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' ??? I ???????? ?? ?? ???^ ^ VOLUME LII, NOI3ER CO. NEWBERRY, S. C? FRIDAY, Jl LY .il, 1014. TWICE A WEEK, $L5I A YEA*. fTKl STEES CITY SCHOOLS MAKE ANNl'AL REI'OHT % $ Recommend An Extra Tax Levy to .Meet Expenses?The Report in Full. 1mnHnor Am- ronnrt TO f'lp fiti i Lk Uian.1115 vwj. ? ^ens we are pleased to express the * opinicn Uat our schools are keeping pace with the general progess of education. The 1913-14 session of the city schools of Newberry was one of the best in the history of the schools. It was characterized by work, system, p and a spirit of cooperation among teachers, pupils, patrons and friends. The desire to improve the efficiency or the schools, as to scholarship, curriculum, equipment, buildings and grounds seems to have taken hold of the ppjple of tne city generally. Xew sewer and. heating systems were installed at the Boundary street schocl. The Speeds 'buildings also % ? had considerable repairs, which were greatly needed. The total cost of repairs at these schools was $4658.36. Four thousands dollars of this amount was realized from the sale of improvement notes, as authorized by an act cf the legislature and approved by the people in 1912, when a special one mill tax for improvements was levied for j two years. At tha'; time this amount seemed adequate; but when the work /was commenced it was found necessary to do other work, which ran the t account $658.36 over the amount provided. The present condition of the school buildings, so far as seating ana sewerage are concerned, seems adequate. But repairs are still needed on the Speers street building, though they are not of such a nature as t6 hinder ? the efficiency of the schocl work. Through the efforts of the Civic League, and the two school improvement associations the Boundary street f and Speers street schools have been equipped with drinking fountains an 1 libraries of about 200 volumes each, the hisrh school with a drinking fountain. At the high school a domestic j Science department was also added at the beginning o- the session. This department was conducted very econ- j ?mically and very successfully considering that it was its first year in tfce schools. Thirty high school girls took advantge of this course. While > this work was done tn the afternoons, ^ and in addition to the other class j P room work, the pupils did it cheerfully and with a great deal of interest and profit to themselves. Following is the account with ths department: ! f Special donation by the county j . board for this department ..$200.00 ^ 'Private contributions for supB plies and equippment 96.53 1 rTctal receipts for this department $296.55 'Erpended for equippment and I supplies $136.45 , Expended for salary Miss Mary > Wall 180.00 Total expense of department$316.45 ! ? * - - * -C il.: Total extra cost ui iuis ucpartment 19.90 I aVlue of present equipment now ready for use $1S3.09 At the opening of the last session < there were 63 pupils in the eighth grade. Considering this entirely too ? ~ ~em* nno ?Pftinn the Illclin puj^iis ivji ~ ^ ~ board elected an additional high school Teacher at a salary of $450. At tne same time in order to relieve a similar congestion in the third and fourth grades at Speers stret school the 'board arranged with the Helenaschool district a have their entire scho 1 consisting of a teacher and lo pjxpils, transierrea to opeers sucai school. The arrangement was one of I mutual helpfulness without expense to either district. The board has been conscientious in all its efforts to serve the school well. The greatest care has been exercised in the selection of teachers, in the expenditure of funds, and in all other matters intrusted to it. The expense of doing" the necessary repairs was greater than anticipated. Otherwise the expenses for the year were not unusual. While there was an additional teacher at tne mgn school at a salary of $450, the tuition from private sources was $1,536.65 as ?t?ainst $1,040.58 for the previous A ear, or increase of $490.07. The H night scho 1 couuuc-ted at West End v.or three months during the winter v.as supported by an additional donation of $oS by the Newberry cotton mill. The music department at the high schcool was maintained by private tuition. The total enrollment in the schools during the year was 1.279 as against 1.227 during tne previous year. There is an outl;ok for a very large attendance next year and a need of -till additional force. We should