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X BENEDICT MEMORIAL SCHOOL.
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One of the most successful educa
tional institutions in North Georgia,
or in the state for that matter, is the
Samuel Benedict Memoral School
which was founded in memory of Rev,
Samuel Benedict, D. D., for twenty
years a' pastor and missionary in
Georgia and devoted to the moral and
religious welfare of the people.
It was dedicated and opened Nov.
Ist. 1895, its object being to afford the
best literary and industrial education
in primary, intermediate and high
school grade to develop the capaci
ties 'of boys and girls mentally,
morally and physically so as to fit
them for useful pursuits in life and to
place such education within the reach
of people of the most moderate means.
The school was established as a cor
porate institution not for the purpose
of making money but to better enable
it to instruct and train its pupuls in
mechanical and industiial pursuits
and its charter provides that it may
rent, lea.se or purchase farm lands and
other property and to erect such build
ings and machinery as may be deemed
necessary.
la accordance with these terms the
school has purchased 170 acres of
farming land, 100 acres of woodland,
two flour and grist mills and a cotton
gin with one of the finest water pow
ers in this section of the country by
which they may be operated.
A finer location could not have been
selected. The property lies on Big
Cedar Creek, two and a half miles
from Cedartown and is contiguous
both to the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus and the East and West
railroads is one of the best sections of
country in Northwest Georgia.
The location is perfectly healthful
and the prospect from the school
building wonderfully beautiful. Be
yond such restrictions as are imposed
for purposes of discipline the pupils
have full rein to the surrounding
country and there is fine boating,
swimming and fishing facilities on Big
Cedar Creek, the water course being
nearly a mile long.
The faculty of the school consist of
Rev. George E. Benedict, president
and rector, bible and religious instruc
tion, Prof. E. M. Benedict, A. 8.,
principal, history, political economy
and civil government; Mrs. Samuel
Benedict, bouse mother and director
of girls industrial; Prof. Henry L.
Long, Jr , manual training, mathe
matics and physics, Miss E. Louise
Steinbrenner, latin and English
science; Miss Lillie Wood, instructor
in the intermediate school; Miss Daisy
Haughton, principal of primary de
partment and drawing; Miss Fannie
G. Nightengale, assistent in primary
department.
The summer term begins July 6 and
ends Aug. 28, fall term begins Sept.
16 and the Christmas vacation begins
Dec. 24 and ends Jan. 4, and the
Spring terms begins Feb. 1, ending,
June 4 when the summer vacation
begins. Thanksgiving Day, Washing
ton’s birthday and an Easter recess,
April 16 —19 are included in the calen
dar.
There are about 100 pupils in at
tendance and the course of study ex
tends through eleven years beginning
with the first primary grade and is
designed to prepare for entrance into
colleges of the highest standing or for
the sophomore class in most colleges.
Fur those who do not intend to go
to college the course is arranged to
furnish the fundamental principles of
a good general education such as will
make intelligent citizens and prepare
for busines of other fields of self-support
and usefulness.
A thorough course in English is first in
order so that the pupil is taught the fac
ulty of expressing thoughts in pure
English and everv effort is made to in
culcate a love of books and a taste for
good literature and to introduce the pu
pils to the best writers among the
English and American authors. For six
years a stress placed on reading,spelling
and elementary exercises, reading being
taught by the word and sentence meth
od combined and after a limited vocabu
lary has been acquired the study of pho
netics is introduced.
By the end of the sixth year the pu
pil is supposed to have acquired the abil
ity to read easily and spell correctly but
spelling is continued for those who need
it and reading is continued in the seventh
grade, the attention being turned more
to the subject matter of the readers with
a view to furnishing an introduction in
the courses in literature.
History and science follow and a more
special study of the English grammar is
made in the seventh and eigth grade and
in the ninth a more advanced study of
composition and rhetoric with compo
Bition and essays on chosen subjects and
required readings. In the tenth and
eleventh grades a more special study of
English and literature is made.
