The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-03-22

the war with Spain, schools have been
established.
A marked filial devotion may be
noted between the parents and child
rem. When marriage comes, the in
terested fathers and mothers plan and
work together to give the young
couple the right sort of start in
life. When the parents reach old
age, the sons and daughters repay by
taking care of them.
at is not unusual" says one man
who has studied this aspect of Qua
meSc character, "for q man or woman
Of 40 or so years to ask permission
of the parents before engaging in a
business transaction. The spectacle
of old women, abandoned and forgot
ten by their children, acting as water
carriers as in Samoa and among our
Indian tribes, is unknown in Guam"
Many Of the houses have roofs of
wood, stone or stucco. The Ameri-
cans introduced corrugated iron as a
good roofing material, which some of
'the natives have taken as an example
worth following. The older residents
or those of conservative mind stick
to the customs of their forcfathcrs as
good enough for themselves; they pre-
fer dwellings tatched all over with
palm tree leaves.
Agana, the seat Of government, is
an industrious little city that sets the
pace for the few others in Guam. The
houses are more modern and the
streets more spacious and better sur
faced than those of it's sister towns.
In the public square you will see the
principal church of Agana and of
Guam. Founded in 1869, the earth
quake Of 1902 shattered it; rs yet it
has not been restored to it's former
glory, but the native give it the same
degree of alteration.
cts great BELL" a former governor
of the island once said, tolls every
morning at 4 o'clock calling the peo-
pie to mathis and to their daily tasks.
The church is sacred possession
hallowcd by the worship of genera
tions. The people could not be parted
from it nor from the daily obscrvan-
ccs connected with it,"
The island initiates Italy in shape,
though if that country can properly
be compared to a boot, Guam must be
reckoncd as a pair of hose such as
men wear. The toe Of Italy points
downward, and that of Guam takes
similar position. There is dissim-
ilarity, however, because the Italian
boot projects northwest, while the
Guamcsc upper prefers the northeast
direction.
San Luis d'Apra, 10 miles from
Agana, has a better harbor than those
of Pago and Tarofofo, which are on
the other, or eastern, side of the is
land. Agana's own harbor gives no
assurance Of safety in a storm, in
asmuch as an anchor will drag read
lily in the coral bottom. Apra has a
clay bottom. Consequently, we have
the queer situation Of the capital us
ing the Apra harbor regardless of
the disadvantage Of location entails.
Would you pick cotton from trees ?
Then go to Guam where three variet-
les grow wild. The tree cotton
flourishes at a height of 60 feet
Guam has other ermarkable trees
besides those that yield cotton. The
women take the long leaves of the
pandanu and braid them into mats
and hmats. From the hau tree, the
men manufacture strong rope i'm
DcrViOus to water. The cocoanuts
here are the best in all the tropics,
the pineapple arc juicy and the bread
fruit delicious. The jungles contain
many hardwoods valuable for ship
building or cabinet work.
The island, Of course, is admins
tered by our Navy Department., be-
cause of its great Importance as a
naval station.-The Dearborn Inde-
pendent.