The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-11

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their very best on their inspection.
Rev. Jas. Mcdowell will preach il
the Presbyterian church in this place
next Sunday morning. MIR. Mcdowell
has been off on months vacation.
IF you want lime, cement, hair
plaster paris, ETC., send your order tc
A. McCobb, Jr., 1873 East Bay
Charleston. See his ad in this issue
We have seen some. of Seckendor
& Middleton's account sales of cotto1
sent from Clarendon this season, ano
they have given unprecedented salts
faction.
The trustees of the Manning High
School have elected Mr.. J. NJ. knight
and Miss Virginia Ingram teachers in
the new school soon to be started in
this place.
The barber shop is being put in
first class condition, repairs and i'm
provements having been made. Ham,
ilton has put up a large mirror II
front Of the chair.
The county commissioners meet to.
morrow. They will disburse about
$17O0, which will probably pay in full
all the past Indebtedness of the coun-
ty, the bonds excepted.
Messrs. David and Mitch Levi have
one of the largest stores in the county,
about four miles from Summerton,
and do large business. They are
speaking OF building brick store.
On last Sunday evening several
gentlemen returning from church dis
covered large rattlesnake near Mr.
C. r. Harvin's residence, measuring
about three feet in length. It was
soon killed.
A new public school house will be
built in No. 4 school district, near
Mr.. R. B. Mellett's residence. The
land was donated by Mrs. Henrietta
Thames. Maj. P. G. Benbow survey
ed the lot last Monday.
Mr.. E. NJ. Brown, of this town, was
the only applicant from this county,
for the S. c. College alumni scholar
ship. All examination papers will be
sent to Columbia for examination.
The examination was held last Mon
day.
We noticed, during ride through
the Pamela and Summerton section last
Saturday, that the roads had all been
put in excellent condition, but we fear
the heavy rain Saturday afternoon
undid the best of the work.
If you wish to make your friend a
present that will cost but little in
money, yet useful and valuable, order
the MANNING TIMES sent to him or her
for year. It will be an appreciated
present and keep your kind act bloom
ing for a year.
We are particularly anxious to have
the news from every section of the
county. Friends, send us the news if
not more than half dozen lines
just so long as it is interesting, send
it. It will help you to bring your To-
cality into public notice and your peo-
pie into prominence.
A telegraph Office has been located
in Mr. Lowry's store, and kilograms
will be sent or delivered from this
place. Mr.. Geo. Hammen is the ul
town operator. This will be a great
convenience to our people. Can't we
get the express Office up town again
It is very inconvenient having it al
the depot.
Let every merchant do all in his
power to bring Manning into no
tice the coming fall by keeping W
the price of cotton and selling goods
on reasonable terms. Our town ha
as good facilities for doing a large
trade as any in this section and it viii
be through the want of energy of hel
merchants if she does not secure il
the coming fall.
We saw at DR.. Badgers, at Sum
merton, last Saturday a limb Of a pear
tree that in four feet had forty-foul
pears of a large size. 1t was the
greatest number of pears on one lmt
we ever saw. It was the frs
year, too, that the tree has borne
DR.. Badger has very fire fruit or
chard and flower garden-among thf
very best in the county.
Golden Machine Oil for Gins and Mills
best quality, lowest price, for sale at Din
kins l. Coz drug store.
An interesting meeting, which hae
been continued for ten days in thu
Methodist church in this place, wa
closed last Sunday night. Rev. J. S
Porter, of Foreston, and Rev. Il. +
Chrietzberg, Of Chester, conducted
the meeting, and number OF mos
excellent sermons were preached
Rev. Fl. NJ. Mood, Rev. G. ". Gatlin
and Rev. A. Nettles also assisted IL
the meeting.
D. NJ. Bradham asks US to say to the pub
lie that he is nov ready for ginning. HI
outfit is complete and equal to any IN tn
county He will take cotton from the wago1
and put back seed and the bale at his o~I
expense. He will not allow any competing
gins TO undergin him in prices.
Last Friday the sharp report Of
pistol-shot in one of the court hous
offices created quite commotion il
town. All kinds of evil foreboding
filed the minds of our citizens a
many OF them began making thei
way towards the court house, to Sc
what was the matter. Another coun
ty officer who was sitting in front 0
L -,.soE1,, fonr