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‘ • I . Faculty of the Barnwell Graded School Tpp—Supt, R. S. Bailey. Second row, left to right Mrs. R. S. Bailey, Misaes Evelyn Turner and Georgia Antley. Bottom row—Miaaes Sallie McCown, Annie Simmons, Edith Stockhouse and Sarah Gary. A HISTORY OF THE BARN WELL GRADED SCHOOL (Continued from first page.) Brown, ass’t. (Sept. 13, 1887). Minnie Sumter now Eve succeeded Flora Brown now Clark in 1888 and has been con* nected with the school ever since (27 years). Geo. G. Butler succeeded P. P. Watson in 1890 and has been the head of the school ever since (25 years) and now has a corps of 4 assistants. The stockholders never obtained a charter, but the charter df the school district provided that the Trustees should be elected by the stockholders of the Barnwell Graded School Associa tion. The stockholders donated the use of the school buildings and grounds to the Trustees, upon the condition that they keep it insured and in repair. Before the building had been occupied a month a resolution offered by Col ' Robl Aldrish, was adopted by the stockholders, looking to the enlarge ment of the building and employing more teachers and the levy of a special tax to Increase the fund. At this meet ing, the building committee made its report 13,070.00 had been subscribed, —the building erected on a lot contain ing 11*2 acres. They bad also secured the opening of a street from Marlboro Avenue to Madison street the title taken by the Chairman in trust for the Town Council. The building was re ported adequate for one hundred pupils at a cost of 12260.00. Tim Trustees re ported to the stockholurs that the school had enrolled 120 pupils, the ex penditures $1458.75, and the income $1*6.00 as follows: $710.00 from four mill levy, $165.00 poll tax, $500, for Hquor license, $200.00 for Town Coun cil and *60.00 for tuitions. This report, it might be remembered was made March 1,11887. The Trustees held a meeting June 16, and according to the Trustees' report, there would be a de ficiency of $66.90, when the school cloned on the 1st of July, and Mr. Bel linger, who was also inteodent of the town, donated from the town treasury that amount which left the school with a clear balance sheet. At this meeting the trustees fixed the time of the open ing and closing of the school as follows: Open on the 15th of September and cloae on the 1st of July, with two weeks for Christmas. For the session 1887-88, Lewis W. Parker was elected principal and Miss Anna Wulker assistant, and Miss Sophie Hillonquist ss a third teacher. The trustees subscribed the amount to pay Miss Hallonqusit. At the close of the year there was a deficit of $484.45 and the Treasurer was in structed to draw on the next collection of taxes. For session 1888-89. the sal ary was reduced to $60.00. The teach ers were as follows: B. L. Clark, Miss Walker and Miss Hallonqusit. On Dec. 6, 1888, Mr. Manville re signed from the bbard and Geo. H. Bates was elected to fill his place as treasurer in addition to his office as secretary. Mr. W. L. Cave died during the year, and the stockholders elected W. Hal ford to take the place of Mr. Cave and J. W. Woodward to take the place of Mr. Manville. July, 1890, G. Duncan Bellinger re signed from the board and A. T. Wood ward was elected chairman of the board of trustees. A. F. Otis was elected as principal, Miss Hattie Manville first assistant and Miss Columbia Bellinger as second Assistant, July 23, 1890. When the third teacher was elected, there being only two rooms in the school building, the use of the Presbyterian Church building was used until 1891, when an annex was built at a cost of $700.00. It appears that Some of the minutes were not recorded between 1891 and 1894, but during this period A. T. Woodward was secretary and treasur er, when in the early part of 1894, Wm. McNab was elected on hoard of trus tees and he was totn elected secretary and treasurer, which office he held for nineteen years, to March, 1913. In January, 1906, Geo. H. Batea, after havingtmen a member of the board nineteen years and chairman for fifteen years, resigned to take his seal in the State Senate. Mr. 'G. K. Ryan was elected chairman until the board re- July, when Chaa. Carroll wae elected chairman. Otta wa* iwtoWnd to 1891-92-93, Wand •-H Johnac L At thk time the sal- si. ■ •' ary of the principal was $75.Q0 per month; first assistant, $35.00and second assistant $30.00. On account of limited funds, the school was closed on 15th of Feb, 1805, and the teachers were al lowed the use of the building to run a private school if they could get the pupils. F. M. Sheridan was principal in 1897 and 98. At this time the contract for teachers was as follows: Pay principal $900.00 for six months and free use of the building for three mouths to run a pay school,—the principal to employ two lady teachers and pay them. July 2, 1896, A. T. Woodward re. signed and A. P. Manville was elected in his stead, after having been off of the board for five years. W. H. Jones of Big Gap, Va., was principal. In 1906 the school district issued and sold $6,- 000.00 20-year bonds, the purpose being to buy out the stockholders