Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-02-03
Miss Nance Delivers Inspiring
Address at Red HILL.

Miss Mary L. Nance, ex-president
of the South Carolina School I'm
provement associatino, accompanied
by Mrs. w. B. Cogburn and Mrs.
j. L. Minis, of Edgefeld, visited
our school Monday. The address
| of Miss Nance was listened to will
! a great deal of interest by many OF
the pupils and patrons and the teach.
ers of the Red Hill school; also q
number from the Prescott school,
She spoke of Red Hill in q very
complimentary manner but, as it is
her business to work for improve.
ments, of course had to tell the fault
she found. Her strongest plea lex.
cept to replace a few panes of glass;
was made for the lengthen;ng of the
school term in some way. She men
toned Red Hill as being one of the
most deserving and likely places in
Edgefeld county for high school,
and her suggestions as to how these
things may be obtained were very
simple and reasonable and it does
seem that Red Hill could grasp
them in the. near future. In her
opinion, the bests way to increase
the funds is by special tax, and
the writer feels that if an attempt
to put on the special tax were made
it would be voted for not only by
men who are sending children to
school, bnt by others who own prop
erty and send no children. BY inn
proving the school we improve the
community. and improving the COM
munity increases the value of prop
erty and in other ways tends to pro-
mote prosperity.
Red Hill has made rapid strides
mentally in the last few years and
is she to continue her upward climb
unless we give to the rising genera
tion better advantages than their fa-
theirs haas Let us make greater eff
forts than we ever have before and
if necessary greater sacrifices to give
to the children of our town an edu-
cation, which is. ina sense, a mas
ter-key which opens the doors that
lead to higher, broader and happi-
er life.
Though the weather was cold and
windy last Saturday, our church had
a large delegation at Horns creek,
where tie union Of the second divi-
sion was held. They were, Rev. ].
7. Littleiohn, G. E. Quarles, Dave
Quarles, H. II. Smith, Everett
Wood, Tom Mathis and c. M. Mel
lichamp, and the majority Of these
remained until Sunday afternoon.
At this meeting ID. Hughey was
elected moderator and S. b. Mays,
cle;,k. Pro. Hueheyp esid' d admira-
bly,, and we speak for him long,
useful career.
On Saturday all the querys on the
program were discussed and many
good speeches, made. On Sunday
an excellent address on the Sunday
school lesson was made by DR., Burts,
after which the usual missionary
sermon was preached by Rev, p, B.
Lapham, from the text "Brethren,
my heart'a desire and prayer to God
for Israel is, that they might be saw
ed." A good collection was taken
for state missions.
On both days dinner was served
in the church which were excellent
and bountiful (even Mr.. Littleiohn
got enough), and to be among the
warm-hearted Horns creek people
was indeed a pleasant occasion. Be
hold how good and how pleasant it
is for brethren to dwell together in
unity" The writer was entertain
ed at the hospitable home of Mrs.
Walter Miller.
The next meeting will be held at
Rehoboth, in Max, and Red Hill