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?? ^ I ? ? XUCOE GUTTER VISITS e THE DEWBERRY SCHOOLS i 2Hr. Editor: t During the past week the State Su- ? 5>ervisor of Rural Schools had the op. 1 portunity to spend four days in New- ( hp.rrv county visitine schools in com- < l>any with the county superintendent j "*>{ education. Two days were spent < In the lower part of the county, and < two were given to the upper part. ] During the present fall ,the schools i Starve encountered many obstacle? 'There was never a time, perhaps, ia rour history when sickness interfered - so-much in their operation. In addition to this the war situation has created an unprecedented demand for rtcaehrrs. Many schools have been un ~-able to secure teachers The rural supervisor was impressed, however, that during the past week the schools Newberry county were not suffering quite s^- roich as the schools in some other empties. Ir. fact, many of th^ schools visited were running in excel3ert shape. Tuesday the followirg schools were < vis'ted: Monticello, Saluda, O'Neal1., ^nd Fairview Monticello is this "/ear a one-teacher schooL The en rollment the past session at Monticello and present conditions would justify two teachers at this School. To do the work that the school is attempting, two teachers ja^e needed, but the district is without sufficiert funds to run successfully with two teachers. A rural graded school is it-eeded. To secure this school special tax would have to be increased to four mills, and with this increase and with "the equipment and enrollment of the past year, the school would receive $200 State aid. This increase in the funds of zhe district is urgently needA short visit was made at Saluda "This school is now running with one teaefcer, and the enrollment hardly Justifies the employment of two teachers for the full term. The school has :a good building, and a generally satisfactory condition was found. TTNeall, the next school visited, is 1>i need of a new and modern building. A splendid enrollment was found In this school, especially of larger -pupils. The school work is well or ^ranized and progressing in a most , satisfactory manner. The people o* the school district feel the need of a new 'building, and the prospects are that the erection of a new house will; %e tinder way at an early day. Thej f*?str>'rt should also increase its taxj "$o four mills la order to qualify for .; s rr?ra! graded school aid. l^airyiew, the last school visited on ; ' i "Tuesday, is also in need o* a new| ^r.Hding and an increase in the spec-!: ifefl tax in order- to receive the maxi-; "mum of State appropriation. The en -! -ollmeiit of the school and the attend- [ \ art* t>f the larger children show the!: for such a step on the part,' "of the people of the district The peo- J \ .t>*2 are now considering tak'n-g both J i and a new house and. i well organized graded school are ex- ; rpected at the opening of another ses-' i - sum. \ j ] Whelard wa? the first school visile J j Wednesday. * The school house was < a^>r.ed for a one-teacher school, but I 'feclllties liave been provided for two < teachers, and the accommodations are i "Very satisfactory. Wheeland has ' a 1 lax for a rural graded school, but the i -school has not at present the enroll- 1 "ment required under the rural graded, vscbool law, which is fifty The pupils ] "are in the district, but for some rea- < son, they are not in school. If the1? jiarents of these children would en- l Toll them in school, the children-them- t selves would 'tye greatly benefitted, ? mud they would enable their school i to profit more largely from State ap- 'i / ~propr!ation. It would <he unfortunate 2 t|or all the children of the district to g be denied the advantages of a rural f : graded school because a few of the t Children are not enrolled. The en rollmeiit of? these children seems to I ibe the greatest need at present. s ISwiltor>, the second school vlsifed1 r Wednesday, was visited 'by the rural c w "supervisor last year. This school is t wSil organized as a two-teacher, t school, except that like many other*. j.t it expects teachers to do more ad- j s vanT<5ed work than two teachers can i c r ^oossltrtyUnd time to do. This schoolj f Is* so near l.ittle Mountain that 'rib could hardly "become a strong rural j t ^seated school and give the children 'c ^all the advantages that they need. As | s - was pointed out last year, Excelsior j s anil Swilton need to be consolidated.. f i~ There is room for one good rural e [graded school between Little Moun-;,g " tain and Prosperity. A portion of the c 'Excelsior district should be given to Prosperity, and a portion of the Swi!