The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-08-19

facts together, and we are printing
the sketch in this issue of The Her
aid and News. We have set the type
in such form that we may reduce the
sketch to a pamphlet size without
much trouble, and we should think
the people of the community would
be glad to have it in such shape that
the story might be preserved. If
there should be any demand for the
sketch in that shape we would be glad
to hear of it, and we will get the job
man of the office to print few hum
dred copies.
Some of the places, and especially
the site of the first academy and the
old graveyard, we have never seen,
but the first opportunity we expect to
go out and have DR.. Brown take US
to the original site of this school.
This old academy prepared the first
class for the South Carolina college,
now the University Of South Caro-
lima, and also the first matriculate
and the first graduate Of the South
Carolina college was from Mt. Bethel
academy, and one of the professors,
so you see the beginning of the col
lege was the Mt. Bethel academy
Many of the illustrious men of the
state attended this school and the
history is worth preserving in some
permanent shape. The MethodlSts
are going to erect some sort of mark
er at this place and the ground is
to be decided to the conference by
Mr.. Sims G. Brown Read the inter-
esting story of this old academy as
written by DR.. Brown and published
in this issue.
The pictures of the two buildings
that we print are of the present
school building and the last building
used by the Mt. Bethel school before
the consolidation. The Gar1nany
building was destroyed some years
ago by a tornado. The first building
used by Garmany still stands and is
now the property of Mr.. w. P. Lomi-
nick and used for negro house. If
we had known it was in the good
condition that it is, and that it had
not been changed, we would. have had
a picture of it made for this sketch.
We are going to get picture in
day or two and will print it in sub
sequent issue. In fact we would be
glad to have some one write the his
tory OF this school. The building
stands just in the rear of the Unity
church building and the district had
several acres of land, and it was a
fine location near spring, but little
too far from the public road.
There were several other schools in
the county in the early days, which
could be termed as classical schools,
in which there were excellent teach
ers and the young men were prepar-
ed for college, and from which some
of the able and prominent men Of the
state came, just as there came such
jurists and scholars and successful
business men from Mt. Bethel. There
was such a school up near .Crome"s
in the 'Duckett neighborhood, ani
Mr.. John c.. .Goggans, former clerk
of court, halfway promised to write
story Of this school. He was pre-
pared Tor college here as were many
others who became prominent: Then
the old Bethel academy at Pomaria
was a fine school, and we woeld be
glad to,naye Prof.'J:: B. O'Neall Hol-
loway write the sketch of this school.
He was prepared for college here
and is now retired and has leisure
and could do this story in fine shape
and with historic accuracy, And
there are many stories of local
interest and historic value that we
expect to print from time to time as
we car gather the facts. And we ask
the cooperation of the people who
may know the facts to come along
and write them out or give them to
some one who will.