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I SCHOOL TRUSTEES jl ^ IMPORTANT FACTORS Tfcey Play a Very Large Part in Determining the ,'Relative Degree of Efficiency in Their Insitutions i In the State there is not a set of j men who more nearly give their time: and labor in exchange for ingratitude and abuse than public school trus- i tees. They get absolutely no remu " -"-3 * r\ nn?.fAl>m tVlQl'T HlltifK; nerauou, anu iu m mvu uUwvU well requires much time and no little annoyance. The trustee that con- j scientiously perfo/ms his duty is en- j titled to be classed as a truly patriotic i citizen. Under our law as written, in- | terpreted and administered, district ^ trustees are charged with almost i B everything pertaining to the exist t ence of the public schools?looking r after the school revenues, building j and furnishing school houses, select-, ing and employing teachers, deter- j mining ihp lpneth of the school term and the school day, and keeping general oversight of the teachers and pupils. To do all these things sue-1 cessfully requires a versatility of a rafher high order, and a few trustees > do them with a masterly thorough| ness. But there are several varieties of I ' trustees. Some are capable, earnest and active; some have the capacity,! but either have no interest in their . ' A - 1 i."U duties or are 100 engrusseu m uicii ; own business; some hatfe school en-i i thusiasm but lack capacity and in- j l sight; and a few others can be best described as marvelous misfits. To i sum up, we have the fits, the unfi fits and the misfits. But when it is B remembered that we have in the State j K 1.934 public school districts and over; 5.800 district trustees, it is not hard i V to understand that the varieties of the v. ^ ^i + n nnmarAiiff rtjenus scuuui uu?icc a.i^ uuuiv* ^ and that some are below par. Need we be surprised at the irrational and freakish performances or some school ' beards? John Stuart Mill once said that the weakest characterisic of the American people was their apparent belief that everybody was fitted for any-! ^ thing. That anybody is fitted to be a school trustee seems to be accepted as a truism. We have not come to realize that schools, like every other modern business, can not be run by the j rule of thumb. One of the most diffi-; *ult tasks of school trustees is the selection of competent teachers. The I trustee even of capacity and expe-: ? rience can not be expected to have a rvery wide acquaintance among available teachers, and -he is frequently sadly disappointed after the most careful search for one. The indifferent trustee usually picks up the applicant with a pocketful of testimonials. The parsimonious trustee is always on the lookout for bargains in teachers, and he usually finds one? cheap in every sense of the word. The f ignorant trustee generally shows a perference for second and third grade certificates. The over-modern trustee gives his vote for a raw and inexperienced school girl over a teacher of ! tested ability. The paternalistic trustee always votes for his daughter or, j his niece or his cousin. The chief business of the contentious trustee is to I keep the district in a turmoil over something?the peculiarities of the teacher, the way she teaches geography, where she shall board, whose children she must correct or the length of the children's lessons. Under our present system in one end of a given county are to be found good school houses fairly well equipped, competent and fairly well paid teachers, and well advanced pupils, while in the other end of the I county are aiiapiaaiea scnooi nouses without equipment, incompetent teachers with beggarly pay and pupils iounging around without a particle of joy or interest in their work. The difference is largely due to the difference in the trustees. One set has capacity, fttness and ideals; the other set lacks these qualifications. Is not the district system one of demonstrated weakness? Under it is it possible to develop the schools of a county to a definite level? The same type and class of public school ought to prevail throughout a county. The valley districts, the ridge districts and the sand hill districts ought all to move v.pward together as a unit. A county Oi 75 school district? has 75 school units administered by 75 independent boards with almost as many ideals. IW. H. Hand. A<?> <y $> <$> <?> <$> < > <$><$> < > <? <?