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\ A ?J? ?|? ?|? JU JU JU JU JU JU JU JU I OLD RICHLAr JU JU JU JU JU JU JU JU JU JU JU ?J< (Under this heading, from week to week, we will publish articles per taining to thc Old Richland Acad emy. ) The Teachers at Richland. ( Hy Wade C. Hughs. ) Mr. Chairman. Teachers and Pu pils of Old Richland, and Friends: "You'd scarce expect one ol' my ?.ge To speak in public on (he stage; And if 1 chance io 'all below Demos! belies or Cicero. View me no.* with a critic's eye. Hut pass my Imperfections by. And though 1 new am small ami \oung. Cl' judgment weak and feeble t ongnc, Yet all great learned me, like me, Once le.-,-ned to read their A. H. C. And where's the town, go far and near, Tba! does not lind a rival here?" and at Bounty I.ami'.' I COUlll my.'Clf as one especially favored to bc permitted to live to see this glad day and to have the honor of taking part in its exercises. lt is true that there nre many recollec tions that this occasion revives which may bring a pang of sadness to our hearts, but In remembering them let us also recall tho joyous scenes with which they were Inter twined. Tho foundation of all hap piness is laid in the past, so it is necessary thal we should look back, but. in looking, we must not forget that the past is beyond our reach, and that all we ran do is to profit by it and improve lb?' pr?sent. And so "i ift in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound nie, Fond memory brings the Ugh) Of Other days around me; The sullies, the tears Of boyhood's Noars. The wot ils of love then spoken; The eyes thal shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken!" And as 1 look into those "other days" and see th.-ir glories, then turn to tho present and view i:s wonders and then look beyond and "Din Into titi' future far aa human eye ian see, and soo the vision of CK world ami all iii?' wonders that weald lu," I consider this a glad d;.y. All th?1 more nm I glad, be Cbtiau I live to-day and am permit ted lo speak ol' the If.niters of old H Ichland. lu discussing tho teachers, we are tot.cd to notice to some extent tho history of the school, and perhaps some of tiie incidents connected with it. With this historie spot is also eounei-i>'d. in an indirect man ner, some of tiie momentous ques tions ot' tile early history ol' our groat nation. Tiie Hrs) teacher of whom wc have nny record was .launs ii. Dendy who was a personal friend of tho greatest statesman ot moder" linn's, '.din C. Calhoun. On one uooasion when Mr, Calhoun was a guest ai thc Dendy home on yonder hill he and Iiis ho<t sa! up nearly all night discussing the question of "nullillca llon." At this lal?' ?lay we would probably have io refer to our his tory to sc what it means, but a' this lime, three quartet's Ol' a cen lurj ago, ii was on every Intelligent citizen's Ups, ll wa? about this time thal .lames ll. Dend> built the Hist Richland school house near Ute spot or yonder grave, in ism wo lind him teaching the iii--1 school IliniSOlf. I hold in m\ li.uni tiie original "articles" showing the num ber ol' children subs, ribed, the rate ot : nit ion. etc. Tho manner in which, i bc inst ru ment i 4 worded shows how well qnaliticd ho was for the position he was io occupy.' So lar as is known, none 01' the pupils who drank at this lonni of knowl edge aie li\ in:;. Tlte next preceptor io assume thc robe of olllce in thal humble build ing was oae Mr. Ucl,ion. from Sa vana.th. lie was a most estimable yoting follow, hut lie had an idea that the eggs of certain fowls were nol intended fer man's use. and among thom he phire,1 1 ho product bf lite stately goose On one occasion ii boca mc necessary for him to pun ish one ol his pupils, Mrs. ICntll.N Strlbllng, who is the daughter of his landlady. Mrs. .lames !l. heads. The mot her did not llk< thc i'l a of lie: child being punished, an.I -o she set about planning sonic means 01' re venge. The next morning she scrambled some goose < ggs for breakfast, and when ..'e. saw Mr. D' Lion take a good comfortable dip and eat them with relish, her salis faction was supremo. A.