The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-19
Next Saturday is Washington's

o2SAS4A-S ~
in this place.
A large number Of murders have
occurred in this State lately.
The county commissioners advertise
for bids 10 build q bridge across Sam
my Swamp.
Mr.. n. NJ. johnson is prepared to
take boarders during court week at
81 per day.
The Clarendon county Fox Club re-
ports that they have so far caught
over two hundred foxes this season.
There was 'tkid" party at the col.
legiate institute last Friday night.
Those that attended spent q pleasant
evening.
How can woman be expected to
keep a secret when she knows that
people will not believe she has one II
she keeps it?
Mr.. James Aldrich, Of Aiken, and
Gen. James F. Izlar, of Orangeburg,
have taken the oath of Office, and are
now circuit judges.
Damon lodge, knights Of Pythias.
meets tomorrow night. Degrees will
be conferred and other important bus
mess will be transacted.
"La grippe" has captured the State
officials at Columbia, and has even
condescended to notice the Judge OF
Probate Of this county.
At an Israelitish wedding in New
York Monday the groom Immediately
after the ceremony was performed
presented his bride with a certified
check for 100000.
MIR. John T. Thigpen, aged about
so years died at his home Z miles
from Manning last Monday morning.
Mr.. Thigpen had six or seven strokes
of paralysis during his lifetime.
Information reaches US that Trial
Justice Mahoney is issuing warrants
for persons selling whiskey without q
license, and that he has already bound
over several to appear at the coming
court of general sessions.
Rev. James Mcdowell, of this place,
) will preach in the Richland Presbyte-
rian church next Sunday, and Rev. l.
C. Clyce, of Richland Presbyterian
t church, will of6ciate in the Manning
church next Sunday morning ana
: night.
) Mr.. Frank Miller, Of Darlington
while on visit in Manning this weeE
a performed surgical operation on
mule belonging to Mr. j. ". Mcleod
e The operation was performed in q fn'
q manner, and the mule will probabl,.
recover.
About half past one o'clock las
night fire was discovered under tn
: house owned and occupied by San
Nelson and his sister. The fire wa
:, discovered in time to prevent an,
:. damage. It is very evident that tn
r fire was set.
|. The County Sunday-school Conven
n ton will convene in the Presbyterla'
church in this place, next Saturda
.e morning. Every one interested il
'e Sunday-sehool work is invited to at
tend. Delegates will be elected to th
II State Convention, to meet in Colum
d hia next March.
q Nh. Richard H. Davis showed us
3 fine specimen of what he thinks
L gold ore, that be picked up on HI
at farm near this town. It would not b
surprising to US to wake up som
?, morning and find the land aroun
st Manning owned and in possession
T. gold mining syndicate.
~ It would be surprising if the gran
~ jury is not called upon to make ce
tain persons in this county sho
n cause why they should not be sent
iail for violating the liquor law
&c Complaints are continually beir
e made about this matter, and the
N N seems to be disposition among tt
tS people to rid themselves of this de:
- ance of the law.
40 We learn that Mrs. S. L. R. Lesesl
- has quantity of very tine cabba'
;! plants which she is selling at TWEEN
- cents hundred. We are always gil
uA W. to hear of our people devoting the
~ ~ attention to something else than &C
.a ,os ton raising, for when we>raise at hor
II. r. everything that a it is possible to raj "a
II ;ct there, especially such things as ylelt
.r .rt very large profit, we are on the hle
way of success.
OF It is very gratifying for US to pu
of lish in another column an advertl:
ment that Clarendon farmer has
he sale several hundred bushels of CO.
on- and several tons of fodder, all of
I'm own raising. Mr.. J. NJ. DesCham
icy of Pamela, is one of our very best q
,ad most successful farmers. He will
en- his homemade corn at Charlest
to prices with freight added, and ev'
farmer knows home-raised corn IS
'or- perior to Western corn.
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