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THE SCHOOL TRUSTEES MAKE A FULL AND CLEAR REPORT. f (Continued from Page one.) 'steam heat. The building is heated thrughout with steam, which keeps the whole building uniformily heated,'i -and gives excellent satisfaction. The halls of this building are large and spacious, and the class rooms lighted and ventilated. The campus to this school includes nearly three acres. and is beautifully shaded and suited for school recreation. It is also r 'well situated, being on the opposite side of town from the Boundary street :school. The high school is being erec.el oa i beautiful lot fronting 216 i. on vMartin str?et and running throagh to' larrington street. This building wil include five class rooms, a labora:ry,; 'vo offices, basemejit for toilet rooms,; a room for hot air heat, and an :t.ud- i torium. This building is going to bi! a very handsome structure, and will be a credit to our town and to our -schools. It will be wired for electric C lights, and will enable us to hold such t meetings in it as are related to school work. It is specially fitted to our needs, - and rounds out our school equipment! to compare fav'orably with tither towns of this and adjoining States. It is specially desirable to put our 1igh school work in a building to itself. We have thus conscientiously and to the best of our abilty fulfilled our pledges to the patrons of the schools in giving them the buildings ca'!ed for in the bond issue. We believe no mistake has been made, and that thc future will attest the wisdom of our acts. We believe an unbiased public will agree with us that the two lots with the two handsome school buildings thereon, with the improvements on the buildings already erected, with three splendid systems of heating: plants installed in Boundary Street school, the Pope building, and the high school, and with two new build ings furnished with school furniture, including desks for pupils, teachers' desks, blackboards, etc., show not on ly for what the $40,000 was spent, but also show that this money was spent I wisely and economically; but wheth er wisely or economically, it was spent for the purposes for which it 'was voted, and for which we had : pledged ourselves, publicly to use it. We have considered this fund, plac ed in our hands for the public good, a sacred trust, and every cent expended can be legitimately accounted for. Prof.. Henry Lee Dean has succeed ed Prof. W. A. Stuckey as superintend e.nt of the schools. In this connec-F tion it is due Mr. Dean to say that the ~criticism directed toward him as be ing the cause of any teacher not being re-elected is wholly unfounded. He 'was not only not -in town when the ~election was held, but he neither di 'rectly nor indirectly used his influ-' ence in this matter. 'fhe trustees elected the superin tendent a month ahead of the teach ers for the purpose of freely consult- TI ing him in the selection of teachers, T[ but he must have experiences with the, - teachers before his knowledge of them E 'will be worth anything to the board. C 'We believe the change is a wise one, but it was impractical for him to se cure cor'rect information about the teachers this year. The trustees regret very much that; the selection of a principal for the high school has caused such pro 'nounced criticism. Mr. Douglas comes from a family of scholars. His Rfather is a Presbyterian minister, one, V brtzher is a lawyer, and a sister is a physician. He himself has made oneE 'of the best records of any student at 'tendng the University of Wooster for *a number of years. This university itseU has had many unkind things' 'Wald about it. It is a Presbyterian in-: ztitution founded in 1870. It has a VT million dollar endowment, a work-' T ing plant worth one million. Forty six well trained teachers are in structing 1,554 students gathered in' from 21 States of the United States,I and from fourteen foreign countries.t It has graduated seventeen hundred, _men and women, who are now found !ffling honorable positions