Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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and will give eac berry. These pe | night 7.30 promi that have made i ^ mand for them v Prescription for < rheumatism and Payne will give fi Saturday 6th to RAPID PROGRESS IN EDUCATION . Stato's Growth in This Lino Has Been Gratifying?School Attendance and Number and Value of Buildings Show what Has Been Done. News and Courier. Columbia, November 2S.?'During the last twenty-five years South Carolina has made marvellous progress in k all lines, and in 110 other line lias tho advance of this Commonwealth been greater than in education. There is yet much to be done. The foundations have merely been laid for making this Commonwealth a thoroughly educated and intelligent state, where illiteracy shall be at I he minimum, but at the same lime encouragement and liopo should be taken j from the record of accomplishment within a quarter of a century. In his forthcoming annual report Slate (Superintendent of Education Martin will give sonic data in the effort to show tho advance withi.i the period mentioned. Twenty-live years ago the slate superintendent of education was Hugh S. Thompson, that splendid gentleman and educator, who later became governor of South Carolina, went to "Washington in the administration of Grover Cleveland, ami wound up his career with honor as an official of one of the great insurance companies in Now York. Air. Martin has taken Ihe last report of Superintendent Thompson and with it. as a basis makes some comparisons with the conditions of today. He points out that twentylive years ago Slate Superintendent ? Thompson was closing his term of \ olliee. after having done some very 11 sin''ossful foundation and huildi.ig 1 work for a public school system in South Carolina. In order to acconi- . plish results it was necessary then for him to encounter a great deal of 1 opposition. The statistics in his reports of his last term of office show marked development contrasted with 1 conditions when he first assumed Ihe position, f This year's statistics arc ( very interesting when Contrasted with those of a quarter of a century ago. The following ileitis are worthy .of al I ention : 1 18S2 1 Total enrolment. 145,074 ! Average attendance ... 101,810 Total expenditures .. ...$373,567 05 Number of school houses 2,781 , ^ Value 470,000 1 S ^ Tola'l number of teachers 3,413 ! in ^Number of local tax districts 7 |f Ain't raised by local ?{ * taxation .$ 28,600 W Libraries None reported * Number of Rooks in. if public school library None reported m 1007 Total enrolment 314,300 Wi Average attendance .... 222,180 Total expenditures ....$1,148,474 11 : Bp Number of school houses 3,780 1 lg|| Total number of teachers 0,014 I ? Number of local tax ' B Ain't raised by local taxation $ 320,072 00 i Libraries 1,007 ? SK Number of Books in He] public school library .. 200,000 I BnSg The appropriation, at the last scs- < sion of the legislature, of $50,000 for 1 HgRL state aid lo high schools will mark r mxH an epoch in Ihe progress of our school \ system. In addition to the develop- fSMH ment which has occurred in the pub- I lie schools the facilities for higher c gggflBeducation liave been very greatiy im- I SjgHRproved. Twenty-fivo years ago the Citadel I EBjS&"4 tbQ South Carolina Collego had t , , . n With His 60 h night on his ele srformances are ptly. The object ? snore permanent /herever adverth diseases of the st hard hearing. / jll information c< 13th inclusive. F just been reopened and were gelling fairly started after I lie war and reconslniclion. The deiiomialioual and private colleges were just beginning a new era of prosperity. It would be a conservative estimate to say that at least $1,000,000 had been added, either in equipment or buildings, to the colleges which were furnishing higher education to the boys and girls of the state in the early eighties. The increase in endownments would approximate the same amount. i?esides this,- the state of South Carolina during that fteriod erected tlrree new sitnte institutions, viz, Clemson, Winthrop and the state Col" ored College. Tiie planks of these I hive institutions are easily worth I o;ie and a half million dollars, l'ri- j vale and denominational