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Tl 1 '.'IHK ' Published Every Tuesday in The Daily a&d Semi Weekly Intelligencer and I devoted to the cause of Edncation m Andmon County and evefywhett. I o LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL o o o o o o o oo o ooo ooo o o o o We have finished two ' months . of school work. The honor roll for'tho second month ins the. high school was larger than tue first month. From the tenth grade were: Max Welborn, 98; Pearle Webb, 98; Edith Hutchin son, 97; -UMB Richardson, 97;' Roy' Craig. 97; Max j smith, 96; Mildred Smith, 96; Malcolm Duckworth, 96. From th? ninth grade was 'Bessie Harris, 96. . , . - The high school has been picking up nicely for tho "last few days.'There are 42 pupils in the high school: ? We are all glad to bare with' ns at school Henry and Manning * Horton, who have Just returned from Georgia: The boys and girls are playing siane very interesting games of bas ketball these days. Professor .Jayroe Is teaching tho bo vs and Miss Broyls is teaching the girls. last Thursday afternoon Mles Chrlsteen Kessler started to the school house to meet Rumie and Gam well hut' met them before sho got there. She turned too short and brpke the wheel down. They took tbs horse out and led him home. They carno and,got the buggy Friday. Mrs. Duckworth sent a lood of wood to the school house. It was.ap preciated'by the school, for there was nothing there to atp-t fires with. Wo had a very interesting society program' last Friday aft/rnoon. Mr. P?hl Smith was tho only visitor. Af ter that wo had a spelling match. Mr. J. D. Welborn and Mr. Paul Smith were the visitors. last Friday afternoon the follow ing officers of the society were tr stalled: Miss Mildred Smith, presi den: Roy Craig, vice president; Miss Lois richardson, secretary; Alva Clark, senior censor; Carroll Hunnl cuct, junior censor; - Malcomb Duck worth, sergeant-at-arms; Albert Mar tin, assistant serge?nt-at-arms, and Pearl Webb, critic. o DOUBLE SPRINGS o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o We had school on Saturday in order that the teacher and students might have holiday on Friday. - Misses Leila, Claudine and Lucile Sullivan spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boleman of Townyllle. . Mr. Jack Cromer ot this section, who went to spend the winter in Florida, haa returned home. He brought home the hides of several foxes and cata mounta killed by himself. Mts. M. C. Cromer and Mrs. J. F. Msriott visited relatives nesr Fair Play '? recently. . The pupils are looking forward to entertainment which is hoped to De effected in tho near future. . A goodly number of our people at tended the Fiddlers' Convention at Tow?vRle Thursday evening. The weather for the past week has been Very disagreeable, yet thia fact has not affected our attendance. C. W. Presher and his mother vis ited relatives in Seneca last Sunday. The MisBes Marlctt were visiting in the Double Springs section Thanks giving. Misses Bxanyon and Crawford, the two assistant teachers, spent Thanks giving at their homes. It ls to be boped that our enroll ment will increase after Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Epps Bandera and lit tle daughter spent Thursday with Claude Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Paul McAdams and children anent Thursday with Mr. It. A Sullivan and family. Mr. Claude Bott and family wera the guests of Mr. H. F. Dobbins and family thia week. Tho farmers of thia section have finished sowing grain. