The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-02-18
Sumter News.
[ [TFaiclman and So,tlroa, Feb III

''PS
Nearly $4,000 stock in the Masonic Tenn
pie Company has been subscribed.
Our friends and patrons will now remem-
Der that the Watch'nan and So,tlr0n is now
on its own ground, on Liberty street oppo-
site the fire engine house.
MIR. H. A. Rodgers. who lives just on the
other side Of Pocotaligo swamp, had the top
of his houses blown off during high wind
on Sunday afternoon, the 1st instant.
Abram James, the negro who stabbed
Boston Gilbert to death in Charleston about
two weeks ago was arrested at this place
this morning by Chief of Police Weeks.
Rev. David Levy, Of Charleston, lectured
to the Jews in Masonic Hall last Sunday.
He will give them service every other
Sunday. A choir has been formed and the
music on Sunday was very sweet. The next
service will be on the 22nd.
1t hns been stated that the prisoners 5m-
plicated in the Bishopville riot case, now in
jail, will be brought before Trial Justices
Goodman and H. L. B. Wells, at Magnolia,
on writ of habeas corpus. on Friday next
The bail bonds of these parties have already
been fixed at $500, and the trial justices as
well as everybody else, are at loss to con-
ceive the meaning of this procedure
Some time ago drummer who held a n
E. r. R. check, No. 74S, lost his trunk at
the Coast Line depot in this city. It was
supposed to have been stolen from the plat
form of the depot. The matter was put in
to the hands of Chief of Police Albert Weeks
and after working up the case, he found the
trunk last night in the house of colored
man named Daniel Booth S. me Of the
things We're also found in Angelina Nelson s
house, colored woman. Both of the par
ties live in the city.
Mr.. David j. Vim who has been in the
clothing business for over forty-three years,
and who IS at present the oldest merchant
in Sumter, has made up his mind to retire
from active business He is ore Of the best
known of the Sumter merchants, in the
county and State His business career has
been successful one and has been marked
by fair dealing aud strict integrity. Mr..
VIM started in Sumter as tailor or the
bench, and has made many suits of clothes
His business increased rapidly, anil just be-
tore the war was conducted on q large scale,
with a number of men at work under him.
He was the first man who ever sold clothes
in Sumter.
Vim. P. DuRant, formerly a postmaster
at Manning, was arrested on 9Th February,
on charge Of forgery. Some time ago E..
Il. Deas, deputy collector, signed letter of
credit to Parish & Company, Philadelphia
firm, for $40 in favor of DuRant who was
then teaching in the free school at Concord,
and wanting to buy books. At the time of
signing the letter Deas filed out all the
blanks in the letter in pencil. It now
shows changes throughout in pen and ink,
alleged to have been done by DuRant. The
amount of credit is also changed to S75.
The defendant waived the preliminary
hearing, and in default of $500 bond, re-
quired by the Trial Justice, has been COM
nlitted to Jail.
On Monday afternoon, as Maj. y. F. B.
Haynsworth was quietly seated IN his law
Office writing, servant stepped in and pre-.
sented him a note from Colin c. Manning,
Esq, of this city We do not know what
the contents of the note were, but we saw a
fine horse and new buggy standing in front
of the office. 1t proved to bc present
from Mr.. Manning and his sister, Mrs.
David B. Williams Of Camden. The horse
was sent down across the country from
Camden Oh Monday morning, and was
taken around to W. NJ. Graharns stables
where he was put into a new set of harness,
hitched to handsome phaeton and driven
to Mr.. Haynsworth's. The horse is a beau
tiful one driven by the late Ex-Governor
Manning shortly before his death. 1t is
said that "beauty provoketh thieves" The
Major had therefore best keep a close watch
on this present lest the same fate befalls it
as in the case of the beautiful watch given
him, which was stolen sometime ago, and
which he has never recovered.
Since our last issue the city council has
held meeting and took under considera-
ton, first. the water works contract This
hes now been fully and finally agreed upon
and the contract with II. o. Reed of New
York confirmed. It provides for the sink
ing of an artesian we'll to depth Of at least
500 feet, which is to supply chemically pure
water to the city; fifty fire hydrants, to be
laid along five miles Of main, (mains to be
laid on the principal business streets) under
the direction of the city council. Ample
provision is thus made for furnishing the
school buildings, the market, city hall and
other public buildings In addition to this,
the parties further contract to furnish four
drinking fountains to be located as therein
directed, as well as water for sprinkling the
streets, the last being provided in consider
alton that no special license be imposed
upon the City Water Works Company. The
contract calls for the commencement of
work by the company within 80 days from
the execution Of the same, and the work
must be completed in nine months after it
is commenced.
Ben Mickerson, an old colored man about
G5 years old, who lived on the Foxworth
place in the northwest portion Of the city,
died about noon last Thursday. As the old
man was in destitute condition his cousin
John Mickerson applied to the Chief Of Po-
lice Weeks, for money. Mr. Weeks consent
ed to furnish the coffin on behalf of the city
if his relations and friends would bear the
other expenses connected with the funeral.
After purchasing the coffin and turning it
over to him, the chief heard no more of the
matter, until it was reported to him day
or two afterwards that the colored people
had dug the grave at the colored cemetery
and put the body Of the old man in the cot-
fin and had actually carried the coffiE con-
tanning the body within one hundred and
fifty yards of the grave and then left it lying
out all night exposed to the rain until 2
o'clock on Saturday Mr. Weeks went I'M
mediately to the spot and had the remains
decently and properly inferred at the entire
expense Of the city The only apparent
reason for this unfeeling conduct on the
part OF the people who undertook to look
after the matter, is that it being late II the
evening when they neared the cemetery
they became frightened and ran away,
leaving the corpse.