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EDUCMN BOARD GRANTED THIRTEEN \ PASSES ON APPEALS FOR FREE TUITION; REFUSALS TO ELEVEN. Colu m bia. Thitereen students of the University of South Carolina, Winthrop college and Cletnson college were sustained ?by the state bxxird of education in their appeal for tuition after unfavor able reports from the state board of public welfare. The appeals for 11 students of the three institutions were refused. In these cases the state board ruled that the parents or guardance were j unable to pay the tuition charges and the students in person, who testified tuition. In several cases ? those in which the applicants were 21 years old or older ? the appeals were made by the student sin person, who testified as to their inability to pay tuition. When a student more than 21 year* of age Is unable to pay, however, his par ent* or guardian can pay, the board held that the student was not entitled to free tuition. Other action taken by the board In cluded the indorsement of Rett is acad emy (negro) In Kdgefield county, near Trenton, and the decision to request the executive committee of Pickens county to ask (Jov. Thomas 0. McLeod to call a special election for the se lection of a superintendent of educa tion for the county. The recognization of Rettls academy was shown by the boar? In its decision to allow teachers' certificates to this year's graduates of the institution. The academy, which is co-educational, lias about yOO students. The vacancy in the office of Pickens county superintdent will occur July 1, when P. V. Clayton will vacate the office. W. F. Murphree, who was elect ed to succeed Mr. Clayton, died sev eral weeks ago. The. entire membership of the hoard attended the meeting which was held In the governor's office. Hoard mem bers attending were: Governor Mc Leod,. ex-ofTlclo chairman; J. H. Hope, state superintendent of education, ex officio secretary; Miss Washington Green Pingle of Charleston, Mrs. Flor ence Adams Minis of Edgefield, S. J. Derrick of Newberry, H. N. Snyder of Spartanburg, J. W. Thomson of Rock Hill, T. C. Easterling of Marlon and S. H. Edmunds of Sumter. Says Cotton Stands Poor. B. Harris, commissioner of agricul ture, returned from a trip of inspec tion through the Piedmont section of the state. Mr. Harris reports the recent dry weather as retarding the growth of practically all crops. Poor stands are evident in tho Piedmont section, as pecially tho stand of cotton. According to Mr. Harris, the acre age of the smaller grain crops Is less, compared with last year, while more cotton is being planted proportionate ly. Labor is fairly plentiful and gen erally speaking more fertilizer Is being used tills year, as compared with last year. Speaking of the agricultural condi tions throughout the entire state, Mr. Harris stated that in general all crops are late and the stands of cotton In most Instances poor. Arranges to Carry Veterans. Arrangements for transporting Con federate veterans and relatives of South Carolina to Dallas, Toxas, for tho annual reunion, have been made with W. A. Clark of Columbia, major general commanding the South Caro Una division of the United Confeder ate veterans, and John M. Klnard of Newberry, commanding tho South Car olina division Sons of Veterans, acord Ing to an announcement by S. If. Mc lean district passe. iger agent of Southern Railway system at Columbia. The 3F)th reunion of veterans Is to ho held May 19 22, tho Confederate Southern Memorial association hold ing its 20th reunion, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans holding their 26th reunion at the same time. Statue of Hampton Changing. Ruckstnll's equestrian Hampton on tho State House grounds Is passing through a peculiar phase in tho long process of acrjuring the admired pa tina, or smooth surface coating, that Is much admired In old bronzes. Tour ists pausing to inspect the work have romarked recently the appearance up on the motal of a whitish, mealy pow der, not uniformly distributed, but breaking out In Irregular patches. Bronze, whether of monumental or ordnanco composition, and copper aa well, goes through thin effloroscence, which bears close analogy to tho oc casional disfigurement of llmostono buildings by tho formation on oxternal walls of nitrate of calclrtm, through the action of nitric acid from tho at mosphere. Summer Schoo ito Attraot Many. The 1925 session of the university summer school will have a number of important new features. The sessloa will open at 9 o'clock on the morning of June 17 by a full