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f OUR SG I PAPER I BY PROF. WILJ Inadequate Supervision?In South Carolina there are three units of school administration?the Stat?, the county, and the Bchool district. "An educational system is a great business." In every organized business there must be machinery; that machinery must be repaired, adjusted. and articulated; and some com-; petent person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor TT? lint ho n / o nnhlu wow ~" ? ?? - wv. M vwpauiO lua&l, UU CA|I^? j rienced man, and a courageous man. He must be reasonably well paid, definitely responsible to somebody, aud reasonably secure In bis positon as long as he Is efficient. What of the supervision of our educational system? What do we expect, and what have we a right to expect. What does the fundamental law of the State require in tho office of tho State superintendent? Docs it require that he shall be an educated man, or a man of oxperlenc" in school affairs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teachers, or a man hlniBelf qualified to teach? He Is expected to direct the educational policy of a State, und to maintain a system of schools for over three hundred thousand children. What salary Is Offered to a man big enough to fill this position? Nineteen hundred dollars a year. Now doeB this rank with the salary offored a man big enough to run one cotton mill? How does he get the position, and on what does the security of It depend? What Is likely to be his reward for nny display of courage In his office? Every second year he Is compelled to neglect tho dutloB of his office foat least two monthB nnd to spend at leaBt four hundred dollars, to get the opportunity to speak t"?n minutes In each county tolling the dear (Indifferent) people that ho ahou'd be re-elected. Undor our present system of electing the State Buperlntendent, and with two-year tenure of office, the entire educational policy of tho State may be reversed inside one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courlor pertinently says, "In late years the people have shown a growing Improvement In their estimate of the place of superintendent of education, choosing as a ruio trained toacners tor it, but there is no assurance so lout? as the office Is filled by popular vote that Incapable men will not be ingratiating manner, or a rewa-ri Ingratiating manner, or a a rewar 1 for political service. . . The superintendent of education shoul i bo appointed by the governor or by a commission, after investigation, and the salary should be sufficient to command the services of experts, and at the same time remove them from temptation." A succession of able State superintendents could not build and mal italn a system of high schools, unless the county supervisors be good. The wisest policies of a State superintendent would avail but little, unless the county supelrntondents were able, willing, and courngeous enough to carry these policies to succobi. In the matter of administration the county superintendency is the Key to the situation. What do we require of the county superintendent, what do we expect, what do we get, and?what do we give? Do wo require that the county supeiintendent shnll be an expert or experienced educator? Is he required to have any knowledge of schools or of teaching? Is there anything to prohibit an illiterate from holding that office? He is not required to be competent, to teach, although by law he is required to give his teachers instruction In tho art and methods of teaching. Does the county de mnnd that Its superintendent he nt least the equal of the superintendent in the oourt house town? To bo perfectly plain nnd honest, have we not had men elected nnd re-elected D the office of county superintendent, to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position In the best schools of their counties? Many of them would not NEGROES TERROR STRICKEN. Georgia Night Riders Hum Churches Mini School Houses. A dispatch from Albany, Ga., says there In a reign of terror among tlio negro Inhabitants of a considerable portion of Calhoun. Raker nnd Miller counties, as the result of a raid by night riders Saturday -jilght, the trail of the outlaws being marked by tho blackened ruins of 13 negro churches and schoolhouses. The following buildings wero destroyed: Mt. Zlon chtirch and school house, Pleasant church ami school houae, Christ church ami school house. Little Zlon church ami school house, Belmont church, Mt, Aetna church and school houso; Now Salem church and school house. The night riders first mnde their appearance at a point, three miles east of Kesler, where the first church was fired. They galloped away to wards the east and before the glare of the first fire had reached iti height another was being kindled a few miles away. Fire followed fire and the destruction of every building to which the torch was applied was , complote. Hundreds of negroes went to the'r church Sunday to attend them, only to find heaps of ashes where j their meeting house hnd stood. #\ Many of the best members of the .negro rneo in the threo counties mmed tplonged to the congregations , <ft some of the hundred churches. , This is the same community where a few months ago a number of negro | lodge rooms were dynamited and where several lynchlngs occurred, the , last having taken place only a few ( weeks ago. t WOOLS. S NO. 4. | LIAM