Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-09-07
THINGS Ar wEsTAlINsTER.
High School Opens Auspiclously----
Shooting at Holly Springs.

America" which was sung with
great enthusiasm by the large audi
ence. Rev. ]. Il. Singleton read
beautiful selection from the Bible.
Prayer was made by Rev NJ. lI. Pea
body, who then made a talk on thor
| oughness, which was good and to
the point.
Mayor X. w. Mu:ett was intro
duced, He gave words of praise for
the excellent school opening and for
the interest manifested by patrons,
which encourages the faculty and
pupils.
Nj. S. Stribling in his speech spoke
of the growing interest in Westmin-
ster High School. eve are proud
of our school, which Is considered
one of the two best schools In the
! State he said. He urged the pa
irons to uphold the high standard Of
| the school and uttered words to in
spire all to greater effort "Strive
TO reach the top" he urged where
there's more room, greater price and
! greater vision.'
Rev. A. p. Marett then spoke of
the inspiring audience. He gave
tribute to the great work Prof.
Brockman had done here and of the
warm place he holds in our hearts.
thy preachers remarks. Influence
Of patrons IS necessary for the good
OF our school. Train children to be
| honest, truthful and faithful
|, Rev. }. l.. Singleton, a trustee OF
the school, directed his remarks
chiefly to the teachers. 1--WE expect
them" he said, "to help us train
our children--to help develop their
| physical, mental and spiritual
forces and make OF them symmetri-
cal men and women"
Prof p. w. Jayroe, the assistant
in the high school, made a few well
chosen remarks. We predict for him
successful year here.
w. p. Anderson, secretary Of the
| board Of trustees, delighted the au-
! dience with his we'll prepared eulogy,
OF our school, the pride Of our town,
and OF Supt. w. G. Taylor and his
| carefully selected corps OF teachers.
who will do all in their power for
| the good Of the pupils. One advant-
age our school boasts OF Is that each
grade has teacher, except two OF
! the higher grades, where the ranks
are thin. He made an appeal to pu-
| pills to always be honest; to teach
ers to demand order, and to patrons
to uphold system and order.
j. S. Carter, chairman OF board of
trustees, spoke Of the great opportu-
mites afforded these children He
gave some excellent advice to the
pupils
Supt. Taylor thanked the speakers
for their words Of encouragement,
| and asked that patrons cooperate
with the teachers. He deplored the
fact that pupils wish to be promoted
when not prepared--foundatio not
complete.
An announcement of much inter
est was that Rev. and Mrs. T.. G..
Lavender have donated the Lavcn-
der Medal Of Elocution for girls from
first through the fifth grade.
march was played by Miss
Gladys Carter, and all filed out to
their respective class rooms, with
the following teachers in charge:
Miss Katie Harris, first grade; Miss
Claudia CrOuther, second grade;
Miss Winifred Dichl, third grade;
Miss Lutte Mahaffey, fourth grade;
Miss Lou Bailey, fifth grade; Miss
Florence Burns, sixth grade; Miss
Gertrude McAdams, seventh grade;
Prof. p. w. Jayroe, eighth and
ninth grades; Supt. w. G. Taylor,
tenth grade.
Matters OF Personal Nature.
Miss Lee Burgess, Of Greenville.
visited her uncle, a. N. Gilreath, last
| week
Mrs. DEL. A. Smathors and little
Lauricc, OF Anderson, are visiting
Rev. and Mrs. +. G. Lavender.
VIM Bibb, J. Fl. Bibb and Mason
Bibb spent a few days in Asheville
recently.
Miss Bessie Simpson has returned
from visit to Atlanta and Swanea,
where she attended house party.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G. Terrell and
Mary Terrell have returned from
visit to relatives at Mt. Aairy.
A series Of meetings will begin at
the Christian church next Sunday
evening at o'clock. All are cordi-
ally invited to attend.
Charles Hunter, Of Jacksonville,
Fla, Is visiting his wife, who Is
spending the summer here with her
father G. w. Traylor
Jameson Stribling won scholar
ship at South Carolina University in
the competitive examination held Mt
Walhalla in July.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Matheson vis-
tied Mr.. and Mrs. p. w. Matheson
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Carter this
week =
Miss Jodie Haley entertained on
Monday evening in honor Of Miss
Jennings, Of Greenville. Progressive
games were played and all had
very peasant evening at this hospit-
able home.
DR.. Witherspoon OF Yorkville, Is
spending the week with his son, j.
D. Witherspoon.
0. s. and l.. d. WHY, OF George
town, who are spending their vaca-
ton with their friends at Richland.
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