The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-10-04

rms man VINO UOeS DOI tdhS LIS Ioihs
paper misses three-fourths Of what Is
going on in his home community. He
must either borrow the paper from his
ueighbor and be considered tight
wad ard nuisance, or be must be con
tent 10 learn little and know less.
This paper costs but $1.5O a year, and
| is worth ten times that amount to any
| person.
Every citizen OF this town IS lnter-
ested directly 10 it's welfare, for his
own welfare depends upon the pros
per,tv of the town. For that reason,
| if fot no other. we should DO as mucn
as possible OF our buying at home TINS
winter and Christmas, and let the mali
order houses bleed some other place.
| Let's keep our money in clrculation at
no ne this Christmas. Better stlIl. let 5
ken it moving around here all OF the
t'me. We will make its acquaintance
oftener ourselves.
The following card has been re-
ceived by the telephone subscribers at
Manning:
October ?, 1916.
To all subscribers OF the Telephone
CCmpauy: Referring to postal card
notice of increase in telephone rate,
which was sent YOU some Gays ago,
this is TO advise that this increase Will
not 90 into effect on October lSt.
Robt Shelor,
Sec. and Treas.
Do YOU want TO make clear saving
of S25 to $50 on your expenses between
uow and the first day of next January
/ You can Go 1t and this is the way you
can do it. You will be making many
purchases for yourself and your family
for fall ard winter purposes and for
the Christmas time. There is always
some merchant in town who will do a
little better by you than ANYBODY else.
When merchant is able to do this ne
is keen to advertise and let the people
kaow just what he can and VII! 40.
Your own cue is to read carefully
each week the advertisements 10 this
paper. They tell the story and the
rame of the merchant who makes the
story Read the ads.
Miss Lucy Mood, daughter OF the
late W. r. Mood OF Summertop: cleo
at the Tourney hospital last night,
after short illness. The body was
taken to Summerton this afternoon
where the funeral services and ln,er'
ment were conducted. Miss Mood was
taken Ill at Bishopville on last Tou s.
day and was brought TO the local hos
pital for treatment The deceased was
a most charming young lady and DIED
in the early flush of womauhood, being
lust - years of age. Her death came
as great shock and sorrow to her
many friends 10 Summertoo, Btshcp-
vile and elsewhere. She is survived oy
her mother. Mrs. III title Scarborough
Mood, of Summerton, two orothers,
| Messrs. Julius. who is on the border,
| Rogers, who is a cadet at the citadel,
and one sister, Miss Maria Mood, who
is ia training as a nurse at Charles
ten hospital. She was a niece OF MISS
Emma Mood of Sumter aod OF Mr.: w.
Rogers Scarborough of Bishopville.-
Sumter Item.
Died last Wednesday evening at his
home about twelve miles east OF Man.
ming, Nj. Benjamin P. Falton aged 81
wears. The deceased was one OF Clar-
endon's most highly esteemed cltlzens,
and his demise is sorely felt by his
friends. II was tbs writer's good for
tune to have known him long and well,
and we only knew him to esteem him
more highly as the years passed by.
But he is gone, and another name is
stricken from the ever lessenius roll OF
our old settlers. Mr.. Fulton was known
far and wide for his hospitality to his
guest at fish dinners at Martins Lake.
who viii never see his genial face on
these occasions again. 1t is the gloom
of the church yard that reveals to US
more clearly the beauty OF life IL IS
the broken ties at the grave that
prompts US TO a fuller appreciation OF
the tenderness of the ties that are not
We. broken, and so while we mourn the
loss Of our dead we may rejoice that
there is no cloud so dark that there is
| no light behind II, no sorrow so po!g-
nant that there is not a balm for the
wouGd it inhicts. The dece ased is sur.
vived by widow and several sons and
daughters, who have our slncerest
sympathy. The funeral was held at
Brewington church on Thursday after
noon, and attended by a large concourSe
of friends and relatives.