The first in Nova
Scotia, where he released several
american prisoners, destroyed several
English fishing vessels and brought
away one laden with salt fish. The
second was on the Isle Madame, where
ne dispersed the Tory garrison and
captured arms and ammunition
After these exploits he was made
captain. During the rest of the war
ne destroyed many British shiDs and
dld much to bring the war to a sue
cessful conclusion for the American
army He landed at Philadelphia on
rep. l8: 1881, and gave up his com
;nand or what remained of the Amer
ican battle fleet. SO doing he brought
TO an end his connection with the
Amerlcan or Continental navy. His
service Tor the cause of freedom last
Gu over iiVe years, and served to
make OF him the leading figure in the
navy. He was naval Tieut tanant 81
twenty eight, Captain at twenty-nine,
Conn.," lore at thirty-two. At thirty.
three ne was the ocean hero Of tTe
whole world--the most famous sea
victor OF his time-thanked by Con-
eress; selected as special envoy TO
court; charged with difficult missions.
"a. At 1orty he was voted gold medal
by Congress. He was tho Vic al Jn;,,aI
or the. navy Of an Empire at fortyE.
one. At forty-three he was a proin-
lnent, figure in France, and at forfy.
five he died while in Russia, Ma.
poleon said he died before his destiny
mad been fulflled-4that /. he would
nave been the first admiral of France
had he lived. - 's"'
Fobian. Broadway, Pinewood School
second prize, $1,000. ~
ADVERT'JaFe FkI nm N nyssaN,s, -sriN
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was SnoC Cnfough ana on hre, and
seemed ready to sink, Captain Jones
made one last effort. It was success
ful. Down came the mast of the
"Sevapis," crashing to the deck Her
guns were quiet, her flag came tumbl-
ing down, as sign that she gave in
Captain Jones, after the surrender
put all his men into the "Sevapis," ;"
and sailed off to the nearest friendly
port, with his prisoners. This victory
made him the greatest sailor in the
whole American war.
He had made great record as a
sailor and sea fighter. France, as
has been said, was on Americas side
and when he went to France, after the
victory, ht was received with great
honor.
He was a brave sailor, and was in
France to get help, however, and not
compliments. He wished a new ship
to take place Of the old "Richard," !"
which had gone to the bottom after
its glorious victory.
He was made captain of the new
ship "Ariel," and sailed from France
to America.
He was received with great honor
and applause. Congress gave him a
vote of thanks for the zeal and prud-
ence with which he had supported the
honor of the American Flag"
Congress set about to build a new
ship for him to command, but before
it was completed, the war was over.
After this he was sent to France
on some important business for the
v. 5. after he had finished this, the
n ncly hi, 70 L. ~
fight the Turks.
Captain Jones said that he would
go if the U. S. said he could. The
U. 5. gave him leave, but the English
officers who were fighting for Russia
refused to serve under him, because
they said, he was a rebel, pirate
and traitor For they had not for
gotten him for frightening and beat
ing the English in the Revolution
They called him these names because
he, born in Scotland, had fought for
America.
This made it very unpleasant for
Jones and he had so hard a time in
Russia, that after many wonderful
adventures and hard fighting he gave
up the Russian war and went back to
France.
OoOii al tci ilC EcIuTtlcu TO rance
he was taken seriously ill, and though
he tried to fight against his sickness,
ne could not recover. The queen of
France sent her own doctor to attend
him, but all efforts were of no avail.
On the eighteenth day of July in
the year 1902, when he was but forty
five years of age, he passed away.
The French gave him great funeral,
as their token of respect and hopor
a few years ago his body was found
in grave yard in the city of Paris,
where he had been buried more than
hundred years ago. 1t was taken
up with great honor and carried
across the ocean in great warsh;p
and buried again in the u. S. So
this hero lies at rest in the land which
he, had chosen AS his own.
iceland Smith, Manning High School
first prize, $500.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16
THE First American Fleet"

Ns'' '''N iitt''it t'i hllI MY YEARS
ago, there lived in Scotland a man
who had one son. This poor mans
name was John Paul, and this was
also the name Of his son. The rich
mans garden that "Big John" worked
IN. was near the sea and Little John"
often spent much Of his time playing
near the sea. We wished very much
to become a sailor some day
Little John" lived in a small cot
tage by this sea with his father, until
he reached his twelfth year. Then he
went to work in store in the town Of
Whltehaven. This town was very
busy place; ships and sailors were
there so much Of the time that the
little boy had rather go down to the
docks and talk to the sailors and hear
their many interesting stories than
TO stay in a store and work.
lie determined to go to sea. He be-
gan to study all about ships and how
to sail them, and read all the nauti-
cal books he could get his hands on,
while other boys Of his age, were
asleep or in mischief.
At last his wish had been fulfilled.
At the age Of thirteen ne became a
sailor on the ship called the "Fricnd-
shin"
This vessel was bound for Virginia,
in America, for n cargo Of tobacco.
The little sailor boy greatly enjoyed
the sea voyage and was much delight
ed with the new country across the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-04-16
WINNERS OF PRIZES
OFFERED BY THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK

Mr.. Leland Smith of the Manning
School and Miss Fabian Broadway of
the Pinewood School, winners of
prizes offered by The First National
Bank of this place
At the beginning of the year The
First National Bank of Manning put
IN most Of the schools of the county
a very handsome Calendar depicting
The Sailing of the First American
Battle Fleet under Lieutenant Paul
JONES' and offered prize Of $500
III gold for the best paper upon this
event, and $1,000 in gold for the sec
ond best.
The judges, after going over care
fully all the papers presented, decided
that Mr.. Leland Smith of the Manning
school was entitled to the first prize,
and Miss Fabian Broadway Of the
Pincwood School was the winner of
the second prize.
y reading of these papers printed
elsewhere in this issue will show the
diligcnt study and careful thought on
the part Of these young people.
It was the purpose of the Bank Of
hcials to present these prizes on Field
Day, but, because the schools have
been thrown back so much by the in
fucnza, Field Day has been u andon-
ed, so 1t has been determined to pre-
sent them at the Graded School build
:ng IN Manning at Q A. NJ. on Wednes-
day, the 23rd day of April and these
young people and their friends are
requested to be present promptly at
that time.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-21
M1NtSTR v. KLCFAC A CT
SAR KAREi.


.ske armade k 2S. iijnu", ktery
prave vysel redakci vtdeckeho
svazu csl. dustojnietva, cteme
zajimavy pfispevek mlnlstra
\. O. V. Kloface, jenz zustane !
dulezitym dokumertem nasl nj
c.torie pred prevratem. /
Ministr Klofac iii, jak jela
" fiinu 1918 ceska delegace do
Swear a zastavila se We Vldnl
ma porade s Jihoslovany. De-
legati sjeli Sc tari 22. rlJna
1918. Min. Kloface ocekaval
na nadrazi general Landwehr,
ienz pry uz dopola'lne tehoz
dne mluvil S posi-. lnyneJslm
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oGekaval. Nebylo fasu ma dlou
he uvody. Landwei,r zacal pfi
no. Vyrozumel Jsem jeho
feci, he We Vidni naSim ma
prostym osamostatnenlm uz
ooeitaji, ze mai len jedine
prani: ably k rozluce doslo bez
.ryave revoluce. - Mohl jsem
ofirozene jen rici, re ie to i
1asim pranim.
V tom general Landwehr
rekl: "a to, co jserl ia vas "a
Cal, chce vas osobnt zadati i
clsaf. Krve uz tek!o dost, a CT
sar chce uGiniti vSe, aby dalsi
krveproliti donna NJ bylo od-
Nraceno". V te chvili jsme mlu
viii uz jako prislu;nici dvou
riZnych statu ----
Cisar jede Ia chNili zvlaSt-
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blingu pfistouplmc do jeho
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:ik minut casu, ahy cisaf rekl
mne vse, co mu lezl Ia srdci.
Stalo Sc. Jel jser,, jak jsem
byl, neoholen, obla3en prostc,
Jak jsem vagonu ma Franti-
I8kove nadrazi vystoupil. Civil
ku jsme Doeblingu cekali.
Landwehr, procha2eie Sc Sc
nnou, ostre kritisoval rakOu-
ske statniky. Nccdporoval
.isem. v tom dsurni WAX pfijel.
Byla uz tina. Vstoupil jsem do
sGlonnlho vozu, nGmz uvidel
! .lsem nekolik Clenu cisafske
druziny "a minutu zadal
nne Landwehr, aby ch vstoupil
do sousedniho ragnnu. V nemz
Lyla elegantni cisafova pracov
ma. cisar ze ceka, IL prosi mne,
abych prisel. Cisaf, " obycejn6
Noienske bluze, bez fadu a bez
%avle, sci mi vstfic . podava ie
mi ruku, vyslovoval mi sou.
ftrast k smrti meho neistarsi.
20 syna, dustojnika. ktery IRA.
nem sve ma italskG tronte "a.
Dlatll zivOtem. Cisar snazil sc
,nluviti cesky. Dobfe by 10 by
ralo neSlo, mluvili .sme protc
potom nemecky. Posadili ism,
Se, cisaf, general LAhdwehr Z
"a. Cisaf, patrne az telefoni
cky informovan, rchi mi temej
toslova totez, co nj likal Lane
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on opakoval, ze dost lid
ske krve vyteklo w ma boil
Stlch Prosi mne tclice, aby
GO Sc stane dial, datc Sc be;
Arye. Nemel isem = te civil
1nl tuseni, &c stojime bezpro
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mi sympaticke, protoze re slo
t"ch jeste pred pr'uhodem d
svycarska nabyl isem presve,
ceni, zet nase ceskc vitezstv
70 Je Jiste Il re ie definitivnt
= petom bylo to milo. ze ci
sar pocitaje timtp fakten
dle vseho neni r"o politik
krvaveho zakrocot;,hi prot {
sEemu narodu. Mel jsem sna,
: pravo prohlasiti. ze NV krv
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-11-21