H. HAND. f essay to teach In the beBt schools of their counties. They understand I full well that the public does not expect such fitness of them. That | is our fault, not theirs. The public mind does not think of a. county superintendent as a man of education, experience, tact, and leadership in school matters. It thinks of him as a man who listens to neighborhood quarrels about district lines, and about the appointment and removal of trustees, and who sits In his office one day In the week V> sign teachers' pay warrants. In speaklug thus of Incompetent county superintendents, I have no intention whatever of being personal. I am happy to count my best friends in the State many of the county superintendents. Many of them are competent and efficient men, sacrificing themselves on the altar of an unappreciative public, for their reward Is contemptible. We ask fortytwo qualified men to direct ov??r 6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for 314,000 children. and to keep and to disburse nearly a million and a half dollars; we offer them an average salary of $684. an insult to an official man! The city of Greenville has conceived itself that it Is economy to pay its superlntentfcii $1,800 a year to suprvise the work of 4 4 teachers: while Greenville county pays Its superintendent $7 00 to supervise 2 75 teachers. Suinter pays its city uperlntendent $2,400 a year to direct 36 teachers; Sumter county offers its superintendent $900 to direct about 150 teachers. It is a Bourco of wonde rhow we have as many efficient county superintendents as we have. All honor to the competent man patriotic enough to serve his county on a contoniptable salary! But shame upon a people who compel patriotism to crawl in the dust! I know that wo have some people who claim that our schools are already too much supervised. That depends entirely upon what is meant by supervision. If It means the constant meddling in petty details, or the jealous Interference with teachers In matters concerning only themslvos, or the insistency upon teachers becoming cheap Imitators of a fadfiend superintendent, then perhaps we have too much. But If super visiuu means i uu reuaiuesb uuu innlty to assist the tencher. the power to Inspire her, the tact to prune and refine and strengthen her, and the manhood to sustain her (and It usually does), then I dissent vehemently. All over the State we have young men and women whn as teachers ought to succeed, but who are failing because they have no one to advise them and to support them In the crucial momentof trial. This Is especially true In the rural and village schools. Is ?t any wonder that the young teacherflock to the towns? The rural schools must havo better supervisions. Nearly seventy p?i cent of the white school children of this State are In tho rural school?. They are entitled to as good and aclose supervision as are any other children. Proper supervision can not be given as long as we multiply the one-teacher schools with fifteen pupils each, and permit the populaelection of supervisors at a salary of $t>84. On a salary of $684. what can a county superintendent do to ward the real supervision of 150 teachers scattered all over a count", In perhaps 100 school houses? Require thnt the county superintendent be an expert educator, let hint be appointed by a board and responsible to that board, keep hint in ofilce as long as he Is efficient, and pay him an expert's salary. Wo shall find tho men prepared to do the work. Then we shall stop frittering away the school fund. Increase the fund, nnd we shall get resul's. Sooner or later our people are going to come to look at this matter some what as did Hon. John J. McMahat. In his report for 1900. WILLIAM II. HAND. University of South Carolina. TRIED TO BRIBE HIM. Ex-Senator Pottlgrcw Tells Bryan of Attempt Made in 1004. While traveling with W. J. Bryan from Sioux Falls to Mitchell, former Senator Pettigrew publicly announced that four years ago he had boon approached by the Republican national committee, through a former United State Senator, with an offer of $10,000 if he would deliver ten speeches at such places as the committee would dictate in support of the candidacy of Thomas Watson, of Georgia, the People's party candidate for President. Senator Pettigrew declared thnt he declined the offer and conducted an investigation with tlie result thnt he satisfied himself that the Republican party financed In a largo Pleasure Watson's campaign. I UliKAI I);l>IA(iK BY FLOODS. Heavy Ixws of Life and Property is Last India. A Bombay dispatch says thousands \ of native houses were washed away \ and heavy loss of life occurred to j the Hyderabad nnd Deooan distric s , as the result of floods which fol- j lowed unprecedented rains. i The river Musi rose sixty feet, * All the hildgcs were carried away, j The country was devastated for many i miles. Corpses were strewn every- | waore, scores of bodies being found l In trees where they were lodged ? ay the swollen waters. I The native hospital at Hyderabad \ was undermined by the waters and j tollapsed and all the inmates were > juried in the wreckage 1 '? W???