Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, December 27, 1922, Image 2

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ELLISON CAPERS MAKES REPORT On Public Institutions In Oconeo Chain Gang, Poor House, Jail. The following,reports to tho State Board of Public Welfaro bavo boen recolvod by Tho Courier, hoing dupli cates of tho reports bled by tb,e as sistant secretary with tho State au thorities in welfare work: Tile OConce County Chain Gang is now being discontinued for lack of funds. (The examination was made about tho time this stop was being considered in tho fuco of no funds, but this has since been rondered un necessary by supplying funds to en able continuance of operations until ibo brat of the year 102:3.) Tho equipment is nhovc tho average In South Carolina, and is well cared for hy \V. C. Kelley, foreman, and his helpers. Tho camp shows some improve ment, over last year, the preparation of tho food and tho attitude of the foreman being commendahle. The kitchen needs screening. Tho camp should bo located nearor tho water supply. Chain ("aug Score Card. Poss!- Ac blo. tua!. 25 21 105 81 50 48 15 15 5 5 65 3:1 3 0 2 5 70 62 60 30 5 0 50 25 5 10 S 10 9 80 64 1 5 1 5 10 10 5 5 30 25 5 0 -i I 3 0 6 .10 6 7 5 G 5 150 123 2 5 1 3 Total score. 1000 759 Ocouco County Almshouse. 1'nder tho supervision of W. R. Cobb the Oconeo county almshouse Inmates and property aro well eared for. A good winter garden and a good herd of milk cows insures a ra tion for tho inmates, varied and suf ficient. Tho attitude of the Supervi sor and tho superintendent toward tho inmates ls commendable. Some repair work is needed on the cot tages, barns and fences. Almshouse Score Card. Possl- Ac blo. tual. Suitable location. 25 20 Adcq. Supt.'s quarters. . 25 25 Eire hazard. 50 19 Sunlight, ventilation ... 50 28 Housing facili ties .... VS S i 00 Sa ?In rj fiicillt jos . 25 y !!.,.'.;!?. of inmates .... 75 73 Inmates' quieter's . . t'PO 07 Food ri lui food Ut g . . .' ?j O.*. (iccupiMlop, recreation j., 3,0 15 Special care ot sick .... 40 30 Records. 20 20 Disposal of refuse .. .. 30 15 General conditions .... 80 27 Equipment ?fe supplies.. SO 63 Repairs. 10 30 Administration and staff 80 :>0 Medical .service.40 15 General supervision ... 10 10 Total almshouse score. . 1000 727 Oconeo County Jail. Practically tho same unsatisfac tory conditions are found at Oconee county jail this year as they wero last year. This jail is far from what lt should bo. Tho Sheriff (W. M. Al exander) says ho has asked for re pairs and equipment, but is not given any assistance, and he doesn't know what to do. However that may ho, he does not. use advantageously or pro tect that equipment which he has; the jail runs Itself on tho Inside; there is no "boss." Tho whites and blacks aro allowed to run together contrary to law; a kangaroo court exists, which is against tho law; most of tho bedding was found to be in a filthy condition nnd giving off bad odors; and two prisoners, one white and ono negro, with venereal dis eases wen? living with tho other pris oners when n vacant, room was avail able for their isolation. A number of pr ison (>rs had no hunks or cols and had to sleep on tho floor. Aboul nf tien of these prisoners wine walting to he taken to the chain gang or penitentiary. When they de part, a good opportunity will present Itself for the sheriff to . clean up" tho Jail If ho will. Tho food is fair, hut should be hei fer at 75c. per day. Oconeo Jail Score Card. l'ossi- Ac hie, tnal. Separate and adequate Jailers' quarters .... 10 S Security of jail. 1 'i 1 Ciro hazard. 50 35 Ventilation. 50 30 Facilities for classifica tion . 100 6 0 Sanitary facilities .. .. ILM) 66 Coll facilities & type.. GO 15 Jailer's miscellaneous du ties . 15 15 Records of prisoners . . . :i0 2 2 Condition in prisoners' (| natters. 100 4 9 P 1 ii II t and equipment ready for use. 10 10 Full uso of classification facilities. 3 0 0 Personal hygiene of pris oners . fi 0 2 0 Xo fees given. 10 0 Prisoner's' food & feeding CO 50 Discipline & occupation of prisoners. 25 10 Jail equipment and re pair . HO 6:5 Medien] service, for pris oners . 10 40 Sufficient staff. 10 8 Adequate salary for staff 10 . 