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BETTER HCHOOL FACILITIES.
Report of Trustees for Consideration
of Citizens?Meeting Thursday.
To Ihe Citizens of Newberry School
District:
In compliance with your resolution
adopted at the annual meeting' on
July !H)th., we hereby submit for
your consideration, the following
plans for enlarging our school system
and for increasing its efficiency.
1st. ) The school lot on which the
Boundary Street1 school is built contains
about two acres, and is, we
think, sullieient in size for all school
(purposes of a city of Newberry's
population. In view of this fact, it
appears to the board that the most
feasible plan for the accomplishment
of our purposes would be the erection
of a separate high school building
011 the Boundary Street lot.
Should a separate high school building
be erected our intention is to have
all high school work done on the departmental
method, which means the
employment of specialists. This would
give the youth of our city the very
I best hogh school advantages, and by
t the addition of something like a
business department, a good preparaf
tion for life's work.
Although according to the report of
the state superintendant, the number
of pupils t?> each teacher in our school
is somewhat less than the general
average in the city schools of our
stale, we fully recognize and appreciate
the fact that our schools are
far too crowded for ideal educational
advantages. For the accomplishment
of this plan it would be necessary to
\ issue bonds to the amount of twelve
' thousand ($12,000.) dollars. Should
these bonds be issued at live per cent,
and an annual levy of one (1) mill
be made, the bonds could be retired
in ten years or less; a levy of three
quarters (11-4) of a mill would retire
them in fifteen years. To provide for
the necessary additional annual expenses
of conducting the schools, an
increase of three quarters (il-4) of a
mill by special levy would be required.
This would enable us to erect
iand equip a high school building and
give us sullieient teaching force for it,
and also enable us to employ two additional
teachers for the lower grades,
which would give us ten teachers for
the tirsl six grades and four for the
high school.
2nd. The erection in a different
pari of ihe city of another building
and thus divide the city into two
school districts. For the accomplishment
of ibis plan it would be necessary
to issue bonds to the amount of
twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dollars.
To secure the lot and duplicate
the building we now have, would
, eost ;il least that amount. To pay
interest and retire these bonds in fifI
teen years would require a special
1- levy of one and one half (1 1-2) mills
for the purpose. To supply teachers
' for the same number of grades would
require an additional expenditure of
$2.">20 per annum, and to furnish this
amount would require a tax levy of
one and one half (1 1-2) mills.
1 Should Ihe high school or first plan
i be adopted the net increase in Ihe tax
levy, after Ihe bonds now outsanding
are retired would be one half (1-2) of
a mill. Should the second the net
Increase woul dbe two mills.
In our judgment the most economical
and best way for our school sysem
to grow is by the establishment
>f the high school department, using
he present building for the lower
grades, and when the necessity arises
'or a further increase of the school
system, to erect a building in a dif'erent
section of (he city to aeeomnodatc
only the lower grades, say
Yom Ihe first to seventh, and on the
ompletion of the sixth grade for the
>upils lo enter the high school departTn
connection with this report, we
piole Ihe pari of our annual report
elating lo the bonded debt of Hie
Bonded Debt.
The bonded debt of the District
stands as follows:
ionds issued under the Act
of 1889 $10000 00
Bonds issued under the Act
of .1800 ;">000 00 ]
I
Total Bond issue $15000 00 j
Bonds paid off $ 2200 00 j '
Balance outstanding . . . .$12800 00 1
The resources for the payment of '
this bonded debt consist of a sinking !
fund now amounting to the sum of 1
$7108.25, and the net proceeds of the '
interest tax after payment of annual '
interest until the maturity of the <
bonds in 1010. These resources from '
present indications will nearly pay off '
this bonded debt?lacking perhaps
twelve hundred dollars. I
Respectfully submitted.
Board of Trustees Newberry School I
j District, !
F. N. Martin.
T. M. Davis, Ohairman. ;
Secretary. j
? 1
"My Name Is." I
Well, that doesn't matter. I'm just <
the Book Store Man.* Ready to sell ;
you school supplies, and you ought to
be ready to buy. Tsn't it a relief to ,
buckle down to good, hard work ayein |
for the opening of school means a lot i
of hard digging for you and me. This
'year I want vou to visit all of the i
I
istore; in town, and say: it's a mighty I
.good idea to do thai, then you will ,
Me:;rn why il is to your advantage to
here'hnd buy, your tablets, pen- j
ci!-?. slate-, ink, pins. composition!;
hi ks. book satchels, pencils boxes, ,
erasers, lunch baskets. good quality i
crapon 15 cents, sterling quality j
crayon 15 cents. sterling quality i
school books. Don't wait till the rush '
to buy them, come early. 1 have
them all in stock. There has been some |
changes, hyt 1 know what book will
be used. Oofne at once, all books sold
for (Cash.) I
Maves' Book Store.
