The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, September 27, 1894, Image 2
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.
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SHOES.
SHOES.
SHOES.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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ever brought to Darlington, and for that
reason, can sell it to you at the
Lowest Market Prices
& CO,
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anything you want in
this line, and offer them
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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.
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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.
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