The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-06-05
School Closing.

The Moses Levi Memorial Institute
has closed for this session.
Last Sunday DR.. Jno. O. Wilson, ed
itor of The Southern Christian Advo-
cate and one of the most distinguished
divines in the Methodist Conference,
preached the annual sermon in the
Baptist church. Those who attended
this service speak of the sermon in very
high praise, and the music furnished
for the occasion is also highly com
mended. The writer was indlsposed
and could not be present. very much to
his regret, as he makes it rule to give
the readers of The TINES as full a re-
port OF such occasions as he can.
Monday evening was the intellectual
event. Parents and kinsfolk turned
out en- masse and the auditorium was
filled.
Rev. P. B. Wells, the eloquent pastor
of the Methodist church, opened the
exercises with prayer, after which a
well prepared address of welcome was
read by Miss Sallie Ingram.
The graduating class consisted Of
Misses Ethel Howle, Sara Harvin, Pet
Wilson and Sudie Davis, and Messrs. J.
K. Breedin and Milton Weinberg. The
special course students who received
certificates were Misses Margie Applet
and Lou Geiger.
The program was nicely carried out
and the papers read by the young ladies
and the speeches by the young gentle
men were of an unusually high order.
The paper read by Miss Harvin is de-
serving of special mention, for IL was
replete with fine sentiment, practical
thought and up-to-dateness.
The first class to graduate from the
halls of the Moses Levi Memorial Insti-
tute is credit to the institution and an
incentive to the trustees and patrons to
press forward to perfection.
The teachers as they sat on the ros-
trum and witnessed the success OF their
handiwork must have felt pleasurable
pride, for they had everything to make
them so feel.
We think it a duty we owe, as a citi-
zen in position to give expression to
sentiment, to say that aside from petty
differences which are bound to creep
into all institutions, we believe the
teachers who have had charge and the
care of the children in the school de-
voted themselves conscientiously to
their work and the results prove it.
They deserve the commendation OF
every parent and the love of every stu
dent, and whether they remain here CT
60 elsewhere, they have LETT their i'm
press which Time cannot efface. These
teachers have worked hard and faithful
and the patrons should ever appreciate
their noble efforts.
Hon. Samuel Dibble of Orangeburg
was the orator for the occasion, and al
though Clarendon was a part of the
congressional district represented by
DR.. Dibble, this was his first visit to
our town and he was much impressed
with its beauty. He opened his re-
marks with some political remlnis-
cenceS, and on account of the town
bearing the name of Manning he re-
lated some unwritten history OF what
took place in an interview with Attor'
ney General Brewster at the time when
many of our good citizens were before
the United States courts charged with
political offenses. Mr.. Brewster con-
Sented to use his influence in having
the cases dropped because he loved
South Carolina, and his love for this
State came about by his affection fol-