The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-05-14
ABBEVILLE'S ATHE MS.

ABBEVILLE'S ATHENS.
Galore.
Due West. =. C.. May la. 1901.
Miss Statia Bradley, OF Troy. hter teachlns
musical education nj the Female College
She wIil remain until the ciose of the session
Mr. Baker from Sewberry, who has
been AT business. college 10 none' Nm .s.,., s,n.e
who is a pupil oi the Due West Female Col
lege. ,.,,, n,., -, r,o-o,os r. wbu
has taught the intermediate department 10
| the Due West School the past sessiun: VIII
leave for the Exposition NJ Charleston tues
day morning. w
renee Brown lee. Robert Brownlee. Rev. D. I
| homer, James Bowen and Mary kennedy
will spend this week at the Charleston Expo
sitiOn. ,.
IRnin Branyun, Rhett Pruit, and Sam Pen
mel went u the Ex position at Charleston lns
| week. They had u good time and saw al tht
sights. They thought the Atlantic ocean
/ was about the biggest pond oi water they mad
DR.. Calvin Todd returned home last week
/ after completing the course In The Meoical
College nj Baltimore. He In Undecided az u
where he will locale. Senator Tiiimar
| recommended OK lahoina To him ns q promis
/ ing territory In which 10 locate.
Miss S!atia Wideman Sr.. Mss Mise. isnn,e Tnn.es nH
| Young, Miss Louise Brownlee, Miss hlma
| Kennedy, Miss Ella Lee, and Miss Heller
IGrier are acting M committees 10 raise luna'
| with which 10 purchase headstones Tor th'
Unmarried graves OF Confederate soldiers 10
i the Due West Cemetery. This In worthy 90
4 ject and IL should be pleasure 10 coutrlouts
Il 10 such cause. Let us cherish the memoI,
i hrS NJ a
Miss jamie Kennedy went home last Satur
day In conpany with Prof. W. Ii. Mccain sne
| returned To College Monday.
Mr.. f.. G. Strong. OF the Seminary, preacheo
i at Turkey Greek last Sabbath.
Rev. c. +. Todd. went TO Charlotte ias
/ week for medical treatment.
i Wednesday afternoon the ladies OF the tow1
/ will serve straw berries, ice cream nnd othel
jdelicacles 10 the public on Prof. +. l.. 6rief'
lawn.
rHEoLoGs on JOURNEYS.
The Theological students were all out o
/ toyn on Sabbath.
j. W. simpson was nj Rock Hill.
F. A. HANSON at Tirzah. In York County.
G. NJ Boyd NJ Prosperity.
j. l.. Boyd nj the Baptist Church Of Donalds
| ID, ID, Pressly at Woodlnwp.
W. +. Anderson and L. Il. strong nj turkey
Rev. u. q. Caldwell preached At the Baptis
Church Sabbath morning. =, =,
| Rev James Boyoe preached In the a. L. J.
Church Sabbath morning and pr. +. 4. Press
i ~ In the afternoon.
| coLoRED SCHOOL.
Tb. closIny exercises OF the colored schoo
/ at Mount Lebonon, In the suburbs OF que
/ West. were held Thursday and Friday nights
The teachers OF this school are j. Z. Nans,
and his wife. Mrs. Maria Vauss. A printed
| program was used giving the names o! NJ
tns pupils who took part In the exercises
Bows reciiaiiGns. speeches, sOios. duets. and
choruses made up the program ana IaIge
crowd OF the colored population were prssen
70 show their Interest In the school and tnt
closing exercises. such exercises ure worm
all they cost to any school. -, , ,,,
Tuesday Dight oflast week Mr.. w. r wide
man gave Rr entertainment In the chnpel o.
ss rsms.s s,rnG Of pearls a. ran
/ dom struug" was the subject Of his interest
| ing lecture. II was clothed In beautifni Ian
guaye. contained many besutifu' Thoughts
and was interspers.d Win SIDE spnt'lnS liu.
trations aud anecdotes. The songs and play
| ing on the violin were greatly enjoyed.
MEDAL ORATOR.
Saturday evening last at eight o'ciork there
was sor ,ns s gold medal offered !" The beet oraoI
In Erskine College by SENATOR George =
Mower. The following .yonnZ men were
smong .hG eps,ss.sn,; Sn.. Aua.S sniPs aIsn Had
chi. A. M. IRWIN, Luther Bradley, l.. W
Jenkins. Homer Blackwell and sam ksbo'
They are all good SPEAKERS ana some oi tncm
give promise Of becoming splendid orators:
| The medal was won by Mr.. Ed Hunter. 0i
Arkansas, and will be presented on COM
| mencement day.
MEMORIAL. DAY.
Memorial day was observed In Due West
SaiuT day May 10th al p. NJ. O large crowd
of students and citizens gathered A. the
cemetery TO do honor to tho ConfedeIate
dead. DR.. +. Y. Pressly offered prayer. Inc
number) was read by the Rev. James Boyce.
The record shows 10 what command the sol
diers belonged, where killed and buried.
The male aIGHrts.te rte sang. ,..rxon ,., made
| the address OF the day. II was delivered 10
his usual earnest and Impressive manner
and Was highly appreciated by sll present.
Miss Beaircie McCsw OF Troy, Tenn- re-
Mis- Mabel postou. OF sta,esville. N. C.,
Miss DO. Urqubart OF BlacksburE. s. e..
The recItations were beautifully rendered
and added much to the interests Of the exer-
cises Beautiful flowers were then strewn
over the graves of the soldiers who suffered
and fought and died for cause they believ.
ed 10 be right and Just. The Due West
I,ornet band furnished the music that helped
10 make the exercises pleasant and enjoyable.
THE DUE WEST PUBLIC SCHOOL.
The closing exercises Of the Due West Pub.
| lie school were held in the Academy Friday
morning and evening. The boys In The ao.
vanced grades contested In oratory for Q
prize. There we're nfteen speakers and all
did we'll and II some OF them DO not make
brilliant orators we shall be sadly mistaken.
The prize, a fountain pen was awarded 10
Pressly Grler, eldest son OF Prof.. +. l.. Grier.
The girls In this department contested In
recitatiohs for prize. The seventeen girs
recited beautifully and u was with some dif-
fcuity that the committee decided who
should have the prize. II was won by Annie
Brown, daughter of Rev. J. a. Brown
Friday night the whole town and COIN
munity turned out 10 hear The pnplls ip the
Gram mar and Primary grades OF the school
The children had been splendidiy trained
| by their teachers, Miss Edith Dargan and
Miss Helen Grier who deserve great credit
for the splendid entertainment given Every
be praised for doing 80 nicely. so much
| singing was u strain on the voices OF the III.
tie girls, otherwise Il was considered one oil
the best childrsn's entertainments ever given
In the town. The audience left ut the close,
rIeased with the exercises aud proud Of the
Due West school. The due West school Is
moving right along and the town proposes
10 keep right up with the procession ofgood
school. The town school IL the biggest In
stitution In the village and everybody ~ q
friend 10 IL. with The good will Of all the
people the school IN sure to succeed. without
succeed.
i.rof. MCLEAN, Miss Dargan and Miss Grier
deserve the thapkK Of the patrons 1or the
successful year that has inst cosed.
We neglected TO sny that the medal for
scholarship (highest average) was given 10
Irene McClain. For the greatest improve.
ment In penmanship gold pen WAS given
10 Murilla Brooks.