The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-02-27
List of articles shipped by the
Clarendon County, South Carolina
Chapter Of the American Red Cross

Socks, prs ----2 20
Wash Cloths 10
Wristlcts, prs. 5
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Bathrobcs - :3,3
! TaiallaS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
Manning, S. c., February &c, 1918.
10 the Ladies' of Clarendon County:
Dear Ladies':
| AS Chairman of Clarendon County
, Red Cross Chapter, / am writing to
you--not in complaining manner,
Tor think that our chapter has done
remarkably well considering the fact
that we are all perfectly green and
unfamiliar with the plans of organiz-
ing and the work we were to do but
the object Of this letter is to get every
! town and community in the county in
terested in the work. What we want
J IS more ladies to sew and knit. You
| 90 not have to be member of the
Fed Cross to help with this work.
| Any one who wishes to ASSIST can do
so whether they are members or not.
| Our work room here in Manning is
, open from 10 a. M. until 1 p. M, and
! from p. m. to 5 p. m. Several of the
ladies of the town take it by turn to
keep the room open and are always
ready and willing to give information
END garments to those who call for
them.
! We have cutting committee who
! cut these garments according to di-
rections sent out by Red Cross head
quarters at Atlanta, Ga, and they are
all leady for you to take home to be
seWed. Full directions telling you OK
actly how to make these garments,
are put in each package and any one
who is at all familiahwith sewing can
make them without any trouble.
We also have an inspecting commit
tee, whose duty it is to carefully go
over and inspect each and every gar
mant that is brought back to the work
room and if any little mistake is de-
tectcd in the way the garment is sew
ed together, it is corrected right here
before it io s@nt to tn Burau of Sup
plls at Atlanta, so you need net be
afraid of making mistakcs-avoid
then, if you possibly can-but do not
be afraid to sew and knit and in this
way help to keep our soldiers welt
and comfortable and do your bit to re.
lieve suffering humanity all over the
world, by working for the Red Cross.
am going to suggest that the la
dies IN every section of the county
meet together and appoint lady who
will be willing to act as a committee
of one and who will make it her busi
ness to come to Manning once or
twice a month for the purpose of
getting. garments to give out to the
ladies in her community and bring
them back when they are finished. BY
dong this every section of the county
would soon be at work.
The Summerton Auxiliary of Clar-
cndon County Chapter, is doing splcn-
did work and every time we make a
shipment, their contribution to the
poX IS evidence of their willingness
and readiness to do their part.
Other sections are also doing good
work, but we want all to help.
, Our chapters so far has sent to the
Bureau of Supplies, Atlanta, Ga, over
six hundred made garments, consist
ing of Pajamas, Bed Shirts, Bath
robes. Sweaters, Muffers, Socks,
Wristlets, and Wash Cloths. This is
flne, but let us all get together and
DO still better in the future. Red
Cross hearquarters write me that they
are IN urgent need Of these articles.
Faithfully yours,
Chairman Clarendon County Red
Cross Chapter.
The Red Cross Chapter of Manning
requested all the teachers of Claren-
don County to meet in the Manning
Graded School on Feb. 23rd for the
purpose of organizing a School Aux
ilary.
The meeting was called to order by
the chairman Mr. f. p. Hirgess, and
the work was outlined by Mr.. S. O.
O'Bryan and Prof. f.. j. Browne after
which the election of officers took
place. Prof. e. j. Browne was made
chairman of the School Auxiliary and
Mrs. j. X. Brcedin secretary and
treasurer.
The work of this branch of the Red
Cross is of the greatest Importance
end we hone that at our next County
i'eachers' Association (Which will be
held on March 9th) every school in the
county car report an organization
that IS dorE active work. The tea h.
erS that were present went back to
their schools TILED with an earnest de-
sire to accomplish this work in as
short period as possible.
! Those schlCis that were not .epYc~
sented will be visited by the chairman
and other prominent Red Cross work
ers, so that all schools can start to-
gether, and at once, and sustain the
splendid record Clarendon County now
holds in it's war work.
Let me beg the teachers to lend
every effort to pushing this work
through Immediately. Many calls for
service have been made on the teach
ers and they have responded so will
ingly that it is with feeling of assur-
ance, to win that this request is made