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Ste leraia anD Rem wF sR wm ? f ' Eattrd at the PostofSca at New * wry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. : ] E. H. AULL, EDITOR. _ : ^ Tuesday, December 14, 1920. ' < 1 Collector D. . Heyward has re signed the position of collector of |1 internal revenue for South Carolina ( and it is stated that Mr. W. W. Brad- j' ley is slated to take his place ? at j ^ least for the unexpired term and may j be for the full term, though it is not j' jfe- * probable that Mr. Harding will retain j y a Democrat in the place after he gets j' t . seated good in the White House. i We noticed from the papers that:1 & - - - , Al_ ! I mere is smaiipox. wv? iuic wiuu m . Lexington county, and yon can never i tell when it will reach your commu- J nity, and this is the season when the j disease prevails- Dr. Hayne says he j is expecting a sort of epidemic of the j . disease this winter antl advises every; ( one to be vaccinated. This is a pre-1, ventive as hasjfeen proven on morej i occasions than one, and it is simple: j and harmless and why any one should , hesitate about being vaccinated or in j, having the children vaccinated we!, coma never unaersiana. . j ' - The budget submitted to the le^is-; lature by the committee carries an! gpjilap appropriation of arousd nine million 1 dollais against about six million fori1 -the present year. Instead of a 12 1 irJlfe, cnx it.would take about a 10.^ raifl tax to raise the amount. The'( legislature at the next session is go- 4 ing to have a hafd task to get the! appropriations -adjusted to the# con-1 ditions. which exist in this readjust-J mem age. r?ui many 01 x?e mens-; f ures that have been placed on the i' statutes will make it necessary for. < the legislature to make large appro- k priations order to keep faith with its awn acts. It will be very detrimental and really impossible not to make the appropriations for the.com- * mon schools, because the people have met the conditions laid down in the! r . I r several acts, and not to furnish the j * money would greatly cripple thet ( schools. Now some of the big depart- j ments and state institutions mightj" very well get along on a smaller j3 amount ^han asked for by the bud-| committee, for instance the dor- j ontory for girls at the university. J I / Reckless drying of motor vehicles j I > is -getting its toll very fast now in f ; the number of persons either killed [ w?s*-f cfB^gnt qr oaaiy injured. a smaiij v f ' fine or even a, large fine does not j s seem to place any cheek upon it The a only thing is a more severe penalty, ji Just think of that case in Anderson j r y of a poor little boy who had just been v't extricated from ^an accident with hisj s bicycler and who was lying' on the street being prepared to be moved to.j e the hospital being run into and killed'f when there .was plenty of room tin the j i v. , * vu jpaoo ujj auu vciuaiiiij nucu i v . the crowd was seen the ear could ^Bftave been stopped. And this is not <? the only case. Every paper that you j >< ^^^Hpick up carries numbers of horrible i <* ^^^Kccidents due in mo^t cases to care-j < ^HHiess and reckless driving, and there: r ^Hjjr are so many otherwise good drivers! who seem absolutely indifferent to) giving any one else whom they may j t meet m the highway any consictera-j o tion at all. " ? ? jt Only a few days .to fee glad Christ- * 0 mas time. Every one should be hap-j py on this occasion. And the besd , way to be happy is to make some one! else happy. There are many sadj hearts, it is trjie, from the loss of j loved ones, but we should remember, that .there is a divine hand which is i directing the affairs of men, and what[ He^ does is for the good of his crea-! tures, though we may be unable to j see the wisdom of it with our finite j vision. The thing for us to do is to j go along and serve our dav and sren eration to the best of our ability, and i do our duty to our fellowman and to ; ourselves and to our God-as we may j be able and with the best that is ip j - us, and all things will work out right i iri the end. Our wish is that