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School System Table. New York, May 23.-The state o Montana has the, best all round put lie School system in the Unite States, according to the results of comparative study of state schoc signs systems made public today b the Russell Sage foundation. The re port assigns second place to th schools of California, third place t those of Arizona, fourth to New Jet sey and fifth to the state of Wash ington. The findings are contained in ; report by the department of educa tion of the foundation. The volunv entitled "An Index Number for Stati School System" and the author is Dr Leonard P. Ayres, director of thi foundation's department of educa tion. More Efficiency. Other findings of the report ar< that the school system of the Unitec States as a whole has doubled in effi ciency during the last 50 years, hav ing an index number or rating of 26 in 1870 and one of 52 at the presenl time. Since these index numbers are figured on the basis of 100, th? school system of the country has now ah effectiveness or efficiency of onlj 52 per cent., according to the report. The figures for the individual states as given by the foundation show that during the past 30 years the West has been coming, up educa tionally, while the East has b?en go ing down. During this time the great est increase among all the states has been made by Utah while nhe state to which is attributed the greatest falling off in relative standing is Maryland. In all the East the only state that has gained instead of los ing is New Jersey. In the West the state that has the best and most con sisently high record is California. Among the interesting results of the study is the conclusion that the school systems of the United States' territorial possessions, such as Ha waii, the Canal Zone and Puerto Rico, have higher ratings than those of many of the 48 states. That of Hawaii is reported better than those of the majority of the American states. The foundation's educational meas urement is worked out by taking the official data showing the number of children attending school, amount of training they secure, the progress they make, the amounts expended for buildings and supplies, the sala ries paid their teachers and other similar items, and combining these factors into a single index number which shows the general standing or efficiency of the school system. This method resembles that used by the federal government in indexing the cost of living and prices for commodities. The foundation states thai; all the results are computed from data fur nished by the states themselves to the federal government and that the records have been compiled and com bined by exactly the same method for all the different states and with out admitting into the results any elements of personal judgment. The author of the report served during the war as chief statistical officer of the army. Standing of States. The standing of the 48 states, the District of Columbia and the three territorial possessions is shown in the following table. Montana, 75. 8; California, 71.2; Arizona^ 66.2; New Jersey, 65,3; District jof Columbia, 64.3; Washing ton, 63.7; Iowa, 61.9; Utah, 61.4; Massachusetts, 61.0; Michigan, 60.1; Connecticut, 59.8; Ohio, 59.7; New York, 59.4; Colorado, 59.2; North Dakota, 51.9; Nevada, 59.0; Indiana, 58.9; Idaho, 58.6; Minnesota, 58.4; Oregon, 57.8; Pennsylvania, 57.7; Nebraska, 57.1; Hawaii, 57.0; Illi nois, 56.8; Wyoming, 56.7; Rhode Island, 56.3; Kansas, 55.2; Canal Zone, 55.1; South Dakota, 55.0; New Hampshire, 54.4; New Mexico, 53.0; Vermont, 51.5; Wisconsin, 51.3; Mis souri, 49.6; Maine, 47.4; Oklahoma, 44.4; Maryland 43.2; Delaware, 42.3 Texas, 41.1; Florida, 37.8; West Vir ginia, 37.7; Puerto Rico, 35.8; Vir ginia, 35.3; Tennessee, 35.1; Ken tucky, 35.0; Louisiana, 33.9; Geor gia, 32. 6; North Carolina, 30.6; Ala bama, 30.6; Arkansas, 30.3; Missis sippi, 30.0; South Carolina, 29.4. In addition figures are given to show the relative standing of the school systems of the state and pos sessions in 1890, 1900, 1910, 1916 and 1918. These indicate that Cali fornia has always been at or near the 1 top of the list, while the two Caro linas have in every case been at or near the bottom. Every New Eng land state is shown by the figures to T>e losing ground, while every state ' in the far West has gained in relative rank during the period. In the educa tional race Iowa has far outstripped Illinois, while North Dakota has gone repidly forward. Nebraska is report ed having gone forward and Kansas t years. The most notable educational change that has taken place during the fifty years covered by the report is in the attendance in high schools There are now 100 times as many pu pils enrolled in high schools as there were in 1870. The number then was 19,000 and now it is nearly 2,000, 000. The high school attendance has increased with great rapidity, but the new pupils have been mostly girls. In the matter of teachers' salaries, ! the state shows most diversified prac tices. The lowest average salary is $25 per month for the state of North Carolina, while the highest is $88 in California, both being based on a year of twelve months. $125,000,000 Loan to Rail ways Approved by Traffic Board. Washington, May 21,-A loan of at least $125,000,000, out of the $300,000,000 revolving fund