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EDGEFIELD, S. C., W?DNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1908.
MMIIIH'I M"H"l-1"l'WTi'A
THE NATIONAL BANK Of. AUG?IT? *
AUG?STA. GA. JL
lt. C. HAYNE, CHAS. E. CLAEK, ?j.
President. GtanieL." ?
CAPITAL $250,000.00. ll
Surplus & Profits Si90,ooo.oo.
The business of our rut-of-town friends ? 9
receives the same careful attention aa that t -
of our local depositors. The accounts of r
careful coDserTuti ve people solicited.
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NO. 42.
News of interest Gleaned fron
Arranged Fer I
Stet o Pardon Board.
Columbia, Special.-The Board of
Pardons, consisting of Messrs. R.
Mays Cleveland, of Greenville, C. W.
Savage, of Colleton, and W. A. Clark,
of .Columbia, met last week-.to consid
er th? petitions for pardon referred
to the board by the governor. There
were only four such petitions refer
red, as the governor bas acted on
most of the petitions presented within
the last three mouths, since the last
meeting of the board. The petitions
. referred are the following:
Lawrence Hampton, convicted of
murder in .Greenwood, and sentenced
to be hanged. Governor Ansel grant
ed a respite until the 16th of this
^xionth, and .it will be recalled that
the governor's secretary, Mr. Beth ea.
went to Greenwood during the flood,
- at much inconvenience and with great
dir??culty ,to get.the respite there in
time and prevent the hanging.. ! (
Gary Renew, Aiken County, petit i
larceny, sentenced to five years in the ?
Reformatory. j |
Thcs. Wells, Laurens, manslaugh-?. j
ter, three years, from January, 1906. j t
Robert Gunnells, Greenville, rape,
sentenced to eleven years in Septem
ber, 1903. The case of Gunnells has
been before the governor and pardon *
board before, having been referred to *
the board by Governor H?yward first 1
in September, 1906, and refused by . i
the board the following January, and.1
again in September ,1907. Gunnels,: t
a young white man qf excellent fam- j t
ily, served in the Philippines, and was t
said to be mentally unhinged by his t
life there. Returning to hjs old home T
in Greenville he committed an atro- j f
cious crime. His mother'has been un- . ]
tiring in her efforts to secure a par- J j
don and was here to press the petition p
.before the board. L
The recommendations of the board*' ??
of pardons is not binding on the gov- J ?
Brnor, and he is not under the law
compelled to refer any case to the
board, the pardoning power being
vested in the governor solely under
the law.
Aetna Mill Unsold.
Union, Special.-The Aetna Cotton
Mill was advertised to be sold last
Wednesday by the trustee in bank
ruptcy, but the sale did not take place.
There were several prospective .pur-.
chasers, some of whom had deposited ' f,
ihe required eer^" 1-1
?pset price of $2
been .larger thar
Jbid as no one c
sale was therefoi
. property, wbieh
in good conditio
i iered for sale abo
yember at a lowe
C
Verdict Against Southern. C
Spartanburg, Special.-In the suit, G
against the Southern Railway forj^j
-damages in the sum of $50,000 g
brought by J. M. Turbyfill, adminis- 1C
trator of the estate of Miss B. Hand, T
the young school teacher who was ?
killed at Duncan last November while ' S
crossing the railway tracks, the jury g
returned a verdict $5,000 dollars. Miss j
Hand was on her way to visit sick ! ?
friends, and while crossing the tracks g
was struck by No. 37, which was run- ?
ning several hours late. The young : Q
lady was a sister of Prof. Hand, of ? j
South Carolina University. | g
Spartanburg May Get Orphanage.