be g'a.1 that we were a!ble to give Speers street school an additional teacher, so that there would be seven teachers instead of six for the seven grades. We should j be glad also to furnish an additional 1 teacher at West End school. And it is pr bable that another teacher will! be needed at the high school. At the Hoge school at least nvo of the teachers need assistants. With the present deficit of $1,352.09 and the present additional needs in the schools the board feels entirely warranted in appealing to the citizens oi Newberry for a reasonable increase in the tax levy for sen oi purposes. We ask that he special one mill voted for repairs to be collected for two years, 1913 and 1914. be continued after this year as a part of the extra tax for regular purposes, and that an additional mill be added, making' the total tax for school purposes in this city ten mills. When we consider the facts that this tax is so much needed here, and that the city of Laurens pays ten and a half mills for school purposes. Greenwood 12, Saluda 12 1-2, uVlarion lo, Dillon 15, and Pickens IS nills solely for the support of public education ,and the importance cf it, we feel that we should raise the j school tax in Xewberry from nine, as it now is, to ten mills as soon as possible. Tiie board has no way of paying up its deficits e"cept from funds voted by the public, unless as was done in Columbia, S. C , this year, an appropriation of $10,000 was made by the city council in ordor to reduce a deficit of $25,000 in the public schools of that city. We respectfully submit tne following tables showing the income and j disbursements, and the attendance during the past scholastic year: , Income. Poll tax $ 667.00 Three mills constitutional tax 2,883.45 Four mills extra tax 8,651.32 Dox tax 40.00 1 Trxtol to v $12,241.77 ! 1ULUI taA 7 Balance 1913 $ 24.0$ County board to domestic science 200.00 Private contributions to domestic science 96.55 Term extension fro State ... 100.00 Tuition, privace souses 1,594.65 Cash from improvement notes 4J323.60 For library 30.00 From sale of a motor 40.00 One mill levy for repairs ... 2.162.S2 Accounts outstandind and payable 1,352.09 j Total $22,165.56 j Disbursements. Superintendent's salary 1,.">00.00 I Teachers* salaries, wMte .. - 9,343.00 j Teachers' salaries, colored . I,7">r>.u0 I Teacher domestic science ... ISO.00 ; Janitors 604.50 Total salaries $13,382.50 j Printing $ 117.10! SuDDlies 377.32 j Water and lights 23">.49 Fuel, coal and wood 416.8S Repairs *. ... 4,6">8.36 Insurance 1">6.60 Xight scliooi 58.00 Librarv 40.00 * Interest 34.~>.30 Pain on ImDrnvement notes 2,150.80 ,! Domestic science 136.45 Commencement expenses .. 25.60 j Balance on hand 64.86 j 1 ^al $22,165.56 Enrollment by Grades. White: Boys Girls Total First Grade 73 52 125 f.'.r?o d o IIS OCV/V/UU W Third Grade 43 48 91 Fourth Grade 64 47 111 Firth Grade 28 ?7 * 65 Sixth Grade 31 23 54 Seventh Grade 23 26 49 Eighth Grade 29 34 63 Ninth Grade 10 2r 34 Tenth Grade 7 13 20 MANNING RAISES BLEASE QUESTION BRINGS ADMINISTRATION INTO STATE CAMPAIGN I Oramrebunr Crowd Cries Encouragement as He Ass'iils Chief Ex eeutive's Record. The State. Orangiburg, July 29.?Richard 1. Manning, candidate for governor, at the meeting of candidates f r State offices here today for the first time during the campaign injected the issue of Bleaseism or what is commonly considered the policy of the present administration. Throughout his attack on this issue the audience cheered as one man for the sentiments expressed, and there were about 900 citizens of Orangeburg county present, who gave to each candidate an attentive and respectful hearing. Like t':.e meeting at St. George yesterday, the cheers, when factionalism was brought in, were for . E. D. Srnit'j, candidate for United States senator,- and the apprise which was given every speaker, was both louder and longer when the sentiments expressed were ir. favor of , strict enforcement of law and against ( the injudicious use cf the pardoning , I ' power. Charles ICarroll Simms again attacked John G. Richards for iis nu- , merous political affiliations, telling in contrast of his own long friendship for the governor. W. C. #Irby, Jr., stated that many times he had refused to sign petitions for pardons and paroles and that his friendship for the governor was based 011 personal opinion. The meeting was called to order at 10:35 o'clock by Adam H. Moss, county chairman. The Rev. Watson B. Duncan offered prayer. Practically nothing new was "brought cut by t?