Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-07-25

mittce to. have chosen a man better
fitted for that subject.
Hon. }. A. Johnson, Of Washington
d. c., u former teacher of White Rocl
Academy. was tho next speaker Sub
jcct: "Why the mother should bo Edu
Gated" llc spoke impromptu He sait
he did not come down to make speech
For 10 minutes he handled tho subject il
mastery. manner. IIo is giftct
speaker and has clear distinct voice
| After this speech, Prof. Jas. NJ Moss
OF Walhalla, at the request of tho Wal
halla Scmi-Ccntennial Committee, ex
tended an invitation to all to bo prcscn
ut Walhalla on August 23d aud 2lth.
At ono o'clock an intcrmission of on,
hour and half was given for dinner
This was ono Of tho most importan
features of the prOgrammo-the basko
picnic. Tho people around South UniOl
arc noted for their hospitality and un
| bounded libcrality, especially on fcstiy,
occasions like this. There was plenty @
everything good to cat. Several familic.
grouped together and spread tho con
| tents of their baskets. Nobody was over
| looked and thcro was an abundance O
rood left. The ladies sure did their par
| well.
At 80 p. NJ. tho crowd rcassomblct
| and for fifteen minutes there was som,
excellent singing led by Rov. G. Wardlaw
| OF Seneca.
Rev. w. w. Lcathcrs mado fcw 70
marks relative to tho organization of
union of the teachers and pupils of White
Rock Academy.
On motion Of Prof. w. A. Dickson, Rev
icathcrS was elected chairman of this
meeting. Prof. Dickson was elected
secretary and treasurer. The names o
! eX-tcachcrs and pupils were solicited fol
| enrolment.
Owing to the fact that passenger train
| No. 30 was several hours late, Capt. j. A.
Mooney, who was appointed to speak in
thc forenoon, did not got there in time
llc arrived, however, in time to speak in
the AFTERNOON. Capt. Mooney is Nom
hcr of the Grccnvilc bar. lie was intro
dnccd at 2.55 and spoke twenty three
minutes on educational advantages of TO-
day. If" evidently felt fot his audience
and he IN by saying that tho mcanest
| death Is 20 be talked to death. lIo made
some very encouraging remarks.
additional pleasure and interest wore
added to the afternoon exercises by tho
arrival of three handsome young ladies'
Misses Ada Walker, Henrietta Tmnbull
and Cora Edge, who played delightfully."-
ON Stringcd instruments at intervals.
lev. &. Wardlaw spoke briefly on bo-
half Of the White Rock Library Asso.
citation. Rev. l.cathcrs thanked the
audience for their attention, good bo.
harior, etc. The last thing Oh tho pro.
Eram was Dixie" Swcetly rendered By
Misses Walker, Turnbull and Edge.
Refreshments were sold on tho ground
Tor the benefit Of the library. Miss
Mary Shclor is an enthusiastic worker in
the matter of establishing a library.
Many persons regretted that DR.. A.
i. Montague, of Grecnvillc, Hon. Nat
Davis, Of Texas, and Prof. Jennings, Of
North Carolina, who were assigned duty
on the program, were not present.
candidates were numerous. They all
appeared to be good naturcd and
greeted everybody with u hand-shakc
and smile.
south Union is a very scholarly section
OF the county. In that section reside
some of the best families of the State.
flourlShlng schools arc taught at White
Rock and many men and women have
been sent out to bless the world, who re-
cciycd their first mental training there.
Thursday, the 10Th, was most enjoy
ablc day to all and will be remembered
with pleasure by the people Of that pro
GrrSSlvc community and by those who
came from Il distance. a. l.. GossErr
The Historical Sketch.
In the year 1918 a school was taught in
Il small log house which stood within
half mile Of this spot and near the
present residence of Mr.. Samuel II.
Marctt. The school was in charge of
Mr. Waddcll llillhouSc, who thirteen
years later, pcrishcd on the field Of the
First Manassas, being victim Of the ac-
cidcntal explosion of shell which was
car"lcssly handled by the raw soldiers
the day after the battle, an incident
which many persons here to-day will re
call.
The next year Mr.. Robert IL. Harrison
Il young man from Georgia, who subsc
uucntly became Methodist preacher
and, who after the close of the Civil
War, was murdered while at prayer will,
his family i'll Edgcticld county, South
Carolina, taught the school.
There was something of Il revival in
school matters during his term, in whicl
he seems to have been the moving spirit
aud il was determined to build 4 larger
and better house in 4 more nearly contra
location. Accordingly, spot in tho un.
broken forest, Il few feet west OF the
present school building, was selected
and during the year 1910 the house, q
frame structure, twenty by thirtysix
feet in dimensions, ccilcd, lighted with
glass windows and heated by chimncys
was completed.
1t will be borne in mind that at this
time South Union church had not been
erected, and that the new school house
was shut in by woods on all sides.
The cost Of the house was borne chiell ,
hy Joseph r. Shclor, Morgan IIarbin
! h0maS i. Shclor and Clcavcland Marett,
who were men Of means, and who until
they moved away or wornout with age
school.
The Shclor brothers, Joseph II. and
Thomas r., Cleveland Marctt, Samuel G.
l;ccdcr, Morgan lIarbin, A. j. Hunt
Moses $. McSScr, William Bibb, Rev. II
NJ. Barton, Samuel NJ. Crawford, Samuel
II. Marctt, William Iollcy, Stephen Ma.
rcu, Alexander Glenn, Asa Lcathcrs, the
KccScs, the MaSons and others were pa.
irons and supporters Of the school origi.
nally and for many years afterwards, and
to-day the school is made up largely OF
descendants Of these.
one of the patrons Of the first school
was Mr.. Samucl S. McJunkin. who had
Just removed hithcr from Franklin
county, Georgia, the determining factor
in inducing him to settle here with his
young family being the establishment of
his school, and it is worthy Of remark
that he, at cighty-scvcn, is the only sur