The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
We Beckon Him Back.

friends, and enemies too, if |
have any. Well, be that as 1T
may, | have the message for all.
From this kind Of a Glands
end," Beaufort, S. c., my mind
goes backi into the interioran to
days past and pleasures never to
return. II any of it should re
turn, there would be disappolnt-
ment. for it would nos look Ia
mill;H,. We eNagerate tae past.
Some one has said that the sphere
IN which we moved, while only
n sta}. at the time, becomes a
world when removed into the
past. Itis good though to recall
the past and bless it.
How about the future: If We
have a small vision Of it, the
worse forus. To him whose Wis
ion of the future isof little prom
ise. the future will likely bring
little. Such a oneis the pesslm-
list, and he is of little worth to
himself or the world in which he
lives. Have a pleasant view of
the beloved pastand great, big,
hopefulview of the promising fu-
ture.
Let's see: How many new
fields have had since leaving
Paxville? There is Fort Mill,
Allendale and Beaufort. Three
moves in three years. am made
to fear, some times, that in the
estimation of my friends | have
gained the unenviable reputa-
ton Of a ::gad about" I think.
myself, more Of the man who can
hold down his job. and in the
ministry this often means hold.
ing the same pastorate. The
time is now at hand: in the Cos
pei ministry, when a preacher
must hold his pastorate a long
time to hold the high esteem and
respect of his brethren. | shall
try to hold a grip here and thus
catch a new grip on those who
have expected something Of me:
I hope these are not few, and
that they will not give me up:
Beaufort is one Of the old
towns in the State, and one of
the antebellum communities Of
great wealth and culture. Here
before the war, lived many Of
South Cardinals richest men,
lordly rice planters. Itwas here
that one of the earliest effort for
a college was made, and, for a
while and in a degree the effort
succeeded. The college building
is still standing ana in first class
condition, being used by the gra-
| ded school. 1t is one of the few
distinctly classical buildings IN
the State.
ONot a few of the residences are
the stately mansion of the gene.
ration that was on the stage of
this life the early part of the
nineteenth century, one hundred
years ago. And these houses
are monuments to the men of
those days. They are broad and
tall, and set in spacious premis-
eS.
The Baptist meeting house
(the church is the membership
is one of the old buildings of the
city-one of the few of it's kind in
the State built by the people Of
those days when they thought
grandly and built accordingly.
It is of the Greecian order archi-
lecture, straightroof. high: plain
walls with large windows;heavy
tower, and portico with immense
columns. Built to meet the de.
mand of those times, it has a
gallery. About the only change
in the house is the baptistery.
Formerly the ordinance was ad-
ministered in Beaufort river.
Well, that was good place for
it, as good as the places selected
by John the Baptist for carrying
on his ministry, because there
was water there" Beaufort is
now enjoying a new lame. It is
becoming quite we'll known that
this is a delightful summer re-
sort. And the hotels and board
ing houses are filed all the time.
It is also a resort for those al
hicted with malaria.
The new business of truck
farming is coming quite into
prominence, now, ard is holding
out to This section the promise
of a prosperity such as will he
greater than inthose far off years
the grand past witnessed:
NOW is Cne GlHle, 100, 10 lliNeSI
in Beaufort property. While it
has advanced considerably, re-
Gently, it is still cheap. The
trucking business will undoubt
edly put Beaufort on asolid basis.
such as she did not have, nor
never could have had, with the
phosphate teindusJry and the naval
station. A wise and benetcent
providence has removed both
these thatBeaufort may come in
to her own.
Well, | shall closenow by say
ing that about the next place to
Beaufort is PaXyille and round
about to Sumter and Manning
and SDmnertOn.