The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-10-16
Court convenes the last Monday in
This month. the 2Sth.


this month, the 2Sth.
Turnip Seed, at Dinkins & Co.'S.
But candidiy now, don't you thlnl
the TINES is fair specimen of gooe
newspaper?
The trestle work on the Eutawvillt
Railroad across Pocotaligo swamp
has been finished.
Snow flake crackers, fancy tea crackers
fresh lemons at NJ. halisky's.
E. E. Fleming, one Of the Oldest in
habitants of Foreston, died last Sun
day of cancer of the stomach.
For Sale. A buggy in good condition
for S25. J. D. Alsbrook.
A poor man will work hard to make
dollar, and then spend it for whls
key that will not only do him no gooo
but a positive injury.
The MANNING TINES second Grand
Gift Distribution is Nov. 2Sth. Nc
postponement. At least twenty-five
valuable prizes given away.
The free common schools of this
county will open the first Monday in
November, except in such school dis
tricts as desire to open later.
All persons who have claims
against the county should present
them to the county commissioners be,
fore the first Tuesday in November.
Fresh arrival of -four from Western mills
at NJ. Kalisky's.
Every old subscriber who pays for
this paper to or beyond Sep. l, 1880,
will be entitled to a ticket to our
Grand Gift Distribution, which will
take place Nov. 2Sth. We want ev.
erv subscriber to have a ticket. All
new subscribers who pay to or beyond
Sep. l, 1890, will also get "a ticket for
the Distribution.
Mr.. J. Il. T. Coulliette, Of Pamela,
is doing large business, and has ia
cilities for doing anything in his line,
manufacturing and repairing buggies,
wagons, and such work. He has a
well won reputation Of being first
class workman and should be liberal
ly patronized. He is manufacturers
agent for buggies and wagons, which
he offers to sell at lowest figures.
8 cakes excellent laundry soap for only 5
cents cash, at NJ. Lewis.
Mr.. W. T. Lowry, prominent mer-
chant Of Summerville, died suddenly
at his home last Wednesday. Mr..
Lowry was brother of our fellow
citizen n. A. Lowry. A telegram
was received by Mr.. H. A. Lowry
Wednesday morning, informing him
of the serious illness of of his brother,
and he left by the first train for Sum
merville, but before getting there his
brother died. Mr.. Lowry leaves a
wife and nine children.
Golden Machine Oil for Gins and Mills
best quality, lowest price, for sale at DIN,
kins 4 Co.'S drug store.
The Manning Guards are making
an effort to get their members inter
ested in the company's welfare, and
have decided to open reading room
at their armory. This is a good step
and one that we hope will succeed.
The citizens of the town will contrib
ute liberally towards this object, and
we hope the reading room will in ev-
cry respect provea success. Let ev-
ery member of the Manning Guards
take new interest in his company.
The mule advertised last week in
the Times as stolen from John Boyd
was found in Kingstree. A gentle
man in kingstree, as soon as he read
the advertisement in the TINES, wrote
us saying he had taken up the mule
for trespassing on his place. We
gave the information to Boyd, who
by first train left for Kingstree, where
he found his mule and saddle. He
thinks that Dick Myers, who recently
escaped from the Manning jail, took
his mule just to ride him that night,
and having gotten to klngstree
turned him loose.
The County Treasurer will to-mor-
row, Oct. II, be at Harvins to collect
taxes; at Jordan Saturday Oct. 10;
at Brunsons Cross Roads Monday
Oct. 21; at David Lewis store Tues
day Oct. %; at Summerton Wednes-
day Oct. %; at D. ". Brailsford's
store Thursday Oct. "a; at Hodges
Cross Roads Friday Oct. 25; and at
Fulton Saturday Oct. 26. He will be
in his Office all of court week, and
persons wishing to pay taxes at that
time can do so. He will then the fol
lowing week go to Salem, after which
he will be in his Office regularly.
Highest New York prices paid for all
kinds of furs and hides (otter, fox, coon,
mink) at NJ. Kalisky's.
Most of the persons who applied al
the last examination for certificates tc
teach in the free common schools o1
this county do not appear to have
been sufficiently prepared for the ex'
animation, as more than seyenty-hve
per cent. of them failed to get ally
kind of certificate, and only one out
of seventeen applicants got a frs
grade certificate. If persons wish te
teach they should first qualify them
selves for the work, for an incompe
tent teacher is totally unfit to teach
school. A poor teacher is worse thar
no teacher. Now, we do not know
who are the parties that failed to ge
certificates, but we would kindly sug