The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-05-15
BOWMAN LET TER.
INTERESTING CLOSING ExERCIs-
Es OF THE GRADED SCHOOL.
Crops Very Poor and Backward
An Object Iesson Drawn from 3

commencement exercises of Bowman
Graded School on Tuesday, May 5, as
per program giFen below, was very
entertaining indeed, and much credit
is due Prof G.. j. Rast and his corps
of assistants for the good work ac-
compished. The exercises, were wit
messed by,large audiences both eve.
nings. The following is the program
of the closing exercises, on the last
evening, May the 5th at the School
Auditorium:
Prayer-Ref. Gleaton.
The Old Woman Who Lived in a
Shoe-By smaller children. T
Acting Charade-Characters: Ben
ME Smith, Laurin Knight, Gus Myers,
Dibble Dean, Jake West, Rogers Dav-
is, Jessie Easterling, Norma Smith,
Maudie Ulmer.
Tableau-Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground.
Scarf Drill.
Lesson Well Worth Learning
Characters: Region Myers, Van Phil
lips, Sadie Evans, Edith Hutto.
Old Maid Association.
Courting Malinda-Charaeters:
Bennie Smith, Gus Myers, Clifford
Stroman, Georgeine.
Music.
Pantomime-Views from Life.
Too Greedy by Half-Characters:
Clifford Stroman, Jake West, Roy
Smith.
Address-Hon. Geo. tombstone, of
Newberry.
Awarding of Medals, Prizes and Di-
plomas.
The medals and prizes were award
ed as follows:
Miss Ida Whetsell, Medal for Dec
lamation.
Miss Ethel Evans, Medal, Best Es-
say, subject Lost Opportunities.
Miss Jessie Easterlin, Medal, Best
years average in higher grade.
Glydys Shuler, Prize, Best year
average in intermediate grade.
lin Connor and Hertilene King,
Prize. Best years average, primary
grade.
Norma Smith, Prize, Improvement
in writing in higher gcade.
Romie Jackson and p. D. Fair, Jr.'
prize Improvement in writing prlm-
airy grade.
Miss Ethel Evans has the honor OF
RECEIVING the first Diploma issued D!
the Bowman Graded school, which
was presented by Prof. Rast with a
few remarks appropriate to the oc-
casion.
Crops are poor and way behlno
and vour correspondent cant see how
they can ever catch up to any thlhs
like the usual normal condition by
June the 18th or even later. The
sun will have to shine mighty nara
and the nights ''real warm in order
to make cotton shed it's "pessum
Leaves" and put on new life. Plant
ing by the way, is not yet flnlshed'
and when one considers for mo-
ment how corn is soaring up in price,
would it not have been wise TO nave
put some of the land in corn that was
ren,anted in cotton. 1t is really
shameful to see load after load OF
corn and hay hauled out on farms day
NV day to be paid for in most IN
stances by the little 'pessum lana
cotton" standing here and there over
the fields. Is it profitable to make
cotton to buy corn and hay at the
present prices?
This correspondent saw rickets
u,a eon with two skeleton mules hit
ched thereto go out of town recently
loaded with several sacks of corn, a
couple bales of hay ard about SIX
darkeys also in the wagon some eat
ing peanuts others had paper bags CT
"store bread" all but the poor mules
seemingly happy aud coateh!eu'
These same people could have gam
cred quantities OF good craD. grass
hav out of their so-cai!ed cotton
farms" which by tho way made more
grass than cotton and practically no
corn at all. This is picture that IS
not overdrawn and the like can 3e
seen in many places.
Debts are about as hard or harder
to pay now than when cotton was
fetching from to cents per po'lnd'
Inf that 10 cent cotton made people
wild and it will likely be some litl'e
while before they will get tame again
Dundee.
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