The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, October 13, 1893, Image 3
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THE REPORTS
§F SUPERINTENDENT WAKDLAW
AND TREASURER EDWARDS,
Of the'St. Jehi’s Scheel—A Q—i
SheviiR f#r all the Seheels.
The following reporU are gnlt-
milted for the ' infommti<m of the
people of the soliool (listriot of the
towu of Darlington. ^
H W. Bmtp,
Ch’n Hoarj 't rugtetwi
BUPEKIXTENUBST's BP.Pfiw.
To the Dou.d of T.of the
School District of the Town of Bar
ling, on:
(jlentlenien: I respectfully submit,
the following report for t he school
year begi'iu'ug Sep.. 26. 1392, aud
ending properly June 2, tho’ prolon
ged by l ansfer of two’ school-days,
to June 6, 1383.
The avetw^e attendance, for the
first Sve months, of those eatitled to
the benefit of the state two 7 mill tax
—.hose repo-tod to tbs County
School Commiasioner—was white;
male, .132; female, 127; colored;
mate, lQ2,fr, female, 102,3.
The average attendance of all the
pupils for the w&ole session was
white 289.5 against 235.5 in 1891-’
92;.colored 211.3 againat 181.4 in
1891-'92.
The numbers remaining in school
at the close of the session were white,
267 against 235 last year, colored,
210 against 188 last year.
The largest number reported at
the end of afty one month were
white, 660 against 274 test session;
colored, 266 agamst 229 last ses-
aiotfe, r
A comparison of this year’s iteax*
imam numbers with toe numbers
child, particularly of the lower
grades, to read all the books suitable
for itself and then be ready for more
Thus, even in this class of hooks,
our needs have not been half sup*
plied. Next aiv reference books,
without witch no school mu do
fi"st-rs*e work. Then come the
other books needed for nm-in con
nection withcluss-work. There are,
m I Imvetnged lefoiv, some studies
in which the pupM's text-book work
connli for next to nothing, unless
Hccotnpauied Iw pa bulled reading.
l!ut‘it»u 'eaclarf eittjecia.ly: that
used lawks for such additiocal Tcad-
ing. The teaching of him whose
ivudiu^is no higher a id fuller than
that of hisclasi will be meager and
-laOTii't. The e ought to be, in
each sc'.iool libzaiy, advanced books
on alt subjects taught in that school,
to say nothing of the b'gher works
of ’>.?• atu e a"d tinnigh(. Then,
once mo w, a school' Vbiary cannot
be qu ! ‘e complete w .hout a good
col'ecvoh of works on tevebing, gen-
e.a' a-ni spec : al. Of books 'a.ended
for icacne s’ leading a few have
been preteh tod i« the library. As,
however, we have concentrated our
S eotiou and means oe bocks
a first kind onr teachers have, hi
to rely chiefly on their own pu ses
aidpd by. exchange among them
selves.
Of coarse, no o?e awa e of the
exacting reqoi ements of scbola.--
ship can suppose -that they w'H be
tally set by this arrangement, or
any other short of a large library.
Yet I do rot hope that much can be
doqe in this dusciioa for some |fme
to come; All tb's is said in a spirt
far f^om diteonteat, for I beltere
that no i own in the State hs i more
causa to be p.oud of what it has
done far iia Mbrariet than has Dar-
imam numhe-n witn tne numbers ,i DgtolL My ntsOM {or ^ K
remA-UiBg at Ueend of the sessn*, into this aubiect are that it is
aa nven above. enowV how great stm to ^ aTe onr ideal kept oonstan-
ia theevxl ofunsieadteetneMof at- t ]_ bcVons, even the eonie years
iendadoe. Our aohoalabannoireach, 0 £- Ut 'ft he remembered that
first rate efficiency so long as sms
fcsfe; Ouy-pporte need to learn that
going to school is a business and,
like any other business, cannot jiroe-
per if followed by fits anp spells.
Oar numbers have been such as
were almost impossible , to handle
With the reeouraes at our oemmandi
Both at St. John’s and at Mayo, the
space.was ectfcylt isqnfficieoij snd
the strain on the i
while every bit qf giowth in onr li
brary has done immense good a 1 !
additional progress cai do equal
good. This work' is .not ooe that
can be finished and laid aside.
I should like to prepareooeplan
wWqh, I feel gore, wpjul4
iup,revemeat id the *
enor-
«!d a great many at
refused admittance simi
they could not be taken ,id. Yoor
addition of a room and a teacher at
SU John’s will be a great relief. A
like improvement at Mi
gently needed.
The altendance at the Factory
.School has not been encouraging.
