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City of Union and SuburbTHaa flTft T ~\1 /ST* T ~ fTn "1" "M W" /">4 City of Union and Suburbs Has Five Large Cotton Mills, One Kn5"1-- ' B flj I I fl B ' ' I I l^k /I IJ Five Graded Schools, Water Works, and Spinning Mill with Dyi I Fratk Peake 1 { o jflI B~1 I I I B "mH*. I B I l| . Sewerage System, Electric Lights, Throe Mill, Furniture Manufactui sug anu fl I fl ? 1 H B fl fl W < fl fl I V fl fl *i k 1 Hanks with aggregate capital of $250,000, Lumtnyg^ards, Female Seminary. .fl.. JIL-fl- _B?fl ' X w _fl_ W ' cSSfl -B- ~B_ W Jfl. -fl?fl V Electric Railway. Population 7,000. VOlTlV. NO 14. UNION. SOUTH CAROLINA. FKllflg APRIL 7. 1905. #1.00 A YEA It. | We Have Moi I On Cotton or ot Collateral, and w< to have an interv & j | Wm. A. NICHOLSON SOME ANTE-BELLUM AND TEACHERS < A Highly Interesting Arti Value?Amusing and How Schools Wer< Taught and ( Peatu res of ' Since the destruction and desoJ lation visited upoh our fair south-1 land, by the dark warxcloud?v.df | the sixties, marked changes have' taken place in all lines of thought and work. Ante-Bellum ideas and realities were widely differ-, ent irom tnose 01 toaay, ana we, in comparisons, make frequent expressions of, '"before the war," and "since the war." However, we are not like the old negro, who always gave favor to antebellum conditions, and on hearing a gentleman admiring a southern moonlight scene, replied, "Boss, dat moon aint shine nut'in lack it shine befo' de wah!" Teachers and schools have [ taken their ride upon the wheels of time and fortune. The eduI cational system of today presents I a wide contrast-aUoa?a I- for the rich. "Poor buckra I had a small chance of scaling lnI tellectual heights. Public schools j i# were few and of no account, i running about six weeks during ^ the year,' and usually being ? taught by some very illiterate, lazy scamps, who, m common \ phraseology, was ^ oSi \ anything else. Women teacJj" > ers were rare. Hundreds of U dames, whose granauau^ HtCl Q I. are now wielding the teacher's Ft scepter, would have been "perajA fectly horrified" could they have f \ seen thus far into the future. 1 A type of the "old field" peda Vml, gogue was Mr. Hezekiah Blank B , who, when questioned by i | B 4>patron concerning his method o \ I * teaching grammar, replied jf" * "Why, er, Mr. Jeems, I teach i ? . f entirely by sound. If a sentenc \\Jr sounds all right, I allows it's co JflT rect." w Mr. Napoleon Bonaparte Digg <1 another educator, always sougl I his field of labor in or near tl JP mountains, as his constitute required not only mountain { B but "mountain dew." This coi M bination must have proven bei H ficial, as his avoirdupois rang B, between two hundred and fil and three hundred pounds, a fl| in disposition he "felt kindl M toward everybody. That he v H the love of his pupils is ms fested by the following incide It was that grand occasion, H MP ibition day. The exercises v |B ? ^about to be concluded when I fl stalwart mountaineers marc HBh I upon the stage, each at the coj of a mammoth ginger cake, Hu to have been five feet square eight inches thick. How ^B| , cake was baked is not relate 5 the story, but we will take HQ author's word about its BBB Prof. Price, president of M ville Female College, ma graceful speech of present Hi " to Mr. Diggs, who arose, b himself against a post, and tears streaming down his HB. cheeks, replied: "Grg-ge men, I'm t-too f-full for ffiHw ance." I P y It seems that in those % physical culture had no pi Bntt J the school, except as a p Kg ment, either by the birch n BBS or the promenade. The BoHg form was given upon su< B casions as this: An old h H B J stolen a nest under the Htf it house and a little boy co fl i refrain from pulling h< ney to Lend ther Acceptable e shall be glad iew with YOU! I & SON, Bankers. ________ SCHOOLS DP SOUTH CAROLINA icle of Unusual Historic Instructive Details of * PctAhlishpd and Ihorocteristic 'Teachers. feathers, which pooped up through a crack in the floor. The teacher took him by the hand and together they walked up and down the room until "Buddy" was glad to leave old "speckle" unmolested. These "old-field" schools with others known as Academies or High Schools, and a few colleges, South Carolina College, the Citadel, and its preparatory 3chool in Columbia, known as the Arsenal, Limestone Female College, and perhaps several others formed our educational system a half century ago. Concerning some of the Academies and High Schools, I shall attempt to give such items of interest as I have been able to gg^her ?