The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-08-06
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every section of the county. Correspon
dents send them in, and get them her
not later than Mondays.
A game of base ball at Summertol
yesterday between DuRaut and Sum
merton resulted il a victory for Du
Rant by score OF toe. The DURAN
team has been very successful thi
season.
On account of the electric storm las
Thursday evening the people of thi
town had to forgo the pleasure OF hear
| ing Mrs. Florence Ewell Atkins, o
Nashville, who was to have delivered
an address in the Methodist church.
a sample of onions raised and brough
to town by Mr.. R3thven Plowden dem
onstrates clearly the foolishness o
sending abroad for onions. Mr.. Plow
den's onions are as fine as any which
have beer brought to this market from
the West Indies or California.
Mr.. II. H Bra6ham was Installed as
Postmaster st Manning last Friday
morning. AIessrs. F. 5. Moffett and W
E. Cuttino have been retained as clerks
With these two experienced young mer
to assist there is every reason for the
public to feel assured it will have eff,
cient service.
There was quite long drawn oul
hearing before the County Board o.
Education last SATURDAY. about the To-
cation Of q school house in the DuRauI
section, and on the question of organiz
ing a separate school district, resulting
in a decision against the contention for
both the change of location and the
new district.
Do not fail to attend the Farmers In
|stitutes at Summerton and Sardinia or
the 18th and 14th. Snmmerton on the
18th and the Sardinia picnic grounds
On the 14th. 1t has been arranged tina;
several lectures will be given by gov.
ernment experts. and by Clemson Col
lege Professors. There should be q
large attendance at both places.
Again we must direct attention to
the matter of sending communications
to The Times for publication that are
DOT accompanied with the name OF the
writer. we have number of times re-
minded the writers of such communica.
tons that they are wasting their time,
as we will no. publish a communica-
tion unaccompanied by the writer's
name.
Messrs. Roy McFaddin and Oscar
Garland, of Sardinia, left last week to
cry their fortunes in South Dakota,
where they hope ,oeet in on the ground
floor when the "a nment opens up
the lands for Sc; ). Both of these
young men are S, -ng and vigorous.
with a good farming knowledge: if
given chance we predict success for
them.
Mr.. A. Abrams returned last Friday
from the norshern markets where be had
been to purchase his fall stock, and
when it arrives The TINES readers will
hear from him. While on his way home
he stopped over in Washington and was
in the fearful storm which did so much
havoc in the beautiful city. It is inter-
esting to hear him tell of his exper-
fences and his observations during and
after the storm.
Rev. S. A. Nettles 10 the Christian
Advocate has on his war paint TO ex-
terminate the present fashion in
woman's dress He says in part:
Really, We believe it would be NOR
ally far better for the women to follow
the custom OF maly African tribes, who
are robed in nothing more than beads
of perspiration, than to wear these
suggestive dresses that many are now
adorning their bodies with.
The tomato clubs which have bee2
organized by the young ladies in other
counties are not only successful but IN
many instances they have turned out a
source of profit We should like for
the young ladies in this county to take
bold of the enterprise. If there is a
disposition shown to have these clubs
in this county, it can be arranged to
have deuonstrator 10 visit the severa!
sections to give instructions.
The attention OF The Times readers
is directed TO the advertisement of the
Plowden Hardware Company in this
issue. They get their fencing by the
car load, and they always carry every
thing in the hardware line, besides
they handle a 6ne line of cook stoves
and ranges. and all kinds of kitchen
utensils, crockery, tableware and all
manner of household goods. When in
need of anything usually carried 10 a
hardware store they have it, and give
prompt attention.
The Times editor has received let
Ter from MIR. a. A. Richardson, chiei
game warden, asking him to suggest
suitable person for the position OF game
warden for this county, said officer tc
be paid for his services upon commits
sion basis. He has not yet replied to
Mr.. Richardson for the reason that ne
has no idea who to suggest for the
place, but il there is a man in the
county who would care for it, he would
suggest that he communicate with Mr.
Richardson whose address is Columbia.
Manning is coming into her own as
a tobacco market. Every day quanti'
ties of the golden weed comes here
drawn not only from territory conced-
ed to be our own, but from parts OF our
county and neighboring ones, which
BY right of location belong to other
markets. All the farmers are highly
pleased, and Justly so. Yesterday a
one warehouse alone. Clark and Goth
rams, there were sold 1902 pound:
for S263l 81, making the remar ka bly,
high average, for the entire sale, o
ISL cents per pound.