The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-23

The festival at Capt. J. A Acclure's,
Ha-yins Station, netted about S61. .00-a sue
cess.
The students Of the Manning Academy
will have social enterta4cmant ID the
Academy building next Friday evening, De-
ginning at so'clock.
Why do not the physicians OF this
county organize into medical association
We have heard several speak Of the need Of
such an organization. -
There wnfb be 8 competitive e1amina,
ton, July srd. for scholarship in the
Winthrop Training School in Columbia.
The scholarship will be worth $3.50 to some
young lady over eighteen yesrs Of age. Full
particulars next week.
-"Quiv;st" writes: THE young men OF
: New Zion, have organized base ball club
under the nams Of New Zion Club. They
are are all new boys, but they play well,
and with little more practice they think
thsy will be hard to handle"
Last ssSund.y morning while Nrs. Louis
Lppe!t and her two children were seated at
the breakfast table. a. square yard Of pias'
tsringfell. Mrs Applet was struck on her
arm, small piece struck one Of the chill
dren, and some of the erockery wss broken.
It was 8 narrow escape from serious injury.
The Sumter District Conference meets
in Sumter tomorrow. The opening sermon
will be preached tonight by Rev. ?. A.
Murray. Bishop Duncan is expected TO
preside over the N meeting which viii con-
tnue through the week. On Sunday morn
inc the new Methodist church will be ded-
ica.ed by Bishop Duncan
An persons who are interested in the
Manning. Cemetery are requested to meet
in the court house, Friday May 25th, to de-
tsruine on some definite plan Of sction for
keeping the cemetery in repair. The orlg-
inal plat and other important papers have
bean found, and there is now no difficulty
in tho way of systematic organization. It
is hoped there will be large attendance.
IS the condition Of the cemetery needs
prompt action.
We have in our Office, shingle which
was cut from cypress tree that measured
8 feet 81 inches in diameter IS the stump;
and thi-ty-fvs feet from the stump the d.
ameter was feet q inches. The first cut
made i've hundred fve-inch shingles.
This tree had been reserved for shirty years.
for the purpose Of getting shingles to cover
sBaptist church near Johnson's crossing at
Pudding Swamp. It took two men day
70 cut the tree down. The above iofezma-
ton was given Us by Mr. T. J. Cole:
Col. J. q. Rice, State Superintendent OF
Education, made sn address in the court
house last Monday evening, which, while
;twss no. full of fights Of foratory and rhetor-
ic, yet it contained some chunks Of as
sound common sense argument as we have
ever listened to. Space will not permit to
reproduce It, but We wish every man aad
woman in Clarendon could have heard it.
Col. Rice will again speak in this county
during the normal institute, and we then
hope that every one vino can will be pres
ent.
Mr.. T. J. Cole, who has been travelling
over Salem in tie interest of the public
good, tells US the crops are looking well,
and everybody is hard at work and appar-
emily doing well. Cotton IS growing nicely,
and is. hoed out clean. He ssss the roads
and bridges in his beat all Of Salem and
Plowdens Mill township, are IN excellent
order, except little work that is needed
on the bridges o@er Black river. Mr. Cole
prides himself Oh the greet improvement
he has made On the public roads and
BRIDGES in that section Of the county, and
the small expense to the county for work
done. He desires that every one not salts
fed shall report the same to him, and he
viii immediately after it.