The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-08-13
The communication Of ": 4. &. is
crowded out this week


Let the candidates now come forth
The fight is to be short, but let it be
lively.
The Central Railroad is now run
ming an extra coach for the accommo-
dation of second-class travel.
Sumter has an ice factory in full
blast, turning out an excellent quality
of ice at the rate of eight tons PEI
day.
| We are requested to state that the
Wilson's Literary Society will meet at
the residence of Mrs. S. A. Nelson
next Friday night. A large attend
ance is expected.
! We call the attention of our read
ers to three more cards in this issue,
announcing the candidacy of L. L.
Wells for school commissioner, S. j.
Bowman for treasurer, and Louis APP
pelt for Judge of probate.
A large hawk last week attacked a
hen and her brood in the yard of Rev.
N. j. Brown. The heu showed fight
and dog taking part in the fracas
gave an opportunity for a member OF
Mr.. Browns family to kill the hawk.
The jury in the case of George S.
Turner who was tried for the killing
of his brother-ln-law in Spartanburg
county rendered a verdict of guilty,
and Judge Norton sentenced the pris-
oner to be hanged on the Sd of Octo-
Der next.
A young colored man by the name
of James Tindal died suddenly last
Thursday on the plantation OF Mr. W.
G. Frierson, of Wyboo. Coroner
Rowe held an inquest over the body
Friday, and the jury came to the con-
clusion that the deceased came to his
death from injuries received while
wrestling with friends.
The work on the brick store that is
being erected for Mrs. r. c. Gallu-
chat is rapidly going on, and by the
first of September it will be ready for
occupancy. There are several persons
ready to rent it as soon as it is finish
ed, and tenants could be had for two
or three more stores if the owners of
the lots would build them.
Last Friday afternoon lightning
struck the dwelling house of Mr.. ".
II. Young, and also struck two trees
in the yard. The house was consider
ably damaged, and the shock was so
severe that several members of the
family were stunned and remained
unconscious for some time Fortunate
ly no one was seriously hurt.
There was a large crowd of people
in town Saturday and everything
passed off pleasantly until late in the
afternoon, when one man imagined
himself Sullivan and tried to insult
gentleman who was busy attending
to his own business, but this man
soon found that he had made a
weighty mistake, and that he was
rather Shorter than he thought he
was. Whiskey was the cause.
Buy yonr Turnip Seed from J. G. Din
kins 4 Co.'S Drug Store.
Some time ago we called the atten-
ton of the county commissioners to
the dangerous condition of the light,
ming rod on the court house. The
rod is broken and the building is in
more danger Of being struck by light
ming now than it would be if the rod
were to be taken away entirely. By
attending to this matter at once may
be the cause of saving the county
thousands of dollars and perhaps some
valuable lives
Egg Custard, delicious dessert that can
be prepared in five minutes, for only 81
cents, Mt NJ. Kaliskys. Four useful glass
pieces included with each package.
Lisbon Nelson has brought US
sample head OF rice he is raising in
Manning near the river swamp. He
has two acres, which he says will yield
him at least 125 bushels. This rice is
certainly fire, and Lisbon deserves
praise for his energy. Lisbon tells us
that it's shame that the people
around here are so lazy that they vii
not work. He says q living is easily
made in our county: we have the land
we have the muscle; but we are too
intolerably lazy to work to make q
living.
Blank titles, mortgages, liens, bills o.
sale, and other legal blanks for sale at low
est prices by Dr.. L. W. NettIes, Foreston.
Foreston has fine corn and cotton,
both near the depot and on the south
side of the railroad track. Maj Lano
has an acre of magnificent corn, and
Col. Hudgins has an acre Of the finest
cotton we ever saw. It is planted five
feet by two feet, and is so dense that
it is difficult to walk in it. The weed
was topped a few weeks ago, and
stands about fye or six feet high. Il
is we'll fruited. Col Hudgins says il
ought to have been planted seven feet
by three, and he fears the fruit Will
, rot before it natures.
Charleston has had another murder
committed within her borders that il
) wrapped in mystery, and is even more
horrible than the famous Mcknight
murder. The victim in this case was
an inofensive young grocer by the
name of Henry Garten, who kept
small grocery on the corner OF Payne
and Line streets. Somebody entered
: the store about midnight, and strucl
the deceased twice on the head Will