The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-17
plies to many Of the highways.

iplleS to many OF the highways.
I drove from Wheeland across to
Fairview out by the Wheeler place,
and this is a road l do not recall to
have Travelled before, if so a long
time ago, and there are some good
farms along this way and good deal
of timber yet in spite Of the great
amount that is being cut down and
hauled away. Everywhere you go
there are lumber wagons and trucks
hauling lumber, and it would seem
that the forests would soon be de-
pleted. / visited the school at Fair
view, but getting there just before
the dinner hour, did not have much
opportunity to observe the work. Mr..
Lawrence Derrick is the principal
and Miss Hattie Belle Lester the as
sistant. This is the first year for
Mr.. Derrick at this school, though he
has had several years experience. and
is a. graduate of Newberry college.
Miss Lester taught very successfully
at this school last year and is very
popular with parents and children
and is doing a fine work in the school
and community. / had conference
with the trustees and the negroes
who are preparing to build house
to consolidate the negro schools
ID .d$airview and Wheeland and Mt.
Pikfff@ into one school. Fairview
and NAseland have been consolidated
foGzSAes past several years and now
it is5Yaposed to take in Mt. Pilgrim
and tMe.1ot has been bought and paid
sfM and the lumber for the framing
aM weatherboarding is on the
ground and we expect to let the con-
tract to put up the building within a
few days and have the house finished
before very long, in fact to hold
school in it this session. / had good
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A.
Hamm who live right at the school
house, and then came on to Prosper
ity to meet an engagement which l
had at 80 o'clock. intended to
stop at Mt. Pilgrim as I came by but
owing to the Prosperity engagement
could not do both, keep the engage
ment and make the stop.
The highway which has just been
completed by the contractor was in
terrible condition at that time, so
rough that you could scarcely drive
over it and remain in the car. And
dusty, just like big fog all the time.
But when the rains come and the
drag is applied and the upkeep man
comes along and does his part there
will be a fine road out this way and
it certainly was needed.
Monday morning of this week l
went .outatos raion where they had
the sdnehagsS There was large
CROWD passnt. and the interest they
takesss H4M; encouraging and it
looks nSM lAR they mean business
and iater6stsp build a house and have
a schools There Y were around fifty
children pSeseit" on Monday and they
say there:sre$ several more to come,
and that , the enrolment will be
around SIXTY Mrs. Bessie D. Pugh
is the teachef, again this year with
Miss, Mary. Rrice assistant. They
have fitted up the old building until
they can: get-the new one ready for
occupancs.. Four acres Of land have
been secured and the contract for the
saving of the lumber has been let
and work on the building will begin
very soon. , They say they mean to
have a building and to furnish it
nicely and to maintain real school.
Only recently the people of the dis
trict voted to increase the tax to 8
mills and the vote was unanimous,
and that looks like they mean to do
something. They are going to build
two teacher school house with an
auditorium so that they may have a
place for the holding of meetings of
various kinds, and that is the correct
idea according to my way of think
ing.
Tuesday | went over to Waugh
vile and l was greatly pleased to