*In 1815, my grandfather, Nathan Whitmire attended an Academy at Mollohan a few ^niles from Newberry, taught by [a scholarly Irishman named i James Flannagan. He came I from New England, as did most ! of the teachers of that time. southern gentlemen not navmK stooped to the profession of "teaching the young idea how tc shoot." This teacher was a fine mathematician, but his favorit* " studies were Latin and Greek ! His pupils became reputed trans lators of the dead language. Mr " Flannagan frequently invoke* ? the poetic muse, the results bein J delivered on special days by hi favorite pupils. Had it not bee f: destroyed in a fire, a few yeai lt ago, I would give you one of h :e productions, written for and d r" livered by one of his pupils lor since. Between the years of 1825-'2 Mr. Nathan Whitmire taught i Academy at Maybinton, Uni County,. One of his pupils sa that the toughest neighborhc ~ bully* a rustic giant, would qu j beneath his steady gaze, wh p. the little shaver of six years J trustingly upon his knee, be: initiated into the educatio ; puzzles of b-a, ba; b-e, be; j so on. The Chicks and Lj t" families with many other t ' ' and girls were schooled here. ~ At Fishdam, the present "our Carlisle, Professor Haskel hed Vermont yankee, had charge rner a we^ Patronized school. He said came n?ted as a fine instru< j and a great many young this ^rom ?ther counties were here. Mr. Haskell was succe ful by Mr. George W. Hill, wi _Ain of P.arliale. and size "?i,,8 "* , Ash- caP' no doubt, tell us i j things of interest about ation scho?1' raced Probably the best of with schools in the low country puffy the Winyah Indigo Aca< ;n-tle- which was endowed by the utter- yah Indigo Society. This s was organized about the y days, and met in Georg ace in once a month, to talk o\i unish- latest news from London, method discuss the growth of the milder plant. From initiation fe ch oc- annual contributions, en had were Paid in indigo, a con school- hie fund was accumulated uld not question arose: "To wha ir tail- purpose should this fund voted?" After much discussbn, the president called upon the members to fill their glasses, as he wished to close the debate with a definite proposition, which, if it met their approval, each member would signify it by emptying his glass. He said: | "There may bd intellectual food which the present state of society is not fit to partake of, to lay such before it would be as surd as to give a ^^quadf^^&^gfe treasury^? devotedto^e^^S^ lishment of an 'independent, charity .school for the poor." The glasses were each turned down without staining the tablecloth. This school, for more than a hundred years, was the school for all the country around, and many came from distant terri(tory. In its infancy, it supplied the place of primary school, nigh school, grammar school and college. "The rich and poor, alike, drank of this gt^rnors OT states have each looked back to the Winyah Society School as the source of their 1 ll ?> success ctuu uisunctiun. Some years after the school had been in operation, the trustees allowed the principal to receive fifteen pay scholars for whose teaching he was to receive six hundred dollars in addition to his regular salary of one thousand dollars, and if as many more applied for admission, an assistant was employed. This institution thus became an important grammar and classical school, and was patronized by the people of a large area of country. Mr. Allen McPherson Hamby, a Wofford ^aduafo^fc^^w* years*'of service. He was succeeded by his son, Prof- T. B. Hamby. At present, the school is under the supervision