-e candidates for the other offices. Kiehards on His Record. John G. Richards, candidate for governor, spoke of his work as railroad commissioner. He asked that the "limelight he turned on his private , and public character. "I think the general principle of working the ccnvicts upon the high- 1 ways of Che county in which they are ( convicted," said the speaker, "is a j wise Dne and therefore I favor it, but am unalterably opposed to working ( white and negro convicts together or ( forcir.g terms of social equality in tee f camp or stockade. "I shall stand for a strict enforce- i ment or me ia\v wun iauness lu <xu < our people and without partiality to ( any. I believe, however, that justice ] should be tempered with mercy. l "I shall stan'd for a:i economical ] administration of our State govern- ( ment, with, cf course, a proper regard s for the protection and development of ] t'.:e various interests of the State. "I shall advocate a complete re vision and readjustment of the tax i laws of the State and the adoption of 1 ( Eleventh Grade ? 2 2 i Xight school 18 21 39 ; Total 391 3S0 771 'Colored: ] boys (jr 11*13 1 013.1 i First Grade 90 42 102 j Second Grade 29 48 77 Third Grade 2S 45 <3 i Fourth Grade 12 27 39 *Fifth Grade 21 2S 49 I Sixth Grade 7 15 22 i Seventh Grade 12 19 31 Eighth Grade 4 IS 22 ] Xinth Grade 4 11 ! > i Tenth Grade 4 S 12 ] Total 211 297 508 1 Percentage of attendance white schools, 85.6 per cent. Percentage of attendance negro ' schools, 89.3 per cent. < Average annual cost of tuition per < pupil, white $12.35. I Average annual cost cf tuition per 1 pupil, negro $3.45. Each pupil's share of superintend- 1 ent's salary, white and negro, $1.17. 1 Respectfully submitted, ] W. A. McSwain, J. Y. Jones, W. G. Mayes. L. W. Floyd. : L. G. Esk ridge. I a system of assessment that will make 1 ! all property bear its honest and just ( pr. portion of the burden of taxation. 1 No system o:" taxation can be just that does not bear upon every class of property equitably." < .Mr. Kicnards made his usual at-! 1 tack on compulsory education. " His j ' statement favoring Blease as United j 1 State senator caused a trrent of \ ' % c-herrg for both Smith and Blease. In j * reply t: an auditor he said that he 1 had voted against the increase iu 1 freight rates and that if it was shown otherwise he would withdraw from ( the race. 1 Oharies Carroll Simms spoke f his j 1 "love for the laboring man " and ! : ? , , said that he was not arrying class against class, but was uniting them. I ' Richard's Friendship. "Mr. Richards," he said, "has been i ' . i . a persistent and consistent friend o: , 1 Ben Tillman, Gov. Ansel and Gonzales, i ( . all enemies of Gov. Blease. What 1 string will he play, if elected governor? If you believe he is sincere let 1 him bide his .time. 'Wliiat claim has ' he for your votes? Xo, let him stay ' a railroad commissioner. I have never j yet been' a coattail swinger, and today I hold no commission. 1 "Blease is not going to c:ntrol me," 1 he declared, "if I am elected gov- 1 ernor."- This was an answer to ai1 questioning auditor. "Mr. Richards is ' a great quitter of a job," he said, "and 1 is here now electioneering and yet * being paid as a railroad eomnjis- j 1 sioner." * ' Ask For Promotion. ' C: dries A. Smith asked promotion j to the governor's chair on his record] 1 as lieutenant governor. He said that I 1 j 1 he stood for economy in government j with no waste or' the people's money or appropriations beyond the income 1 of the State. He stated that he was in favor of an educated and citizens of placing adequate facilities within the reach 1 of a rising generation. "I believe," he ^ said, "that the compulsion of love and 1 nride and nublio oDinion will as read- 1 iiy banis'a illiteracy as mandatory legislation.'