The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-05-31

rons as to what was really best to
be done Some wanted to rebuild or
the old site, and some wanted to build
at another place, and very wisely the
matter was just left to work ltsei.
cut In the meantime the st. Philips
people. not so far away, went to work
and erected a modern school building
and voted g tax to establish rural
graded school, and the school has
;; prospered and now has three teach
ers and nearly a hundred children.
And it is really very fine rura!
school. Of course it has been FORUM
ate especially for the last couple years
or more in having exceptionally COM
petent teachers. McCrary decided to
Join st. Phillips, or at least portion
of McCrary did, and as a result, as
understand it, MoCrary had the
! present session only about four child
rem.
! Then the other part OF the Nc
Crarv district adjoining Gar2nany de-
cided to 60 into G2rn:anv, ard the re-
qa:s:te number Of freeHo,aars have Al
roa6v s;SHod The pctiticn % 80, AnG
money wes GatrG raised easily h
s-hscriHt.o7 10 c~2ot h2rl c,ae
building.
7naa tie people Of tie n. Dataa!
school began to realize taat it would
probably be a good thing to Join i'll
With Carmany and the portion OF Nc
Gary ard establish q real school. and
that was the occasion Of a meeting
had the pleasure OF attending at
Le5snon church on Monday evening.
About two years or more ago
attended a meeting at this same
place to talk about this same thing.
It was more largely attended, but 1t
was lacking the ntesm of the
last meeting.
appreciate the compliment paid
me by the good people Of this COM
munitv and the superintendent Of ed
! ucation in asking me to go to it, for
| I consider it a great thing to be es-
teemed worthy even to take part in
any gathering that has for its object
the improvement of the educational
! facilities for the children Of any part
! of our country. but particularly the
rural section. 1t is a great honor
aud a great privilege to have even j
small part in any meeting that Will
, result in the building Of good school
anywhere And I believe these good
people have made Up their minds to
have good school. and that is ali
that is necessary to make up their
minds to do it and the thing is done.
On the way out we stopped at b.
B. Leitzsey's q went with Mr.. Wilson,
and clicked him up. While waiting
for him to make ready Mrs. Leitzsey
offered Us some good cherry pie, the
same kind that my mother and grand
| mother used to make in the days OF
INV childhood when we had plenty
Of fine cherries. and I always wanted
| the last piece so as to be permitted
to eat it from the plate in which i
was baked, and the sight Of it carriet'
| me back to. those good old days. I
declined, however. to eat. because
When 7 az expected to talk, as
thought I might be, I cant eat or II
I do I can't talk. but I told her
| would stop on the return and eat my
piece. and she could just leave it on
the table if we came back too late
for her. And, as I expected, when
we came back Mrs. Leytzsey had re-
tired, but the pie was there, and the
table was prepared, and there were
also other things cn that table such
as Irish potatoes and lot of good
things that tome out CT garden and
! some of that fine old country ham,
and I got my pie as well. though Mr..
Wilson had gotten ahead of me be
cause he had already had his. and
then I think he ate whole one be-
! sides. Well I do not blame him. be
cause it was good.
! But to the meeting. 1t was we'll
| attended by the patrons Of Mt. Beth
el. and several from Garmany and
| McCrary. Mr.. Wilson stated the OBJ
| iect of the meeting. and then l talked