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SHOWING INCREASE IN ,ALHIGH SCHOOLS
HOW 4 KING STARVED
HIS BEST FAlNIL Y
A FAIRY Tale for Grown-Up Folks

the time consumed In giving the chill
dren the course of treatment which
fitted them to receive the imprint of
the sisnet of protection against the
Monster.
Now, This family had conf
dental adviser, a. leader, who was
strong-so strong. that the Monster
feared him greatly, since by his wise
direction This-one-family could stamp
the largest number OF children; but
the King, whose realm was drawing
just a trifle narrow, finally said that
this Leader wanted too much bread Che
had not asked for jamy,s but the Leader
and some of the Kings sons told the
King that he could not live and work
with less.
Well" said the King, he will have ave
any Of This-one family until he does
decide to accept a great deal less
Soon after this great edict went
forth tho King noticed that the four
walls OF his realm were seized with !, a q
walls there would sound boom,
boom, boom. He listened and grew
uneasy lest something might be wrong,
but his chief aide said to him. do not
fear, oh. great King! This shaking OF
the walls that you see. and this noise
is not due to the presence OF a mighty
host. No one wishes the throne of tho
realm that is growing narrow"
can 1T be?"
Why, it is only the laughter OF the
realms round about that burst forth lt
AS we are told that fairy tales should
end happily, we will cut this short
at the point of mirth.
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pills transported during session
1oo5-'0s was 95s; during Session
1906-'o7 1t was $40. Session 19o5-'oG
eleven wagons were used in transport
ing pupils: last year thirty-one.
What II shows.
This splendid educational exhibit
from Eirginia-the superior of the ex.
hibit of any other State in educational
lines at the Jamestown Exposition
was gotten together only by great
energy and Determination, due to the
fact that the time was short and It
was to be yirginia's first great edu-
cationaf exhibit The exhibit sis plan
he'd to show:
l. The striking improvement that
has beer made in school building with
in the last two years. This improve
lnent is shown by contrasting the pic
lures or miniatures of old school build
ings, as they stood two years ago.
with the many splendid new school
buildings now to be found in all parts
of the state, which have replaced the
old.
2. How Virginia geography is
taught so as to bring out the resources
and products of the Old Dominion.
9. The wealth of historic incidents
on which the teachers of the State
can draw for the broader instruction
OF the children under their care.
In the pictures given here will bs
seen number of leaf cabinets. in
which these exhibits are installed. The
bases of these leaf cabinets contain
numerous bound volumes Of class work
which have attracted the attention of
visiting superintendent and teachers
from all parts of the United States.
Frequently, on some days at the eX-
position, there have been as many as
twenty-five or fifty superintendent
from other States than Virginia to ex-
anime the work OF the Virginia schools.
or great interest indeed, is tho splen-
did showing made by the rural dis.
tricts.
Rural Schools.
Virginia has always placed her chief
reliance upon her rural districts. No
such exhibit of work from rural
schools has been shown at any expo
sition as is found in the Virginia ex-
hibit at Jamestown. Three-fourths of
the exhibit Is from rural schools, and
1t Is this wock in which Virginia takes
most pride. The cities of Virginia. as
their exhibit shows. will hold their
own with cities of equal size and re-
sources elsewhere in the United States
It is the rural school which has been
most benefited in the last year or two
and which is to receive most attention
and to show most progress in the fu-
turc.
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Once upon q time there lived mon
arch and his sons In a strong castle.
and they should have been happy. but
were not because of one family among
their subjects.
This one family was for years quite
small, and yet the King saw that its
influence upon his realm was more
salutary than that of all the other
families, so he issued an edict'tiiat the
family should grow. and the family did
grow. and It's influence permeated the
realm more beautifully than before.
When the King. saw this. he issued
should grow, but the family sent word
to the King that their abode was not
comfortable and they had not bread
enough for a larger family.
The king, however, said their abode boz, 2
have more bread.
So the family grew.
Its influence, too,
Andthe King and his sons were pleased.
Now, must tell you why This-one-
family was especially helpful to the
ster near. the most ferocious that had
ever existed in any land. He did not
tear the children in pieces and eat them
it would have been better SO: no he
only stretched out his softly padded
paw, laid it upon their head. then left
enough. and the King wished them to
serve him MT his court, or to go forth
to proclaim its glories, he found them
helpless IN every way. with one eX-
ception-they could walk The loath-
some touch of the Monsters paw had
shriveled them: So 1t was; thought
wise to keep This-one- family within
the realm and to care for them. be-
cause this Monster. whose name was
Ignorance, feared these few more than
all the other people, the King and his
sons combined
Yet there were some who felt little
Jealous. because the occupation of This
one-family seemed less laborious than
tn eirs.
Perhaps you would like to know what
their occupation was This-one-family
gathered together the. children of the
realm. and with their own peculiar
signet, stamped them In their fore
head, so that the Monster would not
come nigh them. Now this process OF
stamping was thought to be far too
year. So, while all of the other FAM
lilies had bread enough for every week,
and not q few OF them had their bread
spread with jam, This-one- family had
bread for only thirty-s!x weeks; Just
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Poem, Wanted.