The -dreat trehble is i-regularify.
8 ill tnere u ah Tfciprofeiuent over
the otner session daring which we
had the school, snd I tnmk the ex
periment has been successful enough
to warrant tepaUttdn. ~
We have been trying to do each
year, a little more toward soienoe-
leacl
made
mains
cuUies are many. One of rbese dif-
flculiies is the lack of mate ial and
appai-mus. What has been dope has
not neSh It I tie ^inense of other
s'adies, bat rather as an aid to
mesa oruawe'pal addit on to the
•surd iestoas. * WopeHy‘sang^li it is
a part of them all—on tiie.r intel-
lea taslRtdoi jUk fouudatioa
all; aod ;» ue educational progress is
33E®e£fJ35r' w
lam able.ro leportjery gjraU-
fying proRtte of Jtholihtarms, 4
valuable gut to St John’s aud Mayo
seboo's was received thro’ the kind-
ness of Miss Brighpm,# whoyMre-
seats a society organised fSr the
of distributiiULlite •ature to
thoireughncre
our work orvt pi all propoviiou to
its cox: ‘It Is a maUer of common
observation that reading is the one
f- fcb * ii,bicb ’ in
nau ro ne gpjta of improved methods, compare!
ly because Javo^bl/^rith the work of
Mhwh^ needing ii' Pb)|giS f%»ik
s standard magazines
so
hrhefactioa
course from the
fst^s of refinement
fiw whose dout
a barrel of the
and reviews. T
have used far their
the money which they wo: fed
zealously to raise for the school.
Some friends, under the lead of
Mr. Biggs, raised, by an ento.-taio-
ment, enough money to make a very
nice sta-t toward a special )<Ule 1<-
btay fiaf rith% Feotoi^ Sohool, . Qf
coui-ay, 2&ro
the ■use of tW oentraf Rbrary. A :
number of our townfolk have added
to the stock of magazines at St.
Jolm’s. By pa -tnereUm in an ex-
bibiJm gives by, Mr. L 1. Barrett
we made |18.85. But the crowning
held
_ Jble mission wad to
cultivate a love for beautiful flowe -s
and beautiful literature. The’r
noble gift to St John’s Library Fund
waa $100.00. I should never fail
to men! ion the genftrou}. yearly.jQon-
tribntors.
Our library is thus making a fair
beginning. Perhaps it will surprise
some to near me say, after all that
on conception of the needs
school library is so inadequate. In
the first place, it should contain, aa
is now beginning to be understood, a
atomamortment of breiks whose
chief or only viriae in the eyes of the
tho^the Teachers
that their main purpose is to onlti-
▼atea taste tor good reading.
one oonsidere the great variety of ages
and the creator variety of tastes,
'll not seem strange that a v
ge number of books ia needed
COIDDNEEBD «IL.
The Great Variety of Uses to Which
It Pat the World Over.
Charlotte Obse-ver.
TbeqnegUot is fr,q,iei.tly askid,
'‘what is cotton seed o<l used for?”
1 let y^ir there were probably
>0,000 tons of seed rushed. Out of
t’V'8Sc?d there were obi hine>l alMiui
1.000,000 barrels of oi <.
At Chicago not less than 300,000
I urels aa* used by Ariuonr & Co
ISwift & Co., Nelson Mo-ris, the
( hiosgo Packing Coiuptiny. and N
1C Fa rbank fo- making la-d. A
St Louis, Kansas, city and Omahi
about’200,000. bar re's are! need in
mukeing lard.
The lard is made by mixing bee! 1
suet with cottonseed u>l, the degree
of hardness of the product bereg
detenumd by the relative proportion
the oil aud suet it is uotable that
in much of the la-’d there is no hog
product at all. Swift ft Co. name
of cotton oil and suet is "coto suet,'
aid Fairbank’s product is called
cottoline.”
About 20,000 barrels are used ou
the coast of Maine to pask sardines.
Probably 50,000 or 100,000 barrels
are used by the soap-makers for msk-
icg toilet soap, Amongst the notabii
ousume/s of oil for soap-makers an
Proctor ft Gamble of Cincinnati, win
make ivory soap; Walker ft Co., oi
Piliibnrfcaod Fairbank ft,Co>{
Chicago.-
Some 200,000 or 300,000 go to Rot:
teattem, Hollatfd, for making batter
La-ge qusQ.lties go to Marseflles,
France; Trieste. Austria, and various
ponTon the Mediterranean coast,
especially in Italy,- for mixing qjlve
T^e poorer graflek are need for illu
m-oat'og pu poseslu mines, sea lubri
cant ftf 4u tank threads- qn pip* and
bolts and otoef purposes. jgigg| -*
It is not a good lubricatipg oil for
fi jd a pro e s of refining that would
latomrsSwh oil has been
shipped toMextooand South America
e
bii o p ac- ce aufuiiijta to
raded school will be s«
reasoo is clear.
