The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-11-01

uiihS 10 SupcllHtcIlucn VI IoulutS
school. All Of the above named re-
side in the village except Rev. Nc
Lin. y teachers training school, run
by the pastors Of the village has been
and has proved OF great benefit to
those attending.
y NJ. G. \. building Will be
erected in the course Of the next row
months. The probable cost will be
about $4,000 and Il physical dircc-
tor and perhaps a teacher of domestic
science will be secured. This build
ing will be on the lot adjoining the
company's store and will be modern
in every particular. The erection Of
this building is not done in the sense
OF Turing or even Of holding The
present help, who are contentcd and
have no complaint to make in regard
TO the attractions Of the village
IS an evidence OF this, The follow
ing list Of those employed in the mill
contains many who have been on the
.ra}ro!l OF the company for 10, H. and
even 20 years: George Franks, over
seer OF the card-room ,loln SnOddy.
assistant Of card-room; w. II GognclI
and > L. Thomas Of Tho spinnng
room; r. r. Woodsidc, j. 0. Davis
and c. I. Word, Of the weave room;
H. II. Blakclcy Of the cloth room. e
II. Coleman, master mechanic and "
e. w. Good, tmokecpor have also
been here for a number OF years.
This feeling Of parmancncy seems
to cXtcnd TO tho officers OF the mill
who are Col. y. B..Dial, of Laurcns,
President; w. S. Montgomery vice
president and treasurer; NJ. H. smith
secretary and J. NJ Moore. supcrin-
tendent. Mr.. Smith has been sccrc-
tary for over 10 years and several
others have been connected With tho
company for number of years.
In the matter OF schools The VII
lage is above The average, perhaps.
The building is handsome two
story structure and cost about $1,000.
a splendid stage and is wcll furnishes
in every way. Steam heat is used.
sanitary drinking fountains arc III MI
the halls and Il library, on the Soc-
ond floor, contains several hundred
volumes The kindergarten is largo ana
has everything needed in this depart
mcnt. The school contains four grades
and pupils above that grade 80 TO the
that although the school is a part OF
the city school systcm the building
was erected by the mill authorities.
The present enrolment IS l5i, about
The faculty consists OF Miss Mary
Simpson, principal and Misses lrcno
Ray, Annie Clardy, Francis Thames,
and Jennie Shealcy.
\ number Of pupils in this school
recently did work that caused COM
mcnt from those in charge, as we'll
as from Mr.. Parkinson, supcrintcnd-
cnt of the city schools. Beatrice Ro-
land and Hugh Coleman, aged and
respectively, are in the second grade
and have demonstrated that they arc
readers OF more than ordinary ability.
Little Holl Blakclcy and Lola Snoddy,
both of the fourth grade have recently
written several compositions that
were very original, stated Miss Simp-
son. This school also attracted much
favorable comment at the recent coun-
~ school fair
y night school was run here for
twelve nights last year and many
learned to read and write, about SO
attending. On the last night of the
| school all pupils wrote a letter to
Governor Manning asking that an APP
preparation be made for the night
/ school. y favorable reply was recciy-
ed and the school got $50 to be used
FOR that purpose. One thing not mon
toned is the spirit of cooperation
shown by the people Of the village in
every movement that is launched for
the common good
This spirit has become part OF
tho village itself. Therefore, when it
is considered that the efforts Of the
management have met with the
I bcarticst cooperation OF the employees
1t Is no wonder that I.aurcns mill viii
lage is model Of happiness and con
/ tentmcnt.