The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-26

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to who should represent this district IN
Congress, and who should represent the
county in the lower House of Represen'
tatives at Columbia.
Quite sensation was created by the
| finding of an infant on ditch bank on
the outer edge of town in the neiEhbor-
hood of the old brick yard near the Gus
Collins place The Coroner summoned
Jury and held an Inquest, which by
the way has not yet concluded its Ia
bors. An autopsy was made by DR.. w.
S. Harviu and he decided the child 10
be muilato. it's left arm had been torn
from its body and it was otherwise
mangled. every effort will be made to
find the mother of the child. The baby
!; lived after it reached the world, and II
this is so then it was murdered.
A handsome banner has been select
ed to be presented to the county school
winning the greatest number OF prizes
in the various contests in The Field Day
exercises, April 18th. Let every teach
er get busy. This banner will be dis
played in conspicuous place in Man
ming for few days to advertise the
winning school after which it will be
held bv that school for a year, or until
some other school in like exercises wins
it. Let every country school and its
patrons wake up to the good that this
bit OF rivalry will bring about. A full
program of Field Dar exercises will
appear again in The Times next week.
There was a most horrible murder
committed last Sunday night on the
plantation of Mr.. Clarence Mathis,
about miles west of Manning. Bright
Mack, a negro, who was regarded harm
less, became jealous of attentions OF
other men to his wife, heather, and
proceeded to butcher her in a most
brutal manner. Those who saw the
dead woman say she was slashed about
the face and neck almost severing the
head. Coroner Gray held an Inquest
and while the jury was making its in
vestigation Bri ght Mack confessed the
crime, and said his wife asked him to
kill her because he accused her OF int
deity. Mack was lodged in jail to await
the sessions court. We are told the ne
gro is not of a strong mind which may
probably have something to do with his
fearful crime. This is the third inquest
the Coroner has held in this commun-
ity within the past week.
On last Thursday an aftermath OF a
hot supper resulted in the death from a
pistol shot wound of one darkey, and
another lodged in Jail charged for the
killing. On returning from social
function somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of Mr.. G. W. Wilcox's place about
mile from Manning, George Allen
Frierson shot Hezikiah White, killing
him almost instantly. Frierson claims
the shooting was altogether accidental,
and there was no evidence going to
show that they had quarrelled, nor
were there any indications that Frier-
son was not telling the truth, however.
the Jury rendered verdict fixing the
killing upon Frierson and he was lode-
ed in Jail to await trial at the sessions
court. While investigating the cause
of the killing, it turned out that the
pistol with which the shooting was done
was stolen from Mr.. Reardon's pool
room, and a warrant was issued for
Frierson's brother, who is charged with
stealing it.
We have letter from some citizens
of Turbeville who express the opinion
that now is an opportune time to put
forth an effort to negotiate with the
Seaboard railroad, now building into
Timmousville and should go through
the towns of Olanta, Turbeville, New
Zion, Sardinia, Manning and Summer
ton from thence to Ferguson over the
Santee bridge We agree with these
gentlemen that it is an opportune time
for all of the towns over this contem.
plated route to interest themselves and
arrange for committees from their re-
spective communities to confer with
the railroad euuhorities and ascertain
from them what would be necessary TO
induce this road to come to as. 1t was
suggested in this letter that meeting
be called after the campaign meeting
of Yesterday to take this matter into
consideration, but thinking that it
would be hard to get such matter It's
proper consideration after a political
meeting we wrote the gentlemen sug-
sesting that another date be fixed for
the purpose. We would suggest that
the several municipal authorities agi-
tate the subject in their respective
towns by calling meetings of their cit
liens, and then appoint committees
with authority to go to the railroad
people with certain pledges. There
will be, in our opinion, no need to pre-
sent requests with nothing substantial
to urge the requests, and no committee
can be of much influence unless it has
the authority to make pledges for the
community they represent. We would
also suggest to our town council to be-
gin taking action in this matter at
once, and for the Mayor to see the
proper persons who are in position TO
be of help, and get them interested in
the scheme.