The citizens of Silver Street are i
starting in the right direction to 1
1 make il one of the live and progres- |
sive (owns of this county and of this section
of I he state. Several new i
stores and residences have recently
been erected, and now il is proposed
to build at once a warehouse. The <
capital stock for lite warehouse is i
tixed at $.>,000, and books of sub- i
script ion will be open there tomorrow. ]
The citizens are reminded that anj
other meeting is called for tonight '
j al 8 o'clock at the chamber of comJ
merce rooms for I he purpose of heari
ing the report of Ihe coiumitlee in re- |
rani lo the establishment of a hospi- ;
tal. and to lake such act ion as may
he deemed advisable. It is hoped that .
al this meeting there will be a good |
atlandance of I lie citizens of the com- <
munily. Last Tuesday Ihe meeting i
was nl held on account of Ihe rain.
The Reedy River Association (
Met last Friday, Saturday and 1
Sunday with Fairview church. J. W. '
i). Johnson was elected moderator
and Theodore Danielson clerk. 1
Splendid speeches were made by '
Bro. Stringfield for Ihe CI. F. 0., Bro. '
Derieitx on slate missions, Bro. Fowl- '
J er, of Clinton first church, on foreign
missions, Bro. Dominick on the old '
worn out ministers. Afte rhsi speech !
a collection amounting to twenty dol- ;
lars was taken. 1
Bro. Wright preached Ihe mission- '
ary sermon and il was one of his best. 1
The collections were the best since '
the dissolution from Laurens.
The weather was ideal and Ihe con-i :
gro":it:o;> ijood.
>('o|. Hunt renresenled the Connie
Ma "> ell ornhanage. Col. limit lias I
Ihe < rnh:Mia?'e at heart and his work ]
as a member of the board has no <
equal. lie said Ilia! (lie orphanage
had more inmates than ever before
and Ihe cost per capita was larger, <
and. therefore, il behooves Ihe <
friends of Ihe orphanage to stir them- I
selves to see thai there is no waul I
for I he lillle helpless ones committed)!
to I>io, Jamieson's care.
Delegate. I
Judging from the size of the mob, i
Artist Earlc has very few "affinities" >
i)i his home town. <
BOB JONES SEEKS A PARDON. ]
Petition Recalls Story of a Famous I
Edgefield Crime.
STews jiikI Courier. >
)'toliunljin, September 1:1.?-Application
has been made to Governor An- I
*el tor a pardon for Hob clones, known I
is the '' Ldgefield Family l?xtennin- 'I
ttor. Similar petitions have been re- ;
fused b_v previous Governors, iuclud- i
ing (iovernor Hey ward during his recent
term, but (Iovernor Ansel will v
follow his custom and give the ease t
lis usual eaivfnl consideration.
I lie case of R. T. Jones is one of <
I lie most celebrated in the criminal c
innals of Sonth Carolina. lie was
II if.I five or six limes before he /.is <i
inallv sent to the penitentiory for 21
vears. His term will expire in l!)l(), I
"id if he is not pardoned he has only I
ubonl two years yet to serve, since J
lie will be given credit for good behavior.
