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Inuvrt miWOI lCHIl#?AN hflS ?1- 1
ready been noted, the average length j
of the white schools of the State last
year was less than six months. To |
be exact, the average for the town <
and rural schools was 11? days; the '
rural schools alone 110 days. While '
this is a better showing than wc j
made a vory few years ago, still |
our schools are iu session a little <
lees than two-thirds of our own I
standard school year of 180 days, or
nine months. In other woeds, the
white people of the State are giving
their children less than two-third*
of the schooling which they declare
a child ought to ha've.
Here again Is n lock of school
funds, which our people, 1 Insist,
are able to provide. In many rathei
thickly settled and prosperous districts
the schools close nfter sl>
or seven months because the funds
are exhausted, yet not a dollar of
local school tax Is collected. I know
districts with from 50 to 60 white
children, which depend upon the
pittance of $300 to $325 to run theii
schools. Is it reasonable to expect
such a district to keep Us school
open or to keep competent teachers?
In some of these very communitier
I have been told, with a tinge of resentment,
that the schools are l>ettei
than those to which the fathers and
mothers went. That may be true,
and It may also be true that these
same fathers and mothers are hewer*
of wood and drawers of water today,
simply because they are unable
to cope with those who have beer
better schooled. He Is a very displcable
parent who Is willing tc
wltbold schooling from his child or
the ground that he himself had few
or no advantages.
However, short school terms ar<
by no means entirely due to lack ol
Cfeow A-* " ** '* "
M.VUVJ . uu aiigc U.1 II Ulll) hW'lll,
there an? many districts which closi
their schools at the end of six, five
and even four months, with half a?
much money left in the county treasury
as they spent on their schools
1 know schools which have to their
credit enough money to run then
. * twice as long as they have been rnr
ny year within the past five. It
fact, some entiro counties are mak
lug what the officials call a gooi"
financial showing, at the expense o'
the school children. For instnnce
Florence county had on hand, June
30. 1907, a balance of $35.R3S to the
credit of the school fund, while sh<
had spent only $27,030 on he
schools that year. In other words
the schools had at the close of tin
scholastic year a balance of $S.7S'
more than the entire cost of th?
schools that year. Financially thu'
may be a good showing; how is i
educationally? Let us see; Flor
ence couuty kept her white schools
open last year six months; she pah
her teachers an nvernge of 12 30 :
year; she gave each white teachean
nverajje of 36 pupils to teach
Chester couuty makes but little bet
ter showing. She kept her white
ovuuum upt*u wjvi'u Bnu outMouru
months, paid her white teacher!
an average of $29G a year, and
{tare each teacher an average of 3*
pupils to teach. Yet Chester count;
closed these schools with a balanci
larger than the total expenditure
that year. I believe in running the
schools strictly on a cash basis, and
I know it is necessary to cloe tlu
books on tho 30th of June with
enough halance to run the schooh
until the next tax collection hat
been made. But la it sound business
or common sense to cut ofl
tho school year, pay beggarly salaries,
and give each teacher too many
pupils ?to teach, in order to show
n money balance? Of course undo
such policy our school hourds can
boast of having money on hand. Ar
1 see it, we have more need for mouey
on the children. A man could
doubtless make a fortune on a salary
of $500 a year, if he were to go
naked and hungry, and keep all his
timings at ten per cent compound
interest; but what would h<? be getting?
After all, do our people wish to
keep the schools open nlue month*
in the v??ar? Fle|H?Btedly I have had
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xiuorn < uiviuvrs very rareiyy opPoro
the attempt to lengthen their
school beyond six months. Tlieii
contention Is tlint the children cm
uot be spared from the farms and
the mills for n longer period. K.xrept
In case of extreme poverty ii
, the houies of very unfortunate
people, this argument means nothing
less than that the child Is looked
upon oh a bread-winner. The par
:nt Is either too short-sighted o:
too selfish to give his child the op
portunlty to become e\en a breadwinner.
save in the humblest call
logs. Such u parent needs to h?
shown bow his child mov he trained
until ho become! a master of something,
and a citizen iis-'ful to tht ;
State. Every child should be taught
to work?to work intelligently and
profitably , but his ultimate suet ess
aud usefulness should uot he sacrificed
to immediate selfish gain.
foot- School Houses and Poor
Equipment?There are at. least two!
very distinct kinds of poor school
houses: The building itself may be
worthless: n good colliding may bo
unfit for school purposes, tl is posslhble
to invest a modest sum of >
money In a good school building.
