The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-30
pLAyGE To BOTH OF THEM.


This is a time for ambitious
men living IN counties where
Offices are not enough to go
round to press forward their
new county schemes. Clarendon
is interested in defending her
self from being hacked at by the
promoters of the Rrtledge
county scheme, and equally. If
not more interested, in lighting
of the projectors OF the Senlah
county scheme. both are being
worked in the interest Of prop
erty. owners in Lake City and
O,anta respectively, and each set
have charming solicitude for
the dear people. - Olanta is
a small town at the end Of the
Alcolu Railroad, with Tim
monsvi!le concern having large
mercantile interests, a county
seat is needed in the business to
sell of building lots and make
big money for the owners; II this
coonty is established, it viii
take from Clarendon nearly the
whole of Salem, making Black
river the county line; we doubt
# Clarendon can stand such a
cut and be left with sufficient
area, but whether it can stand
the cut or not, we have an abid-
ing faith in the people OF Sandy
Grove, Douglas, New Zion and
Midway that they will not be will
ing to contribute to the private
interests of a few lot-owners at
t,.ansa. That the people Of
Olanta are rot idle, can be seen
from the following article We
clip from the County Record OF
last Thursday:
,s,iessrs. G.. Il. Bcockin,on and ".
J. Worsham, Two prominent young
business men Of Giants, were in King
stree Monday and paid the Record
Office an agreeable visit, Mr.. Brocsin-
Ion being . native Of Williamsburg,
was much grat;6ed a. the growth and
Improvement here which bad taken
place since his last visit TO kingse1ee.
Both these young men are enthu-
siassic advocates OF the proposed cew
county with Giauta as the county seat.
Olaosa is now il Florence county and
her people have been shifted around IN
three different counties, viz, Sumter,
Clarendon and Florence, and they are
still remote from counsc seat. They
state that should the Eutledge county
movement fail TO ma:erialize they feel
assured OF eventual success in establish
ing .heir new county with O!aota IS the
capital. Being formed from parts o.
Florence, Clarendon. Sumter a1d VIII
haIsburs, they say that no old county
will suffer materially from loss OF area,
while they viii have one Of the most
compact counties in the State. The
area proposed 70 be taken from the four
counties have been surveyed and map
made, which shows that Oianta is very
nearly IN the center OF the territory
that she seeks and that the average dis
sanee from the ccunty seat is not ever
ten miles. Under present conditions
the people OF the area affected have 10
go from Is 70 20 miles 20 their county
seat.
':As In the lower section OF Williams
burg, the people around Olacta. in the
four counties above named, need relief
and should Sandy Grove township vote
itself into Rusledge county, Johnson
vile and Olaata and Contiguous Sec
sioas are forever barred from obtaining
this relief.
This is the view taken by the people
OF Oianta and they Of course are using
every legitimate means TO further the
interests Of their county movement:
NessrS. Srcckintoa and Worsham
went on 70 say that 8 repor, had been
started sha, Olansa had raised money
90 Try TO s'buv up" the people OF Sandy
Grove in ti., approaching election.
They resent the inSinuasion with the
scorn !, deserves. They hold the peo-
p,e referred 70 in TOO high esteem TO
have ever thought OF such e scheme,
even were they themselves base enough
20 desire it. The mere suggestion IS al
insult 70 the good people OF Sandy
Grove and the suggestion did not come
from O.anra.
The people OF Olanta claim that their
:owp is admirably suited for county
seat. They are now erecting $1,000
schoo! building and the progressive
people are planning many other i'm
provemen.s. The climate is healthy
and the population OF the town increas-
Ing rapidly.