assembly In the University chajpel, at which time full announcement# will bo made and im portant instructions given out to guide In tho reglstrayion which will occupy the full day. j During tho week beginning July 6 an Important fionfere?ce of social workers will be held. \ METHODISTS HOLD MEETING Sunday Leaders Have Four Hundred 1 Members at Their Fir3t Session. Columbia. ? The flrst statewide Meth- j odist Sounday school conference over assembled in South Carolina hold its j session In Washington Street church. The opening devotions were 'led by the Rev. E. S. Jones, presiding older of the Columbia district. Upper South ' Carolina conference* > The hymns, j "Onward Christian Soldiers" and : "Lead on Oh King Eternal" were sung ( and the Rev. T. W. Munnerlyn, preaid | Ing elder of Rock Hill district, and | I)r. Watson B. Duncan of Cheraw led in prayers. There were some 400 in attendance at this flrst session, among whom were many who have been leaders in | Sunday school work for a number of | years. | On motion of Osborne Summers, su | perintendent of rural work, the Rev. J. W. Speaks was elected president of the conference, Dr. J. C. Guilds, vice president and Mrs. J. Ashby Turner , secretary. Dr. E. O. Watson, Washington. D. C., by request of the president made a short talk expressing his apprecia tion of the privilege of speaking In one of the last churches of which he was pastor and of appearing before so many South Carolina Sunday school leaders. Dr. Watson spoke of two of the "greatest crimes of all time." the Crimean war and the tragedy of Stnrna. He requested all the Sunday school leaders to present the needs of a million and a half Greeks. SO per cent of whom are women and children, who are a burden on his heart, and to solicit aid for them from their classes. Dr. F. N. Parker, dean of the Theo j logical department of Emory univer sity. made the principal address of the afternoon. He flrst quoted John Wesley as fav oring Sunday schools because of the genius to hold gains that had been made. The speaker said that the Sun day school is the church conserving ; all Its past. He said "one thing we ' need is to continue to emphasize evan i gelism." Again he said, "Wesley al ways had a deep personal, and tender feeling for all men and women. N'o one was more sensitive to thevfceedi of man than ho. We are not, to for get the spiritual in ho individual man or woman." The speaker said, "Don't be dazzled by the magnitude of the work so that you will forget the individual. Do hand picked work." Again he said that the strength of the church waa the strength of the youth. "First," ho said, "get them all into the church. Then lay hold of the Individual for Christ and his kingdom. The Master delighted In individual contact aa shown with the woman at the well and Zaccheus." Dr. Parker said the great note in Christ's work was reality. He looked ?at what men are and what they could be. The speaker said that the aim and passion of all should be the production of a specific type of character. "Every man perfected In Christ Jesus." Poisoned Flour Makes Four III. Spartanburg. ? In a very critical condition for sevor?' days as the re sult of having eaten flour containing arsenic, a deadly poison, Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Poats and two children, 128 Norwood street, are slowly recovering, it became known. Tests made by Dr. C. B. Waller, of Wofford college, disclosed that the flour eaten by the Poats family con tained a large quantity uf arsenic, and further Investigation disclosed the carcass of a poisoned rat In the con tainer from which the flour had been taken. The theory Is that, the manu facturers of the flour had been troub led by rats and had placed arsenic In a quantity of flour, hoping to poison the pests. Later, it Is believed the poisoned flour was inadvertedly pack od and shipped to the trade. Board of Visitors Named. Clemson College - Trustees of the college have elected the following board of visitors for the current year: First. district, W. W. Smoak, Walter boro; Second district. Col. R. B. Wat son, Ridgo Spring; Third district, Dr. R. C. Grler,. Duo West; Fourth dis trict, W. P. Conyors, Greenville; Fifth district, J. Walker Duval, Cheraw; Sixth district, J. J. Lawton, Hartsvllle; Seventh district, RoC. Rldgoll, Bates burg. Prof. I,. G. Moffatt of the English division was granted a year's leave of absonco for tho purpose of studying In France. Tho board made provision for put ting into effect tho recently enacted Purnoll bill, which provldos for en larged research