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

T. o ''C''oopC ihust ny no means Oc
his looks or the diminntivcncss Of his
physical proportions, for he is in de-
mand, and that, after all, is fair tcst of
tho teachers worth.
some twenty-sevon Years ago Mr.. w.
II. Sheldon, native Of Laurens county,
became citizen here, and at once iden-
tiiieu himself with tho fortunes of tho
school. He was a student at Erskinc
College when that institution was i'm it's
infancy, and he has always been a friend
| Of education. Two of his children and
| ono of his sons-in-law have been toachors
here.
Others who camo into tho community
in comparatively recent years, and who
have boon steadfast friends and support
crs OF tho school are: James L. Burriss,
Simpson Waito, Samuel '. IIarbin, W.
| l.. Thomas, Thomas l.. Gibson, Thomas
Wiley, James Harris and Mr. Malone.
At tho present time tho board of trus
tees consists of John w. Sholor, j. L..
Burriss and S. II. Marott.
AIR. S. III. Marett assisted when tho
l%i9, and again forty-two years later,
when tho foundations Of tho present
| house wore put in place.
Whom tho South called her sons to
arms in defonse of her constitutional
rights, mono responded with more alac-
| rity than tho White Rock boys, and many
of these scaled their devotion with their
| lives.
Tho names of but thrco of these do |
recall: Pink McJunkin, Sam Bibb and
Nat IIarbin.
Many of the White Rock boys have w IN
success and prominence in aftor life. AS
| illustrative Of this, lot mo instance Thco-
doro Caskin, pupil in tho fiftios, who is
now Vice President of a leading insu-
r.l nor
of thirty thousand dollars year; Dr.
John McJunkin, i'll medicine and surgery
tho Hon. Nat l.. Davis, in politics and
| law, and Joseph w. Shclor, ESD, in law
and newspaper work.
All honor to tho founders of White
| Rock Academy! Building moro wisely
than they know, it may have been, little
ala thcy dream that i'll establishing a
| school to meet their needs thoy were
foundip% a place of learning, which, ad
justing itself to changing conditions,
would survive tho ravages Of time, and
| that on tho iifticth anniversary their dc
sccndants and great multitude would
| assemble here to honor them and their
work, and gathcr inspiration for the years
to come.
All honor to tho school teacher, the
common school teacher, il you please,
who toiling in comparative ohscurity is
| mono tho less sure of his place among the
bcncfactors of tho world, who, telling
tho forest of primitive ignorance, so to
| speak, lays bare the rich virgin soil and
sows in its bosom tho seed from which in
after timc is. to be harvested the perfect
crop Of human wisdom.
w. a. Dickson.
Speech Of }. Althcus Johnson.
Below will be found brief synopsis
of the speech delivered by Mr.. j. Althcus
johnson, Of Washington, ID. c., ut the
Semi Centennial of White Rock Acadc-
my, held at South Union, July 10th.
The subject assigned Mr.. johnson by the
programme committee was, "Why the
Mother Should bc Educated ?" His
leading thought was set forth tcrscly as
follows:
In the divine economy for the mould
ing of individuals and the elevation and
bettcrmcnt of the race, the mother is
tho great instrument to be used 1t
was ordained that tho woman, who was
| the chief instrument in mans fall,
| should be also the chief instrument i'm
| bruiSing The head of tho serpent of
| evil; and when the Saviour OF man came
to earth to teach the better way he came
| of human mother, but without Il
human father, and thus put the seal and
| honor OF divinity upon motherhood. In
motherhood woman is admitted to part
ncrship with God in the creating of i'm
mortal beings and the shaping and
moulding Of them in body, mind and
soul. In woman, through the tender
hood, life is touched at tho very foun-
tain head. Character and tho future
man or woman is shaped in tho very
early and imprcSsionable years of child
hood when mothers influence is para
mount. Elevate motherhood and you
elevate childhood and in childhood You
have already the man and tho woman of
the future. No really great man was
ever born of an ordinary mother. An
educated motherhood is the great lever
for the elevation Of the race and accord
| ing as the mothers are fitted in body
and mind for tho high and holy func-
ton of the bearing aud the training Of Il
child, will the offspring be improved.
God has made motherhood the browning
constituted 1t the matriX in which
character is shaped and the human race
moulded. Whether tho "bruising OF
the heel" which it was given to Satan,
tho evil one to do, or tho "bruising OF
tho head" which it was allowed the
woman through hcr seed to do, shall bC
in tho asccndancy, in any particular age
or country is determined by the condi.
ton of the women and Of motherhood
and tho consequent impress upon child
hood, and the great means to be used in
bringing about the final triumph and
redemption Of the race will be mother
hood, educated, purified and strength
cncd in the light of an intelligent per
copti0n and observance Of the laws OF
nature-tho laws of hcrcdity and OF
environment, of right living and right
thinking-the laws which give health OF
body and health of mind.
Mr.. johnson spends most Of his tim,
at Washington, but preserves his lcga
residence i'm this State and votes at Due
West in his native County of Abhcvillc
The residents of the District Of Colum
bia arc not possessed Of Il vote. Con
grcss, which exercises exclusive lcgiSla
tion under the Federal Constitution over
the place selected for the seat of the Ma
tiOnal Government, abolished suffrage
within the District in 1874 and provided
| for tho administration Of local and mn
nicipal affairs by Board Of Commits
sOncrs appointed by the President. Mr.
Johnson liko great many persons who
gather at Washington from the dincrcn,
| States for business and other purposes
| keeps his legal and voting residence il,
the State OF his birth.
An Epidemic OF DiarrhGa
Mrs. a. Sanders, writing from Cocoa
| nut Grove, Fla, says there has been
| quito an epidemic of diarrhoca there