The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-09-22
The PRIDE Of k|NGSTREE,
The SCHOOL BEGINS ANNUAL SES.
SION WITH FLATTERlNG PROSPECTS

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Trustees, Patrons and Friends Assem-!
Bile in the Beautiful New Building On
Opening Day-.lnt resting Program.
The Kingstree Graded school
commenced it's annual session
Monday with most flattering
prospects. With a modern and
commodious building, we'll
equipped with up-to-date furni-
ture and fixtures, and an able
and enthusiastic faculty, the
trustees and patrons and friends
of the school assembled with the
pupils in the auditorium on the
opening day with no small de-
gree of pride and enthusiasm.
Kingstree has been striving for
a number of years to have a
graded school which would be
first class in every particular,
and at last we have it, so it is
no wonder that so many met to
give words of cheer to teachers
and pupils on the first day of the
school year.
Supt. Bethea believes in CO.
Operative work and invited par
ents and public to be present at
the auditorium Monday morning
at 10 o clock to take part in the
opening ceremonies. An appro-
pirate programme had been ar
ranged and the consensus of
opinion is that much good will
result from the public opening
of the school. The chief feature
of the exercises was the spirit of
harmony and progressiveness
manifested by all those who
spoke.
The progr lmme "; asfolloWs:
Song: America.
Prayer, by Rev S L Wilson.
Addresses by Supt P P Bethea,
Mayor C W Stoll, Capt Edwin
Harper, Capt Jno. A Kelley and
Rev Henry Cauthen.
Supt Bethea spoke principal
II of cooperation between par
ents and teachers. He showed
conclusively that the parents
have a large part to do in the
education of their children and
that unless they assist the teach
ers the work of education can
not be successfully carried on.
Mr. Stoll spoke in behalf OF the
town council. He welcomed the
teachers to kingstree and stated
the past policy of the council toI
ward the school and told the
purpose Of the present council.
Kingstree is the leading educa.
tional center of the county and
must always be.
Capt Harper spoke in behalf
of the trustees. He said Kings.
tree was usually divided in poll
tics, sometimes divided in the
churchs, but on education We
stood as a unit. He pledged the
hearty support of the trustees.
Capt Kelley spoke in glowing
terms of Kingstree's great
achievement in erecting so hand
some a building and maintain
ing such a splendid school. He
also gave a history of the school
here for the past fifteen years.
Rev Henry Cauthen said that
the school was the right arm OF
the church and showed how re.
ligion and education went hand
in hand. The future of our coun-
try depends on the children be-
ing given christian education.
This closed the public exerci-
ses, with benediction by Rev
w H Hodges.
The faculty this year is as fol-
lows: Supt P P Bethea will
teach the 9th and 10th grades;
Prof E P Hallman will teach the
7th and 9th grades; Miss Trib-
BILE the 5th and 9th grades; Miss
Monroe the 3rd and 4th grades;
Miss Erckmann the 1st and End.
The enrolment was the larg.
est in the history of the school,
there being about 100 pupils en-.
. rolled up to this time, nearly ~
per cent more than at the begin