in 46 States! - of ab United States and in 21 foreign *-Mr. iDouglas was a well trained Ti; and came with exceedingly good: testimonials, and no sooner was he elected than he began taking a special normal course in teaching high school history and English. Mr. Dean recom' mended Mr. Douglas because he be lieved his Christian character, his! -preparation, and his enthusiasm. would help him in his work, and ue-, cause he believed he was specially fitted for the 'work in our high school. Our action in selecting Mr. Douglas 'was no more than the trustees of the RIaleigh, N. C., city school Cd in p at ting a Wooster student in the Raleigh high school, the University of Texas, and Tulane university did the same thing, and other towns in every State n the Union have done the same1 hing. But this discussion is useless, or our people do not want Mr. Doig as, and such violent opposition h,s risen against him that his coming is ,xceedingly doubtful. Some of the est school men in the State, however, tave expressed themselves as beli:-v ng that no mistake was made. In all that the trustees hav done r attempted to do they have ha:! the nterest and welfare of thr schoolQ upremely uppermost in thell houghts. Loyalty to our schools a7id o our town have prompted every ac ours. It is unfortunate tht N an not all see things from the samC tandpolnt. We are disposed to exer se charity towards those who r.--n -tly and conscientiously differ witt s in points of administraton, and v,! leeply appreciate fhe loyalty and actL if kindness which our friau1s havE hown us in our earnest efforts tc Lake our schools a credit to this com nunity and to the State. The schools for the coming yea- ar; u every respect prepared to d --. higl .:ass of work. We have many g,od eachers who deserve the confideace .Ld the loyalty of our people, and wl.c re turning down good positins tc 1910 S1 .nrollment of schools........... Lverage attendance. ........ .. .... umber of teachers .. .. .. .. .. .. salary paid teachers not including superintendent: wo high school teachers. ........ raded school teachers.. ........ uperintendent............... hree janitors... ... ... ... ... ... otal amount in salaries. ........ Lverage number of pupils to teacher lumber of grades in school........ otal number of weeks per year.. umber of school buildings in use alue of buildings and grounds.. .... chool furniture... . ...... . ..... otal assessed valuation of property. fills of extra levy............ Report of Secretary 'rom sale of bonds... ... ... ... . nterest on same till January 1, 1910 Total received on bonds... ... . Paid leating Bo3cundary Street school... tepairs to Hoge school... ...-... peers Street school .. .... ..... ~epairs and heating.. .. .. ...... . urniture and blackboards.. .. ..... nsurance builders risk... ... ..... ~dvertisement bond sale.. .... ... igh school lot.. .... .. ....... cC. and Rutherford.. .. .... ... 'reight on heating plant.... ... .. hand and Lafaye, architects .... .. Total paid out.. .... .... .... Balance on hand.. .... .. ..... [oney received from bonds .... ... [oney accounted for.. .. .... .... County treasurer's report is inserte Jno. L. Epps, county treasurer, in md. o cash from sale of bonds.. .... .. o interest to .Tanuary 1, 1910.. ...-. Total.. .. .......... ..--. y amount Daid warrants .. .. .. .. ash on hand ... .......-..--.. Total.. .. .... .......--.--. Jno. L. Epps, county treasurer, in 910). uly 1, to balance forward.. .. ... o amount from 3 mills tax.. .... . o amount from 3 mill tax.. .. ...-. o amount from 4 mill tax, special o amount from polls.. .....--. o amount from dogs..... .. .... . o amount accumulated fund from shi y amount paid school warrants . alance cash on hand.. .. .... ... Jno. L. Epps in account with New 1910). o balance cash on band (old)... o balance cash on hand (new).. . State There was outstanding at time o o. 35, for $2,350, and also voucher N wvo v"ouchers his report agrees with There remains to be paid on high r high school is yet to be paid for. We shall also be credited with in uly, 1910. Tb- amount has not yet J. H. Wicker in account with the sc ty amount received for tuition... ty amount received for rent.. .. .. ty amount received for sale of build ' amount paid out.. ...