The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-13
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SummertOn.
, Up to date there has been somethir
! over 1900 bales of cotton glnned at th
place, which is about 1000 bales le
: than was ginned up to the same do
, last year and about 500 tales less the
: the average for the past several year
But with the high price paid for cottc
and cotton seed. the farmers and mere
ants are in much better shape tha
they have been in several years, ar
were it not for the large back accoun
due by both the farmers and mercl
ants for fertilizer and etc, there
hardly man in this section CT th
county but what would make none
this year. But if farmers do not loos
their head, and we hardly think the
will, and plant too much cotton mex
year in my opinion these high price
will continue. but should every NAL
get it in his head to plant little NOR,
cotton next year,in the wind up we vii
find the whole South doing the sam'
thing and again find ourselves will
another bumper crop in 1916, and th'
price less than cost Of production, ans
certainly it cannot be said then tina
the low prices are brought about b.
the European war. for this war wa
going on last year with sixteen mil
lion bale crop, and cotton selling
around six cents, and this same war i
still going on but with a ten or clever
million bale crop cotton is selling
around twelve cents.
Then let US keep On the economical
road and make some cotton, tobacct
and by all means let US again grow /;
wheat crop while at this time your COZ
respondent does not know the amour
of wheat grown in this county thi
year, yet every sensible man know
that thousands of dollars were kept a
home that would have left this count.
had this wheat crop not beer
made, and the small yield in some sec
tions of the county should not keep an,
man from again planting, as last yea
most of the wheat in this SECTION va
rather late in being put in, and many
farmers not familiar with this crop &C
counts for no better results in many in
stances.
And then why not have some rice
and sorghum cane, there is bunch o.
rice on exhibition at DR.. Leon Fiscb
er's drug store grown by Mr.. i. R
Eadon: that when threshed out and
bouged up in chicken, would be gooc
enough for preacher or lawyer. less
lone a one gallus farmer, wool hal
mill man or a news paper Editor. Now
let's see who holla's.
IL seems that last Saturday was the
day named by the Globe Medicine Co.,
to collect their accounts 10 this section
of the county, and believe me they
were collecting them too, hundreds il
not thousands of dollars we're paid over
tothe agents af this concern, and while
we are always glad to see people pay
ing their bills we wonder if these peo-
pie who were turning over the 'lopg
green" to this concern have been this
loyal to our local druggist, who are
here to serve them 365 days during the
year.
Last Friday night about 8 o'clock,
some colored man went in the home OF
MIR. Selvin Dingle while Mr.. Dlngle
was sitting in his room reading and
when he discovered the man, be asked
him what he was doing in there, but
had no reply, but went in another
room as thougB he might be hunting
money by this time Mr.. Dingle having
no gun in his home, he went to near
by neighbors for gun and when he
returned the man had gone, then the
blood hounds from Manning was sent
over and placed on the trail and fol-
lowed it out of town in the direction OF
St. Paul, but after getting out Of town
a piece the trail was lost and no one
captured.
Also on Sunday morning at the home
of Mr.. G.. NJ. Davis, he heard a noise
at his chicken house and thinking il
a possum or snake after the chickens
be started out and about the time he
got on the back porch he saw a man
leaving the chicken house coming
through the yard with an old fat hen,
and Mr.. Davis said he understood the
man to say don't you come out here
and he having 20 gun took him at his
word. should many more such daring
acts take place here your correspond
ent will offer his Partridge killer for a
pair of running shoes.
MIR. Clim Geddings who lives near
Pinewooo, died last Friday afternoon
after suffering fer some weeks with a
severe case of typhoid fever, the funer'
al and burial took place at Calvary Bal
tist church Saturday afternoon, con,
Quoted by his pastor the Rev. NJ. W
Gordon. Mr.. Geddings was a young
man 26 years old, and Christian gen.
tlemau. he leaves wife and one child
and nun Der of relatives and friends
to mourn his loss.
Mr.. F. w. Truluck has just returned
from St. Louis, where he bought CAL
load of stock consisting of Is fine
mules, and 10 horses. Mr. Truluck
said stock was not as plentiful thi:
year as had been heretofore, on account
of 50 many horses and mules being
shipped across the water to the Allies,
and that they had advanced in price
about Is per cent
Mr.. H. A. Richbourg manager OF
the Summerton Live Stock Co., is now
in St. Louis buying stock for his sta ole
here and doubtless will have some oi
as fine mules and horses as will be sold
here this season, as Clark Fielder. the
salesman puts it they will have some
"Cracker Jacks"
Dr. and Mrs. B. NJ. Badger of Mar.
ion, are the guest this week of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Furse.
Miss Willie Gordon accompanied by
her father the Rev. Mr.. NJ. w Gordon
and her sister Miss Waunetta, left
here Monday morning where Miss
Willie opened the Workman school, il
is your correspondents pleasure &c
know some OF the good people in the
Workman section of this county, auG
he thiuks them very fortunate indeed
iu securing the service of Miss Gordon