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V ft. ) THE PRESS AND STANDARD, WASlTKRBORO, & C. **>1E SBV1II Board.. Tha board waa,ftaally Balt ooraphy and ?? c«n(» will pat tor a cbolco batvaaa Primary Maai-y at 41 coata—a dif- ! JUDGE AND SELECT TEXT BOOKS ^ “ - . | Phyidologtes: I It la ecnally unfair acd mlaload- statbieot of the appointive members of the state board Ing to compare the coat of tbo OF EDUCATION CONCERNING THE, ADOPTION OF TEXT " ,r ** boo ‘ 0, " XJ BOOKS. adopted vith tho two book aortaa discarded. Tbo third and addod book ia to bo need as ^a olectlTO science in ono of tho high school new bon—a<l< ptad. al^ Primary Geography. Bo. too, «lo old Advanced Geography aad cetts will buy the bow Primery GooKruphy Oould ai^y one deny that money has eared the State? Coat To The State. It has been claimed that the board by its action wantotiy destroy by the State board of education. “If the, people of South Carolina are willing to believe,*’ he said, Columbia. July 11.—Special: State Superlateadoat of Bdacatloa Swearingen, returned to Columbia last night from Rock Hill, where he had goto Friday to attend the Conference of County Superinten dents of Education. He declared that he had no Intention or desire to prolong the controversy regard ing the text book adoptiot^ made OWES the school books bought in South Carolina during tb* years 1904- 1911. How preposterous thin claim Is will appear from the (allowing: It aKttumes that all these books, even those bought five years ago, ed property values estimated at la vW9r of thn mlaunderatandlagv whether there was any decided dif- and was adopted in response (goo.000. This sum is Just a few «rro»~n. th.t tin. I.rwn. .1 'J' “ ““ “«•> ot thou „„ d co „ of . w.rmnt wtmtmmt «•. 801X1 e men,b * r then b ul a par the day—the call for the oduca- growu out of the recent pro t tlcttiar innomination. There t ion of the people, in health laws toed by Puts Superintendent Swear- wu f U H er discussion, including and preservation. In the two low- lagcc la reference to tho Into adopt- comparisons with such other books tr books, those adopted are so ton *»f text books, the undersigned *• individual members thought f ar - a h«ad of the old ^raobs that {.ppolnlive members of tho State worthy of mention. An open indl- there is no comparison. TThte Prtm- Hoord of Education submit to the vidual vote was then txken. Thus er 0 f ganitr.tion alone if placed in paoplo of South Carolina the fol- the whole board knew how each the home of every man in South liurlBg statement of the facts in- member voted. Carolina and read and even partly 1 How The Members Voted. followed would save I* one year more money than this tdoption will { no * On only three of the books adopt cOBt < new It aHsumes also that If all . 35 ceD t a . ed were the undersigned members Arithmetics* °’^ ho °bs had been rea< l 0 f ,te< l* eating. volved: nninrt of The Members to Judge And Select Text Books. The undersigned members of the board have all of them been for many ye£.rs ictimatelji connected with the schools. Most of them are teachers of many years’ experience. divided in their final vote. These were the basal set of Readers the The comparison between tbe old —id tbe 'new Arithmetics is an h Geographies tnd the English <$poks , Bntanre of KiiirlnK injustice 1 below the high school. The following^ |0 , he The fo , lowlng la voted for the Wheeler Prime*. Mes- the Btatempnt given; srs. Daniel Glenn, O'Driscoll, Rem- the children of the State would not “that they can now exchange old To Lydia E. PinkhanTs text books for new ones at an ad- V6g6tj|bl0 Compound dltioaaJ cost of oaly 4 2-3 cent, per M ich.-“ I want to tall child each year, they will be unde- you how much good LydiaE.l’ink ham’s ceived when the time comes to buy " Vegetable Com- pound and Sanative \Vash have done me. I live on a farm and have worked very hard. I am forty- five years old, and am the mother of thirteen children. Many people think it strange that lam Dot broken down with hard work and the care of my fam- frl new books. “1 hare tot coanted the words in the primer or in any other book, but the new basal second reader are . still in usable form In contains -159 pegea and sells for hmds of the children and ar « * 35 cents. The new baaal fifth read- worth what they cost when | er contains 368 pages aid sells for The difference is inter- •Of the old basal first reader. had to buy any new hooks ] 31^00 copies were sold from 1906 lly, bnt I tell them of my good friend, the coming five years It t (0 mi aud |h , g book ht . 