The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-11-07

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no excuse for non payment with cot
} ton selling fof ten cents and over.
We ere informed by the South Car
olina representative oil the B. F.
johnson Publishing Co.. that the cir
eular in reference to the exchange oi
school books. recently Issued by State
! Superintendent Of Education Mona.
han, 10 mislssdiug 10 some particu
hire The contract With The pub
liehers requisss them TO take up and
sxchsuge q half price oil text books
disp'sosd By the newly adopted list
This 10 construed BY the Publishers
to nesa that they ere to take up as
the exchange price the standard
books now in pee. and only such
books That 10 10 cay. in Sumter
. Csuosy where. Holees' Readers and
App's,on's Resders sre now io uss
10 sbe public schools, these readers.
osly, will be taken up 10 exchange
for Johnson's Readers Mootgom
sly's Beginners American History,
Honsel's School History and Hon
ssIvs Higher History are the stand.
ard textbooks on this subject now
IN uss and they will be taken up o,
exchange p'ices for Lse's Hissories.
No other histories will be exchanged,
even though in use in some of the
public schools Under Sups No.
Mshsn's construction Of the contract
Say and a', school books. no matter
how old or how many years out Of
date, could b. exchanged for the new
books uodsr the publishers con
struction ooly The standard text books
Of the lie. Displaced by the reospt
sdoption can be excbsbged. and they
vill take ny oaiy the books specified.
The book desIers and county deposi
tories ,ha, accep, Sups Mem shsn's
construction Of the contract sud
accept in exchange any and oil books
brought TO them will end themselves
10 hole when the publishers refuse
TO take them off thei- hands.
The drift Of poIi,icsl sHairs in this
esa,iry is setting rapidly towards The
shgnmsos OF the mss,ss against tho
the classes. labor against capital 10
che oampsisu joss closed ,his fact was
mate moro apparco: thsu ever hotore.
sad ,hs line. OF oasneo became distinctly
marked. Life loUg ds@oora's. many ol
them S,uihernoss Of ,hc s,ris,est sco,.
have Gu, themselves loose from ,he
deaocsa,ic faith. snd turosd their backs
On the principles TO which they bad
owed . isyianoe aud have joined shsm
selves 10 the publisan party. Tor ,bs
eoo'e.s. reason toat their fnsucia
ioses,Us he With that par,y-,hs party
that ,xhsul,s the dollar aod fosters toe
growth Of immense fortunes 10 To,
hand. OF Tho fss as the expense 81 the
I. macy Many lite long republicans
have likswiss sbsodossd their party.
bsssuss their syos have bsso opsssd TO
tbs meusce ,hat the u,ipusuoo in powe,
Of tho republican party :, to oil exesp
tho ospi'slisss and sosopoliss. Al
long as good crops and other nat
ursl ooodi,ioos oonsisue 20 prodss,
prosperity and the nonopoliss are 10
too oppressive 10 their exsesioos thor,
will bs 90 hope Of oser.hroWios th'
Republics party which is The essssur'
OF the nonepslies ssd uoesysd iotsr
ssss. bas II thsrs should bs severe
years q short erops. low priees. do
pressed trade ooadisioas or should ih
nosopoliss become drunksn With pows
ssd oppssss The lsbosiog classes bsyou'
che povss Of ssdsssass there will bo
ssoslisn ssd . Day ee sstsibu.ioo wosl'
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