The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-03-18

yisi1::r i>er brother, Mr.. J. d. Geraio.
Miss Lipscomb, the new milliner for
Mr.. S. /. I'LL arrived IN Manning last
Sunday.
Mrs. W. NJ. Brockinton and daugn-
tiers are visiting relatives and 1rlenas
in Kingstree.
/ Hon. r. S. DesChamps was in town
sEesterday looking spic after his arou-
BUS legislative duties
sssS Mr.. W. E. Jenkinson, accompanied
r Miss Lydia Coppedge, returned 1rom
Sew York last Sunday.
3 The bows will give a first class min
sssstrel on the 26th for the benefit OF the
band. Help them along.
"a The people of this community VII!
sybe Glad TO know that Mrs. Louis Lew
I has returned home from Sumter.
There will be an oyster supper at
Pinewood tomorrow evening Tor tne
henefit of the Methodist church. Let
everybody 60 and help good cause.
Mr.. 3. r. Harvin and family have
moved to Charleston, where Mt. dar-
vim will be employed in Congressman
I,epare's Office until Congress meets IN
November.
The "Trip to the Noon Company
had GOOD audiences both Friday ana
Saturday, evenings. The show IS Well
ro~tb the nrice and great entertain
ment for children.
Dispensary Inspector Stancill was IN
Manning yesterday. His 1nspectlon OF
the dispensary was satisfactory ana ne
GAYS that Dispenser Brown keeps the
neatest and most accurate BOOKS IN tne
State.
The Auxiliary society Of the Ameri,
can Bible Society at this place Will noto
it's annual meeting next Sunday night
at the Presbyterian church. Let every
one attend this union service ana alo
this good work.
MIR. and Mrs. W. T. Lesesne gave a
finch party at their home on last w ec-
nes6ay night, which was very mach
enioved by ali who attended. At ten
O'Clock a delightful repast was served.
The following couples were present;
Mr.. J. q. Hawkins and Miss Mabel
NcFaddin, Mr.. Sam W. Barron ana
Miss Julia Tompkins, Mr.. Lucius Har-
vim and Miss Hattie Bagnal, Mr.. l.. f.
Mcintosh and Miss Ada Bagnal, Mr..
Plumer Clark and Miss Louie Smith,
Mr. Eddie Horton and Miss JAMIE lu-
cram, Mr.. Charlie Rigby and MISS
lii. Harvin, Mr.. I. I. Appelt and Miss
Mayme Harvin.
s:Fe-or. Fe-or! Der pindar machine
On fe-or." This is what jolly Joe said
when he discovered gasoline leaking
from the peanut roaster in front OF Mn
rner's fruit store after striking match
10 see if the leaking liquid would burn.
The flames leaped high above the roas-
ter and as the destruction OF Ianuses
roaster cleaned upon Joe, ana the prop
ability Of having to pay for his careless
ness. .'fe-or, fe-or," came from MN luS-
tily and excitedly. After very much
throwing up Of dirt with his feet ana
hands, he looked back and gleefully re-
allied the s'fe-or'' out, then he went
into the store and gave very luc!o
explanation in his native tongue, which
was as follows: "De penut fe-or rob
iaberaba amputemoutquick:
burnafngermachine ehotikhella-'
The lecture of Rev. j. W. Daniel, D.
D.. of Charleston last Monday evening
at Institute hall was not as we'll at
tended as the benevolent cause he was
laboring for deserved, and as his lnge-
niously woven wit, wisdom, m1rth, pa
thos and oratorical eloquence merlteo:
The subject was ''The Southern Mule"
and how he was to make such title
apply to something of intellectual value
was mystifying to the ordinary mlno:
but Dr.. Daniel did It. He portrayed
in the choicest of English the accom-
plishment of this useful animal and IN
doing so artistically painted word pic
lures Of this country's past. present ana
future civilization. The speaker would
facetiously prepare the mind for an
abstract question and then with an elo-
ouence such as few platform speakers
possess weave mass of historical pro-
Dress. and hold his audience spellbound
as he opened up to its gaze what eX-
pansion of brain and Drawn has accom-
plished. A number of his mlrth-pro-
yokirg sayings were pointed with wise
applications, and his manner OF depict
inc the malishness of man was pathetic.
The lecture was very entertaining.
The speaker has the faculty OF dig
oine 10 dry facts. and converting them
into bubbling oratory, bristllng with
beautiful figures, placing them before
the minds eve in a macner that great
lessons NAV be learned thecefrom. We
hope DR.. Daniel will be invited here
again, as we regard him and John Tenn
pie Graves. and one reminds US OF the
other,as being the best platform speak
ers we have yet listened at.
The people in the Oak Grove section
are somewhat irritated with Coroner
Brewer and charge him with incompe-
tencv for being led by an irresponsible
party to lacerate the feelings OF par
ent and the grandparents OF an infant
by having the body exhumed and maze
the subject for spite. The two-Weeks-
old infant of Mr.. Leroy Drose died
shortly after its mother, and was buried
at Oak Grove church. 1t seems that
Jim Barfeld, whose wife is connected
with the infants mother in some way,
went to Coroner Brewer ana demanoeo
that an inquest be held, as the child's
death was suspicious. The coroner en-
panelled jury on last Sunday week,
and among the jurors was Bar6eld, the
man making the complaint, and a man
bv the name of Dennis, son-ln-law OF
the coroner, who joined Barheld in the
demand for the inquest. The little
body was taken up and post mortem
examination held by DR.. Geiger, and
nothing but natural cause for death
was discovered. Mr.. J. c. Drose. a
grand-parent. is highly incensed over
the matter and s;.ys he will present
facts to the grand jury. Drose will ask
the grand jury to recommend Brewers
dismissal on the ground that he IS n.
competent to discharge the duties OF
tho office. as is shown bv his acting on