What we knon as school architec- i
ture is yet in a very erttde and un- 1
developed state, if we are to judge I
from some of our recent school 1
buildings. Some of even the larger 1
towns of the State have taxed theui- (
solves liberally to ercet new school I
buildings, and have very inferior i
ones. Not one cent%of public money . l
fhould ho permitted to be used in ; j
a school house until the plans of the t
building have been favorably passed h
upon by some thoroughly competent i
person Some of the mo?t common1 e
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iefects lu our school buildings arc ,
jinall class rooms, low ceilings, inefficient
window space, windows set
in front and to the right of the pupils
when seated, tops of the winlows
too far front the ceiling, poor
iieating, and poor ventllatiou. These
lefects are foinul in the town build-1
luk ituu 111 iu<* vuuai ouuaings.
We have some excellent school
houses. Among the larger towns
the buildings in Florence, DarlingLou.
and Georgetown, together with
the latest buildings in Greenville,
cellent in almost every detail. The
Spartanburg, and SumU'r, are exiclleut
In almost iW cry tiling. The
Taylor school, lu Columbia, Is
another excellent bulkling, but I
am forced to add that this Is Columbia's
only public school building
worthy of the name. A number of
the smaller towns have relatively
excellent buildings, notably St.
eorge and Suinmerton. llelton,
Brunson, Chesterfield. Fountain Inn.
Manning nnd Seneca each will soon
have a new building of niodesn type. ,
On tho other hand, some of the
towns have very p??r buildings.
The e are in this State four towns i
whose taxable property combined
was returned lntft yeur at $1,400,000,
in round figure*, and whose four
school houses for white children
vould not sell at auction for more ,
thou $1,000. Of cuurse these buildings
cost much more than their pros- .
jnt value, but they are almost worthless
to-day as school houses. lu i
these same towns are beautiful
homes, good stores, good batiks, attractive
churches, and even good i
barns for the horses and cattle.
Can the citizens of these places make
themselves believe that they are not
Jiscounting schools? They can not <
make other people believe It, I am
sure.
The rural school houses are relatively
inferior to those In the towns.
Many of them are little better than
dingy sheds, unpointed, ugly In appearance,
jioorly lighted, poorly '
honti.H mwl
unari ??ulj ? IJUippi'd.
Many of these houses are
lot coiled on the walls or '
iverhoad. When they are celled,
hat overhead is often so low that
he tallest hoys can reach it with
their heads. Not one building in
hree has enough window space
properly distributed. The windows
aro small and placed equidistant
from the floor and celling. It is no
inconimon thing to Hnd a room of
children sitting with their faces
oward one. and even two, open windows,
while the room at their hacks
i? comparatively dark. In 190T?, the
Itate Superintendent of Education
Issued a pamphlet giving design;
'or modern school houses, which ha; 1
done much towards improving tin ir
character. 1
Very few of our schools ore
equipped as they should he. Huniseds
of good desks have been put in
within the past Ave years, but there
ire yet scores of school houses seat>d
with the most clumsy and unsightly
and uneonifortabl" desks
known to suffering hacks and liuibs.
l'he blackboards are too few in
lumber, made of the cheapest material,
and the surface is 110 ion?*???
black. lu many of our school*
ooms is not seen a map or a cnuri
rou? September to Juno. Even
ho fatuous cltarts havo i>oon relocated
to some closet of plunder.
Vere it not for the genius of my
friend. Mr. Hughes, of Greenville,
uany ot our school houses would ho
absolutely without anv kind of globe.
The State has very wisely provided
hundreds of schools with small libraries.
In most places these libraries
are used much and well cared
for. hut in altogether too many
olaces the books are torn to piec??s,
some scattered through the neighborhood,
and some lost. What e.se 1
can be expected when the school 1
house stands open to every body and
everything.
A dirty school house is inexcusable,
and is a disgrace to a commit- 1
nity. Here the teacher is chiefly
responsible. Any teacher, man or {
woman, who keeps a dirty school
house is rather poorly fitted to train
children. You can not readily re- (
flue the tastes of a child who Is |
compelled to sit five hours a day in
the midst of filth and utter.
WILLIAM 11. HANI). |
University of South Carolina.
SIGH FOR HOME.
