Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-23
SCHOOL PICNIC.
Very Pleasant Day Spent al
Antioch. Short Addresses.
Very Bountiful Din
ner Served.

the good people of Antioch Satur-
day. the occasion being joint pic
MIC by the day school and Sunday
school. About IL o'clock a con-
siderable number of persons as
sembled in the church to witness
the appropriate exercises by the
children. The first number on the
programme was a welcome address
by Dabney Talbert, who spoke with
the ease, grace and effectiveness of
one many years his senior. The
hearty welcome was followed by
recitation by Miss Lucille Brunson.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
selection was difficult one, her
talent made its presentation by her
easy. Next, four sweet little girls
and manly little boy marched up
on the rostrum, the boy bearing
aloft the national flag, and each one
declared their loyalty to Old Glory
by dedicating their head, their
heart and their hand to their coun-
try. The next number was song
sweetly rendered by Miss Walker,
this being followed by a chorus by
the school. The exercises were
highly creditable, rejecting credit
upon those who presented the sew
eral numbers and also upon those
who trained the children.
At the conclusion Of the children's
programme Mr.. G. G. Jones arose
and presented Mr.. J. L. Minis and
then Mr.. A. S. Tompkins, both of
whom made short addresses, COM
mending the teachers of the school
and the people of the community
for what they have already achieved
and encouraged them to undertake
even greater things in the future.
No other rural community in the
county has made greater progress
along all lines during the past de-
cade than has Antioch. The homes
have been improved, the fields give
evidence of being more intelligently
cultivated, the church and church
grounds have been greatly improv-
ed and one of the best school build
ings in the county has been erected.
One unmistakable evidence of great
| ly improved conditions is the tre-
mendous advance in Antioch real
estate. But little dirt in the
community Is ever offered for sale
and when it is offered there is q
ready buyer at good price.
The.rapid development of Antioch
has been made possible by the
splendid citizenship of the COM
munity. Not only are they men
and women of intelligence and
character, but they are progressive.
Yea, more-they in their community
life, practice cooperation. When
anything is to be undertaken for the
community welfare everyone stands
ready to do his full part. Such a
spirit will bring any community to
the forefront in a few years.
The school is taught by Miss
Bertha Lee Ferguson as principal
and Miss Lula Quarles as assistant.
The steadily increasing enrolment
of pupils, now numbering seventy
odd, has made it necessary to en-
ploy another teacher for next year.
The trustees realizing that the need
is imperative will add another room
to the already commodious building
in order to provide the necessary
class room for third teacher.
A feature of Saturday alto
gether pleasing to everybody was
the bountiful dinner which was
served upon the long table out Tn
der the oaks. The appearance of
the table led one to believe that the
good people OF Antioch do not even
know that war is being waged in
Europe. Judging from the well
filled baskets of everything nice to
eat, Antioch does not need any
food-preparednessagitation. They
are already well provided for-both
for the present and for the future.
Business engagements made 1t neces-
sary for the Edgefield contingency
to leaye early in the afternoon. 1t
was with great reluctance that we
pulled ourselves away from so
pleasant an environment. The
writer will never have to he urged
to visit Antioch. A mild hammered
invitation is all that will be neces-
sary to carry us there in the future.