The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18
Read the new bank advertisement.

Mr.. 8. PRESLEY Barron OF Columbia
is visiting relatives in Manning.
Mrs. Louis Levi has gone to Sunter
on a visit to her sister Mrs. Mitch Lew.
Miss Thadie Mcintyre OF Mullins IS
visiting the family OF Mr.. Jno. U.
Slaughter.
The Young gents who part their balr
in the middle are going to do the grand
act Thanksgiving evening by haVlnS
dance.
Misses Grace Scidmore and Garnet
Gilchrist of Charleston, West Virginia,
are visiting the family OF Mr.. }. w.
Mcleod.
Piaawood is TO be visited ca the 2lst
bv the Southern All State Vaudeville
show. The same one which performs
here tomorrow.
Read Krasnot: The Furniture Mau'S
advertisement and enter the contest to
make that 81. This is fine opportu,,
nitv for every man, woman ana cnlld
in the county.
MIR. J. T. Bra0hana Will give an en-
hibi:ion OF jersey COWS on the court
house square next Saturday. II YOU
are interested in good mich COWS come
to see this exhibit.
G amberlain's Stomach and Liver
TaLlets are becoming favorlte !or
stomach troubles and constipation. For
sale bv The r. B. Loryea Daug Store,
Isaac N. Lorvea, Prop.
Mr.. F. W. Aunnerlyn OF Charleston
travelling salesman for {: Nuioern
Co. and once c resident OF Mannlog, Will
be married to Miss Mary Foster at Mar
ion, Alabama, 18th inst.
Cards are out for the marriage OF
Rev. Kenneth McCaskiu ard MISS
Olive Fulton, daughter OF Alr. 3. I.
Fulton of Foceston TO take place at
home on the morning Of the 10Th
Landowners ali over the country are
forbidding hunting upon their lands,
and il will soon be so that those oe-
string to shoot will have to pay Tor the
privilege, as is the case at the nortn.
To be married today IN the city OF
Columbia, Mr. Legare Inglesoy OF
Charleston. and Miss Susie Manning, a
granddaughter of the late Gov. John l.:
Manning. and a daughter OF MIR. and
Mrs. Wade IT. Manning.
Prof. r. Means Davis will deliver a
lecture at the Pamela academy Friday
evening Nov. -. commencing 1870
O'Clock on noted men in South Carolina
history. Oysters and other refresh
ments will be served. proceeds Tor the
benefit of the school,.
Last Monday night a negro With a
double barrelled gun walked into the
depot at Rimini and order the agent,
Clifford Kolo, to open up the safe, the
Young man was helpless and comphed
with the demand, but fortunately there
was not a cent in the safe, and the negro
escaped.
Mr.. J. E. Graham of Davis, has
stepped in front again: this time he
brings an pound potato, together
with some smaller ones, and Mr.. +. T:
Mcleod of Manning sent US brace OF
birds. and Solicitor Wilson delighted
us with a roast of renlson, and our
waistband straps are not broken, either.
The Paxville ". C. T. U. of Paxville
cave two very successful Silver medal
contests last Friday evening at the
academy. The first contest medal was
s:on bv Leila Corbett and second by
Alma King. The object OF these medal
contests is to educate, as well as tenn
perance truth to be planted IN hearts OF
the children.
Hon. W. F. Dargan, a prominent
member of the Darlington Bar, w. Z.
Early Inspector Independent Oil com
panv and Editor a. G. Kollock OF the
DARLINGTON News spent Yesterday
in Manning, on business with the local
mill in which they are interested; 1t
is rumored that some changes Will be
made in the management.
About O'Clock last night kerosene
stove exploded in the kitchen OF Mr.. A.
H. Breedin, an alarm Of fire was sound
ed and large numbers OF people rushed
TO the scene to render assistance, but be-
fore many of them reached there, the
word s'all over" was the welcome re
port from the house. The eXploditlca-
ton was extinguished without any dam
age, except to the lungs OF the ladles
whose screams gave strong opposition to
the fire bell.
We direct the attention Of our read
ers to the advertisement IN this issue OF
the Bank of Clarendon. an institution
organized for the purpose OF complying
with the increased needs Of the town and
county. This institution is we'll otticered
and VIII be a great help to our business
interests. This bank is not here to an
taconize other like institutions, but pre-
poses to do business on banking prlncl-
ples. and already it has received much
eucouragem from the business world
bv the large deposits thus far made. 1t
has been especially careful to secure
the very best means for safety, ana
those doing business with the new bank
can do so with full confidence.
On October 23rd bale OF cotton was
sold to McLeod-Wilkins-King Co., of
this place By a negro who gave his
name as ''W. House." from the Davis
section, the bale was resold to Mr.. W.
T. Sellers who shipped it to Whining
ton to Sprunt & Sons, and when the
bale was examined by them, they dis
covered it was salt packed" and they
shipped it back to Mr.. Sellers who was
reimbursed for the cotton and all eN-
penses by McLeod-Wilkins-King Co.
The bale was reopened al the Oil Mill
gin and about 125 pounds OF salt was
taken out. The,salt had been put in be-
tween the layers of cotton for the pur-
pose OF swindling. a warrant was TAX
en- out for House and he will have to
answer in the Court for his shrewdness,
and no doubt pay dearly. for his attempt
to get rich quick.
The Manning Grocery Company will!