The Manning Times (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-Current
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2,054 issues from 1885 to 1927, published in Manning, South Carolina, digitised for Chronicling America.
The weekly Manning Times reflected on changing times in Clarendon County, South Carolina, starting in the late 19th century. The cultivation of cotton had once dominated the local economy, but by the 1890s, new markets for lumber, tobacco, and turpentine were opening. Signs of community pride–literary societies, a new courthouse and public library–were also evident.
The Manning Times began as the Sumter Spirit of the Times, a self-described “conservative” and “independent” Democrat newspaper in Sumter. In 1884, the newspaper was moved to Manning, the seat of Clarendon County. The first mention of the Manning Times appears in the December 23, 1884 issue of the Sumter Watchman and Southron; the editors herald it as “first class” and “exceedingly creditable” to its proprietor, Horace Laidler Darr. The earliest available issue is dated October 7, 1885.
Several individuals who were involved with the Manning Times played significant roles in their community. Abraham Levi served as director of the Manning Oil Mill and Illuminating Company and as president of the Bank of Manning. Stephen Abraham Nettles served as a Methodist minister, principal of Manning Academy, and editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, a periodical published for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Louis Appelt served as city treasurer, commissioner of elections, postmaster, and probate judge in Clarendon County. He also represented his community as a state senator (1899-1902, 1907-16), serving on the…
- Genres
- News
- Published in
- Manning, South Carolina, United States
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Chronicling America
- Licence or status
- None stated by the archive
- Rights
- The Library of Congress believes that the newspapers in Chronicling America are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions. Newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.
- Credit
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Who can read it
- Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says; archives give no ratings)
- Archive
- Library of Congress