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HEMINGWAY ! (Continued From Last Page) train the soul and mind of nearly 300 boys and girls. This splendid building already too ' small and soon to be enlarged, is the center in vhich three high schools ^concentrate their efforts. We had' thre high schools, Old Johnsonville, Muddy Creek rnd Hemingway. These three schools have combined their ffltces and resources and now is the biggest school system in this part of the country and the biggest high * * A " " 1 - * ? ?- J ? Llrt SCOOOl ouisiae Oi consiuerauie oim cities in this part of the State. There is a superintendent for the three schools, 16 teachers and sufficient equipment to do good work and they are doing it We have altogether the best corps of teachers and they are paid a living salary and are working together to do things. The peo- j pie got together a little while ago and raised about $4,500 to buy a truck to transport pupils to school, to pay teachers and to buy things that the taxes did not provide for. The people are together and pulling for the school. Mr. J. B. Bushart is the man in charge of the schools and. the writer makesfbold to prophesy that five years from today that what is known as the Hemingway school will have a hundred and fifty high school pupils, a hoarding department with " 1 * 1 or OU 10 70 onaraers ami &o icauicis. | This has been done with out tear- ! ing up any school but one. The aim ; is to leave the grammar schools where they are, make them bigger, stronger,! and more efficient than in the past and to give . any boy or girl in 15 miles who wants to go to college or! get a sure enough high school education a chance right at home. If anybody doubts, let him come and see. J Our houses and hearts are open to anybody who wants to come and be one of uj and be a booster, not outside the community but right here in it But if you are a knocker or a kicker, or a drag or a wet log and think we are "easy marks" stay where you are, crawl into a hole and die, t we don't want you. But if you love ; your country, your children, the school and the church, come on, there's room for you. In conclusion. If you are interest- j a IiVa tnwn and community watch Hemingway and anybody who gets his mail here, for he is one of us. We are not aspiring to be a city nor put on city ways, just plain oldfashioned country folk, who love their community, their church, their school, and their neighbor as they do themselves. Hemingway Centralized High School System (By J. B. Bushardt.) Hemingway, Nov. 25.?The first centralized high school in the State of South Carolina has made good. This is not a boast, but an established fact as results already show. A centralization can be formed by three or more school districts. Each district agrees to send all pupils above the seventh grade to a central high school conveniently located. This en } ; < *? f ? * ' S. J. HASELDEN, i President. i I i <? iti--.?* HASE 1 V, T , l k ' C < Mercantile DEALE GENERAL II and Fe CAilCKENS, EGGS AND CO OF COTTON AND COTTON SI Hemingway, t . ? f. I WE BUY WHAT YOU HAVE T< HAVE TO BUY. SEE US THING OR WHEN Y( TO SELL. A SQU/ TIM : < - . ' r ' < .. , | ables each grade pupil to get more i and better instruction, and at the | same time offers as good opportunities to the country* boys and girls ready for high school work as the city systems offer. It at the same time gives the pupils the opportunity of attending a good high school in the ! home community. The first high school of this nature in South Carolina was established at Hemingway. It is formed by pupils from three districts?Hemingway, Old Johnsonville, and Muddy Creek, numbers 12, 23, and 13 of Williams Durg county. About six years ago the first school of Hemingway was established. The other districts had their ordinary country school. All were trying to do some high school work, but none were able to qualify for a State high school. The people of these communities saw the need of a good high school equipped with especially prepared high school teachers, but for some time an agreement could not be reached as to where the school should be located. In 1916 a modem school building which could not be replaced for less than thirty or forty thousand dollars was completed at Hemingway. This progressive movement paved the way for the first centralized high school in this State. With the aid of Mr. J. E. Swearingen, state superintendent of education, Mr. Lueco Gunter, state rural school supervisor, Mr. Verd Peterson, state agricultural supervisor, Mr. J. V. McElveen, county superintendent of education, Mr. J. A. Campbell, pastor of the Hemingway Methodist church, the trustees as follows: Dr. H. L. Baker, Dr. E. A. Simmons, Mr. F. E. Huggins, Mr. R. N. Spigner, Mr. D. W. Simmons, Mr. W. A. Lawrimore, Mr M. J. Hughes, Mr. L. L. Ard, Mr. W. F. Joy, Mr. A. E. Flowers, Mr. G. B. Eaddy and other progressive educational men the several districts centralized their high school at Hemingway, July 1, 1918. This system began work under one management with two full time high school teachers for three grades, four for the grades below the high school, and a teacher of agriculture in the central school and three teachers in each of the branch schools. Notwithstanding the fact that %some strong opposition was offered as well as the "Flu" a very satisfactory years work was accomplished. Last April the writer with the aid of the trustees began to secure teachers