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, # V WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1915 THE PRE$S AND STANDARD PAGE FIVE Colleton County’s Schools * * « * * #, ^ * COLLETON’S INTKKKSTIN(i' * $ „ PI^%<’KS wt * ' * *#«»*#**-****** The Late Rev. Percival'H. Whniey was engaged at the time of his dear* which occurred-.recently in- writng n history fif, this Diocese which bid fair’ to very interesting a^.u valuable contribution to the liter-, ture of this section. Just .how muca he was able to write- is not know n, but he was engaged for several years in gathering data for the work. Several letters passed between Rev. Mr. Whaley and Pres. Jno F. Lucas, of the Colleton Ranking Company, and the following i$ Quot ed from one^)f these letters: “Very little is known about the ‘Hum*. Church’. Previous to ‘l7ir. .there were two chap**!.; in St. Barthol- raews parish, one of which wad Chehaw. and the other ! cannot ex actly locate. After the Indian. War of 1716 it was. decided to settle Pon Pon. and permission was given bv the General Assembly to sell the Cheehaw Glebe. \The Pon Pon church must have been erected be tween 1715 and 1735. It was stroved by fire between IR1Q and Iglft and never wa« rebuilt so far! as I can learn. , The .ruins were there for, a long time. Are there my remains- there now ? When the General Assembly moved from Char leston In the Revolution, it met for f a while in Jacksonboro and possibly in the church " * receipts from the door and ref re mo ments were eighteen dollars .gnu twenty-five cents. (The literary society met, Frida;- afternoon. The program was ver interesting, especially the debate. It was: , Resolved, that rural schoo*; should be consolidated. The debar- ors were: Affirmative. Carrie. ^Lo.i Willis and Allen Reeves. Negative' Annie Peirce and Fletcher Reeves* The ofticers of the society ar-. President. Rennie Sineatb. vice-presi dent. Owens Ackerman. Sec. a.-.,, Trcas, Virginia Jordan. Gitssie Du Rant. WAI.TKKHOKO HIGH SCHOOL Tim Purnowe of an Education It is/the duty of every* hoy to edu cate himself. If possible. The time has come when it is almost Impossi ble fora man to make a good living without'beitryr educated' to some *x. tent. ! . Tlie main purpose of an. edticatior. is to develop the mind. A man’s brain is like any other part ot^his body—it must have the prope: amount of exercise to develop. a> a man acquires great bodily strengtM by constant exercise and care of the body, so he accumulates gret mental power by the proper development »»» the brain.,. ' office. It enables m« with the great pptbiems with walcU I onlv me e«uc^ • cope. Eduuation also raises the standard of civilization. Every educated man | knows the value of au education and he will certainly help to educate thc.masscs 6f the pcopie. The great est men of the nation are educated [ men r.nd they are at work trying j to improve the conditions of ine world ih which wo live. Grea-f in ventions are being made and the! world is being lifted ;o a higher | plane. An educated man knows the his-| tory of the past. He learns of ire great men-and’, the great things] that have been accomplished in the past and they are ‘inspirations to] him. He knows the conditions rn.-t have existed in the past and tha: ‘gives him an insight »nto the future. We can only judge the future uy the past. - By Earle Griffin.—Tenth Gradr. 4 J After a man’s brain has beeiw^e-1 COTTAGEVILLK„HIGH SCHOOL Cottageville, Oct. 22.—rEditor of Tl* Press and Standard: Please n- low me through the columns of your paperjl» make a few remarks regard ing the Cottageville High school. \ve have completed three weeks of ex cellent work. W’e now have four teachers. The school Improvement, as sociation of Cottageville had an eu* tertainment last Friday night. \The * LODGE GRADED SCHOOL. Lodge.-Oct. 25.