The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
ARANT'S DRUG STORE

Mrs. W. NJ. Turner is visiting rela
tives in Tennessee,
S. Oliver O'Bryan, Esq, left yester
day for Glenn Springs.
Mr.. Joseph Sprott is spending hi:
vacation at Glenn Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". P. Legg left Mon
day on visit to Tennessee.
Mr.. David Levi and family lett this
morning for the Isle of Palms.
Miss Elizabeth Dove of Sumter /:
visiting Miss Matte Vennlng.
Hon. Josheph F. Rhame has re
turned home from his summer vacation
Automobile repairing, plumbing, gas
engine oil, and gasoline, at J. S. Bells
Miss Alleen Aull OF AllenGale is in
Manning visiting Mrs. Shelby Davis
Go to J. S. Bells to get gas engine
oil, and gasoline, and all kinds Of re,
pairing.
Until further notice the Office of the
county supervisor is over the Bank oi
Manning.
The court house commission meets
today to open the bids from the con,
tractors.
Mrs. Simon Iseman and daughter,
Miss Lucille, left this morning for Sui
livan's Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Harvin and
daughter, Miss Clara, are so-journlng
in the up-country.
Mrs. J. L. Wilson and children left
Monday to visit relatives in Spartan
burg and Greenville.
Contractor S. NJ. Reardon is putting
up temporary Office for the clerk OF
court on the court house square.
The Ladies Missionary Society will
meet at the home OF Mrs. S. J. Bowman
Friday July 81, instead of the oath.
The Manning Epworth League will
serve ice cream and cake on the court
house square Friday July q, from $50
p. N. to 10.
It is reported there will be new dry
goods firm established in Manning be-
fore the lst, of September made up OF
hustling young men.
Labor contracts drawn under the
new contract law now on hand at The
TINES Office at cents piece, OF 81
cents, per dozen.
Caotain and Mrs. W. C. Davis have
written to friends here, from St. Paul,
Nina, reporting glorious time, and
they are now at Yellow Stone Park.
Let there be big meeting here next
Saturday to make arrangements for the
old soldier encanpment. Everybody
should take a deep interest in these
arrangements.
Mr.. A. j. Rigby has recently pur.
chased ''Red Deviln Ford automobile
which runs as smooth as an electric
car. This pretty car makes ''Phonza"
awfully nice with the girls.
The great picnic at Beulah comes of
next Saturday, at which there will be a
number of speakers. In all proba bility
every candidate who can possibly find
the time viii be at this picnic. The AL
colu Railroad Co. viii run special trains
TO connect with the A. G. L.
Timronsville's Gala Day July 10Th
is to be big day in Timmonsville.
Horse racing, base ball ana exhibition
drill. Over 800 dollars in prizes will
be given away. Don't fail to go if you
want to havea big time for one day.
Music by good Is piece band all day,
The building movement in Manning
is getting somewhat contagious, as we
hear there are quite a number contem-
plating the improving OF old homes,
and the building OF new ones. There
will be spent in the near future not les:
than Sl25, 600 in Manning. which snoulo
breathe new life into the nostrils Of
trade.
We direct attention to three more can
didates cards in this issue, Z c.
Thames for Magistrate at Manning:
E. D. Hodge for Sheriff, and
w. \. Dyson for Coroner. The
time IS getting short, and there mus,
be more candidates or the funds fol-
running the primary will be short. DC
not be bashiul, il you want an Office, X
say so, you are not going to get it. un
less the voters want You.
There seems to be considerable dis,
satisfaction among some people over
the present title to the school house
lot, and covert threats are being made
to enioiu the trustees from beginning
work on the building until the title ha:
been changed from its present owner
ship to the district, without reser
vations. Then too, these persons in
sist upon the name Of the school beins
changed, most of them however, neye!
have been enthusiastically in favor 0
the Improvements.
If the Foreston section continues dis
covering curiosities, it will become
known as the land of freaks. Mr.. c
T. Ridgewav brought TO Manning AM
turned over to DR.. Todd, a glass ia
containing several snakes together viii
the shells Of the eggs the snakes were
ha;ched from. A son Of Mr.. Ridgewa'
plowed up q nest Of snake eggs, the
were the size of large bird eggs, AM
he destroyed all but three, these n
:, PIT in a fruit jar without water, AM
screwed down the top. In the cours