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Hi jS - ; pi * * ? * . . ' _ l? ... . .. .. . i: ? ' [ ' ! - . . - . i i . - . .i mmmmmrn VOLUME LVI.. NUMBER 39. - NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920. TWICE A WEEK. *2.00 A YBAft ? ' , ' ' V i ?^ MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED IN NEWBERRY j < . Got. Cooper Makes Fine Address. . Old Veterans Enjoy Dinner Served i by the Daughters. It was a great and- enjoyable day for the honored guests of the city bn Wednesday; the Confederate Vet-i brans. Everywhere one saw gallant; rt.f tKo rinnfpderatp arm v. ^^vvciiciaus vi W4v ? w ? ^ some.walked with a step as spry as a fr youni. man, while others were stoop-: ed a? leaned heavily on their canes for Support. j / The families of many of the veter-*! ans came with them and the city was all abustle with passing motor cars and throngs gathered on the streets. The stores and restaurants were busy for most of the day. I InHhe morning, services were held at the opera house at which Mr. J. F. j J. Caldwell presided. Gov. Cooper made the address of the day and his * - ^ i i speech was enjoyed Dy xne large auuience which had gathered to hear him. Gov. Cooper is a splendid' speech maker and he was at his best on Wednesday. j The following program was carried out: Song, "Dixie," scripture reading by the Rev. J. L. Daniel; hymn "How firm a foundation,* roll call of vet-' | erans who have passed away during ! - the past year, 13 of them have died; j 'quartet by Miss Carolyn Cromer,: Mrs. S. J. Derrick, Dr. John B. Setz?ler, Pi'of. 0. B. Cannon; greetings from Miss Sudie Davenport representing the Dickert-Schumpert chapter; greetings from Miss Marion ** Jones representing Calvin Crozier, chapter. Bestowal of gold medal on1 - Miss Mary Alice Suber for best essay on some Confederate subject by aMaember of the high school, - awafcS! by the Drayton Rutherford ^ chapter. | There were several veterans at the j services who are past the four score ; mark, Mr. D. E. Sease who is up in * the nineties and Mr. D. P. Ward and ?ossibly some others. In fact all of * them are now way up in the seventies. | Miss Grace Kohn, a daughter of i Rev. E. H. Kohn, an old Newberry ^ boy, of Mt. Holly, N. C., sang "Tent ing> On the Old Camp Ground," and she rendered this beautiful and fitting song so well that the audience was held in breathless silence, until at the clo^e of her song when they burst ^orth in voluminous applause. , After this very enjoyable exercise the veterans were invited to repair to the upper story of the old court house, which was loaned to the local chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy by the Ameri an legion, where a delightful dinner was - served by the many charming ladies of the U. D. C. who showered good things to eat and every attention on the honor guests. j Among thegood things to eat must be mentioned the barbecued hasn ' which was served. This was prepar ed to the queen's taste and was relished by the diners. r* - | The dining hall was decorated with flowers and bunting and on every table there was a profusion of roses which gave the place a home- j like and charming appearance. Just in the rear of the old court house stands the monument erected to perpetuate in everlasting marble j n-P /mit. qnHioTs anH ' uie gaiiaut icvuiu ui vui ov>u>v>x ?? this was covered with garlands and! wreaths of evergreens and flowers. Even to the apex of the shaft the ivreaths were placed and instead of j appearing, as a monument of cold gray marble it seemed more as a living one, with blossoms bursting forth on all sides. These floral trib-j ates were from the school children, who gathered about the base of the monument and sang . appropriate songs. * H Wa/lnna/loir woe an on. AU 111 ait II fcuuvauu; hmu ? *? ~? joyable day for the visitors and a busy one for those who are wont to honor with loving acts of kindness the "Thin Gray Line" who gather with us once each year as our guests. Perhaps next year some of those who gathered here on Wednesday will have passed into the great beyond and their places will be vacant, but in our memory