work in agricultural sciences and particularly in rural and homo economics and rural sociology. This work will, of course, be directed by tho South Carolina experiment station, which Is tho agricultural re search branch of Clemson college. Missile Crushes Skull of Girl. Spartanburg. ? A rock thrown at a cow by Wallace Thlmpson, 12 year old Mayo boy, missed Its target and crush ed the skull of his lOyearold sister, Myrtle, who was standing near. Tho girl was given irst aid by Dr. Martin at Cowpens, and then was rush ed to tho Mary Black clinic hero, whore an Operation was performed In art effort to save her life. Part of the skull was pushed Into the brain and the child's condition Is procarlous. The rock struck the girl Just above the left temple. AMERICAN LEGION (Cop/ for Thla Department Supplied by the American Lesion Nem Service.) *" STIBOLT SUFFERED FORTY LEG WOUNDS More 'than forty wounds In the legs 1 led Noble Stlbolt from the paths of u traveling salesman to those of the law. 1 Today he Is succeeding as an attorney in the capacity of inspector for the American Surety company of New York city, is highly pleased with his poslt^n and says he has better prospects of I getting ahead than he would have had I if the World war had not changed the course of hlr. career. Stilmlt was wounded by fragments of a high explosive shell In the St. i Mlhlel (kl\e of Sept. 12, 1918. After ; returning to civilian life, he attempted to cover Ids old territory as a hat salesman. Hut his legs couldn't stand ! up under the strain of walking all day. I Stlbolt. who Is a member of North | Shore post of the American Legb>n In i Noble Stibolt. Chicago, declares that the consclen ; tlous efforts of the government agen ; cles given the herculean task of re ! habilitating the disabled will surely i be appreciated by the men more and ? more as time goes on. 'The American Legion Is In a great 1 measure responsible for this wonder | ful work, and they certainly deserve . the support of the citizenry for the | Important role which they have played ' In helping rehabilitate the thousands of incapacitated men, thereby fitting tliem for life's buttle on an equal basis t with their fellowmen," he wrote to nu ' tlonal headquarters In Indianapolis re I cent I y. Plans for Monuments Laid Before Congress Final plans of the American Legion ! Battle Monuments commission towards marking the battlefields abroad and commemorating the activities of Amer ican troops overseas have been laid before congress, according to legisla tive officials of the American Legion in Washington. The plans call for heautlflcatlon of the American cemeteries, commemora ! tlve monuments to the members of all ! American organizations which partlci j pated In the major American opera ' tlons, historical monuments to record Important operations of American di visions, a monument at home to com memorate the activities of the army and naval Fore**? of the United States In Italy and surrounding waters, erec i tlon of tablets to mark locations of headquarters of the American expedi tionary force and two memorials ami three monuments to commemorate naval activities. The commission contemplates the ex pendlture of 000, 000 to carry out Its plans. The Legion has taken a leading part In the work of the commission since It was created by act of congress In IP'J'J. Several Legionnaires are on the com mission. Including (Jen. John J. Per shing, chairman; and Thomas \V. Mil ler, president of the Fldac, organiza tion of inter allied veterans. Harmon Playgrounds Are Awarded to Many Cities Many cities throughout the country have recently been awarded Harmon Foundation playgrounds through the Instrumentality of their local American Legion posts. The latest Instances of awards being made were In Dillon and Marlon, S. (5., where the Legion posts took a leading part In securing the playgrounds. The post officials had been working for the gifts ever since the Hnrmon Foundation published notice about a year ago that 50 awards would be made to qualified cities. More than 1,000 applications were made from all parts of the I'nlted States. Patiencm la a Virtue "Your wife Is surely taking on weight." "Don't see how she does it, staying up till three or four o'clock In the morning." "(Jood heavens! Why does she stay up that late?" "Waiting for me." ? American Legion Weekly. Some Advantages That " Hick Town " Boy Has The so-called hick town has lutely become u source of great Inspiration to our professional humorists. If you read comic weeklies aiul newspaper quips you have doubtless