every! reader of this paper may be happy | ? and enjoy the Christmas tide in the j spirit in which it should be enjoyed,! v and though the day may at time3 ap-J pear dark, remember always that | there is daylight somewhere and the j darkness will not remain, but that! tile morning will come and if you do your best you will , receive your reward. >' V ' " . ' Little Frances Crooks. Sweetly she rests, and on , dream- ! wings flies To play with the angels in paradise. When our way lies along the blos-j som strewn path of happiness, God j is beside us caring for us, and when j v if loarlc? rin -fho cfpm rftplfV ?tpn<5 ftf U2f v**v "?*-*** * v V*V """T" w ? I fecial, He nfcver forsakes. When 11 > a ... ' IfjScjfe^-'a; >&- . \. * * -. - \'yv',v. /. ... -'f-.: : - V clouds of anxiety darken around us,* and we scarce know where to turn, j He is ever near to guide us. This is the joy that keeps us from despair. | Phis is why, in the midst of our lone-! liness we are not without hope. Eight years seems a short life, Vat; little Frances lived in . deeds, not \ years. For the sweetness and helpfulness of her little life she will be sadly missed, but the sunshine she ever brought to those who loved her best will be a sweet memory to guidej them onward. Last Thursday the little form was! sweetly laid to rest among loved j ones. As we left that litlte grave, with its wreaths of beautiful flowers! our hearts beat with a happy thought i that not many more years until we! all shall meet her in a home where I tears and sorrow are unknown. - - i ' God gave her to us just a while, That our lives might better be; He folded her again in His gentle arms To rest until eternity. Frances Croaks McCu)lough. Tribute to Little Frances Crooks, j Oh,"how hard I tried to save you, ; Prayers and.tears- were all in vain; Happy Angels came and took you, j Prom this world of sin and pain, ^ou are home in heaven Where safe you'll ever be Fhough long as life and memory last,. ['11 often think of thee. While our hearts are sad we recoglize divine wisdom and believe tnatv where we can not now understand ;hat in His own good time God's plan] will unfold sublime and comfort will ; . ? t .. I rome to tne acnmg nearcs. 'Suffer little children to come unto \; me; . . ' Slose to. my "heart'let the little ones "be, j' Fhe door of my kingdom is open and!: I free> I' Suffer little children to come unto! j ? _? v me. 11 All our poor lips could say to j. ioothe the broken hearted would fail j >eneath this stunning vblow. Jesus 1 ( iimself will comfort in His own time '< md His own way. " * v l 'How sweet to know, Che trials we can not comprehend lave each their 6wn divinely pur- ] posed end.". }] One Who Sympathizes, /; , m* I - f :harles ponzi now v 1i serving sentence i / M? r Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 11.? Charles "Ponzi today entered, ufcon lervice of his sentence of five years it the Plymouth county jail that was niposed by federal court as punish- i nent for the fraud by which he ob- i 2 ained rftiliions of dollars from thou-! 1 a Ms of persons. - j l Accompanied by his wife and fed- i i tra! officers he was brought here j 1 rom the East Cambridge jail, where | < le has been confined since his arrest. H a August. < > ^ 1 > AMONG THE SCHOOLS <? : V ' <t 1 As to Vaccination. < --There has been some question as '< o the' law regarding the vaccination J f school children. s Among the regulations in regard j < o health as published by Dr. Hayr.e i' f the state board of heajth I find the j J 11 l ?? \ Auction Beginning Tu o'clock we wil 1209-1213 B< Household Gc buy goods at; Valuable pi O 1 ??? It I I - V* i . following: |1 "No child shall be admitted to any?1 school in South Carolina unless suc-jc cessfully vaccinated within the last i five years." < Dr. Hayne says this is part of the > statute law of the state, but if it is ] not really in the statute the state board of health is permitted to pro- ? mulgate certain rules and regula- \ tions. and bv act of the legislature i these are given the same force and 2 effect as the statute itself. There is ^ no question about the fact that the