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Sherman.
PERSONAL CHAT.

MT and Mrs Charles Turner, Mir ant Mrs Leith Joyce, Mr and Mrs Crossley D. Wood, Stephen Briggs and Mi and Mrs David Gray are enjoying z weeks sojourn at Fairfield Beach.
 Miss Mamie Gray is visiting her grandmother at Chelsea, N. Y.
 Mrs Charles c. Morris, Charles C. Mallory of New Haven have returned to the city, after a visit with Miss Ruth Rogers and Mrs Daniel B. Nal. lory.
 Egbert Stuart of New Haven is pass. ing two weeks with his parents, Nh and Mrs J. H. Stuart.
 Mrs Alice Stevens of Paterson, N. r., and Clarence Kendall of New York have been recent guests of Mir ant Mrs Daniel Mallory.
 Mrs Ann Elizabeth Briggs of New Haven has returned home after a visit with MT and Mrs Daniel Mallory and other friends.
 Editor A. r. Smith of The Bee was the guest at dinner, Friday, of Town Clerk E. P. Briggs.
 A pleasant house party was given at the home of MT and Mrs Thomas Kimlin, last week, including the fami. lies of Henry Kimlin and John Sniffen of New Milford and Frank Kimlin of Bridgeport, making 15 in all.
 Rev E. P. Herrick started for Cuba, last week, and his family will close their cottage, this week, and visit friends before sailing about October l. Mrs Julietta Wheeler of Webotuck and Ward Hungerford of Bridgeport called on Miss Lucretia Hungerford and other acquaintances, last week, and took a ride around to Spring Lake. Mrs Meeker has also been guest of Miss Hungerford and Miss Appleby. The last two named ladles visited at Mrs Frank Lakes last week on Friday.
 Mir and Mrs Fish, in company with Miss Marian Briggs from New York, spent Sunday and Lsbor day at F. M. Briggs and Miss Gwendylin Fish will return to the city with them.
 Mir and Mrs Charles Merrick of Dan- bury were in town Sunday and Labor day.
 On Thursday afternoon there was a ball game near Spring Lake.
 At the last Dorcas society the ladies present very much enjoyed, by proxy, a ride to and visit in and around Lake View, Michigan. At their next meet ing on Thursday, September IT, they will tie three comfortables, going in the morning and taking theirl lunch.
 Three candidates from Sherman took the first and second ddegrees at Woman esq Grange, last Friday night.
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Huntington.
WHITE HILLS.

Mrs R. c. Amber and Miss Susan Beafdsley are spending the week in New York City.
 Phillip Jones celebrated his goth birthday on Friday of last week, Many from the Hill called to give their best wishes.
 Bert Bassett has been repairing the large Lucius Hubbell monument.
 Miss Katherine Ambler spent last week in New Haven. the guest of friends.
 Norman Dixon of Hartford spent Sunday at Miss Susan Beardsley's.
 John MeCoughn and family moved on Saturday to Providence, R. l.
 Mrs R. c. Amber spent two days in New Haven, recently, and took an auto ride to Southport on Thursday.
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Brookfield.

