The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-25


N.s T. J. Hogan of Greeleyvlile IS
wishing relatives in Manning.
\ GREAT rush is being made 1or TICK
ats te rhe Minstrel. tomorrow nlgnt.
The town council has given the
ssthrow down" to the slot macnlhes'
d. Abe Weinberg and family are IN
Manning on visit to their parents
Read Jenkinson's 'sopening" ad. ne
is making great preparations ioi d N--o
display.
Mrs ". NJ. Brockinton and daugh-
+ors have returned home from Vlsl1 10
Kingstree.
Till claims that his ''opening" wll
he the finest display in town, reao MS
advertisement.
The chaineane is short of hands, ana
worE on the roads is needed. Whefe
are the road hands.
Nr C. C. Thames has been appointed
postmaster at Silver in place OF Mr'
E. P. Briggs resigned.
The building boom has struck Man
nino sure. In every dlrectlon one e'n
coo the work of house builders.
Mod last Thursday at his home, near
Bethel church near the 5ilAa.us1 80. =
line Willie McElveen aged aoooO l.
years.
There will be preaching at Fellow
ship church next SUNDAY o,sS 1I.ov ,,i1l
and 4::3o p. m. Rev. }. ). Nesei' VIZ
preach.
The county commissioners mad
snecial meeting in the Fork sectlon
1ast week to hear argument opening up
a new road.
Mr. W. Roger Mcintosh has com,
n,eted his course at Poughkeepsie ana
viii leave there next Tuesday 1or HIS
home at Workman.
Married last Wednesday at Paxvlile
Mn Charles Bradham and Mrs Nepps
Richbourg, widow Of the late Masls-
trate J. F. Richbourg.
The county board of equalization met
in the court house yesterday. Cnalr-
rn.n Owens was absent having lmpor-
tant business in kipgstree.
Some beautiful cabbages from Rev.
y Hureins of Paxville made US a
verv toothsome dinner today ana the
beauty of i is they were present.
c.~,s .-e out announcing the coming
,,carriaee of Miss Wilhelmlna GaItar9 Gs
Of DuRant, and Mr.. Ben S. Crawioro
Of Alcolu, to take place at home, on Ine
evening Of April 10th.
Senator Tillman is to be banqueteo
on April 3rd, by the people OF Cnar!ss-
ton for his activity in securing Cne
naval station. and for his light against
the collectorship appointment.
Died at his home in Paxville last
Friday DR.. J. J. Hodge aged aooaC 10 .
wears. The deceased was one OF ens
9Th, South Carolina cavalry and ser'eu
his country throughout the war.
Rev. S. O. Cantey will deliver an ao-
5reSs in the Methodist church at Fax
lille next Friday night at 5 O'Clock 10
tba interest of the W. C. T. Z. The
public is cordially invited 10 at1eno'
Mr. Jno, r. Keels and Miss Lula
Morris were married yesterday. aI1er-
noon at 5 O'Clock, at the Morris resi-
dence, near Whites Mill, by the pas
tor of the First Baptist Church.-sum-
ter Item, %.
The announcement is made OF the
forthcoming marriage OF Miss Leonora,
he dauohter Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. +.
Tawrence, Fulton, to Mr.. Walter d:
Epperson a young business nan ~
Pinewood, to take place June ofo'
The oat crop is very much damaged
nv an insect that saps the vitality from
the plant. The Clemson college au,
tborities are now investigating and Will
coon publish a remedy against the
evil: in the meantime a numoer OF
farmers are using nitrate OF sooa VIII
good effect.
We note that the Sumter papers
sneak boastingly of lots in that town
se11;no at the rate of $500 per acre.
Why. Manning has lots on ber back
e.reats that have sold and will sell now
at over $1,000 dollars per acre. Every
new artesian well bored here aoos a
price on our town lots.
We expect in the very near t3ture 10
have in this town big dry goods com
Danv managed by young men VINO were
raised behind the counters ana kno"
the trade thoroughly. This Will nave
the effect of bringing more traoe 10
Manning. and be a help to those al
ready here. A first class trade drawer
helps everybody.
we have just received through the
courtesy of Congressman Scaroorousn
another lot of garden seed which we
will send out as soon as we can get the
packages addressed. The last lot we
received was not enough to supply our
list, but we think now will have
enough, and hope the people Will have
good luck with them.
The postal guide for last month
shows that IS rural routes in this State
were discontinued, whether this was
the work of Inspector Dolan, who was
here recently, we do not know. but II
it was not, his work will be published
later and we fear that the only route
we have in this county will so on ac-
count of the smallness OF the income.
\ visit to r. L. Bells shop is inter
estine: It has the appearance OF thrift
and he is turning out some splendid
work. Mr.. Bell has in front OF his shop
two log carts which he built for 4. F.
Owen TO be used at mill on the Bloom
hill plantation in Sumter county and ID
we Venture to say the Workmanship }
viii not be excelled anywhere, and 1t Is
convincing proof that we have as good
workman in Manning as any town IN
the State. There is also a repair oe-
partment in Bells shop where guns,