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nj EDUCATIONAL PAGE sm tom devoted to the cause of Education io hnimw Coanty gad STATE HIGH SCHO? W. H. HAND'! COLUMBIA. lan. a.-Uood work I* reported by AV. II. Hund. Statu high school luHpector, In hi? annual rc-1 port. In the following summary of his work Mr. Hand shown (hat there uro TM) teachers In the 17.'* high schools of thc Stttte and his observa- : tlons and recommendations will bc of Inturest. In the summary issued hore I this afternoon Mr. Huud says: Tile work of the your hus not been marked by any sudden Ivan or spas modic effort, but it has mudo substan tial progross in several direct ions After careful consideration I have thought it best to continue thin year the plan of giving by vcars the growth and development of tho high schools since 1906. thc beginning ol the work Of this offlco. Naturally the first items of itcrest aro the number of high schools and thc teaching force. Table I.--Number of ll Iga School* and High School Teachers-Pub lie and Private. Full I?art time time Total High touch- teach)- teach Schools er* ors erl I906-19O7 . . ar? i?e 7*. 23? 10U7-18O8 . .128 180 Ul) 2if 1908- 1900 . . 1 ."14 272 7? 34f 1909- 1910 . .160 336 Kl 43? 1010-10lt . .l?7 376 SM) 466 1911-1913 . .178 40.r. 00 501 1M12-1 ai.". . .180 412 117 ?29 191:5-1911 . .175 4(31 00 ."?60 el Teachers-Paoli Year Men Womo '1009-1910 . 251 ..M 1910-1911 . 234 21 .911-1912 . 244 . 2 1912- 1913 . 246 2 1913- 1914. 216 <-a| From the foregoing table it is evi dent that the women aro not only j filling the added positions hut are slowly crowdiug the men ont of the older ones. The chief reason for this is too obvious to require any demon stration. Women stand ready'to take high Rf moot positions at salaries low er than competent men will accept Table 3-Hlgh School Earellmra Flirtt ?. Veur Year 1996-1007. 1907-1908 .... .. 2.65? ??09-J9?0 ... .. 3.62? 1910-1911 . .1.648 lail-1912. .(,772 1912- 191.1. .1.819 1913- 1011 ... . 4.151 .Tho total attendance includes 401 pupils In tho .ith yeur in the Mem minger school. Within eight years the high school enrollment has been a little more than doubled. During the same period the number of full-time teachers has been considerably more than trebled, and vthe uumber of p:?rt-tjme teachers bas ' ??,U increased nearly 30 per cent. IMO fact that the increase in thc teaching force ls more rapid than tho increase in the attendance ot pupils ls a healthful sign. Table 4.- High School Pap** by Sex. es-Public and Private. Year Boys ?iris 190D-19.I?. 3.778 4,252 1010- 1911 .y. . 3.081 4.559 1011- 1912 /.. ... ... 4.132 4.770 1912-1913 . 4.802 4.077 1013-1911.4,381 6.457 The steady iucroase in the high school enrollment during the past eight years ls gratifying to contem plate. It speaks well for the' grow ing Interest tho people are taking-tn | lecondary education and the increas ing efficiency ot the schools, in that I period the high school attendance has] Increased 101 per cent Still, a study of-the tables or this report ought to ] Impress tho thoughtful citizen with st! teasfc three unsatisfactory conditions - that tho schools arc not holding the < puplh* ak they should, 'that lhere are alni"*! np ?>i?r'?v. in ?h? fourth year of the ?ilgh o.^Uools. and that tho boya are year by year falling behind the girls in nttendunce. * in laio.imi ?_h~re ?/cre 2.6?S plls lu tho first-year classes. As sec-| oud-yoar pupils In 1911-1012 tito num ber dropped to 2,776. As third-year j pupils In. 1012-1913 there were ??.007. In 1918-1 OH. a mere handful of 629 ivMnalnod io the fourth-year classas, (if tho total high school enrollment last year only five per' cent, were in the fourth year. Eight years ?go the high school girls out-numbered the.