enterpriser have erected Converse, Lander and Columbia colleges during the same period. These, with the private academies and*high schools which have been erected within the last few years*, would add at least threefourths of a million dollars to the total value of the educational proper- i ty in South Carolina. Of course, these figures do not indicate the full development which lias taken place. The greatest improvement of all is found in the sentiment which supports the work and in the desire which the people manifest for continued progress. "There are some points in the sta- , tisties of this year in contrast with last year which are favorable and some which are not." says Superintendent Martin. "Thq average attendance la?t year was 21S,802. The 1 total this year is 222.ISO. This is ^ imperially e.icourauing in view of the | fact that the enrolment did not in- ! [ reuse. There was a decrease in the I'lirolmcnt. The enrolment last year . was :;1S.I)7.">. The enrolment this j year was rjld.HOO. In a number of coun.ties the session was shortened presumably because of a reduction in funds. Some counties miss the funds which they have received from the lispensary more than other counties. This is especially I rue in poorer j ['ounties. I believe that the legislature will sunn see the wisdom of J making a state appropriation which kv'll guarantee a certain per capita per I'hild in the counties where the funds ire smallest. If a .ueneral appropriation of $100,000 were made, providing '.first for deficiencies by counties and aflterwards for general distribution, it wo M have the effect of helping to strengthen the weak places tiul of helping those who really need it most." WHAT LATIMER WILL DO. Junior Senator will Seek to Haye New Federal Circuit Fonned. Wilmington, I). November 20.? Senator Latimer, the lirst of the ^outh Carolina delegation to reach Washington for the coining session of undress, arrived here today from Baltimore, where lie. ha - been atlendnthe sessions of the drainage Contention. When seen by the "NVws and f'our( r .correspondent. Senator Latimer said: "One of the first matters (o which [ will give my attention when congress meets will be the passage of a aw authorizing the establishment of 1 new Federal judicial district, in the | vestern part of our state. T think nidi an arrangement is needed very >adly. and the bill will receive the (arnest support of many lawyers in he upper part of the state." This bill has been before congress 'or about two years, but heretofore ias failod to pa?a. jOJi'xiLJZ;.:'-V- *'M <;:V. ? od Free Concert on Public! jctric stage one of the best uptoc moral, nothing- said or done to o ; of giving these Free Concerts a cures than any medicines ever 3ed is the largest of any remedie :omach and liver and kidneys, j Vndes Soap for all skin and scalp Dncerning them, at his headque Remember the date, one week or Get the Real Flavor l.|L from your Coffee ' The fact that sometimes your coffee is JwjejwHB. M betterthanothers, shows that something y\ is wrong with the process of making and j\ that some flavor-destroyi-.g clement is >\ hWHllfhuSS |?] present in greater cr smaller quantities. fl pTaytEffLiMgJDorvmaan. WpJBBH!> 1 !/ gJLlM$Qf Coffee Percolator I ^vesj^ou trMn^ y^urVhe g \v|ja|gS ffi|fffy/ lici?l<l. Use onc-tnird less coffee tlur. by other | | making VtSffiSnt Over xoo styles ami sizes to sclcct from, j j Senator Latimer said also that he would introduce bills providing l'or the expeinliture of about $700,000 for new public, building's in different parts of the state. la addition to these bills he will ?*% - A 1! push bis good roads measure and in- lCtVUTG sist upon a more stringent immigration law. The 'other members of the South Carolina delegation are ex- OPEN peeled to arrive during the night and 1 early tomorrow, su tbev niav take ! jt # * < r* i part' in the Democratic caucus'ton.or- , UflUCr flOtCl I^rCUCriC row afternoon. I*. II. Mel!. ! ? Everv Afternoon 5 t~. 