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a-_ S ection. OneSetoOn " VOL. XL MANNS. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920. N.1 BLIZlARD HIS WEST; ROODS IN SOUTHEAST Deep Snowdrifts Block Railroads and Highways-Telephone Ser vice Demoralized BRIDGES WASHED AWAY IN GEORGIA Lower Section of Chattanooga Under Water-Many Families Forced to Quit Home. Kansas City, Ark., April 4.-Rail oads and highways are blocked by deep snowdrifts, rural telephone ser vice is demoralized, and live stock is suffering from a blizzard which swept Kansas, Nebraska, the Texas pan handle, Northern Oklahoma and Mis souri last night and today. Tonight all trains able to move were running hours late and several trains yere reported bound in by heavy drifts. The temperature was several degrees below freezing. * Forecasters declared a probable rap. id rise in temperature, accompanied by melting of the snow may send many streams out of their banks. Families Forced to Move. Chattanooga, April 4.-The Tennes see river had reached a stage of 42.8 feet here tonight, was steadily rising and promised to reach the crest of 43 1-2 feet before morning. All during the hours of last night and today families were being moved fro mtheir homes as the flood wa ters inundated the lower part of the city. All that section including the baseball park and the acres of low lands north of Orchard Knob, was covered by many feet of water, and the residents most of them negroLs, were busy moving out all during the day. In the southern part of the city many residences were entirely sub merged, while families could be seen lounging on their porches at many places with the water literally lapping tover the sills. In this section also several industrial plants were inun dated. All the brick manufactui ing plants along the river have been forced to shut down. Travel by the main pike to Lookout Mountain and St. Elmo has been halt ed by an overflow at the latter suburb while all roadways leading to Signal Mountain are submerged. Valdosta, Ga., April 4.--lleavy dam age was done to crops in this section today by the heaviest rain known here in years. From 8 a. m. to 5 delock three and a half inches of wa ter fell. Low lands are flooded, bridges washed away and truck farms badly washed. Heavy Rainfall. Waycross, Ga., April 4.-Heavy dam age in the aggregate to erops, roads and bridges in this section has been 4 caused by more than three and a half inches of rain here within the last twenty-four hours. 4 Mississippil River Up) Vicksburg, Miss., April 4.--Day and night patrolling of the levees in the tihird Mississippi river district began todlay when the high water in thc Mississippi pass5ed the forty-five foot mark and the flood stage here. *The river continues to rise at the rate of seven-tenths of a foot each twenty-four hours and while a stage of fifty-one feet wvas forecast for this~ point it is nowv believed that with the recent rains and the flooded condition of all tributary streams a~much higher mark will be reached. All of the gov ernment levee crews are at their stations and repairs are being made to all points damaged by the recent rains wA large acreage of cultivated land be tween the Red river and the Arkansas river is undler water andl all local boats are busy removing live stock and personal effects to the city. Heavy Fall of Snow. Chicago, April 4.-Northern Illinois and portions of Indiana and Michigan today and tonight were in the grip of a blizzard accompanied by gales and a h1eavy fall of snow. The storm struck Chicago territory 4early today between three andl four Ainches of snow falling during the (lay but was not expected by the weather bureau to continue through the~ night. The temperature remained aroundl 30 e grees above zero. Train Service Demoralized Lincoln, Neb., April 4.