4 5^ jrour Vegetable Cornpt.una, and Hiat .h.l ..ch book no. in .b. Twelve .boownd cople. f« IM .nltaS I na hand- of the child has not only paid its price In use, but is by con- ranging through nearly e\er> grade Tluickston and Tonis. In the * ° 8 t ^°f old Arithmetic, Lie- 'tract gixen an i-Jded definite val- case of the first and second basal mentary 22 8 pn-r'vtm>”*1)< fifty per cent, of Rei.Jers, Messrs. Glenn and Rembert ( ost ot °' < * Arithmetic, Ad- n g or jgj na | coat. and every kind of school. Hpecial Preparation for The Adopt- tkn voted for the Graded Classics of B. P. Johnson & Co. as a solid bas al set. Messrs. Daniel. O'Dnacoll. Rice, Thackstoi* and Toms voted second Readers, t-s adopted. in the case vanced For -something over two yeers, they have had this adoption in view and have, in cotoequenoe. been fop , he whee , er flrst and acquainting themselves with the usableness, suitableness and merits of the Geographies. the final vote of the books in actual use in the sto<jd for Maury Messrs. Daniel, schools. This has been done not oDri^on Thackston, and Toms; oHy by examination of the books for Frye MeaarB Glenn Kenibvrt , themselves but by the questioning aIuJ RJre , n ; he t . aBe of the of teachers all over the State. Grammars the following voted for For some six months prior to the j^j nard a , i; j withers books: Messrs, adoption, books to be offered began nan(<?1 and TomB In each such to come in and expert representr- inatai)re however> those who op . tives of the book companies began p ()ged t j, e finally adopted their visits to the several mem- cheerfully accepted and approved bers of the Board. The coming of verdict of the majority. In the these books and agents increased vote on a jj 0 t ber books adopt- 1l frequency, so that for some three undersigned members voted months before the adoption, the a j|| te members were called upon to spend Outage of Text Books, rioat of their time, not gixen to j n to tbe cb ange of text F f theAr regular work, in the examina- j t mu8 t be remembered that tion of books and the discussion of the Jaw anticipates the neces- tbem with agents. pity f or c h an ge in providing for a This prolonged ar.d searching ex- p^jodj,. adoption The object, mor amination of text books lo be sub- wer , n lnvitlnK bl(lB , s to 8ecure mitted was supplemented by inform n(Jl cheapest books but the Arithmetic, Total— . . Cost of new o' mentary . , Cost of new Arithmetic, Inter mediate .. . .\ i 32 Cost of new Arithmetic, Ad vanced displaced. of the physical geographies were it as Iliave. I am scarcely ever with, sold, aud this book has been retain- out it in the house. ... A. far a. .he .....a on ,h. J list are concerned, these two books woung girls to build them up and mak« are equrJ, but as far as tbe pu- them strong and well. My eldest i E. Pink. for pain- and it haa -- , , willing to * ,or only about 4 2-3 cents per child, j multiplied indefinitely, for renders, "Kak a good won! for the Lydia K- llnstad of the alleged loss of | , h , , from Mnkhams Remedies. I tell every ono » <0 . 1 uimawt thut I ,n geograpoies irum ] that I owe my health and hap. |5u .0(0. As it is < la id the qjqpi iniportant part of a text piness to these wonderful medicines.” the loss wr e entailed by the «*-j b ook adoption and these three —Mr& J.G. JoiUf»ON,ScottviUe,Mich., 42 Burned eighty per cent, change, 'hen ' aeriej| Bhow that 75 per cent of the the entire value involved would be Total— Making the apparent increase ot: $1.09 upon his eighty per cent, or up on $400,000 instead of $500,000. It is however generally estimated by Arithmetics 47 cents. As a matter of fact, the New Advanced Arlth-! tea, ^ r8 and experience^ book nien metic quoted at 41 cents in the 'that the average life of a text book second list above, was on the old list and is a re-adopted hook. The proper comparison should be Cost of,, old Went. Arithmetic, Elemtary 22 Cost of old Went. Arithmetic, Advr need . .40 old Milne Arithmetic, Advanced 41 mere titles even were thrown out. o “If the members hid made up their minds as to the best aid most desirable books I am at a loss to understand why they were un willing to point out the poor books now in use It is claimed that ample prelimim ry discussion and comparison of sample books had bought during the first three yer™ | been made . T hls admission is hlgh- of the last adoption period are ILF. I). 