The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-11-06
Silyer's Successful Start.

columns have been so well filled with
good rea'liug matter for several weeks
that your correspondent has not been
missed. like the maximum of the
various reports of every section SC
well, that l am always more inclined
to want to read others than for them
to read me. You know how hard it
is to get news in the county. We live
SO remote from railroad facilities, away
from the rumbling hustle of city life.
We will, however, soon vie with Man
ming and Summerton. They must
acknowledge ere Christmas comes that
Silver is their equal The Eutawville
Railroad is ready for the iron. The
trestle across Sammy Swamp is al
most completed; then nothing remains
but the track laying. This is being
pushed as rapidly as possible. In two
weeks the material train will reach the
town of Silver.
Silver station is named in honor OF
the President of the road. 1t is 10,
Gated between Rosin Hill and Mill
Valley.
Mr.. R. F. NIilligan expects to en-
large his business in turpentines as
we'll as general merchandise.
Mr.. Ashley Briggs, ayoung man OF
sterling worth, has opened one of the
finest assortments of general merchan-
disc. They pay the highest cash prices
for cotton.
Mr.. Henry Butler, who is fine ca
terer, is erecting a handsome building
for a restaurant. Meals at all hours
during the day can be had at a small
cost.
We are to have livery stable con-
Quoted by the.Marion brothers.
Lots are sold to others who will
open four more new stores ready fol
business by January.
It really seems like this is to be
one of the best and prettiest little
towns in the general make up Of Clar-
endon. Then there will be other en-
terprises, now in contemplation, which
will give life to the place.
There is to be a large saw mill,
soap factory, and a glass fac
tory. Capital is now coming tc
Silver. There is no community
better suited to hold its own than
this-a magnificent scope of country:
healthy as the mountains. It opens
up one of the finest opportunities tc
business men.
A large Alliance store will be open
on first OF January, and saving
bank, where laborers and others car
deposit their weeks savings.
A large union academy will be built
for educational advantages by three
adjoining school districts.
Our trial justice will establish his
Office here, and we shall certainly ex
pect some lawyer to locate here. Il
will not only be profitable to the law.
yer, but legal convenience to the
community.
Silver proposes to be dry town
In the selection for mayor and alder
men prohibition will be her mora
standard. 1t has been said to Judge
the piety of certain individuals yor
must count their jugs and dernijohns
Silver discards this view of her citi
zens. This argument may do for riv
er navigation, but in this moral at
mosphere where the best and pures
morals of our young men stand tht
highest, and where christian virtue
has been elevated beyond the Jug anc
the card table, I think I speak thu
truth when I say our young men are
better raised than to be guilty Of sucl
things. Wherever young men arr
led astray it is invariably done BY
some older head. Now this is hare
saving, nevertheless it is true, unfor
tunately. Standing where steame
was once unloading her cargo, on see
ing Jug labeled to one whom I knew
to be church official, the question
was asked, Does he drink? The agen
replied: He gets them mighty often
and its the only way can judge wh'
are members Of the church.
Cotton crops are vastly defcien
the present year. Our merchant
doubtless smile when we tell then
they have it all, some of them believ
its being held for higher prices. Th
majority of farmers had to sell. 1t
gone where the lion roars and tn
wanderer bemoans.
Oats are being planted on biI
scale.
The people are clothed in thei
right minds. The old bull has bel
lowed, the sound vibrates from 1eza
to Florida. Ben Terrell and compan
awakes the dead. Almost any littl
cross roads merchant is sending bid
to supply the planter. This certainl
means something. It looks as if tn
fox and the serpent desire to mingl
; friendship.
: At Silver you get meat at and
cents, -four 40 pounds for one dolla1
Who can beat Silver? Ton.
A Plea for Justice in the Courts.
PANoLA, S. c., Oct. 81. 1889.