The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-06-27

of the very best markets in Eastern
South Carolina. 1t was established
about twentyone or two years ago
by Mr.. E. l.. Wilkins.
Manning all these years has been
hampering in her growth as a tobacco
market, due to the fact that the prin-
cipal amount of tobacco to sustain
the market has been grown about
twenty miles away. The territory
from which we have largely sold to-
bacco for these years has been twenty
miles away. This territory to which
we largely owe our existence is what
is known as the Salem, Pudding
Swamp and Duglass section. This
section Of Clarendon county is one
among the very best tobacco sections
in the eastern part of our state. This
was one of the first sections in South
Carolina to grow bright tobacco. This
section has possibly done more to
foster and encourage tobacco grow
ing than any other county in the
state. 1t has been from this noted
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we have drawn our part of the pat
ronage that has sustained our market
through these years of slow growth.
Of course we have been getting some
tobacco from South Of us and quite q
good deal from what is known as the
Folk section of our county, but in
the main it has come from Salem.
This section is what is known among
tobacco men as "no hams land" This
has been between the firing lines, so
to speak. Manning has met and done
battle with many alien foes in the
shape of competitors, only to be driven
out by Manning's sharp sword of
competition, yielded by their tobacco
warehousemen and their staff of high
classed fighters for best prices.
Manning has always been fortunate
in this respect. We have been blessed
in having a full corps of experienced
buyers. The section referred to,
Salem, has much to it's credit for fos-
tering and keeping before the new
territories that have recently gone
into tobacco, the fact that tobacco
culture in Clarendon county has been
a paying crop. Salem has stuck to
it and kept it from becoming latent
as it were.
Today we have small quantity
of tobacco cultivated north and west
of Manning. We have been getting
right much tobacco in small way
from the south side for number Of
years. This is increasing some every
year. Clarendon county has an ex-
cellent soil for growing bright to-
bacco all the way from the Folk sec
tion to the sunny slopes of Santee
river. We find tobacco that is grown
in the Folk section or in any other
section down to the very banks of
and well suited to the trade. We are
anxious that more tobacco be planted
in these new sections. We extend to
you all a hearty welcome to the new
industry. Come down and see our
sales. Meet our farmerj friends and
talk over with them how to grow to-
bacco successfully. You can thus be-
come acquainted with tle new indus
try. Fall in line and make some
early money. The tobacco grower Of
this county has the advantage Of the
exclusive cotton farmer. He makes
money going and coming and gets it
early to help him gather his other
crop at a time Of year when one dol
lar is worth two later on. Come to
our warehouses and look at our sales
and get yourself lined up to cult
vate four or five acres another year.
We will only be too glad to help you
out with any information that you
may want.
We have seen something of our
history and gradual growth which has
been slow and sure, until today we
are better. prepared to handle and care
| for tobacco than any time in our
past history. We have built and are
still building prizcries for our buyers
to prize and handle their tobacco in.
! We will have more floor space and
better accommodations for the trade
than ever before. We want every
man that grows tobacco continuous to
! Manning to sell his tobacco in Man
ming. Manning is the capitol tobacco
market in Eastern South Carolina.
We claim this title because we have
merited it by our standard of high
prices for every load Of tobacco sold