The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-11-28

Mr.. ThoS. Jones, register OF oeeos OF
Knoxville, Tenn, and formerly resident
Of this county, is visiting Mr.. Y. n. Butler.
Rev. q. N. Mood, Rev. A. Nettles, and
Mr. j. W. Mcleod left here yesterday morn
ing, to attend the South Carolina Confer
euee which oonvenes to-day in Winnsboro.
The recent heavy rains have done
much damage to the crops IN the
Santee section.
MIR. D. I. Mckay White was strick-
en- with paralysis last Monday, but We
lea u is improving.
Mr.. G. Alexander has just received
at his iewelry store lot OF musical
Instruments For sale cheap.
The farmers viii have their regular
monthly meeting next Saturday. The
alliance matter will be fully discussed
at that meeting.
Mr.. Charley W. Brown, Of Pamela,
and Miss MINNIE Dean, one OF our
most beautiful young latiies, are to be
married to-day.
The Knights of Pythias meet to-
morrow night All the furniture has
come, and it is expected that there
will be several limitations.
The Legislature met yesterday.
Senator j. i. Rhame is in his place,
as also, We presume, are Representa-
tiYes Hndal and Plowden.
That little billet doux is not meant
to give offence, aud no gentleman
We hope will get offended It means
simply that we want the money.
South Carolina has by large odds
the best exhibition at the Augusta
Exposition, and has been awarded the
diploma for the best State exhibit
Mr. Dudley E. Hodge, of Oakland,
who for some time has been In feeble
health, was prostrated last Sunday by
8 stroke Of paralysis, and is danger
.usiy Ill
Capt. A. Levi viii receive the ap-
pointment of engrossing clerk in the
Legislature, and consequently will be
in Colnmbia during the sitting OF
Lnas body.
A little negro boy, about eight
years old, living on Mr. Dudley
Hodges place, near Oakland, fell of
adining table last Friday, and broke
his neck killing him instantly.
During court week last month q
gentleman paid MIR. NJ. c. Galluchat
$1.50 subscription to the T1Ms He
has forgotten who the gentleman was,
and requests that he report his name
to this Office.
The jail is said to be sadly in need
Of q Few dollars of repairs. The poor
prisoners suffer from the cold wind
blowing in at broken panes of glass
Either the county commissioners
should repair the jail, or sabscrip'
son paper should be circulated 10,
this purpose 1t is sinful to make
these prisoners suffer thus.
It is estimated that ten thousand
persons visited Charleston last week
247 tickets were sold from Manning
$50 from Sumter. Other depots III
Clarendon and Sumter, of course
sold their share, and We safely say
that these two counties sent seven OF
eight hundred visitors to Charleston
last week. Eighty-nine tickets were
sold to the Columbia Fair week be-
tore last.
We take pleasure in directing the
attention OF our readers to the new
advertisement of MIR. John Moran tc
be seen in this issue. He keeps one
OF the largest and best assorted stocks
of goods to be found in the city o.
Sumter, and when the people Of Clar'
endon 90 there to sell their cotton o,
to make purchases they will do vel
by calling on John Moran, Main St.
Sumter, S. C.
We hear that the store of S. E
Strange T. Co., OF Salem, which was
kept by our young friend Eddie
Strange, of Wilson's, was destroyed
by FIRE last Monday night. There wa:
no insurance, and *he entire stock O.
goods was destroyed. The stock was
estimated to be worth about $l,7O0
the building 1915. The building wa:
the store house formerly owned by J
81. McFaddin. The fire is supposed
to have been Of incendiary origin.
A Superb pair Of Spectacles for $500 a