The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-14

that so many people approve his call
for mass meeting to discuss matters
pertaining to the county, and he hopes
it will be largely attended, and every
section will be represented. Better
roads, lien law, contract law, new court
house and other matters can be dis
cussed with profit to the taxpayers, and
the representatives will have a better
idea of the peoples needs.
The depot and postofice at Jordan
was destroyed by FIRE early yesterday
morning, and it is supposed that rob
berry of the depot was the cause. The
records OF the postoffice together With
small amount of stamps was destroy
ed. Mr.. Bradley the postmaster
thought he had succeeded in saving
the records but what he recovered
fronthe burning building was other
books. The department was wired to
yesterday.
The carnival is here and drawing
GOOD crowds. The shows are clean
and worth the money. The Smith peo-
pie carry no gamblers, and they do rot
stand for Illegal grating. Everybody
can attend this aggregation OF shows,
and get all that is coming to them.
The "Colored Aristocracy" gives an
hour of mirth provoking fun, Fora is
beautiful. The Russo-Jap war is an
instruction. The high diver, the best
YOU ever saw, and the lady on the
trapeze in all right. Come and have a
good time, since the thing is here.
Just at this time, when notices from
the banks of notes due. all coming in
fast and furious. our deliquent sub
scibers should be remined that charity
is noble. There are many OF our readers
who Go not realize how tight the
screws Of debt are pressing Us, or they
would come to our relief. Let US beg
our friends to look at the label on their
paper, and it will tell them when their
subscription expired. We need the
money TO pay our debts. The amount
YOU owe US is small, it will not hurt
you to pay it, but where there are so
many small amounts, the aggregate is
large sum, and it remaining outstand-
ing is burdening US. We have never
pressed our subscribers, but we must
now ask them to help US bridge over
the tight times.
Again one OF Clarendon's degenerates
is in the limelight, not drunk and dis
orderly as is her common custom, but
this time she assumes the role OF an
injured wife endeavoring to reclaim
dissolute husband. who has joined
Barnuru & Bailey's circus. and was
about to cut the cord of his matrimon-
ial haudrance by leaving his entire
never-to-be-forsaken bride to launch
upon the stream of grass wldowhood,
and in her endeavors to grasp this
brand from the burning she is knocked
down by the brand and is found be-
meath the circus cars, where in a few
moments she might have been convert
ed into mass of sausage meat. The
heroine of this disgusting story is Mel
lie Brvant, woman of notorious char
acter, and many wild rar 'fcations OF
debaucherv and sin. On asst Friday
night the police in Columbia found
this creature in an unconscious condl-
ton under the circus train, and she
was taken to the police station, where,
after she was revived. she told a story
about following her husband from Oar
lineton to keep him from going off with
the show. He knocked her under the
cars and left, but she declined to give
the name of this husband. II Nellie
Bryant was ever married nothing is
known OF it at her home in Clarendon.
The Federal and State commissioners
met in the court house yesterday to
canvass the returns of the election
held on the 9th instant. The result
showed awhoie lot of Indifference on
the part of the voters, more than one
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