Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-09-12
The Newry SchooI-Other News.

NEwRY, S. c., September 1l.--Again
your scribe comes before you to ask that
you allow him space in your most worthy
paper to tell your many readers some
thing about what is going on in and
about our orderly mill village, situated
on Little river, near its confluence with
the beautiful and limpid Kcowee, nest
ling among the hills of Oconce, where
once tho Indian delighted to fish and
hunt, can be found Ncwry, Oconcc
county, S. c., a busy industrial commu-
nifty. 1t was founded in 1893 by Oco-
ncc's greatest benefactor, Hon. VIM. A.
Courtcnay, formerly Of Charleston, S. G..
So it follows that the Courtcnay Manu-
featuring Company, with its liberal and
broad, minded president, could not fail
to look after tho educational interests of
the place. Therefore tho mill school at
Nowry rcopencd for its nine months
term last week in the commodious new
school house, built by the Courtcnay
Manufacturing Company, and supplied
with substantial hardwood furniture.
The upper story, for the larger children,
has blackboards attached to all the walls
i'll the room 80 that scholars have plenty
of space for their exercises. In this
room is grand panel, seven feet long
and two and onc-half feet wide, gift to
the school, displaying beautiful life
sized engraved portraits of three dis
tinguishcd Americans--Gcorge Washing
ton, X. E. Lee and Wade ITampton-who
imporilled their lives for the sacred
cause of civil liberty and tho right of
f-govcrnment. Other national por-
traits are to be added from time to time,
SO that tho rising generation may learn
the true history of their country.
The lower room is for the smaller chill
dren. The black boards arc set in low,
movable frames so that the Juveniles car
reach them readily. The Kindergarten
methods arc to be adopted, and in every
way the children will be advanced
Miss Lcda Bowen, of Pickcns, is prin-
cipal, and Miss I.oona Gricc, of pcndlc-
ton, is assistant. The COurtcnay Manu-
featuring Company bears tho larger part
of the expenses. Tho public school
fund is appropriated on tho basis of per
capita school attendance in Oconce
county.
Another gift is large roller map of
the United States, showing the area Of
the Original States in 177G-S3, and tho
acquisition of territory since the Iouisi-
annexation of Texas in 1915, (ccdcd by
Mexico in iSlS), Gadsden's purchase in
1853, Alaska purchase in 1867. This
map will give correct idea of our i'm
mense domain, and will impress the
children with tho great power of our
country with its present population of
1000 900.
Now, so much for the school, its bone
factors, &c. We will pass on to other
improvements the Company is making
in tho way of roads and cottages.
Tho Company now has Mr.. II. l..
BOggs employed building eleven nice
now houses for their employees and j.,
r. Boggs with considerable force build
ing and improving the roads. Thus you
see Newry has mon of progressive enter
prisc-men who arc not afraid to spend
their money whore it will add to the vii
age, tho comfort of tho employees and
those who wish to come here.
Your scribe hopes to see Ncwry still
grow and expand until she, as the
mother and pioneer of the cotton manu-
featuring business Of OcOncc, will be
rich and powerful and be instrumental
in bringing other manufacturing indus
tries to the county.
Rev. g. Wardlaw, of Seneca, preached
a practical and interesting sermon hcrc
one night last week
Mr.. j. S. Parrot & Bros, Of Ncwry,
will, in short time, go into tho NOR
camille business at the Seneca Cotton
Mill. TO these worthy young men we
wish much success.
DR.. w. Frank Ashmorc has returned
from visit to his old home in Groom
Vile.
Mr.. Fred. Uugcr, of Massachusetts, is
engineer and machinist as successor of
Capt. A. H. Roberts, Of Walhalla who
made many warm friends while at Ncwry.
We hopo the future career of THE
COURIER may bo az ilustrious as it's
past. ANON.