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The Fine School mt Ninety.Six...De
lightful Exercises Base Ball..
The Fair AssOciatfOn..-PersO
NINETY.SIX. s. c., June II, 1889.

! NINErY-S1x, 8. c., June II, 1889.
u The Commencement Is over and our gala
week has passed. AS far rs am aDle 10 iearn
everyone enjoyed themselves. Our people are
happy and proud of Ninety-Six Academy. Nc
jars or dissensions are countenanced inside ol
J our educational ring. Success is tne Watch'
nice, comfortable school building, most excel
lent teachers and the patrons are thoroughly
enthused on the question OF education. The
"school district" and recently we have voted
an additional mill tax for It's maintainance.
The ceremonies were opened Win prayer py
Rev. A. j. Cauthen, on last Wednesday night.
The large and com modious hall In second sto.
ry OF. the Academy building was filled. The
usherS were gentle and polite and furnished
each visitor with q neatly printed programme
erly r va and % in good order. The decoratlons were
tastefuly arranged. Prof. j. c. Cork ana his
able and accomplished assistant. Miss Bessie
Cauthen, seemed happy over the flrst nlghts
ments we're served in one of the lower rooms
of the building and the results, Whlch were
for school purposes, were quite satisfactory.
The recitations, orations, essays ana calls
thenics were all we'll rendered, and lf we un.
dertook personal mention, we would not
know whore to begin, yet we feel that report
would be incomplete II we failed to notice the
nheh EMMA SS stuar Ruby F e.
| eanor and Norma Moore. and the little boys,
Masters Willie Blake, Allen Watson, Fred
Beacham, Rogers McCaslsn; Dewitt Lips
i comb, Johnnie Phillips and Griffin Marbut.
The second nights proceedings consisted Oh
essays, recitations, original speeches and de-
bate. All did well, especially the young la'
The debate, "should soutl. Carolina have
an Agricultural College?" Affirmative,
Thomas e. Anderson. Negative, a.. j. eau
then: These young men were S wei poS,ten' s,tsi
The 1884 .000 two horse farm" in Columbia re-
/ ceived due attention.
The crowning effort OF the evening however
was an original speech by Mr.. Samuel Ross
He insists that ali the sciences shall be repre-.
:. sented by separate Colleges, that baseball is
being neglected and he therefore demands
: that the next Legislature establish separate
At ten o'clock on Friday large crowd o.
people assembled in the hall OF the Academy
TO hear Prof; Woodrow, Of the state College
We don't think we ever heard finer address
''The work for girls to do"
After the speaking was over the people 40
ljourned to the grove, where q bountlful picnic
dinner was spread. After dinner the Green
sembled on the Academy grounds to witness
the contest. All went well until the 7th In
ming, when suddenly the game was brought
to close by the cry Of "hght, tight, ron
somebody's fault and somebody was In the
wrong, all regretted 1t. We have no apologies
to make and demand none but will treat 1t o.
one of those indiscretions OF youth that vii
occur. would state however, that the game
stood 9 to in favor OF the Ninety-Six nine.
Miss Emma Sanders has gone on short Wis
IL to friends In Sumter.
Mr.. Samuel Sherrard haa returned from 6
business trip to Louisiana and Arkansas.
The ice-cream stands at the Commencement
were success Mrs. II. +. McCaslan and Mrs
I G. M. Anderson, assisted by several gentle
men, deserve all of the honor. The net result
was about $50, TO be devoted to the purchase
of desks for the Academy.
The incorporators OF the Ninety-Six Fall
Association are James Rogers, Jr., w: II. Fra
zier, II. NJ. Julian, j: T. Bozeman, W: B: Ut
sey, ]. c. Foster, G. M. Anderson, ]. H. Rice
Jr., and w. Y. Sherrard. The fair will be held
l4th, 18th and 10th OF August. An extended
) catalogue will soon be ready for distribution
Mrs. Ella Sanders, OF Greenvllle, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. W. A. Sanders, ut Rlyerlands
Mr.. J. A. rksdae, and wife, Of Green
wood, were In town last Friday.
; Mrs. Walter Barr, Of Greenville, who hat
been visiting her sister, Mrs. j. L. Shumate
has returned to her home.
Some Of our citizens attended church a.
: Greenwood last Sunday. They were wei
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