law requires that all school children j. shall be vaccinated, and the law ap- ^ plies to all the children, those in the rural schools as well as those in the town and city schools. The parent may have his family physician to do j the vaccinating, but there must be j vaccination. And this applies to the! teachers as well as the children. i* I can not see how any one would, object to having hr; children and him- s sell vaccmateu. ic is a piiivL-Huvu ux smallpox and is harmless and gives .5 very little inconvenience, except in jr very rare instances. We want the |c hearty cooperation of parents and i children and teachers and heaKh of- ficers in ail things that are for the r betterment of the children anu the! improvement of the schools. And u certainly no one cares to have smallpox, or that any of his children shall have it. Then have the children vaccinated and let your family physician " ...... a do ti;e jod. ib ' t ~ , !c Trustees Meeting Next Saturday. II have as^d the trustees to meet e in Newberry next Saturday, and I am going to ask permission to have: the meeting in court house. It 5 will be more convenient for them, and I am anxious to have every j school trustee in the county -attend? this fneeting. It will be called to or- ^ der promptly at 10 o'clock and will j r not last more than an hour. -The:s teachers will meet at the same place r at 11 o'clock instead of the high j school building. j fc t have invited State Superintend- i t ent Swearingen to be present at the j { trustees meeting and make an ad- j v dress to the trustees and he has ac-!c cepted and writes me the following fs letter: , B "Columbia, S. C., Dec. 10, 1920. 1 "Supt. E. H. Aull, Newberry, S. C. a "Dear Mr. Aull: -It will be p y pleasure to attend the meeting of the T dewberry trustees at 1*0:00 a. m. ..jj December 18tb., ja "I hope you can have a good at-10 tendance of school folk and repre-lh tentative' citizens from all over the j (] 20unty.t' ' a "Yours respectfully, o -v "John E. Swearingen, - e "State Supt. of Education." a So you see that he will be here, c :nd that he would like to have a full d attendance of all school folk^ and, representative citizens from all over / the county, and I would too. This school work is the most important y that we have before us just now, and i] jvery good citizen should be willing e to set aside at least one hour to its n lonsideration. S I have mailed the following letter e ;o each trustee in the county and Ijl< jeg of you to show your interest in j y ^our school by being present at this I gi neeting. I will be able to give you: e some idea of the approximate in- j lome for your school district, and . h llso the probable outlay ,so that you i a nay know how the matter of finances je stands in your school district. I have i n i Jittle personal pride in. giving* the i a state,superintendent the most enthu- j j, siastic meeting and greeting that hcjp t \ xsta ?a *VV9f2 esday, Decemb< !1 sell at auction r?. . n >yce street, ru >ods. This is yoi your own pric^ f emiums given e Nn Rv RirlrW. rt-Graham-Si las had in the state, or that he will lave. By the cooperation and inter?st of the trustees and the oilier good :o!k in the county we can do this very ;asily. Come to the meeting. December iy lyzu. Dear Trustee: You are invited and expected to ittend a meeting of the trustees of ;he county to be held in the auditorurn of the high school building at dewberry on Saturday, December 18, it 10 o'clock a. m. The meeting will last just one lour. Will close for the meeting of ;he teachers at 11 o'clock. I want every school trustee in the :ounty to attend this meeting, and hat includes you. Please make an ;ffort to meet with us. T am invitiiifr Mr. Swearinecn to >e with us at that time and he will ell us about the school law and the tate aid. And your duties generally. I want to talk to you about your :chcol and tell y<u about the fiu-rnces of the schools and ho%v we :an get state aid with your help. I want you to talk to me about 'our school and the needs of the chool. v> * I n^ed and war.fc your cooperation is.well as the cooperation of <itJ the chool agencies