Spartanburg, Special.-The com
mittee having in charge the matter of j y
selecting a location for the Episcopal ! fl
Orphanage will visit Spartanburg in sj
the near future to further consider'^
the advisability of selecting Spartan
burg. Well known citizens here have B,
agreed tc give fifty acres of land in p
the suburbs for the home. '* C1
Need Money to Build Bridges. -
Spartanburg, Special.-The county
commissioners have not as yet sue- t<
ceeded in raising $100,000 with which o:
to rebuild bridges that were washed t]
away during the August flood. The a
commissioners have had several con- h
ferences" and various methods of rais- 0
y
ing finances have been discussed. A jv
trust company has offered to loan j
$100,000 for a period of "thirty years ^
at 5 per eent, but the offer ? has not gi
been accepted. More than fifty\brid
ges are down, many of them very im
portant steel structures. -, |^
Suicide Pact Suspected.
. Lincoln, Neb., Special.-B. L. Shep
pard, a traveling salesman and "Mrs. j ^
Leona.Bruner, stewardess at the Lin- ^
coln Commercial Club, were found p
dead in apartments of the man. Gas
was pouring from a jet in the room.
The supposition \of the police is that
they turned on the gas with suicidal f)
intent, though the possibility of acci- j
dental death is admitted. Sheppard (]
and Mrs. Bruner were well known in ^
Lincoln. Both were divorced. | C)
Shot and Killed at Lodge Meeting.
Anderson, S. C., Special.-While at- ' tc
tending a meeting of a negro lodge G
of Odd Fellows near Antreville, in nj
Abbeville county, last night, Henry i?
Alston, colored, was shot by Major tl
Smith, a negro of bad ?eputation. Als- 0
ton died this morning and the coro- g,
n?r of Abbeville held an inquest, a e:
verdict being returned charging f,
Smith with murder. Smith has skip* b;
p?d the rountrv. fy is understood ?
that the difficulty arose over some t!
??BcufiRicn in the lodge roora, : ?a,
i AH Sections of the State and
Busy Readers
Looks Like Infanticide.
Lexington, Special-What seems to
be a clear case of infanticide came
to light a few days ago, when the
body cf an inf?nt^was found uear a
branch in the upper part of town.
The discovery was made by a negro
(vornan, who was attracted . to the
scene by the terrible oder. The child
was wrapped in .'cotton, and had evi
iently been bom a week, as the arms
was almost ready to drop off at the
shoulders from decomposition. Those
tvho saw it, say that it was impossible
to discern wLether the child died
?rom natural causes or whether it was
rilled by the heartless parent and car
nied to the swamp with the hope of
lovering up the erime. The supposi
on is that the party who placed it
where it was found intended throw
ing it into the water, so that the dis
:overy would never be made. It has
;aused a great deal of talk among the
legroes, but they are very eautious
jow they speak. It is said that the
?>hild had been moved since it was
found as it could not be found later.
There has been no official action tnk
m in the case, but it is one that
should be investigated, and it is very
ikely that Coroner Clerk will look in
o--.the situation immediately.
School Information Wanted.
Superintendent of Education Mar
in has requested the county superin
endents of education to send him a
>ricf description of school conditions
n their respective counties, and also
in outline of the greatest needs of
he schools, as they may appear to
he county superintendents. Mr. Mar
in proposes to incoiporate these ar
ides in his last annual report, which
rill be the fortieth annual report of
he department of education. He be
Leves that this collection of short ar
ides in addition to the statistical re
orts from the county superintendents
rill be beneficial, not only to the leg
slature, but also to the future stu
ents of our educational development.
Covers the Field.
As a purveyor of reliable news
'he Calumbia State is easily in a
lass by itself. With unsurpassed
acilities for gathering the world's
appenings, added to its own staff of
eliable and energetic special corres
ondents, both State and general
vents are recorded with a degree of
xactness and detail that cannot be
urpassed. In this campaign year
rhen things are^ojisMi^l^i**^*^7^
_r"v Muxwtiug ac mir?rent points:
lharlotte. r. ....81-2
Columbia.81-2
alveston.
