The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-09-13
SCHOOL NEWS OF
3 LAURENS COUNTY
Four Townships have Voted
Special Taxes.
FINE PROSPECTS
FOR GOOD YEAR
The Shoots are Now Opening all Over
the County with Brighter Prospects
tOry-Laurens Schools are General
Iy in Good Shape.

Many Of the schools over the coun-
ty are already open and at work. The
schools are opening earlier and will
run longer than formally.
Youngs No. 8, Scufietown No. 8,
Jacks No 2, and Waterloo No have
all voted special school tax during the
summer.
The Laurens County Boys Corn
club will hold it's second annual Corn
Show on October 18th in connection
with the County Fair. We have 140
boys in the club this year. Many Of
these boys will report surprisingly
large corn yields in spite of the un-
favorable weather conditions. The
members of the club are requested to
apply to the County Superintendent
of Education for blanks on which to
make their returns.
Quite n number if boys stood the
scholarship examinations during the
summer. Robert Thornton of the
Mountville High School, ]. ID. Sullivan
and Eugene Barnett Of the Laurens
High School won scholarships to Glenn
son. Joe Bolt of the Laurens High
school won the scholarship to South
Carolina College Willie Wolff of the
Shiloh High School was the success
FIJI competitor for the scholarship at
the College of Charleston. Watts
, Hudgens of the Mountvile High
School won the Citadel scholarship.
Elwell Watkins, OF the Poplar Springs
School, on account of the high mark
he made on the examination, and
through the efforts of the county sup
erintendent of education, has been
awarded scholarship in the College
of Charleston. Eston Hemoree of Ora
has been awarded one of the work
boy scholarships at Clemson. These
nfIe all bright young students and We
Egypect to hear great things from them
y the future.
great deal of Improvements has
been done on school buildings and
grounds during the summer. New
houses have been erected in the fol-
lowing school districts: Hurricane No.
Is, Hunter No. 2, Cross Hill No. 2.
Waterloo No. 1, and Youngs No. g.
The school at Princeton has been
made a State aided high school. The
school at this place has made wonder
full progress within the last few years.
Three teachers have been employed
for the coming session. Mr.. G. T.
Welborn as principal, with Mrs Min
ME Britt and Miss Emma Lou Hum
bert assistants. The school house is
being remodeled and enlarged.
The people of Lanford also made
application for a State aided high
school. We hope to hear favorable
report from the application within a
few days.
The regular fall teachers eXamina-
ton for certificates will be held on
Friday, Oct 9Th, beginning strictly
at o o'clock a. IN.
Mr.. j. Pierce Coats of Cross Hill
spent a few days last week in the
Trinity Ridge community, visiting the
patrons of the school and doing some
work preliminary to the opening of
the school Mr.. Coats has been elect
l ed principal of this school. Miss An
ME Putnam of Owings and Miss Payne
of Laurens are the assistants. The
school will open on the 18TH The
grounds have been moved, the yards
and flowers worked and trimmed, and
the house has been thoroughly clean
ed ready for the reception of teachers
and pupils.
& T1Nsiss Wynona Riley. who has so sue
$sfully taught the Bailey school for
several years, has arrived and opened
school Monday. During the vacation
@months the trustees have repanted
the school house both inside and out,
and made other necessary improve
ments.
The many friends of Mr.. John Can
non will he Glad I'm hear Of his con-