Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-04-19

songs, recitations and compositions.
One song elected great deal of ap-
plause. 1t was sung by five of the
smallest children, and was descrip-
tive of the act which has made the
Father of our country SO famous.
They sang it with such vim that
you could almost fancy you heard
his hatchet cutting into the wood of
the cherry tree. Another very pleas
ing feature was a bird play by the
younger children in which each one
gave his or her opinion as to the
best method of nest Building, one
little maid said that love should
make the nest. When she gets ready
to do her real nest building happy
will the home be if these sentiments
are woven into it.In their recitations
the girls showed how carefully they
had been trained, they spoke with
so much expression. The young Ia
dies in their compositions expressed
beautiful thoughts, one wrote on
spring, the other on vacation. The
one on spring was eloquent as the
beauties of nature and the goodness
of God, in making this world so
beautiful for us to live in. The one
on vacation while as eloquent, had
a note of sadness in bidding good
bye to all associations. After the ex-
ercises Mr.. Sale in a few appropri-
ate and we'll chosen words express
ed the appreciation not only of the
patrons, but of the people of the
community to Mrs. Bradley for the
good that she had done, while in
our midst, as an efficient teacher
and noble Christian woman. Sc
pleased were the trustees with her,
that they unanimously offered her
the school for another term. She
has it under consideration.
Then came Easter rabbits who
were good to the children. They
came out little early, and laid lots
of eggs. The little folks had a merry
time hunting among the leaves and
twigs for the deposited treasures. A
prize was offered to the child find
ing the largest number. Mrs. Brad
ley was very generous with her
prizes this year. At the beginning of
the session she offered one for de-
pertinent and attendance, and three
won it. Misses Matte McKie, Kath-
crime Adams and Mary Bell. She
said they had all been so faithful in
their attendance even coming when
they were sick that she felt each one
deserved to be remembered. So she
presented each with a gold pen.
The treat of the afternoon was
filling up several wagons, with big,
little, old and young, and taking
them to see the, big tree" 1t is
mammoth poplar which stands in
front of Mrs. McKie's home. 1t
took eight little girls about thirteen
years old, to circle it at distance
of four feet from the ground, their
finger tips just being able to touch.
Clark's Hill grows a great many
big things. Among the guests at
our picnic were Misses Scott, Taylor
and Thurmond, Messrs. Dorm and
Elwin and Moore Bradley.
Miss Nina King from Lander col
lege accompanied by her friend Miss
Killingsworth of Columbia, spent
Easter with the home folks, also
Cadet L. M. Muldrow from the S.
G. G. /.
Miss Madge Mays who is teach
ing al the Mccormick school spent
the week end with relatives at
Clark's Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fouche, spent
several days of last week with
friends in Greenwood.
Miss Matte Middleton who has
been teaching in Hampton county,
is at home now for the summer.
Mr.. John Middleton of the U. S.
A. left for his post OF duty last Sat
lrday.
Mrs. Eguenia Middleton is now
in Augusta on a visit to her daugh-
ter Mrs. Luke.