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"V f VftTiTTMT! LIU, NUMBER 52. NEWBERRY, S. 0?? FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915. TWICE A WEEK, $1.50 A YEAR* PLAN NEW ROUTE TO THE MOUNTAINS CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE INTEREST IS ARRANGED. Commissioner Watson to Lead Canvass For Highway Into the Hill Country. Col. E. J. Watson, at the close of the morning exercises in connection with the Chautauqua on Wednesday, held a brief conference wiflh several of the gentlemen present in regard to the proposed highway to tne irountams via Spartanburg., the same to come by Newberry and Whitmire and Union and Glenn Springs. Mr. Watson has recently been over the road and he says the distance from the monument in Columbia to the monument in the public square in Spartanburg is 110.3 miles. He also says ti':at the road is a practical route from the low country to Km pnnntrv Arrangements for a UiV MAi* VVTMMV- w ? w whirlwind campaign over the route, with meetings in the interest of the road were made on 'Wednesday, said campaign to be made next Wednesday. It is desired to -have several cars from Newberry join the party here after the meeting arranged for next Wednesday ^nd go to Glenn Springs. It was suggested by Col. Watson that it would be a good idea to fcave several ladies join the party. The meeting will be held in the court house next Wednesday at 1u ociock and immediately after the trip will commence. The people of Whitmire and beyond are enthusiastic and there will be a big meeting at Whitmire. Those who are willing to join t':e party will notify Mr. B. C. Matthews at the National bank at the earlist moment and let him know who will accompany them. Mr. Matthe ws and Mayor Wright have already volunteered their cars ' . , - - -.'.V . y ... . tttd thfeir personal presence on the trip It is expected that Dr. G. Y. Hunter -rv* TV/vcrwHtv atiH several others from "Newberry will be in the party. It will be a pleasant trip, besides being in the interest of a very important matter for Newberry... Supervisor Sample will be provided a way. The following appeared in The State on Thursday in regard to the whirlwind campaign: Following is the schedule of meetings arranged for next week.: Newberry, 10 a. m.; Whitmire, noon; Union, 3 p. m.; Glenn Springs, 5 p. m. All motor car owners in Newberry . Have been invited to attend the meet^ ing there. The Newberry automobile ^raen will proceed to Whitmire for the meeting there. "It will be the biggest cross country automobile parade ever heid in South Carolina* in the interest of good roads," said Mr. Watson yesterday. Arrangements for a mass meeting at Union are being made by the cham5er of commerce. The big meeting of the day will be (held at Glenn Springs. rr>>^ Cnartanhnror automobile owners j 1UC W^UU MW-.g _ have been invite^ to attend. It is probable that a mass meeting will be held Wednesday night in Spartanburg. Committees will.be named at each meeting to solicit subscriptions for a fund to improve the roads. This money will be spent under the direction "of the county supervisors. Yesterday the commissioner addressed a letter to the United States office of public roads, Washington, asking that W. L. Spoon, highway engineer in charge of the section of the cap ital highway in South Carolina, De ae^ tailed to make the trip over the new road to Spartanburg. ( A survey of the road has been made by Commissioner Watson and te will soon issue a route book containing a map of the road with the distances. Religious Notice. Dr. A. J. Bowers will preach at tht Associate Keionnea rTesuyieruiM church in Newberry next Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock. ftev. F. E. Dibble will preadh1 Sabbate afternoon at 4 o'clock at Kings I Ofeek church. ... pier? will be no preaching at the | Ftfst Baptist- churcfa next Sunday moriiing, but the Sunday school will | meet at the usual hour. - Mr. J. A. Daminick of Kinards droye his big Reo 10,527 mites before or \ "without having a puncture in anytife. s In the meantime MBfe t&blv&ita had to clwUKge fee sever | liad a puncture. REPORT SUPERVISING TEACHER Miss Sadie Goggans Makes Report of Her Work For Last Scbool Year. Reports of supervising teacher of Newberry county September 1, 1914, to July 1, 1915: During the past school year as su pervising teacher of Xewberry county | I traveled 2,670 miles by rail and 1,449 j miles by private conveyance. I made j 129 school visits, held 29 public meet- j ings and stayed in the county superin- j ten dent's office 75 days. 