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r "our sc I PAPER |J BY PROP. WILl Inadequate Supervision?In South Carolina there are three units of school administration?the 8tat*, the county, and the school district. "An educational system is a great business." In every organized business there must be machinery; that machinery must be repaired, adjusted, and articulated; and some competent person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor must be a capable man, an experienced man, and a courageous man. He must be'reasonably well paid, definitely responsible to somebody, and reasonably secure in his positon as long as he is efficient. What of the supervision of our educational sys tem? What do we sxpect, and what hare we a right to expect. What does the fundamental law of the State require In the offlc3 of the State superintendent? Does it require that he shall be an educated man, or a man of experience in echool afTalrs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teachers, or a man himself qualified to teach? He is expected to direct the educational policy of a State, and to maintain a system of schools for over three hundred thousand children. What salary is fffered to a man big enough to fill this position? Nineteen hundred dollars a year. Now does this rank with the salary offered a man big enough to run one cotton mill? How does he - - * V ? * get the position, ana an wnax uuco the security of it depend? What Is likely to be his reward for any display of courage in his office? Every second year he is compelled to neglect the duties of his office feat least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars, to get the opportunity to speak ten minutes in each county telling the dear (indifferent) people that he shouM be re-elected. Under our present system of electing the State superintendent, and with two-year tenure of office, the entire educational policy of the State may be reversed inside one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier pertinently says, "In late years the people have shown a growing Improvement in their estimate of the place of superintendent of education, choosing as a rule trained teachers for it, . . v..* nasurance so long (JUL IUCIO to uv as the office Is filled by popular vote that Incapable men will not be Ingratiating manner, or a rewa-d Ingratiating manner, or a a rewarl for political service. . . The superintendent of education shouli be appointed by the governor or by a commission, after investigation, and the salary should be sufficient to command the services of experts, and at the same time remove them from temptation." A succession of able State superintendents could not build and mai 1tain a system of high schools, unless the county supervisors be good. The wisest policies of a State superintendent would avail but little, unless the county supelrntendents were ' OTlOll^h able, wining, auu wuia6^w?0 . to carry theee policies to success In the matter of administration the county superintendency Is tho key to the situation. What do we require of the county superintendent, what do we expect, what do we get, and?what do we give? Do we require that the county superintendent shall be an expert or experienced educator? Is he required to have any knowledge of schools or of teaching? Is there anything to prohibit an illiterate from holding that office? He is not required to be competent to teach, although by law he is required to give his teachers instruction in the art and methods of teaching. Does the county demand that its superintendent be at feast the equal of the superintendent in the oourt house town? Te be perfectly plain and honest, have we not ' " OP tpfl r .3 had men eiecieu aim ?^ ?? the office of county superintendenr, to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position In the best schools of their counties? Many of them would not NEGROES TERROR STRICKEN. Georgia Night Riders Born Churches and School Houses. A dispatch from Albany, Ga., saya there Is a reign of terror among the ?tnhahit-ants of a considerable LiCfel \J __ ... portion of Calhoun, Baker and Miller counties, as the result of a raid by night riders Saturday night, the trail of the outlaws being marked by the blackened ruins of 13 negro churcheo and schoolhouses. The following buildings were destroyed: Mt. Zlon church and school house, Pleasant church and school house, Christ church and school house, Little Zion church and 6Chool house, Belmont church, Mt. Aetna church and school house; New Salem church and school house. The night riders first made their - appearance at a point three miles east of Kesler, where the first church was fired. They galloped away towards the east and before the glare of the first fire had reached Its height another was being kindled a few miles away. Fire followed fire and the destruction of every building to which the torch was applied was complete. Hundreds of