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I i The Herald and News YOLTOE LI., NUMBER 58. * NEWBERRY, S. C., TUESDAY, JUXY 22, 1913. TWICE A WEEK, $U0 A YEAB. Good Work W Rnral Scho Faithful And Fruitful Work I For The Rural School ^ ty?Detaile (Editor The Herald and News: At the beginning of the year I secured the consent of the State super" ? 3-?* ~ f .+ /-? lies f?f llUtJUUCUl, Ul CUUvauuu xu -the dispensary fund in the employment of a rural school supervisor, and the State superintendent agreed to supplement this out of a fund in his hands to the amount of $125. I secured the services of Miss Elizabeth Hawkins for five months at a salary of $75 the month. Miss Hawkins was a successful teaoher who had experience in the school room in the coun ty. I am sure that her wont was a very important factor in the establishing of six rural graded schools in the county and in otherwise arousing and creating the school spirit. She made written report to me of her work, and I feel that it will be of interest to the people of the county, and I am, therefore, offering it to you for publication. I thought once | of only publishing her general re. tport, which is very short, but the detailed report is not very long and I feel that possibly it will give a better \ idea of the work which she did, and f I am giving you both. I feel that both reoorts are of sufficient interest to warrant their publication. Respectfully, ) E. H. Aull. To E. H. Aull, County Superintendent of Education, New&erry, S. C. Dear Sir: I beg tc submit herewith my report as rural school supervisor for the past five months. In doing so I desire to express to you my sincere appreciation of the kiirfilness and con sideratlon extended me by yourseir | | and the people among whom I have labored. I have found the work pleasant and exceedingly interesting. The people In the rural districts are anxious and willing to do what they can to improve the schools and conditions surrounding rural life, and are very appreciative of any assistance and cooperation in bringing these things about. In the way ot suggesting, help* ing, cooperating, intelligently pointW ing the way, there is much that may [ be accomplished in the betterment of - _ ? fthe schools and in tne maKing oi rural life more comfortable and more desirable. I began work only in January of ^ this year. I have visited twenty-six school districts, and, as a rule, have spent one week in each district, part . of the time in the schoolroom with the teacher, and the remainder in visiting the homes of the children. My efforts &ave been largely devoted to creating an interest on the part of the k .parents and people of the commuaiI ty in their school, and endeavoring ^ to get Shem aroused to the improvement of school conditions in their district. In six of these districts, school improvement associations have been organized. In one or two dis tricts no effort was made to organize an improvement association, because the county superintendent of educa> tion suggested that efforts be made to , unite these to an adjacent districtIn the districts where; association? ^ were organized, their efforts to raise money for the betterment of the school . and improvement oftfihe school buMd??!' ing are very active. s ^ ... In", the '-districts . which , I rjrjsitfcd practically all', of ^the patrons of the ' and friends of the school &t- f tended a meeting which was held fit, l the schoolhouse at "the "entT'ef the r week. The county superintendent'alI ways attended these meetings and made a talk to the school. In most 1 cases nearly all of the patrons attended and manifested much interest in the, improvement of their school. In the following districts during. this year, a four mill tax has been I voted, looking to the establishment of ! a Rural Graded School: Pomaria, ' Jolly Street, Trinity, Sil7erstreet, * Jalapa and Zion. Two mill taxes were ' voted in St. Paul and McCollough dis^ tricts. J Six thousand dollars in bonds have (been voted in Cliappeiis scnooi district; five thousand dollars, in "Whitmire; four thousand in Silverstreet; and three thousand five hundred in Pomaria for the erection of new J ras Done By ol Supervisor 5 M - )y 1V11S5 UlZdUCUl iiawaaio s of Newberry Cound Report buildings in these districts. These buildings have been or will be erected before the opening of the fall term. Zion, Trinity, Jalapa, and Jolly Street will enlarge their school buildings. ' ^ There seems to be a general awak - <- >- - Vnftar enmg 10 inc ueucssitj' uj. schools throughout the county. Elizabeth Hawkins. Rural School Supervisor for Newberry County, S. C. Detailed Keport. January 13-17.?iMv work as field agent for Newberry county was begun on January 13 at Fairyiew school, district No. 18. The beginning of this work was indeed encouraging, as I