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Isj l)e ^eralD an& gem Entered at the Postoffice * VT<j\v??rry, S. C., as 2*vl class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. ? ?= Tuesday, January 6, 1913. -- ! JOLLY STREET SCHOOL. It was a sreat disappointment that we could not meet with the good people of the Jolly Street community on last tFriday to enjoy wittfr them the opening of their new school building. I feel something of a personal interest j in this school. It is gratifying to know that the predictions made as to the possibilities of the community are toeing already realized. This is one of the rural graded schools that was worked up by Miss Hawkins while she was rural school supervisor, or by whatever name called, and the four mills tax vote!. The records of the office of county superintendent of education will show that 1 recom# mended the erection of a three room building because I felt satisfied that within a year or two at least there would be sufficient children to warrant the establishment of a three teacher rural graded school. From the report at hand there are already S5 children enrolled before the new building is finally completed, 10 more than necessary for the establishment of a three * * I teacher rural school. I I took Dr. Hunter out to the meet- j ing following the two weeks spent! 1 among the people by Miss Hawkins j and he made a good talk and agreed. to give the land tor the building. | I congratulate him that the school j shall bear his name. Such a school1 will be worth a wfcole lot to him and his interests in that cjmmunity. A j good school will help any community, j The teachers are active and energetic i and the school spirit prevails among the people. It is purely a rural community with no railroads or other j corporate property, the people are j poor, but they ihave the right spirit, j and it should be encouraged by the more favored communities. In other words, we think that this is a concrete example where it would be a good investment for the State or county or both to give substantial aid. , The school spirit must have substantial encouragement in communities like this, and it will pay the State to give it, the dividends being in an educated and enlightened citizenship. It will take only a few years to pay back tenfold all the money the State ( could put there. Instead of two acres the district should own fifteen or twenty acres and put up on one side of it a cottage i for the superintendent of the stuool, and then he could ihave a demonstra tion farm and the proceeds could be used as part payment of his salary, and he would then be a citizen of the community and a part of its social . and commercial life. Such a "ombinai tion is to make up the ideal rural school of the future, and I hope the *??*?! fiitura YXTVion nra I TCI/ ucai lUbUig. ti uuu ?? V/ vviinivi*vv ^ building in tlaat direction and along . these lines we are going to build up the rural districts, and it will be worth more to the State than all of the demonstration of all the agents and lecturers and writers of the fed-! eral department of education and ag- I riculture combined. It could be done I without the outlay of a great deal of ! money if there is put into the leader- ! ship of our educational forces t&e proper enthusiasm with intelligent direction. There are two other similar rural j schools established during the last | school year, the one at Zion and the , one at Trinity, both districts entirely . rural with no railroads or other cor- J. porate property. The other three es- I tablished at the same time, Pomaria, j Jalapa and Silverstreet, all have a j good mileage of railroad) property j which materially increases the taxa- j ble values. . Our best wishes will always attend the Jolly Street rural graded school 1 and all the other rural schools of the county. The year and a 'half that we j devoted to the work was one of the j most pleasant year's work of our life, \ E. H. A. j "HOW TO PUT THE BRAKES ON." ] Writing, in the last issue of the Sat- < urday Evening Post, unon "Our Xa- y A tioruil Extravagance," Senator Theoi dore E. Burton says, among a great many other things: *'I have seen the house and the senate spend hours in debating whether \ve should retain or dismiss a few men working in small-salaried positions ohrmt thp f!nnitnl bnildine. and boast ' ing of their desire to promote economy I in the public service! Yet on the l I very same day, with scarcely a voice raised in protest, millions are appropriated for what might be called political expenditures, in that they will improve the chances of various con! gressmen for re-election." In some of our State legislatures members have been observed fighting a living salary for some underpaid employee of the State, while voting without the least hesitation for various bills to spend thousands and V_vJO "5UVW o -"X- X -AT for home consumption. We of the South, and particularly South Carolina, however, have not received our share of these big appropriations of congress. South Carolina surely can not be criticized for any big amounts which she has received from the national treasury. But the point we started out to make was the thought suggested by Senator Burton, when applied to State legislatures?that toe place to trim or to keep down extravagance