in working for the betterment of the schools. Y6u may be assured of my cooperation without my telling you. I .m here to help tlie schools if I can >ut I can not without your aid an-d ooperation. : Come to the 'meeting. Your presence will do all of us good. Very resDCctfully, * Elbert*H. Aull, Superintendent of Education, New.berry County. Paying the Teachers. The report seems to have got cur ent that we were not paying tfle alaries of the teachers. That is erone'ous. We did about a week ago told up payment for about a week, >ut explained to all who had claims hat they would be approved and paid he following ffafurday, and they rerc. Taxes were a little slow in omingin but so ijpr we-have paid the alaries of all thj|? teachers and hope io\v to be able to continue to do so. f the people who have the money nd who expect to pay their taxes without the peoglty would-do so, it 70uld be easy tb^pay as* We go. We ave given the preference to the salries of the teachers in the matter f payment, and some other claims ave been askei to wait for a few f. , -v -'0* " 4 v ays until taxes:*&mc in more abundntly, but now tO&t the time is about ut we expect all of the big taxpay* rs at least to vTsit the office of'the ccommodating oounty treasurer, Mr. J. C./Schrnnpert,!'in the next few ays. l' : . h ; Teacher*' Meeting. The county ^teachers' associa4fipn /ill meet on Saturday at 11 o'clock a the court bouae, 'and all the teachrs are expected to attend. The neeting lasts just an hour. Mr. wearingen will be with us also, be-PA*!. ^Anc ?Af ausc HID l/laxil 1U1 vuiuiuuia uvwg aw >ave until 12:30 and the meeting nil be over by that time. I want to ee every teacher in the county presnt-at this meeting. I am asking to hold both meetings 1 the court house, because it will be little more convenient for the genral public."and I want to-see as lany citizens who are not directly nd officially interested in the sublet as the teachers and trustees, resent as can make it convenient to ~~. 71 in - iii" i 5r 14 at 7 ! in nsip sfrorft i rniture and j \ . J nr chance to ! :or cash. ! ! ach night. J .1 r. I ioer to. * >> t' !be with us. All prood citizens are in ; terested in the schools of the county ; whether they have children in school j or not, and whether or not they are i mTifinllc ronriprtpd with the srliool I jwork. There are about 160 teachers | in the county and about 190 trustees jand they two would make a good i audience. All good citizens are interested just the same and will be ; welcome at both meetings. Silverstreet. I had the pleasure of a visit to the j Silverstreet school on last Friday. I jam sorry that more of the patrons jand friends of the school did not Iknow of my coming so that I may I have had the pleasure of meeting j them at the school house, and of talk' ing with them and to them in coni nection with mv talk to the children. !'vlr. John P. Long and Mr. Martin | were present. I wrote the principal but she-did not get. my letter until late the afternoon before my visit, :and did not have opportunity to notjify even ail the trustees, and so that f is the reason. 1 liad an opportunity ' to drive out with Prof. Poole, who j^ias a class in agriculture at this :rchocl and who^mhlrcs weekly visits. f I was glad to be with the children . and teachers for -about an hour and ; to learn' that the school is moving ! i _ _ . . . . J* 1 _ _ t * .aioji? so srnooxmy ana mceiy at tms time. The average attendance in the ! several rooms is fine and the work is i ___ . . . i iiaBOHManmBgHannni j | Toylan " ? . I We have sel | and dolls in towr I war times. | A visit to on With every < J-ll CLl_ ; UUil tree, onup ! quarters for old ,( I ' < wiiij.wii ? i.i .iMrmmummaKammmmmmmTxzammm?umru | it )v . ^ | V 'V - ' I The Gri 1 1 ; i Not only the big I and old. What shall ' .