The sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1906-1909, December 01, 1906, Image 3
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Iutered April 28, 1903 at Pickeue, 8. 0., as secoudt clasm matter,}uuder act of Congrese of March 8. 1879.
mMmmVOL. XXXVI PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, DECEMIBER 1, 1906. N.2
PAY OF SUPERINTENDENTS
Vital to 'Welfare of Rural Schools That
Salarles of Superintondent Be in.
,creased.
Columbia, State.
Will you allow a woman, a mem
ber of the executive committee of
the South Carolina Woman's Asso
ciation for the Improvement of
Rural Schools, to speak out an
Supt. Martin's suggestion that the
salary of the county superinten
dents be raised. I agree with Mr.
Martin's report of 1903, you will
find in my report as school visitor
these vords: "Is it possible for the
salary of the county superinten
dent to be ratised? It so, we could
get a Mosos to lead us out of the
wilderness."
A superintendent cannot do
what is required of him on $500 a
year. Supt. R. T. H-alhunl, a faith
fil, wide,awakc man, in Pickens
county, said to me: "I could not
live at all if it was not for my
farm," I visited with him 18
schools; the hire of a horse cost
$22.40. Now think of several visit i
to 75 schoolsl Soon your expense
account runs up to the amount
you.are paid. My expenses were
paid by the board, yet it shows up
what it cost to visit schools.
I say raise the superintendent'n
a ilary and raze the poor auperin
tendent. There should be a stan
dard for the county superintendent
entering the race. He should be
examined by the State board; the
ones passing should then stand for
election before the people.
Until the county superintendent
is thus elected there will be no
intellecteal developmont in some
counties. As it now is ofen the
best qualified man is left out in the
race, and the one elected fills our
achools with teachers and trustees
to please somiif fancy of nepotism or
politics.
The superintendent is the-back,
bone of the whale countrys success.
So let no coe fill this place but a
cultured, Christian gentleman,
fashioned like the "grand old man,"
John Leland Kenioedy. Then we
will be a prograssive people. The
teacher in|our rural schools should
be better. "Anything will do"
should he a thing of the past. I f
the age of the tealchirs were raised
to 21. we would get rid of teachers
who are teach ing as a stepping stone
to something else. We need and
should have thsm-teachers who
1 ave made "their calling an election
sure." A hoy cannot vote until
be is 2t, yet he can teach in a rural
school. Is not the shaping of the
destinv of a child more important
than a vote? Think of this, you
law makers. When you go to Co
Sumbia, don't forget the rural child
or the child toiling in the mill.
Give them only the teacher who
has spent years in preparing for
thia lifework and teaches to better
humanity. To teach wit hout going
to colleAe;is as catching as meas
1o3. We must stop this epidemic.
The poor teacher demands just as
much pay as a Igood one. I know
a cul tured lady teaching for $35 a
month and her seventh grade pupil
teaches for $40. lan't this putting
a premium oin ignorance?
You teachers should stop this. If
I wore a teacher I would try to keel)
poor teachers|:out, for they impress
false ideals on a cild 1( mind tha
a good teacher' can not crad icate
"lietter' rural schoolR"' Shou (1 he
the mnott.o of our neCx logislatulre.
Marye R. Sheclor'.
Wiestmi,nster, S. 0., R{. F, I).
Koop1 thet b)owe(ls op"II Wvhen, vo hlI
a coldkii aal~ use gooil remedy to alay
the infl1am mation of the~ mucout mom
branen. ThIe best is k'0iiiiedy's IlXII:v
1 [ney and Tarii. It 1 contaitns le opiates,
m)ovesH the b)owOls, drive otI te c.1d
ps roli 11)10 and tases good. Hold by
WOMAN MURDERS INFANTS.
Ch(idren Say Mother Runs Baby Farm.
The spectacle of two women
denouncing as a murderess the
woman who brought them into the
world but whom they refused to
call "mother" was witnessed in
the office of the district attorney
of New York city last Friday.