of Mr. Clarence Johnson, it having been merged into the Georgetown Graded School. , One of our most famous early schools was the Mount Zior : School, in Wmnsboro, S. C. 11 : was established by Mr. J- W > Hudson, a native of Dar]1"^ i county, and a graduate of boutl 5 Carolina College, in the class o 1823. He went to Winnsboro a v?nt. soon entered th ct l(tVY JV1| w<.. ; field of pedagogy, where he wo a distinction. In 1833, he taugl g in a small wooden house, back < 13 the old brick "college", whei Mr. R. L. Edmonds taught tl "s more advanced pupils. e_ Mr. Edmonds was an Irishma " who had taught at many plac along the Atlantic coast, frc Q Norfolk, Va., to Winnsbo] ,y? Soon after this time he went an Florida, where he was accide: on ally killed many years lat When Mr. Edmonds left, I Hudson took charge of the sch( a, where his reputation drew pu] 11from several states, sometir . the number reaching two h nal ^re(* or more* an(j His wife, who was a 5 ^jeg Goodwyn, assisted him with ?ovs l?wer classes. During his < he had many assistants, qui site number whom made t j a mark in the world. A fev ?' of tl1686 wrote books of mor< 5' ke_ less merit. :tor, Mr. Hudson was a tall ma men fine appearance. He had a s sent deformity in one foot, v eded rendered the use of a cane n io is sary. He always dressed n who in black, and his striking f nany was a conspicuous object o this streets of Winnsboro, ir afternoons or on Saturdays such was a fearless, determined , was and succeeded in breaking iemy *he k?ys 8ent him, * \yinL commanding and holding t ?spect of all his pupils. * < ucietsjr ear of Mr. Hudson died 01 ai etown pletic stroke in 1857, and is er the on the Mount Zion school gr and to where his friends have er< indigo monument to his memory, es and campus was the camping which of Lord Cornwalhs a sidera- troops. Upon it stood the i. The wallis oak," where it re t good until four years ago. be de-1 Cokesbury was a not paratorfflHfool for boys in upper South ^Hlina. It was under j the contnPof the Methodist Conference. ^Kokesbury was a small country $?illage in Abbeville county, dBessible only by private convevaiflL usually by stage,? though flB'railroad was surveyed by Dr. Spn. Pv Jones, in 1848. About this di^r,. George W. Stone of Georgia, wiis -principal, while hiaaasoOiate teachers were Major of West Point, Frank <^nn3Knd Professor McCants. l^tmsjyBtol usually had about one j&ttitfpHboys from this and other ^R6Pf,,Smong whom were O. A. lJklWga. G. Herbert, Randolph PegUfifST. Wannamaker, Judge Wallajjfrnd S. M. Rice, Sr., of 1 I The^Kscipline here was, said, by itajfiyils, to have been very strict.flSPrequent inspection of rooms,'find close surveillance of 1 ii _ k%WL. _i i me miwtes was always in oraer. i CoagBH^ment exercises inclmiljfiBelamations by the stu{ a speech by some ora< tor,-v^HR>f the most memorable iJs3s2Sx?red in by 1)1 MSfcffitedfln Anderson county, prear Slabtown, was a school of | wide-spread fame, known as ThaUan Academy, and taught by that 'celebrated pedagogue, J. Leland Kennedy, of whom a short sketch may prove interest- i in?, especially to Union people, 1 this county having the honor of being his native heath. < He was born in Union county, i in 1800, and was the nephew of < Anne Kennedy, the revolutionary i heroine. He was a graduate of South Carolina College, and a < classmate of Ex-Governor Hammond. His first wife was Miss Jane Chaifcblain of Spartanburg county, near Woodruff. She was i the motherctfliistwelve children, ' all of whom Iiypd to ba grown. Tha Second lime be Spartanburg county, afterwards moving to Pickens Court House. &Weheoi ^ere, in 1836, he established . the famous Thalia" three Here, he remained twe5Vy" w1l 1 vears when he moved to Wil-1 1 fiamston, where he vears, again moving to Slabtown 1 and teaching there, until 1870. 