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WORK OF THE SCHOOl ASSOCIATION t By Miss Wil This association was first organized by Dr. 1. It. .Johnson of Wlintlrop col lege in 1902. Since that time it has grown ilt intillence and power. until today it ranks as one of the greatest !actors in our eduieational develop ilent. Article I of the ('onstitution says, "The pttrpose of this organizationi shall he to unite all the people of the coan tIlunity for the 11provernett of our pubhlic school; (1) by placling in the school facilities for health, contilort, and eduntion, togetier with ohi.i'eets of beauty: 2) by planting trees lowers and shr lubs ill the school ):rounds: (3) by eclcouragin g the es abl1ishment of a library in Ile school: 1) by making the school a center for ite cornitn ity, by lunllisin,0 g 1instrue tife ai selills. Article I1I. Any white wolnan car (ib1111 interested in this work may 1e oi all i tive 11 u i '111l' with ilt tlhe n18ityintl ofl ally f'e: lny white :lull ol' wOtilln 1118t i' coltet an alssociate 1a011 ter tpoll tit' pitayinellt of a f've of'2 .\ tn s ai lo n t e eiitl t~ h otrganiza:Ieri is siiple, having For its Iurplos' at noble aim ani retiluirii no tie, bult mrice. Tin'e county board of 'cteation. realizing that a School lit rovenient asso'inlt1 is essential to he life andI success of a school. Iuost generously offered to give $5 to '(eve school tluit would organize aiin asso -intio)n, hoiili at least one ionthly ineel til itring1 each tuonthi. re ~or'f :nonthily to the sup~ervising tenehter. nn1d raise at least SIll. I'E1ottraged by his ller t wel y nine schools have or ':anized associations. The 1followin g is a list 1 the schools. their (,resi 'lents and Ile anlot l raised: Rock lrid(ge1. Miss Laula Young $106.75 \Voodrow \Vilson, Mrs. W. I,. Reid .. I.. .... ........ 5.00 Bailey, .\Mrs. Ii. It. Italley . .. 51.-55 Youngs. Mrs. 1). M. Willianis .. 2:_.1 ILydia .\ill, \Miss G;race Hunrnett 1(i.0il ()dells, .lMiss .lessie Ray .. .. 1t1.85 itenno, .\rs. .1. C. .\c.\illan .. 1I16.00) (oldvihle, M rs. .1. 11. IlIaile .. .. gy.:I5 Shiloh, Mirs. Charlie \\ilson .. 68.!15 Ora, .\lrs. .1. S. .\IClintock .. 20.90 Lanford, .\rs. \V'aldrep .. .... 15.100 Riddles' 011l Field. .\rs. .1111ius Todd ............ .. 211.1 0 Shady (:rove, .lrs. .1. If. Piis . 21t.5 \l iisgrove. .iss .i'iam l Agnew .17 \lountville, .rs. Alice .liller .. I 10.5 11arksdale, .\1rs. E. It. Powers .. ::I.00 l"rientslhip, .\liss Lou ee lIell derson .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 21.511 Old .\lountville. Miss Eliza Sul livan. ................19.50 I.ishon, .\rs. A. it. lolmnes . . 2(1.:0 Yaoings, Mrs. I). .. Wililains . 2:1. I Oak (rove, .\liss Ivdie Sloan .. 11.110 Dials, \liss I'1mm111a Hlarris .. .. ::1.00 (i'ray Court.-Owings, .rs. N. L. oplar', .\liss .lary Simpson .. ;1.1 (1rays. . iss I~imm8 a a b . . .. I 0.0tt Ii ekory TIavern,. Mils. .1 oe Thoml alson...... .................I 00.(00 TIrinity-R idge, .1r. G'eorlge . 77.50 ('ross 11111. .1 r. W~.. P. (Cul belt 501.n.... ...... .............. 8:.0 Trotal.. .............$,2:12.43 Schools not1 organIzed ...... .. .10(0 Total .. .............:53 ThIs moneyiC hias been'i lraised by3 di f teent 1.m1ean's:15 1lays, enIitertaI imentIs, by the cildren, biox Supperl~s, Oyster' 511 ppers, en ke, eandy, an lic ream sailes, inctures,(5 cot IOto i('kin 1g, '11 hotbtions,. etc. Thlie funIIds have been in vested in To Meet A popular price line. All big reductions. Sami is intended to meet local teed to be better. Our High Grade line ir Sittings from $2.00 to $ This line is intended to Spartanburg and Columbi years of experience and Nichols TODD B IN L4IRNS COUNY. OU (ray.) equipment for the schools: librarios, desks, blackboards, water coolers, globes, maps, shades, teachers' desks and chairs, brooms, stove pipes, pic tutres, etc. During the sumirtel' of 191:3, four new buildings were erected---Itenno, 'Trinity-tidge, Hlickory Tavern and Odells. Wadsworth, P'rospect and Sandy Springs enlarged their build ing. The value of these improve provements aggregate $22,000. The School improvement association at itteno has raised, since its organiza sion. over four hondred dollars. This school won the piano offered by .