The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-01-17
IS To the sayYood School House.

! Editor afanuia;. Times:-In YOUR last
week. issue there appeared seme ques-
tions bv Mir. John ". Higgins relative
To tbs Baywood school. While it Is
ru.elv local in its significance, and in
F.: wolves Only & cGmmunitr question, yet
tsincc the que.t tiCrs, have been prcpound-
ed through the public prints. common
! courtesy ,.cquiresa public reply. This
replv. ii all the little minor details were
entered into, would consume entirely
TOO mach of Your space 10 ask ior. and
! would 10: constitute mutter o. geoeral
interest 10 The public 1T large. Suffice
lis 20 say chat q good macy years ago,
! the people of ,haI commonly oulit d
srra;i building on.iand then owned by
! Capt. D. J. Bra,iilam, which building |
a.l informed was built for Sunday school
! purposes and later used for day scnool
i purposes until about three years ago.
After the diSpcusary was voted cut the
! fiDauces being greatly reduced, and
scarcely enough pupils in attendance
! for it to he called a, school, the trustees
nporarily ciosedit. Ia the meantime
! Capt. Bradham had sold the laud on
which the building stood TO William
Hodge, colored directed that Hodges
i written cousen: Ue obtaiCed for this
temporary cloSiog. but it seems 1t was
not done, and shortly afterwards be la'o
claim to the building and FORBADE any
treSpass
The trustees and,nyself took the mat
ter up with Hodge, and several confer
erces were had relative 20 the building.
! Capt. Bradham used his good influences
with Hodge and he finally consented
that the- might have the house they
wcu d move it inside of thirty days. |
then bottled the people OF taat COM
munitv to that effect Tne. neglected
TO get matters in shape for removal un-
! I'll thestime WAS almost out.
Mr.. S. c.. Lee. who is DOW one of the
| trustees. together With others. among
whom was Mr.. Husgius himself. or his
team rather. helped 70 remove part
of the building AUD dump the material
! ny The roadside or 5ianI owned oy Mr..
Il. L. TanDpsn :: irt>'"e 1t sn;;; TINE
;p.: w;.,, ::aG ro,. >ent q IL ia- 'iu ';:iug
10 x. re 'l!;:t =: ti;,a p2!:'.
5" fore. The s.:,fire uuI;.;i@g w;.S re-
no1et The t:ure ljaiii. had rxpr'rsi, and
+: Hodge l;racesd-d - :pp'n:':at :ne
o.l .uce y, rffo-'. las ,:Il,i- ~ any
:in;t.5 -. 4" Is AL: .:."::rs. - ;.-:'i.:td
J::c E0a>" 400 'I,. IT, a''';,!!. had
je t. G,rvc ~ i: !; ~ =. { -. otT-
e!.a ;::,:a:n> -o;u4 :oidccat
Mir ) & L.. ...a,:;'a;,:i AllD Mr..
rhDinnsuO !3r the rur;.i';-t' o. ;e- pile
Of wveci:;,ge fGr live 81 Gci:ar> SO am
itU!9. he iii.rin. @-c5gen the consent oi
Sur]e others for their interest. In all
the co;lfrrer rs oc!d, even 10 q citizens
meeting held at the schooi house while
the property was uuder Gu- s.iol. II did
no. develop that the couuty had dollar
invested, hence, as the property was
claimed as pricale property by the cit
izrus of that community. there was a5-
solurely; nothing thatl could DO under
the circumstances in an official way TO
maintain it as school property however
long il had beeo used as a school.
I have been informed that the build
ing was ceiied at public expense few
years ago, and thaJthe said ceiling was
! part Of the material that fell lnto Will
liam Hodges possession. Much more
detailed information could be given, but
deem the above sufficient. Mr.. Hug.
gins beng one OF the e$citlzens of that
community is ia q better position to
know the facts in the! case than I am.
II there is anythiog flrther he wishes
to know l cheerfu;iy refer him to the
trustees or other citizens in the com.
muniJy. feeling and knowing as I do
that I have dischargedmy duty as saw
it and that so far as I know the facts 90
illegal act has been performed by any
one. Respectfully,
F. = BROWNE,
County Superintendent Education
Manning, S c., January 10Th, 1912.