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1PAGE SIX. -A LETTER FROM THE STATE -SUPERVISOR RURAL SCHOOLS i '"Columbia, S. C., April 10, 1916. ^Xr. Editor:? In company with the county superintendent of education it was the ?,?l?asure of the State Supervisor of 'itrral Schools to spend two days kikJzvng schools in Abbeville County * sht.Tcst week. The County Teach< 3rs' Association had been kind * enough to invite me both the present ^session and last session to talk to the <. teachers of the county. Previous -*5\aiintments had prevented my ac ceptr.nce. Other invitations, how -ever, had aroused my interest in the J ??J T VlO/1 VkOdVI -CJOBCy illiU iUl dUIUU UlUC x nau WWII SoorKinjr forward to the opportunity -that I had the past week. In two Ttlaj7.fi we could not visit many of the : schools of the county, but I have be come sufficiently interested in the tcoanty with these two days' visitation .to hope that I may have the pleasure of spending a full week in Abe county early next fall, as soon . -as the country schools have opened. Wednesday the superintended i- and I visited a few schools in the aijjper section. We stopped at Antreville, Little River and Sunny --Slope. I was especially interested . ifl visiting Antreville because Antreville has been one of the State aided rtb5gh schools and with the recenl - changes in the high school law will .fiane to become a rural graded school 1for next year, if the school receives any State aid at all. The people of Antreville have raade splendid preparation for school work A splendid large building - ^entirely adequate to the needs ol 4&e community was erected and a competent teaching corps has appar.'ttaHy done a successful year's work, "Hw. interest of the general public in kb* school is everywhere manifested 1a recent improvements. So alto. ^jefcher the visit to Antreville was s ?fistinct pleasure. Effort is being ffltarie at .present to increase the tas levy for school support. When ] . -saw the splendid school enterprise . that the people have started I fell : sasx that whatever funds the trustees need to keep the school up to itc ; ^present high standard will be supVep&f-fl by the public in the voting oi i- special taxes. From Antreville we visited the Jtohtle.Eiver school. This is a one' ^ieatiher-school in a small one-room / building. The enrollment of this . aciool is too large for one teacher tc . spisa? the instruction that the pupils need. No one realizes this more Jtha? ihe teacher himself. It was a ^pleasure to hear of the talk in the -loommunity of consolidation with the <?frher school in the district and the wusrng of the special tax so as to secure State aid under the rural 'leaded school law. This is the only . . way that communities of this kind </cjLa make adequate provision for the nV*il/1ran T oV*oll i UJL uicix viiiiui^iit A guati aratch the development of this pro.. ject with considerable interest. Next we visited Sunny Slope. This 'is a small one-teacher school in one -eod of a long school district, there Hxjttg another school in the district. ' 'TSae district is short of funds and we wjtc told that last week the school would close for the year. Continaid for especially needy schools been given to this district this y*rar by the State Department of JB&srcation, but this aid is not suffice nt to provide an adequate term, .'fit- 'is unfortunate that the local tax a this community is not sufficient - Taritix the State aid to provide an ade ?joate term for the children. [Returning to Abbeville in the af3arc:noon we stopped at Cold Spring Lout ihe school was not in session. [Next day we visited Lebanon, Mt. '"Carmel, vWillington and Bordeaux. did not find the school in session rak Ltbanon and hastened on to Mt. 'C&raiel. "We found conditions at 13&. Carmel and Willington very MrocTi the same. Ea<^i is a twoJteaeher school and apparently good ~ * ! ?? V\ a n?/l ie V\ o _ " acouui H Ulft II?lO UCCll Ulllic auu 10 uvSisig done the present session. The tsnilding at each place is comfortable irat is not of the modern type. Nei Uiser is the type of building that can *ntet the demands of a community .?? these modern days as a community sai6>2.*r. Yet, the buildings are sub: stanfial and serviceable for school j purposes. The enrollment at each ? -2 tTCsc places is not quite sufficient "xu secure State aid under the rural /.graded school law. It is unfortunihat the enrollment is not large '- KTivJKgh to secure this aid. The spe?'