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COTTON MARKET - Corrected by Nat Gist. Corrected Twice a wL Good Middling.. .145-8 Es . 20 Strict Middling ...141-2 Butter.... 25 Middlino......143-8 - Hams, (co)..17 to 20 By Robt. McC. Holmes iFour......6.50 to7.0 Good t1idding.. 14 3'4'''' 95 Middling . .a . 4u .....1 to1 Cotton see& i I UA-2 cents. VOLUME XLVIUI. NUMBER 26. NEWBERRY, SOUTH cAROLiNA. rRmDAY, APRIL 1, 1910. TIEAWE~$.0ATA HENRY LEE DEAN. *A SUPERIMTENENT CITY SCHOOLS. SOMETMN OF HIS STRUGGLES. ***4**4 * :** *i ***************** e******* Mr. Tenry L. Dean, who was re- one thousand miles from Prof. Dean's ee.ntly elected by the board of trus- home in North Carolin-a aod he made tees superintendent of the Newber- the distance on his bicycle in eleven ry graded schools, has been in New- days. 'erry only for one year and having 'The following letter which has been come here a stranger to a great ma- received by The Herald and News jority of our people and having dur- from the president of the University ing his first year's work been con- of Wooster gives an account of the fined closely to the school room and arrival of Prof. Dean at Wooster. to his work, it will be appropriate President Holden of Wooster Uni at this time to publish a little some- versity sends the following congrat thing about his 'eaucation and the ulatory letter to the editor of The work in which he was engaged before Herala and News on the eletcions of coming to Newberry, and the strug- Henry Lee Dean Superintendent of gies of his early life aand how be ov- th city schools: reame diffieulties. IMr. Editor :-I have just seen the Prof. Dean is a native of Forrest notice that Newberry 's Board of ty, North Carolina, and his parents Ed.ucation has elected Professor eing of moderate means, he was Henry Lee Dean, S.uperintendent of forced to be a bread winner eariy in your city schools and I hasten to *fe, and never had the opportunities congratulate you. Thinking that it at a great many youing men have, is always helpful for a community t do not take advantage of. As a. to know the kind of a man it has oy the only purpose which was a 'entrusted~ its young people to, per ling passion with him was to secura mit me to te!! you a story which college edueation. He was a great cannot but refleet credit on your ader and a close student of history choice 4o a Superintendent. nd at the age of fourteen or fifteen One day in early September, some has pretty well versed in history years ago, my bell called me to the bhough not havinrg the advantages of door of my residence. There stood 'a school, knew -very little of mathe- a sun-browned youth, hat in hanid, matics. Ihis clothes brov with dust, sweat About this time a young man came ru.nning down his face, leaving to his town from Pennysivania and streaks of grime. Surprised that a op&:ed a night school which young young man should present himself Dean attended for several months, anywhere in such a plight, .I said: working during the day. When the "Well sir, what can I do for you '' ~night school closed he persuaded his "Is this President Holden?'' *he -parents to let him start in the iday asked i? diehool and after 4 years he graduated j"Yes, sir,'' I replied. from the grammar school with the "Well, sir, my home is in North ~highest mark given by t'he school. *Cariolina and I have come 350 miles 'He' then went tio Washington college on my bicycle to enter Wooster4.'. .in Tennessee and in order to save the :have called to .ask your advice as to expense of railroad transportation he where I should search for a place made the distance of three hundred to earn my expenses.'' miles in less than a week walking I saw at once that I was talking from his home. In onder to make to a man who had seen a vision anid his expenses at this gollege he cut was obedient to it. "Come in sir," wood and did other work around the I said. "First of all you need to dormitories. Ifreshen yourself up, di.nie ,with me He entered the senior preparatory' n aears,te esaltl h class and won the highest honors in Im roe. Tat class, being selected to deliver Atrdne,Ipid hm wt the oration at commencement. At! usin."h ddyuntcm the end of his first year President toW seryral"Ised CJooter, of the coll'ege, interested a "Iue thralodwnIhd wealthy friend of his in Pittsburg into"hsad"btIadm wel Prof..'Dean and he offered him a adm oe a nufcett scholarship to be good for the on- byatruhtce. tirs college course and to include a ."Ise Buho doyuxpc st graduate course at Harvard. It e.truhcleewtotsm reof. Dean had already made his ar-jmoe? Icstagrtdal o rangements to go to Wooster in Ohio gttruhacleecus! and. therefore, declined this offer. " ent okm wytruh ~Ehe University oft Wooster issmbyhv er thal, sIm bskd.av system in, the South. The following in regard to Prof. Dean is taken from last Sunday's