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7 HE \\ o fc?&* 1 l.+.i-?-l:?-H+*?-b*-M> In trying to comply with the reo.uest to write an article on the school status of Lancaster County, I scarcely know where to begin, as so much has been and is being done In an educational way. There is not a single educational phase in the muntythat has not made some improvement within ' i:iii6uiiouip ul wiuiu we Will or1 proud as parents, but is a real Investment. Two new buildings were erected last year, one at Pleasant Hill and the other at Oakhurst, both good two room, two-teacher schools. Pleasant Hill won a $l!.r>.00 seenim prize from the State last year 011 improvement. Contract has been let for a new modern, three-room building at Camp Check consolidated school. Charlesboro and Flat Creek are now planning each a three-room building ml Itiversidc and Cane Creek are ex * <+ v % v v v v r r y? *ji ?X 4 y: yv 2 4 YY / J . XX ?? H V V j8| 1 | | i * YY TT <HJmJM{<M8H8N?HJW5H^}KJK}? } ^ ? ine past nvii years. Tliis is very gratifying < ? us all and especially to those interested in the educational development of the county. Progress lias been made along the following lines: More efficient teachers, increase of teacher's salaries, new buildings, better equipped school rooms, new improvement associations formed, better observanjfcC. co of "clean-up day," additional levies, formation of trustees' association and teachers' institute, all show the marked progress mado within the past 12 months. We hope that next summer will bring the best and fullest attended "Summer School" ev- i er held in Lancaster County. We are i now planning to that end and wish l the teachers to plan to attend. Every progressive teacher should attend > here or elsewhere. BUILDING. But few districts are satisfied with < anything less than modern improv- ' ed srhool buildings. These buildings are a great incentive to the children to do better work and is a sure index to the healthy condition of the community. It will do more than any other one thing in bringing the best type of citizenship into a community. It will do more to develop property than any two things combined. Not only ill it develop our boys into that type . # 1.1-1 EDUCAI . B: eting to build In the near future, nder the present school law Lan- i ster County can only build two school houses each year for lark ot itnls, so it seems that the school t lilding proposition is soon to be a ? ah game. t Kvery school of the in the Conn- < \ except about 1 made some in:- \ ;o\eincnt last year in the way vd ark hoards, maps, charts, globes, >r desks. I found two years ago . a< liers laboring at a disadvanlag - s ying to teach with scarcely any of i iese vital necessary equipm nits, so s began at once to try to remedy ties , feet with the result as above stat- ,| d. f URAL SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT i ASSOCIATION. i The Rural School Improvement o Association has had no litt'.j .->hare in t bringing about better equipment for the schools. Mrs. W. E. Taylor, the > County Organizer's, report showed t that Lancaster County "leads in this '1 listrict in improvements and gener- I ;il organized work, which helDS to \ verify our sloean "Lancaster Leads." I "Clean-up Day" has never been observed more generally In Lancaster ? County than last year. Nearly every school observed the day and nade a nal report to the County Organizer. | Most of the schools organized a ru- i ral school improvement Association, | held its regular meetings and made a fine showing. This was especially true with the rural graded schools. We hope that this year brings with it renewed interest in the teacher's meetings. Come; it will l>e worth while. When I first began to talk of organizing a trustee's association some bought that it would he time thrown away and spoke rather discouraging. ving that it had been tried and failed. Hut I am proud that the two] meetings held last year were entirely i gratifying in attendance and interest1 manifested. All seem to he enth.ts-i lie; desiring to get information] s to how he could be of service in helping to improve his schol, making ' second to none. Our next meeting! ill he October 23, at which time we | 'N ?? * * * * * * * * * * >* 4 // Wfflk ' ' % WWB^.