The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-12-07
EDUCATION WEEK
IN WILLIAMSBURG
BIG RALLY SATURDAY WITH
BARBECUE DINNER
SERVED.

tional Association has been untiring
in its efforts to make Education
Week a success in this county. Dur
ing the week there will be meeting
in every neighborhood in the county
! at which several speakers from diff
ferent parts of the county will be
heard on subjects of educational IN
terest. A bulletin has been sent out
by the University of South Carolina
which contains much striking infor-
nation about the status of South
Carolina in the educational world,
and this literature has been given the
local speakers so that they may
discriminate the information therein
contained to the patrons of schools
in Williamsburg county in order that
they may decide how they wish to in
struct their delegation to the legis-
lature on the matter of schools and
colleges in the state.
Hand in hand with the education
that comes from books is the knowl-
edge that teaches US to keep our bod
les healthy, and one of the chief
enemies of health in our country to-
day is tuberculosis. Therefore in the
speeches that have been made in the
interests of education throughout this
county, speakers have emphasized the
importance of buying Christmas seals,
the proceeds of the sale of which are
the only source of income in the
fight against tuberculosis.
The coming event of the week,
however, will be the big County Rally
to be held in Kingstree on Saturday,
December 9th. This meeting has
been thoroughly advertised by the
speaking delegations that have gone
out eachnight during the week, and
posters have been printed and scat
tered throughout inviting all those
who are interested in education to
come to Kingstree on Saturday to
hear the speeches by distinguished
guests and to partake of the barbe-
cue dinner which will be served free.
The exercises will be held in the
school auditorium at eleven-thirty and
at the conclusion all interested will
be invited to attend the barbecue din
ner. Nothing need be said to insure
the success of the dinner than to an
nounce the fact that w. H. Welch,
chairman of the Rally Day Commit
tee, has secured the consent of D.
]. Epps to prepare and serve the bar
becue. There are not many inhabi-
tants of Williamsburg county who
have not sampled the culinary efforts
of Mr.. Epps and his sons, and every
one is assured of a treat when they
are told that the barbecue will be
in such experienced hands for the
dinner on rally day. To assist him
in the further preparations for the
big day Mr.. Welch has Mrs. E. T.
Kelley and Supt. Swittenberg, in
charge of the program for the day,
and w. E. Nesmith, Donald Mont
gomery, Ollie Epps, D. ]. Epps, L.
S. Dennis and Thos. McCutchen.
A feature Of the day will be the
awarding of new Standard Inter-
national Dictionary to the school in
the county which exhibits the clever
est banner or poster which tells of
the greatest need Of the school. All
the schools have been notified of the
contest and it is anticipated that
many clever designs will be shown.
A speaking committee consisting
of S. A. Graham, Mrs. M. A. Ross,
Mrs. ]. W. Swittenberg, Mrs. w. G.
Gamble, and Donald Montgomery has
been working to fill the places in the
speaking appointments left vacant by
those who for some reason could not
I'LL thelr engagements.
An automobile committee consist
ing of F. w. Fairey, ]. c. Kelley and
Leroy Epps has been responsible for
seeing to it that every speaking dele
cation that went out had a car at
their disposal.
Everything that could be done has
been done to arouse the people of Will
liamsburg county to the crying needs
of their children in the matter OF
education, and it is to be hoped that
the voters have been awakened to
the fact that it is their privilege to
instruct their legislators to vote in
the coming session of legislature for
larger appropriations for education
in South Carolina instead of cutting
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