The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-05-15
THE MANNING DISASTER.
Ben H.. Harvin Expresses Apprccia-
% o Generous ana Quick Re-
spouse I'm the Hour of Distress.

VI INC ousihess section or Manning is
In ruins. a sight that beggars de-
~scription, from the effects of the ter
riole tornado that visited that beau
tiful little town last Friday afternoon
at 3.55 o'clock, her people have been
lavished with offers of aid and real as
sitance from the country side folk
and the good people Of nearby towns
and cities. Particularly are the good
people OF Manning grateful to those
or Sumter. Alcolu, Brogdon and Har-
vim n generosity and magnanim-
lily displayed by Sumter and her en-,
tire population has deeply touched the
people of Manning. As soon as the
news spread. in less than an hours
time over 100 automobiles were en-
route from Sumter, and other points
carrying surgeons n nurses: and q
special train was made up i'm Sum-
ter by her citizens. carrying the chief
OF police OF Sumter and other officers
and more physicians and nurses and
a large force Of men with requisite
implements and other paraphernalia
for removing the debris so that quick
aid could be rendered In removing
the dead, dying and manned who were
pinioned beneath the mass of ruins.
Sumter has done her part well and
nobly and In sorely afflicted Manning
are a people whose gratitude and ap-
probation are exceeded only by the
generous magnaninity Of Sumter's
citizenship. Nor does instances of
big-heartedness end with this narra-
tive: Mr.. II. ]. Alderman Of the firm
of ID. w. Alderman and Sons Com.
pany. Of Alcolu, s. c., offered the
town of Manning to take his entire
force from his saw mills, planning mills
and railroad to Manning and remove
the debris and put the town in shape
for the rebuiiding-a most generous
ofrer, and a sight II would be to sec
this army Of well trained workers
from this big plant at Alcolu moving
In union under the mastery guidance
of this master Of industry, Cap. AL
derman. doing what? Doing unto
his neighbors as he would be done
by" Nor does all the glory belong
to these. Passers by in autos and
other vehicles would often see those In
the humber walks of life (both white
and colored) vending their way Man
ningward to DO what they could to aid
the dead and dying and maimed-for
the report was first current that the
number killed and pinioned beneath
fallen buildings ran way up into the
hundreds, due likely to the great ex-
element incident to the occasion.
1t all shows the power Of nature in
revolution. the magnanimity Of man
to man. and last but not least mans
gratitude m reciprocity for the good
things that Is done and given him.
chaos, generosity. reciprocity. In the
final reckoning We may be amiss, some
of the material things Of life, but in
the building and perfecting Of that
which I'm man Is immortal-his soul
are we not the better for seeing and
experiencing the exemplification Of the
fundamental teachings of the Good
Book!
In feebly expressing the praise Tor
Sumter. Alcolu. Brogdon. Harvin and
other towns for their generous re.
sponse. and the reciprocal apprecia-
ton of Manning. 1 rejoice at the good
deeds OF the former and mourn with
the latter in her vicissitudes, for my
material interests and the ties Of
never ending friendship. blood and
kindred bind me alike, closely to each.
Our afflicted neighbors should keep
in good cheer and remember:
Hosts
And praise His holy name;
Who tenderly forgives our sins
And healeth every frame.
He waves destruction from our path
In kindness crowns He all;
lie satisfies and gives new strength
To creatures great and small.
From Sinai lofty summit He
Proclaimed commandments Ten;
In anger slow. in mercy great,
IT'S thus lie deals with men.
I'm pity He remembers we'll
That we are grass and dust:
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