The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-07-21
The sobacc, season opens tomorrow.

Head ID6 New 1Qe3 NeS SpeCiai !ol
the tobacco opening.
Bring your tobacco to Manning and
get the highest prices.
The Olanta picnic will be held next
Saturday at that place.
Clerk of Court Shealey of Lexington,
Z spent Sunday in Manning.
The family of Mr.. E. C. Gross have
returned bone from the Island.
We call special attention to the new
ad. of B. A. johnson in this issue,
Mrs. English Plowden has returned
home from trip to the mountains.
Mr.. G. T. Floyd has just returned to
Z Manning from the Panama exposition.
Work has been started on the water
lines, the sewerage having been COM
pleted.
It is not against the law to sen fish
now, and those wishing to sell their
catch can do so.
Rev. J. A. Ansley left Monday for
Scranton, where he will assist 10
revival meeting.
Mr.,C. r. Harvin left yesterday for
Saluda, N. c., where he will spend the
rest of the summer.
The Sumter Boosters are travelling
the Saien section in behalf OF their to-
bacco market today.
A party of young folks. headed by
MIR. H. I. Ellerbe are camping at Mar
tins Lake this week.
The family of Mr.. J. E. Davis are
visiting MIS-. Davis mother, Mrs, S. F.
Sprott in Spartanburg.
The members of the civic league
will meet at the court house next Mon
day afternoon at six O'Clock.
Mr.. II. D. Piowden attended the big
trap shoot in Charleston last Saturday
and made creditabie showing.
CLERK of court A. I. Barron had the
misfortune to lose his tobacco barn full
of tobacco last Friday morning.
Mr.. M. D, Myers, who has been the
Imperial representative on this tobacco
: market for several seasons is here
again.
Irving to do business without advere
tising is like winking at q pretty girl
through pair OF green goggles: You
may know what you are doing, but no
body else does.
Why does the bank have big iron
bars across the windows, asked little
boY of his father. 'sHush," was the
answer. ''thas is so the cashier will get
used to them"
Governor Manning has written Sec
retsry of Navy Daniels recommending
Mr.. C. T. Mason OF Sumter, a member
of the national defence committee, OF
which Thos. A. Edison is chairman.
Mr.. B. A. johnson will IN few days
move his residence on the vacant lot
next to where he lives and remodel it.
He will occupy the new house OF Mr.
W. P. Legg, near the cemetery, until
the work is completed.
A Young man wants to know what's
the best thing to be done when q per
son sits down on custard pie at pic.
mic. We would advise him to sit Still
until the rest have gone home.
Work has been started on the tear
ing away of the Mcleod stores wreck
and we learn that Mr.. Mcleod vii
erect three buildings. one facing
Brooks street and the other two front
ing the same as before, on Boyc'
street.
There are two hundred and eft.
thousand words in the English lang
uage, and most of them were used las
Sunday by q lady who discovered ate
coming out of church, that her ne7
hat was adorned with tag, on which
was written "reduced to S1.48.''
Mr.. G.. ". Wolfe. editor of the King
stree County Record, died IN sanltar
ium at Hendersonville Monday. HI
had bee in i'll health for severa
wears. he was about As years old, ant
leaves wife and one child. His wifi
was Miss Hodge of this county.
II the country editor were to snap al
NIL the inducements held out be woule
soon become millinaire. II ne ran
paper according to the popular notion
he would be in the poor house. II ht
published ali the items that were sen
to him he would be in jail half the tim
and in the hospital the other half.
It is astonishing how many bushes
men can be talked into taking space il
8 chart, or frame, or register, or some
other thing that has no excuse for eX
istence. A schemer will get more to-
his worthless card than country pub
Usher would. It is people who haV
been thus duped who complain tina
advertising does not pay.
Mr.. C. A. McFaddin, who for severa
wears has been in the government EN-
ploy as county demonstration agent
has been promoted to district manager
having thirteen counties under super
vision, and started on his new dutle
last week. His successor has beel
appointed for this county. Mr.. Mct'ad
din has worked hard and accomplished
much. therefore the government, ap
preciatine his efforts, gave him thi