- j t; * ton district to Little Mountain. Tha! b - iwn-to af iTkrtth dVsfrifti? i A l'<" ^ * v. ? WA. -- ^ ' should be consolidated, and an up-to J n vdate school "building sufficient to ac-jp commodate the pupils erected midway: j between Little Mountain and Pros- J tl perity. The corporation wealth of (tl this district would supply the school g -with sufficient funds to maintain an b xcellent rural graded school. . n< Hunter-DeWalt was the last school e: visited on Wednesday. A splendid w wo-story building was erected at this n school a few years ago, and an excel- tl ent rural graded school is being con- b lucted in this building. Three teach- ti }rs a>e employed, and the work was v found to be well organized. -Effort n was made to reach at least one other i'i school in the lower part of the county \ but automobile trouble made it impos- c sible for .us to visit further 011 Wed- d nesday. t Our first visit on Thursdaay was to , be made at Chappells but on account c of influenza, the rchool at Chappel?s j was closed. The superintendent and ( rural supervisor had the opportune, ^ however, to discuss the needs of the j Chappells school with the trustees of j a. 1 the district. For tne proper aeyeiuy- ? ment of the Chappells school, three j teachers are imperatively needed. Two teachers can not do the work ^ now expected of them. A two mill . increase in the special tax with the consequent- increase in the State aid would enable the trustees to employ ^ three teachers for this school. This ^ tax increase would be so slight on the local taxpayers that the tax ought ro J be voted without delay. The corpora- . tion wealth in this district and the ^ additional State aid would almost give j j dollar for dollar for tlie amount of . the increased tax. > From Ohappells a short vis?t was made at the Vaughville school. Th's is a one-teacher school in an old ? { building of the one-room type. The house is now rather dilapidated. In , fact, the school is in need of new , building and equipment throughout , The enrollment at Vaughnville is suf. . fic^ent only for a one-teacher school. After the erection of a new building and. equipment, one teacher could cio excellent elementary work ^ at >this school. 4 Children above the seven! h grade, however, should receive more advanced instruction at the Chappelb school. This district is also without tax. In these days of State aid, there is hardly a country district that can run a good school wthout special tax Vaughnvill needs this tax, along with new building and equipment. Silverstreet was next visited. This is a three-teacher school With the I. . _ ? recent increase In the special tax ai r Silverstreet there are prospects of a ' seven month term under good condi- ? t*ons at this school. The school work has been somewhat disorganized by ' sickness, but the work is well dis- j tributed and satisfactory conditions . were found. ' j Trinity and Smyrna were both vis- ^ ited in the afternoon of Thursday c Both these schools are two-teacher schools in splendid two-teacher buiidi The work of both schools was ^ well organized, and most satisfactory} conditions were "found, except that' again tlfe parents were expecting two! teachers to do more work than two teachers can "fir<5 time to do. Each school is attempting ten grades. The teachers in both instances are doing1 their best to cover the ground, but *21 such a stuation, superficiality will' result. Trinity is in need of an ell-: rollment of four pupils in order to j qualify as a rural graded school/1 Surely a parent whc^bas a child now out of school will be interested enough in the school, as well as in i the child to see that this school does i dot fail of rural graded school aid ; because of a negligent parent. , Jalapa was the first school visited Frday:' morning. Two pupils are need-' ?d at this school to bring the enroll-1 nent up to 50, the required number! tor a two-teacher school. The pupils j ire in the district, and tne parents; ihould put them in the school at once j Fhe class room work at Jalapa was; organized and was proceeding in j I t highly satisfactory 'manner. Here | i gain, however, the teachers were! inding it difficult to find time to cover en grades of work. Kinards, the next school visited, las no prospect this year of securing efficient enrollment to become a rual graded school. In an effort to give A ollege preparation to students, two n eachers in this school are expected e o cover ten grades of work. Wita p he exception of domestic science, this ri. chool is attempting to offer practi ally all the subjects taught in a run- g) Iedged city hio-h school. A few e] right pupils may cover the ground, ut the average pupils, those who oiistitute the great majority in our ^ chools, will likely fall by the