Wants a Ileal ChhxI Halt of Hog ami
llominy. I
A dispatch from lyondon to the '
New York Herald says Senator Till- '
man. of Suith Carolina, who is m:ikiUE
his first ,;l
. v,M uu (Will ,
London very much, though ho si*, a?
in vain for tho ridicules of tin- table
of "down South."
"Young man." mid the Senator
titis morning, "if you will only toll
roe whore I can get t.onio real corn
meal in this town, you will make
me your debtor for life." t
A friend who was standing near
supplied the Information and the ,
Senator was effusive in hi* thanks. ,
"Well, sir, I've had a hard time to (
get something to eat over here. You ,
know a man used all his life to our .
Southern rooking just naturally
craves for something that has corn
in it. I don't eat beef aud 1 havt
tho hardest time everywhere I havt
been trying to explain what I meant
by. breakfast bacon, but as for corn
bread and hominy grits, why. sir. I
haven't been able to find a irate of
them anywhere, so I just thought if i,
I could only find somebody to tell I
I C(
no w here i could get some corn'
ileal I w ould take it to niv stopping |
jlace and show the cook how to *
nake a nice, yellow- pone of rr ru b
tread or an ashcakc. lirompion road. "1
lid yon aay? T am certainL much n<
tbllfed " et
'WEAPONS ARK DESTROYED.
An Unwritten 1j?iv, IUmsI oh Super
tit ion, of ltoynl Houncs.
Itor obvioue reasons It was tint
ural that the Spanish police ahoult
be :tr\ious to secure tlto bomb whicl
did nttl explode when thrown at tin
royal ?touple. There wau a reusot
behind the desire to nip in Ohe bm
chit dtp of further damage. Ther<
is an unwritten law In the feignlnj
houses pf Kurope. says the I,on dm.
Standard, that all relied oC attempt!
upon royal lives, as well an the In
truments used for treating thwound*
caused in such attempts
ball he destroyed. Thcrv was ;
solemn assembly- In Geneva of \utro
Hungarian otltrials tc. wiines'
the destruction of the in ttrunx n'
which caused the death of the Mm
press Elisabeth and of the stirKuu
post-mortem examination.
The cuKtom Is based to a certaii
xtent upon superstition. 1>ui mor?
solidly upon the deter iuiuii i<<i
to prevent the relics from t'niliiu
into the hands of exhibitors of sue;
tragic nttles.
The custom in this matter one
was to grind to plecon the wenpoi
which had been employed. When
however, the dagger was 1: ! *?<
with whioli lite priest Martin Mcrir.?
attempted to murder Queen !; nb-ll:
of Spain, rathetr more than half i
century ago. the blade was found '?
l><* of such finely tempered steel rhtv
it r<*!sted every effort of file an<
stone.
Soinetbiu? like a panic was cant o
when the news got. abroad, tin
Spanish pfasnuts Imagined Mini
there must, he magic in the blade
So ? cabinet was specially summoned
to deal with the crisis, and it \vndetermined
to submit the steal t?
the Influence of acids. This provint
Kticceasful. all implements twed foi
the like foul purpose have tinder
gone the like treatment- knives
swords, daggers, revolvers and. presumably,
bombs.
It was cruel irony that the bnuiht
thrown at the young king and quern,
of Spain should be buried by u man
secreted in the only house in Mud
rid owned by Queen Christina. Thiat
Jlrst sight, 1h surprl.slng. Napoleon
III., in the terror which Orslm"'
nttempt Inspired, bid for safou l \
buying up tho hons? s facing; the
Tulleries, so that borr lis should li>'t
he flung thence by hIf. enemh->.
It Ik from places whoso posit lor
should guarantee their safet> thai
danger comes. Only a miracle invented
Alexander IT. from hoin*
Mown to atoms In. his own wir i i
palace. Tho Grand". l?uke Serge \va
assassinated outside the law conn?
si St. Petersburg; iflcn. Hobrikofi
was slain when entering the rciumc;
M. Plehve was struck dead with hi
secret police all arc uud him; t!,?
?.ii<k *mi queen or sjorvin perisue<|
In |heir own palace.
Useful ('limn Cutter.
A new idea in rhe se cutters fui
use .In grocery stores hns been ja
enteo by an Indiana man. In tin
majority of cheese cutters at preRent
employed the out'.inn blade <>v
tends the entire width of the c-heo.,?>
on the cutter. The operator is thn?
