The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-23

From the moment one passes the
county line into Sam;er. the topic OF
conversation is the election which is TO
come off in that comfy next month TO
decide whether or not the dispensary
will be established. Clarenoon's inter.
ests is against the dispeusary IN the
sister county, and all who feel the es-
tablishment of the dispenSary in Sumter
will take heavily from this county should
help those who are making the effort
to let things remain as they are.
A Young man by the name OF j. ?.
Gist was arrested Saturday night in
Charleston as he was disembarking
from the 4. G. L. train, charged with
stealing bag of money from the post
master at Gourdins, and suit OF
clothes from clerk in store at Gour-
dios. After his arrest Gist denied his
guilt, but when confronted with parties
from Gourdins he confessed, claiming
that he must have been drunk. The
probability is that this young man
will get heavy sentence from the
United States court.
Conductor J. L. Gillespie, who runs
on the train from Florence to Orange
burg via Manning, was shot by two ne
eroes last Saturday between kingstree
and Lanes. The negroes were captur-
ed. Capt. Gillespie was not seriously
hurt we are GLAD to say, but the assail-
ants should be made to suffer the full
penalty OF the law. The cause of the
shooting was that Capt. Gillespie in the
discharge of his duty corrected the ne
groes who we're misbeha7ing, and when
he turned to leave the car they shot
and then jumped from the train.
Among the many entrants for the pc
sition Of State Librarian to be chosen
by the coming session of the General
Assembly will be Miss Lulie F. Harvin,
OF Clarendon county, young lady OF
fine ability, and one who would fill the
position with credit. Miss Harvip is 4
graduate of Winthrop college, has
taught in the public schools Of Colum-
bia for a number of years, and she bas
many friends all over the State. Clar-
endon would be proud for the young
lady to be chosen for this important
Office, and in offering her it is with the
full confidence in her splendid fitness
for the place.
Governor Blease on last Thursday pa
rolled John Boyd, sentenced at the last
term OF court to eight months on the
gang on the charge of receiving goods
by false pretence. The governors ac-
ton was based upon an affidavit of the
county supervisor and the certificates
OF Drs. Brockinton and Dickson, Show
ing that Boyd is victim OF pellagra,
and lncapacitated for labor on the gang,
that his retention on the chain gang
would make him a public charge with
not the proper means of giving him the
treatment humanity demands, that the
family of Boyd were willing to take him
him and care for him, upon this show
ing the governor granted the parole,
and Boyd, who is from the Pamela sec.
ton, was released and turned over to
his people. |
We note in the Columbia correspon-
dence to the News and Courier OF last
Monday it mentions the tobacco mar
kets of the State. but leaves out Man
ming, which we hope was an oversight,
because. there is no better market any
where than this one. Manning has
two warehouses we'll supplied with
buyers from the largest factories and
companies in the world, it send from
it's floors a grade of weed equal to any
raised in the State. and the prices paid
on these floors are equal to any paid in
the State, that the Manning market is
doing a satisfactory business, farmers
from Williamsburg. Sumter and Flor
euce bring their product here to sell
on these floors, therefore when the
correspondent mentions tobacco mar
kets he does an injustice when he
overlookS Manning.
What do you think Of merchant
who complains because people send
elsewhere for goods, when while he is
complaining there arrives in his place
OF business a package of stationery
amounting to about two dollars in value
that he could have procured here for the
same money, but instead Of giving the
work to the local Office he gives it to
travelling solicitor from an adjoining
town. Such a merchan, has no right to
kick If every local person left him in
the lurch and cid not trade cent with
him. If the merchants send away from
home to have done what they can get
done at home just as good and just as
cheap. how can they complain of other
people who trade elsewhere, even if
they can buy at home as well. All OF
US should patronize home whenever it
is possible to do so.