Tew Orleans. 3-4 j
[obile.8.60;
avannah. .......8.60
harleston.31-2
Wilmington.8 3-4
rirfolk..^..8 7-8
^altimore-".. .'. .S
few York.9.10
oston.9.10
Charlotte Produce.
ora.85
aeon.r.111-2
ard.......12
'hickens.25 to 50
!ggs.28
?utter.15 to 30
Wright to Speak in Richmond.
Washington, Special. - Secretary
Wright has received invitations from
forfolk ar>d Lynrirburg, Va., to
peak on behalf of Judge Taft before
ile close of the campaign but has not
ecided whether to accept. He will
peak at Richmond on the 28th in
tant. He said that he did not ex
ect to speak in Tennessee during the
ampaign.
Property Values in Lexington.
Lexington, Special.-County Audi
>r W. D. Dent completed his abstract
f property values in Lexington conn
ia on October 1. The figures of the
bstract as shown by the auditor's
ooks for 1907 give a total valuation
f $5,335.729, while for the fiscal
ead, 1908, ?he total valuation is $5,
99,709, the decrease being due large
j to that portion of the county that
oted itself into Calhoun,- and to a
light reduction in the taxable valu
tion of the railroads. The State
ill receive $2,914.40, compared to
2,410.78 for the year 1907.
Carneigie Gives Big Amount.
New York, Special-The fact that
tndrew Carnegie has contributed
20,000 to the campaign fund of the
lepubt?can national committee was
nnounced by State Chairman Tim
thy Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff also
nnounced that Mrs. Russell Sage has
ontributed $1,000 to the same fund,
here have been no other large con
courions from individuals, Mr.
Woodruff said, but small sums aie
arning in from various sources.
Newberry, Special.-The corpora
ls of the Edgefield, Augusta and
reenwood Electric Railrad held a
leering in Edgefield on Wednesday of
ist week to consider proposals for
ie preliminary -survey. A number
E bids were submitted and several
entlemen w?re present in person to
xplain the bids which they had of
?red. No definite action was taken
y the corporators, but a special com
dttee was appointed to go through,
M surveyors', bids cud report to the
Mourned meeting* ot the corporators
WATERWAY ENDORSED
Second Day of the Great Waterway
Conference Addressed By Colonel
Bryan and Others.
Chicago, Special.-Addresses by
William J. Bryan and Gifford Pinchot
the latter being chairman of the na
tional conservation commission, the
reading of a letter from% James J.
Hill, short addresses by* delegates,
and a big" reception at the Coliseum
at night were the features of the sec
ond day of the convention ; of the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways
Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke
earnestly in favor of deep waterways,
not Only from the lakes to the gulf
but in all other parts of the country,
where increased transportation facil
ities were needed, was an enthusiasti
cally received, as was William H.
Taft when he opened the convention
the previous day.
Mr. Bryan's Address.
In addressing the convention Mr.
Bryan said in part: .
"You cannot give the people loo
good facilities for transportation of
their merchandise. If you tell me
you want to improve the Mississippi
I tell you that is all right, I will help
you improve it just as far as you
please, and make the canal as wide
as you please and as deep as you
please, and when you get to improv
ing the Mississippi I will start out all
alone if necessary to improve every
river that empties into the Mississip
pi. Water transportation is the nat
aral transportation. God made the
rivers, man made the railroads. When
you finish a river sufficiently deep for
commerce, or a canal upon which
boats can float, you make it possible
for a man with small eapit?i to act
.vhile the railroads make it possible
for men with large capital to act.
Where there is a river any man who
can build a boat can engage in trans
portation, and if he cannot build a
big boat he can build a little boat and.
if you have a large number of little
boats the big boat will have to meet
the rate that the little boat fixes. You
will find it much easier to regulate
rates on water than on land because
competition can be much more active
on water than on land. We arc an
exporting nation. We send our agri
cultural products to foreign markets,
and when our_ wheat or our cotton
reaches the Londcn market its price is
fixed there by the competition which
it meets. If a bushel of wheat sells
for a dollar in London and it takes
fifty cents to get it from the farm to
London the farmer gets fifty cents a
bushel for his wheat. If you can so
improve transportation that the far
mer can get his wheat from his farm
to Liverpool for twenty-five cents you
have added twenty-five cents to the
farmers' price for this wheat. It is
a fact that is admitt.ed-thftt-thft^rsTfc*
iEoart*<i*i-m
ocean and the West or the waterways
that converge in the Mississippi val
ley and carry, their floods to the gulf.
