The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, July 16, 1891, Image 2
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Our Public School*.
The Trustees of the Public
Schools of the School District of
' the Town of Darlington take
pleasure in laying l>efore the
people of the School District the
following Reports:
1. Superintendent’s Report.
SuPERINDKNT’g REPORT.
any set of methods. An ungrad- j promotion is firmly refused to' developed
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Similar illustrations I
might h** taken from almost all ■
the studies.
Patterson Wardlaw.
June 24, 1801.
ever, new pupils began to pour , , , _
in, bringing the number in the ed school might have many ex- all unprepared for it. In decid-
founh month up to 247. These cellent methods, old or new, ing the question of fitness, no
were as many as we could ac- ; while it would be possible technical or mechanical test is
commodate, and, for some time, (though such a thing is not used. Nor does the goodness or
vacancies, except in the higher probable) for a graded school to badness of the child enter into
grades, were tilled as fast as have methods either all bad or the case, since promotion is not The mention of other advan-
they were made. The vacan- all old. A graded school is given as a reward or withheld j^ges of a svstem of graded
cies caused by the inevitable simply (to use the definition for punishment. It is simply a schools will "come with more
falling off toward the end were of Chancellor Paine) “a school business question, whether the propriety from ourselves. The
not filled, there being no use in which pupils are classified pupil can do the work of the success of our school depends
T .. n 1 f rr 4 *41 I then for applicants to come. I according to their attainments, succeeding grade with profit to mainly upon the character and
xne noara oj trustees of the\ m& y tJmt, even if we had!and in which pupils of similar himself and without injury to skill of the teachers Trustees,
School District of the Town
of Darlington :
Gentlemen—I beg leave to
submit the following report for
the school year beginning Sep
tember 22, 1890, and ending May
29, 1891:
The attendance of teachers
for the session has been as fol
lows:
had the full numberof teachers, attainments are taught togeth- the school; and it is settled by | unaided, are but little to be de-
we could not have taken so er, and thus pursue the succes- the common-sense plan of diti- ; pended upon for wisdom in the
many pupils as in the session be-1 sive portions of a systematic gently and unceasingly inquir- i selection of teachers. In the
fiwt* tckir tV,„ ..Afios,*, airaa/tv 1/.rkiiren nf iit«fmetirm inir !>v various methods inio euseof graded schools however
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course of instruction.” ing by various methods into
The principle of division of la- each individual s attainments
bor, so widely applied in other an ^ abilities, particularly in
departments, has inevitably points that are most important
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The tardiness or absence was
excused in every instance with
a solitary exception.
The number of pupils at the
close of the school session was:
At 8t. John’s School, 189; Fac
tory, 17; Mayo, 172. The least
numbers reported at any time
from the several schools were:
St. John’s, 179; Factory. 17;
Mayo, 172. The largest numbers
reported were: 8t. John’s. 211;
Factory, 51; Mayo, 247. The
average attendance for tho first
five months, as reported to the
County Scliool Commissioner,
was: White, male, 81.73, female
96.83; colored, male, 84.18, fe
male 97.78. This report, how
ever, includes only pupils be
tween 6 and 18 years of age and
living within school district.
The average daily attendance
of all the pupils for the whole
year was: White, 206.3; colored,
191.5. On the question whether
there is an improvement in the
length of stay in school some
light may be furnished by the
following tables: White schools
—1st session, No. at end of 1st
month 233, at close 168; 2nd ses
sion, No. at end of 1st month
252, at close 200. Let it l>e re
membered that this difference
in favor of the second session is
in spite of the disproportionate
loss of the Factory school. That
school had, at the beginning, 51
pupils, at the end of the first
month 41, and at the close of the
session 17. As this school had
no existence during the first
year, a juster idea of the im
provement in regularity will he
gained by leaving it out of the
comparison and contrasting the
two sessions at St. John’s. This
will give 8t. John’s—1st session.
No. at end of 1st month 233, at
close 168; 2nd session, No. at
and of 1st month 211; at close
183. That is we started this ses
sion with 22 fewer and ended
with 15 more than last; or, in
the first session, the decrease
was 27.9 per cent., nearly, of
the number with which we
started; in the second 13.3 per
cent., nearly. The contrast
would be still stronger if we
used the first day of the session
instead of the end of the first
month, but would hardly be
fair.
