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? - . ?? ??? ???^ voiniE Lin, scmber ;o. jtewbebby, s. c. friday, october i, i#u. . twice a week, ?lm a ieaa Pomaria Grad Has Aw HAS MADE FINE EDUCATIONAL HISTORY *N INCENTIVE TO DO GREATER THINGS FOR THE FUTURE. People of Community Have the School Spirit?School Now Under Efficient Management. Special to The Herald and Xews. Pomaria, Sept. 23.?School opened last week at the Pomaria graded school with Prof. Benj. M. Setzler principal, Prof. Ben M. Setzler, ? Principal of the school, a graduate of Newberry college, a native of the community of Pomaria and a citizen who j is interested in the development of his home place in all things, in addition to his pride in the success of the school, has a local and personal in- j terest in th? building up of the educa- I tional interests of the community, and will bend his energies to the making of the Pomaria rural graded schooi second to none in the State. He has the energy, the ability and the tact to do this. I i assisted by Miss Louise Richarcson. A large enrollment came in, not only from this district, but from almost every adjoining district, and it is still steadily growing every day. Some o"f the pupils were unable to start now on account of malaria and^other various reasons, but altogether this is the brightest opening our school (which is just beginning its third year's work) has ever had, and we are expecting big things of Prof. Setzler, who has j been out of this work for a few years, but is no ways rusty, and his assistand, who is a graduate of Chicora college. with some experience %s a teacher. Much success to' the Pomaria school. The present building at Pomaria was, erected in the early part of the year 1913, during the term of office of Mr. E. H. Aull as county superintendent of education. It was the first of the six districts in the county to vote a four mill tax and establish a rural graded school and the first of the rural dis tricts to issue bonds and erect a handsome brick school building. Prof. W. K. Tate came to Pomaria with Mr Aull in the fall of 1912 to talk to the people of the needs of the school. After the meeting several of the patrons spoke of the necessity of a new building and it was soon decided to order an election on the question of issuing bonds to the amount of $3,500 for the purpose of erecting a building. Thfi "bonds were voted with practical una nimity. The ground upon which the old building stood was given in trust for a school and there was some question raised as to the title. It was against the policy of the administration to spend money on improvements where there not a fee simple title to the land. On account of this nothing was done toward building for some Tnonths after the bonds had been voted. Finally the Setzler brothers agreed to sell two acres for school purposes at a reasonable price and the land where the school is now located was purchased and work on the building commenced. The building is so planned That four additional rooms may be added a? the need" c' the e?>.col mny ed School ertiriniis riitiirp. . ?? I require. The location of the building | is ideal. The other districts that voted a four | mill tax following the lead of Pomaria j during the spring of 1913 were SilverI street. Jalapa, Trinity, Jolly Street and Zion. The following sketch of tne old Mt. i " i.Viss Louise Hiehardson Assistant teacher in the Pomaria rural anfl whrv has had px perience as a teacher and has been successful in other fields, will co-operate heartily with the principal in making the Pomaria rural- graded school second to none in the State. Bethel academy, of which the present Pomaria graded school is the lineal descendant, may be read with interest at this time. It is taken from the Annals of Newberry and brings the history down to 1892: Bethel Academy, Pomaria. The situation and surroundings of this academy, near Pomaria. are quite romantic. It is within half a mile of the town, just in the borders of a beautiful grove and near a spring of clear, cool water, which gushes out from among the rocks at the foot of a hill. T/i-n* oAodomioc nr ViicVi CpVl AOl Q in r av/au^uiAvc v* uigu ... the county can make a better showing than this. .'The citizens of the neighborhood. soon after the war, seeing and feeling the great importance of education, united with the Masonic order, the Grange and the Knights of Jericho and built a school house sixty by twenty-six feet with a second upper story, the latter for the use of the orders mentioned. The lower story was the -school room and had black' - - ?5 - ? ?