I believe that it is the duty of those
charged with the business of govern
ment to develop these things upon
which a nation's prosperity depends.
"If the work should be done, and
believe that it should, then you peo
ple who believe it should be done
should agree upon the best methods
by which to do it. But I repeat that
you must not be frightened because
it may require an investment. At St.
Louis last fall thev resolved that
$500,000,000 spent in improving the
waterways of the Mississippi valley
would bring an interest in the way
of decreased cost of transportation
amounting to $1SO,000,000 a year
Why, my friends,' if it only saved
$50,000,000 a year it would be ten
per cent, interest on the investment.
"I believe that the plan should be
commenced now. I believe that it
should be a comprehensive plan, that
it should deal with the entire sub
ject and that it should be a perma
nent plan; that we should begin now
to lay the foundation for the future
greatness of this country, in the
development of these natural re
sources, these God-given water courses
of ours."
Russia Getting Her Fleet Ready.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Fearful
that Austria intends to take advan
tage of t!.e commotion in Servia to
deal the boldest blow of all-annexa
tion of Servia-the Czar- has ordered
the mobilization of the Black Sea
fleet: Russia still insists upon ah in
ternational conference to completely
revise the Berlin treaty, while the
latest word from England is that she
has not receded from her position
that only existing issues must be
considered.
Warlike Attitude of Servia.
Belgrade, By Cable.-All the army
reservists were ordered to join the
colors on Sunday, and a declaration
of war against Austria will prob
ably be made then. The whole of Ser
via is clamoring for a war with Aus
tria, and King Peter seems powerless
to restrain his people. The mobiliza
tion of troops is being carried on
amid scenes of the wildest enthusi
asm.
England to Help Turkey.
London, By Cable.-England gave
lier first tangible evidence of support
ing Turkey by ordering the battle
ships Glory and Prince of Wales and
the cruisers Diana and Lancaster to
proceed at once from Malta to the
Island ,qf Lemos, which is in the Gre
cian archipelago and belongs to Tur
key. England is acting upon the rep
resentation of Turkey that the pres
ence of an English fleet can calm the
Turkish population ; And provsht foi
Bpoilntion oj the empire,
Aeronauts Experience a ?rop
o, Two Thousand Feet
LAND WITH BUT SLIGHT INJURY
-
American Balloon Conqueror Bursts .
at the Height of 4,000 Feet, Pikcip
itaAing the Aeronauts ta the tftoof
t ?? 'rf
of a House in a Berlin Suburb.!,
Eerlin, By Cable-The internalion
al balloon race which started Sunday
from the suburb of Schmargendorf,
was the occasion of a thrilling acci
dent, two American aeronauts h?ving
a miraculous escape from death. The
American balloon Conqueror, the'only
American built craft in the contest,
having on board A. Holland Forbes
ind Augustus Post, less than two-.min
utes after the start burst at anialti
tude of 4,000 feet. For 2.000 feet it
shot down like a bullet, and theil the
torn silk bag assumed the shape^of a
jarachute, thus checking the rapidity
>f the desee:.t. Coming close fa thc
?arth, however, thc basket smashed
into the roof of a house, but the two
nen escaped with but slight bruises.
The race, in which * twenty-three
walloons participated, representing
jrreat Britaint, France, Germany^ the
United States, Switzerland, Italy/Bel
rium and Spain, started at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the presence of
it least S0,000 spectators. The;'first
jalloon sent away was the "Arneii
;a II," under command of Jamies C.
