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BTATE EDUCATIONAL* MEETING. Will bo Hold Friday of Tills Week at Spurtun burg-Tho Program. The Cit'/ens' stale Educational ConfuroilCC will he held at the Coa verse College auditorium, Spartan hurg, on Friday of this week, .Inly 15th, The following program lias been arranged: Tho Program. ll.hi) a. in Organ prelude Mr. Hyatt. Invocation Kev. Wm. Way, oft Charleston. Organization Hon. lt. Goodwyn! Illicit, chairman, Charleston. Addresses hy Governor Kout. A. Cooper; .1. B. Swearlngon, Slate Su perintendent of Kducallon; Hon. Geo. H. Cromer and Dr. Henry Nel son Snyder. I 2.:?o p. m. Address on State Ed ucational Surveys, hy Dr. GcorgO F. /00k. of the Coiled States Hureau of education. Appointment of committees. I.HO p. m. Picnic luncheon for visitors, on Converse College earn PUS. ?{.00 p. ni. Report ol committee on resolutions. lt cpo r t of committee on county or ganization. Ueporl of committee on permanent organiza lion. Some Damaging Fact1-Co-operation Needed. A .special appeal is made to the ministers of all Hie churches. The public schools of the Sta'e iiefcl your help. The journal of Ibo National Kdu ention Association, which is distrib uted throughout the tinted Slates, publishes statistics, derived from tho I * il i t (Ml Slates Hureau of Kdlicatloil for litis, showing, as compared with all the other Stales in the I nion 1. That South Carolina has Ibo smallest number of citizens who can read, with tho single exception of Louisiana. 2. That South Carolina spends the smallest amount per capita for Hie education of the children In public schools. 3. That South Carolina has its pub lic schools in operation the smallest number of days in the year-110. 4. That South Carolina has the smallest, percentage of boys and girls nttendin ? hlgl hool " ? per en P. That Sent th Carolina luis tho smallest humber ot free mihi li bra i rie:>- I.?i pei .'"nt. . educational ??oes South Carolina averages the lowest in the country occupies the isih place. Thus is our beloved Stn te adver tised 10 the entire world. If this condition is md true, we ought lo prove it; if it is true, we ought to correct it. The churches are doing great things in higher education; Iel liter also rally to the improvement of the public schools, which make the col leges and universities possible. The Slate I'.aptisi Convention last winier took the lead and memorial ized the Legislature io make larger] appropriations to the public schools. I.el all the churches co-operate . and do it now. We ask every minister of every! deiioniiiiatiin in South Carolina to ! read the following to his congrega- : lion and urge them lo lend their aid ; in the cause of education and lo the' end that illiteracy may be banished, from our sta te. | "At a mass meeting of citizens of Spartanhurg. held nude- the auspi-| ces of ih," chamber 01' Commerce on May |2, 1021, the following r?solu-, lion was adopted: "We, tile citizens of Spartanhurg. profoundly i npressed by Ibo inade quate facilities provided by our pres- : . ni public school system for the boys and girls of South Carolina, realiz ing the low position in popular edu cation we occupy as co in pa red with I other States in Ibo I nion, and be lieving ihat 11 i i -= condition can be remedied only by a united effort .rn Hie part of all the citizens of our commonwealth, hereby invite the people of South Carolina lo meei tl Spartanhurg on .luis- I.'.'li for the! purpose of organizing a State-wide Citizens' educational Association io1 devise and execute plans for annis-j lng public sentiment and io take ; stop.