The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-07

now De looked upon as cheap
skates.
Pinewood Pickups.
Editor The Manning Times:
It is an evident fact that
Pythianism does not conflict with
a mans home affairs, for on last
Wednesday evening member
OF the local K. of P. lodge here
took his little boy in a hammock
to get him to sleep before leav-
ing to attend a lodge smoker
and he succeeded so successfully
until father dropped into slum-
berland and was doing nicely
until he got to dreaming that he
was on the Summerton Flyer
and the porter called several
stations and at last called HAY
nersville" he said Mr.. Conductor
:'stop the train | want to get of
and walk here" and then he
woke and was heard hummiue
coming down street ''oh ray,
he's going to Rockaway.
Maj. H. B. Richardson and
daughter Miss Susan are al
Glenn Springs for awhile.
Mr.. "Mark Hanna" Lawrence
is summering at Glenn's.
Mrs. Hattie A. Lawrence and
Miss Lillian are spending awhile
at Glenn's, and on then to tho
mountains for a visit.
Miss Bcckham who has been
on a visit here to her brother,
Dr.. Robert, has returned to hel
home in up country.
Mr.. Geo. Tindal is at Waynes,
vile, n. c., for a short trip.
Mr.. n. C. Stack is able to be
up again after nine weeks
serious illness.
Mrs. NJ. E. Barwick will move
into her new brick store shortly
which would be a credit to
much larger town.
My respects for local ball
team, I will not mention the
score between them and Ello-
rec, errorless Henry Beans can
give all desired information.
Mr.. E. Clyde Geddings was
visitor at the exposition last
week.
Mr.. Clifford B. Kolb is now OF
a vacation trip to Hot Springs:
Ark, where he will remain un
til September. Mr.. Chapman
is now acting agent here an6
Mr. Hallford at Rimini.
The A. C. L. carpenter force
is now rebuilding the water tank
at Santee River, which collapsed
on July 3rd, it is to be extra
large one, as Georgia is gone
dry and it will take more than
a water wagon to hold the
crowd.
Mrs. John ]. Broughton was
in Sumter last week at the bed
side of her husband who has
been quite sick in the in6rmary.
but is improving.
Nj. Harry D. Geddings has
accepted position with Mrs
NJ. E. Barwick.
Judge A. L. Burkett saw
chicken snake one day last week
in his yard and went in and got
his double barrel gun. came out.
let go one barrel which cut Mr..
Snake into three parts, the part
with the head on got in behind
good size chicken and swallowed
same but went on through, then
running through Judge Bur.
kett's legs. which exchanged
ends with him. discharged the
other barrel which killed the
other snake that was under the
house.
The Summerton High School
base ball team came up on last
Friday and cleaned up the
:.slow drags" to the announc.
ment of II to 3. The locSlls lost
the game on errors and failing
at the stick. During the rus.in.
urbe inning Bill Duck Scott up,
grounded safe to first, the cap,
tain started to coach him. When
he wanted him to run to seconc
he began to holler ':Duck, Duck,
now you're off Duck"
And the umpire put him out
the game for using foul (fowD
language. Of course the cap.
tain whose name was Bill
Thompson Graham wouldn't
stand fer that and told the UNI
pire. whose name was Bill
Beans that he wouldn't stand
for it. Then Bill Needham
Griffin said that Bill Beans was
right and Bill Thompson Gra-
hann said that Bill Beans was