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The Needs of tl Schools Su To the Citizens of Newberry: beijevmg mat you want the New berry city schools to be adequate in ai] respects lor the proper education of the children of the city, we feei ir in nnv rhirv ^? trustfip.s. ir: brin<r to your attention some of the most pressing needs of our schools. We "are fairly well provided for in build ings and equipment; our most urgent need is a larger number of teachors. The natural growth in the population of the city, the increased interest in education, and the new law regu lating the employment of children in the mills have added so many pupila to certain grades that our preseni force of teachers is unable to instruct these pupils properly. After completing the fourth grade in the three mill schools the pupils are transferred to the Boundary street and Speers street schools. This year the fifth grade in each of these schools has an enrollment of over 50 pupils. 'Any one will realize that 50 pupils is a larger number than one teacher can properly instruct. We think that we should provide an addi tional teacher tor the fifth grade. We can -*put desks in a vacant room at the Boundary street school for this teacher. Tn the iTVest End school the third and fourth grades are taught by one teacher, who has to instruct and con trol over 70 pupils each school day. The enrollment in this room is 8* pupils. There is certainly a need for an additional teacher here. The mill authorities will be asked to equip a room for the extra teacher in this school. In the Speers street school the nec ond and third grades are taught by one teacher Each- grade is large en ough for one teacher, and we ought to separate these grades. The par-, ftnt.tparhpra association asked us to do this last fall but we were unable to do so for lack of funds. An addi tional room can be provided by put ting a partition in a large room. Two additional teachers are badly needed at the Hoge school, as thw following esrollment will show: first grade, one teacher, 114 pupils?hair come in the morning and half in tho afternoon; third grade 97 pupils; fourth and fifth grades, cue teacher. ' 93 pupils. They are crowded ail the way through in this school, and in addition to the two teachers there is a need of two additional class rooms. We need to an eleventh grade ' tho TTisrh *srliool All the better class High sihols have clove;* now. This is made necessary by liie fact that the .University, Winthroo, . the Cit:v>! and nearly all of ue de rrminatirral colleges have increased 1 tfceir entrance requirements to 14 1 units, and no High school should at temrt to ma-ve 14 units 'n three years. Newberry car not get into the A cla^s of schools until she ad^s an eleventh < grade. In the eleventh srr.tde v*e o !?: .* !?*> employ a man. who in addition to his 1 other work can give instruction in 1 business courses. This v.-ill e?\--!;i^ ' us to have two courses in the Hish ' coho<\1 cn/? will hpln lie tr* hold a 1 number of. pupils who would other wise drop out. We also wish to employ a special teacher of Domestic Science in the High school, one who will have the time to grive at least two lessons a week to all the cir's. Tho work in this department s'.-o "Id include real courses in those scienccs t-Mt d?al with the proper selection and prep aration of foo^ nr'l in a'l t^e derar* ments o? household economy. XT'a {*r\ 7 !> O ir ?r? C A 1 \ ^ T A A > \ ^ ?* c JCCi vi.-t 1 - AO 'C-CI -'CU * IU cv "-1 at ?200 00 to ilia salary or til ** principal at the Hisrli sr^ool. Te ;? net Ikold our efficient principal^ r 0 present salary. ana would bare to o y more to ?et another one ? : to -1 j ?. The aim-a! t iraic n 30 :s wo*1 hi he ah ant follows: Additional t~:.:her for fifth < grade nt* Boundary $ 150.00 { Ac'd'Mcral \teacher at Spcers^ c-pVpni 450.On f X ? 0 > E ? S^APEli 3IE A , PEAlE LEAK SOURCE t j >V. W. Price and J. Fred Essary Snp- x j>iy Ein&l Clue to Advance on ?n- ? son >ote, Declaring 'liiemselves ( ltesponsible for Sending* it Out Be* ( fore Kelease of Message to tlie Pub- < lie. ! j _ i Washington, Feb. &?1Two Wash- 1 ington newspaper men, J. Fred ?