The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-06-08
SCHOOL HAS
A FINE CLOSING

j. T.. BrOOkS, Lile superintendent IHe
. past session, had kindly invited me
to be with them on the closing even.
ing, and inasmuch as l had had the
privilege of attending all the closings
/! of this school for the past severa
veafs. and besides I feel a great in
terest in the school and love to go tc
Whitmire, I could not resist the
: temptation to be present The date
was first fixed for the 7th of June
and I had arranged to be at the olo
! hcme in Greenwood on the 4th tc
attend the 64th anniversary of the
marriage of my father and mother
and of course had to be there. This
made the day very strenuous one
for me. but I was at Whitmire
though I had to drive from home to
Greenwood in the afternoon and take
the train to Whitmire.
/ There had been rain in the after,
noon at Whitmire and the night was
threatening and as the town is en-:
gagged in the making Of streets and
the laying of water. pipes and sewer
age, the town was transformed in the
afternoon from dusty place to one
; of red mud, and the streets were very
j difficult of passage over, but there
was a:good audience at the Y. NJ. u
;; A. auditorium to attend the closing
fexxercises. There were seven mem
); bers of the class, four young men
and three young ladies and the pro
gram was very creditably rendered
The members of the class are Clarice
Elizabeth billiard, James David Dun.
can, Nellie Mae Holt, John Scott
Shannon, John Randolph Jeter, John
Stewart Little, Oracle Mae Stroud.
The salutation was delivered by
Miss Nellie Mae Holt and then a
Snort talk was delivered by -. H.
Aull. The class history was. given
| by John Scott Shannon; the class
Ipoem by John Randolph Je!er; the
class prophecy ,by James David Dun
can.
! The Aull essay medal was won by
Miss Clarice Elizabeth Dillard with
:: her orable mention of Mss Nellie
Holt, wha gave close race, and was
presented by E. H. Aull. The scl1ol.
a,ship medal to that member of the
ceventh grade who made the pee'
average Tor advancement to the mgr
school was presented by Peoe. j. =
Brooks to Miss Gladys Childer; anc
tfe medal IN mathematics was pre-
sented by Mr.. W. M. Sherard to MISS
M;.ry Spray.
! Prof. Brooks. then in an excellent
address to the graduates p-eseEte
; the diplomas, and the valedictory wa:
spoken by Miss Clarice Dillard.
Prof. Brooks said the school had
very successful year and the pros
pects for the coming session are very
bright.
I had intended to come on nome
that night but owing to the heaV9
rains and the condition Of the roads
| spent the night and came home D!
Clinton the next day. The long wal
at Clinton was made pleasant by tne
1aeetinq Of many friends in this gooe
town Mr.. and Mrs. A. T.. watson
Newberry people, who now run run, ths .nV
CLINTON hotel gave me cordial IN
H;.ation to dinner and had the bes'
d;nner that have eaten at a hotel II
manv days. and they also invited Eol
tor Harris of the Chronicle TO oln'
with me, and the time passed Ver!
pleasantly.
At Whtmire the town is putting II
a system of water works and sewer
| age and also making arrangements U
nave the streets. In fact this is on
Of the real live and progressive towns
of the state and. town that doe:
things and does them well and knows
how to do them. The pity is that i
seems impossible to get the people o!
Newberry to realize that this is
very important part of the county
and as result we have no road ina
, is worth while between the tW'
places. and the business men OF thl'
, town of Newberry do not seem tt
, realize also that the town and county
of Union is building a good road be-
tween this Whitmire town and Union
and that there is a good road from
} Union to Spartanburg and these
people Will SeC Cue udUlt VI SoAAS "
these towns instead Of coming tt
Newberry when they want to get ou'
from Whitmire, and Newberry is 60
. ing to lose great deal more thar
the building of road would cost
Besides this the people Of Whitmire
are willing to cooperate in the build
ing of a road to Newberry and stane
ready to do more than their part il
such an enterprise, but the people o.
Newberry will not, and it may be tot
late after awhile to do something
It is easier to get people coming thi:
way before they get the habit of go
/. ing somewhere else than it will be tt
get them afterward. The very fac
That they are willing to cooperate IL
the building of road is evidence
that they prefer to establish close
: aTelsticns with Newber~yy- -. lew
berry continues to neglect the op
portunity it may be too late afte:
awhile to do anything. I wish
could impress upon the people O.