Mrs Oscar Johnson spent few days, last week, at the home of her sister in Danbury.
 The Misses Skidmore have returned after spending three weeks on the Maine coast.
 Mrs Sarah Shears and her children, Misses Martha and Frances and Master George, have returned after spending six weeks in Canada. Gerald Curtis is enjoying a weeks vacation in Boston. Mrs c. E. Vroman is visiting her mother in Canaan, this week.
 There was pleasant gathering at the home of Mir and Mrs Anderson, the oc- casion being Mrs Anderson's fathers 8Oth birthday. There were about 40 present.
 Miss Martha Shears is spending two weeks in Bethel at the home of her aunt, Mrs'C. A. Webb.
 Byron Ferry of Bethel spent Sunday at the home of Miss Alice Peterson.
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 We are well supplied with groceries, etc., three grocery delivey men. three meat wagons, two tea wagons, two dry goods wagons, one oil man and rural delivery coming regularly.
 H. B. Brewer received a telegram, last Friday, that his mother, of Gler Falls, York State, had passed away, aged S3 years. He did not receive il in time to attend the funeral.
 John Maciejewski from Austria is building very substantial house fol himself. It is "A 21 feet, with exter- for walls of stone, all of which he has laid. The roof is now on and he will have the house ready for occupancy before the cold weather arrives.
 Mrs Caroline Thrall is visiting her daughter, Mrs A. J. Lum.
 R. H.Wooster visited Newton Curtis peach orchard on Curtis Hill, Sandy Hook, Monday.
 Mrs Fred Bailey and daughters Misses Ruth and Marion, of Spring field, Mass, are visiting at the old home with her sisters, Misses E. E. and A. B. Davis. ..*
 Mrs Milton Moshier of Shelton spent last week with Mrs c. D. Place and her mother, Mrs E. Crossman.
 Mir and Mrs Hits ot Saugatuck and family of five boys are spending a few days with her mother, Mrs Hattie Hill, at B. H. Hubbell's.
 Mrs Milton Moshier will spend this week with Mrs Charles Lewis of lower Pisgah.
 Attorney c. E. Meigs of Waterbury spent the day with his mother, Sun day, coming in his auto.
 Miss Fannie Cook of Huntington has been engaged to teach the Bow CT Hill school the coming year.
 Mrs W. T. Andrews of Orange came in their auto, Sunday, to see her sister, the Misses Emma and Eva Davis and brother, Charles A. Davis. MT and Mrs Howard Lea venworth of Bank street, Seymour, spent a day re- gently at Fred Kemp's to see Mrs Josephine Bartlett, who is failing rap idly.
 Miss Rose Dillon of Stevenson is caring for Mrs Bartlett.
 Miss Alice Smith of West Haven is at H. B. Davis.
 Leon Brewer of Derby spent over Sunday at his 1ather's, H. B. Brewer, with his children, who are stayi ng there. Terrence O'Neil has returned to Massachusetts to his studies, after spending his vacation with his parents, Mir and Mrs M. O'Neil.
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William Stowe and family of Bridge port have been guests at o. s. Blake mans for few days.
 L. B. Bradley of Stevenson is shing- ling portion of Mrs Oscar Sherwood's house and making general repairs.
 w. S. Clark has now entirely re- moved the fence from before his resi- dence, thereby combining city style with country airs, making the most perfect combination for comfort known.
 The writer is wondering if the scare | ity of weddings and funerals here abouts is due to the same.cause as the absence of any church service at either Stevenson or at the village, last Sun day. Indifference has no place in either life or death, and Hell is said to be paved with good intentions.
 Mir and Mrs w. W. Bliss attended the wedding of Mrs Bliss sister, Miss Hat tie E. Fancher, to Charles Noren, last Wednesday at ' p. m. at the Congrega- tional church in Black Rock. The ceremony was performed by the pas tor, Rev H. c. Woodbridge, and a large number were present. Miss Dorothy Stevens, Miss Sadie Burr and R. w. Thayer resumed their down town school attendance, last ,, Tuesday. !
 Rev Mir Thayer has removed the fence in front of the parsonage, there by, taking the first step toward the general renovations of painting and grading to be soon begun. On the second Tuesday in September, in accordance with the State law, the members of the church of legal age will meet at the church at 7.30 p. m., for the annual election of trustees. A similar meeting will be held in Steven son in connection with the Thursday evening prayer meeting, September F.
 Michael O'Neil, who has been spend ing a week in New Fairfield, returned, last Sunday.
 Frank Rice and family have returned to New Haven from their summer resi- dence here.
 Last week was one of farewell calls on the part of many of the summer visitors and their friends.
 Miss Matilda Smith, who fingered for week with her grandparents after the departure of her family, returned to her home and school in Danbury, last Monday.
 A peach social at Mrs Julia Bradley's in Stevenson, last Wednesday, was en- joyed by all present. All agreed that home consumption was away ahead of tuberculosis. Charles Downs peaches and Charles Harang's photograph were the things consumed and enjoyed. The fairy moonlight shed it's beauteous rays over the occasion, pronouncing benediction as real as any preachers.
 School began, last Tuesday, Miss Elizabeth Shelton teaching in the East ern district and Mrs John Sherwood at Stevenson. Rev Mir Thayer has pre- sented a couple of N. Y, N. H. & H. R. R. maps of North Central, Southern New England and the North Atlantic states. They are of superior excel lence and accuracy. He says local geography first and then the side trips to the Orient, Occident, etc.
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Send for the Danbury Fair PreniumLiSt

