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Kuu n*\ mi die rHsttoftkV at Sumter. s l ., as Second Clane Matter .Misses Nannie and Aimee Moofl and M? *sr>. McKenzie and McSaussure Moore have been visiting their father. Mr M MeVeaux Monte, at 1-1 Broa I I Miss lA>retta MeKaln. of this i ity. and Miss Julia lull Brown, pi Marion, left hti.' M<-nua\ for a trip to Los Angeles. California. Messrs. Arthur Huynswoith and J. M. Sand.ts left Monday evening for a trip to Atlanta and ok'uhoma City. Prot. S. U Edmunds left Tuesday afternoon for Kock Mill, where he will attend the Winthrop s immer school for teachers as an Instructor In the de? partment of English. Mr. W. II. Nail, principal of the t oy'a high school, has gone to Char lotteevllle. Va.. to take tt course at the summer school at the Cnlverslty of Vlrglnln. Mr. H. It. Lucas haa resigned as agent for the Southet n Express Com? pany and Mr. F. L. Dlckson of Rich? mond. Va., has been appointed in his place. Mr. Lucas will engage In the Insurance business after a rest of some time. Mr* Oeo. W. M ck. K. P. l>urant. O. R. llarrlnger and N. Q. Osteen are at the tsle of Palms attending the convention of the State Mental asso? ciation. .Mr. R. B. Belser. Mrs. Baiser and Mrs. Erneat Field, have gone to Louis? ville, where Mr. Reiser will attend the National Convention of Real Estate Dealers. Mr. A. H. Williams. Jr.. of Lake City, a recent graduate of the Cnl? verslty of South Carolina spent Tues? day in the city as the guest of Mr. Nobh< l ?Ick. Mr. Williams Is repre? senting the I'niverslty during the va? cation. Mr. S. J. Smith of Elloree Is in the ?City for a few days, visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. W. McQrew. Mr. John N. Jackson, of Elloree. spent Tueaday in town. Mr. William Klnard haa returned home from Charleston where he went to attend the commencement ex ercieee. M*- M*T. ? i V. l end Mars' In ' 1 .c d a ? . e ,n to Oreenv.'h where the; will spend too eu Inn Mr. w. j. ? rownt .. j? . Ii u return ?0 irom near Barnwell where he has been for several days on a camping trip. Wendell Levl graduated from the College of Charleston Monday with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He graduated with honors. >lr. J. K. Jervey IMi?m in Columbia. Mr. Jas. K. Jcrvey. who is well known In Sumter. having for years previous to the death of his wife, con? duced the old Jervey House. died Wedncnlav morning at U.M.") o'clock it the Confederate Home In Columbia, of which pi o e he has been an in? mate for the past six or eight months. Mr. Jervey was familiarly known among his friends here as "Colonel." having been I gaJgtf soldier in the War Between tin States, serving in the ?th S. C. civ air;.. His age was 71. He |*aves a brother, Mr. Louis Jervey. of this OKy, and a sister. Miss C,ra?e Jer\?y. Mr. Jervev's remains were t.ken to Manning Thursday morning. the inbrnont tak'ng pSMS there In the ufterno..n. The body of Cd. J. E. Jervey, a former well-known Sumter citizen, who -do d Wednesday at the Soldi* I S Home m Columbia, passed through the city this morning on Its way t ? Manning where It udt bs Interred this afterroon at th, Manning oejnetnfy at t o'clock. Th* re were a ii'imber of the mrn l?er?? of th.- lot 'I balge of Knights of Cvthlas to attend th, bodv on Its wav to Manning where It will be i im d b) other membef ??( the Manning b?lge of KnighU ot Pythl ii. Th* re were al^o a niinibr of friends gnd rOSV iuo and tw . .\ Confedernts vet?r gJsl from the i dd Soldb r's Home at Cotnntbl).mnanylng the body to It.4 last resting place. New Yaek t'ottaa Market Open- Close. Rssj York. June ju. Jan.11.41 ii.r,:*.?r.i July.||,#J 17?11 October.i i.2h ir, t?; I>e*em?-er.I i."a |gi?7 MVFrtrton, MAMsVf, Op?n. Close. Liverpool. June Jon* Julv ?'? '1. Juiv - Agsjsng I '?;! Aug- sept ?;?:?;. Sept ? ?, f. ?AM? lansni Market llasli Middling 10.7.". Excuse Me! Four days of fun and frolic on board a fraxnvcmtinental limited train with sixty laughs to the minute? and then some. ? L Come On Along The Greatest Joy Ride You Ever Took Of aD the mis mated, love-sick parties that ever were thrown to? gether, this spe? cially conducted excursion by Rupert Hughes ? the runniest thai ever was. Watch for this new serial we're going to print You Will Enjoy It All the Way UK \ I)HR 111 .1*1,1 KS TO Mit KOLB. A \irttier Discussion ??r the Prlvt i> r ~ ii? ' i ii ,.? < oni o\ era. *-.ufioT i n?. ~*a: ) Please allow me space In which to reply to the article from Mr. J. M. Kolb. in your issue of the 13th. .Mr. Koll> charges me with false anJ misleading statements. 1 said that the P.ethel school had absorbed the PrrmteCf school f inds. Here are the figures: Privateer Mhool fund last session from all sources $4,167.87 Privateer spent for school porpoOvi last sesion... . M.SSB.tl Balance on hand at pres? ent. 1.55 Bethel school cost to oner ate last session.