The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-04-05
Manning Grocery Co
The carnival is in full blast.

PICK up the rake and the hoe is the
symn for the garden season.
Girls. let him alone he is to be mar
cied in Charleston on the 18th.
The Easter hat has emerged from its
hiding and the women are happy.
The carnival is here in full force
with good band of music and several
good shows.
Music is charming. Even a merry,
go-round, jam up to ones home, Will
sooohe.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society of che Methodist Church Will
meet next Friday afternoon at O'Clock.
The court house square is now COW
cred with beautiful carpet of green,
dotted with pretty white clover bios
SONS. 1t is thing OF beauty.
Cards have been issued for the mar
ciaoe OF DR.. J. A. Zeigler to Miss Vir-
einia Marie Ellie, of Charleston. for
Wednesday evening, 18th inst.
Rev. J. n. Tolar has moved from
Summerton to Sumter. He is now the
pastor OF the Washington Street Bap-
tist church The people OF Summerton
gave him up reluctantly.
When you buy goods in some distant
town or city that can be bought at
home, YOU miss the chance to make q
business ally in your own town, who
sooner or later may be very useful.
The contract for the Home Bank
and Trust Company building has been
awarded to Mr.. O. ". McRoy, and the
work of tearing down the present house
On the lot will shortly begin.
The store of Mr.. A. p. Toomer at
Pinewood was broken into last Satur-
dav night and about fifty dollars worth
of goods were stolen The thief was
caught, put in the lookup, but escaped.
Under the auspices OF Central School
"a Peanut Party" We, the faculty
and patrons OF Central School, request
every body 70 be present. Central School
building, to ll:30 .. m. April il, 191l
The town of Manning has now twelve
32nd, degree masons two 9th, degree
masous and TWO l4th, degree masons.
We venture to say there is not a town
in the State of the size Of Manning
with as many high degree masons.
Hon. J. C. Lanham of Summerton
will be the candidate of Post G.. OF the
South Carolina division of the Trav-
elers Protective Association for State
president at the State convention
which meets at Greenwood in May.
Or. S. a. Knapp the head Of the gov
ernmens farm demonstration work died
at his home in Washington last Sunday
at the age of IS years. DR.. Knapp
made many friends among the farmers
In this State. and he will be greatly
missed.
What is the matter with our county
correspondents? 1t is a.buSy time with
them we know, bu. they would help US
very much If they would take 4 few
minutes TO send US the news from their
respective sections. The readers OF
lOS illUeS are lutStCotSo .L SiIS AtsP
peuings of every section OF the county.
The moving of the oiG school house
bv J. J. Scott, OF Go!dsboro, n. c., IS .
splendid piece OF work. This large
house was moved long distance with
out the slightest damage. Read else
where Of SCOTS offer Of his services 70:
this kir6 Of work. There is no doubl
about II. Scott knows MS business and
he is thoroughly reliable. What ne
contracts 70 do he does.
Read the special advertisement OF Z
G. Stukes, OF Davis Station, in this
issue. He is going to have for ten day$
a stock disposing sale at COST and che
patrons of his store have bargains await
inc them. When the business men o.
Davis Station want TO raise money the
first thing they do they pu: on i specia
sale. ana then let the people know i
through The Times.
There was an interesting case heart
in the court house last Monday by Mag
istrate D. J. Bradham, of Manning, auc
Magistrate J. ~ Brown, OF PaXyille. il
habeas corpus proceedings. The cast
was the suit OF L. S. Barwick and j.
Barwick, OF Paxville, against William
Thomas Briggs, of Silver, fol. the pos
session OF a ten year old negro Child
The court issued an order giving ti'
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