- ? ? ?v a w/\ ir? ni ^ a ooaras surroumuus me cumc of the building. The several school commissioners, in their rounds looking after the interests of the 'schools, have pronounced this house superior to any in the country parts of the county. According to the best recollection of the writer, the schools at Bethei have been taught, in the order named, by the following experienced and educated teachers: Miss E. A. Souter, Lexington; C-apt. John F. Banks, Newberry; Prof. D. Benjamin Busby, now of Edgefield; J. M. Alewine, lately deceased, Texas; J. B. O'Neall Holloway, ~ ^ "* * O -\K 1 "> "TIT,,; + now oi ur.angeourg; jivirs.o.:vi.xj. ** ngm,, deceased; Miss Mattie Steck, now Mrs. Jaynes of Walhalla; Miss Hennis Boozer, now wife of Dr. W. D. Senn of Newberry county; Rev. W. K. Sligh, now professor in Xewberry college; Miss Alma Kibler, now Mrs. R. F. Bryant of Orangeburg; Prof Burr H. Johnstone, now teaching at Allendale; W. B. Boinest of Pomaria; iVLiss Lula Teague, now of Johnston; Miss Ella Bell Shirey, now one of the leading teachers of IMount Amoena Female ?eminary, Mt. Pleasant, X. C. The following graduates from Newberry college may he mentioned as having been prepared here to enter that institution: L. E. Busby, '75, minister, Leesville; J. B. O'Xeall Holloway, '75, farmer, Orangeburg; J. B. Boinest, '77, decea&ed; J. Eusebius Berley. '79, minister, deceased; John F. Hobbs, '79, Australia; C. W. "Welch, '79. professor at .Clemson college; iW. *?V Parley. '?2. t'arme*. Pomaria; E. 0. Dci:nl~, 'S3, prineira1 Prosperity High rcho-ol: Sidney T. Riser. 'minister, died at Staunton, VaHenry P. Counts. 'So. minister, Haralson, Ga.; E. 0. Hentz, '85, physician. Walton; Monroe J. Epting, '86. minister, St. Luke's The following named, prepared at! this institution, are now (1892) in the sophomore class of Newberry college: Richard H. Hipp, Henry C. Holloway. Roberk H. Welch. ft ic rlna Prnf D R Rnshv tn sav that he taught this school several years, and that he prepared for college all the graduates mentioned to including also some who were not graduates of Xewberry: W. C. Dreher, once professor in Roanoke college and recently engaged in literary work in New York; Paul D. Hyler, who went to "VVofford, afterwards studied law and died soon after entering upon the practice of his profession: L. B. Folk, who entered the junior class fti South Carolina college, but left college, read medicine and is now a practicing physician in Colum- i bia. To Prof. Busbv is due also the credit for the greater part of the school work done here, and I feel sure that a grateful people will remember him always kindly for the part he took in moulding the minds of their children, not only through the books used and taught, but al?o for his influence in helping them to a high plane of character and sense of honor. Of the teachers of the school enu merated above in the Annals, the following have died since the book was published! Miss E. A. Souter, Capt. John F. Banks. Prof. Busby now lives in Saluda county. Prof. Hollowav is now principal of the high school at Newberry. Prof. Sligh is now in Jacksonville, Fla., and engaged in real estate business and also editing a newspaper. Prof. Johnstone is now a member of the faculty of Clemson col lege. We do not know whether Miss Teague has married or not, and neither do we know whether Miss Shirley is living. We have not a list of the other teachers, but the last two before -he building of the rural graded school were Miss Lucy Ligon, now Mrs. J. K. Linn and a missionary to Japan, and Miss Lottye Lee Halfacre, at present the teacher at the Jolly Street school. Of the graduates of Newberry college mentioned in the Annals, Rev. Busby is now dead. Col. Hobbs is a nnhli?her and editor in New York city. C. wY. Welch is in Houston, Texas, and conducts a fine private school in which young men are prepared for college. Rev. H. P. Counts is dead. Rev. M. J. Epting is pastor of a flourishing Lutheran congregation in Savannah, Ga. There have been practically