The women are Mrs Marie Schoch,
recently a resident of MMassachu
setts, and Mrs. W'ilhelnina Ihring
of New York. 'Thr mother whomt,
they accused is Mrs. Wilhelmina
Eckhart, who was arrested by rep
resentatives of the con n m iled i
cal society yesterday on a charge
of havi.e' performed a criin1al
'peration. ''he arrest was made
ipon information furnished the
)iCiety by tho daughters atnd the
ybunger w< men appsanred voltinta
rily at the district attorney's office
to amplify the testimony they had
already given against their mother.
Both Mrs. Schoch and Mrs. Ihring
declared that they had seen Mrs.
Eckhardt kill hour old infants and
dispose of the bodies by burning
them in her kitchen stove. Mrs.
Ihring delcared also that her moth
er had quarreled with her becanse
she refused to assist in burning
the bodies of babies.
Mrs. Schoch told district attor.
ney that when she was three days
old her mother wrapped her in a
bundle of rags and east her into the
street. She was rescued by her
grandmother, who reared her and
with whom she remained until she
became a woman.
When she cane to this country
she said she found her mother con
ducting a disorderly hotuse and She
declared that her mother sought tc
have her become an inmate of the
place. She refused. The first she
knew of her mother's present occu
pation, she said was when Mrs.
Eckhardt's little adopted sont madt
a discovery in the house which led
to the exposure and Mrs. Eckhardt.'i
arrest. When she learned of th<
discovery made by the little boy
Mirs. Schocch said she went to her
mother about it and she declares
Mrs. Eckhardt proposed that they
go into partnershilp. Thi sho( did
after Consulting with repreienta.
tivos of the county medical society,
and with a veiw of causing Mis.
Eckhardt's arrest.
It was while occupying this posi
tion in her mother's hIouse, sh
saidl, that she procured the evidence
which resulted.-in MI rs. Eckh ai d t's
arrf st.
Mrs. Ihring camne here four months
ago from Regensburg, Germany.
She testified that she lived with her
mother after coming here and in
August last she saw her mother
burn the bodies of infants.
LIP AND EAR GONE'
Former Lover Held( For Assautti.
Justice Bridge, at Beaumont Tex.
bound Florence Martin over to the
girand jury on a charge of assault
with intent to kill Ed Byrne. The
coimplainiant witness, is minus a
lower lip and his right ear, which
the woman, it is alleged, ih a fit of
rage bit off and stamped upon it
Wediiesday night at Port Arthur,
Tax as.
The woiiani, who was a sweet,
hoart (of lHyrnes, says she b)it off
hiis l ip bieca use it had k issed her
rival and his oair h,cause. it had( hs
t'.ned( to t hat rivayl's ca lumi v of
her.
Them' ofhi('ers were pu zzled as to
whiat 'r:barge to 1prefer. Mlay hemii
was first suggestedl, but that cove,r
only injuriy resutinig ini the loss of
a imol bhr usred for offl,imse- it
was finally set lownm as asut
with init'nt to kill.
KILLS HUSBAND, COMMITS SUICIDE
REASON NOT KNOWN,
Double Tragedy In Chicago Causes Great
Sensation.
James F. Delaney, vice-president
of the American Shipping company
was shot and killed in Chicago last
Friday by his wife, who immediate
ly committed suicide. The tragedy
occurred in apartments occupied
by the couple on the North Side.
Delaney's body was found on a
bod with a bullet wound in the
back of the head. The wife's bo:ly
was lying near, the bullet having
been fired into the brain through
he mouth. The revolver was still
clutched in her hand. Delaney was
well known in Now York, whero he
spent the greater part of his life.
Mrs. Delaney, before her marriage,
was Miss Elizabeth Brown, of
Wills Point, Tex. She was thirty
years old. Her husband was 3t;.
TRIED TO FORCE ENTRANCE
Negro A.ttempts to ltreak Into Residence.
A negro attempted to enter the
house of Mr. J. S. Harby, of An
derson, last Wednesday night
while Mrs. Harby was alone with
her three small children. He made
two unsuccessful attemps trying
to effect an entrance through the
doors. Mrs. Harby had her pistol
ready to fire if he had entered but
became frightened and screamed
and the negro ran away, She did
not see him well enough to recog
nize him or to identify him after,
ward. The house is on the out
skirts of the city and near the
woods and the negro ran into the
woods.
