The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-18

friends to send US theirs that We may SIatl
| fy this great philanthropist. He has con-
tributed more to help INDECENT Confederate
soldiers than any man in the Union.
For that torpid liver try "Thedford's
Black Draught" at Brockinton's.
This is the last issue before the drawing
Of the prize. Remember. the Times will
give away to one Of its paid-up subscribers
on next Tuesday a handsome sewing
machine made By the New Ho e Sewing
Machine Company. This is no fake; the
lucky one will have machine worth forty.
FIVE dollars. Some one will carry the
machine off, and it will be the last drawing
the Times will have. We tried this plan
to induce subscribers to renew and to pay
up; it haslnot paid Us; We lost money by
the experiment, nevertheless. we will carry
out our promise to give away this variable
prize on next Tuesday.
Just received. at J. W. McLeod's. cargo
Of genuine red rust proof oats. also fine
lot of seed rye.
Last Saturday night sensation was Great
ed among the colored folks by one of their
number being laid out with q brick-bat
It appears that Willie Wright WAS owing
Dan Washington quarter;Dsn applied his
dunning machine to Wright and it gave
egense; Washington walked off and when
he got in the dark Wright slipped up be-
hind him and hit him ia the back Of the
head with a half Of brick. The blow
r.ndered Washington unconscious and for
q time it was thought that he never would
get over it. Wright was arrested and put
IN the guard house, and released upon the
payment of three dollars. The trial justice
will very likely do the rest.
The incest line of fresh candies to be
found at Brockinton's.
On Christmas eve an elopeme,t IS sched-
uled. The parents having the prettiest
daughter in town may wake up on Christ
mas morn to learn of an addition to the
family Of an ordinary-looEing. bow-legged.
souint-eyed son-in-law. # the elopement
s!iscarries, it will be because the mother
has got on to the racket or the young fellow
cannot raise the wind to tickle the parson
and he is too proud to have trial justice
to tie the knot. The girl in this romance
dees not belong to the ''tea club. for If she
did the face of man would be detestible
in her sight. Parents. do not let your
daughters fool you on Christmas eve with
the excuse that they want to sit up and
wait for Santa Claus. Times have chan nsed.
You know.
Preserve your sight by having your eyes
properly ftted with pair Of Crystal
Lenses" Spectacles or eyeglasses. r. B.
Loryea. the druggist.
There is a gang of loafers in this town
that should be looked after. How they live
is mystery. fos they do not work aud
pay no taxes Something should be done
to get rid of them. In the larger towns
this class of individuals are hauled up and
put in a chain gang TO do work on the
streets. It is sctually shame that strong,
able-bod!ed u en- should be allowed to hang
around in idleness. rags and filth. Some
of them have not enough clothing on their
persons TO cover their nakedness, and they
seem perfectly happy when basking in the
sunshine or sitting around street FIRE.
Give one of these chaps cigarette and q
few soda crackers he will get along elegant
ly all day, and st night he will get the rest
from his visits to chicken coops. Cannot
this vagrancy be stopped?
For pulverized sugar. rAisins, currants.
citron and fsvoring extracts, go to ]. W..
McLeods.
The cotton market still hangs on trembl-
ing balance and it is hard to predict what
the price will finally be. If supply and de-
msnd could control prices we would form
some kind of ga idea what the future will
bring forth, but as supply and demand has
but little influence upon prices there is no
one outside Of the manipulators that can
give any definite guess. We cannot see tor
the life of US why cotton should not be
worth more money; the fields are bare. the
farm-yards are in the same fix, and the
country merchant has been forced to put
his cotton on the market to meet his notes
coming due for goods bought in the spring.
Everything to naturally force up the price
of cotton stares us in the face and yet the
reports come in, "a little off to-day" or
'.she closed several points lower yesterday.
We have predicted the raise in the price
and still predict it. 1t is bound to 60 higE-
er and after the holidays it would not
surprise US to see the market jump with
rapid strides.
In order to make your Christmas clkes
q success use Gold Medal" -four. For Sale
by J. W. Mcleod.
Our merchants lost pile Of money this
wear by not being awake to their luterent>.
md we sincerely hope this lethargy will
not be repeated. 1t has been conrlnclngly
demonstrated that tobacco warehouse
:raws a large amount Of trnde T. town.
and by Manning not having such au inSti-
tuition tkis year. thousands OF dollars worth
Of Clareudons trs'e went to Sumter. Dar-
lin cton, Florence. Timmonsville. and other
points. Now lot our BUSINESS mon look to
their interests with the beginning OF the
new year. 4 few hundred dollars will pu,
up the necessary building. and the thing
will pay for itself in the FIRST year. 1t mat
t.rs not in what part of the town the insti.
tuition is located. In most towns the con-
.<sn is loa,sed at the depot. and we believe
if our business men will determine to
build a warehouse the railroad company
will contribute the ground. Do not wait
until it Is too late, but SO to work early III
the year aud not stop until we have sue
cecded.
A full line OF nuts. such as brazils, al
monds. pccans and english walnuts. at J.
". McLeod's
This year an effort was made TO get a
graded school for Manning, it failed be-
cause those in charge Of the matter put OF
their work until the last nnment and did
not give themselves time to examine into
the law Now there is no excuse for re-
petition of this failure. 4 graded school is
needed here and it is wanted by large
majority. The way people should look at
q matter of this kind. is to find out what
viii! do the most good to the greatest num-
Der. md if it is found that . graded school
will be better than our present system aud
will do the greatest gooi to the greatest
number. th-n by all means We should have
one There ARE men in every community
opposed to graded schools ard any other
kind of free schools. bnt the majority rules
and If th,. majority want such school and
they will begin the agitation in time and
then comply strictly with the law. the work
will be accomplished. Wherever u graded