Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-07-29
ennessee State News
State Text Books Adopted.

Z State Text Books Adopted.
After having held daily sessions
for one week the State Textbook
commission completed its work a
few days ago, and formulated re-
port giving the list Of textbooks
adopted for use in the public schools
for the next five years. There were
twenty-eight firms competing for the
contracts and 400 books were consid-
cred. Sixteen of the firms will sup
ply books, the division being as fol-
lows: B. Il. Johnson Publishing
Company, history and two readers /;
American Book Company, speller,
three readers, history of Tennessee,
one grammar, one arithmetic; Ginn
q Co., agriculture, practical arith-
metic, plain and solid geometry; In
diana School Book Company, the
Mcmillan Company, two geogra-
phies; d. Appleton & Co., copy
books; Brandon Printing Company,
history Of Tennessee; Lippincott &
Co., algebra and dictionaries (;
Charles Scribners' Sons, civil gov
ernment; Allyn g. Bacon, physics !;
Bostleman & Ambrose, geology !;
Maynard, Merrill & Co., bookkeep-
ing; Southern Publishing Company,
primary history; Myers Fishel & Co.,
mental arithmetic.
Atty.-Gen. Gates has been notified
of the completion of the work and
is expected to arrive at once and
draw up the contracts.
Following are the books adopted
by the Tennessee Textbook Com
mission:
Geology of Tennessee Stafford and
Killebrew). price, new, 6Oc, and ex-
change SOC.
History of Tennessee (McGee, re-
vised), 75c and SIC.
History of Tennessee Garrett and
Goodpasture), SOC and 40c.
Bookkeeping, modern (Montgom-
ery), re and 36c.
Bookkeeping, blanks (Heath's), 36c.
Agriculture for beginners (Burkett,
Stevens, HID, 60c and 30c.
Our Government James, Sanford
and CaldwelD, SOC and 25c.
Beginners History of Our Country
(EstilD, 40c and zoe.
New School History of the United
States (Lee), CSC and SIC.
Mental Arithmetic (Weidenheimer),
b-snd lie.
e Elements of Arithmetic, revised
(Jones), 22c and lie.
Practical Arithmetic (Wentworth), 4,
4Oc and zoe.
Elements of Physics (Carhart and
Chute), 55c and &c
Elementary Algebra UippincotD,
b0c and 25c.
Geometry Plane, SOC and 27c.
Plane and Solid (Wentworth), 90c
and 45c
Introductory Geography with Ten
nessee Supplement (Tarr and McMur-
ray), 45c and 22c.
Complete Geography ((Tarr and Nc
Murray, &c and 41c.
First Book in Hygiene ((Krohn),
Csc and 1Oc.
Graded Lessons in Hygiene (Krohn)
4Sc and 20c.
Universal Primer (Klingensmith),
l2c and &c.
First Reader (Graded Classics), zoe
and 10c and 15c and &c.
Second Reader (Graded Classics),
&c and 13c and 22c and lie.
Third Reader (Lee), SOc and 15c and
25c and 12c.
Fourth Reader Lee), 33c and tic
and SOC and 15c.
Fifth Reader (Lee), 35c and tic and
s0c and 15c.
Spelling, Hunts Progressive Course
isc and &c.
Language Lessons Clyde, Part ~
22c and lie.
School Grammar baskerville and
sewell), 45c and &c and 4Oc and zoe
Composition and Rhetoric (Wil
liams) 60c and SOC
Copy Books, Normal Review, &c.
Worcester's Dictionary Primary
40c and zoe.
Worcester's Dictionary, New School
soc and SOC.
Worcester's Dictionary New Aca
demic. $110 and 55c.
Speller and Defner (Benson and
Glenn) &c and lie.
Twentieth Century Map Of Tennes
see tJohn illison), 56isc.
The report of the commission states
that it was deemed unnecessary tc
adopt any book in higher arithmetic
or higher algebra, believing the
ground sufficiently covered. by the
books adopted. For the same reason
Metcalfs Elementary English was
omitted. In cases where two prices
are given on books the difference II
cost Is due to the difference In bind
ing as between cloth and boards. AL
together, it is stated, the total cos
Of the books is II per cent less thar
that of the books now in use. The
exchange privilege will be In effect
til September l, 1905.
Killed While Playing War.
Earl Boston, negro boy abou
10 years old, was shot and Instant,
killed at Humboldt one day last weel
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