noticed many lu the last year which began like this: "A hick town Is a place where ? " A hick town, sa> the various users of this convenient formula, Is a place where a backfire is never mistaken for a pistol shot ; where bedtime Is ortho dox ; where woodpeckers eat up the depot; where central can tell you whether it was a girl or a boy; where the folks build a yellow brick gym but no sidewalks; where the neighbors will supply you with a conscience If you lack one; where there Is no parking problem ; where a curfew 'disturbs the residents' rest; where a bachelor of So needs a bodyguard ; where tine-cut tobacco Is no handicap socially ; where $00,000 Is as good as a million, and bo on and on. With no intention of becoming ter ribly heavy over the matter, we want to add that a hick town Is a place where 20 of our 29 Presidents were born and where 7 out of 10 of the Im mortals In New York's National hall of fame originated. A hick town that didn't have a name produced Lincoln. Flick towns gave us most of our great literary figures of the past and prac tically all of those now living. Hick towns produce our Kdlsons ; one pro duced a great university president Just lost to Michigan. If we may, then we would like to suggest that a hick town Is a place where a boy has an excel lent opportunity to lay the foundation of future greatness. ? Detroit News. Tells Property Owners Importance of Paint Chicago property owners throw away millions of dollars every year, because they fall to paint correctly, according to S. II. Stewart, president of the Chicago Paint, Oil and Varnish club, who spoke at a general confer ence of paint men. This lium, he announced, Is but part of the billion and a half dollars' waste which represents the national annuul I loss from neglect of property. I "Not only do the property owners themselves suffer an actual cash loss ) In depreciation of property values, re pairs and more expensive pulnt bills when they finally do decide to call In the painter," he said, "but they put a premium upon the principal wealth of a nation, which Is its physical prop erty," In the United States there are $90,000,000,000 worth of physicul prop erty. This waste Is prevented by paint only, according to Mr. Stewart. Paint forms an elastic coating over mate rials susceptible to the fungus spores of rot and the chemical action of air which results In rust. Paint Is ltn i pervious to them, therefore the sub j stance which Is covered with paint is I immune. For Garden Walls "Orow your own berries" is a slogan worthy of the attention of every per son who has even a small piece of ground, for It Is an easy matter to grow good crops of delicious berries In a small space. Berry growing Is interesting and the time spent In cul tivating and watering Is a pleasure. This frequently Is overlooked with the I result that berries are not served as often or as fresh as they should be. In a few minutes one may pick suffi cient berries for breakfast, lunch or dinner, fresh from the vines and full of rich flavor and healthful Juices. ? Farm and Orchard. Newspaper's Duties The place of the newspaper In city planning Is vital. Never before In his tory have newspapers gone so far In playing fair with their renders. He who talks of the good old days of Jour nalism should be sent to a lunatic asylum. Horace fJreeley, In spite of his fame, didn't play fair with his readers. He gave them what he want fid them to know. Hut even now, the newspaper has not reached Its real de velopment In serving the city by plan ning for the future.- New York Times. Plant Nut Trees The time Is not far off, according to nut-growing enthusiasts, when nut trees will replace most shade trees. Nut breeding Is Raid to be ir>0 years behind that of apples and other fruits, hut It Is fast catching up; some day we may have a larger black walnut with a paper shell. Among the varie ties recommended for orchards are black walnuts, butternuts, hickory nuts, hazel nuts, pecans and those sorts of chestnuts which are resistant to blight. Small Principalities The Ave manliest countries In the wrtrld are: Monaco, 8 square miles; San Marino, 40 square miles; I,elch tensteln, 0T> square miles; Andorra, 140 square miles, and Danzig (free city), 720 square miles. Best Form of Speech Discretion In speech Is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal Is more than fo speak In good words or In good or der. ? Exchange. | IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL ! Sunday School ' Lesson ' j i By REV l> u FITZW ATER, DP. Drtl of th? Kventnit School. MooJy BtbU In ? t It ut ? o( Chicago ) j I M'li. Wolrrn S>w?p?p*r I'nlotv) Lesson for May 17 SAUL BECOMES A CHRISTIAN LESSON ? TEXT Wts 9 1-19 | GOLDEN TEXT ? "If any man be la Christ Jesus, he la a new creature. ? II Cor 5:17. PltlMARY TOPIC? A Man Who Another. I f,' N,k',11 TolJ'C ? Mow Saul Iiccatne ' * C hrlstlnn intekmediate AND SENIOU TOP 'C---Mo\v Saul Was Converted. Yol'NU PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP 'C A Stuily of Conversion. 