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W& jgjmfi flaw* E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at Newberry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, November 20, 1008. FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. Petitions are being circulated asking the city council to order an election on the question of issuing ifrtO,000 in bonds for the enlargement of the city schools in accordance with the suggestions contained in tlitc report of the special committee which report was published in the Newberry papers on Tuesday. These petitions are being rapidh signed by the freeholders who realize the importance of enlarging our school svstein. For the convenience of the committees in charge of the petitions, and also for the t venienee of the citizens, petitions may be louml at each of l he banks. 1'iider the plan proposed it will not be necessary to increase our lax lc\\ in order to enlarge' the schools ami every citizen of the community must realize the importance and in fact the absolute necessity of IwMer equipment for our city scl ts. i A- -tilled in Tuesday's paper, the buildings were scarcely adequate i when erected some twenty years ago ; and during that time the population I has grown double, and we have bee?i i derelict in the matter of improving ; our school faeiHies, so as lo have the school keep pace with the progress 1 and growth of the cnmmunily. i (If course, we all reali/.i' liuit t building- and 'grounds and equip- I ireiii- <l" miu make first class schools. .Ill fact iu the old day5 some of thf-ii ver\ lie-t schools in 11< found in the country probahlv had very poor equip ' ment but in this day il is necessary I to the proper training of the chil- I dren that there should he good equip- I ment. When that is urctired then the ' eominunity will demand that the vein ( best (rained intellect and brains be ' put in charge of the education of out ' children. In order lo do this, as we suggested on Tuesday, It will be nec- 1 essary lo increase the salaries of sup- ' erinlendenl and teachers, and also to 1 increase the number of teachers. ' 11 is entirely wrong To put one ' teacher iu charge of forty or fift\ 1 ehihlren. No teacher can do synod ' work and the children cannot advance when I he room is crowded with from : forty to fifty pupils. Hut after we ' get our school enlarged then it will ' be time to take up ITiese other mat- ' ters. in the meantime il "is well. 1 howcvci;, that we should be thinking ' about tlicni and discussing them. 1 Nothing so helps a communitv, whether il be a city or a rural community. as first class schools, and lo make these you must have comfortable ami attractive surroundings awell as trained teachers. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. Congressman A. F. Lever. Kupl. 0. H. Martin Prof. W. II. I land. Prof. Ira Williams and Col. F. .1. Watson hehl a conference this morning in the laller's otlice, to devise a scheme for the establishment of agricultural high school.- iu this SI a I e. The conferees were absolutely in unity on the proper methods lo be pursued lo avoid the pitfalls |hal other Stales have encountered. Commissioner Watson slates iliat the undertaking on the lines proposed means more to the upbuilding of the agricultural industry of tins Stale than anything that has been un- ( dertaken iu the last halt century. Snpl. Martin and Col. Watson auto work certain ideas into propei shape and another conference will probably be held next week. The whole proposition will finally he submitted by the department of education and the department of agriculture, to I he legislature with certain recommendations. However, l he proposition will first he submitted lo (otvernor Ansel. "This scheme will <lo more to gel federal help for Snilh Carolina tha'i an'. I Iiing else. s;iii] Col. Watson. <(T| is | lie same idea in the concrete form, I ha I I presented lo ilie country life commission in Span an burg yesterday. The above is I rom l lie dail\ paperof recenl date. This is a movement in l he right di-| reel ion and we hope when submitted to the legislature will commend itself to that body. Anything thai is for the improvement of conditions in the rural districts should receive the support and endorsement of all good citizens. The tendency for the pasi twenty-five years has been toward* centralizing our educational interest in the cities and towns, and we have given more attention to higlu-r institutions of learning than to the betterment and the improvement of out common schools. An effort was made by the la<t legislature to establish g high schools in the rural districts, and a provision was incorporated in the act that none of these schools should receive aid in towns and cities of more than 10(10 population. The hoard, however, which was appointed (o administer this law avoided the restrictions as to cities and towns and under their rulings most ol the schools established under the provisions of this act were established in cities ami towns of more than 1000 population. If this movement means the improvement of the schools in the rural districts, we trust that it will not be attempting to improve these schools by establishing agricultural schools in towns and cities where there are already good school facilities. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. Those who have labored long and zealously in the cause of agricultural education in Georgia are great I.N gratified by the high commemlation i given the present system in Georgia bv Assistant Secretary of Agriculture i Hays, n| Washington, who lias recently made an extensive visit to the various institutions in the Stale. lie speaks in the highest terms < [ the Stale college of agriculture, llie i'oiigressiotiaI district .