-boys by fewer than 500. Last yoar the boj1? fell' be hind th? glrla nearly 1,100. Of cotirEe, no single year furnishes ' a safo standard by which to Judge any school in noch s matter tifvmi distribution of pupils among thc high willi??? ara?es. At the . same time i beg tb e*ll the attention of the citi zens of a few of the larger commun! ' tie* to the situation In their rsefsgBW high schools. The following scboob, show an attendance in ihn third year' less than.one-third of the attend ue in the firfat year: Gaff nev. New )L INSPECTOR J ANNUAL REPORT Thc total number ot high schools has been decreased from 1*0 last rear to 17.1 this year, but tills decrease In dicates a readjustment rather than a retrogression. Tho Shandon and Waverley. bigh schools were absorb ed by the Columbia high school when thc city limits of Columbia were ex tended to include these two suburbs - a case of "benevolent assimilation." lieuderHonvllle, Kdgmoor and Prince on have changed from rural high ?dionis to run.I graded schools, and wo "I the smaller private high ? (.hool s have been 'closed. The 175 schools here reporied in I ludo lah public high schools, 1 the .econdnry departments of clemson College and Winthrop College, the Gurman Fitting School, the Wofford utting School, thc Carlisle Fitting School, and ll private schools of sco rn da ry grade. Two of these nrlvate chools arc included in no oth r list u* table in this report, since thlB of Joe lias no report or information of my hind from either. t'nder the high school net the mln 'iiium requirements for a rural high .clmol are 13 high i i hool pupllH, the 'ult teaubing time or one high Behool cacher, and ii session of eight oom lr-. No school falling below he s?, rei I U i reinen IK is called a high ??hool. Table S.-fiussitirnlion of llieh ?rho e and Trlvale. Par Col- ttal col- High lego edu- lego educa- school n cation cation education ss isa :>o 34 Xl H80 ti) :!7 r.7 4*9 :ja 2ft 83 iso :v> 17 H DOS ao ii or can accept, 'ibo .result seems ta be u twofold mtctbrtune. The high school b*?y at the very time ho most needs th? companionship of n ntroug man ls put Into tho hauds af a wo man, and the woman.ls set to do a man's task at about half a man's pay. This whole question I discussed ut nome length In . my report last . year. t Br Years-Publie and Private. cond Third Foufth- . 'car Year . Year . Total ,... ' . "* % ;**. .. :?*.? <:<?: f.,158 .0S6 M&9 Iff* ,:'';'ii .?13 tftW 230, 8,030 .r.r.4 1,788 440? 8*40 ,77'' 1.8.".3 44C ?.a02 A''-. -'.0H7 . 471* v . l>,33? ,1?96 2,l2r. . O?l? ' ??,811 remained for the third yean Bcnnetts viile 33 and 21. Blshopvll\e ?i t and 20, Conway \H and 13. Darlington 21. and 20. Dillon l?-and 17^ Due Weit 23 and 19. Floreuco os and 33, Johnston 30 and is. Marion 37 and 33. Memmingcr 81 pud CO, Ninety Sip ?0 and 14. Of angebtirg 60 and 38, Sumter fi!? and .">."'. Summerville 43 and 14. Tlmmons ville 14 and 13, Wlnnsboro 27 and T8. York ville 34. and 1?. Since a single year docs not furnish altogether, a fair test ot a 'sohool's ability ta hold Its'puptlB. I am sub mitting a table of public high schools with 4 wp or more teachers following for three consecutive years the classes entering in lt?ll-li?i2. Boys and girls are listed separately. In Allendale, Johnsonville, and WeKtmJastcr ' every boy of the flrst yeay class had dropped out before tho third year. Cross Anchor lost Its boy? before they reached the second year. Brimson, Bltoree, Mccoll, North, Ropjo, Seneca and Sipipson vllle each carried one boy Into the third year. The fatality in Seneca and Slmpsonvllle ls appalling. , Mul sin? has a four-year course. In lalo, that school had:;one boy in tho grad UH tin s claw. Not until Jupe, 1014. did it havo another. In dlfferon't communities these wldo differences in holding the pupils In ibo high school at?e traceable to vu rloiirt causes, but wherever the falling ort I? marked the community should investigate tho conditions and locate iu". ii uuvic, ii. run j lie tl ui* tu sn in adequate teaching force, or to some teacher or teachers lacking, in abili ty to inspiro pupils, or to a coarse ot study honey-combed with dry rot, or to the apathy of parents, or to . the raids ot the college drummers. What ever lt ls ought to be discovered and ?mide known.to the community. opfOOOooooooooooo o A?TUN MILL SCHOOL - o o o o o o ooo o o o o o o o o o o Wc reopened- rchool Monday. Jan uary 4, aJUpV. IjUvtee a pleasant Christ mu? vacation. Oer. cnrcllrnasA torrthts tenn Is And the average attendance for month wan 20. We have recently orgauisod a ting dana which ls progressing nie ly. There are nine girls enjoying th family have ool. We -yre as a patron 90000000000000000 o CLEMSON COLLEGE o o o ooooooooooooooooo CLEMSON COLLEGE. Jan ?.