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Goldville Schedo. Lst November one of our school rooms was made larger by enclosing the porch, then, four new desks were added to teach room. A new sand table has been added to the primary room. The School improvement Associp tion has been doing good work. It has made fifty dollars which has been used for the improvements made in the school. Ten dollars wbrth of books will soon be added to the library. We have observed Thanksgiving, Christmas and W'ashfngton's birthday by songs and recitations which were rendered beautifully by the little chil dren. Friends and parents gathered to hear them. We are taking great interest in making preparations for the County Fair. \Ve ihope to bring some blue ribbons back with us. I am very sorry to give only four names who get perfect attendance but tons. They are Boulah Baker, fourth, grade; Bessie Taylor, third grade; Ju lia Griflin, fourth grade, and Frank Simpson, sixth grade. We hope to have more next year. - We have two very attractive teach ers, Mrs, Margaret Foucho and Miss Ethel Jones. They have done a great work this year and we hope to have them with us again next year. Patton School. ,Patton school Is located in the up per part of Laurens county in Dis trict No. 1. We have thirty-seven pupils enroll ed and our grades are from the first through the sevqnth. The schoolroolif Is equipped with patent desks, library, maps, diction ary, shades and Iyloplate blackboards. Recently we bought twenty-seven sup plementary readers. The older girls pieced a quilt and sold it for the benefit of the school. We are going to have an ice cream festival soon to raise money for buy ing a teacher's desk and chair. We also expect to plant the' school ground in Irish potatoes this summer, We hope to derive enough money from it to have a jacketed stovp put in next fall. On Friday April 7th we are going to have a little School Fair at the school house to show the things we have made for the benefit of those who can not attend the School Fair. JMountville School. The Mountville graded and high school opened its 1915-16 session on September 6, with about 75 pupils. The enrollment has steadily increased un til now it has reached 124. This is an inerease of 30 over last. year. This in crease has been due to the consolida tion of the Old Mountville school with this school. 'T'his school hires a wag on to bring these children to and from school. The school has been fortunate to have a nusic eacher this year, the first they've had for many years. The Ladies' improvement Association is still doing a noble work, and while we may not be able to see the direct re su lts of their efforts, yet they are plan ning many things for ilprovement of the school. They too, are practicing a play to be given in a few weeks. The high school boys have done work in athletics this year. They had a good team of basketball play ers, and they were victorious in all the games they played except two. They are now busy on their base ball team. As yet they have not played but one game, and they won that. Through entertainments, this school has collected nearly $110. With some of this money they have bought three new stoves. During the last few months they dlecidedI to let the seventh grade into thte sotciety3, In order that they mtighit. mtake themselves mtore famt ilir withI he ia iliamnent ar tlaw ~s. Thlus thetir number was increased fi'omt 21 to 37, andi~ t hey arie r'eady3 for biet ter woi'k. The girils for amtusemten t, for awvhilec piyld basketbhail, yet t hey wvere tnes er' su(cessfuil enough to get utt a tenamt. Now thley htave a tennis (ourt. and en Joy It. 'ei'y mutch.t Long llranch School. Ont October the 18ith, school op ented witht tw~elve pu pus. The first week of school we got a inew stov'e which w'as a great limpriov'ement. We got some niew~ ei'asers toto. Before C'hristmuas we htad an ice creami supl per and~ raised about itine dollars. With flye (dollar's of this and with the aidl of the state and county wve got fifteen -dollars wvorthI of supplemtentary read ers for all grades. .Other' enter'tainiments were a Chr'ist mas tree, a program by the children for Watshlngton's birthday and a lec ture by Mi'. T. tl. Stokes on agricul ture. Last year three got perfect attend ance buttons, Carrie and E'thtel Cun ninghtani and J. L. Chancy. WViss Leah Martin is our teacher. Blarksdlale School. Barksdale school has so fat' enjoyed a very ptleasant and p~rofltale year. There have been a number of improve nients made by the Rural School Im ptrovement Association and piupils of the school. A new stove, song books and map of L~aurons county htave been adhded. We have finished the payment on our pianto and also itadle an addi tion to our' library both of supplemten tary readei's and pictur'es. We have miade impr~iovemenits it our yard and also observed two clean-up (lays. 