9 Complete Jail score . .1 000 514 Ellison Capers, Assistant Secrotary, Guards' quarters. Convicts' quarters .. Kitchen. Storeroom. Sheltering of ?stock .... Medical attention. Record of convicts . . Convicts' food & feeding Classification. in p. c. off good conduct Miscellaneous. Camp ?rounds. Guards' quarters. Convicts' quarters . . Kitchen & equipment... Storeroom. Stock . Wnter supply. Sewerage disposal . . Disposal of manure .... Disposal kitchen refuse . Personal hygiene. Discipline. Records . COMMENTS ON THE SCHOOIJ DAY. ? 1 * i Supt. Hand Makes Comparisons Ho> tween Oity and Rural Seliools. (Columbia Slate.) Superintendent W. H. Hand, of tbo Columbia city schools, in a. discus-! sion of "The Longer School Day," lias tho following to say: Ono, Aesop, tolls us of a cortain , fox that gravoly advised all of his friends in convention to have their I tails cut off because of tho alleged in-? convettienco and danger which said tails entailed upon their possessors. Somewhat likewise city folk and oity teachers aro givon to commiserating and patronizing the rural schools. Now the rural schools need a great deal of attention and improvement, but there aro rural schools and rural schools. Many of thom have good school houses, good teachers and rea sonably long terms. In rural schools of this class aro to be found somo of the best prepared pupils in the land. They know much from studying books and they know much from tho Studying of things around them, and ono of the agencies which have con tributed to their advancement has been thoir school day of scnsiblo length-not from sun to sun, but from $.30 in the morning to 3.30 Itt tho afternoon. In these schools tho supervision of tho children's study has not been ideal, but there were sot apart regular periods for study under tho oyo and direction of the teacher. The children of these schools Carry their lunches and oat them, though not warm, at a sensible hour in the day. Then, during the longer recess periods, the teachers are tho companions of the children to a de gree rarely reached by the city teach ers with city children. Does Its Work Deliberately. After all, is it not possible for our highly organized city schools to i~arn something from the better rural schools? Tho rural school opens Its daily session early, runs through Its schedule deliberately, intersperses recitations with study and relaxation, provides a time for a needed lunch, does Its school work chlofly at school and ls through. In contrast, the city school opens its daily session late, runs through Its dally schedule like an express train, almost every minute of the teacher's time is assigned to recitations, the teacher and her pu pils meet only In the classroom, the school closes early and-the children go home to be taught by their moth ers, because the teacher has had lit tle or no timo to give assistance where it wns needed and when it was needed. The close of the school day finds the teacher moro or less fa tigued, she carries home with her an armful of written exorcises, many of which should never have been writ ten; sho is hungry and oppressed. Ravenously or languidly she eats af ter her fast, then she sits down to read and correct that armful of ex ercises. It ls such moments thai she fpeis thst her work herd and thal j abo ls underpaid. { HOW ii lt VVltb her pupils? Ai tllO close ot the school day they snatch \ ap a few books, nish home as hungry i young bears ?i gulp down their lund, rush out to play or to the mov ies or for a Joy ride, stay out until darr or later, rush in to eat again, sit down in the noise and confusion of tho family fireside to go through tho form of studying for a period, then fall asleep with lessons un learned. Day after day this routine is gone through in tho name of edu cation and being educated. What a ludicrous performance! Any busi ness enterprise or industrial plant that would undertake to run on such a schedule would bo in the hands of a receiver ia short order, and Its managers would be objects of ridi culo. In tho Industrial world wo h.'ivo left behind us the twelve-hour work day and ten-hour day, and many of us are trying lo reduce tho eight hour work day. All this is in the world of machinery in which ono ma chine does tho work of ten men, L'O men, BO men. in tho Intellectual world things aro a little different. There is yet no patent process where by a group of children may be edu cated by al tending school a few hours a day. five days a week, .''