The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-12-06
GREAT MEETING At RICHMOND
EDUCATORS IN SESSION AT V!R.
GGNIA'S HISTORIC CAPITAL.

GINIA'S HISTORIC CAPITAL.
/ Thousands Will .tteHd--LJw Rail
road Rates--Citizers Preparing a
True Richmond Welcome--Attrac'- =
! i've Programme.
( Fully three thousand people are eX-
| pected to visit Richmond. Va. during
! the three days session Of the Southern
/ Educational .ociation which viii
hold its 19;h annual convention in that
city December 9th. 2Sth and 29tA.
Every white teacher in the South
/ shoIld attend the great gathering o.!
/ Southern educators during holiday
! week.
IMPORTANT MEETING.
This convention will prove to be. no
! doubt. the most important in the his
| tory OF the Association and the obj is
OF the organization should appeal :"
every friend to educ ,tiOn in the Sou)h.
COMBINATION OF FORCES.
The Southern EdG"ationzl A.socia-
tiCn appeals ITO every white teacher II
the Soutl to joi% in 4 vigorous move
ment for Il closer and effective union
Of educational forces into an organiza-
ton whi,ii shall 70. only 10 ter sell
Improvement ana i better IN Fer: t4Hd-
ing between the di5cgs nj branches q
the service. but which sha ! aim u be-
come strong enough 20 command g.
tCntion in legislative halls. AMI p.rSHa
,iIc enough 10 arOU and cdUca { pub
liz opinion throughout the land il ia
vOr Of better scho0l-hCuScs. letter
equipment. b2tter salaries and more
generous endowment.
RlCHMOND'S WELCOME.
The people Of Richmond aw, it he
coming of the Association and thou
SANDS Of visitors ard cordial welcome
will be extended 10 all The local CON-
mittee CT aIrangem ntS are made up OF
over one hundred repre-. sentative busi-
ness and professional men. in whose
hands has been placed the + pons'bil-
ity Of arranging for the proper r-c"p-
ton and entertainment OF the roEveh-
t;ol.
At THE JEFFERS~N.
The jefferson Hotel has been select
ed as headquarters. and all & neral ses-
sions will he held there while the de-
partmental sessions will he conducted
in the various school buildings Of me
city.
The Jefferson. Murphy's. the Lex
in2tOn. New FOrd'S. the AlhamDra, the
st. Claire and other hot Is all offer
reasonable rates. and bookings should
be made in advance.
Mr.. Hill Montague Is chairman o!
the committee on hotels and accommc-
dations and will he pleased to hear
from any who desire definite informa-
ton along this line.
ONE-FARE RATE.
The railroads Of the SoTth have
made a one fare Plus TWO dollars round
trip rate for m @mbers of the a,so2ia-
ton. and any others who will take at.
vantage Of il. The cheap rate Is IN
fact open 70 all.
The programme will be one OF un-
usual interest and every tea her in
the South should make an effort t"
hear the many able discussions which
will rake place The opening exercises
Will occur on the morning of Dee. 2Iin
AZ 1890 o'clock with an address OF
welcome by Gov. Tyler and Mayor Tay-
lor. OF Richmond. The responses Will
Re made ty Dr.. Jordan. OF the Univer-
Sity OF Arkansas. Prof. W. 5. Jones. OF
Memphis. and Supt. j. G. Wooten. o.
Texas. Chancellor Fulton. Of the UHl-
versity of Mississippi will deliver the
Presidents address
Miss c. ;. Parrish. CT Randolph-Ma-
con. will lead the discussion on Edu-
cation for Southern Women and DR..
N NJ. Butler. Of Columbia University.
will make an address on the subject Of
Evidences of an Education.
Friday. the second day. will be we'll
filed with interesting topics and abb"
speakers. including an address by DR..
J. t.. NJ. Curry and Dr.. Barringer, o.
the University of Virginia. will Lead
the discussion on the education Of the
Negro in the South.
Saturday will be a busy day with
important committee reports and
number of addresses and discussions.
the main topi, for that day being the
training of teachers for elementary
schools.
During the session the city of Rich
mond will provide various forms OF
entertainment and amusement Tor III
in attendance and number OF side
trips have been arranged.
4 Hungarian has discovered meth
cd Of spinning wood pulp into yarn. so
that II can he woven into fabric that
may he converted into various articles
Of clothing.