"jC- ^ J
c ^|p^E3 Q
CUTS ANY SIZK SI.ICC.
Compelled to cut. the length 01 the
rheese. and where the quantity required
1m small the cut Is naturally
very thin.
This objection Is overcome in tb"
cutter shown here, :\h tho cutting
knife extends only one-half the wi.itli
at the cheese. The lop of the t. b'e
moves freely, the knife being siatimnry
and pivotal to a frame at the
hack. An arrangement for indicating
the size of tho cut Is securei to
the front of the table. Tho ease
with which a pound or two of die ><
nn ho sllcod off will he apparent t
:>nce. In fact, the dividing mechanism
is so accurate that it is, unnecessary
to re weigh the cut. i.s is
itenerally done.
Costly Wallpaper 1 tesigu.
A new design in farcy wall pa er
ttattoriis comes from Kat. a Ci ;
?1fo a. nay to utilize cance lled < ,%s.
^ firm ha* had all its offices pip*-.- I
wi'h old checks, placed neatly
ir? edge. The face figures of :ho
hecks vary from $30,000 to $ i ,< tu
ind the total for one room is Xg.n it.
Kill 1 v.- - "til tn?..UI
.,r. n p,ii' iiiiiiiiixK run Ml'tiilul
.h>* edges of each cheek-panel. the
general effect s rathe pie. sing.
f.initio to liiM'linrti1'.
M. Hovel, the dirertor Ol the postvftire
at Lausanne, has address" ! a
tircular to the posial employe in the
own warning them that in fat iro
onthachn will not he considered an
xouhm for nbflenrn from work They
nuat either get the tootlt out or
;?t out themnelve*.
XKOHO COXSIMH \< Y A i AM:?
'coplc at Xiiiety-Si\ so licgartl \it'air
of tlie Nrgiws.
There have hoen no further deveipnien's
in the matter ol the negro
jnsplraey. so-ealled, at Xinetvo :.
he prevailing opinion at (J re" n wood
nd also at Nind y-Sj.\, as . scrtained
y interviews, is that the thing is a
take," a scheme hatched up by ou<>
ngro to get revenge on other negro
i (or wrong* o( hie own.
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| NEGRO KILLS FARMER
l E>l VM EL ( AltVKK SHOT 1H>\VN
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, I.N COTTON FIEL1>. i
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1
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, rii-t Itepoi-ts that Negro Hail Ik'en <
Lynched by I'nssc Prove False?
a
lb' Is Lodged in Jail.
* J
Carver, a young white man about '
i :>'J years of age, living six miles j
- South of Saluda, was shot and in- ,
* stuntly killed Thursday afternoon by i
_ W ill llerrin, colored. The killi'i:. took ?
! place in a field, where he was picking
cotton, and the negro, llerrin. who <
1 did the killing, it is claimed, was- i
of unsound mind. llerrin went to '
1 I
. Carvers held, and without warning .
i or notice, idiot him down. Int'orma
lion received is that alter killing
j Carver he also tried to kill Carver's
^ I wife. who. it appears, was in the *
. ! Held. Airs. Carver grabbed the gun '
, land saved herself from a simUm* r???
,UIC ;
v ; to that of her husband. (
v ! N"ws of tho shooting rapidly sproad >
, in tho community, and it posse was ?
i quickly formed, and from the reports
I jus' received they had captured the (
> negro, and It is supposed have lyuclii
ed him. Young Martin Mathcnoy, jo
. states that he was informed that the
l negro had been captured, and while f
being pursued was shot, but not fatal1
ly. After he passed the Carver home
? lie heard a volley of guns and pis- t
> to!s, and the supposition now is that
; the negro lias been killed. 1
The killing of Mr. Carver was a
- most cold-blooded act. A brother of
. Herrin was in Saluda last that even
ing looking for the Probate Judge, \
!t.i>itig that a member of bis family t
? was crazy, and he wanted to know
> v iiat should be done about it. a
i From all the reports It appears I
that Will Herri 11 shot Mr. farvor 3
hile the former's brother was then
ut Saluda looking for the Probate
5 Judge with a view of having him *
: committed to the State Hospital for
' tho Insane. It is also stated that *
^ Will Herrin attempted to kill two
' negroes that afternoon.Sheriff Sample *
' van phoned and left soon after for
1 the Carver home, the scene of the '
|
killing, and has not returned yet.
