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Che Darlington gtercs. Pcblishkd Evert Thursday Morn in a. ^iENRV J_ Jhompson, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS—$1 Per Annum in Advance; 60 cents for C luonthe; 25 cents for 3 mouths. Advertising Rates; One Square first insertion $1.00 One Square second insertion 60 Every subsequentinsertion 50 Contract advertisements inserted upon the most reasonable terms. Regulations, Darlington Public Schools. Children of parents residing beyond the limits of the School District may. upon application to the Board of Trustees, he ad mitted to the schools, provided that there is room, aud upon payment, monthly in advance, of tuition fees as follows: In Primary Department, $1.00 In Intermediate Dept., 1.50 In High School Dept., a.00 In such cases, where either f iarent owns property within the imits of the School District, or the child has a beneficiary in terest in property therein, a de duction shall be made from the tuition to the extent of the school tax thereon. SUPERINTENDENT. The Superintendent shall, un der the direction of the Board of Trustees, have the general supervision of the school prop erty and of all matters pertain ing to the internal management of the schools, including meth ods of teaching, government, discipline and the classification, examination and promotion of pupils; and it shall be his duty to see that the orders of the Board are executed. He shall hold teachers’ meet ings on Saturday, at least once a month for the teachers of St. John’s, and once for those of the Mayo school. He shall adopt a system of blanks for registers and reports, and see that they are properly kept and returned by the Teach ers. , He shall keep a record of the absence and tardiness (with ref erence both to school and to teachers’ meeting) of the teach ers and of himself, and shall re port the same regularly to the Board. It shall be his duty to report to the Board when, in his judg ment, the connection of any teacher with the school has ceased to be beneficial. At the end of each quarter, he shall submit to the Board a re port containing such informa tion and suggestions in regard to the schools as he may deem advisable, or as that body may see fit to call for. On the last day of each school month he shall furnish the chairman of the Committee of Finance with a pay-roll contain ing the names of all teachers and other persons to whom sal aries or other accounts are due, setting forth the amounts to which they are respectively en titled, the time for which they are to be paid, and upon what accounts the several amounts are due. He shall have power to sus pend a pupil when he deems such a course necessary to the maintenance of discipline, He shall employ, with the consent of the Finance Commit tee of the Board of Trustees, janitors for the school buildings at such wages as may be fixed by that committee. PRINCI’IALS. The Principal of each school ■shall, under the direction of the Superintendent, be responsible for the observance and enforo ment of the rules and regula tions of the schools. He shall have tne grounds, buildings and furniture of his school properly cared for. He shall see that, from arriv al at school until final dismis- sal, no room, class, or group of pupils is left without the pres ence and charge of himself or some one of the teachers. He shall keep a record of the attendence of himself and teach ers, and shall report the same monthly to the Superintendent. TEACHERS. Teachers shall not withdraw from the school without one month’s notice to the Board of Trustees, nor shall they be dis missed without notice of the same length of time, except in cases of violation of known du ty, or misconduct involving loss of character. Teachers shall carefully pre pare for the work of each day, adhere to the prescribed course of study, obey the instructions of the Superintendent, and de vote themselves, during school hours (including recesses,) ex clusively to school duties. They shall perform such du • ties in the halls and on the play grounds as shall be assigned. They are to see to the neat ness and comfort of their own rooms. They shall be at their posts thirty minutes before the begin they shall report