^!B SHOWS UP TEDDY Bryan Willing to Leave the issue to the People. QUOTES THE RECORD Influence of Trusts and Other M?n. aged Interests Nut a Personal Question?His Enforcement of the Law Would Not Be Spasmodic and Dlicrinilnntory. Replying to President Roosevelt's most recent statement, W. J. Bryan, In a letter addressed to the President. which was given out last night at Rock Islaud, 111., points to his record and declares that it is sufficient answer to the insinuations of the Chief Executive that he is It) connection with or controlled by the trusts. Reverting to the charges against Governor Haskell, Mr. Bryan say. that the President, in response m his request, did not begin to suggest a tribunal which could determine those charges, but instead proceeded to pass Judgment upon him and Informs the President that the ocoupant of that high office can not deny to the humblest citizen the right to protect his reputation and vindicate his name in the courts. "I am willing," says Mr. Bryan, "that all your charges against me shall be submitted to the voters of the county and with your charges I submit denial of any knowledge o: information that could, in the remotest way, connect mo with any trust, monopoly or law-breaking cotporation. My record is sufllclent, answer to your insinuation. 1 have lived in vain, if your accusations have lost me a single friend. 1 challenged you to name a trust official who is supporting me, and after searching the country, you produce the name of oue man, not a trust Without Inquiring whether he votes for me because of his fear of business adversity under Mr. Taft, you accept his statement that ho will vote for me as conclusive proof that I am in league with the trusts, although you admit that trust officials mi amnioniiik I"0 nepuoucan ticKet. You compliment me when you measure me by higher standards than you do your political associates, for you insist that Mr. Rockefeller's contribution to Governor Hughes' campaign fund was no reflection upon him and I take it for granted that you do not criticise Judge Taft's recommendation of a Standard O'l attorney to the Federal bench, a place where the judge might have to pass upon the charges against /he very trust for which he had been an attorney. While the trust attorney to whom you refer is not at oinclal of a trust, I will warn him and through him his clients that if I am elected 1 will not only vigorously enforce against all offenders the laws which wo hope to have enacted in compliance with the Democratic platform, but that 1 will nlso vigorously enforce existing laws against any and all who violate them, and that I will enforce them, not spasmodically and intermittently, but persistently and consistently: they will not be suspended even for the protection of cabinet ofTlcers. "You sny' the attitude of many men of large financial interests' warrants you 'in expressing the belief that those trust magnates whose fear of being prosecuted under the !?n, \... ft I.. <!??? uivs u> 4?II . itiii m hi r(nri i iiau iiii-ii fear of general business adversity' under mo will support me rather than Mr. Taft. You have attemp'od to word that statement In sueh a way as to claim the support of all the trust magnates, and yet put it on 'he ground tnat they are supporting your party for patriotic reasons rather than for the pomotlon of a selffish Interest. That is Ingenious, but it is not sound. The trust magnate are supporting the Republican party and the Rible offers an explanation, 'the ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib You admit that you gave permission to the Fteel Trust to absorb a rival and thus increase its control of the output of steel and Iron products. I will leave the American people to pnss judgment upon that act and compare your position on tho trust question wi'h mine. "But your letter presents a do fence of your party's position and an accusation against the oters which emphasizes an issue already prominent . You are the first, conspicuous member of your party to attempt an explanation of the party's opposition to publicity, before the election, and tho admission which you make will embarrass your party associate^. Your position is that ho publication before election of the contributions made to your campaign fund would furnish your political opponents an opportunity 'to give a false impression' as to the fitness of the candidates. You cite as illustrations the contributions made to Governor Hughes' campaign fund, the contribution collected lv Mr. Harriman and the contributions which are now being collected for Mr. Taft's campaign fund. You barge in effect that the people are >o lacking in confidence that they might condemn as improper contributions which you declare to be roper. If the voters differ from yon n this question, are they necessarily gnorant and wrong? Must the ' members of the party organization irt as self-appointed guardian of the jeople and conceal from the mwhat s going on lest the people be mis- ] ed as to puropse and effect of ] arge contributions? Is this your >xplanation of the action of the i\.e- , ublican leaders in the national conrent ion In voting down a publicity ] lank? If you will pardon the Bug- ( testlon I believe ihat a bettor ox- , lanation can be found in Holy \ Writ, for do we not read of men | loving darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil? "I do not mean to say that Mr. Hughes was lufluenced by the con- j trlbutlous made to him by the trust magnates whose names were given < in the after-election report. 