The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-12-10

L g. Rarvin; Secretary and IreaSur-
er N S. Julia Burgess. AT the next
meeting the various committees tor the
years work will be appointed by the
President.
Chief Clerk of the Railway Mail SER
wee Met,s was in Manning last
Thursday lo,king after the mail carry
ing service from the post office to the
depot. There are number of appll--
cants for the place. He interviewed
the applicants and then returned 10
Charleston The mail has been car
ried BY Willis Davis ever sioce the op-
euing of the railroad to this place,
about 33 years, and be made record
of not missing the mail but once 10 all
of those years.
The firm of Stubhs Brothers of Sum-
ter, preparatory 10 eularg ing their
store on Main Street are making a
special offer in the Times of this week.
Read their full page advertisement.
The Stubbs Brothers nave long been in
the clothing and gents furnishing goods
business, and they enjoy splendid rep
utation all over this county as we'll as
iu their own county. The, carry up to-
date stock always, and do a fine busl-
ness, when they have renovated their
store and enlarged it as they prapose.
they will have an establishment the
equal of any in the State.
Whenever Sheriff Gamble gets after
any one for whom he holds a warrant IL
means that ne will bring him sooner or
later. 10 1908 Ben Tomlin peero.
was convicted on the charge OF burg
larry and larceny and sentenced To three
aud a half wears on the chanYang. a.
ter serving but very short time Tom
lin escaped from the gang, aud few
DAYS ago be was located in Savannah
Ga. Frank King was sent tn Savannah
to 6pd -Tomlip and he did so, and
brought him here last Thursday night.
and landed him back Oh the gang
where be will serve out his s-nt" nee.
There was shooting at Alc"lu last
Sunday. Oscar Fleming shot Dick
Dukes with a shct gun Sheriff Gam
BILE was notified ~ l.'ok "u for Flrtuin"
and his companions The -heriff ac-
companied by his deputy went 10 tb-
depot, and there found Fleming and
negro by the name of Mack
White, the later had 8 gun in his hands
and when ordered by the sheriff to
hold up his hands, he stepped back and
cooked the gun, assuming dehan, at
titude towards the officers. but Deputy
Thames was too quick for him, and
grabbed the fellow before he could DO
any damage. Both Fleming and Mack
White were put in Jail.
Scott Madison, a negro from the
Rimini section of this county shot and
killed Mr.. A. Peyton BrSt. m-rchant
in the town OF Barnwell last Thursday
night, was arrested. tried, convicted.
aod sentenced TO be electrocutei Mon
day. The Barnweil court happened 70
be in session at the time OF the k!lllI &.
Judge Gag presiding. Mr.. Best WAS
waking along the SIT eet when he WAS
hit ny bottle thrown ut HIM. he turn
Ell and asked Madison who HIT him,
Madison told him the one who threw
the bottle ran of, and as Mr.. Brst
turned to walk away he was shot ny
Madison. The immediate arrest and
conviction of the slayer was prompt
work Oh the part of the authorities.
Judge Shipp dissolved the temporary
Injunction be granted for the Closing
up the dispensary at Olanta, and un-
less some higher authority overrules
him the town of Olan,a will soou have
a dispensary running in full blast. The
Florence board did not give the clti-
zens an opportunity TO say whether or
not they desired the sale Of liquor IN
that town but went ahead and estao.
iished it anyway, as protest to the
action of the board Certain citizens
sought the court for restraining Or
der which they Obtained, but which has
since been dissolved a dispeussry so
near the Clarendon line is not vel
coined TO the Salem section OF this
county, they will get the full b4nrtit OF
any evil the sale of liquor may BRING,
and Florence vii! get The money.
Died in John Hopkins hospital in
Baltimore last THURSDAY, Col. David
DuBose Gaillard aged 81 years. Col.
Gaillard was born in Clarendon County
on the Spring Grove plantation, and
entered West Point Military Acade-
my from Fairfield County, from which
institution he graduated iu 1884 with
high honors. His career was hlshi,
distinguished, and he was resar'l-d one
OF the best engineers in The servl:e ut
the government. He greatly diStln.
euIshed himsef in anumbero OF mp'rt ut
works for the governments and his latest
achievement which will 90 d,*n 10
history as the greatest engineering
feat ever ACCOMPLISHED was done at
Culebra Cut IN the Panama Canal. Col.
Gail,ard had number of relatives ID
this County.
The Manning warehouse bulldln.
has every appearance now OF a hue
bazaar, booths representing all OF the
schools in the county, and at each on.
of them will be displayed articles AID
work OF the children of these severa!
schools. This schno! fair, weather
permitting, will be one OF the creates,
affairs ever brought to Manning: it will
be the means of having the entire cou'I-
" AT the cnunty seat on the same da
! y III. fr'e 81, :; ar. 10 do fr h
lupbuildiug of Clarendon. Next Fri.