negroes went to their church Sunday to attend them, only to find heaps of ashes where their meeting house bad stood. j Many of the best members of the J negro race in the three counties named belonged to the congregations of eome of the hundred churches. This Is the same community where a few months ago a number of negro lodge rooms wer? dynamited and where several lynchings occurred, the last having taken place only a few weeks ago. mmmm IHOOLS. J NO. 4. | HAM H. HAND. essay to teach in the heBt schools of their counties. They understand full well that the public does nol expect such fitness of them. Thai is our fault, not theirs. The public mind does not think of a countj superintendent as a man of educa tlon, experience, ta.ct, and leadership in school matters. It think! of him as a man who listens tc neighborhood quarrels about districi lines, and about the appointment ant. removal of trustees, and who Gits It his office one day In the week t' sign teachers' pay warrants. In speaking thus of incompeteni county superintendents, I have nc intention whatever of being personal I am happy to count my best friend! in the State many of the countj superintendents. Many of them arc competent and efficient men, 6acr' flcing themselves on the altar of ai unappreciative public, for their re ward is contemptible. We ask forty two qualified men to direct ovoi 6,200 teachers, to act as guardian for 314,000 children, and to keo; and to disburse nearly a million anc a half dollars; we offer them a* average salary of $684, an insult t; an official man! Th? city of Green ville has conceived itself that it ii economy to pay its superintende i $1,800 a year to suprvlse the worl of 44 teachers; while GreenvilK county pays its superintendent $70'. to supervise 275 teachers. Sumtej pays its city uperintendent $2,400 i year to direct 36 teachers; Sumtei county offers its superintendent $90' to direct about 150 teachers. It i: a source of wonde rhow we hav< as many efficient oounty superinten dents as we have. All honor to th< competent man patriotic enough ti 6erve his county on a contemptabK salary! But shame upon a peopli who compel patriotism to crawl ir the duet! I know that we have some peopl' who claim that our schools an already too much supervised. Tha depends entirely upon what is mean by supervision. If it means thconstant meddling in petty details or the jealous interference witl teachers in matters concernini only themslves, or the Insistency upon teachers becominj cheap Imitators of a fad fiend superintendent, then perhap: we have too much. But if super vision means the readiness and abU ity to assist the teacher, the powe to inspire her, the tact to prum and refine and strengthen her, am the manhood to sustain her (and I usually does), then I dissent vo hemently. All over the State wi have young men and women wh< as teachers ought to succeed, bu who are falling because they havi no one to advise them and to sup port them in the crucial moment of trial. This is especially true ii the rural and village schools. Is i any wonder that the young teacher flock to the towns? * ??V A?lr, tnnef VlDVA hp! 1 lie rurai buuuuo luuuv. ter supervisions. Nearly seventy pe cent of the white school childrai of this State are in the rural school-3 They are entitled to as good and a I close supervision as are any othe j children. Proper supervision cai not be given as long as we multipl; the one-teacher schools with flftee' ! pupils each, and permit the popula election of supervisors at a salar; I of $684. On a salary of $684, wh? can a county superintendent do to ward the real supervision of 15i teachers scattered all over a countin perhaps 100 school houses? Require that the county superiu w ? j?* on ovnorf Pdnnator. le | leiiutrut uo ou - . him be appointed by a board an< responsible to that board, keep hln in office as long as he Is efficient, an! pay him an expert's salary. We sha: find the men prepared to do th< work. Then we shall stop fritterinj away the school fund, increase th> fund, and we shall get results Sooner or later our people are goinj to come to look at this matter some what as did Hon. John J. McMahai in his report for 1900. WILLIAM H. HAND. University of South Carolina. ' TRIED TO BRIBE HIM. Ex-Senator Pcttigrew Tells Bryan o Attempt Mode in 1904. While traveling with W. J. Brya* from Sioux Falls to Mitchell, formei Senator Pettigrew publicly announc ed that four years ago he bad beei approached by the Republican nat ional committee, through a formei United State Senator, with an offei of $10,000 if he would deliver ter speeches at such places as the com mittee would dictate in support o the candidacy of Thomas Watson, o Georgia, the People's party candidate for President. Senator Pettigrev declared that he declined the offei and conducted an investigation wltt the result that he satisfied himseli that the Republican party flnancec In a large measure Watson's cam