\li. Jlohn ll. Williams of Greenville, for the greatest imlprovetnent dutring 1:p1:1. The list school wagon installed in I,aturn.'os county. was put in by the progressive people of ltenno. The teacher reports better attendance. The schools at 'Trinity-liidge. I Iiekory 'T'veri and G;rays received $100 in prizes from the State School inirove mtent assoctiatioin. Manual training on a inolest scale is being; introduced at. ''rinity-Itid-gi. The iupils, with the Aid of a Itacliir. itade some of tl'ir furniture. It i:: designed in the rils lion style. and is very creditable. TIhe lickory 'T'avern school was forimied by the consolidation of ltabun, Ilindcr sonville and Friendship. During the year, a large <quantity of new fitrnishings has been placed in the schools. The people are beginning to realize that time andt money are wasted by luving no e(Ituiptent. There is not a school in the county, which has not made some im1 provemett. Six new libraries have been established -1 ('enter Point, Odells, Mt. Olive, lieth lt hem, Reedy (irove and R1iddles' Old Field. Nineteen libraries have been increased-- .lusgrove. 'T'rinity-Rlilge, Prospect, Bailey, Fteming Ora, l"riend ship, hilol, Ilarmony, Dials, IHickory Tavern. Pine G;rove, I.ishon, Rock liridge, Goldville, Youngs, Iiurricane, Shady (Grove and ILangston. 'T'hese libraries have been selected for the little children and through the use of these books, it. Is hoped that their reading will improve. Specil taxes grove, Ita Iniony, and itenno. BIarks have been levied at the following places: Wade, Sandy Springs, M us dale, (Grays, Princeton, Mt. Olive and Nit. Gallagher have increased their tax. (ray Court-Owings and Iluntersville have voted bonds for new buildings. ('lean-('p I)ay was observed by -:nny of the schools it the early fall. The patrons and tmemiher's of the School i mprovement. assoc'iat.ion as sisted the teachers in this good work. T'he School im iprovetment associa tions have not only added to the at tractiveness and comfort of the school buildings, but they have aroused com munity pride Lind interest in their re spective schools. The work of this o rgaiz 'a tion can not be to highly comt iiendiedl. Let the imt for next year be an association in every school coim Tlhue State School Imnpiroveiment ias soclntlon w'll aga In offeir prizes to the schools .making the greatest imptrove men t. Let Lautrens 'outyt3 win her share. Spring~ Laxative anid Blood ('leanser Ftlush out the ac uL ted waste and poisons of thue wvititer' monthis: cleainse y'ourI stomach, llver' andi kId ney3s of all Itmpuilies. TFake Dri. Kinog's New TLife P11ls; iiot hing betlt'r for purIfying the blood. MIld, non grilping taxativye. Ctires consttition; makes you feetlfIne. TFake no other. 25c, at your' druggist. Ilucklen'si Arica Salve foir altliihurts Competition Sittings from 50c to $3.00 >les on display. This line conmpetion, but is guaran creased in Size to 11x14. 25.00. Samples on display. compete with Greenville, a and is backed up by 18 ~vork that speaks for itself. Studio ILI.niNGr 'Trinity-Ridge. As we gaze upon this magnificent building "'tr minds wander back to the rude l9tle building situated upon the banks of a little brook about three-quarters of a mile distant. This school was used In 1840. As we peep in we see the old school-miaster, Mr. Kershaw. lie and his wife taught for two years. For about two years we see these teachers following: Messrs. Chancy Stone and daughter, Tack Wright, .Jeratniah Cooper and sister, and Miss Abagail. The school now enrolled about sixty. Next came Mr. Lucius MeSwain and sister, Messrs. Garlington, Dave Iliumbert, .James Iladden, Thomas Griflin, W. L. (:ray, Thad Nelson and Miss Laura Martin. After the walr was over they built a new building at Chestnut Ridge. This new schoolhottse was opened by Miss I,izzie Alexander. She was followed by .i\ss Hilmes. .\Mrs. Thompson, Mlisa Viit:0e, .0anie Featherston. ('I aria WItam. Minnie t )orroh, irs. Ilutt phries. M\ary Pergusonl, Laeila P'arrolt and Alice Illakely. In 1i.8 the schools were Separated on accoti ii of the dis tance fromi the tipper part of the dis Ir iet. Trinity building theim a neatt-lit tle building. 'ite people soon real xicd that "In unily there is strength." They 5oon purchased litree acres of land from DIr. Dial and rolled the two bibilings together. In S'eptentber, Ite school was opened by .\Mr. L. I). 1l ledlg and \liss Ili?.abeth Iludgens. It now enrolled bout seventy-five ylti pils. In t e Iteilber, 1909 school op ened witt teachers as follows: Miss .\iile McCarley, Miss Nellie Mellett, and Miss IElizabet Iiudgens. In the fall of 11910 they were followed by .lMr. .1. I'. ('o:its. .isses Payne and I'ut nmtt. The last, change being made Ini the resignation of Miss Payne to Miss ito Ier. The present teachers are .