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"Thc Rest Fojullj remedy, because lt works when all medl> clue huve erased to act, or have acted, It Is Life Insurance.*' MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY M. M. MATTISON, General Agent ... C. W. WEBB. District Agent J. J. TROWBRIDGE. Special Agent The Educatioi COLUMBIA, Nov. 7.-Thc moBt sig nificant and instructive feature of thc? South Carolina State Fair of 1014 wau the educational exhibit, the first in the history of thc fair. Tho intiativo for this exhibit came from the South Cafoliua School Improvement Asso ciation, of which Miss Mary Eva Hite is the efficient president, and it was hold under tbe auspices of the asBo- ' elation. The association contributed to tbe display a model school-house, equipped with single desks, black boards, maps, globes, history and rending charts, teacher's desk and chair, a convention heater, a sanitary water fount, chalk and noiseless eraa ors. cloak room, and roading room, In ' the latter-2 neat cases of library books and a reading table. This model and tho five booths where the work of the schools in Dorchester, Laurens, Kerohaw, Oconee, and Newberry coun ties was displayed and where the con ditions under which this work WUJ I done and tho ends toward which those counties are striving waa explained by tho county supervisors of education in charge of the exhibits, were literally charged with lessons for the throngs of visitors. They interpreted to the eye and to the mind the sources, aims, and strength of the educational forward movoment that ls now in full swing from the ocean tc the mountains. IDorchester. County. Tastefully decorated with flowers and school pt anani s, the Dorchester | county exhibit in charge of the school ' supervisor, Miss Caroliue Dickinson, . of Summerville, displayed u varied, collection of thc work ot the schools ? of the county. Tho left side of the { booth was filled with exhibits of thc. Summerville School, illustrating every phase of the work of the Summerville children from the drawing and writ ing of the first and second grades, i thorough the mathematical, classical. ; and commercial papers of the high : school. On tho right, the St George i and Itidgoville Behool displays filled mont of thc space, the rest being taken up with oxamplcs of the work of coun- j try uchools. The whole rear of the j booth displayed the exhibits from Dor- j cheater rural schools, ot which tho ; most prominent wore those of the Pine ' Hill and Carotine Dickinson schools. Tho most striking features of the ' whole Dorchester exhibit wero a life- | size drawing of a human skeleton, i correct in proportion and perspectiva, j made ty a pupil of the Summerville ' school ; u fine collection of leaves and . flowers from the St George school; a' picture of tho Rldgeville school garden . with'thc pupils at work In lt and sam- j plea of various vegetables and fruits raised by the pupils; displays ot na-' ture study and correlated work by tho. ! Caroline Dickinson schools and other ouortoncher rural schools; and Ute va ried, display from the Pine Hill one toachor school, which at the time the exhibit was collected waa In charge of Miss Charlotte Wienges, now the representative of the Schoo Improve ment Association in Berkeoy county.! This last Included a picture of the na- j ture study corner of the school, a fino j collection of insects made by the pu pils, written work, drawing, busy] work, correlated, industrial work, and nn excellent nature study chart made and. compiled by pupils Two features of the Dorchester exhibit also deserv ing mention were the colored photo graphs of the five new school build ings that have .been erected during Miss Dickinson's term as supervisor, and that are suggestive of the five ad ditional planned for this year, and tho 'exhibit of extensi?n work In canning and sewing. The germen ia made by the extension sewing class of tho Ridge vii le school - were par tic uar ly creditable. In the significant fact that the instruction in this sowing class was given gratis by a lady not direct ly connected with the school ls found porhapa the distinctive l?sson th?'Dor-* chested exhibit baa for the public, the lesson that the relation of school work jw every day Mfe arid tho world out side, arid the consequent aroused in terest of the pupil In every phase pf activity, hVturn enlists the interest and active .co-operation ot the com munity In the work of the achool-a lesson omphasized In the exalbita from tito othor four, counties