The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-07-26

Rev CuprrN Stuheo Ielo pms tAoFH
no for Nsle University, where he
,oes to specialize for q year. Mr..
stukes is professor OF philosophy in Ag
les Scott college, and has been grant
ID leave of absence for a year.
We extend our sympathy to MIR. aud
Mrs. Jos. ". Rigby in the death OF their
title son, Thomas Finley, which oc-
,ureS last Saturday. The little fellow
lad only been sick few days, and was
bout three years Old. The funeral took
,lace in the Manning cemetary Sunday.
We watt to make special plea to
very body in Manning to clean up their
premises and use plenty OF lime ana
,ther disinfectants as soon as the ram
;tops. II YOU don't, disease Will be ali
,ver our town. II you 60 not care ABOUT
remember you have neigh
oors.
It NAV look as painting a blue pic
;ure, but nevertheless one which Is
.rue when we are reminded that there
will be much chill and fever this taii
all uu and down the Santee section OF
The county as result Of the freshets
4 I'd so many low lands being overflow
ed with water.
Last Saturday afternoon Jessie and
Zenith Sprott went out exploring, by
going to Rimini, crossing the river on
;op of box cars that were placed on the
:restle to keep it from washing away,
and walked a distance OF thirteen miles
10 Orangeburg in a pouring down rain.
They wanted to see and get experience
they got it.
During the freshets in the Santee
swamps many deer and other wllo
? 1ims:s IS have been driven out many
miles all about in the county. The dogs
Of N.r. Graham caught a fine buck Out
near Bethlehem church a few days age
I'D devoured it. The fields were sc
Doggy and the woods so full OF water
mat the deer was overcome by hunger
and running and fell q victim to the
dogs.
Manning and Summerton began a
six-game series OF ball last Aonday:
The first game was played here, and
undoubtedly it was the most exciting
ever witnessed in our town. The rivalry
between the two towns is at fever heat:
ard after agreeing to.play these games
both teams strengthened up, and were
evenly matched. The game went ter
innings and was called on account o.
darkness. Score, ) to ).
Mr.. Innman, OF the government alo
department, came to Manning last sun
day and after conferring with Post
master Bradham, and getting what
information he could, he went IN tht
St. Paul flood stricken district, ou'
after talking with Supervisor DAVIS
told him he should take the matter witt
the governor for immediate relief, a:
it would take at least month TO ge'
ANYTHING from the feoeral government
We presume these people Will gel
from the State.
Optimistic people are freely saysne
that the storm and rain damage to corr
and especially old corn, is not great: II
IS fortunate for Clarendon county tina
up to the day OF the storm the corr
prospects in the county were the mos
promising that have been seen IN years
and Some little Of the corn was almos
made. But when gathering time comes
it will be found that even old corn !;
badly cut off, and that many ears whlcf
now look to be full good ears are oni !,
shucks and are scouty with very Htele
in them. The fodder crop this year vii
be Scant.
It is a soulce OF great qualification
that the corn and cotton crops IN tne
sections Of Summerton, Silver, Panola
Pinewood and PaXville are not as Sc
verely damaged as they are IN the east
ern part of the county beginning IN th'
vicinity of Manning. 1t seems ina
tie people in the communities ABOVE
mentioned were just south OF the tracs
of the severest part of the storm. we
learn also that the crops in the Bloom
vile and Jordan sections were ais
speared, much of the destruction tina
visited the eastern and northern sec
tions of the county.
4 much noted mind reader, clairvoy
ant, and speculator 10 occult matters
bv the name of Bert Reese, OF New
York, has come forward and nance
the day ic September when be says TIT
European war will end, and also pre-
d cts the reelection of Woodrow WI!
son, and says that Wilson will be lol
lowed by Henry Ford, who will be pre-
ident longer than any president Wn
has gone before him. It all may b
true, out the problem we would like I
1--we him figure on is, how many mos
oultos will be hatched in the next SIX
ty days in the Santee swamp tror
Remini to the Williamsburg line. W
are willing 10 send him a year SUI
SC .iption to The Times If he come
within a margin of one hundred thous
and either over or under.
The tobacco crop, it is generally con
ceQeQ, nave SuiISleo hiooo
storm and floods OF rain, and the dam
age or loss is estimated all the wa,
from 50 to 50 or 80 per cent. and IN
few places the loss being total. In
cotton crops in the scope OF count;
around Summerton and on throug'
Panola, Silver and Pinewood, were no
damaged as severely by the winds ant
storm as were those in the Eastern
part of the county. But the strict.
storm damage is not all that the cotto:
crops will suffer. The heavy rains which
have continued TO fall since the storm
keeps the fields sobbed with water, ant
it is the nature of the cotton plant tina
it cannot stand much water, as tn
stalks will wilt and die, and the frul
will shed off. The damage TO cotton ha
been continuous since the storm on tn
l4th, and is continuing yet. The rea
and practical damage to cotton Will no
be fully realized until time comes I
pick the cotton.
Club Secretaries Attention.
The time for enrolling voters eXpl!
ed Tuesday. The original books shouI
n 1'hl