-The almost 20nprocndented ar mmhick mepnt the SCHOOL TRUST[[S TO HOLD MEETING The trustees of the schools and the teachers will meet at the Court House o nnext Saturday at 12 o'clock. Ad dress of business will be made by Miss Will Lou Gray, Supervisor of Adult School, and state superinten dent. The general public is also in vited to be present. School finances will have a prom inent place in the discussions of the school meeting on next Saturday. In creased salaries of the past year or so have exhausted practically all ac cumulated balances. Further increas es in salaries another year will likely be made, and the district that doesn't meet the situation squarely will have short terms and less eflicient teachers. With the liberal appropriations made by the recent legislature for ed ucation it behooves every district to learn how to get its share. Attend this meeting nid learn how. Not a more important meeting can be held than the one scheduled for next Saturday of the teachers and trustees as matters of great impor tance are to come up and each district school be represented. State Supt. of Educationi J. E. Swearingen will discuss district fin ancers next Saturday. If Clarendon County is to get its proper share of State appropriations from the general taxes then we must meet the legal re quirements. Come and find out what these conditions are. Everybody invited to the meeting here Saturday. NOTICE The next examination for securing 'Teachers' Certificates will be held at the Court House on Saturday, May 1st, 1920, beginning at 9 o'clock. A great shortage of teachers has existed the past year, and we want as many applicants as possible to help iupl)ly the deficiency. This is the !ast ex amination under the old !aw. Hence forth a State Board of' Examiners, will pass upon the applicants fitness. Rememler Saturday, May 1st 1920. E. J. Bi'owne, 14-4t. Co. Supt. Education. - 0 DAVIS STATION NOTES The Easter egg guessing contest in in the school was a very enjoyable feature for Easter which was held on Friday afternoon. The Easter exercise of the Sunday school was not only largely attended but an occasion which all look for ward to with great pleasure. Prof. Melon spent the week-end at Sardinia. Rev. and MArs. W. 0. Henderson of Elliots, Sumter County spent last week with friends and relatives. Mr. Raflield of Alcolu spent last Sullny with his mother. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Stukes have re turned from, a visit to Charleston. Mrs. Chand!cr formerly Miss Ruth Ilinnant, of Lanes is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Eugene Davis. Mr. Ilinnal of Honey Hill spent the week end with relatives. Mr. E. W. Shorter spent the week end at Alcolu. Quite a large crowd from Manning passed through here last week on their way to Sumter to fish. WVONAN ATT1EMPTl'S SUICIDE Atlanta, April 5i.--Mrs. Catherine Bradstreet, indlictedl with Win. B. Green, former vice presidlent of the Bank of F'airburn, wvho recently was convicted of embezzlement, attempted to commit suicidle tonight, according to the police, when thiey arrested her at the home of her father. I"I won't go. I won't. go," the wvoman shouted, according to the police, when informed that her bondlsmen had wvith drawn their security and that she must go to jail. She then seized a long kitchen knife and attempted to cut her throat. The father, hrsband and the police together took the knife away the police reported, before the wvoman did herself any harm. She is to be tried at the August term of court in Fairburn. Infactuation of Green for the woman was said by the defense to have caused him to take money from the bank. Lunacy proceedings was started against Green last night by his broth er were altered, todlay by Superior Court Judge Hltuchison, wvho held that since Green had been convictedl and sentenced, the ordinary had no juris dliction in the case. This will be fought out at ai hearing April 17. Green is undler a five year sentence. Southeast and South Central sections of Nebraska abated early today and with higher temperatures today the snowdrifts, in many places four to six feet (deep, wete disappearing. Train service was still dlemoralizedl tonight but main lines of all railroads were opnend during- the day. HAPPENINGS Of 26 YEARS AGO Mrs. E. D. Ilarvin is improving slowly. Mrs. Lizzie MeClenaghan of Sum ter, is visiting her parents in Man- I ning. t A calvary eompany is to be organiz ed in Salem. Mrs. M. 0. Burgess has received her i usual supply of millinery goods and offers them to the ladies of Claren don at the very lowest cash prices. Capt. W. C. Davis is now in Boons ville, Tenn., and expects to return home about May 1st. C t Misses Julia and Bessie Barron of' Alabama, are visiting Col. B. P. Bar ron's family. Mr. Harry Leard and wife of Chest er, were in Manning last week on a visit to the family of Mr. G. H. Hug gins. Dr. L. W. Nettles of Foreston, went I to Columbia Tuesday to attend the meeting of the State Medic.1 Board, of which he is a member. T1he latest curionty in Salem is a pig An Mr. R. P". 