Spartanburg Herald: Prof. Henry Lee Dean, formerly the head of the Spartan High school at Landrum, has just been elected superintendent of the public school system of Newberry. Prof. Dean, who is a son-in-law of Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster, of Pauline, has been ex ceeidingly successful in his work as an educator, and his ability has been recognized in many ways, but most conspicuously in. an endorsement giv en him by Dr. L. M. Roper, pastor of the First Baptist church of this eity, upon the occasion of his resignation as principal of the Spartan High school. Since leaving Landrum Prof. Dean has been principal of the 'high school at Newberry and his work there is no doubt responsible for his promo tion to the head of the city's school system. Prof. Dean, who was born in North C-arolina, near Forrest City, started when a lad to make a heroic fight Cor an education and nqn out. His Irst opportunity to go to college, was )Eared at Washington College, Tenn., and to reach there in time for the 3pening of the session 'he walked trom Forrest City, a distance of one undred and fifty-six miles, follow ng pretty much the line now oceu ied by the C., C. & 0. railroad. La ter when he went to school at the Un versity of Wooster, Ohio, his trips iome were made on a bicycle. These bhings his friends say show the char ater of the young man who is to ead the Newberry school system. The following has been received by the trustees from Mr. F. B. Wood ruff, county superintendent of educa tion of Spartanburg: iTo the Trustees of the Newberry Graded Schools: I see in a late pa per that you have called to the head )f your school work Prof. H. L. Dean, late of our county. I beg leave to eongratulate both you and Prof. Dean. I have known Prof. Dean for several years, and know of his work. I had my son under his care for the last two years of his high school course. and know what I am saying when I tell you -that you could not have made a wiser choice for a su perintendent of your schools. A man of experience, an expert in shool work, a kind .but firm discipli narian, he easily stands among the best educators of the times. From my knowledge of 'his past work, if he does not inject enthusiasm, sys temn and intelligence into your schools I shall be very much surprised. Yours very truly, F. B. Woodruff. Spartanburg, S. C. March 26th, 1910. YOUTHFUL BLACK MAILER FINED. Atlanta Boy Who Threatened Asa G. Caindler Convicted. Atlanta, Ga., March 29.-Daniel W. Johnson, Jr., "the boy black nailer,'' was fined' $250 to-day in the United States District Court, after pleading guilty to sending threatening letters through the maiis to A.sa G. Candler, a wealthy At anta banker, in which he demanded that $3.5,000 be left at a 3eluded spot named. Considerable excitement was cre sted in April, a year ago, when it became known that Mr. Candler had received several letters demaniding i. large cash sum and threatening to lvmnamite 'his handsome residence if the money was not forthcoming. When postoffice inspectors fastened the crime upon Johnson, 17 years old, and a former member of Candler's Sunday school class, the latter im mediately 'took steps to have the Federal authorities drop the case, but in this he failed. His 'brother, owever, appeared in court to-day wnd made a request for leniency. The fine was paid by Johnson's father. The more sons a man brings up the more he proves he doesn't know ho0w to do it. The world condemns bad people; it doesnt aeite the good. worked their way through Wooster, abd I have come to be one of them.'' "But do you know how very hard it is to work your way through col lege-? Do you not think that after a while that'you will tire of the ef fort and quit?" "0io, no, I know what work is and I have excellent health. I will work all day and study at night if needl be thAt I may get through college." I was so impressed with the ear nestness of Mr. Dean's purpose that I asked thim to make his home at my residec,ce and he remained with us five years, and was beloved by faculty and students. Throughout his college course at Wooster Mr. Dean shomwed himself to be an active Christian man. He stood for al tha twas best in col lege life. Hd acquired the ability to con centrate his m ind upon the work at hand, one of the best lessons col leges an teach. We soon began to believe in the nian and his vision. He had the ideals of the truel, teacher. He recognized that teach ing was a mission as well as a pro fession, a privilege as well as a work and he bent himself to the task of becoming a worthy leader of young people. He was endowed with a desire for the best and noblest things in life. He had a natural gentlemanliness about him that was; iot only attractive but contagious. His character, tdispositon, tactful ness and his vision of life will make him a most valuabi ,uwan to have at the head of your schools. I sincerely congratulate the citi zeus of Newberry on t:heir selection of such a man as I know Professor Henry Lee Dean to t>e for Superin tendent of Schools. Very sincerely yours, Louis Edward Holden President. Mr. Dean entered the senior pre paratory class at Wooster, therefore was an attenlent at Wooster for five1 years. He idid work, during this time a'round the home of the president, to pay for his room rent, and at other places .around the University to pay for board. 