The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-12-29
NEWSY NOTES FROM
BUSY SUNMFRTON

Win IniS our lnlfQ ana last chapter
on the economic situation brings our
series OF articles on the above subject
TO Il close and unless our mind change )
our next chapter will be on law-en-
forcements, and being hard workin :
man we do not use tack hammers in
our work shops consequently in our
next article we expect to use the
sledge-hammcr and we may jar some
body severely unless you put your nose
ON the back track and level down the
nigh places and fill in the low places
ana straIghten the crooked places. We
60 not expect to deal only with thos,
who wcal. blue suits, brass buttons,
gun and billy toters," but shall en-
deavor to survey the fields of cit. n.
snip and place ourselves upon The
scales of duty and see if we find our
selves "wanting.v
In our last communication we en-
deaVored to show as best we could
mat we were still living IN a land of
plenty, even if billions of our wealth
appears to be locked up. The good
books says, '"rhat the crave of money
is the root of all evil" and with the
recent years oi intense prosperity we
have enjoyed we are little afraid that
we were becoming little jealous of
each others wealth; and one of the
ways to prevent money-making is to
salt down" or not allow too much
IN circulation and when the initial
move IN any matter is started thous-
ands will follow in pursuit We re-
member hearing story once about a
man who desired prosperity almost
above all things bat was rather ical-
Gus over the prosperity of his neigh
o"rs so much SO that his jealousy
was very noticeable anI one day he
was visited by committee and in .
formed by them that his desire for
wealth was we'll known to the COM
munity as well as his jealousy and
they had decided that he should have
whatsoever he desired, but that hi,
ncighbors should have double what
ever he might select. Alter ii weeks
time he reported to the committee that
ne had reached decision and that was
that he would have one Of his eyes
taken out which of coarse meant that
Doth eyes OF his ncighbors' should be
taken. This seems to illustrate to
some extent at least the spirit of our
people during the great wave of pros
perlty we have passed through, almost
every man wanted to be considered the
most energetic, wealthiest, etc.
But with all the guessing as to
what the new year or the new national
administration will bring forth no one
knows no more than we know. One
year ago what this day brought forth
but the only remedy we know is to
keep fighting for 4 livelihood looking
at all times for the bette, let us re-
member the story about the young
rlch ruler who went to Jesus on one
occasion to see how ne stood and
j ~ h,
mcnts and the young ruler replied he
had kept them from his youth up and
you remember the Saviour told him
ne lacked one thing, to go and sell
what he had and give to the poor. We
sometimes wonder in this day of un-
rest from almost every angle the
Saviour would tell us we lacked one
thing FAITH.
Christmas passed Off here reason
ably quiet. While the Devil persuaded
some few that the way to celebrate
The birth Of Saviour to a lost world
was to get drunk and humiliatc their
loved ones and friends. While we are
glad indeed that the number who be-
level in such "tommyrot" are few and
far between.
There were two fires in town dur
ing Christmas, the residence Of KNIGHT
Stucky and the stables and ware
rooms Of the Summcrton Live Stock
Company were destroyed by fire, the
amount of insurance Of either party
IS unknown to your correspondent,
but it is known that both parties will
suffer considerable loss.
At the regular communication of
the A. +. M. Lodge No. lO5 held last
Friday night the following officers
were elected and installed: Charles
B. Davis, w. NJ; r. NJ. Folder, S. W.;
l.. b. Davis, j. w; l.. A.; Brunson,
lrcasurcr; j. G. Lanham, sccrctarv:
A. +. JacoluS. Jr., S. d.; c.. l.. Goodwin.
): D.; j. NJ. Rowe, ST.. Steward; l.. H.
Gndwin, Jr., Steward, f. O. Rowe,
Tilcr.
w. J. Wiltic, Bismark Goodwin and
Miss Anna Wilkic spent the first of
the week in Columbia.
Mcssrs Luke and Levcnc Goodwin
and Wesley Dingle spent the Christ
mas holidays with their friends at
Scranton and Lake City.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ID. Balm spent the
Xmas holidays with relatives in North
Carolina.
Rev. D. M. Mcleod, Presiding Elder
or the Sumter District, supplied the
pulpit of the Methodist church Sunday
using as his text: Matthew the sixth
chapter and thirty third verse, "But
seek yc first the kingdom of God, and
ms righteousness; and all these things
shall be added unto you" DR.. Mcleod |
very forciably stressed the fact that
there never was a time in the history
of our country when the principles |
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