should be sought first in large appropriations which, while they would be very wen if the people were amply able to afforri them, are r^ot absolutely neces sary. The Herald and News is a friend of tine State's higher institutions of learning, and would not do anything to injure one of t'hem. But some of them prvnid hp nm more economically than they are now being conducted. And some of them are spending encrmous amounts when compared with what the needy country schools are receiving?these real country schools, where many of our boys and girls receive all the education with whicfa' they go into ! the battles of life. The matter of State printing, and various other matters involving! amounts which are not small, might |" * nf ! W6ii receive uue earnest anciuivu vl j our legislators. Economy with efficiency should be the aim. THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTERING. The old town council of Batesburg has refused to turn over the town ' i government to the recently elected J < town council, alleging that the mem- J bers of the latter are not qualified electors in that they do not hold town registration certificates for tlbe year in which they were elected, and the J, members of the old council have se- i \. :ured a temporary injunction which 1 will hold them in office until the mat- . i ter can be decided by the court. We j i < 1o not know what merit there is in j ;< l(J ^ CArrao I ioe comeiiLiuii, uut iuc muiucui oci?w> ? :o impress the importance and the *1 Juty of registering and voting in genjral elections. In almost any general , 3k'-tioD. in the city of Newberry an in-1, iependent ticket could be quietly put j n the genral election, very few of our J people, as a rule, going to the polls ' ] and casting their ballots in the gen- j Dral election for the nominees of the ,, primary. It is the duty of the people I j to themselves and to their party to j < register for all elections and to par- j' ticipate in the elections. Some newspaper editors appear to get a good deal of pleasure from calling attention to errors discovered in columns 01 meir coiemporaj ies. | By giving this pleasure these errors ^; have served one good purpose, any- j way. Some day, maybe, there will be! a perfect newspaper?'but not in this > world, and there may not be any newspapers in the next?probably won't, j Governor West, of Oregon, sent his private secretary, Miss Pern Hobbs, mt to Cop^-<jeId, in fais State to in- ! [ restigate lawlessness as the result of | violations of the law by saloons, one of which was owned by the mayor and another by a councilman. Miss Hobbs declared martial law, had the saioons raided and the c;ty officials locked up. What's the need of a State militia, anyway, if a woman can be found who will agree to take charge? thousands of dollars of extravagant appropriations. The differnce between the State legislatures and toe congress, as Senator Burton 'views the congress, is that the member of the State legislature fights the little matter for home consumption, while the member of cono-i-qco fio^fnr the hie annronriation Buckwheat Cakes. Leslie's Weekly. When water pipes began to freeze, lAnd folks predict a snow, I think about the buckwheat cakes > Of winters long ago. Hie flannel chest-protectors that -I used to put away With running black molasses spread. At breakfast every day. An inch or more in thickness, raised From batter left to sour, They blanketed my liver down With half-digested flour. I oft regret her gingerbread And sugar cookies sweet, But not the soggy buckwheat cakes My mother made me eat Now, smoking to the table comes A brown delicious pile. Of dainty morsels that would make The worst dyspeptic smile; Well-buttered, and afloat upon A golden syrup lake, .. ; rliav aro tV)P hi)firwTlPPt 'My wife has learned to make. PRESIDENT AND USD C0>FEII. Wilson Goes on Cruiser Chester to 'i?ik IVitli iiIs Emissary to Mexico?Nothing (/liven Out Pass Christian, Jan. 2.?'President Wilson and John Lind, his personal reperesentative in Mexico, tonigur sat ..i L-ic caom of tiie scout crusicr Chesr, deeply absorbed in a dicussion of the Mexican situation. It was their first meeting since last July when the president coiner red with Air. Lind at the White House prepc.i ate:',, lo ilie latter s cei-^i turc tor ."'.e. ieo City with instructions that created a diplomatic episode in A.ncrican 'history. For two days a mysterious reticence has been apparent at tne presidential cottage, concerning the present conference. When dispatches from Vera Cruz announced that Mr. Lind would x- -n ? *u ^ come 10 x ctss i^mi&ua.u uitae was a noticeable manifestation cc ure among the members of the president's party tnau ii;o aco lluub^Oii should have been made public. Hoped for Secrecy. President Wilson had hoped to slip quietly away aboard the revenue cutter Winona "for a yachting trip'' and meet Mr. Land at sea. The same effort for secrecy with respect to the Chester's wmerea-bouts were frustrated by wireless news of her location near Ship Island last' night. i/or nearly 24 hours Mr. Lind was i off shore on the Chester before meet- j ing toe president and instead of per- | mitting the personal envoy to come ashore, President Wilson took a trip ' in a 20-foot launch, mounted a com- ! panionway to toe revenue cutter j Winona and was transhiped again in miuocean to the Chester. Nothing Given Out. The conference lasted until after 3 o'clock, when the president left the Chester and returned to Gulfport, j whore automobiles were ready to take j him to Pass Christian. Just as much j secrecy as characterized the presi- j " ent's first meeting with Mr. Lind was ! evident on this occasion. Information as to what the president intended to do was denied the newspaper correspondents who are here. A big squad of them, however, was on hand at the oyster dock at 3 o'clock when President Wilson appeared, accompanied by Dr. Gary! r. Grayson and two secret service men. The revenue cutter Winona j lame as close to the shore as possi- i file and sent a launch for the president. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. j Assessment of Real and Personal i Property for Fiscal Year 1914. I, or 1 in authorized agent will be at the fol-) lowing places named below for the purpose of taking returns of both real ?state and personal property for Fis-1 2al year, 1914: Newberry January, 1st to 13th, inclu_ sive and on every Saturday. Kinards?Wednesday, January 14th. Whitmire?Thursday and Friday, January 15th an<i 16th. Pomaria?-Monday, January 19th. Walton?Tuesday, January 20th. Uiympnvme?weane&aay, j<xuua.ry j 21st. Maybinton?Thursday, January 22. Jolly Street, Friday, January 23rd. little Muntain?Monday, January j 26th. Prosperity?Tuesday and Wednesday, January 27th and 28th. O'Neall?Thursday, January 29th. St. Lukes?Friday, January 30th. Longshores?Monday, February 2nd. Silver Street?Tuesday, February Jrd. * Ckappells?Wednesday, February 4th. Newberry Cotton mill?Thursday, February 5th. Oakland Cotton mill?/Friday, February 6th. Mollohon Cotton mill?Monday, Februa:v Oth. And in the Auditors Office in the Court House Friday, February 20th, after which date a penalty of 50 per cent will be added against all persons, I firms or corporations failing to make their returns as required by law. I : would dislike ve. y much to have to add this penalty but I am required . | by law to do so. The law requires a : i tax on an notes, mortgages anu muu! eys, also an income tax on gross inj comes in excess of $2,500. There shall be a capitation tax of j fifty cents on all dogs, the proceeds to be expended for school purposes. I Dogs not returned for taxation shall | not be held as property in any of the ' courts of this State. All male persons from 21 to 60 j years, except Cenfederate soldiers, or j those persons incapable of earning a! support by being maimed or from any J other cause, are liable to pay a poll; tax of one dollar. ! J Real Estate is to be assessed this j year. Each tract or lot of land must' < be assessed separately. Also state ! ; to assessor whether you have bought I or sold any real estate since last re-; ( turn. The law requires that all pro- ', j ! * I perty, both real and personal, be as-; j i poss^d "at its true value in money," 1, , wiiich is construed to' mean, "The sum . t of money for which said property, un- ! j tier ordinary ciicunistanccs, would j sell for cash." Please don't ask that your property be taken from the tax duplicate the j same as last year. The law requires I that all property must be listed or regular tax return blanks and proper- * ly signed and sworn to by person making return. Please be sure to have - - - } year returns in. on or Detore tne c>uin 1 of Feb: uary, 1014. J < Eugene S. Werts, County Auditor. |1 Dec. IS. 1913. M h j. u j NOTICE TO COLORED TEACHERS, j j The teachers meeting will be held j | at. Hoge school building on Saturday, ( .January 10, 1914. All teachers are : ! asked to be present. 1 i By order of county superintendent i of education. Ulysses S. Gallman, , President. M. L. Snowden, Secretary. : I I fim odds ai with th i aged. Int out. 35c bo II May I "The 1 W4k ^ a ^ Aesolufc Cakes, hot biscuit, other pastry, are < In'the American fai Ing Powder will i digestible, wholes No Alum?No Lit BaaHBBnBBnBBHnMaBBBaBani ESTATE NOTICE. , ^ All persons indebted to the estate i| )f Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Blease, deceased, are notified to make settlement { m mediately with the undersigned. All ^nrcns holding claims against 6aid ;sUte will p;osent same, duly verified, ' :o the undersigned for immediate paylient. Bertha Blease Eison, s Executrix. ^ Cannon G. Blease, a i Eugene S. Blease, |1 F!\-pr>ntor?L I e SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. !n By virtue of authority vested in us ; )y the will of George A. Setzler, de-1 ^ased. the undersigned will sell to I ho highest bidder, or bidders, at the ; evidence of the late George A. Setzer, deceased, a? Ponuiria. in Xewber*y County, South Carolina, on Monlay, January 26, 1914, beginning at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, all the Dersonal property of wtiich the said J George A. Setzler, deceased, owned it the time of his death, consisting of ^ household and kitchen furniture, farm- j ng implemnts, etc. T. A. Setzler, I m. a. setzier, Executors. L-6-2t i ; PAPER % A that I have a id ends in Box ] ! 1 -1 te boxes slightly In order to clos , I. will sell 25c xes while they 1 3c Eac aq' Rnnk Sf VU A/VV11M? House of 1,000 Thir / \ ^jgSj ' ?$ #*t+ jj I "-** <? ^4 * *** &. 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