The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-11-30
EDUCATION WEEK IN
WILLIAMSBURG
SPEAKERS TO COVER COUNTY
RALLY DAY IN K1NGSTREE,
DECEMBER 9.


nationwide observance of Education
Week, December 3 to 9, inclusive.
The week will to opened on Sunday,
December 8, with sermons preached
in the various churches of kingstree
appropriate to the occasion. Begin
ming Monday evening at seven o'clock,
there will be meetings every night
during the week at various places in
this county as announced below
A committee of local speakers has
been secured and three speakers will
be appointed to take part in each
meeting. 1t is the aim of the commit
tee in charge to reach the patrons of
every school throughout the county.
On Saturday, December 9, there
will be a big county rally in Kings
tree. At that time distinguished
speakers will be present and it is
hoped that every mother and father
and every person interested in the
childhood of the county will be pres
ent at the rally. 1t has been sug-
gested that all the four thousand
school children of the county be ask
ed to come to Nngstree that day and
form a parade in which each school
would bear a banner telling what its
greatest needs are. But on account
of the prevalence of flu and the cold
weather it is doubtful whether or not
this project is feasible. But what
ever plan is decided upon, there will
be program we'll worth while and
it is hoped that there will be crowd
out at that time as large as any
that has ever attended the county fair.
The following committees are at
work on Educational Week in Will
liamsburg county:
General committee: Senator S. A.
Graham, chairman; Mrs. E. T. Kel-
ley, Williamsburg representative to
the State Educational Rally; County
Superintendent M. F. Montgomery,
Supt. ]. W. Swittenberg, Donald Mont
gomery, Mrs. P. G. Gourdin, president
of the Williamsburg Chapter Win
throp Daughters; Mrs. E. T. Arrow
smith, president of the Mothers Club;
Mrs. W.. G. Gamble, and Miss Laura
Lynch, of the high school faculty.
Rally Day committee: W.. H.
Welch, chairman; Thos. McCutchen,
w. E. Nesmith.
Publicity committee: Mrs. l.. W.
Gilland, chairman; Mrs. E. T. Kel-
ley, Misses Florrie Jacobs, Martha
Jenkinson, Marie Nelson, Lula Brock
ington and Ruby Parsons.
The publicity committee is sending
the following letter to all the school
trustees in the county:
Honored Member of the Board of
School Trustees:
The week from December 3 to De-
cember 9, inclusive, has been set apart
by President Harding as Education
Week; Governor Harvey has pro-
claimed that South Carolina will join
in the observation of the week; and
Williamsburg county will share in the
educational campaign. With Senator
Graham as chairman, a committee is
planning to make the week a great
success in this county. There will be
a series of meetings in the neighbor-
hood of each school and you are ask
ed particularly to attend the meeting
which will be held in your community
one evening next week at seven p. m,
and to endeavor to bring out as large
a crowd as possible. There will be
a county rally in Kingstree, Decem-
ber 9, when distinguished speakers
will be present and an attractive
program carried out. Every voter In
Williamsburg ought to attend.
South Carolina needs particularly
to be reused in educational matters,
because she stands at the bottom OF
the list in the illiteracy test. We need
more money for educational purposes.
The buildings in this county are far
from adequate for the needs Of the
1000 school children enrolled. The
teachers salaries are not paid prompt
|ly because Of the lack of funds. Supt.
Montgomery's article in this weeks
County Record shows the alarming
condition of Williamsburg schools.
Surely we will not neglect the educa-
ton of the future citizens OF our
county. There could be no better in
vestment than this.
Education does not mean simply
going to school, or learning to read
and write. There is larger sense
al