the gallant defenders of the Confederacy will never grow dim nor be forgotten. CLOSING PROSPERITY HIGH p/>nrk/\t tiircfvav mav or; i i, m.n i The closing exercises of the Prosperity high school will be held Tuesday evening May 25. We acknowledge receipt of an invitation to attend from the principal Miss Mayme Swittenberg and in accordance with a habit formed many years ago and kept up during the intervening years we will try to be present. There are eighteen members of the class finishing at this school this year, about ! equally divided among the boys and ihe girls. Sunday School Convention No. 10. The Sunday school convention of No. 10 township will be held at St. Pauls Lutheran church on the 5th Sunday of this month. The program will appear later. T. J. Wilson, Chairman. L. B. Bedenbaugh, Secretary. PROSPERITY HONORS MEMORY ? I WEARERS GRAY AND KHAKI ' ' I Prosperity, May 12.?Honor to the ' wearers of the gray and the khaki f alike was paid Tuesday afternoon in I memorial exercises at the town hall. 1 The school, marching in a body, following the old veterans and the boys I n-e fvin wr>-rla war was vptv imores- 1 VX WiiV ?* v* * V* ? ? I. ?^ x sive. "Dixie," "The Bonnie Blue s Flag," and "America, the Beautiful," r were sung with much enthusiasm by p the school children. ! Dr. G. Y. Hunter was master of v ceremonies. He reported that out of \ Co G, 13th regiment, numbering 108 C 59 years ago, there are still 21 sur- v viving. A prominent place was given 1 an old tattered and torn Confederate 1 floor nf silk whiph was the orisi- h rial flag used in Co G, 13th regiment, v This flag was,given to the William p Lester chapter, by Mr. G. D. Brown. Rev. J. D. Griffin, speaker of the o afternoon, spoke on "Heroes of a i; Lost Cause." Briefly he spoke as f follows: j We gather today not to perpetuate * sectional hatred, not to fill the minds a and hearts of our young people with ? revengeful feelings toward the north, *We love our country, we love our v flag, not that we love our country * less, but with warm and honest hearts we avow, though our Confederacy be J huried forever, though it be spoken f of as a lost caifse, we still love and 1 revere the truth and integrity, the faithfulness and fortitude, the honor and virtues, the genius and patriot-; c ism of the heroes who led our: s armies and directed our destiny at J this crisis. - i11 Rev. Griffin forcefully stated the ; true causes of the war and empha-1 * sized that these be taught our chil-' ^ dren in order that they may know' that the Soath fought not to perpet- j. uate slavery but the fundamental. principles of the constitution of the J United States. v j In conclusion Rev. Griffin said: "It!. is true they were overpowered, that'1: the name of the Confederacy as a 2 nation is effaced from the.- pages of i v history for all time to, jcoroe^ yet the ? cheeks of our children will not blush J for its fate, but will flush with pride J as they hear the tale of the patienpe,! J: the faithfulness and fortitude, the J adventurous daring and heroism and; ' 11. / _ xl i the victories 01 tneir noDie iatners. \ Our Confederacy sank in sorrow but v thank God not in shame.. Dark and * gloomy clouds gathered in folds 11 around its setting but they did not, j * they could not blacken it. It lit j * them with effulgence, with its own {t transcendent glory. We place flow-1 ers upon the garves Of our departed j1 heroes today and in doing this plant j 1 them upon the grave "of our Confed-; ' eracy not as an emblem of a hoped i for resurrection but to embalm it in! fc our fragrant memories and most \ c precious affection^. And turning,1 from the ashes of our dead past to i the active duty dictated by the ex- J | amples and counsels of our departed! leaders, Albert Sidney Johnston,} ^ Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, j and Jefferson Davis, we will labor1 ? with a fidelity wrought by the stern! but noble di%fcipline of our past ex- i . ; perience for the maintenance of the j | constitutional liberty they imperiled j { their lives to save and for the promo-1 f-irm nf fhp true nrosDeritv. nroeress) I and glory