The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09
St. Paul News.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 9.-A short line may renew
our acquaintance, as I have been silent so
long. Considering the short crops and short
prices and short money. it will naturally
shorten the life of your correspondent, but
am now looking on the sweet side of these
things, for the old oman tells me Santa
Clans will soon be this way, and he will
sugar the shortening What blessing and
pleasure it is to be so near happy Christ
mas. hope you may get long sweetenlns
bers to your valuable paper.
| Professor Ellison CaperS, Jr, of the Davis
Y Roads Academy, is doing Herculean ser
the top round Of the ladder as a teacher.
His school will have an exhibition in June;
come and see Mr.. Editor, for the half IS not
told. We can please You with pretty chill
tren and a handsome young teacher, al
ways kind, cheerful, and pleasant. Tue
school is rapidly rising to high grade OF
study.
Our st. Paul church Is now undergoing
| thorough repairs, and when finished will
! be an orna,nen: to the county, and mon
umeut to the Jealous efforts of the congIe-
cation in behalf of their house Of worship.
Legrand Ragin, a coIored man in the st.
Paul section, died suddenly on last Friday
night; he was we'll and enjoying good
health up to few hours Of his death. He
lived alone, and when found was lying on
his floor in dying condition. HewaS sick
for only few hours, as he was seen before
| dark we'll and cheerful. Trial Justice
Richbourg summoned q jury Of inquest
| who rendered verdict that the deceased
came to his death from natural causes.
Summerton Masonic Lodge Will convene
on the 18th inst. to elect officers for the en-
suing year. We wish them a happy st.
Johns-amongst the jewels. This lodge will
lose bright mason iu the departure Of Mr..
Sam Sparks to his old home in Marlboro
the lst OF January. May his Masonic
brightness never grow less. aud the gentle
dews of fellowship keep green the beauti-
full acacia.
Our c. S. Il n. R. R. is rapidly improv-
ing. and if your city does not take up stock
fora branch to your markets, Lam thinking
you had better move the metropolis along
side of it, or you will lose the golden op-
portunity and some other town will soon
take your pl;.ce-perhaps it may be st.
Pauls-for they have such fine country
here, and it is such business place. l do
not see much chance for other roads and
cities in this county. We can boast Of one
of the most pleasant railroad agents III the
State, Mr. Shirer, who is not only hand
some, but extremely and hugely happy,
now, especially, when he talks of Master
Shirer, two months old And there is our
esteemed friend and brother, Mr.. Anderson,
the railroad section master, happy as the
sun flower that bows and bends to The
breezes. He, too, is looking up name for
the baby
We have one of the largest mercantile
stores in the county at this place, and the
largest lot OF bachelors in it you ever saw
--only seven. They, too, are going to hang
up their stockings Christmas, hoping Santa
Claus may drop bonnet. or "some sich, "
for EN-
The JEFF Davis Alliance will hold very
interesting meeting on the Sd Saturday OF
this month, at 10 o'clock a. m. Much bus
mess is coming in, and from all allappearances
the Alliance will soon get out Of winter
quarters and stretch itself again across the
State. Some think because the Alliance
was not so attentive very recently to their
clubs that they were getting iu deep water,
but when the flowers of another spring be-
gin to blossom you will hear the gathering
of the clans that will surprise the country.
Nllman stands head and shoulders above
any governor We ever had. So much to the
victory Of the farmers and their Cincinatus.