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-HOW TO HELP RURAL SCHOOL Mr. Tate Offers Some Tery Practic' Su.gestions-He Emphasizes the Need for Better Supervision. To the Editor of the News and Cou: ler: I have been very much gratifi( by the interest in the rural schoo which is being exhibited by the cai didates for office in South Carolin Every candidate for governor has e pressed himself in no ::::(ert:nn rn as an advocate of the upbuilding the common schools, and especial thos, of the rural districts. As T1 repo s of the county campaigns a *or r.he welf'lare of the rural school ..........isgenlui, rremr tendency to genralize on tl jec -ha-n !o)ro1po-e r-njedies i WNt*a ew o dirZeci:g t!his ponul ieetEE n.to de:inite chanl(-s of di enssier., I wish 'rom Timp to time pres.ent to the press of the State in my pnion. we might all profitab turn Cur anenion. ils v 10 "ave :vo Sl X. -a:e, myv ev conclusions are tentative and subj:: a T:ian. n orer that my wol may have the benefit of thie b thought of the State on the subjec discussed I should like to recei copies of papers containing editori expressons and the veiws of canc dates for office, and should be plea ed to hear from the educators a: Lther citizens of the State who wj be so kind as to give me the bene: of their opinions. Better Superison Needed. I am fully convinced that the fir rt quisite to substantial improvene: il the rural schools of !.uth Car lina is better supe,vision. The gra est difference between the city scho) and the country schools in this Sta lies in the better supervision of tl former. Let us contrast the city Columbia and her next door neig] bor, the county of Lexington. In ti city of Columbia. according to the 1a report issued by the superintenden there are 75 teachers and 3,367 pupil In the county of Lexington there a: 152 teachers and S.321 pupils. Wit the exception of two or three sma towns, all of these are in count] schools. The teachers of Columbi are most of them college graduati and have had years of experience a well organized system where ti work of each is definitely arrange :and limited in extent. In the rur, schools of Lexington county there i according to the county superintent ent of education, not a single colleg garduate. These teachers have o1 tained their preparation in the con mnon schools and high schools of th county and State, and thteir sole pr< fessional training has been giveni the short-term summer schools. Moi than half of them change schools e' ery year. Recent statistics, in fac show that in the whole State 52 pm cent. of the rural teachers teach ori year in a place. These teachers mu: teach all grades of work, and with ti mnost meagre material equipment. TI task of the rural teacher is infinite; more difficult than that of the grad teacher in the city school, ., SCity vs. Count; Supervision. Tn the city of Columbia there is 'superintendent of schools who re ceives a salary of $2,000 per yea Each school has a principal who givE .a part of his time to supervisioi "There is a supervising principal wh gives especial attention to the teaci intg The first three grades. There a supervisor of manual training, supervisor of music and a supervisc of sewing. In common with other cit schools of the United States, Colun hia 'perhaps spends eight to ten pe tent of its total school expenditure for supervision. In any manufacturing or other busi ness enterprise, it is a well establish -ed principle that the less the skill an experience of the employee the mor supervision' is neessary. Iti accord anc with this principle, we should ex 1)ect to find the schools of Lexingto: 'county spending at least fifteen pe -cent for supervision. On the con trary, the total amount expended fc supervision in Lexington ~dounty ex ~clusive or the two or three tow: ;nhools, is $600, the salary of th county superintendent. This is les than 2 per cent. of the county schoc expenditures. The payment of thi meagre compensaticgi asiumes tha the county superintendent is expecte to devote only a part of his time t the duties of his office, and