*- 1 1 sary, head of The Baltimore Sun bu- ^ reau. ana W. W. Price, While House ' correspondent o? The Washington iS.lil'. U^lJLllliCd Ul ILIO "leak j i today that on December :10 tliey suy- , plied alrance i'c.ecasls 01 President , Wilson's peace note of December 21, ; 'which event'ially round their way to ' the cift e c: E. F. Hut'on and Co, \ New York bickers. Eosary swore that it va- solely taxougli friendship for ^. .v.. Connoi? : ly, a. "Wa^Jn^run broker and-partner i v lw. ' 0 1 - 1 ~ - vi . (j i , Pre^i'.j-t Wilson a. i v l...j..t nnan- . cial zz:n tliat lie prepared l!io tele gram Connolly previous te Uiieil' he wrote and sent to the Hutton house over his private wire. Such informa tion as the message contained, Es sary said, he gained from consulta tions with other newspaper men and deductions he made from his knowl edge of the international situation. He added that he was not of the group j of correspondents confidentially ad-1 t vised by Secretary Lansing that the 1 note was coming. ?rice testified that he sent two mes- | sage3 to Chicago brokers, Frederick ie Newberry j ! ccinctly Stated Additional teacher at West End 450.00 Two teachers at Ho^e School, $270 each 540.0<J Teacher for eleventh grade at High school 1000.0'.! Teacher of ooniestic science at High scliool 750.90 Increase in salary oi principal High school 200.0o Desks at Boundary and parti tion at Speers 170.00 $4010.00 We believe that you need only to know these facts, and that you wiii then be willing to make provision i'oi such pressing needs. We believe you will feel, as we do, that these things are really necessary for the proper instruction of the children of the city. ! will take at least an annual levy j of two mills additional to provide what we need, and we have asKea* the legislative delegation to secure the passage of a bill that will enable: you to say whether or not you will al'ow us this additional levy of two >. Newberry has now a special ty of five mills for running expenses ; and one mill for bonds. 1l the a-.LL- 1 tional mills are addea, wc shall then j have seven mills for running cxpe:isch and one for bends. There are other needs such as ; additional fire protection, repairs, irn-i provement in buildings and equipment! that are necessary for the proper' maintenance and operation of the! schools. A copy of the bill sent by us J rtn loonalo + ivo r1cklocrr>tir>n TX*: 111 t*MC? request that it be enacted into la^v is annexed. W. A. McSWAIN. W. G. MAYES, L. G. ESKRIDGE, J. Y. JONES. GEO. S. MOWER, Trustees. A BILL RELATING TO NEtVBERUY SCHOOL DISTRICT Ee it enacted by the general assem bly of the State of South Carolina, Section 1. That the trustees of New berry scbooi district be, and tney are hereby authorized zvA empow ered to submit to the qualified elec tors of said school district the ques tion of levying annually an additional tax or two ihms on ine uoiiar, en int taxable property of said school d;s trici, for ink currcnt expenses of maintaining an dequipping the schools in said district, at an election tr> tb ordered by f"*:'1 tn stees prior to ?. 1917, on nt least fliree iVr?eks n^ice. said trustees are hereby author to ap^'juc tnree mr.insers 10 conduct said election. to fix the fcrmj of the ballot, and upon receiving the; return of said managers to declare the result cf said election. ; Sect-on 2. That if the majority cf the votes c?st' at said elec tion rhal! be in favor of the !nryi:\cr of sa'd tax the said trus tees of said school district shall cer tify such results of said election the county auditor for Xexvberry, who -hall thereafter annually assess said tax against the taxable property of | . an; owi:v?vi 3. Th?t, the trustees of said S'ewberry schoof district are hereby authorized and empowered in case :hey find it necessary to borrow mon ?y from time to time not exceeding he a^rregate the sum cf five thous and dollars, payable in not more tlir.v V":*7~ 'ill "?r'X < ? 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ " ?" ? * ^ ^ ~tm+ f "?v rr?*> Vip'y <**17 r ^ j *"ient> in tlie hnildincs and e~"''"m 'v; if pf-hco1 district ?