wayide in- such an effort. A thorough oun-dation in the fundamentals of an V1 ducation, "beginning from the first v[ rade upward, should be the ideal of ^ ur country schools Independence and Bush River were he last schools visited. These are & oth one-teacher schools in adjoining istricts. Both schools are in need of fc ew buildings and equipment. Es- R ecially is this true of Independence sc t has been proposed to consolidate n< hese two schools. In passing over lie territory, the rural supervisor was CO reatly impressed with the practica- so lity of such a project An ideal site/Io ear the country church recently rected could likely be found. T* 'ould be an excellent, community enter from every standpoint. Witli ie cosolidation, there would likely e necessary some alteration of dis- ! rict lines, but the rural superviso ras impressed that school opportunities in the two districts involved and q some of the adjoining districts rould be greatly improved by the arrying out of this project. A splenlid rural graded school could eas'Jy ie the result. After returning to Newberry, the :ounty superintendent took the su>ervisor to the new school building at Jarmany. It was a genuine pleasure o see this new school house. This las long been in comtemplation. The >uilding is most excellent in design md in finish?a distinct credit to the >eople of the community. The longer the rural supervisor visits rural schools, the more is he mpressed with the tendency to introluce new subjects into the school curriculum. Sometimes n?w subjects are worthy of introduction, at other times ;hey are highly desirable for the plea sure and profit of tne pupil, in coun. :ry schools, however, teaching time s one of the greatest needs of the teacher. Time given to a new subject, therefore, will always result n loss of time from some of t.he )ther subjects. As a result, the new subject of doubtful value should lever find a place in the program of i country school. The ruarl supervisor feels that the tendency that he ias observed this fall to introduce French is greatly to* bedeplored. French is greatly to be deplored jq our schools. An effort to teach it iviil result in time wasted on French; ind a greater lack of thoroughness n the fundamentals of an. education. More and more is the supervisor impressed also with the necessity of adrising against the attempt of one:eacher, two teacher and three-teacher country schools to do the work of a real high school. Such efforts are isually made to accommodate a few 3right pupils who desire college preparation. These v efforts, however, isually resftilt disastrously for the jommon. run of pupils who wish instructions in the common branches rhorough teaching from the first jrade up should be the aim in all oar schools, especially the country schools The rural supervisor greatly enjov;d the week in Newberry county. It las ever been? a pleasure to work vith the school folk of the county. Ie will look forward with pleasure o an early return to the Newberry chools as time permits. < {Very truly, Jliueco Giuiter Columbia, IS. C., Dec. 10, 1018. War Swings Stamps i Purchased in December for *4 99 ??h Y'TlhV VMVU . / * - - , . ' 1 Will be worth, . Jan. 1,1923 &E00 Save, and Buy W. S. S? ! t w ' I Jiews of Excelsior. ? , Excelsior, Dec. 9.?The 'Rev. W. Ray - ??* JlUerSOU OI l^itureiis spent jjivi :uqt ig.ht in- this section, tre guest of Mr i f. M Cook's family. Mr. Anderson | reached in the school building at j ight to a large audience. Mr. Ira Dominick and fam Jy of this j action have moved to the Levi Fell-i rs place near Boyd's crossing. Our farmers have about finished >wing grain and now getting ready >r Christmas. Mr. ikJlcen Stone and wife of Jack^on. ille, Fla., are spending several days ith relatives and friends in this sec(VT. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Bradley have jen on a several days' visit to h:s .ther's familiy in Georgia. Miss Rosalee Wheeler left Saturday r her school at Lancaster. Miss osalee was delayed in- opening her :hool on account of the serious illjss of her sister, Miss Helen. :3amuel A., son of Mr. and Mrs Siarles Livingstone, of Camp Jackin, has been bean on a few days furugh home < *IT HAS MADE MY LITTIE SON SPRY AS A BABBIT.