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I . JBX PROP, wiu Inadequate Supervision?In South . Carolina there are three units of school administration?the State, the county, and the school district. "An educational system is a great tmsiness." In every organized busi-l nets there must be machinery; that machinery must be repaired, adjust ed, and articulated; and some com petent person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor must be* a capable man, an expe rienced man, and. a courageous man.' He must be reasonably well paid, de finitely responsible to somebody, and ? reasonably secure in his positon as long as he is efficient What of the supervision of our educational sys tem? What, do we expect, and what have we a- right to expect What does the fundamental law of the State require in the office of the State superintendent? Does it require that he shall be an edu cated man, or a man of experience in school affairs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teach ers, or a man himself qualified to teach? He is expected to direct the educational policy of a State, and to maintain a system of schools for over three hundred thousand chil dren. What salary is -offered to a' man big enough to fill this po sition? Nineteen hundred dollars a year. Now does this rank with the salary offered a man big enough to run one cotton mill? How does he get the position, and on what does the security of it depend? What is likely to be his reward for any dis play of courage in his office? Ev ery second year he Is compelled to neglect the duties of his office fo" at least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars, to get the opportunity to speak ten min utes in each county telling the dear (indifferent) people that he shou'd be re-elected. Under our preseut system of electing the State super intendent, and with two-year tenure of office, the entire educational pol icy of the State may be reversed in side one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier pertinently says, "In late years the people have shown a growing improvement in their estimate of the place of super-! intendent of education, choosing as a rule trained teachers for it, . . I but there is* no assurance so long as the office is filled by nppular vote that incapable men will not be ingratiating manner, or a reward j ingratiating manner, or-a a rewarij for political service. . . The, superintendent of education shoull' he appointed by the governor or by, a commission, after investigation,! and the salary should be sufficient! to command the services of experts, J and at the same time remove them! from temptation." A succession of able State super-J intendents could not build and mai i tain a system of high schools, unless the county supervisors be good. The wisest policies of a State super intendent would avail but little, un less the county supeirntendents were I able, willing, and oourageo?s enough r to carry these policies to success. In the matter of administration the county superintendency is the key to the situation. What do we require of the'county, superinten dent, wha*: do we expect, what do we get, and?what do we give? Do we require that the county super intendent shall be an expert or ex perienced educator? Is he required to have any knowledge of schools or of teaching? Is there anything to prohibit an illiterate from hold-' tag. that office? He is not required to be competent to teach, although.by. law he is required to give his teach ers instruction in the art and meth ods of teaching. Does the county de mand that its superintendent be at least the equal of the superintendent in the court house toWn? Te be per fectly plain and honest, have we not had men elected and re-elected ro the office of county superintendenr, to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position In the best schools of their counties?' Manv of thpm wn7* ??'?*? ;hools. NO. 4. LIAM H. HAND. essay to teach In the best schools of their counties. They understand full well that the public does nor expect such-fitness of them. That is our fault, not theirs. The public mind does not think of a county superintendent as a man of educa tion, experience, tact, and leader ship in scnool matters. It thinks of him as a man who listens io neighborhood quarrels about district lines, and about the appointment and removal of trustees, and who sits in his office one day in the week re sign teachers' pay warrants. In . speaking thus of incompetent county superintendents, I have no intention whatever of being personal. I am happy to count my best frien Is in the State many of the county superintendents. Many of them are competent and efficient men, sacri ficing themselves on the altar of aa unappreciative public, for their re ward is contemptible. We ask forty two qualified men to direct over 