The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-12-08

The Manning First Baptist church
has unanimously called Rev. l.. ~ Coop
e.: 20 the pa>toraco OF that church. Nr
Cooper recently conducted = revival
meeting here and has conducted similar
sneesinss here before. hence he Is wei!
known. We hope he viii accept the c,I..
and become citizen OF ManoInG. he Is
not Only = Jealous preacher ou: be Is :
ioIlv good fellow and viii be Al addition
10 the town.
The New Z,on post Office viii Soo1
change hands ewing 20 the Resignation
OF The present incumbent. There are
TWO applicants for the place. Mr.. w {.
p!owden who succeeds the present pos:
master iu the business o! Shaw X Chan".
lcr where the post Office is located. and
Mr.. 2. ". Gibbon who also has l store
at New Zion iSo;h arc capable 2eu. anu
the appointment OF either would satisfy
the patrons OF The Office.
Nv. ard Mrs. W. 7 LescSne and Nr.
and Mrs. c. y. NcFadG:a and MIR. Mex
Earvin lei: for Greenville Yesterday
morniu" 10 attend t.4e marriage OF Mr..
J. Mcdowell NcFacdin and Miss Nina
Riser which took place a. the home o!
the bride this morning. The bride :s.d
groom are 10 arrive home this evening.
This couple have the best wishes OF The
whole town where the bride Is sincerely
beiored. and the groom is highly es-
teemeG.
Another a..emp. 20 rob occurred aoou.
midnight Saturday night. the store OF
D. E!rschmara Night watchmao To
bias ir making his rounds II the back
OF the stores found the HirSchcan store
open ard upon examination showed that
the ;ranSom over the back door had been
broken and the bar lifted. Nothing ont
OF the stock is missing. bat the cash
register, as with the other attempts.
was tarupere6 with II IS very evident
that me robbers are no: AFTER goods but
want money. Us in each case the cash
register seems 10 be :hc obs, tive point.
This thing cannot continue much long
er before the miScreantS are run Gown,
and when they are we believe II Will be
found that they are not negroes. Watch
the predicatica.
The supervisor oi the census for this
district Mr.. ". }. Storen viii soon he
Gin 20 make his appointments o. eo"sr-
orators In order 10 give the lniorma,
ton we wrote 10 him 10 ask when the
work OF taking the census would begin
and what IS the compensation bis re-
p!v was tha: the census would begin
April 18th 1910. and the compensation
is graded and depends on the lass OF
work done by the euume-atorS. / e.. the
work Of taking the farms etc. pay:nS
more than the work 10 the cities We
NAV b., able 20 ge: -:ore definite infer
nation later and when we do we shall
give i. 10 our readers. The government
would be glad 20 have 2 competent col
ored nan for saiS work il such town
ships where the whites are Scar>ely set
lied. But ia Clarendon We think :he
corps OF ecunera.ors will be white.
Now for the Confederate monument.
]. y. LeSesne has letter 10 this issue
which should be read By everybody and
it should be responded 20 !i5erai!y. Mr.
LeSesue starts the contributors "itn
$40. and from week 10 week we propose
70 make public through these columns
the contributions sent 10 Us. Inc money
is deposited in Tae Bank o. Naruing
as :aS: as received IN the name OF the
Confederate Monument Association
When the organization aas been per
fec.ed the fund will be IN charge OF
the treasurer whom the association
vii. select, but the contributions vii!
be acknowledged in TIE TINES. This
is = matter the whole county is inter
este3 ~ and there should be patriotic
effort made in every section 70 raise q
sufficient sum for shalt OF honor at the
county seat TO per?e;uate the memory o;
those who died IN defense OF home and
principle. Il is noble cause.
The work 0: laying the concrete side
walks is going ahead notwithstanding
the opinion OF the towns attorney that
council canno, pledge next years taxes
for this improvement. Just what ar
rausements council made 70 build the
walks we do DO: know, but !: must oe
satisfactory 70 the contractor, and Il ne
is con,euted We should al be. The debt
incurred for this work cannot De pre-
ierred, il mus; take Us chances OF COL
lection the same as any ether claim
against the town, but il would be pity
70 90 10 l:::S expense and have the walk:
in spots, especially since all OF The tax
PAYERS are 10 pay one-hali the COS: o
these portions that will be corcreted
The only way those who are holdinG
10 -, COW h-aa- evar * 10 have theiI
walks coucre,ed also. then the other
would hare 70 share the expense wh!ct
they must for those tha: have COZ
sen,e6.