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REO WEE COURIER (Established 1940.) Published Every Wednesday .Mo rn In? KU ?SCHI ITIOX TRICE Oao Year.$1.00 Mix Months.f*3 Tbreo Months.:*? Advertising Ilutes Reasonable. na^m^Jm. Hy Slock, Slielor, Hughs At Slielor. ?Communications of a personal character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will be printed free of charge. AU over ?hal number must bo paid for at the ruto of one cent a word. Cash to t. e<!0 m pa ny manuscript. WADU AKD?, S. C. WEDNESDAY. JAN. 20, HMO. HE IS RIGHT TWICE. Uolow wo print a brief letter from A H. White, of Huntsville, Ga., und wc are glad to note that Mr. White is thoron gb ly in accord with us on two things complying with the easlt-in-advnnco subscription ruling, i nd a believer in lighting iulluen/.a, beginning at (itu root of the trouble. We give Mr. White's letter below: "Gutnsvlllo, (?a.. Jan. 1910. 'Editor Koo wee Courier: Please lind enclosed my check for $-1.00, putting me in good stand int' with you again, ?ind in advance, H accordance with late ruling of Hie government. I must say that The Courier is Hi-- best of weeklies, not because il is from my bon e town, bul bcauso it is a fact, and I could not get ulong without its weekly visits to me. 1 wish to commend you on this week's editorial in regard to "Hu." No move too drastic could be made in combat ting a disease that lias caused the loss of more lives than the past con flict with Gcrmnny Some one must take Hie initiative, and what Letter medium could lhere be Hum Hie home press-.' The sufferers from Un m Oconee have my sympathy. We were hard hil here last fall, and tho disoilSO was only checked by the clos ing of all public gathering places. "Wishing you and all a happy, prosperous New Year. I am. "Yours very truly. "A, II. White." Wo have heard that in some quar ters locally there is marked opposi tion to Hie permanent closing of the i-chools for the session. Just why. in ?he light of the beneficial results of the closing last fall, and the detri mental et?oets that have come close upon tho reopening of the schools. ..ny man should advocate a closing for the poriod of a few weeks, only io reopen them and start another epidemic of influenza, is more than we can fathom. We have tried clos ing for a short period, and it proved beneficial, only to have all the bene fits annulled by a too early reopen ing. Kel the schools remain closed lor the remainder of Hie session of I.1'Ml. We have no knowledge as to ? onditions in tho schools of the coun ty as a whole, but we have informa tion that tho present session's work iii Walhalla has been rendered almost void of good results by rea son of demoralization and a disor ganized condition ns Hie result of Continually interrupted work on Hie part of Hie teachers and interrup tions that have come almost con stantly to the pupils in their studies. Strike nt the root of the trouble < lose the "Hu incubators" until all (.langer is known to he past. Wo have also heard reports that In ?ermin quarters trustees will Ugh I the paying of teachers for the period for which Hey woro originally en gaged. ?'nil pay, in our opinion, is unquestionably the right of all teachers who have bren employed 1er HIM 1919 session, or for a lorin ;>f months, whore th?- school docs Soi run for the tull session period. This is Um duty ol' Un- public to I-nl'lie employees. We also feel tbat the public em ployee th;." is. Hie teacher in tho public school owe:; a duty io HlO publie, und thal dui) is to secure other work if possible, ihn^ volun tarily relieving Ibo trustees from tboir ditly f paying out public funds io meet their contract, while not re ceiving, in tho gonerally accepted sense of thc term, value received, If the teacher takes work that pays omi or her more than tho school con tract would liave furnished, thal is tho teacher's good fortune, ami clearly, according to our way of looking al the matter, would relieve tho trustee of obligation in the promises, if tho teacher secures work Hitit compensates only partly for tho loss occasioned hy official ciosing of tho schools, thon it ls our opinion that tho trustees should make good tho differenco hetwoon Iho two figures. Wo holiove llrmly tn thc obliga tion that rests upon tho trustees to carry out tho financial obligation in curred in the employment of a teach er at a givon sum for a given period; we bolivc just as llrmly in tho obli gation of tho teacher to tho public that no unnecessary drain shall bo made upon the public funds. This is an instance where thorough co-operation on tho part of trustees {.nd teachers will rosult in groat good. Tho present situation ls ono dint could not he foresoon. There should bo candid and conscientious co-oporation hetwoon both parties. In such case tho public funds will ??utter little, and the teachers-and they as a class certainly give their services for a compensation reclicu lously low-can at least come out of tho situation without loss. The teaching forces are already too small. If we permit tho public, e? represented hy tho various hoards of trustees, to deal unfairly with them, then certainly wo cannot blame the teachers for abandoning ?he work chosen by thom for other lines, leaving the schools to tho morey of less competent ones. The public sciiool teacher standard must bu raised, not lowered. A fair and i .