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

without the salvation Of furniture or
of plate. From the ruins of the
Mammoth House were procured the
brick to build another hotel. smaller
and more modesti in design. Thus the
great Williamson Springs. ut which
50 many had been helped. passed for
!, time into desuctudc.
Nllliamston is rrc-cmincntly an
| educational centre. aud the history of
her schools will serve best for the
story of the town. Alr. Williams. in
laying out the village. gave two lots
for educational purposes The Male
Academy and the Female High School.
Both of these institutions were for
lon" time conducted with varying de-
9recs OF success. OF the female
school VIC have been able to learn but
little. 1t seems to have been more
short lived than the male. and changed
hands quite often
The Male High School was first
taught By VIM. Garrison. now of
GrecnvilIe county. Then came the
noted Lrverett, who kept a boarding
school for eighty to a hundred boys
from all over the State. He was fol-
lowed by } NJ. Walker and Smith.
Then came in order Kennedy. Town
send. Carlisle. Whitfield Miller. Pick
cl, Merriwcathcr, Brown, Hardin. Bla.
lnck, MacSwain, Watson. Grady,
Gaines and the present teacher. c. s.
Goodgion.
These gentlemen have, for the most
Part, received fine patronage from this
town and surrounding country. The
High School has passed into the hands
of ii Stock Company, which has erect
ed beautiful and commndious build
ing. neat in appearance aud handsome
iu design, painted and oiled outside
and in. situated on . quiet street away
from dcpots aud drays
/ The school is ia a prosperous condi.
tion. Its session began Sept. 10, un-
der the management of George S.
Goodgion, ca B., Wofford, assisted
by his sister, Miss Mazda Goodgion.
Williamson Female College may
appropriately be called child of
providence for in its establishment,
aud through all its subsequent his
tory. the hand of God may be clearly
seen. In giving an account of the
origin of this noble institution we can
not do better than quote the modest
aud brief statement of it's founder and
president. He says in the 1898 an
nounccment
'In December, 1871. the authori-
ties of the South Carolina Conference,
of the NJ. E. Church, South, sent Rev.
S. Lander to take charge of the Will
liamston circuit. On his arrival he
found that the circuit was without a
parsonage for his family. and that his
people had expected as their pastor a
preacher unencumbered with even a
wife. Brought face to face with this
meager prospect for support, he con-
suited his presiding elder; and it was
decided to undertake school of high
grade for girls and young ladies' and
the spring hotel was rented for the
purpose. The experiment proved un-
expectedly successful. On the 18th
of February, 1872, the school opened
we'll. During the passing season pat
ronagc increased ; and, in the early
autumn, an enthusiastic meeting of
citizens was held, joint stock com
pany was formed, and the hotel prop
erty was purchased for the permanent
use Of the institution, which had al
ready won for itself a strong hold up
on the public confidence
Such was the providential beginning
of this college, which has become the
pride Of the community, and has
proved and is still proving a rich
blessing to the young ladies who
there receive their education and
equipment for the work Of life. and
are sent out to prove blessings in turn
in their homes and to their race.
1: is impossible to separate Viii
liamston Female College from Rev.
Samuel Lander, who was it's founder,
and without a single break. has
guided and managed the institution
through all the years of its history.
In every department and in all the
work of the college one may see DIR.
Landcr's thought and individuality.
He has undoubtedly impressed him
self upon the institution over which
he has presided so ably and success
fully.