The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-07-26
A HOT TIME.

Thousands Slept in the Parks Of Ne7
York Last Week.
The Heat Was So Intense That til
People BAD to Desert Their
] Homes TO Get Air.
While it was pretty hot through
out South Carolina last week we dit
not suffer here as the people did il
New York and other large cities O.
the North. There were hundreds O.
deaths from the heat in all OF the
larger cities, aud there would have
been more had not the people deserted
their homes and took to the public
parks. Here is New York picture
"Cone and sleep on the gsrss in the
parks,'' was the invitation Manhat
tan sent out Wednesday night, and
the people respor dad by thousands,
says The New York Sun Of Wednes
day. From the little triangle south
Of Cooper Union to the slopes OF River
side park and in all the downtown
small parks the grass, the benches and
the band stands were populous. The
Keep off the grass" signs were called
in.
"They won't be put out again this
summer, either, il l can help it," said
Park Commissioner Pallas. He sent a
letter to Police Commissioner Nc.
Adoo in the afternoon Offering the
parks within his Jurisdiction in the
ooroughs OF Manhattan, and Rich
mond to the weary and overheated,
and this order from Commissioner
McAdoo was read in all the station
houses Wednesday night.
by direction OF P ark Commissioner
Pallas you will permit the public to
walk, sleep and lounge on the grass
or benches in all the parks within
your precincts, day and night during
the bot spell, If they so desire"
1t did not take long for the news to
get about. By 9 o'clock p. No., Mul-
berry Bend park, in the Italian guar.
ter, looked like the beach at Coney
Island on a hot day. There were
over two thousand women and chill
dren there, with fair percentage OF
men. The sleepers took to the grass
until there wasn't an available spot.
Then they filed up the band stand.
Every body in the park wore as lit
tile clothing as the law allowed. a
shirt and 3 pair Of trousers suficsd for
the men, while most OF the children
slept under the stars in their birthday
dress. There were ever 5000 who
sought relief at the William g. Sew
ard park, at East Broadway and Jei.
ferson street. Oasy the benches at
sought comfort on the grass.
The permission appealed nightly
to dwellers along the North river. In
Ds Witt Clinton park early in the
evening were at least 1000 persons,
most OF them women and children.
4 large nunb2r Of them had made
arrangements to spend the night cut
Of doors and had brought pillows and
blankets. Coverings were unanimous
ly voted to BE- unnecessary
On the bank sloping down to the
river from Riverside drive space was
at premium in the early evening.
There was a breeze off the river and
weather conditions were quite COM
Portable. It was not observable that
many intended to spend the night
there. the bank being too steep in
most places to insure tranquil resi-.
Nevertheless, in the lata evening the
bank was quite as crowded as earlier.
Those who went into Central park
to keep cool were surprised when the
police failed to turn them out at mid
night. They hadn't yet heard OF the
new order. Many Of them, upon learn
ing that they might stay there all
night if they chose, went home aud
got pillows. Through the side streets
leading to the park entrances could be
seen many Bohemians and Italians
from the East Side making for the
park with pillows tucked under their
arms.
In some spots whole families were
stretched out on the grass side by
side. The favorite spots seemed to be
places where there was an incline or
embankment. Many who are nightly
homeless and generally sleep in areas
and on doorsteps went into the park
when the police found them in their
usual haunts and told them OF the
new order.
Morningside and Mount Morris
pa rkS, in Harlem, were both crowded
At Jefferson park, l12th street and
East river, Harlem, Italians were cele-
bratirg the fets OF Our Lady OF Mount
Carmel aud hundreds Of them slept in
the park after the celebration was
over.
In the three Tenderloin parks the
men dessrted the benches for the
grass, but the few women sleepers
stuck to the benches. In Madison
square. where there we're more WOmeI
than both the others, the men KEEP;
to the west side Of the park, giving
up the east side to the women and not
disturbing them in the least.
In the big parks in the Bronx, es
pecially Pelham bay and Bronx parks
hundreds Ct people have been sleeping
under the trees nightly. In Pelham
bay park last night a large part O.
the Italian population Of Williams
bridge, learning OF the new order
took had clothing, pillows and, IL