-The second term of HIP 1911-1915 session tjf clemson Colle o opened Tuesday luorninK. aunar 5, with nearly all the old student.', in their pluceu und with a few new ones. There are only ten vacant places In barracks. Last year at this time there were 730 stu dents a'"indint: classes; while this year there are 748. There use 02 more tuen in college clases now than were In the same classes last year. This in crease in the COIIOKO dusses ls due In part to the fact that the preparatory .lass has been abolished. The work of Hie new year has started well. I'resi lent Higgs made un appropriate ad ir?s* at tho reopening on Tuesday norning. The total amount received from the Fertilizer tax for the first six months if tho fiscal year, beginning with July I, la $6995.26. The amount received I luring a similar period last year was j probably twice aa much. President W. M. Riggs has received i letter from John I). Rockefeller con rratulatlng the college on raising its >art of the $75,000 fund for the erec :ion of the Y. M. C. A. building, and ? form in g him that the $50.000 given jy Mr. Rockefeller was ready for thc iroject when needed. Rids for the con duction of the building will be -. ailed | br about February 1, and work will icgin about March. There will be a meeting of the farm lemonstratlon agents of the Stato told at. Clemson in the later part of I fanuary. Dr. W. W. Long, who is at|i he head of this work in South 'Caro ina. is expecting a full attendance ! ind a good meeting. The federal government has promts- 1 d to furnish Clemson with au expert m marketing. The winter short term for farmers |] ias not been offered this year, be- ! :ause no few farmers arc able to leave j heir work for so long a time at tho icginnlng of the year.- The courso will j ie given in the summer, likely dur- \ ng August, if conditions will permit ' At a meeting of tho Alumni Associa- ! lon held last sommer, a committee | vas appointed to petition tim board if trustees to name the new athletic grounds "Riggs Field" in honor ot 'resident W. M. Riggs, the founder or J ithletics at Clemson. At its last meet er; thc board or trustees unanimously! .omplled with this request Prerldent I tiggs has always tsken great interest n athletics, and he ls now the prcsi-1 lent of tho S. I. A A. I ?00000000000000*0 > MOUNTAIN CREEK oj ? o ooooooooooooooooo; We had two weeks for tho Christ nae holidays and wc enjoyed them ' rery much. I think most of tho pupils >f the ' Behool spent the holidays at tome because lt was such bad wea ber. Thc school had a Christmas tree >n Tuesday before Christmas. Tho ree was ducur&ted . by articles made >y the pupils. These were such arti cles as calendars made by all students 'rom tho first grade to the fifth grade, rhe larger boys mado little rocking chairs, cradles. birds, hatchets, wrenches and boats. v We started back to school on Mon lay, January 4th. We have several tev/ pupils who formerly attended .it'.ier schools. We have now enrolled forty pupils, and all grades from tho first through tho eighth. The school Is doing nicely. The aver ages were very ?obd for tho last month. Herc are a list of some of [hem: Mary McCown, 93; Juby Morri son, 90; Hubert McCown 90, Gerald Sullivan 90. W. T." Morrison 88, For man Chamblce, 89, and Clarence Mor rison 92. We have been ' improving every r.ionth In ovcry thing, CLARUNCIO MORRISON. Eighth tirade. O oooooooooooocoo o 5U?GEWAY SCHOOL cj o o ooooooooooooooooo! Wo opened school again Munday, af ter'the Christmas vacation. One new pupil has been enrolled since Christ mas. We had a Christmas tree at the school house on Wednesday before Christmas. It wai- beautifully - deco rated with popcorn, tinsel and lighted with candles. Tho roon? presented a beautiful appearance, being decorated [ in holly. The presents were simple, bnt pretty, and each child received some token of'rememberance. But the most est joy able part wes the arrival of Santa Clans with a bag ot fruits] and candy. He placed th c bag under th? tree and* began to cut the nreeentk j from the tree. After those were dis tributed he opened bis bag ot fruits