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|jtie iJjtrolD Girt Jems. | Bat?r*4 at tk? Po?to?Bc? at Naw-! I *WTy, 3- C.? as 2nd class matter. E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Friday, June 23, 1922. j i ?> <$' > AMONG THE SCHOOLS <?> <S> \ <& LETTER hKUM MK. 5 Wt.AKlINUt.lN Columbia, S. C. June -19, 1922. j To the County Superintendent of Education, Dear Sir: This circular relates to six items: 1. Enclosed herewith I am sending, you a leaflet entitled "The American Legion National Essay Contest."! Your cooperation in promoting this; contest will be apppreciafred. , j 2. The County Super! indent's Ledger for your county shall be for-j warded as soon as the volume can be. delivered by the printer. Unluckily,! the work has been delayed, but the^ printing company, assures me that the volume will be ready for delivered earlv in July. ! 3. Teachers' Registers for your county will be shipped as soon as these registers can be printed by the State company. The work is well under way and I hope the registers can be delivered at every county courteous by the middle of July. 4. Last Friday I mailed you a package containing a full account of the textbook adoption of 1922. The new course of study and the new text "books should be furnished teachers and trustees at your earliest convenience. Additional copies of this pamphlet will be sent upon request. Luckily, too, I am able to print the course of study in the 1922-23 register. 5. Many county superintendents aw alrpn^v spnHincr in full spts nf annual reports from high schools and rural graded schools. Your cooperation in securing these data will greatly aid the work of the state superintendent's office. 6. The compilation of the state superintendent's s tatistical report ought to be begun promptly in July when the annual report from any one of the forty-six county superintendents comes to this office. If your report could reach me during July, this compilation would be facilitated. If the items of this circular are not clear, kindly write me. .. . -Yours resneetfullv. ? ?/ 7 J. E. Swearingen, State Superintendent of Education. AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST 1 "Subject: "How the American Legion Can Best Serve the Nation." The American Legion National Scholarship prizes: First prize, $750. Second prize, $500. Third pprize, $250. First prize in each state will be a silver medal; second prize a bronze medal. Other prizes will be awarded in different states, and announced later. The cash prizes will be used only towards scholarships in colleges designated by the winners. Rule? _ All girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 18 inclusive are eligible to enter this contest. Only one essay to a person. Essay will not be over 500 words in length. j Essays should be written in an affirmative and constructive way. Only one side of paper to be used. A margin of one inch must be allowed on either side of the paper. After essay is completed, paper ehould be neatly folded?not rolled, i Spelling, penmanship and neatness will be considered in judging the winner. j Age will also be given full consid-; eration. Date ? All essays must be received at a place designated by the county sup- j erintendent of schools not later than midnight of August 1, 1922. County Judges The county superintendent of schools is asked to select three judges J for his county, whose duty it will be I to judge the one best essay for their respective county. The Americanism officer of the county shall cooper-j ate in every way with the superin-j tendent of schools and the judges of j the contest. The winning essay of that county! should be forwarded to the Depart- i ment Americanism chairman of the | American Legion not later than mid1 night of September 1, 1922. Department Judges The state superintendent or school commissioner of the state schools will be aked to select three judges for their state. The duties of the state judgs will be to select the three beet essays from the winners in the counties of the state. These essay shall be forwarded to the National .Americanism Director of the American Legion, Indianapolis, Indiana, not later than midnight of September 20, 1912. These essays shall be classified first, second aiid third. j The national winners will be announced a few we^ks alter September 20, by the national judges, whose names will be announced later. Pledge At the end of each essay, the following pledge must be signed: "I hereby pledge my word of honor that I have written this essay myself. I am years old." I | (Signed) Name of Contestant Street Address Town i Date J I In conducting an essay contest for American school children, the American Legion is fulfilling one of its many duties, namely, the promotion of interest in patriotism among the younger generation and fosterig education. Since no provision has been made this year in the National Legion budget for prizes and other expenses in?;j ? * *.? ? xt-A: i ciucuc cu sucii a cumesi, i\ciuuiiai Commander Hanford MacNider has given $2,000 to be used for these purposes. It is his hope that means will be found at the next convention for national headquarters to carry on this work and make the essay contest a permanent annual affair. ?> <?> j HOME DEMONSTRATION <S> <$> <?