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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 j VOL .. HO. 58. SE/HI-WEEKLY LANCASTER. s777 APR.L^S, =- = ' ^ , PRICE?FIVE fFNT^ OPO rnnv The Public Schools. Some Thoughts Suggested tc "Parent" by "Tutor's" Able Articles. E I. News : 1 have just finish ed perusing "Tutor's," article No. 3 on "Public School^." It impresses n;y mind very favor ably indeed. It is brimful o good, common sense and loyic, There are a lew salient points hoVvever, untouch* d so far, w hid I would lik^ to call attention to with t lie hope ths?t it may induct Tutor to expatiate upon them ii next issue, as I believe a lul discussion of this subject ma) lead to some good results. The lir t is concerning tin present, mode of choosing, or up pointing, 1 should say, our trns tees. I believe this is one ot the most, fundamental points of tin whole subject. The present ar rangement is, in my opinion, detective and unsatisfactory, foi the simple reason uninterested ai'd incompetent men are toe often appointed for these responsible positions. I believe the law should be changed, so as to al low the patrons of each school district to elect, their trustees, who should hold office lor ti stated period. Such a bill was introduced, I understand, at the last session of legislature, but uniortuuately, it met with same fate as did a number of othei good bills. If we could get, in every instance, men as trustee* wn<> have a deep interest in edu caiional afiairs, men who have children of their own attending these public schools, a genera revival would ensue and many needed reforms would be the in evitable result. 1 do not mean tc convey the idea that we d;> noi get some good men by the pres eitt arrangmenl, because we do bu' ?t is not as satisfactory as ii should be. Men are loo oiten appointed who are not in any wii?c suitable. Some have no children to educate, and it is not natural for them to take as much inter est in every detail as the man who has. We cannot he too par ticular about choosing theet trustees, because if they do not manifest, a very great interest ii their school how could it be ex pectt'd ot teachers to do so? The second p ?int I wish tc mention is the frequent chang t^vt n./.e.. u/i... i ii? wi i;wai ?? ii v (iu liul tli<* irustees and tea<hers topother and alopt a set ol books, which they ? an stick to for ji number of ye m, and abolish t he changing ol books every titm there is a change in teachers 1 This frequent changing entails too preat expense upon large families,^inany ol whom cannot . afford it- The elder <hd 1 . h odd, upon passing up to next grade, turn its books over to a youngei brother or sister, and so on. This would result in a very apprecia ble cut ailment in ? xpcn*e lot books. The third and last point I wish i to call attention to is the prac j tice of requiring pupils to pre | pare their reci'ations almost, ex-J > clusingly at home. All schools ] . do not do this, ?>u the practice seems to be gaining headway a? j time goes on. 1 know of an in- i stance where a child ca'led upon the teacher for enlightenment on some study, whereupon it J was commanded to resume its seat. The teacher's only excuse 1 was that lie did not have time, , and that the child should have > learned this at home. 1 have al1 ? ' ' ways neen uniter the impression ? that the teacher was paid for ' ? this very thing?to properly in- * 1 Htruct the pupil, and not require, ' or depend upon its parents entirely, for in many instances the parentis wholly incompetent t< * enlighten the child in the least I do not wish to he understood, ' " however, as not favoring the practice of studying at home; it ' ' is proper thai they should, hut ' it is not right, lor the teacher to > depend on this. The trend ot the ' present age seems to he gr.idu' ally drifting day by day towards 1 I niara ~ ' ? 1-* 1 iMimuc iwniimuy. ana h l big show, and a corresponding decrease in the real article. This ' should be reveised, and I hope ' ' to see tins subject agitated by all 1 concerned until the de ired re- 1 1 forms are accomplished. 