Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-19

number or appropriate pleaSantrleS
which were well taken by the audience.
Then warmne to his subject and the
spirit Of the meeting. he reviewed the
history Of Bethany High school. which
he said had been originally established
in compliance with an order Of the First
Presbytery Of the A. r. p. church.
For years, he said. the school was
conducted under the management Of
Presbytery. Although it is no more, it
was not failure. The present beauti-
full school building is result Of the
original establishment.
Every once in a while, the speaker
said, he met some young man or wo-
man who was a student at the Bethany
school, and the parents Of these young
people who made a sacrifice to send
their children there have caused i'm
provement of the heart and mind, and
have thereby improved their respective
communities.
South CarolinianS, continued the
speaker, are somewhat like Missouri
ans-they want to be shown what Is in
this matter Of education. Nobody would
be so wild as to argue that children
should be educated in order to make
money. A child is not educated to be
a money maker, and in fact statistics
show that college graduates are not all
money makers, but they belong to life
Of idealism, rather than materialism.
Education. asserted Mr.. Oates. is for
personal satisfaction and development
and for enjoyment Of higher pleasures
and deeDer truths. Every persons ca
pacity for enjoyment Is dependent on
training Of the mind. There are, ac-
cording to poets, SONGS in stones, and
sermons in running brooks, yet only
through education can appreciation OF
the fact be realized.
Boys and girls must be taught to get
all there is in life. The word education
said the speaker, means to draw out.
The whole world is spider web. and
the touching Of any strand Of the wei
affects creation. Boys and girls must
be educated for the benefit Of their fel-
lows, and thus by giving them an edu-
cation, parents become world benefac-
tors.
Does education pay?' asked the
speaker. Doesn't cultivation Of the
fields pay? May be not in money some
times, yet the world is made more
beautiful thereby. Boys and girls are
and improves this material. They are
to become leaders in business, society
and politics.
All the great citizens are not those
in the public eye, said the speaker ir
conclusion, but rather the ordinary
farmer and business man who takes
his boys and girls to school and doe.
his best to lift them up in order thai
God may be glorified and enobled."
The speaker addressed the audience
in a clear, firm voice and his message
was clearly delivered to those farthes
away. Every eye and ear was after
tion, and much applause followed III,
conclusion of the address.
Following music by the band, Prof
w. r. Koon, principal Of the Bethany
school, announced that at two O'Clock
in the afternoon the audience woulC
have the pleasure Of hearing a mar
who had been criticised and dragged II
the mire, a man whom he had known
all his life, and who, if he had gone
astray, had done so since he left New
berry county-Governor Blease. Ad
journment was then taken for dinner.
Ladies in attendance had brought
we'll filled baskets, such as only to bt
had at picnics. There was fried chick
en-, cake, ham, and in fact everything
good in the line Of eatables. Nobody
went hungry-there was much tc
spare.
Shortly after two o'clock the audi
ence which had been largely increased
after the sun came out, again repaired
to the speakers platform. More thar
half were forced to stand, although
most Of the ladies were seated. The.
gathered as closely as possible ant
when the band began to play, all talk
ing ceased and until the speaking wa!
over, even a whisper among the crowC
could be heard.
In introducing the governor, Super
intendent Carroll said that the commu
nifty was becoming accustomed to gooC
speakers, and a number of distinguish
ed speakers had been at Bethany; bu
1t was rare that they had the pleasure
Of hearing the governor. He tool
pleasure in introducing Gov. Blease.
Governor Blease.
The governor spoke about forty five
minutes, confining his address wholly
to educational matters appropriate o.
the occasion. He had been asked t
speak on another subject, he said, bu
did not consider it the proper time ant
place for such an address. He express
ed hope that someday he could come
back and tell his political views. II ht
did have such an opportunity, he want
ed all who had questions to ask, to ask
them straight and said he would an
swer them in like manner.
Governor Blease said it was always q
pleasure for him to go before the peo-
pie, and especially before people who
were interested in education. He con-
graduated the people of Bethany or
their new school house, and on theil
having a Newberry man as principal
"Newberry boys" he said, never die
things by halves
People Of South Carolina, said the
speaker, do not need laws requiring
them to educate their children. They