The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-09-23

have been made with the agent at depot TO se!e-
phone when freight trains are appEoachlHs
Fare. 10 cents each w:tv.
Cotton brought in Manning to-day
10&.
Often the price OF liberty is $40 for 10
short days.
Miss Olivia Ingram of Sumter spent
last Sunday in town.
State Constable C. F. Jenkinson OF
Manning is now stationed at Beaufort
Miss Margaret Hines OF Florence IS
in Manning visiting Miss Marie hodge.
Miss Mittie Wood of Union is in
Manning visiting her sister, Mrs. w.
NJ. Turner.
Miss Cunningham OF Williamsburg has
accepted position in the store OF Mr..
Louis Levi.
Mr., and Mrs. F. T. Coffey have re-
turned home from Boone, n. G. where
thew spent the summer.
Lied last Monday morning Stephen
Thomas six months old infant OF MI
and Mrs. W. Scott Harvln.
There will be preaching at Fellow
shin church next Sunday at 2:O0 p. m.
Rev NJ. 4. Connors will preach.
Rev. J. NJ. Holiday Of Virginia, pas
toc-elect for the Manning Presbyterian
church will preach in that cnurcn neAs
Sunday.
Mr.. Stephen Thomas Of Charleston
came to Manning yesterday TO atteno
the funeral OF his grandchlld, Stepnen
Thomas Haryin.
Mr.. Hammer, representing Basset'
Nash s. Co.. cotton buyers at NorIorA,
Va. was in Manning yesterday, looking
over our cotton market.
The Jewish merchants OF Manning
will have their places OF bushes closed
Thursday, Oct. 1st on account OF the
Jewish day of atonement.
The Wornan's Christian Temperance
Union will give their next social enIer-
tainment at Paxville school house q neAO
Friday evening. Refreshments Will oe
served.
There was a large quantity OF Pud-
ding Swamp tobacco on this narAeC
Yesterday, and very satisfactory prices
we're obtained considering the conol-
tion of the tobacco market.
II is very gratifying to note the I'M
provement in our cotton market. Prlc-
es so far have been very satisfactory
and our market has been keeping well
abreast with other markets.
Cards are out announcing the com
inc marriage on the lth OF Oc1ooer aO
Inman. S. G., of Mr.. Julius Zimmerman
Minis. OF Sumter and Miss Louise CAN'T
daughter of Col. T. Larry Can't.
Our advertising columns demonstrate
the active competition IN commerctal
lines, and shows coacluslvely tna1 me-
chants realize the necessity OF gett3ng
in close touch with the trading puollc.
The Dillon Grocery Co. of Dillon has
rendered Mr.. Preston 3. Ihames tne
position of Manager, at a very na!Gel
inc salary. but Mr.. Thames has decloeo
that he is not willing to leave Manning
yet.
We are very much crowded this week
Notwithstanding our having aooeo eMo
additional pages, but we hope our reao-
ers will accept our excuses 1or no1 nay nay
ing more reading matter. Next "eeA
we will be in better shape.
Mr.. G. W. Steffens OF Charleston was
in Manning Yesterday and settled the
dispute about possession of the Dennls
lands, by getting the parties now Nv
inc upon them to acknowledge his own
ershio and them his teDants.
There has been report in clrcula-
tion to the eject that Hon. G. NJ. DAVIS
was admitted to membership in the
farmers organization, and it has caus-
"a considerable comment. We are au-
thorized to say that the report IS un-
true.
Married this afternoon, at the RESI-
dence of the brides parents, near rel
der, Mr.. Charles L. Cuttino OF sumter
and Miss Marguerite Tindal. thru
dauohter of Hon. James E. Tlndal.
Rev. NJ. A. Connors performed the ser
vice.
We understand that new puohc
road is to be built between JORDAN ana
Foreston, end we would advise those
contemplating the building OF this road
tn nrocure the consent of those owning
lands through which the road IS to run
to avoid complications.
On August 21st in Soochow, China, a
son was born to Prof. n. Glst Gee,
whose wife is Mrs. Clara Belle. daugh-
ter of Hon. c.. NJ. Davis. The boy has
been named for his grandfather, Charles
MCQUEEN. The child being born IN
China does not make him CHINA
man.
The Santee Farmers met last Satur-
day and elected the following ofhcers;
r. C. Plowden, president. J. ?. Cole
man. first vice president, E. Fl. Clark,
second vice president, and J. ". Clark,
secretary. Messrs T. NJ. Davis and r.
B. Phelps, delegates to convention
which meets next Saturday.
At a meeting of the directors OF the
Bank of Clarendon Mr.. J. A. Weinberg
was elected president. Mr.. F. P. Erwin
who was first elected found that he
could not give the details OF the bank
his entire attention, rendered MS
resignation. Mr.. Weinberg was the
prime mover in getting up the bank,
and will move his Office into the bank
building where he can give his person
al attention to it.