The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-22


throp Training School.
The clerk of court has had his OF,
flee adorucd with another convenient
record case.
Large congregations are attending
the protractcd services at the Baptist
church OF this place.
An important meeting of the Good
Templars' lodge will be held next Fri
day night, and a full attendance is de-
sired.
One of the singular things in life is
that the lighter moustache a man has
the more trouble he experiences III
raising it.
Mr.. B. A Walker has been drawn
as a petit juror in the Uuited States
court which meets in Charleston the
first Monday in November.
The third quarterly conference for
the Manning Methodist church was
held yesterday in this place. Rev. T..
I. Hodges preached at II O'Clock.
4 protracted meeting will begin
next Sunday in the Methodist church,
| to be continued for several weeks.
Rev. A. j. Stokes, of Sumter, will as
sist Rev. W. S. Stokes in the meeting.
On the 31st instant Doctor Swamp
and Oak Grove alliances are to have
a consolidated picnic at the residence
of Mr.. JEFF D. Holladay. Several
prominent speakers have been invited,
and large crowd is expected.
Clarendon is entitled to scholar
ship in the S. C. Military Academy
this vear, and as the scholarship is
for four years and worth $1,000, we
expect there will be number Of ap-
plicants for the prize. Particulars
were published last week.
Tie trustees of the Manning Collie
ciate Institute have elected the fol-
lowing teachers: Mr.. Marshall D.
Murray, late of the Dishopville Acad-
envy, principal; and Miss Mary A.
Hughson, of Sumter, assistant. The
teacher for the primary department
will be elected later.
There is much interest manifested
in the protracted meeting at the Bap-
tist church. Twenty were baptised
last Sunday night, and thirty OF more
are to be baptised next Sunday night.
Up to the present time forty-seven
have been added to the membership
of the Manning Baptist church.
Trial Justice Timmons yesterday
tried colored girl by the
name of Ida Manning for
stealing watermelons from the
field of Nh. B. T. Ridgill. The
girl acknowledged stealing the melons,
and was sent to jail for one week
He, also, committed Simon Scott on
the charge Of stealing a pistol and
watch from Mr. J. H. Lloyd.
Capt. S. c. Cartledge, an agent for
the sinking fund commission, is in
Manning, collecting back taxes on
forfeited lands and correcting any er-
rors that may exist. He will be here
until the 2Sth instant with his head
quarters in the auditors office. Those
persons receiving notices from him
will do we'll TO call on him with their
tax receipts.
An excursion train passed Manning
this morning loaded with living
freight for the city by the sea-" The
train was billed to stop at this place,
and as natural consequence Of cheap
fare, a large number dressed in their
chest Sunday clothes" went to the
depot, expecting to spend to-day in
haling the salty atmosphere from the
ocean. The crowd waiting at the
depot numbered in the neighborhood
of one hundred, and as the train was
approaching there was a general
hand-sllaking and wishings of pleas
ure, when to their utter astonishment
the train, running at the rate of thir-
ty miles an hour, shot past these
would-be excursionists and continued
on its way much to the disappoint-
ment of those who had set their
hearts on day of fun. 1t was a COL
ored excursion with special accommo-
dations for whites. A number OF
white persons were among the disap-
pointed excursioDists.