The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-03-29

Mrs. n. j. EOSe OI Z aCOIeV aEuoouSe
the marriage of her daughter, Beulan
Monroe, 10 Joseph Vernon Edwards
of Manning. The marriage will take
place in May.
Mrs. J. q. Williams died 1t her
home in Belton last Saturday, aged 66
wears. The deceased was the mother
of Rev. 3. Z. Williams of Alcolu, and
to whom we extend our sympathy.
It does very little good now for our
Supervisor TO work the roads, as io9-
carts 90 right over them and tear them
to pieces. Our beautiful front street,
kpown as Brooks, should be changed to
log-cart avenue.
Manning and Summerton schools
piayed a game Of baseball here last
Friday, and about the hfth lnnlos,
Manning got the lead: and Sunmerton
,(known for a half-century to produce
the best baseball stock throughout the
lapd), took cold feet and omit.
The handsome graded school building
at New Zion is now compl eted, at q
cost of about 81, 900, and on April 10th,
the closing exercises will be held. All
the schools Of that section Will partlc.-
ipate in the celebration, and several
prominent speakers will deliver talks.
Attention flower lovers. The civic
league will offer for sale Wednesday
afternoon April 5th, beautiful selec-
tion of plants The sale will be held
in the new building next door to The
Herald Office and will begin at three
o'clock. Delicious homemade candies
will be on sale at the same time. Bring
the children.
In addition TO the list published in
last weeks issue for the prizes offered
for the best essay on certain breeding
OF poultry, the following will be offered.
For the best essay on white Orping-
ton" Mr.. Sprott offers fifteen choice
eggs. For the second best Mr.. Walker
offers the same. For the best essay
on Rhode Island Reds" Mr.. J. G.
DuRant offers fifteen choice eggs.
It seems that the blind tiger PROPOSE
ton is some problem in Manning. judg-
Ing from the drunks we continually
see. We know our city fathers try to
keep down the Illicit sale OF whlskey,
but it seems these tigers are too sharp
for them, and they 60 right ahead dish
ing out the vile stuff. We suggest
that council try the detective plan
again, and when a person is convi cted
of selling liquor, put q hue on him thst
be will remember for time to come.
and at the same time it may be a lesson
to others thet are dealing in it, but fort
unate enough to miss the drag-net.
Mrs. J. A. Cole started the civic
league chain of teas by entertaining
two tables Of rook last Saturday after
noon. Her guests were: MeSdames
D. r. Riser, T. NJ. Wells, F. E. Barron
". E. Brown, F. G. Thomas, Ingram
Bagnal and ". NJ. Brockinton. The
first Eve ladies will be hostesses a, teas
duriug this week, the two last named
being "eXtras." A pleasant hour was
spent with the game. Mrs. Thomas
and Mrs. Bagnal being the winners for
the afternoon. During the refresh
ment hour, al which time cream and
cake were served, the conversation
naturally turned to the chain teas.
Much interest was manifested and the
success of the teas seems assured. The
teas are by no means limited to the
members of the league and all are cor
daily invited to take part when their
time comes.
A committee OF Sumters' most pro-
gressive business men have been
studying the insurance proposition in
South Carolina, and have decided to
cali a meeting OF farmers and others
that are interested in the court house
at Sumter on Saturday April first to
discuss this question. The idea Is 70
form q Mutual Protective Association
for Clarendon, Lee and Sumter coun-
ties. In our opinion this is a good
move, and we hope Clarendon will
send a big delegation: If something
like this is not done, all property locat-
ed more than FIVE hundred feet from
water hydrant cannot get insurance,
which would exclude all small towns
and farm property from fire protection.
And too, a merchant in a country
town, where there is no waterworks'
would be unable TO insure his goods
therefore, he could get no credlt'
which we all know. to do business 10
this country, you must have creoit. 90
90 10 this meeting and help do some
thing for yourself, while others are
trying to help you.