The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-08-26
Mr.. F. C. Thomas LETT last Monday
for Glenn Springs.

Col. r. C. Richardson of Fulton spent
yesterday in Manning.
Mr.. J. w. Rigby and wife are back
home from the mountains.
Miss Athena Mellette of Davis won
the Winthrop scholarship.
The naval stores factory is buying
quantities of fat lightwooo.
There is house and lot in this town
for sale. See notice in another column.
Died Yesterday, Bessie, the two year
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. a. }. Whlte.
Miss Ethel Carson of Sumter is the
guest of Misses Mayme and Lulle Har-
win.
Mrs. O. z. Bostick, son and daughter
OF Sumter are visiting Mrs. G. 4. Har-
vim.
Mr.. J. H. Mahoney Of Silver had the
misfortune to lose by death his valuable
horse.
Died on last Monday Maj. Charles B.
Smith, known to the reading public as
''Bill Arp"
Mr.. J. W. Lesesne is now filing the
position of cashier of the Sumter say
ings Bank temporarily.
Mrs. D. R. Reaves OF Manning and
Mrs. D. A. Autry of Georgia are visit
ing in Lancaster county.
Mr.. Julius A. Schwerin OF Sumter IS
in Manning hanging wall paper IN the
residence of Mr.. Louis Levi.
The correspondence between pine
wood Prophet" and u. &. l." seems to
have created considerable talk.
Mr.. S. Lowder is now salesman in
the store of Mr.. D. Hirschmann, where
he will be pleased to see his friends.
Mrs. Pearle Breedin Robson OF Nc
Coll is in Manning on visit to nef
parents Mr.. and Mrs. \. b. Breedln.
Mr.. J. NJ. Chandler OF the clothing
firm of Cuttino s. Chandler OF Sumter
spent Yesterday in Manning hunting
customers.
Mr.. II. Bolin Tindal formerly OF
Clarendon has recently been elected
one of the alderman OF the city OF
Greenyille.
We see it stated that Mr.. S. ". Nc
Inrosh of Workman contemplates open
inc a mercantile business in the town
of Kingstree. We hope he will change
his mind and come here.
When YOU want physic that is mid
and gentle, easy to take and certain to
act. always use ChambeIlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. For sale by The II.
3. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac NJ. Loryea,
Prop.
Every farmenshould try attend the
mass meeting here next Saturday, ana
see to it that business is transacted.
There is no necessity for lot OF
speeches, it is the making Of lot OF
speeches that tire the people out and
throw damper on the object.
Mr.. J. II. Lesesne requests US to state
that he is not the 81. II. L." whose
articles appear in the controversy with
ssFrypheE,'' that he does not know who
J. I'll. OF Prophet are, and that ne
knows nothing about the subject OF The
controversy except what he has read.
The tobacco warehouses are not to
blame for the low price OF tobacco we
know it to be fact that a large guam
titv of tobacco has been bought by the
management of the Peoples warehouse.
which it can 6nd no market for and IS
compelled to hold with a probable loss.
Mr.. Ralph D. Epps recently returned
from the Philippines where he was en-
ployed by the United States govern
ment as a teacher, was in Manning last
THURSDAY, accompanied by his father
MIR. Isaac Epps of Williamsburg, on
visit to Mr.. E. E. Dickson and Mrs.
N, NJ. David.
On the evening of September 9th, at
the Institute hall Col. John J. Dargan
and his accomplished daughters will
give one of their delightful entertain
ments. Col. Dargan's lectures on South
Carolina history are very Instructive
and everybody should go out. This IS
not travelling show, but a family OF
refined people who are on an educa-
tional mission.
Mr.. W. E. James Jr., who was sent
here from Darlington by the lnde-
pendent Oil Company, has been ordered
to Hamers in Marion county to superln-
tend the company's ginnery, and Mr..
IL. Blackman of Darlington has been
sent to this mill to succeed Mr.. James.
Both of these gentlemen are active
Young business men and stand high 10
the company's estimation.
The low record made by the appll-
cants for the citadel scholarships IS SAD
commentary on the work Of our public
school teachers. It is evident that
teachers regard hearing recitationS
teaching. We hope the record made
at this examination will be pointer tc
our Superintendent of Education. Ihe
people pay taxes to have their children
taught, not merely to have some one tc
recite lessons to.
John Peter Richardson Duncan,a sor
ofCol. D'ArcvP. Duncan of Sumter, was
killed last THURSDAY about eight mile:
west of Columbia. The deceased woulo
have been p years next month. He
was student at Wofford, but was am
bilious to be a railroad engineer, anc
commenced as an apprentice, had beer
promoted to the position of fireman
and was marked for further promotion
when his brilliant career was cut short
Died last Sunday afternoon at hi;
home in the Fork, near DuIsant, Mr.
Samuel NJ. Graham aged about s;
wears. The interment took place II
the DuRant burying ground: The de
ceased well was known in this count.
although having lived in it but shor
time. He formerly lived near Mayes
Vile, and many Clarendon as we'll a
Sumter man was the recipient OF hi
nonarnsity q sni1it they did not reclp