The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-09-30

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music by each student. This plan
has a number of decided advantages,
which commend themselves TO those
who have examined it. After trying
it for number of years DR.. Lander is
convinced that it is the best plan yet
pursued and solves many difficulties in
educational work. Under this plan
young woman may graduate as soon as
she completes the prescribed course Ct
study, and so graduation day may
occur eight times during the ear.
This college has no public: con,-
mcnccmcnts. and never any stage per-
formanccs BY the pupils. Thus the
womanly modcsty of the young la
dies. so beautiful and so necessary to
all the interests of mankind, is re-
tanned and they are not united fer
the delicate and noble sphere of We.
manhood. Every pupil prosecutes
her regular studies up to the last NC
mcnt before graduation. hence there is
never any dissipation or waste of time
preparing for public entertainments.
Since its beginning Williamson
Female College has sent out ninety
five graduates, eight Of whom have
died. The frienos of the college look
upon the comparatively small uumucr
Of its graduates as one of the strong
points in its favor. These graduates
are living in ten States of the Union.
Eleven are wives Of ministers Of the
Go-pel. fnur are foreign missionaries.
DR.. Lander. the president, 10 as
sisted by seven officers and teachers.
The capacity of the college for the ac-
commodation of boarding pupils is
small. being limited to forty-fvc or
fifty.
The college has been of inralculablc
benefit in the prosperity Of the town
of WILLIAMSON, i'll fact. in this re-
spect, as we'll as in others, it has been
the life of the town. The college is
now enjoying a good measure CT sue
cess. and it's friends believe it is en-
tcring upon an era of enlarged useful
ness and prosperity.
Sixty years have brought many
changes in the town. Pretty streets
make easy the passage of men who can
remember when little bride paths,
through dense underground, were the
only avenues of travel.
From few huts. when people came
to drink our water, the town has
grown to be a village OF 12U0 we'll
contented, happy people. The com
munity is presided over by Mayor B.
r. Brown aud Aldermen Prince, Will
son, Mahon and Mahaffey. These
gentlemen arc good dispensers Of law
and order, and Chief of Police Davcn-
port and his worthy assistant, Acker,
rarely have to assert tLeir authority
in making arrests or putting down
disorder. No whiskey is sold within
fifteen miles of the College.
But the pride of the town is the
beautiful Park. This paradise con-
tains over six acres. Winding walks
beneath outrageous oaks and high,
handsome hickories lead the thirsty
traveller from the heat and dust of
Main street down gentle slope, where
bubbles up the finest water in South
Carolina.
The Town Council and the College
authorities have done much toward
beautifying this spot, and SO swings
and croquct and tennis grounds, make
it easy to pass away the time. while
flower beds and roses. cvergrecns and
hot house plants make glad the eye
eye at every turn. A beautiful foun-
tain. where water is led from over the
hill half mile away, dances in the
moonlight or shivers the sunheams
iuto a million rainbows.
Nor is Williamson dead in the
commercial world. Some well-Stcckcd
stores meet the demand for goods in
town and supply a splendid trade from
the country.
The Williamson Oil and Fertilizer
Company is one Of the most successful
in the State.
Rush Il Harper do Il driving bust
ness in lumber and shingles. A large
flour and grist mill. a tannery. black
smith shops and wood working estab-
lishments, cabinet maker and uphol-
Stcry shop, painters and mechanics all
point to prosperity and pluck and push
and progress.
The churches arc served by earnest
Christian gentlemen. Mr.. Tate occu-
ninc thn Rnntist nnlnit NIr Stewart