The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-01-02
CHRISTMAS TREE AT ST.
CHARLES.
GUYS Account Of School Cele.
bratlons.

a coacosrse of School District, No IL,
gathered On the Reid's Mill school
groands !; the occasion being sriune
ehris.mas tree given By the triple
schools Of Sardis. Reid's Mill and
Wells < Roads taagh. BY three sisters
ssspecsively (sho. ea passao:. cane
within one of being triplets too. as
pair Of sheu, are twius) Misses Rene,
Nell and HaDna1 McCuschen. These
ladies and their mirthfnl assistants had
been aerrily .pd mysterioualy basy all
the aorning. which tokens ever porseod
some startling or pleasant de-noue-
meet TO the discovering of which ue
we're favored with an Invite" )" though
neither patron nor pupil.
At $50 the loeg procession vas
forned, headed BY the "see soddl'ug
tots" AID extending By gradations TO
the sweet frying .siss girls aud the bis-
ter. bu.ly boys in the rear. We as
ssued position behind the other big
boys sn6 marched With all oar nsjestlc
esisn cam dignisa.e. pluribus anun,
Of ee.er. and SO 4th. into the darkened
roon. The sight that greeted us vas
..s thing Of beauty aud joy tos' over
az hssr. A handsome holly tree rose
il graesfal syumesry from door to cell
log. Myriads and myr-es-shous-
well doseas then 80 there! Dozens
and doaeos of vaxsn sapers brilliantly
illsuioased Che fruit aud folisge OF the
trss, which vas decorated. and fessoon-
ed, ADD ureatted, and reflected all the
iridesceut hues Of tho universe from the
gifts displayed aud suspended from its
bows aud dangling among It's branches.
riy.liag 30 number the crimson berries.
Aise disclosed that mester OF eeremo-
aies, at sll such fanetions. the vsaers-
bic aud rabicund Santa Claus, robed IN
oil the glory of aseey fuss and hirsuts
sppendases aud bs.uiog beoevoleDee.
a.. Johnnie Montgomery psrsoDassd
the saint. and had the ubiquitous Sa5sa
himself been present he'd have been
aio TO cry ous zone Of whom / su
which," bat would have been puzslsd
70 have told which.
We'll, the old fellow vas in lavish
II generous humor aud .hsre we're gifts
galore, gifts useful and valuable, gifss
ornamental and decorative, gifts anus
ing ADD gifts pslasable, and We all got
someshiog. yes. even your sged scribe''
eaDe was called out, aod for the ronse
we feis like crying out that ve hadn't
donc nothing and promise cot - dc it
agaic ard to back oue oe tue door, Eu.
ye we're hemmed 10 and ali sesrea: cat
ea and nsde to face the saint ana as
ceps The gifts and promise to be good
boy 70: the balance OF the se7a and
Bark, is .iilion. Oa. eifs. cone
nrder the -diferens beads Of '.asefol".
..oreanensap' sdeeosssise" and pal
asable" aud made Us s. happy As toe
other big boys. God bies. the ohildren.
saey a,e the hops Of the lsed, God
bless che women. siey ars the salt of
she ear.h-shen not toe bsisy. aad the
sugar .oo-wheo not too salty. Yes,
bless ,he dear women. We do verify be-
Iievo shat bat for them car very race
uould-uoald-run oat completely.
TIE teachers Of these three schools
sre daughters Of the late Capt George
MeCutehen aud nieees Of the accom-
plished principal of the Sumter Ins,i-
snse, of which college .he5 are grada-
aies aud must have inbibed naeh o.
that geaia. of their hooo,ed preeepsor,
the faculty Of ioeuleasiDg kooulecge
and i!'rmica,iog the bcnighted ''yonDg
idea" that wants 20 shoot, esd they ae-
.uslIy love their p,otessieu to the ex;ees
Of enthusiast.
tbs R.id's Mill seaco! las besa Fs-
moved froo The mill, few Hundred
yards. aud is aou established in ss
neat school building as may 30 found
10 Sabbath days journey 10 ary diree
too A school baildisg vas absolutely