no changes in the work of the others, except that Mr. E. 0. Counts is at present a farmer at Prosperity. The young men named as bein? in college are now in the active duties of life. ;Mr. R. H. Hipp is a prosperous and progressive 'merchant of our own town. Mr. Henry C. Holloway is a successrui lawyer at :\ewoerry ana the efficient attorney for the county. Mr. Robert H. Welch is a prominent and successful lawyer at the Columbia bar. Mr. William C. Dreher is s still engaged in literary and newspaper ^vork, but now in Berlin, Germany. There have been quite a number of boys and girls who have gone out from this school in recent years to the various colleges of the State and who are holding up the reputation of the old Mt. Bethel as a fine preparatory school. It is hoped that the school will grow so rapidly that it will be necessary in the near future to complete the building as planned, so as to require the use of the four additional rooms. Under the management of Prof. Ben M. Setzler this hope is not a mere day dream, but is possible of realization. The school spirit pervades to a large extent the citizenship of the entire community and it is expected that some Ol me d/UJ U1JL1 Hi g ^VlUJUl Uidiiiuts mav soon see the advisability and the advantage of annexing to the Pomaria district. At least a portion of some of these adjacent districts -would find it to their advantage to unite with Pomaria. It would make a stronger district financially and in enrollment. But these things will come in time as the people begin to realize the advantage of them. Joint Council Meetiner. Thp inint council of the Mt Tabor pastorate is to meet at Mt. Pilgrim church on Saturday, October 2, at 2 o'clock p. m. All members are requested to be present. J. B. Harman. THE Nt>VS OF P03IAKIA- i ' i ' .New State Warehouse Keady?Pastor Boyd Returns?Pomaria Oil 3HU Busy. Pomaria, September 30.? Dr. Z. T. Pinner is having his house torn away and is building a new one | which is very modern and up-to-date, j Lhis will add very much to the looks ; of things and will be a pretty house, i on a beautiful site for a residence, j Mr. Will T. Livingston of XewDerry j has the contract and is pushing tho j work on as fast as it is possible to do so. The home of Mr. and iMrs. Caldwell Ruff was saddened by the fleam ot one | of their little twins, an infant of a j few months old, on last Friday even-! ing. The twins were a boy and a girl j , I and the little boy it was tliat ciieci j after a short illness. The burial was j held Saturday afternoon in the St.) Philips churchyard and the services j were conducted by the Rev. Y. von A. | Riser. i '.'-The Southern -Cinderilla/' a comedy in three acts, was played berore a large audience Friday night and was very much enjoyed by all present. This play was rendered by local talent and was well carried out. It may i>e repeated later on. A nice little purse was realized. \fr rj-prvr^p .T. Wilson had the mis fortune to lose a very fine horse a few days ago, which was very gentle and was petted by almost all who Knew him. He was prized very highly, especially by Mr. Wilson's family. Pomaria sent off to school tnis year a large crowd of boys and girls to the various colleges and has a very fine lot of teachers who are stealing ou: one by one to their different schools, all of which we haven't space to mention, but they are a fine set of which Pomaria is very proud. >' Mr. Bates Bolan4 of Little Mountain has moved to Pomaria, where he will make his home. Mr. Boland is well known in the lumber and sa'w mill business, which has been his occupation for a number of years. We are glad to welcome him and his family in their new home, which will be direotly in front of the Methodist parsonage here. The Pomaria .oil mill, which Is owned and controlled by Mr. A. H. Sheely, has one of the finest ginning syste.ms in this country, and is kept Susy hum-1 ming all the time. The gins are the most up-to-date anywhere around, being the airblast type, and give the best satisfaction, both to Mr. Sheely and to his customers. Rev. D. P. Boyd, who has preached on the Broad River circuit, composed of Mt. Pleasant, New Hope and .Morris chapel, will superannuate at the next conerence and will, move to Newberry, where he will make his home. We regret very much to see him and