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Friendship Norlllal and
Industrial College.
Rock Hill. S. C.
Rev. M. P. Hall, D.D., President
Fo ~])F,D in 1 91 b\' th c 101' d Baptist of
upp 1' ... ouLh 'al'Oli~a, }:Ieven Lach I' and
300 tudents in 190, Th in titution i one
who diploma ar re o<rnized by th tate in granting
t a hI" c rtificate. There i a theological
department. Friend -hip Colle<re has ent out 200
teachers and 100 preachers, and it aim ha been
to give Chri tian education to a needy people. It
,va chartered in 1906. The chool i located
within a mile from the railroad tation, on a territory•
of about eight acre of land. I early ix acres of
thi land is u ed for farming. Rev. M. P. Hall.
D.D., one of the founders, has been pre ident from
the beginning. FRIENDSHIP NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE, ROCK HILL, S. C.
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Bettis AcadelllY. Warrick. S. C.
A. W. Nicholson, President
BETI'I .-\. . DE:.\IY ,ya founded in 1 1 by Rev. Alexand
I' B ltis. Ther weI' 10 leacher and 175 male and
325 female tudent in 190, The annual expen e
approximale '2.000, e ur d by lonation. The school own
209 acr s of land.
Bellis Aead my oriO'inaled with the color d pe pi them 'Ive,
an I hu. been well maintained by them with the aid of publicschool
fnnds for twenty-eight years. having receiv d little outside
IlS istllJH'{. Its found{'I'. Rev.•\Iexandel' Belli, \Va born
in Edg field, and li\'ed th'l' 11, a lav until be b cam free
under the general emancipation.
B LLi was the rr ult of a necessity for a ,'chool for colored •
children. and aftcr H'ars of rfrort thr sum of $400 wa collected •
and 29 ael' s of ground bought on the hill whrl'e the academ:'
now stand.. It was a wild. thickl:' woodrd spot. On the
Fourth f July, ] 81. tiler wa a rall:'ing of the proplr. trre
were ut to make a dral'ing. and II site localrd for the building.
:.\Ioney wa raised. frrsh ('onfiden('r inspir d. and during the
next. ix months Ole building was creel d and made read.v for
2i2
teachers and pupils. Next ew Year's Day the new house was
dedicated and the chool formally opened. The first principal
was Hampton bthis, who died very oon after as uming the
duties of this office, and was ucceeded by Alfred W, Nicholson,
who for nearly twenty-five years ha presided over the affairs of
the in titution,
The connection of this chool with the agricultural life of the
people is illustrated in a fair that is held every Jovember at the
• cad my. Pupil come from the large extent of country, and
the Ie ons they 1 am are eli tributed far and wide.
Bailey View Academy, Greers, S. C.
L. H. Nesbit, Principal
TlI E school, with 2 teacher and 75 ludenl, wa founded in
1904 b:' the orth Endree As ociation, by which it is al 0 supported.
Thi rural ehool i making progre s under vel' tryinO'
ondition. The financial demand are so great and the upport
i. 0 mall that there i a pathetic tone in the note of the
principal, L. H. Ne bit. written March 10, 1909: "The Board . . "
I trymg to pay a debt and cannot pay me anything thi term.
Th needs of thi in titution and thi section are great.
