The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-06-02
W. E. JENKINSON.

AOUrS lOr the cSSSN,
W. E. JENKINSON.
Ice FOR sale at Higgins market.
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Rev. S. =. Nett!es was il town last Fri
day.
Florida watermelons are being received
IN Columbia
Messrs Thomas 4 Bradham have moved
into their new stables.
Mr.. Isaac Strauss, q member Of the Sum
ter bar, has been attending court.
Judge Townsend and Stenographer Par
rott left this morning for Sumter.
Miss Annie Loryea is oa visit her
sister, Mrs. Barnett of Mayesville.
Tanglefoot Fly Paper, large and small,
tor sale by (. B. Loryea, the druggist.
Mrs. S. NJ. Renfrew has gone to visit
The chain gang prisoners are now uni
formed IN the regulation Penitentlary
stripes.
Mrs. Lizzie A. DuBose brought to our
cSce last week well grown corn tassle,
with silks.
Rev. Hodges will begin a meeting next
Sunday, to be assisted by Rev. Wadde!l,
Of Columbia.
June Cantey, respectable and well
known colored blacksmith near Jordan,
died Monday.
Miss Hattie Harvin attended the COM
Nencement c: the College for Women IN
Columbia this week.
Our handsome stenographer, Mr.. L. I.
Parrot, still enjoys, good health, and holds
down a bicycle with ease.
Report says there will be several new
business enterprises IN town the comm g
fall, to divide the falls trade.
People buy Hoods Sarsaparilla year
after year because it does them good. 1t
will do you good to take 1t now.
DR.. C. W..Barron, Of Mayesville paid q
visit to relatives in town last week. He
was accompanied by DR.. Presley, of York
vile.
Married on May 9th, at New Zion
church, by Rev ". a. Wright Mr.. T. L..
Player and Miss Maria Powell, all Of the
New Zion section.
The bicycle craze is Just now taking a
hold on Manning. Several new wheels
may be seen and we learn there will be
several more in a few days.
Town tax returns are now in order. The
town council are determined to have an
equitable assessment Of property for the
collection of taxes IN the fall.
TIE Tr1s ef6ce is prepared TO do ali
kinds of Job work, andSatisfactlon is guar
anteed. Any work entrusted to US Will be
done quickly an with neatness.
Mr.. and Mrs. George H. Higgins had
the sad misfortune to lose their little eight
months old girl, Lima, early Monday
morning. We sympathize with them.
The Institute picnic at Tindal's mill last
Friday was largely attended and greatly
enjoyed. The day was especially tne and
the boys had chance to take them this
time.
Manager Jayroe IS doing some good
work on the roads with his chain gang. II
magistrates throughout the County will
send him all miscre2ntS who come before
them, the cham gang vii! prove a good
thing.
The Manning boys played scrub
game" with the Black River ball players q
last saturday afternoon, the score resulting
Is to Il in favor Of Black River. This ought
to make our boys practice.
Commencement season is now on and
for the next few weeks the papers will be
full with accounts of the graduating
speeches of brilliant young men and the
essays Of sweet girl graduates
The genial face Of our friend Tom Cut
tino, OF Davis Station, lent pleasure to MS
mary friends.in town this week. Tom has
been a guardian of the publics welfare IN
the capacity of grand juryman.
Buy your ice at Higgins market.
The State Board of Education have or,
dered another teachers examination for the
latter part Of June. Teachers had better
watch the Official notices, as this may be
the last examination before the puohe
school term begins.
Quite an earthquake shock was felt over
the entire eastern half Of the United States
about two O'clock Monday. 1t was felt ID
many towns in the upper portion OF this
State, but strange to say, Manning seems
to have been omitted by the shake.
Messrs. Gibbons s. Lavender sustained {
serious loss last week at their water mill IN
Salem. Tie water found place of escaps
ander the mill house and as the place en-
lsrgeS. came near washing away the enti-e
neiehborhood have had great fun with the
fish.
Cure that tired feeling by using DR.
Wirslow's Sarsapalilla Compound. The
best blood purifier. 81 a bottle, three bot
ties for $50 For sale by L. B. Loryea
the druggist.
There was no exhibition at the closing OF
the Institute last week, but on Thursday
Miss Withers gave the pupils IN her room
pleasant little entertainment, which was
witnessed by parents and invited guests
There were recitations, dialogues etc, anc
three prizes were awarded. The prize to1
the best examination IN geography was
awarded to Pet Wilson, the one tor the
most in provement IN writing to Edna
Brockipton, and the department prize was
vop by George Lowder.
While court was in session last Tuesday
Deputy Tobias discovered e pistol con
cealed in the pocket Of a negro by the
name Of Sam West. Deputy Tobias re-
ported the matter immediately to Judge
I ickson, who put a fine Of i've dollar:
.,n sam sam will know better mex
time than to go into the temple OF Just
ice" itself violating the laws OF the land
for while he may escape the big cour
there are certain smaller courts that are
likely to haul him up.