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nthis adoption will cost. ithrnetics: The comparison be een,he old and the new arithmetics an instance of the glaring injustice e to the board. The following is e statement given: t ot old arithmetic-Ele.. .. -2 of old arithmeic, Adv.. .. .4C tal.. ... ... ......... ... 62 new arithmetic,-Ele .. .. .33 ew arithmetic, Inter .. .36 arithmetic,--AdV. .. .41 .$........... ...$1.09 pparent increase on ari cents. As a matter of advances arithmetic cents in the second lis1 the old list and is a re r comparison would be: Went. Arith., Ele.. .. .22 d Went Arith., Adv.. .. 4 Id Milne Arith., Adv.... .41 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...$1.03 new Milne Arth., Ele.... .32 new Milne Arith., Inter.. .36 readopted Arth., Adv.... .41 1... ... ... ... ... ...$1.09 s makes the increase price only dnts. A change in the two lower etics was considered advisable e in the judgment />f the board p were out of date. Such being 'the e, the adoption of the Milne was ogical, inasmuch as the advanced ilne was already on the list and the hole series was already widely used the independent schools of the te. Saving to the State. ose who have commented on the of the adoption have overlooked positive fact, that this board has --red what is 'confessedly the besi ntract ever obtained from the pub lishers in this country. For we maiY in that the credit for this contraci .due to no one man, but that the ntract was the product of the com ined judgment of the whole board and unanimously adopted by it. B3 th& contract, for the first time in the history of book adoptions, "an old book" in the hand of the chil' been given a definite money value and will be taken in exchange for any boolt of a lower or a higher grade in thE same series. By the same contract too, the length of time allowed fo] xchange has, been increased 25 pe! tent. Both the method and the saving it Sthis exchange provision may be illus trated with the readers. By the con tract the old Johnson Primer, which when new, cost the children 12 cents has now an exchange value of li cents. That is to say, an old John son Primer and 10 cents will buy a n4w Wheeler Primer, the retail con Stract price of which is 25 cents. Ox the same primer and 10 cents will bu3 aanew Wheeler First Reader, the con tract retail price of which is 25 cents -.Irthe same way, an old primer may be yzsed at this valuation of 15 centa thelp pay for any reader-First ~cond, Third, Fourth or Fifth; where in the past a primer could be ex anged only for a ~primer. Further an ,Qld First Reader, which cost 2( -cents when new, has by contract beer given a money value of 15 cents and may be Lsed to help pay for a prime] or for any reader. In the case of the geographies, th( oi<( Primary Geography, which was discarded by the board, and which cosi when new 33 cents, has by contraci hbeen given an exchange value of 2! cents, being only 10 cents less than il -cost when new. That is to say, any Primary Geography and 22 cents wil: a-y for~ the new book adopted. Or thE d Primary Geography and 65 cents ill pay for the new Advanced Geo gaphy. So, too, the old Advanced geography and 22 cents will buy thE new Primary Geography. Could an3 one deny that money has been saved the State? S asCost to the State. It 'hsbeen claimed that the board yits action wantonly destroyed pro perty values estimated at $500,000 G 'his sum is just a few thousand less than the cost of all the school book: x 'ought in South Carolina during thE years 1906-1911. How preposteroum this claim is will appear from the fol )owing: It assumes that all these books even those bought five years ago, ar' .till in usable form in the 'hands 0: Sthe children and are now worth wha they cost when new. It assumes alsc that if all the old books had been re. oted, the children of the Statt d not have had to buy any nev -s during the coming five years t forgets that each book now in th< ands of the child has not only pait ~its price in use, but is by contract giv. en an added definite value, approxi 'znately fifty per cent of its origina 4ost. The following analysis will shov that the apparent loss to the Statt would in reality be only about $16,0' a yar for the five-year period, or onl: about 4 2-3 cents per, child, instead