succeeded in organizing a iocai scnooi jnupruvcment association with twenty-five members which bids to accomplish much in the future. Superintendent of Education E. H. Aull, was present on Friday and addressed the patrons and pupils, on importance or need of more interest in education and of better rural schools in our county. The school is being taught by Miss Julia Maree, of Augusta, Ga., a graduate of Greenville Female college. Tanuary 20-24.?My work this week was indeed pleasant at Wheeland school, district No. 31. The object of the visit \vas to arouse tne people in uiac uummuuitj uu tuc i need of imprpving th.eir school or consolidating with little Mountain school. Owing to the great need of school supplies, a local improvement association was organized. During my stay there I visited every patron in the district. On account of inclement weather, the superintendent of education was unable lo visit the school. The school is taught by Miss Margarette O'Neal, a graduate of Limestone college. January 27-31?The first part of this week was spent at Monticello school, studying the probabilities of improving that school. The school is being taught by Miss Estelle Dominick, a graduate of Co lumbia college. The latter part of the week I attended the Fifth National Corn Exposition in Columbia, S. C. I February 3-7.?I spent this week at Central school. Owing to the small enrolment and | the situation of this school, the purpose was to consolidate part of the district with Little Mountain sohool and the other part with Pomaria. All of the patrons an$ most of the people of the community attended the meeting on Friday. iProf. Berley Bedenbaugh, teacher of this school, in his elegant style gave a short talk and then introduced the. superintendent of education, who spoke fervently on the great advantage of consolidation. February 10-14.?This week was spent in visiting the patrons- of Bethel school, -and inviting them to attend the-meeting on *Tiaay at waiua uun? plans- and?location of the new building were 4feussed and decided upon. A four thousand dollar building. will be ready for the. coming session of ?this school. A four mill tax for maintenance has* btfeii vbTfcd.*"" * February "A. 'Tweet .Vas spent Visiting the ^fat?0^is**?|Paul *i?hnr?r fkwfner to the small enrolment the necessity of a nVw seheolhouse and the nearness-to Bethel and Jolly Street, the superinendentof. education spoke of the benefit.and the good of- the. children of the cpmmunity to unite, part with one district and- part with the other, so that the children might get the advantage of. a good school. The patrons all were present and since they have voted a two mill tax. February 24-28.?I spent this week in Trinity school visiting the patrons and inviting them to come the scaoolhnnsp nn "Friday. The SChoolhoUSe is in good condition, but on account of the increase in enrolment it is necessary for an additional two mill tax to be voted to successfully run their school for the ensuing session, so that they might enlarge the building and have the two teacher school. ; I On Friday the superintendent of education, E. H. Aull, came up and talked to the people of the community about the advantage of a rural graded school and the importance of voting a four mill t^x. We organized a local school improvement association with thirty members. About seventy-five people were nrpspnt and a very encouraging re suit was accomplished, for a few weeks later the tax was voted. The school is taught this year by Miss Lonie Agnew, who is doing, splendid and efficient work. March 3-7.?^This week was spent in Jolly Street school. The purpose was to establish a rural graded school in that district, and to vote a four n.ill tax in order that this school might be made a rural graded school with two teachers for ijhe coming school year. On Friday, County Superintendent of Education E. H. Aull and Dr. G. Y. Hunter, met with the peo<ple of, this community and both gave very interesting talk* on the subject of! education. A local school improvement association was organized and the four mill tax has been voted and a new, school building is expected to be completed in the near future. March 10-14.?The first part of this week was spent in visiting the fol lowing schools: O'Neall, Johnstone, Swilton, Excelsior, and Little Mountain. The latter part was spent in Columbia, attending the teachers meeting. March ' 17-2-1.?Was spent in Newberry. The rest of the week in visiting the school in Prosperity. March 24-29.?My next visit was to O'Neall school The object was to encourage in that district a rural graded school with three teachers for the coming session. So most of my time was spent visiting the pacrons and talking about the advantage of a 1 - 1 ^ A ;i < Ail. better scnooi. un Apm j.ycu a,i ui<3 close of the school, an Educational Rally Day was held. The following gentlemen gave interesting talks: Dr. Harms, Dr. C. T. Wyche, Re#v. E. J. Sox and Col. E. H. Aull. March 31-April 6.?I spent this week in Dead Fall school, district No. 19. Owing to the small enrolment of j this school and the nearness to Sil | verstreet school, I spent the time in visiting patrons and talking on consolidation of these two schools. Superintendent E. H. Aull visited the school cn Friday. After which, an .improvement association was organized. April 7-11.?