St. John’s withasmaller num
ber was yet more crowded than
in the first session. This is ex
plained as follows: As a result
of our plan of keeping each first
grade pupil only one-half the
school-day, two of these count
for no more, in estimating our
teaching and seating capacity,
than one of a higher grade.
Now it hapnened, and happene.l
naturally, that there was a much
smaller proportion of first grade
pupils in the second session than
in the first. Hence the whole
number of pupils that we could
accommodate had to be less.
The following is acomparative
table of the Mayo School: 1st
session, No. at end of 1st month
312, at close 208; 2nd session,
No. at end of 1st month 178, at
close 172. That is our number
at starting was 134 less than in
the first session and, at the end,
only 36 less; or the falling off
from the number at the end of
the first month was, in the first
session, 331 per cent; in the sec
ond 3.4 per cent., nearly,the dif
ference between the first month’s
number and the closing number
beingr 6. The chief explanation
of this is not. as in the case of
8t. John’s, the improvement in
regularity of attendance but the
great increase in the number of
fore, for the reason already
stated in connection with St.
John’s—the difference in the
proportion of first grade pupils. ; ^
That difference is still greater | worked itself out into this form aI1( l in those
in Mayo. in the educational industry. doubtful. .
I have asked for an increase * _ „ nioh .„ ... ,, rP£ ,i m ^ n t K o * ‘ ia “ P re( licted, it was im
of force at St. John’s. The need ; s ’ an unore-anized to an onr’an- at the beginning of our
for .hi, i. (.It .very wh.r.. but o'( wS *f“l.
chiefly in the higher classes.' Bection haB its 0W n part eve,, f a S<*> d gradation. We
The principal, with such help as f t j; k : j b J must grade mainly by some
I t-ith tny other dutie. couW
give him has had charge of the tein B ut a distinction must be ‘° “*>. far . ahead ., m on «
sixth grade and the high school. Svstem for me e branch, another in another. It
But no man with only the as- f orn j‘ s s .,ke it not onlv useless wou l d sometimes happen that a
sistanco of one other for half | mt j 8 one of the most'ossify ing chlld w0ldd be graded above T he superintendent stands as a
time, can do justice to one whole thin t h at can he out into a another of superior general in- mediator between the patrons of
grade and the numerous classes:^*, More minds have been telhgence. because the latter the ichool an d the teachers All
necessarily embraced in a com- stran 1( . d by red tupethan bodeis acaed t ^ at . knowledge of the complaints are submitted to an
lete high school. Not only j | >v | lfk|nn however is but l eai j in & w| thout which ho i j m partial a nd intelligent judge,
svstem. True sys- ? ou ‘ d rnake , no P r °g reS8 ,u tb
provided they have been fortu
nate in the choice of a supe in-
tendent, they have the invalua
ble assistance of an expert in
securing teachers for their
schools. If a mistake is made,
through the superintendence it
is quickly detected and correct
ed. The teachers, so selected,
are kept up to their best work
by a constant oversight, and,
besides, are instructed, directed,
sympathized with, inspired and
supported by the superintendent.
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pelled to omit some sjbjects i ten[1 , nea ning planned, calcula-
properly belonging to «uch a lte(1izedeffortaB
school, but the very essentials i contraste(1 with that which is
have suffered for lack of time. undirected and hen( . e p| un iess
This need, serious now, will be
come more and more serious.
At the start, most of our pupils
were backward, and some of
the higher classes of our course
could be omitted. As our pu
pils advance, however, most or
all of these classes will be filled,
and the whole timeof one teach
er will he the very least that the
high school can get along with
respectably.
LIBRARIES.
Early in the session, $15 made
by the Mayo teachers at an en
tertainment were spout in adding
to their library.
Since my last annual report,
St. John’s library has had sev
eral additions. Messrs. E. Keith
Dargan and R. \V. Boyd have
made generous pecuniary con
tributions. In addition to vol
umes presented by him at
the founding of thelibrary, Hon.