'We have had j eight teachers' meetings, one teachers' j institute, one fair and field day and | one county graduation exercise. It is difficult to measure class room j efficiency, yet I notice the scoring of; teachers in Xewberry county increased j 25 per cent from 1914 to 1915. The! main duty of t)':e supervising teacher.! is to see that better instruction is j given by a trained teaching force. How j was that splendid corps of teachers in j Xewberry county- trained while in j Thp greatest wav was OV1 ? 4VV ?. 0- ? . through demonstration lessons. While on school 'visits th-e supervising teacher enjoyed showing another way that lessons might be taught, a method she has picked up from the teadber last visited perhaps. At the teachers' meetings excellent teachers were good enough to bring their pupils in and show f:ow a lesson could be taught, on j a home-made chart for example. At: the annual teachers' institute the New- I e-avA delisrhtful I UCli J V4VJ o-. W w demonstration lessons whicih' were discussed afterward. Helpful printed matter was available. A teacher who followed Mr. Tate's ma" 1, which was given freely by the State, could not go far wrong. Eight supervising teachers together got out iuontifcJy plans to teachers which contained suggestions to make the country schools more attractive. Clubs of "Newberry teachers ordered) at reduced prices regular teachers' magazines which were invaluable to the progressive instructor. On the bulletin board of the teachers' rest room appropriate cut work, drawings, songs, poems and motion plays for each month were kept. In this room also ?presented a certificate of satisfactory libraries were added new books 011 methods of teaching and sets of supplementary readers, without which no school should be satisfied. J How many teachers liave further improved "tftemseHes by attending summer school? The county board of education encouraged this summer preparation by paying $5 with the first month's pay claim of a teacher who teacher, was used to make busy work work in two full courses. No matter how efficient tJSe teacner was she could get the best results without equipment, so many homemade charts, cards and perception strips were printed. A home-made mimeograph, made by an energetic teacher, was used to make buy work cards. Much equipment had been bought and this year witnessed the purchase of single roller maps, adjustable roller shades, single desks, hyloplate blackboards and water coolers in many schools. The supervising teacher enjoyed discussing equipment with trustees. In any large undertaking the mass impulse was used. Each school in Newberry county had a clean-up day and was scored by the State card. To a standard and tn insure entrance to t':igh school the seventh grade pupils of the county stood a uniform examination on a certain day. The supervising teacher enjoyed grading the papers. From these examinations 55 pupils received at the seventh grade exercises a State certificate stating that tJ.e elementary school work had been successfully oompleted. The co operation of all again made the Fair and Field day an inspiration and a standard of measuring of schools. We heard much of the teachers and patrons working together for the upbuilding of the school. There were in Newberry county 22 active school improvement associations that aided the teacher by inspiration, by co-operation hxr frm/te Wifh a Httlo AMTTmil nity co-operations compulsory education and special sc&ool tax were voted. Through the county superintendent's office many schools secured successful teachers :a?& xafcker than iose . -payers were willing to levy -aaa. -extra school tax. I believe in the last year all of us "HAPPY" MH ! | HBraKpmo^nH|^MV^VT^^^nRny^*J|. ^ w. wpi^^jjpMMii^ra ? ?m . i.wmbig: i .1 m 1 Hf nH^SBI^SSHQIW 1 %mHEgBag&f \ "; :;/^\>4:;:'v'- ~/-VK?