and erect a larger building. An election was held upon this issue of these bonds at which 140 votes were polled,—130 for and 10 against the issue. At this, time the contract with teachers was changed The principal was paid $166 per month and all tuition collected, and he to em ploy and pay two teachers and pay all incidental expensei,aDd if he employed additional teachera, the board would pay him $30 per month for each teacher so employed. During this year, Gov ernor Hagood died,, and his son. Col. Butler Hagood, was elected president of the Barnwell Graded School Associa tion, and remained its president until the organization sold out its property to the trustees. When the $5,000.00 bonds were told th* trustees bought out the stockholders for $1700.00. The bonds were sold to F. M. Stafford 6 Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., for $101.00^ par yalua $100.0(X interest 5 1-2 per cent and purchaser to furnish blank bonds. On the 15th of May, 1900, P. M. Buck ingham, Charlie Brown and G. K. Ryan were elected by the people as trustees, the Legislature having token the pow er from the stockholders. Capt. J. W. Woodward was continued s member of the board until he died in December, 1908. I don’t see bow this school could have been established and operated in its infancy without ^the fi nancial aid of this public spirited man. He erected the first building and the annex, and took a large part of his pay in stock, which was never expected to pay a dividend. Mr. Buckingham was a member of the board from 1900 to 1913, a period of thirteen years. Capt. Woodward was also the contractor who erected thebuilding which we have just vacated. It was built in 1900 at a cost of $2,782.79. In 1902 the board employed a fourth assistant; fixed the salary of the princi pal at $100 per month for nine months; first assistant, $50.00; second assistant, $35.00; third assistant, $30, and fourth assistant, $35.00, and it was resolved to elect a male teacher as first assistant and M. L. Cottingham was elected. At the close of ttre~Session in 1902, and all members of the board having been in service for so many years, announced that they would not stand for re-elec tion, and at a mass meeting of the board held June 22, 1903, a committee repte-, senting a mass meeting of the citizens of the district, appeared and presented the following paper through its chair man, John K. Snelling. “WHEREAS, the terms of office of. the trustees of the Barnwell Graded School i re soon to expire, and it has , come to be known that it is not the pur pose of the said board of trustees to stand for re-election‘to their re-i spective positions, AND WHEREAS, the chairman of the said board, the Honorable Georgq H. Bates has been continuously in the service of the district, as a trustee and chairman for many years and has faith fully and successfully conducted the affairs of the school and all matte's pertaining thereto to.the satisfaction Of the district, and the best interest t>f the patrons of the school; and has, in the performance of the manifold duties per taining to his office exemplifed his ad mirable fitness for the chairmanship of the board; and WHEREAS, the interest of the said district .would be greatly impaired by hia retirement from said office, and it would be hard for the said district to obtain another chairman who would so completely combine in himself all of the peculiar elements necessary to the makiag of a proper chairman, and WHEREAS, his associates on anid board have taknwtse faithfully and in telligently aided him to the perform ance of their duties, and with him have so abir formed a board absolutely in terested to the welfare of the district, alone, 7 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE SOLVED by the citizens of said district, and the patrons of said school in regu lar citizens meeting this day assembled: That we view with epnrehenpion and regret the decision of the said hoard and ita chairman to cease their lahora ih behalf of said district and school. That we renew earnestly and sincerely our confidence in the IVitegrliy, faith fulness and distinguished ability of the said board, as well as our cordial res pect for every member thereof. FURTHER RESOLVED, That a com mittee of five citizens be appointed by the Chair to call upon the said board and earnestly to request them to recon sider their said determination and to assure them, on behalf of the said dis trict and the said patrons of said school, that they possess the good will and confidence of all, and that their with drawal from the onerous duties of s^jd offices, would result in confusion in the affairs of the district, the bringing in as trustees of new and inexperienced material, the disorganization of a sys tem that has been made complete by years of experienced handling, and would in all respects disturb the foun dations of the institution that up to the present has been firmly set in the hearts and minds of the entire people. FURTHER RESOLVED, That these resolutions suitably engrossed be pre sented to the said Board as a testimonial of the esteem and regard, in which the said board is held by the community. That the same be published