1 From 1870-1873 he lived in Pendleton, from which place he again s went to Williamston, where he e j- j 1?77 During all these _ (lieu in xu .. _ t years he was pastor of Mt. Car^ mel Presbyterian church, in Pickre ens county, where he is buried, and here his many pupils have erected a handsome monument in memory of him who had wield n? ed a strong influence in thei es lives and characters. Thalian Academy was situate t' in a rich and well-tilled farmin nt_ section; and surrounded by " number of luxurious Ante-Bellui r ' homes. In order to assist M i* Kennedy to build up and mail j' tain a good school, the followir ?_a families took boarders; Col. I K. Hamilton, Maj. T. H. M Cann, Dr. Joseph Earle, E .. Roberson, Maj. Russell and M 'J133 Kennedy himself.* The neig the borhood sent a large number Jay' pupils, and there were from fii te .a to seventy-five boarders. Ma heiJ i of these became prominent 1 ot various walks of life. The 1 e or Dr. James L. M. Curry, G McGowan, Pat Calhoun, H h> of John S. Verner, Capt. J. C. C light j and George Johnson were sc jhich j of Mr. Kennedy's pupils, i eces- j were many of the bright wor .eatly of that section, one of whoi igure Mrs. T. W. Davis of Greenv n the a daughter of Mai. McCann. i the her I am indebted for much . He teresting information conceri an? this school. m, a'j Thalian Academy was ur ma or jn many respects. The s< ,ne re- was jn seggi0n during the e I year, except the month of 1 nTVV ' omiipp ana two weeks in buried Mr. Kennedy was rather ir ounds, ing jn appearance, six feet scted a with an intellectual face, a This quiline nose, and jiiercing ground eves which he said coul< nd his through a ten inch plank. "Corn- of his pupils has said that b mained such an impressive manr speech that she still has \ ed pre* in mind many of his m< ... v f: ' - F.,M. FARR, President. T Merchants and Pla Successfully Doing Bus lap is the OLDEST Rank 1 1 has a capital and aurnl 8 3 is the only NATION A | I has paid dividends ?i U B pays FOIJU per cent fij W is the only liank in Ur K B lias Tlurfirlar-Proof vai H B pays more taxes than . WE EARNESTLY SOI lectures. The school numbered from ninety to one hundred pupils. The smaller girls anc boys studied in the large recitation room, where the teacher sat The older students occupied several small rooms built about thirty yards from the main build ing. These were named "studios" but were often called "playos" by the pupils. When the weathei was suitable, Mr. Kennedy would allow his* pupils to sit quietly under the shade of a tree anc study, while he often conducted recitations in the open air. How much better if we teachers ol today, would oftener go with oui pupils, under the broad canopy, near to nature's heart, and learn of her. One feature this school possessed in common with every school, either of ancient or modern times,?its bad boy! Thalian's most obstreperous one was little "Ham" Kennedy. On one occasion, the good big boys of fpred "Ham" n Himp if Vt P Wftll 1 pull the chair away, when "hie 8hould take his seat afti morning prayer. The old gentle man barely missed getting a rare a got a fall, didn't yoSF h,m ? The day of days, here as a most schools, was Exhibitioi Day. A great arbor and stag were erected in front of tn schoolhouse, and from that plat form the pupils gave vent t their oratorical talent, to the d< light and admiration of, perhaps a thousand who had assemble for this joyous occasion. Probably the most origin teacher of his time was Joshi Whitmire Jones, who taught Male High School at Calho\ Falls, in Abbeville county. I was a graduate of South Carolii College and a man of fine int . lect and scholarship. His ecce i tricities prejudiced many agair t His instruction, and perhaps i ~ ? 1 - paired his usefulness as a teaci r and a man. He was a Univ salist in religion, having b< d imbued with the ideas of ] g Cooper, while at South Carol a College. He was known as m "Bare-footed Teacher," go r. unshod most of his time, a- Jones kept a pack of f< ig hounds, and with all his pu] ). indulged in fort-nightly c- chases. He would say: )r. boys, the best man will tail lr. fox!" The usual result was ;h- Mr. Jones returned wearing of precious trophy himself, fty withstanding the indepen ,ny ideas promulgated at this sc in it sent a great many bri ate brawny fellows to college en. made their mark there an