-; to what became of him, history d ies not Bho w. After him came Hov, Du Pre, who was pastor ol' Richland Presbyterian ?I? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?fl ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? .JD ACADEMY. %\ ?j? ?j? ?j? ?j? ?J? ?j? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? ?J? I I (.lunch and teacher of tho Richland school, who performed the double dut} of preaching and teaching, thus carrying into actual practice the doc trine that religion and education go hand in hand. Then we lind .Miss Caroline Jen kins, .Mrs. Susan Doy lo, and finally, about ?he close ol ?he Civil War, Mrs. t?, F. 11 ughs. Sie taught in ono room of lier dwelling, and among those who are here to show how well she wrought, we see fol. R. 'I'. Jnynes. As we said, she taught right i.l'ter tile close ot the war. and shoes of any kind wore a decided j luxury, lui? lucky Indeed was lie who I could wear a pair ol' calf-Skill shoos with brass lips on Ibo toes. Among' those going to ber wi.s one little fel- J low who was always as neat as could be and who bad a pair tu' th.se, shoes, Tin* other children were more or less jealous, we presumo, 1 and so spout nundi ol' their play time putting their ba.re feel on bis slioes ami soiling them we moan tho shoes. Ile became tired ol' tins, and, going to bis teacher, be said: "Miss Hughs, Miss Hughs, I wish you'd make 'oin keep their feel off my s'noes." sin? very promptly re plied. "AU righi. Robert, Maynes), I'll see after Diem," and she ?lid. for in those days the use of the rod was not a forgotten art. And bore the curtain falls until, 1ST I. when tho lirst public school at old Richland was opened under the able management of Rev. 15. F. Hyde and bis more able belier bali'. From ibis time on the record is idear and thc chain complete. Time forbids our taking up each one sep arately, so we must bundle facts. Since 1 s I o i hero ba fe been 1 s teachers nt the Richland school L's male and Jo fem;.le. Of these. SO far as we are able lo learn, :'.s are .-"ill living, the oldest being Mrs. K, F. I Inglis, now in ber S2d year. Three of them were Presbyterian [ministers at tho time they taught; one tauglit while preparing himself for thal vocation; and tum bas since become a Baptist minister. Five bavo become lawyers, four of whom are distinguished in thc i recession and the fi ft ll hopes t?> be some da>'. Of the live, three are localed ai Walhalla, one ;ii IMckens, and tho ol ber in Columbia. Cue bas become an honest, pains taking, successful merchant. Throe were wise in their day and bad beard tho call ol' tho soil and were making the farmer's life one worth living long before .lames .1. Hill discovered thal the hope di the count rv depends upon thc larmer. Two are In tho real estate busi ness one ai Seneca and tho other ut Spartanburg-. and both doing ' Well. One ls news editor of one of our great Southern daily papers. Another is assisting Uncle Sam in the dissemination of knowledge bj I moans ol' thc railway postal service, i When we remember thal In is'i?, wild! .launs ll. Hend.v and John C. ' Calhoun bad those discussions of tho creal issilOS of Slate, tile long est railroad in the world was 137 miles and ran from Charleston, S. c.. to Hamburg, do wo not have to pause and ask, If the improvement Ol tho school has kepi pace willi Hie march of progress.' [)o wo make any hotter citizens to-day iban were I made i lien V Bul we mus) hasten on. Ono bas become a civil engineer and promi nent in his line. Four are unaccounted for, and last, onlj live oui of tho 28 are .