Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PICEN.i80.JU ) 11 - ~ A-, N1imber1 Prbt&Mce! Bato."d April .2. 011 ai Plicts% x419iq ..4eq*Al S6V ~erc (~Ivw~INsc ,3 YerPICKENS. .U JUN 811.Nuib2 4ITEMS: :This Thrivi -New The News of the Cor Piei V otton is looking the best that Vt 8etV years. W. At Matthews is giving the home of A R. Falls a coat of paint. The ,baby boy of Rev. A. E. Harrison, of College Hill, has been very sick with acute indi 4gestion. It is a little better at this writing, but far from well. Mr Lawrence Ballentyne is having a fine, tWo-story, ten room house built on his place a mile east of town. Dr. L. G. Clayton has a fine Niew mowing-machine and horse rake. We are glad to see im provements in the farming im plements. Whatever helps the farmer helps the town. Have you noticed the splendid new roads that are being made from Cen tral to Clemson College, and from Central to Liberty? The W. H. & F. Missionary Society of the Wesleyan Met h odist u'Aurch met with Mrs. Haf n 'allege Hill on AN dresay 'aiT"Pte ladies' are studying theT )Aork of "Western Womeni in Eastern Land." The Board of Trustees for Central Graded School have elected the following teachers: Superintendent, Prof. Pressley; Assistant, Misses Greta Gaines, Corinne and Kathleen Anderson, and Eula McWhorter. Mrs. Stone, mother of Mrs. S.- L. Carson, suffered a severe s4-oke of paralysis on Thursday last. Fortunately it affected only the right side, and she seems to be-slowly improving, -though she is unable' to speak as yet. Rev. S. I. Keeler of the W. M. Church attended a Quarterly Meeting at Smith's Chapel on -Sunday last. ile was reqluested to do this because of ilhiess in the family of the President of the.Conference. Rev. Burroughs is succeeding admirably as pastor of the Bap) tist Church. They have recent Sly put in new stained-glass win (lows, painted and added other improvements to the building, costing about $400e We have always knowvn that Central was aii attractive place, but assurance Is now doubly sure. Mr. H. L. Davis, an old soldier from Wisconsin, has spent two winters in the Boy's Dormitory at the College, and last week decided to start for the North again. As the old gentleman is quite feeble he planned to take the trip in sec ~tions. Accordingly he went to .Spartanburg on Satui'day, but became dissatisfied and home sick for Central, and returned on Tuesday. He has now de cided to wait three weeks and make the home trip all at once. .Mt. and Mrs. L. M. Hinshaw OL North Carolina have been living on College Hill since Xmas. afld accomplishig the double task of running a set of looms at the cotton mill and keeping up Theological studies at the College. They left Mon FROM CE ag Little Cii and Robust ring Town of the imont Interestingly ar day for their North Carolina home to spend the long vacation with friends. They expect to return in September. Rev. A. E. Harrison preached acceptably at the college chapel Sunday night. Miss Beth Harrington is spending a week with Misses Dora and Ellen Duncan,of West Union. Virgil and James Swaney have gone to Asheville, N. C., to spend the summer with rela tives. The Pendleton baseball team played Central on the home ground Saturday. Central won -as usual. At the closing program of the Connuencement, the High School Vanguard was distrib uted. It is a neat little sheet, and does credit to the school. A goodly company of Central people attended the Cobimence ment exercises at Liberty, Fri day night. Prof. Ariel is to be congratulated upon the sucesss of his program. The family pf Rev. L. E. Swaney has moved into the house recently purchased >of Prof. Hancock, on College Hill. This gives two pleasant homes for girls who will attend the college-the Dunwoody Board ing Hall, and Mrs. L. E. Swa ney's Boarding House. This will give ample accommoda tions, and we hope both estab lishments will be crowded. Let ters already coming in indicate a greatly increased interest in the school. We stated last week th at Prof. Pressley had been elected super intendent of the:Graded School at Central. We have been in formed, h6wever, that the Prof, had already contracted, before' receiving the notice from our board. But we learn that our board has closed a contract with Prof. Childs. This gentleman Conmes very highly recommend ed, and will no doubt give sat isfaction. Central may be small and un interesting, but we have noticed the people who go away are glad to r-eturn.