that hei going to make a living in some othe occupation. This salary is about ti average in South Carolina, as at one can ascertain by examination< the code. Moreover, the teaching force in C lumbia is concentrated in a sma area, and the physical effort involvi in the sunervision is reduced to . tendenit of Lexingtotn must trave over an entire county. The superin I tendent of schools of Columbia 5 kleCted for a term of years by a stabl board of trustees. The county super intendent of Lexington must offer hIn r- self before the Democratic primar d:and, at considerable expense to him Is self, make the race for the office, an i- throughout his term of office muc a. continually trim his sails to the chan2 x- ing winds of popular opinion, whic s often prevents the adoption of cor of sistent educational policy. ly This county is typical of the entir ie State. Ts it any wonder then that th p- rrz: gr-hon!-r, :Wkard? -iWith a s De.mocracy, we have not given them ie Allow mI to suggest for general di cussion a scheme of county slipervi ir First. Ei' Tho Cople e!ae n count s- board of education composed of thrE o members. At the first election l( a one man be elected for two years. ai Y'for six years. and thereafter let on man be rlected every two years. Th! wl1 ins a stable board. Tf it i desired the board may be made t cOis of I:en rater than threi Second. Let this county board t. education select the county superir ye tendent of schools just as the cit school board selects a city superir tendent. They should be allowed t s. select the best man for the work t ,d be done, regardless of where he is t be found. at Third. This selection should be fc a term of four years. Fourth. The county superintender should be paid a salary which is su st ficient to enable him to devote his er tire time and attention to the supei vision of the schools. No county i South Carolina can afford to pay s county superintendent of educaLin less than $1.500. Fifth. The county board of educa 3 tion should also be authorized to em ploy a county supervibor of instruc tion, whose duty it shall be2 to vi3 the country schools and to show th inexperienced teachers how to teac: sand organize their schools. This of eficial should work under the directiol hof the county board and county sup 11 erintendent, who would be left free t' 7devote more of his time to the admin Listrative duties of his office, such a sthe voting of special taxes, the con nsolidation of schools and erection c e proper school buildings. The numer dous requests which have come fror 1. the county superintendents for. th sservices of an experimental super -visor to be placed in one county C ethe State for the coming year, is a: indication that such help would b appreciated. eSixth. The county board of educa tion should be empowered to levy n special county tax not to exceed on emill, to be devoted to the supervisio: - of the rural schools. Under the con t stitution the salaries of county schoo rofficers can not be paid from the 3 emill tax and they are in consequence idependent on legislative caprice. Th ecounty board should be in 1 positioi tto control the funds for supervisiol 3As I stated above, I should be pleas eed to have this scheme of supervisio' made the basis of general discussio: b y those interested in education. a W. K. Tate, -State Supervisor Elementary Schools bs ME. WATSON r3DECIDED. o Sense of Duty to State Will Direc - fr. Watson in Accepting or De s clining Position. r E. J. Watson, commissioner of agri yculture, commerce, and industries -who has been tendered a federal posi rtion, the work to consist in the ex s portation of American manufac tures abroad, yesterday gave the fol -lowing statement to the press: -"I had expected to be forced t< d make a final decision in this mattel e during the past week, certainly by to morrow. I have, however, just re -ceived advices from W~ashington al n lowing me ample time--the middle o: r September-in which to say whethel or not I can take the foreign field iT r the interest of American manufac -tures, particularly our