G. W. Dargan made two hand
some gifts amounting in all to
87 volumes. Other gifts in mon
ey or books were made by Rev.
J. A. Rice, Mrs. Baker, andsev-
eral of the teachers. An enter
tainment under the management
of the teachers of St. John’s,
but liberally helped by a host of
kind friends, brought $60. An
other entertainment under the
management of Oapt. Thompson,
who, with his associates gener
ously divided the proceeds with
our library, brought us $24.48.
Three gentlemen have agreed
each to pay $10 a year for five
years, for the purpose of keep
ing up the library. It is desired
that the number of contributors
by this excellent plan be raised
to ten. Of the money raised
during the year a good part was
spent for the supplementary
readers so much needed. Be
sides these, the text books, ref
erence books, &c., there are, in
the library 256 volumes that
may be drawn by the children.
In the last five months (a little
over half the session) there were
899 drawings from the library,
leaving at the close of school, 544
tiled applications that had not
been reached. The last fact will
help to show how great our
needs are still.
The fine anatomical chart,
presented by the hoard, has been
of good service. It was used in
giving a series of lessons on the
outlines of physiology and hy
giene and added greatly to their
interest and iustructiveness.
There was also a series of lessons
on civics and manners.
Respectfully submitted.
Patterson Wardlaw,
Superintendent.
and in large part aimless and
. _ e |and are easily satisfied. The
higher grade. Again, a child misrepresentations and irrita-
might he some months ahead of | tions, in ordinary schools so
frequent and painful, between
waste, not merely multiplies the
quantity of results, but tends
greatly to improve their quality.
Prominent among the advan
tages is economy. The graded
system is u labor-saving device,
a means of making a given
amount of teaching force bring
the greatest results. There is a
certain amount of learning—the
fundamental brunches—which
all that go to school should
master. There is, roughly
speaking, one best order of study
in each of these branches, and
one best combination of them
all. Since, then, all the children
are to travel the same road as
far as a certain point, it will be
a great saving of labor, if, in
stead of having a conductor for
each group of three or four, we ^
send them by the trainful at
regular intervals. This is the
principle of the graded school
We organized our lower pu
pils into six grades, each sepa
rated from the next by an inter
val of a year. With the higher
pupils, differences of talent.
the grade into which he wac
put, but not far enough to go
ou with a higher grade. Hence
there were necessarily thrown
into the same grade children
not thoroughly assorted. Add
to this that we could not, at
first, have each class doing ex
actly tho work to which its
grade corresponded. Each grade
presupposed all below it—a false
presupposition at first. The
second session, we were able,
naturally, to get a much better
gradation than the first; and the
improvement may be expected
to continue till those now in the
lower grades shall have reached
the high school. It is a repeti
tion to say that improved gra
dation conduces to more sue
cessful teaching.
As time passes, not only do
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Please yive us ii trial, ami if we don't
give you more for your money than
you OKU get elsewhere. Charleston not
executed, we v ill forfeit the price of
the purchased article.
parents and teachers, are pre
vented, or easily removed. The
underteacher is backed by the
principal, and the principal by
the superintendent, and thus a
moral force is combined and
concentrated that renders the
discipline of tho school easy and
perfect.
Two years ago we commenced
the experiment of graded
schools with hesitation. Now
we rejoice over an unusual suc
cess. We think it impossible
for any right minde ! man or
woman to contemplate the work
that has been done and is being
done by our schools for the
children of the school district
without enthusiasm. Our little
I town is eagerly engaged in
yuilding no its wealth and pop-
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terial must bring improved re
sults. Nor is the improvement
confined to one side. Experience
plans”'&c!” m:ake^strict gradal I brou «. ht the teachers, too.
; ; .... j. cm i to increasingly higher degrees
of skill.
the pupils become better graded, | ulation. Even in this lower re
but each pupil becomes better j spect, we believe that no instru-
trained, and the body gets toi mentality is accomplishing mon-
mo v ing with less friction in the | than our sc hools. There is no
schools grooves very useful j ^i-patcr arlvantage or attraction
things provided they do not to j nduce one t0 become a resi-
grow into ruts. Improved nm | dent 0 f Darlington Court House.
