The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-12
SOUTH CAROLINA TIE PLACE.
What t:as Reen md Can ge Done in the
Plsne;to State.

PI.ne,to State.
:acrace Greeley said, GO West,
ycuHg aan,'' and that saying has been
taken literally by thousands. This
father ofjournalism in America spoke
6guratively when he used that express
sion ard meant, have confidence in
yourself; go where you must nave the
confidence, and go, too, where there is
room end opportunity to develop
yourself
Thousands Of young men, and old
m"n, too, have gone West, where
many have toriven, but where many
more have succumbed to the too rough
life. Of the former we have heard, OF
the latter we have not.
Su,ccss comes to those who deserve
ii, and hard work and strict attention
. business will bring its fruit. There
is such thing as luck, but it seldom
ccnes, AID he who waits for it will be
sadly disappointed. We must exert
ourselves wherever We may be to gain
the golden fruit.
Many ycung men feel that South
Carolina is poor State to live in. All
aGrait the abundance of her resources,
hus derry the ability to develop them.
Now, We wish TO tell OF q maa who has
:aada fortune here, with disaGvant-
ages to overcome which lew have. It
is simply Of his success in the business
world anG what he has done in it that
we will write.
John L. Aimnaugh landed in New
York in 1873. He came from the north
cf Ireland, wnere his folks are well-to-
90 BIZ: he came to this country with
only q nominal sum in his pocket and
with the hope Of fortune-making III
his mind. He had no friends in this
country save an uncle, Mr.. James 4.
Gray, i'll Augusta, Ca, one of the
noted merchants of that city. With
hia Mr.. hiimnaugh spent the succeed
ing aye years and got his first ideas OF
mercantile life.
Ia 1878, with less than 1000 to his
credit, he went to Winnsboro and be-
gan business alone. Investing his
money judiciously, ne went to work
and soon butt up large business. He
Kept bis eye open for bargains and
made several good trades, from which
be ieaiizsd much, while in the town
among the red clay Mills.
IL 1883 he so!.i out his business IN
Winnsboro and came 10 Columbia All
Of Us know the rest. From business
conducted in one store roota, be has
built up O mercantile business second
to meme in the whole State. He re-
Gently bought the Aguew block, which
he has had completely renovated.
Both floors Of this building are now
taxed 20 their limit to accommodate
the trade that is conducted therein.
and the hale, hearty, jovial, energetic
man whom you sse watching every
part Of that business, has built it ul
entirely by his own pluck and push.
No help has he received from out
side sources, and many are the diff
culties he has overcome, but he has
looked them all in the face and been
discouraged at nothing. Now he can
say he ewes no man, and to the writer
persona! knowledge his ledgers show
i alance in bis favor over the amount
of sl25, 900
In 1878 he was worth 81 900, and in
1890, $125, 600. Is that making money
tast enough? For the Agnew block he
paid over ss5 GOO, and every dollar he
has paid in cash.
From th4t showing can ore say
there is No life in our State, that nc
money can be made hsre2 We give
his as 81 example OF what oan be
done in one OF; the most hazardous
trades known, one in which over So
per ceat. Of those who engage III ii
cannot succeed.
There arc many others that have
done IS well as Mr. Mimnaugh, but
there are few who have done as much
with as little e5traneous aid. cav hat
lie has done should be 4 great stimulus
and encouragement to the young
men Of our State. That they can livs
in this beautiful, God-blessed land
among those who have kindred sym
ralhies ard yet feel that the charces
for success are as great here as any
where else in this land.-Columbia
Record.