The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-06-07
JNo I. McIAURlN SHOWS BENEFITS OF
WAREHOUSES;.

United States senator, and now
State warehouse commissioner,
made lucid address in which
he pointed out the beneficial re
suits of the establishment anc
operation Of the State warehouse
system, and discussed a number
Of features Of the system, point
ing out the peculiar benefits that
it would confer upon this section
Of the State.
Mr.. McLaurin was heard
throughout with keen interest.
and at the conclusion Of his talk
discussed other phases of the
subject in answer to questions
from the audience. Mr.. Nc
Laurin discussed also the rural
credits subjects, and the pro
posed licensed graders bill.
Mr.. McLaurin will speak Mon
day night at Woodside mill, and
there IS every indication that he
will have a larger audience: as
there are features Of the cotton
warehouse system that make il
a matter of importanc" VOC
tally TO the operatives o
mills and other nlanr ac y :
plants. Mr.. McLaurin : ,er.
ed two addresses in Anderson
Saturday, one to city audience
and one to an audience at the
Equinox mill.
DEPLORES FACTIONALISM
Mr.. McLaurin commenced his
address in the city park Monday
morning by expressing deep re
gret at the factionalism that has
been injected in affairs political
in this State during recent years,
He said he did not think auy
State had suffered more in the
past 25 years, or had stood more
in her her own light, by reason
of factionalism, than South Car.
olina. Through this cause, he
said, progress has been halted,
and a mans capacity for infu
ence and usefulness. has been
measured simply solely by his
allegiance to this man or that
man. Mr.. McLaurin declared
that in the campaign of educa.
ton that he has been making
daring the past year, be has
been doing so purely on the bas
is of the measures which he has
been trying to bring before the
people, and without reference tc
any factional politics. He said
he thought the time had come
when people should look tc
measures and not men, and in
vestigate for themselves what
the menstood for. and vote &C
cording to their best interests.
Mr.. McLaurin declared that
what South Carolina most need
ed for her development, is the
right kind of men to take ad'
vantage of her natural resources
DIVIDING STATE LINE.
In recent years. ssid Mr.. Nc
Laurin, there has grown up. d
line dividing sharply the cas-
tern and the western portions OF
the State. A number Of years
ago, the conditions were prac'
tically the all all over the State
it was an agricultural country
But IN the past 20 or 25 years.
the up-country has developed
the manufacturing side to a large
extent Il can see the slow
subtle change that is being
worked in the character of the
people of the up-country," he
declared. When he was elected
State senator from Marlboro
county, Mr.. McLaurin said, and
brought up the State warehouse
system, he could draw a line be.
tween the upper and lower sec
tions Of the State. and saw that
while the lower section favored
the system, the upper section
was either opposed to 1t or was
Indifferent. This same state Of
affairs cuntinues in a large meas
ure at the present time, said Mr.
McLaurin.
In spite of this condition, the
State warehouse system and
what it stands for, is really more
important to the up country
than to the lower sections of the
State said Mr. McLaurin. The