"A sixty-page illustrated cata- logue, containing a wealth of in- formation for those who think of exhibiting or attending this great fair, the fortieth anniversary of which will be celebrated the week of October 9th.
 A postal to G. M. Rundle, Sec retary, Danbury, Conn.,, will bring the book by first mail.
 Entries for Speed Glasses, Bench Show, Poul try Show and Cat Show. close September 22; all other Entries September 29.
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Smith Hine, who has been very i'll, is slowly improving.
 Mrs Ann Nash has returned to her daughters, Mrs James T. Tomlinson.
 Miss Mira Olson and Annie Tilquist are visiting on Five Mile Hill.
 Theodore L. Hine has purchased a COW for his family use.
 The rural mail carrier, Walter Hicock, is taking his vacation. Allen Russell, his substitute, is taking his place.
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GOOD HILL NEWS.

Newton Christensen has lost new horse, finding it dead in the lot.
 Edwin Hlnman has moved from his home to the Powers place on Good Hill. Edwin Wooster is burning charcoal.
 Mrs Fannie Wheeler has had the chimney to her residence removed and will replace it in the near future.
 Bowers Hill school opens September ', Miss Fannie Cook as teacher.
 Miss Fannie Cook will board at Mrs Mary Hawkins.
 Mrs B. J. Wooster sold fine young pig to William Waltermire, of Five Mile Hill.
 James Wheeler visited in Canaan,
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last Monday.
 B. J. Wooster has harvested | fine crop of watermelons.
 Miss Mary Wooster is taking music lessons of Mrs French of Stevenson.
 William Olson, Olaf Christensen and Hubert o'Neil camped out by the Hou. satonc river last week.
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The NeWtOWn Bee. Newtown, Friday, September Il. 1908.
2S Monroe.
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

Miss Carrie Simpson of Brooklyn, N. r., is at A. Fohrenbach's.
 Miss Charlotte E. Beardsley of Hart ford visits her mother, Mrs Sophia Beardsley.
 Miss E. Rose Wheeler left town on Monday for visit to A. L. Peck's, Hartford.
 
 Harmony Grange will hold the regu- lar meeting as usual on Friday even- ing, the 11th. @
 Miss Mabel Hayes opened the Center school on Tuesday of this week.
 A business meeting of St Peters Parish Aid society was held at the
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East0n.
BAPTIST CHURCH ITEMS.

DaI llOl Ol1 ENID.
 There was good attendance at the Baptist church, Sunday evening, and the meeting was an interesting one.
 The people of the Baptist church are preparing to give good reception to the Association of Fairfield county. Large delegations are expected from the 27 churches in .the county, besides speakers from Boston, New York, New Jersey and the Mission field. The pull pit platform has been enlarged, toilets and other improvements made and are in progress.
 Arthur E. Thomas, superintendent of the Knitting mill, Dunday, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, spent eight or nine days with his uncle and aunt, Rev and
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Southbury.
MISS HUGHES--MR HARDT.

At the parsonage in Southbury, Sep tember 5, 1908, George Hardt. son of MT and Mrs Theodore Hardt of Water bury, and Miss Marion Hughes, daugh- ter of MT and Mrs John Hughes, of Waterville, were united in marriage by Rev James H. Roberts, pastor of the Congregational church in Sonthbury. The friends who were present as wit
 nesses showed their good will by hearty congratulations, and as the bridal party rode away, two old shoes followed them for a short distance.
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Bedding.

