The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-09-15

| houses. The town loses a nunoer VI
good families each year who would
like to locate here if they could IND
| the houses. Those who have the
means to do so would lind the erectlon
of 8 number of tenant houses gooo
paving investment.
Died at his home in Manning last
Monday morning, Mr.. J: Ebert DAVIS,
aged 70 years. When he was late IN
coming to breakfast his SOD, Mr: Sheloy
Davis, went into his room and touoo
him dead in bed, presumably caused
from heart failure. Besides several
sons and daughters he leaves three
brothers and a host Of friends to mourn
his loss. He was prominent figure IN
nolitics I'D to the time be retired from
npblic life, and held Office for a great
many years, being auditor three terms
and sheriff one term He was Confed-
crate veteran. The bereaVed family
have our sympathy. The funeral was
held at Jordan yesterday morning.
That our town is live town is easy
of demonstration. More business IS
done here DOW at this time of the year
than has been done for several years.
We are not desirous of having the pub
lie think we are suffering from boom.
We are enjoying an increase OF busl-
ness and prosperity. Our streets are
crowed early and late, people and teams
are bringing in produce and money 20
exchange for goods, and our merchants
are paying the very highest market
prices for produce and are selling
goods at s.live and let live" prices and
the people are not slow to take adran-
taqe of this opportunity and get the
bargains as advertised by our merch-
ants.
No town will become good business
center so long as its business men rely
on a few merchants to make the enort
to bring trade to town. Too often the
men in few lines of trade are about
the only ones that reach outiafter Gus
tom. Other merchants wait until these
men induce the people to come to town
and content themselves with trade that
naturally drifts to their place. A pub
lie spirited man should ask himself if
he is doing his part to attract people to
come to town TO trade IN helping. the
entire business community. and no
town is a success unless ali lines are
working to extend the trade as far as
possible and trying TO bring larger
territory in the circles IN which the
town is the business center.
A rather romatic and somewhat un-
expected marriage took place in Co
lumbia last Saturday. when DR.. Her
man 81. Higgins OF Manning, and Miss
Marie Summer of Pomaria, were made
man and wife. Miss Summer was q
popular teacher in the Manning Grad
ed School and was on her way home
from a visit to friends in Manning.
DIR. Hugeins is the proprietor OF the
Higgins Pharmacy and is a young man
of sterling worth. The friends OF the
young couple looked for marriage IN
the near future, but were taken by sur
prise when the event came OF rs 1t did.
DR.. and Mrs. higgins spent q few days
on the Island, but have returned to|
Manning to make TIER home, where
the whole town heartily welcome them.
There is no place IN pretty little
town such as ours for rubbish piles
or damp piles as they are sometimes
called. They mar the looks Of a town
more than one would imagine until one
visits q strange town and finds these
piles of rubbish. They are far more
noticeable to US 10 another town than
in our own,. for here, knowing where
they are and accustomed to passing
them every day, we soon cease to notice
them. Strangers notice them, however.
and that is what we don't want. IL is
true we wish strangers to remember
our town, but on account OF its extreme
nestness, not on account OF its flth and
neglect. Dump piles not only mar the
looks OF town but they render it un-
healthy. II the national government can
be said to have hobby its present
hobby. is to destroy all unsanitary con-
ditions existing in our country. 1t
would be good thing If town govern.
mens would adopt this same hobby.
rubbish piles and all other
such traps OF disease and you will Ind
that the sick list in our town will
greatly diminish.
J, The President of the Clarendon
County Poultry Association notifies its
members and all other interested in
Poultry that the organi cation wilt hold
a Poultry show at Manning OF October
18th, 18th, in connection with the ex-
hibit given by the county Demonstra-
ton Agents. It is the desire OF the
president that all the members OF the
Association be present at the exhibit
with their handsoWest and best fowls
for show.
The President further announces
that there will be a meeting of the
Clarendon County Poultry Association
at the court house in Manning as soon
as date can be arranged with Prof.
Hare of Clemson College This gen
tlemen will deliver an a6dress and as
sist in organizing the Association for
future work. There will be an election
of officers at this meeting for the COM
ing year. A notice OF the date, when
fixed, viii be published or sent to each
member OF the Association.
The president requests full attend
ance at these meetings. All persons
interested in Poultry are urged to be
present
\ Governor Manning wants TO amend
the warehouse law so as to provide
ssthat managers of the warehouses 10
the State system be. disinterested par
ties, neither owners of the warehouses
or the cotton stored therein" This
sounds pretty good to some people: but
to Us it looks like dagger thrust at
the whole business. The system as
now established is being built up on
the inducement to cotton producers to
build their own warehouses and be-
come their own custodians, There is
no other means of building or acquir-
ing State warehouses, except maybe by
by big State appropriation. Then,