The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-05-29
COLUMBIA THE WINNER.
She Gets the Location of the Epwortf,
OrDhana~e,

She Gets the Location of the Epworth
Orphanage.
COLUMBIA, S. c.. May 19.-Colum-
bia has won. She will have the great
Epworth Orphanage of the Methodists
of the State and it will be located on
one of the prettiest sites in the State.
In this matter, since The State called
the attention of the citizens to it.
Columbia has "done herself proud
and the institution will ever stand here
as monument to the push, vim and
energy of our people The securing
Of the orphanage is fine example of
what little energetic work done at
the right time, backed by such advant-
ages as Columbia possesses will do.
This institution now comes here, and
it is hard to tell how great the benefits
Columbia will reap from it will be.
The conference proposes to- make an
outlay of 100000 in buildings alone
and ultimately to erect in addition
home for aged Methodist ministers.
Then there will be a heavy annual
| outlay of cash in the running expenses
of the institution.
The special committee from the con-
ference, charged with the location Of
the orphange. met here again yester-
dav morning and after short confer
ence gave the location of the institu-
ton to Columbia by a unanimous vote.
The only other bid that was ''in it:
at all was that from Union, but it was
not to be compared to Columbia's,
when the railroad facilities and other
natural advantages possessed by the
capital of the State were taken into
account.
The committee accepted the tender
of the Sims place with adjacent proper
ty, This property lies about a mile
and three-quarters from the city, Just
over the hill beyond Shandon. The
Sims place contains twenty-five acres
OF the finest land in the county; the
other property adjacent, which is
known as the Baughman propertey,
contains 1O11 acres. On the Sims
place is a splendid brick mansion,
comparatively new, worth about So
500 or more. The money value of the
offer made by Columbia is between
$12, 900 and SIS, 900.
The securing of the location is due
entirely to the energetic work done by
the citizens committee. They worked
hard for it and presented two fine bids.
In order to secre that property where
the institution is to be located. it was
necessary for this committee to raise
by subscription $4,000 in cash. They
managed to secure the bulk of this and
gave their individual notes for the re
mainder, which of course they will
make good, but the people of the city.
now that the institution has been Sc
cured, should come up and reimburse
them the amount not already covered
by the subscriptions. The property
has already been turned over to the
conference subcommittee appointed
to have charge of this feature, consist
ing of Capt. L. D. Childs and the Rev.
Mr.. Coleman.
The conferences committee proposes
to getto work Immediately. The COM
nittee will meet here next week to
have the property all staked off and
surveyed. Then the plans for the pro-
posed twelve buildings will be secured
and work will be begun Immediately
on the erection thereof. The commit
tee does not propose to lose any more
time than it can help.
It may be mentioned here that
part of the offer was that the electric
railway line would be extended from
Shandon to the Sims place as soon as
it was needed, which will of course be-
almost Immediately y.-State.
| An Inhunlan Wretch.
| JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May 22.-D.
Mckinley Macarthur, young En-
glishman, was sent to Jail today for
assault and battery on his young wife.
Macarthur came from Brook yn re-
Gently and established a monthly pc
riodical called the Florida Magazine"
He seemed to have plenty of money
and was quite popular until stories
that he treated his young wife inhu-
manly got abroad. Last night Mrs.
Macarthur ran out IN night clothes,
| G .raa r,iro that her husband was try-