Can you tell mo who wrote the fol-
lowing lines. whoa. Jeremiah. whoa,
sar!" ETC.. and give the rest of the
verses? II. NJ. G.
Our friend is a little of In his Old
Testament nomenclature. we suspect.
irwin Russell is author Of some verses
published In ono of the magazines
about twenty years ago. beginning
"You, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, whoa. sah." otc.
TheY have been often reprinted, and we
shall be pleased to print them here If
someone will send copy.
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His Kicl,

hotel out In California brought the
porter UP to his room with his angry
storming.
Want your room changed sir?
What Is the matter?'is
1.-THE roo!ms all right," fnmed the
guest, scorchtngly, Its the fleas l
object to, that's all"
MRS, Hawklns!n shouted the porter,
In aniunlnterested sort OF a voice, the
gent In j; No Us satisfied with his
roo ms but he wants the fees cha Ssed.''
arpeg'a Weekly.
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Notable Jewel 1hcfts.

Although several weeks have elapsed
without any clue being discovered as
ued at 100000. which has been SO
mysteriously stolen from Dublin Cas-
tie, the authorities are by no means
despondept of ultimately recovering
past experiences historic treasures
have a wonderful knack Of reappearing
and of being restored. quietly to the
governments and institutions which
are their custodians long after the gem
eral public has come to the conclusion
that they are irrecoverable. In the
early seventies q priceless collection
of historic gold coins WIS stolen from
Of Cambridge was especially interested
In their recovery, but the detective
who had charge Of the case told him
bluntly that If q professional thief had
stolen them they would be melted and
sold for their weight in gold within
an hour. If gentleman. however, had
stolen them there was hope that they
would be recovered as he would not
know how TO dispose or them without
risk of discovery. tn0
A week afterwards the detective
saw a well-known pickpocket passing
Ia gold watch-or In thieves slang, a
pfciona when the thief exclaimed, well
of all the dirty plants, this is the
worst I've ever card OF He then
~
cadilly when he stole a gentlemans
purse. The owner caught him in the
act and arranged for him to get rid
Of some coins. The detective did rot
charge the thief. He compelled him
by threats and brides to return and
point out the swell" whom he
promptly. arrested and found the gold
coins. 700 in6number safely in his pos
session. The recent robbery OF the
Nelson relics proved white elephant
to the thieves They tried for nearly
eighteen months to dispose of them,
and eventually one of them colnmunl-
Gated with Detective Arrow, who has
lust left for Barcelona to supervise
the Spanish detective force In ssse-
guarding the King and Queen. That
astute officer, to every ones surprise,
made an arrest and discovered the
greater part of the relies of our great
est admiral artfully concealed In a
concertina which the possessor used
| to play in the streets and outside pubs
| lie houses, The WertheimAr thefts are
too recent to be detailed,--The Sphere,
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Continental Currency.