.vsoa lax in each district at present is Srhrep mills. The rural graded -school law requires four. So thai A nrAiil/1 o +V?OiT li.iL (.IIC pCVptC *?VUiU iiiva vmwv vuw. Jtax to four mills ,and if they were -.aVle xo secure the rural graded school sOA of $200 for each school, the in .created funds would put the schools splendid financial condition. EacV ?? 'ihese schools is so near qualifying furr rural graded school aid that ] V*s5ieve persistent effort on the part i 1 1 j She Mammoth Yellow | Soja Bean promises to be one of the mosti profitable crops for southern farmers everywhere. Makes a large yield of beans, which are readily -] salable for oil-producing and food ; purposes, In addition to its use for 'v forage, soil-improving and stock , feeding. Splendidly adapted to our southern soils and climatc. ; | The New 100-Day i Velvet Bean . trhe quickest growing of Velvet Beans, promise to supercede Cow Peas very largely as a soil-improv: ing, forage and grazing crop I throughout the South. Cheaper . to seed per acre than cow peas. > "Write for prices and "Wood's I Crop Special** giving full in\ formation in regard to Soja and Velvet Beans, Cow Peas, Millet, , Seed Corns, Sorghums, Sudan Crass, etc. Mailed free. T.W.WOOD & SONS, ; SEFDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. I I * ' / /DOTE ON / ; V s Abvul, s c, aprile fifteen. deer edertoral,? i i i hev erbout rekuvered frum the < tryin experunts whitch i had at the s sylum. i hev ritten the guv that he < must maik sum new errangements ] bout peepul goin in the sylum to look erround. most errybody likes < to visit the sylum when furst thay go 1 to Kolumby. now yo\f ken sea h?ow 1 I a man whitch is not knone in the i s sitty mite git in serus trubbie it ne i i cuddent convints the capting in 1 r charge that he isnt krasy; I laid 1 ? awaik neerly all nite the fust nite 1 s after i got hoam thinkin bout what j woulder happint to i and Erl if we i s had got locked up in the instertoo- , tion. but i got hoam the thing has i s graduly worn off and i am not skeerd 1 i now, tho Erl is still feelin bad. 1 i well, the Kurriners race is gittin 1 warm, you kno when i run the -pee- I ; pul illicted will gollerhaw out of sim- i s pathy; a grate many of mi frends 1 afterwards tole me that sich was the i ' kase. but they have got ole simpa- 1 [ thy blocked this time becaus hit ' could not derside betwixt cousin Coot 1 1 Jim cox and kernel woodhurst; thay 1 ; all need simpathy. this face will 1 1 be run on orrertory. i hev sean i 1 that frum the jump. now sevrul of : > the kandidates hev bin. after me to 1 teech them how to maik a publick : > speach in the raice for this offis as ] I i hev run wunst and know how it is i : dun becaus if the other raice had 1 : bin dersided on orretory evry boddy 1 t gives it up that the offis wood hev drapped on Dote, but i have had to i . refuse to trane the uther speakers as i cusin Coot is runnin and blood" is 1 I thicker then wauter. I am havin a littal trubble in mai- ' i ken an orreter out of cusin coot tho. \ he was up at mi hous sattiday nite ' t.rt <m nvw his snpptrh with m#> and >, I to git me to give him sum pintings > and after he had sed if over sevrul ! J times lizzie sais to me, Dote, coot 5 does verry well but he will never be * a attractufF speeker like yorself. ; well, Coot did do well, but' he hes ' sum little gingerbred work to git into his speeches yit, but he is cum in. he does not git in his gestures ! ABBEVILLE CLUB NO. 1. 1 The members of Democratic Club ! No. 1, of the city of Abbeville, will i 1 meet in the Municipal Court room < ! Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock for , ! the purpose of re-organization, , 1 electing delegates to the county 1 | convention, and transacting all other 1 business coming before the meeting. ( Wm. P. Greene, Chairman. 