The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-12
SILVERSTREET SCHOOL.
Interesting Meeting-PeOple Decide to
Take Forward Step Looking to
Up.tO-date School Building.


would deliver an illustrated lecture on
school conditions in South Carolira at
Silverstreet on Saturday, July 8. On
Wednesday evening, too la:e to give
general notice in the community, Prof.
Tate 'phoned Superintendent of Edu-
cation E. H. Aull requesting that the
date of the lecture be changed to
Thursday evening, July 1. This was
done and as much publicity as posi-
BILE given to the change Of date. OF
course, a good many Of the citizens In
the community failed 10 receive the
notice of change and as 4 result the
meeting was not as largely attended
as it would have been, though there
was good audience and p very atten-
tive and appreciative audience.
Superintendent of Education Aull
made few Introductory remarks on
school conditions and suggestions as
to what in his opinion would better
these conditions.
Hon. c. T. Wyche, member of the
Legislature and chairman of the COM
mittee On education, was present by
invitation and delivered a short ad-
dress on the importance and necessity
of improving the rural school condi-
tons
Prof. Tate delivered his lecture US
ing his stereopticon and for an hour
or more he held the undivided atten-
ton of those who were present. Ev-
erybody was very much interested and
enthusiastic in commendation of what
Prof. Tate had to say.
The people, of the district have no
school house, and the question of loca-
tion and the character of building to
be put up has been discussed for some
time with the trustees, the superinten-
dent of education and the patrons of
the district, the purpose being to get
all the plans harmonized and the peo-
pie united in an effort to build and
equip and maintain first class school
in this district.
One of the trustees was absent at
the meeting On Thursday. They all
met at Silverstreet on Saturday after
noon and discussed the situation again.
On Monday the trustees and some of
the patrons met with the superinten-
dent of education at Newberry and
went over the whole situation and
agreed to purchase two acres from Mr..
Henry O. Long, and also to order an
election on issuing bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose of
building a modern and up-to-date
school building in the district. The
location is On the town side of the
railroad, this being the side on which
greater number of the people reside,
and also where the greater number of
the children are, the understanding be-
ing that the children on the other side
and who are too far to walk to the
school would be transported at the
expense of the district. 1t was thought
also that probably when the trustees
at Dead Fall district were convinced
that the Silverstreet district was 60
ing to unite and all work together
harmoniously and with the determina-
ton to build good school house
that arrangements could be made
by which the two districts could be
united and then they would be in po-
sition, so far as the children are con-
cerned and the property of the district,
to equip and maintain a high school
equal to any IN the county.
The Silverstreet district has about
$4,000 of taxable property of which
the Southern railway pays On about
$4,000. The election On the voting of
the bonds has been ordered and will
be held On the 29th of July.
The people who heard Prof. Tate
were so much impressed with what ne
had to say and with the force of his
reasoning that they are anxious that
everybody in the district as well as
those who are near enough in other
districts should hear Prof Tate, and
with that in view they have requested
the superintendent of education to in
vite Prof. Tate to return to Silver
street On Saturday, July -, and repeat
his lecture. This invitation has been
extended and it is hoped that Prof
Tate NAV he in nnSitiOn IN accedo to