Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( . ad d en: -In South Carolina Yes, That Is Just What We Said: WE want some good men in all sections of South Carolina to get other Good Men to take The Charlotte Observer and The Semi-Weekly Observer. The South Carolina News published every nay in The Observer makes it the ONE paper to watch. Its EXCLUSIVE stories from Columbia make it the real paper for the broad minded fair man, who wants all the real South Carolina news regardless of factions. GOOD MONEY Can be made by representatives in every town and county in South Carolina taking subscriptions for these two papers. You can devote your spare time to the work and make all the pocket change cryou want. If you are interested, don't delay but write to-day for agency terms, and ontract. Address The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N. C. Are You Using Nitragin? Your neihrs te uing iter an'sd thes it inre theyeds f tonco to hphroe itis had from25cts10 per henthatesie coes to oue that kow wt stoneinc h frthe tbeefituif the wom'stop. Nitrgen i commer cia sedzr ot p YOUl veeabout 20grcentsa pound.a Us Nirgntly, yoget eyith REEnomed wanirgApplsit altu Peas, Bentdtsands anerpd hoarands o wegume crop.lCn wome ifor it pa ha0 centr of onderforNiro suc usan itfoaion he aelyorivn. You Naee a mitknTnic The Wo tmes n 's omnlicwe h neessa Amia WlonelpF her o. he Alarklae. say:en thinardti coms toe gretes meou neon whathni for woen.Cardte womean tonic.e Carduti asm pesd a pore appetabte Ningreels wich and getas surelya on ever waned waostnanythigns aen takins Cabuil tmday. ol bteny alldeal it has efited nsathousand fweak HOW. LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE MOVING FORWARD. (Continued from Page Five.) they had a surplus fund, on account of the short session of 1905-06, decid ed to use the money in helping to erect the new building. In 1907 the house was built, with -modern conve niences. In the sate year a special two mills tax was voted. For the past six years, Miss Wynona . 16ily has been principal of the school. During four months of 1912, Miss Willie Mae Childress was an assistant teacher and Miss Elizabeth Simpson, for five months in 1913. Miss Wessie Lee I)ial is the present assistant. The number of pupils enrolled this session Is fifty. We have eight grades. The length of the school term is nine months. The itural School improvement as sociation has for its president, ilrs. It. 11. lilakely; vice president, .iss \Wynoun RiIey; treasurer, 11.I.. .lake ly. and secretary, MIlrs. A. W. Itqnage. )uring the year we have had a box suppe'r, an1 oyster supper 111and a Christ ntas tree. This session. lip to date, the association has raised $1.20. 'I'lis miioniey has been expended in piirci:is i:ig blackboards, shades. portrait of W ashingtou and large flag for top of building. The present trustees of the School are M1 r. It. It. 1l1akely :nd MrI I. I. . Bllakely. (Copelind School. Copeland school is situated in a g'.rove, about fifty yarsd from the road. thre'e Iniles northeast of lie town of 1La rens, onl lie road leading to Tylers ville. It was built in 1907. It has two rooms, a cloak and lunchroom and a large recitation room, that is curtained off forinig two roo:us. There are about fifty pupils coming to the school. There aie nine grades. Last year it was painted inside with the colors, yellow and white.. 'I'l ree beautiful pictures were bought, one a portrait of George Washington. one the beautiful city of Venice and the other, tho ruins of Pomn pei. Two water oaks were set out. W\e also bought two new stoves. LasI vacation it was repainted on the outside with white and green. We are now getting up money to in crease our library, which already con tains about two hundred books. Last fall we purchased a water cooler and individual drinking cups. We also have a state flag. We have recently ordered a set of weights and measures, a dictionary and stand and a number of imnaps. Our present teachers are Miss LUtie Yeung, principal, aind Miss Ellen Abrams, assistant. Miss Young has been our principal for three terms. Mattie Lee Aiddell. Ninth Grade. Oak Grove. 