The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-11-25

| Among those who left here today t
attend the shrine meeting at Florence
Iare The Times editor, and his daugh
ters the Misses Matte. Augusta apt
| Valley Applet. They will attend tn
ball and reception this evening give
in honor OF the visitors.
! A merchant who does not advertis
nor give any other support to a news
paper than occasional advice, thinks i
wrong to advertise the goods and ware
lof merchants of other towns. lis
Ipity there are no night schools in thl
town to widen the vision of such busi
ness men.
! The Atlantic Coast Line has decided
mot to discontinue trains As and 4
which will be gratifying news TO the
Ipeople living along the route between
lOrangeburg and Florence. The ccm
pany fled a request with the railroad
tcommission to be allowed to dlscontln
ue these trains but subsequently with
drew the request in difference to the
protests Of the patrons along the route
The war against blind tigers goes
| merrily OF in this town, and If the
council keeps it up the community will
soon be free from the pest. But the
Operations of the Illicit traffic IN
uhiskey is not confined to the town.
there is plenty OF work for the rural
police to get busy with, and il they
will be alert to catch those who are
engaged in the traffic outside Of Man
ming they will do good service.
Mr.. John 3. Mellette, native OF
Clarendon, who lived at Ill S. HarVin
St., Sumter, died very suddenly about
4 O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Mel
lette had been in as good health as
usual up to the time he was taken sick,
death being pronounced due to heart
disease. Mr.. Mellette is survived by
his wife and three daughters, Misses
jamie. Mary and Emma Mellette, all OF
whom live at home. He was buried at
a O'Clock Monday afternoon IN the
Sumter cemetery.
DIED suddenly last Sunday at her
home near GreeleyVille, Miss Ruth
Eu6nal, the 13 year old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hudnal. The fun
eral took place at Mt Vernon church
Monday. ReY. W. F. Way conducted
the service. The deceased was the pictue
of health, Sunday morning about 5
O'Clock she rose to feed some puppies,
was taken Ill. and DR.. Boyd was sent
for.The Doctor administered to her and
left; he had gone but a short while
when the child seemed worse, and he
was hastily sent for again but before
he reached the home life was extinct.
:. The teachers of the colored graded
scheol.wili nave dime rally for the
next so days. Every patron and friend
OF the school in Manning school dis
trict will be asked to purchase one OF
the s.Scbool Club" tickets or contribute
10 cents. The proceeds from this rally
viii be used to pay the insurance pre-
MUM and augment the regular school
fund. For the same purpose Thanks
giving Jubilee" will be had in the
school chapel tomorrow night. The
program will be literary. In the pop
uIar meeting several school patrons
will talk 10 minutes. The subject for
the popular meeting TN what way can
the masses assist in building up the
public school in our district?" The ad-
mission is 10 cents.
The good that has been done by the
girls demonstration work in this county
cannot be estimated in dollars and
cents. At the last session of the gen.
eral assembly provision was made to
pay out of the treasury $500 as a part
of the salary to the Demonstrator, Miss
Richardson, and she has done her
work thoroughly and well, notwlth-
standing that she has been consider
ably embarrassed in getting the county,s
portion: of her salary paid promptly.
Now the delegation is asked TO make
provision to have the services OF the
demopstrator for period OF ten months
which meaps the county is to pay S675.
college S75. and the United
States Department of Agriculture $3.50,
making a salary of $500 in all. The
county delegation will take this matter
under advisement, and if it can see the
way clear it will make provision for
this good work to go on. The test made
this, the first year, has Demonstrated
that the money appro-
priated was a wise expenditure, and
that it has done vast amount of good.
Mr.. C. A. McFaddin has aided Miss
Richardson in the work, and he is an
enthusiastic supporter of the girls
clubs. His heart is in the work to bet
ter the conditions in farm life, and
through his interest and energy there
has been q xoderful progress made in
intensified farming in Clarendon.
The Times readers will recall that
there appeared in its columns the story
of a child being found on the piazza OF
Mr.. E. P. Mitchum, near Bloomville,
on the night Of October 18th. Naturally
Mr.. Mitchum mas been ever since en-
deavoriug to find the parents OF the
little boy who appeared, when LETT at
house, to be about two days old. He has
left no stone unturned to secure lnfor.
nation, even having the movements OF
a certain buggy investigated that was
seen in the early morning by two differ
eut parties. At last his efforts are fruit
full. and Mr.. Mitchum can point out the
mother of the child, and he has evi-
dence against the man who laid the
infant on his piazza. Mr. Mitchum says
the little fellow is a fixture 10 his home,
that he would not take q million for it,
his wife and daughters are as anxious