The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-07

Did YOU say you neeoeo Ai|e oe'
OF furniture Jenkinson Co IS the place
to get it.
W. E. JENKINSON co.
Wen, yes. It comes off next month
eh?
Mr.. Jno. G. Slaughter is in Danvllle,
Va, on business.
Mr.. Il. Hardy, of Sumter, was IN
Manning yesterday.
Mr.. r. D. Clark left last night Tor
Danville, Va, on business.
a party OF Clarendon gentlemen LETT
YESTERDAY for q two weeks nun1 III
Berkely county.
Mr. 7. C. Strauss OF the Sumter Bar
snent Monday in Manning on profes-
sional business.
When YOU want a pleasant laXatlve
take Chamberlain's Stomach end Liver
Tablets. The r. B. Loryea Drug oVore.
Read McLeod's Last Cali for 1904,
ana YOU will find that he proposes to seiI
q large stock OF goods as semptlnS
prices.
There will be preaching at Fellow
chin church next Sunday at 4 O'Clock
n. m. bv Rev. M. A. Connors. Puollc
cordially invited.
The railroad depot at this place was
entered last night, and burglars sue
: ceeded in damaging the safe, ana steal
inc 40 cents in pennies.
There will be Christmas tree at the
GRANGE Hall Wednesday evening at
o,clock. December 21. Refreshments
win be served for the benefit OF the
school.
Lands in this county are being posted
r;oht along, so as to prevent the pro-
m;scuous Hunting. especially by those
who come here to hunt birds for snip
ment.
The roman candle nuisance has al
ras6y beeun among the little shaTers,
who nightly engage in the dangerous
play of shooting each other with 6nese
IRE balls.
An immense wild cat was cut in two
last Monday night by the freight tram
al Black River. The 'svarmlnt" was
being shown around the town yester-
day by some little boys.
4 full attendance OF the membership
is desired at the Methodist cnHrch neS1
Sunday norning-the last before Con.
ference. At this service business OF
importance will be brought before the
church
Clerk of Court J. q. Timmons, ac-
companied by DR.. W. NJ. Brocklnton,
left Yesterday for Johns Hopkins San
;tarinnn in Baltimore, where Mr.. I'm,
mons expects to undergo surgical
operation.
Mr.. r. E. McFaddin of Sardinia, one
of our county commissioners, although
sliehtlv disfgured from his recent run,
away accident, is still in the ring. ana
was able to attend the meeting OF the
board last Saturday.
Our stores are beginning to put on
their holiday look already, fireworks,
TOYS and all those things to make tne
youne and old happy are here. Inc
shop windows are real enticing. regard
less of the price of cotton.
Died at his home at Providence,
Capt. P. P. Gaillard aged about 62
wears. Captain Gaillard was one of the
leaders in Sumter county in her trying
DAYS. Ee was brother of Mr.. w. Il.
Gsillard of DuRant this county.
During the Christmas holidays the
vo1ne eallants are going TO have a
yrand tournament st which there will
he the best riders in this and adjoining
counties. The affair is to be conducted
on a grand scale and everything WILL be
done to make it q memorable occasion.
Mr.. Henry Applet of Darlington who
snent last week in Manning with MS
brothers family left last Sunday night.
While here he met q number OF MS
comrades, with whom he was IN
Cuba, which made his visit so pleasant
that he will put Manning or his regu-
lar route and come here often.
There is in contemplation the build
ino of an electric railroad from
Wrieht's Bluff to St. Paul, through
Summerton to Manning. The projectors
of this scheme believe such a road Will
add greatly to the development OF the
section through which it will go, and
afford freight competition with the
Coast Line.
Walter Burgess Of Sandy Grove, the
youne man we mentioned in our last
issue as having accidentally shot him
self in the leg while hunting on Thanks
Giving dav, died last Wednesday, He
was son of the late Samuel Burgess,
and the sole dependence Of his mother
and sisters, about Is years of age and Of
exemplary character.
The Ariel Ladies' Quartet Company,
uaye a performance here last evening
Which was rare treat. Miss Mchen-
zie's recitals were indeed charming,
and Miss Leavitt's violin execution was
an exhibition of high order OF nuslca!
talent. These ladies are indeed enter.
tanning to the refined and cultured, ano
we hope they will again appear in Man.
ming.
The property in Manning is being
sold for such high prices that it will
rot be long before those wishing to live
here will be forced to seek the suburbs.
We are not altogether sure if it is to
the future welfare OF the town to hold
property at the present prices, because
the ground is too high to encourage
- S,,;1Sioor of ho1Ses TO rent and IN.