The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-05-04

With the prices of cotton and cot
ton seed, lumber and most any other
salable commodities hanging around
zero, together with the poor stands of
cotton and corn coupled up with the
cold weather as well as plenty of boil
weevils looking around over the cot
ton fields and sharpening up their
bills ready to puncture the first shape
put out, there is very little if any
optimism displayed by the business
men and farmers and the heretofore
polite salutes and the happy "howdy-
does" has been reduced to the old
time pre-war good morning John"
and l hope your folks are all. well.
Well let's don't be too serious over
the depressed conditions for it is said
behind every dark cloud there is a
silver lining and if we will fight hard
and be economical those Of US who
have no money now will have the
dough- and those of us who are wig
Cling and wabbling under our in
dcbtedness will wipe 1t out and
sooner or later our country again will
enjoy a wave of prosperity and by
gone days of mental agony and blue
streaks will be forgotten and again
things will be we'll.
lHe laIeSC attraction on the play
81 lorrd at the school house is a giant
STRIDE. Thls seems to be very popular
with almost all the folks and we are
very much of the opinion that if the
girls and boys will keep up their prac-
tcc riding around on the giant stride
it will certainly pull the kinks out of
their shoulders.
Sheriff Gamble, State Constable
Eichclbcrgcr and Rural Policeman
Pcavy was in this community round
ing up the moonshiners" and cap
turcd Wes Edwards and his cooking
pots and John Green and his SOUP
pots. Green had things cooking when
arrested. Rich Robertson had his
liquor apparatus and made a dive at
Charles Bennett and he cook to the tall
tlmbcrs and the officers having no
grey hounds or flying machines so
far Bennett has not been captured. We
long to see the day come when our
people, both white and colored, will
strive hard to live within the law
Knowing full well that the country
Will be much safer and so much bet
ter feelings will exist between man
and man.
Miss May Bcthunc of Manning.
spent several days last week here with
relatives.
Wesley Dinglc and Lclond Goodwin
spent the weekend with their sweet
hearts in Scranton.
Miss Leila Hair of Sumter, spent
last week with her aunt, Mrs. j. j.
Wilkic.
John Hunsuckcr of Bcnncttsvillc,
was pleasant visitor here last week;
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Parish of
Manning, spent Sunday with Mrs. ID.
NJ. Rodgers
Joe. Shaleuly, while trying to learn
to drive his car Sunday afternoon
ran over. one Of his little children and
bruised him up right much Through
the excitement, Philip Joseph made a
dash with the car for Dr.. Stukcs at a
very high rate of speed and dashed
INTO telephone post, damaging the
car pretty badly and Knocked the
breath out OF the two tires, but for
tunately Philip did not get ii scratch
and the child is not seriously hurt.
Mr.. Joe Joseph who has large
mercantile business in Gaf'ncy, is in
town for few days to put on a
special sale at his department store
here. Joe is q hustler and no doubt
VIII hand out some bargains at this
special sale
| Mr.. Ed Rowe, who was cotton buy
er for G. M. Davis & Co., the past sea
son left here last week for Columbia
where he has II position with the OK
press company.
The Summerton school team are
boasting over the fact that they won
two games of baseball last week TAX
inc one from Manning team and one
from the kingstrce team; notwith-
standing the Manning team reported
themselves as winners in last weeks
paper over Summerton.
We are very glad to publish the fol
lowing poem sent us by one of the
| patrons of the school which we think
right interesting document.
TO the School Teachers of Summer
ton:
Our school has made great progress,
AS all Of lis can see,
Under the supervision
or Professor Gist Gee.
Professor Gee so noble and good,
Doing all things just as he should.