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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C., as 2nd class matter. Friday, November 20, 1908. FOR BETTER SCHOOLS. Petitions are being circulated ask ing the city council to order an elec tion on the question of issuing $30, 000 in bonds for the enlargement of the city schools in accordance with the suggestions contained in thte re port of the special committee which report was published in the New berry papers on Tuesday. These petitions are being rapidly signed by the freeholders who realize the importance of enlarging our school system. For the convenience of the committees in charge of the petitions, and also for the convenience of the citizens, petitions may be found at each of the banks. Under the plan proposed it will not be necessary to increase our tax levy in order to enlarge the schools and every citizen of the community must realize the importance and in fact the absolute necessity of better equip ment for our city schools. As stated in Tuesday's paper, the buildings were scarcely adequate when erected some twenty years ago and during that time the population has grown double, and we have beein .derelict in the matter of improving our school facilties, so as to have the school keep pace with the progress and growth of the community. Of coursd, we all realize that buildings and grounds and equip ments do not make first class schools. In fact in the old days some of the very best schools to be found in the country probably had very poor equip ment but in this day it is necessary to the proper training of the chil dren that there should be good equip ment. When that is secured then th community will demand that the very best trained intellect and brains be put in charge of the education of oin children. In order to do this, as we suggested on Tuesday, It will be nec essary to increase the salaries of sup erintendent 'and teachers, and also to increase the number of teachers. It is entirely wrong to put one teacher in charge of forty or fifty children. No teacher can do good work and the children cannot advance when the room is crowded with from forty t,o fifty pupils. But after we get our school enlarged then it will be time to take up these 'other mat ters. In the meantime it -is well, 5however, that we should be thinking b-iout them and discussing them. Nothing so helps a community, whether it be a city or a rural com munity, as first class schools, and to make these you must have comforta ble and attractive surroundings as well as trained teachers. IMPORTANT MOVEMENT. Congressman A. F. Lever, Supt. 0. B. Martin Prof. W. H. Hand, Prof. Ira Williams and Col. E. J. Watson held a conference this morning in the latter's office, to devise a scheme for the establishment of agricultural high schools in this State. The conferees were absolutely in niyon the proper methods to be pursued to avoid the pitfalls that oth er States have encountered. Commissioner Watson states that the undertaking on the lines propos ed means more to the upbuilding of the agricultural industry of this State than anything that has been un dertaken in the last half century. Supt. Martin and Col. Watson .axe to work certain ideas into proper shape and another conference willr probably be held next week. The whole proposition will finally be sub mitted by the department of educa tion and the department of agricul ture, to the legislature with certain recommendiations. However, the pro position will first be submitted to Governor Ansel. ''This scheme will do more to get federal help for South Carolina than an..thing' else,'' said Col. Watson. ''It is the same idea in the concrete form, that I presented to the coutry life commission in Spart anburg yester day.' The above is from the daily papers of recent date. This is a movement in the right di rection and we hope when submitted to the legislature will commend it self to that body. Anything that is for the improvement of conditions in the rural districts should receive the support and endorsement of all good citizens. The tendency for the past twenty-five years has b)een towvard.a centralizin<. our educational interest in the cities and towns, and we have given more attention to higher insti tutions of learning than to the bet-j common schools. An effort was mad( hv t he last le._islature to establish hip-hi schools in the rural districts, ainId a provision was incorporated in the act that none of these cools should receive ai(d in towns and citie., of more than 1000 population. The board. however. which was ap pointed to administer this law avoid ed the restrictions as to cities and towns and under their ruling; most ot the schools established under the pro visions of this act were established in cities and towns of more than 1000 population. If this movement means the im provement 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 ei+ies 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 greatly gratified by the high commendation given the present system in Georgia by Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Hays, of Washington, who has re cently made an extensive visit to the various institutions in the State. He speaks in the highest terms of the State college of agriculture, the congressional district schools and the normal schools of the State. adding that the private subscriptions amounting to nearly a million dollars have placed every other State in the union in the shade and attracted the attention of the entire country. All the schools, he finds, are well located and are doing excellent work, although we did not need to be told that they stand in need of additionai funds. Mr. Hays lays special stress on the importance of establishing consoli dated rural schools. These schools will take the place of a number of snial ler schools and will be the main de pendence of the agricultural sections for educational