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f' MRS. HORACE I. HORTON
DIES IN COLUMBIA HOSPIT;
Mrs. Josephine Horton, wife
Horace I. Horton, trainmaster of 1
T ' " Atlantic Coast Line railway, died
the * Columbia hospital yesterd
?>"; (Tuesday) morning just as she v
about to undergo an opei^ation. M
>Horton had been in ill health j
p, some time and had been in the hos
?& tal for about two weeks. She was
y^ars of age.
Mrs. Horton was a number of t
?v^' First Baptist church 01 Columb
and an active Christ'' n worker. S
jjkL- vtas connected with the various :
p^-;' ligious activities and welfare wc
F of the church and was among t
leaders in the congregation. E
death has caused sorrow to ma
fjiends here and over the state.
Mrs. Hortort had resided here i
about 13 years, having moved h?
from Clinton,with her husband a
fanjily in 1907. She was a native
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BSj.{ marriage Miss Josephine Boggs
||f: the prominent Boggs family in Pi<
PpK'T ens. She was a sister of the Is
Ifip" '"Julius Boggs, well known attorn
i|&} ?. of the Piedmont section.
Mrs. Horton is survived by 1
husband, two daughters and thi
sons, Mrs. R. C. Philson of Abl
W^'-y ville ; Miss Eliza Horton of Colu
bla ^Horace I. Horton, Jr., of Sp
tanburg; C. Ernest Horton and Th
i Horton of Columbia. ' Another si
i Lieut. Harry Clyde Horton, was k
I ed in France in October of 1918.
K- -Funeral services will be conducl
[ at the First Baptist church this a
I ernoon at 3:30 o'clock by her past
I Dr. Charles^ E. Burts. Interment v
tie in Elmwood cemetery.?The <
lujabia State.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ph"4son :
Mr. E. C. Horton, of Abbeville,
"""tended the funeral Wednesday
l\ Columbia.
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> STUDEPftS GATHER
^ *'. FOR CONVENTK
Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 30.?H
?> dce3s of delegates from all parts
? . tl^ip United States and Canada
rijfred today to attend the five i
students volunteer convention. (
f cers expect 5,000 students from <
leggs and universities in the 1
gf V .countries to be present at the op
r in# session tomorrow.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION
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Columbia,-Dec. 30.?An extra Acc<
;he teachers' examination, to be held at quirer,
at every county c<yirt house Saturday, c
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ay January 10 was ordered by the State .
sold ir
'as Board of Education at its recent three j
rS" meeting. Notice of this examination period
[or ,
- has been forwarded to the forty-six county
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county superintendents of educa- The
tion. ' ficers <
'he This action was taken by the State w^ere
in . - * be fou
' board in order to relieve, as far as
he could
ppssible, the pressing shortage of nrofjta
re- *
)rk teachers. Many schools are closed are di
he because of the inability of trustees could
[er to employ instructors. Many large the St?
ny schools are running with a dimini- A vi
shed corps of teachers. Overcrowded great c
"or class rooms in high schools are the^ hippocl
>re j inevitable result of the failure of popula
nd' district boards to secure any kind of'where
of teacher. Rep^~' reaching the State [fashior
ier superintendents office indicate that be cou
of at least 200 classrooms are suffer- Courie
:k- ing on this account.
ite Under the law semi-annual exam- Leea
icy inations are held in May and Octo- Titles
ber. The compulsory attendance act Real E
ler has brought about an unusually
nee heavy enrollment this fall. This
be- lai-ge number of children has created
m- a demand for an increased and' e : ?
ar- larged corps.
ia(l Salai-ies have been raised jn al- i,J|v||
on> most every school, l/nder the reill
vised high school act of 1019, high
school salaries were increased 44
^d per cent. A still further raise will pf?|
.ft" Vw? gcL'&fl nf fVin T arriclotni>A if itc I ^
or, next session. I ^0.
In weak districts operating un:!?r|. ?|||1|
^?" the equalization law, salaries were! &f|ll
increased about 20 per cbent. This | ij||
11(1 raisewas inadequatoand a much i W&M,
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larger increase will be sought from I
111 the General Assembly in January. | |||||
The salary problem is at the rootj ||||*
of the teacher shortage. Trained,! WM
qN ' competent instructors are leaving l|||
un_ | the schools for other fines of work. |j|||
.The problem is one of the most acute lliji?
[now demanding the attention of
jay'school officials. * ^
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Leg^al Forma of all kind* for a.ile. mcnts
two Title* to Real Estate, Mortgage* of pianos
en- R?*' E?tate, etc. ""Bank*
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ERG MERC
TOO MANY PISTOLS
)rding* to the Yorkville En- ;i;
there are more pistols in ;j;
ounty than ever before known ;!>
ore pistol cartridges have been <!;!
i the county during the past !;<!
nonths than in any similar
in the pi-evious history of the |j;
Enquirer says that the of- ;i;
af the law profess^not to know
the superabundant pistols to<
nd in York come from. They !|l
probably employ their time !;!;
bly in ascertaining how they
istributed and why; and so .
the authorities in the rest of
ite also. ;j!
prilant police officer can do a ' )'
leal to mak^ the use of the jj!
<et for the pistol-toting un- J:
v in any__ community; and
pistol-t?ting ceases to be ?
lable in homicide record can \\>
ntcd on to decline.?News and !j!
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il Forms of all kinds for sale. f',
to Real Estate, Mortgages of ;j|
Istate, etc. 'p
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JOHN A. HOLLAND, ;j:
'he Greenwood Piano Man. <!;j
largest dealer in mn^lcnt lnst-n: j|>
in Western Ronrn Carotins. Rull: ji;
, self-piaver pianos. organs anc, >
> machini-.. Reference: The
of Greenvood the olrtcor and I;!
est Cant :d Greenwood County
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