The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-09-06
c., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER s, 1905.
Reunion Of the Old Schools.

Of the many pleasant occasions of
the season there has probably been
none of greater interest than the re-
union of the old echools of Holly
Syringe, Sourwood Spring and Hun
ter's Spring. which was celebrated at
Sunset Forest, the splendid summer
home Of MIR. JOS. j. FretweIl, near the
The patrons. scholars aud frisnds of
the three schools, which in their day
was 80 we'll patronized, have fol soT-
eral years held their re euniHn meeting
at Sunset Forest. Mr. j. j. Fretwell
10 the president of the Association, and
has always shown great interest in
the meetin e, IS we'll as to throw his
the use IF his old echoolmates on these
occasions. 1t was our privilege to at
tend the meeting on last Thursday,
and it was certainly success through
out.
Promptly at the call of the chair
man pro tenn. Hon. Jno. Z. Breazeale.
the meeting was called to order, and
the roll of members and read tho min
utes of the last meeting. At this
stage of the proceedings the President,
Mr.. Fretwell, took charge of the meet
ing, and the business continued with
the reading of paper written by Mr..
John L. Jolly. a former pupil Of Sour
wood Spring, in which he gave some
"reminiscences OF the school. His paper
was listened to with marked attention,
wac not present at the meeting, but
his paper was read by the secretary
and provoked n great deal of laughter
as the humorous verses of the article
were read. A vote of thanks was ten
dered him for his admirable paper.
A card from. Rev. E. u. Brown was
read, ASST gning his reasons for absence
conducting meeting at his church in
the country.
Other matters of interest were en-
gagged in, among which we may men
tion the singing exercises, conducted
by Mr. Tyre Norris. of Pickens county,
and Mr.. John Eskew. Mr.. Eskew,
with the assistance of Mr.. Phillips.
rendering of the "Bumble Bee," which
was greatly enjoyed.
Col. b. T. Crayton was called upon
and gave an interesting talk on the
origin of the County Fair. and closed
with an appeal to all present to use
their best efforts in assistins to build
up the New County Fair, 5y giving it
their support in every possible way,
who apy Sis sssonaed SSo Ac ytssw and
earnestly upheld the cause of our
county fair.
The Committee Of Arrangements an
nOunced dinner, which was served in
the good old 'spicpic'' style, and d
more varied and bonntiful spread
could scarcely be imagined than met
cur eyes as We proceeded to refresh
which had been arranged in the grove
near the spring, was literally loaded
brought by those directly connected
with the meeting and by the friends
who had assembled to participate With
them.
After dinner had been dispatched.
the Spelling Match" was called, and
this was feature of the program to
be remembered. Mr.. P. 8. Mahaffey,
Of Townville, and Mr.. j. VIM. Eskew
were present. having been teachers in
one or the other Of the schools repre-
sented. Mr.. Eskew conducted the
spelling match, while Mr.. Mahaffey at
tended with the "rod," to keep order.
You may imagine a line of at least
fifty men and women, the majority of
taking their turn at O word given out
by the teacher, from the old Webster's
spel!er, and it one chanced to miss the
word, 1t was carried down the line till
scme member of the class spelled it
correctly, and then turned down
the defeated member. This was all
aeE to the young people present, but
we'll understood: and remembered by
:ae older ones.
Mr. r. E. Nicholson, superintendent
of Education, read an admirable paper
on the old and new system of public
schools. He was listened to. with
marked appreciation, and upon motion
he was requested to furnish tbs Secre-
tary with copy of his remarks for
publication.
The meeting, on motion, adopted
resolutions of sympathy for Mrs.
Eugenia Duclzett in her past hereave-
ment and present afa etion.
The President appointed j. A. Es-
kew. J. N. Byrum, e. o. Burris, A. NJ.
Hembree, 8. N. Moore, as committee
of arrangements for the next meeting,
and announced Capt. p. X. McCully,
Sr.. as the orator for that occasion.
The present officers we're reelected,
and the meeting adjourned to meet on
the second Friday in August, 1906.