/ /'; '. This is a snap sl-ot of "Happy," the native South Carolina born monkey, and the happy possession of Dr. J. E. Stokes of ti':e Xewberry Drug company. Happy's forbears came from South a rviamno onr? n-oro trnvpKne^ with 3. XV/Cb UiiU ?? V* \s M carnival, and Happy first saw the light in the city of Orangeburg some time during November of 1914, so Happy is still quite a youth. Happy was rather j an encumbrance than an asset, so i when tis forbears were ready to leave) Orangeburg thev left $Iappy, who was ; cared for during the cold winter by j t1 e good Elks of that town and he! spent the time in the lodge rooms.! Some time ago wl en Dr. Stokes was on * ' A A ?T r. Vi 1 f llATYIQ a visil to i/raugeuuig?tms 10 uu town?some of his friend" ^nde him 1 a present of Happy and he moved Hap- j py to Newberry and Happy now lives ; with the doctor at the residence of Mrs. R. D. Wrigl-t. Happy has learned i to drink?water?from a bottle, but he j wants his'n sweetened, and if you give it to him without the sweet he dashes it indignantly to the ground. ~ 1 k have been g?ad to be teachers in Newberry county. We had learned to know one another through t)':e teachers' meetings and the lunch that was served on rare occasions; we were proud of the display Newberry made in an exhibit at tJ'e State fair; we gloried in the progress of the schools / vf r?rmn.tv as was shown twice a week for five months on the scilool j page of The Herald and News; and we looked forward to the removal of adult illiteracy from Newberry. The supervising teacher did nothing alone, but with t' e county superintendent and county board of education it was a pleasure to study, to advise, and to organize teachers and patrons for the advancement of county schools. The teaching force has been improved by intelligent observation of another teacher's method of handling the class, by helpful printed matter and by attendance on summer school, and by improvement of local school conditions. Respectfully submitted, Sadie Goggans. a? il-n Pa/lfi^mPr Viiurt/ii wi iiic hcuv'UVH (Rev. Edward Fulenwider, Pastor.) Nothing preventing, tfce following will be the program of divine services at the Lutheran 'Church of the Redeemer next Sunday: 10:15 A. M.?The Sunday school meets. A full attendance on the part of officers, teachers and scholars is requested. 11:15 A. (M.?The morning service. The pastor will preacfc' a short sermon on the subject of "Prudence in Religious Life." The lessons presented wi!l be practical, and will be taken from the gospel for tfne day, the parable of the unjust steward, Luke 16:1-13. Let us note here that the injustice, dishonesty and unrighteousness of the steward are not commended, but his prudence, sagacity and farsightedness in making tfte best of the situation. "For the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light." In other words, if the Christian people of the world would exercise the same wisdom and prudence in religion, the greatest business in the world, that the children of the world exercise in worldly matters, they would be so much stronger and happier. Ttey would hare an assurance of the future that ould ,a^t-^e 48&&0d -into despair. 5 P. -Tike Young Ladies' jfiCte-J sion band will meet in the church. Every member is urged to be present. \ REPORT TRUSTEES CITY SCHOOLS Trustees Sunibit Report Condition City Schools as Required By Law. Report of the board of trustees to the citizens of Newberry school dis\ * .v n c *.u ^ w xrici, .\e\\uerry, o. ior iue )cai 1194-1915: It is a pleasure to report to the citizens of Newberry- stfool district tha+., in spite of the war and general depression during the last year, the condition of the schools is on the whole favorable. The work done in tJ'.e school room i as been good. We feel that the schools are making progress, the general interest in school welfare has been marked and t>. e attendance the largest in our history. As an evidence of the work accomplished we are quoting from a letter of the State superintendent of education.under date of July 17th, as follows: "The improvement at 'Newberry is highly gratifying. T':e city schools ought to be the educational center for the county. The night school work otv^ in/Jnctrial wnrk a.rA PRDeciallv UiiU Uw 111U UU V* . T v-? - - w w interesting. I hope something can be done at the next session of the legislature to provide for country children desiring to enroll in the upper grades of the .Newberry city schools." We ?av-e endeavored to plan such work for the schools as seem best suited to the conditions of our community. We feel that the course of study prescribed is w-ell balanced and well fitted for the needs of the children of ? ? t our community. Some o anges navy been made in the way of educational reform, but we have been safe and sane, careful to keep away from ths dangers of the "fads." The most noteworthy additions to our curriculum have been three extra courses in i':ygiene, sanitation and physiology; we have also added agri culture, botany, commercial geography, domestic science and