$1.880.00 Four a bite and sis col? or.,! schools cost.$ 2.4 7 ">. V' Before the Bethel school was built the township had on hand at the be? ginning of the session I2,'.?n5.55, it has now at the close of tile third Ses? sion $1,66, So for as 1 am able to Und out all of the other schools have not ?ost over I60.0S outsld< ol teach en salary ami none of the salaries have boei Increased except Provi? dence which got 160,00 more last session and the school at Btone was discontinued. Where has this mon? ey gone if Bethel did not get it? These ttgurea i rove my statement, without any comment and had Mr, Kolb criticised my article only, this would hnve been sunlclent( but he criticised me personally ami said thai i ruide false and misleading statements, literally ||ed, s.. as he i t left so man] places for crltlclam I must in.ike some comments on his arth le. 11 is tine- for eleet ion of te.o hers ami how can the trustees eleel them with only $1.68 In the lt*4 isurj and no more can be ^..t till taxes aie paid) which may mean that there will be none to amount to anything l?efor? January, ISIS, There ma) be some befors thai time but it Is i rIi i. to,, great to make any debts upon, a patron '-t the Bethel school suggests thai the trustees resign. This would nol right f"i they not the district Into tin< muddle and now they ought to gel it out, Borne have suggested ,i receiver but whal would he receive? I do not suppose he would get the ;ibuse directed ?? the trustees and the $1.66 can be taken vnfi of it the rourt house all right, As t.. "gross charges against the trustees." it does seem that men who are accustomed to ittend to business of ihelt own ami make n stieeess of it would have Known bet* t> r Ihan t.. allow the district gel Into this condition, and bow they ire Boing to run a cash business of several hundred dollan for three months with nothing but $1.65 cash is something that a good many peo? ple want to Know. As to "Interests <?f majority of trustees being centered In Bethel school," Mr, Kolb admits that "their Idea Is to abandon all <?t" the other schools for Bethel," thereby admitting that statement, but it seems thai they have got the wrong Idea oi centralisation, 1 have taken notice ,?f til,- movement lor some time, and l have never seen or heard of any educator advising it except tu get better teachers ami to reduce ex? pense. The mere fac| of a school building being in the centre of the district has no merit whatever. Co? lumbia is the centre of South Caro? lina, it has schools, colleges, the Siate house, a court house and a skyscraper. Why should the town of Sumter want any of these? Why not du all of the banking business and hold ill Of the courts in Columbia, and take al. of the school children there to be taught? Sumter is the centre Of the county, it has schools second to no city of Itl size, w hy not take ail of the children In the county bete to School? Sumter also has magnificent churches of many de? nominations, with the best preachers obtainable. Why not abandon the country churches and let everybody go to Sumter to church. The reason Of this must be plain to any one. that people live all over this broad coun? try of ours and they all want ar? rangements to meet their needs and Conveniences wherever they live. As to the central location of the Bethel SChOOl. it may be near the centre of the district but 1 am only able to find two of its pupils who live within a mile of it. and more than one-half of them live three or more miles dis? tant, and three-fourths of them live on tin* west side of the Cain mill BWamp. Certainly convenience had nothing to do with its location*? I am iti favor of consolidating schools, wherever it will reduce cost, be con ventent to patrons and secure better teachers, but the condition of roads, COIt of consolidation all have to bo aken into consideration. It seems, however, that Mr. Kolb lost sight of all of these facts and has tried to consolidate by "the steam roller pro? cess." Any one who will look at the conditions In Privateer district will see that it will be inconvenient for a great number of the scholars and Im? possible to not a few to attend any [ O fl 4 RC* %t OO ? 1^1*. Kn t I ? S M V S? Tili* III'} patrons of th< Bethel school repre ?. i i one-nan ?? aiau ? ov. .? h. make t iis? It needi only a look iti " .?,?.?> yl irivu'eei w see that they live on scarcely one-third of the territory. The number of voters will show that they have less than one-third and the census figures may give Mr. Kolb some strange light on this subject, not at all agreeing with his statement. As to the best land. How does he make this? The soil survey shows the opposite. As to improved farms. I grant that Mr. Kolb has a fine and well improved farm, but there are others outside of the ' benefited section." 