The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1913-08-28
Established Volume 43
EDUCATIONAL MEETING
AT OOLENOY SUCCESS

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Oolenoy-the last of the series
Thursday. Tho not the most
largely attended, it was one of
the best meetings held.
The Oolenoy section is pop-
ulated by high type of citizen
ship, the people are healthy, in
telligent and thrifty and signs
OF prosperity are much in evil
dence. They are God-fearing
people, and are destined to play
an important part in the future
we'll being of Pickens county.
Between Pickens court house
and Oolenoy school house, and
all thru that section. the crops
are fine. But the thing which
impresses you most on your ar
rival at the school is 5he school
house itself. It is a magnifi-
cent rural school building, two
stories high, containing three
class rooms and cloak rooms, a
large hall upstairs and a spac-
-,iOus basement. 1t is wooden
building, neatly and we'll paint
ed. A beilis in the tower and
from the top of the tower floats
the South Carolina state flag,
Two years ago the Oolenoy
school house was a room
house on the church lot and
about 60 pupils were taught by
one teacher three months in
each year. Today in their new
building a graded school is con-
Quoted and 1913 pupils are taught
) seven months in the year and
three teachers are employed.
Thus is shown what can be done
in our own county when the
people unite for the common
|, good. The district has voted a
pa four mill tax for school pur-
poses and receive some aid from
the state. The people of the
section are proud of their school
and well they may be. They
are setting an example which
should and will be followed by
other districts in this county.
The teachers of the school are:
Prof. w. T. Chastain, principal; +;
Prof. G.. e. Keith and Mrs. G..
M. Keith assistants. The trust
ees are Messrs. WIZ. Hendricks.
&. A. Roper and II. B. Clark.
But for threatening weather
conditions Thursday morning a
much larger crowd would have
been present. AS it was some
600 people were in attendance.
A platform for the speakers
and seats for the audience had
been arranged in the grove
back of the school house, and
at IL o'clock the school children
marched in perfect order from
the class rooms to the speakers
stand. where they sang school
song. The pupils of the Grove
school in charge of their teach
er, Miss Williams, marched
with the Oolenoy school.
Prof. R. Il. Hallum acted as
chairman, and Prof. Reese of
Clearwater, Fla, who is a SON
in-law of Mr.. M. Hendricks and
who is spending his vacation
here, opened the meeting with
prayer and delivered the address
Of welcome in we'll chosen re-
marks.
w. w. Long, State Farm
Demonstration. who had been
at the other two meetings, was
unable to be present, and II. A..
Rowen, Farm Demonstrate for
this county, made the first
speech. He said he was no
speaker. but wanted to help the
farmers in any way he could by
supplying them with govern
ment information onany crop. AT
present the government is try
ing to get our people interested
in winter cover crops, such as
vetch, cloyers, rye, peas, etc.
He said there were three links
which he and the other speak
ers were trying to link together
religion, education and agricul-
ture. The first two are we'll
linked and the latter should be
added.
j. E. Swearengen, the blind
superintendent of Education of
this state, was the next speaker
and his words will linger long in
the ears of his hearers. AS ar
earnest man who is laboring fo]
the betterment of educationa
conditions, he is indeed a ser
want of the people. We wisl
we could give even an outline
of his speech but we have no
the space. He is in favor O
the state, giving more aid t,
struggling rural schools ant
wants the people to talk to thei
representatives about it. H