l:y vydin V sane. Cisar ma to:
"Tato politicka prrsekuce by
l2 neivGtsim politickym nesmy
aiem!" Pokracoval .isem. Pro-
nlasil jsem "a neiv6tsi nestesti
.ynastie poslednf vs.dy (cisaf
hiCeho nenamitaD, pfedevSim
nrabetc Czernina lclSar poky-
'al hlavou). ale hlavne to, re
Czernin vas prime, x tomu, "a
pyste jel do Nemtcka, k me-
neck6mu cisari prohlasit, &c
IA odhaleni Clenaenceauovo
odpovedi vase kanony, a &c
iste pristoupil k n.ySlence vo-
.jcnskc a hospodaiskG unie ne
meckou ffsi; hlarne to posta-
vilo ententu proti dynastii, to
)rivodilo dnesni s.5(,aci. Cisai
zone rekl ma to jen "Okolno-
.&ti byly prilis t6zae'.
@ politiku, jak jsem zadal,
ani nezavadil, a aIkoh vedel,
II "a nekolik holm jedu do
i5yrcarska, kde Sc sctkam Be
Nesem, ami slovcm nedotkl sc
teto cesty".
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Looked at the Hats 2

Some very choice styles in hats are to be seen at the Millinery Sec tion marked at very low prices con sidering the quality. Mostly dark straws which give good service as they may be worn late in the season. A varied group
 Close fitting little Toques of silk and satin.
 Black split is a good straw to combine with Georgette, so there are facings or crowns of plain or shirred Georgette, with ribbon bows or ir- regular stitches of silk embroidery floss to give the necessary trimming.
 Sailors, pineapple, Milan and split straws, straight or rolling brims, with scarves and bands of plain or two-toned ribbons.
 Hats made of fancy straw braid combined with silk or satin, and or namented with cherries, flowers or ostrich feathers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
NAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS.
Be Better Looking-Take Olive Tablets

Hyour skin is yellew-complexion pallia s-tongue coated-appetite poor-you have 2 bad taste in your nouth-a lazy, no-gOod p;eling-you should take Olive Tablets.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-a substitute ?rcalomel-were prepared by Dr. Edwards Stter l7 years of study with his patients. ' Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You VII know them by their olive color.
 To have clear, pink skin, bright eyes. mo pimples, feeling of buoyancy like childhood days you must get at the cause
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the yer and bowels like calomel-yet have so dangerous after effects.
 They start the bile and overcome consti- patton. That's why millions of bo2 $ are sold annually at 10c and 25c per boz. All druggists. Take one or tive nightly ard nOts the pleasing results,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14
Home Health Club

hairs is no bar to the exercise o~ the b nefits to be derive q.
 know a man past 70 years and still able to turn a. handspring. l never could do that but l am still able to show my five boys a new trick Occa- stonally, and sometimes they find 1t rather hard to follow. So far I have found no trace of liver spots.
 Give q look in your mirror and see if there are any on your face and if there are, sit down and write to me giving a detailed account of all that you eat and I will tell you what to leave off and what to add. Then go and turn a few somersaults.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-14

Aside from the great men gather ed in the hall at Versailles for the Peace Conference, the most striking feature was a large antique rug of bright, almost garish colors, which was brought from the Chateau Yer Sailles to cover the open space of the hollow rectangIe of the Peace Tablr. Although dating from the time of Louis Sixteenth, the rug is in a per- feet state of preservation. It is known as 8 Savonnerie. and it served to brighten the whole room. The rug was the only link in the Conference Chamber connecting the ceremony of the day with the time when France was 8 monarchy
 Through the early days of The D. M. Read Company many Savonnerie rugs and carpets were sold. Possibly some Of these are still existent today in some of the old fine houses of Bridgeport.