1 !? CAMPING IN THE SUMMER. Robert H. Coleman, who is teach- , , ing in New London, Conn., will have 1 | charge of the department of Mathe- ] I matics at Keewayden Camp on Lake ] Timigami in the Green Mountains } near the Canadian border, during the ] summer. This is a delightful camp ^ for boys and the summer can be pro- i fitably and pleasantly spent. The | corps of teachers for the summer com? from Harvard and Yale and the I ( large colleges of the North. Being j selected for such a position is a com- j oliment indeed for a young man of j j Mr. Coleman's age. His friends in | Abbeville are interested in nis welfare and in his success. j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, >. ( COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court. i IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MRS. MARY C. THOMAS, ] Deceased. Notice to Debtors and Creditors: All persons indebted to said estate i murt settle without delay, and those holding claims against the estate must present them properly attested ] to Julius T. Dudley, 4t. Frank W. Wilson. i Don't plant a row of corn without a , row of Velvet Beans. You will make as much or more corn, en- , rich the land and you get the beans ! besides. Get Beans from The Ros- ' enberg Warehouse Co. 3,28. . -ji ********** * 1 * * ! 1 * NOTICE. * 1 ; * #| > J T ...HI * write me uuu x win cApiam I * how I was cured in 4 days of * : ' * a severe case of Piles of 40 * ; * years standing, without pain, * 5 * knife, or detention from busi- * 1 * ness. No one need suffer * ' * from this disease when this * [ * humane cure can be had right * ; * here in South Carolina. * - * R. M. JOSEY, Lamar, S. C. * Route 4. * * of the people would make these improvements possible. Bordeaux is a one-teacher school nnw tflucht in a SDlendid two-teacher building. Evidently the people of this community expected to have a two-teacher school but at present there is not sufficient enrollment. I wish that some enterprise might be developed in this community that would attract a sufficient white population to enable this school to become a two-teacher school. The State Supervisor of Rural Schools would be so pleased to be used in any way possible in developing these schools along the lines indicated. The children of the community need the better instruction that would be provided and the communities themselves need the inspiration that the increased school facilities would bring. These visits of two days only make me desirous of seeing school conditions in other sections of the county. So I shall look forward to a longer stay next fall when I have opportunity of a more extended visit. Ppsnertfullv. i I Lueco Gunter, | J State Supervisor of Rural Schools. ORATORY | (est at the right plais yit, and he does not have all the bearing of an jrreter, but he can git down to the solum part alrite. Lizzie sais he wud lertingly make a tuchin preecher if le should miss the Kurriner. But jim Cox is not dishartent be:os i stuck to cusin Coot. He was tellin ordermorebill Stone bout the bad luck, and stoan up and sais he is a grate orreter from virginue and he knoas how to hand it to the peepal so as to git the voats. so he offers to taik Jim's speach which he das ritten out and lurn it off by hart and show jim how to speak it. it is a good speach and i am satisfide that jim's wife rote it, as i know that neether jim nor stoan could rite it. tvell stone lurned the speech and took jim out to long cane graveyard the uther nite where he thought noboddy wood hear him and he spoak it over to jim. but someboddy heard him alrite, in fact evryboddy in a mile of the graveyard herd stoan first they thought he was callin mr. white to cum -oat end dig a grave, then they thought he was callin cows, then they saw the ordermorebill lights and they said that the mersheen must have turnt over on him, and finerly they jist desided that he was drunk and thought the Aliens frum verginue was after him. jim paid him up and dismist him on the 3pot. jim said he wanted to know his man next time before he went out with him. Now i wood like to help jim out if i cood, but he must git him a man which is a better speaker. albirt i>?? io eo/lo fn Hp n cood orreter for men and he knoas the tricks which will taik with the voaters of this county. i have sugested his name to jim but he thinks there air sum trick in mi sain so in connection'with cousin coot, and he is a little suppishus of albirt but albirt wood maik him a good wun. but who ever he is goner git he better be busie as cousin coot and i will be workin overtime frum now on as we know what we is up aginst. yours as ever, Dote. * THE CIVIC CLUB. The regular meeting of the Civic Club