-.till teaching. Tho accusation bas been nia 'e once and then again thal tho majority ol' teachers, both men and women, <:o Into it merely as a stop ping stone to something elsi?. When wo look al tho ligures we have Just gone over the 'nub of tho stato nienl KOOms lo be proven, liol only i>> a preponderance of the testimony, but beyond ?'ll reasonable doubt. And wo can bul bow our heads in shame as .onie one points tho finger of scorn and exclaims. "Thou aro i Iii? man ! " Lol US ?urn the bright side of Ibo ph turo and see bow lt hos bern with Ibo twenty women w)l< une foiled ti faithfully and well. None have become lawyers, doctors, real estate dealers, civil engineers. etc., but what nave they done'.' Al tho Hmo dev were engaged in teaching, live of them were <m dou ble duty, serving as mistresses of households while "teaching tho J onng idea how to shoot." Four of Hie others later "migrated to the Stale of Matrimony and gave Up leaching, and four more have Riven up teaching and are variously engaged perhaps wc should have aid employed, Of ?be men wo found that only live out of twenty-eight, (less than one-fifth ? aro still toai hing, bm what do we find with tho women? Seven out of twenty (a little moro than one-third) uro still fighting the I hattie. Our hat ls off, and we honor tho womanhood of this country who think moro of tin? true value of tho nation -her cl foolish lp-than they do oi' the value of a dollar. In looking over the list of teach ers- there la a mu her striking fea ture. Out ol' thc IS teachers since ISlo only nine aro unmarried or ha vt? never been married-two mon and seven women. From 1840 down to is;?s tho chain is unbroken--all are married. At thia point one W. C. Hughs ap pears upon tho scene, followed by ono Miss Pearle Bailongo-, both of whom aro still single, and from there on to the present the Uno is very irregular. Without any per sonal reflections we have boon told that ono of tho two men has it within his ( 1* lower to take tho step whenever l o feels so disposed, and one of the young ladles ls going to Westminster to teach next year, so the number of unmarried may be materially reduced al any lime, and Hu? remainder ol'I boin may yet hope. * * * * * li has been twenty-four years since I first attended a session of Behool on this loved spot. The teacher was Miss LMeanor 'Heard, from what was Ilion l?dgelleld coun ty. Her terni is very forcibly im pressed upon my memory for two reasons: BOCUUSC t he lirsl and only whipping I ever received in school she administered, and one of the v ors', threshings my father ever gave me was on account of her not being able to attend school one morning after a very hard rain. I never did know exactly wita! Miss Board whipped me for. I under stood afterward that she said she had to make an example of some one and 1 was about as promising a prospect as she saw. Aa to the other one, though. 1 do remember distinctly, lt bad rained very hard the night before, and Miss Board, who was boarding at my fa ther's, was unable to no to school that morning, so I was sent to thc school house tn tell the children tlu re would bo no school that day Bul was told also to hurry ba< 1? bonio. All would have boon well hat it not been for Allen and Ilaskol Hendy ami the sweet gum trees do wi near Richland creek. Aller I gav? the notice about there being m school tho Dendy boys and 1 wen! ti the sweetgum trees. By the time could ..? t a sufficient quantity to lil my mont li it had grown rather lat. in tho morning. Wc finally circle? on around lite hill an.I caine into th big road near tko lop of Boc! Spring bill, right opposite1 a lin bunch of persimmon sprouts, au i he re is where I mot my father and oh, such n meei lng! Since thai ti rs t school I have see various teachers conic and go, som liked and sonic disliked. I ha\ seen "???t" Stribllng and Charle Jayncs play Iowa ball against th whole school and win. (Al Hu Hmo 1 was only a small chap, bi il vend fu ll) i:i love Cv f t li "Dit." so enjoyed seeing this until, in Inti yea rs, I 'a u I Burns cul mo oui. i have seen Hie desperate affairs bt tween Lela Price and Hus Shauklii Bulli Fennell and Plumer Dead and others, and all of them excei Mar;. (Billson and ('lint Stribllng ri covered without au> serious lucoi venieiioo. 