> Fresh mutton, barbecued hash and beef will i>e on sale at the market on Saturday. Please bring pails for the hash and come early as hash made by Mr. Oscar Pitts goes in a hurry. We wish to remind our customers again that a number of cream bottles are out, it is impossible for the ladies to furnish cream unless these bottles are returned. We also wish to remind the pro'ducers that paper bags are for use in the market and not to be carried out. Persons selling at the market either on the outside or inside will please remember to pay the small commission of five cents on the dollar. There are a few who do not observe the rules of the market and we wish to call their attention to this again. Let us be fair to every one concerned and the market will continue to prosper. Daisy M. Berrie, Home Demonstration Agent. SCOUTS RETURN FROM "CAMP HERBERT" ' - ? " i Troop 1 has just returned from its highly appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed summer camp. Our camp i this year was at "Oakland Farm,"j the country place of Mr. Walter I.! Herbert, who, with the rest of his fa- j mily, made our stay as complete in fun and pleasure and good times as it( possibly could be. Their thought-1 fulness and consideration had a great j deal to do with our enjoyment of the We left Newberry on the morning! of Thursday, the 8th, our tents and camp equipment being carried by the Newberry Hardware company's truck which Mr. Eskridge kindly offered. The boys, with their personal luggage, were taken out in the cars of some of the boys' parents. In high spirits we made the journey out, and arrived on our camp site quite early in the day. After unloading we set about choosing sites for the tents, and this being done, we prepared to erect the camp. We worked hard ana by the time the mess call for supper was blown, we had the camp in a fairly presentable condition. A de-; lightful repast was served under the suprevision of Mrs. Julien, the wife of our worthy scoutmaster, and we are happy to state that she amply fills the bill as director of cuisine. Since we were all tired, we retired early and just dropped off to sleep when reveille sounded. " That, of course, meant get up, and with many a yawn and stretch the fellows turned out in time for assembly. Breakfast was a repetition of the delicious fare and delightful service of the night before, so much for that?sh-h! The S. M. asked for a second helping of "those molasses" and the scribe managed to get his thirteenth biscuit! We completed the arranging of camp and erected a bulletin board, | i upon which were posted the rules and ' regulations of Camp Herbert. One j said: "There shall be no swimming except at specified times and then on- ^ ly under the supervision of good j swimmers;'' while on the other side j of the board was the camp program' and on this was the line, "11:00-l 1-45 !1 r ?Swimming and water sports." The ( camp Ingersoll (Squeak Caldwell,; take note!) proclaimed the fact that1 . ii iA.rn r* ~ ~ .1 I 1L was Mien IU .otJ. uuuu iiiuuiiu^ti Mr. Old Swimmin' Hole! If you'll take the word of an eye witness and | accomplice, the water's fine. We; went in swimming twice a day, once j in the morning and once in the even-! ing. After the day's work and play ] were finished we would gather around the camp fire and engage in singing the old reliables, such as "My Bon-'1 nie," etc., together with the scout j1 songs. This gave rise to the4 forma- j tion of two singing societies (on the |' programs, "glee clubs"): The Bull- 1 frogs, and the Cat's Ankles. The hit- j 1 ter might be more aptly named the ; Cat's Meows, since I happen to be a!. Bullfrog. I leave it to yon, gentle |! reader, isn't there more music in a' 1 Bullfrog than in a Cat's Ankle? : mm mmm ?rm?iT Did you See M The New Mill The Newberr TXTT-itt /-\4- l-vinr VV 11,)' il'^L tJuj ^ from the Creamery a are drinking. Also "N teurized butter. . Our wagon covers e Ask the driver or tele] the Creamery for earl; Leaves on first trip i H T 1 INewberry Phone RUPTURE E Seeley, Famous in Thij Greenv F. H. Seeley, of Chicago ted truss expert, will persona and will remain in Greenwoo 27. Mr. Seeley says: "The only retain any case of ruptu the opening in 10 days on 1 vast advancement over all f fying instantaneous effects and withstanding any strain size or location. Large or di i uptures (following operati This instrument received th and in Spain, producing resu tions, medical treatments or has documents from the U Washington, D. C., for insp to 'demonstrate without chai Rncinocc HpmnnHs nrevenfc st XJ Utjlll VUU L' ? " in this section. P. S.?Every statement ir fied before the Federal and S Home Office, 117 No. De | Solid Leati ! I Peters "Diam 5 The Strongest I Shoe in tl Mi ft H d ft | L. Morrii 8 Each night we would sooihe ourselves' by 1 i<stening: to each other sir.jr. and when we were good and soothed, the chuck-will's-widows would go and unsoothe everything. There's nothing like sleeping to The tune of crickLs, frogs, and those peaky birds, the 1 i- - ]!!_ i ~^j-i,^ L'MliCK-WlIi S-WIUOWS. 1UU illK ay?