The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-14
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Make your town tax returns.
W. E. JENKINSON.


The frequent rains are doing damage to
crops.
Mr. W. VI. Youmans. of the Fork, is in
low state Of health.
Mrs. u. Z. Burgess, who has been visit
ing in Sumter is at home again.
The town authorities stopped the erec-
ton of {. wooden kitchen on the Walker lot.
Buy your ice at higgins market.
Mrs. G. II Higgins and children re-
Florence.
The State Alliance meets in Columbia
the 2Sth inst. and the railroads will give
cheap rates.
Candidate J. N. johnson arrived in town
last Monday morning and was called upon
by number of friends.
Attention. Baseball Clubs! Full line Of
Baseballs and Bats at r. B. Loryeas.
The vault for the clerk of cou:t's Office
has arrived and the work for putting 1t IN
place has been commenced.
Mrs. ?. B. Thames and children left last
Monday night for o visit to her brother,
Mr. II. D. Clark, Of Foreston.
One day last week. Bolton, next to the
youngest of Mr. j. S. Plowden's children
met with an accident resulting in broken
leg.
Mr.. S Bounds, OF Florence. commenced
work on the ne,- Methodist church. Str.
Bounds is the contractor who built the
Nettles stores.
Brockinton is up to date on cold milk
shakes and cococola.
Died one day last week, an infant son of
MIR. John Garrow, one Of the knitting mill
operatives. This is the first death among
the foreign colony.
The severe rain last Thursday night car
ried away the bridges on what is known as
..Tear Coat" in the Fork in the DuRant and
GailIard neighborhood.
CAPTAIN D. ". McLaurin. OF Marion. one
Of the Congressional candidates. arrived IN
town Monday night and was the guest OF
his army comrade. Captain D. J. Bradham.
E. c. Horton is selling oat his entire
stock al cost.
The Massachusetts, Legislature enacted
law which prohibits the wearing of birds
feathers for ornam entail purposes. This
will play havoc with the millinery trade OF
that State.
The official list of managers to conduct
the primary appears IN another column.
The primary takes place at the respective
clubs on August 81, and every white man
should vote.
There is no more graceful exercise for
young lady than riding wheel provided
she does not make man almost break his
neck jumping of of the sidewalk to get out
o: her way.
Ice for sale at higgins market.
The Bank Of Manning has just put il its
vault handsome set Of steel cases to bold
books and papers. The vault now is abso-
lutely FIRE proof, as there IS not particle
of wood about it.
Little Boy-"Msmma, didn't the preacher
say the heathens IN Africa don't wear
clo,hes?" Mother-sYes, that is what ne
said" Boy-"rhen why did papa drop
button in the contribution bag?'
Pupils will he coached IN the Manning
Academy in any particular study prepara-
tory to entering college.
The store formerly occupied by II. D.
Rif will be occupied shortly by the Man
ming Hardware Company with Mr.. Frank
P. Erwin as manager. The store will be
renovated and put in an attractive condi-
ton, and work to that end has already be-
gun.
Pure Apple Vinegar, the best for pick
ling and table use. r. 5. Loryea, the drug
eist.
The announcement of Mr.. Z. c. Horton
in another column means that the people
will have an opportunity to buy well
assorted stock Of dry goods. clothing. hats
and shoes at cost and that Mr.. Horton
means Just what he says. When you want
to buy some goods it will pay you to ex-
anime the bargains he is now offering.
Complaints are being made about people
hauling dirt from the road near Black
River causeway on the edge of town. The
town authorities should put q stop to this
as it makes the road almost impossible. No
one has the right to dig up the public roads
or streets and if they are caught at slt they
should be punished.
Now is the tue to get cheap dress goods
at Z. &. Horizons.
The friends of Clerk Of Court J. H. Tim
mons will be glad to learn that he had q
successful surgical operation performed on
his face in Charleston last Saturday. The
facial arteries were taken up and the now
CT blood to the tumor was checked and the
last accou4ts from him gives his TRENDS
every hope that he will soon be nd OF TINT
dangerous and annoying facial trouble
1t was amusing to see how ''awfully
friendly some people are when they want
you to KNOW their preference. Las Mon,
day udidate Johnson met several "oid
frieuds" whom he had never heard OF be-
fore and if some Of his opponents had been
here they no doubt would have found some
..old friends" too, and so it goes the Sorld
over; people are emotional and they can't
help It.
Go to Brockintons 5 for ice cold soda, milk
shakes and cococola.
The special committee empowered by the
executive committee to appoint the man
scess TO conduct the primary on the 3ist OF
August, met in the court house slast Satur-
day ana performed that duty. The names
of the munagers will be found in another
coluAn 1t is hoped that every manager
appointed will serve and when the election
is over the money paid in by the candidates
will be divided among them.
The .Ianning Academy will open Mon
day, September 6, with Mrs. E. G. Alsbrook
and Major j. L. Mclean as teachers.
We take pleasure in calling attenuon to
the advertisement Of the South Carolina
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