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By W. W. & W. R-Bradley. ABBEVILLE, S. C.,. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910. Established 184*
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Abbeville City Schools
The educational interests of
Abbeville are. or ou^ht to be. of
paramount importance; for, there
are no other interests which
touch, and that very vitally, so
many of our people. Our best
Citizens, if they take time to think
over these matters carefully, must
rest under the firm conviction i
that our political, social and business
interests are of comparatively
small importance when con-j
sidered in connection with that)
' which enters into the home-lileotj
almost every family in Abbeville1
?the proper training, mentai and
moral, of the rising generation. J
Should there be any question
or disagreement, then, among!
good citizens as to providing am-j
pie means for the proper conduct I
of our schools?for putting thei
best teachers available into build-'
ings that represent the best
thought and achievement in!
scjpool architecture? i
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its session of IS9 r, the town of
Abbeville., with a small territory
immediately adjace.it. was set
apart as a separate school -district,
and its trustees were made a body
corporate.- Under this act the
trustees were empowered to order
an election on the questions of
issuing bonds for the erection of
suitable school buildings and levying
a special tax to provide lor
maintenance of the schools.
Upon both of these questions
the vote was in the affirmative*
and when, in November, 1S92,
the board called the citizens together,
made a report of their do-i
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Abbeville High School
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Mr. L. W. Dick, Superintendent City Schools
ings, and asked for $3,000 in'^^nt organizer 0f the graded
bonds in addition to the first issue sc|100i> (jUtt after serving one year
and that the special tax levy t>elas superintendent, he left to take
four mills instead of two, both of up specia| work as instructor j?
these suggestions were carried clemson College. Mr. B. F.
.out" _ Bailey was elected to succeed
Thus ampie provision was Moncrief: and he remained at
choerfuily made by the voters ol the head of the schools for several
: the district (or building. equip- years/r<MiKning hi3 position to be- '
ping, and maintaining the<r c?n,e president of the large cotton '
| schools. j [njj| t|len bejnrr organized in Abi
In the fall of 1892 the school!beville.
! was opened in the commodious; . , , .
I, .... . , , . . Mr. Knight then served as suI
building provided by the geiner-| , , , *
! , , . . , , r t 1 penntendent for one year and was
.osity ol the citizens and the iaath-!' ,, , , T _
I, , , , , . . ifollowed by Mr. J. F. Gilliam.
1 ful work of their representatives,, , .... ,1
! . .. . _ , [After an administration of seven
1 the trustees, Mr. \Y. A. Temple-, , . ... . ,1
. . , . , w ? tvears. during which time the
i ton being chairman and Mr. Frank1" , ,
' ~ f . 'schools grew rapidlv, both in the
! r5. Gary secretarv of this first' ' , ,. . .
!. , . : number of those attending and in
j board ot trustees. i .
I Mr. W. F. Moncrieff was the''efficiency. Mr. Gilliam left Abbe
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rille to ta ke up a different line of
work, and the trustees selected
Mr. L. W. Dick for the vacancy.
Mr. Dick had just finished his
eighth yeur as head of the schools
in Aiken, S. C., and came to Abbeville
with very high recommendations.
That he has met the .
expectations of trustees and patrons
seems to be evidenced by the |
[act that he has, for six years, j
been annually re-elected to con- j
tinue the work he undertook in ^
the fall of 1904.
During his administration the ]
schools have be^n growing stead- j
ilv in Dopularity and efficiency,!,
and, during the present school j
year, some wonderful forward ,
strides have been made. Not <
only has the number of teachers ,
in the first, or lowest, three grades ?
of the school been doubled, but a ;
separate grganization for the high ,
school grades has been made. (
an,d, within the last few weeks, (
the High school has been moved j
into the elegant new building pro- ,
vided for this department of the <
school work.
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The superintendent, the princi- <
pal of the grammar school, and <
almost the entire corps of teach
ers have been re-elected for an- <
other year, and these ..will show j
their appreciation of the confi- i
dence reposed in them by redoub- |
led efforts in the great cause of i
education. i
A fact worthy of note just here i
is that Hon. Frank B. Gary, who '
was elected secretary of the board '
when this body was first organ- ized,
is still a member of the
board, having served continuously
as secretary up to the beginning
of the present year. Though different
lines of work have claimed
his attention, though various po
litical honors have been heaped
upon him, Mr. Gary's interest in
our schools has never abated, and
he has given freely of his time
and talent for their uplifting.
