The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 25, 1906, Image 1
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.