Not that desire to sell. but because
am curious to know, I should be glad
to learn the value Of the old Continental
currency. DARMsI4ADI.
For tho double reason that these notes
were made by the millions, both genu-
inc and counterfeit, and appear to have
been counterfeited In late years, they
are OF little or no value.
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.b,9 A Fable.

The Committee OF the Orthodoxes saw a
Man buslly writing with Nbless Pen which
hs was Dipping into an Inkless Well.
Wltereupon the Committee, being anxious as
t. the Morals of the Community and of
Other Peoples Doings, Inquired of Him;
what Doest Thou" To which the Man
replied: II am writing the unwritten Law"
WhereuponS Commission was appointedand
declared Him Insane.
Moral: Beware of Original 1deas--they
ms. mako OF You an. Undesirable Citizen Gas
witness Galileo, CHRISTOPHER Columbus, OF alb
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tion:

log tia lis LA
This equation solved wi give x=S11A.-
sos, the sum, equal each time. which
will be required to meet each note aa
it natures. DISCOUNT. : this for the
proper times. the face of the notes be-
comes s10S.12. s102.32S, s9f.126, sea-
426. These sums will add to within
one-tenth OF cent OF $500.
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PETERSBURG.

Divide 500 by lot. The auotient
multiplied by will give the commits
sion. and multiplied by 100 will give
the sum invested.
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ed and mlsslng--foot up 1881 al
Gettysburg and $500 at Antietam.
Grape Juice.
With thanks to our corresp ondent,
we give below receipt for making
grape Juice asked for last week:
Pick the grapes from the stems. put
in porcelain or granite kettle. lot boil
until skins pop, put in flannel bags to
drip overnight; do not press.
To each gallon of fruit Juice add one
pound of sugar and two quarts OF
water. Boil until scum does not rise.
Put in self-sealing Jars and keep in
cool place.
MRS. c. M. JOBSON,
President Richmond Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.
Arfthmctica1.
From last Query Column we taka
again the problem: a farm sells for
$500 on four notes at 6 per cent. for
one, two, three and four years; what
must be the face of each note that
sums paid may be equal in each case2
We gave as answers $10S.69. S102-6S,
s9745, $92.74. The solution was as
interest for one year; 500 and inter-
est for two years; 500 and interest
for three years; 500 and interest for
four years. In all this amounts to
$3.50. This divided into equal payments
would make each Sis. This s115 paid
at end of each year would place In
hands OF seller the exact sum tho buyer
would. in ordinary. pay him. would
give four equal payments and from
harmony of circumstances, would
nearly equate the times Of payment,
There was left but to find the face of
the notes by discounting one at the
given rate for one year. another for
two. etc. This calculation gives the
seller exactly what he would receive
in common. The objection Is made
that the four amounts do not add up
$500. We give the following method In
which the summation of $500 is im-
posed as a condition. Let be the
amount of the payment. Calculate the
present value of each payment OF x
dollars, remembering that one payment
must be discounted for one year, the
next for two. the next for three, etc.. ana
that all the payments added must be-
equal to $500. From this arises the eaua-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
Clerk OF School Board.

How Is the pay OF ecIerK OF ulstrIct
school board determined?
TRUSTEE.
It is limited by the school law to
two dollars per gear for each teacher
employed by the board. In addition to
this the clerk may. If he choose. take
the school census every five years, for
which work he receives three cents
per name.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

Please let me know why you have
not replied to query lately sent. Is
there any charge for reply?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
wnter Finder Wanted.

Can you give the name and address
OF some person who is able to locate
vein of water by means of hazel fork
or some other "divining rodf" A. IS.
We can not, but hope some reader
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Arithmcticnl.

A invests 500 for at per cent.
commission on gum actually invested
What does he invest and what COM
mission does he get?
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The Poet Gallagher.

Can you inform me whether the
poet Gallagher is still living, and
where may find something about
him? r. r.
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Ad,,re,. wanted.

