The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-01-15
THE BELLY AND TIE MEMBERS.

The BELLY AND TIE MEMBERS.
The Summerton correspondent
Of the Charleston News and
Courier gave an account last
week of s'the largest and most
representative meeting ever
held in Summerton to discuss
pubic. measures. AS the cor
RESPONDENT says, the meeting
was primarily in the interest OF
school matters, but the occasion
was improved upon to obtain the
views of the community in
regard to matters that will
be brought up in the leg
islai ure. After a full and free
disc ,ssion 1t was decided as ad'
visa Die to issue additional bonds
to tie amount of $1,000 to com.
plet.e the handsome new graded
school building. In the further
disc lssion of public matters OF
int est, it is said that the sen
tim ut ofthe meeting was un.
dou ,tedly for prohibition; that
the meeting put itself unani
morsly on record as being II
favcr of the repeal of the
lien law; and finally that
tina s'the meeting also express
ed Itself against the proposition
of /. vying an additional tax upor
the :ounty for the purpose o5
builaing a new court house a.
MAJ, aing."
This last sentiment is the
mos: notable expression Of thai
not; ole meeting. There is 9
littl comfort in the implied faet
that this was not the unanimous
sentiment of the meeting, thai
some Of the citizens present die
not lake that view Of this i'm
port;tnt matter. The striking
part in the reported sentiment
of tie meeting is that the oppo
sition was to 'stax on the coun
ty to build a new court house al
Manning" There does not ap
pear to haye been any express
ed opinion against the need and
desirability of a new court
house, nor against the necessity
of a special tax to erect such
needed structure. The opposi
ton was to a tax on the county
to build a court house at Man
ming.
A new court house at Man
ming would not primarily no.
principally benefit the town o:
Manning, if the objection is
founded on that narrow view
The proposed new court house
would be for the use and benefit
Of Clarendon county, which is
corporate entity, aud such 9
building would necessarily be
erected at the county seat. Man
ming is the county seat for ade
quate geographical reasons anc
not from favoritism in any sense
We all recognize and admire the
energy, enterprise and loca
pride of the people of Summer
ton, and we are proud that they
are a constituent part of Clar
endcn county-in fact it is {
matter of rejoicing that thi:
relationship is inalienable. W.
trust that our good friends il
Sum merton, none of them, vii
lose sight of the moral of Hsop'S
fama liar fable about ''The Belly
and the Members. % It is uo1
important in using this illustra
ton to give Summurton the
position of head, feet, hands OF
belly Of Clarendon county-only
to held that she is a part or par
eel O; the county, and as such
that she should recognize ano
duly honor all other parts of the
county.
Possibly a better Illustration
of the existing relations would
be tc use the words of the Apos.
tie F:lul when he said: The body
is NC one member, but many.
If tha foot shall say, Because ]
am r,t the eye, am not of the
body; is it therefore not Of the
body. IF the whole body were
an e,e, where were the hearing:
Il it1- ere thehearing, where were
the >melling? y But now
are taey many members, yet but
one Fody. And the eye cannot
say unto the hand, I have no
need of thee; nor again the
hand to the feet, I have no need
Of yea. Even so we are all, Sum
merton, Salem, Santee, Man
ming and the Fork OF Black
River, all members of old Clar-
endos.; we each have need Of all
the o hers, and we should all
pull together for the greatest
adval cement of our common
county. Lenda a hand, Summer
ton!