Readlog, being an art, must be
'saiiie^ w'th much pi-ac. toe, aod by
mosi’cb:ldre4, 'w , ih n.act'ce in class
before ine teache'*. But bow much
tb's p sc- toe amoauts to in a large
$1,
re/of a
pep! Is ».toh"30 m'ontes
for a recitalioi. Thus it is foood
that there are, in every lower class,
pupils tout can conje,.jup ' to the
scqu’red steads -d H ivaatog ouly
by a great deal of pi-es-sieut drilling,
whith the toacher cannot take iime
f
d
!ch
ssssisnt I th’ok we m ; gbtgaiu
much in this Hoe bv employing one
oldest.and .t-jatiesk
'foe a iifcjtaia Budbfcriif
, * * very small oost.
4 IlSopxpjeJimenting has a'readv
been done in this direction with
gopd results. The vital importance
ofWding both on its own acconut
and because of the dependence of
tetiler siudies.upoa it, makes me very
earscst to the wtoh that, if this p'au
cap not be aooo< ded th : s year it may
at ary rale be carried out ia one or
two sessions. • i »
ttoPy suhrasitied,,! i
'ATTERSOlt WA5DLAW,
Superiniendent.
fi REPOET.
RKOCirrs
or is
Bo: jowed..
Special tes......
Two mills aud
Poll tax
Contingent aud
TnOIote Fees.,
Miscellane o O 8
Fees.
Subscriptions to
jafldifidi^ rooms
390 39
715 00
8A8100
847 22
1,722 72
60
*,200 23
DI68BLR8EMKNTS.
Borrowed money
returned....,,$ 715 00
Teache s’ Qol “
Sala-
***** t ^ *^
Sonars Expen
ses.
Inaorsnae on
Building
Buildtog addi
tions! i-oomA.
On hand
5,44751
..608 47
100 00
325 00'^ "
87 20
$7,290 23
C. B Edwards,
Secretary aud Treasurer.
Ap wr^“'
[iippman Bro’s.
Messes. Lippman
Savannah, Oa.
Dear Sibs—I wi'l write to inform
yon that I was afflicted with Blood
Disease. I tried one bottle of * * * *
hnd it gave me no. I was in bed
savqniOdnthA Iteiedphmiinenephy
sicians, and they could not do me
any Bond. I saw your advertisemept
cf P. P. P. in the Apadachioola Times
and thought I would try it The
bottle 1 got tonight makes seven or
eight; and, oh, how good I feel. I have
my busi
V'Y
im
ST0
for Infantt and OhHrfr»n»
“ OaKo/Vabie veil addled to diiUna that I
I recommend it aa superior to any preacrtpUoa
mown to me." H. A. Arch.a, M. D.,
,'U 80. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
Kills Worms, gires sleep, aod prozhote* di
| Witfo^mjurlouamedication.
Tax CsaTADB Compakt, 77 Murrey Street, IV. Y.
i cycle/
“first iriTTres
and Improv/etnenfs
SPAKTANBURO. S. V.
For Catalogue address,
MS. H. CIRLISLE, LL. D„ PREST.
Two Full Courses.
Necessary expenses for one j-ear, One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars.
J. A. OAMEWELli, Secretary of Faculty.
NEW SHOES.
Examine onr $3
Glove Fitting Good
Tear Welt Shoe for
Men. T • I
ilfUf CF *
“An elegant line oi
all styles and prices
We carry the bes
line Hand-Sewet
Goods ever brongb
to Darlington.
siliMMBSi StocNf Oxfords 1
For Ladles,
[and Childi*en; ’widths
We have them in the newest
i ^ flit I jflLblli ( ■■■
c
, Etc.
j^We. have on hand a complete stock or
the above goods at astonishing prices.] * 3
DARLINGTON SHOE STORE,
WOODS & MILLING, Proprietors.
e*iiy*6f dh
beef suet with it In faotvmoet of
the people of the earth aoleau
vegetable oil for cooking to Awieri-
con fats. The Aoglo Saxons and Ger
mans are notable exceptions. &|,
Its use in an mmdubterated con
dition in this country as a cookiog
greaieis rapidly iocreasiog, especially
in Texas aod New England. All the
mtauraiits in Houston, Galveston
tnd other South western cities, and
iu Boston Providence and New
England cities
keep pure refined cotteu oil on hand
at all umes. In Boston the physicians
u liformly prescribe food cooked iu
cotteu oil as a remedy for ludig.stion
aud the idea has growu very popular
especially iu Boston and the adjacant
towns and cities.
