The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-01-08
SUNMERTON NEWS
TERSELY TOLD

tanburg county.
Private j. f. Hunsucker of Mari
boro spent several days here last
week with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Fl. II. Mcdln and children
spent the Christmas holidays with
relatives in Marion county.
Mr.. Elbcrta Seymour, VINO has been
engineer on the North Western for a
number of years, is now at the navy
yard in Charleston working. We wish
cap well.
Mrs. Florence Rogan and children
of Sumter motored down TO our citv
Sunday and spent the day with her
daughter, Mrs. l.. b. Davis.
Mr.. L.. III. Goodwin who is i'm the navy
at Charleston, and Mr.. c. L. Goodwin
of the aviation corps at Lake Charles,
La, spent the Christmas holidays
with their parents here, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. J. Goodwin.
Lieutenant Ellison Capers of Allen
town, Pa, and Miss Katherine Capcrs
of Durham, N. c., were called home
last week on account Of the death of
their father, DR.. Ellison Capers. Dr..
Capers was q most excellent citizens
and his many friends mourn his un-
timely death.
Mrs. p. j. Holiday and Little Helen
Lee, are spending some time with rel
atives in Columbia.
Mrs. n. II. Williams of Ashevillc,
N. g., is spending some time with her
mother, Mrs. l.. M. Davis.
Miss Alice Jones spent Christmas
with relatives and friends in Dur
ham, N. G..
Mrs. Wallace Mathis has returned
home after spending the Christmas
holidays with relatives at Winsboro
Miss Sudic Davis, principal Of the
Cross Road school, gives the honor
roll in her school for the month of
December which is as follows: John
| Elliott Rowe, Irene Billups and Cliff
ton Bronson.
There are number of cases Of
"fu' in this section now, while it
seems those who are having it row
arc not as sick as when it first hit
| here last fall. Mr.. r. c. Barwick is
also quite sick with typhoid fever
and has been for the last several
weeks, but his many friends hope for
him speedy recovery.
Mr.. G. r. Touchberry one of our
energetic young farmers has bought
the DcaS plantation west of here, the
price ig is understood was something
like thfrty-fvc thousand dollars. Mr..
j. w. Broadway has bought the Fair
view farm owned by Mr.. w. d. Allen.
letter received from Red Cross
nurse in London by Mrs. J. j. Wilkie
states that Sergeant Willie j. Wilkic
is in hospital there doing well. 1t
will be remembered that Sergeant
Wilkic was reported as dying on Oct.
10th with lObar pneumonia. This will
he very gratifying news TO his many
friends who are anxious to see him
return home along with many others
of our boys.
Judging from the great number of
tobacco beds that are being planted in
this section the farmers are going into
the tobacco bust .cSS rather heavy
this year, and most of them are very
anxious to have a warehouse at this
place, and the matter is being con
sldcrcd by the business men of the
town and community, while as vet no
decision has been reached.
The new year is upon us, and every
body seems happy over what was ac-
complished during the past year, and
are now looking forward for even a
| better year. md every effort will be
| put forth BY our farmers to make
sufficient food for home consumption,
and some 70 30 to ;he Allied coun-
tries. While the cotton crop will not
| be neglected by any means as long
AS the price holds up anywhere around
what it is now Although to look
around over the country and see the
great amount of cotton that is now
being held for better prices it hardly
| looks like it will be necessary to GROW
too much cotton this year. While
some think the mills are running
short, and that the price will soon ad-
vance, and this we hope will soon
happen. If there are any people on
earth that deserves high prices for
what they make we certainly think
it is the poor hard worked farmers
who work the year round. AlrcoAy
n3nv OF them are now at work max
ing preparations for this years crop,
while others arc not through with tho
1913 crop, as there are still lots of
cotton in the field ana much to yet
be ginncd
"Good bye France, hello America"
That is what the signing of the
Armisticc meant to hundreds of thou
sands of American soldiers. And this
nloVcmcnt thrilled the hearts Of thou
san@s Of mothers, fathers, sisters,
brothers and swcctheartS, and has
been the means Of q mach happier
Xmas being spent I n could have
been enjoyed with the var still goinc.
on. While it was true that in q few
homes there were bleeding hearts and
sorrow caused by the death Of loved
one abroad, and to those who are
gricVed, we who have been so lucky
as not to have a loved one fiji
soldiers grave, we must sympathiZc
with the unfortunate Vet ,yc AFRO mn