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Mfse Davis Replies to Mr. Lewis' < Charges. Editor County Record: In last week's issue of The County Record there was published a report by Mr. D. L. Lewis on the condition of schools in Williamsburg county. The unsatisfactory conditions in the Lane school were attributed to tire weak discipline of the principal for the past year or two. For the pest two years I have held the position of principal in the Lare school, anrf the statement that the present disorganized condition of the school ? rlno to ivpnlt dirinline on mv Dart it absolutely unjust and ur.tme. The present principal has been ac work more than five months, and it scams . that if the unsatisfactory conditions are a result of my lack of dicipline, he has had ample time to effect some improvement. For the benefit of the pubiie I want to state a few facts in regard to the Lane school this session. At the opening of the session the principal ignored the promotion cards and aIlo?wed the children to gc into any grade they wished. As a result one ] firi whom I-promoted, on condition, < from the eight to the ninth grade < went in the tenth grade with- < out even taking a ninth grade ] 3tudy, and is still in the tenth grade. Two girls who failed uterly in the j eighth, and whom I did not pass, went ] - ? * A.A1 T , unchallenged into tne nmu. graui.-. * bow of these cases and doubtless 1 there are others in the school who | have been allowed to go into grades i in which they did not belong. There j is no incentive for children to study ] when the ones who do not work are allowed to pass equally with the ones i who do work. There are two .eachera teaching with the present prin- j cipal who were my coworkers in ihe i Lane school, and who will have to ; testify that I managed the school when I was principal. Now for the i disorganized condition prevailing in the school I do not intend to bear <.ne ] blame. I was principal of this school 1 ^?r two years and was reelected for < * third term. Senator G. M. Beasley, a trustee talked to me personally and asked that I accept the position again this session. Mr. J. B. Clarkson, another trustee, came to the school ; house twice a day for the two years ; I taught there and if my discipline was eausing the school to be so dis- j organized surely he was negligent of his duty not to call my attention to ; the fact, and he should not have stood for my reelection. Miss Hattie McMurray, our county ] demonstrator visited the school sev | STO I Buyinj ;? ! if Watch For if Wait For i| THEN SHARE IN if THE BIGGEST S ? HNMR Tfflf SI y, Ulll/UIV AAA MJ U? I IS COMING! | ! b | !; Wait I s |RE X s $? 111 111 M HH g Shoes, Grocerie v Furnishings, Dry C plements, Etc., will SC reliable merchants : ! grade stock in all ( we will pay your ra this Gigantic Sale. WHERE? Wh and the next issue o x A.? i X T H Who Turns the C AooAooAoooAAfW > _ ! ; , a eral times, and I believe she will tify that the school was under ) control. If Mr. Lewis had inqc from the majority of the patron the school he would have found the school was managed better year and the year before than it been for a number of years prev: and than it is being managed at sent. I am not writing this article foi benefit of the people of Lane for know the true conditions, but 1 to correct any wrong impression Lewis' report may have given to public. I again emphatically assert th am not^ responsible for the pre unsatisfactory conditions in the 1 school, nor do I intend to bear blame. Winnie Dav Salters Depot, S. C., February 19, 1921. o Meets His Match. Harrison, Ark., dispatch.?Hi Starr, Oklahoma bank robber who paroled two years ago by the gov or of that state, was shot and < ausly wounded today when he and companions attempted to rob the s Bank of Harrison. While the bandits were taking available cash, W. J. Myers, foi president of the bank, entered, was forced to go into the vault. T he obtained a rifle, secreted for ei jjency and from the darkness fire the robbers, bringing Starr down a bullet below the heart. Stan's < panions fled. Henry Stan- was bom at Fort son, Indian Territory, December 1872. His father George Starr kn Ets "Hop" Stan- and was a half Cherokee indian. His mother wj fourth Cherokee. Henry grew u the Cherokee nation and at the of 16 became a cowboy. Starr's first notorious act was killing of Floyd Wilson, a railroad tective in 1893 near Lenapah, in Cherokee nation. Starr and Wi rode up to each other on the road fouodit a duel, the former coming victorous. When only a youth f Starr bee known as a dead shot with the and "six shooter." He has been rested many times f;r bank rob and when convicted became sue model prisoner that in a short he was always pardoned. Starr once was arrested with "] Wilson at Colorado Springs and ts back to Fort Smith, Ark., where were tried in Federal court for WVoAfWVoooVWVA P $ ALE [IN -l-l- >1. > 'I* -IIA! FOLK or this SALE and si \L BARG^ L HAACK, The Real Bai m m <f nn ill i i t<n i i is, Ladies' and Gent foods, Hardware, Fiu be cut loose by one o in this section of the s iepartments at prices ,ilroad fare and G-aso y just watch your doc f this paper. HA HE MAN IN CHAR< lalendar back to 1913 wwwwwwwwwwwv _ < cer- many crimes they were alleged to food have committed in th3t state. They lired were convicted and sentenced to life s of imprisonment. As a federal prisoner that at Columbus, Ohio, Starr served only last a short time, however, his sentence has being commutted by President McKinious, ley. His citizenship was restored by pre- President Roosevelt in 1907. When captured in 1915, following the robbery of two banks at Stroud, Okla., thov Starr was wounded and permanently ifiek prinnloH Hp was ronvicted in Au Mr. gust, 1915, for the Stroud robbery and the sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary, but was released March at 1 15, 1919. by Governor Robertson. At sent the time it was explained that the ^ane parole was granted because of inforthe mation he gave which led to the capture and conviction of two members is. of thegang which he had been associated with. The last report from Stair on file at the state pardon parole office in Oklahoma City, is a letter from Kansas City, written November 1. 