The course in mathematics covers nine
years and embraces seven years in
arithmetic and one each in algebra and
geometry. Solid geometry, trigonome
try, surveying, higher algebra and com
mercial arithmetic are offered but not
required except for certain courses.
Prince’s arithmetic, by grades, is used
compelling the pupils to enter into the
principals rather than to commit to
memory certain rules.
The study of science enters largely
into the course and in the eight and
ninth gradi s physical geography, botany
zoology and physiology are studied, half
a year being given to each followed by a
year in physics and chemistry. In all
science study the labratory method is
employed, the pupil being encouraged
to make personal investigations and ob
servations. Astronomy and geology are
offered in the eleventh year.
Especial prominence is given to the
study of geography, history, civics and
political economy.
Four years are given to latin, begin
ning in the ninth year. Writing, draw
ing and music are giving by the very
best of instructors through the various
grades.
The school is especially designed to
give the pupil the benefits of industrial
and manual training, the boys being
trained in mechanics and the use of tools
aad machinery for wood and metal work
the operating of industries connected
with the school and in practical farm
ing. For the girl there is training in
plain and fancy sewing, cutting, fitting
and making of garments and in all kinds
of domestic work.
All pupils have daily exercises in the
gymnasium under an instructor and the
frequent use of the shower baths is re
quired Every attention is given to the
individual needs of the pupils and the
gymnasium is open for use for all pupils
out of school hours.
Instruction in stenography, typewrit
ing and book-keeping, commercial law
and arithmetic is offered to those who
desire it and especial attention is given
to religious instruction. Prayers with
short bible talks form part of the open
ing exercizes of the school every morn
ing and there is family prayer every
evening before bedtime. On Sunday
there are bible classes and one service
at the school and pupils are also expect
ed to attend one service at one of the
churches in Cedartown. If parents ex
press no o,ther choice pupils attend the
Episcopal church, the school convey
ances taking them to and from the
places of worship.
The charge for tuition, board, wash
ing, rooms, light and heat is $12.50 per
month of four weeks and for tuition
alone is 50 cents per month. A deposit
of $5.00 incidental fee is required at the
entrance of each pupil at the boarding
school. The whole charge for a year is
$117.50. Charges for individual instruc
tion in vocal or instrumental music $4 00
per month, including the use of piano,
stenography and typewriting $4.00 per
month and Greek $3.00 per month extra.
Three scholarships are given, one by Mr.
J. J. Lampton for the best farmer’s boy
in Polk county, one by the school for the
best farmer’s girl in the county and the
third by Mr. W. J. Harris at the discre
tion of the president. The Lampton
gold metal is awarded for general excel
lence.
The school is in a very flourishing
condition, upwards of a hundred pupils
being on the roll during the past year
and its facilities for instruction are equal
to those of any institution in the south.
TOM TREAD AWAY.
The success of Tom Treadaway is
sufficient to inspire any man with a de
sire to go and do likewise, but there are
few men who have gone at it with such
precision and stuck to business with
such perseverance as Tom Treadaway.
Eight years ago he purchased a small
plot of ground consisting of pretty
badly worn hillsides, with a marsh in
the middle of it, and now be has one of
the finest truck and dairy farms in
North Georgia. He has accomplished
this by habits of industry, pertinacity
of purpose and strict business methods.
He is indebted very largely to his wife
for his success in this business for she
has worked with him hand and hand
ever since the first sod was turned.
From his herd of thirty-five beauti
ful Jersey cattle Mr. Treadaway fur-
TOM TREADAWAY.
nishes the freshest and richest of milk
to a large number sf customers in Rome,
his wagon coming and going twice a
day between the city and his farm, two
miles and a half in the country. All
who once try his mila become steady
customers because there is none to be
had of a finer quality with not a drop of
water in it except what nature provided
and with all the freshness and flavor
of the dewy grass and the rich food
which he supplies to his slick cattle.