- The Press and .Standard: gpetial: “The Ixidge Graded Schoo! has begun its school session of with great efith’o- sIqbiu f»>r a yar’s work. There are about 85 pupils enrolled, and thetr •record, of. attendance (or tjie past week has been very successful. The Lodge Graded School has or ganized a Lyciiim, which will be very b<‘nefi<-ial to £he school,, and P*‘ople of the community. ■We are to get- on* of South Caro lina's greatest men to speak for us , M t _ ... once a month. We have Lieutenant ^veloped and he has a .thoroughly j Governor A*. J. Bethea to deliver an good education, he is then ready to I address to the school on^November take his place with the leading men 5,. h . The tk . kets are now be , ne of the community. He does not have I ^ 0 |d f or ( he occasion.' to work near as hard as. the man I • The teachers and pupils of 'the an education. The great I Lodge praded School have 6rgan.*s- dlfricult . problems that tlje uTiedu- Ud two Literary Societies The cated man hgs to solve' are rfolve : .. HaIn p ton .. and the "Hayne.” The much easier by the educated man. offlria , 8 of the Hampton Literary: The uneducated man is at ^ great s^iy are as follows: President disadvantage all through life. vir. Unwood ThoSas: Vice PresL One of the purposes of getting an dent , Mr AU>ert Snilth; a^refary education Js for it to serve the per- and Treasurer. Miss Maggie Jones: son ard for the person to serve the llIt critIrt M , 88 b Jones; 2nd country. L have «iready tried I rnlc. Mr. Eddie Joftes; 3rd Critic, show now an education serves an Mit8 viola Brelao<[Jlist Censor. Miss individual but R is also of great val- Grace Lawson: 3rd Censor Master ue to a country state or nation. It Laurie Breland. Hall -Committee: enables the citizen to vote IntelR: Little Misses Rehe^a Braid Louise *""" «n I Cone and 'Maline Carter.* Two HATS! HATS! 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' It is not one bit too early to think of cold weather and the comfort and safety that heavier underwear af- ■' / *•; ^ afford, "'^ur low prices enable you to come hre and lay up your stock for the winter season NOW, and then for- get all about buying your winter underwear for the rc- (frtn mainder of the season. We have a carefully selected line ^ of underwear’including such as i Wright’s Health Sanitary $ Tivoli Standard, All Wool and wc can fit all from the infant to the paren.. t? * Our cc-mplcie and immense line in lis departin' :d v. ill/ r ' / \• •• . /; W enable w monthly. Orators: /.Master Alma (Wetnan and Gerald Fox. The officials pf the Hayne Lite> sry Society are as]follows: Presi dent. Miss Ma^ done; V’lce Presi dent, Miss Pansif Smoak; Secretary, and Treasurer, . Jf*. FPank Cum mings: 1st Critic, Miss Vera Jordan; 2nd Critic, Miss J*Pearle Smoak; 3rd Critic. Miss fltfbrrie Crosby; lag Censor, Mr. WiMW Thomas; 2nd Censor. Miss Vidal Hodges. HaU Committee, Masters Hilbert F Swinton Rogers, Little Misses Pe Cummings and Mandalie Fox. monthly orators: Master A-ekerm_ Willims and Little Miss Maudaltn Fox. The query for last Friday was: “Resolved. T»»ht South Carolina should adhpt a compulsory ednra- tlon law;- debaters of jhp •Hampton Literary Society were the following: Affirniatiye; .\Ii.«s*>.s Blanche Jones. Elsie Stanley Viola Breland and Mr. Eddie Cone.* Nega tive. Misses Pattie Mlley, Gran., Law so nand Mr.' A|b*-rt Srnfir. and Laurie in.-liardson. Th** d. bators of the Havije. f; < erarv S.-o* ty were the folio ’?? Ai/fnnatiye: Misses Vera ». -.i .- Vida! Hodge* Mr. William Thom and Willie Cone.- N’egatve.: Mis ^ Par,sic Smoak. Florrie Croshv. Jy ma . liters and Mr. Walt, r St.-fnl*-. Til" 'bciSien Of t lie judge/fn H H. rnidon S<;*iety were ItrVfavor , the affirmative^ and in the H- >: 8*M'iety favored* th*ybegativc. / Ue are going ^to have - a join* meetiqg oner \ month to’whirl/the piiblie will invited. / Elsie Stanley, ^dvanced IOth Grade. STRICKLAND St llOOL The Stritkland school liegan it.; fall session Mondav tnorning .wirh t lapro attendance of pupils and rr”’r/ - patrons present Ao give* it a rood «*-'rt. Conr<tvv Superintendent of Education Str**-Viand - was nr , nt l/t^d mad . nu- able' fful n*Trt|c-,l .1- d-r*"- Tru/nciv fr'lnclpil ah » apo’te' <» t!io •>:■/•• na r-»d minis. Th° f-.- •Uy ol/tbls s hoo! tills Vc.-r v.,IP- b«* lu/f Pr-’r-k Cor.nor. a rcc, nt g^adeap- of Clemsoq rollcgc. i,r., : Vr; I ••Ha Rrtjeo. ,t. 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