in the county paper* and spread upon the minutes of said school district. J. K. Snelling, Chas. C. Simms, (Signed) Robt. Aldrich, C. F. Calhoun, , B. T. Rice, E. D. Free. The negroes also held a meeting and presented a flattering testimonial to the board through following committee: Rev. Robt. E. Lee, John Eve and G. G. Butler, with such expressions of confi dence and esteem the board could not do otherwise than to remain in harness. Mr. W. H. Jones succeeded Mr. Sheridan and waa head of the school for three yeara, until January 1903. G. Marshall Moore succeeded Mr. Jones and at the same time Mr. R. Boyd Cole was elected first assistant. The faculty now consists of two male and three fe male teachera. In 1906 Chas. Carroll Simms, Esq., was elected chairman of the board, which position he filled until the Legislature repealed the charter of the school and put it under the general school law of the State, under which the board should consist of three members appointed by the County Board of Edu cation. Mr. Moore served as principal for two years, whrn Mr. Clause V. Neuffer waa elected to succeed him, and was the head of the school for two years. Mr. S. W. Csrwile succeeded Mr. Neuffer. At this time the number of teachers was increased to seven, in cluding the superintendent. R. Boyd Cole succeeded Mr. Carwile ss super- intendent and heid this position during year* 1908 to IMOi Hr. W. F Scott aucceednd Nr. Cole, aid waa bead of th* school in 1911 and 1912. Mr. B. D. McCain succeeded Mr. Scott - and was head of the school for 1913. In January of this year the Legislature of Sooth Carolina passed an act repealing,the charters and putting th« school under the general school law, and the Countyv Board of Education appointed George H. Batea, H. .D» Calhoun and A. D. Con nor as Trustees. Mr. W. C. Allen was then principal, which office he held for one year. It was during this period that the Board found it necessary to add anoth er teacher to the force and to erect a larger and up-to-date building. The district voted $26,000 bonds for this purpose, with which five and one-sixth acres of land were purchased from P. M. Buckingham and the present new building erected and equipped. In the election on these bonds 129 voted for bonds and 19 against. I am glad to note that in every move to promote the upbuilding of the educational interests of the district the negroes have heartily co-operated with the whites. Dr. Robt. E. Bailey, superintendent, succeeded Mr. W. C. Allen, and is now the super intendent with a corps of seven effici ent teachers. v The architect who drew the plans of the new building was N. Gaillard Walk er, of Rock Hill, and the contractor was J. G. Grandy of Charlotte, N. C. Registration Notice. ven that the books Notice is hereby giv _ of registration for Barnwell county will by open on salesday in each month un til August 1915. All persons desiring to vote in the election to be held in September must be registered. J. Staff Halford, Chrm., * 6. M. Shepherd, J. J. Ray, Board of Registration Barnwell county 4-8. tf. Mastfr’a Sale. State of South Carolina,) County of Barnwell. \ Court of Common Pleas. Marion M. Patterson, Plaintiff, against Marion Patteraon, et al., • Defendants. * By virtue of a decretal order to me directed in the above entitled cause, I will tell at Barnwell, in front of the Court House, on Monday, May 3rd, 1915, it being saieday in said month, within the legal hours of sale the fol lowing described real property: All that tract or parcel of land in the coun ty and State aforesaid, known as tract No. 2, in the division of the James and Emma Patterson land, known as the Kilkenny piece, containing two hundred and twenty-four (224) acres, bounded North by Mrs. Leila R. Graham; East by Blackville Road, which separates it from the lands of Mrs. Lena Davies; South by lands of Mrs. Lena Davies and A. P. Manville and West by Turkey Creek. Terms of sale cash. If land does not brins $3,360.00, then sale to be with drawn. This land is rented for year 1915, so purchxser takes land subject to this lease and from proceeds of rent the purchaser is to share proportioo- utely. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. L. O’Bsnnon. Master fo; Uarnweil County. Master’s office April 12th. 1915. Are You doing to fa a If so, call at our store and let us show you * Genuine PALM BEACH SUITS, in three different shades. Prices: . $5.00, $6.50 and $7.00. We also have a nifty assortment of Palm Beach Hats, Caps, Belts,- Hose and ties. A look at our line will convince vou that m/~ ^ j— *“ our prices on Palm Beach Suits are * from , $1.00 to $hOO cheaper than can be pur- , _ chased elsewhere. Watch Our Windowf for the display of these Suits. Wesleio Carolina DepaW Store, Main Street, B. MAZURSKY, Prop. Barnwell, S. C. to Build? If.so, furnish us with y^fr name and address, telling us briefly the kind of building you ex pect to do as we have something for you which will prove of interest amf cost you nothing. MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT You will saite 56 cts. per flaL THIS IS HOW « g MlMvF BvF ■•www , ^ Buy4gala L.4M. 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