for the present year. Every effort was made to get the very best in the profession. These efforts were not in * m1 L. ?.1 flio I vain, jne writer uencvca mat uiv corps of teachers employed in this system is as good as can be found in any school system in the State. Due to crowded conditions one additional teacher was employed for the primary grades ane one for the high school department on account of *' addition of the eleventh grade. , At the beginning of the year the opposition raised the question concerning the inconvenience of getting their children to the high school. The trustees with the substantial aid of a number of people of the communities promptly met the situation by buying CHAS. HASELDEN, f Sec'y and Mgr,. ^ LDEN T-, t vr -T/ 4' ^ i Company, :rs in IERCHANDISE ' rtilizer. UNTRY PRODUCE.?BUYERS SED. HIGEST PRICES PAID - - s c. } SELL AND SELL WHAT YOU WHEN IN NEED OF ANY- < )U HAVE ANYTHING IRE DEAL AT ALL [E& Vi i .s . >. a fifteen hundred dollar truck. This -j truck was paid for by individuals and not with school funds. It is daily used to bring in twenty-five high school pupils and forty pupils from a former branch school of the Hemingway district. | In the very near future electric lights and a sanitary water and toilet system will be installed in the high j school building. More than four thou- j sand dollars from the pockets of the 8 belidvers in progressive education of g these communities will be used to im- J prove the school facilities of this system this year. Several nights ago ? more than sixteen hundred dollars was f collected at an ordinary box supper ! (note the occasion). Seven hundred and fifty dollars was paid for one 8 cake. Is the above sufficient proof for 8 the writer's statement in the begin- 8 ning? S Get the people interested and things fi will happen. 8 This system now employs sixteen g full time white teachers, including ? the music teacher, and has four hun- s dred pupils enrolled. Conditions are | yet crowded. Other improvements must i be made. Plans are now being made 6 for four additional rooms to the high 8 school building, a teacherage for the 5 teachers and boarding pupils, and at 8 least two additional teachers. These 5 improvements are absolutely essential 5 and the people realize it. This centralized high school is sup- > plying the educational needs of the 5 community. A regular classical course 3 is offered along with the special feat- \ ures?domestic science for the girls | and agriculture for the boys. | For the educational benefit and | amusement of the people old and | 11? 1?rtAnvco fViP T young1 ine uesi i/wum wmov ?.??. ^ company was able to offer is being i staged here. | The writer does not claim credit f for the success of this system. The J success is due to the interest and co- j operation of the people of these com- j munities, the excellent corps of teachers, and the aid and cooperation of the j State department of education. ! o??? Signs of Christmas Christmas is coming down here, no S doubt, g If folks are to judge by a sign, 8 The children are awfully busy about, >o And as easy to get to mind, Why, its "Mamma, I'll bring in the : coal and wood" And-"Papa I'll go for the mail," I never saw children so awfully good, And Christmas will come if the j signs don't fail! |" Yes, Linrisunas is cumiug i m av.??. for I hear The pee-pee-pee in the pen, And the pantry smells so good, oh dear! When I open the door to look in. i And the children are saying their prayers at night, The boys don't pull the hat's tail, j (Poor thing was always in a fright) Yes, Christmas will come if the signs don't fail! Yes, Christmas is coming and I wish 'twould stay For everything seems to nice; The children are good the live-long day And don't have to be told twice, And they're hustling around to bring in the wood, And scampering off for the mail, I never saw children so awfully good, And Christmas will come if the signs don't fail! I Eva Holmes McDowell. j o Inheritance Tax Urged rvdumhia. Dec. 6.?It is stated by 3 prominent citizens closely in touch 3 with legislative machinery in the state th8t the next legislature, which convenes on January 13th, will be asked j to past an act providing an inheri- > tance tax. It is not known who will r introduce the measure, but it is said ' c such a measure will be pushed stren- i ously. | Legislatures of past years have con- ; sidered inheritance tax measures, but 1 to date none have succeeded of pass- ! age. The plan suggested is for a tax on j inheritance amounting to $40,000 or j more. Under such a law an estate valued at more than the minimum ; figure fixed in the statute would be i 8 taxed for the support of the state f government. Under present laws the 5 largest inheritance, no matter what \ its incoi^* producing power, cannot \ bp touched bv the taxation machinery. ? It is stated such a tax would bring \ into the state treasury larger amounts " of money that are now of no benefit 5 in the matter of production of taxes, jj o \ The Soviet authorities in Russia J have punished by death the individ- \ ual held immediately responsible for > the execution of former Emperor 5 Nicholas and his family in June, 1918, i when the Czecho-Slovak troops were 3 approaching the city, where the im- 3 penal personages were then being \ held prisoner, according to a dispatch. J o- 5 Ask your dealer to show you Rem- \ ingtoa modern big game Riflfs. 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