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cromer dined with Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Tribble on Thursday. Miss Mattie Robbins, ono of the Oak Dalo teachers, spent the weea end at Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Sullivan spent Wednesday shopping in Anderson. Misses George Embler and Henry Wright were in Anderson on business last Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Cromer and family at tended the fiddlers' convention at Townville Thursday. ?Mr. George Jolly and family ot An derson were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jolly Thanksgiving. We have our window shades up and they add greatly to the comfort and appearance of#thc building. -The High School Department GET A PLANO CAD IIIMI UIUIIIII CHRISTMAS hittle>' eyes will * brighten, sober faces 'will smile, the.w>hole^family;circl?'wiUibe?drawn closer inbond of'Merry Christmas under the charm of music from your ;Own plano. For^ yoiIr?Seledti?n^we^ofTer a great:assort nil?lj?^ best?pianOs>made. We have a piano - for-every -taste ; \ at a price for every pocket, book. We BUY PIRECT for CASH, and Can SELL! CHEAPER than the OTHER FEL LOW who does NOT BUY for Cash. Call anc* let us demonstrate this state- \ ment to YOUR entire SATISFACTIONS ?PatesenMiisicHouse j M. M. Patterson, Mgr., No. 130 Benton St. ooooooooooooooooo o LIMESTONE COLLEGE o o o ooooooooooooooooo GAFFNEY, Dec. 7.-On Wednesday evening the student body wp delight fully entertained by a recital hy : the music department Dr. J. ti. Dill, pasu-r of the First Baptist church, delivered his third address Thursday morning before tho student, body. . His subject being Athens. .There will be a song recital in the college auditorium on tho evening of December 8 given by Mrs.' Franceska Kaapap .Lawson of Washington, D. C. Mys. Lawson ls a lady of established fame and. -of. musical lineage. She hss a sweet voice of wide range .un der excellent control. This concert will be of unusual Interest to all music logera, Misse? Yelma Goode, Leila Moore, Vashte George and Lyble Padget, former students' of Limestone, spent the. week-end here with friends. Mr. Stepp Beeks of Ware Shoals visited, his lister; Miss Maggie Beeks, last week. ... . The Cooper and Griffith Literary So cieties will give, a play, "The Blue bird," at the theatre Monday evening, December, 14. Among those who spent the holidays st their homes were: Misses Fannie Latham. Loy aad Fray Harper, Mil dred Mcculloch. .. Jessica Compton. Ella Gross, and. Lady Ballenger. M?BS Ida Lansdoll is spending thc week-end In Rock HUI with Mrs. George Smith. Misses Laurie and Mae Best ot G. F. C. recently visited Miss Sadie Best Misses Kate and Carol Ballenger spent last week with their sister. Miss Lady Mae. ? Miss Sallie Stone of Chester, ot the class is visiting Mrs. Gunter. The Cooper and Griffith Societies held their regular meeting Saturday night. There is one element in education that should not be neglected. This is the education ot the will. If the in tellectual and physical ls done alone there ls no real development of the moral and spirtual nature. You must educate the will. The will gives us the measure of the man. The man ls a? strong and as big as his will. All elemente of achievements of a man are centered in the will. Will is the citadel of personality. The real man is determl)>%? oy the will. When Frances I of France los. the battle of Paviane wrote, "All ls lost hut honor." When honor is saved, nothing ls really lost One of the characters tn one of Seneca's plays tells how she has met with great trouble, , bas lost all ot her family and had nissy disablers. When ask ed what she had left' she says, *% my self am left" There Is a picture of Prince Albert In the December Issue of the "American Review," standing among his soldiers, the ruins sit about bim; he faces the German emperor, H-who says, "You hare lost everything." Prince Albert replies, "Nay, I . have lost everything? bot my soul." In one of Howley's great poems sre these lin- : "It matters not how straight the gate, ? am the captain of my soul." Bo a captain of your soul. A call comes to us to take charge of our craft on the sea of life. Be ai man, a woman, A great many years ago ? nun waa suffering % great calamity, . lost his. political