textiles anm acottonseed products. This action ii e. Washington is particularly gratifying s for it is but another evidence of thi l active interest that the federal gov s emnent is taking in a systematic ani Lt proper exploitation of heretofore clos d ed markets. Some people criticise me o no doubt, for hesitating about thi s. proposition, commanding as it does rhandsome salary and laden as it i ewith possibilities for facilitatini y Southern development-indeed aidini f our cotton growers. That I can nc help. I have been devoting my lif to the upbuilding of South Caroline .11 and tangible results of policies em aployed are in sight. If I go to th a Orient now it means the uprooting I balance of my life, perhaps the loss of - persoi.ai contact with the rank and s file of ihe people that I love. How e ever, if I feel that I can best serve the State and the people I love so well - by going. I will go; if I don't feel this, i deep down in my heart, I will stay, as - badly as I need the handsome salary d attached. There are some I know t who can not understand this state -nient, and I am One who does not care h to try, even, to make them understand. I have had a hard fight in the proseen tion of the bampaign in South Caro e lina for a genuine 'program of prog e ress,' but all along I have known I xas right. (and. now the rank and file a has made it hard to reach a decision, hard to uproot thr ties here. and that many terni a 'job'-the thing usually might after-at nearly four times the 30I3 saary I Ua receiving L.'r'. with expense att-(hed. If I do ta'Xe this position it will be from a sense of public duty. and nothing else. Th:.t is all I care to sny about it." The Button-ons. e Washington Star. s: It is remInarkable what changes can ,.e rung in a siender wardrobe '.y a judicious use of the button-ons, or. in other words, of the exchangeable trimmings and accessories that can be hooked or buttoned on a garment. yI There is the petticoat idea; the girl who adopts it owns just two petti coat tops, one of black sateen and one 01 of white lining material. On these she buttons any number and variety r of deep ruffles, the dark on the black and the light on the white. There are t silk ruffles to match every gown, sateen or seersucker ones for rainy days, white lace and lawn ones for lingeries gowns. The money she sav es in material and making is consider a able indeed, and she rejoices daily in n her buttonholed ruffles and the row of black and white buttons on her un derskirt foundation. Then there are hat trimmings. IHow many sailors boost hooked-on .t bows no one but the owners will ever e know, and they are certain of a trim ming to agree in material and color with every stitch of clothing they own. Ribbon, velvet, straw. leather, maline, net- the varieties are endless and the gamut of shades is limited not even -by the rainbow. Other hat trimmings too may be hooked on for the occa -caslon-feathers, flowers and buckles -and one good substantial straw may -be the concealed foundation of every type of hat from the tailor-made to e the lingerie. -Flat pockets buttoned or hooked on to petticoats and inside blouses are another invention of the button-on girl, and she finds them vastly more convenient than the easily lost hand bag. They are made large enough never to bulge, and thus they are un noticeable. All the pretty frills every one is -wearing are easily buttoned on with 1 pearl or crocheted buttons; and thus -one blouse may boast half a dozen of Sthese dainty accessories. A bright idealis to use gold baby studs with buttonholes in both blouse and frill. IThe button-on girl takes no chances with satety pins. Her waists and skirts Sare hooked together. There are five hooks on every One of her skirts, and five eyes in the ,same places on every one of her shirtwaists. In the more delicate materials, the eyes are sewed to a tape band that runs around the waist. The same principle is extended to t the petticoat and corset cover. No ugly drops and creases where a few nfat buttons or large hooks and eyes save the day. And