on. after life. ary Professor Rosa, a man c >me ished education, a gradua also one of the New England Ui nen sities, taught a male acade n is Limestone. Here a great ille, young men were prepare Jo college, quite a number of in-1 finishing at Wofford. P 1 Afl P ning these may oe meuuuncu Petty, of Spartanburg, iique daughter is a fine newspa] :hool porter, now working i ntire north. Professor Rosa 1 De- small man, but of a v< July, termined character. He w npos- sidered a fine disciplinaria high, married a teacher at Lir m ac- College. After giving black school work, he movec i see Georgetown, where he sp One remainder of his years, le had Furman University w ier of established as an industrii ividly in Fairfield county. The i >mmg worked a crop during th i i f i i.'jii i) milnt J. D. ARTHUR, Cashirr. ZEi E inters National Bank, tiness at the "Old Stand." In Unton, lusofMO'.OOO, i> llank In Union, mounting to $300,400, . interest on deposits. lion inspected by nn olllcor, lit, and Safe with Time-Look. AI,I, the Hanks In Union combined. JCIT YOUR BUSINESS. t! session. The buildings were del; stroyed by fire, said to have been I set by a dissatisfied student. One boy perished in the flames. . After this, in 1852, the school I was moved to Greenville, where ; it was made the state Baptist - University. The buildings first used here were rented houses. Dr. James C. Furman was for many years president, being sucl ceeded by Dr. Charles Manly. r Dr. Furman lived only a few I years after his resignation, durl ing which time he occupied a [ chair in the faculty. - The Wadsworth school in Lau rens county was established and , endowed by a wealthy gentleman i named Wadsworth. This was a co-educational free institution. . Mr. Wadsworth leased a great r deal of property, much of which . was in the towns of Anderson . and Spartanburg. This lease i was for a term of ninety-nine ? years, and the proceeds were to - be a part of the school funds. I Much of this property was lost \ under the lease, and has given material for long litigation. If - this school had received what s was intended by its patron, it , would be one of the richest j,| schools in the south, t moulding of future i let us sometime pause and enjoy e looking backward, at these pione eers who paved the way for us who walk in the brighter light, 0 and broader pathway of the ?_ present. Frances H. Whitmire, Principal West End Graded School, Union, S. C. al DRESS SUTTTOPSY a TURVEYDOM. in le A recent appeal by a college na president for the gift of dress e^" suits to students unable to buy ^ them for themselves called forth m_ wide comment, both editorially ler and in communications from the er- outside. As a feature marking pj1 the social tendencies of the times the dress suit offers a subject to the think over and one to be treated ing gingerly or radically accoming Mr. to the stress of fashion's edicts )r|y in particular circles. Some colfox k?ys ?* today P^ad that low, they will miss something worth the getting at college unless they disthat p0rt in clawhammers, and some XT/*le old timers declare that they had none in their day and had no hool, use for them anyway, ainy, If it takes "three generations who from shirt sleeves to shirt m sleeves" the dress suit ought to >f fin- figure m the second of the three, te of At present blue jeans and broadliver cloth contend for a place on the my at same peg. The stronghold of many dress suit fad when, as often them aPPears> ^ is a mere fad instead imong a dignified and sensible reguharles lation is that social borderland ? ** J- Da. whose known as Bohemia, men m xw perre- hernia affect dress suits as the was a kfictee of a clique and inaugurate jry de- functions purposely to wear them as con- and shut out their less fortunate n. He fellows. It matters not that the nestone ci0thes are hired or borrowed or linear 8a(*ly dilapidated. Having them >ent the on *8 the thing that tells. The man they cover is nothing.? as first Spartanburg Journal. students1 The Times and Metropolitan ie school Magazine one year for $1.80. N \ Ti.juwr^-1 HI ^ ' I''' ***