11efore the year 1892, all the chil dren of school age for four or five miles around Rocky Springs church a ttendied ,school at t hat place. The lit tie schoolhouse still "sits by the road, a ragged beggar' sunning." Th'ien it was dlecidled that the school shiouldl be dlividled. Part went to Cope lands ando a nice new building was erected adjoining the County Home atnd chiristenied Oak Grove. The land was given by the county as long as it should be used for a school. Mr's. Miary Mclill of Or'a, was elect ed1 as its first teache4' and1 ser'vedl well. Then followed Mliss Alice Blakaly, Mr. .Johna Culhertson, iMr. P'. 11. Lockwood, Nir. Chatrles F. Brooks (3 years), Mliss Miary Mcarloy, Mliss Fanna'e Row 1,arad, Miss Estelle Weather's, Miss Lenmmie Tribble, Miss Sarza Copelanid (2 years), and Miss Mattie Tarr'ant (3 year's). .1Ia 1905 this building was destroyedl by fire and the Woodmen and others of the community erectedl a pretty two-stot'y building, the secondo stor'y being used for a Woodlman Hail. in this new building the following have taught: Nilss Bessic l ludgens (2 yearts), Mliss Elizabeth Farris, Niiss Lizzie llunter, Mliss Beossie Burkett, Miss Nannie Farmer, Miss Mamie Charles and Miss Lidle Sloan (2 yearts), NMisses Corr'ie Souther'land, Lill ian Mlerr'itt andl Lidlec Sloati have also taught as assistants in this school. With the exception of a few years Oak Grtove has hiad atn average of 35 or 410 pupils. Oak Grove has a fine record and gt'ades "A'" now, havinig madle impt'ove men'tts this year' to the amount of about $1 B0: brintgi ng it from "C'' to "A''. All who have graduated from Oak Grove are' proud1( of their Alma Mater. I'enie Goodwini. ('ross 1111l Schouol. Feveni yearsa 'ago the presenit state h ighi school law wvas enacted. 'The Crioss 1H1l1 high school was organized undioer this law the same yeai'. The fir'st Pr'inip~Ial under(0 the new systetm v as Mr. Hfough of Chester who sei'ved twoyears. He was followed the next Swo~ years b~y Mr'. Gleryn Par'rott of Clinton. Mr. S. F. Smith of Saluda solvedr thn turn ynnra fn11nowing Mr. Parrott. Mr. B. A. Wharton was: the chairman of the first high school board of trustees, and did much inse curing and starting the school under the new law. $5,000 worth of bonds was issued for a new building. wlitch was erected soon after. under this syston the school is still working with fairly good success. At present the school employs five teachers and enrolls 130-1-10 pupils. An Improvement association was organized this year. This organization with the co-operation of the trustees and Impils, has raised about $90 for iniprovements. The school session is eight months. The greatest need is a nine monibIs' school. The achol.u buildlin; and grounds are I, tai iy gu l coliiitiol, but need to .o t .l m1) . '. comfortable and atteane.. TX p:Itrolns c( t1I bute willingly to the support aind ilm impirovemuent of their -school when ap pealed to. Practically all clildren of school age in the (listrict are in school. AltlcI attention is given to tT e loral as well as intellectual training of pupils. Present School boa T1' 31. l'inson, chmairnian;: W. I0. (Griffin, secretnry; 11. S. l' ison, .1. O. .1)c uny, .1. 1E. Leaman, iobert Iloyce anl1d .1ohni Ilanla. 'T'eachers: Alisses ILizzie ( rillin, Irene .\le I niel, la ie 1liles, Wrenn 1lafnier, and M1r. W. I'. Culbertson. W. P'. Culbert sonl. 311. (Gallaisher School. Nearly forty year:. ago a school was established in the vest ern1 part of ILauirens couttily att given the 01name, .