The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-31
THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO BE CONSOLIDATED.
A Modern Building to be Erected and
a Special Tax Not Less Than Fuor
Mills Nor More Than Eight.
Long Step Forward.

The people can generally do what
1hev make Up their minds to do ana
I really love to see people do things
especially when I know that the 90
ing of them is for the betterment anu
the uplift of all the people. When
ever you do anything that is helpfuI
for the educational interest of the
children of the rural districts you
have done something that is good for
fhe community and for the State, anc
something that is worth while the do
ing.
There are several very old school
districts in this county. They may
not have been dign;fed with the ap-
De1Jat;on of school district all the
wears OF their existence. but theJ
are nevertheless school communities
where TIE children, for generations
99va been taught. ] snche 9 sa2r'
.,,a,e ago os Hartford as one OF these
30 districts, school having been
conducted at that place For century
perhans. In No . township there IS
Mt Bethel. which It is said is the be-
ginning or the mother Of the South
Carolna University, this schoolss BENG
the one from which the founder Of the
university went DR.. W. c. Brown
has nron,ised me for several years t.
write the history Of this from Whaf
he knows of it by having it handed
down to him from his forbears, but he
has not vet done so. I hope now tha.
he will be able to furnish what ne
knows about the history OF the MI
Fethe} school so that it may he prin.-
ed in the paper, and thus preserved
for the future historian. Then in the
same community is Garmany schoo!
which certainly dates back to about
1910. for the deed is of record which
was made by Mr.. Garmany for the
seven acres or more Of land which
was given for school and which is
still in the possession of the trustees
Of the district. and where the school
is now beeing taught.
II is worth getting all these facts
together now in reliable and correct
shane. separating the facts from THE
legends. so that the history of the
communities may be truthfully ans
Droperly written. l am writing now
only from memory and without any
data before me.
This community has been a pros
porous and prominent section OF
the county for more than century.
It has been noted during all these
wears for the interest it has taken in
education. and many men Of State
and national renown have come from
this community. It is the home of the
Browns and the Caldwells and the
Cannons and the Ruffs and for gen.
erations they and their forbears have
taken a lively interest in anything
that was for the advancement Of the
ton of the community it is but the
duty of those good people who nov
live there to keep the fires of educa-
ton burning for the benefit of their
children. The Brown family came
In that section about 1850, and at that
time their nearest neighbors were ar
Ninety Six and Goshen Hill. J. Epps
Brown of Atlanta is the manager and
vice-president of the great Southern
Bell and this is his native section.
Mai J. F. J. Caldwell came from thas
section of the county, and Prof. O..
&B. Cannon still recalls the slab
Bbenches at the old Garmany school.
9gk1any others could be mentioned. aud
|I|khe people have right to feel a pride
a their community and the commun-
y spirit should run high, as it does.
M There has been a school in the
n armany district and one in the Mt
If6ethel district Some years ago the
v bchool building in the Garmany dis
krict was blown away by a cyclone.
and since then the school has been
eonducted down at the old site given
4 ny the Mr.. Garmany mentioned above
Then there is the McCrary district
not far away which is Of recent orr
gin. ~
Since thn hlovi"c aTav Of t"''