The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-02-16

ing church, and on the evening OF Marcn
10th Rev. E A. Wilkes Will deliver a lee
ture and the ladies will serve retrsshmeht :.
An admission fee will be charged and the
proceeds will be for the benefit OF the
church.
Mr.. D. McFaldin of the Fork section
of this county and student at the South
Carolina College was recently elected editor
of the ..Carolinian," the college Journal.
This is high compliment to the young
man and We hope he will distinguish him.
self at the tripod.
The Commissioners of Election have re-
ceived assurances that checks will be sent
TO them from Columbia this week to pay
off the managers of the last special general
election and we hope those who are entitled
to any of this money will not keep the COM
raissioners waiting to pay ont the "stnf1.
Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver is in good condition. DeWltts
Little Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation, biiousness, indigestion
and all stomach and liver troubles. +. Z.
Lorvea. Manning; r. l.. Wilson, Jordan;
L. ". Nett!es, Foreston.
This will be cam paigu year and we pro
pose 70 heep our readers posted. II WoElo
| be & GOOD i3ea if oar subscribers would de-
| cline to loan tne;r papers to those persons
who make e a practice to borrow and never
subscrib, if they can borrow; By doing 50
| It will aelp US swell our subscription list.
Try it this ear and see how It Will work.
a cutting scrape took place about three
miles below Foreston last Saturday night,
in which William Barrineau, o white m an,
was cut in five places by regro by the
name Of Coins. DR.. G. L. Dickson OF this
town was called to see the wounded man
and he found two Of the wounds severe, but
not necessarily fatal.
We are indebted to friend j. D. Holiaday
for so promptly complying with our request
for mess Of turnips He brought US some
very sweet ruta bagas: now who will bring
the pork ham to cook them with? Let Us
have this thing divided up so that the bur.
den of supporting our family will not fail
too heavily on any one friend.
j. a. Perkins of Antiquity. O., was for
thirty years needlessly tortured by physi-
clans tor the cure of eczema. He was
quickly cured by using DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve, the famous healing salve for
piles and skin diseases. R. B. Loryea.
Manning; H. L. Wilson, Jordan; L. ".
Nettles, Foreston.
Died at his home in Daingerfeld, Tex.
last Friday. Maj Jno. Nj. Richardson, aged
66 years. Major Richardson had many
warm friends il this town and county, and
the news of his death will be received with
sorrow. Lack Of space prevents our pub.
lining this week the Morris County News
account of his death, but will do so next
| week.
In the st. Paul section our friend Mr.. R.
F. Turner says the farmers are taking ad-
vantage of the fine weather to put their
lands in shape for crop planting. and all
over the entire neighborhood there IS a
spirit of activity The st. Paul farmers are
going to make scent cotton by planting
other things along with it to help make the
pot bile"
The Clarendon delegation did wise
thing ard showed fine foresight when they
voted for Lee county, and now that Lee
County" is fixed fact Clarendon need have
no fear of being tampered with, but had
Lee county" failed, the next thing would
have been al attempt to dismember Clar-
epdon and cut of from US the most valuable
portion of our county.
Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, O., says:
After two doctors gave up my boy to die.
saved him from Group by using One Min
ute Cough Cure" It is the quickest and
most certain remedy for coughs. colds and
all throat and lung troubles. r. B. Lor-
yea, aiming; Fl. L. Wilson, Jordan; l..
". NettleS, Foreston.
Died last Saturday at her home near Man
ming, Mrs. Eliza NJ Davis, wife of Mr.. L.
James Davis, aged about 73 years. The
funeral took place in the Manning ceme-
tery Sunday afternoon, where large con-
course of people had gathered to pay their
1epect to the deceased. Rev. James Nc
Dowell conducted the impressive funeral
service
One of the happiest men now in Claren-
don is Mr.. o. q. Scarbo-o of Summerton:
He vas enthusiastically interested IN Lee"
county and the General Assembly has graf
fled his wishes. We sincerely hope tnat
our friend will not allow his enthusiasm to
carry him back to his old home. for We have
| learned to love him and we want him to
stay with US
1t is easy to catch cold and just as easy
TO get rid of it if you commence to use One
Minute Cough Cure. 1t tcures coughs. colds,
| bronchitis. pneumonia and all throat and
lung troubles 1t Is pleasant to take, safe
to use and sure to cure. Il. B. Loryea, Man
ming; H. l.. Wilson, Jordan; L. W. Nettles,
Foreston.
Senator Lesesne's bill to repeal the seed
cotton license after having passed the Sen
ate was killed in the House. Hon. W. G.
| Davis made speech in the House in favor
of the repeal, and the other members of the
delegation voted for its repeal. We are op-
posed 10 the seed cotton license law, a!tho
It put about $500 into our county treasury
! last year, and unless the law can be enforced
against everybody We hope it will be re-
pealed at the next session.
We have heard recently that ex-United
States Senator John L. NJ. Irby will be q
! candidate for the Legislature from Lau-
rens, and that Ex-Governor John Gary
Evans will be candidate for tie Legislat-
ure from Aiken. Both of these distin-
suished gentlemen have large legislative
experience and will make good workers in
that body. We do not vouch for the
truth of the story, bot if true it looks like
undertaking to solYe the problem, II frog
climbs pole five inches one day and slips
back six inches the next, how long will it
take the frog to reach the top:
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