their arrival to the principal at his room. Teachers shall hand to the Superintendent monthly and yearly, as reports, abstracts from their registers. No teacher is permitted to promulgatepar.isan or sectarian views in school. In caseof unavoidable absence a teacher shall send timely written notice thereof to the Su perintendent, and he shall pro vide a substitute. Each sub stitute shall receiveseven-tenths (7-10) of the regular pay of the absentee for the time of absence; aud settlement shall be made through the Superintendent. ' Any teacTier tardv’vnTEout excuse shall pay a fine of 25 cents for the first five minutes or fraction thereof and one cent for each minute over that time. The*teachers of each school shall meet one or two Saturdays of each mouth at the call of the Superintendent, for the purpose of carrying on a course of study and discussing matters bearing on their work. The length of each session shall not exceed three hours. Any teacher that shall, without sufficient excuse, absent himself from teachers’ meeting or fail to perform the duties of the same when assign ed thereto, shall forfeit one twenty- second (1 22) of the month’s salary. Complaints addressed t o teachers by parents or guardians shall be referred to the Superin tendent. PUPILS. Pupils are admitted to the school on the implied conditions of regular attendance and 3be dience to authority. Unkept conditions may forfeit privi leges. Pupils are required to conduct themselves with proper aecorum on the way to and from school. They are forbidden to loiter about the premises or on the streets, either before or after school. Excuses for absence or tardi ness and requests for dismissal before close of school must be made in writing by the parent or guardian. Sickness, death in the family, and other circum stances of a like pressing nature are valid grounds for excuse. Any pupil that shall be absent six times in four successive weeks, and any that shall be tardy eight times during the same period, unless for good cause, may be suspended from attendance at school until satis factory assurance of improve ment in future is given. No pupil shall, during school hours (including recesses,) leave the grounds without permission of the principal. Since late entrance is injur ious both to the pupil and to the class, special application must be made to the Board of Trus tees for the admission of any child after the end of the second week of the session. All damage to school property shall be paid in full by the pu pil by whom it has been done. Failure to pay within a month shall subject him to suspension. Each pupil shall pay 25 cents a month toward meeting the contingent expenses of the school MISCELLANEOUS. Promotion at the end of the session shall be determined mainly by the judgment of the teacher and Superintendent as to the pupil’s fitness to accom plish with profit the work of the next grade. This judgment will be based on both class-work and examination. A pupil that has been absent from any examination must stand a special examination be fore being permitted to go on with his clases A pupil shall be transferred to a lower grade when, in the judgment of the teacher and Superintendent, such a change will be to his advantage. Special promotions may, for a similar reason, take place at any time. If a pupil is guilty of gross immorality, or if his influence is dangerous and his reforma tion apparently hopeless, his parent or guardian may be re quired, by the Board of Trus tees, to withdraw him from school. No child living in a family where there has recently been a contagious disease, shall attend school without a physic ian's certificate that his presence will not endanger his school mates. A vacation of one week shall be given for the Christmas Holi days; this, however, shall not be deducted from the salaries of the teachers, but shall be in cluded in the nine months’ ses sion. The daily session of the school shall be five hours, commencing not later than 9 o’clock and closing not later than 2 o’clock, as may be directed by the Su perintendent. SHbis. SHOES. SHOES. SHOES. v.; ip SHOES. SHOES. SHOES. _£ SHOES. New Store, New Shoes. Shoes until you can’t rest! Shoes for Men. Shoes for Boys. Shoes for