McCoy, who was accompanied^ by
lieutenant Yoghmann. The balloon
vas decorated with the Stars ...and
Stripes and it sailed away to: the
southeast at a rapid pace, the oero
?auts waving their hats.
Dramatic Occasion.
A representative of each of theofk
>r nations followed the Ameriean
>.%lloon in succession {.t intervals of
wo minutes, the national hymn of the
espective countries ringing forjth as
ho ropes were cast loose.
The sreond batch of eight balloons
vas led by Forbes in the Conqueror,
vhich reached a hi?rh altitud*1 in an
r.citdibly short period, the basket
?w:!ying viole":rl}\ T:ien almost in
?lautly a cry of horror arose from
Jic crowd who s-aw the silk c>j?apsc
:r side.
"They are killed," went a a hush
id whispei through the crow..', but
ihortly the remainder of the em-lope
ippeared to take, first, a triangulai
ihape and then was transformed into
i sort of parachute at the top of the
let and- the progress of the wrecked
lalloon Avas considerably arrested. It
?ame down slower and slower, mean
while being swept by the wind, far to
he southeast, and finally disappeared
'rom view behind a block of houses.
The suspense among the crowds was
errible. But a few minutes later
i telephone message was received
'rom Frienenau, which announced
hat the men had landed and had not
leen seriously injured. The other hal
oons were sent up, after a brief de
ay, -without further accident.
Terrorizing Negroes.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.-A spe
ial from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says: A
legro Baptist church and lodge hall
ocated at Spring Hill, Ala., were
(urned Friday night by unknown
?ersons. A band of horsemen al
eged to have been organized with the
ntention of driving the negroes out
if the community, are said to have
et fire tc the church and hall.
To Increase Bank Examinations.
"Washington, Special.-Comptroller
f the Currency Murray has decided
o increase the number of national
tank examinations, in many cases
rom twice to three or four times a
.ear. It is not his purpose, he says,
o examine all national banks four
ir even three times a year, but ll^e
lew rule will be made to apply to
di national banks that have in the
>ast shown a disposition to violate
ir evade any provisions of the na
ional banking laws or the regulations
described by the Comptroller of the
Jurrcncy.
Two Grades Eliminated.
New Orleans, Special.-Directors of
he New Orleans cotton exchange au
lounced that they had eliminated low
aiddling stained and strict low mid
lling stained from the list of tender
ble grades. So mnch discussion re
ulted from the change that the direc
ors have called a special meeting of
he members of the exchange for next
Jonday to get their opinion on the
natter.
Kills Wife and Suicides.
York, Pa., Special-William Ben
ington shot and killed his wife and
hen committed suicide. Bennington
bllowed his wife to a church with a
lorse and buggy and fired a load oj
hot into her body just as 6he wa*
?bout to enter the church. He ther
[rove across the State line into Mary
and, where he reloaded the shot gun
ilaced the barrel against his stomach
;nd pulled tho trigger. The crim<
B said to have been prompted, by jeal j
inly,
RIOTERS jg rOilffl
Abortive Attempt to Lynch al
Spartanhurg, S C.
MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER
Infuriated Mill Operatives Make De
termined Effort to Lynch Negrc
Who Assaults Young Lady-Depu
ties and Officers Exchange Shots
and Several Are Wounded.
Spartanburg, S. C., Special.-In the
heart of Spartanburg with its 20.000
population, a mob of infuriated citi
zens, at times numbering a thousand
or more, fought Saturday and Satur
day night with the military and civil
authorities for.the possession of John
Irby, a negro who is alleged to have
attempted to ravish Miss Lillie Demp
sey earlier in the day while the youny
woman was on her way here from
Saxon Mill village, three miles away.
Four persons were wounded, one of
them seriously, and John Sparks, a
restaurant keeper, was arrested anti
held without bail on the charge of
shooting Sheriff Nichols, who was
I slightly wounded in the exchange of
shots between the mob and thc au
thoritin? who were protecting thc
prisoner.