represented. Every district in Dorchester county levies a special tax, and tho average attendance ls 8 per cent higher than the average forjthe state. Laurens County. Laurens county, represented by Miss Will Lou Gray, the county school su pervisor, presented a most varied dis play . ot school and school extension work-so varied, in fact, that it is hard to do tho display Justice within the limita ot a short description. Co op?rative school and class work was Illustrated by a cabinet and ma ture collection made by tho Ora achcoi, by a map of Europe made and colored by a geography class using both the text hook and the daily papers, by a aeries sif one-page stories of the Great War. a class product map of Sdlith Caro linA, a case of cotton products each fha contribution of one pupil, a'his tory of tho Great War by years, each year, the contribution ot one pupil, a st??* of the states in soliloquies each soliloquy Oie work of a separate pu pil, a similar collection of the "Days We Celebrate." a plan of a house with full specifications, posters in bright colored out work from a mill kinder garten, a miniature circus and me nagerie In two tents made by first grads pupils, atine desk made by the Trinity. Ridge school, and by many other displays. The ono-toacher school wea host represented by the exhibit of work from the Sandy Ridge school; fie Algebra, Geometry. Arithmetic. Latia on* English papers from thu school were ?specially fine. Nature study WM represented by ampia liles ti'ailona of work sad especially ,by collections of leaves and a fine study chart oom plied by seasons, the work of one'grade. Agriculture, which ti lal Exhibit at t this couuty lu becoming a prominent feature of the school course, was rep resented by var <ous products of school fields, Ute basket of fine potatoes from I the Young school perhaps the most i striking. Extension work in cooking, as well as cooking coursen in schools, wu? represented by cakes, bread, candy and preserves, made by the chil dren of the county, with a plate of hatter besides. The booth also contain ed many specimens of extension work sewing, the emphasis being placed, by arrangement of exhibits, on UBeful garments, and elementary steps such as sewing on haltons and the making 1 of button-holes, as well as the homely I art of darning socks, In a corner of, the Louth the handsome cup won by Laurens county at the last meeting of the State Teachers' Association in Spartanburg for the largest attend ance of teachers at the meeting, made a fine addition to the exhibit. Copies of the Laurens County School Journal, published by the pupils of the county under the auspices of the School Improvement Association, were placed hero and there among the va rious exhibits to testify to the lead the county has taken in this direction, for ns yet, Laurens Is the only county that publishes such a journal. Each copy was full of Interesting reading matter, exceedingly creditable to the young authors, as well as to their at tachment to their schools, their teach ers, and their supervisor, j Probably the most striking single disnluy in this exhibit' waa a fine model ot thc Trinity Ridge school and grouuds, showing the handsome brick building, the play-grounds with its lawn,, hedges, ball field, tennis court, sand-pile, and Its three acre demon stration plat of corn, cotton and oats, oach represented lu a realistic man ner. This and tho history of the school placarded above the model told a Fi Dry of development, beginning with consolation, that may bc repeated In many South Carolina country dis tricts. Finally, a fine model of a saw-mill made by a boy whose well-to-do father keeps him out of school to pick Cotton, and nn equally- fine model In wood of a locomotive and tender, made by a boy whose grade work was thc despair of his teacher, emphasised the lesson that all ?round us neglected talent in the young ia waiting develop ment As most of the exhibits including the School Journal represented the co-operative effort bf the grades, schools, or communities, rather than of Individuals, ani as Laurens made no distinction in exhibits as the coun ty makes none in school contests be tween city, rural, and, ; mill schools, the central lessons of " the Laurens booth for the public is. tho effective n?es pf democratic co-operation. Lau '? rons last year raised $5,000 more bs special levy than by the .constitutional tax. ' . Kershaw County? ! The beautiful green and color scheme of tho Kershaw county exhibit in charge of Mles Kate