The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-14
BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH.
iIG:, !, Is said to be Tickin: Up-.A Noted Col
Ored Man

Now York is full Of business Just now
\ big merchant says that trade is mncl
better this month than it has been for g
long time. An interesting incident Of
this increase Of traffic was related by q
gentleman of large affairs.
''Aluch of our trade, said he, sat this
time Of year comes from the South. You
would be surprised at the number of
Southern merchants who come North on
combination tour of pleasure and busi-
ness about this time. Most of them are
shrcwd buyers and are leaving good
orders. Therefore at this season of the
year, when VIC generally expect to be
dull, we are having 4 good, brisk trade.
| can account for it upon no other theory
than this is the time Of year when South
crn men find it most convenient and
profitable to come North to purchase
goods. This revival Of Southern trade
shows the prosperity of that region.
Within the past two years it seems to
have picked up wonderfully and there is
. substance and fidelity about this trade
that makes it profitable. The class of
goods that so South has also changed
wonderfully. They are buying more
substantial goods than formerly, but at
the same time of richer materials. Form
crly the Southern trade demanded costly
fabrics Of q showy characterized, orange
and figured goods predominating. Now
they are taking more durable materials
Of substantial colors. In fact, no trade
IN this country has shifted SO radically
within the past five years as the South
ern. The change has also given Us an
index to the reforms freedom has brought
about IN the economic condition of that
section. The way ii looks now the South
VII: Il a very few years be among our
choicest customers. But the goods they
ouy will be a reflex of the broader life
hat has come to that people, since the
many are better of, and the few 40 per ,
laps 'Fering or have c11aiiered seriously ;
rom Ie dlc$:::ssLoIs OF war. :,
Ihis business man had hardly stopped
liscoursinS upon the past and present of I
southern trade and Southern eleGoNts .
'hen singular character a2ii.peared. It !
'as Pinchbac}, & Louisiana He was !
riftir4g ;si.ound the corridors of the St. q
amcs Hotel, occasionally speaking to
IAN, but most Of the time walking about l
s if in half brown study. He is look :
lg much older t.It.an ten years ago, when y
c had been elected United States Sena- :
or from Louisiana and was trying TO get Y
is seat, to which, by tho way, he was e :.
5 much entitled as was his colleague, (
lit IL; !ogg, or John Patterson, Of '
outh Carolina. But he is interesting II
ow only as a reminder q the euriosities IL IL
reconstruction. You would never u u
Ike him for a colored man as he walks u u
oout among the throng which drifts Il u
oout the place where he stops. He is 81 :!
about medium size and very well IL IL
rrnel. He is stouter than he used to % %
, while mingling in politics, but does a a
1t wear enough flesh to make him %
'oss. His full beard is growing very "a "a
ay, and bis hair is following suit. His E
whiskers and locks make his IL IL
i've complexion seem much lighter s!ian e. e.
really is, and he would readily be ~ "
ken taken g. a wel-to-do business Ia Ia
IL of the West or Southwest. He is =
parently well to do financially. He t .n
Ups alta swell hotel, wears good clothes, m oo
enty Of jcwelry and eats and drinks of ~. a.
e best. If he had not been a colored tl' IL
IN with reputation for gambling he uo W
'uld probably have secured seat in ~
? United States Senate, for in point Of a. s,s'
'ks, manners and ability he Vas the tN Sn
oerior Of many of TIC Southern men 10 10
% appeared! e Congress during recon tns ans
ucsion. sel