1 have seen Mr. Stok< Stribllng ina kc mo throw away nico ?juicy wad of chewing gum th: I had just " radi ll for, ano I vow? that ii I ever gol as big as be was would lick him foi" it. but when gol old enough to read. I found i Holy Writ that "Vengeance is min I will repay, saith thc Lord," so novor have bothered bim. And so I might go on and on, l'< lhere were oilier Incidents thal lia pened in I hose (lays, and as proof Is sufficient lo say thal Billie Fei nell and Harb Shaiiklin were bot there. . Tho I lill u once of the teachers ( old Richland has liol stopped in tl school room here, as wo have (liront heard. Some of it ls for good; v hope that none was for bad, bi eternity alone will show. As stand hore to-day, methinks I hot thc echo of voices, long silent, sa lng: "Cheerily. Iben, my little man. Live and laugh, ns boyhood can! Though the flinty slopes be hard. Stuhble-spcnrcd thu now-mov sward, Cv ery morn shall load theo Lb rou i Fresh ba pl isms of I he dew ; livery evening from thy feed Shall Ibo cool wind kiss the hon All tOO soon these foot must hide lu ike prison cells of pvldo, Loso the freedom o f i he sod Like a colt's for work bo shod, Mad.. :., tread tho mills of toil, rp and down in ceaseless molli Happy ii t heir I rack be found Xever on forbidden ground: I lappy if I hey sink not in (?nick and treacherous sands of si Ab! thal t llOM COUld st know thy je Bro it passes, barefoot hov ! " \ Touchers at Richland Academy, l87t-7 3-Rev. E. E. Hyde, prin cipal; Mrs. N. A. Hyde, assistant.' 1874- John S. Veiner. ' 1875- .lames Phillips. 1870-Wm. J. Stribllng. 1877- .1. H. CN.'Holloway. 187 7- - (Summer) - Marshall S. j Stribliug. 1873-70- Mrs. Louisa Stribllng. j I* 75)-J. P. Carey. 1880- b. P. Stribllng. 1881- lt. T. .(nynes. 1882- S3--Marshall s. Stribliug. 1883- 81-Marshall S. Stribllng. 188*1-85-Marshall S. Stribllng. 1886-Miss Eleanor Heard. 1880-.1. Paul Stribllng. 1857- 8S-S. P. SD Miling. 1858- S9-Miss folia Hendy, now Mrs. Jasper Doyle. 1880-00-M. Stokes Stribllng, principal; .Mrs. Li/.i/.e Stribllng, as sistant. I SO 0-9 D M. Stokes Stribllng, principal; Mrs. Di/.i/.e Stribllng, as sistant. ism - Miss Lucy Stribllng, prln- : clpnl, (now Mrs. Lucy Jordon, of i Qreenvlllo, S. C.); Miss Julia Synunes, assistant. 1801- W. W. Wallace. 1802- W. 10. Dendy. 1 S03r0 I - J. Plumer Dendy. I S!i 1-0? - W. s. Glenn. 1 805-00-Jos. T. Dendy. ' IS96-07-John L. McWhorter. 1 S07-?S- 1). ll. Alexander. 180S- W. C. Hughs. - I SOO-Miss Pearle Ballenger. 1890-1000, 1000-01, 1001-02-D. | Conger, 1002- 03 Mrs. S. N. Hughs. 1003- 04- Arthur M. Erwin, prln- i clpnl; Miss Mariah Dendy, assistant, j I 'ni i-n.-, Arthur M. Erwin. 1900-Miss Li/./.io Conger; Miss I Eunice Bnllonger. j 1906- 07-W. C. Hughs, principal; Miss Ada Wyly. assistant. 1907- 08- Miss Beulah Edge, | principal; Mrs. Caroline Dendy and j Mrs. Sarah McCubbins, assistants. i 1008-00- -W. W. Kennedy, prin cipal; Miss Hortense Jones, assist ant. I?inu-m-io. i. Power, principal; Miss Claudia Crowther, assistant. j ""VT ' Can bo depended upon is an ex pression we all like to bear, and I when it is used in connection with Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy it means that it | never falls to cure diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints, lt ls pleasant lo take and equally valuable foi children and adults. Sold by Dr. J. W. Dell. Wal halla; C. W. Wickliffe. West Union. Half Million Insurance Cancelled. I New York, Sept. 24.-A half mil lion dollars of life and accidental in surance, carried by Allan A. Ryan, son of the financier, has been can celled during (lie last fortnight be cause of Ryan's activity as hoad of the international aviation meet at Bolmoni! Park in October. Mr. I iva n lias lodged protest against this unsual action on tho part of tlie compaines. ex plaining that lie does not own an aeroplane and does not contemplate the purchase of one; thal lie does not contemplate making a flight, and Hint iii- dillies as chairman of tho committee on arrangements consist morely in attending to details of the : meet. lt is weil known thal Insurance companies will aol insure tho lifo of an aviator, bul this is tho first in J stance in which they have found an 1 element of danger to thc life of per sons only interested in the progress I of I he science of (lying. Chamberlain's Collo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ls to-day the best known medicine in use for the relief and cure of bowel complaints. lt Cures griping, diarrhoea, dysentery, and should be taken at Ibo first un natural looseness of the bowels. It j ls equally valuable for children and ! adults. It always cures. Sold by ooQoca Pharmacy; L. C. Martin, Clemson College. Georgia's Twelve.Inch Gun Ruits. Washington. Sept. L':?. During target practice of the Atlantic Hoot, off the Virginia capes yesterday, one of the big 12-Inch, 50-ton guns of tho battleship Georgia burst on thc first range shot. Thc muzzle, as fai back as the for ward end of thc jacket, was blown off. The crew miraculously escaped in ju ry. The accident was lo the tefl gun in the forward turrel, and tito big rille was probably ruined. The report of the accident roach ed tiie navy department lids niorn. illg in a wireless dispatch from the Commnndor-iii-Chief, Rear Admiral Schroeder. Tho Georgia was ono of tlie battleships in Ibo. day target practico. 'I'lie vessels of tho fled had been divided into two squadrons, one ol' which held Its day practice on Wednesday, and 'he other did its bring yesterdn . Impuro food runs you down makes you an easy victim for or ganic diseases. Burdock Blood Rit ters purifies ?bo blood-cures tho cause-builds you up, ?S YOUR PURSE OPEN ? WOULD vor PICK UPA SILVER ll A LF DOLL? AK SHOULD Vor SEE ONE IX YO! ?? PATHWAY? SI KIMA'! WOULD YOU READ CAREFULLY A PHD POS ITION THAT WOULD ENABLE. YOU NOT ONLY TO PICK Ul? ONE HALF DOLLAR, HI T MANY? HOW MICH DO vor SPEND IX A YEAH? SIT DOWN AND i Torino. IF SOME ONE WOULD HAND YOU I IMO ( ION TS FOR IO VICK Y DO I i DA lt VOI' SPEND, WOULDN'T* YOU CONSIDER TH ?OMI VERY DIMORA L AND D?ING YOU A GREAT FAVOR? WOULD VOI WA Div A ULOCK TO KIND THE CONCERN THAT COULD AND WOULD DO THAT? Put on ydlir thinking- cap-get down to hard pan. Tell us what you think of the following; : ll' TAKES NERVIO, AND PLENTY OF IT, TO DR IO A Iv AWAY FROM ODD ANT) ESTAULIS!! 101) CUSTOMS. MODERN TIMES AND MODERN WA VS REQUIRE THE SOLVING Ol' PROBLEMS WHICH THE MERCHANTS OF YES? TEDDA Y DID NOT EVEN DREAM. THE MODERN MAIL-ORDER HOUSE, WHICH DISTRIB UTES ITS CATALOGUES AND CIRCULARS BROADCAST OVER THE LAND, IS DRAWING THOUSANDS AXI) THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE LARGE CENTERS OF TRADE AND AWAY FROM THE DOORS OF TH IO LOCAL MERCHANTS. Cash is the key to thc situation. When you order goods from the mail-order house, it's money Juwn. You furnish thc money they do business on. THE SENECA MERCANTILE COMPANY PROPOSES TO SHOW Vor BEYOND Tl I IO SHADOW OF DOUBT THAT CASH SPENT OVER THEIR COUNTERS BUYS MORE GOODS FOR THE SAME MONEY, OR SAME GOODS FOR LESS MONEY. Now listen. On and after this date, wc will give a discount of 5 cents on the Dollar for Every Dollar in Cash spent with this Store. THIS IS TH IO WAV WE WIDE DO IT: WITH EVERY PURCHASE, NO MATTER HOW SMALL, WE WIDE GIVE YOI' A SALES TICKET. AS SOON AS THESE'TICKETS AMOUNT TO TEX DOLLARS, YOU WI I BE ENTITLED TO A DISCOUNT OF FIFTY CENTS IN CASH, OR TRADE, AS YOU PREFER IT. This Nev Plan absolutely divides profits with the cash trade. IT PAYS TO BUY FOR CASH. FURTHER IT PAYS TO BUY FROM THE SENECA MERCANTILE COMPANY, Merchants get a discount when they pay cash and why shouldn't you ? A ED O'OODS MARKED IN Pl/AIN FIGURES, A N D THE PRICE MARKED ON I DIOM IS AS DOW AS CAN BE BOUGHT FROM ANY CONCERN IN THE TRADE, YOU 'TO BE THE JUDGE AN D TH IO JURY, A N D YOUR FIVE PER CENT BEING AN EXTRA SAVING. OUR SUGAR IS JUST AS SWEET. OUR FLOUR JUST AS WHITE, OUR SHOES JUST AS SODID. OUR DRY GOODS JUST AS STYLISH. OUR PRICES JUST AS DOW. WE WILL SII9W OURSELVES JUST AS KEEN AS EVER TO HU NT FOR BARGAINS; TO GIVE YOU VALUES; TO TREAT YOU "SQUARE." New Line Shoes-New Linc Dry Goods-New Line Noitons-New Linc Hardware. Save your Sales Tickets, It means Same Goods for LESS Money. Watch us grow. Yours for business, Seneca Mercantile Company. A. P. DROWN, ^President, X. B,-SEWING MA Cl I INES AND JOH X DIO IO RIO LINIOS EXCEPTED.