Simpson, coun ty school supervisor, the.tasteful horn ed of pumpkin vines and pumpkins on the walls, and the systematic arrange ment of various displays, as well ai the excellence of the work exhibited attracted much attention to this booth A battle scene from tho War of th< j Revolution, worked out on a Bant table, by the pupils of the Anna] school, showing American soldiers ii blue with their camp behind them, re II nj sing ah attack ot tho British red coats on their trenches, occupied th< ?center of the booth and Illustrated on? of the devices a modern teacher tindi effective, both In stimulating the ia tcrcst of young people in achoo 'studlea and for connecting work wit! the hands with work with the head ?The whole left side of this exhibit wai given up to a display of the varlou steps of correation of handwork wltl Behool studios. Beginning with pa per-cuttlng In- connection with th reading of the very youngest pupils the series passed through paper told lng, cutting add folding,- and soft woo? work for both boys and- girls. Her the work of the latter branched ol Into thc making of axe-handles, bat? single-trees tor plows and - slmlla useful articles, while tho girls, hand work became basket making wit raffia , and pine straw, ' weaving, an making of upholstered sewing stand: and finally various kinds of sewinj Each phase or handwork ta turn wa shown in reaction to soihe form of trc dltional Behool work. '.. It is interesting to noto that th higher, forms of manual work show ?n this exhibit were done outside < school In response to a fatunulus ri calved In school, and this is true < almost all the manual work shown 1 all the county exhibits, as possibly n< moire, than two of the schools repn sonted are equipped with regal! manual training departments. Other features of tho Kershaw e: hildt were the fino colored drawini made by s pupil of the Camden scboe exhibits ot torn work illuatratln reading and language leesons, spec mons of tino free-hand drawing, Ge mah. Indian and Chinese dolls mac ot bread in connection with readU 1 and geography, a term scene In ci paper made by a mili kindergarten, ?splendid oaae of cotton'product* i i lustrating the story of cotton, a shov ?case of cakes, biscuits, broad, ar other .edibles prepared by extensk cooking classes, - and some escoltei specimens of sewing sind crochet!; done by extension sewing clasgoa- ti crochet work in worsted and cottt bein^, especially good. . Posted, on the rear wall of the bool ware many photographs ot mode; school buildings of Kershaw mr schools and a summary af intarestii facts concerning the improvement Kcraaaw'S educational* facllllii Among the photographs Who one ot M sod one ot the fi?* CJevchu school,' now known aa tpa 'Wawi - he State Fair bon. School" because this year rural I school won 18 blue ribbons in the I county competition last year. Kershaw I booth bad a lesson of profress well I illustrated with the keynote of the ex- I biblt-" systematic and varied cor- I relation." I Oconee County. .. In the Oconee booth, the Oconee I county school supervisor, Miss Annie I McMahon, had another attractive ami creditable display of school work that told Ks own story of progress In build ings, methods, interest, .and .ednea-1 tiona! and community results. The Oconee exhibit was unique muong the school exhibits at the fair and all the more creditable In that It came entire ly from the rural schools of the coun ty. It contained excellent specimens of map drawing, color work in con nection with, reading, language, and history, rut paper work, basketry, and simple woodwork. Some .fine .Hutch seenes In water colors from one* of I the schools were splendidly done. Ex-fl titbits of photographs of old buildings and of new buildings In the county. Booklets made, Illustrated, and writ ten up by Ute pupils dealing with va rious subjects of the school .course told of correlation in Oconee also. An especially fine feature of the exhibit was a piece of Indian wearing most attractive In color and design. ...... I .. But most striking of all were the displays .of .the .extension .sewing I classes and cooking classes, the work of the Homekeeper*s Clubs organized In connection with the schools. Most of this sewing had been done during I thc summer vacation by organisations of school girls who ?net at various times to exchange Ideas, always bring ing their sowing with them, and em phastzing the useful phases of the art. I The cooking on tell other hand repre? I sented the work of the winter cooking clubs, alco