* to promote, through legislative action, such constructive measures as are necessary to mool our educa tional obliga,ions io th,, children of our State." The conference will assemble in Ibo Converse College auditorium tit 1 I o'clock on the morning of July 15th, and will continue until Hie late I afternoon, with an Intermission for j n picnic luncheon on the college grounds for visitors. This will en able you to reach thc city on the morning trains in time to attend and also to leave on the evening trains. Signed . Spartanhurg chamber of Commerce, H. P. Pell. Chairman Fx. Com. Subscribe for Tho Courier. (Best) I CELEBRATION AT ARMSTRONG'S Kightictli Anniversary of IHrHiday Celebrated-Will Ho Annual. Kichlaild, July ."?.-Special: Last Tuesday was a great day at the hume of J. O. Armstrong. Many of his kinsfolks and friends mel lhere to pay their respects to the old gen tleman on his soth birthday. Mrs Armstrong passed away some thing like a year ago. She was Mol lio dobinson, of Little Uiver. They had four children, ami ali of them are still living- Miss Maggie, who married Henry McDonald (they have i wo children, Urace and Claude); Wade Hampton Armstrong,who mar ried Miss Mattie Druci', of Town ville, (they have three children. Mary, Margaret anil Wade Hampton, Jr.. having last yeal lost their old est child, Until, one of the sunniest and brightest of Utile girls) ; James Dani, who married Miss Uena llun slngcr, (they have two line boys. James and William); Lillie, wno married William Drown, (they have two children. Hernie? and Mary.) Mr. Armstrong is. a good neigh bor and a substantial citizen, and is happily surrounded by his two sons and their families, and is submitting lo the loss of his life companion with wonderful grace, quietly am! peace fully awaiting Hie summons when hr, too. - li : i ll be j* 11 herod 1 o his la I hers. lt was decided on tlii- occasion to institute a u orga nization tn be known a.- the Kobinson-Mcl 'liney reunion 'I'll" names of the m< libers of 'he organization are as iol'.owt: Mr. I'. S. Dorter, Picken-, president: W. ll. Armstrong, vice president; James Williams, secretary and ir ins urer; J. i?. Armstrong. Turner \rm slrong. stella Hopkins, Malinda Pur ler. Edna Porter, ['ollie Porter. Amy Porter, Mrs. Maggil' A. Melloni ld. II. W. McDonald, Crace Cllde Mc . Donald. Wade ll. Armstrong. M'-s. Mattie Armstrong, Mary Margaret, j Wade ll. Armstrong, Jr.. Mrs. Lillie j A. Brown, Bernice and Mary Drown, 1 J. P. Armstrong, Mrs. Pena Arm . strong, James ami William Arm Strong, J. T. Porter. Mrs. J. W. I Brock, J. W. Brock, Leland Brock. \ Unity Brock, o. c. Robertson, Mrs. (). C. Robertson, Eunice and Enid I Robinson, Miss Bu file Moss. Mrs. 1 Helen Moss Rankin and children, I Thelma. Hem~- Pvr,nh. Dui >i ' ?nd Katheryn; v. . cora Alexander. Mrs. Nm Dd viii, J, A Robo ri soi and chi; Iren Lnji a anti '??vi.?.ie Robertson, ...... lieut j low ues, i I There was a line dinner spread In abundance for the large assemblage j - --roast beef, bakers' bread, home made biscuits, fried spring chicken, I fried ham. tomatoes, .strawberries, cake, barrels of iced lea and lemon ade. There were two full-Hedged (lin ings, one at I '? and again at 1 p. m. Aller that lhere were about a dozen baskets full taken up not of frag ments, hui of splendid untouched food. There was no spi.Ii-making only quiet, enjoyable Miks with Ut ile groups here and lhere under the great oaks about the place. There is to bc a reunion annually hereafter ai this place. If Prizes had been offered Coonee Would lia ve been put to it for sec ond place. Picketts was in the lead hy all odds ;he greatest number of good-looking girls. Hie best look ing man. Jim A. Robinson, and the best eater. Dr. Porter There was re gret that lins Crossen could not be there to face Dr. Porter at the table. In thal instance al least we might have held our own. The homliest man he was lhere all right, and from Ibis county, bul his mime will not be given. The besl looking wo man".' Mis. Bullio Moss, of Green ville. The homeliest woman'.' she was mn there. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Beware! 