% oik wfis , iW.1 _ L A^A A^A A^A. A^lt A^A A^A, A^A A^A A^A A bmmi A. tiMii rlfcit^ii THK LANCASTVAi XKWI + : +; + : + : <-+ + +-: 4 \/IL S'l A'll \) V. A. LINGLE, Count >e to so all present to review fh? ilans for the present year. SPKC'IAl, TAX. NotliinK sliows the educational in erest of tiie people ot Lancastei 'ounty more than their willitignesi - in lini ngs I lit' OUrt'CM 'l tax in the loriu lit a special levy A liile this may seem hard to sonn o pa> it is th only way at this o run a school The old idea of sub cription will no longer work am lie school district depending on ;i chool from this source is a dead com nunity school. As 1 have said, a listriet can have a six months' schoo or every white child in the eountj f the patrons will only vote font 11 i 1 Is levy, with the present activities if the state and judicious set ol rustees. Notwithstanding the fact that lasi ear was so trying, the following dis riets voted additional levies: Tabernacle No. 11 added 4 mi 111 'ork Hill No. 2f> added 4 milh rV'hite HI tiff No. 26 added I mil Measant Hill No. XI, consolidated with Oak Ridge added 4 milh didwav Vn A O o.ia.wl i .-in ~ -? mill; Holstein Cattle, Owi *? A * < * * * * * * THF FIR 'si I I.li.< i ii4lO a TC tciirsiuy n Jl a JC. V/ A X.KJ i> 1 A & j V/ l<c your choice ?} the follow ji' Suit ??r < >vercoat. AMD oil a This sale will include cvci vour past patronagc, and tl G COMPANY, we want y?, 10very garment is guarant p <d a st rict l\ tailor made j oughout. Every botton hole v end. I i 10 M 10 Mil Mix: Our price}that price. The $14.50 Suit "IS Willi II. ARE A1 iy ciistoilier ^tiossinu n the store rii<Iiiilc the A N ! t(Miiers will have three uei 1 have his pick of our el it i r< I loii't miss t his wonderful e. II is neeessa ry t hat you e Til K MAN ACS KK OK Tl rhe Colm -1. OCTOjjjfr? in i"1' jsoflamc y Supsrintznden' of l\ddc ition Flat ('reek No. 4 3 added 4 mills I Charlesboro No. 3 4 udded I nulls < Oak hurst No. 31? added i mills t I'he must nlim?i?>v i , j/uint aiMHIl those additional levies is fii:it they 1 all voted to the limit of X mill ?\ I ; cept White Hluff. This makes a ' i total of 1 <> lor tin- Com.tj wit ng to the limit, counting Oak It 1?Im . T o t , years ago at the hegintdm- ?? ' m. < work .. e had only ."i ?l?st ri hn\ 11 g < the limit. viz: Ileuth Spring, Caston, 1 Stoneboro. Trtidesville iiti.l Ant inch; i I t'aston being the only one rirciviu/ ( 1 rural graded school aid at that tine- ' from t!;i- lOimty Stoneboro It on Kershaw . 1 The d'strutr having S mills are I t Tiihernaele, Fork Hill, Pleasant Mill, 1 - Midway, Flat Creek, Charlesbero, ; Oakhurst. Antioch, Tradeaville. ("as- i [ ton and Heath Spring Graded, with 1 , 10 mills, the limit for a high school. 1 t We have this year six rural giatled 1 - schools with three teachers, viz: I Pleasant Valley, New netliel. Rich 1 s Hill. Caston, Pleasant Plain and si Midway. The two-teaeher rural grad1 I ed schols are Helair, Osceola. Van I Wyc.k. Tabernacle, Tradesville, Camp Creek. Dixie, Union, Klgin. Fork Hill, sjTaxahaw, Pleasant Hill. Charles i'd by L. Lazenby. ^aa A A A A A A A AAA++*. V A * * ? ? * *<;* y V . ?. A A A A A A A A A ? s / % % % v % % % % %> r GREW AN OF olumbia Tailo I ?t'ui iininu fTHBED 01 * Af oiuul.IV en ?F R E in.u |?r<'sents: A pair <?!' SI |< )| \ 1 O PER CEIN ny suit or overeoat ordered <lui y style and quality of eloth tli; lose oi you who have not jdaet II to do So. eed to he tailor made to your garment, no matter at what pr i c? Viorvrl yv\ o rJ r\ o A ? ? ?- 1 nt*11v4 iiit*\.tc aiiu wc ^ UitI <lllL ; he^in at $14.50 and ymi have during the sale will e<.st you $ YOU A GOO earest to the nuniher i>|'orders, S' I YTKKKAK Y SAL K. will he u isses, eustoniers plaei ui?" urders ' st<>ek. I <' 1 >IM?I't 1111 it \ l'? ?l* seell l'i lie- vmii ut this advertisnnent out and IK LAXCASTK H NKWS W 11 mbia Tail J. C. BOWLING, 1W **?* *? ?**<*? *? ^44^4 4^4 A A A^4A^44^44^4^44^4A^4 A\ + + + + +: + :+ + + + + + + + -i 45 J ER COCA ; f + +;+t+ +;+;+:-+ + -+ boro, Dry Creek, Oakliurst, Flat tend! ['reek, Stoneboro, I'nity and Anti- fame ueh 1 It in number. These facts 111 k I mean better advantages and more and i borough work for pupils. better -tad grading and more efficient work by aversi euehers. or in I sincerely hope, as till, firings net- night ?i work, that tin? trustees will dis- ",ls .ird forever the idea that some Jiuvu adult if any kind of teacher can touch the <t\\?r craili's. In my opinion, this " s iht' most critical linis of a stul*'iit*s lil'r and limy should have the rery host