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TEXTBOOK CONTRACTS AWARDED Work of Adoption Completed by Edu cation Board-Radical Changes Are Made. Columbia, June 22.-The verdict in adoption of the school books of the State was rendered this evening. There was a radical change in the list. Su perintendent Swearingen protested against what he terms too sweeping and unneessary changes, but he was in a minority. The books adopted are these used in five thousand free schools in the State, but do not niecessarily apply to the graded school districts that have their own adoptions. For the past five years the State de pository, R. L. Bryan company, man agers, handled $508,243 worth of school books on the list in use during the five years. The present list will result in as many sales. This afternoon Superintendent Swearingen had the verdict read to the assemb'ed agents of the p:blish ers. The c-ntracts as awarded and as read follow: Awards Announced. Text books adopted by the State bcard of a:ucation for L=e in the free public schools from September 1, 1911, to June 30, 1917: American Book company: Hunt's Progressive Course in Spelling, Book 1, Book II, complete; Milne's Progres sive Arithmetic, Book I, II, III; Brooks's English Composition Book, I; Maury's New Elements, Maury's Complete Geographies; White's Begin ner's History of the United States; Pearson's Latin Prose Composition; Gleason's "A Term of Ovid;" Web ster's Primary Common School, High School and Academic dictionaries. Atkinson Mentzer and Grover, sup plementary drawing, applied arts drawing books. D. B. Berry & Co.: Berry's Writing System. Educational Publishing Company: Augsburg's Course in Drawing. Gina & Co.; Supplementary Read ers, the Hill Readers, Fourth and Fifth; Montgomery's Leading Facts of English History, Collar & Daniel's1 First Year Latin Supplementary Clas sic; Snyder's Selections from the Old Testament. D. C. Heath & Co.: Woolley's Hand Book of ,Composition, Thompson's United States History, Wells's A.lge bra for Secondary Schools, Part 1, Part 2 and complete; Wells's new plane and solid geometry. Houghton, Miffiin Company: Supple mientary English Classics, to be select ed; Supplementary Reading for sixth grade and seventh grade, to be select edi from Rivei'sde Literature series. ~B. F. Johnson Publishing Company: Basal Graded Classics, third readier, tourth Teader, fifth reader; Payne's Common Words Commonly Misspelled, Supplementary Classie, the Yemiassee, Supplementary Reading; Hall's Half Hours in Southern History. W. H. Jones: Spelling blanks. The Macmillan Company: Kinard & -Wither's Grammnar, Book I, Book JI; D)uggar's Agriculture for Southern schools, Bothford's Ancieant History for beginners, Tarr's New Physical1 eograhy Co: Buehler's Modern1 EnglishI Grammar. Rand McNally & Co: Supplementary, the Story of Cotton, Robinson's Coin: maercial Geography, Teller & Brown's Business Methods. Benjamin H. Sanford: Caesor's Gal-1 Eic War, 1 to 5; Select Ora tions of Cicero, O'Ooge; Virgil's Aeneaid, I to VI. Chas. Scribner's Sons: Scribner's Supplementary English Classics, to be! selected; Supplementary Reading, Mimis & Paynle's Southern Prose and Poetry. Silver, Burdette & Co.: Supplemen tary, Stepping Stones to Literature, first reader, second reader, third read er; White's, "The Making of South Carolina." Parker P. Simmons: American His tory Leafiets. Record of My Reading. Southern Publishing Company; Civ 1l Government of the United States,t Civil Governor of South Carolina, and the United States Civil Govern ment of South Carolina. W .H. Wheeler & Co.: Primer, basal, first reader, second reader. World Book Company: Primer of Hygiene, Primer of Sanitation, Hu man Physiology. Bids invited on a history of modern times and on a Latin grammar to be filed with the State superintendent of Education on or before July 7. The most important change is the abandonment of Wentworth's arith metics and the adoption of Milne's .artithmetic&, and the abandonment of: Frye's geograpsies or~i the use of Mau~ry's geograpui s. B3oth these se r'm are published by the American: Bok comnpan y. Thompson's United States history was readopted, John so's fort an fifh readers returned a,d third reader added to the basa reaa.:- Lhi-r reading of Johnson' publications were added. White's His tory appears on the list for beginners Personnel of Board. The board that adopted the serie of text books was appointed by Gov <:fnor Ansel, and retained by Gover nor Blease. The board is constitute< ed as follows: First district, D. M O'Driscoll, principal Bennett school Charleston; second district, H. F Rice, attorney at law, Aiken; thir< district, D. W. Daniel, professor o: English, Clemson college; fourth dis trict, A. G. Rembert, profelssor o: Greek, Wofford college, Spartanburg; fifth district, J. L. Glenn, attorney a law, Chester; sixth district, Nathax Toms, superintendent of city schools Darlington; seventh district, A. J Thackston, superintendent of cit3 schools, Orangeburg. Governor BleasE and Superintendent Swearingen arE ex officio members of the board. It i. stated that there is no record vote o the preference of each member, the secretary being directed not to record the motions or records of votes. At exceedingly liberal provision wac made as to the exchange of old books The agreement is that children may exchange books on the same subject although not necessarily in the same grade, with a cash difference. ThE adoption will be in effect for fivi years. Superintendent Swearingen an nounced that he would be ready to make the contracts as agreed upon in the morning. Book Adoption Echoes. Columbia, June 22.-Although Col. Waddy Thompson's history, the re cent casus belli, was adopted by the State board of education, it was with the understanding, as stated by Gov. Blease tonight, that a sentence be in serted stating that Sherman's army burnt Columbia. That this direct statement be made was, according to the chairman of the board, the condi tion upon which the book was adopt ed. Governor Blease's objection to Col. Thompson's history was that it did not make the direct statement placing the responsibility for the burning of Co lumbia. The board is to receive the reply from Mr. Thompson about the inser tion of this sentence. Governor Blease will not sign the contract, he stated this afternoon, unless this feature is provided for. In other respects, Gov ernor Blease did not have objection to the book. It is learned that one of the arith metics rejected had this problem in it: "Of all the cotton goods produced in the United States, about one-third was made in Massachusetts, one eleventh in South Carolina, one-four teenth in Pennsylvania, one-nine teenth in Georgia, one-thirteenth in IRhode Is-land, one-twentieth in Con .ecticut, one-twelfVh in North Caro lina and one-fifteenth in New Hamp shire. Arrange the names of these States in order ~according 1o a'nount of cotton goods produced." This is taken to be a somewhat pre judiced statement against South Caro lina. It is learned that the selection of geographies created considerable dis cussion; finally Baury's won out over Frye's by a vote of 5 to 4. NOTICE TO TOWN TAX DELIN QUENTS. The Hon. J. J. Langford, Mayor of the Town of Newberry, has placed in my hands executions for the collec tion of Delinquent City Taxes for the year 1910, with instructions to'collect same at once. This is to n6tify all persons of the city who have not paid such taxes that they can save cost by coming to me and paying the same at once. M. M. Buford, Sheriff Newberry County. Sheriff's Office, May 25, 1911. WINTHROP COLLEGE Scholarship and Entrance Examina tion. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop col lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 7, at 9 a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When schol arships are vacant after July 7 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions - erning the award. Applicants for scholarships should write to Presi dent Johnson before the examination for scholarship examination blanks. The scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open Sceptemnber 20, 1911. For fur ther information and catalogue, ad dress President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill. S. C. 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