1 Parent. ( i Kershaw, S. C. ! A Bad Accident. i * Mr. W. D. Gayle, Daughter 1 and Son Narrowly Escape Serious Injury at Lane's l Creek. < r i Mr W. I) Ciayle, a former ' > citizen of Lancaster, now resid ing at Wingate, N C.t had a 1 '] thrilling experience h:st Saturday 1 > afternoon, while driving through 1 the country to this place. At ' Lane's creek, in IJir.on county, ' N. C , he met some cattle in the 1 rohd, which frightened his hort-e, ' the animal backing and hurling himself and buggy ofT a very high 1 embankment at an iron bridge 1 across the stream. In tin' tall ) the vehicle upset, thro i"u it i 1 occupants, Mr Ga\le, his daugh- < ' t<*r and little son, violentiv to the ravine helow. All parlies were more or less hurt, hat none p > seriously. Tiie North Carolina authorities ( /1 should have railing placed on j each side of-the entha ikment i , I where tin- act ideal o 'carre i. as a11 l protection to the I ravelins pub U lit. i ' r ? -I 1 ?There will he preaching a' 1 Tabernacle next Sunday worninp ! I at 11 o'ch ck, by the IJov I* 14. |' i ingramim. j i ?The riinniH D'-rnwrra'io Clultl | . will meet next Saturday after-1, ( noon a' 1 o'clock. , jN. H. Small. | ... ? A'tentmn :s <!ir.-ete<l t<> nrtw I announcement in to lay's paper i by the Williams-Hughes Co. |1 Earthquake Aftermath. Present Conditions in Sar Francisco and Neighboring Towns?Feeding and Car ing for the Many Thousand; of Sufferers. Condense'! from late Associat srl Pre** despatches from Sni Francisco : Had it not been for the siph jf I lie rude altars set up in tin apen air wherever San Francis lw 1 l-w o inMueifss i imusanns wer< camped, one would have ha< son.e difficulty in finding any o bite peaceful associations ot tin Sabbath in this city today Every whore throughout tin burned as well as the renminbi! section of the citv there w.?s tin greatest activity. Streets wen being cleared ol debris, laborer were repairing water pipes, sew 3rs and gas mains, electrician! averywhere were seeking to un bangle the contusion ot wire?ii fact, San Francisco was in tin first stages ol its regeneration. The Associated Press represen tatives to-day covered the entir area ot the burned section. Th circumlerence of the area of th great conllagration, as near a could be ascertained Kv m^-i. . . ? ?% IJIIv iuai n ing of a cyclometer, is 26 mile ami comprises the entre huisnes ilistriot ai.d a large section of Lh residence district, all of whicl was densely populated. It wa estimated to day bv cmpeten insurance authorities that tin loss will aggregate $300,000,00(1 and on this vast, amount of prop arty the insurance companie carried approximately $175,000, 1)00 insurance. The work ot reliel was siarter tjarly to-day. A big bakery 11 the saved dist rict started its oven and arranged to bake 50,00< loaves of bread bef ?re night rhousands of people were in 1 in< tins ut<>rniug belore the (Jalifor nia street bakery The police and military were present it loroe and each person was allow t-d only one loaf. The common destitution am suffering have wip >d out all so rial, financial and racial disiinc lions. The man who last Tuesda; was a prosperous merchant i Dccupiing with his latni'y a hub plot ot ground that adjoin- tin ripen air home of a laborer. Tin woi e man in Caiilorma lias f ?r rotten III4* anti|)?ibv lo i h * Asia tie r,nv and is ina<inaoinjr friend \\ re'a'ions wiih his new Chiii?s< mul Japanese iv itjhhors. Th< <aCI ty I) i I? who l uosdny nj?lj iv is a hntterflv of fashion at tin uruid opera performance, wa iiss stills Home f u'toiy piii in tm pre pat a io of li11 in tlail; in als. Monothis Ii kI li'tlp value. I lie family vvliiclt ii.ul foresight to lay in tin largest sio. k ot 1c (1 tuffs on tin tirst (lay of the disaster ih rate< liigliest in til? of wealth. From a three atory lodging House ut Fifth and Minna streets winch collapsed Wodnes: ay morning, more than 75 bodies' I n, I were taken out to-da.v lliere are \ 50 other dead bo lie-< in sigh' of r the ruins. This was one of the * first to take fire on Filth street. At least 100 persons were killed 3 in the Cosmop litan, on F<>uith I street. Many persons dropped dead to-day of heat and suffocation. More than 150 persons are reported dead in the Brunswick I Hotel, Seventh and Mission 1 streets. 