10. WILL NOT OPPOSE LATIMER. ; T "7 t, -i < . ! Admission 10c. Congressman Lever Decides not \o Enter the Race. Under 12 years 5c. N'cws and Courier. Columbia, November 20.?The Record this afternoon publishes the following in connection with Con- j gressman A. I'\ l.cver's presence in ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ? ^ @ ^ ^ ^ ^ "When nsked as to the probability PHYSICIANS CURE SKIN WIT of his becoming a candidate for the' SIMPLE REMEDY. United States senate, he replied I hat ; alter due consideration he bad de- Noted Eczema Specialist Common cided not to enter Ine race, although on a proven Specifiic for Skin be had been urged by many friends I Diseases. to enter the list, lie said that he' tolt that it was his chiel dul\ to con-i ? Physicians everywhere conlin tinue the work placed in his bands i tlioii* praise for ordinary oil of wi by the people ol the 7hi distiict. and j tergreen in a wonderful specific 1 for this reason he bad decided not to j H(,/onm aiu, ()tl|U1. ,j!(.hjIur skin (j be among the opponents of Senator j t,ases Tltis liqui(1) pim, aU{1 (>1(l Tin timer. , as Water, externally applied 'has i slant effect. A few drops on I NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. !tl)imiil^ iu,hi;ur soro insla As administratrix of the estate of )vliol-# an(, a slmrl e??nliiuio<l u Robert I, Schumpert, deceased, I will ?.ives a t.oni|)leU, make a final settlement as said ad- ., .. . P ..... .. r Dr. I). Holmes ol Silver (-11 mimstratrix ol said estate in the ol- .... .... . . P .... l.-i c vr i .Miss., is so cmhuiastic about llns i nee ol the probate indue lor Newber- , ,, , ,, . . ,, r, ,x medy?I). 1). I). I'rsecription?tli rv countv, South ( arolr.ia, on Decern- . 11 i* r -iAa- i ii pi ip I"' doc ares m ;> letter (o (he ). ). her ;>, 100/, and lliereaflet upplv lor., in t , ? l i i ' ompanv of (Chicago fliat tnis yrc letters dismissory as said adininislra- ' .... 7, . .ii i i i; . i reined v is as near a specilic. lor hey tnx. All persons holding claims . . 1 . against said estate will present tl.em ".a as ls (,n..n.,e I or malaria. I In. di.lv attested before that dale, !)(>,'n .vm,r 1 > 1' h l"r !" and persons indebted to.said elate v<'in's xvl,!l vrali lying refills,. * wri mus| make payment. I( s Molnie>. Mrs. C. A. Schumpert, I'liere are thousands ol other pn Administratrix of estate of Robert L. i-dcians >w ho use l>. D. I). I'rescriptio Schumpert. the oil of winlergrcen specific. D. I), cures and it is so clean to use. REGISTRATION NOTICE. we did not know what I). I). 1). w Notice is hereby given that thol'^wo would not recommend il to oi books of registration for ihe Town of: friends and pnlrons. Newberry, S. C., are now open, and Mayes' Drug Store, Newberry, S. < the undersigned as Supervisor of| Call at our store anyway and I Registration for the said town will us see the ;ialure of your skin trou'bl keep said books open every day from 15. 4. 0 a. m., until 5 p. m., (Sunday ex copied) including the 1st day of De- WANTED?All your cotton seed i comber, 1907. the highest market price. Seal Eng. S. Worts, and seed house at C., N. & L. depo iSuporviaor of Registration. C. H. Cannon, i , P A YN E Square Jotun'ny, Dec. 6 late Free Shows ever given in Newfiend any one. Shows open every re txKadvertise SDECIMTSS sold in South Carolina, and the cles before the public. Andes Great Andes Great Oil for stiff joints or > troubles.. These medicines Mr. irters Pelham's Drug Store from ily. the house of quality. 'l l' 'll' I I LTZr FOR Silver Handle Silk Umbrellas ] i t from $5.00 to $7 00 each. J Solid Gold Cuff Buttons at ; i j $2.50 and $3.00 per pair. j xu* jj ? Chains and Lockets in Gold. j Swastika designs in Scarf Pins, Brooches, Hat Pins and 0 Beltings. a GET A ] for doing Fancy Embroidery work for Christmas. . ' - j -j 1 I i??i r~~?i ui LZZZZ3 ______ _ r~~} 1 MB. S. MOWER COmi - very low rates . . . TO . . . I NORFOLK AMD RETURN !,' Account Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition ;; ... via ... SOUTHERN RAILWAY Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen Qay Tickets on sale )' daily, commencing April 19th, to and including Noil' vember 30th, 1907. ir t Very low rates will also be made for MILITARY and in BRASS BANDS in uniform attending the Exposition. '?? STOP OVERS will be allowed on Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen Day TicKets, same as on Summer Tourr 1st Tickets. ('( For full and complete information call on Ticket Agents Southern Railway, or v/rite .. J. c. L1SSK. " * DivisionjPass. Agent. Charleston, S. C