1920. in enry w^,c^ 'ie was "petting along all right" in a motion picture venture. >> aS ern ssri- Protest is Registered two itate Washing-ton, special: It is understood that the proposal to transfer ; all National Guard infantry brigside mer headquarters from South Carolina to j and North Carolina is due to a recommenhere dation fro mthe general commanding ner- the Fourth Corps Area. If the change d at is prevented and the headquarters are with retained in the Palmetto state, as the ;om- .result of a protest made by Adjt. Gen. W. W. Moore and the South CarGib olina delegation in Congress to Sec2nd, retary Baker, the talk here is that the own brigadier generalship will go to Col. bred Holmes B. Springs, of Greenville. ?.s a Otherwise it would go to a North Cai p in olinan. age o Mr. Wm. F. Burguson, of Chaiies0 ton, a member of the Santee Bridge Commission and a most enthusiastic e advocate and worker* for the bridge, lson fcendered his resignation as commisa sioner last week owing to his appointment as a member of the Charleston county sanitary and drainage commission. rifle arbc-ry h a g time H Will buy a part or en- g 9 tire stock of General Mer- jg| Kid" H chandise. A dress 78 Vc D 3.ken this paper. BE they the #^|v The Man | ^ ^ In Charge | V H1H 1 MM 1"H n n i i X I 8 ee some ii | UNS ii i 'gain Man. ! % II I* '1"1' 'i1 '1' 'I1 '1' 'l1 '1 W4 X ;'s Ready - to - Wear, ; I; miture and Farm Im- 5: f the oldest and most a itate. A complete high j1; to suit all. Yes! and ijj; line bill both ways to 2,1 !'! >r step and mail box J Jj: !?: ACR I 3-E | Prices. Nineteen Hundi Means You have undoubtedly Year to have found out tha' effort this year to make t There will be good business after it hard. Now is the t: get out the truck. Recess are at the end of the smootl ding and fight. Let's go! Supposing' fish don't bite at first, What are you going to do? Throw down your pole, chuck out the bait And say your fishing's through? You bet you ain't; you're goin' to fish An' fish, an' fish, an' wait Until you've ketched a bucketful Or used up all your 4>?it. % A WORD T The reputation of a st< by the salesperson behind t . There are three kinds o ers?and the Helpless". B Lets not be "Clerkers" "Doers" then we'll get moi * i * Before we can expect a change our thinking for the ducts into circulation. Milt Meldrum, the boo! rapher, two cents. And G< cents, and Pete owed Milt i One day Milt found a c Gertie, and paid half of hi rvno_VlQIf' nf h&V flphf IJ'll lVl VXJIV AiUli. VX XiVA vxvivy i Then Pete handed it to debt. Then Milt passed th round again. Everybody cent that he started with. That is all there is. to \ try. When business is gooc When it is bad, Milt is kee] Our Motto during the* "Service Behind the Count i ( Our purchasing power 1 will leave no room in your the price. We are receiving dail; very highest grade merchan the manufacturer to your k slighest chance of receivin ! If there is a single arti prove entirely satisfactory and PRICE return to Call and see us and we you. Nesmith-Flowei ACROSS THE TI V' 4 red and Twenty-one 4 ? *% Fight! I progressed far enough in the New I 1 fc it is going to take a great deal more 11 he showing that you did last year. > ] > in 1921 and you will get it if you go ^ ime to put up the pleasure car and ^ is over and now work begins. You 1 road; from now on is rough sledi 4 Suppose success don't come at first, What are you goin, to do? Throw up the sponge and kick yourself And growl, and fret, and stew? . . I ' ' You bet you ain't; youre goin' to. fish, An bait, an' bait ag'in, TTmfil ciTCPOsc anil Wfo Wrtiif linnlf ? For GRIT is sure to win. ' J '0 THE SALESMAN. - | 7 ? * * \ ) / >re in front of the counter is made up he counter. i f employees?"The Help?The Help [ow do you classify yourself? ^ but "Workers"; not Sighers", but ^ *e results and less regrets. , change for the better we must all j better and put our cash and pro- ! 1 J t. ^keeper, owed Gertie, the Stenogsrtie owed Pete, the office boy, two j wo cents. , * ent in his pocket, passed it over to ] s debt. Gertie gave it to Pete and . ) I I ick to Milt and paid one-half mis I e coin to Gertie, and so it went fl was paid up, and Milt had the same I H rilat we call "business" in this coui^- 1 1, Milt is giving his cent to Gertie. 41 ping it in his pocket. ^B je times of stress and trouble is: ^B er and QUALITY on our shelves" 1 with the chain of stores that we have * g mind for the slightest kick about 1 y thousands of dollars worth of the J dise manufactured directly from ? itch en, which totally eliminates the g stale musty goods. cle purchased from us that does not as to QUALITY, FRESHNESS us and get your money. i assure you it is a pleasure to serve ^ Very truly, rc Pn Ifinnrotroo Q P r 10 UUiy IUII&OHWWJ w. ii. IACK PM)M THE DEPOT. | "?? I i 1 i i ifcil