and presents and presented each1 child with fruits and candy. I guasa j Uris was the first time that most of< c.hlk4jr*4yvted. ever seen Santa, j ere was a nice crowd pr body seemed to enjoy ti trass was very dnll? The weather was so a so muddy that the people could not travel. r Several ot our pupils are oevtia?l gtca: list since Christmas. We are sorry to hear nf fhe death " Mrs. a C. Dean** V.ux oooooooooooood o LEBANON HIGH SC OCOOOOOOOOOOO'J OO-O Wc Kt urt cd back to school u J Ml. 4th. We all hope to make $ 15 the beut school year we have * tr had. Wc have Hcveral new pupui aluce Christmas. We are all Riad o llave Arthur Hrooks in the high ac ool. All the t. achers and pup^ had a '<ood timi- Christmas. We m I some bad weather for tho entertain!!] cnt but there were a gocd many tat re, and we hud a good time. ? . . All thc college boys and gji 8 nave gone back. There were several partios around lebanon during Chrji .mas. Our honor roll fur Deccipl ?r was au follows: Nell Weldon. 95, fourth grad ; Fan nine Williams. 95. Mary Munni ut 95. Seventh Grade-Paul Itobbfcs 98, .Ninth Grade-Uessie Harr4s|-95. Tenth Grade- Mux Welborn *7, Ray Craig 97. P^-rl Webb 9G. an j Lol? Richardson 9G. 4?'**V?H8 Itay McAllister, Ralph M?jVIister and some others went fox hunting last Friday, ? We had a finn literary society last Friday afternoon. The program waa: Debate: Resolved. That Athlftlcs lu More Important Mian Society. .Tf?rnia tlve. Carroll Hunnicutt and winiam Wilson: negative. Mary Smlt and Edith Hutchinson. Current T rents TIIOMIUB Massey; cxtempc aneoua Hpeech- Max Welborn; Ri idlng Henry Morton; Heading- H uti Owen! I>eclamation-Florence Moore; LI?p of Longfellow- Ruth Martin. We were glad to have at otb Society meeting Mrs. Underwood. Miei Wyatt. ;ind Mr. Janie!; Welborn. Wo bp' liave bettor society meetiuggj W'the rest of the year. Wc have our basket I all tear about picked out. One of the cchool boys dhVni t' come back after Christmas. ooooooooooo o o o PENDLETON SCHfl?Jt o . & ?oooooooooooc Our school closed on Frill*', Dec. 18th, for our Christmas lailidnys, which lasted two weeks- :. Yesterday being January 4thlwe re turned to school, after a lmny, but rainy holiday. The first thingufcat at tracted our attention was a mgr stove which was glvei io tho fouzh and fifth grade room. " | \V " TTCTC a,, rs\'\'-\ iii ?CC iv oq.Jb oimjm v been needed ior quite a while! Nearly ail of our Christmasllecora tious are still up. especially cmr "old ? Santas," which are on tho I black boards yoi. Wc are glad to know that ib| child ren of tho. late Methodist Minister have their names liirol^?d a our list. Tho depot agent, Mr. Mouno , ls ?1 BO sending his son und dans itcr to our school. On account of sickness men! pupils have been absent. Among thv to. that may bc mentioned are Eal and (Menu Stewart who are absenl on ac count of their father's illness, but. we hope they will return as soon 1 their father recovers. Oui- music teacher, Mrs. R. 5. Wat kins, was unable to teach Wt WB^? account, ot sickness. The high school boys are no ?'prac ticing athletics for Field Da), S-hich is to bc in Anderson. We hear our teachers are, looking forward to the first tcacherH ^^^H or 1915. Tim meeting will feSu?in in Anderson on Saturday. Wo know all teachcru wilt ??joy IhO teachor's meeting as ProtMJ|Hw^B Hughes ot Greenville city sfpjols will lecture on "Geography of Knnbpe." Miss Nettie Terry, who it* i gradu ate of Pendleton high sch&fl er now attending Ch leora CdVK Greenville. Visited our echo ^ In -Sixth ami Seven?s?Ma-ad --tl oooooooouooo ??> Ooo o HIGH POINT SCf?&L o ^ooooooooooo ?jj* c? G a o o An embroidery club;' haJWflBHBl ganlsed at High Point with ; lng members: Fannie PtdSf. dent; Ruth Clement, vice flMMMfl Maude Holland, secretary 8? urer; Rose Key, Hochel^H^HHHQ Fields, Elia, Stella and Rtfl^HHB! Clelland. Ada. Ehotao and ttflH^fil ton. Ella Myers, Lillie SmtHH9B? , Annie Gason, Savannah Cf^HHBHH Emma Clement. The ciubv|HBBBj Monday and Thursday sfterBBiBBH loua kinds or work ls to li iffBWHWlll i i? crocheting and stencillrSHBHi working club will be orgfcaMHHH the hoys later. 