6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for 314,000 children, and to kec,) "and to disburse nearly a million and a half dollars; we offer them an average salary of $684, an insult tj an official man! The city of Green ville has conceived itself that it 1. economy to pay its superintende n $1,800 a year to suprvise the work of 44 teachers; while Greenville county pays its superintendent $70o to supervise 275 teachers. Sumter pays its city uperintendent $2,400 a year to direct 36 teachers; Sumter county offers Its. superintendent $900 to direct about 150 teachers. It Is I a source of wonde rhow we have as many efficient county superinten dents as we have. All honor to the competent man patriotic enough tt serve his county on a contemptabie salary! But shame upon a people who compel patriotism to crawl in the dust! I know that we have some people who claim that our schools are already too much supervised. Thai depends entirely upon what is mean by supervision. If it means thi constant meddling in petty details or the jealous interference with teachers in matters concerning only themslves, or the insis tency upon teachers becoming cheap^ imitators of a fad fiend superintendent, then perhap. we have too much. But if super vision means the readiness and ab'l ity to assist the teacher, the powe: to .inspire her, the tact to prune and refine and strengthen her, ami the manhood to sustain her (and it usually does), then I dissent ve hemently. All over .the State we have young men and women who as teachers ought to succeed, bu' who are falling because they have no one to advise them and to sup port them in the crucial moment of trial. Thie is especially true in the rural and village schools. Is it j any wonder that the young teacher* flock to the towns? j The rural schools must have bet ter supervisions. Nearly seventy pet cent of the white school children of this State are In the rural school j. jThey are entitled to as good and a. close supervision as are any other children. Proper supervision can jnot be given as long as we multiply the one-teacher schools with fifteen pupils each, and permit the popula* election of supervisors at a salary of $684. On a salary of $684, wh-n can a county superintendent do to ward the real supervision of 150 teachers scattered all over a count-', In perhaps 100 school houses? * Require that the county superin tendent be an expert educator, let him be appointed by a board and responsible to that board-, keep him in office as long as he is efficient, and pay him an expert's salary. We sha:> find the men prepared to do the work. Then we shall stop frittering away the school fund, increase the fund, and we shall get results. Sooner or later our people are going to come to look at this matter some what as did Hon. John J. McM?han in his report for 1900. WILLIAM H. HAND. PIKE'S. You will find Pike's the headquart ers of everything suitable for Children, Misses and Infants, in Hats, Caps, Bon nets, Cloaks, Leggings, Belts, Booties, S^cks and Mitts, ; Our Millinery department you will raid strictly up-to-date in style and cpiality. Call and inspect our stock be fore buying. ! Our dress goods department is com plete in every respect, braids and but tons to match. We also carry a hand some line of popular price of cloaks. We carry full line of muslin under wear gowns at 50c ladies drawers 25c corset covers 25c. ? V. I m W ? f ' .' }?.<% ;. . 7 Irre Wn.r ...,n> ....... ,u?i.i I 1 ^ '' Uur wrier*'?w luwp.i . i.i! v; .lif? ' ' .<>??>; TD71 'Kt Fri<tM?LI*-ll?I..M^i (?.. ba./l v? v.. ?tu . I A. j WjMM a. A MAN KILLED. His Companion Injured by a Reckless ] . ' ? . Automobile Driver. Struck and hurled against the! wall of the Bijou theatre in Living ston street, Brooklyn, James Edward Ryan, forty-two years old, of 43 Se cond street, Brooklyn, was instanth' killed by an automobile occupied by | four women and three men Saturday morning. His companion, Miss Josephine j Wagner, with whom he was crossing the street arm and arm, was so ter- I ribly hurt that she is dying in the) Brooklyn hospital. The automobile, a big white touring car, lost a blf brass lamp, as it struck the couple, but it halted only a few s econds be fore speeding away. Four arrests were made latir, but the police were reticent about charg ing them with responsibility. Efforts were made by three bystanders to hail them, but the occupants fought them off. Women in the car laughed as the car struck Ryan and his com pamlon and one seated in the tonneau was thrown into hysterics. She shrieked and shouted, and It was de clared by bystanders that they either were drunk or wildly excitei. "They are both dead, drive on, drive on!" Ryan, who was a printer, had been to the threatre with a young woman, and was escorting her home. They came to the edge of the curb in front of the theatre and stepped into the street just as the big white