The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-12-13

Nl.. 7. j. Gjhhou. OF New Zion, was
here Yesterday to pay his taxes and he
picked up;r piece OF money which may
probably belong 20 some person who c;';'
III afford 10 lose it. Mr.. GlbbOn. with
his characteristic honesty. handed the
Editor o; THE TINES .hi> money Win
the request ,h;,i he make IN rll"rl to
locate, hcauwncr .\My one having lost
Il sum of moncy in this town hy calling
II this Office ana stating the alnonn; and
the denomination. paper OF >liEtt. ana
If the desert ption corresponds With that
LEFT by Alr. Gibbon. it Will h' gwen |"
such prr>on. We Viii keep this mon!
one month. Int; il the Owner i '''5
found bv thcn.ttc same will % !'''''!i'"
10 ;he finder Mr.. Gihben.
ST. Peters Lodge, y. + NJ. No. ''4
had its annual election ri "incerS tast
Wednesday night. ana lhen enjoyed IN
..y,..sIier-ly prepared oyster supper,
.,f,a,. which ail present feeling fully re-
ircsheG. received two teIiowcr'tts. ana
with the rcnt!eness OF cyclone on 4
;ores,leS plain. raised 10 the degree oi
Master Nasons. Mr.. =. {. Lee and Mr.:
.Tcues. both Of whom are still ilv!n9,ano
ou, permission TO lay bare tleirrespe@-
tive tales 70 relatives and al lnquirlng
friends. The officers elected Tor the
ensuing Masonic. are W. &. DAVIS
". NC. Il. Sprott. ). ": Charlton
Dul;ant, +. w: i. II. Lesesne, Secre-
,arv: \. |. Barron, Treasurer; ). L..
Krasnoif, S. D.: L. II. Harvin, j. D.:
\. j. White and j. W. Herriot. Stew
ards: J. W. Strange. Tiler.
There was L general melee. ana mix
inc ND last Saturday night. Col Mean
Booze 10 doubt was largely responsible.
Morltrie Nelson. co!ored. bearing tAe
names of the American revolutionary
hero. and the English hero OF trafalgar
married Carrie. 4 daughter OF Charlle
Gamble. and their nuptial bliss was
Interrupted 10 the extent that they
,.separa;e'' and Nelson went away,
turning up again last Saturday: tie
and Henry Gamble. a brother OF Carrie,
became entangled in lucuS and Nel-
son was done up by his brother-ln-
law. Nelson did not relish his thump--
inr, so he went down de road, and
secreted himself in Walkers pasture,
and awaited the coming along OF ms
kindfolk. Carrie. accompanied oE ner
sister. Phidias. her brother. t.dcle.
and q brother-in-law, Bennie Baxter:
went down de road on their way
home, when all at once Nelson sprang
from his hiding, and with a piece OF
scantliug. knocked down Eddie, Carrie
and phi6ias. and made for his brother
in-law. Bennie Baxter. who IN attempt
inc to make his escape. went against
the barbed wire fence and fell oack
into the ditch. He yelled murder. ne
felt the pricking OF the baroes ana
thought ne was stabbed ln a huhdfeo
places. He pleaded with his aSsaliant
10 spare him. and swore he had never
said ANYTHING about him IN MS llle;
When the blood-thirsty Nelson looked
behind him Baxter jumped out OF the
ditch. and hiked through the swamp
REGARDLESS OF water. logs or anything
else. for what mattered such things TO
him when Moultrie Nelson with
scaptlinr was after him. The "omen.
Carrie and Phidias are. we are toId'
in critical condition, and one OF them
may never recover, anyway II VIII oe
sometime before we will see these
ladies (?3) upon the streets again: as the
scantling process will remove them
from Mannins's Saturday nights con-
spiciuous figures. Nelson has made
his Whereabouts unknown, as IN ms
haste TO see what had become OF hls
brother-in-law Baxter, he forgot to
leave his future address.