-..--. 'o amount on hand. ....--..--.--. The above is a correct statement. V. A. McSwain, Secretary. Good Investment. "Hard workin' wife you've got, "Yes, I wish I'd a couple more like ~erh v nen11uetin. vork at home. Our road has not all been rough and stony. We have received unques'i-. rd loyalty and many acts (A k:dness and we acknowledge our getit.i.- ap peciation of them. We have tritd t( be true and worthy of the -r,.st iir. posed upon us. To the end that ou schools may be clean and wholesome that the instruction may be cr.id amt thorough, that the discipline i iiy O( such as to make men and 'von. worthy of the State that bi ed them we ask for such support that i's gu ineness and its enthusiasm an nt b: ndstaken. In the wisdom of some ' tha best men in this commufty thi time is now ripe to lay nside differ ci, es of opinion, and for th? s'ke o cri schools and our splendd city uirto in the support of our sch; i. a push them, and boost them, until the: are. in reality a just cause for c i pTide. Further information relative to th schools and the school governmen mnzv be had by consult!o t;.A secho hi -etin now issuet;. for your further consideratica% w ,ppend the follo-iin; statisticiI re ~asics. White Negro Total. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 315 357 225 245 1,142 286 321 220 225 1,052 Men. Ladies. Men. Ladies. 2 18 1 4 25 Men. Ladies. Men. Ladies. $ 81' $540 $405 450 $270 1,500 $414 $12,489 White. Colored. ...............34 89 ..10 10 ...............36 36 3 1 .... .... .... ..31 ...........$40,000 $7,000 .... .........5,000 .... .. ........ ..... ....$2,400,000 ... .. ... .. ............... 004 W. A. McSwain. ............$39,500.00 334.59 .. . .... . .$39,834 59 Out. ..........$. 2,010.88 ..629.00 .........12,500.00 ..........4,579.95 ..........1,049.46 .. 10.00 ..10.47 ..........3,150.00 ..........7,150.00 .. 19.19 .. 908.77 . . $32,017.72 . 7,816.87 .......$39,834.59 .........39,834.59 below: ccount with graded school building ... .. .....$39,500.00 . .. .. . ... 334.59 . .. . .... .$39,834.59 ... .. ... ..$29,648.53 .... .... ...10,186.06 .. . .. . ..$39,854.59 account with Newberry graded school .. .... ....$ 9.68 .. . .. . .. 2,424.00 .. . .. . .. 557.52 Levy.. .... ...8,795.95 .. . .. . .. 653.00 .. . .. . .. 50.00 riff .. .. .. ....303.00- $12,793.15 .. .... ...$11,899.69 - .. . .. . .. 893.46 $12,793.15 berry graded school sinking fund . .... .....$12,101.47 . .... . . .. 394.48- $12,495.95 Jno. L. Epps, County Treasurer. nent. county treasurer's report, voucher o. 36, for $19.19. After paying these secretary's report. school contract $6,100. Heating plant terest on balance from January 1 to been ascertained. Newberry, S. C., July 25, 1910. hool board for the year 1909-1910. .. .... ..... $ 439.55 . .. . .. . .. 16.00 ing.. ......... 25.00- $ 480.55 . .. .... .... $ 384.42 . .... . . .. 96.13- $ 480.55 Respectfully, J. H. Wicker, Treasurer of the Board. Respectfully submitted, F. N. Martin, Chairman. "Look here-that check you gayv me is no good!" "All right, old man-don't get sort at my awkwardness. I'll give you an othei-Clvelad Leder ICE CREAM is Something that Every One Likes. But every one doesn't make it every time they want it because of the expense and trouble. Every one can have it every time they desire, with little trouble and at trifling expense, if you will get your powders from Wilson. CHEAPEST Because It's BEST - and BEST Because It's CHEAEST. Not only for cream, but for all Desserts and Ices. A trial will convince you. IV.0. WILSON, 'Phone 202. SURREYS and BUGGIES We have just received ship ment of high grade One and Two Horse Exten sion Top Surreys. Now is your chance of a lifetime to get something nice for your families to enjoy the hot summer evenings. Bet ter than automobiles in safety and expense. ALSO. Fine