8 Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Oom- ponrid, made from native routs and herbs, contains no narcotics or harm ful drugs, and today holds the record for the largest number of actual cures of female diseases. - especially in the lower grades— 1 is from oi*j to three years. On a liberal allowance then, >the books Weak, Weary Women. Total .. $1.03 (’ost of i:<5w Milne Arithmetic, Elementary 32 anrf ..omnarrisons ' ,Ul uul ,,,c Cost of ivw Milne Arithmetic, al discussions and comparriso beBt jj^^p at (be | owe8t p r | ce s. The int<.rm»au»® among the members while it' showed its recognition of this attendance upon board meetings i.i a8 a primary end in the Columbia. Heuce the several mem- j afl at'its first meeting cod bers entered the adoption with frequent , y In thB C onrse of the cleany defined views as to the re- ado ption, it was repeated with em- IMive merits and suitability of tho pba8lg that the firgt duty was to Intermediate \34 Cost of re-adopted Arithmetic, Advanced 41 TotaL-v $1.09 This makes usable in class, though by the con tract they have been given an ex change mone> value. This reduces the possible loss to the • books bought during the lr-it two years, or to two-fifths of $400,000, that Is. $160,000 Now, not 01-y have these hooks paid their price in actual use, but they have an actual vt .'ue of fifty per cent of th,,,r ! r ators cost when new. This reduces the 1 alleged loss to $80,000. If this joss be distributed over a period ofe five years- a legitimate dlstrl- ly gratifying t6 me, because the ab- ( aence of such discussion, and com- pn^lfon at the board meetings led i me to suppose and hope for this condition. They, therefore, seem to admit the fact that the real dis cussion of text-books was had In the Jerome Hotel. I do not pre sume to set my opinion agi-lnat the Learn the Cause of Daily Mites and End Them. When the back aches and throbs. When the house work is torture. When night brings no rest tier sleep When urinary disorders set in. Women's lot is a weary one. There is a way to escape these woes. bution. inasmuch as the assumed (he board jtpeif. t ' hall any other remedy I the Increased price loss covered that period—this mak 4 • This admission proves thc4 the used. For several years I Doan's Kidney Fills should be opinion'of seven distltuuished edu- UjUM j Have cured thousands. Read this woman's testimony. Mrs. R. DeUirkey 8 E. ( amber- land at. Charleston, S. O. says: "I gladly recommend Doan's Kidney open discussion in the meetings of p|u a j or they did me more good but being (he secretary of the board and a member directly . responsible to the people, 1 thought there should be a frank, full and ever had this remedy merits of th^books submitted de- or ^. b p at j of, improvements. «• serves the same consideration, and 0 , ber n^s; an d relatively poor Is Just ns likely to be correct, as today. Surely »h« country chll- judgment of the whole board atnl that of Mr. Swer.-ringen, and th.t' jrei:> are entitle** to as good hooks was unanimously adopted by it. My where a majority of them were as t ^ e town children are. This this contract, for the first time ii* agreed upon, a particular book, it advantage the bor.-nl was fully de-^the history of book adoptions, "any Is just and rational, as well as deni- t erm j n ,, d they should have, without old book” in the hand of the child oeratic, to assume that this ma- regard to criticism. hr« been given a definite mon*‘> Increase In Prices. value and will be taken In exchange Most of those who have made for any book of a lower or higher comparisons between particular grade in the same series. By the hooks of the old and new adoption have fallen into serious sy*J mis leading error. Primer ai d Reader. iendent Swearingen intended in the ] n raj!0 0 f jt,*, primer, al- rtUghtest degree to impugn or make though tbo one j dopted costs j2 insinueJion against the integrity of cents more than the (Id one It con- tbe contract the old Johnson Prim the members of the board, either inr ’.gins 6"('f» words of reading mat- er. which, when new, cost the chil- on the assumption that the state ment thc-t eighty per cent of the no one mm, but that the contract hooks have been changed. Is correct, was the product of the combined The correctness of the statement we do not admit. Exclusive of copy pointing out the inferior and un desirable hooks now In use. o The asaertion that better books have I been adopted does not suffice, but should be supported by evidence. Every change of. text-books is un-. Remember the and take no other. name-- Doan’s of tills firvt choice, and with Me.a tabllsh the principle that books of the Milne was logical, inasmuch and two-thirds cents apiece. record of these changes was prompt- en,,re 1 value as to the opinions their fel, °" should not be changed and that as tbe advanced Milne