> < > < > f ^ i S. (. UNIVERSITY SOTS. <$> $> Special to The Herald and News. Columbia, Jan. 15.?The second annual athletic and oratorical contest will be held at the University of South Carolina on April 23 and 24. Over 25 high schools are to participate in the meet this year. Any information in regard to the meet may be had from Prof. R. C. P.urts, Greenville, All participants will be guests of the student body of the university. The University of South Carolina ! resumed work Monday, January 5, af- ( ter 10 days of rest for the holidays. | The mid-year examinations are only , two weeks off now, and the students ; are working hard in order to be ready J for them. With the convening of the legisla-! ture in the city Tuesday the students j of the university will for the next 40 j days be afforded ample opportunity j to observe the workings of our law ? makers. The university was well represented j at the student volunteer meeting held j in Kansas City during the holidays. ; Preparations for the celebration of; founders' day at the university are' well advanced. A meeting of the Gen-! eral Alumni association will be held ; on that date. Two well known educators have been secured to speak on founders': day. Charles L. Raper, dean of the graduate school and professor of economics at the University "of Xorth Carolina, who is at present studying economic conditions in South Caro-! lina, will speak in the afternoon. Dr. j George H. Denny, president of the Un iversity of Alabama, one of "the best known educators of the South, will speak in the evening of January 15. Dr. Josiah Morse, professor of philosophy, was elected vice president of the Southern Society of Philosophy and Psychology, which met in Atlanta during the holidays. < > < > < ' '. / \i> < > < > <$> ( > <$y <$ <?> <s> <e> FOREST NOTES. <? <$> <?> ? <&<& Qr V <?> The American forestry association has members in every State in the Union, in every province in Canada, and in every civilized and semi-civilized country in the world. * * $ *r~l ~C O yr> oimintr iVicttvCi b Ui yuuuusiapun & luji-nif to use wood instead of metal in parts of the instrument where this . possible, in order to increase the mellowness of the tone. * * * j On the Pocatello forest, Idaho, 230,000 trees were planted during the past j year, and almost, half a million in the past three years, fully three-fourths of which are alive and doing well. * * * Experiments in the use of aspen for shingles show that the shingles do not check in seasoning, and that they turn water satisfactorily, but that they are too easily broken in handling. # * * There are somewhat more than 500 i recognized tree species in the United States of which about 100 are commercially important for timber. Of | the 500 recognized species, 300 are represented in the goverment's newly acquired Appalachian forests. All American species, except a very few subtropical ones on the Florida keys and in extreme southern Texas, are to be found in one or another of the national forests. <$> <$> CLE3LS0S >OTES. <$> <e> j Special to The Herald and News. Clemson College, Jan. 13.?The enrollment of students shows that we have exactly forty-two more boys at present than we frad this time last j year. The college is taxed to its fullj est capacity to accomodate this ?num| ber of students and there must be an ! additional barrocks provided for be! fore any more can be taken in. This j is a matter of great importance and ! must be looked after pretty soon too, | because numbers of applicants are i turned down each year on account of ! lack of accommodations for them. ; Dr. Redfern, the college surgeon, made the statement in chapel last Wednesday moftiing that there has I been less sickness among the boys ! this year than he has ever known be! fore, only one case of pneumonia being here since last September. The college is located in a very high section though, and we have never had any great amount of sickness considering the large number of boys here. The cadets were called out last Wednesday night about one o'clock by fire alarm. Mr. Clinkscales' livery i stables were burned, including 19 horses and one automobile. The alarm was not given until the fire | had made too much headway for the ; cadets to do any good. They manj aged, however, to prevent any considerable amount of damage being done to surrounding buildings. It is not known how the fire started unless it . caught from a faulty stove flue. The negro who was. staying there was | asleep at the time the fire started and i did not wake until the building was ; falling in on him. He escaped without any serious injury other than be , ing scared almost to death. Mr. Frank Clinkscales, the proprietor was away from home at the time of the fire, and no doubt the primary cause of the fire was due 'o carel* , ness aiuonc the negroe;-. It is re ported that there was no insurance either on stables or horses. The following is the basket ball j schedule for this season: Jan. 10. Furman on campus. Jan. 22. University of Georgia at Augusta. Jan. 23. Savannah Y. M. C. A. ai Savannah. Feb. 