A later dispatch from Saluda. j
Sheriff Sample has just returned to
' Saluda with Will Herrin. who Thtirs- ^
) day afternon shot and killed Mr.
Carver. The negro is suffering from a
several gunshot wounds inflicted in .
order to effect his capture. After
j shooting Mr. Carver down in the Held j
Herrin broke hi;; gun over Mr. Car- j
|v?r's head, and went and armed him- ,
[self with another gun. I
, I When the news oi Mr. Carver's
dcuth was made known. Mr. 11. J
t Forrest. Mr. Kunvan. Watson and!
others attempted to capture the ne-' .
gro, and while doing ho wen- com- y
, polled to lire on him to avoid being ^
. shot themselves.
, Herrin had hidden in the weeds
near Mr. Carver's home, and when (
railed upon hy Mr. Forest and others t
t > surrender lie refused to do so, hut r
instead attempted to lire upon them, i
< hie of the shott iired hy the pursu- ers
look effect in tIn? negro's eve and
, others in his body. Ucrrin is now
in Saluda jail suffering l'roni his ,
wounds.
Sheriff Sample states that Mr.
Carver's neighbors assured hint that
no attempt would be made to lynch
lierrin. They desire that the law
take its course.
At this hour Sheriff Sample is uii'
decided whether to take the negro to
Columbia for tnl'ekeeping.The gentlemen
who captured the neggro could
have easily 1> nched him had they so
desired. After taking lierrin into
!? M:-tody no effort was made to harm
| him. and he was readily turned over
Ito the sheriff.
S.ieriiT Sample says that Herrin has
i 'as good sense as anybody and. so far
as lie can see. shows no symptoms
of insanity. The negio sips the
treason lie killed Mr. Carver was because
of a difference arising out of a
buggy trade. He wanted to buy the
buggy, but Mr. Carver asked him too
^ much for it.
H
TIIK IIATIjKSS UIKL. J
Wo Woleomo Krr (iiul llopo Sbo Will l
Ilitlo A woe.
We do not know - wo almost fear j
to hope? whother it is tin sotting in p
of a now fashion, this charming ous- c
torn of girls going ahont hutloas, but
if i' is lot us welcome it with exceeding
Joy. Sho is becoming ubiquitous, ,,
t hi:, gii] without a hat. and in the v
. tr< < t or in tho stores. in tho parks,
wherever sho may l?<?, sho adds '
beaut; to th" IriwlHCupo and pictureolios
tot |li> \ |'*W.
>:np- v.. lfo; i" ton will tho now- '
old n -toai of i ho fair so\ bo if one
of iv results is tlir? dethroning of
that awful ro oust rosily, tin? "Merry j-3
Widow" loit, that dlle shape of i
?w i'i :t mows :i swath of disc. m- .
: lor' through our throughfares and I ^
; <>h; h lu< ; ttdded to tho Innvlonc <.f .. i
j torrid su tumor. j,,
j i < ' uk hope that the now stylo of)
j < in initio haivhoadr.o.vs has conio uhout j
;thvoi;.!i I'or.talo roroguition cf tin
otornal vority of tin* poot who do-j
iclarod lint tho rcoivnint; ft lory of u
.woman i.? hor hair,
j It may ho that tho girls wlu> aro
!hraving convention. d daring their
froodom from tlio thralls of tho millinor
and making lifo moro beautiful,sa
l?\ discarding thoir hats nood on- vo
ooiiragomont. For hoavon's sako lot fa
it;, all got togolhor and praise tho m>x .
to: i' good sonsy. Wo should say at
:: tough estimate thit tit" tnatriinon- {a
i..I ? h n- ? the girl v.nnout a hat tlr
a at ainrt tlio girl with a "'Mr rrt* v <
Wido' " v a' ioa.t 1"" to 1. nd ' ^
tlmt shouid In sonn it its troutb
i an l.o proved. All hail to the *en- 10
sihie American git' and Inn rrnwn of ta
t'orious hair! te
p. *
wh v hk inuvr ti tx iikr.
Tried to 11s?? * ? Cliiinco .< 1*\jiltt in?
Hut Site Woiildu t l.et Mini.
"I didn't tell > <> <. did I. MilJr" V
laid Mr. Ca. i! t?> Lis wife. "tla? 1
aw your sister downtown ju?j
lay last week?''
