The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-05-07
News from Silver.

SILVER, May 3.-Amidst the rapidly grow
ing interest of every little town now spring
ing up on the C. S. K n. Railroad none
seem more progressive than Silver. The
most interesting topic among onr people
just now is the building of 4 church, and to
this our efforts and energies for the present
are mainly directed Who will aid in this
the most laudable effort Of any community
The interest taken by the ladies are worthy
of encouragement and their efforts are
meeting with the most sanguine success.
Under their management, tact, and energy
the church will be built. The hot supper
given by them on Friday night May ID, was
the most enjoyable festival Of the kind it
has ever been my good fortune to attend.
Its management by Baptists, Presbyterians
and Methodists gave evidence of life and
good feeling in this community. would
not dare individualize Or even speak of any
one particular lady now where all did so
we'll. Money enough has been realized to
purchase the lumber: the lot has already
been given. The end is not yet.
One Of Summerton's most popular young
clerks who attended the festival last Friday
night, remarked that Silver had the lead in
handsome young ladies. 1t was his first
visit to our little town, bnt from what saw
he likely may come back, and if successful
in forming his matrimonial alliance may
cast his lot with u.s. Packsvlle too was rep
resented by one Of her whole-soHled mer-
chants, whose liberality was as unbounded
as he is joyial and pleasant Even this old
correspondent felt u crowning fascination
when handsome lady pinned upon the
lapel of his coat beautiful bunch of fow-
ers with smile and twenty-five cents if
you please" The money had to come from
all who were thus treated.
Candidates are beginning to loom up.
Yon can, Mr.. Editor, say to one and all Of
! them that the fair ladies Of this community
intend to assess every candidate, so they
have need to arm themselves aforetime with
| the one thing needful. It would be better,
ten times better, for an office-seeker to have
mill stone hanged about his neck and he
cast into the sea, than for him to visit Silver
without money.
Ben Tillman is coming to Silver! Every
! body is aroused: excitement runs high to
see the great farmers agitator. This will
be one Of the most noted periods Of our
community: nothing will equal it since the
day Of Hampton. He has been invited, in
behalf of the ladies, to deliver lecture for
the benefit of the church fund The whole
program will be furnished the TINES for
public notice. 1t is useless for me to tell
you Of Tillman's popularity in this section
Of the county. To judge from popular sen
! timent, Woodward, and Iredell Jones, and j.
J. Dargan, Sumter's little game cock, have
been weighed in the balances and found
wanting. Onr farmers are not extremists:
they weigh matters well. They think for
/ themselves and will act for themselves, and
from every day talk you but uttered the
truth well when you said in your last issue
Tillman would be the next governor of South
Carolina The Charleston News and Couri-
Ell has done more to solidify Tillman than
anything else. It's bitter abuse, its terrible
tyrannical spirit, which has ever been char
acteristlc Of this paper, has embttered the
farmers, so enraged them, that they are con-
stantly and positively refusing to read the
paper. In time to come there will be very
few farmers to read it. The News and Cou-
rier is not the paper for the farmers; its
editorials, its correspondents, are all against
the farmers. This takes no blind man to
see Let every farmer read between the
lines. The World isa popular paper. 1t
looks on the other side Of the picture; 1t
feeds the old goose that lays the golden
egg. The farmers are giving it their liberal
support. Tie TINES continues to gain
ground, because of its liberal views.
Sickness and death prevails among rs.
There is scarcely household but what IN
some way has suffered severely with dysen-
tery, which is scourging every home.
Mrs Henrietta Owens, widow Of Rev. W.
". Ovens (once local minister Of the
Methodist church on Santee circuit), and
mother-in-law of VIM Butler died at the
residence CT her son-in-nw May 1st, in her
| 10Th year. She was buried at St. Pauls,
beside her husband.
called in to see the new Summerton Star
few days ago. The editor and proprietor
seemed hopeful and full of hfes good
things, the very best Summerton could af-
ford While the Star is neither for nor
against uncle Ben, yet few chatting mo-
ments in the editors sanctum reveals the
fact that the farmers have o valuable acqui-
sition added to their number in the person
age of its editor.
Dr. S. c. C. Richardson passed through
Silver few days ago, visiting kinsmen.
The Dr. always was handsome gentleman.
His white beard adds still more to his ven
erable appearance.
Mannings big merchant, S. a. Rigby, and
Capt. A. Levi, the bank president. in charge
Of your local, Judge Appelt, made raid on
the tinny tribe at Princes pond one day
this week, and on their return gave Silver
call. ION.