1'nless you see ibo name "Hayer'' on package Ol' on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin, pre scribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told In the Hayer package for colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, lumbago and for pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Hayer Tab lets of Aspirin cost few cents. Drug gists also sell larger packages. Aspi rin ls the trade mark of Hayer Manu facture of Monoacetlcacldcstor of Salieylicacid.- adc. Henry Cabot Lodge, who became a United states Senator in isp;'., has had the longest continuous service in the Senate. Subscribe for The Courier. (Best) Itt KAL CARRIERS W?I/TJ VISIT Gaffney Next-W. M. Ijemndns, of Oconce, Elected I'lesidont. Orangeburg, July .*.-The l st li an nual convention of ibo South Caro lilla Rural Letter Can tera' Associa tion ended its annual "isslon al Or angeburg to-day after the larges; at tended convention of delegates ever held In its history. The past year the membership in tho association increased HO per cent and the previ ous year it had shown an Increase ol L'tt per cent, showing that the rural letter carriers of the State are fast becoming interested in their associa tion. I). C. Mayden, of Orangeburg, the retiring president, was elated over the success of tho convention, and goes out as president with well earned laurels. Mr. Haydon organ ized the South Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' Association 17 years ano and has been one of the best work ers of the association. The sessions began Monday morn ing, July 4th, with addresses of wel come by William A. Livingston. Ibo mayor of Orangeburg; V. J. Hill, president of the elia tuber of com merce; Dr. A. C. Ligon, postmaster at Orangeburg, and Tom Corbett, nt Noeses, representing tile rural loiter carriers of Oraugeburg county. The responses were made by W. N.Avant, of Spurtauburg county, and The-. '? IMaek. of Collcton county. During the afternoon places of interest in and around Oraugeburg were visited. The main business session wa - li 'ld last night. The report ot the sooro tary and treasurer and reports nf committees were had. Addresses ni ."Our Organization County, State and National,-' were delivered by W. M. Leinmoiis. of Oconee county, and D. C. Hayden, of Oraugeburg. . Lisper E. Johnson, of Laurens county, delivered an address upon "Our Official Organ." Mr. Johnson told of the official organ being own ed privately in Washington, and that it could he purchased for the nation al association, and he urged that this, be emphasized by the next conven tion, when action should be taken, About one-third of the stock allotted South Carolina was subscribed ul thc meeting here. An interesting and helpful round table discussion was entered inte last night, a large number ol thc delega I pm Icipntlng I The remaining business of He con j roulton was* transacted this norning \ w icn thc olfleera bf thc < ive) Uni '.or the ensuing year were elected, a.c follows: President - W. M .emmons, Wes; minster. Vico President-J. K. R. McCar ilia. Laurens. Secretary and Treasurer -ll. <? Cr?m, Moores. Executive Hoard li. R. Chirlz berg, Williamston : s. A. Durch Florence; E. W. Comer. Rock Hill. lt was decided thal the annus convent'on he not held on July HI hereafter, but on the first Monday ii A ugust, Gaffney was selected as the cl13 for the next annual convention. The delegates to the national a*s soclation are: H. R. Chritzherg, H 0. ('rim, Stanley A. Burch and M. R Mollette. Favors Purchase of Organ. Asheville, N. C., July ii.--Purchase of the Rural Free Delivery News, o' Washington, 1). C., was recommend efl by the Rural Letter Carriers ol North Carolina, in annual conventior here to-day. it was proposed that th? national organization condin i a cam paign lo raise $100,000 for the pul p?se of buying the paper now con trolled by private interests. Also Mutual Insurance. The establishment of 11 mutual In surance department was perfected lo day at the concluding session of th? 1021 convention of tho Nor'h Caro lina Rural Letter Carrier-' Associa lion here. Under regulations govern ? 