'lorris' place that has five feet. The fish are biting at Scott's and i Brewington laken!!.t Dispenser Ervin unide. instruction from State Commissioner Traxler took an inventory of the amount of stock on hand and it footed up $900. '[he dispensaries at Aiken and Sum- 1 ter were entered and robbed last Monday night. Cards are out for the marriage of. Mr. B. W. DesChamps and Miss Lizzie Fairey at Andrews Chapel on Wed nesday evening, May 2nd. This will t be quite an eventI as Lhe coupic ti very popular. 10 ARE DROWNED IN SAVANNAH RIVER EIleven-Year-Old Boy Only Survivor Harper's Ferry Scene of Tragedy I Abbeville, April 5.-Completely overshadowing the trial of the I Gossett boys here this morning is the news of ode of the most terrible tragedies in the history of Abbeville County, the drowning of ten persons1 in the Savannah river, at Ilarper's Ferry, four miles east of Lowndes ville, Sunday evening at 6 o'clock. A r gte the early reports wh icli reache'd here this morning, a Im ty of eleven persons set out to cross from the South Carolina side to the Geor gia side on the ferry. The river was up seven or eight feet and the swollen waters were known to be dlangerous, but it was believed that the ferry was in goodl condlition. About half-way over the wire eai ble to which the ferry fhat boat is connectedi, and which holds it, broke and the frail flat boat was swepjt out into the raging waters of the Savan - nah. Out of the entire parlity of eleven only one was savedl. This was a young boy named Bradshaw. Israd shaw, it is stated, saved hinmselfC, hut details of his escape are lacking. As received here this morning the list of the d rownedl inc ludes;: Mr. Lester Bradshaw, ferryman;Mi Lester Waters, Miss Lucy Bradshaw., 18; Miss All ie May Bradsham, 15; Al fred Sutherland, 18; M iss A lice Mes chine, 15; Charles Meschine, 19; Rob ert Manning, 20; Inez Manning, 9; An nie Manning, 15. Mr. and Mrs. Waters had been married only a month. Mrs. Waters was a Miss Scoggins of Abbe ville. 'The auction sale of a part of the estate of M. Levi attractedl a crowd'( of. spirited bidders here today. The fol lowing property was so1(d: The wood en buildings on lower loyee street was~ bid in by F. C. Thomas, the ga rage now occupied by Thomas-Weatherfordl Co., was bought b~y S. I. Hlarvin, Hiar vini Motor Co., building was bought by F. C. Thomas, the lots fronting on church street wvas bought by S. I. Harvin. The Jenkinson store was wvith-' drawn from the sale. The Manning (Grocery Co., building was bought by :ona. St-nicksn. NHAT OUR COUNTY FARMERS ARE DOING Mr. Marion 0. Evans of New Zion as ahnost all his spring work done. las his cotton, cane, and corn planted nid the (.orn.1 is already up in a fine tland. IIis tobacco plants are also oing very niciely anl he reports lit le loss of tobacco plants due to ad erse weather conditions. Mir. Evans xpeets to plant 12 acres in tobacco nd has cut down his cotton acreage. t great many more farmers of Clar ndon should cut down their cotton ereage for the boll weevil will if they Von't. Well, he blew 'em up all right. 