The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-11-11
OUR SCHOOL ON A VOLCANO.

OUR SCHOOL ON a VOLCANO.
Is there not some way by which
we can appeal to the hearts of our
monied citizens and beg them to fly
to the rescue of the Institute build
ing. In another column will be seen
in the list of sherif's sales the Man.
ming Collegiate Institute builkfing.
tits to be sold for debS to finish
paying off the original cost of con-
struction. Ournformation is, this
building originally cost about $500,
and i& comparatively new. The
46ebt and cost of suit will amount to
about $11,OO. Will our monied peo-
pie allow this magnificent property
to be slaughtered?, The Institute
building alone cost over three times
the debt and must it be published to
the world that the people of Manning
are so indifferent towards the educa-
ton of their children that they will
actually throw away what should be
their pride and future hope. Just
think of the shame which is bound to
fall upon this town if this property
is sold by the sheriff. 1t will be s
blow that in after years when our
children learn the cause they will
make us blush with shame. On every
hand we hear people decry higher
education, and complain about be-
ING taxed for the maintenance of ed
ucational institutions; these people
say, let every parent educate his own.
The indifference displayed by the
people of this town would prove,
that to leave it to parents to educate
their own, the time would soon ar
rive when there would be an educa.
tional famine in our midst, and in
stead of contributing to enGghtening
the heathen in the wilds of unciviliz-
ed countries, missionaries from
China, Africa and elsewhere would
be needed here. No, do not leave
the education of the children-the
hope of the country's future to the
selfish whims OF the people, but let our
lawmakers make stricter laws and
levy sufficient tax to educate our
young. People of Manning, devise
some plan by which this debt on the
school house can be paid and save
yourselves from the disgrace which
will surely follow the sale of that
property. Business men, if you value
your business interests, you cannot
afford to stand by and allow this
property to 60 into private hands, for
what is a town without good school
facilities. Ifit is, our purpose to i'm
prove and prosper, failure is
written across our path at the very
threshold if the institution from
which we should prepare those to
follow US, sacriiced-yea, trampled,
and spat upon through indifference
and selfish spirit to live for our
selves only. After years of hard
struggling the people went to work
and by strenuous efforts, bought one
of the prettiest sites in the town; they
erected an edi6ce to educate their
children which is an ornament to the
town and a monument to the peo-
pies good judgment, and after pay
ing two-thirds of the cost to make
the property their own, they lose
that spirit which prompted them to
buy and build, and are now about
to let the whole thing fall into pri-
vate hands to keep from paying the
one-third balance due. From a
business stand point, if this property
is thus sacrificed, we write ourselves
down as unworthy to be entrusted
with business enterprise; and from
standpoint OF duty, we show to the
world uor sense of appreciation is
exceedingly lacking.
Children, crisis is awaiting you; q
sharpened sword is hanging by a
slender thread over your future pros
poets, and it is all because your faith
ers Go not want to speud a little
more money to save what they have
already spent. Awake to the i'm
pending danger and use your in
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