The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-06-03
PUSH AND PROGRESS.

The spirit Of progress that pervades
in other towns is beginning to be felt
in Manning, and the signs are more
encouraging than they have been for
years. S. A. Rigby has enlarged his
store; the work of enlarging Dinkins
& Co.'S drug store is rapidly going
on; and wagons are kept busy haul
ing the material for two large brick
stores that will soon be built, thus
breaking the monotonous stand-still
that Manning has been indulging in.
The future of this town is brighten
ing, and the day is not far off when
The people generally will realize that
they must give the elbow touch to
those that desire to improve. Work
must be done or the possessions of
our citizens will be dead as an invest
ment.
To hesitate is folly. Hesitation
about building was the cause of a
number of towns in this State stand
ing still while their progressive neigh
bors were growing in wealth and af-
huenee. It was not until some one
refused to hesitate longer that the
start was made, and as soon as the
building start began other parties
saw that to make their property mar
ketable it had to be improved and
they too went to work building as a
matter of self-defense. Then it was
Cha. the genuine work of making a
city Of a quiet village earnestly began.
People tried to outs.rip each other.
IF one put up a fine house, another
put up finer one. Thus handsome
Stores, elegant residences, and large
factories were built Industries of
other kinds followed, and in a short
while the population had wonderfully
increased and the march of improve
ment went steadily on.
Let Us hope that it Will be with US
the same. Hesitation has stopped,
The start has been made, building of
stores is going on, dwelling houses
are to be erected, and with proper
enterprise and confidence in ourselves
there is no reasonable excuse why
cotton, wagon, canning, and other
factories cannot be built right here in
Manning. What we need is push,
energy, and confidence.
The writer spent last week in OAR
Ington on a visit to relatives, and he
was struck with the manner in which
the citizens of that town pulled to-
gether for the advancement of their
towns welfare, the spirit of enter
prise displayed by them, and their
winning ways towards strangers. As
soon as a stranger strikes sshe town
there will be some one to talk OAR
1ington to him, to show him the op-
portunities for investments, and point
out to him their increase of property,
money, railroads, banks, and other in
stitutions. All these things have
their effect.
At one time within our recollection
Darlington was at stand-still, it was
dead, and the people seemed content
with the possessions left them by
their ancestors. A few strangers
moved among them, and they found
that there was life in that old land but
that it was lying in q trance. They
went to work to resuscitate it, and it
began to move. They applied more
push and energy and then the old
timers commenced looking as though
something was about to happen, then
more grease was applied to The wheels
of progress, and the old-timers real.
lied that If they did not keep in line
the strangers would run the wheels
of progress over their sleeping
bodies.
There was a general awakening
among the old residents, and the con-
sequence IS that TO- day Darlington is
q city with electric lights, two rail
roads, two banks, cotton factory,
canning factory, a fertilizer factory,
and a number Of other industries, be-
sides a number of handsome stores,
and some of the handsomest resi-
dences in the State
This was accomplished in few
short years by welcoming the stranger,
by push and perseverance, and by
confidence in their own abilities.
The same can be done right here in