The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-06-28


Next Tuesday is the Fourth.
All the stores will be closed on the 4th
Mr. F. B. Brown is spending this
week around PaNville.
MIR. Joseph Dickson is at home from
South Carolina College.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Mcleod have re-
turned from Glenn Springs.
Miss Rena Dickson Of Sumter is IN
Mapning visiting her uncle Mr. Ellas
E. Dickson.
Mr.. \. J. White is in Columbia at
tending meeting OF the Funeral Dl-
rectors' Association.
DR.. c.. B. Geiger is off for a few days
taking his usual summer vacaflon
which he is spending with his parents
in Lexington county.
We have communication from Hon.
Geo. r. Jones. Subject Fair Play ior
Dispensary,' it reached US too late lor
this issue, it will appear IN the next.
A movementwas started in Williams
burg last Monday to get a vote on the
voting out of the dispensary. klngstree
is noted for being temperance center.
Mr.. W. T. Sellers the well known
cotton buyer, came here from VIII
minetou and spent 4 couple OF days
with us. Little Willie will always
get the glad hand in Manning.
George Murray, colored. who was
once unop time a member of Con-
DRESS, was Yesterday arrested on the
charge of forgery in Sumter. he gave
bond and was released from custody.
We direct the attention OF our read
ers to an article in this issue headed
"a Lesson IN History" 1t is not only
interesting. but instructive, and every
school bov and girl should read 1t.
Married last Wednesday afternoon
by Rev. J. C. Younge, near DAVIS
Station, Mr.. Charles e. Harris, OF
Greelyyille. and Miss Lii Mellette,
6auehter Of Mr.. Matt E. Mellette.
Mr.. F. E. Bailey, OF Atlanta: repre-
senting the celebrated talrbanks-
Morse Co. engines, spent yesterday IN
Manning and succeeded in selling IHE
TINES new complete power outht.
The first bale OF cotton for this sea-
son was made in Starr county, Texas,
seven DAYS later than last year. 1t was
shipped 10 Galveston and sold at auction
on the exchange for 80 cents per pound.
Summerton has organized an electric
light company, which will be extended
to an electric railway line to Wright's
Bluff later on, to connect with the line
of steamers about to be put on the
Santee.
Do not forget the meeting to make
arrangements for the grand rally-plc-
mic under the auspices of the cotton as
sociation. President Hodge is anxious
that the meeting next Saturday be we'll
attended.
Mrs. Bailey, wife of President Bailey
of the South Carolina Co-Educational
Institute, died at her home lr Edgefeld
Yesterday from acute appendicitis. The
deceased was sister.in-law OF Mrs. j.
L. Wilson of this place.
Winthrop offers scholarships and
the young ladies of this county should
attend the examination July 7th, which
takes place in the court house. Write
TO President D. 5. Johnson, Rock Hill.
S. c., for the necessary blanks.
Rev. W. W. Daniel president OF the
Columbia Female College, filed the
Methodist pulpit here last Sunday.
Rev. A. n. Brunson was in Columbia
where he delivered magnificent ser
mon to the Citadel cadets who are IN
camp in the Capitol city.
The Woodmen, we are told, gave
Hirschmann such a chase through
their forest last Monday night that be
cried out for his mother-ln-law to come
to his rescue. They gave Mr.. Rlrsch-
mann case OF locomotor ataXla, and ne
has been on his feet ever since.
The Salem section of this county was
the pioneer for the great tobacco In
dustrv which did so much for Salem
and Manning, and now we are told that
one of its enterprising citizens has en-
barke6 in the sheep raising business.
Sheep raising. if properly done is prof.
table, but if not done properly disaster
results.
The trustees OF the Manning graded
school have elected Prof. J. G.. Daniel,
formerly principal of the Easley graded
school. Mr.. Daniel was reelected tC
his former position but resigned tc
take the place here. Mr.. Daniel is q
graduate OF Wofford College and is an
educator ofseveral years experience.
He is about 35 years OF age and is mar
ried
\ message from a friend in Salem
informs US the Boil Weevil has made
its appearance over there, but those
we asked about it say the only sign Of
ANYTHING effecting the crops that they
could see was in Mr.. John Players
field; they report there, a very elegant
hay crop if be viii put down his fishing
pole and chop the grass out OF it. We
have never heard before Of grass
crop getting grassy.
1t would not surprise US to see the
local electric light plant furnishing
power for the street railway in the
near future We know Of gentleman
representing capital who is now con.
sidering whether or not to submit q
proposition looking to the purchase Of
the lightning plant, and the railway.
If his company buys, they will extend
the railway line to other points. There
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