The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-21
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commissioner. Without the card b.
cannot be permitted to enter the room
In the Cantey letter of last week ther
vas reference made to the conduct o
a lawyer, and since the publication VI
have been asked by quite number II
whom this referred. We have not tn
least idea. The fact is that portion o
the letter escaped our notice until i
came out in the paper, and our atten
tion was directed to it.
There has been sent to this newspa
per what purports to be an interview
with Governor Blease while be was at
tending some meeting at Anderson. we
Suppose it was sent to US for publlca
tion, but as we do mol see where there
is any relevancy in the interview tt
auything of interest in this community
we cannot give it space.
Capt. W. G. Davis of Manning gave
Ia very fne talk yesterday afternoon a.
the Y. NJ. G. A. to the men on the sub.
iect of tithing. Paving for the bles
sings that one received is g duty and
one that God blessed in all times. He
had one of the largest audiences thai
has been gathered at the Y. n. G. A
this year.-Florence Times 10Th.
The town authorities are sure after
the tiger element good and fast ano
they are making them 60 into hiding
Policeman Higgins and the Mayor go,
| in behind one of them a few days age
so hot that the tiger did not have time
to gather his belongings before he had
to Join the bird gang, however his
domicile was entered and some stuff
captured.
A fire bug got in his work last Sat
urday in broad open daylight in an ef-
fort to burn the home OF Mr.. I. b.
Gentry, prosperous farmer living not
far from Summerton, but 1t was dlscov.
cred each time and extingulshed with
out much damage, but on Sunday night
Mr.. Gentry's barn was destroyed, to-
gether with q considerable amount OF
fertilizers.
Notwithstanding the immense amount
OF packages handled through the parcel
post for this town the express company's
daily arrivals seems to be growing, an
indication that convinceS US our people
do lots of shopping away from home. If
they wonid patronize our local merch-
ants and encourage them IN keeplne
everything needed in stock, they would
be helping instead of Draining the town
Within a week Mr.. O. L. Bishop, who
is engaged in the business OF selling
medicines in this county, had the mis-
fortune to lose three tne horses. Mr.
Bishop boarded his horses at D. N:
Bradham s. Sons stables, but from all
appearances the horses were we'll and
hearty, all three of them died with the
same symptoms, and in the same way
A mule belonging to the stable BE-
came similarly affected. and it too died
suddenly. An investigation is being
made to uncover what appears nys-
terry. If their is any foul play every
effort should be made to catch the
guilty party
One of the mysteries yet unsolved, is
the death of three horses within one
week belonging to Mr. o. L. Bishop,
who is engaged in the sale of pateut
medicines in this county. Mr.. Bishop
boarded his horses at Bradham's stables,
and they had the appearance OF being
10 good health. the first horse died sud-
denly and the other two we're similarly
affected and also died suddenly The
strange part of it is, while these three
horses belonging to Mr.. Bishop died,
the other horses belonging in the sta
BILE where they were boarded have ex-
hibited no signs of sickness, therefore.
it is suspected there is foul play at
tached to the mystery.
There has come to this Office with
request to publish an address on Prohl-
bi5ion delivered in Chicago IN 1917
The party sending US the address aud
making the request also sends US a
stamped envelope addressed "Mr. W.
r. Sanders, 662 King St. Charleston,
S. c." THE TINES is always willing to
publish articles for its subscribers when
the matter is of local or even State ln-
rerest, but it does not feel called upon
to 60 to the expense of having type sci
TO crafty persons who have no interest
in the community. If the person is SO
interested in his cause that be wishes
matter promulgated he should be will
ing to purchase space IN the neWspa-
pers for it. The space in newspaper
costs money, and from 1t the newspaper
force gets its living, therefore it should
he plain that it cannot afford to give
away it's space for the qualification OF
individuals who desire to see what thev
approve of in print. Whenever, how.
ever. the liquor question becomes an
issue in this community. the columns
of The TINES will be thrown open TO
both sides of the controversy, but as
long as there is no issue here, we do
not propose to encourage outsiders to
create one.
There is a rumor to the effect that
the Alcolu Railroad and the Southwest
ern has effected an arrangement to be
put into effect as soon as connection can
be made at Timmonsville. II there is
anything to this the Southwestern Will
traverse the Salem section over the
Alcolu road and then reach Manning in
a short time. We have not been able
TO have this rumor confirmed, but it
will rot surprise US if there is some
thing to it. 4 road from Tinmonsvile
through Olanta. Turbeville, New Zion.
the Fork sections on to Manning, and
proceeding straight line for the bridge
over the Santee, would go through a
splendid country now practically iso-
lated so far as railroad facilities are
concerned. This connection should be
made, there will be 10 reason why
Manning should not become a tobacco
market center, the lands all around
this town for miles are suited for the
cultivation of the weed. wherever it has
been properly tried it was success,
and with additional Railroad facilities.
more warehouses would be built, a
stemmery put in. and instead of our
farmers relying solely 90 the one crop
they would diversity by planting tobac-