He has made a mode] pris- t
?ner. and the penitentiary authorities I
ire understood to favor his pordon. I
Tn 1885 a dispute arose between 1
Tones ami his rclativos by marriage, *
the Pressleys, over the division of a (
tiact of land in Kdgcifield county, *
which they had together bought from 1
I lie sinking fund commission. Jones
had himself made the first payment '
>n the land, and it was claimed that '
the Pressleys had not complied with 1
their agreement to pay the balance, J
md that they tried to take possession >f
the portion allotted to Jones. When
lhe\ came upon his land Jones went '
into the field with a shotgun and shot 1
Charley Pressley. Kddie Pressley, a 1
Jiothei ot. Charlie, made lor Jones,
ind Jones started to run but turned, i
md. with knite, cut Kddie to the I
heart, killing him instantly. Jones I
lexl met the father, Kdward Press- 1
ley, a man 78 years old and shaking I
ivith palsy. He had married the old
man's graunddaughter, and when ho
met him he said: "Grandpa, I believe
I will kill you, too," and shot
ill'1 old man to his tracks. The third 1
?>n. John, was working in another '
held, and, lor thai reason, escaped. '
Jones went to Kdgefield Court 1
IFouse and surrendered, lie was plac- '
i'd in .jail with seventeen other while 1
men who were then under arrest '
[ luirgcd with participating in th<> ^
lynching of Toles Culhrealh, a white
man suspected of killing a neighbor I
fi'.ni ambush. The seventeen alleged :
lynchers were ac(|uitted. being de- I
fended hv Gen. M. C. Butler. '
Jones did net have as good luck as <
his fellow prisoners. As previously '
staled, he had si vera I trials, one of t
ivhich resulted in conviction before '
Tud'j'e Pressley. who gave him a sen- i
ence of 2.> sears. An appeal was tak- I
mi and a i ew trial secured. Several '
mistrials ensued, and finally the <
Mate, with the consent of the defence,
rot a change of venue to Lexington
ounly, where, in June. 1801. Jones
Aas tried before .Judge 1'Yaser for I he (
billing of the old man and was eon- (
^i( '.('(i oI manslaughter, being given |
i tenn of 21 year.*. lle has since (
ecu in the penitentiary, and visitors t
o that institution are familiar with t
i?s appearance, lle is now over 50 ;
k'eaiv. old. His wife, who stuck by (
liim through his troubles, was com*
r>elled to I in' work in the Augusta j
'otvn mil's after his conviction and
is now dead. There were four (
'hildren, two of whom were born af- j
lor his incarceration in Kdgefield jail |
where his wite visited him frequent- ,
l.v. One of his daughters brought j
<oitow to the family. I
1 he leading counsel for Jones was I
M'l.io; William I. Gary, one of the (
fines I criminal lawyers who ever |
practiced in the court of South Car- I
>lina and Georgia. Jle is now dead, f
Major Gary was assisted in the de- s
fense by the firm of Gary & Kvans, I
'om posed of the present Judge Krnest 1
[larv and Hon. N. G. Kvans, of Kdgo- i
field. When the case was first i
brought lo trial the prosecution was i
' inducted by Solicitor I\. G. Honhani. 1
v\ !io died iu 1887, and was succeeded i
\)y Solicitor P. II. Nelson. Mr. Nelson (
conducted the prosecution at the last i
I rial in Lexington, and he has so far *.
n every application for pardon de- <
dined to endorse it. J. n, \
3RSK1NE HAS GOOD OPENING.
Enrolment,is the Largest in the College's
History.
^ews and Courier.
Due West, September Kt.?Willi
lie largtst enrolment in its history,
'rskino ('id I eve opened Wednesday.
I he chapel was tilled with students,
ilurnni. and visitors. The doriuitorcs
hero ire crowded.
Mr. A! It. drier, of China, made a
cry interesting talk in the ehopel to
lie student body.
Dr. 1?. ,i . I'ressly, the former presilent
i>|' Krskino, was greeted with
beers as In- came into I lie chapel, lie
save son / words of encouragement
md advice, which wore very timely.
Other short addresses were made
>,v It. I'. ('liukscalcs, .Jr., the ltov. C.
d\ Boyd, the Itev. L. ,7. Echols and by
Mr. J. L. White, of the senior class.
Several changes have been made in
he personnel of the faculty. Prof.
j. C. fbillowsn, who has heretofore
lad eh a rue of the Fitting School, will
>e given the chair of history and
jconomics. A special course, taken
his summer in the University of Chisago,
will eminently Jit him for this
voi'k.
Mr. Italph 1?. McDill will take
'rot. Calloway's place in the Fitting
school. Air. McDill is an Erskinc
nan ol the class ol For several
rear? lie ha*< been principal of the
graded school at Due West.
Mr. hd.uar Long-, of (Jastonia, had
?een elected assistant in Latin and
Mathematics, lie graduated from
krskino in 1 !)0().
English Pi bio will be given an imlortant
plane in the course of study,
n \lie two higher classes it will take
lie place of elective English. Dr. J. T.
McCain, the English professor, will
lave charge of the work.
Death /of Mrs. Vance.
Mrs. Jane It. Vance, relict of the
ale Cap!. S. F. Vance, died at her
loiue in Clinton on the 8th instant.
shc had been sick for some time, and
icr death was not unexpected. The
nterment was made in the I'resbyerian
Cemetery, the funeral service
icing conducti>d by her pastor. Rev.
)r. .lacobs.
A very sad feature of her death is
he tact thai it occurred .just one day
il'ler the lirst anniversary of her
iiishand's death.