> question is answere ray stock. I have gi Hy, father, mother, bi and with the seleetioi The Book Store, Chi a pleasure than a d: things that are suitafc tion a few of the ma: Box Paper, Foi Comb Set, Manicure . Boxes, Shaving Sets Purses, Pictures, Orn I - VIVI1 T71 ware, u-ui uiass, r m from 5c to $15.00, an Everybody invit to avoid crowds. CI week, third week a v psj, ,,-n, ? II HOI ? | being well dene by the teachers, but > 1 the scliool is shy a small number of; i pupils to come up to the require-; ment laid down by the law in order j, to entitle it to all of the state aid j which it should have, but I hope that very soon the necessary enrollment ; may be obtained. I had a little part j; in the building of this school house j< t some eight years ago and I naturally j feel a pride in the growth and sue-; cess of the school and trust I may I ' /MVAM VM 1I . iivc ty acc iu jjiuw even muic in Lijt . future. To make this school what it j should be needs the hearty and i wholesouled cooperation of all the people of the community, and I believe that such a condition is now existing so far as the school goes, j When it comes to the matter of the j school, what is best for all the chil-1 j dren of the community so far as school matters go, should be the supreme thought and concern of all 1 rrnrwl pihi^pns. rind.the msn or the Wtt 4 ^5WWV% 7 ? 4 jman who does not feel that way!; I about it is lacking in some of the \ l elements that go to make the real J jgood, live and progressive citizen of . any community. i r < Some Visits. | Tuesday (today) I expect to be at : | the Kinards school about 31 o'clock, ] ! or very soon after,- for a short visit . j and would be glad to meet the trus- \< j tees there at the school house and as!; many of the citizens as will; come. I ' -j i f .1 I " ! ected the most comp: 1, with prices that wi! ir store wiil convince ? i ' . _ _ e d*i casn purcnase or early and avoid ti Santa. ' * ' . '' ' J : ' . 1 immmammmm ???p??I l Hardware Iv * . '* V . . . i * ' ' eat Christmas i gest, but it offers more at I give for Christmas? 1 d thoroughly and sugges its appropriate for every [ other, sister, relatives, fr i as varied and attractive istmas shopping and gift rudgery. Come and see ile'gifts for the loved one: \ 1 1 1 ly articles oeiow: mtain Pens, $1,50 to $ Sets, Military Brushes, , Razors and Brushes, I laments, Smoking Stands, icy China, 42 Piece Dinnf d a large line of Toys for1 ed. Goods stored till Chr iristmas shopping is satis /hirl, and the last half we MMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmtmmammrmmmmmm ooi ii Vsric JSE OF 1,000 THINGS. J ?U I I L Ml. From there v/e are to drive on to Tabernacle and expect to arrive there about 12 o'clock. Mr. A. H. Counts . and Mr. Poole are going along on this trip. And they want to come around by Whitmire and that always suits iiy% a r+r\ U?* f am Ala a me, tv aiuuuu uy tins tuwu <xo txic nearest way home from almost any section of the county. Colored Teachers. On Saturday I made a brief talk to the colored teachers at their meeting in the Hoge school house. There was a good attendance and the interest in and attention to what I had to say was fine. I tried to tell them what I thought was best for them and the children they are to teach, and to make what I had to say so plain that any one could understand. I have always believed that we should treat the negro right and give him at least justice. This much I am sroing to do so far as I may be able in dealing with the colored schools. . Because I believe that it is right. . Bethel.Garmany. The Long Lane teachers and children will put on a play at this school Friday evening and they do say that it is worth your while to see this play, that these amateurs are really in the acting as fine as old stagers. Certainly it will' be a good play and you will enjoy the evening if you go.. - ; ^ E. H. A. [iddies ' . > ? * r lete line of toys II meet with pre you. 2.00 a sleeping le rush. Head' > >/ 't >?!?: ' Vi . ' ' \ ' ' ' ' . . r ' , /I - -zzn lildren > Store tractions for young * ?his very pertinent tively when you see member of the famiends or sweetheart as it is this year at nr ic! mnvo A"P 1U iiiVJL.V V* I the many beautiful I 3. I can only men. ? J % 15.00, Brush and Collar and Cuff Deri's and. Ladies' / , Jardiniers, Silver;r Set $12.00, Dolls Girls and Boys. " I istmas. Gome early factory the seond . J >ek will be a crush. I *31 V ty Store V r <