"No, you diun't. Charlos Auiui* j
IUB Cavil," rei'lied >1:.. C.i". i\ * \V'iy i
IIh?'4
??uii . ? yu .
"Welt, you see?"
"Yes,, I sec. You meet the on'y |
stater [ have In the world and tn- :
stead of coining straight home and
telling me about it the an me day. as
iny respectable husband would ?a va
ioiu, you keep (he matter secret a
a-hole week and then ask carelessly j
f you have mentioned the lu-.t that '
irou saw her.'
"But, my dear "
"Don's but me, Charles Augustus '
Js;\Il. I have ' o doubt t irni she sent I
lie message b> von. and y\at you i
r.ve not only failed to deliver it. but 1
t?y tliis time yon have ?orgott?"" what i
t was about. Tt i me :.T this ls:i t j
tlie ease."
"My dear. It was this way "
"Don't tell nie it was that way, j
Charles Augustus Caxll. 1 know exactly
how it was. You simply
lldn't care a straw v hether 1 l:no*.;
hat you had seen sister Jane or not
)r you would not have waited a
vholo week to tell me you had seen
;er."
"But I didn't say 1 saw her," Mr.
Havil said at length. |
"Then I'd like to know what you
lid say, Charles Augustus Cavil." !
"1 asked yon if I toll you that .
taw her," explained Mr. Cadi.
"Well, why didn't you ml! me?"
"The reason I didn't toll you was
recalls- I didn't see h ;r- that's all.
Mrs. Cavil gasp >d and was speech- :
CSS.
The Deal l?'oll Through.
lie had been drinking. That was
rery evident to the woman 'ho came j
to the door inanswer to his ring.
"Shay," lie began alter looking up j
Ln?l down the street uoi vously, 'you
tut advertisement (hie) m paper
hmoi j*;iig?"
"I did," sho retdled.
"Yor shed yon (hie) would give 1
cood home to cat. '
"Yes; have you a cat you wIfIi to i
jet rid of?"
"Heslior yer life!" he replied .
leartily.
She whs about to ask for frithor !
particulars whoa a stocklly built, i
mgry licking woman stopped at the i
tate and motioned to the man with
.he remark:
"Jako, you drunken fool, come !
low.; here to me this minute!"
"Thanh her?thash oh. cat I want ;
:o pet homo for." ho whispered. i
'Shay when"
The lady who wanted a feline, '
lowever. quickly -u?sed and lock..! I
die door, while lvr culler slunk j
loon the su-ps and was led nwny I
>y tin; ear.
\> ill Street Preference.
"1 don't see why S.oik.-andbonds. {
nsists on going with Miss Coldust, i
when lie could just as well take up j
vItli Miss (lolrox. The latter eoir.o* ,
from old American stock."
"That may be rue." replied Mi*. |
j.inhustn, smilingly, "hut lu jiroJ bly
prefers Miss Job i>* because j
dm -omes from water stock, lor !
meestovs wore Itnptists. you know." ,
?Judge.
IW- - rap-.,
The Baron?"S<? iiothne 1 must ;
si; ly uncle to got out the fnni'ly
owels to show you."
She "Doosn t he keep thorn in
ho window in the dnyt'ine?"
i
"Jimnel.* '
t>li* was the new tcccher who hr.d
list conm that nmrnlir for he tint
line, and was now engaged in bo- ,
uniing "ae'juainled."
"What is your mime little boy? *
"Sam." was tile reply.
"No explained the teacher, "th it
, only a nickname. 'Samuel' .3
our name " |
Then sin- qu*Ft1onert a br?gtat-?yod |
ttle chap silling beside Samuel.
"'I suppose my names Mliuut ,'
it'll." responded the boy, "althou.tii .
in always ailed Jim."
A hailv of Note.
he war musical, nuite. so she mi >
her a
Of organdie, cleverly planned,
k'lili necordeon plaits r'juuing a i up
and clown.
And Muted to beat 1I12 land
be looked truly sw ?JI. and wo..11 ;
frequently harp
On being high toned and nil th t
nd oi course to 1) natinal, had to D j
sharp
Liiough to abide in A flat.
Pray for Ituiu.
