Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-01
THE RALLY AT BETHANY.

was manifested In the occasion was
we'll calculated to delight the hearts
of the generous patriotic people who
are doing so much for the cause OF
education under the shadow Of old
Kings Mountain.
The rally Is unique affair-an
institution that is peculiar to Bethany.
It originated with the Presbyterial High
school: but Is not especially for or
part of that institution. Its object Is
solely for the purpose Of awakening
keener interest in the cause Of general
education. Several such rallies have
been held here. and the effect Of each
has been similar to that Of political
meeting or rather more like a religious
revival. On each occasion the zeal OF
the people has been aroused to still
higher pitch, and they have been stir
red to more and more endeavor In the
advancement of the cause of education.
The programme of last Wednesdays 8
meeting consisted Of an address by
Professor ]. G. Clinkscales Of Wofford
college, a talk by Superintendent OF
Education Carroll. in explanation of
the special supplementary school tax
law, a talk by Prof. ]. D. Huggins,
principal Of the Presbyterial High
school, a picnic dinner and baseball
game. Each division Of the programme
was carried out in a manner that was
creditable and enjoyable to all con-
cerned. and the day throughout was
one of interest and profit.
The exercises were held in the large
roomy church which was comfortably
filled, and were opened with prayer
by Rev. r. M. Stevenson, for eighteen
years the beloved pastor Of the Beth
any congregation. After prayer, there
was some good music by an especially
selected choir led by Mr.. w. M. Stowe.
and then Superintendent Carroll pre-
siding introduced Prof. Clinkscales. the
especially invited speaker Of the day.
Prof. C1inkscales Is one Of the hap
piest speakers on educational subjects
in the state. He has been heard sew
eral times In York county. and always
with interest and profit. He does not
affect as dry as dust theoretical empti-
ness, so characteristic of educational
addresses. He Is practical and instruc-
tive and has a seemingly inexhaustible
store Of clean wholesome humor that
Is subject to tap whenever the circum-
stances seem to require.
Prof. Clinkscales's address Wednes-
day was intended to literally taunt his
audience into an appreciation Of the
necessity Of education, and he used
his knowledge Of facts. ETC., with splen-
did success In that direction. After an
inspiring reference to the circumstance
that Rev. DR.. VIM. Grier was. born
within a few miles Of Bethany, and
some pleasant remarks about Due
West, and Bethany as a second Due
West, he got down to his real subject
| which was a comparison Of the prog
ress of the north and south from COM
mercial and industrial standpoints.
| It is hardly practicable to give COM
plete. outline Of the address; but Its
scope will be understood in connection
with the statement that the CONNER
cial and Industrial supremacy Of the
| north Is due almost entirely to the
fact that the northern people from the
earliest settlement of their country
gave a larger share Of their attention
| to matters educational. He told how
the pilgrim pioneers built school
houses of the logs Off the fields that
they had cleared for their crops, and
how notwithstanding the privation and
suffering 1t entailed for themselves
they saw to 1t that their children were
given the oportunity to get all the edu-
cation that was possible under the cir
cumstances.
The history of the cotton Industry
was reviewed to show how the south
ern people did most Of the work while
the northern people reaped most Of the
rewards, the rewards coming through
the superior knowledge Of the latter
and the superior knowledge coming
through superior educational advan-
tages He todd with much humor how
cotton was formerly separated from
the seed by hand, and how 1t was the
custom for each member Of the family
to separate enough cotton to fill a shoe
full of seed before bedtime, etc. Here
his fun came In the shape Of a person
al allusion to the trying time, Mr.. Car
roll would have before he could get to
| bed. An educated yankee observed
this custom, thought the whole matter
out and finally produced the cotton
gin.
After bringing the history of the
cotton gin down to the present time
with special reference to the benefits
the yankees had been enabled to get
out of the business, he next told how
| the superior knowledge Of the yankee
| first enabled him to get the oil out
of the seed and to use the seed and
huils for cattle feed. He had consid-
erable fun here at the expense Of the
southern man who knew little about
cotton seed except that they would Kill
hogs, and finally did blunder on the
fact that they made good fertilizer
Having exhausted the cotton subject
he next took up the subject OF the
| horse and told how we abused the an
imal in life and threw his carcass out
| to the buzzards, while the yankee TOOK
the carcass and from 1t made leather
gelatine,. charcoal for refining sugar
pin cushions and other useful articles.
The point Of the whole discourse was
that there are literally acres OF dia-
monds under our very feet, and all that
| we need to enable us to pick them up
and utilize them Is education.
Following Prof. Clinkscales, Super
lntendent Carroll made a clear expla-
nation of the law as to special addi-
tional school tax. 1t seems that there
Is a proposition on foot to levy a 3-mill
tax in school district No. 2 which In
cludes the schools Of Cross Roads,
Fairview, Santiago. Hambright, Bat
| tleground and Hero. An election Will
be called on a petition Of one-third OF
the freehold voters, and the extra tax
will 20 to the school which each tax
noyar NOV desipnate He EXPLAINED