The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-12
ST. Valentines Day next Friday.


Valentines for sale at Forester
Drug Store.
Make your tax returns. Only one
week longer.
A lot of comic valentines on hanG
at the TINES Office, for sale at a nom
inal price.
Mr.. NJ. Levi has just received {
magnificent cabriolet, for his private
use. For light draft and beauty i
excels anything of the kind we have
seen in some time.
There is a rumor that a railroad
will shortly be built from this place te
connect with the Ectawville railroad
We hope there is truth in the rumor
There is very little doubt that the Eu
tawville railroad will soon become 8
part of trunk line from the North tt
Florida.
Buy as little as possible in 1880
Economise on every line. Buy as lit
tie guano as you can squeeze through
with. Begin to scrape the fence cor
ners and woods and erect large com
post heaps. A dollar saved this yeal
is dollar made Trade for cash i
possible.
Mr.. Ashley Briggs, of Silver, was
arrested at Silver last week on {
charge of selling whiskey without :
=. S. license, and carried to Charles
ton, where preliminary was held be,
fore a U. s. commissioner. Mr.
Briggs produced his U. S. license
and the case was dismissed.
The county commissioners adjourn.
ed to day, after three days session
during which they paid out about
s2,500. They paid the county bonds
in full. They expect to pay all claims
in full except for bridges and poor
The members of the legislature neg.
lected to have levy made for lunacy
claims, and these will also not be
paid.
AL organized Sunday-schools are
requested to elect delegates to attend
o meeting to be held in the Presby,
terian church in this place, Saturday
the 22d of February. These dele
gates will elect delegates to attend the
State Supday-school Convention, tc
meet in Columbia next March. AL
denominations are expected to take
part in this meeting.
David G. Ready, a white man who
was charged with the brutal killing
of a colored prisoner in Barnwel
county recently, has been arrested il
Florida by Chief of Police Twiggs, o:
Augusta. Governor Richardson i'm.
mediately after the killing offered q
reward Of $500 for the capture oi
Ready, which resulted in his capture
and be now lies in the Augusta jai
awaiting proper papers.
The Manning Guards will have 6
drill meeting Monday evening, the
23rd inst. Capt. Levi desires some
time during the month of June tc
have public prize drill, the proceeds
to go to some charitable object. As
an inducement for the boys to turr
out and drill he has offered the follow,
ing prizes: IS in gold for the best
drilled man; $3.50 in gold for the
second best; and box of cigars fol
the third. Boys, turn out and drill
At the last meeting the company lack.
ed one of having enough to meet the
necessary requirements Of the law
Don't let this happen again.
In our last issue we threw out 6
suggestion to the board of county
commissioners that it would be wise
for them not to allow themselves to be
taken by surprise in case the Worlds
Fair committee desired the court
house square for q site upon which
they could hold said fair. And our
commissioners being ever ready tc
receive valuable suggestions have
been in session ever since Monday
morning hard at work paying out the
various sums of money that the coun-
ty was owing. And by the Way WE
were told this morning that they had
seen our suggestion to them to have
the court house painted and the fence
repaired, and that if there was any
money left after paying the debts
they would expend same in carrying
out our suggestion.
His Speech 10 the Jury.