1 could enu? merate several do/en of them but space will not permit ami the peo? ple of Privateer ami the business peo? ple <>f Sumter km?w that all of the line farms of Privateer are not locat? ed in one corner, Mr. Kolb says that "the patrons of the Bethel school pay their full share ,,f the taxes. Will, what about that? Do not all of the p? opie in Privateer pay their full share of taxes also? I have not heard of any one getting a discount or get? ting out of paying them. Ami it will be remembered that two of the three members Of the township board live in the Bethel section, they should look after their neighbor's interests better than this. if Mr Kolb will vbit the auditor's office he Will in all probability Und some figure: on this Subject not at all to hi. liking. He claims the A. \\ I., railroad tax for the Bethel school, by what method of computation? The taxes paid on their track south of Mr. Osteen's mill trestle should go to the Reld School by justice, so that Bethel cannot claim more than live-eighths of that tax. While on this subject I will say, that there are four stores in the eastern part of Privateer that do business during* business hours during the en tii ? year and three stores that do business during certain hours every day, th< re are four ginneries also in the eastern portion of Privateer. Bo far as I tan learn these all pay their full share of taxes. Then there Is the Northwestern railroad. The general Impression Is that Mr. Wilson pass tuxes on it. I have heard nothing to the contrary, Mr, Kolb says that tie Bethel school is three schools combined," There are live others. lb- says that "Bethel has one-half "f tie )>U|?il-;." The records show 107 pupils at Bethel, the other four Sell,,,,|s that Were lain last \e;ll had I total of 1 ?;. pupib, ;Hi,i 111 tin 1H for tin stone achooi which did not run last year, ami you have .1 total of 163 pupils. He suhl that "the Bed ' >ak s< hool wan consolidated with great success" in whit way, please? I happen to know that two <?f iti pupils did not get to school at all, one had to be scut to Sumter, the parents having to pay for board und tuition, and two were transferred In an ox cart to Bethel. Mr. Kolh says that "any oth? er seh? ols tha< want t<> consolidate within themselves will he paid for a wagon." How about tin- school at Stone".' It had 11 pupils and there were 7 on Mr. a. .1. Jones' plantation, and when it was learned that they would get no teacher Mr. I. T. Davis offered to take them to Providence for $20 per month which offer Mr. Koih would not accept. Perhaps he remembers a conversation over the phone in whic h he stated that he would not pay for transportation to any school but Bethel, this remark was made to i patron of Providence school. Mr. Kolh says that "he will not consent to pay for transportation except to consolidate either, while he is trustee, or at any other time.'* Ho also refers to the people as "his peo? ple." When did this transaction take pbuc? i have seen no account of it. How did he get possession of the peo? ple of Privateer? Where and by whom were they sold, and what was the price paid? And what authority has he except as trustee? He wishes that "we could be lighted to a sense of our duty as the Bethel people have been" and that "if we had common sense and a considerate view" What does he conceive to be our duty, th?. Bethel people 01 the trustees for them have seen it their duty to es? tablish a good |< hoc 1 lor their chil? dren with no regard to the children of other people and spend more than onethird of the total amount of school funds used last year on this one school. leaving considerably .ess than two-thirds to be divided be? tween the other white and colored schools together and also use up a surplus of almost three thousand dol? lars which the district had on hand three years ago. on this school also, and now he blames us for not keep? ing quiet About this and add on two mills more for the Bethel school to get. I admit that were Privateer an ear of corn and the Bethel school the Kolh then this arrangement might ?lull but I for one am thankful that the Creator saw tit to spare us this humiliation. He says that "we should have taken this up with the trustees or some one capable of giving ad? vice. How does he know whether we have or not? 1 am thankful to say that when that grev material we managed to attend to our business with it and do not have to run around hunting a "ready-made" opinion from some one who can only see one side I of any question, And as to the trus EverTravel inaPullman You'd never imagine that all the ripping, roaring and complex comedy situations that you 11 read about ?' * he new serial story we ha *e arranged to print were possible within the confines of an ordinary sleeper. EXCUSE E! That's the title, but there is no excuse for you to miss reading this story by RUPERT HUGHES The Well-Known Author It's a tale that travels st s mile-a-minute gait from beginning to end, with a round of laughter in every chapter. Watch for it I All Aboard Dornet Miss This Serial tee*, they ha v.