<s r"?.1* ho the rro^er conduc* yc.d v.'vti1 ?]ir.pcs cf the oo's ?.nd to 7inv i M'"! <TT'! " ">J ?~ ' ~ ? t"'n <; " * " j ;rj71 .J-,f, f *' < > ew ' -; ] > r>"> ^ ^ | (!': if. In . tnor? i5 o v. \ - t'-r i's fr*snf?i- i ?,. ?. 4.^,^ + - .. ^ ST'O hOT'P1ty JJ:*? | o' ?~t7 ' "* vr>" ?' 'i p.1!! * t'otis *V>r ! hr? unpaid r>art tne.eo? or to torVo' ".ov;, 70r,n or jAovg *q p3y 0? the', >ame. !; i. Aldrich and Finley. Barrel & Co., J elling them lie understood Secretary! ' -.ansing was about to issue a "state-:' nent' touching on peace. Price in- { >isted that his messages were baseu j. )n information he had received from 1 jther reporters, which he did not con-: < sider confidential, and-his own inter-, pretation of the situation. George A. Ellis, .lr., a member ot; ;he Hutton firm, supplemented tfcs j ;estimony of both Essary 3nd Price, r-fe wrote the "warning" message, sent broadcast \o Hutton's corre.'oon-! !ents. ^hlcli was b-iscd. !t is row de re-Io rod, on 7\>s.iry's information. Edwin A. Kopcr. tele- rapli r-rer;i-; "or for Connolly, to iv'tom Essarv t;":C fna>'t Cf 11"?G nOt*\ tolll ]>o:v Tto'' ''i"* T. Y'*?h f irj J^ jr. n'ps, ll2d pidded v."i im to tc*l 1 py>^ Qri*- 7- %->-> J1 *orl^f fhg ,47?(-;~ i-'.f'D i" ?lvS "" S3'(' f?OT)p'' " 5a" ; . ? v t <" . i ?i T T - 1 * o ' r>f. * *m p'< f\r " hi : i ' : ' > ;T 'ill;1 f o < " 1rtV>pfw (*" f*?|. ' 1(*?!>*/? Extensive deposits or lignite have been discovered in Sicily, and min ing of fuel oi excellent quality has seen begun. A Michigan contractor is the ii tenior 01 a moior unven nuuie which quickly separate1? gravel or sand into six different sizes. ' Chicago rebuilt typewriters are inding a market in Peru. NOTICE OF ELECTION IN REAG1> SCHOOL DISTRICT >0. 8. Whereas, one-third of the resident iie^ors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of twemv-one vears. in the Reasm Lci.coi district .So. ?> of the County vi Ne-v berry, irate of South Carolina, .save a petition with the Countv . :i; <: of liiiu'--at:oii of Newberry County, oouiii Cutuiiiid, petit^o iIjcj a:<d rcir-esLiug that ic election be held hi said School District ch the o; cstioii of levying a special tax cf four (4) mills to be :olleci - on ail tae taxable property wituu he sik 1 School District. -Now, therefore, we tae undersign ed, composing the County Board of Education for Newberry County, Siate of South Carolina, do hereby ardor the Board of Trustees of the Reagin School District No. S, to bo;<i a election oa the said question of levying special tax of four (4) irills 10 be collected on the \ located in i.'ie said School hicb srj'd ' "<?,->'v5ri shall bo held at the Reagin school house in said School District So. S, on Fn rsy, the 23ru day of February, 1917, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed al 4 m. The members of the Board of Trus tees of said School District shall act as managers of said election. Only oucii electors as reside in said School Ji^rrict and return real or personal property for taxation, a*d who ex .3bit their tax receipts a^d registra :io;; certificates as required in gen eral elections, onall be alloved to otc Electors favoring tte levy of >ucn tax shall cast a ballot contain ng the word "Yes" written or print ed thereon, and each elector opposed io such levy shall cast a ballot con-; tai'iing the word "No"' written or printed thereon. (jiven under our hands and seal! this the Zzh day of February, 1917. Chas. P. barre. 0. B. Cannon. James P. Kinard, I 'embo?"S of Coi:niv 1 ?o.?rr* of HMura t ian BOTtSV DIVISION OF CLOISOS COLLEGE TO S'iTM' N EV." IMS KAS? OF CLOl'EIi AND ALFALFA CI r/.son College, S. C., Jan. 27.? A .'i.-c-a.