of our 'common cuntry-'" s I 3 "Captain, I Will Die First." I That was the last remark made to Captain W. S. Langford by one of ^ the 'soldiers of his company in the Spanish-American war. The brave soldier was John M. Kinard of this ' county. This fact has been brought ( j out in a wire ?om Captain Langford 1 to two of the surviving members of 1 the company, Messrs. W. W. Farrow 1 i and T. G. Williams. Captain Lang- 1 1 - * 1? ^ - i 4-VofH | lord was unaer uie juiprcaaivn I the banquet to the survivors' of his | company was to have been held on : Memorial day but that event was postponed until some more suitable day j in the near future, when it is hoped ! that the captain may be present. At [ | that time it is the intention to have a I I prominent speaker on hand as orator! j for the occasion. Following is the I telegram: i Wichita Falls, Texas, j May 11, '20. j J W. W. Farrow and T. G. Williams, j ! Newberry, S. C. Regret exceedingly that circumstances are such that I can not be with you and the boys tomorrow. Please have good dinner on me. Draw for entire expense. Will donate one hundred dollars towards suitable monument to the memory of deceas- j Mmradp Jr?hn M. Kinard. a hero , I V VA*** J V v.... if there ever was one. When sur-IJ geon tendered him a discharge with- j, out it being an honorable one, which j he deserved, I well remember his re- j ply: "Captain, I will die first." And ^ he did. Please accept my greetings. . Best wishes and personal regards. [ W. S. Langford. ( 4 1 ZION SCHOOL CLOSES ?" ? * CiTllDniV i wnn rivn iv ??m viwrn - _______ i There will be a picnic at the Zion 1 school on Saturday, May 15. The < closing exercises will begin at 11 o'clock and the public is cordially in- s vited to be present. Ice cream and drinks will be sold ] for the benefit of the school. 1 . A / iEDPATH CHAUTAUQUA HERE NEXT WEEK Preparations are now being made or the opening of the Seven Day tedpath Chautauqua in this city, May .9, with one of the biggest and best >rograms ever brought here by the hureau including seven big ? w _ ectures on the timely and interesting ubjects of the day, six big musical lumbers and two very interesting lays. TW W TT! "Rnmnpl nr "Dnd" as he i-as called by the thousands of sailors j vrho learned to know him at the I jreat Lakes Naval Training station j rhere he has been civilian pastor sii ce i 918, will use as the subject for nis: ecture, "Facing the Task." As aj ecturer Dr. Rumpel is noted for the! ivid, dynamic manner in which he j iresents themes of importance. Dr. Carolyn E. Geisel "The Apostle J 1 lieaitn" will speaK on me interest-; ag subject of'"How to be old at i orty or young at seventy." Henry A. Adrian the Burbank man,. )onald H. McGibney, noted writer i .nd lecturer, Hon. C. G. Jordan,! )pie Read who is well known in the I louth and Ralph Parlette, publisher, I writer and humorous philosopher are I he other notable attractions. The Sibyl Sannis singers, a quar-1 ette of young ladies and Miss Mary! ^ I ^ameron, pianist; miss jLouise otai-j ings, lyric soprano and the Mendoll- j ohn Trio; the New York Opera J lingers; the Emerson Williams Con-| ert company in Scotch costumed) ketches; and the Swiss sipgers and rodlers in native costumes are the' iiusical attractions. Mr. V. S. Watkins 'reader and inerpreter will appear on the second lay. full and complete production of 'Pinafore" with full scenic and Iightng effects and a cast of genuine art- j sts will be a feature of the Chauauqua this season. "Nothing But the Truth," a rollickng comedy which ran for more than l season at the Broadway Theatre irill be shown here on the sixth night, is a comedy this play is in a class by tself and is full of amazing . and unny situations from the heroes inention to tell "Nothing But the' [ ruth/' V The Redpath Chautauqua is too rell known to the people of Newberry o require more than the statement hat the 1920 Chautauqua week is o begin on the afternoon of. May fte lifth to secure the fine cooperaion of the citizens of our totvn. The* program for this year is unisually good. The big tent will be ocated on the lot next to Ms* P. E. Scott's residence. 