The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-03-31
served during the evening. but the

served during the evening, but the
chief feature will be the selling Of
aprons, plain and elaborate, made by
the deft hands OF the Spartan beauties.
Colonel j. Wash Watts, President
of the Laurens County Agricultural
Society, does not think that society has
the power to send delegates to the
Farmers Convention at Columbia on
tbs 29th April, and such Il ,lcirga!io' :,
in his opinion, would be out Of pIac;..
Nearly 81 900 has been raised for
rebuilding the Baptist Church I, Gran
ileVille recently r;e>truEcd bv fire. The
new church will be erected Oh Mont
grmery street, L most desirable lot
having been presented for tElat pur-
pose b; the Granitcvile Cotton Mills
Company.
Lieut.. Maus has made 4 supple
mental report in reference to liz. mur-
der Of Captaisi Crawford bv Mexican
troops, ;lnd it has been sent to Wash
nston Ii contains lis own report
and statements Of Lieut. ShinP, Mr.
iiorn and the hospital steward, al!
white, who were present at the time.
1t is related that q Shrewd mill
man in Maine that - hen asked whether
the knights of Labor affected his bu>i
ness uniavorab!r, he answered.: "On,
no: not at all W!:cn they wanted To
start lodge in our town | Joined it
with all my ovcrScers, and VIC are
running it in = very satisfactory man
ner for all hands"
There is widow near State. Line
Church, S2artanuurg county, who
OWLS good old>fashioucd rifle and i
Shotgun, aud she knows how to use
them. She now and tt!cn puts im her
appearance at |, neighborhood s:loo;
ing match and always fake; HE priZr.
a hawk wou!G stard Il bad cil;;,:c"
fooling around her spring chickens.
Thomas Hamilton, cx-meicber OF
the L. gislature Of South Carolina:
died 1t Beaufort last week. Ham
ilton wa, n member oi the Legislature
i'll 1876, and was one of the three ccl-
ored members who first gave in their
adhesion to the Hampton government
and sccnred a quorum for the Demo
cratic House OF Representatives.
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New
York World, has sent to the governor
OF the New Uork hospital check for
$1,000, the amount Of his first ye2r' :
salary rs Il Representative in Congre>s
from the Ninth District. This dona-
ton is to be used in c:ldowing a per
nanent bed in the hospital for the
benefit of sick and disabled newspaper
workers of every kind.
the Committee on Agriculture al
Washington Will make an appropra
ton for the continuance OF the tel!
farm at Summcrvile, but the amount
will probably be reduced to $4,000
Commissioner Coleman, it is said,
was opposad to any appropriation for
that purpose, but the friends of the tea
farm urged the matter before the COM
mittce with SO much vigor that the
appropriation above mentioned will
be recommended.
On FRIDAY last at BranchviIle,
while some gentlemen We're shooting
at a mark with u parlor rifle, the BAH
glanced on the side Of the tree ol:
which the mark was placed and hit b
little two-ycar-old boy upon the front
step OF the store. The bali was from
% cartridge and seem tc have struck
the child's leg sideways, cntering
squarely the back Of the leg about
;hr." er four inches above the hcsi,
making very painful wound.
Inc Edmunds resolutions were
adopted by the Senate on Friday last.
These resolutions concur in the rcp"i
OF the majority Of the judiciary COM
lnitter, condemn the Attorney Genera:
for refusing 10 transmit certain papers
demanded by the Sente, and condemn
the discharge of Union soldiers an'.
the appointment Of exContederates.
Before the last resolution came tn 8
vote, Butler said. if he had time h.
could demonstrate that the Republicans
party had violated the lay relating
to soldiers ten times, while the presc:'
administration had not departed from
it once.