The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-08-09

The trSt pale OF COttOl lOc InC Seasoi
o. 1911 is reported TO Us by Mr.. ID. II
Smith ~ Jordan ;hiS morning. Mr.
smith is farming on tae lands ot Mrs
James Sprott, aud IS said to have ont
CT the most forward cotton CROPS IN th(
county.
From what we can learn there seem:
10 be a fear at Summerton OF losing the
new railroad should Manning, which /:
more than probable, get ii. But oul
friends need have no worry. II Naming
gets the Sea5oard the chances are gooc
for either Summerton Or Davis Stauor
with the chances tavor!ng the latte!
place.
Died Yesterday At his home near Man.
nipg. Harvey W. Strange, aged i
years. The deceased was one OF the salt
OF the earth, good. honest, upright
man. He was a splendid soldier. q mem
Der of the 7th Regiment Co.. l., and a
Quiet transformations citizen. He was
buried today atthe Strange family bury
ing ground.
The reighborhood near the home OF
Mr.. F. C. Thomas was aroused IRON ITS
slumbers last Saturday morning at l:2O
bv a most terrific crash sounding some
thing akin to an explosion and the tum-
bling down of building, some OF the
neiehbors arose from their beds to ln-
vestigate, resulting IN the discovery OF
Mr.. Thomas water tank down upon the
ground, and the timbers which had sup
ported il q wreck.
4 quiet but pretty home marriage
took place at the home OF Mrs John Z.
Strange in Manning last Monday after
noon at $50. Rey. F. II. Shuier. pastor
OF the Methodist church, conducted the
service. The contracting parties were
Mr.. Whiteman Hite Of Columbia. and
Miss Mae Strange, q daughter Of Mrs.
!. ?. Strange. The couple left for their
home 10 Columbia on the evening tram.
The bride is mcSt excellent young wo:
man, intelligent and possessed or all OF
those attributes which go TO make
good woman The groom holds a respon-
sible position in the Office OF the South,
ern Express Company at Columbia. We
can with perfect assurance congratulate
him in being so.fortnnate IN his se!ec-
tion OF a hejp-meet.
The experiment TO be tried by Glenn
son college to give twenty boys an op-
TO obtain an agricultural edG-
cation is commeodaole, and we hope ad-
vantage will be taken OF the offer by
bows in this county. The proposition is
that the college will take twenty stu
dents at the beginning of the next ses-
sion in September, divide them up into
TWO squads of ten. one squad will work
as laborers on the iarm for a week,
while the other will attend the classes:
alternating them. The students will re-
ceive pay depending upon their value.
BY this means q boy can get theoretl.
cal as we'll as practical knowledge OF
agriculture and earn enough to pay his
way through college. For the detailed
statement of the college read President
Riggs letter which We publish else
where.
There are some persons bent on doing
injury to automobiles is very evident.
It will be recalled our mentioning an
which caused a good man to mlscon-
strue our intentions, now comes q gen
tleman from the Sardinia section who
reports to US that he saw in the road
near him placed in.a wagon rut piece
OF board about twelve inches long con-
tanning some SIX or more nails. and
placed in such 4 position that an auto
mobile tire going over it would be
practically ruined. The miscreants
doing this mischief out to be taught a
lesson, they are Indifferent about the
feelings OF others, even not regarding
the physician who may be on hurried
call when there is life at stake. and
neither should there be any regard for
their feelings when caught.
Last Sundays News contained dis
patch from Harvins announcing the sud-
den death of Hon. Joseph H. Montgom-
ery in Birmingham, Ala. Mr.. Mont
gomerv was very prominent in Repub-
lican politics in Alabama, and regarded
the leader. He was born and reared in
Clarendon county in the Fork where he
has two brothers, Messrs. James and
William Montgomery. The deceased at
the time of his death was Post Master
of the city of Birmingham. and at one
time he was assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney. Before joining the Re-
publican party he took prominent po-
sition with the Democratic party and
was sent to the legislature, the body, OF
which he was member elected him a
Judge but he was unable TO qualify be-
cause of his having been a member OF
the legislature which created the office.
The news of Mr.. Montgomery's death
will be received in this county with deep
regret.