>(> weeks in the year for six or seven years-tho time at which the majority of Amer ican children leave school, lt takes time for the human mind lo grow and for human charactor to be developed. There is yet no royal road to learn ing. Advantages of Long School Day. The advantages of a longer school day with a lunch period at school would be: Tho teachers without neglecting tho recitations would have more time lo teach tho children and to direct the children In how to study. The teacher would be able to re lieve herself and her pupils of-some of the drudgery of written exercises. Hundreds of those exercises are call ed for simply boca uso the teacher has no other way to reach all her pupils in tho course of the short school day. The children would have the ad vantage of being drilled in their study, and of getting tho prophr as sistance and instructions when lt is needed. Children need to bo taught how to study. The parents would bo relieved at STOMACH MISERY, j GAS, INDIGESTION j "Pape's Diapepsin" Corrects Sour, Upset Stomachs at Once . ?????????<?,,??>?????>,>>,?????>??????,???*?>????> "I'ape's Diapopsip" ls the quickest, surest relief for indigestion, gases, flatulence, heartburn, sourness, fer mentation or stomach distress caus ed by acidity. A few ta blots gkvo al most immediate stomach relief. Cor rect your stomach and digestion now for a few cents. Druggists soil mil lions of packagos.-adv, least in a measuro, of having to keop school every afternoon or night to do the work which the teacher was employed t? do; The average home ls not a suitable place for study, nor the habits of the average homo con ducive to study, i Homo study would not' be done away with In the middle and higher grades of tho school, but th- neces sity for home study would bo mater ially lessened.. In the elementary grades h Dine study would be practi cally eliminated. * Study, recitation, relaxation and play would bo bettor ditsrlbnted. Tho health of both teacher and children would bo improved by hav ing a midday lunch, Lunche! ? h ou ld be served at school In a sanitary lunch room. The children co iii buy a cheap warm lunch, or bring their lunch from homo and oat lt in the lunch rop?L One of tho curb its par adoxes to ho observed in Schools ts this: We tench health and > gieno, then proceed to violate our I aching tn our habits. Finally, thousands of home - in our land ought to hall with ?th light a longer school day to a, i ! om in keeping their children off thc streets and out of lanes and alleys ns many hours ns possible. Tho hour In tho afternoon in somo back ali' or on some sido street or In sonic pl ter un supervised placo may poison and de stroy the morning's work of (he heit teaching of tho best teacher ; nd thc best mother in tho land. ,:> roo ver. if the truth must be told, hundreds of childron aro being better trained [nt right and righteousness, In truth fulness, In obedience, in ?pod man ners, and in other civic y lr tu os than they are being taught Iii tip If 1 vn homes- and this statement does hot apply exclusively ,lo what s i. peo ple are pleased to call tin lower classes of society. rho Quinine That Does Not A'foci tits 1 Mad Ilccnuae ot Its tonio mid lnxntlvo e((< I,ANIA? TIVK 1IKOMO QUININ7? la bett?-: lh.Hi ... > . uy Quinine ?ind does not cause BcrvOii nor ringing in head. Remember thu tiitl ram' look ior the signature ol U. V Ott' . wc LOOKING FORWARD TO THU DAY Founders' Day Jan, nth, WW tc a Great liny at thc University. Tho main address on ?o undo rs' Day, which will be c?l?br?t Jan, 11th, 1023, in Columbia, will bo de livered by Hon. J. J. Mc?wain. H< p resentative in Congress from I'm Ith Congressional District, who i > < c cepted tho invitation to rel o for the occasion to his alma ma or, In 1S07 ho was graduated with ighest distinction from tho South Carolina College, where his score .< a ul at was marked by energy, pori .nee amid adverse material ?ircu.pl tances, fearless leadership and pej.fcxellanoe, and high scholastic attfr:;\m ls in tho Clarlosopbic Society ho b in his foronsic training in oratory il de bate, winning tho college high hon ors, which wero an earnest ol bis later achievement in polijtj ul ser vice. Millson M Hm i t h. of .. )? Pas been elected hy ..".he sm dei 1 body Its speaker ?ov ?'