The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-08-12
THE FAMOUS WILMINGTON SCHOOL.
worthy Successor or DistinEuishcA|
Teachers Inscribed Tablet->-Nsnse
Cut in The WaJl.-.Mrs. OWENS Fine
Ability as a Teacher...fhe spIcns
did PubIic Exercises.

| Editor Press and Banner:
About three-fourtls OF q century ago u9e{
fame Of the W dnarg1.s nn sis sou,s sa csroifns. i
trIous teacher. Some Of tho greatest state3fS
| men and 1urists were educ;t1e1 AZ tnls scngg5
McDuffie, Judge Wardiaw, and the .ciiyyaH
rous r. s. Brooks whose name is stlIl itct4
| HE on n store house at MIR. McBrtdcs wrtttt&I
Wilmington church was founded by pr4
| WadIeii in 1918. A tablet in the wall of tb5|
| church. Immediately In rear and above taa|
pulpit bears this Inscription; ,,osos w.ass4
d. D., who founded his church IN 1914 sB6|
was faithful u him t~hatappointeo hini.,w
Among others who taught after pr. Ne
dell was the Key, Oeaa nd Soed ~ man ao, and n 81
er. The rood qualities OF these. exeeiieBt]
teachers seems to have fallen on Mrx. Oweud
the good woman who is the teacher mere ngy.3
school was closed on July 3lst, by givingsknj
examination with charades, dialogues, M
sic. &C..
teaching, having taught before the war and
the greater part OF the time since. Her SCHOOL,
consists OF about twenty scholars, mosttE3
small children: Their gs s paar, 1eporranSns
readiness with which they rec!teti, show h0w3
well they had been disciplined and how thots
oughly taught. The manner In which thu
answered. QueSLlOIlS SUONCo S'NNe Wv IaAoSy>]
stood what they had been taught.
Mira. Owen Is an invalid from chronic rhcu-s
matism, cannot walk dpd has not SUFFICIENT
use OF her arms TO use the rod, but lnOtwiiI.;
standing her inability In that reapec9. sh95
cert,inly has the qualities In her general
make up ns 4 teacher that docs away With.
tho great terror To the youth at school OF bes
ing thrashed out AM padded In the band
with the fcrule.
The examination commenced at 2 O'clock,
D. m, and continued until 5 O'Clock, when me-
cess was given and all were invited to parfake
of a picnic dinner In q grove near the. house,
which consisted OF the very best tile county
affords. It was given by the patrons or tho
school and prepared by inc g9od n1oInsrs g
fowl. mutton, slloat. &c. The quality OF the
good things was only eqnalied by fs nbnu-
dance.
The audience consisted OF the whole neigh
borhood embracing about one hundred per-
sons, as well behaved as ever mot together,
no coarscness or rudeneSs manifested.
At candle lighting the curtains were draws
by MIR. John g. Hrmminger the efficient st,xe
Manager when the exercises were resumed by
the school with piano and organ, then, cttna
the cliaradeS, Dialogues, &c. tnterxpersed all
1 the while with music, vocal and instrumentab
In connection with Mrx. Owens school, her
sitter Miss Matte Hemminger has Q ciass Of
eight girls tnking music lessons ON tho piano.
Whose pcrforr1uiices gave satisfactory eyf-
dence OF her proficiency Oh y music teacher.
She and her class were well insisted by her
sisters Mrs. Jeanette Morrow aud Miss CShttts
crime Hemminger the Jenny IL OF Willing
ton.
Surely this pleasant way OF closing the. ex-
ercises OF the schO01w Will not be abolished, ~
pleasing TO parents and children aud W tho
community at large.