5. Newberry at Newberry. Feb. G. Citadel .".t Charter-ton. Feb. 7. Columbia Y. M. C. A. at Columbia. Feb.' 14. Newberry on campus. I Cures Old Sorts, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how Ionjj standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Pain and Heals at the same tim* 25c, 50c, $1.00 CONSTIPATION. Get a 2r> cent box of HOT SURINGS LIVER BUTTONS; use tliem as directed and soon all your stomach, liver and bowel troubles will be over. The great physicians in Hot Springs prescribe them for constipation sluggish liver, indigestion, sick headache, dizziness, b'otchy and sallow skin and they certainly are fine. Take safe, gentle, blissful HOT j SPRINGS LIVER BUTTONS for a j week. They will tone up the liver j thoroughly, cleanse tJe bowels of poisonous accumulations and make you eat better, sleep better, work better. Hot Springs Liver Buttons, Hot Springs Rheumatism Remedy and Hot Springs Blood Remedy are sold in ' Newberry by Gilder & Weeks. I ~ AN ORDINANCE. | STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ! TOWN OF NEWBERRY. Ee it ordained by the mayor and aldermen of the Town of Newberry, in ! said State, in council assembled, and i i by authority of the same: j 1. That from and after the passage of this ordinance, any person or per ' sons, firm or corporation, operating j any public hack in the Town of New- ! berry shall keep tbe same when in ' i use, between sunset and sunrise, pro- I : vided with a "lighted lamp which may : be distinctly seen at a distance of not i less than 100 yards. i 2. Any person or persons, firm or 1 corporation violating the terms of | this ordinance, upon conviction there J of before tne Kecoraer 01 xne rown : of Newberry, S. shall be sentenced | to pay a fine of not more than $15.00. or be imprisoned in the town guard ! house or upon the public works of j said town for a period of not more ; than thirty (30) days. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the said town, this the 30th day of December, A. D., 1913. Z. F. Wright, ; Attest: Mayor. J. R. Scurrv. C. & T. T. N. : j MUNICIPAL LICENSES DUE. Must be paid at once to the treasur-1 er of the city council and avoid the penalty. John R. Scurry, City Treasurer. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN WHEEL. AND SCHOOL DISTRICT. NO. 31. Whereas, one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of 21 years, of Wheeland school disrict No. 31, of the county of Newberry, State of South Carolina, have filed a petition with the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, petitioning and requesting that an election be held in said school I district on the question of levying a special annual tax of two mills to be collected on the property located in the said school district: Now, therfore, the undersigned, ) j composing the County Board of New| berry County, South Carolina, do ! hereby order the Board of Trustees of' I .. 1 J r-? _ i 1 T\4 91 tne wneeiana ociiuui Liiauiui iiu. ox to hold an election on the question of i levying a two mill tax to be eollect ed on the property located in the said ; school district, which said election ; shall be held at Wheeland school house, in the said schooPdistrict No. ,31 on Tuesday, February 3, 1914, at i which said election the polls shall be i opened at 7 a. m., and closed at 4 ; p. m. The members of the Board of Trustees of said school district shall i act as managers of said election. On11 ounV> ftlaMAr?c o e rncir??? in Sfl ifi j i > OULU t+o A VCAV*V/ I school district and return real and ! personal property for taxation, and who exhibit their tax receipts and ; registration certificates as required in i general elections shall be allowed to i vote. Electors favoring the levy of such tax shall cast a ballot contain, ing the word "yes'' written or print .^d thereon, and each elector opposed ! to such levy shall cast a ballot con| taining the word "no" written or i printed thereon. _ j * , I Uiven unutJr our uauus auu ?ccn uu I January 12, 1914. G. D. Brown, Jr., S. J. Derrick, J. S. Wheeler, ; County Board of Education for Newberry County, S. C. l-13-2t. J_L_: | The Nevi Capital St "T#he Bank J I (fl\ Y^OUF I its safety, the combi I the stron; county. I it's safe. IFE is 1 IMr^d balan bank, 4 ?