The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-06-23
A Birds eve View of Clareadon's Capitol.

After lived ia Manning fer several
years, and being away for four years,
and then going back for day, I could
not help being very much impressed
with the growth and improvement Wis
ible in the town. There has never been
a boom in Manning, but just good,
steady, healthy improvement along
every line. New stores, new residenc.
es, new public buildings and new en-
terprises are visible on every side.
The new public buildings are the
pride of the town, and they are enough
to make citizen of many towns twice
the size OF Manning proud Of their i'm
posing appearance.
The writer had the pleasure OF going
through the new court house while IN
Manning recently and, although it is
not yet completed, be could not but
marvel at the nicely OF arrangement
and the many conveniences it will offer
to the county officials. The building is
116 feet long by 81 feet wide and is built
OF the famous red Washington pressed
brick, trimmed with Indiana stone,
while the steps are solid granite. There
are u rooms on the first floor to be US
ed by the county officials, and the court
room with eight ante rooms and jury
rooms are on the second floor. The
building is trimmed with South Caro-
lima pine, except the corridors, which
are trimmed With. oak. When complet-
ed this handsome edifce will cost $780,
900. Clarendon county has court house
OF which it can Justly feel proud.
The other public building just CON-
pleted is the graded school building and
no child could but enjoy going TO school
in such comfortable and conveniently
arranged institution of learning. At a
cost of $50, 900 the taxpayers of Manning
school district have had erected last
ing monument to their thrift and indus
trv and belief in education. The build
ing contains twelve large class rooms
with cloak rooms adjoining each class
room. There are electric bells in each
room connected with the superinten-
dents room and also electric fire bells
placed throughout the building. AL OF
the inner doors open both ways and the
outer doors all open on the outside,
to become jammed in case OF ire or
thereby making it impossible for door
panic from any cause. The building
seating capacity of 500, fitted with splen'
contains q spacious auditorium with a
did opera chairs.
Manning has two banks, both Of
which are in a prosperous condition.
TIE Bank of Manning, capital $4,000,
in its last statement (April 28) showed a
surplus fund OF 0,O00 and $4,000 un-
divided profits. 1t stands fourth among
the State banks of South Carolina as te
profits compared with capital stock and
TWO hundred and twenty-eighth in the
United States. The Bank of Clarendon.
which is much younger institution,
has capital of s25, 900 and the undivld'
ed profits amount to S1l, 500.
Manning has an oil mill, an electric
plant and knitting mill, all OF which
are owned entirely by local stock-hold.
ers.
Manning also boasts of one of the best
newspapers in the State. owned and
edited by Hon. Louis Appelt, State
Senator from Clarendon county.
The business houses are SO numerous
that lack of space precludes Individual
mention, but suffice to say that one sell
dom hears of bankrupt sale in that
thriving little city.
: The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has
recently enlarged and improved the de-
pot at Manning. which is about the on
! ly indication OF a progressive town that
appeals TO a passerby owing the fact
that the town is about a mile from the
station.
Manning OF ten years ago was only
the framework of the improved ano
beautiful little city OF today, and IN al
probability the next decade will show
no less evidence OF growth and develop
ment.-The (Kingstree) County Record
VISITOR.