The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-04-06
SCHOOL NEWS NOTES
OF LAURENS COUNTY
The Schools, Teachers and
PUPILS.

carried out, and the meeting was bene-
fetal to all present.
Mr.. Milton Wilson, one of our scho-
Iarsnip students at Clemson, spent
Easter at his home near Shiloh. Mr.
Wilson visited the Shiloh High school
before returning to Clemson
The Laurens High school held its
preliminary contest last Friday night
The school auditorium was beautifully
decorated with flowers and ferns The
house was we'll filled with an inter-
ested and appreciative audience Four
teen young men were on the stage and
they all spoke well. Mr.. Phil Huff was
given the medal. He will represent
the Laurens school in the April con-
test.
Prof. III. B. Domnick from Fountain
Inn was down on business last Sat
urday.
The Mountville High school will have
Its preliminary contest Friday night.
Robert Thornton, William Fellows, and
Watts Hudgens will compete for the
honor OF representing their school in
the April contest. A handsome prize
VIII be given to the best speaker of
the evening. Dr. Hughes will deliver
an address on Hygiene. The evening
will be pleasant and Instructive The
public Is invited to be present
The trustees Of the Waterloo High
school are taking steps to enlarge
their school building They will spend
something like 1000 on the house
this summer. The people of Cross Hill
{will also make an addition to their
building during the summer. They will
build four additional rooms to their
present house. The schools at these
two places are growing so rapidly that
larger and more up to date houses are
necessary.
Hon. j. e. Swearingen, State Super
intendent of Education will address
the people of Waterloo in the school
house on the night of the 18th
In response to call from Supt
Pitts the principals Of the eight county
High schools met in his Office last Sat
urday at 10 o'clock to make final ar
rangements concerning the Inter High
School contest which will take place
on April 22nd. The judges selected
are: Solicitor r. A. Cooper. Rev. b.
III. Grier, III. B. Dominick Rev. Robert
Adams and Rev. Mr.. Green of Green
wood The order In which the boys
will speak Is as follows: Shiloh, Clin-
ton. Laurens. Cross Hill, Green Pond
Gray Court, Mountville, Waterloo
Committee on programme. music etc
consists of b. l.. Jones, b. l.. Parkin-
son. and G.. l.. Pitts.
Prof. G. B. Owings and Mr.. Clyde
Curry from Green Pond High school
came down for the preliminary con-
test Friday night
The regular spring teachers exami-
nation Will be held on the 9th of May.
The examination will be held in the
court house beginning at o'clock. At
40:o'clock the doors will be closed and
those who come later than that hour
will not be allowed to stand
Who VIII Contributed
great deal is being said and writ
ten about the Boys Corn club. A ride
through the country will convince
anyone that there Is more going on
besides talk and writing Everybody
both old and young are talking corn.
More corn will be planted this spring
than ever before, and the preparation
Is certainly far better than i'm previous
years. Another good sign is the gen
eral cry for hogs. 1t seems that every
body wants to buy pigs and shoats.
All this means that our farmers have
concluded to keep their corn-c cribs and
smoke-houses In the west no longer.
The Boys Corn club will mean much
to the county toward educating our
boys how to grow corn. The boys are
taking hold of the matter with a de-
termination to succeed. We have 14J
boys In the club. We have the largest
club in the state and from the interest
the boys are manifesting we will make
good showing at the Columbia Corn
Exposition.
Now these boys are offered prizes
that amount to about $3.50. This mon
ey must come from men who are inter-
ested in our boys and in the wealth
OF our country. We all depend large
ly upon the country products. Then
let's encourage the boys. All over the
state we see that banks, merchants,
WEALTHY farmers etc are gladly con-