The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-17

Fine rains throughout the county
during the past few weeks. Crops
are in an excellent condition.
A slight earthquake shock was fell
in Charleston last Thursday night
about 10 o'clock. Some of our citi,
zens say they felt the shock here.
Comptroller General Verver did
not come down yesterday to examine
the auditors and treasurer's offices
He wrote that other official duties
would prevent his coming before
some time next week.
We have two new sewing machines
in our Office that can be bought at
low figures for cash. They are the
very best, but we got them IN pay
ment for advertising, and would like
to exchange them for money.
The communion meeting in Man
ming Presbyterian church will be on
the 4th Sabbath of this month. Rev.
j. G. Richards, the evangelist OF
Presbytery, will assist the pastor, and
will preach on Friday, Saturday, and
Sabbath, the 26th, 9th, and 2Sth
inst, at II A. NJ. and S 1-2 p N. each
day.
Mr.. F. W. Haley, of Jordan, had
the misfortune Of losing fine eight
months old colt yesterday morning.
The colt was playing around the lot,
and in attempting to jump a fence, 1t
fell and broke it's neck. About five
months ago the dam of this colt died.
These are considerable losses to Mr.
Haley.
All the prizes for the MANNING
TINES Fourth of July Grand Gift
Distribution have been delivered, ex-
cept the baby carriage. 1.-THE young
gentleman who drew it does not
want this baby carriage, we will keep
it and put It in our next distribution,
which will come off next October.
We find baby carriage a very useful
and convenient household article, but
then you know, circumstances alter
cases.
The Manning Guards at a meeting
last Friday afternoon decided to have
their annual basket picnic at Mr.. +.
sl. Barwick's about four miles north
west of Manning, Friday, July 26th.
The public is cordially invited. 1t
will be basket picnic. The COM
mittee of arrangements consists OF
Messrs. P. B. Thames, L. Appel, l. l.
Bagnal, ]. 81. Rigby, and ". I. Will
der. The chief amusement OF the
day will be dancing.
Dozier Burgess was arraigned last
Monday before Trial Justice Benbow,
for preliminary hearing, on charge
of aggravated assault and battery,
upon Washington Pearson. The ev-
idence developed vas that Burgess
had thrown an iron weight at Pear
son, and that then the two negroes
closed in fight. The trial justice
dismissed the charge of aggravated
assault and battery, but held Burgess
on charge Of assault, of which be
was convicted and sentenced to five
days IN jail or to pay a fine of three
dollars He paid the fine. Senator
Rhame represented the defendant,
and Mr.. Galluchat the State.
Nathan Nelson is decidedly one OF
the most liberal contribr tors to the
toSa treasury: He got on an-1;cs'ss.
ally big drunk yesterday morning,
having imbibed very freely of Man
ning's unadulterated hell water, and
when policeman and two others ell
deavored to carry him to the guard
house they found it hard road to
travel. Nathan made all the resist
ance possible, and when he got there
he was we'll nigh divested of clothing,
being in grossly nude state. When
put in the guard house he began
cursing and using very offensive Ian
guage. The policeman then shut the
window, the only opening in the dun
geon, and nailed it up. May be this
is right, and possibly to get this fel-
low to shut up his mouth so that his
dirty language would not befoul the
air around it was necessary to resort
to such cruel tratment, but it ought
to be resorted to in extreme cases on
", such as this, and then only for a
shor: time.
One day last week young lady in
town determined to have some
fun by playing practical joke on
her younger sister and young lady
visiting her. A couple of Citadel ca.
diets had Just come into town, one OF
whom was an old schoolmate and a
great favorite with the young ladies.
The elder sister, Disgusting her hand
wrote polite note to the two young
ladies, in which the two young gentle
men requested to be alloyed the ex-
quisite pleasure of calling that even
ing. The young ladies' promptly an
swered the note, and the coming
evenings pleasure was the great to-
pic for the balance of the day. The
other ladies' of the house were Of
course in the secret, and humored the
Joke. The two young ladies even
discussed the subject of conversation,
and posted the older ones how long
they should stay in the parlor, and
what. they should talk about. We
will not, however, give them away on
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