Should any reader deem this
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2. Treasurer’s Report.
Treasurer’s Report.
Financial Statement of Board
of Trustees of the School District
of the Town of Darlington for (gone
the session ending May 29th,
tion undesirable. They have
reached the point where the road
divides. We therefore organ
ized them into a “high school,”
in which studies are, with due
limitations, elective, and in
which promotion in each subject
is independent of that in the
others. The attempt to carry
the strict gradation on into the
high school has, I believe, been
a weakness wherever it has been
made in the public schools, and
particularly in the smaller ones.
We are pleased with the experi
ment of the other plan.
Another of the advantages of
the system is its continuity
The work done in a majority of
the private schools is like what
would happen if a rapid succes
sion of builders should work on
a house, each following his own
devices, without knowledge ot
the plans of his predecessors or
foresight of those of his success
ors. It mu.it be so while the
teaching profession is so unsta
ble as at present. On the other
hand, the work of the graded
school is like that of an organ
ized force carrying out a single,
definite and all embracing plan.
There may he frequent changes
of the workmen, but the identi
ty of the body is unbroken. The
architect himself may drop out.
hut his scheme is on record and.
moreover, is largely stamped on
the traditions and habits of the
institution; so that his successor
must perforce follow at least
his main lines. Thus the danger
of random, aimless effort is min
imized. Each lesson is a part
ORAL TEACHING.
A good deal of our teaching,
particularly in the lower grades,
has been oral. This was for the
sake both of the studies so taught
and of the others. The latter
reason is based on the principle
of concentration. The fewer
the lessons to be studied at home,
the more the attention' to be
given them. But the chief re:i
son is that the beginnings ol
language extravagant, let him
or her devote a day to passing
through the rooms when the
schools are in operation and be
convinced.
An unavoidable error in the
calculation of our pecuniary re
sources for the first scholastic
year put i:s deeply in debt. A
heavy taxation, bornecheerfiilly
by our people, has relieved us
almost entirely of this, and a
moderate taxation for the next
year will he sufficient. As the
wealth of the school district in
creases the burden will become
lighter. The history of the
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which has been lost, is not negotiablt
ami will he valueless in hand ol
tinder.
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most subjects can be best taughl schools, so far, has illustrated
of the planned year's work.
orally. In the first plaee, young
children cannot understand tin-
language of books. In the sec
ond. the child should be taught
inductively with the use, when
possible, of objects. His stud)
must be a studv ot tilings, not
of books For several reasons,
a fact discovered by himself
counts for more than a dozen
told him by a book. He should
therefore make his own investi
gations, the only legitimate out
side help being a mere guidance
in the investigations. It is clear
that the living teacher can give
the guidance and the book can
not. Consider, too. the greater
interest usually aroused by the
living voice. Oral teaching is.
the intelligence and the unanim
ity of our people in whatever
promises to benefit the commu
nity.
In thus lauding our schools, it
is simply tin act of justice for us
to admit that the result has been
largely due to our accomplished
sup‘rmleudent, Mr. Patterson
Wardlaw. If we deserve credit
it is mainly because we have
known how to appreciate him.
to give him our entire confi
dence, and to promptly put into
execution his wise suggestions.
Highly gifted by nature for
what he has fixed upon as his
life-work, accomplished in the
learning of his profession, sin
gularly unselfish and animated
I believe, used largely—perhaps | by a noble enthusiasm, we can
ton largely—in the continental j n ot conceive of a superior su-
schools, and is gaining ground j perintendent for our schools,
with the more progressive teach- Our community owes a debt
ers of America. | of gratitude to the principal and
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LIBRARY.
From the first we have regard
ed the use of the library one of
the most imnortant Darts of our
work. The experience of some
years has more and more in>-
1891:
RKOKIPTS.
