The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-04-13

senior receptions given at the Column
bia College last Friday night
N. e., spent last week with relatives
and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Chewning
have returned from Hendcrsonville'
N. c., where they went to see see Mr. Mr.
CheWnlng's father who was quite sick.
Mr.. r. j. Coskrey of Asheville, N.
g., is spending sometime here with re-
latives.
Rev. c. C. Derrick, for four years
the beloved pastor of the Methodist
congregation here, now presiding ell
der of the Kingstrce district, spent
last Friday night at the home of II.
Gus Richbourg. While the Summer
ton charge has for many, many years
been supplied with able preachers we
should not be surprised if Brother
Delrick was not more universally
| loved than any preacher ever station
ed here.
Rev. and Mrs. Porter Of Jonesville,
spent the last weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Plowden, Rev. Porter was
Tor several years pastor of the Pres
oyterian congregation and has many
friends here who were delighted to
have them in his midst again.
Misses Lillian and Cora Cantey
were shopping in Manning Satur-
Mcssrs. w. j, Wilkie, Bismarck
Goodwin, Misses Anna and Alice Will
kle motored over to Camden Sunday.
Mr.. Billy Rogan of Sumter, spent
the weekend with his brother, Tom.
Miss Carrie Bethea of Dillon. is
spending sometime with her sister,
| Mrs. IT, C. Fielder
=, Mr. and Mrs: Herbert Hatfield and
Mrs. j. j. Wilkic spent Sunday i'm
Sumter with relatives and friends.
MIR. Rubin Gordon, one of our live
| wire merchants, has just COMPLETED n
fancy front to his store in order that
! he might display some of the MANY
bargains he has for his multitude of
customers "Rubc's" hustler. Read
his ads each week.
!, We said last week that our en-
thusiasm as an "ink singer" was
running rather low and it seems that
we are still on the DECLINE in this
capacity. But we arc very glad in
deed to state that we will not be
forced to murder up our page with the
Kind of dope we did last week to fill
up space. For we have what we con-
sider a very interesting communica-
ton from the pen of Prof. Gist Gee
and we are very much of the opinion
that such movement as agitated by
| frot. Gee would prove worth while
ana we are very grateful to Prof.
Gee Tor allowing US to use this COM
h'unlcallon III our correspondence as
we'll as to others of the teachers for
some interesting news items.
Professor Gees Letter.
The school should be the center of
| n
| church life, we have our denomina-
tons and consequently divide and
scatter our energies until sometimes
they vanish into thin air and not as
much is accomplished as if all work
ed together with a common aim. The
| writer sometimes thinks that in a
community where there are several
weak denominations that the best
tfing for the people is to unite in
| making one strong force for Chris
tianlty and make it felt. This is not
the object of this article, however.
ana we want to stress the fact that
the school is the one thing in every
community in which all can unite and
use it to build the ideals of the
neighborhood. A school should not
be simply building with teachers to
meet the pupils day by day and hear
lessons, If this is the case, then It is
not real school 1t should be the
place where the characters of the
pupils. are shaped, where they get
Their inspiration for after life, where
their visions of their own possibili
ties are discovered where the future
cltiZenS of our great country are
trained in all of the ideals of the right
type of citizenship. In order to ac
compish this, the school must pro
vide more than just the lessons from
books which often lose their attrac-
tlvencss because there is no variety
in the work
Some one has we'll said that cduca
ton should furnish knowledge, at
titudc, and skill. The first is grant
cd by all, and most people are will
ing to let it rest there. If the pupil
makes his pass and goes up a grade
year, then most of us feel that the
school is doing what it should do for
our children. But unless it is Great
ing in the child right attitude to-
ward his work, toward his home, to-
ward his community, and toward his
Maker, something remains to be done.
We often think that possibly this at