English's White Pine and Tar for coughs and colds for sale only at Eng lish's drug store, Bethel.
The Newtown bee., 1908-09-11

Mrs Arthur Locke, at the parsonage. He enjoyed Easton and hopes to visit the town again with his family.
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EAST VILLAGE.

EASI NlLLAGE.
 Harold Bryant and lady friend en- joyed the shore breezes, view and din ner at Savin Rock, last Monday.
 Mrs Phillips and daughter, Elsie. o1 Bridgeport are guests at s. D. Sharpe's and Sylvester Clark's in Hammertown' Samuel Smith and family have re- turned to Ansonia from their annual outing at the Brick House.
 Coon hunters are plenty and show their generosity by supplying the par, sonage with the fat of the land.
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house of Miss Louise Clark, last Thurs day. Mrs ISophia Beardsley resigned her office as president and Miss Ger trude Beardsley elected in her place.
 Mrs Frank J. Wales, secretary and treasurer instead of Miss Charlotte E. Beardsley resigned. Mrs Stephen French and Mrs Henry Edwards new directors; the other officers unchanged.
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Bakery Goods.

Fresh Bakery Goods Bread, Cake, Pies, etc. Special orders promptly attended to.
 John Pentine,
 New Preston, Conn.
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Quaker's Farms.
BUSINESS WANTS SUPPLIED.

We are well supplied with groceries, etc., three grocery delivey men, three meat wagons, two tea wagons, two dry goods wagons, one oil man and rural delivery coming regularly.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-09
CoRSICAN CUSTOMS.
Curious observaress Connected With
Death and Burial.

OHTAQAo OghGINGUGE1 SHINNNGh9N W lNl
Death and Burial.
When a Corslcan woman dies she is
always buried I'm a new costume, which
sometimes with the poorer classes
takes up most of the family savings
and as the heat of the climate renders
burial imperative within twenty-four
hours the new gown is generally com
menced directly the dying persons ILL.,
ness assumes a serious form.
Corsicans reverence the dead, and a
feature in a funeral is the "improvisa.
tores"-women whose business 1t is to
improvise prose poetry to the mourn
ers. Often this improvising is won
derfully beautiful and breathes the
true feeling of sorrow.
The death hunters" attend funerals
and afterward wrestle with the mourn
ers. If a relative of the deceased gets
the better In the combat 1t is assumed
that his affection for the departed rel
alive was absolutely genuine.
When the corpse. leaves the house
the women gather at an upper window
and, tearing out handfuls Of their hair,
throw It on the coffin. The rich hire
women mourners, who scratch their
faces and are paid In proportion to
the injuries they infict on themselves
in their paroxysms Of grief.
A Corsican widow wears a strip Of
black material tied on her eyes for a
week, and during that period she is
fed and led about by her friends. No
room in her house Is cleaned and no
FIRE lighted for the same period.
In the cemeteries is a succession Of
little buildings with fat roofs and
high openings. These are the tombs,
and inside them are rich hangings,
flowers. poetry and lamps, which the
mourners place there in remembrance
Of the departed.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-09
neweomer eommands.

