The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-30
NANNING'S TOBACCO MARKET - The
PEOPLES WAREHOUSE HAS ITS FOR
NAL OPENING WITH MUSIC,
SPEECHES AID GOOD CHEER,
AND ABOUT $4,000 LBS.
AF TOBACCO.

SSEESAES AM SOOo S42--N,
AND ABOUT $4,000 LBS.
OF TOBACCO.
It is manifest from present in
dications that the Peoples
Warehouse Company intend to
inject d renewed life into Ian
CRUSHING tobacco market. Mes
SIS. W. E. Jenkinson, F. ?.
Erwin, H. NJ. Mcintosh, R. D.
Clark, with Mr.. G. NJ. Mason as
Auctioneer, are all young, Wig
orous, and successful business
men, they are not hampered
with old fogey ideas, and they
are closely identified with our
business interests. These gen
tlemen realize that the tobacco
industry bids fair to become
large trade-maker and they also
realize the necessity of inducing
it here to add to the prosperity
of this town and county. The
market heretofore was not salts
factory to the growers: and as a
result, thousands of pounds OF
tobacco which should have been
brought here was taken to other
markets, and Manning lost the
sale of goods which naturally
follows the outlay Of money. 1t
is proposed by the management
of the Peoples warehouse to
remedy this and to begin with,
Mr.. Clark the manager, went IN
person to induce the largest
tobacco buying concerns to send
representatives here, and as
result of his efforts the two
greatest competing companies
in the world are now represent
ed on his floors; besides, there
are a number of other buyers
with a close watch from Mr..
Clark to see that the farmer
gets full market value for his
product. The sole idea and sin
Gle purpose is to make Manning
a first class market and Il trade
inducer.
Business principles will gov
ern the operation of the Peoples,
there is to be no favoritism, no
trick prices, and every patron
will be treated with the utmost
fairness.
The American has Mr.. E. L.
Bryan, and the Imperial has
DR.. John James, both are on this
market to buy and they have no
other interest than to buy as
much as possible for their re-
spective companies. These gen
tlemen have no interest IN pay
inc one man in community a
fancy price to make decoy for
others to be feeced; they had as
soon give the price to one as to
another. The American and
the Imperial are competing com
panies, both buying the same
class Of tobacco and the concern
bidding the most buys.
The Peoples had their formal
opening last Wednesday evening
with one of the greatest social
events ever had in Manning. The
estimate is that about one thous-
and men, women and children
were upon the floor, and the
scene was one Of animation.
Town and country ningling in
happy social communion, Clar.
endon greeting those from sis
ter counties. music discoursed by
the second regiment band Of
Sumter, the building was hand
somely decorated; farmers, mer
chants, lawyers, doctors, preach
ers, mechanics, everybody, even
candidates were present to make
the occasion a joyous one.
The sides of the building, the
gang-way. and the lot, were al.
filed with wagons heavily laden
ed with tobacco, and in the cen
ter the lady friends of the com
pany, with the aid of Messrs. A
H. Breedin, O. E. Webber: I. l.
Applet, L. R. Mcintosh ano
others, had tables erected anc
groaning with Brunswick stew:
chicken, ham, rice, bread, cakes
coffee, and lemonade by the bar
rels. About 10 o'clock, Mr.. F
P. Erwin who acted as master o:
ceremonies mounted a rostrum
raped for order and then said
Tobacco growers Of Clarendon
and sister counties:
Gentlemen-We extend to yor
the greeting of the business me1
of Manning. Those of you wh(
live in Clarendon should feel a
home here in the county seat O.
your own county, among people
whose interests are Identical with
your own: And we wish fol
those who have come from ad
joining counties to feel equally
so. I now take pleasure in pre-
senting to you our esteemed fel
low townsman Hon. Louis Appel
who will address to you words o:
welcome.
Mr.. Applet extended the
greetings Of the company ant
after briefly stating the objec1
of the gathering and the pur
poses Of the company, he made
an appeal to the tobacco growers
to lend their encouragement tx
this renewed effort to build up {
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