- Mr. and Mr-s. E.' C. West and son Henry have been in charge of the Boys' D~ormltory on College Hill for two yearspast. They are now spending their vacation at their, old home in Indiana. A letter from them says: "If we had only had a chance to see th'e folks we would be ready to start at once for Central." Th le friends of Mi-s. H. H. Chapman, formerly of Central, but now of Greenville, were shocked to learn that her hus band had suffered a stroke of paralysis on Tuesday last. Miss D~ora Wiebens, the "miiountain missionary,'' visited friends in Central a few days last week. Her stories remind us that there is still wickedness in ouri fair state, and that even our beautiful Blue Ridge is made to shelter a multitude of sins. Dr. and Mrs. Shirley enter NTRAL -y Takes On t Life 4)' a a ld Elaborately TolO, C n tained the faculty, Senior and a Jnior classes of the High School A at their pleasant home on Tues- et day night. It 'was a delightful r occasion, and it made the teach- a ers wish that more of the pat- di rons would open their homes for the cultivation of the'social na- oj tures of the pupils. When old fo .and.young are brought together in in that manner it calls out the sti best that-is in each one. The ar elders drop the weight of years, ar and the younger acquire the sc social instinct which enables 0< them to be "at ease" in the company of others. It is a dis- ra tinct-advantage for both school as and home, and we trust ihe is example of the Dr. and his in ''gude wife" will be followed. tiN No matter how many fine is business blocks.' elegant resid- ha ences and modern im provements of of every kind a town may have, ca the reputation really rests upon M< the basis established by its Mi moral tone. The Decalogue and sic the Golden Rule may be obso- tic lete, and yet one instinctively Ini feels safer in a place where they rko are practiced than where they, tit are disregarded. Judged by; this standard, Central is cer- tic tainly moving in the right direc- tai tion. Orders have been issued N( f rom headquarters positively for- fet bidding mail to be either he brought in or sent out on Sun- col day. Discussing the question, Sc] a prominent business man said: ,c "This is just as it should be. I an have no use for a BUSINEaS letter th< on Sunday, and do not need any. tu other kind. I can get my niail sig early enough on Monday morn- tio ing to transact my husiness, and OD so can every other man." The th. fact is the Continental Sabbath CX has been an iniportant factor i, Pir lowering the moral tone of the ho North, and the South will do 'Th well to heed the warning giveni on by overfloingi pen itentiaries tic and boy c'riminals. Hold to a of proper respect for the Sabbath ley day. loe Friday was the last day of the isi public school. It is always a It mlon'aentous o)(casion, but th is of time there was an unusual in-"c terest. During the year Miss ass McCraw (7th Grade) has acted eqi upon the princip~le that the in pupil is affected by their sur roundings. Accordingly she of has had pretty curtains at the be: windows, pretty pictures on the Th walls, and has insisted upon a at neatly kept room. By and by vic it became noticed and Prof. I G Haynes offered a banner as prize ple for jthe room that should present an the most attractive appearance. th< The judges have not yet render. an ed the decision, but each room eve looks now as if it dleserved a pas prize. w: Prof. Haynes gave his stud. -ces ents, and the few who were Je; fortunate enough to learn about Sti it;, a rare freat on Thursday of Fa last week. Dr. Dwyer of New pr< York, gave a most delightful ful reading from Shakespeare. He ris has the ha.ppy faculty of bring- foi ing out undreamed of beauties th in our old English mother- mi tongue, He reads Shakespeare gh as if he were a whole theati,st, rotpe by hianselfoand the 1c04lties and intricacies of tye disappear as if by mas Re also gave a feW 'gens ft 10 own American poets. The Sunday Schools, of Q r4l sent their full quota of de Iates to the State Conwentl t artanb"irg recently'a hwe*pults atre already appei at, The Sunday Schools a it oeting