career, tprough ne ?.cdt of his own; and finally he los', his health. His friends caine to console hun and sympathise with him. Some, that were sure enough friends and not "sun shiny day" friends. He said to them, "Dont worry, all qt these things hap pened outside of sty door. . I have the key." A man who has a strong will having done all can stand. RSe-nember the great courage ot Martin Luther when he was about to commit himself to reform, he said, "Here stand I. I can not do other wise, God help me." Th te I? impossi ble without a trained will. Yon may say these things are occaelona that come only once In a while, and then to great leads/a and the most distin guished. Whether or pot you ara promlnf nt, or not ic the gase of the world, it Is oar doty to the immor tality of the soul to establish woman hood and manhood and to to thia we must have will. We axe tempted to whine and growl H about things and having ap much to do and/ having sOch a bard time. W, have to study so hard; have so many written lessons and examinations coming. Wo have one or two Meads who come and listen to tis wains awhile. Don't let that become a habit and dont get that whining disposi tion. We are here in the United States, talking about hard times and we ought to he ashamed sf ctrrsc?-ss. But lis ten ? Along a lido ot more than ano miles, ip the eastern t>'-Vt of Europe, with the fee In front of then, whir rain end the cold winter weather; standing ie snow and sleet with their Lauds and feet tressing, are thousands o? men. Hundreds of them are be in ? . carried to the hospitals, some dy ing a?C some having to bare their I arma or feet amputated. There t hey stand Ilks nails serving their coun try In the mktef of nil kinda of hard ships. And why should we hero In the United Staten talk; about hard ?mos. Let us brace up and trace our wi?. _UJL-i-i O O O O O Ooooooooooo o CLEMSON COLLEGE o o o OOOOO?OOOOOOOOOOO On last Saturday night the Calhoun Columbia abd the Palmetto Literary Societies held an inter-society contest in declamation. D. E. Swinehart and W. E. Blake represented the'Colum bia; Ix O. Campbell and 8. C. Strip ling, the Calhoun; F. A. Clark and F. D. Stribling, the Palmetto. The Judge? Dr. R. N .Bracken, Prof. T. O. Poota, and Prof. J>. H. Henry, gave the- high est ranking to D. H. Swinehart, sec ond place to L. C. Campbell and third to Wt IL Blake. The declamations have been pronounced the best heard here in some time. D. W. Daniel pre sided, and C. WI Webb furnished music for the audience while the Judges were coming to a decision. Mr. Webb ls ap. artist st the plano. W. J. Hunter, D. E. Swnehsrt andi M. A. Smith represented Clemson at j the College Press Association .meet ing in Columbia this week. W. K, Magill has been elected cap tain of the football team for next sea son. He ls one of the best natured bard fighters on the teem, and he is popular with the students as well as with ' the players. . Dr. C. W. Gentry, one of the best of the earlier footballers, was here Sat urday working to get a game between Clemson and some other strong team as an annual affair in Greenville. Dr. Z. T. Cody, editor of the Bap-1 tat Courier, preached a fine sermon in j Die college chapel Inst Sunday. NTho entire Community was sad dened by the sudden death- of little | Grayson Newman on Thursday after noon. He was the youngest child of I Professor and If rs. C. C. Newman, and was a little over three years old. | He was taken sick on Wednesday af ternoon and tied the next day . Lit tle Grayson was ore of tho sweetest end handsomest I'tte boys imaginable, perfect it seem? I to form and fea ture and disnosltirm. Strickland W. Gilliam wilt give sj humorous lecture on the regular ly ceum course on the evening of De- j cember 12. OOOOO?OOOOOOOOOOO o HIGH POINT SCHOOL o o o The interior of. the building ls greatly improved, by. the paint. The walla are a light cream, the overhead still a lighter shade