'During the summer he earned sufficient money to pay this I railroad fare back and forth and pur chase clothing. In his second year he became a member of the University society and* was selected to compete in a public debate with a member of the senior el4ss and won the debate. In his sophomore year he was elect ed class president. In his jmnior year he was chosen to represent the Uni-! versity in the intereollegiate contest and also .to represent the college in the inter-state collegiate contest. Mr. Dean left Wooster in 1903, af ter finishing the senior year. In the~ fall of that year 'he was married to Mrs. Dean, who was a Miss Lancas ter, daughter of Dr. S. T. D. Lan ter, of Spartanburg, and without ap plication on his'part was offered the school at Pauline in Spartanburg county and he remained with this school for three years, doing success ful work. The Baptists of Cherokee and Spar tanburg counties decided to take up high school work at Landrum and. Prof. Dean was asked to take charge of the Spartan high school at this place. He acceptad and the first year enrolled sixty boarding pupils and paid all expenses. He was with this school for three years and the school continued to grow. Two year~s ago Spartanburg had four scholar ships in Clemson college; three of these were won by pupils of the I partan high school. This school al so furnished eighteen teachers to the* public schools of Spartanburg coun tv. When Prof. Dean resignred as principal of this se2 ool, the trustees: urged him to withdraw it and as soon as his resignation became known' he was offered 'the position of super intendent of the public schools at Landrum but he had accepted the po sition as principal of the Newberry High school and began his work here last fall. Prof. Dean seems well eqpipped for the position of superintendent of the Newberrv schools and should have: the 'hearty cooperation and encour-' agement of the people of Newberry' n mang tem mecnd to no shool MARSE JAKE AND A STORY OF TE] * BY COL. D. A (Continued from March 25.) 4 During his stay at home from I school, Jake Baldwin often met Mss I 0aroline at the spring, have Cage to I fill her pail, -earr yit to the top of the hill, while the young lovers sat upon I the old wash bench and whispered devotion inito each other's ears. Jaka ' knew he rwas "persona non grata' fi at the home of the Purdees, for in those days, it was not considered pos sible for a wealthy young man to pay H attentions seriously to a poor young < girl, more especially his overseer's i daughter, ana. the parents of such ( young girls, guarded their honor and E good name with jealous care. While z Miss Caroline was passionately fond g of Jake Baldwin, she was wise J 0!:Iough in her day, to see that society t and environments, had placed impas- e sable barriers between them,. unless i some unforeseen circumstances in- c tervened. She feared the ridicule of x the neighbore and her companions, * feared they would think her vain and silly, in believing she could eateh I Jake Baldwin, lazy and worthless as I he was. . N She urged him to wait until the family became more reconciled to their companionship, anid then when I they were old enough, why-then I perhaps, she would consider serious ly the proposition of marriage. Jake I had heard some threats and whisper ings of being disinherited, should he persist in the folly of keeping com- e pany with that "little upstart of a I Caroline Purdee" with a view of ul timate marriage. But Jake's heart I beat in earnest for his boyhood love, t and declared, "what do I care for i all these negroes and land, if I can't get the girl I love.,' But -that is an- 1 other story. We will for the pres- < ent follow the footsteps of Jake and i Cage. The time was 'approaehing perilous- ~ 'ly eear that whi-ch was set apart for ~ Wagoner Mingo to take 'his young master back 'to the Institute. Jake I .brooded over the matter seriously, ~ while Cage still persisted in 'the de termination of running away when-11 ever M'arse Jakue 'left. Jake had to think fast. The monniin'g set for the ' departure, Mingo had .the old family ~ barouche hitehed up early and wast waiting the advent of his young mas ter. The sun rose in crimson splems i dor above the Eastern horizon, and I the iday seemed propitious for 'the t journey. But nowhere within the ( radius of