paign. GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOODS. Heavy Loss of Life and Property it East India. A Bombay dispatch says thousand* of native houses were washed awaj and heavy loss of life occurred tr the Hyderabad and Deccan district as the result of floods which followed unprecedented rains. The river Musi rose sixty feet All the bridges were carried away. | The country was devastated for many miles. Corpses were strewn every waere, scores of bodies being found in trees whore they were lodged by the swollen waters. The native hospital at Hyderabad was undermined by the waters and collapsed and all the inmate# wert buried in the wreckage. i shows up teddy; i 1 i \ Bryan Willing to Leave the issue \ \ : 3 to the People. J i : QUOTES THE RECORD | a t Influence of Trusts and Other Man- ? a aged Interests Not a Personal 3 Question?His Enforcement of the ) t Law Would Not Bo Spasmodic and | Diicriminatory. > Replying to President Roosevelt's most recent statement, W. J. Bryan, j in a letter addressed to the President, which was given out last night at Rock Island, 111., points to hlfl record and declares that it is sufficient answer to the Insinuations of the Chief Executive that he Is in connection with or controlled by the trusts. Reverting to the charges against Governor Haskell, Mr. Bryan say: that the President, in response to t his request, did not begin to suggest 1 a tribunal which could determine i those charges, but Instead proceeded > to pass judgment upon him and - Informs the President that the oc5 cupant of that high office can not dei ny to the humblest citizen the righ: r tr\ np/ito nt hie rpniitntlnri ami vinrti. i cate his name in the courts. i ) "I am willing," says Mr. Bryan, ] r "that all your charges against me ' i shall be submitted to the voters of < r the county and with your charges I i j submit denial of any knowledge o: 1 s Information that could, in the re- i ; motest way, connect me with any | - trust, monopoly or law-breaking cor- : i poration. My record is sufficient j > answer to your insinuation. I have i 1 lived in vain, if your accusations i 2 have lost me a single friend. I 1 challenged you to name a trust of- ] flclal who is supporting me, and after 1 searching the country, you produce i 5 the name of one man, not a trust. < t Without inquiring whether he votes < t for me because of his fear of busi ? ness adversity under Mr. Taft, you j . accept his statement that he will < i vote for me as conclusive proof that j ? I am in league with the trusts, al- i - though you admit that trust officials ] I are supporting the Republican ticket. - You compliment me when you meas- i ? ure me by higher standards than - you do your political associates, for - you insist that Mr. Rofckefeller's >' contribution to Governor Hughes' ] - campaign fund was no reflection 1 upon him and I take it for granted * that you do not criticise Judge Taft'6 " recommendation of a Standard O'.l , attorney to the Federal bench, a 1 place where the judge might have ! 1 to pass upon the charges against e *he very trust for which he had been " in attorney. While the trust at- | " torney to whom you refer is not a a 1 official of a trust, I will warn hlra * and through him his clients that if 5 I am elected I will not only vigorously enforce against all offenders * the law6 which we hope to have 1 enacted in compliance with the Dem1 ocratic platform, but that I will also ' vigorously enforce existing laws 5 against any and all who violate r them, and that I will enforce them, 1 nnt sDasmodically and intermittently, ! but persistently and consistently: 1 they will not be suspended even for the protection of cabinet officers. ^ "You say' the attitude of many c men of large financial interests' war- 1 " rant6 you 'in expressing the belief J that those trust magnates whose , ' fear of being prosecuted under the law by Mr. Taft is greater than their " fear of general business adversity.' .l under me will support me rather than Mr. Taft. You have attemp'ed j to word that statement in such a way as to claim the support of all the trust magnates, and yet put it cm 13 !Le ground :nat thf-y aro supporting \ your party for patriotic reasons u rather than for the pomotion of a "" " '-1 4 T"V.nf lo Incpniniis. 1 T seirnsn mieresi. xuai. ' but It Is not sound. The trust mag, :nte are supporting the Republican ' party and the Bible offers an explanation, 'the ox knoweth his owner 1 , and the ass his master's crib You i ? adralt that you gave permission to the Steel Trust to absorb a riva? 1 and thus Increase Its control of the ; output of steel and Iron products. ' I will leave the American people ty i pass judgment upon that act and i compare your position on the trust I i question with mine. 1 r "But your letter presents a de- ' fence of your party's position and an i j accusation against the oters which 1 emphasizes an issue already promflrfit fOIlSDlC P inent . iuu aic tuw ?? ? ? -?