'Wm The beautiful State flaj-9HMH| been ordered for some ftt&. t*uu Thursday. We will have UMBKHB the-Tj. S, flag which we h?e? - soibe time, placed on the SKMBH Everyone Seems to h^veBMOTflffi ?with renewed energies.efpBHnflH days. Ia spite of the rsm SB^HBH ; average has not dec-eat ! Wa regret very much t?Sn&HBaSI and Mao Pruitt. pupil? fl^Bi I grade, who have snored i will.attend th: The regular toontbiy ni fmprovefm'&t. SF bs ii-i i nail aii.-inK v! t??^-.-?V-o-sk. .-.ml ail ?he tadle* \ y -. tssftg O O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOG o . c. o MONEA PATH SCHOOL o ?j o O O 00000 0 0090o o oo o The iir?t week: ot ecbool work this year fase passed joff success*?lly sad each pupil bas begun to work, hard than ever before. To encourage lar . attendance ?nd promptness pupils having no tardies Or absei lu these first two months lut ve been offered a holiday from school at the end of the second mouth. Judging from the past week part cf wfck'h *ho 'weather has. be*n very unfavorable for attendance, a large majority bf tho pupils are .working herdifor "their re ward. Several new acholara were en rolled at the beginning of the year. - Th? ('Hoolan Literary .Society of the graded school will hold Hs first " sa? eel lng of this school session ?ut three or four weeks (rom the present date. A full program has been arranged, for the evening and there on duty win try their best to please a large audience which ls ex pected. Supt. J. D. Felton visited tho school here last Thursday. Tho girls of tho Monea Path basket ball team completely overthrew the Belton team ._ln a game of basketball played last rriday afternoon on the1 local co'irt. This was only a return for what our girls recoived at Belton some time ago. Another lyceum nUracijoli will bo gitfm In the school auditorium Tues day evening. January 13^ The even ing's entertainment will be a lecture o?000000 ooo o o oo o o TOWNVILLE SCHOOL o o O O 00000090000000 TOWNVILLE. Jan. it.'-Th? fol?ow g notice 1s of -interest to every pa on of tho Town ville school: "There will bo a regular meeting ot " s School Improvement Association January 22 at 2:30 o'clock prompt Many important mattera will be sussed; namely, the advisability ot -lotta improvements in school lulpincut; tho question of new and ?gular members, and other import ant matters. A large attendance of kSlls and patrons is desired for the acipal will he present to discuss ny matters of school interest with - patrons." 1^ everybody note the dale and Oie The students' Manual Training <-i..?.l ".^ctist :^|S?SBHBfils^M en enable to do much work recant ?n tho school grounds. The ntem r*. howevor, have already laid oft ground? for various athletic acs. Among new students enrolled are: ' ?rt und Misses Lucile and Addle . ?J. the children of the new Mctho __t minister, Hev.JDi H. Lttpo. M?a. j. B. Litton will'teach for Miss I .'oil Kellett* while the Uitti? ls at Seneca attending the Hunter-Jones betiding. MJBS Emma Stevenson visited Miss Alice Price during the week-end. Misses Lila and lay King, Allene Ledbettor. Virginia Giles, Inez Bole man. Mark Barle. Terrie Stewart and Messrs. Johnny Hatcher; Bsc McCau ley and Adger Whitfield itave recently been on the sick Hst. C. H.-WITT, Cok ? o o o o o o o ooo o b o o o ol o o o CHEDDAR SCHOOL ?o, o o OOOOOOOOOOOOOQOGO EDITOR THE INTELLIGENCER : I am a little boy li years old. . am going 'to school "nt Cheddar, A lu the fourth grade. Miss LO? Cop land ls my teacher. She is ao ui tp us that we all love her dearly, ft is- tus br?t . t*3??;her ? I ?ri? bed and nov? taut she ?ill continue |o tva .our school for ??u^ j ??ra iu < " ac. * We'hHd .tn ebier^iuuv " ind it was a errand ais our . Cheddar. ': Our school started tt? and yon-bet wc werfe?'i thank the edi printing it. SVe have ? and our ttehoO' because we ki Are Our Standar cd No mau lives to himself al our influence, moy fail where never be. lt ls the duty vt eve out to inatlil lu tho minds o lng children the thoughts of kinda???? and generosity tow; fije?;. ees encourage people an - we. wlslt them to but we cotnplisa nothing by dlctatloi erclcn.' lt remains with ua to t ? hihirei: to respect their hoi Barents and that kind word spoken are moro valuable tl or Je wei?. How can we espcefbue to live above the stands