The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-06-06

Entered ut the Posto:fce ct Manning as sec
ond Class matter.
THE CLOSING OF A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
A FINE ADDRESS.
The Institute hall was filed to
its utmost capacity Monday
evening for the graduating exer.
cises. Rev. r. L. Grier opened
with fervant prayer, after
which Mr.. Louis Appelt intro
duced the speaker, Hon. E. Il.
Aull, the President Of the South
Carolina Press Association, who
delivered a we'll prepared ad-
dress which was received with
much pleasure by the large
audience. Mr.. Aull took for his
subject. Universal Education, "
and throughout his entire dis
course he was given the most
wrapt attention. It might be
we'll to state here that Mr.. Aull
has always taken deep interest
in the cause Of education, having
been a school teacher himself.
and whenever and wherever the
occasion offered he has mani
tested a desire to improve our
school system. When member
of the Legislature,it was he who
conceived the idea of libraries
for the common schools, and it
was he who introduced the bill,
and passed tosuccess the present
law, making it possible for every
public school to be equipped
with a library with the aid OF
the State.
We publish his address with
great pleasure, because there is
in it much food for thought.
UNIVERSAL EDUCATION.
::The question for the nation
: is not how much labor it en-
ploys, but how much life it pro-
duces. There is no wealth but
life-life including all its powers
of love, of Joy and Of admiration.
That country is richest which
nourishes the greatest number
of noble and happy human be,
ings; that man is richest who
having perfected the functions
of his own life to the utmost.
has also the widest helpful in
fuence, both personal and BY
means of his possessions over the
lives of Others" This sentiment
was uttered by a political econo
mist of great prominence more
than a half century ago. It is
as true today as it was then
How much life do we produce:
Not simply animal life, but thai
life which has aspirations anc
ambitions, that life which is o!
the soul and looks into the fu
ture and has feeling and lives
that,is Influenced by great mo
tives and that thinks NOBLE
thoughts. Greatness of charac
ter must come from greatness O.
motive.
It is a recognized fact by every
State in this union and by every
civilized nation upon the face O:
the earth that the wealth of The
State or the nation ard happi
ness of it's people depend upor
universal education and enlight
5 ment.
With one voice all history
proclaims that the power an6
capacity Of man as a wealth pro
ducer is in proportion to his
education and training.
When the Pilgrim father:
landed at Plymouth Rock, the
first thing they did was to builc
q church and prepare to worship
God according to the dictates o:
their consciences. Along side
the church they builded a schoo
house and made preparation fol
the education and training o.
their children. This has beer
the policy of Massachusetts, ever
to the present day, and as a re
suit, the illiteracy among the
people is less than one per cent
while with US it is over eighteer
per cent of the native white pop
ulation. And yet we have moi
been anmindful Of this importan'
factor in our growth and devol
ment as a State, for back in the
colonial days we find Judge
Pringle in charging the jury
urging good seminaries of learn
ing, (which are greatly encour
aged and attended with much
success in some Of our northern
colonies, the want of which here
lays this colony under many dis
advantages and inconveniences.
he nOped tnaG our Legislature
would think it necessary and TO!
the welfare Of the colony to erec'
public schools for the poor peo
pie, the want of which he
thought s'had been in grea'
measure responsible for the
riots, disturbances and commo
tons that had happened in many
places" And all along through
the early history of the States
schools were provided for the
poor. By the constitutions ot
1868 and 1895 we provided pub
lie schools for all the children o:
the State. In the beginning o:
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