- had three yean in which to adjust then things but so fur as I know not a sinyle effort has been put forth. H is Mr. Kolb for? gotten what Mr. w. .j. Ardls wrote to Tii,. item last fall with regard to tho trustees giving the Reld sch >ol an old stove ami the children having to drink water ??nt of a ditch. Xo atten? tion was paid to ir, however, as they were only "the ?log town children." Tin parents, however, pay taxes and have tiic right to vote ami they de? serve some consideration. I sympa? thise with Mr. Kolb in haying and equipping a wagon and furnishing two mules and a pupil to drive it and only got *40 pi t- month, and then the muhs ar>- left on his hands at a time when teams are scarce and many people would he glad to give goo.] money for ;t mule for a month j or two and the school opens at a ! time when there is little work, for mules tO do and SQme people would be glad to get employment for theirs to make their feed, and some who were at the meetings before Bethel school was built claim to remember that Mr. Kolh offered to send his children and furnish a conveyance free to all who wanted to take ad? vantage of the opportunity, if the Bethel school was built. I was ac? quainted with the piano transaction, Now most people know that a piano is absolutely worthless to a school without K music teacher, he did not say if the good ladies would present that ,.r If *he trustees would be "ft i cd" to furnish one. A good mu? sic teacher gets good pay. as all who have had experience know. Mr. Kolb says that I used the word "chunk throwers;" if he will refer to my article he will see that I used no such word. A man who could use English well enough to write the ar? ticle which he wrote certainly does not need to have my meaning ex? plained to him. 1 suppose however, I that ho takes this way of nicknam? ing those who do not send to the Bethel school "chunk throwers." I Well, he certainly used little discret? ion In exposing BO many of his "glass windows" to well directed "chunks" when they were not out of range of even a random throw. I Mr. Kolb closes his remarks by \ "hoping they will give light to the benefited sections." Certainly, just as anyone would have expected. Keej* the others in the dark if possible. I could comment on several more state those also wh 1 tiia> id this who are not in this district. I have given facts and leave J* to a fair minded public to decide whether 1 had any reasonable grounds for writing the news article of the "list, or not. Let me say in conclusion that 1 have no personal hard feeling against any one on this matter and I have tried to he as impersonal as I possibly could be on this very personal sub? ject, which the remarks Mr. Kolh made forced me to reply to in justice to myself and those <>n my side of this affair and I hope that it may yet be adjusted to the satisfaction of all concerned, and with best wishes to all l am. Very respectfully, READER. PRIVATEER SCHOOL AFFAIRS. \ t aim. Conservative and Enlighten* od l)i>i-u-sioii of tlie Situation? A Word in Benson in Favor of Progress ami Better Schools. Editor Item: 1 have been an interested reader of the communication in the Item, in reference to the school matter in 1 Iva teer. While I don't wish to get into the controversy, vet as a tax? payer ami cltlsen of this school dis? trict, and too. one having consider? able experience in the School Trustee line 1 would like to make a lew r< marks on the situation. To a cas? ual observei it might appear that the Bethel School is getting the lion's share of the public funds, hut is ibis the case'.' Let us see. Bethel is Ideally situated, for the purpose of having a graded or high sc hool. The public had no land or building for the purpose. So as soon as the trus? tees dec ided 'hat tiny would locate a school there. Bethel Church donated a beautiful lot for a graded or high school. The offer v\as made to the w hole sc hool distric t to send their advanced pupils to this school. also to any one or all of the local or small? er ..hoots to consolidate with this im ntral school und the trustee- guar nteed to conve> them back and forth in wagons. Two schools have adopt? ed this plan, an I it* I am reliably In? formed, Which I think 1 am. they would no' change back under any consideration. V'hat has been the result, several bright lioys and uiris have, taken the o nirse and are now to enter some of the state schools, such 11s Clemson ?r Winthrop or Knme of the colleges. Kven if they wet, not going to a higher school the> have u very fair education now. and gol ? in