A fine head of hair is indispensa- _
Vigor mait^JfnS^ ^rthfu? fre ^{^Wll3WPJfr xt Thirty T>ay»
and Itnarianoo, restores to fadsd and
gray hair ite origtoal color jiprente
Cures scalp diseasefe.! It gives perfi
sattofaction.
When the hair begins to come ont
in combing, it shows a weakness of
the saalp that calls for ijamediste at-
^preparation to arrestftutte
er loss of hair and restore the scalp
Riders, of Victor Pneumatics carry an extra inner tube
to be used in case of accident. By simply removing a punc-
inner tube through a hole in the rim, repair is
tured
effected in five minutes by replacing with a new one. *
If you are going to nde why not ride the best?
Boston,
OVERMAN
WASHINGTON, '
WHEEL CO. v
Denver, SAN FRANOfSOO.
A HAPPY HOME
Is made doubly so by good music. So
make the. best of life and procure a good
Piano or Organ.
ir, e im: ie im: ib ie ir.
You have onyl to invest once in a life
time, provided you buy a good instrument.
Don’t worry about hard times,
as that has been the wail ever
since Adam 11.
to a heathy condition ' is Ayar’s Hair
Vigor. ** '
Don’t be tolled into haveing »u
operation as ft may cost you your Kfe
Japanese Pile Gnre is guaranteed
to cure you *y fH > Jobs A Bajrd,
Do not complain of yonr wife's
extravagance w^A a cigar ip yoaf
mouth.
lit' i
QamaooM
WJ
inentb
"©r Special indtuce-
to Oaeili JBuyer»
AU
mtekiiHiZDWOOID!
ism-
Iff o
We can save you from $40 to
$00 on PIANOS, and from $15 to
$510 on ORGANS, for we have no
middle man to pay.
TERMS: From ONE to TWO
TSARS’ time granted to those
not prepared to pay Cash, and only
Eight per cent, added to cash price.
Address,
THE ONLY UNE
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FROM
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MOUTH,
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ou may pub-
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and
SOUP VESTIBULED TRAINS.
ASK PCS VOVA TICKETS VIA
QUEEM A CRESCENT ROUTE.
. O. MNCAJISON.S.SA, CfRONUUTl,*
•teitol;
BTJREA.TJS.
»WJ.o im zxot ftumlislxed.
xxo-w im tlx® tlxxxo to
J. D. BAIHD.
tL00p«?p6SkiS^f e ?^^i?H
IKO HOM«iaigl
nvsn
MM Mo.
JOHNSON’S
MAGNETIC OILI
la.ta.t Klllwol Pain.
titans!
wrnal,
RAL-
lera If or-
Dlpth.rU, Sore TkroH,
“ mK hr waste.
>r'B«wt lanb»iMK L^ge |1 .ire 75c., 60c. .lx. 4Uc.
JOHNSON’S ORIENTAL SOAP.
Medicated ud Toll*!. TtieOrrat Skin Cura as-'
'AM Benutlflar. Ladl.a will And It the mo.
j.lloat. aud highly perfumed ToU.t 8o.p oi
he eurhet. Itli .b.olut.iy pur.. hUko. th
blxt .oft end v.lv.ty and roatoro. the lost com-
>l.xloni 1* » Imtury for ihn Both for Ir*—
Children Cry for Pltcheris Castoria.
CONSUMPTION
In its
early stages
can be cured
by the prompt
use of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral
It soothes
the Inflamed tissues,
aids expectoration,
and hastens
recovery. *
Dr. «l. C. Ayer & Co.
Lowell, Mass.
Abbo
<0^
COLUMBIA, S. C.
GIBSON & WOODS
Take pleasure in annonneing
that they are now pepared to
isrne
Fin and Life Immce
Peliciee, and can place all busi
ness entrusted to them in some
of the best companies in the
United States.
IsFinlmmes
They have such companies as
The Home, of New York, and
The Hartford, of Hartford,
Conn., two of the largest and
best managed companies in the
country.
h Life iumnoe
They invite examination into the
plans of the New York Mutual,
offering, as they do, very favora
ble terms to those who wish to
insure.
Brotonp and CmBiiafeiii
They also conduct a general
Brokerage and Commission bus
iness, and solicit a share of the
patronage.
DARLINGTON, S. C.
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