tour ing car shot across the street from Smith street, from behind the trolley car.' The automobile was going at a wild speed, swinging in at express J train velocity toward the curb. Ryan and Miss Wagner were struck before j they had time to-jump back and their bodies, hurled high In the air, struck the walls of the theatre. CURE OF LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA. Discovery by a New York Physician Creates' Furore. Dr. LeGrand N. Denslow has creat ed a furor among medical men by an nouncing to a representative body of) physicians at the New York Academy j of Medicine that he had discovered an absolute cure for locomotor ataxbi. Dr. Denslow read a paper describ ing the results of his ten-year study of the disease and cited thirty cases in all of which a successful cure had been affected. Dr. Denslow's claims were indorse ! by Dr. John A. Wyeth and other prominent physicians. Dr. R. H. Cun ningham, chief of clinic on nervous diseases at the School of Physicians ind Surgeons in Columbia University, discussed Dr. Denslow's paper and said that his success In the new treatment of the disease was real and would probably revolutionize the present method of treatment. A FATAIi FIGHT. Precipitated By a Dispute Over Five Bushels of Potatoes. A dispute over five bushels of pota toes which was really a fresh out burst of an old feud in Harts Creek, Lincoln county, W. Va., resulted in fatal injuries to three persons and 3everal more were seriously hurt. The Harts Creek country was recent ly made famous by the conspiracy cases resulting in eleven men going to the state prison. The battle occurred in front of a store. Hendricks Blumfield accuse 1 Jake Powers of stealing potatoes he had brought to the store for sale. They engaged in a fistic encounter and then pulled knives. Two broth ers of Powers and George Ward tool sides and a bloody battle with knives and pistols followed. Blumfield had his throat cut from ear to ear. Will Powers was fatally shot and Ward was almost brained. The father of the Powers boys was Injured so badly that he may not re cover. SAYS BRYAN WILL WIN. Senator Gore Says Bryan Wave Is Sweeping Country. "I believe that Bryan and Kern will be elected. There is a Bryan wave sweeping over the country froM one end to the other, and I do not believe it can be stopped. Tho above remarks were delivered by Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, who spoke at Ogden, Utah, Thursday night. " When asked his views re garding the charges brought against Governor Haskell, former treasurer of the Democratic national commit tee, the Senator said: "That is a subject of which I am not informed except from newspaper reports, which have been read to me. Governor Haskell is a popular man in out State, and I have no duubt but he will be able to clear himself of any charges reflecting on his character that may have been brought against him." ? FIFTY DRIVEN FROM HOME. Sixteen Horses Are Burned Up in a Chic'ngo Fire. At Chicago more than fifty per sons were driven from their homes, many of them in scant attire, seve-i persons were rescued, and jropertv valued at. $7;">,000 was destroyed! early today, when 'a lire started in | the Columbia lumber livery stab'ej it 359 Rush street and destroyed j that building and spread to several others in the vicinity. Sixteen horses I wore bnrn"d todeath. ? HASKELL TO SUE HEARST. Governor of Oklahoma Says He Will Bring Action. A special to The Kansas Times from Guthrie, Okla., says: Governor Haskell announced on his arrival here last night from Chi cago that he would bring suit against William Randolph Hearst on Wednes Lesson II.?Fourth Quarter, For Oct 11, 1908. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, I Chron. xvii, 1-14. Memory Verses, 13, 14?Golden Text, I Kings viii, 56?Commentary Pre pared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. I Copyright, IMS, by American Press Association.] Our lesson today has for its topic the covenant with David couceruiug the kingdom, the third unconditional covenant in Scripture. A covenant generally has two parties to It. and If either party fails the matter falls through. But on three different occa sions God promised for Iiis owu sake to do certain things without binding man to anything on his part, and be cause of Ills faithfulness these cove nants stand, and isa. xlv, 24. will ap ply to each of them. "The Lord of Hosts hath sworn, saying. Surely its I have thought so shall it come to pass, and as I have purpose so shall it stand." The first, was.with Noah concerning the earth, the second with Abraham concerning the land and his seed and this third one with David concerning the throne and the kingdom, to be es tablished forever That we may look beyond David and Solomon to the everlasting kingdom of which (Jod spake notice Acts ii. 30. where we learn that David knew that God spake to Him of the Messiah, who. raised from the dead, would sit on his throne Although our lessons will continue for a few weeks yet in Samuel, we are asked to turn to Chronicles for this lesson. It matters little, as 11 Sam vll and I Chron. svll are almost word for word Identical. The two chap ters should be carefully compared. A sentence at the beginning of the Sam uel chapter should be given special at tention. "The I-ord had given him rest round about from all his ene mies.'" Compare 1 Chron. xxlL 9. IS: xxiii, 2fi; I Kings v. 4: Matt. xi. 28. 