of cream and tho sliding doors have been done In mis sion, . Feveral of the ladies of the com munity have donated beautiful pot| plants to thc school. Our library has been enlarged re* cently. The books have not arrived, but .we are expecting them soon. New globes, maps, water cooler, and pictures have been added. Besides the articles Just mentioned we bave pur chased two beautiful Sages, and the one is the U. S., and the other the State flag. in spite of the bad weather of the] past week, almost every pnoll has rees yrcecat every dey. This shews ) the true earnestness of the parental and clttlilKwv This ii JJ.. tte teachers more than 'can be ex pressed. Christmas songs and cai ola . is toe ! principal music used in chapel In tue I mornings at present We are glad to repprt that Mr. M. A. Cummings, who was Injured on Ute night of tho convention heic, by being knocked down by a horse is te bia home from the hospital. Misti Crawford, the principal, spent Ure week-end at her home in Ander son, and Mis! Gaines, the primary teacher, with relatives in Belton^ ? We appreciate very much tho paper I which ls being sent ss by the editor. oooo o o ooooooooooo o EfiffJUNE COLLEGE o o 3 ? o o o o a o oo ooooooooo ? OB account of the unfavorable wea ther condition Ute hesket ball game scheduled with WopTord *jr last Satur day afternoon was postponed. The squad kab boen forced to resort large ly to indoor pracUce during tko past The material for Ute December Is sue of ike Srsklnlan has been put tn the banda of the publishers and will he out within a few days. On last Sabbath evening, Hon. Geo. B. Cromer delivered the aixth num ber ot th? Life Work Series addresses before Ute Brtklne Y. ht a A. on the subject "Law as a Life Work." The address was powerful and l??*ea atye. Mr. L. H. Spencer, of Ute class ot ?li, now assistant secretary of the Y. M. CA. of Augusta, Ga,, spout Ute week-end on the campus. edd the Erskinlan staff waa held at the woman's college. X*i-ori? ?? wir recent meeting of Ute Press Asaoat ation were made by delegated ot the two staffa and such topics aa tended to the improvement of the maga&lne discussed The ijartfcJpant* for Ute semi-aawu OOOOOOOOOOOOOO?OQO o IVA HIGH. SCHOOL o o o ooooooooo O o o o o o o o Tho members of the eleventh grade met and organized the clsss with the following officers: Essie Cook, presi dent; Karlo Smith, vice president; Eugene Watt, secretary an<* treasur er; T. A. Stu rid, chairman. Class colors, red ena gold. Motto, "Be whet yon seem to be." The flower ls yet to. bo selected. . The clsss meets st pleasure or the president. ? The Ti rn rod Literary society met November 25. After the program was rendered the following officers were elected: Essie Cook, president; T. A.) Sturid, vice president; Nelle Simp son, recording secretary: Columbus j Burton, senior censor; Dewey Brock, ] Junior censor; Earle Thompson, ser geanjt-at-arima; John A. Shield, as sistant sergeant-at-arms. The om-1 cers-elect were Installed Friday af ternoon at the regular session of the I society by Earle Smith, the retiring j president. The school bas added another fee? I tare, another recess, liked by pupils] and teachers. The December number of the Iva] High School Uplift will be malled | nest Thursday *or Friday. Miss E. T. Jackson of the ninth j grade spent Thanksgiving with par-1 ents in the county. oooooooooooo o oooo ? TOWNVILLE SCHOOL o 6 O TOWNVILLB, Dec. 4.-This school observed "health day" on November. 