3 The total number of bodies recovered and buried up to Sunday ? night is 500. No complete record ' can be had at this time as many f bodies have been buried without 3 permits from the coroner, and ' the board of health departments e found not more than twenty " bodies to day. They were buried 0 immediately. It is impossible at 0 the present time to obtain any s sort of death list, or even to make a reliable estimate of tbe 8 number of casualties. Whenever a body is found it is buried im1 mediately without any formality 0 whatever, and as these burials have been made at widely sepa* rated parts of the city by differ e ent bodies of searchers who do e not even make a prompt report e to headquarters, considerable 8 confusion has resulted in estimat ing the number ol casualties and 8 exaggerated reports have re-ult8 ed. e Thousands ol members of fami ' lies are separated and with no ? means of learning one another's t whereabouts. The police today * opened up a bureau ot registra '< tion to bring relatives together. It is impossible to secure a H vehicle except at exhorbitant prices. One merchant engaged a | teamster and horses and wagon, I agreeing to pay $50 an hour. II Charges ol $20 for ferrying p trunks a f<-w blocks was com J inon. lire police and military seize teams wherever they re. p (jiiirethem, their wishes being enforced at revolver point ii the ? ownes proved indisposed to com i plv with the demands. Kieven postal cleiks. all alive, were taken Irom the debris ot ' the no* I office to day. All at first were thought to tie dead, but i' was lound that although they f 1 were buiied in the 31 nne was alive. They had been a j for three days without foo<l or " wa'er All the mail in the post a office was saved. Nineteen persons weie Killed " I iSui Jose l>v the earlhquake (of Wednesday, and the entire * I business quaiter was wrecked. | Tin* damage was $5,000,(h)0 i One hundred and teti persons] !j were kil'e 1 and seventy were in jure I, tn"Stly p i i tits it Aguew's 11iis;iiih A ylum. near San ?'ose. k I The asylum wa- rtiinod. t i K. A. Dobson, of Ker3 nhaw, was in town yesterday. 1 Mrs. L t\ I'ayaeur reiurned Saturday nigi?t from a visit to { li*?r daughter in Columbia, Mrs. i | Puore. News in Kershaw. Miss Daisy Pcarce and Mr. John Bell Towill to be Married Tomorrow?Veterans Off for the Reunioh. Editor News: Spring is uj'oq us in all of its t>rand**ur?the 1 - u>v**'ies? season of the year. H; seems to in I use new l>fe into a* most everything. The mocking birds ure beginning to sing ami their melodious no^es are wafted by the gentle zephyrs into our ears?how sweet!?and the whippout willc?n be heaid < a'e ot evenings as Uncle Sol bids us adieu and hides himself I evoud th* western horizon; gentiy reminding the tiller of the soil that the planting 6eason is at band, and judging front his conspicuous absence upon our stieets, it is presumed be is washing no time.? For the past week or ten day* I the weather has been ideal inI deed lor a'-most anything.' Isn't it about time, Mr. Editor, that the > ffice-seekers were having their friends make fheir an[mnncumnnlo 't Ii i. t. ? 5 it i? i/U ue nopeo that there will be plenty of too'l material to select from. Cards are out announcing the marriage of Mies l)ai>\v Poarce to tlie Hon. John Bell Tov*ill oa 26th instant- Miss Pearce is ? daughter of the late Jesse K. Pearce and is a sister oi Mrs. E. D. Blakeney, wife ol our eflicientMayor. Several of our citizens are contemplating a visit to New Orleans this week, account 011 It union of Coolederate Veterans. Mr J no. W. Truesdel will remain away until some time *11 M iy, as he exp cts *o visit sever;il broilier* ami sisters in Mississrppi before I returning to Kershaw. TATTLER, j Kershaw, S. O. Mr. Paul McCorkle's Left Eye Removed. | Charlotte Observer, of Sunday: j At the Presbyterian Hospital i yesieroay aitcinoon at .'i o'clock, Mr. Paul Mo(.?orkle, of Chester, | S. underwent an operation and had Ins lott eye removed The right eye had l?eon removed some time last year. This, o* course, le tvo-< Mr. McCorklo totally blind. It will be recalled 'that Mr.. Met tor hie wo-, in an un | fortunate accident, with hi* I horse and hugg>, a'-d was at niotfi killed. Kx opting the lop* of hieyes Mr. .Ve-'o.'kle now I seem* to he sound in mind an J j body. Ills friends here are glad that it i- no worse. Dr. K. K. Russell preformed ! t,be operation veRterdiiy. l'he I patient sf it well and >vilk I goon l>" on! 'e:ain. Mrs. Mcf orklo onrifl liore to be with her himhand. ?The C?u*adere, w' o have pitched 'heir tents in ti e Oatho| lie grove, ?? provtou ly noted, j will begin their revival meeting [May 4th.