of the alleged loss of $500,000. As it is claimed that the loss was entailed by the assumed eighty per cent. change, then the entire value involved would be upon this eighty per cent or upon $400,000 instead of $500,000. It is, however, generally estimated by teach ers and experienced book men that the average life of a text book-especially in the lower grades-is from one to three years. On a liberal allowance then, the books bought during the first three years of the last adoption period are not usable in class, though by the contract the?'1ave been given an exchange money value. This re duces the possible loss to the books bought during the last two years, or to two-fifths of $400,000, that is, $160, 000. Now, not only have these books paid their price in actual use, but they have an actual value of fifty per cent. of their cost when new. This reduces { the alleged loss to $80,000. If this loss be distributed over a period of five years-a legitimate distribution, inasmuch as the assumed loss cover ed that period-this makes a so-call ed loss of $16,000 a year. This leaves a so-called loss of $16,000 a year to be distributed among the 340,000 and more children in the schools, or about four and two-thirds cents apiece! T hus, at this slight additional ex i)ense of four and two-third cents, each child in the State would he sup plied with new and better books; sure ly this is gain and not loss. For it is a serious injustice to a child-an in justice at once physical, intellectual,, and aesthetic-to put into its hands an old, defaced, and filthy book in any study. We have gone into these figures on the assumption that the statement that eighty per cent. of the books have been changed, is correct. The correctness of the statement we do not admit. Exclusive of copy books and drawing books, which are destroy ed by use, supplementary English Classics and duplicates, there were 53 books on the old list. Of this num ber 23 only were changed, whereas 20 were readopted. Ten were entirely dropped from the list. Owing to the extension of the high schol course it becomes necessary to add nine new 1books to the list for high school use. Let each man calculate the percentage of the change for himself. The foregoing is a statement of the essential facts of the adoption, of the* preliminary preparation of the miem bers of the board, and of the fair and rational view to .take .of the cost in volved. The undersigned appointive members have no apology to make either for the results of the adoption or for the methods used. They e:ater ,ed upon the task with only one pur pose-to further the best interest of the schools and of the children of South Carolina. They brought to bear upon this task their best experience, the unremitting toil of months, and the deepest interest and sincerity. They believe that with due allowanceI for the fallibility of human judgment they have succeeded. To the test of use, to those vwho know books and the needs of our schools, and to the sober second thought. of the fair-mind ed people of their State, they leave the final verdict. D. M. O'Driscoll, First District. H. F. Rice, Second District. D. W. Daniel, Third District. A. G. Remnbert, Fourth District. J. Lyles Glenn, Fifth District. Nathan Toms, Sixth District. A. J. Thackston, Seventh District. aTeacher fo olySre school for afive months term at a salary of $40. per month. The teacher will be elect ed on July 26. Applications can be sent to either of the undersigned. W. B. Boinest, I ~ T. P. Richardson, E. T. Werts, Slighs, S. C. BARBECUE AT JALAPA. I will give a first-class barbecue at Jalapa on Wednesday, July 19, the day of the F'armners Institute there. J. F. Riser. 7-11-3t. DR. XIELDAU will answer emergency calls in con nectiona with his office work. Special ties, morphine and other drug habits. Hours 9 to 1 forenoon: 4 to 8 after noon. 10-28-6moe Never leave home on a journey with -out a bottle of Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and can not be obtained when on board the1 cars or steamships. For sale by all dealers. Look! The Herald and News one year for $1.50. S. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., has a justifiable grievance. Two thieves stole his health for twelve years. They were a liver and kidney trouble. Then Dr. King's New Life Pills throttled them. He's well now. Unrivaled for constipation, malaria, headache, dg? pepsia. 