was already Thus, at this slight additional ex- 1 refu8e d I was prepared to b^oTsale by all dealers. Price 60 ram” rim. forTdomion the mem chPa P neM ,8 th « chief the ,iat nad ^e whole series pense of four and two-third <»»>*■.'recommend severs! chrnge. and to c< , nt8 pcter-Mtlburn Co.. Buffalo time came fo ^ ad °P ,1 ° n . t ^ m No mails child should be com- was already widely used in tbe each child in the State would be | Bupport thege reC ommendatlor* with New York> Bole agents for the Uul Ijers were virtually ready to vote ppijed to , 18e inferior text books independent schools of the State. supplied with new and better books f T - made sweep- . , a , , Intelligently .i.hout the necee,.,, eV ,„ tllou , h book , w „. (ur . Sevtn, u, U- 8U..,. Snrely thl. 1. ,.in not '>»■ “ tl', "' 1..^.- , ' <l aU "’ of much discussion, though despite n j sbed ^ ree COBt Time o(jce Those who have commented ou For it Is a serious Injustice to a ' tb< , necessity for these changes by this prearatlon there was full dla- , 08t by the chlld throu(?h poor the cost of the adoption hawe over- child- an Injustice at once physl- cusjion on all important books. books, is never recovered and the looked the positive fact that this cal, intellectual, and aesthetic—-to The undersigned members sub- t i ania .j fe d0 i*» is irreparable. People board has secured what is confess- put i;*o its hands an old, defaced mit, therefore, th»4 with this ex- jiving in the country, are, as a rule edly the best coi«tract ever obtained two-thirds cents apiece, perience and this study of the books ^ in pinion to keep up with the from the publishers in this conn- We have gone into these figures it is reasonable to conclude that ad yance in text book improvements, ti^y. For we maintain that the their individual judgment as to the T4, e8e advances are on a par with, credit for this contract is due to BUYERS ATTENTION. jority opinion was more likely cor rect than that of Mr. Swearingen or that of any minority which in cluded Mr. Swearingen. The So-called Secret Ballot. It is unthinkable that Superir- hoqks and .drawing hooks, which are destroyed by use, supplemen- i tary English Classics and dupli cates, there were 53 books on the old list. Of Mils number 23 only were changed, whereas 2<* were re adopted. Ten were entirely drop ped from the list. Owing to the same contract, too, the length of extension of the high school course time cJlowed for exchat vie has been it becomes necessary to add nine) increased 25 per cent. Both the method and the sav ing in this exchange provision maj be illustrated with the readers. M> list for high h man calcul- of change for l«»w books to tin* school us**. Let **i at** the percentage himself , The foregoing statement of the essential facts of the adaption, of necessary unless a loglccJ reason can lie assigned therefor. “I lutve nut qeu*'*>tlone*I |J»e In- tegrity or iuipugrrd the motives of ■ majority of tie* tStsed, Because |He«itive iwoof of ini|»n»|ier influeMce cannot la* adduced. The iirivsle character of every man 1h*I*>i»«^ to himself, alone, hut his public acts Is* long to his constituents. The new |H»licles ««f tin* Iroanl *»*■«* ex pensive, uim’X plain* *d, and without record, and against tli**s«« thr*s> character 1stirs I protested. “There ar** **th**r p«»Int**invititig (•interesting comment, but I lej.vo this to he made i»y others The de termination of tli** issue rests with the people.” dividual!}* or collectively. Indeed w ter, whereas the old book contains drer* 12 cents, has now e-n exchange the preliminary preparation of the have his assurance that he did not: only Thus the old Primer, value,of 15 cents. That is to say members of the Board, j*nd of the yet that construction has been put pasteboard hound, cheaply made, an-old Johnson Primer and D> cents fair and rational view to t;.ke of upon his protest and especially up- poorly illustrated, gave or4y llo will buy a new Wheeler Primer, the cost li*volved. The undersigned dn his reference to c- secret bal-i words of reading matter for 1 cent the retail rontract price of which appointive members have no apolo- lot. Hence we are at a loss to un- The Judgimnt of the .••< , hool worid is 25 cents. Or the same Primer gy to make either for the results derstan why, when he perceived tha upon this new toc*c may be inferred r*nd 10 cents will buy a i*?w Wheel- of the-adoption or for the meth- the newspapers so construed his from the fact that ii h is be*n er First Reader, the contract re- ods used. TTiey entered upon the > protest, he did not, in justice to adopted in eleven States. So, al- tail price of which Is 25 cents. In Mask with onlp one purpose to fur- himself and in justice to the board so, are the Readers a*’opted juper- the same way, an old Primer may ther the bent interests of the I immediately publish a disclaimer ior to those discarded. be used at this valuation of 15 schools r-nd of the children ot 1 of r.