to en able railroads to purchase equip ment required to meet transportation needs of the public was approved by the interstate commerce commission. Other recommendations for the disbursement of the revolving fund provided in the transportation act were as follows: "Temporary reserve for claims and judgments, $40,000,000: appro priation for short-line railroads, $12 000,000; temporary reserve for ma turities, $50,000,000: appropriations for additions and betterments which will promote the movement of cars. $73,000,000." New equipment required by rail roads to meet minimum needs is es timated by the interstate commerce commission at 2,000 locomotives and 100,000 freight cars, including 20, 000 refrigerator cars. "It is evident," the commission statment said, "that the equipment required properly to meet the trans portation needs of the public cannot be secured unless the carriers them selves assume the burden of financ ing the remaining 75 per cent." Since the distribution of the re volving fund by co-operative action with the railroads have proven im practicable, the commission said allo cation of the $125,000,000 for equip ment would be made according to the percentage which the standard return of a company bears to the to tal standard return of all the rail roads. In referring to the opposition to this plan by the national associa tion of owners of railroad securities the commission remarked that "few applicants seem to appreciate the ne cessity that the carrier assume a part of the burden and so use the amount advanced by the government, as the basis of car trusts is to obtain the greatest benefit from federal aid." He?rings to consider applications for loans, will be held here May 29th and the commission asked that appli cations embody in detail the state ments of the transportation needs which the carrier would be unable to meet and what service for the public could not be performed if the loan asked was not granted, statements of security offered and the earning power of the applicants. Back to the Farm, Urges Gov. Cooper. Washington, May 21.- (Chroni cle Bureau, U. S. Capital.)-Gov- R. A. Cooper, of South Carolina, made a forcible and telling address here to day before the conference of educa tors in session at the call of P. P. Claxton, United States commissioner of Education. The South Carolina governor took as his keynote educating the people to go back to the farms from the cit ies, stressing the point that while the man on the farm is a producer the man in the city can be little else but a consumer. The will of the people, the same thing that caused the American forc es to break the Hindenburg line, he said, is the thing that will educate these same people to become pro ducers rather than consumers and which will cause the pendulum to swing back to its proper place, he said. Gov. Cooper's address brought out unstinted applause, and was espe cially appreciated by the large num Iber of ladies in the audience.' Periodic Billious Attacks. Persons subject to bilious attacks at regular intervals know about when to expect an attack. They find that they have no desire for food when an attack is due but usually eat be cause it is meal time. Skip one meal and take three of Chamberlain's Tablets and you may be able to avoid the attack. Persons subject to period ic bilious attacks should not drink tea or coffee at any time. Or, King's Hew Bisovan KILLS THE COUGH. CITES THE LUNGS. T". Prices: -1 New York, M?y 21-Influenced by the nation-wide price cutting agita tion that is steadily gaining ground, the principal commodity markets of the country today continued to "mark down" quoted values. Cotton, sugar and corn options broke violent ly here and in Chicago and cereals and provisions, including pork, also suffered sharp reactions. Signifi-. canee was attached to the drop in the pork prices as marking the first pro nounced break in high priced food stuffs. The stock exchange showed im provement on a sharp recovery of liberty bonds and victory notes. A large part of today's liquidation in cotton and grains was attributed to the further scaling down of credits by banking institutions here and in other reserve centres, evidently in conformity with the request of the federal reserve board. In the local cotton market May contracts broke almost 400 points, with equally sharp reactions in New Orleans. The Liverpool market also reported substantial reactions. Domestic and foreign metal mark ets quoted lower prices for spot and future deliveries, silver proving the only exception at a slight rise in Lon don. Little business was done here in copper for immediate delivery. Banks in the uptown or wholesale dry goods district reported additional loan contraction and most of the re tail shops advertised "cuts" of 25 to 40 per cent in women's wearing ap parel. Dealings in liberty bonds and vic tory notes failed to reach the huge totals of the two preceding days, but most of the business was on an as cending scale. Practically all the lib erty issues closed at the day's maxi mum quotations, gains extending from 1 per cent to 304 per cent. The fourth 4 %s scoring the greatest ad vance. NOTICE! STATE OF SOUTHjCAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Whereas, a petition has been-filed and all legal requirements having been met, it is hereby ordered that the regularly