29. and other verses on the rest and peace nnd quietness which the Lord alone can give, but which Hp loves to give to all who truly come to Him. Ps. xviil should be rend carefully, for see its title. Neither prophets nor apos tles have always the mivd of the Lord, but sometimes speak from themselves their own thoughts, as when the disci ples found faulf with Mary o." Beth any. See also Jer. xxiii. 15. 17. 21. 22. etc. Preachers are often tempted to agree with those to whom they are indebted for favors or position Na than's "Do all that is in thine heart, for God is with thee," was not of God, for that same night a different mes sage came from God to Nathan for Da rid, and that message is our lesson portion. Botb David and Nathan were truly the Lord's servants, but even such need to remember iRa. Iv. 8. SI. The thought of a habitation on earth for Gcd is seen in Ex. xv. 2. nnd is Indorsed by God In Ex. xxv, 8. but He had been content to dwell in a tent among them and had not yet spoken of any more permanent dwelling. The time for such bad not fully come, but later we shall see that He gave to David by His Spirit the plans for the temple and permitted him to provide very largely for It (I Chron. xxvIII. 11. 12. 19: xxlx. 1-8). In the Lord's service all must be of Him?time, place, cir cumstances, provision, all. We need to remember In what condition H<* found us and to what He had raised us nnd His purpose concerning us In order that we may walk worthy of Him (verses 7-9: see also Ps. xl. 1-3; Eph. II, 4-10; v. 1, 2; Horn. xil. 1. 2). The words In verse 9 of our lesson concerning the place and the planting, point ns onward to the one thlug that God says He will do with all His heart and soul at the time of the kiugdom (Jer. xxxii. 41). See also the quietness and assurance that shall be forever when He doeth this (Isa. xxxll. 17. 18i. We have seen at the beginning of our lesson that the seed of David here spoken of was not Solomon, but Jesus Christ raised, from the dead, for only, an Immortal man could reign forever See Rom. I, 1-4; Kev. v. 6. 6: xxil. II?. The saying In II Sam. vu. 14. "If he commit Iniquity." is perplexing as it reads In our version, for we know that Jesus knew no sin and did no sin and there was no sin In Him. but there is good authority for this reading of that sentence, "When^ Iniquity shall be laid npon Him." and that makes all clear, for we know that our Iniqui ties were laid npon Him. and He bare our sins lu His own body on the tree Bot, while receiving all possible eom j fort concerning onr owu individual sal vation from the great truths concern ; Ing Him and His suffering in our stead, we must never forget that He ! suffered also as Israel's Messiah and that through Israel as a nation when converted it Is the purpose of thi> Lord to bless all nations. Read Ps. lxvil In that light and all is clear. We can take individual comfort from much of Isa. liii and xil and similar portions, and yet the former will be peculiarly Israel's national confession and the latter their national anthem when the kingdom comes. As David hears of the kingdom and his seed to ( sit on his throne forever he Is im pressed with his own nothingness and the greatness of Jehovah, who uncon ditionally covenants to do all this (verses 115-22; 11 Sam. vii. 1S-2UI, and he can only say. "Do as Thou hast said that Thy name may be magnified forever" (verses 23. 21). Seeing the glorious future assured to his people, he finds comfort in the fact tint God has promised it notwithstanding p!l his unworthiness. "Thou knowest thy servant" (verse IS). It Can's Be Beat. The best of all teachers is experi ence. C. M. Harden, of Silver City, North Carolina, says: "i find Elec tric P.itiers does all that's claimed for it. For Stomach, ulver and Kid ney troubles it can't be beat. I have tried it and find it a most excellent medicie." Mr. Harden is right; It's ?he best of al! medicines also for weakness, lame back, and all run dow conditions. Best too for chills and malaria. Sold under guarantee at J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co.. drug 'store. 6*" THE ONE GREAT GATHERING OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS nie State Fair This Year?Octob? 