The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-06
SUMMERT0M

Lo; it not be thu:ght saat - requires
a freak o; nature. sa>n as re receh'
storm, 10 furnish material 'F1c.ar news cor
respondence from Sammerta;2. but as
il happens that coincident w;:a i. yoal
CORRESPONDENT is able tc conlinue his
letters. it might be well 20 meaSion IL
effects @: after affects npon thlS cuiil-
muniv. While not inmedtttcl y ~ the
path Of the storm. this Scctlon was
visited with high winds LAST Slass'lay
and Monday. eliminating IN quite 4
blow last Monday evening, whlch I'D
no more than neatly remove me tops
of Il few slender treeS. and .ea":e sub
stantiaI holes around the bottom: c.:
cotton-stalkS. The rain. however. WHICH
accompanied the WINDS ;Jnd has con-
tinued to fall daily since. has 40 doubt
wrought some damage 20 growing
crops, certainly TO what COTTON Is open
and opening. 1t has not yet reached
the stage Of calamity. though. and our
farmers are still hopeful of making as
little as 4 bale and / half 10 the acre.
An accident. which TO some 10 the
party seemed trivial and TO others per
haDs ratner TOO ominouS. and which
was due 70 the bad condition OF The
roads since the storm. occurred on the
Manning road On last Tuesday morn
ING. 70 do honor To- The bride and
groom OF but IN hour, Mr.. Il. Ander-
son br;,yei the slippery roads IN his
automobile, 10 take them 10 Manning
to catch the Columbia train When but
4 short distance ont OF town, Mt.
Anderson called attention TO Il rabbit
cautiously steering toward the left OF
the road, ieStinely reminding the
young couple OF its i'll omen. Not many
moments had elapsed when 4 large and
formidable oak, a victim OF the storm,
was seen stretched across the road,
barring their progress. Alter losing
about thirty minutes 10 remove this
obstacle, to say nothing Of the loss OF
nerve or the young couples part. the
car moved on 1t became necessary to
speed up little, and in his efforts 10
get to the station in ample time. Mr..
Anderson went little too fast for Sip
perry roads, and pretty soon found him
self skiddipg into Il ditch. This was
considered by all in the party TO be the
climax OF his majesty, the rabbits fore
casting. and hastr preparations were
being made TO secure common OLD
horse and buggy. when the car rose
out of the ditch and also 10 the occasion,
and allowed itself TO be cranSed and
started again, getting the young couple
TO the station just in time to board the
train. No one was burt, not even the
car.
Quite an enjoyable social affair was
the Cooking Contest" held at the
home of Rev. Gordoo on last Tuesday
evening. At the instigation of Misses
Manic and Wahnetta Gordon, about
six couples busted themselves all dur
ing the day. prenreing fudge and
sweets to be entered in this contest.
The younE men were to enter Judge
and the Young ladies the more subStan-
,ial dishes, all of which were to con-
stitute supper for the occaslon. Mir.
Fred Truluck, VINO unassisted acted Us
Judge of all these various dishes, was
prompted to award a prize to Miss
Magg= Scarborough and one to DR.. Z.
r. Morris. Pursuant to suggestions
made on cards drawn BY various
couples present, the setting OF the
table, cracking ice, serving cream,
clearing away dishes, etc, was done by
the guests, atTording much merrimeno
TO the already merry crowd. 1t was
unanimously conceded that Summer
ton would never want for up-to. date
cooks. Those enjoying the Misses Cor.
don's hospitality were Misses Harvey,
Margie, Louise and Eta Scarborough
and Sa!lie Anderson, and MessrS.
Walter and Miller Fielder, Willie
Rhame, DR.. Morris, Dr.. Jordan. Tim
Howle and Fred Truluck.
Al the home of Air. and Mrs. Dukes
Carson on Tuesday morning, the 10Th.
Miss Alice DeVeauN was married to
Mr.. Wallace Smith of Clio. the Rev.
H. H. Covington OF Stunts perform
ing the ceremony. Miss DeFeauX IS d
sister of Mrs. Carson. formerly of Sum-
merville. but for the past few months
making her home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Carson. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith left i'm
mediately after the ceremony, going to
Manning where they took the north
bound train.
Miss Jessie Ash5y OF Atlanta, Ga.
was the guest OF Mrs. !. NJ. Plowden
for the past few davs.
Mr. w. * Anderson left this morn
ing to resume his cotton business at
Florence.
Missss Lillian and Cora Captev nave
returned from visits to relatives in
in Liberty and Abbeville.