|o e ? DEFECTS? SORES, BURNS, f SCALDS. BRUISES, i CHAPPED HANDS f AND UPS, TETTER, 1 r ECZEMA ? " 2 Do you really want to heal it? Bad enough to i) f spend 25c. ? Then go to the store and buy a t 1 box of OR. BELL'S \ t Antiseotic Salve t A It is snow white and snow pure? and if it A I r doesn't do the work, get your money back. " f "Tell It By The Bell" ! BIDS WAITED. For the manure off the streets and at the fire department. To be handed to the clerk of the city council by j the 16th of January, 1914. TO THE CREDITORS OF S. W. j BRUCE. You are hereby notified that a meet- | ing of the creditors of S. W. Bruce j I who executed a deed of assignment | 'o the undersigned or the 10th day j of January, 1914, is called to meet at: j the office of Blease & Blease, at New- j j berry, S. on the 23rd day of Jan- ; uary, 1914, at 12 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of appointing an agent to act with the assignee in the settlement of the said estate, and for the transaction of any otner dusiubss which may properly come before the said meeting. Henry H. Blease. Assignee. i | AN IDEAL WOMAN'S LAXATIVE Who wants to tike raits, or castor oil, when there is nothing better than Dr. King's New Life Pills for all bowel troubles. They act gently and pnpirnlly on ihfj stomach and liver, stimulate and ve^iMte your bowels and tone up the enrire system. Price i 2"c. At all Drugeists. i ' " 1 | II. E. TJncklen & Co. Philadelphia or ferry Savins ock - - i : That Always Has Th< TfsfME ,myt)up^. ImfirE CopTneLt 1V09. by C ?. Zimmerman Co ?* . I money is safe in . J?U TAM I UUU l iiav^ iu nvi for behind our ined resources o: gest financial it Put your mone I easy sailing if you h ce in a savings accoi on savings deposits. I >Vorms The Cause of Tour Child's rl Pains. A foul, disagreeable 'breath, dark i circles around the eyes, at times feverish, with great thirst; cheeks i flushed and then pale, abdomen swollen with sharp cramping pains are all indications of worms. Don't let * your child suffer?Kiekapoo Worm ? Killer will give you sure relief?it ( kills Che worms?while its laxative ef- * feet add greatly to the health of your * child by rerr-cving tl?e dangerous and disagreeable effect worms and parasites from the system. Kickapoo ^ Worm Killer as a health producer 1 should be in every houselu>ld. Per- ( fectly safe. Buy a box 'today. Price ( 25c. All Druggists or by mail Kickapoo Indian Med. Co. Phila. or St 1 Louis. 1 . ] AUDITOR'S NOTICE. i ?? 1 J '< Assessment or Jtteai ana rei&uuai > Property for Fiscal Year 1914. I, or ! an authorized agent will be at the fol- ;; lowing places named below for the i purpose of taking returns of both real;: estate and personal property for Fis- ; < cal year, 1914: V Newberry January, 1st to 13th, inclu ! ; sive and on every Saturday. | Kinards?Wednesday, January 14th.; i Whitmire?Thursday and Friday, ' I ! January 15th an^ 16th. i j Pomaria?Monday, January 19th. j Walton?Tuesday, January 20th. Glyraphville?Wednesday, January ; ;21st. Maybinton?Thursday, January 22. [ Jolly Street, Friday, January 23rd. Little Muntain?Monday, January | 26th. i i Prosperity?Tuesday and Wednes- j day, January 27th and 28th. O'Xeall?Thursday, January 29th. St. Lukes?Friday, Janjary 30th. Longshores?Monday,,'February 2nd. Silver Street?Tuesday, February I 3rd. Chappells?Wednesday, February 14th. - ^ Cotton luill?XhursdJH I [s Bank I * 550,000 _ _ e Money" 1 i 5 > 1 j V our bank. ? ?rry about bank are f some of . . Ji* -- !_ iL. I ten in uic :y where J I ' ave a good ? ? - J. ? . ? ? iH*. 1 1 t? * mi wiLii uui | February 5th. Oakland Cotton mill?(Friday, Feb-uary 6th. v Mollohon Cotton mill?Monday, Feb uary 9th. And in the Auditor's Office in the Wnncp Friday. February 20th, ifter which date a penalty of 50 per lent will be added against all persons, irms or corporations failing to make ;heir returns as required by law. I ( ;vould dislike very much to have to idd this penalty but I am required 3y law to do so. The law requires a :ax on all notes, mortgages and moneys, also an income tax on gross incomes in excess of $2,500. There shall be a capitation tax of j, 5fty cents on all dogs, the proceeds :o be expended for school purpsses. 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 rears, except Cenfederate soldiers, or i-s^co nprsnns incaDable of earning a UUUiJV ^ support by being maimed or from any other cause, are liable to pay a poll Lax of one dollar. Real Estate is to be assessed this year. Each tract or lot of land must be assessed separately. Also state to assessor whether you hate bought or sold any real estate since last return. The law requires that all property, both real and personal, be as- % sessed "at its true value in money," which is construed to mean, "The sum of money for which said property, under ordinary circumstances, would sell for cash." Please don't ask that your property ^ J 13 1. - i-L /v be taken trom trie tax aupuuaie mc same as last year. The law requires that all property must be listed ofc regular tax return blanks and properly signed and sworn to by person making return. Please be sure to have year returns in, on or before the 30th of February, 1914. / /Eugene S. Werts, ^ ^ County Auditor.