On last Saturday envening about
dark a negro attempted to enter
the house of Mr. Normar Boggs at
Calhoun. Mrs. Bogge was alone
and refused to open the front door,
as the negro would not give his
name. He then want to the rear
door and attoml)ted to force an en
trance, but. was frightened away by
Mr. Cochran, who, though a very
sick man, in answer to the screams
and calls of Mrs. Boggs for help
managed to go down to the house
and frightened the negro away.
Mr. W. P. Goodman and Ser,
grant J. B. M11cCrackin put the
Clemson bloodhounds on trail and
ran the negro rather closely until
about 9 o'clock. The ne0l) was
located in a house on the college
grounds, but proved an alabi and
was released. This is the second
attempt of the kind made at Mr.
Bogga' house this year.
To "Got Rid" of Foster P'arents, Girl Is
Charget wit, Putting' Rough on
Rats in Coffee Pot.
There has been quite a sensation
in the country about 7 miles east
of Prosperity. A girl 14 years old
had been adopted by Joe Miller
and wife. They gave her all she
needed, but she was not permitted
to follow her own will in the mat
ter of visiting and it is charged
she made an effort to even up mat
ters by putting rough on rats in
the coffee pot.
Hoth Miller and his wife were
madhe quite sick, and to this fact,
in all probability, they owe their
lives. The physician, when call
ed, recognized the syimptoms; of
poison1, and upon investigation
foun td somel of the compou~lind still
min lhe c~oO eet. WVhen aecost od
anud aslrnd why she id ii, the girl
said, ' is stated, '-lien tux sho
wian tied to get rid1 of 'enm.
'l'rui' iand tried friendse of the famiily
---D)iWit ' ILitAe Eairly Risi.rN. Il si
for resullts and host to take. lIosmy chieeks
andt sparlin itg e'yeatfollow th e use of
thieso d1eendabLle littl. pills. Thiey doi
not gripe or' siekeni. Sold by liekens
i)-ng Ce
WAS IT F ENCH WAISTS
O WAS IT MALPRACTICE?
WOMAN SHOOTS A DOCTOR.
Wings Two Innocent Bystanders. Also,
Miss Otillo Schneider, of New
York, 42 years of age, Thursday
afternoon fired five revolver shots
at Dr. Frederick Bierhoff, two of
which struck the doctor, one il the
body and another in the arm, while
two shots struck other imen. The
Ishooting took place in the street at
ai Ailison avenue and fifty-ninth
street. Dr. Bierhoff was taken to
the Pr-ibi'terian0- hospitial,where his
w(uilds Were found to bs' not es.
p<"cially dai g;nious. On of the
slots took effet in the arm of Otto
G-orie, a llwyer, another struck
P ha iii lpcbaii in the back. Neither
of the latter was seriously i "j'red.
Miss Seuceider, who was .seized by
th. polico h''fore she could fire at
silto shot, gave various reasons for
the shooting, asserting first that
,he was revenging herself for alleg
ed professional malpractice and
I afterward said that the doctor had
stolen all the ideas for French
waists which she had designed.
DOUBLE TRaCK TO iiE1N.
Oliver Bros. Will Do 'Work Between
Charlotto and Atlanta-To be Finest
Line in the South.
The one topic of conversation in
local railway circles yesterday was
the big contract let by the South
ern Railway company to Oliyer
Brothers, of Knoxville, Tenn , for
grading straightening and double.
tracking the main line bet.ween
Charlotte and Atlanta, Ca., The
a.mount involved in the contract.
and the timo required to compliere
it, were the t wo( quetiIonls most
froquently askeid. It is given on
good authority that thel contractors
have five years in which to finish
their work and that. over $20,000,
000 is involved. T1 he present line
is 2G7 miles in length. According
to the new plais and shociieations,
this old liite is to ih worked over
from start, to finisi. Where need
od, the grades are to he reduced,
the tills raised, new ties put in, the
track straightened and the bed
generally improved. The tracl-s
will run side by side, and will bo
ballasted similar to thoso of the
great systeiS of the North. Every
device known to science will be
utilized in making the road as
near perfect as possible. '1he
straiAhtening of thle line will ne
cessarily result ini some of the
smatller towns along the proenit
route being left high and dry. The
surveys, however, have been made
with a view~ to discarding as few
as possible.
