The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-08-28

Manning next Sabbath, Sept. lst, al
II o'clock A. NJ.
Mrs. D. J. Bradham made some de-
hcious syrup a few days ago from the
Juice of the watermelon. It is equal
or superior to cane syrup.
There is 5000 yards Of cotton bag
ging in the Manning depot. If ou,
farmers will be a little patient they
can get all the cotton bagging they
want.
The county commissioners will meet
again Sep. 18th, when they will pay
out nearly $4,000, enough to pay all
the unbonded past Indebtedness o1
the county.
County Commissioner T. A. Way
was in attendance on the board o1
county commissioners to-day. He re-
Gently had partial stroke of paralysis
in the right side, but his many friends
will be pleased to learn he is about
recovered.
The Academy building and grounds
have recently had some necessary re.
pairs, and the well put in first class
condition. The school will open next
Monday. Miss Graves, the music
and art teacher, will arrive in town
next Saturday.
MIR. T. J. Cole brought in the third
bale of cotton last Tuesday. He
tried his level best to get some cotton
bagging to cover it, but he failed and
It had to be covered with jute. Mr..
D. M. Bradham ginned it, and it was
sold to Mr.. Levi.
Messrs. J. F. Cole and W. G.
Reames, the committee of the Grand
Jury, assisted by Mr.. S. A. Nettles as
expert, have been at work the past
three days examining the county Of
fees. Their examination was con-
cluded this afternoon.
DR.. B. N. Badger, of Summerton,
sent us last week q box of LeConte
pears and Japan plums. They were
very fine, and we enjoyed them. We
had never seen Japan plum before.
They were the size Of large peach,
had very small seed, and the taste
was delicious.
The county commissioners at the
suggestion and request Of the COM
mittee of the grand jury wih repair
the Jail, so that it will be secure. They
propose making the walls six inches
thick. and putting on secure locks and
iron doors. Then We will cease hav-
ing Jail deliveries
A music and art department has
been fitted up in the Academy. Miss
Marie Graves, OF Virginia, a skilled
and experienced teacher will have
charge of that department. Pupils
not wishing to take the academic
course will be .eceived in the music
and art department.
Two games of base bail were
played at Winters Hill last
Saturday between the Priva-
teer and Junevile clubs. The June
vile club was successful in both
games. One game was played in the
morning and one in the afternoon. A
good dinner was served.
The first bale of new cotton was
brought into town yesterday by Dan
iel Harvin, one of Mr.. A. Weinberg's
tenants. It weighed 636 pounds,
was ginned by Mr.. ". Scott Harvin,
and was sold at 10 cents. Daniel is
prosperous colored man, and has
brought in the first bale for several
years past.
Thursday, the 22d instant, the
Kingstree and GreeleyvilLe clubs
played q game on the grounds of the
latter. It was line game, well con-
tested, and resulted in a victory for
by a score of 8 to 1. The
batteries were Sparks and Jacobs for
Kingstree, and the Gist brothers for
Greeleyyille. Mr.. A. G. Davis, of
Manning, was umpire. Both teams
were wholly local.
The recent rains in Salem did con-
siderable damage to the mills. Mr..
J. Furman Cole's was greatly endan-
gered, but was saved. Mr.. P. W.
Gibbons had his mill dam washed
away, but the mill was saved. It will
take $4,000 cubic feet of earth to re-
place the dam. Mr.. T. NJ. Hudson
let off all the water possible and saved
his mil and dam. Mr.. W. D. McFad-
din had his mill house washed away.
The farmers of Clarendon who ex-
pect to ship their cotton during the
coming season. and who wish to pro-
cure the very best prices for their
staple, cannot do better than select a
reliable firm with which to deal. We
have no hesitancy in saying that as
far as reliability, carefulness, and
promptness in all matters entrusted to
them, Messrs. Seckendorf & Middle.
ton of No. Central Wharf, Charles
ton, S. c., rank among the first and
strongest houses of the city. They
never fail to get the best classifcations
the staple warrants, wherein lies the
secret of obtaining the highest prices
Their salesmen are gentlemen OF long
experience in classifying and selling
cotton, and know, as well as the Llv-
erpool man who buys, what they sell,
when to sell, and how to sell. On all
consignments they make the most
liberal advances. By forwarding rail-
road receipt from any point, an ac-
comnanied draft for three fourths the