\iss I.aura Aull, Mlisses Annie Put nam, .\Miss Mabel .\lelatghlin and .iss Carson. We now have enrolled eighty-live and ten grades. The school runs eight months. Our ollicers of the association are .\lrs. .1. S. George, presidenit; Nirs. .\Moore, vice president ; and NIris. Sue A. Pitts, secretary and treasurer. It has raised ninety-five dollars this year. Part of this has been used In completing departments of the school building and the balance in the bank. We have only one to Join the corn club this year and four or five to join the tomato club. We have added a basement to our build intg so the girls may be taught how to do h1ousework as well as school work. A stove was given to ius by I everet.t F urniture Co. and by next year WC hope to have a teacher to teach its how to do ho:ne work. The walls of the building are plastered. iThis year We have had three plays v Ii cI weie enjoyed by everyone. The aiartitte frot I.aurtens came ui and give til somle beautiful songs. We now hiae twelve taking the School .lournal. I.ydia School. The l,ydlia gradled school is situnat edI itt Lydia Mili village, about oneo andt~ onte-fourtht mtiles from Clinton. Five years ago this school was made a ptart of the Ciinton publllic school system, and since that time has mioved steadi ly utpIwardi. TIwo teachera aire emloyedl and thte avetrage Cdaily attendance htas been the iargest in thte htistory of thte school. Thteire ar'e sevent gr'ades in the school. Fou r iuil s have nto t missed ia Clay. 'Te schtool has it llibrary of over tthreett hndrteCd btooks( in whtich thte chil dtren are veiry itttch intteirestedi. Tlhte itmpirovemtent atssociatlin meets onice eacht motht. CTe following areo the oflicer's: Miss Girace IBurnett, prieslident; NIrs. C. M. Hatiley, secr'e ar'y; and Mras. F. K. .Johnts, treasurter. Th is schtool c:arriedl off thte htonotrs at the Laun s County Fair, last Oe tobteir, for thte best school float. Antie P. Oxner, PrincIpal. 1Peafness' ('annot lie iiured bty lotcai appjdlications, as they can not reach the d iiseasedC~ porItin of the ear. Thlere is onliy otte way to cttrIe deaf ness, andt~ that is by contstitutIionali rem edulCS . I) cafniess is eaused bty an in Ithi'ed condit ion of the mtucous linitng (If thC Eu staciain Tu be. When thIiis ttbe is inflamtedi3t y u ve a rumbtllintg soun d or itmierfect hiearintg, andl whiett it is entIIirely closed, Cdeafntess is thte resutiI, andi~ utnliess thle ittfluammitatlion can be taken (tut andi this ltube r'estor ed to its noirma I ,rCnitiont, hitctng wili ite destroyedI forever; ntineb cases (tit of ten ar ic ausedi by Cat arrh, whticht is nothiing but an inflamed con dlition of thle mutcotus sutrfaces. We will give One Hlundred D~ollurs for any calso of dleufness (caused b~y caatlrh) lbhat canrinot be ctired~ by Iflall 's C'at arrh Cutre. Sendi for cireu ha rs, fr'ee. V. .1. (Choney & Co., Troledlo, Oltip. Sold0 bty drIuggists, 7Tie. lTke ilall's F'amily Pilus for :onlsti Itat ion. Only $1.00 will putt a faimouis Ifoos ier' "WhtViite Beaiu ty"~ in your ihI ltom inextI wCeek, itiov ided you come before the club is ntade upi. We want every iady iti the( couty to comec and~ R( i'C th Wh ite Ileatity,"' whtethieir she wish es to joint thle clitb 01r not. WVe feel sur ie yoit will be ftully repaid for tht( tii to ou r stor'e. W M. &, ri! Jf WK111/ &3@ CLO. "Come to Greater Laurens" GREATEST School Fair And Make Your Headquarters At . C.Burns & Company's BIG DEPARTMENT STORE $46,000.00 Dollar Stock Now Ready for Your Inspection. Easter is Right Here. Get Ready! Clothing, Hats, Caps, Dress. Goods, Millinery, Skirts, Waists, Under Shoes, Pants, Overalls, skirts, Ribbons, Laces, Works Shirts. Embroiderys. Notions and Rack&t Goods! Hosiery, Underwear, Tinware, Glass, Crock Suspenders, Collars, Ties, ery, Lamps, Rugs, Shades, Shirts, Drawers, Gloves, Poles, Curtains. We Buy for Less, We Sell for Less. That's Best for Both of Us. Standard Medicines all Sugar, Coffee, Soda, $1.00 Bottles 84cts; All 50cts Bottles 42cts. Fine Soap, Blueing, Starch, Candies 10cts per pound. Salts, Sulphur, Pepper, Tobacco, Cigars, Ciga- Washing Powders. retts. Red Hot Prices Tailor-made Suits, $15 Matches, Toilet Soaps, No More, No Less. A fit Stationery and Racket guaranteed. Goods in general. Everybody Come to Greater Laurens Greatest Store J. C. Burns & Company BIG DEPARTMENT STORE The House That's Making Laurens Famous by Selling Same Goods for Less Money. We are located completely out of4 the High-priced. District 210 West Laurens St.