Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1909-03-10
IN INTEREST," OF EDUcArroN.
Supt. Hughs and Miss Nance Visit
Several Country Schools,

week exactly as outlined several
weeks previous. In fact the program
was carried out and several other
points made In addition. AT times
the weather was very unfayorable,
but not enough SO to seriously inter-
fere with the work in the country.
On Monday morning Miss Mary Il.
Nance and Superintendent Hughs
left Walhalla and went to Wolf
Stake, where the first meeting was
scheduled. Promptly at o'clock
there, together with the visiting
schools from Ebenezer, Fairyiew and
New Hope, formed line and marched
into the church. There were about
15O children in line, and about SO
patrons and friends. The meeting
was very enthusiastic and thoroughly
enjoyed by all present. After a
stirring "heart to heart" talk by Miss
Nance, the teacher at Wolf Stake,
Miss Rowman, arose and said. they
must increase their library, and ask
ed for subscriptions. The necessary
five dollars was raised in q few min
utes and is now in the hands of the
Superintendent to be supplemented
as the law provides.
The necessity for the appropria-
tion passed by the last Legislature to
help poor schools in several counties,
and among them Oconee, was en-
phatically demonstrated to the party
on their round. After leaving Wolf
Stake they passed eleven school
houses on the roadside in distance
of forty-five miles without seeing a
single school in session. The upper
and northwestern sections of Oconee
are unsurpassed anywhere, but, If
education Is essential to progress and
they are to keep pace with other Sec
tfons of the county, their educational
facilities should be improved If pos
sible.
AS far as practicable, these people
were visited in their homes and
ideas exchanged as to their needs in
the line Of schools. While thus en-.
gagged In one home, 1t was noticed
that the children were all dressed in
homespun, and the mother when
questioned, gave a lesson in trust
busting that some our financiers
and all our mothers might profit by.
She said she only had seven children,
so In her odd moments she sheared
the sheep, carded the wool spun the
thread, wove the cloth and made the
garments worn by the children. The
family Is interested in education, too,
for the father Is trustee
AT Madison, Miss Nance and Supt.
Hughs were joined by President b.
Harris, of the State Farmers Union,
and Ira w. Williams of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
From Madison the party went to
Westminster, where a call meeting
was held Thursday night, and, upon
the invitation of the school boys, Wis
tied the school before leaving for
Oakway Friday morning.
Prof. McCrawy with his school, and
: tNo r"prASGn tajiTCs from South Tn
lul, Nctroot. EnkNar1 aud Return.
gave 'Acm wel,ouy characteristics
"f '3' prosI"HtE lul GOOD follow
.idD oa 'nu nbu. HuTU.' Tho church
Tor the encouragement and inspira-
tion given by the distinguished visit
ors. No boy or girl. father or mother
can sit and listen at what was told
them without feeling bettered and
taking renewed determination to
take advantage Of the present oppor-
tunities that they might live less for
self and more for others. In one Of
his speeches Mr.. Williams said:
shakespeare understood what life
means and summed 1T all up when he
said, TO thine own self be true, and
1t must follow as the night the day,
thou can'st not then be false to any
man. What a motto that would
be for the school boys of ithis coun-
try!
1t was intended to have a grand
roundup and teachers rally at Wal
halla on last Saturday, but on ac-
count Of the rain no meeting was
held.
However, Miss Nance, Mr.. VIII.
liams and Mr.. Harris have all prom
1sed to return to Walhalla on the
81 OF April, Saturday, and hold
the meeting that was intended to be
held last Saturday. So every one
begin now to get ready to come. The
teachers and trustees come to hear
Miss Nance and Mr.. Williams and
organize teachers association. The
farmers come to hear Mr.. Harris and
Mr. Williams on subjects that inter-
est you. Don't forget the time-Sat-
urday, April Sd, at Walhalla, at II
o'clock a. m.
Later.-Since the meeting at Wolf
Stake the school at New Hope has
raised the ten dollars necessary to
start a library, and it is now in the
hands OF the superintendent, ready
for the other thirty dollars to be
provided as allowed by law. Let
other schools take up the work and
see II we cannot get twenty-five IL
Drarles In Oconee in the next year.
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