appointed Board of Trustees of Edgefield School District No. 25, do hold an election in the Court House Friday, June ll, 1920, for the purpose of voting upon the question of levying and collect ing an additional special tax of two (2) mills on the dollar of all taxable property within said district, pro ceeds of such an additional levy to be used for school purposes in Edgefield District No. 25. At this election only such resident electors as are entitled to vote in Gen eral Elections shall be-?ilawed to vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m. and in all respects comply with Sec. 1742, Gen. School Law of South Carolina. W. W. FULLER E. H. FOLK G. F. LONG. Co. Board Education. Edgefield, S. C. May 25, 1920. SUBSTITUTE ECONOMY for waste by building of concrete made with LEHIGH THE NATIONAL CEMENT For sale by M. A. TAYLOR Registered Duroc Pigs I have for sale registered Duroc male pigs sired by Prince Orion, Jr., the Champion at Columbia in 1919, and Imperator Fashion, the second prize boar at Augusta-a one thou sand pound board. Registration papers furnished with pigs. W. E. B. TOMPKINS. OR.K?NG'S NEH 2I?S t?VEKI Wlil Surely Sioo Thal Couois A Dealer Opportu: Edgefield county is still op FOUR in this territory. Will men are now seeing that the and a profitable business, the 1 by leaps and boands. Large c prised at how little money wi centage of profit is good on th? faster than in any other meres WRITE AT ONCE DAVIS ] 1903 Main Street NOTICE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD: Whereas a petition has been filed and all legal requirements met, it is hereby ordered that the regularly ap pointed Board of Trustees of Tal bert School District No. 17 do hold an election at the Morgan School house Saturday, June 5, 1920, for the purpose of voting upon the ques tion of levying and collecting an ad ditional special tax of six (6) mills on the dollar of all taxable property within said district, proceeds of such additional levy to be used for school purposes in Talbert School District No. 17. At this el?ction only such electors as are qualified to vote in 'General Elections shall be allowed to vote. The polls shall open at 8 o'clock a. m., and close at 4 p. m., and in all respects comply with Sec. 1742 Gen. School Law of South Carolina. W, W. FULLER, E. H. FOLK, G. F. LONG. Co. Board of Education. Edgefield, S. C. 5-1912t F0R~SALE At my farm 3 miles south of Edgefield C. H., two fine mares, four j fine mule colts ready to go to work; 1 medium sized good, sound work mule in fine fix 12 years old for $125.00; some nice Jersey cows, pure breds, but not registered, soon to come in fresh; nice fodder, 5 cents a bundle, limited supply; bright sound speckle and mixed peas for S5.50 per bushel; 1918 model Buick touring car in good condition, will sell reasonable or trade for lumber delivered to Edgefield or trade for land or lots anywhere in Edgefield or elsewhere; six nice farms from 75 to 500 acres, two to 4 miles from Edgefield C. H., with one good 3 room tenant house and porch; four with 4-room houses, 2 porches and halls; one with 11-room house, 100 foot piazza on 3 sides, all other nec essary out buildings, fine water and pastures. Lands will make any crop that grows in South. Will sell rea sonable, cash or credit with approved security, small interest. All can be seen at my farm 3 miles south of Edgefield C. H. Come to see them. J. M. MAYS. Building and Contracting. I desire to notify the people of Edgefield that I have located here and will be glad to assist them in drawing plans, will make estimates on work and make contracts for all kinds of building, remodeling and re pairing. See me before letting a con tract for your work. It is probable that I can save you money. T. R. SKINNER. What Motor Company is it besides the Ford Motor Company that keeps over 100,000 orders ahead for cars all the time? YONCE & MOONEY. nity in Edgefield County en. We need some one to sell the BF LL you be the dealer? Foresighted business automobile business PAYS. A pleasant largest industry in the vrorld and growing apital is not necessary. You will be, sur II start you as a successful dealer. Per e BELL FOUR, and you turn your money intile venture' Risk is small. FOR FULL PARTICULARS "BELL" FOUR $1,395 DAVIS SIX-$2,185. This valuable dealership also open here. MOTOR COMPANY, Inc Phone 1226 COLUMBIA, S. C. Cotton Seed, Iron and Iee I am Paying the HIGHEST Market Price for Cotton Seed Fortyjand Fifty Cents Per Hundred for Scrap Iron Good, Pure Distilled Water Ice Cheap Will run two auto trucks and can deliver on short notice Phone 97 and Phone 21 M. A. Taylor THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Capital and Surplus Profits Total Resources Over - - - $135,000.00 . $800,000.00 SAFETY AND SERVICE IS WHAT WE OFFER TO THE PUBLIC Open vour account with us for the year 1920. Invest your savings in one of our Interest Bearing Certificates [of Deposit. Lock boxes for rent ia which to keep your valuable pa pers, eto. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. We Solicit Your Business. BRING ME YOUR Golton Seed 1 am in the market for cotton seed. Bring me your remnants of seed after you have finished planting. Do not allow them to lay around the place and get wasted. I will pay the highest market price. At my same old stand. ' A. M. Timmerman