The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-01
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF
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&new county was Charles Frederick
ILesesne, who served from the begin
'ssning. of the new county until tho close
So fthe war. Then the following
sgentlemen filled this position, and In
the following order: w. S. BranA,
Thomas N. Broughton, DR.. John I.
EIlngram, Capt. Robert B. Harvin, DR..
gSH. II. Huggins, Jouaph 4pr0st, Jr.,
land our present efficient County
AOf this list we know of only two who
care living, and these are our towns
&men, Messrs. Sprott and Bowman.
The office of County Auditor is
Zone of moro recent creation, and
SIamong its occupants have been the
Following gentlemen: b. A. Walker
sifirst, then James T. l.. Thames,
IJunius e. Scott, D. j. Bradham, and
the present incumbent, Mr.. J. Elbert
Davis.
Ri The office Probate Judge, form
Berly known as ordinary, has been
E1hlled from time to time by quite a
number, among whom were the fol-
flowing: G. S. C. DesChamps, VIII.
went to Texas and was aBsassinateu
lin the pulpit, w. II. Burgess, r. M.
SThompson, w. II. Ingram, J. D.
sAlsbrook, and the present incumbent,
SlMr. Louis Appeit.
N The office of School Commissioners
lsprior to 1871 was filled principally
iEby negro Republicans, among whom
|sfRere Alfred Pack and the noted Peter
N Iemon, who WAS assassinated in the
lbpublic road at branch few miles
aSSouth Of Manning, and which branch
l. &c
samong those who filled this office
Nwere John C. Bagnal, Samuel J.
\ Bowman, John j. Conycrs, P. G.
Benbow, l.. l.. Wells, l.. Nj. Ragin.
then Wells again, and our present
Superintendent of Education, w. S.
4 ERichbourg.
IA The County Commissioners have
Eoeen too many to attempt to mention
athem.
u Among those who represented this
acounty with honor in the State SEN
4 ate have been John l.. Manning, E.
EE. Dickson, DR.. John I. Ingram, Col.
L. Benbow, Joseph F. Rhamc,
Rsq., Louis H. DesChamps and l.. M.
a Ragin. There have been others among
\ whom were three gentlemen Of color,
Has follows. Syrhax Milton, Powell
II Smith and Jared Marley.
sb iSldicluOl. mas uau many represent
Natives in the lower house of the Leg
5siAature. cannot with certainty give
&btle names of all who served as rep
AEf,sentatives before 1876, but here
Ware some of them, and it will be seen
q BIZ, two or three names which appear,
DSSat our county was not always rep
B tisented by her best citizens, black
Il Republicans occasionally filling this
high Office Of honor: Col. II. l.. Ben
bw, Col. S. Warren Nelson, John P.
i yHchardson, w. j.. McFaddin, DR.. G..
FgAlen Huggins, James McCauley,
Raid Gus Collins, colored, and Will
II EIiNelson, very colorcd, who fled from
5Bt ice for stealing vegetables from a
4 grden. That is probably only a
E5prtial list of our representatives be-
E2fte 1876. 1t was in 1876 that the
o,ck cloud Of negro rule was raised
kAfpm our beloved State, and though
VIA writer was but small boy he re-
sHmbers vividly the string scenes
E8 that year, with its big campaign
tlys and red shirts brigades. He also
Iynembers we'll the standard bearers,
Raj before he scarcely knew what it
nant he learned to holler "Hurrah
ES 4 Hampton!" 1t was Hampton for
Nernor, and in Clarendon Benbow
Hf the Senate and Barron and Peter
4 Rhardson for the House. These,
E ,Sh others who supported them and
nj up their hands, carried the day
E iClarendon and made the way poss-
NJ IL for many other good Democrats.
E$ he following, then, is submitted
E an list Of those who have repre-
E# sted this county in the House of
al Nresentatives since 1876: B.
M Fssley Barron and John Peter
E hardson; Joseph f. Rhame and
EN lies f. Tindal; w. T. Lesesne and
ES ER. Gibson; Arthur Harvin and DR..
E JG. Dinkins; f. r. Plowdcn, Jr.,
k a II. B. Richardson: I. NJ Woods,
Va Tindal, j. NJ. Richardson, S. A.
W Niles. w. D. Kennedy, w. C. Davis,
Ei on. Davis, and r. B. Owen. Thus
EN till be seen that there have been
MA ny since the creation of Clarendon
EH Chty who were elevated to posi-
III ts of public honor, and further
E8 u of this number quite the ma
E joy have passed away. All Of them
E& n, made history, some good and
tA sc bad, but each one serves his
IN II place in the memory Of the past