{quare deal now with the teachers v ill go a long way to at least main taining the present standard. Re pudiation of thc teachers' term or session contracts will operate to dis gust the competent and conscien tious teachers and drive them into (?iiier lines of occupation. Let the public take an interest in these matters and see that the teach er receives a square deal. Other wise we may lind in the near future thal we have pursued a course of penny wisdom and pound folly. MOTH Kit! YOUR (Illili) IS { 'IOSS , I'FVFHISII, FROM CONSTIPATION If Tongue ls Coated, liront ti Had, Stomach Sour, Clean Liver and Rowels. Givo "California Syrup of Pigs" at (ince- a teaspoonful to-day often save;' a sick child tomorrow. If your little one is out-of-sovts. half-sick, isn't resting, outing and j neting naturally look, Mother! I Kee if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged willi waste. When cross, .rritable, fever ish, stomach sour, breath bad or has stomach-ache, diorrhoen, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspooful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all tho constipated poi son, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a wei!, playful child again. Mothers can rest oasy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative," be cause it never fails to cleanse the littlo ono's liver and bowels and sweeten the stomach and they dear ly love its pleasant tasto. Full di rections for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a SO-oent bot tle of "California Syrup of Figs;'' thou see that lt is made by tho "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company."-adv. Greenville Will (?et Thirtieth. Columbia, Jan. 2H.--The House of Representatives to-day passed a reso lution asking tim War Department to demobilize the Thirtieth Division at Camp Scvier. A similar resolu tion will he passed by the Senate. No further efforts will be made hy Columbia to secure tho demobiliza tion of this division, following a con I terence this morning between repre sentatives of the city of Greenville and representativo Columbians. Governor's Brother Dead. Luther S. Cooper, a brother of Governor Robert A. Cooper, died at j his home in Laurens county, near j vVoro Shoals, last Wednesday of in lliicimi. He was I :: years of age. 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Doctors say that the is nothing Uko it to put your liver right and koop your systom lu con dition to resist and avoid colds, in ti U en za and pneumonia. Tho best insuranco against influ enza and pneumonia is a good active liver and your physician or druggist will toll you that Calotabs is tho most thorough and effective, as well as the safest and most agreeable remedy for this purpose. Ono Calotab at bod time with a swallow of water-that's all. No salts, no nausea, nor the slighest interference with your outing, plea sure, or work. Next morning you awake feeling fine, with a hearty appetite for broakfast. Your cold has vanished and you are ready for work or play. Calotabs are sold by druggists everywhere in sealed pack ages, price thirty-five cents. Your money handed right back if you are not. delighted.-adv. DEATH OF MKS. MARV COWAN. Passed Away in December-A Kew Local Items of Interest. Tnmassee, Jan. 20,-Special: In tho month of December the spirit of Mrs. Mary Todd Cowan passed to tile great beyond. The doa th of this flood woman brought sorrow not j only to her own loved ones, but to hosts of friends in the Tamnssee sec tion wherever she was known. Mrs. Cowan was the daughter ol* William and Mary Todd and was in her Stith year at tho time of her death. In early youth sho united with the Bethel Presbyterian church and ever after was a faithful, useful j member. She was happily married to W. tl. Cowan, and of this union lhere were a son and daughter. Her i doa th was hastened by the effects of ! o.n attack of influenza. The funeral services were held ut Bethel church, conducted by her pastor, Hov. W. II, Hamilton. She leaves to mourn her! der th her devoted husband, son and! several