The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-05-08
EIGHT PRIZES GIVEN AWAY.
How the Manning Times Proposes to Gel
ebrate the Fourth of July.

Every pt;lQ up SuoScrlOer 10 JIG I1Nhs
will have chance for one Of our elegant
prizes. Our old subscribers who never fail
to renew promptly and who always pay IN
advance will be given a ticket; those who for
any reason are in arrears, and who pay up
to or beyond July 4th, will be given ticket;
every new subscriber whose subscription
does not amount to less than fifty cents
will be given ticket for the drawing.
TIE TINES TO BE ENLARGED.
THE TINES will, beginning with its issue
of MAY 22d, be enlarged to an eight column
paper; the subscription price remaining the
same: one year $3.50; six months, Is cents;
four months, so cents. Anybody and every
BODY can raise fifty cents for trial four
months subscription, and every one OF these
subscribers will have an equal showing in
the grand distribution.
oUR EIGHT Prizes
! Read the following list of beautiful and
! useful prizes:
SEWING MACHINE.
$40 sewing machine, beautifully enam-
eled. large space under arms, loose balance
wheel, new automatic bobbln winoer, fur
nished with casters, complete set OF attach
ments in velvet lined morocco case, manu-
factured by the New Home Sewing Machine
Company. On exhibition in the 5lANS1Ne
TINES Office.
SILVER PLATED CASTER.
One beautiful best silver plate FIVE bottle
caster,-on exhibition at G. Alexander S
iewelry store, where all kinds OF solld and
silver plate ware, watches, rings, and oil
kinds Of iswelry are sold at lowest prices:
Best repairing department in the county, and
sll work warranted.
BABY CARRIAGE.
A canopy-top baby carriage.-on exhibl-
fion at NJ. Lewis mammoth mercantile en-
poriun,, where will befound every kind and
class of goods any one does or may needs
and all sold at lowest living cash prices
CADpY s'OLD RIP" TOBACCO.
"Old Rip" tobacco, for chewing or smok-
ing, is one of the finest grade tobaccos
made, free of grit and stems, the best chew
on the market On exhibition at 5. A. hlgs
by's general merchandise store, the only
place in town where it can be bought.
LEMONADE SET.
A beautiful glass lemonade set, consisting
of pitcher, goblets, finger bowl, and waiter
on exhibition at Mrs Edwardss confec-
ticnery store, where all kinds of good things
to eat may be had; also, nice lot Of glass
ware, fancy and toilet articles, etc.
BANJO CLOCK.
A one-dsy lever time banjo clock, some
thing new and attractiye,-on exhibition at
N. Kalisky's general merchandise store,
where you can always get goods at lowest
cash figures.
BOX CIGARS.
One box "Manning Guards" cigars. one of
the best FIVE cents cigars on the market. On
exhibition at Dinkins & Co.'S drug store,
where all the best and purest medicines are
sold. 4 selected stock Of fine cigars always
on hand.
AXE.
A steel axe, one of the best on the mar
ket,-on exhibition at r. A. Lowrys cash
store, where the best and freshest groceries
can always be had.
HOW IT WILL BE DONE.
Five prominent gentlemen from diferent
sections of the county will be requested to
give away the prizes. in the following man
ner:
These gentlemen will place in a box a
number of tickets equal to the number OF
paid up subscribers. All these tickets will
be blank except eight, which will be prize
tickets. Each of these eight tickets will
have written on it the name of one of the
prizes. All these tickets will then be thor
ouehly shaken up by each of the Ave gen.
tlemen. A little boy four or FIVE years
old, after having been blindfolded,
will then do the drawing, under the man
agement of these Eve gentlemen. Every
thing will be done in the fairest manner
possible.
THE honor LIST.
We shall publish between now and the
4th of July the names of all the paid up
subscribers who will be entitled to ticket
in the drawing. We are working our sub
scription list to cash basis. On the fifth
day of July We shall strike of our subscrlp-
ton list the names of all subscribers who
ara as much as one year in arrears.
PERSONAL.
We trust our friends will appreciate this
enterprise on our part, and promptly pay
up all their back dues and years subscrip-
ton in advance. We shall greatly appreci-
ate all such. We have just bought large
cylinder press, and it must be paid for. If
our subscribers will pay up, we can pay for
It; if they do not, We shall have to borrow
several hundred dollars. Our intention is
to give the people of Clarendon a good read
able county paper, with the news from ev-
cry section. But with good, lively cash
patronage we can and will work with better
heart, and can get out better paper. If you
have never taken the paper, send US so cents,
and we will send the paper for four months
on trial. We want three hundred new sub
scribers by the 4th Of July: will we get
them?
-+-o-+<-
IdaletS.
WILSON'S, May 6.-.Forest fires have been