A dispatch *roru La Porte, lnl.
ys the drouth conditions are s-o sere
in Kankakee county, where the
ruiers maintain daily and nightly, 1
gill to prevent their homes and
rins front being swept away by 1
e that all day services for r In j
n held Wednesday in a uumber or
lurches. The conditions are so ser- (
us that the railroads have meu deiled
to watch the bridges to pro-,
ct them In case ot fire,
AS W ATCH Mi: VS !IKI.PF.ltf?!
llallj Trxim-tl niul Often Show ^ I
tUcrfthle Sngnctly.
* T ? tng ting* to assist the watch-'
nri police is a very simply
m\" an id an old private watch- '
ft i o." >; >ston, who forn erly walk- '
?J a b : i in the South l?ud.
"D:;s iiku the work. They en- 1
juv pro* ling around through alleys '
and back yards and nosing into cor- !
cp:? and behind barrels and pile* of ;
boxes, and their wonderful sense of
?iuell often enables them to locate '
au intruder so securely hidden that'1
hl? ?
won mi never be sua- 1
pected by a watchman.
"When 1 ??>? walking a beat a '
large Newfoundland dog began fol
lowing me of his own accord. I '
didn't encourage him at ttrsl. but: I
let him go along on m\ round* a* |
much for compHUN as anything elan.!'
That dog watched m?> like h delect- >
lie and seenied to understand evnrj- I
thing I did: followed me htm every 1
ynr.l. and In Its* than a week kn*-w ^
every house that 1 was employed to 1
r.at'h. |
' In ten day* he was doing a large t
part of my work. Of cour??? he t
could ttot try the doors, hut nt't<M- 1
the first round, when I tried all the :
doore end saw that everything we-?(i
right, ull I had to do was to send
hint in to search the yard, and he ;
did it thoroughly. If anything was
wrong lie barked and I ran in t?? e |
wha was the matter. Once a back \
door was opon. The genti-ni; ?i of .
the house had come in late. lef. the
dood unlatched und the wind blow
it o; en. The <iog knew it was w rong
and barked for tne to come.
"Another time 1 heard him barking
in b hack yard, and running in
found he had cornered a n an hiding
behind ;i pile of boards. The dog
worked with me for neatly three
years. Kvory evening. tu> matter i<
wuar the weather, that dog wa? on |,
hand at the patrol box whete i reported.
On cold nights we would go
Into nn engine house to warm, and ;
while tlte dog enjoyed the warming
hour bp much an I did he was no
skulker, but whenever I w,i.t read) ,
to g.o he was ready, too.
"1 lost him because his owner
moved out of the city. Inn as s ion
B?\ i* became known among tlte dog
population that he wasn't wot ! In :
his place was taken l?y a hound hat
I bed often noticed following it-- in
x furtive fashion, af fhottgh he wo tl I
like to he of the party, hut di In't
want to intrude, and the m>\v dt>g
seemed front the first to un lers'attd
every thing that ought to be dona
und did it :ts well as bis p;odere?> or, '
The fk'Bh'li Juror.
! ? Sent land in a civil i 'il M * Jury- I
m-.r pel ten shillings .1 tiny for their ''
*? . ice <, and the litigants must la
partition provide thepi v. itii luncii. 1
If two i.vseH arn tried c unspent iv el>
o.? our day. and the sane j 11 r> iu
officiate, they get ten shilling* for
each < aso.
Hut die most important difffr- nee
between an Knglieh and a ScoFish c
Jury is this: An F.nelish Jury wli -n :
returning their verdict must be unanimous,
and if they fall to jurcotJ
after a certain length oi timo they !'
are dismissed stud the whole pro- |
re-dines nre begun ngntn ?I? irmi .
before a fresh Jury This is a most
expensive mode of administering!
justice. In civil cases, in older to "
avoid this result, the 'litigants soih-- 11
times agr<e to accept the verdict of ]
a majority. In Scotland the jury t
can always give a verdict by a Majority.
in civil cases after the lay-so J
of three hours.
In the Hays of lirognns.
la there such a thing In the t. ar
kn :.s a brogati? Forty years > i
the hrttgan fbvo-fJANi was the pim1 j
rhor of i lie farmer ami laborer. It j
wes cheap- ? I a pair and with the
roughest kind of treat meet would |
Inst through a season of plowing r.ud j
h:*r\ eating. Two puirs were . noug i fc"
a vear's wear. At flist tbi-; she.* '
was coarse and hard, bn when v? y
pi;i it on we soaked our feet in the!
rree';. or branch, until the leather I
fcowhld* ) got soft and pliant, when |
it would It; itself to the foot as paper i
n: : the wall. Thereafter all you 1
had to do to keep the hrogan in tine i
fettle was to grease il with tallow .
one* ;i week, which rendered ir soft 1
and waterproof. It ought to be il.o
Ideal shoe for hoys who make rough
house. It takes Marking well and
will shine and reflect like a mirror
vtiien podlslied. ? New York Press.