Top and Open Buggies All at Prices to suit any one. E. M. EVANS & CO. A Wild Blizzard Raging. brings danger, suffering-often death -to thousands, who take colds, coughs and lagrippe-that terror of Winter and Spring. Its danger sig nals are "stuffed up" nostrils, lower part of nose sore, chills and fever, pain in back of head, and a throat gripping cough. When grip attacks, as you value your life, don't delay getting Dr. King's New Discovery. "One bottle - cured me," writes A. L. Dunn, of Pine Valley, Miss., "after being 'laid up' three weeks with Grip." For sore lungs, hemorrhages, coughs, colds, whooping cough, bronchitis, asthma, its supreme. 50c. $1.00. Guaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son. R The New] NE At the Close of Condensed F RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $ Furniture and Fixtures Overdrafts secured and unse cured Bonds and Stocks Cash and due from;Banks 4 o Paid JAMES MCINTOSH, NOT] BE TI YOU and SA EXCE 9i Supply Y FR 0. KLE 'The Fair and 934 Main Street. University of South Carolina Varied courses of study in Sci. ence, Liberal Arts, Education, Civi and Electrical Eigineering and Law College fees, rooms, lights, etc. $26; Board $12 per month. Foi those paying tuition, $40 additional The health and morals of th< students are the first consideratioi of the faculty. 43 Teachers' schola;ships, wortl $158. For catalogue, write to S. C. MITCHELL, Pres., Columbia, S. C. H. B. WELLS' TRANSrFER Hauls Anything on Short Notice Careful and Accommodating Drivers Moving Household Furniture a Spec ialty. YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED. Office Phone No. 61' Residence Phone No. *' AMaking Life Safer Everywhere life is being made more safe through the work of Dr. King's New Life Pills in constipation, bil liousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, liv er troubles, kidney diseases and bow el disorders. They're easy, but sure, and- perfectly build up the health, 25c. at W. E. ePlham & Son's. SUMME R R AT E SALE hese are new ad in beutifu mhogany these bargains. ORGAN BARGAINS cSome scond.hand organs taken in ex fe elimited umber of slightl used fcr bE mad onny of the as: eintruments. Pianos and Organs FULLY WARRANTED. Malone's Music House, Columhia, S.C. EPORT 0 berry Say WBERRY, S. the Business Nov rom Report to State Be 269,495.25 Capital 2,275.00 Undivided Deposits 1,758 60 Notes and 680.00 ed 59,437.65 333,646.50 On Savirngs FHNGI V E E N VING MONEY PT TO Dur Wants OM TTNER Square Dealer. Phone No. 262 Sayed at Death's Door. The door of death "emed ready to open for Murray W. Ayers, of Tran sit Bridge, N. Y., when his life was wonderfully saved. "I was in a dreadful condition," he writes, "my skin was almost yellow; syes sunk en; tongue coated; emaciated from losing 40 pounds, growing weaker daily. Virulent liver trouble pulling me down to death in spite of doc tors. Then that matchless medicine Electric Bitters-cured me. I re gained the 40 pounds lost and now am well and strong." For all stom ach, liver and kidney troubles they're supreme. 50c. at W. E. Pel ham & Son's. - NEWBEREY UNION STATIONi. I Arrival and Departure of Passenger Trains-Effective 12.01 A. H. Sunday, July 17, 1910. Southern Railway. No. 15 for Greenville.. .. 8.51 a. m. No. 18 fog Columbia. .11.57 a. m. No. 17 for Greenville.. .. 2.48 p. m. No. 16 for Columbia .. ....8.55 p. m. C., N. &L. Raway. *No. 22 for Columbia.. .. 8.47 a. m. No. 52 for Greenville.. .. 12.56 p. m. No. 53 for Columbia.. .. 3.20 p. m. *No. 21 for Laurens.. .. 7.25 p. m. * Does not run on Sunday. This time table shows the times at' which trains may be expected to de part from this station, but their - de parture is not guaranteed and the time shown is subject to change with out notice. G. L. Robinson, Stition Master. The Heral dand News, one year $1.50; six months, 75e.; four months 50. F ings Bank C. ember 16, 1909. mnk Examiner LiABILITIES. . - $ 50.000.00 Profits - 27,013.63 250,632.87 Bills Rediscount 6,000.00 $333,646.50 Deposits J E. NORWOQO, Cashier.