Beginning about noon the crowd,
sullen and bent on vengeance on the
negro, roamed about the court house
square, approaching at times the very
gates of the high wall enclosing the
jail. Late at night thc situation be
came alarming. The crowd was
augmented by 500 people from Green
ville. There wa3 some shooting in
tho street and the mob moved into
the public square.
The first shot came from a window
of the jail and it was followed by
others from thc same quarter. An
answering shot was fired from the
crowd. This' broke a window in lhe
jail and slightly wounded Sheriff
Nichols. Sparks was accused of the
shooting and immediately taken into
custody. His attorneys offered $1.000
bail but this was refused.
Girl Identifies Negro.
Irby's arrest was effected shortly
after the commission of his crime
and close to the scene of his attack.
He was captured by mill operatives,
was taken before the young woman,
^j^"irom<?ttat*dv~id?ni.iiled - him._and
of step ladders, but that, too, was in
effectual. Sunday and Sunday night
passed off quietly with nothing in the*
way of a disturbance.
N. C. & St. L. Detective Killed.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.-T. J.
McElhaney, special detective for the
Nashville, Chattanooga & . St. Louis
Railway, was shot and killed early
Sundav while on duly in the yards of
the railroad company at Cravens, two
miles from the union station. W. S.
Smith, who was until recently em
ployed as a detective for the road, is
in jail charged with the crime. Blood
hounds were put on the trail and
tracked Smith to his home. The mon,
it is said, had been on bad terms for
some time. McElhaney leaves a wife
and seven children.
Quiet in the Nea/ East.
Lenden, By Cable.-Belgrade, the
storm center in thc present Balkan
situation, has quieted down. After a
long secret session, the National As
sembly has taken no definite action
with regard to making war upon Aus
tria-Hungary. The city' itself has
quieted down, thc people apparently
realizing that war would mean the in
struction of Servian nationality.
Missionary Convention Holds Big
Mass Meeting.
New Orleans, Special.-At a mass
meeting in the Athenaeum Cephas
Shelbourne, of Dallas, Tex., preached
to a great audience attending the in
ternational missionary convention of
'the churches of Christ. Mr. Shel
bourne took as his theme the f.ict
that an inscription was written on the
cross of Christ in three languages and
developed from this incident an ar
gument showing how modern churches
of all creeds are pushing aside denom
inational barriers in favor of more in
timate relations with each other.
Marked Falling Off in Greater New
York Registration.
New York, Special.--Registration
for the first three days in Greater
New York as shown by corrected fig
ures reveals a marked falling off from
that of four years ago. For the three
days the corrected figures show for
Greater New York a registration this
year of 540,00f) as compared with
573.523 four years ago-a loss of
33,423.
Fire Threatens White House Stables.
Washington, Special.-Fire of un
known origin was discovered in the
loft of the White House stables about
R:30 o'clock Sunday morning, causing
fifteen dellars damage. But for the
prompt work of the stable keeper and
his assistant the building, in which
are roused several of the President's
thoroughbreds, would have been de
si royed. The stables ore at Seven
teenth and E streets, some distance
from the Whjte House.
' Br PHOP. WILLIAM H. HAND,
University of South Carolina.
Paper Number Five.
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Inadequate Supervision.-In South
Carolina there are three units of
school administration-the State, th?
county, and the school district. "An
educational system is a great busi
ness." In every organized business
there must be machinery; that ma
chinery must be repaired, adjusted,
and articulated; and some competent
responsible person must superviso
that machinery. A successful super
visor must be a capable man, an ex
perienced man, and a courageous
man. He must be reasonably well
paid, definitely responsible to some
body, and reasonably secure in his
position as long as he is efficient.
What of the supervision of our edu
cational system? . What do we ex
pect, and what have ?*J a right tc
expect ?