in union to secure t ttendance of e~vexy child Ie4ral upon' some one of 't ,hpold. - All are acting An i6 100y, urging.only that eo$ a acording to their preferen( , 69mmittee has been appoir I for -home visitation and a mgewnents are being made f systematic, business-like co ict of S. S. affairs. Prof and Mrs W L Thompso: College Hill, are in Glenda r a ten-days series of Mee gs. andl incidentally to secu: udents for the College, Pro Ad Mrs. J. M. Hancock als e expecting to work for th hool. They go this week I )orgia. Central is rapidly taking froi nk. She may have bee leep for awhile, but now si "broad awake,"refreshed an vigorated, ready to press a( ,ely to the front. And tht just what she is doing. Sl1 s just organized a Chamb Commerce, which under ti pable Presidency of J. 1 >rgan is sure to succee my plans are under discu n and some actually in oper n which will bring the tow ,o deserved prominence. Jpt ep one eye open in this dire m' Please. Central is already an educ inal center-The most impo tt one in Pickens Count > longer need Pickens Couni l abashed in the presence < r sister cointies. The bann< rnes this way! In the Hig liool Commencement juE sed in Central, there wei rarded Four Diplomas wit , GOVERNOR'S OWN sigm -e attached, together with th natures of the State Educe nal Board. These are th TLY DIcLOMAS, so signe t were awarded NORTH 0 ILUMBIA. Three cheers fc -kens County, that has th nor of owning such a towi is Hiugh Schor1I is also th ly one in the Piedmont se< n that has attained 14 unil work this year. The We 'an Methodist College is als ated here. Its greatest fau bhat its curricuIlum is so hig} has no use for a lowv standar education. T1he call is evt ame up higher,'' and we ca ;ure you that her cour'se .ial to that of any plain colleg the state, high country or lov P'he cornmencenment exercis& the Graded School were th ~t ever rendered in the towr e tine auditorium was packe each of those different se: es. Rev. Mr. Massiebeauc eenville gave a particularl asing Baccalaureate sermor d D~r. D~wyer told us c 3 voyage of life in suc entertaining way that mad 3ry one wish to have the con ~s, chart and anchor tha uld make the voyage a su< s. The graduiates, M isse mflnette Aiken, Ednal Clavtoi icey Shirley and Mr. J. Ils were at thoir best and ai wciated their diplomas to tH lI. The address of Prof. Mo: on was so full Of practical ii emation about the progre: at South Carolina is alread sking that we felt proud all rd to belong to such a splend ite--elad to have even e Rf- humble part in bringing about ;he the e splendid results. 1e. The tenth grade acquitted )m themselves nobly in their debate and on the whole the commence m-'ment was voted an entire suc le- cess. Mr. T. S. Norris offered a on gold medal to be awarded next kd year to the b~y that. furnishes tr- the .best oration; Mr. Morgan re offers a medal to -the girl giving he the best recitation, and Mr. R. in -0. Gaines offers a medal to the ige child in the lower grades that ir- Makes the best record for punct le uality and studiousness. All O regret that they are obliged to it- part with Prof. Haynes. He ,r- has spent untiring effort to bring >r the school to its present state of f- efficiency. He goes to High Point. N. C., for next year. le School Insovement Prizes. t- Through the co-operation of e the Superitendent of Education f. and the State Board of Educa >, tion, the South Carolina School te Improvement Association is en :o a bled to renew the same offer of prizes this year as last. Ten of it the prizes are to be $100 each, n and forty of them are to be 450 e each. d Regulations concerning the 50 prizes offered by the association t are as follows: 0 1. Improvements must be ,r made between Nov. 1, 1910, and e Dec. 10, 1911. - 2. Prizes will be awarded to - schools where the most decided 3- material improvements have L- been made during the time men n1 tioned. . 