Contingent and tuition
fees _ _ _ _
$1,377.27
Special tax - - -
4,055.40
Two mills and poll -
Peabody fund $800.00
900.00
less exchange .50-
Note in Bank of
599.50
Darlington - -
174,80
Each year’s work is mapped out ■ pressed me with the immense
with reference to all that has, need for the cultivation of a
before and all that is to, taste for good reading among
follow. Each separate part of pupils. We cannot do more
it is settled only after a careful for our pupils than put them in
$7,106.97
DISBURSEMENTS.
Bal. due Secretary and
Treasurer - - $
Borrowed money and
interest - - - 1,772.971
Teachers’salaries - 4,737.38!
Miscellaneous expenses
On hand - - - -
consideration of the question,
whether, all things considered,
it had better be put here or at
some other point in the course.
Our own course of instruction
was the result of long and care
ful study. Effort to apply the
principles of educational sci
ence, a comparison of a large
number of the best systems,
adaptation to our own local
needs and resources, and such
| modifications as were demanded
g ; by actual experiment, were the
! means used to bring our course
to its present state. During each
vacation, it is retouched in the
582 39 light of the experience of the
y '22 1 last session, of the needs of the
C. B. Edwards,
Secretary and Treasurer.
i next, and of any advance in this
$7,106.97 ra pi d iy advancing age of edu-
| cational thought. Thus we try
; to have, on the one hand, growth
without revolution: on the other,
stability without rigidity.
Another of the advantages is
the requirement that pupils shall
applicants for admiaaion. It
will be remembered that the l* 1 order that the character,
number of pupils at the opening work and peculiar features of
of the session was much smaller our schools maybe fullv com- no t advance more rapidly than
than we were prepared to handle, predended, we present the fol- f , prepared to do. Possi-
The probable causes of this were lowing paper prepared at our bl y no ^ ne mistake of teachers
the raising of the contingent request by the superintendent: ha8 done more j n j ury to rea i
fee and the fact that school organization. education than the custom of
opened at the height of an unu* | \V e have made a partial adop-1 yielding this craze to have
sually busy cotton picking sea tion of the graded system. As children “advanced” to doing
son. Because of this small num- there seems to do considerable 1 in sAoir what thev are quite in
her, the board, when the prinei-! popular misconception as to I capable of doing inf act. Of all
pal resigned, determined not toj what a graded school is, it mav educational needs, none is so
fill the vacancy thus caused,
the remaining teachers being
sufficient for the school as it
then was. The old building
used for the fifth teacher was
accordingly- removed, the school
being thus reduced to the eapac-
itv originally intended. Soon
after this determination, how-
be well to explain,
the name has no
However thoroughly we teach
the regular studies we cannot
hope that more than one in five
hundred will carry them on
when their schooling is done.
But give your pupil a taste for
good reading, and you almost
insure his becoming an educated
man. This education implies
not merely knowledge but also
that refining influence given on
ly by literature. Let the appeal
be made to any cultured man
whether he would rather be de
prived of what ho learned a!
school (not counting, of course,
the strictly bread and butter
knowledge) or of what he has
gained from reading. The list
of the men that have made their
mark on the history of our coun
try will probably show several
that never knew how to solve
an equation of the first degree
or even to decline hie, hoec, hoc:
hut you will find very few, 1
think, who were not great read
ers. I am not underrating the
ordinary school studies. So far
from there being an antagonism
between them and the library
work, the two can be made mu
tualiy helpful. The pupil that
has been charmed with Simms’
Partisan or Horry’s Marion
will learn the revolutionary his
be thorougly graded. Again,
there is no necessary connection
between the graded system and
And, first,; pressing as the need for deliver- tory of South Carolina twice as
reference to ! aDce from humbug'wry. In ac-1 rapidly and five times as well
as the poor fellow that knows
nothing beyond the text book.
No matter how well a pupil may
be prepared in grammar and
vocabulary, most of the classic
authors will mean little to him
unless he has the literary sense
support by taxation, general or;eordnnce with this view, the
special. Many public schools.' superintendent has made it a
large and small, are ungraded; 1 prominent part of his work to
and a large private school might watch the matter of gradation-
gradation
to approach as nearly as possible
to certainty that none ready to
go up are kept down, and that
teachers of the St. John’s school
including the schoo' at the fac
tory. Their increasing skill as
instructors, their fine inoral t in
fluence over their pupils, and
their self sacrificing devotion to
their duties are above all ordi
nary praise. Two of these, Miss
Claude Edwards and Miss An
nie J. Cofield, retire from the
corps from personal considera
tions. We greatly regret the
loss, and take pleasure in giv
ing public expression to our
high appreciation of noble work-
well done.