a give-and-take affair, with I emphasis in the close following the I recipes and the keeping of exact rec- I ords o? proceedurc. The cooking ex- I hibit included candies, cakes, biscuits, I and a fino turkey "done" to the right brown. From this and other cooking exhibits, visitors to tho fair were con stantly offering to buy something, a spontaneous testimony to the appetiz ing appearance of the viands on dis play. Finally tho exhibit contained some good pieces of work sent in by pupils whose teachers had done nothing to secure them; these pupils had seen county exhibits and had been stimu? lated to contribute some piece ot school work to the display at the fair. This, in connection with the display from the Home-keeper's Clubs, may suggest as the lesson of tha Oconee exhibit how far and to what useful ends the Influence of tho school may affect individuals and communities in rural districts. Housekeepers work is posslblo for every rural school. Newberry County. Fresh flowers sent in daily from Newberry pupils, gave an inviting front to the Newberry booth where Miss Sallie Goggans. county school supervisor, had gathered another va ried display to represent ber. county. On the right within Ute entrance, were collections of leaves, woods, and minerals, mad o by individual pupila; the stimulus came from.the school. Illustrated composition work on cows was near by from a school with a farm attached. Thia work la preparatory to the establishment of a dalry which la to be added to the school equipment this year; the school farm will feed* the cows. Tho Hunter-DeWalt school wtii possibly thus L- thc first s.-hc--' ? the state so equipped. Specimens o? agricultural producta and farm illustrations emphasised further the importance attached to agricultural training in. Newberry, the object in view befug development to Ute point where Clemson and the government will send a man to superintend thia work in the. county in co-operation with the county superintendent of ed ucation. Manual training was represented in till* exhibit by examples of modeling, cut work, coloring,' basketry, wood work, and metal work, soilhouettea In black were also shown. Tho cut and cqlor work and silhouettes represent ed the principle that every impression requires an expression. Though only three dr four schools ra the county are.equipped for teach ing domestic science, these in i JnncUon with various Homekeeper* Clubs had contributed a fine exhibit of cooking.'including a beautifully iced fruit cake, made la & country school, candy, preserves, pickles, Jelly^and.bread. The school girls o! ttue Rornekeepers' Clubs wer? also represented by a particularly large display ot garments, embroidery, and other needle, work. This booth ..also exhibited a fine model of ai. community school, with all tts surroundings, demonstration tarn, b?ttground, tennis court basket ball edurt all complete. This Little Moun tain schcol last year raised 11,800 by private subscription to clear off a debt, and ranks des?, <dly among the foremost community ?chools ot South Carolina. But possibly the feature that-dis ?ttngulahed this exhibit most of al? wat ?tate array ot useful articles of woori ?and metal mada by a beautiful model ot a gramo, awing, teborete. a rustic chair, , a rustic bench, a model o? a plough, pris? picture frame, checker heart t**le, a complete ind weti-nyVla electric dynamc and motor, and finally nothing les? than a complete, tele ? phone instrument, The dynamo and motor ware. running during several days of the fair, and the bell of the telephone was kept ringing at fre ?a?ent intervals by visitors testing the instrument. Since the Whitmlie school is the only Newberry school equipped for manual training work, these arti cles are a remarkable demonstratio* ?ot the possibilities of unequipped ?Muatvy schools along the- manual tratntag li?tes. And probably the die ttactlv* lesson of the fine Newberry exhibit !s the lesson of the field open to Che country school along Indus ?trxal lines and tba readiness with which the Individual pupils raspead 0 Ladies' Shoes.-The Better Kind v, ir*: j**. .:.:.'