The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-05-14

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editor acknowledges an invitation tc
be present, as the guest of Presiden,
Id. B. Johnson. Hon. LeGrand G.
Walker OF Georgetown will deliver the
|annual address.
The recent legislature made the
Office of county auditor for this county
a four year term instead OF TWO a:
heretofore. and the treasurer's Office
was intended to be made the same,
but by some oversight it does not sp
pear so in the Acts, this will be rem
r died at the next session. AL OF the
county Offices should be for four years
The address OF Hon. John L. Nc
Laurin delivered at Ebenezer. in York
county, is reproduced by US by request,
and q reading Of it will convince any
nne that the speaker has not lost his
old time oratorical FIRE or eloQuence.
Every boy and girl should read this ad'
dress, as it con,ains very Interesting 10.
formation as well as much history, and
too, much that the young as well as the
old should know.
The examination for the rural routes
that are to go out from Paxville and
ST. Paul in this county which was TO
have taken place in Manning last Sat-
urday was postponed until the 24th. of
this month. Those contemplating
standing for these places csn secure
applications at the Manning postofhce,
and only those who have obtained
cards from the government will be per-
mitt-d 10 stand the examination.
This year, the commencement eXer-
cises of the Manning graded school
will be held June to s. On the
evening of June 5, at $50 o'clock DR..
John G. Crinkscales Of Wofford College
will deliver the commencement adj.
dress. The graduating exercises will
take place on the evening OF Friday
June 6, at $50 o'clock; and on the fol
lowing SUNDAY morning at 1l:30
O'Clock, the commencement sermon
will be preached by Dr.. E. .. Watson.
There will be at the Pamela academy
CD Friday evening the 10Th, instant, q
charming entertainment. opening with
a rare concert of accomplished per.
formers, both vocal and instrumental,
followed by q great variety OF lovely
characters, and as a finale delightful
refreshments in great variety and
abundance. This is commentable
effort 90 the part of the young ladirs
to equip the Panola base ball team to
wiz laureIs 90 every field. No charge
for admission.
The nimb'e pistol got in its work last
Monday on the Berry place, about 8
miles north OF Manning. as result of
q fight ir the morning between Ollie
Flood q young man and Warren Brow
der, an old man In the afternoon Troy
Browder. a son of Warren Browder.
got into an alt-rca ton with Ollie
Food and shot him, the balls striking
Flood in the temple, and under the
shoulder blade. Flood was taken to
the Sumter hospital, and while IL IS
thought be is not fatally injured he is
badly hurt. Browder has been lodged
in Jail.
The State Supreme Court yesterday
again affirmed the decision Of the lower
court 10 the case OF Willie Bethune.
convicted several times and sentenced
for the murder of Mr.. G. B. Minis. Be-
thune will be brought back to Claren-
eudon to be re-sentenced whenever s
time has been fixed for the purpose.
The last appeal was made on the ground
that the sentence to eiectrocutlou was
unco1stitutional because the Act to
provide such punishment was passed
after the crime was committed. Wheth-
or there will be another appeal when
Bethune is again sentenced remains to
be seen, Or it may be that the sttornies
for Bethune will carry the case up 20
the United States Supreme Court as
was done in the case of Malloy, charg-
ed with the murder of two little boys
near Bennettsville. We doubt if there
has ever been another case in this State
that has been so persistently fought.
The town council has designated
Messrs.T F Cofey and B.A. Juhnson as
members of the local board of school
trustees, in accordance with q recent
Act OF the legislature. which authoriz.
ed the enlarging of the board of trus
tees from three TO FIVE, three to be nam
ed by the county board OF education and
two to be appointed by the county board
UPON the recommendation of the coun-
Gil. The object of this change was to
endeavor to have the bpard more rep
resentative OF the patrons of the schools
10 the hope that it will be OF interest to
the future welfare of the school. The
present board has gwen to the school
much help. in fact, had it not bssn for
their public spirit the school would
have been greatly embarrassed several
times. and possibly forced TO discou-
tiSue aItoge,h-r or shorten the term,
but the attendance is growing every
year and more parents brcome inter
ested, therefore it was thought the part
of wisdom to add to the board TWO more
trustees.