The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-01-30
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ton as before LII dIl transactions
that might by some miscarriage
bring US within his jurisdiction.
We believe that we would prefer
to fall into the hands of Judge
Richbourg, and he is a holy
terror.
Having seen the text of Sena-
tor Appelt's bill about good
roads, we want to add as section
6 1.2, That a frst-class road
engineer be engaged at a salary
of not over $1,000 per year,
whose business it shall be to take
in charge the road system of the
county, carrying out the road
laws as now or hereafter may be
made and any other public work
as may be given him by the
County Board.
The paragraph providing that
terra Gotta pipe be laid IN the
place of small bridges is an en-
inently wise one. Everybody
knows that the smaller the
bridge the worse usually its con-
dition. and consequently the
greater the scarecrow to teams.
Just make the pipe big enough
for man to crawl through.
A peculiar sadness hangs
over our town, For the first
time in it's history it is called
upon to record a case of suicide.
Our sympathy goes out to the
aged parents and to the wife
and little ones of our young
friend, Ernest Tisdale, whose
sad taking off has prostrated
them so bitterly. The attendant
circumstances are so sad that we
draw veil and leave them with
his family and his friends.
Fire one night this week de
stroyed a servants house and
barn and stable of Mr.. j. Z.
Lanham. At one time his hand
some new dwelling was in con-
siderable danger.
We are sorry to read OF the
loss of Mr.. David Plowden, near
Brewington, especially so, as
Mrs. Plowden was formerly Miss
Blanche Billups of this town
We have been through a fire and
know just exactly what it means.
We hope President E. D.
Hodge told the Birmingham
Conference about our cotton
warehouse, the only one in op
Grafton in the county. Cotton is
now stored in it and some sales
made from it. It took grit to
build it and President Smyth
says there is enough sand in the
Board of Directors to make it a
complete success. # the people
of Manning want 50 see what a
cotton warehouse looks like,
why let them drive over.
.Summerton is catching on to
city ways. The Western Salvage
| Co. have two more sales in full
blast this week. Colclough Hard
ware Co. and L. R. Chewing &
Bro, are both in the hands of
this concern, and again big
things are doing.
Mr.. Troy, station agent at St.
Paul, has been promoted to the
agency at this place.
Mr.. Bud Walters and family
of Jacksonville, Fla, are visiting
his father Mr.. A. J. Walters.
Mr.. Walters tells US that the
injury to the citrus fruits in
Florida was confined to killing
the fruit upon the trees. that
no damage was done to the trees
themselves, owing to the brief
duration of the spell.
Mrs. ]. D. Rutledge is visit
ing in Florence.
Bishop Ellison Capers will
preach at the Episcopal chapel
on Sunday. A number Of persons
are to be confirmed.
Mr.. J. Q. Mathis has moved
his family to town, and is now
occupying his handsome new
residence on church street.
Our rising young attorney }.
j. Cantey is going to make an
effort to land the Solicitor plum.
Mr.. Peter Chewing has moved
ed his family to town and is oc-
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