The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-04-23
Field Day a Big Success.

Il does unt need any comment from
US 10 SD, tn It CIar-ndol is alive on the
educatlona QUESTION, a stranger comlu9
to Manning last Friday could not help
hut be struck with the interest mani
Tested by the crowds that gathered here
for th- field day exercises. People were
here from every :. ctiou, bringing "lth
them the m-mherS Of their hOu>er"lhS.
the humber i> estimated at over tive
thousand aud all of hem from the little
tot to The aged man or w"mtu was To-
tens.Iv interested. There cannot be-
too much praise given to Miss kather-
. inc Ric ich4rdSoa for her energy and ex.
curive abb itl To make this occasion
the great success il was. Miss Richard
son was urtiring 10 Der efforts not only
in surr oundiny herself with corps OF
wiling workers but she personally left
not hing uudo,e make everyb 'dy fsel
they were a part If the great scheme
To help bui up The common school
system of this county
Unfortunately The Times editor, who
was To have part in the exercises. was
prrvt nt-d from attending on account OF
busy until 100 la'e 10 go TO the school
house to present the prize for spelling,
bcwevtr. THIS WAS dor.e b, un- NOR e
ale % ill he bill InaSmuch as the
writer could no, b, pres- nj he takes the
report uf The loca correspondent OF the
News AMI Courier.
The larend ~ County Schro's F'rld
Day eXe,c Ses held here last FRIDAY
proved n gratifying success in every
particular. The veal her was ideal and
tIier" was an imm-n>e Lhrong of people
prese mt from al. sections ot b. c"unt,
The entire affair was urder the genera!
mauagerlent of Miss Katherine Rich
ard> =. of ,he Mannus graded school.
who was ahl, asSis'ed 10y Prof. D. r.
Riser, Prof. E. J Brown, c. a. Nc
Faddin, J D. G-rald and Sam Fulton.
In the declaiuation contests there
were q entries and every one OF them
WAS wor, hv If prize Among the girls
cont, >tin" tne first prize wa> won b.
Cora Thrnp-"u. "f the 10, dan school
AID he SECOND priz- hy Garland Me-
Cutcheon. of Sar diuia 1u the contest
by the boys the first prize was won by
Claude Corbett, of Paxville, and the
SECOND prize by Frank Graham, OF
Davi, 5 alton
Th-ie was great many entries IN
h. manual work contests, all If them
h.. htv meri.rriuu-. II the sewing ron-
t->L h, the Hit tie first GrriZe FOR guilt
scraps wa> Won hl r sai!e Rchh ur.,
of Mauuins. and Ih be-; app o. b. Me-
- l. To-, ~. 4
work the prize for the n-st loaf OF br. I'd
was won bl Virginia Nelson, OF Sum
merton. thu best cake by Cath riu.
Arant. of Manning. and tn best pound
OF butter h, RUBY McKn sht. of Oak
dale. Prizes in manuat work b\ ho,s
w-r. won as follows: Br>t table, E bert
Hodge, of Paxyille; best AK handle,
B-,uie Bayselt, of Deep Greek; best
bread board, JEFF LIE, Trinity; best
chi. KIN coop, Asburv Shorter. Davis
Station.
IL The athletic contests bv girls the
5O.lard dash was won by Addle Vein
berg. of Manning, the hoop race bv
Lillian Pio~ den. of Plowden school,
and the hopping relay race by Isabel
Friersnn. OF Maunin5. In the boys con-
tests the 50-,ard dash b, Smith Wheel
er. New Ziou; 100, ard da>h b. Frauk
Bowel, F"res,nn; running high jump
b, Eugene McFaddin, Sardinia.
In the various spelling contests from
Grade 2 through Grade 10 and in the
contests from advanced ]
through Grade !, the entries were so
numerous that il would be impracic-
able to give detail d account. nciud-
iny the-e aud The other cont It's euurn-
Grated The total eutti-S We're between
800 anu 6ti0
In The hanuer contest handsome
b nuer 10 BE- awarded he school win
nius the most priz-s, five schools tied
as follows: Home Branch, D-ep Creek,
New Z.on and Davis Station.
A drawing vas held t" decide the wiu-
n-r and ,he tanuer was avail ded 10
Dep Or. elk.
A basket ball game was pla! ed ny
SUNNI. ron aud Manning teams, Sum-
mer'o on winning by a score of 3 To
Tue last ru,uber on the varied program
uf ,he day was baseball game b.tween
Like City aud ManninS, which CLOSED
al sun-Ser with a score of 8 u in favor
of Lake City.