advantages. as i- iz in these schools that ninety-five pei cent of the popoulation will be edu ceted. The higher education afford ed by the district schools and the fin al course in the State college of agri culture will give us a regular grada tion of education in agriculture and domestic economy and will enable us to in turn put a number of well equipped teachers who can take up the work and carry it on in the fu ture. It is pleasing to know that the be ginnings we have thus far made ini the matter of agricultural education have been estalblished on such an ex eellent foundation, and that we, have only to extend the system along the lines on which they have been found ed. *This is of special importance when we are told that it places us in a posi tion to benefit by the proposed con gressional appropriations which wvill be made in the near future, by which the federal government will give val uible assistance to such schools as are already established. Georgia'% pro rata will be something like a hun *red and sixty thousand dol4rs, and this, with the amount which thie State will contribute, will place us in the very forefront of agricultural educa tion.-Atlanta Journal. The remarks of the Atlanta Jour aal are eminently correct and we are elad to know that a movement of this kind is proposed in South Carolina. The agricultural interests have been ignored for many years in this State, and when Clemson college was estab lished the argument used was that it was to be the farmers' college; and it is a first class school but very feu af its students return to the farm, and while it has done a great deal of ~ood it has not benefited the agri eultural interests directly, ani most >f its graduates engage in other pur suits than agriculture. This, however, is natural because they find more re mnunerative. employment and it is to their interest and it is their duty to dio the very best for themselves that. they can. Clemson college has sufficient in eome if properly used that should be of material help in the establishment of agricultural schools in the rural communities, and by consolidatina small schools much good could be done in the educati.onal advance ment of the country children. Of course, those in charge of Clem son college never admit that they have any money to spare and general ly find some means of spending theit income whether it amounts to $100, 000 or $250,000. The past year their income from the privilege tax was the largest in the history of that tax, but we have no doubt that they wih find some means of spending the en tire amount. These agrienho wral schools, in~ Ger 2 ia have beeni quit e a success and South Carolina mnight well profit trom what has been done in Georgiat and avoid and mistakes that were madea in that State havino- the exper EWART=F $32,C Worth of Brand I Shoes, Hats, Shirt wear to be thrown from now until at prices that def CLOT Shoes, Hats, Collars, At Prices that 0 SEE OUR Give this immense sto fore purchasing elsev and get our prices. M give you NEWER anc dise FOR LESS MOl in the South Carolina. to be converted into re and make your selec . coats, Shoe s, H ats, &c broken. Remember v~ goods for less money - in Newberry. : : : : Make Your 5< EWART=P iece of Georgia before her. Teeis a great work for the Civie sociation in Newberryv. These or gnizations have accomplished great ad in other communities and we are :re our women can and will do good rk in Newberry. The Herald and DOO0R S Nws desires to assure the newly eleted officers that they shall have C E MI E r hearty support. We want them oaccomplish results and we feel con- ANDr M lfent they will. The city author1 ts will also cooperate.OrPic Special Judge Schumnpert evident ythought he was making a "'grand itnd p)lay " in Spar'tanburg last week wen he ordered the militia out ot FULL ST e court room, and expressed his rprise at their presence. But the urageous judge took good care to CHARLE1STON & eep the soldiers pretty elose at hand OLINA ntil John Irby was taken to 'Columi- Schedule in effeci a.-Laurens Advertiser. Lv. Newberry(C N Having controlled the elections ini Ar. Laurens Lurens county and regulated the Lv. Laurens (C &' mrals of its people, the editor of the Ar. Greenville Avertiser now begin~s the task (easy Lv. Laurens ohim) of conducting the c'ourts ot Ar. Spartanburg moth Carolina. Perhaps if the edi- Lv. Spartanburg (S r~; of the Advertiser were a little Ar. Hendersonville anre careful inl some (of the slate- Ar. Asheville ets contained in his editorials. Lv. Laurens (C & avy black type freely scattered Ar. Greenwood rough them would not be necessarx Ar. McCormick , ainthefott m.ae them forceful. Ar. Augusta 'ERRY CO. 00.00 qew Fall Clothing s, Collars & Neck upon the market lanuary 1st, 1909 y competition. . 'HING Shirts and Neckwear efU Cmpetitio GOODS ck an inspection be here. See our goods e know that we can 1 BETTER merchan JEY than any house This stock has got ~ady cash. So come tions of Suits, Over ,before the sizes are ve will sell you better than any competitor elections Now 'ERRY CO. )nt Forget Ve Caarry a Large Stock of SASH, BLINDS, LIME, JT, PLASTER, BRICK, ETAL SHINGLES. . . s are Right, a Trial Will Convince You. RBROTHERS CO. OCK OF HARDWARE AND PAINT. WESTERN CAR- Tri-Weekly Parlar Car line be .Y. tween Augusta and Asheville. Trains a May 31, 1908. Nos. 1 and 2, leave Augusta Tuesdays, & L) 12:56 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays,. leave 2:02 p.m. Asheville Mondays, Wednesdays and W C) 2:35 p.m. Fridays. 4:00 p.m. Note: Th-e above arrivals and de.. 2:32 p.m. partu~res, as wall as connections with 4:05 p.m. other companies, are given as infor o. Ry.) 5:00 p.m. mation, and are not guarantead. 7:45 p.m. iErnest Williams, 8:50 p.m Gen. Pass. Agt., W C) 2:32 p.m. Augusta, Ga. 3:32 p.m. Geo. T. Bryan, 4:33 p.m. Greenville, S. C., 6:5.m. - en. Agt. 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