will be held Thursday afternoon at half past four o'clock at the home of Mrs. W. P. Greene. The program of the afternoon will be devoted to "Art" and Mr. W. E. Hill will make ( he ladies a talk.. A full meeting is desired. SYMPATHY FOR MRS. COCHRAN. The many friends of Mrs. Jas. S. Cochran in Abbeville and throughout the county, sympathize deeply with ! tier in the death of her father, Mr. Daniel Gay, who died last Tuesday night in a hospital in Charlotte, N. C. Funeral services were held at the familv home in Rockingham, N. C., Wednesday, and Mrs. Cochran at;ended from Abbeville. Mrs. Cochran was a devoted laughter and her friends grieve with ler in her sorrow. PROGRAM EASTER SERVICE AT METHODIST CHURCH The following is the program to >e carried out et the Easter services it the Methodist church: 3rgan Voluntary?"St. Cecelia"? Batiste. \nthem?"Cantata Domino"?Chandler. Hymn?156. Christ the Lord is Risen ! Today, Halleluiah. Prayer. 3opr?no Solo?"The Resurrection"? Shelly?Miss Leonora Neville Long. Responsive Reading, 24th Psalm.? Gloria. Reading of 2nd lesson and announcements. Offertory?"The Magdalene" ?Nanen. Hymn 157. "The Lord is Risen Indeed." Sermon?Subject, The Risen Christ. Hymn?180. "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name." Doxology.?Retrocessional March.? Smith. At the evening service the choir assisted by a chorus will sing the Cantata, "The Daughter of Jairus," by Stainer. The choir is under the efficient direction of Miss Leonora Neville Long Mrs. Otto Bristow, organist. FINAL WORD TO GERMANY. PRESIDENT COMPLETES MOST EMPHATIC NOTE HE HAS EVER APPROVED. Washington, April 17.? A note which is to be the last word of the United States to Germany on the submarine issue was completed today by President Wilson and probably will t if a-v - j x. n i..? De aispaicneu vu oerjm luiuunuw. The document reviews Germany's change in policy, and asks if it can make possible the continuance of friendly relations between the two nations. While the president is the only one familiar with all the details of the note tonight, it is understood to be the most emphatic one he ever approved. Senator Stone, of the foreign relations committee, was asked to visit the White House tomorrow to be informed as to the intentions of the administration. It was learned today that one. of the two Americans aboard the Russian bark Imperator, was wounded * A A 1 *l_ 1 ^ wnen an Austrian suomersnne attacked the Imperator. Just Another Instance. The codfish lays a million eggs But the codfish does not cackle To inform us what she*s done. And so we scorn the codfish coy, But the helpful hen we prize; Which indicates to thoughtful minds It pays to advertise. ?San Francisco Chronicle. % Prince Alb elirvw vnn \ road to sm! Copyright 1*11 b? ^ tL J. RcrnotcUToteoooCo. PRINCE ALBERT content where it mits men to smoke all a sore tongue, withi tobacco enjoyment! 1 Prince Albert is mad by us) fixes that?ai >R1H?I the natic comes right to your t will do for you what -1 men?mase pipe or ci est of your pleasures! 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T'-sull Bridgehead and about Dvinsk. t{ Petrograd asserts the Teuton attaks against Russian trenches along sc the Stripa river have been repulsed, b; In the Sugana vailed the Austrians assaults on the Italian positions from Larganza Torrent to Mont Collo were tc HOUSE\ leasure in announ i st Borax Compi a short time, have >nstrators in town illy the various use; in g n Borax n Borax Soap Ch\ n Boric Acid reatest household la distinctly to your demonstrators. T1 t will be of great s ill offer a ABLE PB ion with the demon 3 JlJulU IJIJIJ UIJIJIJ IJ IJ1-7 r.T^m 1^1 i' 9 will nUi "Froe*? hllii Mr 1M, B pipNwkmommMMinl ~~~~ jpulsed. B The Russians captured the town or H| urmeneh and pushed the retreating B urks to Arsene Kelessi, less than 1 4-1% A fAwn veive umefl nuiu iuc xuimuvu w*tm rebizond on Turkish Black Sea lit- H H Petrograd says the Turkish garri^^H >n at Trebizond has been re-inforced / three complete divisions of Turks. H I To have what you want is wealth; i do without is power. . ^ H wjHmfiyyasfiif j I VIFE:~ ||| cing that the [ifl if MVf f ] *'01 II a number of !jl to explain to [ 11 3 of our Prod- J j R !|| m mm IB bor and money [i advantage to ij he information [ j ervice to you, |j !! EMIUM 1 ij stration. ij 1