The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-07-19

The recent storm has demonstrated
that about the poorest specimen OF
shade trees that we have is the CON-
mon old Chinaberry tree Many OF
these were blown down, ard one yard
five fallen ones can be counted. Be-
sides having superficial roots these
trees make much trash and at times
the odor is offensive.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin James Brown
announce the marriage OF their daugh-
ter
Lille Irene
to
Mr.. William Rose Burgess
Saturday July the fifteenth
nineteen hundred and sixteen
Marion, South Carolina.
Our annual Farmers Rally and gen.
eral piceic will be az Trinity school
house on Friday July 21st. A number
of good speakers have been invited and
we expect a large crowd to attend
Trinity is q place where everybody
feels at home We want everybody TO
come and bring well filed baskets.
Bob White.
The people living between St. Paul
and the Santee will be great sufferers.
In addition to the damage already done
to crops. the floods in the rivers in the
up-country will reach that section
the last this week. The section known
as The Bays will likely he sight 10 a
few days, as it was in 1908. There are a
lot of ignorant negroes IN that section.
They should be warned.
Short comiugs in The Times this
week can reasonably be overlooked. as
the paper has largely had to run itself.
The editor went BY motor car last
Wednesday to be with his family at
Jonesville, in Union county, and en-
pected to return Sunday night. He was
ssmarooned" up there with ;trestles
washed away, trains put out OF business,
the water in the roads TOO deep for
Fords to swim through and the foot
logs gone.
IF YOU should forget the dates and
Mr.. Sam Clark is not handy to reco!lecs
them for you, just remember that the
earthquake was on the 3lst of August
1856, about ten O'Clock D. m. that the
other August storm which drowned 50
many negroes on the sea islands was 10
August 1893. that the Manning cyclone
which blew down brick stores and kill
ed so many people was on the 18th OF
Nav 1915, and that the 1916 storm was
on Friday the 14th Of July.
Democratic voters should remember
the rules require re-enrolment this
wear. The 25th of this month is the
last aav to get your names on the CLUB
rolls. and yos must put it there your
self.If your name is not on thelclubsrol !
you cannot vote in the primary, and
should YOU want to vote for some spec
ial friend or candidate aud 90 up to the
polls on election day aud be told by the
managers that YOU cannot vote because
your name is not on the club list you
will be very much provoked-with
yourself.
When the great storm about two
weeks ago visited south Alaba ma,
south Georgia and west Florida. we
thought many times of our friend Rev.
J. A Auslev who had just arrived at
Pensacola, and thought OF the exper-
ience he was having. If he had wait
ed Two weeks before moving he could
have had some more experience here
in Manping. But then he remembers
our cyclone. We venture that the dis
tressed people in Pensacola found IN
him friend and comforter in their dis
tress.
Joseph N. Chandler. the well known
Sumter clothing man, comes out this
week with an announcement OF a ten
6avs reduction sale of Mems Clothing.
bows suits. mems and boys hats. shoes
trunks, valises. and everything IN the
line of big gents furnishing estao-
ment. Joe Chandler is two we'll known
in this county for us to comment on
his honest business methods, as he has
long established a good reputation for
selling honest goods and dealing far
with his customers. We call special
attention to his large ad iu this issue.
The Summerton boys went to George
town for series Of games last week
and triumphautly took the first game
from the sea shore fellows when the
storm interfered and the rest OF the SER
les was not played. The Summertoo
bows had no fears concerning the
Georgetown players, but they couIdn t
stand the east wind while so close TO
water that was larger than SCOTS S
lake. 1t is not generally known now
Fred Lanhan. amp Will McLary got
home, but they were certain that the
wind was blowing when they lett
Georgetown.
There are all sorts OF estimates as to
the per ceutage of damage to crops
from the storm. People about town who
do no farming and know very little
about it, put small estimates en- tre
destruction to corn and cotton, but en-
perienced and conservative farmers
will tell you that they are haIo Ill.,
One OF the worst forms of the damage
to cotton is the water-sobbed condition
of the land. which will cause the cot
ton plants to fire and shed its fruit.
Just because the plants are not blown
out by the roots is 10 evidence that the
crop in this county is not seriously
damaged.
That lonely old cyress tree down by
the Ok Swamp causeway which fell and
broke down the bridge, has not many
sympathizars among the generation of
of the last twenty years. But prior to
then there was nice shallow swimming
hole near its roots. which was liberally
patronized by the ''little fellows" who
are now about the forty line, and who
remember the old tree affsctionately.
The big boys who could swim went to
fifth bridge" until the road author
tiles wickedlv broke I'D the whole buSi-