R, F. Rivinac & Company, sub-=
*ontractors operating in connec
tion with Oliver Brothers, who
are now engaged ini building the
new Southern freight yard at
Charlotte, will begin work on the
double-tracking of the main line
south from Charlotte towards
GreenvilHe ats soon as the machines
and supplies may be rocoiv< d I
This will be some time next mouth.'
In the oflico of the register of
dends of Greenville county there is
the biggest (deed on file which has
ever been recei ved in the Stateo.
it is for $200,000,000. Ct 1p0 ies hve
ben filed ini every county~ in the
Ntate through wh ich the Southernit
li nes runt. A la rgoi par ifof this
imimense sum11 is being ni-d ini bet
termen('1ts, Stih as8 th le dioubI. l i-rck.
ineg o1f the sy steim, the ii puchias( (of
addl(it,ionail rolling stock, ''iilarginri
the termnual faci litie and m1k ing
I hatt has hiapple! ,. ree.ntly hav
ilw anvi noilnoi .m i'withI lPiO'hiuiIn
Woman's Column
Newsy Items to Interest the Fair Sex,
Silk bedclothes are the latest fad
in high society in London.
Don't fret and worry. Mental
anxiety is a sure flesh reducer.
"Love is honey mixed with gall,"
gays a magazine writer. The girls
furnish the honey, and the boys do
he rest
The Philadhlhia girl who left a
rich, old bridegroom 'we1ting at
the church," ovidontlv didn't know
the value of ready money.
Ruh i litie thin cold starch over
VindoWs ')1r mitrows and wipe oIl'
vith it soft, cloth 'l'his p1roduc0s <
ho mort. shiny re'sults.
A Miss Smith is to rvpresent
Jhicago in the New York beauty t
how. No matter what great affair 1
s pulled ofl, there is sure to be a
smith in it.
By careful hygiene you can build
ip an emaciated figure, and as your
ealth is fully restored, the sunken
;heek will fill out and glow with
rood color.
There's no rush about catching
beau. Few things in the world
tre so numerous as men. The sup.
)ly is large. Wait until the right
)me comes along.
In four-fiths of the United States
>irds with beautiful feathers have
>een early exterminated. A lady
n New York ,qs been seen wearing
t cloak wlh h cost tho lives of
,000 of thosc oinged poems of the
tir which we call humming birds.
Uncle Sam has many of the fair
ox in his employ at Washingtcn.
i'wen ty per cc, t of the women are
vidows of Senators, or relatives of
ovorlnmont oflicals. They are al
owed one munt.h for vacation and
>me month's sick leave, annually.
Vomi.n don't need medicinos and i
manitariurns. They want rest and
work, fresh air and sunlight, and i
iheerfulness. Staying in the house t
all the time would kill at camel or E
an os'trich, and how should a wo- j
man expt t. endiureltIF such a u1 ttt,
natural ooxistence? t
Miss Mary M. Mcl)oiald of
Brooklyn, N . Y., on Mcnday last., I
whenl the momnent arrived lor the
eremony of her manage to W1'. F. I
rhaber, stepped aside and put into
ier plaCO M isb Viola Glover, a girl
,vhom Thabher had wronged, and1,
.vith the assistance of her brothers i
compelled him to marry the girl.
Women have patented cigarette
machines but it would seem that
the feminine fancy went too far
i'hen it undertook to evolve an im.
rovement'' ini cigars by soaking
hem in an extract of pine needles
'in order to take away that nasty
aste.'' Yet such an "improve
et"so called, may be found in
he patent office.
