The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-05-23
Summerton Wants the Railroads.

Ms. EDrroR:-I am puzzled to understand
the osciliating manner in which MAJ. 4. G.
Barkeley, president of the Eutawville Rail-
road talks. Sometimes he says the road
will run one route, and other times he says
it will run another, hence, I am surprised
at MS lack Of decision.
| Let me review the cause of his last deter
uination to run the road towards Mr.. D.
Lewis, and from thence to the neighbor-
hood of Pamela. The agent at Wrights
BluT says that Mr.. D. Levi ships about
100 bales of cotton, and Mr.. j. P. Brock
about ATS bales. Now about one third Of
these amounts are bought and at prices
that they feel (where there is no competi-
tion) they can best pay. Of course. if we
were in these gentlemen's places we would
do the same. and would threaten to ship
everything by any other route than theirs,
unless they should SO run their road as to
completely block out cotton buyers. This
route will do it, and result in the Steam
boat Co. reaping the benefit. Besides the
above amounts, Mr.. n. Levi ships about
500 bales, and nearly the whole amount is
paid for in cash, without competition in
buying.
|, Now argue, that to run the road by
Summer.on YOU would Immediately concen-
trase and develop business that
makes Summerton town, and assures
cotton buyer; then instead Of hundreds Of
bales of cotton, and hundreds Of dollars 60
ing to Samtsr, the distance OF % miles, (and
the people deriving benefit notwithstand-
ing the disGance,) all would he brought to
SunIneroon Then Mr.. Lew would be COM
PEELED to come to Summerton, tor his hon
or would force him to receive cotton where
there was competition, if his lei!nors insist
ed that they could realize better prices.
Mr. Brock would do the same, and Mr.. NJ.
Levi would be compelled to have some bus
mess there too, and why? Because Man
ming gets tremendous support from this
section. and no sooner than the road yeach-
ed Samuerten, Manning would lose it, and
Mr.. Lev, would also lose it, unless he made
some arrangement 10 catch it; and who IS It
that knows him would for once doubt his
having q hand in the Summerton buslD Jess
therefore it weuld be far more profitable to
tie road to run this route, and far more
beneficial to the community.
T can see the same spirit Of opposition
! to Sammerton, that keeps cotton buyer
from Manning, and who are the sufferers!
| Why every man who has cotton to sell, and
goods to buy.
Instead Of every one working for these
roads which viii develop our county, each
man has hope Of a town being built at his
door. Can We scatter little stations al about
and build up any of them? Yetwe see. in our
imnagination, a little town on the EutaT-
vile T. B. about one mile from Mr.. D. Lewis
store called "Leviton," and about one mile
further, another called "Brockton, and as
We stand at "Badgerville" near Sunmerton,
and look down the Wilson Road about one
mile we will see on the road running by
Mr.. WV. Benbows beautiful town called
M. Leyiton." But suppose the depots are
brought together in Summerton, then there
will be no chance for the Imagination, real
! ity will burst upon our vision, necessity will
force immediate incorporation, and beau
tiful little town springs up in one OF the
most prosperous sections IN the State, and
the result is, that the roads are prohted,
and the community benefited. Where
/ would you find healthier place, and
o more desirable place for people to
move to FROM cities than Summerton? yet
i we find men who are building railroads
jumping and dodsiug from one point to
another, telling every one they meet that
the road is soon to 60 by his house, try.
ING to fool everybody, and please everybody,
viihort making single effort themselves
TO examine into the country, or without ask
! inc themselves why? Is it that merchants
scattered about this section prefer their run
Ming the road anywhere rather than to Sum-
. merton and why is it that those who live
in. M.nnine,. and those who sympathise
!, with Manning, only pray that the road may
miss Summertan It is because business
will Immediately spring up thatwill put
, the Manning of 25 or 80 years to- shame.
i In case the Wilson Road should run up in.
4 to Summertoa, I am satisfied that the build
ers of the Eutawville road viii see in less
| than six months that they allowed parties
why were working for their entire inter,
leste m friohten them. SUMMERTON.