* He repeated his stand on ! prohibition. Mendel L. Smith said that ne was making his plea for suffrage on the highest platform. He spoke of the value cf good roads and the use of lime deposits for the cheaper produce Lion of fertilizer. He paid a tribute J to the work of the St?te board of ' health. "One of the greatest blessings we ( 2' n promise," he said, "is to bring I ( security to the people." He asked j if li;e was safer in the State than it; 1 was a few years ago; not a hand I 4 ?'ent up aud there were many shouts J c 3L no. tie euiogizea juuge jyiassey >f Virginia for his fearlessness in 1 handling the Allen case when as soon 1 as he pronounced sentence, was shot. 6 He said that 'he would honor the veriicts of the juries, the prcsecution of 2 solicitors and the sentences of judges. ? He was cheered for his stand against i :he abuse of the pardoning .power. t Lowndes .J. Browning said that he ( :nade no appeal to passion or fac- < :ionalism. He charged that Statewide 1 iompulscry education would increase* ( :he tax levy five mills. He asked that 1 Mr. Clinksc-ales state what would he : Jo wit\: the 150.000 negro children. He advocated in brief outline hilp* plan for rural credits, whcli wouid i enable farmers to own their homes 1 inri farms. ] He spoke of his being in favor of j j ib.lishing the personal property tax, I i 'Which has proven inefficient," and i :he substitution thereof of a graduated 1 :ax on inheritances and incomes. t .John G. Olnkscales said that he ( pointed .with pride to the increase in t material prosperity in this State. "We > must give more attention," said the; c speaKCI", lO ui~ ueveiupiucni. \jl wui i numan interests." < In a .Sister State. > "North Carolina," he declared, t 'would not resclind their compulsory education law (for anything." He ] stated tbat it was time to lay aside 1 Lhe "nigger scare." He argued tha: ? law forbid Duttins a child under i 12 years of age in the cotton mill and 1 that the child should he put in school t oefore that time. He was warmly ap- i plauded. 1 Robert A. Cooper spoke of the power cf the chief executive and ] then discussed the "paramount is- ( sue?law or lawlessness/' "There can ; be no industrial development," he i said, "unless it is based on law and Drder. I shail ever honor, therefore, the verdicts of juries." 'Mr. Cooper stated that his friends would be those who obey the law and that his efforts would be used lo suppress the lawless. He advocated 'provision for Statewide education" before such a law is enacted. He stated positively that a Statewide I'ompulsory school attendance law at this time could not be enforced. He then outlined his scheme to place a farm demonstration school in each i-ounty so that the farmers could ad:ause the great argicultural interest y. this State. One good of such schools, he pointed out, would be preparing the farmers against the :hreatened invasion of the boll weevil. "1 stand for a proper support of ur State board of health," said Mr. ?ooper as he spoke of his advocacy :>f expending th ebenefits of public lei'.lth service. John T. Duncan spoke of t'ae "sys:em." Pie caused a great deal of iaughtev at the expense of other candidates for governor. Irby Challenges Papers. W. C. Irby, Jr., told of his work in :he legislature. "I challenge the newspapers," he said, "to show one thing n Irhv's record that was against the nterests of the working people." He ;old of his fig:t against the immigra:ion bureau and charged that RichI ird I. Manning in the senate, Mendel L,. Smit'.i and John G. Richards in the iouse anC Robert A. Cooper had "put it over tl:e pe:ple." He told of the Dill, of which he was the author, to r.ake cotton mills submit reports' and repeated v.is a?nunciation or the "cot .uu inxii men gci. Mr. Irby advocated a system or" rural credits similar to that of New Zealand. "I have had the courage," he said, 'to refuse to sign petiticns for parJons and paroles when I thought it best to do it," said Mr. Irby in answer to a question as to how he would use :he pardoning power. He stated that k nt'Aiil/1 V\ n r\ f hie? ?* n O TV) nc rtuuiu a 11 i^uu yj j. mo :/ he thought his enemies were rigv.t, saying -that he would be a "g vernor }f all the people." "What do you call an enemy?" ask?d an auditor. "One who goes behind my back, :ells a lie on me and knows 'aiat it is i lie," responded Mr. lr-by, and the ludience cheered. He said that ne >vas a friend of the governor because >f "personal opinion, to which all are mtitled." Mr. Irby was well received. Richard I. Manning said that there s "but one issue in South Carolina," is there was a certain amount of igreement towards the oth^r issues vhirh he outlined. This issue, he ;ointed out emphatically, was the perjetuation of the p;licies or' the present administraticn. "The senatorial campaign," said i IIr. Manning, "has overshadowed the State campaign. I fear our people j nay lose sight of trlie importance of he race for State offices. I can not >verstate the importance of the State 'nmnaisn. A senator in Washington las but one vte in the congress lor >ur country while a governor to a arge extent has the destiny of his State in