3 3. - Under material Improve e- ments are included local taxa . tion, consolidation, new build ings, repairing and Painting old r- ones, libraries, reading rooms, - tables, interior decorations, beau Y tifying yards and better general )f equipment. ,r 4. No school can compete for h any of these prizes unless it is a It rural school. No town with -D more than 400 population shall h be eligible to the contest. L 5. All who wish to enter this 0 contest mifst send names and descriptions of schools before e improvements are made. to the d president, prior to Oct. 1, 1911. F6. All descriptions, photo graphs and other evidences C showing improvements must be - sent to the president beOfore D)ec. C 15 1911. The chairman of the' -board of trustees of any school s that is competing for prizes must approve descriptions before an'l 0 after improvements are made.| 7. Blanks will be sent to the| L. schools competing for the ab)ove' d prizes with qluestions to be an V swveredl relating to the condi.. O tions under wvhich the improve s nments have been made. 0 8. Prizes will be awarded in -* checks Dec. 31, 1911. Tlhe prizes' sare to be used for further im e provement in the schools receiv -. ing them. 9. Other things being equal, -schools using designs for new 'building suggested1 oy the 0cem Y son Extension Bulletin will be ~ iven preference. Address all letters toK Miss Lizzm. Ross'n Pres. School Imp. Asn I Ben nettsville, S. C. A RICLJts OF C~ONHTITJ' U PION. Thei constitution of the local s association for the improvement of public schools is as follows: Art. 1, Sec. 1. The name of the organization shall he "The CAssociation for the Improvemnent of the Public Schools." IArt. 2, Sec. 1. The purpose >s of this organization shall be to SIunite all the peorfie of this com dmunity for the Improvement of dpublic schools: (1) By placing, *n in the school facilities for iwalhh comfort and educatio'n, together with objects of beauty; (2) by planting trees, shrubs and flow.. cra in the school grounds; (3) by encouraging the establishment of a library in the school; (4) by making the school a center for the coimunity, by furnishing instfi'60MfdifMi'tainment. Art. -,' Sec.+ Any white woman interested .in this work may become an active member without the payment of any fee; any white woman may become. an associate member upon the payment of a fee of 20 cents. Art. 4, Sec. 1. The officers of this association shall be a pres ident, a vice-president, a sec retary and treasurer, who shall be elected at each annual meeting. Art. 5, Sec. 1. This associa bion shall meet regularly once a month, or oftener, at the call of he president. Art. 6, Sec. 1. This associa bion shall send to the secretarv )f the county association for the improvement of rural schools a formal report of its progress very month. Art. 7, Sec. 1. This constittu bion may be amended at any %niiual meeting by a vote Of two-thirds of the memlbers present, The Conqueror. [t's easy to laugh when the skies are blue And the sun is shining bright; Yes, easy to laugh when your friends are true And happiness in sight; But when Hooe has fled and thO skies are gray, And the friends of the past have~ turn'd away, Ah, then indeed it's a hero's feat To conjure a smile in the face of ,defeat. [t's easy to laugh when the storm is o'er And your ship is safe in port; Yea, easy to laugh when you're on the shore Safe from the tempest's sport; But when wild waves wash o'er the stormi-swept deck And yonr gallant ship is a bat. tered wreck, Ah, that is the time when it's well worth wvhile I'o look in the face of dlefeat with a smile. [t's easy to laugh wvhen the bat tie's fought And you know the victory's wvon, Yes, easy to laugh when the prize you sought Is yours when the race is run; B~ut here's to the man who smiles when the blast 3f' adversity blows, he will eon quer at last,. I?or the hardest man in the world to defeat Es the man who can laugh in the face of defeat. -National Magazine. Advertisements Are Interesting. The advertisements in a news >aper, if the merchant means wvhat he says, are a very valua le part of the paper to its read 3rs. Through themi the people earn where they can secure argains and thus sayc them slves money. For this reasen ;he merchant who has bargains o offer and who always does by is customers just as he adver ises that he will (10, is the man whose "'ads'' are road with in berest, and wvho is sought when the readers wish, to buy. The prosperous merchant, when he has bargains to offer, advertises the fact to the people, because he wishes them to come and see him; and then he does just as , he advertised to do. People are / alny 1ooking for bargains