his family leave Pomaria. IT he new warehouse here is aboui finished and is ready for storing cotton. There will be a lot of cotton stored in it this winter to wait for better prices. A good many of the farmers around are not selling any of their cotton this fall and have some of their last year's crop. We are glad to see them hold their cotton off the market, for every bale means a better price"for those who have to sell in order to meet their obligations, and the farmers are in a better position to h*ld their cotton this year man they were last year, owing to the fact that they haven't much fertilizer to pay for and the crop was made with less expense. A Southern freight engine, while passing by pulling train No. 65, 'Set fire to Mr. W. W. Berley's woods on last Monday morning and burning over several acres of land, doing lots of damage, the wind blowing some and everything being so dry made the woods burn more rapidly and could not u ~ t 1 until it had dAKtrOVA'd a liC V/ViillUUCU 14XAVAA AV MV?V. v lot of good timber. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. K. Glymph and Prof, and Mrs. D. L. Wedaman wer*1 all made happy by the appearance of a little boy each one day last week. All of the school children came down * ~ +T">~ J/V1-.XV+ lncf Tl'?U^Lr + A nhppr t"hp i-U I.11C ucput loot ? boosters as they passed here and all were presented with whistles, badges and circulars of advertising matter, which they are enjoying around town yet, for nearly every boy has a whistle and can blow it when they meet you. The boosters were a jolly set and were doing some advertising. WAREHOUSE PLAN SUCCESS ALREADY I J. A. BANKS TELLS OF ITS ADVANTAGES. / St. Matthews Planter Has Borrowed Honey at o Per Cent :n < Sew York. < ? 4 To the Editor of The State: I am gratified to note an editorial < in today's issue of The State on the < subiect of cotton warehouses generally U and the State warehouse system specifically and indulge the hope that this editorial may develop discussion of this system on its merits. It is either ? a very bad or a very good thing and < should be patriotically supported, or \igorously denounced. Let the light < of truth shine through the columns of the press, free from prejudice or ran- <? cor, that the people may know what *< the State warehouse system is. If it < be bad let it die; if good, it will live. | ? I am .in complete accord with your j -< views as expressed in the following ? sentences: "The profitable marketing ? cf cotton is directly dependent upon <$ warehouses." "Cotton is a security in <$ its nature so excellent that it should be easy to negotiate loans on it in the <* Northern money centers where the <* rate of interest is low.*' "Of the value 4 of a warehouse system sufficient to <$ accommodate a great part of the cot- ? ton in existence at a given urae mere <$ can be no question." These ooserva- 4 tions are so true and so helpful that I < feel like exclaiming, "Hurrah for The ? State!" ? I am not in accord with the follow- ? ing sentence and will state my reasons. < You say: "The people would as well ? understand that the mere fact that a < v. arehouse system is conducted by the < btate gives it no peculiar au'vauutse w v repute." < Question of Cost. < One of the most important ques- < tions in the matter of warehousing 45 cotton is that of economy. If the farmer can turn his cotton into a liquid asset through a system of warehousing which offers low rates or carrying charges, he is more apt to do so < than if the charges are high. Now, < let us see what advantages are offered I by the "State warehouse*! system in this regard. I am carrying 300 Dales of cotton in j a State warehouse on my farm built by me at a cost of $400 and the fol- j lowing figures cover entire carrying charges: 4 Interest on investment at 8 per cent !$ 32.00 ^ Depreciation at 8 per cent 32.00 Insurance on $12,000 at $1.58. 189.60 ^ Warehouse charges 90.00 j Premium on warehouseman^ bond 10.00 ( Interest on $10,000 borrowed at 5 per cent 500.00 1 Total cost 300 bales 1 year $ 853.60 ] There ?re hundreds, perhaps thou- 1 sands, of farmers in the State carry- ' ing cotton at the following rates: ] Three hundred bales cotton < at 25c per bale per month.