his hands. The Vital Issue. "And this brings me to the issup liost vital to all South Carolinians. [n my opening speech of tv.e cam)aign I declared that I would not inect factionalism into this campaign, md I have net done so. But. against ny wishes, developments have >rought us face to face with the fact hat the race c'or the gubernatorial hair has narrowed down to the quesion whether a man stands with t^ose vishing the perpetutation of the poli-' ies of tlie present aunmnsirauuu wuu l? lawlessness or whether he stands it the head or* that other elemeni vhich thinks the present adrninistra- j i. n is a disgrace to the State. "The paramount issue of this campaign is not good roads; it is not iquor; even compulsory education is j i minor question compared with the j 1 ,v T'V.n. trompnHilIK iSSUe I t;<n issue. a iic u ? jefore the people of South Carolina in his campaign is the condition of de-1 noralization brought about by Gov. 31ease's administration. "In my opening speech I declared [ had never approved the course of jov. Please. Now I do net criticise he personal record of Mr. Please; t'^e issue is not Biease. The great, vital question be.ore the State is whether or not the man elected governor will carry on his administration as a continuation or the present cne, granting unreasonable pardons and paroles at the rate of 300 whites and S00 negroes in three and a half years, allowing lawlessness and crime to be rampant in the land, and encouraging a veritable reign of terror. "There are men who have stood be tore you today asking your support for the governorship, professing to be followers of Gov. Blease. It is only natural to infer t'aat if elected they would do as Gov. Blense has done. Will ycu stand for it? Will you allow the old-time fair name of South Carolina for another two years to be a bv-word for lawlessenesj and political rottenness? I am here to tell you D1 a ^ at? Vi o d Uictl uuv. Ditdac > aumiuiisiiaiiuu uaa been a disgrace to South Carolina. Our State is held up before the eyes I o: the civilized world as a State disgraced. She can not show her face among her sister States without blushes of deepest shame. She has been humiliated; she has been dragged m the mire. And what has - - ? ? r brought us to such a pass": Again i ask you. Will ycu allow this thing to continue? I don't belietve ycu will, j I believe you are looking for the man j as governor who will restore South Carolina to a law-abiding, law-respecting State. He must be one who is true?'who is unwavering in his character and who stands without any question for the right. "I call upon the people of South Carolina to consider the condition that faces us. I am not an eleventh hour convert to the cause of antiBleaseism, socalled, but have stood I always where I stand now. In those j years when Bleaseism had the upper hand I was fighting with the men who went down in the defeat in a cause we consider on the side of law and | order in South Carolina. I promise that if I am elected governor the reign of terror in cur State will come to an end.'' The crowd applauded frequently while Mr. "M^anp^g was speaking.' Mr. Manning was given two bouquets. John B. Adger Mullally spoke last and the meeting adjourned at 3:10 o'clock. Tlie meeting tomorrow will be held at St. Matthews. COUNTY CANDIDATES The Men Who Stened the Pledge an? I'aid Their Assessments Monday. The following candidates signed the. pledge on Monday and paid their as? - -i?j 1--) sessments. Tne list ciosea at li4 o'clock so these will be all the Democratic candidates in the county. House of Representatives. Goe. S. Mower. C. T. Wyche. J. W. Folk. B. V. Chapman. Arthur Kibler. H. 0. Long. Xeal W. Workman. v Gcdfrey Harmon. J. B. Derrick. Probate Jndsre. C. C. Schumpert. County Supervisor. J. H. Chappell. , .J. C. Sample. H. M. Boozer. L. I. Feagle. C. L. Leitzsey. D. C. Boland. L. C. Livingstone. J. M. Wicker. For Magistrate. Xos. 1 and S Townships?C. W Douglass, E. L. Rodelsperger, L. M. Player, T. G. Williams, R. F. Mills, J. L. Dickprt. fTownship Xo. 2?C. H. Alewine, S. .J. l>. Price. Township Xo. 3?Jas H. Adams. Jno. B. McCullum, W. D. Rutherford. Township Xo. 4?<A. J. Holt, R. M. Aughtry, Jno. W. Scott. j Township Xo. 5?Hix Connor. ^ \ TnwnshiD Xo. 6?J. H. Dorroh, R. B. Gain. Township Xo. 7?{W. P. Allen, W. R. Rcid. Township Xo. 9?W. T. Gibson, S. L. P'ellers, B. B. Hair, G. M. Kinard. Township Xo. 10?J J. Kibler, E. H. Wertz, .T. A Kinard. Township Xo. 11?H. H. Ruff. W. B. Graham, K. A. Kibler.