25c. at W. E. Pelham's. Vacant Scholarships in the Citadel, The Military College of South Caro lina, Charleston, S. C. One vacancy in the beneficiary scholarships in the Citadel from New berry county will be filled by competi tive examination on August 11, 1911. For full information concerning these scholarships address the super intende:at, at the Citadel, Charleston, S. C. Next session begins September 20, 1911. The 'Citadel offers courses in Civil Engineering, English, Chemistry and Physics. Degrees of B. S. and C. E. conferred. It is designated by the war department as one of the distin guished military institutions, one of whose graduates receives a commis sion in the United States army. BARBECUE. The undersigned will give a first class barbecue at Fork school house n Thursday, J'ii 20. Evor :od is invted to ccme and cnjoy a gou din ner. R. L. Lominic' Caldwell Ruff. BARBECUE. We, the undersigned, will gtve a first-class barbecue at the old J. A.1 Cromer place Saturday, July 22, 1911. The public is invited to attend. Guar anteed enjoyment for young people. B. M. Suber. O. A. Felker. Right in your busiest season when you have the least time to spare you are most likely to take diarrhaea and lose several days' time, unless you have Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea remedy at hand and take a dose on the first appearance of the disease. For sale by all dealers. WANTED. Teacher for St. Paul's school, Pa maria, S. C. Lady teacher preferred. Send all applications on or before July 15, 1911, to following tru.ste'es: 'J. J. Kibler, Ch'm'n, Pomaria, S. C. T. A. Epting, Slighs, S. C. L. D. Stone, Slighs, S. C. Happiest Girl in Lincoln. A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, "I hai been ailing for some time with chronic constipation and stomach trouble. I began taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and in three giays I was able to be up and got better right along. I am the proudest girl in Lin con to mnd such a good medicine." For sale -by all dealers. THE ,CL1ISON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Enrollment Over 700-Value of Prop erty Over a Million and a Quarter :Ninety Teachers and Officers. Seven full four years courses, in Agriculture, Engineering. etc. Cost per session of nine months, in cluding all fees, board, heat, light, laundry, and necessary uniforms $121.87. Students who are financially able. pay $40.00 tuition additional. SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS. The College maintains 124 Agricul tural Scholarships, and 43 Textile Scholarships, worth each $10().00 and free tuition. (Students who have attended Clem son college or any 'other college or university, are not eligible for the scholarships unless there are no dth er eligible applicants). Scholarship and entranfce examina tions will be held at the county seats July 14, 9 a. mn. Next Sessions Opens Sept. 183, 1911. Write at once to W. M. Riggs, Pres ident Clemson College, S. C., for cata ogue, scholarship blanks. etc. If you delay, you may be crowded out. STOCEHOLDERS MEETING. Pursuant to a resolution of the board of directors of the Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing companyh a meeting of the stockholders of said company is hereby called to be held at Whitmire, South Carolina, on the. 22nd day of July, 1911, at 10 o'clock in the fore noon, to consider and act upon the following resolutions of said board of directors of said company, providing for an increase of the capital stock of said company by the issue of five hundred shares of common stock of the par value of one hunLdred dollars a share, and of forty-five hundred shares of preferred stock cf the par value of one hundred dollars a snare, with the perferences, liabilities and conditins et out in said resoltulons, The lleraId~ Fine Book ad 3 Of all Desi I The Herald viz: W~hereas it is deemed advantageous to enlarge the plant of the Glenn Lowry Manufacturing company by ad ding thereto thirty thousand spindles P A and the usual accompaniment of looms with such additional building and oth er equipment as may be necessary; and, whereas, it is desirable that suchPrz (Jfv addition to the plant