There has been excellent class
room work done by the teachers
of the Mayo school, but a lack
of cordial co-operation among
the teachers has, we regret to
say, seriously detracted from the
efficiency of that school the past
year, and has rendered necessa
ry changes which we trust will
remedy the evil.
The experiment of a distinct
school room for the children at
the factory has been a disap
pointment in respect to num
bers and we have concluded to
remove the teacher to St. John’s
and to provide there, as at first,
for the instruction of all the
white children of the school
district.
There is imperative need for
two additional rooms at St.
Johns—one for a class room
and the other for a superinten
dent’s office; and one additional
room for the Mayo school. Un
willing to increase taxation, we
think the money needed for
these additions can be raised by
voluntary gifts and we have ap
pointed two committees—one to
raise the needed money, among
the whites, for St. John's, ana
the other, among the colored
people, for Mayo. We commend
their solicitations to your liber
ality.
R. W. Boyd,
G. W Dargan,
E. Keith Dargan,
J. J. Ward,
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Satisfaction.
When a man lays he is SaUfied, he means a great deal.
One of the policy-holders of the Kqui able Life Assurance Society, Mr. Charles
A Edwards, of New York, who, io 1«?1, took a twenty-year Tontine policy
with the Kquituble for $10,000, writes ,.s follows: "1 am extremely wellxaH-iJltd
with this nsnlt, obtuaiiug more thmi > 1 009 in excess of all the premiums l
han paid, in addition to lairing 1 njoyerl the proteetion oj my policy during
the twenty aeurs it has t/eeu in force l am loath to pait with saca an old
friend as Inis pohn/ has been t<> me, but in doing so, 1 do not propose to part
company with the Jign/table, haring , pplied for another TmUiiie policy, the
benefits 'under which I also hope to obtuili daring my lifetime "
Another Mr Nathaniel Wilson, of Washington, writes in relation to policy
No 00 ;>i;l its follows: " / tool: oa! a Ton'ine poli.y in your Company for $80,000.
The poli-g has been settled to my satisfaction. 1 hare since token out policies
nf the same kind for SV.OIHI, bemuse i am satisfied that the Tontine phut is to
be preferred to any of which I hare knowledge."
It thuse statements were from the widows or executors of po cy-liokierF, who
had died they would he signilleant, or, it they were from policy-holders who
were satisfied with their assurance because it tumlshed protection, mid gave
them sufficient peace of mind to offset the burden of the continuing annual
premiums on their policies, they would be uo more than reasonable assertions.
But this satisfaction is something more than this: It is the gratification of men
who have, over and above the proteit on from the assurance, REALIZED on a
profitable investment. They have reason to be Natisthd. For twenty yeaig
they have been building up their business and accumulating fortunes, amt
meanwhile their families and estates have been protected against the disaster
which would have come, if through some accident they had died prematurely.
But those dangers have now been pc.-sed, and what is the result? Must they
s.-rv, " HV hare paid out a great de, d oj money in. premiums, but we h ire eu-
fo'i/ed the p 1 ateeti/ru ,f city ussurnii'-i. and are satisfied that our money hus
been well spefit: me h'ure nothing more to expert, and bore nothing further to
ask." They might say this, mi l he c nteut, but- they are able to say much
more than t his, thus:HV are more thm satisfied because, in addition to the
protect ion <;ir.en for nil these gears, our Tontine policies hare turned out to be
good INVEST MEMTS, as isprored by fie fact that the Equitable has returned
11'■. that ire hare paid, with interest aoded ”
Think of it! A return of the total amount expended in
premia ms. trifh eom//nit nd interest (it fro nr - J to o per
centum per ntiutun inided thereto.
GxO. HENRY McKEE,
Darlington, S, C. SPECIAL AGENT.
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