The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1919-06-11
SUMMERTON BUREAU
HARRY COPELAND, Correspondent

on the Northwestern railroad on the
9th day of this month the people Of
Summerton will have only one mail
per day, and in view of the fact that
under present arrangements, the peo-
pie of Summerton have no Sunday
mail, the aforesaid combination mail
and jitney service between Summer
ton and Manning, will mean great
convenience to the people of Summer
ton and all patrons Of the Summerton
postoffice. and at least 500 citizens
should sign the petition to Repre-
sentative Whaley.
Besides, under the proposed new
schedule on the Northwestern railroad
there will be no connections from
Charleston, either night or morning,
at Wilson Mill, and all parties from
Charleston desiring to get into Sum
merton, either night or morning, will
have to go around by Sumter; the
combination mail and passenger iitney
service between Summerton and Man
ming will become an absolute neccs
sity.
Mr.. Ellison Capers is spending a
few days with his mother, Mrs. Car
lotta Capers. Mr.. Capers has not
yet received his discharge from the
service but expects to within the next
few weeks. His many friends are
glad to see him home again and hone
that it will not be long ere he will be
out again.
The recent rains throughout the
surrounding community have afford
ed the farmers of this section an op-
perfume time for putting nitrate to
their crops. The crops in this i'm
mediate section are far better, we are
told than in many adjoining counties.
UP to the present we have had no
real bad weather to amount to any
thing and we have one thing to be
thankful for, that we have not been
visited by hail storm such as thew
have had in other parts of the county
and adjoining ones. However, we
have had rather warm winter, and
the farmers may expect to have on
hand many insects and pests about
the time to lay by their crops. The
past winter was very mild and owing
to this fact we may expect the arri-
val of the boil wcevil probably one
year earlier Taking into consider
alton their past rate Of travel it will
take something like three years be-
fore they manifest themselves in this
locality and with the Santee river a
good barrier, this may hinder their
rate of travel at least one year and
1T is very probable that it will be
something like four years before they
will be here. l am not familiar with
the pest, although my old home being
last year infested with the greatest
OF all cotton pests, but according to
al reports from regions infested,
there IS little or no possibility towards
making u cotton crop when they are
prevalent. Some people seem to think
that they will never reach this far,
and Others think this certain, unless
something is discovered to prevent
them in the form Of Il spray or some
kind of chemical to apply, possibly
in the soil and let this be effective
from the start Of the seed to germ.
mate, that we shall be in the weev;i
belC within the next three years. ",
may not lcok for total infection
within that time as it takes trrcc
years after first being discovered
Miss Eugcnia Richho"rg of Sum
merton and hIr. Wade WraShcrfori
of Manning were united in the holy
bonds of matrmcny on last Tuesday
morning, the 3rd inst The bride was
the accomplished daughter of Mr.. Fl.
f.. Richbourg Of the Cross Roads COM
munity and Mr.. Wcathcrford, a prom
inent business man Of Manning. Their
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