Mr<. \ a nee was a lady of retiring
li -it ion. but she was much loved
?v .i wide circle of friends anil relaives.
The faniiles of Dr. \V. ('.
rbv and Dr. ( . ('. Albright, who are
elai.'d to the Vance family, attended
he funeral. Dr. and Mrs. P. (i. Elesor,
of Newberry, were also pres>nt.?I.aurensville
Herald.
Orphans' Work-Day.
lirethren of the press, please tell
he Tidings to everybody in the state
hat Orphan work day falls in this
nontli of September. And that means
hat everybody well set apart a day in
his mouth t^o help the orphan instiulioiis
with their wage or salary or
ncoine for that day. For the Sunlay
School children. Saturday the
ilst. or if more convenient the 2Sth
s fixed. Cotton will be ready for
icking and it will be easy to make a
lay ol it. Collections on the Sab>alh
following. I>ut this day il not
for children only. Old folks make
norc money than children and money
s what the orphans must have for
heir education. In the various instiulions
of the slate dependent upon
Mifistiau men and women for sup>orl
there are hundreds of orphans;
he Thornwell Orphanage at (Minion,
>. C. has 2(50; the Epworth Orplianige
at Columbia has nearly 200, and
he Connie Maxwell at (Irocnwood
las more than that number. All lliest;
need help. And there are others, h
s hoped that September will result
n great good to the orphans. It will
)< if all lend a helping hand. Itut let
ach reader of these lines say "it
Iocs not matter what others are (long.
I am going to send my help and
rive my day's work," and depend up>n
it, our fatherless children will be
Jie better off for it.
JURY FINDS MRS.
BLAIR GUILTY.
'I'll'' .iur.v in I ho ease of Mrs. Kthel
Blair, who was pill on |rial in
( 'olitmhia on Sal unlay, eliar-ed with
Ihe murder of her husband. a Tier remaining
in the j,?.y roo|n r,?. a,)ou(
twelve hours, returned a verdict al 12
? clock on Sunday morning, "guilty
oi manslaughter wilh recommendation
lo mercy." The senleuee is not
loss than I wo years or more than Ihir(y.
CLEVELAND FAILING RAPIDLY.
, Reported That his Recovery is not ExI
pected.?Visitor to Princeton
Says the Ex-President is
Growing Worse.
News ami Courier.
New York, September 14.?"We
must all be prepared for had news
from Princeton." said a Democrat of
prominence to-night, who passed
thro null New York city on his way to
l?is home up-country, "because Mr.
Cleveland's health is failing rapidly.
He is troubled with gout in his feet,
which is spreading to his knees, and
has fallen off in weight forty pounds
within three months. Mr. Cleveland
does not quite appreciate his condition.
but Mrs. Cleveland does."
No eominuniclions <,(' public or private
importance are now submitted lo
Mr. Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland is
actiiiy: practically as his confidential
adviser and secretary in all matters,
and she is fully acquainted with her
husband's real condition.
"Mr. 'Cleveland has remained at
his home in Princeton all summer,
i 1 he Cleveland children have been at
Mi. Cleveland's New Hampshire
home with their grandmother. Mrs,
Cleveland has believed it to be necessary
to remain with her husband al
Princeton.
"His recovery i.< not looked for. llo
may live for a number of weeks, bul
lie will never return to his offices in
the h(|iiitahlc Life building. No! onlv
is he ali'icted with gout in his feel
:ui<! knees, but lie is subject to frefp'en1
ai tacks of acute indices I ion
and an intestinal difficulty."
litis ureal I)einocratic President."
went mii (he friend who told
Mr. Cleveland's real physical condition.
"is a perfect exainplifiaction <>|
I he obi I'Yench saving, 'ii is not so
much the entrance In life as- flic
exit,' " and lie went on to sav that
?' ! 'I"' bailies, all ll.e'hcarl|
burnings ami factional diff,.fences,
j Lx-Prcsidenl Cleveland is now. in
| these radical days. I lie idol of I he
real Democracy of the country. From
other sources il was learned that Mr.
( leveland has -riven up all interest in
public affairs.
THE DOGS OF BAGDAD
Exclusiveness of the Different Bands
?How they are Kept Under
Control.
Nineteenth Country.
Wherever a Lazarus lies in wait for
a dole al the ?ra!. of Dives; whci/ver
an omnium-gat hcrum rubbish heap
f i innos |lie street corner, wherever
the supply of carrion and offal promises
to be regular, there is to be found
the Bagdad dog.
