The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-03

The reg.!ar meeting OF the Coanty
Farmers Union viii be held at the court
house next Wednesday, at II o'clock. A.
n. There will be the annual election
OF otliberS. and other Important busl-
ness. Locals will please send full dele
CATION. G. \. NcFaG&in, President.
The teachers Of co!oced schools in
| Clarendon will take Dotice that the reg
ular teachers association will meet in
Manning, Saturday. January 9th. Every
teacher in the county is expected TO at
tend. The session viii be held in the
chapel q! the colored graded school.
All ministers. parents and friends cor
daily invited. Meetiug opens at l2::30.
/. NJ. y. Myers. President.
j. H. Rigby, the Young Reliable. has
put on I: Ten per cent sale to reduce his
enormous stock of goods, and when he
SAYS ten per cent ii means just that ten
per cent. It is needless for US to say to
the people OF Clarendon who J. H. Rig
by is. and his methods OF doing 5usl-
ness, there is no mercantile establish
mentanywhere with Il better reputation
for square dealing, and none that carry
a eleanor stock Of general merchandise.
Read his big advertisement IN this issue
and then come TO Manning TO get good,
clean. merchandise at 4 greatly reduc-
ed price.
Married at ST. Helena Episcopal
church at Beaufort on the 2Sth,, Hon.
J. Fraser Lvon and Miss Kathleen
Greenwood. The ceremony was per.
formed By Rev. John kershaw, D. D.,
and assisted by the rector OF ST. Helena
church. The groom IS the distinguished
ATTORNEY General OF South Carolina,
and the bride is said TO be a most
charming lady from Massachusetts.
We Join heartily with the good
people OF this State in wishing tor
the couple long anu happy he.
In our opinion there is no young man
in this State more deserving OF the
good will of the people than James
Fraser Lyon.
Died ~ her home in Manning after
long illness, last THURSDAY afternoon,
Mrs. Frances EdwiDa Brockintop. AGED
about 15 years. The deceased was the
widow of the late Burrell Brocklnton,
who died several years ago, leaving her
one child by this marriage. Dr.. w. NJ
Brockiu,on OF this town, and by i for
rer marriage TO a sister of the deceased.
one son the late Samuel Z. Brocklnton
OF kingStree. The deceased before her
marriage was a Miss Bagpal, sister O!
Mrs. C. G. Oliver. the so.e survivor OF
her family ali OF the brothers and sisters
have beeusathered TO their fathers. Mrs.
B.ockintou was devoted mencerof the
PRESBYTERIAN church, and most excel
lent woman. The burial took place Fri
day al the Alouzon- -Brockinton family
bury::-g ground in Williamsburg coun-
". ia the Salem section. Rev. a Il.
Woodson. her pastor, conducted the fu-
neral service.
Emancipation Day was celebrated 10
this town last Monday by the colored
people. Everything passed OH N an or
derlv manner, the behavior was cred
it TO the race: there was not a sign OF
drunkenness to be seen. and uotwlth-
standing that there was L large crowd
they all seemed TO regard II day for
rejoicing without getting steamed up
with artificial means. Rev. ?. y. Cal
lahan, D. D.. OF Darlington, delivered
the annual address. and those who
heard il say it was splendio and ap-
propriate utterance, teening with good
advice. urging the negroes TO so live as
to deserve the confluence and respect OF
the white people. He gave some apt
illustrations TO convey forcfully the
meaning OF his address and stressed
sobrietv, honesty and industry. Those
in charge OF the celebration deserve 10
be commended for the management OF
the affair. and the crowd deserve com
menda.ion for their good behavior.