the horizon on1 all sides, 't could be found a trace of Jake and Cage. They had abseonded during' t the night, to where, none had 'the 11 least idea. They had disappeared as t completely .as if the earth 'had swal lowed them up. It was a mnysteryi none could fathom. However, 'there s was not as much excitement as would be supposed in 'the Baldwin home, as i they all attributed Jake 's absence to his reluctance to return to ~school ( and all thought he would return at t night. What the old gentlemnan'and' his wife and daughter thought of this ,( conduet, we leave 'to the reader's r imagination. s But Jake and Cage were easy. The 5 lurid tales told by the latter of 'his p exciting and novel aife of a runaway, V haid so fired the mind of his imagina- t tive young master, that 'he too longed e for a like adventure. It had novelty a in it. Something out of the ordinary. r It was a "new evangel'' of fun and C adventure that 'Cage had preached,' a and he determiined to avail himself a of this opportunity, then return in a y few days and go to the Institute. 1 Each was to provide himself with as u much eatables as he could lay hands( on, sufficient to last till they reached t Cage's den on the river, then theyI were to trust to his experience and ac tivities as a night prowler for the I rest. At the river aM was waiting, i hooks, baskets anid old free Joe's ( canoe. So long before the first ruddy i courir of the morning had cast 1 RUNAWAY CAE. E DUTCH FORK. * * DICKERT. heir rays athwart the Eastarn sky, he two met behind the ash hopper n rear of the old smoke house and vegan their pilgrimage as runaways. They jogged along at 'a lively pace, hrough meadows and break, til the ;un's yellow beams were some dis ance above the horizon, then they >egan to see hands from adjoining >lantations going to their daily vo ations. They began slipping along ence rows, peering through the Tacks, eyes and ears alert for imag nary foes. About midday they ame to the sunny side of an old edge field, i0age proposing to rest ,while and eating some "wittles" S "grub" was called in those day. Lfter a frugal meal, Jake told Cage o keep a sharp watch out, while he le-pt a little, having tossed all night a his bed, delirious with excitement f the comng day. Cage assured his aster that he would be sure to be lery watchful, Jake lay down and vas soon in the reanlm of oblivio. low long he slept, the had no idea, at was violently aroused by a loud oice singing 'Over the fence, he did sail aeft his coat tail hanging on a rail, bun, nigger, rin, de paterolers keteh you, tun, nigger, run." Jake sprang to his feet, and was hocked at seeing Cage stretehed at a-1 length on his back, snoring away, leeping the sleep of the iminocent. le aroused the sleeping negro with a hud in his side with his foot, "Get ip quick, don't you hear that. What xe you doing asleep?'' Cage rab >ed his eyes, and 'by degrees came to onseiousness and hearing the simg ng, said "let's get away, at's old 5toudenmire's Tobe and his master de't fur away."' They ran, half >ent, down the 'hill side till they vere out of bearing. "I told you to tay awake and you lay down aind leep like a log,'' said Jake. "You ire a good one to wateh.'' "Who, ie?''" answered Cage with chagrin. 'CNo sirree, I warn'~t sleep a bit. I vas wide awake and heard Tobe inging, but was jest waiting for you o wake up.'' When they reached the river late a the day, the boat was gone. "I ~et old free Joe done found his bat ea'u, the old rascal,'' soliloquized lage. There was a great bluff jut ing out to the water's edge at this eint, so Cage proposed climbing a all sealy-bark tree that stood: on the auffand see if he could see any race of the missing ,boat. Nothing oldhe -see of it up or down. "I on 't even see a paddle or pole,'' aid he, "it's 'clear gone.'' Just hen they heard the faint yelping of .ogs coming down the river in the irection from whence they had come. age listenied intently for a moment, he dogs coming near and nearer. 'Cfam a tree quick, Marse Jake. Sam -a tree. Demn is -Bill G3oulden's igger dogs, and dey is after us' uire. Dey 'll tear' you up.'' Jake binned up the 'tree after Cage. Both eld their breath as the dogs neared heir retreat. As Cage peeped around he tree 'he espied a "cottontail" oming down the river banks in full peed, and at the bluff, it turned ab aptly to the right. Then the dogs ama, were 'here thrown off the trail, nd began cireling around. "I believe ay is rabbit hunters,'' as he heard 30thful voices urging on the dogs. k>a brood of young negroes came p, one with a rabbit in his hand. ne old dog began to siff up the ree on whi.eh the two adventurers rere .perched among the topmost ~oughs, and began a deep bay. The eoy with the rabbit casting his eyes 'p the tree discovered Jake anud lage, uttered an~ unearthly yell, ropped 'his game and fled like a