'The association atnd school have raised the amtotunt of fifty-ninie dlollars anid six ty-eighut cents. rTe association Itas held monthly mteetings as usual. We have had two plays and a llallowe'en piarty,. at which the ladies ser'vedl re freshtments; also held Thanksgiving exerceises. Rev. Mi'. laggott preached a very interestinig sermton ont educa tion at the schtool hiouse. fly enrollintg over' fifty ituptil, and attaining an average attendlance of thtirty, wve have suicceeed int getting State aid to the amount of twvo hun dlred dollars. rThis enables us to lengthen our' school terni front seven to eight months. Thtere are several who haven't miss ed a day thtis year-Rluth Todd, Sarah Yeargin, I~dith Yeargln and Rttby Todd. Our teachers this year are Mrs. Earl Owens, principal; Miss .I~va Shell :nsnistant. Prospect School. This has been the most successful year that we have had in a number of years. We have teachers who are interested in the work and that of course. is a great help to the pupils. We have also a great many new pupils, and that too, has helped our school to take on new life. We have seventy-three pu hils enrolled. We have a Rural limi provement Association which meets one Friday afternoon in every month. It discusses matters, that pertain to the betterment of the school, and lends encouragement to the teachers and pupils. Several times during the year we have had public entertainment, to which quite a number of the patrons and friends came. On the 25th of February the S. I. A. gave a box sup-' per and realized $19.00. This money will be spent for school improvement. We are setting out hedges and flowers to beautify our grounds; We are now getting ready for the fair which, we hope, will be a great success. Copeland School. Our school has an eight months term We have been striving to do every thing to help the cause of education. In addition to the regular school work we had a night school. We feel sure that this year has been a profit able one. Our School Improvement ,Association is organized among the pupils. We have had five public meet ings. The first one was an oyster supper. Thanksgiving the association entertained their parents with appro priate exercises, after which refresh ments were served. 'Christmas we had a Christmas tree. There were songs and recitations, after which! Santa unloaded the tree for us. March ninth, the association gave an enter tainment, in which the whole school took part. There were songs, recita tions, plays and tableaus. The other was given by a magician. The amount raised from these enter tainments has been spent in different ways. Some has gone to buy material for entertainments, some (with other money) has bought supplementary readers and library books. and some is still in the treasury. The general educational interest has been good. Everyone in the commun ity has taken interest in the school this year. They have met with their duties and it was appreciated by the pupils and teachers. Our attendance has been good the whole year. Those having made per feet in attendance are Elizabeth Senn. uliby 1at in, . Hugh Senn, Mansel Senn. We have two teachers, Misses Moore and hlarvey. Cross Hill SchoA. 1)u ring the present session of tlhe Cross 11111 high school a number off improvements have been made. One class room has been refurnished with new single desks at a cost of $77.00. Two other rooms15 have been supplied with sets of new maps. Three new heaters have been placed in the school building. Water coolers have beens purchased, lights replaced, new winl (low shades furnished, floors re-oiled. shade trees planted, and other minor improvements and repairs made, all at a cost of about fifty dollars. The school has a good w orking Im1 provement Association which is large ly responsible for much of the im provements made. This association, together with the teachers and pupils have given a number of entertain ments, including concerts, plays, read ings, suppers, etc., by means of which $150.00 has been raised for improve ments. More than $125.00 has already been expiend~ed in the imlprovemlentIs abhove mnaioned0(. The alttenldance durlinlg tihe session has beenl goodi and1( intcrest iln school1 work generally is no0 douibt u1P to the average. Therie iq 011e pupil 1)1in tile school, Miss Alma Coleman, who will soon 11 hve tillnilled her lift h yei.ar and has not 1m1issod a day yet duin g tihe live years. Several others are pierfect in attendance so far dunring thiis ses sioin. 