11 ?A thc insurance each member wil pay an initial foe and bi -abjecte: to assosmonts upon the death of fl member. Kub-My-Tisin is a powerful Anti septic. Cures infected cuts, old sores totter, etc.-adv. Many Men Wanting ?int. Camp Lewis. Wash., Jul) 7.--Al least two-thirds of Ibo men of lin Fourth Division lure desire to quii the army. Col. Joseph I). Loitsch, di vision chief of staff, announced to day. Wholesale requests for dis charges have been flied as ,1 result Ol orders that discharges will he grant ed all enlisted men who apply, to re duce the army to one hundred am fifty thousand men. in compliance with Congressional action, so Col Lcdtsch .said. Camp Lewis contains 7,200 mon In some companies every enlisted man applied for discharge. , Solomn bought monkeys as curl OSitles for bis foreign wives. CORD TIRES Now Selling at the Lowest Price Level in Tire History 30x3*? 32x4 34x4h - $24.50 - 46.30 - 54.90 (And Other Sizes in Proportion) Tire repair men, who judge values best, class these tires aa having the sturdiest carcass made. Forty-seven high grade car manufacturers use them as standard equipment. They are the quality choice of cord users. Thia new low price is made possible by strictest economies and specialized production. Plant No. 2 was erected for the sole purpose of malv.ng 30x3 ^-inch Non-Skid fabric tires. With a daily capacity of 16,000 tires and 20,000 tubes, this plant permits refined production on a quantity basis. All materials used are the best obtainable. The quality ?9 uniform. It is the best fabric tire ever offered to the car owner at any price. WHITMIRE-MARETT HARDWARE CO., WALHALLA, S. C. mu ?msn MKS. CHAS. .J. THOMPSON l>KA!>. Succumbed to Stroke of Apoplexy Which Came in Sunday School. ( Charlotte Observer.) Mrs. Minnie Wylie Thompson, (he widow i?;' Citarle.-. .1. T.iwmpson. lol lowing .i stroke of npoplox; while I ... was all ui ling Sabbath . 100 ;:: | !i>>> Ki rs I Assoeiaie Roformod Pres byterinn church yesterday about 1 o'clock, died al L' o'clock al (he homo of Rev. NV. 1?. Lindsay, lo which she was taken for medical attention. Mrs. Thompson was apparently in her usual good health yesterday morning and brough! Howers from ber home to place in (lie church for (he morning service, remaining for tile Sabbath school immediately af terward. lt was during the closing exorcises of tho Sabbath school that she received tho stroke ami was im mediately taken to the home ot* M.\ Lindsay, where she died an hour later. Funeral s?rveos were held at her home, S09 Worthington avenue, on Tuesday morning at IO o'clock, in charge of Kev. W. ll. Lindsay. Tho interment followed in Elmwood cem etery. Mrs. Thompson had been a resi dent of Charlotte for two different period*, site and .Mr .Thompson, who was train dispatcher for thc South ern railway, and who died here early in December of last year, having moved to this city from Knoxville, Tenn., the last time, about fourteen years ngo, und had lived here since that lime. She was born In Chester county. South Carolina. Dec. 2 1, IFfil?, her age having been .vt yen vs. site was married to Mr. Thompson on Maren 25, iss'.i. Mrs .Thompson had been a faithful and consistent member of the Kirai A. lt. l'. church since com ing lo charlotte and was a woman of beautiful Christian character, an I loved by nil who knew her. She is survived hy her mother. Mrs. Mary Wylie, who lives al Rain seur with a son. and titree sons. Kf nest Thompson, of Columbia, S. C.; Citarles lt. Thompson, of Rocky Mount. X .C., and Paul li. Thompson, of this city. Two brothers, .1. S. Wy lie, of Rninscur, and .Ins. Wylie, of Charlotte, mid two sisters. Mrs. Mack Wilson, of (?astenia, and Mrs. Kt'a ("anthers, of Kori Valley. S. C.. als.) survive. The above notice will be read witlt deep rcgrel by many in Walhall.t. where Mr. Thompson was well known and beloved, be being a son of the late Col. Robt. A. Thompson, and the deceased having on several occa sions visiled here with her husband, She was a woman of charming per sonality and Christian graces, and her sudden taking away is a gr en I bereavement to her family ind her acquaintances. Tho Courier joins With others in extending sympathy to thc bereaved ones. WKAl/IH IX XK(ilyRCTKI) I'Al'KH? Old Certificate of Shares of Hank Stock Fourni. New York. July S.