The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-17
A BIG DAY FOR The
POMARIA COMMUNITY
COMPLETION OF NEW SCHOOL
BUILDING CELEBRATED.
People Greatly Interested-Impro1e-
ment Association Organized
Several Good Speeches.


Pomaria on last Friday in honor of
the completion of The new brick school
house in that district. The right
spirit pervaded the entire audience.
1t was the school spirit. The COM
munity spirit The school building
was not quite completed bat the audi
torium was ready for use and the ex-
ercises were held.
There was a good attendance and
the inter st manifested showed that
the people appreciated the advance
step that had been taken by the COM
munity.
The building is a duplicate Of the
building at Silversrest The trus-
tees secured two and one half acres
of land on an eminence from which
is a fine view Of the surrounding
country. Little Mountain looms up
in the distance and in fact from the
auditorium in any direction you turn
your vision you are reminded Of noun
tain scenes. A we'll Of fine water has
been put on the properly and every
other convenience arranged for a
fine school
The trustees have elected Mr.. w
A Reiser, a recent graduate of eNw
of the old Bethel academy, at the time,
next term and Miss Lucy Ligon as as
sistant. Miss Ligon taught the school
year ago and gave general salts
faction. The district has voted q
four mill tax for maintenance and will
run an eight months school
The ladies met after the dinner on
Friday and organized an improve
ment association and have gone i'm
mediately to work to purchase
piano. Everything looks encouraging
at Pomaria. There are no kickers
and every one is deeply interested in
the success of the school and it will
be matter of short time until it
will be necessary to enlarge the build
ing and put in high school.
State Superintendent ]. E. syea~rin-
gen had expected to be present but
on account of a meeting in Charles
ton could not come He was repre-
sented by Mr.. W. H stoddard who
came and made an excellent talk to
the people.
County Superintendent of Educa-
ton E. H. Aull presided and present
ed the speakers. Mr.. Aull congratu-
lated the people on the interest they
were taking in the education Of their
children and gave a brief resume Of
the movement which has led up to
and eliminated in the handsome
building which is now completed. He
admonished them, however, that q
building of itself did not constitute
school.
DR.. E. Pendleton Jones, pastor Of
the First Baptist church of NeWberry,
was the first speaker. He made a
strong address and pointed out in
forcible and telling language the nee
essity for the trained mind and the
obligation resting upon the people Of
the rural districts to furnish the nee
essary school facilities for their child
rem so that the parents who wanted
to educate their children would not
feel the necessity of moving to town
to do nothing but to educate their
children. Dr. Jones paid a tribute
to the work done by the county su-
perintendent of education of New
berry county and said that he had
been up and down the State a good
deal since he had moved to South
Carolina and that his observation was
that more constructive work had
Deen done for the schools of Newberry
county than any county in the State.
The next speaker was Prof. J. B.
O'Neall Holloway. He was native of
Pomaria and at one time was pupil
of the old Bethel academy, at the time
one of the best schools Of the coun-
ty. Mr.. Holloway made fine talk,
dealing largely in reminiscence. He
paid a beautiful tribute to Prof D.
B. Busby, who had al one time taught
the school at Pomaria and who was
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