teachers. , grain Next session we expect Tabernacle, ,<ir-s> I'radcsville Camp < reek, Charles- ery j ?oro, Flat Creek ami Antloch to be- in th omo three-teacher schoois. ' farI|H When we remember that two years ^ ^ ?go Lancaster County had only three rural graded schools, counting Stone- um' 1 boro line school and now we have ever twenty-five, six of which are three- ed a teacher schools, we have some Idea it. ch of the growing educational inter- their st in Lancaster County. at ho For the first time In the history of A the County the schools have run a he ni term of six months. This was my aim of th two years ago and am proud that i prodi it has been reached In such a short ! pend< time. Now for a seven month term -oppl for every child in the county. Can it bem In- done? Yes, and within the next is s t rour years. That depends on only) fort. two things, the cooperation of the high patrons anil that of the Lancaster| t?a>> Iclcgation. I firmly believe the peo- f nr pie will give their support, and trust, ! grain or the kooiI of rural population that ' the other support will not he withheld "ra'n believe in educating the masses for [ oldie safety and lawabldlng citizen diip. ^ TIIK NIGHT SCHOOL. i 00".U i rial s We are now experimenting with a 1 (!u. j tight school in district No. 14. In- consi crest and enthusiasm in the work is famo st wonderful. Loth teachers and undo nipils enjoy the work. Our teach- ""'-'e Mrs. W. K Taylor. Misses Pitta ,oni" "kipper. Sadie ltlarkmon and \'irHere ?| :i Til V1 or hnvn hnrn '!?' ? n - - WW...H Mill- ,roII1 .'.rk t'reo of cost. They ilosorv*1 '-??m*p i.M-li praise for this laudable under- |?. M .U i 11. Snpt. P. K. WossinRor has ince i\en most valuable aid In both at- ts tr ' V*** v%* > * * AAAAAAA ?v. v W % V V ? V V % % N1VRSARY S ring Company DIng MONDAY, NO x'r ^ -f l\S. a pair of TU< U'SKUS. or a . iT DISCOUNT in.tr a 1 m >vo period it we have. We \v;mt to show on d an order with THE COLUM] order, to have all of the style, i iee yon I my it. Every Suit is S( ee your order to give you satis a larue number of styles from ^ 1). and an elegant present as a D GUESSER? , including suits, over-coats and ;iven a suit or overcoat I'rce. Su for single trousers, one guess. Fall and Winter Suit. Place y present it to seeui'e the above pi Ij AWAKl> TUP PK1ZFS. oring Com [anager. 1 1 1 .> ? ????????????? + + 4- + + + + + + + + ITY j iik tho school and planning . V"ur superintendent after help o organize has been attending loted the success with mv.cli sation. 135 have enrolled with an ige of So. Why not .-very tcai hthe County press <x\e \%ork of a schol in ln-r community? Ia v. '.ill Cinm'-I < 1,111111.11'' illiteracy in Lain ?-t? i County. null \l>\ lei! KKI'I \ t i lt. w grain, says (Tlcmsnu. Sow . echo the ?ount> dcmonstruaiul the cry is taken up Uy evjaper interested in agriculture e Soutii. Since last fall tlio >rs of the south have taken the st steps toward independence prosperity that this country has witnessed. They not only ratsstnall crop of cotton and raised eaply, hut they have classified crops raising their own grain me. high price for cotton can only laintained by the independence ? farmer. The only way for the icer to become and remain indoent is by first raising all home :es at home. Th's nd\ioo has i "peated so often t.iat tl.ere me langor of its losing its efHut there is a peril in the 11*ce of cotton, th s peril of a ward stop, which may mean a n to low prices, crtdit-bought ?.i d hard Mmes. So we rethe advice onco more: Sow hes.erdeld Adver:.scr. Crack Italian Troops. e Mersaglieri is for t> * most pari losed of men of murli better sodanding than the rank and file of talian army, and they claim, with durable justice, descent from the us arim ?<? some 70,DIM' men that, r Charles Albert, confronted the <1 might of Austria in 1M> and I'd the ba khcrie ot the Italian in the Criiiu six yeais later, it attracted general admiration its < \celleiice of organization, ment and discipline l ine it \? ill cen tl.ai the ller-aglieri is at uni<|iie in it- esiablishnietit and aitiing. AAA . V W . nr * iAI.K tt '1 AULI VV VV >Y V. 1st >v ? Y > v 11A I t* > match V Y? ft v > ir n|iprpciiitinn ? 31A TAILOR drapiness, and ! Bwed with silk faction to the Yt kvhich to select YY bove described YY vv ft vv trousers, taken : a. . _ -i ii aim overcoat The luck\ man our order at *1**1* oposition. *+**i* pany 8 xx TT /t .?t ^ % * 1