* r uous member of your party to atj tempt an explanation of the party's ^ opposition to publicity, before thr> f election, and the admission which f you make will embarrass your party s associates. Your position is that . ,'he publication before election of ' the contributions made to your cam- j j paign fund would furnish your politf ical opponents an opportunity 'to j give a false impression' as to the fitness of the candidates. You cite as illustrations the contributions made to Governor Hughes' campaign *und, the contribution collected by . Mr. Harriman and the contributions which are now being collected for Mr. Taft's campaign fund. You charge in effect that the people are so lacking in confidence that they * > might condemn as improper contributions which, you declare to bo 1 proper. If the voters differ from you ! on this question, are they necessarily ignorant and wrong? Must the T members of the party organization act as self-appointed guardian of thu people and conceal from the mwhat is going on lest me people be mis- t led as to puropse and effect of r - 1 -J1? o t & f ! ?}. von r i large coairiuuuuus; m ima t explanation of the action of the i?.e- e publican leaders in the national con- ( i ventlon In voting down a publicity ] I plank? If you will pardon the sug- P ? gestion I believe that a better ex- c planation can be found in Holy \ Vrlt, for do we not read of men oving darkness rather than light, >ecause their deeds are evil? "I do not mean to say that Mr. lughes was influenced by the con- j ributions made to him. by the truet agnates whose name's were given C n the after-election report. I do lot mean to say that you were in'luenced by the contributions col- j ected by Mr. Harriman, neither do mean to say that Mr. Taft will be nfluenced by the contributions that W~ ^ in Y>\o f ^ Kv 11,?*. lie? UC1 llg, lliauc LU Uio 1UUU UJ vnv rust magnates; but I do mean to iay that the American people havo i right to know what contributions ire being made; that they may judg'i r 'or themselves the motive of the jivers and the obligation impose 1 lpou those who receive. The reflec- 1 ion upon the people involved in ? ('our charge that they would misuse ' ho knowledge which publicity would 1 jive is unworthy of one who haa } jeen elevated to so high an office * jy the votes of the people, and I ven- y ;ure the assertion that you can not procure from Taft an endorsement ( >f your defence. He is now before * he people; he is offering himself as 1 i candidate for the Presidency; h^ * iare not tell the people to whom le 1 appeals that they have not sen-io * mough to form a just and correct 1 opinion as to the purpose which * eads parties interested in special leg- ' slation to make big contributions. STou fear that we would misrepre- 1 ;ent the motives of those who are contributing to the Republican cam- 1 paign fund, and cast an unjust bus- ' aiclons upon Republican candidates f the nameB and amounts were ! known before the election. Your ' argument, if sound, would prevent 1 publication after tne eiceuon, ror why should an unjust suspicion be ! :aBt upon officials after the election 1 iny more than before? Does not 1 the secrecy before the election in- 1 urease this suspicion? We are goin<{ 1 :o give you an opportunity to misrepresent the motivos of those who 1 jive to our campaign fund, and to 1 arouse all the suspicion you can; wt 1 ire going to prove to the people that we are making a fight for the whole people and not for those who have been enjoying privileges and favors it the hands of the government, and we expect that the honest sentiment 5f the country will rebuke the party whose convention refused to endorse iny kind of publicity and whose can- ' didates are not willing that the peo- 1 pie should know until after the polls ' are closed what predatory interests 1 have been active in support of the Republican party. With great re- ( spect, etc., yours truly CALLED OFF MEETING. Xegroes of Maryland Town Had Things Fixed to Knife Taft. There was to have been a meeting of the colored Republican club at Brentwood, Md., a suburb of Washington, on Wednesday nighr, but the meeting was not called to order. It became known next day that the reason that no meeting was had was that the president of the club refused to call it to order,- because he knew that if the meeting was had, the president of the United States would be severely arraigned by resolution, and Bryan would be endorsed. It was the Intention of a majority of the members to pass Buch a .resolution, and the ciiairman did not want it. The meeting had been called as a Taft and Sherman rally. When the chairman found that a large number of members had signed an agreement to support a resolution condemning the president for his activity In the campaign and advising the negroes of the State to vote for Bryan and Kern, he announced* that the meeting ha 1 been postponed. SHOT