The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-05-19
The Manning Disaster.
iitOr The Daily Item:


10 the Editor The Daily Item:
Not withs,anding the major portion
OF the business section of Manning i:
in ruins, a sight that beggars descrip-
ticn. from the effects OF the terr!b' e
tornado that visited that beautiful lit
tic ;own last Friday afternoon at 3:33
o'clock her people nave been lavIshed
with offers Of aid and real assistance
from the country side folk and the good
people OF nearby towns and cities.
Particularly are the good people OF
Maaning grateful to those of Sumter,
Alcolu. Brogdon and Harvin. The
generosity magnanimity displayed by
Sumter and her entire population has
deeply touched the people of Manning
AS soon as the news spread, in less
than an hours Time over 100 automo-
5iles were enroute from Sumter, and
other points carrying surgeons and
nurses, and special train was made
up in Sumner by her citizens, carrying
the chief of police OF Sumter and other
officers and more physicians and nurses
/ and 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 people whose gratitude and ap-
probation are exceeded only by the
generous magnanimiJy OF Sumter's
citizenship. Nor does instances OF big
hearteduess end with this narrative.
Mir. D. W. Alderman and Sons Com
pany, of Alcolu, S. c., offered the town
of Manning to take heir entire force.
from their saw mills, ,planing:mills and
railroad to Manning and remove the
debris and put the town in shape for
the rebuilding most generous offer,
and a sight it would be to see this army
of well trained workers from this big
plant at Alcolu moving in union under
the mastery guidance of this master
OF industry, Capt. Alderman, doing
what? Doing unto his neighbors as he
would be dole by" Nor does al! the
glory belong to these. Passers by IN
autos and other vehicles would often
see those 10 the humber walks of life
(both white and coloredl vending their
way Manningward to do what they
could to aid the dead and dying and
maimed-for the report was first cur
rent that the number killed and pin-
ioned beneath fallen buildings ran
| way up into the hundreds, due likely
| to the great excitement incident to the
occasion.
1t all shows the power OF nature in
revolution, the magoanimity OF man
to man, aud least but not last mans
gratitude and reciprocity for the good
things that is done and given him
chaos, generosity, reciprocity. In the
final reckoning we MY be amiss, some
of the material things of life, but in
the building and perfecting OF that
which in man is immortal-his soul
are we not the better for seeing and
experiecipg the exempliicaton of the
fundamental teachings OF the Good
Book!
In feebly expressing the praise for
Su inter-, Alcolu, Brogdon, Harvin and
other towns for their generous re-
spouse, and the reciprocal appreciation
of Manning, rejoice at the good deeds
of the former and mourn with the lat
ter 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
ana remember:
My soul will bless the Lord OF 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;
He satisfies and gives new strength
To creatures great and small.
From Sinai's lofty summit He
Proclaimed commandments Ten;
In anger slow, In mercy great.
IT'S thus He deals with men.
In pity He remembers well
That we are grass and dust;
| Upon our sins He drops tear,
Our faith He holds iu trust.
That children yet unborn may know
The paths their parents trod;
And follow in the self same way
Their fathers learned from God.
From shining East to glowing West
From North to Southern pole;
From highest mount to lowest vale
Praise thou the Lord, my soul"
tBy Arthur Earvin. 1882