-Silverstreet. The first part of the week was spent in the school-room and the latter part in visiting patrons and inviting them to attend the dedication of the new schoolhouse. The meeting was held on Thusrday; The following speakers were listened to with pleasure: Col. E. H. Aull presided and made a short talk reviewing the work which resulted in the erection of the hand some new school building. He then i introduced State Superintendent of Education J. E. Swearingen, who wasvery complimentary on the accomplishment of the work which had been wrought in the district during theyear. ?... President Harms, of: Newberry c:ol.lege; and Dr. E. P.. Jones, of t?e F-rst: Baptist church; of Newberry, both delivered excellent talks.;^ It was a pleasant- and profitable occasion and will give an impetus to education in the community. ; j - April 14-18.?This week was spent in Jalaps. school. . , .! The object was to ^tablish a?iv.iral graded school in the community. On Fridiv nearly every patron In! the disfcrkr: attended the meeting held at the schoolhouse.? . Vt., Superintendent E. H. Airil and Dr. Folk ?gave very intepestmg talks a?~ ter which a petition was circulated*and signed to order an election:in the. district for a four'mill tax. A few wee&s later this tax was voted.. April 21-26.-?This week was spent in selecting furniture .^or the Silverstreet schoolhouse, and working up a four mill tax in order that-the school might be -successfully carried on for the ensuing session. The election was ordered and the tax voted. s. few weeks later. On Saturday April 26th, I attend ed the teachers' meeting at Whit.mire. April 28-May 2.?The first part of the week was spent visiting the par-, rons of the St. Lukes school. A peti-! tion was circulated to vote a four mill tax. The latter part of the week was spent in visiting the following schools: Bush River. Tranwood, Bel-' NEWS OF EXCELSIOR. Wicid, Hail and LiglUning Do Damage. IVegro House Struck and Burns. So Watermelons. Excelsior, July 21.?Miss Nannie Mae Cook has been spendipg several days with relatives In Newberry. 3!t. J. H. Werts, wife and children spent Thursday ir. Newberry. Mrs. T. L. Wheeler, who has been at the Columbia hospital for treatment the past three weeks, came home Saturday much improved. Miss Lois Eleazer, of Utopia, is visiting Misses Annie ^nd. Rosine Singj I ley. / We had a fine rain Saturday night and still a better one Sunday afternoon after the long dry spell. The rain will be very helpful to the crops. Mrs. Jacob Geiger and Miss Edna Lorick, of Columbia, are visiting Mr. J. D. Lorirk's family. Mr. Jacob Geiger came up and spent Sunday, returning home in the evening. Misses Julia and Louise Shealy are spending several days with relatives near Greenwood. i There was a pretty heavy rain and i wind storm along with some hail in \ Mt. Pilgrim section late Saturday evening. Mr. Si Schumpert's crib was blown of? of its blocks; also Mr. Dick Shealy's crib was blown from its blocks, and a great many trees were blown down and torn up from their roots. The wind a.nd hail were of a narrow streak and we learn no serious damage was done to the growing crops. The dry weather has cut the watermelon crop in this section considerably. During the thunder storm Sunday afternoon the lightning struck the house of a colored woman on Mr. D. B. 'CdOTi's pface setting it on fire and burning it up with her household goods. The old colored woman had left her home about one hour previous and walked off to her son's home nearby or she might have been killed. The old woman has been a hard worker and she has the sympathy of her friends. Sigma. GOT. BLEASE AT P03IARIA. t Will Attend Barbecue There Next Friday?Will Speak in the Morning?Good Dinner. At the barbecue at Pomaria, on Friday, July 25, to be given by the i - - ~ ^ t Messrs. Richardson, governor \_,uie. u. Blease has accepted an invitation to apeak to the people. He will arrive nn the morning train and speaking will Begin promptly at 10 o'clock so that Governor Blease may return on the noon train. Son. Geo. R. Rembert, of Columbia, candidate for governor, has also been invited. There will probably be one or two short talks by Newberry county people. Everybody is invited and a good dinner is promised. : * 4 I fast, Mudiic, Dominick, Chappells, and Old Town. -0a May 2, St. Lukes school closing, Mr. >J. H; Stoddard, assistant State superintendent of education, Dr. G. T. -Wyche, and Superintendent-Aull made ?peectoes in regard to the advantage of a good school in this district. | 4"May 5-8.