The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-06-20

there will be a considerable say
ing to school patrons. The com
mission will meet in jackson
next Thursday afternoon at four
O'Clock TO receive petitions from
towns desiring to secure school
oook repositories. The publish
ing houses are required to main
tain a central depository, which
will doubtless be located at Jack
son, and such other repositories
IN various secti ms of the state as
the commission may designate.
Books must be furnished in time
for use at the beginning of the
next scholastic term in Septem-
Der and October.
Old books now in use will be
exchanged for new text books.
and the basis Of exchange agreed
upon is fifty per cent Of the re-
tail price. For instance, IN
Lowry &c McArlle history-now ia
use will b. accepted by the re-
taller as thirty cents, of one
half the price of Riley's history.
The wholesale prices at which
books will be furnished the re-
taller are also named in tn
adoption, and the usual margin
of profit is allowed, ranging from
two 20 four cents on books re-
Ealing at from twenty TO thirty
cents, with "a slight increase on
books costing from fifty to eighty
cents.
Following ia the list Of books
adopted
DICTIONARY.
Retail
Price.
Webster's Primary ---.------....-.. SO.44
Reeds Primary Maynard, RIer-
rill & Co f5
Hunts Progressive SpelIer, Part
No. /, published 10y American
Book Co ..-.......- -.- .l3
Hunts Progressive speuer, Part
No. q. ...............- .13
Hunts Progressive speuer, / andII
combined ........-...-.................. - Is
WRITING.
Empire Writing Books, OF. Barnes
& Co, Chicago .-...-- ..-....-... .. ....... .O5
GRAMMAR.
Bushler &c Hotchkiss Modern Eng
lish, Newson g. Co .-............... 80
BuschIer's Modern English Gram
mar, Newson &c Co........--....--...... 80
COMPOSITION.
Mothers Tongue, Book No. /. CHM
&c Co Observation-Disclosures. ...............-....... 80
Sykes Elementary Composition,
CHM C Co Observation-Disclosures. 80
PHYSIOLOGY.
Coleman's Elementary, Mcmillan &c
Co ...-...-..-.... .....-......-.-. .....-..-. -
Coleman's Lessons in HYGIENE
Physiology ....-.--....- 40
HISTORY.
Lees Primary, b. F. Johnston &c
Co .-.,~.-...,.... .-..... ... .-.........-.- 40
Beginners History OF Our Country,
Southern Publishing Co.-..-.-...-. 40
HanselPs Higher History --............- 20
Higtory, Riley's ---- 80
ARITHMETIC.
5outhworth C Stone, Book No. /,
cloth, Sanburn &c Co......-......-..... .25
5outhworth &c Stone, Book No. 2,
cloth th.........-.-............ .......-....--.. ~ 80
5outhworth & Stone, Book No. 3,
Weidenhamer's Mental Arithmetic
Maynard, Merrill &c Co-.-.-.-.-..-.... 30
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
Elements OF Civil Govern
ment, American Book Co 90
AGRICULTURE.
Elements OF Agriculture, Burkitt,
Stevens g. Hill, CHM & Co --..... go
GEOGRAPHY.
Frye's Elementary, CHM &; Co .-.- 40
Eryo's Higher, CHM & co... 80
READERS.
Wheeler's Graded Primer, board,
Wheeler & Co Chicago .- ...- %
Wheeler's Gr.ded Primer, cloth. 80
3aldwin's First Reader, board, Am.
Book Company >-.---....... ...--..... 10
First Reader, cloth ..-...... %
3aldwin's Second Reader. board .25
3aldwin's Second Reader, cloth -
3aldwin's Third Reader, board 80
Third Reader, cloth ..... 80
GRADED CLASSICS.
1ra1ad CIaaaIoa EHourtb