A college of lovemaking has been
~stablished in Milwaukee. Most ~
eople had supposed that doing
his caime natural but possibly, '
tfter all, it is both an) art and a
ciendo which may be acquired. ~
presumably the prizes for the
~reatest pr'oficiency in the various
Ilasses will b~ anage hiconses0
vith'persons of ti tle or greatt weal th
15 mlest dlesiired1.
I )id yu ci verI ba1keC ba.nanais ? If
io, , yucI hatve mIissedl a gmreat dlatinly
v'ithIini the reach of aill. SI~In the
)e,uanna, lay t hemI side bly sid' oin
heaking~. dish ori pal, put the-mt ine
ichi br own . Tlhe * juice~ from th le
rum w,~vill hn: m' ;t thik sy rp. Sey
hot or' cldtt wi t rem andee sugar,
'indt you wvil thani~k us for suggest
mg this cheapLl bu't I ooths~ome dish.
aliaas 'soL ' Pe( wi Ill h faunu(l t
be easily digested by those who
cannot eat them raw without indi
gestion.
The startling statement was
made by the Rev. Joseph A. Mil.
burn before an audience of women
at the lEnglewood Woman's club
that: "Women-mothers and wives
are to blame for most of immorality
in the world." Continuing the
speaker said :"Wonen allow one
standard of morals for themselves
and another for their husbands.
When their boys go astray they hold
out their hands to help them;
when thoir daughters go astray
they weep )because they know they
ire forever ostracized and they
nake no of-ibrt to change this con
litionl of alTiirs. Mon should be
I'ld to the san rr'st itions as wo
nen, and women should he allowed
h) samite latitude as men. The
roat sin is not; the sin of t.he mag
iificent passion. but the sin of the
ircuniscribr1 life. Wone t need
)roader scope. Their routine du
ies are narrowing. They get into
uts which are spicidal. Litera.
are is a respite. Reading givPs
he necessary broadening influ.juce.
L'he tendency of most people is to
)ecome provincial and reading
>vercones this tendency.
SU(GEsT'rIoNs FOR MOTil Eni.
Parents and teachers need never
axpect to govern children success
fully until they have learned to
govern themselves.
''Making a child mind instantly"
is considered a great accomplish
rent by some inexperieneid par.
ents and teachers. Does the child
obey your coiinands with a chee'
'ul Spirit and with loving looks im
ts eyes? Does it show a desre from
lay to day to help and to pleasp
1ou1 in little things? Itf so, your
,uidance is in the right direction.
Point out attractiveo ways III
viiich the child may find pleasure
it doing right Call out by conver
iation with it., the child's idea ,f
-ight and wrong in things that
ranspire both in its home and
chool life. Call out its childish
udganent, and respect it. too.
Teach he i (hildl to be respectful
0 the aged by showing a liberal
inoitit of ('-fervice3 to the aged
iarcHnt, whose last days are supposed
o be made hlpliy aind comfortable
n1 your hiomne.
Teach the child to ho kind to
)Ut, not, by kicking a (log or beat.
.og s horse in its presence. There
s a better way.
"My child has a fearful temper."
las it? Then try to ward ofi causes
or arousin~g its temper until it is
Ild enough to control itself. A
ittl tact will prevent many an
inpleasant scene with a nervous,
xcitable child.-Exchange.
LAW CAUSEs TROUBLE.
iocause CompanBIy Die0 Not Rtun *.Jim
Crow" Cars Manager wasn Arrested
Because of the refusal of the
4ontgomery Alabama Tractiont
omupany to obey the new "Jim
'row'' car law, every car operated
ras stoped an hour the other
norniing'by tihe arrest of the gen.
ral manager of the company, and
everol mnotormen and conductors,
h'le law requires every car shall
ither be for whites or for blacks
nd( be 1label led "'white,'' ''colored,''
l'h compa)11ny asserts that it is im,
>oSible t.o obey the lawv as they
have niot enough cars. A ft,er the
bday o)f an hour11 an ii njundioni was
rat tod against the city b~y tae
t.y court oni the ground( that the
a w could( ino,t be kept, an d traffic
v/ is reslimned.
to- ".he ektmrm ua