The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-14
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| CAROLINA PEOPLE.
City delivery of mail will be inaugu
rated at Hatrsville July /.
Forty-one pupils received Diplomas
from the Women's College at Du'
West.
Eugene N. Hart, aged 70, Confed
crate veteran of Columbia, died few
days ago.
A class of 11e graduates wer'
awarded diplomas at Clemson Colleg'
last week.
The Pritchard Mercantile Compan.
Of Charleston has been commissions
with a capital of $1,000
At meeting in Spartanburg Mon
day plans were laid for the Organiza
ton of a mutual insurance company.
Among the prime Improvement
made in Bowman lately has been tn
installation of an electric lighting
plant.
The Industrial Building & Loan As
sociation of Georgetown was charter
ed by the secretary of state, with
capital stock of $4,000.
Cecil Jean Rogers, the three-year-ol'
child Of H. K. Rogers Of Ebeneze1
was struck by a train and killed VIII
in a few feet of his Some.
Gov. R. I. Manning left Spartanbur
for Columbia after having spent tn
greater part of two days in a whir
wind campaign of the upper part o
the county.
The United Commercial Traveller
of the Carolinas closed their annua
convention at Florence with the selet
ton of Columbia as the meeting plac
for next year.
Federal recognition as organized nj
litia has been extended by the Unite
States war department to the troop o
cavalry at Charleston, known as tn
Charleston Light Dragons.
The sixth annual convention Of tn
Tri-State Water and Light Associa
ton of the Carolinas and Georgia vii
be Held at the Isle OF Palms June q
% and %, and indications are that tn
sessions will be largely attended.
The annual encampment of the MAI
ional Guard of South Carolina vii
continue for Is days, according to "
". Moore, adjutant general, who wen
to Washington for conference wit
Secretary Baker relative to the prof.
erty shortage,
Albert D. Oliphant, assistant secre
tary of the state board Of charities an
corrections, spent one day in Lexing
ton pursuing the duties Of his position
He said Lexington is building some o
the best highways to be found in an,
county in the state.
The time for the State Firemen'
Association meeting to be held l!
Orangeburg is drawing close. Thi
convention will be held in Orangeburi
on June 2O.21-22. The committees hav
everything in readiness for the con
vention and the big tournament.
The city council of Anderson ha
closed a contract for a triple combina
ton fire automobile truck, to be deli7
cred within GO to 80 days. The pull
chase price is $4,000. The manufac
turers allowed Anderson $1,000 for tw'
fire horses. one horse drawn hos
wagon and a double set Of harness.
When the lower house of Congress
passed the naval appropriation bill TO
the present session South Carolina hat
Jared well. both the navy yard q
Charleston and the old naval station
at Port Royal having received abund
ant money to keep them going. Th'
best thing for Charleston is the fac
that $4,000 is voted deepening
the Cooper river at :" 2proach tt
the navy yard. The lion by thu
house is the biggest thing that coult
possibly happen for Charleston fo
many year.
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