-rrThis week was spent is studying and viewing the situation of Hieederville school, District No. 42, and the probabilities of consolidating this school with some adjoining one. May 10, Iattended the closing ex-1 ercises of Zion school. This school has voted a four mill tax and will have a two teacher school for the coming session. May 12-17.?This week was spent at Kinards school, District No. 49. June 13.?We held meeting at Pof ~ i - i maria to celebrate the completion of the handsome new brick building. The auditorium was comfortably filled. Col. E. H. Aull presided and gave brief review., of efforts. which led to the erection of the building. Speeches were made by Mr. J. H. Stoddard, of Columbia; Dr. E. Pendleton Jones, J. B. O'Neall Holloway, Prof. S. J. Derxt 1 "D T T T .nri pr riCK, ui ixewueuy , xvc?. o. ?*. ^^0, of Little Mountain and Prof. W. A. Reiser, the new principal. A delightful picnic dinner was served on the grounds. After dinner I organized an improvement association which went actively to work. Respectfully, Elizabeth Hawkins, Rural School Supervisor for Newberry County. t ? 3> THE IDLEK * I am very much mortified that the editor would publish in The Herald and News any such reference to me as appeared in the local columns of the last issue. I don't beiong to the species who can be "sicked" on to , t tl-ritp what T think, but I C3. LI J j. m.kv _ ^ I always try to be polite and courtteous to every one, and try to refer to those I mention "in the most proper and deferential terms, and the politest language I know how to command. I hope this will not occur again. I believe Mr. C. E. Summer is going to | do what he said he would do. I | know he has the capacity to do it, and ! I am going to believe that he has the I public spirit and patriotism to do it. Now, you, Mr. Reporter, don't get too - 3 r r'trht "Rnt | : rresn, ana see u x am really it is getting time that something be done, and I don't see any good reason -for any further delay. 1 am satisfied that if Mr. Summer will just get the automobiles organized and permission from the supervisor to do something, that it will create a public sentiment in favor of road improvement, and the people who live ! along the roads will get busy and i | help to do something. People like to j help things that succeed and that go. j If any one can just succeed in arousing among tlie people a real strong, good' roads sentiment it will go far towards securing better roads in NewI berry county. That is one reason I "* "* 1 - -1-1 i.1%that hailed witn aeiigm cue siatcuicui, VUMV | Mr. Summer was going to organize the automobiles, because if they would just get interested it would not take so longi to crystalize that sentiment and then something would be doing. I was reading the Spartanburg Journal the other day, and while no name appears at the top -of the column as editor, I am told that the paper te edited by Capt. Chas. Petty, a veteran journalist. I was impressed with the leading editorial on the oldfield school. It carried me back to my boyhood - it- : ? -i j days as a pupil at one 01 tnese uiufield schools. I thinl* the old building is still standing with very few changes. There may be new and modern desks, for in those days we had a long table and long Benches made of slabs, but we generally had a good teacher and the boys and girls had toknow their lessons. It seems to me that the principal books that we studied were the blue back speller, Smith's grammar, Davies arithmetic and Goodrich's history of England and maybe tSe same author's history I of the United States. We had no history of South Carolina. I believe ~ ?"U T mnairnH I that the door irom wu?;u x !CV<U?Vu j the greatest benefit was Smith's grammar. It contained thirty-three rules which we learned by heart and .1 believe that when a child got those rules down right and knew how to apply them that that child was in pretty good shape to speak correct English. To this day when I hear a 1 ? neo iruv>rrer.t gram-mar, I yUl/lAV; uwv w or see incorrect grammar in print, one of those rules comes to my mind immediately. I know tne modern teachers and. educators .will, call me old foggy and out of date, but I am firmly convinced' that it would be a. good thing for the correct speaking and writing of 'English if the children in our schools could be taught Smith's grammar, and they would get more out of it han they get from the modern grammars with all of their diagrams and so on. Another very imDortant factor to the credit of these oldfield. schools was that they developI