The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-07
Manning Has Fine Facilities.

There is o complaint often made by the
people living in this town, that everything
appears to be going backwards, that no i'm
proyementS are going on, and no interest
seems to be taken for the advancement of
the town. Those making these complaints
will ask the question, why cannot Manning
build up like other towns, and why is it
that people from elsewhere do not move to
Manning? They will then go over list Of
different places in the State, and tell you all
about the rapid strides such towns are max
ing:
Manning has every advantage to make
large town. It has healthy climate, good
water, schools, churches, good society, hos
pitable and kind people, and as fine co IN
try surrounding it as you will find anywhere
in the State, but what it lacks is for the
people of the town to reach out their hands
and invite those from abroad to come here.
Everywhere you look you see empty build
ing lots. These places should be built up,
SO that when man does want to come to the
town he can find house to do business in,
and dwelling to place his family.
The great mistake property owners are
making is in imagining that under their
property hes gold mine, or that Captain
Kidd's treasure was hidden there, and that
some day the property will make them as
rich as Croesus. Some people, Judging from
toe prices they ask for lots, must certainly
have an idea that the day is not far distant
when real estate il the town of Manning
Will exceed in valuation the real estate Of
such places as New York and Chicago.
They say their lot is worth, say five hun
dred dollars, and will plantit in rutabaga
turnips before they will take less. They
viii not build house on it, because that
would be improving the town, and some one
else as well as themselves might be bene-
fitted by it. By planting their lot in ruta
baga turnips they get feed for themselves
and stock, but by building a house they
would be forced to take some of the rent
money they would receive and buy the tur-
from growing. They will not prosper them
selves and they do not want others to pros
per. This condition will exist sntii there
is a change in the ownership of the prop
erty, and then perhaps it will get into tie
hands of those that know the way to i'm
prove town and are not afraid to do it.
In other towns through the building and
loan associations the young msn and even
young ladies have acquired property and
built houses as an investment. Here we
have building and loan association that IS
prepared to loan money on easy terms, but
the young men cannot get the lots to build
Oh. and the town is checked in its growth
whereas if the property owners would sci!
their property at such rates that man size
smaller than Vanderbilt could reach their
figures, more property would be in demand,
more houses won!l2s DC built, more workmen
would get employment more people would
move into the town, more goods would be
sold, more business would be transacted,
and the growing influence would be felt to
such an extent that the people would be
restless until manufacturing industries We're
Started and the town get on a genuine, sub
staptial boom.