The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-22
SHOW LARGE GAINS
POSTAL STATISTICS SHOW PRO-
GREsS II MANY TOWNS.
South Carolina Compares Well With
All Sections OF the United States
in Thrift

Figures that are now being pre-
pared in the Office OF the auditor OF
the possofice department, in Wash
;ns,oa reveal an interesting story
o: the commercial growth and de-
velopneEt OF the various towns III
South Carolina during the last
twelve months. These figures. bas-
&c upon reports from the poStmaSieTs
n different parts Of the State. are
due 10 reach the ;au@i,or's office
soon after the close OF each fiscal
wear on June 80. but as may be eH-
oected there arc many delays in such
matters, consequently this year 1t
will be several weeks before COM
2le,e returns are available.
Enough information. however. has
been received 20 indicate in the
dearest possible manner that wher
,ull returns are made South ~a7o-
ina ~ill make as good a showing as
any State in the Union. with the e1-
.ep,ion Of Texas. Oklahoma and
,ome parts Of the far West. where
owns Of 5000 or 10000 inhabitants
sometimes spring up over night
rhe latter. however. are not count
ed by the pos:o,ice department ss
good evidence Of the real growth
ot the country. for the reason that
they are just as liable TO disappear
suddenly with the discovery OF gold
Or some otae, precious metal some
where else as they are to be put
in full blast between suns
Inquiry OF the postofice depart
nent officials shows that during the
last year the towns and cities in
south Carolina that have probably
made the most noted progress are,
In the upper part Of the State:
Spartanburg. Greenville. Anderson
and Greenwood. OF these four II
is probable that Spartaaburg is in
the lead. and that when the returns
are in It Will be seen that she has
made slight advancement owe. the
three other places In the Pied.
mont section there are several small
| e- nil! towns. Ike Gafney. Pied.
mont and Pelzer. that have also
made excellent returns and have
| made substantial headway. Lau.ens
and Union have about held their
former positions
Further down tie State Newte-ry
has made a small! gain, as is the
case with Columbia. though in ths
latter case the increase will not be
so marked as IN the smaller towns
Postal receipts in Orangeburg aat
Sumter have probably been consider
ably increased during the last twelve
months. and Florence has also mad.
substantial headway N the Pee
Dee section. Darlington and Marion
have made good records. and tht
race between the other towns in tha'
OF tae State for the lead In increased
postal business is close one.
An interesting feature In connec
ton with these figures is that tht
smaller towns in the State has.
probably made larger increas
S with respect to their relative pop
ula,iou than the larger places, iu
floating that many persons are com
:ug to the former from the country
because OF the new cotton mills be
ing constantly erected.
These figures. however. do no
take into account the large increase:
at the various mill towns in th,
State. where there are only one o,
two factories. because figures 70,
these Offices are not obtainable. i
they could be secured they woulc
make most interesting story OF the
commercial growth and prosperity o.
the small towns