-.e which has the possibility 01 becoming a very serious menace to tlio clover ami alfalfa fields ot the ?tate has appeared in the pait two uinu.tj ami again this season i:i the western part. Tlie causa ct'. the disease is a fungus which re mains in the soil from season to > season and renews its activ? de-' velopment at this time when clover and alfalfa are half grown, yet be-! cause of the cold and rain are in a particularly susceptible condition. In US a:i:esi Li.it; disease euiei-ia , the stems of the plants at the surface n<: coil ?n:i sreatlv weakens them. | Plants tlius weakened are beaten to; th ""o; nd curing rains, and in this cctntfition. the fungus completely in- ' fests them, rotting the stems and j leaves into a comnact grayish mat' over the soil. A field affected in this : way presents a mottled mixture of gray and green. The division of botany and plant, pathology of t:iis experiment station is verv anxious to locate all cases ot i i this dbeasr at once, and since tl e dis ease will become conspicuous .dnrfii^} February a":'1 March in infe"te-'l fiel*1 , | :>?. cc-opcrafion c," evcrvrr.e is ask ed. Specimens of suspected cases,; and information regard ins: rM= asedj gelds will 'bo csrefnllv investigated. R. C. Fanlwotter. i Lo^ An/reles city is rich, holding in the treasury mcnev. bonds anui 'pprrities of a total value of $20,-1 514.155. j To pump water out of places info! cvhicli It leaks there has been invent- i 3d an electric pump, controlled by j i float. 490 CHEVROLET "FOUR NINETY, $550 / tv a r v_-v/ a1' isr.y.o l:n-t features n-mul in iare cc;: :>i 'lion i;. tK CIIEY ROLi'Y "KG-JK- N1 ]\ Ii V," a thorough-v proven and te-sted car, thousands oi \vn: n are a..ny giv ing wonderful service. The great est value to be had in a low priced :ar. Only $550 fob. factory. J. D. QUAT7LEBAUM, Prosperity, S. C. A SHOUT CHAPTER 0> CEiiTAI> PEOI'LF A remark of a lady in Newberry* uie oaier uay prompts tne writer to ^ a few reflections. The lady's remark j was that a certain man m the ciiy ^ seemed to be lacking in common com tesy or politeness, in that, although , he knows her, he always p .sr,es with- .' cut paying the respect tha: a gentle- , man is die a lady. Now, while art- n_ minting that preoccupation of mind. ^ cr absentmindedness, plays a con- ,. s, icuous pan in such fits of tem- ^ rn-rary aberration. ti:e lady s remartv . > : ; 1 s for these thoughts: That man ^ ay be of the type of many men ia town who receive h?.uihty trea.- ^ ment at the hands of some lad:es. There are worthy men in this tou a . y\.n constantly lift their hats to ladies as they pass, without receiv- ^ ing in return the slightest aeknow- n} ledgment that the courtesy has been ^ recognized. i>Yhen these same ladies; ; ersistentlv persevere in their deter- , uiuiaiiuu IV/ uu lUiyUHlG it Ill?lt\.CS a<JLllt5 men think they, those ladies, do not desire .such politeness shown them on the part of the unnoticed men.1 Although it is natural for a gentle-! nnn to be polite to a lad}- every- d: where and at all times, still it Is 11 evtremely more pleasant and agree-1 ? able to be courteous to the real lady who, while she still retains her dig- g nity and bearing, yet gently and with yiike manners, shows that the in- ?v| born attitude of the gentleman has j| been duly noted. This writer does ? not by any means mean that a lady p m up* r> ArtAfrtrt /v ? ?. ?- 1" iimji uctcaanij g'J UUC UI IIGT W3.V to exchange a common politeness with a gentleman who happens not to be "on her list," so to sneak. It only requires a slight turn of the head and a single glance of the eye. It is a very foolish idea that seems to obsess some women to ignore the po lite salutation of a gentleman simply 'because they do not know him. It is very rude for them to thus treat, or mistreat, the gentlemen they do not know but who, in their estimation, are not worthy of being placed on t?'C same footing. There are a few women in tliis town to whom it IX hard for a man *o show noV'tenpss. Were it not for the Ia.ct that a true srentleman is obliged to be courteous to 'a lady it would be an easy matter to ]cf certain women pa^s unnotic ed. Put every man with the in stincts of the gentleman remembers. t:,at while perhars he may not hav? listers he has. livir?