Address Wanted.
Will you give mo the address OF
Miss Helen Gould? MISS e. b.
$40 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Land Measure.
Please let mo know what part OF
an acre Is 1000 square feet.
.0229 of an acre.
Pail MnII.
What is tho pronunciation of Pail
MALI? A. s.
Pel Nell.
VIII you tell me tho premium, II any,
on half dollars of 1910, 1911, 1912 and
1913? r. 7. T.
So little that it would not pay to
send them of.
Can you give premium value of
Mrs. c. u. G..
It has none.
Old Coins.
Has the quarter of 1853 or 1858 any
premium value? MISS II. o. T.
1853 II without arrow heads at side
OF date about $500. Other has no
premium value.
Term OF ONCE.
Does the Constitution forbid a per-
son to hold office OF Sheriff and Treas
urer OF a county for more than two
terms? G.. w. w.
One may not hold office OF Treasurer
more than two successive terms.
Old Coins.
Can you give premium value on the
following coins? THAD.
Cent 17s5). is cents; half cent
(17o5). 80 cents; cent t1sO1), 15 cents;
cent t1S2a). 10 cents.
Standard OIL.
Is It lawful for tho Standard OH
Company to sell merchants at Jeffress
at higher price than merchants at
Chase City and other points in the
same nelghborhood? M.
Write the State Corporation Commits
sion. Richmond. Va.
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No charge Is made. Your question
may not have been received. Or we may
not have been able to answer. Send 1t
again.
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Standard OIL.
Wards OF tho State.

Please tell me IL there wero ever in
the Capital Capitol Square any white
the Capitol Square any white or black
squirrels? p. a. r.
There was one white squirrel. We
never heard OF black one in the
park.
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Queries and Answers.

reports give $500 Confederatos killed
at Antietam and the same number at
Gettysburg. All losses--killed wounds
ed and misslns---foot up 1881 al
Gettysburg and $500 at Antietam.
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The conditions arc mixed, but 1t
seems about fair on the whole to say
that the pay of our commissioned men
is from ten to twenty per cent above
the foreign pay, and the pay OF the
noncommiss!oned men here Is about as
much below.
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Unanswered Query.

Died in 1894. driswold's Poets and
Poetry OF America.
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Term OF once.
ola Coins.

Can you give premium value on the
following coins? THAD.
Cent (17s5). Is cents; half cent
(17o5). 80 cents; cent dso1), 16 cents;
cent (1S25). 10 cents.
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Pay Of soldiers.

Please inform me how tho pay Of
soldiers In United States army COM
pares with that In European armies.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

United States gold ana silver coinage
Is nlne-tenths fne, English gold coins
are eleven parts gold to one part al
10y, and English silver coins are
eleven and one-tenth PARTS silver to
nine-tenths alloy. The matter Of
losses in the battles o. the Civil War
Wayi Is not a clear ouss The otAclaa
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
Various.

Are United States or English coins
purer? In what battle OF the Civil
War was the Confederate loss greatest?
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Will you give mo the address OF
Miss Helen Could? MISS II. b.
$40 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08

Can you give premium value of
French crown Of Louis XVI. (17s3)?
Mrs. c. u. G..
IT has none
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lind Measure.

Ihnd NeHsure.
Please let me know what part of
an acre Is 1000 square feet.
w. d. D.
.o22e of an acre.
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Will you tell me tho premium. II any,
on half dollars of 1910, 1911. 1919 and
1913? r. T. r.
So little that it would not pay to
send them OFF.
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Has the quarter of 1853 or 1858 any
premium value? MISS III. o. 7.
1853 II without arrow heads at side
of date about $500. Other has no
premium value.
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Pail Mnll.
What is tho pronunciation of Pail
Mali? A. s.
Pell Nell.
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Once upon time there lived mon
arch and his sons in strong castle,
and they should have been happy. but
were not. because of one family among
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-20
INDIAN NAMES IN OKLAHOMA
What Early Settlers Have Callet
Some of the Towns and
Streams.

