The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-07-30
HAS fine PROGRAM
CONFERENCE FOR COMMON GOOD
ON VITAL SUBJECTS
KEYNOTE COOPERATION

kEYNUlE UU-UPtKAllUN
Men of All Trades and Vocations Are
Invited to Columbia to Work To-
gether for the Upbuilding OF This
State.-Clarence Poe to Make Ad-
dress.
The first meeting Of the Conference
for the Common Good will be held in
Columbia, August 6 and 7. For this
meeting the railroads entering Co.
lumbia have granted special rates
and large attendance is expected.
The purpose of this conference is to
offer an opportunity for the men and
women who have at heart the best
interests of the State to come togeth-
er and discuss vital significant things
and endeavor to arrive at remedy
for the evil which exist, and to as
sist each other in all e:orts of the
common good.
The movement is non-political and
the conference will discuss principles
and not personalities. 1t is hoped
that it's conclusions may deserve the
support of all lovers Of the State re-
gardless of political affiliations. The
conference is intended to be merely
a preliminary to county conferences
to be held later in the summer or in
connections with the county fairs, in
the fall.
1t will be noted by reading the pro-
gram that it is not made up Of long
papers. Men have been asked to
state in few minutes their conclu-
sions, and then the subject will be
open to general discussion. The COM
mittee extends a cordial invitation
to everybody to attend this confer.
ence and to unite in a resolve to
think and talk about things that are
worth while.
Wednesday, August 6, $3.50 to 6.
General Topic-Co-operation for
Rural Development.
l. Purposes Of the Conferences,
stated by the President.
2. A message to commonwealth
builders, Clarence Poe, Editor Of Pro
gressive Farmer.
8. The Part of the Church in Ru-
raj Development, Rev. W. H. Mills,
Clemson College, S. c.
4. General discussion.
5. A National Program for the De-
velopment of American Agriculture,
Hon. a. F. Lever, Chairman Commit
tee on Agriculture, U. S. House of
Representatives.
General discussion.
Wednesday Evening, $50 to II.
General Topic-Permanent Homes
for Our People.
/. Farm Ownership and Good
Farming, W. W. Long, State Director
of Farm Demonstration Work.
2. Home Ownership and Health,
DR.. E. A. Hines, Seneca, S. c.
3. Home Ownership and the
School, County Superintendent J. E.
Carroll, Yorkville.
4. Home Ownership and the
Church, Rev. E. o. Watson, Presi-
dent of Horny Industrial School.
5. Effects of Home Ownership in
Mill Village.
6. A Plan for Helping Mill Work
ers to Purchase Homes, VIM. T. Rob.
ertson, Greenville.
7. A Plan for Helping Tenant
Farmers Acquire Land, B. B. Hare,
Office of Rural Economics, U. S. De,
partment of Agriculture.
s. General discussion.
Thursday, August Z, II to I.
General Topic - Education and
Child Welfare.
/. The State One-Mill Tax, it's ap'
portionment and use, Hon. ]. E.
swearingen, State Superintendent OF
Education.
2. Getting the Child in School.
a. Unused Possibilities under Ex'
listing laws, County Superintendent
Geo. L. Pitts, Laurens, S. G..
b. The Necessity of School Cen
sus, County Superintendent A. H
Gasque, Florence, President State
Teachers Association.
c. A Compulsory Attendance La"
d. The Possibilities Of the NIGH
School, W. B. Dove, Columbia.
e. General discussion.
8. The Health of the School Child
DR.. Rosa H. Can't, Spartanmurg, S
&C..
4. Building a Teaching Profession
| in South Carolina, Superintendent 5
H. Edmunds of Sumter, S. c.
5. Child Labor and its Relation
to School Attendance.
Thursday Evening, $50 to II.
General Topic-Problems Of Cltl
zenship.
l. Public Health in South Caro-
lima.
Q. Building Community In Mil
Village, Mr.. L. P. Hellis, Superin
tendent Social Work, Parker Cottol
Mills.
8. Education and Citizenship, DR.
P. P. Claxton, U. S. Commissioner o
Education.
4. The Majesty of the Law, DR.. II
\. Sn, der, President Wofford Col
lege.
Thursday, August = 9 to II.
Special conference on cooperation
in marketing, E. ". Dabbs, Presl
dent Farmers Union, presiding.
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