Ladies. Shoes for Misses. Shoes for Children. ALL STYLES, ALL GRADES, AND AT PRICES TO SUIT T11E TIMES. WE HAVE THE LARGEST AND MOST COM PLETE STOCK THAT WE HAVE EVER CARRIED, AND REQUEST AN INSPECTION OF THE SAME WHEN YOU BANK OF DARLINGTON, DARLINGTON, S. C., Capital, — — $100,00u Surplus and Undivi ded Prokits, — $45,973.80 DIRECTORS: W. C. Coker, J. I. Coker, R. W. Hoyd, J. J. Ward. E. R. Mclver, A. Nachman, Bright Williamson. Transacts a General Banking business. o ARE IN NEED OF NICE FOOT-WARE. WE ALSO CARRY A FULL LINE OF UMBRELLAS, TRUNKS, VALISES, WALKING-CANES AND SHOE-FIND INGS AND YOUNG BROS’. CELEBRATED HATS. THE MRLIIIiTON SHOE STOHE WOODS Sc MILLING. PROPRIETORS. P Great Bargains IS Sewing Machines, ! Some of th>'in ahnokt an good as new, ning of the exercises, unless a; *re now offered less time be directed by the j w,;L & THOMPSON. Attorneys Superintendent. W hen tardy, the WU.te Sewing Machine Co. J at the Darlington building by DAR- JlStf ever brought to Darlington, and for that reason, can sell it to you at the Lowest Market Prices & CO, * F CJ.R N 1 T U R E* F U R N 9 T U R E * F II R N 1 T U R E MIHH t SMQIT Have everything and anything you want in this line, and offer them at the LOWEST BOTTOM PRICES. F U R N I T U R E E/tabli/hed 1S58. Ji« Established 1889. Bowles&Son, Painters. Converse College SIP-A.HT.A.iN'ZB'CriRQ-, S. O FOR WOMEN. 1,021 feet above sea level. 26 officer* and teacher*, each a specialist 251 students. Thorough Classical Scientific, English and Elective Courses. 150 Music student*. Five Graduate Artists in Music Faculty, Dr Peters Diree Ph;.i D ^ tm TL' W n r . t ’ Klo< : u | i< T' Culture, YlommerieaKTou!^ Phjsual, Chemicad. Botanical Laboratories; Library and Reading Table- Gymnasium. Builmgs cost $108,000, and fire protected. Rooms furnished High Standing of Scholarship and as Thorough Course of Study afforMen" . denominations admitted without charg. for tui'.ion. Send for Catalogue to B. F. WILSON, President. It. L. DAItGAN, Attorney at Law. Darlington, S. C. Office opposite Court House. SPECIALTIES; REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, and COMMERCIAL LAW. Final Notice. ^^OTICE is hereby given that I have filed my final account in tlie office of the Judge of Pro bate for Darlington County, State of South Carolina, as Administrator of the estate of Wright Gatlin, de ceased, and will apply, on the 10th. day of October next, for letters r.is missory. HARBARD GATLIN, Sep. 7, 18M. Administrator. Mortgagee’e Sale. ST A TE OF SO VTH CAROLINA. County of Darlington. Whereas. Default having been made in the payment of the Debt se cured by a certain Mortgage bearing date the 10th of May, 1887, made and executed by Elizabeth Heath, of the County of Darlington and State of Sooth Carolina to the Land Mortgage Investment & Agency Company of America, Limited, which said mort gage was duly recorded in the Office of the Register of Mense I onveyance for Darlington County, in Book No. 8, page 303, on the 10th day of May, 1887; Now. therefore, under, and by vir tue of, the power of sale contained in said mortgage, The Land Mortgage Investment & Agency Company of America, Limited, mortgagee as'afore- said, will sell before the Court House in Darlington County, State of South Carolina, on Monday the last of Oc tober 1894, at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, within the legal hours of sale, the following de- sciihed premises, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land ly ing and being situated in the County aud State aforesaid, to wit: Seventy Six (76) acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of Odom, East and South by lands of J. H. Garner and West by the lauds of Bruce Dav is. THE LAND MORTGAGE INVEST MENT & AGENCY COMPANY OF AMERICA, LIMITED, Mortgagee. JOHN T. SLOAN, JR., ALLEN J. GREEN, HALCOTT P. GREEN, Attorneys. September 8th 1894. i 1.1 U < AUD*. n. W. HOT!!. GKO. W. SHOWN Savings Department. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at rate of 5 per cent, per annum from date of deposit—payable quarterly on the first day of January, April, July and October. For further information ap ply at the Bank. Tax Notice. Tukasubkr’s Ofkick, I Darmsuton, S. C., Sept. 15, ’94 ( T HE Treasurer’s books will be open for collection of State, county, school and special and poll taxes of the county for present 1893 4 fiscal year from Oct. 15th, to Decem ber 81st, 1894, without'*|)enalty in ac cordance with law excepting Thanks giving day, election day and Christ mas holiday. I will attend in person or by deputy places and dates named below. The office at Darlington H. will not be open on days I am visiting country precincts. Taxpayers will please ob serve this. Will be at Stokes Bridge, Tuesday, Oct. 16th. Ashland, Wednesday, Oct. 17th. Hartsville, Thursday and Friday. Oct. 18th. and 19th. Cypress, Tuesday, Oct. 23rd. Lamar, Wednesday and Thursday. Oct. 24th, and 25th. High bill, Friday, Oct. 26fh Antioch, Tuesday, Oct. 30th. Philadelphia, Wednesday Oct. 31st, Mechanicsville. Thursday, Nov. 1st. Lydia, Wednesday, Nov. 7th. Leavensworth, Thursday. Nov, 8th. Jasper, Friday, Nov. 9th Society Hill, Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12th and 13th. Darlington, October 15, 20,22, 27,29 November 2, 8, 5, 14 to December 81 inclusive. Books will close at 2 P. M. on Sat urdays, and on last days at precincts where two days are given, Tax payers take due notice. Levy for State purposes, 0 mills. I«vy for County purposes, 8 mills. ..Le.y for Constitutional Schools, 2 mills. Levy for Graded Schools, 4 mills- Levy for interest on bonds Grad ed Schools, 1 mill. Levy for all County purposes out side Graded Schools, 10 mills. Levy for all purposes in Graded Schools, 44 mills I*vy for all purposes in County, 141 mills. Poll tax, $1 Q . J. E. BASS, Sept 13—4t Treasurer, D. C. Accounts in both Depart ments solicited and will be given careful attention. BRIGHT WILLIAMSON, President. L. E. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. Dec. 31—tf MISS MAGGIE JONES THE FASHIONABLE MILLINER, desires to announce D’at she is now selling off her entire stock of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS at half its actual value. Special Bargains are offered n ladies hats and caps for babies. Aug. 9—tf. Darlington Lodge No. 7, Knights of Pythi as, meets on 1st and 3rd Tvksday Eveiiiiigs in each month, at Castle Hall, Florence street, opposite Broad. Visit ing biotliers fraternally BOYD & BROWN- Attorneys ami Counselors at Law Office in brick building south of ^ the Bank of Darlington. DARLINGTON V. H , & (!. PROMPT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL Dl’SlNi.SS. K. O. WOODS. T. H. SPAIH W OODS & SPAIN, (Successors to Waid & Woods,) Attorneys & Counsellors at Law. Offices formerly occupied by Ward & Woods, over Bank of Darlington. Practise in State and Federal Courts. Prompt personal atten tion to all business. a. W. DARGAN. H. T. THOMPSON. DARGAN & THOMPSON, Attorneys at Law, Office in Darlington Guards’ Armory building, lower floor. Darling ton. S. C • invited. To Our Customers of the Pee Dee Section: We have decided here after to conduct our business in your terri tory direct with buyers. We can thus better as sure you of prompt at tention, low prices, and clear agreements not liable to misunderstand ing and confusion as in the past under a differ ent system. To responsible and honorable buyers we will make it an object to correspond with us, and we jwant to deal * with no other class. Write us for prices on any make or kind of machinery you want, and we will make an honest effort to serve your best interests. W H. GIBBES, JR., & CO., COLUMBIA, 8. C. Dec28—ly Bronson, Lin & Go’s. Stock of .New Fall Goods. is arriving daily. Come to see us for anything you want. QUHLITY —AND- PRICE. What is Castona Is Dr. Samuel Pitcher’s prescription for Infants and Children. It contains neither Opium, >•"- -diimj nor other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee Is thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria Is the Children’s Panacea —the Mother’s Friend. Castoria. “Castoria hio well adapted techildn-n that I recommend It as superior to any prntcrintfam known to me." jj. A. .‘.acnEn, U. D„ 111 £o. Oi.'jrd u., Brooklyn,y_ “ Tho use of ‘Castoria’ h *o tmlTenal and ita merit! so wcU known that It fcvma a work of supt..^rogation to endorso it. 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