1 The tickets are now on sale, and are* >emg sold by tne uaivm i^rozierj hapter, U. D. C. J The prices of tickets are: Full ticket, $2.75 and war tax 28,< 53.03. Special (students over 12 years), 11.50 and war tax 25, $1.75. Children (under 12 years), $1.50 ind war tax 15, $1.65. All of the money collected through he sale of tickets, in excess of tne guarantee, will go to the Calvin Jrozier chapter, U. D. C. All of our Chautauqua's have been | luccessful. Let's make this the best ret. Executive Committee. /OTING TAX FOR SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS There will be four special tax elections on Saturday, May 22nd, a ecord number for one . day. These ire Whitmire, 5 mills; Bigr Creek, 4 nills; St. Lukes, 4 mills; Trinity; -4 nills. ^ On May 18, Kinards wiH vote [ mills. On last Saturday Jalapa roted 4, the vote being 17 for and )nly two against. Little Mountain roted the 2 mills additional with 30 :or and 4 against. Prosperity voted >n two tax questions aggregating 8 nills, the vote being two to one in :avor pf the levies. Smyrna, Ruther?ord and Maybinton are getting ready | ;o advertise their elections. Since 1919, or during the past rear there have been 19 special school Sections. Of coarse all the voters do not turn out; but those that do lot turn out are generally in favor )f the support of the schools. The igures as gathered from the records :>f the couuty superintendent of edlcation show that in the 19 elections 217 voted "yes" favoring the public schools and 86 voted "no" as opposed to taxation for education. Now, ifty-eight of this number eightysix voted "no" in the two elections at Prosperity, leaving in 17 school elections only 28 "no" votes against school support. But in be/vf PrrKsnprit.v let it he Sai3 that ;hey now carry 16 mills which exceeds any other in the county. There are y elections now advertised which will doubtless carry. Three more (and ihere are three petitions circulating) will be one half .Newberry county increasing school support in one pear. Newberry county will do more :han this which should put Newberry one of the leading counties of the state in the support of her public schools. X)UdU iVIV CI UlObilWi/ CVlll|yvsrv.u VA %? portion of Reederville consolidating; gift them will \;ote on I$ay 2i). j PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS FR^M WHITMIRE TOWN i Whitmire,: May 12.?Mr. J. C. fJrooks had announced Friday mornfng that we would have appropriate Exercises for Memorial Day on May 10th. The children responded beautifully and came with their little hands full of flowers. The children marched in a line to the cemetery. The teachers and many of the towns pec* v i ii i! j y pie accompanied mem. c>pienuiu audresses, touching on the causes for which these heroes died and inspiring the young generation to like deeds of patriotism if necessary were made by Prof. J. C. Brooks, Rev. J. P. Simpson and Rev. D. 0. Powers. Then the little ones reverently ! ?. ?i the flowers upon the graves. Messrs. J. P., Stevens of New VrvvL- \T V Vn+Vvjnipl Sfpvpns nf i Boston, Mass., and Abbott Stevens cfNorth Andover, Mass., were the guests of Mr. E. E. Child for a day ; or two last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Parr and son, Calhoun Boyd Parr, after a pleasant j visit to her brother, Dr. H. K. Boyd, have returned to their home in New-1 berry. Miss Rachel McCracken visited her ] sister, Mrs. O. P. Suber recently. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fridy en route j from Spartanburg to Newberry paid j a chnrt visit '^tn ViPr liricle. Mi*. S. A. ' Jeter this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Harshman of Washington, D. C., after spending .'several weeks in Charleston, Columbia and other southern cities, are visiting her nieces, Mrs. M. E. Abrams and Mrs. Winnie Browning. . Mrs. J. B. Pitts was called to 'Spartanburg this week on account of the serious illness of her uncle, Mr. JB. F. Sims*, . Mrs. C, B. Barden, after a pleasant stay with friends and relatives in : Monroe, N. C., has returned home. Mi*, and Mrs. Geo. E. Cofield and children spent the