1 I. Saul's Violent Hatred of th? j Lord's Disciples (vv. 1-2), I Saul knew full well that unless the ( movement set on foot |,y j,..SU8 W)ls J Mopped, It w nu lil supersede .) inia isr >. | He was Ignorant of the genius of j Christianity. He did not know that j the "blood of martyrs Is the seed of t the church. '1 he noble display of faith bv Stephen In sealing his testl j mony with his blooil did not soften Saul's spirit, hut rather Intensified Ills j hatred for Jesus and UN disciples. It | made him more determined than ere r I to stamp out the Nazarene heresy. The j Intensity of his madness, and the ex j tent of Its operations are best set forth j In his own words. "And I persecuted I this way unto the death, binding and delivering Into prisons both men and women" (Acts 22 :4). "I both shut up 1 ninny of the saints In prisons having 1 received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them, | and punishing them oft In all syna I gogues I h trove to make them bias j pheme, and being exceedingly mad ! ngalnst them, 1 persecuted them even i unto foreign cities" (Acts 20:10-12 It. j II. Saul Kicking Aflainst tho Pricks (w. 3-1*). j The figure here Is that of the Fast ern ox driver following the ox with a sharp Iron fixed to the end of a pole. The animal Is prodded on with this instrument and If it Is refractory It Ulcks ngalnst the sharp iron and In , Jures Itself. This Is n picture of Saul as he was madly fighting against Jesus. 1. A Light From Heaven (vv. 3 -la). The time hnd come for the Lord to Interfere. Saul was stricken with bllcdness nnd fell to the earth. This physical demonstration accentuated the workings of his conscience which doubtless were going on quickened by the Hi.ly Spirit us He used Stephen's testimony. 2. A Voice From Heaven (vv. 4b-5). This was the Lord's voice calling Saul by name nfcd usklng, "Why per secutest thou .Me?" This moved Saul I to inquire, "Who art thou, Lord?" The . answer came, "I am Jesus, whom thou I persecutest." He is so closely lek>nti lled with believers that He feels their sufferings and regards treatment of them as treatment of Himself. 3. Saul's Inquiry (v. G), "What Wilt | Thou Have Me to Do?" The Lord told him to go Into the city where information would be given him as to what he must do. 4. Saul Kntering Damascus (vr 7-9). The hnughty persecutor went quite humbly into Damascus, led by his at tendants. For the space of three days he remained blind and fasted. What went on in his soul In those days no mortal can know, but we may be as sured that he, like the Lord In the wil derness, was too deep In meditation and prayer to desire food. III. Ananias Ministors to Saul (vv 10-10). v 1. Ananias' Vision (vv. 10-12). In this vision the Lord appeared and Instructed hlrn to go to Saul. He gave him the name of the street nnd Saul's host, nnd Informed hlrn that Snul was now a praying man. and that He had prepared Snul by a vision for the corn | ing of Ananias. 2. Ananias' Fear nnd Hesitancy (vv 13-10). y { ? j He knew of Saul s ministry and the j authority by which he came. The lord | encouraged him to go. assuring him tlint Saul Is no longer nn enemy hut n chosen vessel to bear His name before the (/ent lies, kings, and the children of Israel. 3. Ananias' Obedience (v. 17) His fears being removed. Ananias went to the house where Saul was "laying, put his hand on him and af fectlonntely addressed hlrn as "broth er." Ananias told Saul that the Lord hnd sent hlrn with a twofold mission: (1) "That thou mlghtest receive thy sight" (2) "Me filled with the Holy Spirit" 4 Snul Haptlzed (vv. 18 10). After Saul received Ms R|KHt Ann. nlas baptized him. The Lord bestows the k' ft of the Spirit upon whomsoever He will, nnd may designate anyone whether occupying ?? ?mr,n, pOR||,on or not. to Iny bands upon Individuals. Prayer Prayer Is the pence of our spirit The stillness of our thoughts; the rest of our cures; the calm of our tempest. The Angels Angels served Ood and ministered to men when they proclaimed Christ's birth.- Presbyterian of the South. 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