What docs the fundamental law of
the State require in the office of the
State Superintendent? Does it re
quire that he shall be an educated
man, or a r an of experience in school
?.i?airs, or a man who knows anything
of teaching and of teachers, or a man
himself qualified to teach ? He is ex
pected to dirc?t the educational pol
icy of a St/ite, and to maintain a sys
tem of school for over three hundred
thousand children. What salary is
altered to a man big enou<?h to fill
ibis position? Nineteen hundred dol
lars a year. How does this rank with
:he salary offered a'?man big enough
to run one cotton mill? How does
lie get the position, ai?tr^rti what does
^he security cf it depend? What is
likely to be his reward, for any dis
play of courage in his office? Every
second year he is compelled to neglect
:he duties of his office for . at least
:wo months and to spend at least
'our hundred dollars to get the op
portunity to speak ten minutes in
;ach county telling the dear (indif
ferent) people that he should be re
elected. Under our present system
>f electing the State Superintendent,
ind with the two-year tenure of office
he entire educational policy of th*
state may be reversed inside one
-ear. In a recent editorial The News
md Courier pertinently says, "In
ate years the people have shown a
growing improvement in their esti
mate of the place of superintendent
if education, choosing os a mle. train
id teachers for it, * * * but
here is no assurance so long as tho ?J
iffice is filled by popular vate that
ncapable men will not be elected fo
t solely because of their ingratiat
iig manner, or as a reward for poli
ical service. . . . . Th.?
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ntendent would avail ?ut little un
2ss the county superintendents were
ble, willing and courageous enough
o cany these policies to success. In
he matter of administration the
ounty superintendency is the key to
he situation. What do we require
f the county superintendent, what
0 we expect, what do we get, and- ;
.hat do'we give? Do we require that i
he county superintendent shall he
n expert or experienced educator?
s he required to have any knowledge
f. schools or of teaching? Is there ;
nything to prohibit at illiterate from
olding that office? He is not re
uired to be competent to tpa^h, al
hough by law he is required to give
is teachers instruction in the art
nd methods of teaching. ' Does thc '
ounty demand that its superinten
ent be at least the equal of the super- j
llendent in court house town? Tb be ?
erfeclly plain and honest, have we1 ;
ot had men elected and re-elected ] ;
3 the office of county superintendent ? '
3 supervise the whole county, who ; ,
mid not have been elected to any po- ,
ition in the best schools of their |
ounties? Manv of them would not ;
ssay to teach in the best schools of ?
leiv counties. They understand full ?
-ell that thc public docs not expect ?
ach fitness of them. That is our I
lult, not theirs. The public mind I
oes not think of a county superin- (
mdent as a man of education, ex- ,
erience, tact, and leadership in ;
diool matters. It thinks of him as >
man who listens to neighborhood
uarrels about district lines, o nd i
yout the appointment and removal of ?
nistees, and who sits in his office j
tie day in the week to sign teachers' i
ay warrants. i
In speaking thus of incompetent
>unty superintendents, I have no in- :
?ntion whatever of being personal. <
am happy to count among my best 1
riends in the State many of the '<
lunty superintendents. Many of I
lem are competent and efficient men, '
icriflcing themselves on the altar of 1
a unappreciative public, for their 1
?ward is contemptible. We ask for- 1
'-two qualified men to direct over
200 teachers, to act as guardians for ;
14,000 children, and to keep and to s
Isburse ncarlv a million and a half }
?llars; we ofter them an average of :
584, an insult to an efficient man ! s
he city of Greenville has convinced
self that it is economy to pay its '
iperintendent $1.800 a year to sup- '
?vise the work of 44 teachers; while f
reenville county pays its superiten- (
mt $700 to supervise 275 teachers. '
iimter pays its city superintendent '
?,400 a year to direct 30 teachers, 1
uniter county offers its superinten- 1
?nt $000 to direct about 150 teach- !
"s. It is a source of wonder why we <
ive' ns many efficient county super- '
tendents as we have. All honor to ]
ie competent man patriotic enough 1
. serve his county on a contempt:ble
lary! But shame upon a people
ho compel patriotism to crawl in the
ist!