week-end with friends at Carlisle, S. C. Mrs. Elizabeth Douglass, who has been visjting her sister in Abbeville of Vi n Qcroin io at iivwiv Rev. W. Garvin came over from j Chester fend he and Rev. E. G. Ross \ left for Washington, D. C., to attend j ,the Southern Baptist convention, which njeets in that city this week, j , Mrs.Zach Wright of Lamar is here noW with her daughter, Mrs. Robert Duckett. Mr. and Mrs. Max BereleDuitz and children went over to Union to visit friends.: They were accompanied by Mrs. J-.M- Major, who went on to Spartanburg to see Mrs. Wm. Rasor. Mrs. E. E. Child entertained the Methodist Missionary society last Thursday. Mn and Mrs. Blackweil of Durham, N. C., have rooms with Mrs. Belle Suber. Mr. Blackwell is the j civil engineer connected with the putting in of water works and sewerage j here. Misses Mary Little and Bessie Sanders, teachers of the Black Rock school spent the week-end here. Mrs. T. W. Blease, who' has beeri the guest of her aunt, Mrs. R. H. Burton has returned to her home in Saluda. Miss Epsie Busby of Wagner is visiting her friend, Miss Emmie Dun can. Mr. ancT Mrs. Wm. Duckett after a short stay with relatives at Woodruff are at home again. Since the burning of their home they are with their daughter, Mrs. J. G. Setzler. Mrs. A. N. Fortune and Miss Louise Welborn will entertain the Presbyterian Aid society tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Annie Oxner was a visitor to our town and school this week. While here she was the guest of Mrs. Lou Abrams. Mr. Emmett Suber spent Sunday in Columbia. The garage of Mr. W. J. Atchison or.cunied bv Mr. J. G. Holder was completely destroyed by fire last Tuesday night. Having the railroad tank full of water near at hand the men worked heroically and saved the dwelling of Mr. W. J. Atchison, which stood quite near the fire. We are all hoping that we will not have another fire until our water works are completed. Mr. C. B. Barden spent last week on a business trip to Alabama. Mr. Ellisor Adams was in our town Sunday. , "Nita." I STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOR NEWBERRY SCHOOLS C. M. Wilson carried equalizing applications for the eight mill tax districts that operate under the equalizing law to Columbia Thursday. These include Midway No. 19, St. Phillips No. 22, Pomaria Nor 26, Little 'Mountain No. 30, Wheoland No. 31, Hunter-DeWalt No. 32, and Silverstreet No. 58. These have already received in rural graded and high school aid $2,833.00 and tne applications for equalizing aid amounts to $5,000.00 more. High schools have received aid as follows: Newberry, $1,839.00, Prosperity, $1,157.00, Little Mountain, $890.00, Whitmire $900.00. There will be many more eight mill fov nevt wsr nn arf'OII'"**". of j the recent tax campaign. v | VARIOUS AND ALL ABOUT. We .are to have "The Luck of the Irish" at the opera house Monday. For magistrate in No. 11 township Mr. T. B. Richardson is a candidate. ' -Li " to ?4- 1.?_ 1Z COSt anouier paiaci f a at, xmcorder's court Tuesday. Parking on wrong side of street. The library will be open every Monday and Friday from 4:30 to 6 in the afternoon. A magistrate for No. 10 township is announced in the candidacy of Mr. J. J. Kibler. "We wish to* voice our thankfulness for the fine- rain of Wednesday night ^M ^ wiA-nrtinor clliu l nuiauaji iuviuuig< The "Notorious Miss Sands" will appear in the picture at the opera house Friday, represented by Miss Bessie Barriscale. Little Bessie is a good one. A new candidate for the house of representatives is Mr. Euston N. Kibler; for which position Representative J. Wm. Folk, M. D., is announced as a candidate for reelection. Mr. C. A. Bowman has sold his house in Johnstone street to Mr. J. H. Summer. The occupants of the home will continue their residence , there during the next two or three months. | There were cases of cursing, raising disturbances and disorderly con | duct aired before Kecorder Chapman Tuesday. Jule Carpenter paid $10, | while Lula Glenn. and Lizzie Farrow ' each paid $5. State aid to high schools has been sent to the several county treasurers, this county's portion