*??Ud ers' Day, Mr. Smith, vue is from Walhalla, is ; member i f tho V M.C, A. Council Cabinet, a successful de bater in inter-collegiate contests, a member of tho Senior Honor Club selected by tho faculty, and winner in his sophomore year of first place lu tho South Carolina Inter-collegi ate Oratorical Association in 1921?. As student manager he Is in charge of '.he steward's hall. His many friends feel that the choice is a happy ono and that he will bo a worthy representative of the studonts on l'onnders' Day. Rainfall and Temperature. Below ls a record of meteorological observations taken by H. W. Brandt, co-pperatlvo observer of tho Weather Bureau of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, during the week ending December 17, 19 22, at 7 p. nt". (Tho Instrumental readings are from gov ernment standard instruments ex posed In tho manner recommended by the chief of tho Weather Bureau): Character of Day. Cate Dec. 11-Cloudy . Dec. 12-Cloudy . Doc. 13-inly cldy Dec. 14- Cloudy . Mee. 1 ."> Cloudy . Dec. IC-Cloudy . flee. 17-Cloudy . Dec. 1 7-Cloudy . Total rainfall . . ASINA LIJB LANDMARK TO GO. The Battery Park Hotel hfl Replaced by a Modern Struct uro. A dispatch from Asheville, 'N. C., says: Asheville's hotel facilities will ho enhanced by tho erection of the mil lion-dollar (Jeorgo Vanderbilt and tho opening of tho Kenilworth Inn next February. Tho Battery Park, which has boen an Asheville landmark for nearly half a century,will he replaced by a $fi00,ooo structure by E. w. Crovo, St. 'Louis capitalist and tho owner of the fl rovo Park Inn and tho Manor. Tho hill-one hundred feot high-on which the Battery Park ls standing, will he leveled. Tho new flro-proof structure will contain two hundred rooms, with a private bath for each room. Wilbur Bavendorf, a former Now York hotol man, who has operated the Battery Park for the pas! year, will continue as losseo of tho new hostelry. Construction of tho building will cominoncc shortly and upon its completion tho presont hotel will be demolished. The Battery Park has been run for nearly forty years, mid has always been a popular rendezvous for resort visitors, in Civil War days Battery Park hill bristled with cannon de fending Asheville. Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Best.) I 1 (The Wonderful Tree By Christopher G. Hazard (?. lU22,>Wcatoru NeWBpapor Union.) TT STOOD lu the corner bf o rather .*? needy room. It was festooned with strings of popcorn und cables of cran berries. Wisps of tissue paper and tinsel ornaments wero out upon the branches, and small candles stood ready to Illuminate the occasion. There wero many Invisible things upon the tree, too. The Imaginations of the children had been as busy as tholr dreams. Family resources may bo limited, but there aro no bounds In tho realms of Santa Claus and hope. In the magical Christmas timo thc clouds of poverty are all as gilded and beau tiful as any sunset can furnish. Any thing may happen then. Cinderella is as hopeful as her more favored sis ters: not an urchin but has an expect ant eye. So tho Tanner Christmas tree was as beautiful us a picture and as full of presents ns a picture could ho. But, however pictured by fancy and made of good wishes, the presents wero all invisible, No one could see what was In the heads of the dreamers and tho hearts of tho anxious but needy providers. For weeks tho mill had been closed, and now the family pock etbook was about empty. Father Tan ner looked at the tree, could not see a gift on lt, and shook his head. Moth er Tanner was Inclined to make the best of lt. Yes, the tree was one of the family. It had been the tree of last year's Christmas and the tree of the year be fore that. It was a tree that kept Its evergreen habit and (hat did not seem to grow old. It was like a living tree, made to bring forth Its fruit every year. It had been so good to them that they had named lt Bounty. And now lt stood there In the (lark, all dressed up, but with nothing but blossoms, without any fruit. It could see the hurrying children running to their morning disappointment. It could hear their cries of surprise and Chagrin, Silly Sam, more needy of amusement than the others,, would look In vain for his expected go-enrt ; Suo would miss the two dress patterns for her big doll, her new hat and high chair for her little doll; Hill Tanner woilld not get hi? skates; Dick would still need ? sled, it was anything hut a j.ann y live. lint li w ' wonderful tree, rt had >i power ol milking Itself felt all over u neighboiiio.nl. ;L could ?unmion ? li ta Claus hy a kind of wireless message that went through walls and every thing, lt reached ns far as tho folks who were having a Christinas evo party two blocks away and marie them think of