The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-06-08
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Editor The Manning Times:

As it has been quite while
since anything appeared in your
columns from this section, l Will
attempt to give you a few hap
penings. This being the season
FOR school closings, We can add
-our Quota to the list.
On Thursday evening at $50
the friends and patrons of the
Parola school were delightfully."-
entertained with the closing ex-
ercsses Of the most prosperous
year in the history Of -she school,
with the following program:
.AEssle Welcome, by DwiSh:
JenSinsoo-
= Mother Goose's Goslinss, by twelve
little boys and girls
3 Dixie, BIZ three little boys.
4. Too Much o: Good Thing, play
S. The Pineville Baby Show, by
twelve ;i,tlc girls.
6. a Little Lecture, By James Rich
ardson. :.
:. a duet-"Ben Eur Chariot Race. .
s. Wil!ie's Breeches. by VIII way.
9. .'O.d Black Joe," by family group
in costume.
10. a plas-"Akin Her Fade-.
II. Good Night" by Mary Davis.
Just before the last number
Mr.. ". +. Davis, in behalf Of
the trustees, thanked the pat
rous for their generous support
and cooperation in helping to
make the school what it is, and
informed them Of the election OF
the same faculty for another sea-
son, and in the same happy
strain thanked and complimented
the teachers for the very inpor-
tant part they, too, had 10 the
success Of the school, and as
sured them Of the lasting I'M
preston they had created upon
the minds and hearts Of the peo-
pie. He called upon the stage
Misses Annie Phosla Ross, Lila
Mathis and Masters James and
Briggs Ross and informed them
that they had been the success
full winners Of the prizes offered
by the teachers for the different
kinds of school work and refer.
red to what should be their feel
inss in outstripping their class
mates and that the world today
was demanding just such men
and women. whose whole ambl-
ton was to be st the top, and
advised them to take this as
their motto.
Prof. Ed Andrews left Satur-
day for his home at Oswego,
where be will spend a few days
with his parents, leaving then
for the up-country, where be
expects to work during vacation.
Miss Friday left for her home
in Newberry, where she expects
to take up the assistant manage
ment of the parsonage under her
mother. with a prospect Of pro-
motion.
Mr.. Dave Ross led of with the
first June bride. who was a Miss
Turner of Sumter county. More
TO follow.
Railroad contractors are filling
in Sammy Swamp trestle.
Mr.. Tom Wilson, president Of
the \. W. Railroad, has. from
appearances, been seized with a
very sudden enlargement Of the
heart. Besides having these
trestles filed. he is having built
at Silver very handsome de-
pot in place Of the one burned.
and, from reports, expects to
put on full passenger train
about September l.
D Mr.. a. L. Lesesne has just
completed his sixth arteSlan
well in Sammy Swamp, about
800 yards from his yard at his
place near Silver.
The colored population was
very much stirred UP over the
supposed sweep OF the comets
tail Of the earth.
Mr.. J. f. Kelly passed through
this section Saturday or his trip
of inspection, and while he did
not comm. himself, he is con-
v;nce,; that the bows from this