The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-01-27
Cotton is bringing Is cents in Man

aly 2nd.
Cotton seed meal is now being sold Tor
s26 per tor. and the mills have contract
ed for their output.
St. Peters lodge meets this evening
and as business of Importance vii oe
attended to, every member should Vurn
our.
Don't fail to 60 out to the Institute
hall on the evening OF teoruary zno7
and hear the Lula Tyler Gates eotn-
paDy Of artists.
Married yesterday afternoon by key.
J. O. Cough, at the residence OF the
bride. Mr.. W. W Johnson ana MISS
Ellie NJ. Hodge.
Senator Stanland's bill to purify our
primary elections has been reported 1n-
favorabIy. The politicians do not take
to pure methods.
Rev. James Mcdowell of Sumter
spent Yesterday in Manning He was
here to officiate at the funeral OF capt.
r. J. Witherspoon.
The banks are putting out large
amounts Of money for the coming crop
and all the indications are that Octooet
cotton will sell above IS cts.
Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh OF Oregon
will deliver lecture in institute ha!5 G5
Wednesday Feb Subject, mat olo
Bachelor, admission %. Tickets no" on
sale.
Bert Marshall. who instructed our To-
cal talent for the Ministries IS oolnS 1ne
same work. in Timrnonsvl4le: he pro,
poses to come back to Manning sooH W
but on another show.
The mule market is higher with eV-
orv Indication of going still higher.
Should war break out between Russia
and Tapan, Stock will 60 to prices out
of reach of the farming purposes.
Died at his home in the Fork last
Sunday night Captain r. James With
ersnoon. AGED about 81 years. Ihe
funeral took place in Manning yester-
6ar Reu. James Mcdowell officiating.
There will be an oyster supper at
P1newood. Friday evening Feoruary D.
for the benefit of the Methodist church.
There will be amusements for the eve
niop in connection. Everybody come.
Miss Minnie Paget has gone north to
study the millinery fashions for the
coming season, and when she returns
she proposes to make Hlrscnmaun 5
millinery department. second to none IN
Manning.
Mr.. Little of the Z. S. Coast and &C.
odetic Survey was in Manning today
making observations for the govern
ment. Some people thought he was
surveying a route to the moon Tor the
Langley airship.
Last Friday morning the residence OF
DR.. Geo. L. Dickson caught hre on 1ne
root from a spark out Of the kitchen
chimney, fortunately the Doctor was
at home and saw the fire in time TO put
il out without much damage.
Married at Wright's Hotel in Colun.
bia. S. c., on last Saturday by Rev.
Walter Wilkins, Miss Elizabeth Briggs
of Silver, to Mr. Robert Baker OF
Monck's Corner. The bride is daugh..
ter of Capt. and Mrs. W. S. Briggs OF
Silver.
DR.. NJ. D. Murray, who is a patient
at Johns Hopkins hospital IN Baltl-
more. informs us that he IS Gonzales
cent, and will be back at his practice
in about two weeks. not later than the
2nd. week in February, which IS wei
coined news.
Louis johnson one OF the most thrifty
co]ored farmers in the Jordan section,
and one who stands we'll among has
white neiehbors informs US that on
February 3rd. he will marry Serena
Cain. a. very respectable colored widow
of that section.
What came near being fatal acci-
dent happened-at Workman last Satur-
6ay to Laurie Mcintosh. He was out
hunting, and his gun accidentally dis
CHARGED. the shot going under his vest
and Grazing the skin on his breast, some
few Shot went in under the skin.
Elsewhere in this issue will be seen
where committee Of ladies have gone
actively to work to raise funds to erect
q monument to the memory OF that
GREAT Editor n. G. Gonzales, whose un-
finely death, snatched from the service
OF South Carolina, a man whose pen
added much to the States welfare, oy
his advocacy of that which was right
Married near Silver by Magistrate
s NJ. Youmans, at the home of the
brides stepfather, Mr.. B. r. Gibson, on
last Thursday evening, Mr.. Horace
Thames and Miss Bette Gardner. The
attendants were Mr.. Sam B. Davis with
Miss Florence Gibson, Mr.. Rollins Glo-
son with Miss Lula Davis, Mr.. Mack
Gibson with Miss Blanche Thames, Mr..
Stokes Gardner with Miss Cantey
Thames. After the ceremony the rel
atives and friends sat down TO nicely
prepared wedding supper.
Notwithstanding the short crop, Man
ming handled twice as much cotton this
past season than for any other season,
and nothing has done this but the gen
.eral awakening among our cotton buy
.ers who earnestly endeavored to make
this market second to none. Mr.. w.
r. Sellers the Sprunt representative is
entitled TO more credit for our market
condition than is generally known.
He was the rotive-power behind the
market which gave impetus to prices
and we hope that next season should his
concern seud him back here, he will be
thorn in the flesh to all who are not
disposed to pay what cotton IS worth.
Mr.. W. J. Muldrow has connected
himself with the law firm of Wilson &
DuRant. as will be seen by their notice
Mr.. Muldrow comes here from Mayes
vile. of a family known for their sterl,
ing integrity The young man has had
exceptional opportunities, and that he
has taken advantage of them is shown
bv his high stand at the University o.
Virginia where he graduated. At that
institntion he was in class OF IS stu