Wv NvAANA NDiAAhAAHlns
She hadn't been in very long before
she lowered a boat. The men on the
Wisconsin idly watched. They CON
tinued to observe. but without much
concern, as the British cutter was
pulled toward the Wisconsin. heading
across her bows.
Then the unexpected happened. To
the surprise and intense delight of the
Americans, up went the British oars
and little thrill of excitement swept
the widening ripple around the harbor
A challenge had been given. A race
was to come.
And 1t was a race that meant a
whole lot more than a mere contest
between two crews 1t involved a con.
tested principle of boat building.
The British believed in a substan.
tial, seaworthy, solid craft. The Amer.
leans made their cutters lighter and
more graceful, contending at the same
time that the fine lines which made
their boats beautiful did not make
them the less seaworthy.
The day for the race was set,
course Of three and half miles desig.
mated and the wagers piled up on both
sides, But when the day came there
was high wind, making the going so
rough that the Americans, thinking
that 1t wouldn't be a pretty race, pro-
posed putting 1t of.
Not much! The British thought they
saw through the proposal. They imag-
ined the Americans were afraid, and
they saw a glorious opportunity to
prove their wisdom in sacrificing beau
ty/ seaworthlness. They were as.
firm as nobody but an Engllshman can
be. The race must go on.
And 1t did. You Let It did! And the
Daring came skmm.ng In a whole half
mile ahead-a half mile, If you please.
While the Iron Dukes crew were
plugging through the waves by main
force the Daring cut across them and
over them like the thing of delight she
was. And, while she was as dry as a
parlor car, the Iron Dukers were bail
Ing to keep themselves afioat
Well you can imagine whether there
was Joy aboard the Wisconsin. But
the officers could afford to be generous
in victory, so the band was ordered to
play GOD Save the Queen"
A British naval officer was standing
with an American officer on shore
watching the finish, and when the
band struck up he turned to the Amer
lean IN bewilderment
"That's funnyp he said. %Your boat
comes in ahead, and yet they're play
ing God Save the Queen don't I'M
derstand."
WELL" said the American, "if God
won't save the queen now she might
as well give up Nothing earthly can"
The Daring was built at New York
about 1871 and was so far superior to
the boats she competed with that an.
other cutter was constructed on very
much the same lines, but with what
we're thought to be some improve
ments, She was called the Magic, and,
next to the Daring, she was the best
racing boat In the navy But up to the
time Of her loss the older boat was un
beaten even by her newer rival
Washington Post
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-09
AN UNBEATEN CUTTER
The Daring Was the Fastest
Racer In Our Navy.
HER MOST FAMOUS VICTORY.

II Was Over the Crew Of the Iron Duke,
a British Man.of-war and Was De-
eisive - Why the American Band
Played the British National Air.
The fastest racing boat that ever
brought shekels and glory to the Amer
lean navy or to any other for that
matter was the cutter Daring
When she went down with the Van
dalia IN the great storm which sank
almost every vessel in the harbor Of
Samoa she left behind her an unbroken
record of victories.
None OF these was more sensational
than the one she easily plucked from
crew Of the Iron Duke when the
Daring was attached to the Wisconsin.
then on the Asiatic station. Appropri
ately enough. the crushing defeat was
administered In centennial year, 1876
and It was the more significant because
the English boat had given the ehal-
Ienge and had fairly rushed upon its
fate
When a bluejacket wants a race he
goes about it in his own peculiar fash
ion. He doesn't wife out a challenge
and send It with due formallties. He
does not appoint committee to extend
It He does not tpost notice in a con
splcuous place"
He simply lowers his boat, climbs
into It to the number Of twelve or four
teen. pulls toward the ship whose
crew he wants to race, losses his oars
as he comes under her bow, and there
you are. The challenge has been Civ
en- in the sight Of the whole harbor.
This sort OF invitation doesn't mean
that the other crew is to hustle into its
boat for q race right then and there.
on the contrary. there is lot Of pre-
llminary work yet to be done. much
Of 1t being Of a strictly financial ma
ture.
Thousands OF dollars change hands
over these races The officers them
selves are generally ready to back the
honor Of their own ship with substan-
tial proof OF their loyalty.
AS for the average sailor man, be
digs up every cent he can rake and
scrape. AS a winner Of these shekels
the Daring. as before mentioned, is OF
blessed memory. except 70 her rivals.
OF these latter none was more conf
dent than the Iron Duke crew. The
Wisconsin was already at anchor when
the British vessel came lpto the har
Dor one One day. her advent being
greeted Ylth the usual attention every
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valdOSta' Southern Ry. Schedules.
EFFECTIVE AUGUST 8, 1906.
Arrival and Departure of Trains,
A. @. L. Depot, Valdosta, Ga.

