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Compulsory School Attendance Duty ot Parent and Guardian. Enrollment and Attendance ot Child. Excuse ot . Absences. So-. 17!. l,vc*r;, |•;, i iit, guardian or "Mht person having charge and control of * chili! hetweer. the :tgr<- of eight and i'ourtoeii years, who is not exempted or , xeu'fil iff* hereinafter provided, shall cause said child to he enrolled in Had to (tend enntin'iiiusly ft>r six months id’ enrti year :v public school of the district • r of city oi (own iu which the child reside*; which period of attendance shall eonin enec at the beginning of the first term of said school in the year. Such at - nihmee at a pul*! : < si (tool shall not be required where the child attends for the .;• period some other school giving instruction irt the ordinary branches of ‘iiglish edi.iation, >t has completed the seventh grade of school work ns pro rite i l>y the Slide Hoard of Education, or where, for good reasons, the suffi >niy of wli ■ h .-! • 11 be determined by the board of education of the county or ■ w. .i .ii v.ltieh (he child resides, the said board excuses temporarily the child non idi n!ti i.dua-e, -uch board- authorized to take into consideration the ins'ins for agricultural labor and the need for such labor, in exercising (heir liscrction ns to the time for which children in fanning districts shall bo excused. Provided, that no guardian ihatl be compelled to send such child or children to v.kool out of any other than the funds belonging to the ward or wards. Tempo !.iv -■ „<:>• ot ■-• i ’■ • 1 Id ejirolh and !'.. pupil may be <:j used by the principal or esu-hei in eliarue • tin school, bee: use of bud weather, sickness, death in the child's family, or other reasonable) cause. (Penalty for Non Compliance. Suspension of Punishment. Notice Board. Sit. 17J. 'ny parent, guardiur or other peison who ho? charge and control ot * hi Id belweeu the .ige.s aforesaid, and who wilfully fails to comply with the orego nj, rofjinrcaient.H shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, anti on conviction 'here"; hull In- punished by fine not to e need ten dollars for the first ofTcnsc, nd not to exceed twenty dollar? for '’ach subsequent offense, said fines to m- Tude all co.-ta; but the court, trying the case may, in its discretion, suspend en rVujL-einoiit of (tie punishmcut, it the child be immediately placed in attendance •r. u school ns afi • -said, and may finally remit the same if such attendance has ontinued regularly for the ncaiber of mouths hereinbefore prescribed for nttoud • iir-e. S< h".d n*t< r.duiice r.oy be proud by an attested certificate of the princt ;■! or tern her in charge ot the school. So person shall be prosacutcd tor viola fion of the foregoing reijuircincatd nairas the board of education of the county •*i tuunb-.ipolity :u which the person acaused of sindi violation re-idea ahall hove aused to be served upon the accused, at least ton days before prosecution, n ■ rilti r notice of the '-Large' with thv name of (ho <tiild to which rt refers. Any ,‘erson s>. notified, net previously convicted of violation of thi.s Act us to the hi Id referred to : n said notiee, may prevent prosecution on the charge set out herein, by giviug, at any trm bt u>ti: such prosecution is instituted, a bond in ■he pcnnl sum of ftty dollars payable lo the Ordinary of the county, with so writy to l e approved by tire Ordinary, conditioned that the said person shall henceforth faithfully comply with the requirements of this sect inn as to thn aid child. Each day’s willful failure of i. parent, guardian or other person iu - Large and'control of n child ns aforesaid, after the e.xptratron of ten days from -neb notice, to cause the child to attend school, when such attendance is required f*y 'hi - section, shall constitute a separate offenw. In prosecutions under this section the exemptions and excuses herein provided for shall be matters of de fense to bo established by the accused, und need not be negatived in thedudiot-. went or accusation. Duties of Boards of Education and Teachers. * " See. 17.’.. It ,‘iJmll be the duty ot' the County and .Municipal iltmrils ot llilucii* lion t< investigate as to the attendance and non-attendance of children roquirod by this section to attend the schools under the'r supervision, nnd it ahull also be hoir duty to institute or cause to t>e i-wtsrtutod proaoeutiußS against persona vio •oting this section. It shall foe thu duty of the principal or teacher in charge of •**y public school, in which pupils between the ages of eight and fourteen years "l age are instructed, to keep an accurate record of the attendance of such pu yils, ai.d at the end ot each month to tnako written report of the same to the Hoard o' IMurrition haviug supervision of the school, nnd o, :\o , < ■ therein es -used absences and the reason- therefor. Attendance Officer. Hcc. 171. Kadi County and Municipal Board of Education shull employ an at ’ ondaace officer whore duty it shall be to report to the Hoard of Education fail m> i , ntteudance on the pari of pupils between the ages of sand 11 years, for his service these officials shall be paid not loss than one dollar nor more than liree ih.liars per day during the time employed and said payment shall be paid, far as possible, from the fees collected. The balance due shall bo puid from he school funds of the county or local avast tin. Any Board or local school sys* 'cm failing to comply with this law for attendance officer shall not bo entitled o rccoivi tend i from t lie State Treasury (intil it is .