The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-11-14

Quite fad among our town dudes i
wearing button on the lapel Of thel
coats with the words, "Girl Wanted, on II
One young lady on seeing one OF ines
creatures remarked. "that thing neees
mama worse than he does girl.
When you want good smoke 60 Il
Brockinton's and get 1Oc. package 0
! Pick Leaf smoking tobacco.
| It would not surprise us if every Con
cressman that had Republican opposi tioI
in this State is unseated The Republican
have captured both Houses, ead if they
follow the tactics of previous Republican
Congresses. all the Democratic Congress
men will sit on rickety chairs.
For spectacles and eyeglasses OF an.
kind call at Brockinton's and get the bes
at the lowest cash prices possible.
Rev. Sam Jones will lecture in Sumter il
the new opera house on the evening OF tn.
2lst. His subject will be. Get There anc
STAY There" Reserved seats will be solo
for rs cents, and the general admission
viii be 50 cents The proceeds will bt
given to the Sumter city mission, and the
railroads running into Sumter have agreed
to give reduced rates.
If three dollar pol! tax viii! give oul
children free schools that will run nine
months in the year. every man that feels
any interest in The future Of this country
will gladly pay it. The poll tax should b.
put on every able-bodied citizen regardless
of his age. There are thousands Of mer
exempt from paying poll tax that are more
able to pay than many who are liable and
are forced to pay. The Legislature should
look after the free schools the very frs
thing.
One of the State constables in Greenville
last week had just finished searching with
out srccess an establishment and was
about to leave when he turned to water
faucet to wash his hands and to his sur
prise whiskev instead Of water flowed from
the faucet. The search was renewed. ano
It was found that the liquor was concealed
in the top Of the house and was connected
with pipe to the room below. A consld
erable quantity of whiskey was captured.
When you want soaps, brushes, combs
sponges, or any other toilet article call a
| Brockintons and get the best for the loves
| cash prices.
About this time last year several thousand
dollars left Manning to help fill up the cof
| fers of the cotton brokers on Wall street
but this year not one cent has gone IN thai
direction, and we do not believe that Wa!
street will ever again handle any of oul
Meaningless money. There is more mon
ey and less anxiety in planting the "Bunct
| Yam" potato than there ever will be in try
ing to make a nickle dabbling IN those mas
ty cotton futures. We despise the pesky
thing
The Garciosa is the best Sc smoke to be
had in the market, at Brockinton's.
A prominent nember of the Presbyterian
church residing in this county was dele
gate to the recent Presbytery, and when hs
drove in town to take the train he put hi:
team mp at the stable opposite the dispen
sary. Several gentlemen were in the sta
bic at the time, and it was but short while
before he would have to take the train. The
churchman did not want to be seen going
over to the dispensary. SO he took one o
the stablemen aside telling him that hs
wanted to look at some Buckeye mowers
The stableman rubbed his hands together
in anticipation of q handsome profit
walked down to the back Of the stable witt
the man on his way to Presbytery, ano
when be asked "How many mowers do yor
want?" we can imagine his surprise wher
he was told, Il want quart Of single stal
and will be much obliged if you will send
boy across the way for me and don't le
them men in front know anything about It
because if that fellow Jack Ragiu gets on te
it will never hear the end of it. boy wa:
sent across to the dispensary, and the man
on his way to Presbytery got his quart o.
single star and was happy.