<r or a mo+h e-. and in re^re^t to "womanhood he a rhonM always show the politeness h ]>jc- v>y hirth rnd tninins:. It i\- n rlea^re to ??y tint most of the ^ ^-^ps in Xowbervy a^e Indie* in -deed p and in truth. This article is aimed ^ at a few who fail in comin<r up to $ a rortuirorncnts. and among that g few are several who have yet for the ?? tmamamBBBsaesggggaaBBBB 'THIS advertiser! * exclusively manufacturers of 5 pose of protecting pled fakers who p< tising low prices, \ then, through sotri requirements, cha; [ It is their custo eyeglasses with I : when one goes : charging much hi. sufficient knowied examination, and t extensive ad vert is pastures new. ?jj If any member read th}s advertise] are warning the pe good and sufficien First, you are usinj you uu nui iiesiutii statements, to pros pie thereby. Secoi the optical field, a we do not expect i we have, neverthe ourselves a commi whenever we find with honest poo merit that privlleg rst time to show that they are not ^norant of the patent fact that many uen in this town have repeatedly aised their hats in paseing. This is to fe.lL- nf a nurnhpr i"?f man whn ?ae ley have worn out several hats try lg to get certain ladies to show that ley saw them in the act. But maybe iey Cuii t help it. It was not boru 1 them. They were not reared in le right atmosphere. Their livers iay have soured their dispositions, hey may have left their home in a ad humor after a row with seme lember of the family. It would seem > be so easy and natural for ladies > be pleasant and popular. It is isy to tell the sweet and beautiful les from those who. to say Lie least. *e neither sweet nor pretty, for there a beauty of soul and min-d that all omen do not po-ssess and which, to lose who do possess it, shines in their -lar&rters and makes them beauti il in person. [JRY DRAWN FRIDAY FOR COJOfOX PLEAS The following petit jurors were rawn 0:1 Friday by the jury com lissioners for the court of common zszm&mm Come to At our new ner of the p S fni* rr/\rtd4 fiif?i gWW, A VK1 J right i Special Tickets Pictx lent is authorized and paid by Stephens and Compan >tevens> Quality Optica! Go the peopie of Newberry, i ose as opticians, and who, ?et people into their pJace e cock-and-bull story abo rge exorbitant prices for >m to advertise ''high-erac O C5 ises and examination for *< > they readily find ;hcr prices. Seldom have Z? to make it safe for one \ he whole scheme is to wj :irsnr ?rvr ci n^r*a or members of that faker ment, we would like to sa ople of Newberry again* t reasons: y unfair methods in conipi 3 to lie in your advertisin r>ncf-r?m nrc idly, you are doing a crool portion of which we occi maided to make an optical less, without anger or m< ttee of one to swat you you. Wewanttoiive in ; and v. e are willing to C/ /pa \r.^ *** #\: *7 v* v - * \ p k '? ?.-1' t*Jn iL. "...7 xi> *Via? ^vc^' Vy' L+ Incorporated F - RHOl Indorsed by T. M. Rogers BBcaa^nHB pleas for the week beginning Febru ary 19: J. W. Ringer, J. A. Sease, C. F SterHn^. 0. <\ Smith, L. f. .>eison. A. P. Ruff, Jesse B. Mayes, W. B. Graham, T. W; Henderson, W. H. Sterling, G. W. Shealv, Geo. F. Hun ter, H. B. Hendrix, K. T. Werts, G. Sanford, R. K. Burton, Jno. T. Tim merman, E. B. Martin. F. S. Iymg. J. B. Scurry, Jesse Jones. J. I). Bialock, Dennis Ward ell, X. A. Moore. J. W. Werts, <W. P. Shepherd, W. I. Boozor, H. C Fellers. Walter Mills, Geo. J. Sligh, J. L. Bedenbaugh, J. Robert I/ike, D. L. Kinard, A. M. .Johnson. R. G. Smith. W. H. Hendrix. NOTICE ABOIT (OMMCTATIOV T \ X. The time h?.s been extended for th? payment of the Commutation Tax All persons liable to road duty will be worked the full six days uulesa * i I I rvivrin - nnt t' . i u. LUC lei A {'Hi . i an. f^iuu > vui.? notice to let the people know that th?*. law is go' to enforced; and i*" you are called on to work the roads, when you are busy in the farm, don?| blame me. .T. C. SAMPLE. County Supervisor. e i to Mch 15. place. Cor ublic square, niture at the /? With Framed ures ' J 5 ays Its Oik, it's Oak for solely and y, Incorporated, ods, for the pur igainst uaprinti , though adver-v of business and nt thpir snpria! inferior goods, le spectacles or :>ne dollar." hut r.n excuse fcr these grafters a ? to trust thtir 3rk a town by nu iuuii nj i<j band chance to y to them?We st you for two etition, because g and in your ing many peo sed business in :py; and while heaven on earth ilice, appointed and ycur kind a dean house do our part to )? ISLAND