No l. Lv VadOs@ 945 A. NJ Olympia, Plnetq
diate points. Arrives Madison 11:45 A. NJ connecting
Ydosta with A. C. L. No. 50 leave Bnbrdge 800 A. NJ
with A. c. L. No SO leaves Savannah A. NJ arrives
at Montgomery 6:15 M with A. L. No. h
leave Jacksonville 9O5 A. NJ arrive Pensacola 1850 p
Madison $40 A. NJ for Olympia arrives at Vadosa s.9o
A NJ, connecting Madison with s. A. l.. No. rs leave
Pensacola 5 100 P NJ, Valdosa with A. C. No. SO foI
Montgomery with G. S q f. No. leaving Pdatka 5:3O
M Macon 1925 p.
No p for intermediate points arrive Vdosta
$3.50 p NJ, connecting Madison S. L. No n from
Jacksonville, with G. $. f, No ~ Macon 1915
r. NJ with A. g. L. No! so leaving Mon yomery $3.50 p M
arriving at Savannah 9:45 p. NJ
Note; Numbers and and sundays run same scbedue as and
during week. except No. leaving ZOO A. M arrv-
ing at Valdosa 40 A NJ.
A. POPE, j. NJ TURNER
Traffic Manager, General Manager
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-09
E .'1 5 Cough Remedy a Safe
'eaieiHe for Children.

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LII y afraid to buy Chamber
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l. Is intended especially
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n, mere Is no better medicine
LOT these diseases. It is
I. certain cure for Group. Tut.
as soon as the croupy
''''' wall prevent the attack.
V0ueh is not dangerous
,nsdy Is given as directed.
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% az adult For sale By
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1908-01-09

Madison, Fla, JAN lSOo'
|.,rd met:promptIy..at 10 a. m
po.ra present, minutes Of last
|,,sg we're read and approved.
|. agreement was entered into
Rosrd OF Education Of Brooks
|.,y Georgia, whereby pupils in
EI.ou County residing more than
Lass from a school in Madison
attend a school in Brooks Coun-
La tbe school Board OF this coun'
In pay 5000 per year for the
Pupils residing similarly in
n, County, may attend schools
I,dlson County and the Board of
IA County will pay $500 tor
Provided; that pupils must
emission from their respective
\, 10 attend school in the other
Ig.
.Oerinteudent submitted the
Wing scmi-annual refort.
tbe 81 white schools in the
g u have been taught; % are
being taught and of. these 10
practically completed. One
chool.remaiBs untaught, but
der bos been secured and the
will begin as soon as house is
] have visited all Of these
4, one or more times during
bolastic year. In nearly every
tbe attendance has been better
hretofore, the advancement
d, and the interest manifested
pupils and patrons has been
nglHg.
lsacbers have been doing |
roK, and discipline has been !
Only in a few instances have
il necessary to make sugges |
IN regard TO discipline and
Us Of teaching. Such sugges.
iave been made privately and
looking forward always to
Jog the conditions Of the
lhe negro schools 23 have been
i6ge being taught and z are
uEslpplied with teachers.
total Of thes,'white schools to
1907 has been 81 ,991.5O,
The negro schools have cost
Is.
e schools have made an aver
50 per cent for the term and
extended 2 months by the
others will probably make
erage, Applications have been
for State aid for 3 Rural
aud one Senior High School
Ounty will receive approx
S22O0,0O for State aid
ibis year, whereas, hereto
has only received $3.50 90,
hnanees Of the Board are in a
ealthy condition. At the
ng OF this scholastic year,
1907, we had a net cash
Of $594s 49,. After the
meeting in December there
aHanIs outstanding to the
oitl65S 20 while there was
cash for all school purposes
ng to Sl494 As. Consider
Tact that most of the school
nearly completed, and the
TACT that only sl99 10 Of this
X had then been collected
especially good showing.
uent was had with the treas.
all bills paid.
being no further business
iOuned.
w. j. BLANroS,
Chairman.