Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, September 28, 1910, Image 2
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(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
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(.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 ! "
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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.