The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-07-24

Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Duncan are II
town.
Mrs. T. NJ. Sprott, of Jordan, is still
quite sick.
Mrs. Rosa Morris, Of Sumter, IS visit
ing at Mrs NJ. Kalisky's.
Mr.. Louis Levi is home after visit te
Spartanburg and Rutherfordton.
The county commissioners NEE
to-day.
The negro boy Hector, who cu'
his throat two weeks ago, is about
we'll again.
Jos. Wingate, q shoemaker, ol
Charleston, committed suicide in that
city last Sunday night
Mrs. S. L. R. Lesesne has the finest
piece of cotton in the county-at least
the finest we have seen.
The Sumter District Conference
meets in Bishopville to-day. Several
of our citizens will attend as dele
gates.
Sheriff Lesesne carried two luna
tics to Columbia yesterday, both col
ored: Jordan Hunter, from Foreston;
and Roxanna Bowman, from Santee.
Town Council met last week two
or three times. Charges agains:
Policeman Clark were laid over until
the return of John S. Wilson, Esq,
clerk of council.
Sesh Boyd was arrested last Mon
day for obtaining goods under false
preteuces from Mr.. NJ. Kalisky, but
the matter was compromised before
the trial came of.
Can't. Strother has one OF the finest
gardens in the county. He has grow
Inc in his flower garden one OF the
most beautiful flowers we have ever
seen, the Russian sunaower.
A little son of Mr.. J. S. Ridgeway
seven wears old, saw squirrel on an
ear of corn in the garden one day last
week, and slipping up on it caught
its tail. The squirrel, however, got
away, leaving part OF his tail IN the
little boys hand.
A negro woman who had been sick
for some time n fSis place died last
frfday night, no one bsing At Ser
house at the time but her husband.
The next morning Coroner Rowe
summoned jury and held an inqui-
sition. The verdict was death from
natural causes.
We are requested to state that
there will be base ball convocation
on the Court House Square to,mor-
row afternoon, for the purpose OF Or
canizing three or four mines. All IN
terested in base ball will take due
notice, and be present promptly at
4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Annie Loryea sent US last
Saturday two lovely blooms of the
night blooming cereus. This plant
does not produce bloom until it is
seven years old, and then blooms only
at night. Miss Annie prides herself
on her rare and beautiful collection OF
choice flowers, having probably the
finest collection in town.
Mr.. John J. Harvin aud family, OF
the Fork, have recently suffered much
from sickness. One day last week
every member of his family WAS so
unwell as not to be able to help him
self, but the neighbors are very kind,
and in few days some Of the family
were we'll. Mr.. Harvin himself came
very near having sun-stroke about
ten days ago.
The communion meeting In Man
ming Presbyterian church will be on
the Eth 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 IL A. NJ. and 4 P. N. each
day, except Sunday, when preaching
will be in the morning and at s IL
O'Clock at night.
A Pamela correspondent writes US:
"a great game of ball will be played
at Pamela on Saturday next, the 9th
inst. between the Packsville and Pa
nola clubs. 1t is rumored that Allan
ia will furnish the battery for Packs
vile, and Chicago for Pamela. There
will be music in the air and sky
rockets on the beach. The public
especially the ladies are respectfully
invited to attend"
The post Office changed hands last
Monday night. Robt. A. Stewart,
colored lawyer of this place, is nov
post master. Stewart is quiet and
pleasant in his manner and will please
our people better than any other col.
ored man that could have been ap:
pointed. He is intelligent, and We
hope will give satisfaction. S. j,
Bowman, the retiring post master
held that position three years ter
months and twenty-five days. He
was careful and attentive, and gave
satisfaction.
Capt. D. j. Bradham carried peel
of delicious peaches to the Alliance
meeting last Saturday. 1t is varie
ty known as the Gilland peach. The
name came about this way: Five
wears ago, during the session of the
judicial convention at Georgetown, {
member of Capt Bradham's famil,
returned from a trip to Walhalla
bringing some mountain peaches
with him. One of these peach seed
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