here again the tape .band is in evidence. Only a few mo ments' extra sewing, but many hours _ gained in wear and tear. . Moreover, the button-on girl makes .One dress do the work of two. When . She buys or has made an evening dress she provides also a separate yoke and Slong sleeves; and for semi-dress oc-I casions her decollete gown, with per haps a net tuic or a droped bodice, ap pears with lace sleeves and yoke in otuite different guise. W \oniderful are the changes that can be wrouaLght in one blouse by the use 'of button-trimmings. A bank of ap olique, ruffled sleeves, an overblouse of embroidered net, and the quite plain 1lttle waist becomes fit for occa sions the most varied and the most trying. -Certainly the button-on idea is worth attempting. Mary (aged 6)-Uncle Charlie, I wish you many happy returns of your birthday, and mamma said that if - ou gave me a dollar not to lose it. Lippinicott's. Be sure and take a bottle of Cham tberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea e Remnedy with you when starting on , our tr ip this summer. It can not be .obtained on board the trains or steamers. Changes of water and cli e mate often cause sudden attacks of 2 -D EX CU (1Y T 0E a BASEBALL---Co] ROUNI LEAVE TRIP RAI Laurens 7:20 a. m. $1.2 Clinton 7:50 a. m. " Goldville 8:05 a. m. 1.0 Kinards 8:13 a. m. " Gary 8:18 a. m. Jalapa 8:24 a. m. Newberry 8:47 a. m. Prosperity 9:07 a. m. 75 RETURNING, Tickets good and including Train 14, due lumbia, Thursday, August 2 Ask Agents, W. J. CRAIG, P. T. M. Wilmington, N. C. Want Goc Black Pays The Southern, Seaboard, and C the South. All pass through Ric go out on next train. Shipments in S. C. the next morning. All goods guaranteed under Pu Imperial Holla> 4 Quarts $4.oo. 8 Qua: Red Deer Corn 3 Red Deer Gin 3. Belle Haven Rye 3. Sydnor XXXX Rye 4 Qts. $ Sydnor XXXX Corn 4 Qts. 8 Sydnor XXXX Gin 4 Qts. $ Name 4 9 Old Capitol Rye$ Fern Spring Rye 4. John Black's Private S. 4. . E. Goff AAAA Rye 3. Goff's AAAA Rye 24]1 Bell Haven Rye 24]3 Red Deer Cnrn 24 ] Red Deer Gin 24 . Sydnor XXXX Rye 24 : Sydnor XXXX Corn 24: Sydnor XXXX Gin 24 1 In Bulk. t gal. AA Rye $2-50 AAA Rye 3.50 Straight 8 Yrs. Old Rye 5.25 AA Corn 2-50 AAA Corn 3.50 AA Gin 2-50 AAA Gin 3.50 IMPORTED AND BONDED' are in Stock. Price list sent on a Remember, I pay expres:, charg Post-office Order, Express money exchange or Cashier's check. JOHN ] 712 East Broad St., Not Noted. "Have any of Poe's commentato! taken note of the fact that his famot Raven was on an old drunk?" "What do you mean?" "Didn't the poet say himself tt tsir was an antique 'bust?'"--Tob RSION A LY AUGU. 24 p . urnia vs. Augusta. ROUND E LEAVE TRIP FARE 5 Slighs 9:25 a. m. 75c. Lt. Mountain 9:33 a. m. 0 Chapin 9:45 a. m. 50c. Hilton 9:54 a. m. " White Rock 9:58 a. m. Ballentine 10:06 a. m. Irmo 10:18 a. m. c. Ar. Columbia 10:50 a. m. on any Regular Train up to to leave Gervais Street, Co 5th, 5.20 p. m. Phone or Write J. F. LIVINGSTON, S. A. Columbia, S. C. d Whiskey? the Express. oast Line reach nearly every point in hmond. Orders received on one mail made from this point reach any place re Food and Drugs Act. dGin 100 per et. ts $7-75. 12 Quarts $11.oc 005-75 8-5o 0o 5-75 8.50 05 75 8.50 2.60. 8 Qts. $475 12 Qts. $7.oo. 2.60. 8 Qts. $4-.75. 12 Qts. $7.oo 2.60. 8 Qts. $4.75. 12 Qts. $7.00. ts. 8 qts, Case12 qts. 75 $1n-o0 $15-oo 5c8.75 12-50 00 7.75 10.50 50 6-75 9.50 ts. $9-50. 48 Half Pints $1o.oo ts. 9.00. 48 Half Pints .50 ts. 9 00. 48 Half Pints 9.50 Pts. 9.oo. 48 Half Pints 9.50 ts- 7.50. 48 Half Pints 8 o0 ?ts. 7.50. 48 Ha?lf Pints 8.oo1 ts. 7.50. 48 Half Pints 8.oot 2 gal. 3 al. 4 gal. $47$6.85 $9- Io 6.8o 9.20 12.201 10.00 14-7 5 -5 4-75 6 85 9-10o 6.8o 9.20 12.20 4.75 6.85 )I 6.8o 9.20 I2.20~ OO0DS, Brandies, Wines and Beer pplication. es on all goods except on beer. Send order, Registered letter, New York BUACK, Richmond, Va. Won't Need a Crutch. s When Editor J. P. Sossman, of Cor nelius, N. C., bruised his leg badly, it sstarted an ugly sore. Many salves and ointments proved worthless. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed it thoroughly. Nothing is so prompt e and sure for Ulcers, Boils, Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Corns, Sores. Pimples, Eczema or Piles. 25c. at W. E. Pel LODGE DIRECTORY. Woodmen of the World. Maple Camp, No. 437, W. 0. W., meets every first and third Wednes day evLing at 7.45 o'clock. V1t. ing brethren are cordially welcome. D. D. Darby, T. Burton, Clerk. C. C. Newberry Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., weets c'. ery second and fourth Wed nesday ight in Klettner's Hall, at 8 o'clock. B. B. Leitzsey, C. C. J. J. H:, Clerk. Amity Lodge, No. S, A. F. X. Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meets (rery first Monday night at 8 .'clock in Masonic Hall. - Visiting brethren cordia,1ly invited. Harry W. Dominick, J. W. Earhardt, W. M. Secretary. Signet Chapter, No. 18, I. A. 2. Signet Chapter, No. 18, R. A. M., meets every second Monday night at a o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, Harry W. Dominick, E. H. P. Secretary. Golden Rule Encampment. Golden Rule Eneampment, No. 23, I. 0. 0. F., will meet at Klettner's Hall the 4th Mon.day night in each month at 8 o'clock. I. H. Hunt, Chief Patriarch. W. G. Peterson, Scribe. Pulaski Lodge. Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, I. 0. 0. F., will meet Friday night, August 19, in Klettner's' Hall, at "8 o'clock. Let every member attend. J. M. Davis, W. G. Peterson, Noble Grand. Secretary. Bergell Tribe, No. 24, L 0. . I. Meets on Thursday nights at 8 o'clock. Next regular meeting on sec ond of June, and every two week thereafter until September 15, after which time will meet every Thursday night at Klettner's Hall. 0. Klettner, C. R. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P., L 0.1R.1M. Meets on Tuesday nights at 8 o'clock at Klettner's Hall. Next reg ular meeting on .31st May and every two weeks thereafter until September 15, after which time will meet every Tuesday night. 0. Klettner, R. C. Newberry Lodge, No. 75,1K. of P. Meets every second and fourth Tuesday night at 8 o'clock, at Frater nity HalL. Van Smith, C. A. Bowman, C. C. K. of R. & S. Dysentery is a dengerous disease, but can be cured. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has been successfully used in nine epidemics of dysentery. It has nev er been known to fail. It is equally valuable for children and adults, and when reduced with water and sweet ened, it is pleasant to take. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son If your liver is sluggish and out of tone, and you feel dull, bilious,, con stipated,- take a dose of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to night before retiring and you will feel all right in the morning. Sold by W. E. Peiham & Son. A man is a person who can remem lher a bottle of beer in the refrigera tor a long time after he has forgotten his wife's good-bye kiss.-Dallas News. Saved From Awful Peril. "'I never felt so near my grave,"~ writes Lewis Chamblin, of Manches ter, Ohio. R. F. D. No. 3, "as when a frightful cough and .lung trouble pulled me down to 115 pounds in spite of many remedies and the best doc tors. And that I am alive today is due solely to Dr. King's New Dis covery, which completely cured me. Now I weigh 160 pounds and can work hard. It also cured my four children of croup." Infallible for Coughs and Colds, its the most cer tain remedy for LaGrippe, Asthma, desperate lung trouble and all bron chial affections, 50c and $1.00. A trial bottle free. Guaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son. NOTICE OF FINAL SETLLEMFENT. As administrator of the estate of Mary L. Counts, deceased, I will make a final settlement on said estate in the office of the fudge of probate for New-. berry county on August 24, 1910, at 11 o'clock a. in., and immedliately thereafter apply for letters dismis sory as administrator of said estate. All persons indebted to said estate will make settlement before that date and all persons holding claims against said estate will present them duly attested. J. M. Counts,