1 know that wc have some people
bo claim that our schools are al*
ia
Savings Department
Pays 4^ interest on all accounts in this department,
compounded every six months, January and July.
Capital and Surplus $5bu}000.00.
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ready too much supervised. That de
pends entirely upon what is meant by
supervision. If it means the constant
meddling in petty details, or the
jealous interference Avith teachers in
matters concerning only themselves,
or the insistence upon teachers be
coming cheap'imitators of a fad
fiend superintendent, then perhaps wc
have too much. But if supervision
means the readiness and ability to
assist the teacher, the power to in
spire her, the tact to prune and re
fine and strengthen her, and the man
hood to sustain her (and it nsuallv
does), then I dissent vehemently. All
over the State we have young men
and women who as teachers ought to
succeed, but who are failing because
they have no one to advi.se them and
to support them in the crucial mo
ments of trial. This" is especially true
in the rural and village schools. Is
It any wonder that the young teach
ers flock to the towns?
The rural schools must have better
supervison. Nearly seventy per cent.
)f the white school children of this
State are in the' rural schools. They
ire entitled to as good and as close
supervision as are any other children.
Proper supervision can not be given
?S long as we multiply the one-teach
er schools with fifteen pupils each,
ind permit the popular election of
supervisors at a salary of $684. On
i salary of $684 what can a county
superintendent do toward the real
supervision of 150 teachers scattcied
ill over the county, in perhaps 100
school houses ? .
Require that the county superin
endpnt be an expert educator, let
lira be appointed by a board and re
sponsible to that board, keep him in
>fT'ce as long as he is efficient and pav
.ira an expert's salary. We shall
ind the men prepared to do the
vork. Then we shall stop frittering
iway the schcol fund, increase the
fund, and wc shall get results. Soon
?r or later our pepolc are going to
.'oiric to look at this matter some
what as did Hon. John J. McMahan
n his report for 1000.
There were In Spain In 1901 only
861 electric power stations, of whlci
651 were for-public lighting and 210
for private lighting.
NOTES FROM ACROSS SEAS
New South Wales has a surplu
uearly $S,500,000 for the year.
Turkey imports nearly $2,000,
worth of paper of all kinds each y
A Polish firm is building the :
beet sugar factory in Manchuria, 1
Harbin.
Switzerland has voted to pron
the manufacture, sale and impo:
tion of absinthe.
Flour milling in Brazil is stea<
ousting the flour of others countries,
on which Brazil was formerly de
pendent.
Rome's Municipal?Council has de
cided by a vote of 57 to 3 to abolish
all religious teaching in the elemen
tary schools.
Japan's Government expense for
education is $7,000,000 a year. Mu- .
nicipalities also spend liberally for
this purpose.
Experiments are being made with j
new machinery on the Chilean.nitrate .
acids which are expected to decrease
the cost of production fifty per cent.
New Zealand's revenue during the
financial year just closed was $45,
000,000 and the expenditures reached as
$41,000,000, leaving a surplus of $4,- fi
000,000. " ' ~'
Great Britain imports about $140,
000,000 worth of timber, wood and
manufactures thereof yearly, pf which
the United States supples about $22,
000,000 worth.
So much dissatisfaction is felt in
Germany 'about the Government's
aaval Dlans that the seceders from the
Navy League of Germany are expect
ed'to number 140,000.
Since 1895-95 the allowance for
the support of the Imperial House
hold of Japau has remained at $1,
5 00,000 a year, in spite o? the great
progress of the country.
THE COW'S INCOME.
The average dairy cow costs $30
px?r year to feed. It is easy to figure.,
out that if the Income from the sale
of her nvilk does not exceed this
amount, the cow is clearly not pay
ing her way. The only satisfactory:
method of determining thia quotion
is by weighing the milk and testing
the per cent, of butter fat lt contain*
by the Babcock test A cow that
doos not pay takes up just as mut
roca an a profitable one. Sell .her for
towf,-Farmen Host Journal.
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