should be fully paid for when completed as is the ckse Bo nptns with the present plant; therefore "h oeivno 1. Be it resolved by the board of di- serhoPantOf retors of the Glenn-Lqwry Manufac- AcngCm isoe turing company that the capital stock S PtntOfi of the -Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing company be increased so that said capital stock shall consist of CR E twelve thousand five hund-red shares of the par value of one hurndred dol lars a share; said capital stock to mon toc, ad te* rin g eve Wan r-sda omnno thosan fie hndrd sare shllt i ng Commissioner know as refrreStok. Povied fUrther hatet tffi 2.oBit frther rlsesovz: that theu- hrs fPefre Prerrd Sc sha llhveesefr ise shall be knowdasemm eneo omon Stock, andttereminin sev edsCmonSokt tocuatiniiensototefryfive hundred shares salb knwn eanns torefee eto e Stockt esue ne c2. per itnfuthe praesemthatnu the aeeeme n ally: ther Common Stock,t beottlea orea oast li e ffindpaale quidation 4.Banduterr ally to cumulative , ied out of the mrgg hl epae net ea,rnings roenn exftetro payer pat fteopn ally divienComon Skth o efrd entitlead PerdSoko the dates for the payment of dividensshlhaebnrtida to be the first day of January and the 5.Bitfrhresl fi.rst day of July of each year. oeigroltnsb 3. Be it further resolved that thethsocolesftb two thousand shares' of PreferredMauctrncopyt Stock first issued shall be-redeemableerdadctdobyhe at the option of the company at anyinofsdstchle, time by lot after the first day of January, 1910; that the one thousand Ipn' fiea htie shares of Preferred Stock next issuedI ieontewnySc shall be redeemable in like manner at Jl,111 t1 'lc any time after the arst day of Janu ary, 1915: and that the forty-five hun dred shares of Preferred Stock to be issed ndr tes reoluios sal Coufirst issehabe fir! be redeemableriniiseemannerCatman tim ate tefrs dy f Jnury hdle ofCon etOtoc 1920 Al1srpls prfit, ater Pay- vidbet ther hang wth ngthesad dvidnd,sallbeappo-scheues sh all ed areed priated asfollows:ansandmafte thecteed firt dy f Jnuay;191, 6prcnt Como SC. pro rat therof t thpurhaseof Pefe r t-fiv e hrlen shares0 Stok sletedbylot an te rman- Scktebe..ssud.under jug 0 pr c~t t goto ztisrpl s ar rdeme n. d fun; te PeferedStok s pucha- . Coluia . fute resolv~ ed o e hldbythetrasueroftheLv ortgaershall.eplace compny ntilallof he sfd refr pat Lof thwe..company red toc ha ben s puchaed, ad reflrred.. Stock of0 rat:roidd,hoevr,ththetwo st c .ldr of the C. thouand hare ofrefereditoc of. saenile stockholders heeycledtIehl mnd News' 'oh Printing :rnption r 4 FrinL0a4ng MaufaCture1r "Hints to h'ventors." "Inventions needed." 's fai." Send rough sketch or model for e recorcts. Our Mr. Gireeley w# formerly. of Patents,.and as such hadfull charge-of .EYMcINTIRE o SHINGTON,iD. C. t redeemed Ar. Spartanburg. .. 4.05pm 12.20pJ3 Stock to the S. A. L . pro rata: Ar. Abbeville .. .. 3.55pm 1.02pm e one thou- Ar. Greenwood.. .. 3.27pm 1.33pm Stock next Ar. Athens.... .... 6.pm 10.30am and re-is- Ar. Atlanta..... .. 8.45pm 8.00am the holders A. 0. L 64. 55. before the Lv. Columbia. . 5.00pm 11.15am of Preferred Lv. Prosperity... .. 6.26pm 9.50am hese resolu- Lv. Newberry.. .... 6.44pm 9.32am re-issued as Lv. Clinton.... ... 7.35pm 8.44am Lv. Lauregs..'.. .. 7.55pm 8.20am ed, that no C. & W. C. m the plant Ar. Greenville.. ... 9 t,0pm 7.00ami until all of 8. A.L1 all classes Ar. Greenwood.. .. 2.28am 2.38am id taken up. Ar. Abbe'ville.... ..2.56am 2.08am ed that the Ar. Athens.. .... .. 5.04amt 11.59pm - ;ubmitted to Ar. Atlanta.. .. ...7.5am '9.55pm rlenn-Lowry Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and depart > be consid- fro Union Station, Columbia,'daily, a at a meet- and run through between Charleston which is and Greenville. at the corn- Nos. 54 and be arrive and depart South Caro- Gervais street, Columbia. d nd day of cept Sunday, and run through be in the fore- tween Columbia and Greenville. oleman, For information ask agents or write. PresidentW .Cag .T . Wilmington, N. C. urens B. E. J. F. Livingston, S. A., Columbia. 3. C. ber 6, 1910. ~ ut notice. Tortured for 13 Years. otgan-by a cure-defying stomach trouble that totguaan-baffled doctors, and resisted all reme dies he tried, John W. 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