* .' - n ->?r c. i: '.?r^ ->! Woman has a perfect right Ito her little par ticulamess about har shoes. A woman's root is meant to ba' prettily clothed, anti here and now she has the opportunity to gratify her whims-inexpensively. We aire showing some particularly pleasing footwear for Women this season. Geisberg Bros. Shoe Co., Under Masonic Temple-Shoes That Satisfy. the industrial, stimulus, the lesson of the fruitful possibilities of industrial ism in school Work, Four Lessons Taught by the Exhibit. Four predominant lessons stand out above.all the lessons these beautiful exhibits had to teach the South Caro lina public. The first ls that, though the power that moves the lever which raises the school community from each higher plane ls the expert county supervision of teachers and'schools, the fulcrum is the native boy and girl enthusiasm for doing things, and the lever itself ls the aroused interest ot thc children in the work of the schools, interest awakened by the broad and intelligent appeal of these experts, either through the capable ?teacher, or, failing: the teacher, di rectly to thia native enthusiasm. In each booth the trained supervisor had tho same story to tell ot the begin nings of school Improvement: "Arouse the children thoroughly, and the com munity is bound to awaken." And each exhibit spoke . eloquently of how and to what extent children have been aroused, .and of how, through these communities, have been lifted and may be lifted to a Just appr?ciation of the blessing a good modern school brings to a people. The second predominant lesson is that the sure way to awaken the boy and girl interest in school ls to con nect what ls done by the pupils inside tho school with what la done by old and yoting outside the school. The demonstration ' ot educational prog ress made by all the exhibits was tho fruit, of skillful correlation of manual work, drawing, cooking, sewing, and the study ot life, with the old educa tional "3 R's.'.' -.The third lesson ir *.?? the school does not have to wa. v? equipment io make a start along :he various In dustrial lines, It only lt supplies the right stimulus. Tito fourth is that there ls a vast store of talent In. neglected boya and girls only waiting to be developed and that their only hope lies in catch ing the spirit of the school. Finally these four lessons are bot parts of the one great lesson. The expert supervisor has made, good In every county where she has* had a chance., and expert suriervlBion for every county, is a pressing necessity of Soi* th Carolina education. ' BO^HO^D'S DAYS Arid recall the perfect delight which you experienc ed in the possession of your first watch-and if you earned the money with which the watch was bought, you prized it just that much more. Here's your chance to help some deserving boy earn ? watch; and if you remember the pleasure your first watch gave you. you certainly will take great pleasure in helping one of these Carrier boys. Are you a subscriber to the Daily Intelligencer, If not, subscribe today and help the carrier win one of the valuable watches to. be given in the intelligencer Carrier Contest, which start? . ed Monday. .. .The first prize is a hand .some i?-year, gold filled case Trenton watch, purchased from Marchbanks & Babb, Jewelers, and guaranteed by them. This will be given as a grand prize at the close of the contest. The other prizes to be given one each week to the earner who turns sn the greatest number of subscriptions, are six new mtfoi! Ingersoll Watches, purchased from W. H. Keese, Jeweler? " and are al so guaranteed. Leads by 28 Voten. ..?NO. Nev., Nov. ll.-With eleven ot t ot sixteen counties officially can. visaed and an unofficial tabulation of tie other five. Senator Newlands led 'iy 29 votes. Samuel Platt, Republi can candidate. Searching* for Austrian Mines. VENICE. Italy, Nov, ll.-Italian na val authorities are searching the Ad riatic for Austrian mines, many *ol which drifted from tb fir moorings during a recent windstorm. So far on? ly a few havo baan recovered. Eight Vessels Sunk In Kiao-Chow Bay Woman Suffrage In Montana. BUTTE, Mont., Nov. Xl.-Opponents of woman suffrage- conceded today that the suffrage amendment was vic torious in Montana last Tuesday. Of ficial returns from 29'counties out of 89 and unofficial figures from two moro give thc amendment a load of 3,689. (Itv A-M.rmicl Prrra.) ! VANCOUVER, 13. C.. No?, ll.