grand-children. The sym- j lathy of the community is extended to tho bereaved family. Mrs. W. J. Beard return?d last week from a visit of several days to I 1er (laughter, Mrs. Paul Crosby, of Spartanburg. Miss Lillian Kelley left two weeks ago for Philadelphia, Pa., where she went to accept a position in her brother-in-law's ollico Mrs. Crayton Alexander is visit ing lier mother, Mrs. A. P. Grant, in 'Valhalla, for several days. Monroe Scott, an aged and re- , spectod nogro, has been ill with pneumonia. It is hoped that, this ! good old man may recover soon. | i layne Jones left last wook for Greenville, from which point he will travel for the Atlantic Lard Co.. as represented by Lipscomb-Harrison Co.. of Greenville. Mr. Jones will be engaged in this work for -several months. Mrs. Jones will be with her parents In Walhalla while ho is away. Tile choese factory is manufactur ing a fine quality of cheese. Milk from the farmers ls coming in ."-.teadily. One hundred and twenty pounds of choese were made one day ! last week. The Docomber checks to tho farmors will soon bo out, which will be larger than tho ones of November owing to tho greater quantity of milk sent In, which re duced the cost of production. More milk, moro pay. It is hoped that j even more milk than the daily one thousand pounds asked for will be sent to tho factory, thus increasing the price of milk, tho quantity of cheese, and tho mutual prosperity. The Industrial School has received many gifts recently for which it is most grateful. Fifty-five dollars In Thrift Stamps for tho teachers' fund from Walhalla chapter members and Tamassee friends; $;> from Miss Floride Cunningham, of Columbia, Hi rough the Walhalla chapter; $,r> from Miss Belle Williams, of Colum bia; $."> from Hie D. A. It. chapter, of Warren, P.; a generous subscrip tion from the Walhnllfl chapter for a heater for the class room: a i teacher's desk, made of tho native I walnut wood, from Mayne Jones, ol' l'amass?e; lumber for book Shelves from M. '1'. Turner, of Johnston; half dozen down pillows from Mrs. F.mnck, of Maryland: a couch from I Mrs. Warren Davis, of Seneca: din ting room furniture from the Clem son chapter; a Majestic range, pur I ( bused al cost, from tho Choraw ? 11 a rd wa rr Co.. of Cheraw; diction ary and oilier books from Mrs. F. ! ll. H. Calhoun, of Clemson; Hu; loan of a piano from Miss Janie Harrison, loi Walhulla; a scholarship of *.".:? .Hom lin- I). A. H. chapter of Mihcl gan. I Funds are now on hand for the completion of Hie chimney for class room, and as soon as this is finished ' a dav sebool will be opened. This school building will repre sent HM- generosity of many big i hearted men. women and children, all ol' whom have contributed so 1 glndlv to the cause of fuller and ; brooder education for tho children lof the bills, in whom there is promise of a future, the greatness of ! which we may not now know, but. which Hmo will reveal. It is felt that as this work broadens in scope 'and achievements, ninny moro gifts ; will be offorcd by kind frionds to I further its advancement. Who Make Is he a at the j If you ' years d of Sout RO FEI ORDER EARL F. S. ROY* Norfolk, Va. Baltimore Columbia, S. C. Spa Atlanta, Ga. M INCOMES IX DE ll $5,00(1 l'omis for Making Itcports Will bo Heady by February 1st. Forms for reporting income taxes of loss than $5,000, it bas been announced by Commissioner of in ternal Revenue Daniel C. Roper, aro expected to bo in the hands of col lectors for distribution among tax payers not later than February 1st. '"It may bo definitely statod," said the Commissioner, "that taxes for the calendar year 19 18 will he col lected under the provisions of the l ending hill as finally enacted, and not under the provisions of the Act of October 3d, 1017." Commissioner Roper said that the conferences on the revenue hill have made sufficient progress to warrant the bureau in proceeding at once to print and distribute forms for the collection of thc income tax of 1018. In order to facilitate the work of the bureau the conferences are disposing as rapidly as possible of those pro visions of the bill directly affecting I he form for reporting income taxes of less than $5,000. Preparations of tho othor forms is proceodlng con currently with the work of the con ferees, and it will he possible, it was stated, to have them ready shortly after the enactment of the law. Plies Cured In 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, nnri you can get restful alccp ofter thc first application. Price 60c. Two Air Lieutenants Killed. Kt. Petersburg. Fla., Jan. 23. Lieut. J. lt. Whltosides, of Okolona, Miss., was intsantly killed and Lieut. W. W. 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