The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-02
SUMNERTON News
TERSELY TOLD


month of the new year has passed,
very little farm work has been done
and judging from the reports from
many of our best farmers, i there has
never been time when the people as
a whole have been more perplexed
than they are at this time. Many of
our farmers still have their last years
crop of cotton and claim if they should
sell at the present prices it would not
much more than pay their fertilizer
bill for last year. Also many farmers
still have their last year cotton seed
and to sell them at the present prices,
with the high prices charged for gin
ming, bagging and ties it would Just
about take the seed to offset their
ginning accounts.
There are some farmers in this sec
tion who declare that before they will
buy fertilizer at the prices now avail
able and pay cash for it that they
will take the money and buy cotton
and hold it for better price and let
their lands lay idle this year, know
ing absolutely that they can buy cot
ton now much cheaper than they can
buy the high-priced fertilizer and
make it, should it be possible that the
boil weevil does not do any more dam
age than they did the past year and
weather conditions are favorable.
Also q goodly number of good far
mers and good business people claim
there is no use to undertake growing
any great quantity Of foodstuff; thatl
the outlook is for dull and low mar
ket for such commodities. We would
not have the audacity to attempt to
dictate to people who have great deal
more sense than we have as to what
they should do, but we do long for
the time to come when the farmers
shall make almost everything needed
for home consumption and that the
time shall come when cotton mill rep
resentatives will be compelled to walk |
up to the farmers with this statement:
"Mr. Farmer am very anxious to buy
your cotton and would be very glad to
know what you will take for same"
And until then you may make little or
much but the farmer will not get very
rich selling at the buyers prices.
Hon. w. d. Allen, nembcr of the /
the weekend at home and when seen
by your correspondent and asked how
things were running in Columbia
made about the following statement.
) The Legislature is slowly getting to
business. There are great number
of new members in the House and
they have to get accustomed to the
work before you may expect much
from them. The House seems to be
in favor Of cutting expenses, but to
what extent no one can now tell. The
governor in his message recommends
some reductions and I really think the
people may look for and get some re-
lief in their taxes Of 1921.
A great deal has been said about
extending the time for payment ofl
taxes for the year 1920. While there
has been nothing definitely done yet,
l think the time will be extended to
perhaps the first of May, as follows:
January, February and March one
per cent penalty, April five and per-
haps seven per cent penalty.
The House seems overwhelmingly
in favor of cutting out the attendance
school officers and putting the work
on trustees, teachers and county sup
erintendcnts Of education. This item
alone will mean saving to the tax
payers of the State of about $65, 900.
Lots of the members Of the House are
in favor of cutting out the tomato
club agents and the county demonstra-
tion agents, ! seriously doubt myself
if it pays to keep them. A big ma
jority of my consistency tell me to cut
it out and / feel duty bound to obey
their commands and not turn deaf
ear to their cries. / am sure going to
vote for cutting expenses I feel rea-
sonably sure that when the Clarendon
delegation completes the supply bill
FOR 1921 that it will be considerably
less than for 1920. Mr.. Allen with
Mr.. J. II. Scarborough, the newly
elected legislator, left here Monday
morning for Columbia. Summcrton
people are congfatulating themselves
upon the fact that they have two of
the Clarendon members in their town,
and by the way they are both from
the Baptist church.
Miss Irene Creecy of Scranton,
spent several days last week with
Mrs. G. l.. Goodwin.
The Rev. Mr.. Thornton Whaling,
president Of the Theological Seminary
of Columbia, preached two very
strong sermons to very and atten-
tive congregation here Sunday. Sun
day morning at the Presbyterian
church and Sunday evening at 7:30 at
the Methodist church.
Mrs. Helen Kcrshaw Of Henderson,
vile, N. c., is spending sometime with
her sister, Mrs. w. H. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Mathis of
Manning, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. II. II. Windham.
Miss Myrtle Allen Of Florence, and
Miss Grace Allen Of Cokcr College,
spent the week end with Hon. and
Mrs. w. d. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall Nelson of Mann
ing, spent Sunday with relatives here.
Miss Marie Williams of Charleston,
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