17. The program waa excellent. In addition tb Impressive essays and ad dresses hy Mrs. Fx H. Price, Mrs. W. T. Hunt, Dr. S. A. Wldeman and oth ers, there was an essay by Miss Rubye RoeveM of the tenth grane. ThCsub Ject of this essay waa. The Import? ance of Keeping the. School House and School Grounds hs a Sanitary Condition." Tho various Ideas were admirably developed. Below ls given an extract from the essay. "In conclusion these points should be emphasised. First, the formation of habits of neatness, orderliness sad punctuality ia the- performance of school tasks is even more Important than the formation of such tasks at home; for the school la a home con taming n^re than 200 la Ita fa'olly. Secondly, the Importance of keeping the school buildings and the grounds hi a sanitary condition can hardly be 9ver etftosate*. when lt ls reeii*ed with what readinesf} contagious dis eases are aproad from one pupil tn another. Lastly, the lessons In neat ness orderliness and punctuality form ed in school will stand for much In the development of mental lite and moral character throughout the lives of the pupila" The new cabinet officers for the Manual Training Club are: Messrs. Paul Smith, Forman Thrasher, Buster Price, and Misses Rubys Reeves, An nie Mae. Ledbettsr. Jeanette Bolt and ! Louie 'tje?ie ?oioman. ? The new elections. ?r? ninth ami tenth grads officers resulted in the choice of these students: For thc tenth grade, Mies Winnie G ru bles, president; Nst Farmer, vice presi dent; Miss Rubye Reeves, secretary j and treasurer. The same respectivo | officers for the ninth grade are: Far man Smith; Misses Lila King and,! Mao Shirley. Recently ia class meetings of the ninth and tenth grades it wad decid ed that the two cissies would give a beautiful, framed p?ete** ot an -Old Fiddler" to the school. The picture given was In honor of our "Fiddlers' convention." < o o o OAK GROVE SCHOOL o V9^ wmmm-fm a^^s^y^sr^g^sj . ? mw* o o ooo ooo oooooooooo We hare a beautiful little school house. It ls sboul' two miles from Hat Rock. It Is painted on the out age aod^lnsldv ?d^J? ?JJ ?niters der&:SS'maaagSehr of^is^Out?a ?^aTire planning to have a Christ mas tree at the school boase en Wed nesday afttrneti* December 2% The pubttc ls eoffdleily invited to come. We shall be clad ta hara a largo crowd. EIGHTH tl BADS PUPIL. See B. W. Wyatt les **Mas? ?kl? oeooooooooooooooo o THE CITADEL O ? o 8ppcU! to Th nteUU-ene*-. THE CITADEL, Charleston, 8. C., Dec 7.-41 bf the 4t members of Die senior class were present at the ban quet given In their honor last Fri day evening hy Cadet W. Allen Moore, Jr., nt his residence on George street. The two front rooms ot his home wei's very appropriately decorated In the Citadel colors, light blue and white. At nias o'clock the class waa Invited into the dining room where a most tempting and delicious menu was served during the evening. Pre sident Guy W. Willis acted as toast master and during thu intermission ; between the coursas a number of toa* ta were responded to and also a number of selections were rendered by the senior quartette. As midnight approached the reci pients of the delightful feast sadly re alised that soon a most pleasant and congenial celebration was to be hut history. Alter assuring the host that the evening had been most charming ly spent all returned to barracks, sub mitting themselves once mora to the ! strict rule ot militarism. With both quality and quantity ? reigning supreme, the following menu ?was' served: i Oyster stew, salted almonds, olives, pickles, fried oysters, shamrock rolls, celery, turkey, cranberry aauce. ham, saratoga chipa, cream potatoes, peas, port, ice creamy macaroons, cream cake, coffee, chjeeaty crackers, bull dog punch, cigars' The annual meeting ot the board ot visitors will convene at the Citadel Tuesday morning, December the 8th. Tko bataillon will bo passed in re view at 11:00 a. m., abd Inspection ot barracks will follow immediately. Tko vacancy now existing on the hoard, caused by the death of Col. J. J. Vu cas of Society Hill, will be filled by election st this meeting. Of interest to all cadets ls the decision whick win be made in regard to the extent of the Christmas holidays furlough. Oth er matters will be disposed or In tao usual way. 0000009000000000 o PENDLETON SCHOOL o o- <*r # 6 ooo 000000006 00 o On account of the had weather..thc