/uicu to slumber (?) by those melodious noises and are awakened in the morning: by tHe son<rs of the birds, from the sad note of the pee-wee to the' sharp, c'ear ringing call of the bobwhites who came very close f> camp. We passed the time <"-has pleasantly until Sunday, which was visitors' day. (I don't mean that hero the pleasure ended.) On this day we rested and prepared to attend enureh in the afternoon. After d'nnov we dressed for church, which we attended in a body at New Chapel, which was not so far from camp, by the rm.- T~> ^v, nror.av way. me xvev. uiaiAsjji ?a.< ed a special sermon which he delivered in a most enjoyable way and which all of the scouts highly appreciated. At the conclusion of his r.ermon, Mrs. Herbert made a few remarks, wel-j coming us to her church, and honoring us with the invitation to attend See it? fhat? I IIT Af s wagon ui \ y Creamery irized milk or cream nd know what you fewberry Maid" pasvery part of the city. - . J phone your orders to j morning deliveries, it 5 a. m. daily. Creamery 14. -H? PERT HERE ! 4 WMMWMKP** * IIWIIH M ; TT i Specialty, Called to food. 51 a and Philadelphia, the no,lly be at the 0.regon Hotel [ d next Tuesda^only, June Spermadic Shield will not re perfectly, bi# contracts ;he average case. Being a ormer methods?exempliimmediately appreciable or position no matter the ifficult cases, or Incissional \ luna f ispcciaiij ouiiv/ivw. e only award in England Its without surgery, injecprescriptions. Mr. Seeley nited States Government, epction. He will be glad i *ge or fit them if desired, opping at any other place j i this notice has been veritate Courts.?F. H. Seeley. .'arborn St., Chicago. ! i her Shoes | Lond" Brand I : Guaranteed le World s & Son. I sevices again, which we snail certainly do if we are in that community again. Returning: from church we found that the visitors had begun to arrive and they continued to do so through the afternoon. They, of course, brought "civilized" eats to the poor hungry boys in camp, and the way those eats went was astonishing. The visitors complimented us upon our camp for which we wish to say "Thank you." The next week we were favored by a visit from several Rotarians, Messrs. Hal Kohn, Lad E-skridge, Foster Mar tin, Earl Babb, ice cream, lemon cakes, and lime cola. We were glad to see them all, and especially so when it was announced that we were not only to partake of the good things then, but we possibly would be able to go to the mountains on our next year's summer camp. Oh, boy! This announcement was greeted with a cheer for the Rotary club. That night another Rotarian, Bob Mayes, came to see us, accompanied by Kiwanian John Setzler. Mr. Herbert had told us about an historic Indian . burying mound, Dumpling hill, so called because of its Haltiwa New D\ R&i Tub Silk and i Price Leghorn Whi at Popular Price IT. !* naiuwa "The G i * ** # ' i?* ^ I i^JLJ ^ f. | (quality Ware. W * FOR Saturd At Sumi 'shape, not far from camp and hadj j offered to guide an expedition to it, so on Tuesday the gallant expedition started out. The way led through bogs, and quicksands, and marshes, ! and mud and horseflies, and over hill 1 and through dale, and across creeks, | and ditches and ravines, but you can't i down the Boy Scouts; we got there. ' Surrounding the hill is a stretch of 1 very marshy land, and after fighting | our way through this we at last set foot upon the historic place, and took ' possession of it in the name of the president of the United States of America. We had accomplished i what we had set out to do and that is all that can be expected of any i one. A second expedition was formed a few days later for the purpose : of excavating, and this expedition returned in triumph with a trophy in the form of a skull with horns which they declared to be that of no less a personage than Sitting Bull, but : which I strongly suspect once bore the name of William Goat. i Our camp has been a decided success from every viewpoint. It has accomplished its purpose of advanc| ing the boy6 in scouting, advancing i nger & Ci resses - Ne reived this w mmmmmmmmmmmmrn* mmdhbhmjbbmmbmhbbmhbi Drinted Crepe-de-Chii Jj te Sport and Black I I ' - nger & Ca rowing Store of Net IAL S Mk 'JL. m MJ ; lid ?W' %. r'"' ^^ , % Brand A, Serving Tr ater Pitch $1.39 E ay, June 1 a rv?i 1U kJ CI ner Bros. every one much farther. Mr. and i Mrs. Julien have made things as nice for us as they possibly could and we are aware of the work on their part I which made this possible. The camp i has made the boys know each other better, and has created friendships which will not be easily broken. It has strengthened our determination ' to live up to the Scout oath and law, and we know that while there may be others, no camp can occupy quite the position in our experiences as the po, siron held by Camp Herbert. ???^??Children'* Day at Smyrna Following the regular Sunday i school service at Smyrna church Sun; day morning at ten o'clock, there * will be a special program known as i Children's Day exercises, after which ; dinner will be served on the grounds. . i No service will be held in the after- V ' noon. ?, Preaching at Morris Chapel i Preaching at Morris chapel Sunday | afternoon at 4:00 by the pastor, to i which service the public is cordially i invited. l ; i ? i irpenter w Hats eek ne Dresses M2.75 to $19.75 transparent Hats j iroenter vberry" , - 1 / I 4, , ... r- rV? 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