From his truck garden he furnishes
the earliest vegetables that are brought
to this market, and he always finds
ready sale for all he can furnish be
cause of their crispness, tenderness
and tempting appearance. He sells sev
eral hundred dollars worth of green
salad every spring before anybody else
has started a garden.
His strawberry crop surpasses any
thing in this country. He raises larger
berries and more of them than anybody
else and ships out hundreds of dollars
worth besides supplying a large per
centage of the local customers.
Mr. Treadaway deserves all the suc
cess that he has achieved because of his
accommodating nature and strict busi
ness methods. He takes partlicular
pains to fill every order and to supply
the wants of every customer, and there
is never any necessity for making a
complaint the second time in dealing
with Tom Treadaway.
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THE ROME TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1896.
SPIRITUALLY
Interesting In
formation About
CHURCHES OF ROME
Some of the Large and Flourish Ing
Congregations
IN BEAUTIFUL PLACES OF WORSHIP
Served By the Most Devoted
Os Pastors
SPEAK ELEGANTLY OF RELIGION
And the Cause ofChrtst Among the People
Os the Beautiful
Hill City.
Spiritually speaking there is no city in
the country that surpasses Rome in the
piety of her people, the beauty of her
church buildings, the excellence of her
ministers and the size of her congrega
tions.
From the days when the pioneer preach
ers brought the glad tidings from afar to
the wild tribes of the forest until the
present day the developement of spitual
ity has gone on uninterruptedly.
From the erection of the first log church
in the heart of the untravelled forests till
today when the spires of many religious
edifices point heavenwar 1, the cause of
Christ has been going on from one
triumph to another.
There are now elegant buildings of va
rious denominations erected throughout
the city and surburbs and attended by
large and constantly increasing congre
gations and served by ardent and devoted
ministers of God.
AMONG THE METHODISTS.
Methodism obtained a footing in Rome
in the early days which has been strength,
ened and substantiated until that denom
ination exerts a striking influence upon
the spiritual welfare of Rome.
The First Methodist church is an ele
gant and capacious structure, beautifully
located on the corner of East Second
street and Third avenue. It has a large
and convenient lecture room attatebed
and is elegantly furnished throughout,
and the property is valued at $50,000,
with a beautiful parsonage attached val
ued at $5,000.
This church has been served for two
years by Rev. S. R. Belk, an able and
an enthusiastic minister, whose work
has met with a rich reward during his
pastorate. The membership now num
bers 640 with a large and flourishing
Sunday-school, Epworth League, Wom
an’s Parsonage and Home Mission Society
and other accessories.
The Second Methodist church building
in the Fourth ward, is a handsome and
commodius brick structure, the valuation
being estimated at $5,000 with parsonage
property worth $2,200. It has a large
and growing membership and has oeen
served by Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt. It has
a flourishing Sunday-school, Epworth
League, Woman’s Parsonage and Home
Mission Society.
The Third Methodist church in the
Fifth ward is valued at $3,000, has a
large membership and has been served
by one of the most hard working and
earnest ministers in the North Georgia
confeience, Rev. C. M. Verdell, and has
a large Sunday-school attendance.
Howard Street Methodist chnrch, in
East Rome, has just been built and is a
very handsome structure, the property
being valued at $2,000, with a very large
and growing membership. Rev. A. A.
Tilly has been doing a grand and noble
work there, and the Sunday-school is one
of the finest in the city.
North Rome has an elegant Methodist
church building, the property valued at
$3,000, Rev. J. A. Sewell has been the
faithful pastor for two years. It has a
large membership and flourishing Sunday
school, Aid Society, Dorcas Society and
other auxiliaries.
There has been organized a large con
gregation at West Rome church, and
there is also a large membership at Pansy
chapel, where Rev. Caleb Dowdle and
Mr. Junius George have worked so en
thusiastically and successfully.
BATISTS OF HOME.
The congregation of the First Baptist
church can justly lay claim to being one
of the time honored institutions of Rome.
