Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-09-28

Seven out of twenty Ca little more
than one-third) are still fighting the
| battle. Our hat Is Off, and we honor
the womanhood Of this country who
think more of the true value of the
nation-her ilizcnship--than they
I do OF the value of a dollar.
In looking over the list Of teach
crs' there is another striking fea-
ture. Out OF tho rs teachers since
lSi0 only nine are unmarried or
have never been married-two men
| and seven women.
From 1910 down to 1898 the
chain is unbroken-all are married.
At this point one w. c. Hughs ap-
! pears upon the scene, followed by
! one Miss Pcarle Ballenge", both Of
whom are stnl single, ana from
there on to the present the line is
very Irregular. Without any per-
sonal reflections we have been told
that one OF the two men has it
within his (P)ower to take the step
! whenever lie feels so disposed. and
; one OF the young ladies is going to
! Westminster to teach next year, so
! the number OF unmarried may be
materially reduced at any time, and
the remainder OF them may yet hoDr.
1t has been twenty-four years
since | first attended session Of
school on this loved spot The
teacher was Miss Eleanor Beard,
! from what was then E,dgefeld coun-
ty. Her term is very forcibly i'm
( pressed upon my memory for two
I reasons: Because the first and only
whipping | ever received in school
she administered. and one of the
Orst threshingS my father ever
gave me was on account of her not
being able to attend school one
morning after very hard rain. |
: never did know exactly what Miss
Beard whipped me for. under
stood afterward that she said she
had to make IN example OF some
one and was about as promising a
prospect as she saw.
! As to the other one, though, do
/ remember distinctly. 1t had raincd
very hard the night before. and Miss
! Beard, who was boarding at my ia
( theirs, was unaple TO go to school
{ that morning, so | was sent to the
! school house to tell the children
/ there would be no school that day.
q tnlI al l.. '.
home. All would have been well had
it not been for Allen and Haskell
Dcndy and the sweet gum trees down
near Richland creek. Aftcr | gave
the notice about there being no
school the Dendy boys and went to
the sweetgum trees. BY the time
could %"t a sufficient quantity to fill
my mouth it had grown rather late
in the morning. We finally circlcd
on around the hill and came into the
big road near the top OF Rock
Spring hill, right opposite a fine
bunch Of pcrsimmon sprouts, and
there is where | met my father
and oh, such a mceting,
cAhtc ihib iiISi SCllOOl nave seen
various teachers come and go, some
liked and some dislked have
seen Bit" Stribling and Charley
Jayncs play town bah against the
whole school and win. Cat that
time | was only small chap, but
dicadtUlly in love With Bit" so |
enjoyed seeing this until, in later
wears, Paul Burns cut me out.) |
have seen the desperate affairs be-
tween Leila Price and Gus Shanklin,
Ruth Fcnncll and Plumcr Dcndy
and others, and all Of them except
Mary GilIiaon and Clint Stribling re-
covered without any serious incon-
Neniencc. | have seen Mr.. Stokes
Stribling make me throw away a
nice SuiCy wad Of chewing gum that
had Just traded for, ana | vowed
that If | ever got as big as he was
! would lick him for it, but when
got old enough to read, ! found in
Holy Writ that Vengeance is mine,
will repay, saith the Lord" so |
never have bothered him.
And so | might go on and on, for
there were other incidents that hap
pcncd in those days. and as proof it
is sufficient to say that Billie Fen
nell and Barb Shanklin were both
there.
The influence Of the teachers OF
old Richland has not stopped in the