Mr. Folsom's nilli boss and Mrs. Folsom's laundry woman. They had been wishing for some new fun for their party that day and now lt came Into their heads to go over and be Santa for the Tanners. So the tree drew a very silent but very busy com pany to the Tunnel's' back door. As the children bad left directions for Santa on the table It was easy to find out what the tree was expected to do, so, presently, It did lt. There was more, too, than orders for the wanted things; thofroerrymnkcrs had brought with them enough to satisfy any rea sonable tree ; there were picture books, picture puzzles, gomes, a scissors grinder that could make the sparks fly, a train of cars that could go, a doll that couid say "mama," and candy enough to go round. For Father and Mother Tanner there was a pocketbook I With gold In lt, and a note of good cheer that was better than tho gold. | So the'wonderful tree spent the rest i of the night In trembling Joy. It could not sleep for thinking of the friendly love that had provided such a happy morning to come. And when the first of tho morning light brought nil the Tanners downstairs tho tree fairly Shook with pleasure, amid the wonder and the glee of that Christmas day. As for tho servants of Santa Claus, they had never had such a merry Christmas before. Their hearts were so warm that they did not mind tho ; frost. Thoy sang over the pleasure of giving pleasure and relief. They said they knew that Santa Claus lind to live up .North so that he could cool off after his warm Interest In the happiness of | others. They addressed bim In verses | that must have mudo him Jollier than ? ever, calling him : THE MAGIC MAN Thorn IH a man who lives up north AU <iad in robes ?and fur?, And every year ho sallies forth AH lovo his going spurs. Ho mitigates tho winter's cold That otherwise would freeze, And keeps himself from growing old Hy tending Christmas trees. Tho children for his coining walt, So do the old folks loo; Unhappiness goes ont tho gat? When Santa comes to you. And their own presents never seemed BO. Iorgo omi good before. Ask Anyone Ask anyone you know which is the highest quality baking powder and almost invariably they will tell you ROYAL. "My cakes are 100% better .ince I bought that can of Royal," writes one delighted user, and * every where among your friends, neigh bors, relatives-^** *wUl hear similar commendations. Royal Contains No Alum Leaves No Bitter Taste Ki \ "COME AN' GONE!" J IN THE days before prohib?- , tlon, an old, southern narky * 0 was wont to eelebrate Christ- ; * inns with a quiet and solitary * \ bottle of liquor. Upon one oe- t * caslon he was going home with *. s his prize under his arm, when t * bo stumbled on the curbstone. J t The bottle slipped, fell and t J broke, spilling tho contents all t t over the pavement, ? * The old darky regarded tho J 1 catastrophe with gentle mourn- * J fulness. \ 0 "Dore, now," he murmured, * ? t "Christmas come un' gone!" ' CHRISTMAS DAY IN ICELAND Natives Still Cling to Old Customs and Songs; Day Is One of Great Happiness. |tICII a strong-winged thing j Is Christmas Cheer that It has betaken Itself even to that Isolated Island of tho ! far north, where the short est day is four hours long, nnd where nt Christmas time the sun docs not rise above the horizon for a week. Christmas ls n great day with the people of leeland and they'still cling I to all their old customs and songs and 'the day to them ls one of great hap- j plness. One of their favorite old songs is Ulled with simplicity that '? touching! and vet gives a gi Imp so of fl plillos-1 oppy of life thai i^ pretty fin? : When i go srood and thtnli Aright At penco with man, i< ...TUM) to ??od. Thou lookst on ;>><: with ?y*?j of tiff til. Tasting now Joya In joy's nbodu. -**?S)?