The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-09


Lizzie Parker, colored, from neal
Summerton, was sent to the asylum
last Monday.
Mrs. George H. Hall, wife of the
depot agent at Foreston, died at st.
Stephens last Sunday night.
Sumter county ships very little cot
ton to Charleston, most Of it being
shipped to Wilmington, \. c.
Mr.. c. T. Richbourg lost a fine
horse last Saturday. He doesn't know
what was the cause of his death.
A heavy frost yesterday and to-day,
and some genuine cold weather 4
nice rain fell last Sunday afternoon.
Harmony Presbytery met in Sum
fer last week. It will hold It's next
session in the Brick Church in Salem.
The Confederate veterans of Sum-
ter county, have postponed their meet
inc till the first Monday in Novem-
Der.
The South Carolina Railway is to
be sold again. Ex-Gov Daniel ID.
Chamberlain has been appointed tenn
fporary receiver.
Eliza Jane Hardy is the only occu-
pant of the jail. She was committed
by Trial Justice John ". Fleming, on
..
q charge of house breaking and lar-
ceny.
The CountE Treasurer will begin
collecting taxes next Tuesday. He
will be at Foreston Oh the 18th, at
Wilson's the 10th, and at Harvlns the
18th.
w NJ. Butler was arrested last
Thursday on charges of assault and
battery, assault with intent to Kill, and
for carrying concealed weapons. He
gave bond for $500.
At the public school examination
last Thursday there were nine white
and eight colored applicants The
board of examiners have not yet I'm
ished looking over the papers.
The Bank is doing we'll. The net
deposits on hand at the end Of last
month was S9073.19; loans, S6643.l9;
credit in other banks, s9649.S6. This
is an excellent showing for one
month.
Mr.. ". A. Boyce and wife left town
last Saturday night, and it is not
known where they have gone. They
carried of all furniture of any conse-
ouence, and requested a negro to
watch the house till they came back.
The firm of G. A. Norwood & Go !,
of Charleston, own about $4,000 acres
of land in Clarendon and Williams
burg. which they are offering for sale
at from 81 to Sc or 81 an acre cash.
About half of this land IS around
Foreston.
The following appointments of Cit
adel cadets will interest our people:
Fl. A. DeLorme has been appointed
first lieutenant of Company B; A. NJ.
Brailsford is sergeant in same COM
pany; A. C. Davis is corporal in Com
pany c.
A mule was stolen last Sunday night
from John Boyd, colored, of this
place. It was tracked in the direction
Of Sammy Swamp. Boyd advertises
in another column in which he says
he will pay for any information lead
inc to the recovery Of the mule.
THE 21st annual fair Of the State
A Agricultural and Mechanical Society
(The State Fair) will be held in Co
lumbia Nov. II, u, IS, "A, and Is.
We hope Clarendon will be we'll rep
resented, both in exhibits and in at
tendance. The secretary has kindly
sent us complimentary ticket.
A firm in Connecticut is experiment.
inc with a new cotton picker, and last
Friday Mr. J. Ryttenberg, OF Sumter,
shipped them by express three large
boxes of cotton stalks, weighing more
than a thousand pounds. The cotton
stalks were cut from the field and the
cotton had not been picked from the
bolls. It was an unusual sight.
Three machines for sale at the MANNING
TINES office at figures too low actually to be
male public. Each machine first class and
guaranteed.
We publish this week an advertise
ment for AIrs. Mary O. Burgess, the
only regulae millinery establishment
in town. Mrs. Burgess has been IN
| the business number Of years, and
has always endeavored to please her
customers, but this year she is max
ing greater efforts than ever before.
She has with her professional mil,
I liner from Baltimore. Her new stock
of fall and winter goods has arrived,
and the ladies are invited to visit her
store.
Turnip Seed, all Varieties. in Bulk or
Packages at Dinkins y Co.'S Drug Store. =
Mr.. Preston B. Thames and Miss
Inez Clark were married last Sunday
night, Oct. 9th, in the Presbyterian
church, by Rev. JAS. Mcdowell. MIR.
Thames is one of the most popular
and handsome young men in town,
and Miss Inez, beautiful ard accom-
plished, has always been q general
favorite After sermon by Mr.. Nc
Dowell, they received the congratula-
tions of many friends. They yester-
day began housekeeping IN Mr.
Thames's residence, opposite Mr.. J.
T. Stukes's.
Turnip Seed, at Dinkins Il Co.'S.
4 cutting ahray occurred last Sat