The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-01-15
THE HOLIDAY SEASON
AT Jacksonville.
RURAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENTS
HOME COMING COLLEGIANS.

and plenty good order and happiness
prevail.
Our festivities began Friday even
ing when the Rural School Improve
ment association, of this district,
entertained it's friends.
The capacity of the Possum
Fork" school-house was taxed to
hold patrons and friends who gath
cred to enjoy series of drills,
tableaus, lecture and a hot sup
per of barbecue and turkey, follow
ed by cake contest.
At 7::30, mistaking the evening
for Halloween, twelve large bats
with transparent wings came fiut-
tering in, flew around the stage and
took their places, to the strains of a
bat march for the bat drill.
Santa Claus succeeded in redeem
ing the evening when he blinded the
bats with flash lights and tripped in
himself, with a big 'gobbler" on
his back, head down and feet around
neck, sent to Rev Mr. Ingraham by
the 60 "Possum Fork" pupils.
Next Eclipse of the Sun" (son)
was followed by a most heavenly
scene-in which Miss Hudgins Of
Baltimore posed for Rock of Ages. -
AS a quartette of voices sang sweet
ly that grand old hymn, flash lights
revealed the lovely form, robed in
soft white, with eyes heavenward,
embarked with rocks and moses.
Rev Mr. Ingraham was introduced
as speaker of the evening and be-
ing we'll wound up" by this time,
he made US good speech in spite
of the fact that he kept his eye on
that gobbler.
This was all good, but, best of all,
when receipts were counted. we
had $4,000.
We have raised for library $40. 90,
$500 for nice organ, ,$30. 90 for a
set of Johnson's improved rotary
maps, and a sufficient fund to run
school three months longer, with two
teachers on $50 and $35 salaries,
and not dollar came from the rich
mans purse.
Mr. Editor. no funds" is a poor
excuse for a teacher. There are a
thousand and one ways a teacher by
teing tactful can supplement funds
and increase the school term. We
want working teachers, and COM
pulsory education. Approximately
1000 more negroes in schools in
South Carolina than whites means
something.
Our hearts were made glad by the
home coming of the girls and boys:
Miss Sadie Eaddy of Lander College,
Misses Alma Chapman and Ruth
Dorrill of Winthrop, Miss Lila Eaddy
of Coker College; Messrs Cockfield,
Eaddy and Cannon of Wofford, and
Cadet John Henry Woodberry of
West Point. In honor of the fore
going DR. and Mrs A G Eaddy, Mr.
and Mrs Dickson and Mr. and Mrs S
B Poston entertained on consecutive
evenings. Miss Ruth Dorrill left
for Kansas City as delegate to the
national Y W CA.
Miss Hudgins, the very popular
milliner who has been in charge of
the Johnsonville millinery depart
ment for two seasons, left for Balti-
more on Tuesday, to return the last
of March for the spring season.
Cadet Woodberry left day early
for few hours in Charleston to
greet his Citadel friends, leaving
for New York on Wednesday, to re-
turn in July, after graduation.
A sad accident occurred here to-
day when a skidder was struck by
the train. The skidder flew up and
struck Conductor Campbell below the
knees, breaking both bones of both
legs. DR. Cockfeld took him to the
hospital at Andrews on the evening
train.
Take your automobile to Brock
ington & Marshall for repairs.