a Privateer graded school, Thi - ime school, I tethel graded school, took at the county Held day contests more prizes than any other school in the county ar.d won first honor. Now. Mr. Edi? tor, this is constructive work, and Work that is bringing results that will reach away into the future his? tory of Privateer. It is for the up? lift of the whole township. The public spirited Privateer citizen wherever you lind him. or her. is proud of it and grateful for it. Now the same that is being done at the Bethel graded school t an be done in the eastern portion of the district. I believe, say at Providence church when- there is already ;> fine school and two as good teachers as there are in the township. Why not let thi smaller schools around Providence consolidate, as around Hethel, and have another school that th? while township will be proud of? I know the trustees to be large-hearted, pub? lic-spirited, successful business men and a fair appeal to them will not be turned down. Do not understand me to advocate compulsory consolida? tion, as I know human nature too well for that. but. if these smaller sc hools will c ome in and let us have, say two line, large, well equipped graded or high schools it will eventually be cheaper and the re suits four-fold, and any prophet could safely predict for the new and com? ing Privateer, what was once the condition of the old?the seal of re? finement, prosperity and intelligence, surpassed by no community on earth. As long as the patrons of the small schools contend for the "maintenance of these schools, so long, in my hum? ble judgment will they retard the progress that might and surely would attain were they to come in with us. I believe in giving them all that is rUht and just in the way of the pub? lic funds, however, if they will not come. In reference to the increase in tax es for the schools, what I say canno be construed to mean self-interest, a I have already educated a large fam lly and cannot benefit by it now, bu having the public benefit of my neigh bor's children at heart and 1.0 mak it better for coming generations want to see the best schools possibl and if by voting an extra levy w can get an appropriation from th' State to aid us I will vote for one. One word to "Reader" before close. You are quite a young mat yet and in all human probability wil outlive these trustees. Don't let th Olie. if io iUi ta. .v.. t - .. .. . building of your neighbor that t< 'pitch in and build one yourself. know that you favor education an< I progress in every line and are com Petent to inform yourself and un derstand the problems that perple: ,the trustees, and it has been a wonde e I to me why you have gone into pub lie print over little local matter? Without first exhausting home re? sources. Some of these little local reports and opinions expressed in private conversation are sometimes very amusing, but are frequently very destructive to great and good prin? ciples when in public print. Let us work for a better Privateer, a more harmonious Privateer and a more prosperous Privateer. Let us do con stuctive. rather than destructive work in our school and all public en terprlses. *?*; To go back to the Bethel sehoot. When the trustees decided to build a School house oil the lot don; ted for that purpose by the church they wtsel) decided to build one that would mee t the already growing demands of the surrounding community and also future demands. This building is al? ready being pretty well taxed as all of the rooms are occupied and if the school grows, as grow it surely will, soon additions will have to be made. There was opposition some years ago to an extra levy to increase our school facilities, but you could not find a man now to vote to rescind that levy. What citizen worth the name, would vide to curtail the w >rk at Clemson or Winthrop or South Caro? lina ITnlVerstty. While there nay be lavish appropriations in the judgment of some who would vote to cripple these institutions, we claim th; t there are no lavish appropriations for our sc hools, and the very thing we are all asking f<>r is an appropriation from the State for our rural schools, and it seems that the only Way to secure it is to give i little more ourselves. We will have a school then. that will give, right here in our midst, an ed? ucation far superior to anything beamed of by the fathers and moth? ers oi Privateer for their children. This [m an age of progress and he who would go to mill as his grand rtre did on horse back, with a bushel of corn in one end of a saek across his horse ami a rock in the other to balance it. i~ ou: of date, and has no place in Privateer. t am not trying to trample on the rights of anyone, nor impugn the motives or opinion! f anyone, but give this as m> vlee of the school matter in Privateer. w. ?i. Welle. Sumter. .Tune 1 v