^BB#--< A HARD JOB. For little children in a flat, Drawbacks aro | growing greater; For how can San ta with his pack Crawl through a radiator' To Remove Chewing Gum. Wet tho material well around the gum with kerosene and rub lightly. This will promptly remove the gum. Then wash ns usual. ( Colds Causo Orlp and Influenza LAXATIVE DR0MO QUININE Tablets remove the cause. There is only ono "Bromo Quinine." E. W. GROVE'S signature on tho box. SOc. No Argument There. (Boston Transcript.) <PIvo-yenr-old lOlslo was exception ally trying ono aftornoon and had boon reproved timo after time. At last hor mother exclaimed, "I .should think you'd get tired hearing me talk to you so much!" In most decided tones tho child ro plled, "Woll, mothor, I do." "Dodson's Liver Tone" Strai Salivating, Dangerous Cal You-Don't Lose a Day's I discovered a vogotahlo compound that does tho work of dangerous, sickening calomel, and I want every reader of this paper to buy a bottlo for a few cents, and if it doosn't straighten you up better and quicker, than sali vating cnlomol, just go back to tho Store and get your monoy back. I guaran too that one spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your '.hlrty foot of bowels of the sour bile and constipation poison which ls clogging your system nnd making you fool miserahlo I guarantee that ono spoonful of this harmless liquid livor modicino _ Favors Fifty Million Dollar ?sWO ot Bonds for State Highways^ ._ 4 Tho Charleston News and Courier's report of tho State Good Roads Con ference contained tho following sum mary of li. D. Jennings' statemont of Iiis views on the proposition: L. p. Jennings, of Sumter, thought that it would not ho wise to start with a bond issue of less than fifty million dollars, and that tho Statp plan should bo such that every county seat in South Carolina would bo con nected with a hard surfaced system of roads. He thought that lhere should bo a careful survey of the en tire State, showing just where tho roads are to bo built, the material from which they are to he construct ed, and tba*, oac'i county bo paid for work already done by lt in tho Slate system, based on the price of tho work at tho flotation of tho bond issue. / Mr. Jennings said that a hard-sur faced system of roads would save the peoplo untold millions of dollars In each year, and tho issue could soon be paid for. Me said that the auto mobiles of tho State consume $)7. 000,000 worth of gasoline each year; that approximately $5" 000,0.," paid every two years for now and that the wear and teat each year aggregates *10 Estimating that the gu soli sumption would be reduced o and that tho lifo of a cur 1 increased from two years years, and that its wear and teni" would ho decreased two-thirds hy n system of bard-surfacod ro. ds, Mr, Jennings claimed that approximnloiy ? 10,000,000 annually would bc ??veo to tho IrtO,OOO automobile owners ii Die Slate, estimating brich car td b? worth an average o? ? t ,oot> and tho repair hill on il to ho $100 annually^ Assuming, however, that hard-sur faced roads connected only tho coun ty seats, ho said, and that tho auto mobile owner traveled on them only one-third of his mileage, then the saving would bo at least $10,000,000 a year-enough to tako np tho $50, 000,000 bond issue in six years, and pay the interest. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with Worms havo an un healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and asa rule, thero ls moro or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC (liven regu larly fortwoor thrco weeks will enrich ti; ? blood. Improve thodl|?estlon, and net asa itenernlStreni?th eninrf Tonic to tho wholo system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms,and theChild willbo tn perfect health. Pleasant to take. GOc per bot tia Heard tho Kitten Hoi!. (Everybody's Magazine.) \ Hobby, aged four, was playing with lils kitten before tho llroplaco .when it,began to purr contentedly. Tho boy's mother was surprised presently to soe her son grab bis pot j by tho tail and drag lt across tho car I pot to tho accompaniment of ngon ? Ized protests from "tho unfortunate i animal. I "Hobby!" she crotd reproachfully, "you must not hurt your kitty." I "I've got to get him away from this fire," replied Hobby, excitedly. Ho ?was beginning to boll!" Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Best.) ghtens You Up Better Than lomel and Doesn't Upset iWork-Read Guarantee will relieve tho headache biliousness and coatod tongue, aguo, malaria, sour stomach or any other dlstross caused by a torpid livor as quickly as a doso of vllo, nauseating caolmol; besides, lt will not ninko you sick or keep you from a day's work. Caloniol is poison-it's mercury it attacks tho bonos, ofton causing rheumatism, Calomol is dangerous. lt sickens - while Dodson's I,Ivor Tono ls safe, pleasant and harinlosa. Eat anything afterwards, becnuso lt cannot salivate. Glvo lt to the chil dren hecauso( lt doosn't upset tho stomach or. sh'ock tho livor. Take a spoonful to-night, and wake up fool ing line and roady for a full ?day's wo ric.