The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-21
CAN'T BE FOUND
Twelve Year Old Child Disap-
pears While On
Her Way TO SCHOOL

Highland Avenue for the Boule-
ward School and Has Strangely
Vanished, and She Can't be Found,
In Atlanta, Ga, the strange and
unaccountable disappearance of lit
tie Louise Clemmons, - years old,
is cuasing great anxiety to her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Clemmons,
who lives as 354 Highland avenue.
Since s o'clock Monday morning,
when the little girl, with the school
books under arm, left home for the
Boulevard Street school, she has not
returned home, and her anxious
mother and father have learned
nothing Of her whereabouts.
All night Monday night her parents
spent troubled hours in notifying
the police authorities, phoning to
relatives in different parts Of the
city and in visiting the homes Of the
nelghborhood in vain, restless et-
forts to find some clue to the where
aoouts Of the bright little daughter
who had so suddenly and so mys-
teriously disappeared.
Little Carrie Is fayortte in the
neighborhood. She is bright and
winsome and is admired by all who
know her. She is her mothers only
daughter and the mother is about
to give away under the anxious
strain.
Mrs. Clemmons was at first quite
aVerse to notifying the police or the
newspapers of her daughters dis
appearance, and it was far into the
night of Monday, after all possible
efforts had been made, that she and
her husband called upon the police
to assist in the search.
From the Boulevard Street
school, where Carrie had regularly
attended and for which place she
left her home Monday morning in
her accustomed manner. comes the
information that she Was not seen
at that school at all Monday. She
was urged by her mother upon leay-
ing to return home Immediately after
school closed for the day and readily
consented. Her accustomed obedi-
ence in this respect makes her dis
appearance all the more of a myste-
ry to her parents and the suspense
all the more terrible At first her
failure to return did not excite any
fears, but the coming of night with
out the child's appearance brought
with it fear and anxiety. Mrs. Glenn
mons Immediately telephoned to the
homes of relatives over the city
where the child had often visited
only to learn that she had not been
seen. The father was notified at
his place of business, SO Ivy street, :
and the search began.
The only trace of Carrie yet learn
ed since her disappearance is that
she was seen walking down Broad
street, near the intersection Of Broad
with Mitchell street, Monday about
= o'clock. She was alone, and yet
her mother cannot believe her to
)e lost, because, although young, she
knew the streets of the city well and
often run errands to many points
in the city alone. This causes Mrs.
Clemmons to believe trat her daugh-
ter is being held and not lost, as she
cannot see why the child would not
return home If she could, because
she knows the way. Then, too,
Carrie had often expressed a fond
ness for going to Lakewood to gath
er the flowers there and Mrs. Glenn
mons is strongly tempered to believe
that she went to Lakewood and has
fallen into the lake and is drowned.
ssOf course, that's looking at it
on the dark side," said Mrs. Glenn
mons to Journal representative,
'sbut am nevertheless trying to see
the bright side, if there is any bright
side"
When the little girl left home for
school Monday morning she wore
dotted blue muslin dress, with
darker blue border. On her head she
wore a small tan cap; on her hair
was a rather large blue ribbon bow.
She wore button shoes and s1gnet
ring on which were engraved the
letters G. L. G.
Her father is q plumber, working
at 96 Ivy street.