The cowboys, plainsmen and early
settlers of Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory we're not possessed of a
highly developed poetic sense. Some
of the names they bestowed upon the
settlements and localities were more
forcible than elegant, and were inspir-
ed by some incident Of the moment or
by a desire to perpetuate the name
of an individual. In spite of this,
says the Kansas City Star, however,
many Of the early white settlements
received Indian names that delight
the ear and are eminentiy suited to
the locality and the county.
As samples of the titles given to
some Indian Territory waterways
there may be mentioned Dog Creek,
Five Mile Creek, He'll Roaring River,
Mud, Oil and Polecat Greeks. These
are scarcely to be preferred to a cou-
ple Of Indian names-Hiayona and
We-WoKa. Some Of the white mans
names for towns mentioned are Bob
Grit, Amos Bailey, Fame, Biartown,
Owl, Fishetrown, Beef Greek and jim
town. These may be compared with
some Indian names bestowed on 9TH
er localities-Al-lu-we, Checotah,
Papita, Miskogee, Nowata, Okmulgee,
Sequovah, Tahlequah, Wewoka, Kon-
omis, Ochelata, Tiawah and Wetun-
ka.
Oklahoma is likewise affected with
many rough and ready names that
may have seemed highly appropriate
to the pioneer but hardly answer the
purpose as permanent titles for COM
munities that may some time become
important cities. Archibald, Fry,
Monk, Nail, Pawpaw and Kelleyville
are a few. On the other hand, there
are such Indian names as Ataka,
Kiamichi, Tologa, Waukomis, Wauri-
ka, Waynoka, Tonkawa and Ogeeche.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-08-20

morally debauched, loathsomely dis
eased and doomed to final extinction
in this country; that the curse Of
Marino Faliero on Venice Is on the
eve Of fulfilment in this Republic !;
and that the demons Of Socialism and
Imperialism are n -,shalling their
hosts for battle to the finish. And,
while the South has not been excep-
tionally materially improved in many
ways, and somewhat morally degener-
ated, we of that olden time can proud
y declare with the poet:
50; though Right trampled be
counted as Wrong;
And that he called Right which is
Evil victorious.
Here where Virtue is feeble and Vii
lany strong
IT'S the Cause, not the Fate Of the
Cause, that is glorious. -
Final Triumph.
And, as for Lee, his name goes
down the ages more and more lumin-
ously with the best Of all the greatest
Of those who "waged contention with
their times decay" and whose cause
is as undying, somewhere, as its heav-
enly inspiration. So, like the poet S
picture of the Grecian luminary, it
may be said Of him, -
"Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race
be run,
Along Morean hills the setting sun;
Not, as in Northern climes, obscura1g
bright,
But one unclouded blaze of living
light. E"
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Court Of Common Pleas

NOuII VI COuluOll 1Coo'
J. Hagood Clary and Matthew W.
Clary, partners doing business under
the firm name and style Of Clary
brothers, Plaintiffs,
VS..
+ Mountain C:y Mill Company, De-
fendant.
Summons for Relief.
T., .h. ,Aendant. 'iountai: City
Mill Company,
You are hereby summoned and re-
quired to answer the complaint in
this action, Of which copy is on file
in the office of the Clerk of Court Of
Common Pleas for Newberry County,
and to serve a copy Of your answer
to said Complaint on the subscribers,
at tfcir office in Newberry, South
Carolina, within twenty days after the
service hereof: exclusive Of the day
of service: and if you fail to answer
the Complaint within the time afore-
said, the plaintiffs in this action will
apply to the Court for the relief de-
manded in the complaint.
Hunt. Hunt and Hunter,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Dated at Newberry, S. C. August
18th. 1907.
To the Defendent, Mountain City
Mill Company:
You will take notice that the COM
plant in the above entitled action was
filed in the office Of the Clerk Of Court
of Common Pleas for Newberry Coun-