The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-07-25
RAILROAD CONTROVERSY.
Another Pamela Sharpshooter Fires into
the Summerton Camp.

| the SumMccCOn CaNlps
PANo1A July 2O.-N-. Edior:-In you
columns some weeks ago, I noticed tha
Anon" had taken up the R. r. ..contro yer
between "Summerton" and Pamela.
Want of time &C., prevented earlier motto
of it. He appears in the beginning of hi
article to take very innocent position. in
tending only little concilatory soothsay
ing, but before be is through, takes a livel!
part in the questions at issue in the contro
Versy.
He says be intended only to conciliate
Now, who or what does he propose to con
ciliate? He says there is no feeling between
these knights of the quill, "Summerton'
and "Panola," and indeed be is right thu:
far, there being only some difference O.
opinion upon the r. r. route. This oelne
| true, ask again, who is he conciliating
Is it the R. R. officials of the Eutawville ano
Wilson railroads? I confess I fail to see the
point All! guess "Anon," like the poets
drew upon his inauguration for 1t all. /
too, am interested in the fight, and in full
sympathy with Pamela.
He SAYS that "Summerton" is little NOR
bid &C., and "Panola" hits back with vim
and fails to show the magnanimity expected
to PROSTATE foe.
fail utterly to understand how in one
sentence he can say there is no feeling, and
in the next, that "Panola" fails to show the
magnanimity necessary &c. Magnanlmlty
could not be shown to "Summerton' until
he acknowledged his defeat. This Anon
has done for him, and knowing "Panola
to be as maguanimous as he Is brave, l teel
safe in saving, that ''Summerton need feal
no further harm.
Now to the point. "Anon" attempts to
show that Summerton is the central point
of debatable ground &c. and the only point
that it is possible 10 build up any place OF
business along the E. 4. r. route. 1t ap-
pears very strange that SuInmerton, capable
Of such an immediate and immense growth
of prosperity with the aid of the L. r.,
should have lain in this dormant state up
to the present period. content with the e1-
change of ten or twelve bales of cotton a
season. canon" appropriately names her
'hoky poky Summerton.
It would be equally strange should this
prosperous business that has sprung up at
the crossroads and private country stores,
literally 60 to nothing at the first glimpse
of the r. R., as canon" would have US be-
lieve. He speaks of the shifting character
of trade" / have no doubt he thinks it
about time it should shift to Summerton.
and hopes by some hook or crook to force
these thrifty business men at the Cross
Roads and private p lacee in the country
to 90 to Summerton, that he might learn
what to do to be saved.
But why not these places Of business de-
velopment continue to blossom as the
rose? Why should tb cir efforts be frowned
upon at the first appearance of the R. R.,
while Summerton wonld boom up into q
GREAT city? would suggest to my friend
"Anon, that with few exceptions the peo.
pie of this country Inherited an amount OF
mother wit that would be sufficient to snow
them the tallacy Of such an argument. with
out further aid.
Again, he attempts to threaten the E. r.
r. with the Wilson road. Says 'If they
adopt the river line, the Wilson road will
GO to Antioch" We would infer from this
that if the E. R. r. would go to Summerton,
the Wilson r. R. would meet them there,
shake hands, be content with the 10 or IL
bales that Summerton has to ship, bid them
God speed, and leave them an open field.
Get Mr.. Wilson to pledge this, and you
have the E. r. r. to Summerton dead sure.
Finally, he gives the experience Of the
Port Royal L. R. with the Savannah River
steamers as sumner to the E. r. r.
am glad to say that it is by no means par
sllel case. Why did he not tell all? that
like the Santee, most Of the shipping places
are on one side of the river, and that IN the
Port Royal case, the mo st Of them were on
the opposite side from the R. R.; tell how
steamboat companies, b eing free and inde'
pendent interpretations, can cut rates, whlct
was done on the Port Royal K. X. side Of
the river, but the unfortunate shippers on
the other side, without r. R. competition,
had to pay their own freight and enough
to make up the loss to boot for the compe
tition on the other side. Not so here. The
E. R. r. proposes to CT oss Santee river, and
say to the people on DO th sides, we Will use
you just in transit qui ck.
We are told by some of the older people
that some years ago, the people of Colum
bis and the upper part of the State became
furious because of the high freights charged
by the South Carolina R. R.. and determin
ed to put line of steamers between Colum'
bia and Charleston, and that they were
forced after purch asing said steamers, to sell
out in less than three months. The R. T.
which gave them daily transportation, con
tinued to take the freight This don't loos
like steamboats, can always swallow up rail
roads, as anon would have US believe
the Port Royal r. F.. was swallowed.
Ha, ha, ha, friend canon" all this is toe
thin and chafy. You must try some othe,
DODGE. "ZASH."