bookkeeping, ah within the past two years. The board uses its best efforts to secure for the schools the best teachers that can be had for the salaries we are able to pay. Our teachers are well trained, have had successful experience and tfrey- are diligent, faithful and interested in the educational welfare of the community. We feel that it is a source of gratification to all the friends of our schools that many of our teachers spend their vacations studying in tf:e summer schools, traveling and otherwise adding to their fund of knowledge and improving their efficiency for their work in the school room. It is a pleasure to mention the work of the School Improvement club and ti e Parents-Teachers' association. We greatly appreciate their spirit of cooperation. as well as all other efforts that are employed by our citizens for building up -school interest and enthusiasm. , r ina.injmii.Y iuc ;c?i ..? a hard one for the sd':ools. The public fund collected for maintaining the system being $558.66 less than the year previous. This falling off may be somewhat reduced by the collection of delinquent taxes. In tfcis connection the board wishes to acknowledge the evidence of the interest of the com munity in the welfare of its schools as shown by the election on May 13oh, 1915, continuing as a part of the permanent fund the one mill tax levied two years ago for repairs and improvements. While the amount collected under this levy was in-sufficient to do the work .contemplated at the time, t)" e work was done and is to nvlflnt rocnnnsihlp ff>r the DreS iK/IliO CAiv/aw ent indebtedness of the district.. There is now outstanding and due by the district bills payable and approved accounts payable, together with an overdraft in the office of tfce county superintendent of education, aggregating $2,727.06. 'We have endeavored to include in tfois statement every item of indebtedness due by the district for current matters. It now seems that with the additional one mill levy added to the general fund coupled with careful and economical expenditures that the entire endebtedness may be "f TTT^V tTAOl* O OUjI paiu lii. tnu J-cc?ik7, ou".t oil a safe financial basis. It is due to our local banles tfbat we were able to meet the monthly pay-roll for the first part of the session, &s ae funds! were available in the county office un-i til taxes are paid. Income. Cash balance July 1, 1914...$ 04.86 Poll tax 623.00 Three mill constitutional tax 2,852.17 Dog tax 22.50 Special four mill tax 8,278.60 Special one mill tax 2,069.64 Term extension 100.00 j Tuition 1,748.8S | Rent Auditorium 15.00 Civic league for annKing fountains 64.08 For library, private and public funds 90.00 DeficitNote due March 1, 1916 ?2,000.00 Overdraft county supt's 333.70 Accounts apprvd 393.36 2,727.06 I . I I - - Total $18,655.79 Disbursements. j Deficit from 1913-1914 $ 1,352.09 | Salary superintendent 1,500.00 Salaries white teac)':ers (day) 9,642.00 " (night) 39.00 four janitors 585.00 " colored teachers ... 1,779.00 Furniture and supplies 220.50 Wood and coal 539.24 Incidentals 31.08 i Rpnairs to buildings 108.89 Water and liglits 237.28 Bills payable (Xat'l Bank).. 2,172.80 Books for library 50.00 Int. on notes and accounts.... 300.10 Drinking fountains 64.08 Cash balance Julyl, 1915 34.73 - 91 O C~Z 70 iota; ?09\JUU. I \J | Enrollment by Grades 1914-1915. Boys. Girls. Total. First grades ...76 77 153 Second grades 49 41 90 Third grades 49 46 95 Fourth grades 49 51 100 Firth grades 48 36 84 civ+r-i crra^ps 27 26 53 Seventh grades 29 27 56 Eighth gra.de 22 28 50 Ninth grade 23 30 53 Tenth grade 7 19 26 Xight school 14 27 41 Totals 393 408 801 Colored Schools. Boys. Girls. Total. First grade 120 98 218 Second grade 32 37 69 Third grade 35 42 77 Fourtih' grades 12 60 ov Fifth grade 14 21 35 Sixth grade 20 16 36 Seventh grade 9 12 21 Eighth grade 11 17 28 'Ninth grade 3 18 21 Tenth grade 3 9 12 Totals 259 308 567 Percentage of attendance in white ?t 1 scnoois, .000. Percentage of attendance in negro sd-ools, .76. Respectfully submitted, W. A. McSwain, W. G. Mayes, L. W. Floyd, L G. :Eskridge, J. Y. Jonea WORTHY DIES I> HOSPITAL. Negro Who Was Shot on Saturday Night By Tom Blair Succumbs to Wounds. In The Herald and-News of Tuesday brief mention was made of tl~e shooting of Da've Worthy by Tom Blair, npflr Halvorv church on Saturday night and of the taking of Worthy to the hospital in Columbia for treatment, as he was thought by Dr. Dunn to be dangerously wounded. "Worthy died at the hospital in Columbia Tuesday night and his remains were brought to .NewDeny on rnursday morning and Coroner Lindsay held tlte inquest, the verdict of the jury being that Dave Worthy came to his deatib from a gunshot wound at the hands of Tom Blair. Blair is still in jail. The Testimony. 