'assed by Mr. T. II. mAcFaddin's place t Gable last Thursday and found hiim usy blowing out stumjps. As the 'round was very wet he had ideal onditions for this work and the larg r stumps he easily raised with the wo sticks while the smaller stumps vere boosted high with only oue stick. )ne stuilp on its way upl) leaneld gainst his new fence a little too hard Inld made the fence look as if it had iad a bad day. Anyway Mr. AlcFad in can now get in that field with his ractor and fix it up in short order md instead of working around stumps it will now carry more money to the mnk, to say nothing of the better ap tear'ance his farm presents. ir. W. S. Scurry near Manning is milding a new house, which will be arger and more convenient than his Ild homme. When Mr. Scurry moves nto hiq new home and finads how mnIv it is hie will wonder why he lidn't do this before. lr. Scurry has oie very fine Duroe hogs on his arm anI he knows as everyone does, hat pu rebred livestock and substan ial, well-kci)t homes go together, so te concludedl he had better get busy id build a good house. Sardinia and New Zion are fortun kto in each having a progressive dairy attle man. MIr. W. N. otish at Sar ini and Dr. C. E. Gamble at New Iion, each have a purebred Guernsey )ull. Mr. Rush is doing a regular lairy business with six fine cows, sev 1r:l purebred. Farmers should take tlvan tage of the opportun ity' of using much fine bulls for not every section n Clarendon is so fortunate. We need nore men like those in Clarendon, for hl1irendlen needs more good dairy eat lI. Look what a Bull Association did or' Darlington county. If y.v want to see a half. mile of tood. substantial fence, take a ride mut the Suinmertont road past Mr. Al ,in Ritrb's farm. Air. Rivhv used Tyress posts, American woven wire enee with one barbed wire on top. 'he woven wire is anout 47 inches ligh and makes a gooi fence. Now when M1r. Rigby gets his whole farm 'ceI you will soon he able to see oiml(' finte stock for no man would hink of putting' a bunch of scrubs nside of such a fence, especially along uel a noch tr'a veIled Ioad. Besides crnh stock wouhin't pay back the >rice of his fence in less than one mindred years. but after that they nlight bring in somle money. IHere is mIe man getting ready for the b0Ill Mevil. Ilore farmers sholuhl do like vise before it is too late. Whi' 10 am talking about fence I tight as well tell you that Mr. R. D. Iark has a regular fence on his pi ce ear Alanning loi the ,ordan road. lis fence is 47 inches high and made >f all No. 9 wire, with one barbed sire on ton. TPhat is a fence that will ther'e longer than Mr'. Clark will >wn the farm amnl tiient some. Any mnimal that is outside cannot get in 'nless through a gate, nor1 can his tock get out except by the same emans, foir that fence will not break aor heed. W hen buying fee it al VINv' pave' to get good fence, es5pec ia11 the fence that go es arou nd thel rm: eross fences can he lower and1( 'flim-hter weieght and still give good llav'e 'oin noiticedi the individual far wng houses ,as vou driove* nast, ha hav'e been buiilt at the Bradhbami Ii-o it em "i. WVith each house goecs 'smll 1)101 of ground wvhich now has i ine st antd of r'ye oni it and wh ich formnishles fine grazing for the sows. I'his is the correct way to raise pigs. Keen eachl lit ter' in its own back yard oft il thev ar'e at least several wveeks Ml~ a n- furin ish them with somethiig rieen. At farrowing time sowvs ~houldIi always he taken away from the rid an'd be n~rovideod with shelter andl is s about the best way of dlolng t. Stop in and see how the houses me b' ilt anad then go homei( and1 build 0ome Ilike them. They pay. A, erload of wir'e fencing thait. vas wd"'ered co(oper'at ively by a number of farii'ers ini the Wiire Fencing Cam nain arri11'iivedl at Mannlting and was de l iv'eed to the nrcrhaser's 0n Monday mii' Tuesday. Th is wire ari'ved at a 'crv busy time of year and most far meris ennnilot stonl to build fence now. It will keep until they aire r'eady and w'hen put. up Clarendon county will have', at least ten miles more fence t han it has now. Fourteen farmners "ado up ordei's for the carload so hat is fourteen moi'e men who are "I Iing iready foir the holl weevil. Well, every little bit helps and if a boll wveevil flies lowv enough he will 4tikle more than one tence before he rats across the county. LIBRARY ASSOCIATION IN GOOD SHAPI The Association held its anum meeting Wednesday March 31st. Froi the written reports of the oflicers wv find wv have had a very successft year. A good many new names have bee added to the roll. Have had water pr in building at a cost of one hundre and thirty-six dollars. Soic oth( needed repairs on building. The con mittee appointed to have building rI painted, leported an impossibility , set-urmy" ' workmiani so that contnnittc will be retained until work can : done. Have purchased twenty- fiv dollar; worth of new books. Mr II. L. Barnett left a fund with the lit rarian, to be used for those that ai shut in. Any member of the Librar association, knowing or any one shit in, are at liberty to get books froi the library for their use, thanks I Mrs. Barnett's liberality. A motio was m.ide aIi( carried that the libra1 ian act as secretary, so that bool im y always he inl li y, for inispe tioi of itembers (if the associatioi Tle time of monthly meetings w. changed from Monday to Wednesda so we will be glad to see a large nun ber present the last '-di(esday inl eac month. The ofl.ce. :. 0,-td to -in this year: Mrs. W. P. Legg, pres dent; Mrs. E. 1. Wilkins, vice-pres dent; Mrs. Carlisle Bratiham, Treasui er; Mrs. J. Furman Bradham w elected delegate to represent tle Lit rary at the South Carolina Federatior of \Vomian's Clubs to be helk at Wit throp College April 21, 22, 23. Hol all of the old members will take a ie interest in the work and let this I the best year the library has ever ha As far as my knowledge goes thei are few towns the size of Mannin with such a nice little building an splendid collection of books. I thinr every citizen in Manning should I Proud of it, and help to maintain i It is entirely dependent on the fees < the membership to keep its doors ope as We have no endowment. The tow gives fifty doe llrs a year to be used a improvements. 'The members decid( to try the plhan of lea vng a "Stoi flour" for the children. Next Saturday afternoon at o'clock we will have the firsIt ieet ini Let all micmbers of tle associatiu that have children from five to eigi years, send t hem to the library and v promise them a good time if they lil, to listen to story telling. If the chi dren take hold of 'ibis we will nubli eaclh wveek the age!; of childrenl expec ed. We will be glad to have a ela each week from high school girls at boysiv to the little tots. We live ordered sone tables ft the libriary and as soon 's they con will fix up the reading roonis. TI public invited to use these rooms :r books when library is olen. Mrs. Furman Bradham. Librarian. CLEMtSON NOTES <t:-imson Cllege, S.C., A pril -1, 111' Baseball pracLice is now in iu r'unnrt ing at (1lemso'n1. Atl r. Eitt ; lIodI: of the flome' Branch section i Clar'nt:ionl county is showing up go i - practice. The . b-iseball sealson : Clemson olpled on tOhe WCnd < A pril. Clemson was defeated by 0 UIjtivert.;ity of (b.orga i il two t':imw The games were played on the seeml and third of A pril. 'Ihe(' score of ti first iame wais 1; to 2. andtil the seco 3 to 0. Gin. C. lrvin' Matker, commnande ini-chi'f of the con federate veti'ran gave at ver'y interestting~ tatlk Wednei dayVt evening. this subjel(ct was, T Grttter of thle Con fedetricv. Genert Atker saw four yearis of'act i ve ste vici' intoi t' ('onfcederate armv. ar iAl~iessris. J1. (Gi. Tlarbtott of (Georg an tE . Z1. itostic. Tw"o of our C'let sont proifessors have g iveni l up tecir i to 0formtt hie Cartotlina Phanit and Sc< Co. at Lauriens. Those t wi arei E. Ial1 arid L.. O. Watsoni, boath wer il The G. W. C. Glee (lub gave a yei inte'ies ting enteita inmerit Sa turIh night , A pril the third. Tlhte ('lemson College swim mit team will hold1( a ('onte(st with Ge iorg Tech itt the nar future. Tlech w name to put foi'th her fit'st effotrts fa Clemsoti hias a n utmber one swimir i $6m 2t0 was ra isedi by the College her shar'e of the fund witich is he'ir raised for the putrpose of er'ectintg mtoiium'nt which will he Anerien gift to Friance. A number' of farmers have ask< me lately whethtr they had to tal a shipmiet.t of stock toic out of ti dlepot if they did niot wanit to. I to them no. From all reports I can g. somett tonics are mliisrepr'eseiterd to ti farmer's, the sellers claiming they wi eurei' hog cholera ant pi'evt'nt th cholera, as well as kill wor'ms and v'a ious other' things, If a tman cattei nme. anid told mel( his sc'ock tontic won(t eutre chiolei' that statenient w~oui 'cure' nie of hinm at once. The totn may kill worms, etc., bitt wht'n a nit starts out with a statemnent. like tht I wouldn't bldieve another thiung I had to say. At the outset he bran hinmself as a faker.. A. Mt. Musser, Countyv Agent iHNS FORCE ADVANC[ IN THE BUHR REGION I 200 Men Killed in Fresh Fighting n iStuation ;- Grave-France De. c cl ares German Troop love LI Is Entirely Uncalled n For. t . Will Occupy Frankfort. 