being as fol- _ lows: Little Mountain, $893; Newberry, $1,838; Prosperity, $1,157; Whitmire, $900. It was not 42, but 425 carnations Hal Kohn sold last Saturday. The absence of the figure 5 from the number makes the biggest sort of difference. We don't mind giving Hal this littje free ad as he is a liberal advertiser. | "Behold, I have set before you an i ftnan ^nnr* nrt man /?ar? cVinf it " vrv" uv<" *""* *?" ""* * "*" ""-v | Text of sermon preached before synod at Gastonia by Dr. J. W. Carson. In the repoH of the proceedings the A. R.. Presbyterian- says: "The sermon, along the line of the challenge to the church growing out of the success of the forward movement, struck the keynote, it is believed, of this meeting of synod with its forward looking vision and plans." Newberry city is being torn up in spots. Look at the corner of College and Harrington streets where Mr. B. A. Havird is tearing down the old VtnlliOO kx? nimnoiMitAim *4vuuvu wu5uy acui j tu building new and better ones; and at the Newberry hotel lot, corner Friend and College, where Mr. Geo. W. Summer is cleaning up and preparing for the building of an annex to the hotel and three large store rooms. With these needed improvements and other building work now going on, Newberry is having somewhat of a boom. Speaking of all those automobiles sold during Manager J. W. Smith's absence from the Carolina Auto company's garage, the two hustling salesmen and demonstrators are Messrs. Mahon Smith and Pope Connelly. The editor wondered what was to be done with all the cars that are being sold in the county. You just wait until all the cooks and washerwomen get automobiles and then see what will become of things in general. There will be a smash some day when the bottom drops out. When the crasn comes the wreckage will be terrible. Personal investigation has shown that the plum bushes are full of promise for an abundant crop, while the blackberry yield will exoeed the sugar supply, counting each berry to a grain of sugar. The peach crop is also all right, and the-apple crop will be better than last year. The price of sugar varies in this city, from 20 to 24 cents the pound. We . don't know what the blackberry pickers will charge for the berries this year, nor what sugar will jump to, but if the black pickers will only buy automobiles and ride to their work we will be prepared to pay more per gallon, like liquor. The new store to,which we had reference Tuesday is to be known as "The Ladies' Store." It will be conducted in the store room lately vacated by Hal Kohn under Dr. T. Johnstone's dental parlors, the proprietors being Messrs. Frank M. Ewart and Herman S. Langford, Mr.. Ewart having returned to Newberry to live in this city, he and Mrs. Ewart making their home for the present with Mr. I and Mrs. W. F. Ewart. The mem| bers of the firm are well known young men, the senoir member a son of Probate Judge Ewart, and the junior member the son of Mr. and Mrs. I J. J. Langford. No words ere nec-l essary to introduce them to the public. Mr. Ewart, who will manage the store, left today for New York to select the supply of new and seasonable goods. Mr. Langford. who is ? - * # connected wjtfe tye fir? 01 J^angioraj & Buzhardt/farhiture dealers, will stay where "he fe at." Meeting Jasper Chapter. The Jasper chapter, D. A. R., will meet with Mrs. J. B. Mayes on Saturday afternoon, May 15, at 5 o'clock. Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Recent. Elizabeth D.ominick. 1 yr "T-r/ 1 \ ' % ^ ' GOING TO WHITMIRE - .. - ?v C'emson Wibon.. Leares Newborrjf v County School*. "C. i ' - . JtThe State. \ Newberry, May 12.?Clemson Ml Wilson, who has served for three years as superintendent of the^Newberry county schools, will give notice to the public through the county newspapers this week that he will not seek the position another year. Mr. Wilson has accepted the position of head of the Whitmire schools, to take effect some time in September. He will be principal of the school, which is one of the best equipped in the state, and will do community work. His work will continue all the year round, and his salary