-A message received at the naw yard at Esquimau today from the commander in-chief of tho Japanese second, squad ron which bombarded Tslng-Tau, said: "The following vessels were found by ?B sunk by explosion In Klao (."how liny. Jaguar, Luthe.. I Iths. Cor morant, Tiger, Taku and Ruchln, which was a mine boat and In addition tits Kaiserin Elizabeth. "All these ships were German ex ! copf the Kaiserin Elizabeth, which waa Austrian." Dismiss Anxiety Felt Over Rumors Polly Anna Clubs.. The Anderson Intelligencer, in a recent Issue, advocates ard suggests j tho organisation of Polly Anna clubs. I Wo suppose every one in Newberry knows What that meant. Some months ago President John Ki nerd of the Commercial bank, offer ed to loan to any ono who would read it, a copy of this little book. It IR called tho glad book. The point of tho story I* to find something for which to he glad even under the most adverse circumstances. It is every appropriate) Just now. There aro many things for which our farmers should be glad and {?atead of going around complaining and whin ing about tho price of cotton they should be glad .that they have plenty to eat and to wear and that they live in such a glorious land and that wo ard at peace with all the world. -' We have so many things for which to be glad that we should forger, the troubles and misfortunes which come only to sweeten our lives if properly understood and appreciated. Get on the wagon and play the glad game whether you can form a club or not It ts one gama you ?au play, all alone but If you do you will soon make so many other people happy that you will have Iota of company. Newberry Herald and Newe. ?M SA' V tr?U?JL NOTICES Delinquent Road Tax Notice All dlnlcnquent road tax collectors ara provided with an official receipt book with numbes, and stub numbes attached. Pay no money to collectors unless you get th? official receipt aa above nrovidsd or.. J. MACK KING, tf County Supervisor. . NOTICE. ' The annual stockholders meeting of the.Anderson Intelligencer, a corpora tion duly chartered under the iaws ot tho State of South arollna, will be held at-the rooms of the Chamber of Com merce, Anderso?. 3- C., Monday, Dec. 14, 1915. at ir,00 P. M. for the trans action of such business as ?.?ny "be lei gally brought before lt. M. M. MATTISON. Pres. PORTER A. WI*LiLBY, Bec. Anderson, 8. C.,.Nov. ll, 1914. It-ltaw Wv Anporiittrd Prem.) WASHINGTON, Nov. ll.-Efforts of the navy department to communicate with Ute cruisers North Carolina and Tennessee oft tho coaat of Turkey had boen unsuccessful tip to late tonight. Secretary Daniels announced, how ever, that officials had dismissed any anxiety that they may have- felt over rumors that one of the cruisers bsd struck a mine. He said lt such a thltig ! had happened the department would have been informed before now. Vessels Leave For Unknown Destination ? ? - - -> i. - HONOLULU, Nov. ll.-Tho Japan ese battleship Nlsen and cruiser | Mama, which entered this port yes terday for coal and provisions^ lett i here today for sui unknown tiostlna-1 tion. In the Japanese colony a rumor was j currant that the warships would ren dezvous with a Japanese fleet now nearing the coast of Chile seeking tho Gorman cruisers which defeated Rear Admiral Slr Christopher Craddocks squadron. Wounded Soldiers From Battle Fields ! AMSTERDAM, Holland, Nov. ll. (Via London, 10j8g p. sa,)-Four thousand severely wounded Germans arrived at Llega yesterday from the' battlefields around Dixmude. accord-, lng te,a dispatch fron Maestricht td the Nteuwev Van Dondag. The mes sage adds that 8,000 Hungarians pass-, ed through Liege today en route tot Cracow with several 8.80 centimetre] guns. Urge Farmers To .ans World's Darkest Moment The darkest moment ia said to be lust Loforo dawn. This ls now dis covered not to be BO. The darkest moment relatively speaking, la whait the noonday aub shier*. Then lt ls that living thlngt, or the earta are blinded by the dassle of tba sun and tal! to recognise" the Hltw i^t never fails out In ?pace. (By AworinUKt Pren.) TOPEKA. Kaa.. Nov. ll.-In an ap peal to Kan Bas farmers today Gov-; orner Hodges urged that they donate! a million bushels of wheat and a quar ter of a million bushels of corn or j more to sufferling Belgium. He asked that Thanksgiving Day be set aside aa a day of giving. Best Cough Medicine for Children. "Three years ago when I was living. In Pittsburg one of my children had a hard: cold and coughed dreadfully. Upon the advice of a rugalst I pur chased s bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it beaoflUed him at once. I find lt tho best cough med icine tot children becauso it la pleas ant to take. They do not object to taking lt" write? Mrs. Lafayette Tuck. Homer City, Pa. This remedy contatos no opinion or other narco tic, and may be given to ? child ns j confidently ao to an adult. Sold by J all dealers. i,,. m...1 ?".evyi luu'jutint'11 .qftiua.n.uua i ?MM PIEDMONT INSURANCE AGENCY See Me For Any and All INSURANCE. C. E. TRIBBLE, Manager, Brown Building.