*' Slx-Year.Old Boy Was Thin and Puny Father Gave Him Bree^ and "I Can Almost See Him Grow," . He Says. ' ? * t i. i*.. AS tne scnooi leruu. reucucs height, attention is directed to the oftrepeated advice of leading educators warning teachers, parents and scholars against the fearful results of exhaustive brain work among young people To thousands of boys and girls, unnerved by the strain of school life, Dreco, the wonderful new herbal medicine, has been fou.nd a blessing, making them well and strong, feeding the brain and nerves, and enriching aud purifying the blood. The recent recommendations of Dreco by leading authorities and the equally outspoken praise of this greatest of remedies by scores of parents throughout the South are the best recommendations any medicine can have. Nothing in the world so strengthens the weak, so readily restores lost nerve force, so surely makes the ail''fag ard peevish young woman or growing boy well and cheerful as a treatment by nature's own beneficial methods. "My little son, Varney, was in a terribly run-down condition" declares jH. I. Lewis, the highly respected farmer of H. F. D. No. 3, Winston-Salem. 7 He has always been a puny and delicate child and I couldn't get anyth?n^ to make him stow. But Dreco' has hit the spot and he is improving wonderfully every day. His color is good. , appetite fine, and I can almost <?ee him grow. It has made him as spry as a rabbit and I told him the other day I would have, to slow him up as he was getting to6 alive." Dreco does its curative work iD a simple straightforward way. It waste? little time in getting all its energies to work feeding the tired, worn-out nervosa tract, filling the arteries with rich, new blood and building up the body for i'ts fight against disease, ODreco is sold throughout the country by leading druggists ani is'xpar; tieularly recommended in Newberry by Gilder and Weeks. APPLJCmO\ FO^ APPOrVTXENT An nmr rfi nir A DT?T4V VC r biijuiv Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will make application *o < Honorable Frank B? Gary, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, at Chambers in Abbeville, 5. C.,'on December 18th, 1918, at 11 o'clock a, m., for tb3 appointment of the Judge of Prolan for Newberry county. S. C., as guardian of the estate of Grace Perkins, Charles Perkfru and Annie 33elle Perkins, minors over fourteen ve&rs of age; who, each own a one-flitii iltidl<n+<ar?act in thp rpfll and nersoual *4V.U wivvi v v in v.v - _ jt ~ - estate of their father, I. J. Perkins, deceased; the value of same being at this time undetermined, and that no j fit, competent or responsible person jhas been found who is willing to assume said guardianship. ? G. L. Perkins, >As Administrator of the personal es: tate of I. J. Perkins, deceased; arH uncle of said minors. ' Dec. 3-1<H1l | Wttnnanififcft' C&tclard Big Boll cotton Seed. 11lS?e si?ed have beeii handled with care strH not mixed ?rice $1.50 per bushel ?iant these i Seed and m^ke big yield, John T. Jterris, Newberry, RFD 2 >&? DRUl??Please let us have tfak empty drum we loaned you. We' need them badly, so we can*fill or i flora nrnmrrtlr Don't overlook this request but attend to this promptly. Summer Bros. ?o. 12-3 l!l For headache, neuralgia, colds and grippe prudent physicians now advise The improved tablet in which the heart-depressing - tendency is counteracted by heart-toning elements. To avoid confusion Aspitone is sold only in unbroken packages. Price 35c. At P. E. WAT, DRUGGIST. #00 'S93-3AL V SlftlTO Slanders, Walkers, "ffiets-lt" for Corns i World Has Hever Known Its Equal. "What will get rid of my corn?" The answer has been maie bv mil lions?there's only one corn-remover ! that you can bank on, that's absoj lately certain, that makes any corn ; Corn-Paial* Eased-the Cam Is Doomed t # 111.. . 1 "u CM IU ucci ii6ui vmjl uao ? vaucuio skin?and that's magic "Gets-It" ! Tight shoes and dancing even when you have a corn need not disturb you if you apply a few drops of ! *Gets-Itr on the corn or callus. ? You want a corn-peeler, not a corn{ fooler. You don't have to fool with j corns?you peel them right off with ! your fingers by using "Gets-It" ! Cutting makes corns grow and bleed. Why use irritating salves or make a bundle of your toe with tape or bandages? Why putter and still have the corn? Use "Gets-It" I *~your corn-pain is over, the corn ; is a "goner" sure as the sun rise? "Gets-It" the guaranteed, m*hejr? ; back corn-remover, the onlywsure J way, costs but a trifle at any drug store. MTd by E. Lawrence & CoH Chicago, 111. , ..Sold in dewberry, and recommend ed as the world's te3t corn remedy | by W. G. Mayes, P. E. Way, Newberry j Drug Co., Gilder & Weeks Co. TAX RETTR>S. ?0? ' / I, or an authorized agent, will be j at the following places named below I for the purpose cf taking tax returns I of personal property for the - fiscal | year, 1919: , i Whitmire, Tuesday, Jaa 7. Gleun-Lowry, Wednesday, Jan. 8th. Kinards, Thursday, Jan. 9th. Lougshores. Friday, Jan. 10th. Ohappells, Monday, Jan. 13th. P. N. Boozer's, Tuesday, Jan. 14th "Silverstreet, Wednesday, Jan. 15th. St. Luke's. Thursday, Jan 16th. O'Neall, Friday, Jan. 17th. Prosperity, Monday and