'A Mayence, April 5.--(By the Asso. -Iilted Press.)--The French t.roops, if I will occupy lrankfort early tomorrow m'IOornin.g Some detach m)tenllts have already started. 200 Alen Killed e 13 erlin, April 5.-(By the Associated Press.)-The government forces have n lost 200 inii killed inl fresh fighting o in the triangle formed hy Duisbur, n1 Dlortmundl and issen , according t0 of -icial information given spoildent this monI':ing. lEXCept iD Wi triangle <Iiet 'radually is beinz re stored il the JPuhr diAtrict. hi .dvance (onth: es, e Diseidorf, April 5..By the Asso - eited Press. --The advance of the _ ichswehrii ill the RuhIr region ecn tillues mnL Oberhausen, Dortmund and >I-Ledenscheid were orcliled to0 ay. is Only a few hunLdrod c -..mn till ists offi ciated of the occupation. Communica tions with the occupied towns have e been cut off. French Attitude Defined. d Paris, April 5.-(By the Associated, k Presc.)--The attitudi: o fthe Frene-h C Government in the presen t German crisis is defilled and explained in a I note issued tonight. After reiterat. n ing that the government has no hoa 0 tile designs toward Germany, desir Ain, on the contrary, the resumption of normal relations with that coun 5 try, and expressing realization of the diflicult situation of the Berlin Igov II ernment, the Ilote declares thaL. Oe I German GoverneLt has givei wny t. o pressui hy the militarist pa rt.y, "1not fearing to infringe the impera.. I tive and litst solmLLn? stipuilat.iml 41 I the eVIsailles treaty. "The quence of facts follows: "'The first request for perilLisslion r for the iltry of extra troops intori vthe Rur district was male just af ter the insurgent movement by the d milit.1ry autLhorities OnI .larch IlT. It was renewed from Iitilin (ilLl arch 17, ill the name of tile legitim-A govern ilt hy Voi ll L niel, whle ha renmined in Hellin with the consenit., at. least impliil, of the insu rgemyl %LI V erlLIllent. "All information fr01om tIhe' A IeI i >f missions, and aigv':ain the day before I yestvriIY, from the high commIIIission. ers at Coblenz, dlo4's not vcase to shiow that German mlilitaryV inte'rventiLo i S S. ic c- folr by th1v situation ml 141 would be attelhcd with the gr" dangers f olm the point of view of security h th for the population ind r.h men in the fiel;. ' . Te nitt then lpints out. that if the' he 1. dlSL~isomlcut cl~cass if th L e-b therie woutldI11 hve' been~ neit her the Kapp1 iL~l nirrct 11 ion nL a lad armny inl 'I the Ruhr, ando reimarkr tI l't Lrt icles 412 and1( 44- areI such :ani his0pensalet sacfeguardic that arcticle cin' oif the 1-Firancc-Anglo-Amen~tritcani con~ventionc tie ci ocsitins inisuiiti't toi aissuret the proI'ttectioni of FraLncet.. It conct'~ldes (- "The situaction crecac ted byv the abirupt offenls i ve ocf the' German) II troop ils in the' H uhrI obic t.tIhe'I Frcnchi GovetrnmLienct todayi toLconsider cmilitariy mfeasureac, thet i'xecuitionl of which cancnot he: di (eferre'd. Theii sole obccject of tiChese ml easures is to bing Germny~n~ to a due res pect of the t rea:ty; they are e'xclusive'ly o f aLLL 'c'riv Vt ndi pr'cau I is t ionary~ c'haacter'." ,nlD'IER GIVES VIEWS New~ York, A pril '5c-.W cade HI. IIlayei stale commalInder of~ tiCIhe AmerI)CLican I r. di gumion toight made~it pullic a letter from, FrnD'Ol ier, nat ionaI tomndtlle r at h tcking the poisi tion of le'iocn ofieters tI Whot oppose0 tilt prcipiosedl adtjus~t'nt IC compenlsation plan(1, inl opplosit ion to the 11wishe~s of veterans11 thie rpr'ese'nt. "fI must coinfess"' lead the letter, .o "that I lavt ot a~i.1 gr'eaLt deal of pa.. It t ienc'e wvih the new type of consei n 'lt ious objectotr whoi fee'ls hiis rescpon ICsihil ity of leadcer'shi p to such anL ex at tenit that lie is stating whalt hi' per'sonf. ie ally blieicves his meimbler sh ip ought, to Is rc and ouight to think, rat her than what thley really (10 think anti dio de Bire."