have set. for bim by the thou implant in his brain. It rem us to encourfagc tho good in and thus help ourselves. If we place a man on his w?i oe true to it,-If. wo give thought that v.? believe hi will a? a rule- not dieappoin m ak o men and women pm' nobler by appealing to theft Divine spark of truth within their (pits. No i cue is ever made good ihro'ugsjiear jot punishment or from being c&suantty told how had be ts nor by |orco vt any kind.! Those wno would win frlejps must send out thoughts of good fwowshlp and extend to these" people honest generosity and kindness. Those having children fhatare dif ticutt to control must first rei [ire that they and not the children an ?respon sible for ?he nature and character lt inherits for it did not create itself. It a child has a disagreeable ttmper or ?* habits the bjame belong*' to the nts. lt is a living picture? their ined thoughts. It is always hard to undo that which bas been} done. Therefore, coe must exercise, if he would gain the best results i&jdenling with u child, parents must {onshler tbnt they are dealing with th??nselves, and bo firm but liberal mln&d. They eoooooooooooooooeo o ERSKINE COLLEGE o ! c a o o o o o o o o o dJEy^HlM ? There will be no January number of Tho ETBkiuian issued. O? account ,: of tile Christmas holidays Ute mater- ?j lal could not bo well gotten together. [ om or school some weeks isso on ac count of sickness, ha? returned tc college. Coach Le. Motto arrived the nth and has tho basketball squad 'back at W. p. -Rodman, formerly of the Jun ior class, u?c) ?T?ic?i?d thc, University of Booth "Carolina, At a meeting of the student body on I ;; r. Boyce Plaxco wurt elected to succeed W- I*. Whltsidea as mana ger of the basketball team. Mr. Whit ? entered Newberry College. On Monday evening the senior dani was delightfully entertained nt a reception by the ladies of the Womaa'fc c?i3e?c. wlio ham been al uiMcmUy, aiiurogtied thc Rf* j (ny las^. Sahl;; vice'Resident for the coming. Urn?; j l a ? a a CL O e> o o o o O O OOd o M JO) I of Liym i by Our N must first control theniBelv?s they attempt to control th? Should tteverV permit thema?l give way to anger of temper trying to direct or control th? If they do their efforts wUl.b? less. Parents will gain the moat pc control IC they .fte bedside 1 for the vixht zz? garcia, and iure lt and talk ? things and. that it will cb a frotter child and will dis play Ha, temper, etc. They should not refer to the things it did contrary ' their wishes. for that will call back: thoso contrary thoughts and antagon ize lt. ' .. -'T*,..:-f If the lifo of the child te filled with good, true, noble thoughts there will bo left no room for the evil - tho char-. a vi c-f displayed by thc child ?U) due to hereditary traits:-Ons evil life imiteg aatoH future generations -gs yeast im pregnates Imtteft A woman of criminal te wb? died in lfttt had given, bil several children all of whom lal sd her criminal: traits. By, telle records of tho offspring from genera tion to generation lt han been fe lhat up to May l&OJt no less than a? iiundred of them had been it criminal offenses at least once, that- thirty-seven had been eset?f??gi "Or committing murder.- The offt yt this one woman had un to tba :ost the nation about three n. lollars .for tr?ala md Fssecuiions. bis. crime resulted from one 1 .bought?. lier thougla.? being iltracled to the bodies of h< :en souls that were in-barm* ter thoughts.' They were bc ivil traits. Tho only chance i or improvement after being rom the molher'? mtiueuc Jtrougb tho thoughts of theil MRS. LO ^Townville. S. Cv Dec . ? o00o6 ooo 0000 BETHANY SCHOOL ?000000000 o 0.0. . 1 UV MCOWUi ut ?(ter Christmas ance. . Mr. Harrison ??peni thc folka. - Mise-Neille Willis visited Miss Mamie >iel< Mr, Christy Wright who has 1 dek. with la grippe is improving. Mrs. Watson and non. Srcd. - 1 near Anderdon spent tho. holli vith Mrs/ D. It Simmons. ??sse? Annie and Lessie Banni wore tho guests of the Misses i mons last Thursday, Mr: <??*dy jfv.*Alaud -ind McCoy of Anderson spent with the Misses WHHs*USof;. Misse? I.oaie Vaughan, ?n^yf Bannister were tho g?esti Florence Kiug lust Saturday. Mlissos Gladys and Grace Todd LNWSTRLIX SCHCOL