\1t. (-. a..:her. like most 111rral schools it has had its lights and shadows. .\hbout hv' years ago the county board of celucation thou1ght best to di vide the school, making two schools Inl this district. IIl owever, our school has increased in number unt1111 the en1rollent is about sixty. We have a eVn 11n onths' school consisting of eight grades. I"ot; the past Iwo years the aver age attendance has been about thirty. Tilis session we hope to :nake it at least forty . Mliss (irace Sims has been employed as assistant. t enher for a term of five months. On l"ebruamy the 21 th. an additional three m1ill tax was voted making a total of six mills. We are supplied with a water cooler and individual drinking cups. Next session we hope to have a mod ern two-room building with two teach ers, for the entire term. MIss Myrtle Uulbertson has had charge of the school for the past three sessions. Mary Bolt. (oldville School. The school of the sixth district has been taught in various parts of the district. It was first moved to the vil lage about 1905. For a year or two inere was no schoolhouse so the old church was used. In 1907 the pres ent house was built. Since that tine the school has continued to grow steadily. A globe, library and other furniture have been added from time to time. WVhen the present year began the house was found too small to accom modate tihe pupils, so tw~enty3 feet have been added to the building. Then, of course, more dlesks were needed and bought. The school house has been plainted a very pretty color wvhich helped It very much. They have soe new books now which are v'ery inter esting for the children to read. They did not have but seven months' school last year but for this year It has in creasedl to nine months. A school implrovement associntion has also been formed thuis year. About fifty dollars has' been raised by pa trons and Impnlrovement association. There will lbe two teachers next year and in a very fewv years (lie iau thoritles expect to have a moder'n school buildIng andl equipment. . ,Lelia Mae Godfrey. Founad a ('ure for ateum iattismi "I suffered with rheumatism for two y'ears' and1 couIld lnt get my right hand to) my iaouthi for that length of time," writes I en L. Chapman, 3lapleton. l0 wa. 'i ffered terrible PaIn so could n~ot mleep* or lie still ait night. lVivo years ago I began using. Chrim l.erlar.t's L~Inment and1( in two months I w'as wvell andl haive not siifferedwlth rhetmatlsmn tsce."' For sale by all1 (lea ,ers. L IE? The lice qucs ion is quickly . scidled it you t you. towuls withi Conkey's e Powder it's sate; quick and sure. I Savss your poultry profits b~cause ii Kills the Lice Doesn't Harm Chickens Prnce 25 ents 50P cents and ShIP. For ther mude ciur lude an the trauks by da i pr u do em at n15ght, spray ASk For Conkey's Lice Liquid F,.Pi-i8t (ka them our *lhorolughlyI. Qsuart .1 cents hall galkmn 6p cents M.dIIn Sdi A CONKEY'S HEAD LICE OINTMENT 1nd 25 cents sIancy lhad ii thee preparaions do nor usalsfy .The C. F. Conkey Ca, Cleveland, OinW Lauren. Drug Company -LEnnrena,. C. 0 " , " * eto 0 " " " C- WEe COM YOU NT NEED OME NEW HATOPDS, WBAHR POUINS, WSO INUY JUST NOW OR NEW. GOS WHE YOU SU UHAR WE IGUARANTEE NO ONLY THE QUALIL Y nUDO" FLEMING BROTHERS La ens, S. C. #1 Q This is to announce to the public that I have. moved my shop from the Todd lot. near Hick's* "Stable to the Minter lot in rear of Ben Madden's + Restaurant. I do all kinds of Blacksmith and" +Wood Work, and am a Specialist on Horse Shoeing. +; + I ask my friends to remember the place and ,continue to patronize me. Guarantee satisfaction. " John Fowler " Laurens, South Carolina The Old Reliable. HA G * AeThceSChaes andETELRYs . BRONSASS OO NES, VI e ood W"ork and Blaksmithing * IS HLACNE PIN, RTAY INS S SES I CLSSCARLINORSM N E DCESSAR RT f UYiar W GUeaisaNTEO OhN when doneIL byU 0 C'umerln, d.