will be $2,500, and, in addition to that, the trustees will build him a house, with all modern equipments, in which he will live rent free. . Mr. Wilson has done excellent service in the county schools and has accomplished a great deal ui securing longer terms and better salaries. He has been on the job all the time. \ The people would like to have him continue in the position he has filled so well, but the offer from Whitmira ^ is such a temotinsr one that he can not decline it. ^ The Herald and News adds its endorsement to what the correspondent of The State has to say. And in addition we desire to say that there is no finer community in the State than the good town of Whitmire. What we like about the community is that it does things and there is no other mill _ community that is doing as much for the uplift of the help as the GlennLowry and the coidpany does tilings for the community and especially 1 ij- 1-- ? __4.:? does il uikc an active mtcicait iu uig building up of the school. We are sure that Mr.' Wilson will find the work pleasant and helpful to him and he can make it helpful to the community. * . A SUPERINTENDENT WILSON WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE' I wish to state to the people of Newberry county that I shall not be a candidate for reelection to the office of. superintendent of education. I wish to thank those who have been kind enough. tOJBrge me to continue the work, also, those who have so heartily cooperated with me in push ing school work for the past three years. The people generally aire rallying to the support of the schocfta and the 36 elections during the past two years have about doubled the amount of special district tax. I feel very much encouraged over this and ' urge all districts to increase the sup port of the schools. > . Feeling that the duties of the office are of such importance that it sfrould have the entire time of the superintendent, I am unwilling to ask for it . . #no,'n ow* rliiriHp mv time between the agUMi MUU ? *V?w ?J ? v office and other work. Also, it would be a financial sacrifice on my part to ' / ' continue, having no income other than the salary of the office. x My intentions are to devote my entire time to school work until my successor is elected. In justice to the office and to those that may entertain intentions of offering for it, I make this statement. Again thanking the people for their splendid cooperation, I am, Very respectfully, C. M. Wilson. HUNTER-DEWALT SCHOOL CLOSING EXERCISES T\*a sO/wmr? PYPtt?iRAS of the fiun ter-DeWalt school were held on last Friday evening and afternoon. Upon the invitation of the principal Prof, D. L. Wedaman we attended the exercises of the evening. A picnic a _ dinner was served at 6 o'clock and - / at 8:30 the exercises were held in the auditorium. , . ; . ' > There were three young men who had completed the tenth grade and they were given diplomas .to that , effect. Hugh Boinest delivered the salutatory, Eddie Richardson read an essay and Thos. Metts delivered the valedictory. ^ Tin* orMro<s<s nf t.ViP evenincr was delivered by the Rev. S. P. Koon. It contained much good advice to the young men who were to Jeave the school for other schools, and to the audience as well. Prof. Wedaman delivered the diplomas in a very appropriate and timely speech. At the request of the principal Col. E. H. Aull presented the medal given by J. Walter Richardson for the best average scholarship in the school to Clifford Metis. He alstf i.j ? ?? i.n xr* a t presented u pn?; gircu vjr m. u. ? Kinard for the record in deportment or a better word behavior, to two, a boy and a girl having tied, and the prize was divided between Verna Mae Heller, Horace Richardson. CoL Anil also presented a beautiful signet ring to Eddie Richardson from his ^ mother on his having completed the ? . cpurse at this school. Rev. S. P. Koon then presented a medal to Jeanelle Richardson as the best speller in the school. Arid they o?TT olifl natrcr miaeoH a Wrtrd in oc* jr -? **r ing during the entire session. He also presented a *tfo tiedsfj3T?Ehe?p*fi?e? nr * ***? vT>o I:--., i-.-t an** ^ ^