The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-03-02

fertilizer that would build up waste
land instead of destroying it ard en-
dangering the lives and property of
the neighbors. It is not unlikely
that practice of burning off the
woods will receive the attention of
the legislature next year.
In regard to the suit against the
railroads there is every indication OF
a stubborn fight to see who is boss
in South Carolina, the railroads or
the State. The fight does not par
take OF the spirit of oppression on
the part of the State government
which characterized the administra'
ton several years ago. Of late the
state has shown every disposition to
be fair and just and in a degree lib
eral to capital and enterprise, and no
complaint can be made on that
score. It is the railroads now who
are disposed to be unreasonable and
to refuse to accede to the demands OF
the people who gave them birth and
who nourisb them. It will be a long
fight or the railroads will back down
early in the game. In the end the
state must be successful, for it has
right on its side.
Pee Dee county will very probably
be created. At least every opportunl-
ty is now given to the friends of the
new county to push their claims.
The last election was declared void.
on account of fraud, and it will now
be the duty of the good people OF
that section of Marion to see that
their name has no smirch on it. They
won last time, and will probably win
again, but they have strong men,
manly and able counsel to contend
against. Verify, Pee Dee will earn
it's right to live if it is created.
The renewal of the phosphate IN
dustry in Charleston and Beaufort
is one of the most gratifying items Of
news that the newspapers of the
state have had to publish in quite a
while. It has long been asserted by
friends of the administration that
this great industry was not dead, but
only "playing spossum' in order te
get reduction of royalty. Whether
this is true or not, it is fact that the
men who are engaged in it are nc
more pbilanthropic than any other
set of men in the state and it is fail
to suppose that they see some money
for themselves. and necessarily the
state must come in for its share. The
state is therefore justified in the trn
stand it took against a reduction O.
the royalty. It is not every chile
who cries ''sick" that needs the doc
tor. The paddle has been known te
do more sood sometimes than medl
cine.
In regard to the smallpox scare
there is enough fire in the smoke
to cause men to be apprehensive and
to Justify the health authorities in the
compelling of vaccination. Wheth'
er chicken pox, it can no longer be
claimed that there have been nc
deaths from it for Pelham mills II
Greenville county has had two deaths
in the last few days.
So far as politics is concerned
there is little to be learned. The
politicians have been resting for the
past week and probably incubatine
new booms that they will spring Ia
ter. It is understood that the mails
are kept pretty hot, but there has
been little talk.
The effort to recognize the scat.
tered forces of the "truly loil" is still
in progress and the politicians who
are interested conservation of these
forces seem satisfied with their work
but it is an open secret that they arf
afraid to push themselves under any
one who has yet offered himself. Al
leader, and that the redoubtabls
Knight of the pitchfock may yet bt
recalled to sound the slogan, for they
think like the followers of RodericE
Dhu.
Zone blast upon his bugle aorr
were worth thousand men,"
It is also understood that the ne
gotiations for the control of a certain
daily newspaper are by no means off
It is also understood, in passing, that
many Of the leaders of the battered
batallions are emphatic in their op
position to march convention. Il
is also understood, via the grapevine
that the knight of the Pitchfork is
behind the Wilborn Cotton Growers
association movement, the scheme
being in reality a political one and
not an economic measure. The cot
ton growers are thus to be seouced
into compact organization which
will be used for political purposes.
If this be so, and every man will have
to find out for himself the farmers
will lose no time in stamping it out
for their is disposition to resent
being used as dumb driven cattle for
the benefit of politicians.
Hartwell NJ. Aver.