The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-24
A HOME CHATAUQUA
A Charter Applied for BY Prorni'
nent Educators Of the State.
THE ISLE OF PALMS
Selected for It's Location. The
Object to Promote Literary,
Scientific, Moral and
Aesthetic Culture.
Aesthetic Culture.

A Chautauqua association, the pur-
pose Of which is to be to the South
what the Northern Chatauqua is to the
North and East, is in process Of fcrma-
tion and promises to be a great success.
For some time Mr.. St. Julien Grinke
has been in the field explaining its OBJ
jects and purposes to the people OF this
and other States. AS result he has
secured as corporators Of the association,
which is to be founded under the act Of
this State controlling social and charlt-
able organizations, many men than
whom none in the South stand higher
in educational and literary circles.
The association is to hayea capital
stock Of s25, 900, with the privilege of
increasing to 100000, divided into
shares at s. each.
1t is to be located at ''Chautauqua-
By-The-Sea," on the Isle of Palms, off
the coast near Charleston. This is one
of the most delightful spots in the
whole Southern country and is easy OF
access.
The declaration fled With the secre-
tary of State Wednesday sets forth the
purposes Of the association as follows:
'That it's general object will be the
advancement Of literary, scientific,
moral and aesthetic culture, and the
promotion Of the cause of popular edu-
cation by the establishment and main
tenance Of colleges, schools and lecture
entertainment and recreation appropri-
ate to outdoor life, to which end it will
acquire, hold and sell land, lay out the
same in lots, streets and other divisions,
erect buildings and other necessary
structures thereon, and in general con-
duct all business requisite and incident
al to the purposes Of its organization" !"
All the State and denominational col
lege presidents in South Carolina are
included among the corporators. Here
is a partial list Of the corporators, how
ever, to speak for itself: F. G. Wood
ward, president of South Carolina col
lege; Jno. ]. McMahan, State superin-
tendent of education; Dr.. E. S. Joynes,
Bishop Ellison Capers, Jos. Daniel
Pope, Ambrose E. Gonzales, Rev. Geo.
A. Blackburn, DR.. r. P. Peh, president
| College for Women; President Jno. a.
| Rice, Columbia Female college; DR.. ".
E. Evans, DR.. J. w. Finn, 3. S.
Drehr, superintendent Columbia city
schools; Clarence E. johnson, Rev. a.
R. Mitchell, Jno. S. Werner, James 5:
Werner and Francis H. Weston, all OF
Columbia.
Then there are DR.. James B. Car
4 Isle, president Of Woford college;
! President B. F. Wilson OF Converse
and eight other prominent citizens OF
Spartanburg; President Montague OF
Furman university, S. R. Preston, Rev.
Byron Holly and Superintendent p l..
Hughes Of Greensille; President Hart
zog of Clemson college; President D: B.
johnson Of Winthrop college; President
W. NJ. Grier of Erskine college, Due
WestJPresident George B. Croner OF
NeWberry college; DR.. s. Lander, presl-
dent Of Williamson Female college;
Asbury Coward, superintendent South
Carolina Military academy; F: n: <.
Bailey, Co educational institute, Edge
field; j. Thomas Pate, Camden; 9. G.
Brown, Sumter; ". NJ. Lewis, Clinton;
W. T. Capers, Anderson; Carleton b.
Gibson, Columbus, Ga; Hugh c. Mid
dleton and Lyon Martin, Augusta, Ga.;
Julian Mitchell, Harrison Randolph,
Rev. John Kershag, Bishop Henry z.
Northrop, Dr.. C. L. Vedder, J ?.
Kennedy Bryan, 6. Walter Mclver,
Yates Snowden aud ST. Julien Grinke
Of Charleston.-The State.