-ny such intention. This ballot, it is due to say, was not secret in the sense that any member's vote was concealed. It is due to say. further, that not onlv wc« the method based upon To Take Off Warts. Yeiuessee, July 14.' Special: Ed-j itor. The Press and Standard: Here is a remedy for taking warts off of stock Just apply fresh hogs lard to th* every other We are prepared to supply your wants from our complete line of General merchandise. Our go(><ls are fresh and guaranteed. We can supply you in (groceries, Do Goo<ls, Shoes and Notions. p-* « A few of our prices: ~ * Rest (ireen t'off«*e at . Kle (•old Run*I Hams at Ihc. Rice Per Peck .Mlc. Chunk Meat, if lbs. for 2.V. Excellent Country Meat LV Wanted—Eggs and Chickens, G. I. BLOCKER, WAI.TKBHOHO, S. <’. Escaped With His Life. “Twenty-one years ago I faced an awful death,” writes, H. H. M:ir- B ar t»4>tlq, Port liarrelson, S. C. “Doctors morning for three said I had consumption and thn mornings I have never failed |d r (*» df ul ,-ough I had lociked ltke lt. Reidivs: the ir.st imp>rr*»»t cents to help pay for any Reader South Carolina. They brought to subject taught in •hi school, c..- —First, Second, Third, Fourth, or bear upon this task their best cause tho child s ^r*.giers in al nth IVth; whereas, in the pu«t a Prim- experience, the unremitting -toll! of er studies depend.** upon his ability rr could be exchanged only for a months, and allowance for the fal- to read That series of Reader;; I’rimer. Further, an old First Read llbllity of human judgment they wni<h entries the child to gain this er. which cost 20 cents when tr-w, have succeeded. To the test of the precedent of the adoption of power in the shortest possible time, has by contract been given a mon- flve years ago, but, in the agree- is in the end the best and the ey value of 15 cents imd may !>*• nvent io adopt the impersonal'vote cheapest Vt:* h a series the un- used to help pay for a Primer or it was distinctly stated that. If In designed members of the boa-d for any Reader at getting a cure. You cat* publish this for the ben efit of your readers. Very truly yours, L. C. WEEKLY. the old Primary Geography, whic'i wr..( discarded by the board, and •vhlih cost when new 33 cents, has the voting any member desired to claim to have adopted. Put on teeord c-nything about the Le«*gia|dil«»*i. vote or adoption, he had the right In tho comparison between the to do bo. °' , i and the adopted Primary Geog In the case ofmost of the books, raphieo, the following is the fact- , by contra* t l ten given an exch.ii e * especially of the more important The book thrown out w«s confessed value of 23 (ents, being only 10 ones, there wae alwayw a prelim- ly unsuitable and wa* not support* 1 cents lees than it cost when pew. inary discussion which revealed ed by s single member of ths.TuU Is to say, on old Primary Ge- use, to those who know l*ooks and the i'*eds of our schools, soil to the sola-r second thought of the 'i fair-minded peeople of their State, In the case of the Geographies, they leave the final verdict. D. M. O’Driscoll. First District. CHICHESTER SPILU I BRAND H F. Rice, Second District. D. W. Daniel,. Third District. A. G Rembert, Fourth District. J Lyles Glenn. Fifth District. Nathan Toms, Sixth District. A. Thackston, Seventh District. DIAMOND <2^ S’ Lamas t Aafc t— DIAMOND Cold metallic Kibfaoo, aiVfiewl ytars regarded aa Sot. Saf—t, Always SOLD BY ALivDRUGGISTS T T iSyL EVERYWHERE JSSSS sure enough. 1 tried everything! I could hear of, for my tough, ami was under the treatment of the best doctor in Georgetown, S, (’. for a }«*ar, but could get no relief. A friend advised me to try Dr. King's New Discovery. I did so, and was completely cured. I feel that I owe my life to this great throat and lung cure.” Its positively guaran- teed for coughs, colds and all bron chial affections. 6(»e am) $1.0". Trial bottle free at Jno. M Klein’s * A Peck Into His Pocket, would show the hox of Bucklen’s Arnica salve that K. S. I.oper a carpenter, of Marilla, N. Y . always carries.” 1 hsve^never had a cut wound bruise, or sore it would not soon heal . he w rites. Greatest healer of burns, boils scalds, chap ped hands and itps. fever sores, skin eruptions eczema, corns and piles. 25c’at John M. Klein s. >