The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-05-18
Cur New Town Letter.
Editor TIE TINES:

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! ncws from this section OF our county, neF-
ertheless our people are up ana dong.
| Our war with Spain seems to nave 10 ter
rors fer them in regard 10 farming opera
lions. More grain Is being planted with 4
less area in cotton and tobacco.
had tie pleasure Of attending on the
30th nit, the closing exercises OF the scnooi
presided over by the able and competent
Instructor, Rev. r. L. Smith. who has been
teaching a number OF years with universal
satisfaction TO his many patrons The
school house is liner situated near the
residence of Capt. j. NJ Knight. His pa
pills are from the counties o! Clarendon and
Florence The exercises proper We're held
at ST. Johns Methodist church, the scGol'i
building being too Smal! Tor tie purpose.
The progran WAS as follows:
Welcome. req e'''l mon
Birth OF George Washington Albert Cook
Sweet Sabbath Bells. Hayward Mchinz:e
The Sensible Poem. Willie Knight
kaw, kaw, Kaw.. Roma Mchlnz!e
The Bltteield Eddie llchlnzse
The Little Child. 49,. Druslt!a Gaymond
They Say......... -. -haSS.e la
The Good. od.................C Clifton Parker
Harry's Dog ........... holna McAinZ!e
Among the Animals. .Iadma might
Waiting for Mothers. -. E>telle GraymonG
The Dress Maker. Ida Nettits
Thunder. r.................R IONA hch!hZse
The Cable Iillman Knight
The Six Hundred. -. Ollie Mch!nzIe
The Bvouac O: the Dead. Dargan Thomas
Gertrude e..............Sali Salile Geymond
The Voice OF Nature Plummer Parker
Tindication Of S. c. Monroe Mckinzie
The Mule Patrick Mchirzle
Little Girls Hope Belize Net;les
Grandmothers Bean ...... Francis NetteS
Lines to az Indian All . Matte Parker
Growing Old .............H Hattie Knight
BE Up and Doing ..... Francis NettieS
Appeals to Temperance. :. Mttie Mcknzie
Go Fill What Have Best. Bertha Nettles
Rejected Lover. ...........J. u. hnlSht, Jr
Billy Grimes. Observation-Disclosures.
..... Belize Nettles "nd Maggie Hill
The Swallow.
Roma Nckinz!e and Tlilman haiGht
The Milkmai3 ......... .........
Tllman Knight and Be'zle Nrtt!es
Late at Breakfast. ...................
Francis Nettles and Clifton Parker
The Book Agent NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Mittie McKinz.e, Nelson McKinzje and
Della Conyers.
The Ball Observation-Disclosures.
Iillman Knight, Roma McKinz:e and
Patrick Mckinzie.
song OF degrees
go. Mittie Parker and Della Conyers
4 Loose Horse. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Ollie Mckinzie and Patrick Mckinzie
A Sick Child. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Plummer Parker and Nelson Mckinzie
A Wife Wanted. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Tillman knight and Belize Nettles
Coat OF Arms
Mittia Mckinzie, Della Conyers, Hat
tie Knight and Francis Nettles.
Valedictory.. Nelson Mchinz.e
Comparisons would be invidiouS in this
connection. Suffice to say that all the pu-
pills acted their parts well and their teacher
deserves great credit for training them so
admirably in the short time at his COM
mand.
Hon. E. D. Smith of Sumter. present
candidate for Superintendent of Education
on the Prohibition ticket. then addressed
the audience on education II a mastery
effort. While not opposed to Site aid to
State institutions OF higher learning, he
said the school per capita of State aid was
only S2.37 to the free schools, while it was
81 81 to the colleges This he thought an
injustice, that the common free schools
suffered thereby, instead OF being fostere3
as the States nursery. that in this great
| ineq uality the injustice lay.
Professor Acerman, principal Of the Lake
City High School, an accomplished teacher
and Rev. Mr. hirton gave an address on
education. Both of these gentlemen de-
lighted the audience. Professor Acerman
''made hit" when in the course Of his
address he said that the usual three months
free school term would never give a child
an education; that the average boy and
girl Of this day would generally forget what
they had learned in the long interval elaps-
ing between the free school terms.
Last but not least the audience was now
invited to :. symptoms dinner of every
good thing eatable that those good people
know how to prepare. After partaking Of
bountiful supply Of it and a good smoke,
your scribe wended his way homeward, re-
alizing that he was indebted to Professor
R. E. Smith and his patrons for having
had an enjoyable day.
I hear you were invited, Mr.. Editor, why
didn't you come? Z Nj. I.
New Town, S. c., jlay 3, 1898.