DOWN AT CHURCH. Drunken Men Use Pistols as Services Are Ended. One of the bloodiest affairs in th*j history of East Tennessee occurred north of Anthras postoffice Sunday. The scene was the Baptist church, within fifty yards of which a "blind tiger" has been operated for months. Services had closed and nearly all the congregation had emerged from the church when a" crowd of drunken men who had visited the "blind tiger" began ftring into the worshlpnerH with Distols. ;un fired at snort range peueua>.;d the abdomen, tearing the inteaines iuto fragments. Some of the 1 leighbors got to the scene of th=: I tilling in time to see the mnrder -r ( leeing across a cotton field. This 1 he second murder he has commit- i ed in this community, and the n<> ( ;roes are greatly excited over tilt- 1 iffair. t COTTON CHOP VERY SHORT. t t 1 The Georgia Output 800,000 Bales Under Last Year. I "The cotton crop Is Georgia wul a ie the shortest in years," said Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson r,f l Atlanta Tuesday. "A conser\*ati"p $ istimate of the total yield is 1,300,- g )00 bales, against 2,000,000 bales a ast year." According to Commis- \ loner Hudson's statement the de- t lease for the year will be 800,oon t >ales, v SIZING UP TEDDY tOOSEVELT A SHAMEFUL DEMA? A JOGUE SAYS CHANCELLOR DAY. lockefeller's Champion Says Iki* j) generacy is Made Contemptible By Revelation of Glaring Incon* sistency of Chief Booster. That the Standard Oil Company n emaing under the venomous' hatred n >f President Roosevelt, for reasons c jest known on the Inside, while tho t iteel corporation, the greatest tru<t t n America, receives his approbation -j md consent to Increase its holdings, c vas the atatement of Chancellor y Tames Roscoe Day, of Syracuse Unl- c rersity. The chancellor charges that noc >nly did Roosevelt, when a candidate 'or president four years ago, hobnob c with trust magnates and urge them t o secure money to elect him, but j ;hat after his election he appointed j :o a position in his cabinet a man j who held at the time a retaining fee from a large corporation, that man v oeing still a member of the cabinet. t The interview follows: "The ^ :hing6 that I predicted more than two years aeo. and that are on record, have come true, and other sequences ire hurrying to their conclusion "Never has this country known 3uch a condition politically. Never has it seen its president descend to 3uch a shameful degeneracy of demagogy. Most of its high moralities Car above trusts, which it considers the sum of all villiany, are made contemptible by revelations of the glaring inconsistency of the chief booster. "For Senator Foraker to procure a loan for political friends who wish to purchase a paper fo rcontesting the election shocks Mr. Roosevelt. But the president waB very 'practical' when he wanted $260,000 to put u where It oould do most good when his election wag' Involved. What was such a great sum to be used for? "It is a sign of political corruption for Senator Foraker to have correspondence with an officer of the Standard Oil Company, but only the direction and privilege of Mr. Roosevelt to call to Washington a 'practical' man, the head of the greatest railway corporation in the land, to confer with him before he announced his 'policies' to congress. John Bennett, J. W. McKlnney and Edward Thomas were shot down at the church door and died almost instantly. The preacher was mortally wounded. Another worshiper was also shot down in front of the church, but Is not dangerously wounded. KILLED HIS WIFE. It Williston and Then Made Good His Escapc. A special dispatch to Augusta Chronicle from Williston says Mon- : lay night about 10 o'clock a negro iy the name of Andrew Washington, iving right in the village, shot and dlled his wife. The load from a j "The Standard un remains unam Mr. Roosevelt's venomous hatred for 1 reasons well-known on the inside, but the greatest trust In America re- 1 celves his approbation and consent to 1 Increase Its holdngs. ' "A representative of predatory 1 wealth is intimate counsel and in co-operation with Mr. Hitchcock until 1 discovery becomes inevitable. Then 1 he is forced to resign, not becausc 1 of the sin, but the sure discovery of ' it by political enemies. 