1)u1rinlg tihe year the school has been fav'ored wvithl two educational serm~ons and( tI tre 1ect11ros Oil healthI or san i tation. These dliscourises wereo freely givenl by the local ministers and~ phy3 sicians. The teachlers for tile prlesent1 sessionl are, Misses Lizzie Grillin1, Sarahl Dwight, Liillie Cliherton, Mi's. Maud~e Noffz, and WV. P. Culberison. Bakley School. We hlave madle someI imlprovemlenlts on our school this year. We hlave boughlt two handsome teacher's cihairs and an up-to-date dictionary. The chairs cost twelve and onle-hialf dol lars andl tile dictionary ten dollars. WVe hlave aded foirty-flve newv books to our library, costing fifteen dollars, and twenty song books. We made boxes for the windows to plant flowers in and had hyacinths growing in wvater'. We observe clean-up day once or twice each month. Each month we putl ap propriate borders on the blackboards. We have nice coolers and individual drinking cups. Each week we bring ouir fancy work and twice eachl month we bring ourF cookies. We have bought stove imlemonents. We tried having the School Improvenment Association but were not sulccessful. We hayen't raised much mloney tis year b~ut ex 1)ect to bletore school is out. We have exp~endedi about thlirty (dollars this year. At the end of each mlonthl we give public exercises, consistinlg of nice recitations, dialoqucs andl songs repr1esenting tile holidays and the birthdays of our heroes. We hlave been amnd are hiavinig a good gene ral educational interest. WVe have read manl~y magazines, besides our school books, suchl as Literary 'Digest, D~elin entor. Normal 1Instrucltor, Ladies 110om1 Jbournlal and Saturdlay .lenin~g P'ost. We have been1 enoul~lraged by the awardling of medals, the monthly 1hono0r roll,* tile tickets fromi the Idle 110our and half day at tile end of each mionthi. 011r perfect attend~ants are, Inez, Bennie and Fannlie Blakely, Em ma and Augustus Madd~en, Dorothly, Manning and Sarahl Milam, Vernon Jacks, Fayette Gamb~rell and Ena Adair'. Our teachlers are Misses May mre Padgett and Dossie Minick. _________PAE BEiEVEN Switzer Company "THE STYLE CENTER" It Will be Easy to Select Your Millinery and 7 / \Spring Garments Here! N4 ' ', If it be a Dress, Blouse, Suit, Coat or Skirt that you want for spring wear, you need look no further than this store in rhaking your selection. New arrivals evr day, affording you the last word of fashion decree. Your Spring Coat Suit. New Things in Wash Goods Dept. We are .justly proud to be able to offer such truly beautiful o ) 1li h White I asket Cloth for Skirts, only..25 Coat Suits as are now on display. You'll find what you de- lb ha fancy Voiles fwrJlratt i lress, nly..........25 sire a ton them. 1 14i fan ' Lawns, only..................... .15 310ailililc 1 White Strie 11)11 aistintg, only.........25 Women's and \lisses' Suits of Gabardines, Serges, 3 inlilt Silk aud Cotton Crepe d Chine, wily.... .. 50 Checks, and all the wanted wool materials 10.00 to 25.00 Ili c Sik Org a les stl p t l .0a .5 :31;-jIn(h faio*c~' Waist Silks, Dnly ..... .40 \'omen's and .\lisses' Silk Suits of Talfeta, Faille and 1I-ii' W hiteI aw n . . . .10 iCos do' Loiid e Siolk . .. ..22.50 t4) 35.00 27-inmch W 1l ite l'in .. ..... ... ... . ... .. .10 New Novelties in Wash Skirts. Most Attractive Blouses. ( lite Large~st stok w 'ha eve rece11 i veild ) Selctetl w~ithu grleat cart anid withI thle thiought of pleasini.; I auii'eiis wtoineil. liy new Whtash Skir'tls, eomtiCioth evefor Skrt, ni eot..t. fiari aiid l)ppular model. The Spoit styles ar' e - \Wash >I nle s tin \o is Voiles Oressonlies L w.. at ise lt ............ 1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.50 a nl arees, .... .... ..... ... ...50, 1.00. 1.50 34il h lu <e and C'eoo Cp de Chine ( e , tonl .... .... .50 Silks Skir'ts of' 'I'atfctat, 1 joit, F'aille and Shaiit ug Silks, Will o ' the 27isnch w Soiree a ndl Istlss. \\'illo y ''aietans d y as well as sIo't iodl. 3 k. iary l -tt fi .... \....\... . n... v .... ........... . .. .0 "l-ne W h t t2w .. - . . . . ... .... ...39 .0 5.100 at all the nde ilkt . .tp .... .... ...., 1.5 0 3 .00 Steh is a pprachii -he reati - witne ---e . .est ... t... .. . MILLINERY. Our showing of Trimmed and Un trimmed Hats, Flowers, Fruits and Foliage .f far surpasses any of our previous efforts. 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