I attendance of the school this week [has not been very good. . Miss Maggie Carlington, the coun ty rural school Inspector1, Intended vailing our scaoo! ?rids*?, iso raia [prevented her comlifc. When oar embroidery club met Wednesday we began making exhibits for field day. We had Thanksgiving day and. Ute Friday after for our holiday. We will have to come to school on one Saturday to make lt pp as we cad not lose nu y time. The little children In Mihi May Hitman fa room will have a Christ mas tree. Each child will give a present tb their desk mate. Mis? Belts McCBteheT spent Thanksgiving with Eunice Bernette The boys of tba Pendleton high ??h0OA *** P-T"0*** Jumping. 80 far Dewy Brook ls the champion. The Civic Association Will put electric lights In our school auditor ium some time seen. On Wtednesdsy we took our first drawing lesson that proved a success. O .?*' o' HONEA PATH SCHOOL c o' o O O O O O O O O O O O f> Quite a number of tba young peo pie of the town were entertained last Friday evening by Misa Hasel Shir ley at her home on West Greer street. The members of the elsveath g?--^? met a few days ago for the T-rpose of organ latine their elsa?. They be gan the work of organising hy elect ing their officers for the year, atlas Mary Sullivan being elected president, with Miss Agnes Medlock as secre tary and treasurer. They decided upon the carnation aa their class flowers, and their class motto- ls" "Batlliutrtfe* Kerry for Tomorrow you May he a Freshman." The clans will be enter tained once a month by the different members at1 their borneo. It waa de cided that the first meeting would be at the homo of the president. The Welford gymnasium team setts** fained a targe s nd te nco a^ Wiatt jj . ? day evening at th? Queen theatre The following is tho ltonpr. roll for the month ending Noy- St:-' First Grade: Helen Alien. Roy Ban Latimer, Roy Martin, Eleanor Matu son. Maille Monroe, Mary Senor Moore, Hugh Stevens; Third Grade: Margaret Finley, Mary Harper, Lehre Mooro, Margaret .Mearoo, Marte Rearas, Genevieve mmt. Carl Brock, William ciihkBcsles, James Lattm?r. " Fourth Grade: Ratifi?e? Brock. Sixth Grade:-Venice Gaines, Leland Mpore, Joe Pinson. (Seventh Grade: Walter Clatwortby. Grace Kay, Ethel Medlock, Howard ^j?Sg"*" rad ( ^*f^Pajj*"Ujhtmi *Bn-j Beard, Ines'Brock, Eva, Fergusdis. Charlie Oamhrait, Lawt Hanks, Frank McKentie, Frank Wiles. Ninth Grads: Tenth Grade: Marguerite Brocky Jessie French, Lucy Pinson, Frasee* Shirley. . .'. '/v Eleventh rade: Agnes Medloch? Jeanette Cloe dorthy. Marte Gaines, Mary Sullivan, Helen Shirley. " Friday being the usual, dar toreov Sa?rendete ^ ******** Vt**m Song by Society-Sweet and Low. Debate- Resolved: That Moving Pictures- ara B?n?ficiai to Boya,; ajad Girls. - AffirmaUveHeten Shirley, Lean Wil son, Frank Wiles. Negative-Lucile Donald, Jeanette Clatworthy. Lawrence Medlock. Recitation-Marie Timms. Essay-Ines Brock. Essay-Olin Tice. Jokes- C. E. Harper. Bong by Society-Kind Words Never Die. rt^?iss -Luth** Brwts, Music- Marie Gainas. . Current Kventa-?Ba?l Sullivan. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o O o o FRAZER FTTTING SCHOOL o o O o odOOO O O O O OOO o 6oo ?? '.. ..... ly reit by ina faculty and patrons o* of the Fitting school aa well aa hy the town at large. ^t?^0 '. ascen^ hU^Kere1^ been ek^llsnt The small number of boya In?ttenoi aheo at the Fitting school thia year makes it possible for tho remain?ag, work *wRh^^ . work igai? oo o o O P o 9 o o ?> > - o o o o o o o ? o o o o o o o o CV? . ' r ' i: ^oST^^ee^* * ' attendance ?w?*^goo?>: SSS^Sf'' urna was cat dowe short ailenM?mi> ?stjUa to go kerne early.- .?f v-ia,^*&r*i - At Gie box pdrty Ute amount made was $16.15 and not $?,16-aa pdat?lkod last week. ?PfterMM - **? > SpKtaaJterf, ft, d" tS TEI^ BEGINS JANUARY 4 A apttia! di***?* Ss e*o^ lar fir* jg WtfMhgffttC^ J?art?, Mm tar c+aiptica* k?*? tta? w ? J ? : &tafeg?e {pe, Writ* cr