1 "The glass houses seem to bj cracking with ominous sound . The Foraker-Archbold incident is shocking to hypocrites But honest and 1 thoughtful men who are not hiding facts to promote a cause, rememher the conditions of brigandage in the legislature when every State' held up' industrial and transit corporations, and demanded their money or their 1 lives. "Fortunately the culmination from the White House carry no conviction 1 So prejudiced, unfair and untrue aro they. They are humiliating, not because they are from Mr. Roosovelt, but because they are fomr the president. The office is disgraced. The people are covered with shame. "The little postmasters are removed for engaging In polities. The most of the business of the presidential office is devoted to a political campaign. Cabinets are called, interviews are furnished, telephone and telegraph wires are kept hot, the clerical force is worked far into thn night?if the newspaper special cor- 1 respondents are to be believed?and ' our square deal president la chafing 1 at the bit to go on the platform. "I know that no corporation resist ed this mulcting more successfully ' than Standard Oil. 1 "Charges against Mr. Foraker for 1 practicing as an attorney when in office is absurd The very salary paid a senator proves that the copntry expects him to employ his Bpare time in some legitimate business. "The eye of the American people are opened wide. They are not all deceived. What they need Is to ererclee themselvee in the Judicial temerament. They are too easy stampeded by the frenzy of the mad reformer. "The American citizen eanHot return too soon to Constitutional government and the re-inforcement of business with his confidence." * A DARING ROBBER V. Knocks Down a Man and Locks ? ? 1' 1* J11I11 ill t nuu. Concealing himself in the vault of the office of W. D. Allen Manufacturing Company, Chicago, a thief Wednesday stole $500 after commit:ing a murderous assault on Henry 3ibbs, the superintendent. The robber struck Gibbs on the head with i revolver when he opened the door >f the vault to get the money which vas part of the payroll. Thrusting the superintendent Into he vault and making him a priso. ? i I ~ "nmMnoUnn 1- n / , K I ler D>' lurmug HIC I.U1U UIUUUUU ftl.UU he robber leaped toward the door The way was blocked by the comlany's stenographer and bookkeeper. 'If you raise a hand to stop mo '11 kill you both," the thief said j is ho leveled the revolver. Springing over the railing the robier, who was masked, reached the [oor before Miss Walter or Galla;bers could attract the attention of . large force of employes who were vithin hearing distance. He ran o a nearby street, where It 1b hought a horse and buggy wer?> waiting for bina. BLIND STAGGERS In \f XWM TT? APPRAfiAVrjtl V4JJA' ??/ ???' ^ V>? IN TfflS STATE. UE eni 3,1 SC< >r. Powers, State Veterinarian, Gives Some Advice as to Curing Animals de du Affected With the Disease. th: Kn The fatal disease of horses com- ? to: lonly called "staggers" has again ?t.j lade it appearance In this State, fu ases being reported In Barnwell and po lampton counties. No cases havo ta leen reported In Greenville county. 0 'his disease has appeared sporadially in South Carolina for many ^ ears, but no serious outbreak oc- aj, urred until the epidemic of 1901 f0 aid 1902. During the fall of 1901 a few de ases were reported in Lancaster Qj ounty, and in January 1902, it again irobe out in Orangeburg county. 1. !*, ~ ?<* ./uiiug tuc lununiug dia uiuuuin osaes were reported In Anderson, ^ ^ckens, Oconee, Spartanburg, Che> >kee, Greenwood, Orangeburg, Barn- ar fell and Barkeley counties. At that ga Ime it was estimated that the losses luring this short period greatly ex- , leeded $10,000. - UJ After this severe outbreak, no re :ases were reported until 1906, . vhen the disease was again reported n Hampton, Marlon, York, Pickens e?c ind Oconee counties. Outbreaks of he disease were also reported In ?f Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, 0 Georgia, Louisiana and Kansas du1ng the same seasons. Leuco EucepballtiB Is the proper lame for this disease, although it Is U1 ilso called Cebro Spinal Meningitis n many localities. The exact cause s as yet unknown, despite the lnvesigations of many prominent sclent- R sts. It has been attributed to mlcro)rganisms, poisonous plants, impure (rater, mouldy feed, etc, One investigator has produced these syrup:oms by feeding damaged grain con- c< *? * vj.\. n -alnlng a fungus, ine spores 01 wuicu ? snter the circulation and set up T inflammation and often absessea of n he brain. h State Veterinarian Powers of f< Slemson, in talking of the disease, P said: ~ "Mules are seldom attacked; In fact, I have never seen one so af- ^ fecfcecK although some cases have been reported. In all cases Inves tigated by me, I have found lesions if the brain. In many instances there has been softening and degeneration of large areas of the brain tissues, while in others there has seen severe congestion of the blood ressels and meninges of the brain. f "The symptoms are similar m those observed in nearly all other m forms of so-called staggers, viz: dullness, delirium, in-co-ordination, etc. Death usually occurs within one or Lwo days, and the few animals that recover are of little value, owing to the changes in the nervous system "Every effort should be made to check the spread of the disease. Upon its appearance, all other horses should be removed from the stable, _ and the entire stable should be S thoroughly cleaned, disinfected ar.d abandoned for two or three month3. Complete change of water and fee'! Is of the utmost importance, since many authorities believe that diseased hay or grain or impvjre wat?