1110 IOJ.1VWill5 lis UlC iccumuuj vwuuu at the inquest: Hamp (Williams sworn: I live in Newberry county. I was at Calvary church on July 24. I was on jmy way home when the fight started. Dave walked up behind Tom Blair and said, "T/vm tmn rii/? not treat me right." | AViU, / vu U*Vb ?wv _ Tom said: "What have I don to you?" Tom then -said: "I am here and you are there." M tfcat Tom Blair pulled' * out his pistol and zb&b D*re Worthy.; / Shot two times. Dave was notdofcig i anything at the time "Obis happened < in front of Bell Peaster's house. This r CLEMSON AND WINTHROP ONE M INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT JOLLY STREET >EXT TUESDAY. * Corn Club Boys and Tomato Club (iirls to Suend fchp Dav Together. Clemson and Winthrop colleges will hold a one day institute at Jolly Street school Tuesday, August 3. Everybody invited to attend. These institutes are ii4ld primarily for the purpose of giving instruction to the farmer, but everybody iias to look to the farm and farmer for a living, therefore everybody should be interested in the betterment and improvement of the farm, and if you are not interested come and we will interest you. Mr. W. H. Barton, assistant State agent, and Mr. W. P. Stewart, district agent, will be there and talk to the farmers in the forenoon, commencing about 10?30. Miss Grace Huffington of the State club work will give a bread and fire-: less cooker demonstration in tfce afternoon. Miss Parrott, State agent of clul? work, is also expected to be present and talk to the ladies on topics ot in terest. I his is tne only institute to A be held in tne county this summer, so it is hoped we will have a good attendance. T. M. Mills, Farm. Dem. Agt. - K MOTES TO DARLINGTON \ Mr. Greg? Evans, For Eighteen Years With the Newberry Cotton MUls. ^ . v 'A ' i i . . 'Mr. Gregg C. Evans, after a service of eighteen years with' the Newberry cotton mills, has resigned vnd will go to Darlington, where he * PI engage in 4Jve same business. This is a voluntary act on his part and it is regretted by the officers of the mill, as by those with whom Mr. Evans worked +/-\- !' o Ira Vi i m .loavA Mr. Evans is a native if Mississippi and came to 'Newberry county when he was about three years old and lived on the farm with his parents until he came to the Newberry mill eighteen years ago. He began in the mill at the bottom and I-as gradually worked his way to the position of overseer of the cloth room. Hf- T71w~ aaIIVA .vir. r,vans ai'oi/ u/utv. as <n;u?c ijliiciest in public affairs and served bis vrard as alderman of the town for three terms, being elecTed twice without opposition. He resigned when he moved out of the ward. He also filled the position of supervisor of registration for several terms and in all these positions he has met the expectations of his friends and filled them with ability. The Herald and News re grets to see Mr. j&vans leave, duc wishes him mighty well. He is a good citizen and a public spirited man. happened about midnight of July 24. Dave did not have any pistol. Hamp Williams. Marcellus Caldwell sworn: I live in 'Newberry county. I went to Calvary church on the night of July 24. I had started home from d-urch when the shooting happened. Hamp Wil liams, Dave Worthy, Tom Blair, John Glenn, Willie Suber and myself, Marcellus Caldwell, was along when the shooting happened. Dave walked up behind Tom Blair and asked Tom wfcat kind of a way that you treat me last nieht. Tom answered and said, who started it first? Me and John Glenn got in front and kept walking. I walked on ahead and heard two pistol shots. I turned around and sa*? Tom Blair running. Dave walked toward Hamp Williams. I did not see any tiling in Dave's hands. This happened in front of Bell Peaster s house, on tfae road on Mr. Wicker's place, on the night of July 24, 1915. Mar cell us Caldwell. Dr. W. iA. Dunn sworn: I was called to David i Worthy on Sunday morning and found him suffering from a gunshot wound in the abdomen. The ball tiered .his abdomen two inches befcFjr the usxMIJjc*! agd.oaeiacfc $9 iA. tiie ma#|fcl $oe. i aemt pfa & ?, Iioapital in Columbia, wbere he died on Tuesday, July 27, 1915. W. A. Dunn, M. D.