The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
New Zion Dots.
Editor The Manning Times:

EQltor Inc Manning Times:
Your correspondent has been away
on little trip is the cause of his not
having letter in your last issue. On
the 10th. there was an excursion to the
famous Isle of Palms, and took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to get dip
in the Atlantic. I should have been
glad to have had the TINES editor
along and watched him in the surf with
his fellow citizens, male and female.
Good behavior was largely instrument
tai in bringing the crowd back on their
return tickets. The excursion manage
ment deserves credit for the handling
of the large crowd.
Mr.. J. w. Fleming is still lingering
with illness. The entire community
sympathiZes with him.
Mr.. Ed Green has returned to Clar-
endon and has accepted a position as
section master on a portion of the Alder
man railroad. Everybody is glad that
Ed is back home again.
Your comments on Manning's market
is the subject of favorable comment in
this section. The farmers have their
eyes open to all the "tricks of the
trade" and they do not hesitate to give
the TINES editor credit for being the
peoples friend, and constantly watching
their interests. I believe that all of
Clarendon's farmers should patroniZe
the Manning market, and they really
want to, but human nature is the same
all over the world and our farmers are
like the farmers everywhere, they
want the full market price for their
cotton and tobacco, and if the market
at the county seat wont give it, they
will seek elsewhere. I believe the
merchants of Manning can make that
town a first class market if they will,
but if they will let people take the
market and run it to suit themselves,
it is bound to be run into the ground.
Already, since the TINES has begun
an agitation OF this matter the market
became quickened, and a few farmers
got better prices. Keep the ball roll
ing until you have convinced Manning's
merchants that they must be up and
doing or they will get down and be
undone.
The people of Clarendon may not al
ways agree with the TIMES editors
conclusions, but they cannot help but
give him credit for sincere desire to
take care of the people. AS for me, I
am free to confess that I am a convert
to the policies advocated by the TIMES,
and the more I read it's ably written
editorials the more thorough do I un-
derstand our conditions and the more
convinced do become that "Old Ap"
has got a level head and he has the
manhood to use it, as his Judgment di-
rects. He does not wait to see which side
will be the most popular with the Poll
ticians, but he goes right ahead and
advocates what be believes is right. I
have watched his course, and he has
always been consisitant. Therefore I
have q strong faith in his honesty and
Judgment, and Notwithstanding the ef-
forts that have been made to discredit
him, the people regard him as their
friend and will stick to him.
Colonel Gantt's ''Appeal to Reason"
is the best school on national questions
I have ever seen and I hope he will
keep Oh in his good work. Every let
ter is a sledge-hammer blow on the
shackles of political slavery. l am
glad to see so many correspondents in
the TIMES. It makes the paper inter-
esting, as it gives all of us an idea of
what is going on allover the county.
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