>r Is the cause of tnis disease. In past " outbreaks we have notlceu mat no new cases developed after thw? pr-> cautions were observed. "Medical treatment i? most unsatisfactory, as animals die so suddenly after the symptoms develou Upon appearance of the first symptoms, severe purgatives should \ immediately given. 1 oz. of Aloes with 2 drams Ext. of Belladonna being very satisfactory for this pui pose. The administration of drugs is often impossible, owing to the delirum of the horse, but purgativ .! can be given hypodermicaiiy. whenever a competent Veterinarian car. be procured, he should be called immediately, as treatment is very un satisfactory ana pracucany uwic > after the symptoms are well devel- ? aped. F "If the animal can be handled, the following drench may prove of some valuer ? Fowler's Sol. Arsenic. V Phenacetln, 2 drams. Strychnin Soluh, 1-2 grain. WHOLES; Rlumblrxfit Sup Machinery Sup C .. C ( vjuuinnnni uimics * COLUMB SEND US YOUR M Gibbes "Port; TjJ A money-makorIndeed. C It S Write. Gibbes Ma I'lnfni ?$50 Sellers of "Glbb* \J\J\jKA, chinery," BOX 1300, CO 'he American AJl-Wrought THa IJfi Split Steel Pnlleys. ^ * * in the mark STANDARD DESIGN* COLU < HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE the Coal Mine* of tb? United States. Accidents in coal mines of the ilted States during the last caldar year resulted In the death ot 125 men and injury to 5,316 mor*. cording to statistics just made blic by the geological survey. The ath record among the coal miners ring the year was greater by 1,033 an In'1906, and this Is said to ve been the worst year In the hisry of the coal mining Industry. .. le figures do not represent the 11 extent of the disasters, aa re? rts were not received from cerin States havt.i^ no mine inspocrs. West Virginia reported tho heavit death rata la 1907?12.35 per ousand employees and this Stato so showed the lowest production r each life lost?65,969 cons. New exico stood next on the list with a ath rate of 11.45 and a production 77,322 tons for each life lost, iabama was third with a death rate 7.2 per thousand and a production 92,533 tons for each life lost issouri had the lowest death rate, >ading the roll of honor with .98 id 499,742 tons of coal mined for ich life lost . Statistics do not war out tno popar Idea that most mine disasters eult from explosions. Of * total jmber reported during the last year 17 deaths and 843 Injuries result1 from gas and dust explosions, and 01 deaths and 46 Injuries 'were lused by powder explosions. The lief cause of death among the mln-s, the report explains, was due to te falling of mine roofs and coal, jch disasters caused 1,122 deatha xd 2,141 Injuries. ANOTHER ONE CAUGHT, epnblicon Leader Admits His Con* nectlon With Trusts. Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, Who i the absence of Chairman Hitch3ck, is In charge of Republican atlonal headquarters at Chicago, uesday gave out a statement adiltting that the law firm of which e is a member la acting In a pro* clonal capacity for the Water?ieree Oil Company. Aquae, 4 oz Sig: Give this drench three times ally. The bodies of all affected animals hould be opened and the organs, specially the brain, carefully exmined The appearance of this dlsase, together with report of th? ost mortem examination, should be arwarded to this office. All posible advice and assistance will be urnished to assist In control of this utbreak. * CLASSIFIED COLUMN rAXTJSD^^ 1 AND BURLAP; any kind, any quantity, anywhere. We pay freight. Richmond Bag Company, Richmond, Va. , CHOOL TRUSTEES?Wishing com petent teachers, should write to Sheridan's Teachers' Agency, Greenwood, 9. C. No charges. Endorsed by State and county superintendents. State salary, length of term, board, etc. TEACHERS?TRUSTEES. Ve secure schools for teachers an4 have many excellent vacancies. We recommend teachers to trustees and sell school furniture of all kinds. Write. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia, S. C. WANTED?By the American Cotton and Business University of Milledgeville, Georgia, Students to take one or more of our courses in cotton grading, buying and selling. Business course of Book? * * m .Jildfl keeping, snortnana, ijpe wnuufi r or Telegraphy ana Railroad coarse. Positions guaranteed under reasonable condtllons. Write at once for our consolidated Catalog. Largest College South. OR SALE?Common building brick, red color, - Immediate delivery. Price upon application. Camd^ Press Brick Co., Camden, S. C. FANTEI>?Pine logs bought for cash. For particulars address Press Lumber Co., Samter, S. C.. ALE A >pllea mJSM >plles Supply Company ia. s c. [AIL ORDERS. ihloMShlngI* Mill. j^0Xt Latest Model. A . "TRIUMFH"e?m- TTT - ksssdwHUdV^ Week Carriage. Solid k Steel Track. ?Smoothest Action. 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