Tuesday, ,Jan. 20th and 21st. T.lttlA ATn'untiin Wpdrflfiflav. ' .Tar? 22nd. Jolly Street, Thursday, Jan. 23rd. Pomaria, Friday, Jan. 24th. Glymphville, Tuesday, .Jan. 2Sth. * J. L. Crooks, Wednesday, Jan. 29th Maybinton. Thursday, Jan. 30th. And in the Auditor's office. in the court house until February 20, after which date 50 per. cent penalty will be added. The law requires a tax On all notes and mortgages and money; also income tax rtn i&conids of over $2,500. There is a capitat'Ofl tax on all dog? i Of fifty cents. < All male persons between the age? of 21 and 60 are liable to pay a poll tax of $1.00 unless otherwise exempt /.ll persons ownipg property in more thaw one school district will he required to make returns in .each district, as the tax books will be made jp by school districts instead of townships in 1919. ' Be careful to state whether you have houeht or sold real estate ciur.i ing the year 1918. J. B. H YL/FACRE. Cou-nty Auditor Lavalliem*, tj^celet Waters. Cameo, Procches, Ear Pins, Diamond Riffgs j Pink Sapphire 'Rings, Pearl Rings at j Cooper's Jewelry Store. Make your I selection JDOw before they are pick- j ed over. 12-6~ tf [See Ps for Or&nges, apples, raisin?, [ nut*, etc. BryaOfl G-rocery Co. I, IU It FTAjffteD?A cottage,-' to' fotf? <>r five rooms.' Deslratrie locatid# ?n<l ?ir~ den. Pc&s?ssIon wanted as can be gff&t. Address Father, <?aY?, Herald and Xews. JDif J MMMV\ s J^HAiS? gy| Ex?3eBtoM?dicineO(X, ^ \ j ^I * >^J^hEJ hort- eoK,e 884 n*to82 *W sou mum.j u*> a wu uuu op any way I ?ut to. I am eudinz you my pic<on to tbow jwa how pretty Sxe!?nto h&s ma4? ft RtlJ.TT! RgglY Don't let some fake Kink Hanover tod you. You really can't straighten your hair until it is nice and long; That's what EXELENTO POMADE I 1 <r> j a I QOes,raQOVe8wnaruu,accuawn>Mw?,v. the hair, and makes i grow long; soft and silky. After naing a few times yoacan tell the difference, and/after a little while it will be so pretty and Ions: that yen can fix i ". up to suit you. If Exelento don't do as a we claim, we will give your money back. Price 25c by mail on receipt of stamps orccia. AC.SWTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for particulars. i 0>CE REPORTED DEAD; >OW BACK ON D TY. Lieutenant Caldwell Formerly ?f Chester and Columbia Serving With His Regiment i . , The State. Chester, Dec. 10.?Ueut. WilLam F. Caldwell ,infantry, previously official-^ )v reported as having died October l1 IfeM from wounds receive in action, is now reported as having reported for duty 1 with the Three Hundred and Twentyseventh Infantry, according to a tele gram just received by his brother, R. B Caldwell, from Adjutant General Harris. Lieut. Caldwell was -formerly a prominent South Carolina newspaper writer. mT CVA1VPC CAD ULl jLVAii u run ^ YOUR PAIN RELIEF % ' i'.v You don't have to rub it In to get quick, comforting relief l i ~ i ii Ones you've tried It on that stiff Joint, sore muscle, sriatie pr.in, rheumatic tw&ige, Same tack, youU find a warm, soothing relief year never thought a liniment could produce. Won't staia tlie sLIa, leaves no muss, V wastes no time in r.pplying, sure to give quick results, A large bottle ; means eeonomy. Your own or any NOTICE TO CKEMTOB& <{ _ *?$ All and singular the creditors of the late W. Frank Brown, deceased^** ? are hereby required to file their exclaims duly attested and establish the j same before me on or before the l?t& |||| day^jf December, 1918. Said ceditors are enjoined by an order of the court from prosecuting their demands else WUBIC. > HI H Rikard. Ka8ter.~" Citation for Letters of Administration. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROM* A^ County of dewberry, Ey W. F. Ewart, Probate Judge: Whereas, Jim Ruff made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administratioi^ -ot the Estate and effects of Horace 211#. ;.s These are, therefore, to cite and ad. nonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Horace Raff. | \ i deceased, that they be and appear bei fore me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, on Monday, 16th day of December, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore- , j noon, to show cause, if any they have j why \he said Administration should not be granted. x Given under my hand this 23rd day ! of November, Anno Domini 1918. 2 * -Y W. P. EWART. X R J. N. C. . 1?| - . <A'v % W.OTEO?Subscriptions, new or renewal, to the Progressive Farmer, Needlecnft, Ladles' (Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, Woman's Home Companion, McCall Magazine and aay t other nerfndireil that la wanted'. At '? ! publishers' prices. Please send i your subscriptions to me or phone | 251. 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