The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-18
Rev. A. Nettles will preach in the
Methodist church next Sunday morn

A considerable change in the tenn
perature to-day. Splendid on turnips
pease, etc., but bad on cotton.
The school commissioner gives TO,
tice in another column of the annual
examination for public school teach
erS.
Mr.. George J. Brown is expecting
TO start newspaper at St..Matthews,
He has sold out his property in this
place.
The teachers Of the Manning Acad.
emy are experienced and competent
and will prepare students for any col,
lege or university desired.
The county commissioners met last
Thursday, and paid out sixty per cent
of the past floating Indebtedness of the
county. They will meet again Oc,
tober I'd.
The Alliance is growing rapidly in
this county. Hundreds are joining
it. Let every farmer join it. 1t can
do him no harm: it will help him and
help his neighbor.
A coiored woman, Lily Days, near
Manning, in gaping one day last week,
got her jaw dislocated, and could not
shut her mouth. She was brought
into town, and in a few minutes DR..
Brockinton had her all right.
Two juries have been drawn to de-
termine the compensation to be paid
Mrs. S. S. Harvin and Mr.. 81. j. Nc
Leod for right of way of the Eutaw-
vile Railroad. The juries will meet
at Packsville next Friday morning at
10 o'clock.
The secretary of the County ALI.
ance has been directed to call meet
ing of all the presidents of alliances
in this county, to meet Saturday
morning II o'clock, Sep. 2Sth, to re-
ceive from him important informa-
ton concerning alliance business.
All the young folks of the county
are eagerly anticipating the pleasures
that have been prepared for them at
Pamela, on the 9th inst, and in the
Light of their past most charming en-
tertainments we predict that the dash
ing troopers will even surpass them
selves on this occasion.
Mr.. T. B. Curtis, of Sumter, has a
word to say in another column. He
wishes, when a Clarendon man goes
to Sumter, to get a chance to sell, feel
ing satisfied that his prices and quail
ity of goods is sufficient to effect a
sale. He is a Charleston man, and
will sell at Charleston prices.
The contract for repairing the Man
ming jail has been given out for s48,
to MI. j. NJ. Pouncey. We hope he
Will do a job satisfactory to the coun-
ty commissioners, the grand jury, the
sheriff, and the public generally.
Nothing short of this kind of work
viii, or ought to, be paid for.
"When should girls marry" has
been extensively discussed Of late
Girls should not marry at all; that
is privilege that should be confined
exclusively to grown up" people,
and very respectable minority Of
these should voluntarily refrain from
exercising their inaIenable preroga-
tive.
B. Brock, a colored school teacher,
took charge of the Foreston post Of
fee last Friday. Mr.. J. J. Bragdon,
an efficient and competent white
Democrat, was ousted to make room
for Brock. Brock is, however, an in
telligent colored man, and is we pre-
sumo fully competent to discharge the
duties of the Office.
There is money in cotton this year.
The crop Will be larger, and the price
much higher. But take care! Don't
spend your money carelessly and
needlessly. Make an effort to get out
of debt, to be your own man for once
Get above the lien. Live economi-
cally. Pay your debts. Be a man,
the noblest work Of God.
Threee new sewing machines just
received at this Office, direct from the
manufacturers, and must be sold at
once. Full set of attachments and
latest improvements. Guaranteed to
give satisfaction. Sold below Alliance
prices. If you want a first class sew
ing machine call at the TINES Office,
and be astonished at the low price.
We are having many complaints
of subscribers not getting their pa
pers. These complaints are princi-
pally from Sandy Grove, New Zion,
and Mouzons. Something is the mat
ter, and we hope things will soon get
corrected. Every postmaster says,
cit taint mel" Well, who is to blame
The TINES leaves this Office regularly,
and we are certain we are not al
fault.
The telegraph Office in Lowry's
store is a great convenience to our
people. kilograms will be delivered
anywhere in town free, and any mes
sage will be sent to the depot for only
FIVE cents. Five cents extra will be
charged to send regular kilograms
from the up town Office to other
places. The line is private one,
owned by Messrs. Geo. Hammen and
| n. A. Hall.
A Williamsburg constable went to
arrest a negro near Greens, on the
tG &W r. r. one day last week. on