The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-03-17
THE JOLLY STREET SCHOOL.
Pleasant Entertainment-Great Im-
proYcment But More Room AZ
ready in Demand.


o jolly 5 rect on Friday afternoon.
We got down jus5 in time to get some
fresh country sausage and pudding
a.d spareribs, as Mrs Alice Living
ston and her sons had just finished
outchering. Her boys also have glee
club and we had some fine old time
music on the violin, tae banjo and the
guitar
1t was also the occasion of an en-
tertainment at the Jolly Street school.
The Pomaria Theatrical company
had agreed to come over and render
the 'Deestrict Schulz" and right we'll
did they do it. Mr.. John C. Aull was
school master and he made pretty
good looking pedagcgue. And he was
well supported by maids and matrons
and young men and old men Of the
Pomaria community all doing the part
OF school children once more Before
the play began Miss Frazier, of Blairs,
gave two very clever readings which
We're much enjoyed. The attendance
was very good owing to the bad con-
dition of the roads. The receipts were
something like $50.
am just little proud of the jolly
Street school and the school spirit
which is manifest in the community
1t means great things for that entire
community. The school building is a
neat two room structure and has two
acres of ground very conveniently 10
(cated just at the fork of the road. The
building has recently. been painted
through the efforts OF the scaool I'm
proyement association.
The school is taught the present Hes-
sion by Miss Lottie Lee Halfacre and
Miss May Amick, and they are liked
by pupils and patrons and are doiLg
excellent work.
The mistake made was in not put
ting up a three room building at the
| beginning. There are now enrolled
about 80 children and in one room
more than fifty with an average at
! tendance of more than 80. This Is a
great improvement over former con-
ditions but to add to the present build
i ing will be more expensive, and then
| you can never make as good build
ing when once you begin to enlarge
| or alter. l felt sure the children
would be there, and, therefore, more
than a year ago / recommended
! three room building. A people who
have the children and the school
spirit, as these people have, should be
encouraged Besides, this is an en-
tirely rural district with very small
taxable values. This is a good place
to give State aid because the people
are trying to help themselves and
they need encouragement in their eff
| forts. x..1~s
Now a word about the roads. Sus
peryisor Chappell put the road from
the Excelsior school house in fine con-
dition a few months ago but it needs
some few things done to it now. The
road was not properly drained and in
some places there Ii need OF drain
pipes now. If these two filings were
done the road would not get II the
condition that it Is. 1t would take
very little work and very little ex-
pense to put these drain pipes in and
to arrange for the water to get out
of the road 1 hope Mr.. Chappell will
yet go and do these two things Then
if the people did not keep the road in
condition they would not deserve
good road, but 1 believe if the two
things are done the people will then
kssP the road up.
There is one bad m8d hole about
one mile below Prosperity, in fact,
not quarter of mile beyond the
corporate limits, that could be- fixed
in couple hours; and 1 have often
wondered that the good people OF
Prosperity would let it remain. 1t just
needs draining, but as it row is it
fe1nains the year around bad and
ugly mud hole. 1 would be willing to
spend a couple hours VITA a team and
one OF eBo hands if Prosperity woti3d
help an4 We VIII get rid of this mud
hole. What say you Prosperity? A
little cooperation and we would have
much better roads. Each one waits
for the othgr 6Ee. Why not get to-
gether? E. H. 4.