ed the individuality of the childl They did not consider the cHild so much of a . machine as these modern graded schools do. I found in this same paper some little chunks of philosophy and wisdom , which are worth passing on. Listen to this: "If you know anything good pass it on to., your neighbor. Keep all the ibad to yourself."' You know, without being told,' that any one who would write a paragraph like that belong to the old school. Whoever heard in this day of people passing on to their neighbors that which was good. Just let someii9nnpr? and it goes on wire LliHit) IJO.VA ? _ less. It doesn't have to' happen. It | just has to be a suspicion of something bad and it goes on the wings of the wind to neighbors and every one else in the community. It is a queer quality of human nature, but ?... ? any observant man or woman must conclude that it is true that we all take a great more delight in keeping in circulation those things that are detrimental to our fellows than we do those that are pleasant and helpful. ?o? Did you read in the State the other day that there had been sent to the Pasteur institute in Columbia since the first of the vear the heads of tVnaf qIT aui'uo irru uuuux u.w^o, aUu of these dogs had bitten some one, ard that all of the heads showed signs of rabies. If you did not get down your paper and read it. And the mad dog season is just now started. 'And the dog muzzle"law" of Newberry is a dead letter. ^And the stopping ordinance and" the speed ordinance are dead letters. Read the provisions of the ordinance about speed and stopping. Here they are. Please some one send Chief Jernigan a copy of thi$ paper so that he may see it, a'nd read it, and if he does not believe it is correctly quoted.may be he may be able to borrow a copy .of the law and ordinance book from some one. Lets enforce the law or r Tirili iiict nnnto thosfi auunoa ib. x tv iii juwv two sections at the conclusion of my remarks, and here they conclude for this time: Sec. 201. Every automobileT locomobile, autocar, or other sel?propelled vehicle, shall be brought to a full and complete stop by the~person or, persons in charge thereof in the crossing Main (or Pratt) street and Caldwell street at the intersection of Main and Galdiwell streets." Sec. 203. That is snail be unlawful for any person to operate, use or run an automobile, autocar, mobile, locomobile, or o&er motor machine or Vehicle of slmflar character, on any sidewalk within the Town of Newber i T ~ ry, or to roll any such machine or ve! hide at a greater rate of speed than six miles per Four, or to run "such, | machines or vehicles abreast, or curving to and fro, or to run or operate such machine or vehicle without having one or both hands on the guide thereof, or without having a thorough control of the same, or to fail or neglect to sound the song, or ring the | bell, on said machine or vehicle, whenever approaching a crossing or turning a corner of intersecting streets, .ways, lanes, and alleys, or whenever a collision apparently is im minent. Sec. 295. It shall be unlawful for any dog to run at large in the streetsof the Town of "Newberry unless such, dog is securely muizled7 and any dog [ found running at large without such | muzzle shall be impounded five days, and unless the owner shill claim" said dog and pay into treasury of the Town of Newberry a fine of five dollars said dog shall be killed. Any owner or owners of a dog or dogs who shall permit them to run at large in violation of the provisions of this section I shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than "five dollars or be ! imprisoned for not more than thirty | days for each offense. ; .-The -$4ler. BK. EIEAZEE DIES SUDDENLY. Popular t Lexington County Physl ? a ^ elan Mourned by Large tircie. ; 1 t ' - J r' Lexington, July 18.?News was received her this morning announcing the sudden death of Dr. P. G. Eleazer, who resides near Peak - in the-' Dutch Fork section of this county.- Dr. Eleazer was' taken suddenly ill -last night aboiit- midnight, and died at ' this morning. $he4funeral- will > be; held at Watet-fee fchurch tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. The deceased' leaves a wife arid"three or four children. Last Tuesday Dr. Eleazer was -aroll and ?n the best Of CLy^pai ny?t ? ^ spirits. His was the most im'portaxit testimony given at the" Jacobs 'inquest*''" hearing ths week. He was a verypopular physcian and enjoyed a large practice. The bar at' the mouth of the river is no protection against mosquitoes. "9S[8 Xpoqaraos ?q auop uayo 00} sf op 01 S93tn n13ra v v^q; ^jom aqj, Don't worry over the past. The fu ture will give you cause enough. Rheumatism may make a person stiff but it does-not give him dignity. Our friends are genrally willing to \ take our part and theirs, too. > t V # l