The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-11

A modern dude with narrow striped
clothes, saddle colored shoes, loud
necktie, hair parted over his nose, and
smoking a cigarette, addressed ms
best girl thus: IF you was me and |
was you, what would you do?' She
hesitatingly said with smile: Il
would take off that hideouS tie. put
that cigarette 10 the stove, part my
hair on one side. then pray 10 God for
brains"
If every business man in our town
could do business on strictly cash sys-
tenn it would be blessing to US all. II
we all had to pay cash we would learn
to live within our means. It would save
business men the expense of bookkeep-
ing and the loss of bad debts all OF
which some one has to pay for. If our
town could gradually work into a
strictly cash system it would be better
for US all.
Mr.. J. L. Blakeslee OF Atlanta. Ga,
an expert mechanic, has charge OF this
section OF Souh Carolina. as the Max
we'll service man. MIR. Blakeslee came
to Manning Monday night to adjust any
trouble that buyers of Maxwell cars
might be having with their cars, but
as no trouble has developed, he seems
TO have an easy job. The Maxwell
Motor Sales Co., employ competent
mechanics to visit Maxwell dealers and
keep the Maxwell cars in good shape.
DR.. Ellison Capers, of Summerton,
brought to Manning yesterday some of
his tobacco crop and received the
highest prices that was paid 90 the
Manning market. he sold with Cothrao
at the Central Warehouse. Dr.. Capers
got II cents per pound, and this is his
first year in the tobacco business,
which is proof conclusive that the
lands around Sumuerton are we'll
adapted to tobacco, for if the soil had
not been we'll suited for the weed, be
would have made an inferior grade.
If our memory serves us correctly,
and We are right sure it does, there is
an ordinance against COWS running ca
the streets without rope. The s'ree
that the editor lives on. I'VE don't
know the name of it) but cow alley
would be quite appropriate, is regu-
tally in the afternoon when boy on !;
horseback takes possession OF our side |
walk to bring bis cattle home. We |
would urge council TO put stop TO !
this practice, as it is dangerous for !
children TO go out on this street alone. /;
and it is bad for ladies too, unless their
skirts are rather short. !
Pay as you 60. This is golden ad-
vice that will keep the business world |
the wheels OF industry from
rus,ing out. and the money will surely !
come back TO you. It should not be
forgotten that the earth is round.
Stand the people all in line and they
will reach around the world, the last
touching the first. Now pay YOUR
neighbor on your right the dollar you !
owe him, and he will pay his neighbor
on the right and so on the dollar will /
travel until it will come around again |
to your hand from your neighbor on |
the left Try it. We make no charge
for this receipt for the hard times.
It is not easy to learn to keep a .
household account book sill at once. A
young husband gave his wife neat
little account book prettily bound and
designed to be inviting in appearance.
he also gave her fifty dollars, and said:
Il want you to put down what l give
you on this side. and on the other write
loxn the way it goes. and in two weeks
I will give you another supply" Two
weeks later he asked for the book.
"Oh, have kept that account" said
The young matron: "here it ISL and on
one page was inscribed: Received
from Fred Lity dollars" and on the op-
oosite was this summary, "Spent 1t all"
No town i'll become a good busi.
ness center so long as its business men
ely on few merchants to make the
effort to bring trade to town. Too
often the men in few lines of trade
are about the only ones that reach ut
alter custom. Other merchants wait
until these men induce the people to
come to town and content themselves
With trade that naturally drifts to their
place. Dpublic spirited man should
ask himself if he is doing his best to
attract people to come to town to trade
u helping the entire business COM
nnnitY and no town is success unless
Ill lines are working to extend the
;rade as far as possible and trying to
bring a larger territory in the circles
n which the town is the business Gen.
;er.
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