Banded together in guilds or brotherhoods,
each of which strictly observes
its own municipal boundary, I ho
dogs of Bagdad exhibit that nc plus
ultra of dogged ness which, in I lie human
species, so often passes for
stren.nlh of character. The reception
given to a new boy al a public school
I is bland and amiable compared wilh
'I the surly manners of ihe dons when
| the denizen of a different fpiarler
I Iimoiousl\ shows his nose among
| "'em. Alter a brief parley, eonduel'
: od in some primitive guttural lamruj
aire .the intruder is made (o run for
j his life.
1 I _ A -o<?d manv years a-?'o. one of the
Luropeaii 11aders who c<?me to Baj-I
dad lo make their fortunes and return
to I lie,r respective counlries,
' brought with him a small black poodh
which he regarded with foelinus of re*
sped and affection resembling llmsv
I of the American savage for his ta
loin. Naturally enough, our friend
desired to take his dog with him when
ho went out riding in the cool of the
day dawn. Outside in tlu?" desert it
was all clear sailing. The dilliculty
was how (o yet his little favorite past
the doys which patrolled the intervening
paces. Food was set before
the grooneyed natives, who, however,
only turned the crustier. If ever one
of them whose muzzle was in a mess
of pottage chanced it.) catch a glimpse
with a corner of his eye of the foreigner's
curled darling, it would not
l>e his fault if ho failed to grab him.
There was nothing for it hut to put
the dog in a saddle hair ?nd set him
down in the resort. One unlucky
morning, however, poor Jacques,
chancing !< stray from his master,
was not only killed, hut eaten.
Alter sundown (ho dogs keep up
anineossant hahel, from the varying
tones of which it is easy to gather
whether they are merely giving tongue
promiscuously to proclaim their vigilance
or are dealing with some one in
particuia r.
Many a time in riding after dark
into the unlightcd city attended by a
mounted escort, I have known tho
street curs to fall so trucently on the
heels of (ho horses as to cause, in spite
of spur and bridle, a general stampede
hack again into the open eount
ry.
How is il that such packs of furies
do not loot the bazaars of the town7
The explanation is as simple as it is
interesting. The llagdad shop fronts
are absolutely open. The goat and
, mutton carcasses are hung where every
dog that runs can reach them. But,
time out of mind, the lirst glance of
a dog's eye toward forbidden dainties
has been visited with the swift de;
scent, on him of a cudgel or a hatchet.
On one of a series of marches parallel
with the K11 pi 1 rates 1 chanced to
meet a desert horde whose greyhounds
are in high repute. Buying a brace
of saplings, I look them on with me,
lodging llieni in the lent and doing
everything that was possible to make
tliein I'cel at home. Surprising to relate,
they obstinately refused both
lood and wat.'r. The remains of a
venison pasty seemed at oiice to attract
and to repel I hem. A pan of
water appealed to them even more
strongly, but they would not go up to
it.
Alter a lin Persian muleteer explained
t lie gai \ >1 cry in a twinkling.
No sooner digf lie upset the water and
to.^s (he viauds oil |lie youud before
'hem than (lie silky eared on.-s ran
in like 'I ro.jaii:-, and made up in a few
: .o111c111s tor a day's fasting. Aecus.onied
lo lap from the river, from iri
itiiiI ionaI channels ami from sheets
o! surface water, and reared among
people who do not use tables, they
had been taught bv manv a buffet to
keep the ir noses out of cooking pots
and vessels of every description.
In Bagdad man and beast alike
drink of the great river, which also
lorms {lie arterial common sewer of
the city, the place where clothes ar.?
washed, and the "Stygian wave" into
which is dragged every beast of
burdert when it is not left to lie where
it has fallen. The mndd.v bottom,
with the water even receding, the exposed
surface thick with impurities,
and the tropical sun "sucking up all
the in lections," must be a regular
hotbed of miasma and pestilence.
A girl's notion of ideals is highflown
talk that sounds like real langaue.
11 takes a terrible long t ime to get
rich by merely trying to earn your
money.
A nice thing about a wife is when
she doesn't nay you because .-die is
away visiting her mother.
More Work for Muldoon.
Louisville Iferald.
j 11 would not be surprising to hear
| that President James T. llarahan of
I the Illinois Central railroad, had
|'.'(.no into training quarters under
lite dire'-li' I. <il Mr. Muldoon at
j White Plains, N. Y.
'I here are to be no ceremonies
when Paul \\. Barlett's oquost rai.i
statue of Lafayette is placed on its
pedestal in Paris next October.
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