The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-26
News from Silver.

SILVER, March 24.-EEtor Muu,i1J Times.
What temptation to write but what to
write very often suggests itself on this wise
lis it prudent ut Ill times to tell AL You
know? To write up news requires no ordi-
nary figure head We hear so many men
talk; we see so maiy good Things tn" 'inEs
ought to have: yet prudence seems to bo 4
prevailing virtue. Wei, We are so cHH*;i-
tuted as to have an opinion of our own, ana
frequently we some times do things our own
way, thereby giving the news just as we
| find it.
Our community for some time has been
terribly excited over lyc factory. But We
| have lost our laulels. This in y measure
has been quoted.
learn to-day an effort is being pnt for
ward to Incorporate prohibition plank IN
our next primary What say YOU: Do you
think this move wise or unwise? What Will
the church say? This is food for thought.
/ Nv impression is prohibition will not pro-
hibit. It is believed by some that such Il
move would overthrow the Democratic par.
ty. Has prohibition ever succeeded any
where? ionr facle pen can give us your
views.
had IN examining visit over the sum
merton railroad avenue on Wednesday last.
| Our friends down there are in earnest as to
their coming town. Summerton really looks
town-like. Col Utsey was there, not only
in the interests of the c. S. Il n. Railroad,
but he was much interested in Summerton.
Mr. George Bruner likewise added much by
| leveling the avenue and surveying that part
which goes across Taw Cav Swamp. think
| it was unfortunate that the oil mill failed
lust at the time it did. Such business en-
terprise would certainly give more vim to
the town than almost any other enterprises
that they have yet undertaken.
Capt. Jno. c. Lanham has been given the
position of overseer over the new public
highway recently declared public by the
county commissioners. A good appointment
so say many of the citizens, but by no means
a very enviable one Mr.. Lanham has been
much interested, and carries very laudable
record for his untiring efforts to build up
| Summerton.
! It really looked on Saturday afternoon rs
If the wonderful storm prediction OF Pro-
fessor Wiggins, the prophet, had come true
A dark cloud from the southwest, about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, gathered thick
and heavy It blew blizzard, nprooting
trees and doing considerable damage. The
rain fell in great torrents. The earth was
we'll saturated.
Lightning struck the house Of Mr.. G. T.
Jenkinson, splitting it open, and seriously
wounding Mrs Jenkinson. Also tearing the
shoe off the foot of Mr. Furman Jenkinson.
Much speculation is rife in reference to
the fruit trees-no blooms. Can you orany
correspondent give the cause? In many
places the trees are dying. From my per-
sonal knowledge there will be no fruit IN
this section. My impression is the early
fall-sown oa: crops are materially injured.
Silver and the surrounding community IS
deeply sad in the death of Mrs. S. E. Duck
EFT. Mrs Duckett was the eldest daughter
of W. NJ. Butler, of this place. With a
bright future before her, being married only
few months, she has been stricken down
in the very prime of her young life, leaving
bright record Of q pure christian life. A
large circle Of relatives and devoted friends
took her remains to the family burylnS
ground, and laid garlands on her grave with
many tears Of weeping.
"Angels throngcd her chariot wheel,
And bore her soul to tht: throne;
Then swept their golden harps and sung
The glorious work is done.