->choo]> and the normal schools of the Stale, adding I hat. I lie private subscript ions amounting to nearly a million dollars liave placed every other State in the inion in llie shade and attracted the mention of the entire tin try. All the schools, he finds, are well ocated and are doing excellent work, lit hough we did not need to he t<d I hat tiieN >land in need ni' additional 'iuuK Mr. I lay- lay-> special >tre.-> on tin- I lal? d rural ,-chools, I he-e <choo|s w ilt I ake the place of a iiumher f >mat- || er school* and will be the main dependence of the agricultural sections or educational advantages, a> it i> n these schools that ninety-five pet cut of the popoulalTon will tie edu aled. The higher education al'fordd by I lie district schools and the finil course in the Stale college of agTi ulture will give u< a regular gradaion of education iu agriculture and lomeslic economy and will enable u> 0 in turn put a number of well 'quipped teachers who can take up lie work and carry it on in the fuure. I.I is pleasing to know that the beginnings we have thus far made in lie matter of agricultural education liave been established on such an cx ollenl Ioiimlation. and that w<j have mly in extend the >.vstem along the lines mi which IheN have been founded. I his \s of special importance when we are told that il placus us in a position to benefit by llie proposed congressional appropriations which will he made in I he near future, by which llie federal government will give valuable assistance to such schools as are already established. Georgia's pro rata will lie something like a hundred and sixty thousand dollars, and this, with the amount which the Stale will contribute, will place us in the very forefront of agricultural editca1 ion. -A | laiiI a Journal. The remarks ,.f the Atlanta Journal are eminently correct and we are glad In know thai a movement of this kind is proposed in South Carolina. f| I'lie agricultural inlerosls have been w ignored fur niau.N years in this Stale, Q :iml when ( leuixtu college was established the argument used was that it was to he the farmers' college; and i, il is a first class school but verv few 1'I i's students return to the farm. :iml while it has done a great deal of \ good il has not benefited llie agr:- ..; cultural interests directly. an^J most ,,, 1'' graduates engage in other pinsuits than agriculture. This, howevei. is natural because they find more re- n; muneralive employment and it is to ,,| their interest and it is their duly to ,, do the very bes| for themselves thai |, they can. j. t'lenisoii college has .>-.utTicient in- tj conic if properly used that should he "f material help in the establislnneni "I agricultural school-; in the rural communities, ami by consolidat iim small schools niilcli good could be s done in the educational advance- w lnenl of i he country children. ' <>l" course, those in charge of Clem- s son college ?:ever admit that tlioN '' have any money to spare and generally find some means of spending tlicit 1 income whether it amounts to $100,- ' 000 or $'2.>0,000. The past year their income from the privilege tax was I the largest in the history of that tax, t hu| we have no doubt that they wilt ' liml some means of spending the en- t lire amount. ^ l'he>e agricultural school- jn (ieoi- I ; ia have been ?|iule a success and South Carolina might well profit 1 1 rom what has been done in Georgia I and avoid and mistakes that were t made in that State having the exper- i 11 EWART-PERRYCO.il $32,000.00 I I It Worth of Brand New Fall Clothing I Shoes, Hats, Shirts, Collars & Neck 1 I wear to be thrown upon the market I t from now until January 1 st, 1909 14 at prices that defy competition. . . I CLOTHING I Shoes, Hats, Collars, Shirts and Neckwear I At Prices Ihot Defy Competition I _ _ 1, SEE OUR GOODS 11 Give this immense stock an inspection be- || fore purchasing elsewhere. See our goods pj and get our prices. We know that we can * Br give you NEWER and BETTER merchan- I dise FOR LESS MONEY than any house in the South Carolina. This stock has got S; to be converted into ready cash. So come Eg! and make your selections of Suits, Over- H I coats, Shoes, Hats, &c., before the sizes are H|11 broken. Remember we will sell you better K, goods for less money than any competitor 1 J Make Your Selections Now 1 EWARTPERRY CO. [ | nee of Georgia before Iter. ? There is a groat work lor the Civic LJ OH 1 1 OF 6l ssociation in Newberry. These or- ^ iM?d in oilier cominunit ies and we are We Caarry a Large Stock of I ire our women can and will do good I ork in Newherry. The Herald and DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, LIME, j lews desires to assure the newh 7 > - o,a, ,h,y I, H.vp CEMENT, PLASTER, BRICK, 1 ur heartv support. We want them 7 e 7 ANDMETAL SHINGLES. . . ,, ,vi?.... ^ 0(|r prjces are RjgM) a Trja, Wj|, CBnyjnce Yo(|j SUMMER BROTHERS CO .j land play m Spartannursi- last week ""I "i FULL STOCK OF HARDWARE AND PAINT. lie court room, and expressed his nrprise at their presence. Hut the ? *imm3orvoaijun.v.v j cw,??wTunj*AiwHJwr-j/3 ouratreous judge took good care to CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR- Tri-Weekly Partar Car line be:eep the soldiers pretty close at hand OLINA RY. tweeii Augusta and Ashovillo. Trains mtil John Irhv was taken t?> Coiuin- Schedule in effect May 31, 1908. Nos. 1 and 2, loavo Augusta Tuesdays, >ia.?Laurens Advertiser. l?v. Newberry(C N & L) 12:56 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays, leave Having controlled the elections in Ar. Laurens 2:02 p.m. Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and ^aureus county and regulated th" Lv. Laurens (C & W C) 2:35 p.m. Fridays. norals of its people, the editor of the Ar. Greenville 4:00 p.m> Note: lire above arrivals and de~ \dvertiser now begins the task (easv l-1^. Laurens 2:32 p.m. partures, as well as connections with o him) of conducting Ilic courts ol Ar. Spartanburg 4:05 p.m. other companies, are given as infor >oulh Carolina. Perhaps if the edi- I'V. Spartanburg (So. 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