-how a that sa:,i attendance ellicer has been appointed nnd has entered upon hm duties. **ncs and Korferturcs a Part of School Bund, See.. 1, \! 1 du i irnposod hereunder and aft sum required to be paid as pen itic. under bonds given under this st'etion. shall, after payment of the costs of prosecution and of rocovoiy thereof, be sum! into the county treasury and bocoma i part of the school fund o' the county. Law Effective, When. Sec. 170. The provisions of this Act shaft become opersti • e on the first.' day of -luuuiiry, in the ycc.r nineteen htadrt-l and tv*<-nty. TubUcatlon of Law. Sec. 177. It shall be the duty ot tin* Hmirtt ot Education ot each county, at leant four weeks before the fir t day of January following the adoption of this •setion, t cause this .cetion to la published in a no*'spaper of the county, it here be nur, and to cause copies of this section to posted l vt. the court toms* if the county and :U. the public, schools them. The above is Us Compulsory Educational Law vv, ci,-p t> lira* the State '• bool Emu is r.s onnorlv, so it necessary t hat we • a !•••*•• fnn law. Wo m pei-t nve patron to put. then children in school .as ,1< •tv v 'cw preooeu f icin'- i Lomov County ns pos i.d The fo, ii -r to it no •tvton for its not being complied with. Board ii Education Barrow County, (In. Dr. ,T. C. Daniel, Bi-e.-viimt J, It. Thompson. (. J. Currish, 7 L. W. Lcalit, It. W. Hoynie, \V M'. Holseiibec ii, ' - cecaury TEXAS PAYS SIO,OOO TO HIGH WAY ENGINEER Austin. Texas, Decernin'! U B. Windrow, state highway en qjnetr, will he the highest paid -.tato olViier in Texas January 1. alien an increase in his salary to V 10,000 a year, granted by the highway commission today, be comes * fleet ive. NO DRAFTED TROOPS ON DUTY IN SIBERIA Wasnington, December tt>. \U uf the selective service uun who nuvo been on duly in Siberia have been relieved by volunteers, the war department announced to day, and the last of them will ar rive at. Francisco about den ary I BASKET BALL 1 .ne.of the hardest fought vanns ever played on the. Winder tie t. tin* Winder Toy Scouts d° . li e -l the last Lusvroe—ville High School team, by the* elosi score of s i ( , Tin- lent tires of the game was .liuohs at guard for the Seoul- who seared half his teams points .iisi held his man scoreless and the guarding of Craig for the j \ isitors. The following is the line up R S. A. Bussell 2, F. Pentecost 1, Max well 2, F (ianicr 4, Harrison C Cower, .facobw 4, G, Craig Wil. liams, U, Maddox. I Mt. \ It i anybody shoot you any hot air about some*bine lost as good as Heaver Board. U Is not. ,Find it st W. K. Voui's’s. TVS* HARROW TIMES, WINDER, GEORGIA - ATHENS FIREMEN SAVE LAW SCHOOL BUILDING. Athens, Ga., December lt>. (Special.)—A small fire occurred in the building now occupied by the Lumkin Law schoool of the University of Georgia today at noon. The building wax saved from the flumes by two students, C. N. Welch and O. W. Holmes, who were studying for the Christmas, examinations iu one of the class roi/nri.s of the school. A large crowd gathered around th< building quickly, as the lire was making great headway, but fortunately' it was discovered in time for the fire men to control the flames and very little damage was done. The stu dents at the university are stand ing the examination for the pre sent term and school will close on the 19th of December and open again on January 2,192 b. For Weak Women lu use lor over 40 years! 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Ail druggists—2sc. rra usual. To The Public: I wish to thank the people of fh is section for their liberal patronage dur ing' the year. My desire is to please those who trade with me and to treat them fair. I keep a general line of merchan dise and make a special effort to have in stock what the people need. I ask a continuance of your trade another year, and have some special bargains to offer you for the next week. W. R. SMITH The Chance to Get Goods at Cost Change in Firm January Ist As the public knows, there will be a change made in the firm of Griffeth, Autry 7k Cos., after January 1,1920. We are offering merchandise which are worth much more than we are asking, in order to move the goods before we take stock. Mens’ work shoes at cost Boys’ Clothing at cost Hats and Caps at cost Boys’ knee pants at cost In fact, practically everything in stock AT COST Now Is Your Chance Griffeth, Autry & Company Winder, Georgia. THURSDAY. DECEMBER_IBtfa