Dr. F. E. Harrison is the very
active and efficient chairman of
the board, and on his shoulders
falls most of the work, as 'tis his
duty to look after the financial interests
of the schools, to guard
against any extravagance, and to
see that the best possible service
is rendered in return for the mon
ey expended.
One other member of the board
who has served long and well is
Mr. J. Allen Smith, Sr. Two
more gentlemen, Dr. C. C. Gambrell
and Mr. W. D. Barksdale,
both of whom have succeeded in
their own lines of work and were
sleeted members of the school
board because they were good citizens
and successful, public-spirited
men, have shown themselves :
ivell worthy of the trust reposed
in them during several years of^
service as school trustees. Four^
members of the board, Messrs.
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VV . n. V^CllVCi l, Will. UJ mu, J. I
E. McDavid and J. Howard j
Moore, have been in office only a j
few months, but have shown aj
commendable activity in school j
affairs, and being successful business
and professional men, will
doubtless co-operate heartily with
their fellow trustees in doing all
they can to advance the educational
interests of the community.
With an enlightened public
sentiment aroused, with a wideawake,
intelligent board of trustees,
with experienced, progressive
teachers, we may well expect
the motto of our schools to be
"onward and upward."U?
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Millinery
Woman's love, for'the artistic
n millinery will always be fully
'ratified in the magnificent line
)f exclusive styles shown by Mrs.
[as. S. Cochran, our leadjng miliner,
who has had experi-enee in ;
he art of fine millinery with some (
)f the best wholesale houses in ,
STew York, and other eastern cit- i
es, for several years. Mrs. Cochran
first identified herself in Abbeville
as a milliner of knowledge
ind skill some ten years ago. :
She first came to Abbeville as :
nilliner for C. W. Kendall. Later (
>he accepted a position with A. <
M. Smith, one of our leading
merchants, after having charge of
:he millinery department for'sev- ,
2ral years she opened millinery
parlors of her own on the public
square .where she has had three',
seasons of most excellent patron- j<
age from our best and most criti-j
:al customers in Abbeville and,
surrounding country.
Her collection of millinery each
season is varied and complete,J
perfect in style, perfect in mate-i
rial, perfect in workmanship, in
fact perTection is reached in her:
millinery parlors, and for the wo-i
man who appreciates perfect har-i
motiy in design and coloring, andj
that indefinable something called '
style will find all these carried out
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Secessl
On this hill the iirst Secessior
were adopted by a large mass mee
adjoining counties.
in the models shown from season
to season.
Her line comprises all the latest
shapes and styles. The line a?
fine feathers and trimmings are !
the best that can be bought. She
also carries a line of the latest
and most up-to-date hair goods.
Miss Elsie Corbin, of New Yoifc.
is head trimmer and she has exquisite
taste in the designing aadi
carrying out original ideas. Ma.
Cochran employs, four girls during
the busy season who aid her
in selecting styles for her customers.
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Abbeville Telephone Ce.
This company has done muck
for Abbeville, in that it has gimem .
a telephone system which is -second
to none in.the country/ Hits
company wias established 'here im - <
1896, and now have four open
tors, one electrician, one lioenuu^
and in addition to the city service
they have ninety miles of farmexs
lines connections, and long distance
connection with the Bell
Telephone system. They have 250
telephones in Abbeville. For the... *
convenience of farmers, fiv.e or".
more are permitted to build their
own line to the city limits and con- .
nect with the city exchange. Telephones
are then enstalled in their .>
residences owned and kept in xe
pair by the telephone company at
a rate of $1 per month'for each telephone
on the line. There are at .
present 85 farmers telephone 00 .
these lines, 11 having just been re- <
cently enstalled.
For the benefit of the farmery the .
Manager, Mi;. W. M. Barnwell has '
the weather report, telegraphed
from the Weather Bureau, Washington,
D. C., every day and
promptly at 12 o'clacd noon, the . :
Dperators after giving the signal
over each and every farmers liac "
reads this report which proves very :
useful to them. While the cilj
and country rates are much lower
than most places the service is
of the highest standard of efficiency.
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We desire in this sketch to call ,
special attention to thf untiring
efforts of Mr. WT. M. BarnweU,
Manager, in the upbuilding of this
establishment, his courtesy towaird
all his patrons, and the sterling
business ^principles he has always
used in his dealings with alL
Every one knows that a community
owes its prosperity to having
home institutions and here in the
Abbeville Telephone Company we
find all the members to be public
snirited gentlemen. who work for
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the general go.od of their locality
and support all movements of this
character which put before the
home-seeker facts concerning the
many resources offerred by their
city and county.
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