-A scrap of pa per that for five generations has re-' posed between the covers of ti faded eop> uf Spencer' "Pairie Qneene" may moan wealth and luxury to Al t'rod Wi i Seymour, keeper of n small restaurant in Seattle, Wash. The paper ls a certificate of (5 7 shares of stock in the Mechanics' Bank, left by Thomas Williams, who died in New York in 1822. Its actual value, together with accrued inter est. is declared to amount tn half a million dollars. Tho certificate had dropped out of sight, but was dis covered by a genealogist who was going through a library In thc house hold of a family in Troy, N. Y., where Seymour had had a si.stor ?md an] anni. Seymour bas established, it is asserted, that Williams was bis great grandfather and that he is now sole heir to h's property. His claim has been substantiated In .several courts, but a legal battle is still in progress. The bank, now known, by virtue of various mergers, as the Mechanics and Metals National Bank, maintains thai it bas no record of the Issue of stock and pleaded the statute of lim itations. Supreme Court Justice Wagner recently ruled against this plea, but attorneys for the hank de clared to-day they would carry the case to higher courts. SOLO BY ALL D RUO STORES WRlTCrr? BOOKLET ON MOTHERHOOD AHOY HE BABY. Mit BRAoriCLD REGULATOR CO.. DEPT. 9 0. ATLANTA. GA. Carnegie Estate $22,000,000. New York, July S. - The Stale comptroller's ellice has appraised (lie estate of Andrew Carnegie al $25,033,0 1 I gross and $22,151,011 net. The principal items are securi ties valued at $ 17,fvl3,?38. Louise Whitlleld Carnegie, the widow, was the chief beneficiary, receiving n to tal of $ 1 1,338,347. Tho Carnegie Corporation of New York was be queathed $ I 0.0(;3,.'.80. To Cure a Cold In One Day Toko LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tnbltts.) lt slops the Cough ?nd Hcndnrhc nnd works off the Cold. E.W. GROVE'S signature on codi box. 30C. Nothing is moro hateful to a Mos lem than lo see the Koran in tho hands of an unbeliever. .fl fy fy .J, fy .J. .J. .?. 4. fy ?J? .J. ?J. .J. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. fy * * * -I- * * * * * 4? * * * * 4? .1. R. EARLE, fy ?J? Altorncv-nt-Liuv, ?J? 4? WALHALLA, S. C. fy ?J? State ?V- Federal Court I'raolteoj ?J? 4< FARM LOANS. fy 4. 4. .J. * fy * .J. * ?V %f. * .J. * 4 * * 4? E. L. H ERNDON, fy fy Attorney-ut-Law, ?J? .J. Phono No. (M, WalhaRa, S. C.fy fy 4* ?I- * * ?I- * * * * * * * * * * .J- J. I*. Carey, .1. W. Sholor, fy 4? Dickens, S. C. W. C. Hughs, fy 4. CAREY, SIIELOR & HUGHS, 4* fy Attorneys and Counsellors, ?J? ?J? WALHALLA, S. ('. .j? fy Strife iV Federal Court Prncltco. fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy .J. W. D. WHITE, fy {. LAWYER, fy > WALU A LI/A, S. C. fy * + fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy fy C. L DEAN, Surveyor and Civil Engineer, SENECA, S. C. Farm Ix>nn Act Decided Constitu tional. <?ot a Govern ment Loan. HAN MW ??OOD, t?ign Class Guttering a Specialty, Walhalla, S. C. Public Service I am prepared to meet all calls for Public Service Car at any time, day or night. Sec mc if you want a quick, safe trip anywhere, near or for long distance. "At Your Service" Harry Fayonsky Walhalla, S. C. Notice to Trustees. You are hereby requested to send in iin itemized statement with each claim for other purposes than teach ers' salaries. This will be a great satisfaction ;o mn .'ind a protection to you as trustees. Respectfully, L. C. Spoarcs, Superintendent, of Education. Tho potato bun was first noticed in Colorado in 1824. The winter wheat crop yield of European Russia is about three-fifths tis great as the summer yield.