The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-11-01

How Mr.. ard Mrs. Bryan Dis
tributed the Bennett Fund.
GIVEN 20 COLL Ices.
The Soath caro!;ea coIisgs Got Fou;
Hundred Dallars OF tic Fund.
Other Colleges in tie South
We're Also Given Share
Oh The EuGd,
Were Also Given z Share
OF the EuGd.

We're Also Given Share
OF the Fuad,
Nov that the Bennett estate is
finally settled fi-. B5ya2 submits tne
following s5ateGeGt 10 Ire public:
In the Ap-ing of 1850 Nj. PABLO 5.
Bennett, living s5 New Sa7sn, Conn. +,
ana engaged q v1i5 mercantile business
il the cicy Of Ne1 York. visited Ne
brssks. and 2s&o,; NJ. Bryan 70 assist
him IL preparing certain parsg1apnS
OF his VII! AL :hs ochsr p7ovisiccS be-
ing copied i1G1 q foEmer Wiz Ins
paragraphs referred lc west: First,
for library a5 S@ls1, III. III p'oY.a-
ed tor beGuas5 oG 81, 500 70 "n2cn
Nj. BGyaa vas to a2c 5000 Sscoad
$40. Geo 70 establish 6 furdas tTe4Gg-
FIVE colleges, to os Sslscteo oy Ar. SrS-
an, 1hs annual proceeds &c be USED for
a prjze &c elcsuc2Ie 3 study OF the
principles CT t.se government. Inlio,
$4,000 70 ta i;is$1ionse6 sDGns col
leges, 20 De seiec3sl by Mr.. BcEao,
tbs annual inc0Ge &c Dc used 10 aia
Door boys &c obtain al education.
Fourth, $4,000 60 he distributed
among colleges, &c De selected by Mrs.
Bryan, the annual icc1 ms Co be used
to assist poor girls anc obtain an edu-
cation. Filth; $50, 900 80 Mrs. Ben
nett, IN SrUSJ l0r purpose set forth
in sealed letter deposited with the
will. This sealed letter directed Mrs.
Bennett to pay chs ancuat to Mr.
Bryan (Mr. Bsnaett proposed ii Is a
direct bsqaeSs but al the request Of
Mr.. Brys0 it was given to Ms. Ben,
nett il trust, oscauss It's acceptance
was con6;Siccai.l tbs sealed Letter
directed Mr.. Bryan 80 distribute The
$4,000 amCDg educational acc Chart
able INSTITUTIONS II case he refused &C
accept it for him ssif alo family. The
res:duary legases contested the three
$4,000 items and the $50, 600 item.
The COURT confirmed tie si0, eco items
but OF technical grounds held that
the $50, coo osQueso was imperative.
The readers Ct TIE Counone1 hsve
already been iDfo1l2sa CT the ma!r
facts, namely, snac the widow ano
other relatives were boun53iuliy pro
vloeo 1o1; 5ha: the tsStaIocs il ltention
was never questioned and that the
charge OF undue inElsnce was with
draw: and that Mc. Bryan anlounc.
ed in the bsgilning thai hs would not
accept the osQues5 wisaou5 the con-
sent OF the widow, bU5 that be felt il
honor bcund 20 Insist upon the dis.
triburion Of Ghe $50, eco Is directed by
Mr.. Bennatfi.
Mr.. Bryan Was thus drawn into
contest in which he had but remote
and contingent pecuniary interest, ii
in fact he had any al ali, but which
he could not in conscience abandon.
The contest cost him a little more
than itreea hundred dollars for aUtor.
ney's fees sd courS costs, bssioes
travelling expenses ana loss Of time.
In submitting his report SIS execu.
tor ne claimed the customary fee 81,
500, explaining chat TIE amount would
not be- used by him Ter himself, but
would oe spent in completing tie plsns
made by NJ. Bsonstt. TIE Zee Was
allowed by tie PROBATE court anG was
used as follows:
Fourteen hundred and eighty-rine
dollars and forty thrse CENTS was Used
to pay that part Of the Inheritance Tax
which was not covered oy interest, sc
that the 81, $50 library fund, and Gbe
three $40, coo funds night be used IN
full. Three hundred ard i;Oy dollars
vas given to the city Of Sslem as an
en6owanenu for the library (Mr. Bry-
an besides giving 81, 800 to the Salcm
library gives the site, worth consider.
ably mo-s than $3.50 Two hucdred
dollars has been deposited with Mr..
Sloan, Mr. Bennet'S surviving partner.
to pey for & Gust OF Mr.. Bennett fol
the Salem library. The balance, $780,.
81 less tie cost Ct fling reports, will
be csid to Rs7. Alexander Irvine, Mr..
Benefits paS:cr, TO bs used oy hin
in the education CT Els sons.
The three SIC, 600 fuo6s have been
distributed as foliowS:
BENNETT PRIZE FUND.
Four hundred collars saSh to ths
following colleges:
Delaware College. Newark, Del.
Bow5cin College. Brunswick Ne.
A. and NJ. College Ct Kentucky,
Lexington, Ky.
Harvard University, Cambridge.
Mass.
DARTMOUTH ColleSs, Ea1over, n.
e.
University CT Tennessee, Knoxville
Tenn.
St, Johns Collegs. annapolis, Nd.
University CT 1aho, Moscow, Idaho.
University OF Montana, Missoulz;
Mont.
University Of Utah, Sail Lake City,
Utah.
University OF Washington, Seattle,
Wash.
University Of South Dakota, Yer
million, S. D.
University CT C1-IGrnlG, 6eiASIeF,
Czl.
Nevada State University, Reno
New.
University CT Colorado, Boulder,
Colo.
South Carolina College, Columbia,
S. G.
Correii Uoiyacsity, I-hacs, \. Y.
University OF Wyoming, Laramie,
Wye.
University cG Vermont. Burlington,
Vt.