WHOLES
FMumblriQ Sup
IVIc3- hincry Suj
Southern States !
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T i } , A caonor-TTiali^pindeed. <
It S "It- write.
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Good! ijjy
HoX J. <>, C<
lie American All-Wrought T ||p D<
Split Steel I'nlN >>. 1 ?Iv I I
STANDARD DE9T0N C0*U
Wll.I. RAISE OTHER CROPS.
h'iuiu?,?'s May (juit Cuttun iu lloll
Weevil Belt.
A movement lins been put on foot
iniong the farmers in that sectlou of
southwest Mississippi infested by
lie Mexican boll weevil to (>oint a
ninimuut cotton average next year,
ind devote the major i>ortion of tillible
land to corn. oats, l'oragc crops
md truck products.
The movement litis the backing of
he Farmers' Fnion and is coninended
by the special agents of the
,'nlted States department of agriculure,
who are employed iu that secion
of tli" state and who hold that
i rotation ol' crops is imperative as
me of the measures for the sup
>rcssu?n Of the pest.
The weevil has played havoc with
he crop in the counties of Jeffer<?n.
Amite. Adams, Wilkinson and
franklin, and if is predicted that beore
the ed of the present month tt
>vill eufer the counties of Hinds,
.inroln. Pike and Copiah.
This is the condition iu Misslssip>i.
bttt it is only a question of a short
into when tie* same condition will
lave to be faced by South Carolina
armors. The boll weevil is steadily
Matching this way and it will not
e lonu before lie will be knocking
it our door. So our farmers may
is well pet ready tor the pest by
ilautinp something else liesidea coton.
The boll weevil has come to
day.
)" . t le who are true bltt" never
itiffer much from the blues.
Those who think they have all reigi-.n
are the ote-s who most need to
\orr.v whelhe rtliey have any.
After all. our bread doesn't full
I utter side down" more than half
le* time.
You cannot win men from glistenng
sin by a gloomy salvation.
You can measure any creed by its
iMipu in ch?meter.
PIANO AM) OltCiAN* KCONOMY.
If you aro interested In the purhaso
of a PIANO or an ORUA.N, wo
ivant to sell you one.
Don't think you must go to some
mail order nouse to buy a low priced
i>iano or organ; nor outside of
"outh Caiollna to get the best piauo
?r organ. Wo have a great variety
if grades, and all styles, at prices
which cannot fail to interest you.
? <- mil iihiiiiii cuirn? laciury representatives
for several of the
largest and mo?t famous makers of
pianos and organs.
We take old instruments in ex hange
and make most liberal terms
if payment to those who wish to
buy on time. No house?quality of
pianos and organs considered?caa
undersell us. Twenty-four years of
"air dealing iu Columbia and throughout
South Carolina is our reference
nd guarantee.
Write us at once for catalog price
lr.d terms.
Mm tone's Music House, Columbia, S.C.
Pianos and Organs.
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YVAVrKlh
KOIl S.Y1.M?Common building brick,
red color, immediate delivery.
Prices upon application. Camden
Press ilriek Co., Camden, S. C.
kV.WTIOl)?Pine logs bought for
cash. l-'or particulars address
Sumter Lumber Co., Snmter, S. C.
( 'OH S.YLI/?One horse power
Plakeslee tlasollne Engine. Cost
over $100. Will take $100 for it.
$50 repairs Mill get it in good condillon.
Apply to Jas. J,. Sims, Orangeburg,
S. C.
teach Kits?tip sn:i:s.
iVe secure schools for teacher.: and
have many excellent vacancies. Wo
recommend teachers to trustees
and sell school furniture of all
kinds. Write. Southern Teachers*
Agency, Columbia, S. C.
rt.YNTKH?Clerks, cotton buyers,
farmers, warehousemen and others
to learn grading and classify
lug cotton in our sample rooms,
or through correspt.ndenco course.
Thirty Cay scholarship completes
you. American Cotton College,
Millfilgcville, Ca.
Supply Company
IA. S C.
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