The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-24
Local Intelligence.


possible.
The ssuciable' at Loyn's Hall to-mor,
row evening promises a feast Of pleas
ure and love to the patronS OF the
9'erpsicorean art.
The sGame Law" for the protection
of the wild turkey, partridge, dove;
wood-cock or pheasant, begins April
1st.
Nh. S. A. Rigby has been drawn as
a Grand Juror for the May term OF
the United States District Court.
All men are born free and equal
but the difficulty is that some men
are born equal to half dozen others
Died on the 9th inst, at the ripe old
ace Of four score and three years. an
honorable exemplary man, Nh. John
Bolton Bagnal, Of the Nit Zion COM
munity.
# is with regret that We chronicle
the death of Mr.. J. I. L. Thames,
which occurred on last Saturday after
noon, after months Of severe suffering
from a pulmonary affection. slr.
Thames held the position of Auditor
of this County in 1912, and has al,
ways been esteemed as q useful ana
good citizen.
Hot supper or festival at the Sum
D..4;o4 Tb,rcb NEXT FRIDAY
evening. The public are invited to
attend and enjoy the good things pro
yided by the charitable ladies OF this
pretty little village.
4 good place for a gentleman whose
physician has prescribed quiet and
rest, r is with the merchant who does
not advertise,
Dr.. G. Allen Euegins, Jr., is home
from the University of Maryland with
his Dental sheep-skin. He proposes
to locate in Manning. With his thor
ough training and experience in hls
profession, we bespeak for him q -four
ishing practice.
The Railroad Commissioner reports
the earnings of the Central R. 4 tor
the month of January s7,l97.lo.
A gain of s37,43 over the same period
last year.
Property is insured against the
probability of an occurrence; a lie
against the inevitable result Of living.
A wise man will provide for his house
hold after death.
Messrs. C. 4. Snow & Co, Patent
Attorneys, of Washington D. c., have
procured a patent Of a vehicle thlll,
r. R, 0. Copes, of Orangeburs, 5. e.
Tie town of Glenelg. Maryland, IS
remarkable for the fact that its name
spells the same backward or forward.
The people of Manning have been
the recipients, for the past fe, ishts,
of rare intellectual feastS, II the splen
did lectures delivered by the Rev.
Arthur AIillard, in the Baptist Church
of this town. His first lecture was on
sSir Walter Scott" the second, John
Bunyan;" and the last, 'Aiary Stew
art, Queen of Scots
It would be exceedingly difficult to
treat in detail of these lectures as they
deserre-suffcieut to say, that his au-
6ience, was carried away with the
speaker, and his wild, Niagran of eio-
ouence, interspersed with Wit and hui
NOR "from grave to gay, from lively to
severe" Tie Rev. gentleman has been
specially endowed by nature for his
work; and we think, all who heard
him will agree with US, in saying OF
him, what has been said Of CastelIor,
the Spanish Orator, that he is "a per-
feet machine of human, vocal utter,
ance."
The Executive Committee Of the
Agricultural Club has arranged the
following subjects for discussion at the
next meeting of the Club:
"The value Of ammoniated fertlllz-
ers"-to be opened by Mr.. Anderson
Mills.
rs colt raising proftable"-by Mr..
". K. Bell. -.
aCotton seed meal as a fertilizer =
by Nh. Jas. E. Tindal.
(Which is more profitable; to raise
provisions on the farm, or the cotton
to purchase the supplies Ar
Jos Sprott, ST..
The Union Cattle Company Of Che
vune, near Omaha, has probably the
largest barn in the world. It covers
five acres, cost sl25,00O and accom-
,nodates $3.50 head of cattle.
Nh. J. W. H. Dukes, OF the firm OF
Lowman & Dukes, left at our Office last
week a strange freak of nature. 1t
" Vas pigs leg with one fully de:elop-
ed foot and partially developed foot,
the last having only two toes. We
never heard OF anything Of the Kind
before, and it is certainly u very
strange thing.-ora"gebmy Times and
Democrat.
A mass meeting of farmers who de
sire representation in the Agricultur-
al Convention to be held in Columbia,
on the 29th April, will be held on