$ 900.00 , Ten thousand dollars at 8 , cent 800.00 , i Total ?1,700.UU . Of Real Value. ? Wouid you not say that a system , that reduces the carrying chares on 5 cotton 50 per cent and to that extent ; rncourages the enterprise upon which von. say "depends the profitable marketing of cotton" is entitled to some consideration ou mis giuuuu; ; From the fo? ogoirg facts it must be ( apparent that [ can not agree with your statement, "Whether the South < Carolina warehouse system Is an es- , tablishe.i success or not rests m an:wei* to this question:' i "Can the owiiv-r of 100 bales of cot- , ten carry its receipt tc New York and i there obtain a loan on it at 6 per cent j or less?"' But I shall er.deaver to ''es- ( tablish'* to your mini the "success" of the system by suing an affirmative \ 1 answer to your question, it can ue j con'?. ] I borrowed $10,000 on South Caro- ] lina State warehouse receipts at 5 ( per cent r-lraight interest, and if I had wished *< borrow $100,000 at the j tLne and had tlie receipts I could have ? done so at 'I 7-S r.?er cent straight in- ? terest. 1 'Mr. Sabin. president of the Guaranty ( Trust company.stated to Commissioner 3> ^ COTTO MARKET <3> S> <? * ?o? <3> ? <?> s> ?wberrr. <$> *y -Cotton 12c ^ Cotton seed, per bu 46%c $ $ <$ 5> Prosperity. <?> ^ Cotton 12c ^ Cotton seed, per bu 46%c ^ ? ^ <?> Pomaria. , <S> ' Cotton ll%c ^ ' Cotton seed, per bu 48c $> ?> <$> ? Little Mountain. Cotton 12c <?> ^ Cotton seed, per bu 48c <^' ? Silyerstreet ? Cotton 12c ^ ? Cotton seed, per bu 46*?c $ P ?- * r> Chip pells. ^ Cotton 12c ? .Cotton seed, per bu 52% Kinards. > Cotton 12c ? >. Cotton seed, per bu 45%c & S> ^ > There was a little break in <S> > the cotton market on Wednes> day, but it recovered partly on <$> > Thursday and the price at the <3> > various places that buy in New- <?> > berry county was quoted at 12 <s> ? cents. Tuesday and Wednesday > morning the price prevailing in > Newberry was 12*4@12i4c. > Selling was very good until the ' > break, and then farmers stop> ped. The price of seed varies <$> ? from iol/2 cents at Kinards to 52^ cents at Chappeils. The > Herald and News will try to ? give the market with each issue <S> j> and quote it from buyers in ^ ?> each. town. ^ ? ^ Central M. E. Church, -South* (Rev. F. E. Dibble Pastor.) Sunday, October 3: Morning service, 11 a. m.; subject, Witnessing for, Christ." The Lord's ;upr>er will be celebrated at close of lerrice. Sunday school, 4 p. m. Epworth league, 7 p. m. At this meeting the new officers 'will be installed. 'Evening service, 7:30 p. m.; subject, "Our Opportunity."- v Please notice that the evening hour las been changed to 7:30. Beginning with this Sunday, there ;vill be special services in the church ,wice a day throughout the week. Fur;her announcement as to these wjll be \ naoe laier. All are cordially invited to join in >ur worship. Roosevelt may be permitted to take ;he regular Republican nomination for president next year, as 'nobody else ;vants it.?Albany Herald. HcLaurin and ms that "tne state warehouse receipt* were a most desirable :orm of security, that his company cvould underwrite them for any amount iesired and tne rctes so collaterals could be $ol I in New York on that late at 3 7-8 per cent." He marveled it the sagacity cf the- -man who'had ;o simplified a question of such magnitude. He offered to lend the money to the farmers through Commissioner McLaurin, who declined for the reason that such a course would inevitably lead the State into a banking business, preferring that the loans be negotiated by farmers direct with New York ar through their local banks. It is apparent that the recognition onv^n tn thp imnortanoe of the South's ?reat staple by the adoption of a States warehouse system by South Carolina, Louisiana and Texas must 3f necessity give character and stability to cotton. How often have w# aeard the remark, "Cotton is going iown. Cotton has no friends." This can no longer be sold when the States of the South provide a department of government to fltana ready with its aid in times of (je pression. Even the moral effect must Df necessity be good. Who will doubt that just such State iction as tnis influenced the federal government to place $30,000,000 in *old in Southern banks at 3 per cent :o be loaned to farmers at 6 per cen^ dt less? J. A. Banfts. 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