The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-06-05
Our School Closes.

Levi Memorial institute OeSaQ SUNDAY
morning in the auditorium of the In
stitute with a religious service attend
ed by all of the church denominations
and the public generally. The hal
was filed to overAowing, and the mu
sic composed of the several cboirS wa;
excellentlv rendered.
Rev. J. w. Daniel, D. D., Of Sumter
one of the most eminent preachers II
the South Carolina Methodist Confer
ence. preached the baccalaureate ser
mon to a very attentive audience. Dr.
Daniel took his text from Genesis lth
chapter, 1st verse, ''And the LORD
said unto Noah. come thou and all thy
household into the Ark" We attempt
ed TO get a synopsis of this grand de-
liverance but failed. 1t was indeed, a
magnificent address, teemine with
ideas that were of nature to cause
people to argue with themselves. He
made assertions which for the moment
shocked, but as he reasoned out his
idea. and by his intellectual force
clothed his thoughts in rayment OF
the purest English, the audience went
along with him and he led them at his
will. It was to our mind a grand pre-
sentation of logic and reasoning, force
fulness and eloquence. When the ser.
vice was concluded, it was announced
that DR.. Daniel would again preach in
the evening at the Baptist church, and
before the appointed hour, the people
gathered, so chat when the bell tapped
for service to begin, the church audi
torium was filed, and the large Sun
day school room was pressed into SER
vice to seat the immense audience.
The congregation was made up OF the
three denominations of the town. and
the music was grand.
DR.. Daniel preached one Of the best
sermons ever heard in this town: if
such thing is possible, it eXcelled his
morning sermon. His text was taken
from lst Kings, 21st chapter and 4ch
verse: ':And he laid him down upon
his bed, and turned away his face, and
would eat no bread
On Monday evening, large audi
ence gathered in the Institute hall to
witness the graduating exercises of the
tenth grade of the Moses Levi Memo
rial Institute. Rev. y. R. Woodsoo,
began the exercises with a most fer
vent and beautiful prayer, which was
followed by the very appropriate class
song ''Merry June" Then came the
class history, read by Miss Bessie Har-
vim. Her paper was well written, and
many amusing incidents and 'local
hts were brought out.
The class will: prepared and read by
Miss Beulah Wilson, was also Wei
written document. and manifested L
considerable leaning towards the law
in style and phraseology. To break
that will would be puzzle to our high
est court.
The class prophecy, read by Miss
vallye Appelt, lifted the veil of the
future and u unfolded in 4 humorous way
the history OF each member of the
class.
The feature of the evening was to
have been an address by Hon. George
B Cromer OF Newberry. A telegram
from DR.. Cromer was received in the
afternoon, saying he was unavoidably
detained, which, of course, was a dis
tinct disappointment to the large con-
course of people who had gathered to
hear one of the most eminent educa-
tors in the State. 4 rare intellectual!
feast was looked for.
Professor Daniel received the fol
lowing explanatory letter.
Newberry, S. c., June 5, 1907.
Supt. J. W. Daniel, Manning, S. G.
Dear Sir: I had made all my ar
rangements to be with you, when l re.
ceived a message this morning an
nouncing the death of my sister-in-law,
Mrs. NJ. B. Lipscomb, in Colum'
bia. and informing me that the body
will be carried to Ninety-Six for burla-
tomorrow OF the early morning train
I had looked forward with great pleas,
ure to my visit to Manning, and | re-
eret exceedingly that I must disar'
range your plans. I 6nd that there is
no night train on which I could return
from Manning to Columbia.
Very truly yours,
George 8. Cromer.
The diplomas were presented BY
Capt. W. C. Davis, who in very force.
full and well chosen words gave to the
graduates timely advice which should
be needed by all.
A gold medal was offered by MIR
Claude NJ. Melton, to that member O
the tenth grade who should, with
most ability. reproduce a story read Il
them. On account OF sickness Mis-:
Martha Davis was prevented from
competing in this contest.
The stories were sent to Spartanburs
and turned over to a committee.
This committee found it difficult L
decide between the merits of Nos. 3
and so. It was finally agreed that No
30 should be first. Miss Beulah vii
son won this medal. A copy OF Tenny
sons Poems was then presented TO No
5O-Miss Louise Brockinton.
A prize was given to Jake Harvln
the only boy in the 9Th grade, Tor goof
lessons and punctuallty.
The following are the names OF In
members of the tenth grade: Mlsse
Vallye Applet, Louise Brocklnton:
Alice Broadway, Martha Davis, Annl'
Dollard, Hattie Frierson, Bessie Har
vim, Emmie Johnson: Fannie luminous
and Beulah Wilson.
The exercises were closed with
report of the years work.
My attention was called this morn
ing to an error that was made in tn
announcements last evening.
Annie Dollard's name was omltte
when the scholarship average was az
nounced. She made an average of y
and fraction, and is entitled to thir
place, while it was announced tha
Emmie johnson had third place. An
ME stood some of the examinations a.
!; ter the class had stood them, and thi
is probably the car5e of the oversight
T G. Daniel