The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-09-14
;NEWSY NOTES
FROM SUNMERTON

ago. To give ome idea as to how the
cotton is yielding, Messrs. Scar
borough, and Hcmminway have picked
over eighty acres and picked out about
twelve bales. Mr.. T. II. Gentry has
pStea Ses forty X,nS acres nths and picked
who operate one to three plows have
some of our most conservative farm
ers declare that from sixty-fve to
ninety per cent Of the crop Is being
gathered the first picking.
In view of these facts our people
ere beginning to wonder what the
| laboring people who heretofore have
depended entirely on the farm are go
ing TO do in the way of making
livelihood from say October fifteenth
OF this year until spring of next year
as it is certainty that the cotton crop
Will be out by the first of October and
/ very little work as conditions now
look Ct public nature will be avail
able. In making this statement it
| certainly IS not our intention to create
peslmistic spirit among our people,
but these are facts to the best of our
knowledge and belief.
The Rev. Mr.. Bailey Of Rock Hill,
who is spending sometime with his
wifc's relatives here, preached very
strong sermon to large and attcn-
| tive congregation at the Methodist
| church Sunday morning, using as a
text: job 31st chapter and 9th verse,
"Let me be weighed in an even bal
| ance, that God may know my integ-
rltY.' Mr.. Bailey very forcifully en-
| phasizcd the fact that the Bible and
the ten commandments were Gods
scales, and that if VIC were not very
careful in this life that when lifc's
works are ended and we were placed
| in the scales we would be found want
| ing. He also referred to the fact that
when this country went to war with
Germany that the requirements of the
army and navy as to height and
weight etc, had to be modified i'm or
| der to get a sufficient number of re-
| cruits and had a perfect health re-
| quirement been desired still more
| would have been exempted and if NOR
ality had been considered still more
would have been exempted and if the
| question of education had been con-
| sidcrcd even still moro would have
been exempted and that army officials.
state that from an educational stand
point taking the armies as a whole
would not be an average over the
| seventh grade of our common schools
| of today and that the great crimes of
today and the way we are living was
largely due to the lack of intelligence
and that it was up to the fathers and
| mothers to start the home training or
words to that effect
He also preached Il very strong ser
| mon Sunday night at the "air DOME"
using as his theme: "Rcfuge of lies"
| by the devil.
Mcssrs. w. R. Davis, George and
Leslie Tindal and Willie Davis return
ed last week from Fort Valley, Gc0r-
| Gia, the greatest peach growing coun-
try in the south. They state that this
years peach crop was very profitable
and conditions arc very good in the
peach growing section, but that in 9th
CT sections of Georgia conditions an
pear bad. The corn crop being almost
a failure, the cotton almost destroyed
| hy tho boil wcevil, most of the saw
mills at a standstill, merchants in
most sections talking hard times, far
mcr$ making some preparations for
raising live stock, etc
! Mrs. Knight Stucliy, and Mrs
| BlancN Coskley, spent the weekend
with Mrs. Stucky's relatives in CO.
! lumbia.
Mrs: W. j. Wilkie, returned from
Columbia Sunday, after spending some
time there with her relatives and
! friends
Mrs. DR.. Fischer, Of Charleston, is
| spending some time with her parents,
| Capt. and Mrs. j. w. Broadway.
Mr.. Roy Williams of Bishopvillc,
| filled his regular appointment here
Sunday, perhaps much to the delight
of q. certain good looking girl
Miss Anna Wilkie and Mr.. Bismark
Goodwin spent Sunday with friends in
! Sumter.
1t is understood that the good pco-
pie Of the Pamela section are making
! preparations for the erecting of a
! handsome school house to cost some
thing like five thousand dollars.
! Maj. W. j. Wilkic spent several
! days last week in Atlanta, Ga, on
! business.
Mr.. r. w. Truluck of Mullins, was
! over here one day last week in the in
| tcrcst of the live stock business that
| he IS connected with here.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Way
one day last week, q bouncing boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bradham of Man
| ming spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. !
| II. II. Windham.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Eadon and family
of Manning. r: f., D., spent Sunday
here with relatives.
| On lest Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. |
| Floyd of Atlanta, met with a number
Of the mothers of Summcrton, at the
home of Mrs. A. p. Burgess to or
ganizc Twentieth Century Mothers
| Club. Mrs. Floyd gave us very in
| structive and entertaining talk. The |
object of this organization is to bring |
about better relationship between