The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-10-06

rates.
Advertising in Local Cclu2.a, Ice. Pc
line.
Court convenes in Sumter nex
week.
The Citadel Academy opened las
Monday with one hundred students.
Everybody says Air. J. S. F!owden:
is the place to buy cheap goods.
Miss Hattie villenouve spert sew
eral days in town last week with the
Misses Benbow.
R. o. Purdy, Esq, has been in towr
for several days on professional bus
mess.
Mr.. Ashbv Weeks left Monday tc
attend school at the Holy Communion
Church Institute of Charleston.
Mr.. Collins c. Manning, son OF Coy
j. L. Manning, was i'll town last trl-
day.
Mrs. Adger Suytbe anl Miss Sarah
Smythe, of Charleston, are visiting
the family of Maj. r. R. Briggs, o:
Summerton.
This is the season for oat planting;
it should not be neglected.
Mrs. Edwards is getting in her fall
stock. Give her call.
Argonaut tells the public to-day
that he is not Nomdeguerre, OF the
Enterprise.
The lawyers are hard at work pre-
pairing for Court, which convenes on
the 25th.
The County Commissioners will
meet to-day to transact the ordinary
business of the Office.
Where can cheaper goods be
bought than atLouis Loyns:
The relief fund for the benefit OF
the Charleston sufferers amounts to
between 100000 and 100000.
Liston, the little son of Mr.. anG
Mrs P. C. Cochran, aged two years
and six months, died last Sunday
morning.
Rev. A. ]. Stokes, presiding elder
of the Methodist Church, preached a
fine sermon in the Presbyterian pull
pit of this place, Sunday evening.
Charles Armstrong, colored, sus-
pected of implication IN the murder oI
Sir. Douglas, of Florence, vas arrest,
ed last Friday.
Several from Manning and the
country took advantage OF the cheai
excursion rates to visit Charleston.
The dine reading last Wednesday
evening was well attended. a neat
little sum to the Presbytery trnd
was the result.
Notwithstanding the dreadful Wig
ains, we are still here. Our dehn-
opents, too, have been spared; how
ever, we have one satissaction-a day
of reckoning is in the future.
Attention is directed to the adver,
tisement of Messrs Welch & Eason
This is an old ana reliable establish
ment, and deserves the patronage O.
the people.
The first case, for buying seed cot.
ton and neglecting to keep the cotto1
book required by statute, IN this
county, was tried in the Trial Justice
Court here recently. The defendan
was acquitted for the want OF proof.
An interesting game of base bal
was played in Manning Friday after
noon between the home boys and
club from the country. The game
was played with considerable spirit
but the home nine proved too mucl
for their country friends and won cas-
lily, by score Of Is to 5.
The merchandise O: the estate o
James q. McFaddin was auctlonet
off Monday and yesterday IN town
Many profitable bargains were strucI
on both sides
NIr. NJ. Levi requests US to stat
that By an arrangement with his cot
ton factor he is enabled to sell his cot
ton here in town or anywhere else t
a cotton buyer. aI1. Levi ezpresse
himself as willing and anxious for on
of these gentlemen to operate IN Man
ming.
The Wilmington Star quotes th
New York World as saying that
child OF a well known citizen Of West
Seld. n. J., was born drunk, and a
though now large enough to walk an
talk, is in a pitiaoie state OF intozics
ton.
Gov. Sheppard has appointed g
Commissioners Of election for tt;
county, Messrs. j. z. Scott, J.
Plowden and Isaac G. Ingram fc
State and County; and 2Eessrs. J.
Wilson, 4. Levi and J. 4. Mills fc
the Federal election.