20 to 80. The fortieth annual State Fair will be held at Columbia thia year October 26-30, and It gives promise to be the greatest State Fair ever held. No mat ter how bad the crops or how hard the times, everybody goes to the State Fair at Columbia. It has been the custom now for nearly half a century, and it will ever continue so with crowds in creasing each year. The State Fair Is the one *'me of the year that work can be put-.-town and everyone have a good time for a few days. Old acquaintances and relatives meet at the State Fair if they are not fortunate enough to meet elsewhere Juring the year. Friends meet friends and college men meet their college mates and renew friendships with good stories of the good times of the past. This year the fair holds even more than that for South Carolinians. It will be made up of.new exhibits that will teach the farmers new methods j id Improvements that mean money to svery one of them. The races will be the best ever seen In the South. This being the first year that the Fair Association has entered the Virginia-Carolina Circuit. The stake 'races will bring many of the country's very finest racers. The two foothall games will draw thousands of enthusiastic "rooters" from both the Carolinas. Columbia Is better fitted to take care of her guests than ever before, with more hotel accommodations. The rail roads will all put on special rates, as usual. *?) President John G. Mobley. of the Fair Association, has worked hard to get everything in ship-snap's and he predicts the largest crowd In the his tory of the fair. ?ASTORIA ?V Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature FIRE INSURANCE Not cheap insurance but in surance that insures you against all loss by fire or lightning. I do not represent small mn tuals with no capital, who have to assess the policy holdiers to cover each loss, but ten of the oldest and strongest companies . doing business, worth more than ' $1110,000,000 and who have paid more than $1,000,000,000 in losses. Country dwellings, barns and outbuildings, together with their contents all written, and 1 have satisfied customers in every sec tion of the county. Improved gins insured and al so cotton on nl.-inlutions. Office with WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO., next door to Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co , where you will And me from J. a. ni., to 8. p. m. Office pi? ue Kn. 21. Resides e U* 1812. W. K. SEASE. DOING BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH. That's one of the thing* we are doing business for. and of course incidentally, to get a living. In buying oar drngs,?c wo get those which are pure and patent, even though they often cost us extra.Wc buy them for restoring health?yours and all onr customers." You may not be able to jndge the quality of drags, bat oar long experience en* ables as to discri/dnate. Trust as when yoa need medicine and your confi dence will never be mis* placed. A. Calhoun Doyk & Co. **THE POPULAR DRUG STORE * Geo. So Backer & Son, Charleston, S. C. MA N U V A CTUfili Pi S DOORS, SASIS AND BLINDS. BALUSTERS. COLUMNS AND ETC WINDOW AND DOOR SCREENS. J. STORKS SAL LEY, Attorney at Law. No. 11 Barton Building, Law ? - EMBROIDERY SALE "STARTS TODAY If you need anthing in Val or Tor shon Laces, wide, medium or nar row F!ouncing===don't fail to see our bargains=== Beginning at 5c a yard, the choicest offerings are on our counters, Dainty, Fresh and Complete. DO YOUR FALL PUR CHASING WITH US NO THE PRETTY MILLINERY THE NEW SUITS MAIL OEDERS FILLED FOREMAN-RICKENBAKfcR CO. "The Store of Low Prices." Our Fall and Winter goods are arriving daily and it will pay yon to drop in when ont shopping and examine our stock and get prices. We carry everything in the line of dry goods,' notions, shoes, etc., ete^ and at prices that will defy legitimate competition. Now is the best time to buy your winter supplies before the goods are picked over, and il yon will call at our store yon will find us in line with the goods yon wont. Come and let us show yon what wei have to offer. FOREMAN RICKENBAKER CO. I DMHTY AHD PEUCWUSf The one final, crucial te?t of a Confectioner's stand ing" is had in the quality of his Chocolates. Now then, remember 'that it was the exquisite flavor and superi ority of our Chocolates that first made the reputation of this firm, and it was the maintain ing of that superiority of quality that has made this firm the leader of all the world today in the matter of Superior Chocolates. Sold by all Drugaists and Confectioners. Manufactured by Little field & Steere Co., Knoxville, Tenn. EXCLUSIVE AGENCIES GRANTED LEiOtl ? - - DEALERS IN - - Fancy Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables Fish and Oysters. Phono 2SJ2 and All Oordors will be Delivered Promptly. Cor. Russell nnd Proughton St>. Orangeburg, ?. C. APPLES FOR SALE By the barrel. In large or small lots Address, J. E. HALL, Box 247 Waynesviile, N. C.