The large and imposing structure that
now occupies a commanding site on the
corner of East First and Fourth avenue,
has held within its hallowed walls more
than one generation of the very best peo
ple in Rome.
The present pastor. Rev. R. B. Head
den, has occupied the pulpit for thirteen
years and has grown gray in the service
of God. He is recognized as being one
of the most earnest and eloquent ex
pounders of the faith in the South.
The magnificent property is valued at
$30,00(1, and there is a membership of
85,0, numbering some of the leading ic
ligious workers of the city.
The establishment of the First Bap-
tist church dates back to the pioneer
days when the men of God came irtothe
wilderuess to preach the true faith, and
as a direct result of their earnest tfork
st ands Shorter Female College, one of the
grandest monuments to the devotion of
the foiloweis of the faith in the whole
South.
The First Baptist Sunday- school is a
a model in its way, and is one of the
mos* largely attended and successful
organizations of the kind in the city.
The various other auxiliary societies are
in a flourishing condition.
The Second Baptist church is located
in the Fourth waid, and is u very hand
some building valued at $5,500 and with
a arge congregation. It is served by
Rev. J. E. Hudson and has a vfery large
membership, witn a flourishing Sunday
school and other societies.
The Third Baptist church is located
in North Rome, and has recently been
much improved, the property being now
valued at $2,000. It has a large mem
bership and flourishing Sunday school.
There is also a Baptist Sunday-school
in East Rome with a large membership.
THE PRESBYTERIAN
The First Presbyterian church is lo
cated on the corner of East First street
and Third avenue, and within its ivy
crowned walls a congregation o< 350 reg
ularly enrolled members listen to the
word of God.
Itisalarge and roomy building, the
property being valued at $20,000, and a
memorial chapel will soon be on the lot
at a cost of SIO,OOO in memory of Miss
Rosalie Clarx,
This church has been served since Oc
tober, 1895,by Rev. George T. Goetchius,
one of the most scholarly divines in the
state
He is a man devoted heart and soul to
the work of the Master, and his elo
quent and powerful preaching has been
productive of untold good to the church.
A large Sunday-school and Ladies’ Aid
society help materially in the forwarding
of the grand work.
The Second Presbyterian church, in
the Fifth ward, is a substantial structure
and the property is worth $2,000.
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
St. Peter’s Episcopal church is de
signed for one of the most imposing re
ligious edifices in the South.
Superbly located on a commanding
eminence at the intersection of East
First street and Fourth avenue, is one of
the most prominent landmarks in Rome.
It is built of stone and embellished with
the most tasteful designs, and when the
interior is completed it will be one of the
handsomest buildings in she South. By
Easter it is hoped the church will be
open for divine worship as the work is
going on very rapidly.
Rev. C. B. Hudgins, the rector, is an
ardent and enthusiastic churchman, and
is laboring unceasingly for the cause of
Christ,
The building of St. Peter illustrates
most admirably the unanimity that per
vades the Christian people of Rome.
Every Jew and Gentile has contributed to
its completion, and it stands as a striking
monument to the public Spirited devo
tion of the people, especially’ the women,
of the North Georgia metropolis.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The Catholics have built a beautiful
church with a parsonage adjoining, the
tv tai valuation amonting to SIO,OOO. The
congreation is a large one, and is served
by Rev. Fa her M. J. Clifford, whois
until ingiu his zeal for the church.
OTHER CONGREGATIONS.
The Christians have a large and grow
ing congregation and are preparing to
build a church.
The Congregational Methodists have a
handsome little church and a large con
gregation in North Rome.
THE COLORED CHURCHES
The colored people have a number of
handsome church buildings of the various
denominations, and they own some very
valuable church property. Their minis
ters are educated and hard working
Christian men, zealous for the w’ell being
of their flock.
Take it all in all there is no city in the
country that surpasses and few that equal
Rome in the strength of the religious or
ganizations or spiritual progress.
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