1 do not mean to say that you were Influenced by the contributions col- j lected by Mr. Harrimun, neither do 1 mean to say that Mr. Taft will .be Influenced by the contributions that are being made to hie fund by the trust magnates; but I do mean to say that the American people have a right to know what contributions are being mado; that they may Judge for themselves the motive of the ( givers nnd the obligation impose 1 upou those who receive. The reflection upon the people involved In ! your charge that they would misuse the knowledge which publicity would give is unworthy of one who has been elevated to so high un office by the votes of the people, and I venture the assertion that you cau no: procuro from Taft au endorsement of your defence. He Is now before the people; he Is offering himself as a candidate for the Presidency; h<> dare not tell the people to whom 1 e appeals that they have not sense enough to form a just and correct opinion as to the purpose which leads parties interested in special legislation to make big contributions. You fear that wo would misrepresent the motives of those who ar? contributing to the Republican campaign fund, and cast an unjust suspicions upon Republican candidates if tho names and amounts were known before the election. Your argument, if sound, would prevent publicaition after the elcetlon. for why should an unjust suspicion be cast upon officials after the election any more than before? Does not the secrecy before the election increase thlB suspicion? Wo are goiiw to give you an opportunity to misrepresent the motivos of those who give to our campaign fund, and to arouse all the suspicion you cnn; wi are going to prove to the people that we are making a fight for the whole people and not for those who have been enjoying privileges and favors at the hands of tho government, and we expect that tho honest sentiment of the country will rebuke the party whose convention refused to endorse any kind of publicity and whose candidates are not wjlling that the people should know until after the po'*.s are closed what predatory interests have been nctivo in support of the Republican pnrty. With great respect, etc., yours truly * CALLED OFF MEETING. Negroes of Maryland Town Had Things Fixed to Knife Taft. There was to have been a meeting of the colored Republican club at Brentwood, Md., a suburb of Washington, on Wednesday nigh*, but the meeting was not called to order. It became known next day that the reason that no meeting wns had was that the president of tho club refused to call it to order, because he knew that if the meeting was had, the president of the United Stntes would be severely arraigned by resolution, and Bryan would be endorsed. It was the intention of a majority of the mombers to pass such a resolution, and the cuairmnn did not want it. Tho meeting had been called as a Tuft and Sherman rally. When the chairman foun 1 that a large number of members ha?l signed an agreement to support a resolution condemning the president for his activity In the campaign and advising the negroes of the Stnto to vote for Brynn and -Kern, he announced that the meeting lia 1 been postponed. SHOT DOWN AT CHURCH. Drunken Men Use Pistols as Services Are Ended. One of the bloodiest affairs In the history of East Tennessee occurred north of Anthras postofflce Sunday. The scene was the Baptist church, within fifty yards of which a "blind tiger" has been operated for months. Services had closed and nearly all the congregation had emerged from the church when a" crowd of drunken men who had visited the "blind tiger" began l*ring into the worshippers with pistols. John Bennett, J. W. McKlnney and Edward Thomas wore shot down at the church door and died almost Instantly. The preacher was mortally wounded. Another worshipor was also shot down in front of the church, hut is not dangerously wounded. KILLED 1IIS WIFE. At Williston and Then Made Good His Esci?i>e. A special dispatch to Augusta Chronicle from Williston says Monday night about 10 o'clock a negro by the name of Andrew Washington. living right in the village, shot ami killed his wife. The load from a ( gun fired at short range penetrat ed the abdomen, tearing the in tea- ' tines into fragments. Some of the } neighbors got to the scene of th< t killing in time to see the murder-r < fleeing across a cotton field. This ??; 1 the second murder he has commit- ? ted in this community, and the no- c groes are greatly excited over the ' affair. t C OTTON ( HOP VKKY SHORT. r t 1 The Georgia Output HOCl.OOO Hales ^ I'nder I?a*t Year. i "The cotton crop is Georgia wul a he the shortest In years," said Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson at h Atlanta Tuesday. "A conservative d estimate of the total yield la 1,200,- R 000 bales, against 2,000.000 bales a last year." According to Commij- v sioner Hudson's statement the do ti crease for the year will he SuO.Oon t hales. * 1 1 WWWi SIZING UP TEDDY ROOSEVELT A SHAMEFUL DEMAGOGUE SAYS CHANCELLOR DAY. Rockefeller's Champiou Sujs l?cgeneracy i? Made Contemptible 11) Revelation of daring Incontilblom) of Chief Booster. That the Standard Oil Company remains under the veuoinoua hatred of President Roosevelt, for reasous best known on the inside, while the steel corporation, tbo greatest tru?t in America. receives his approbation and consent to increase its holdings, was the statement of Chancellor .tames uoscoe uuy. ol Syracuse University. The chaucellor charges that uo( only did Roosevelt, when a candidal; lor president four years ago, hobnob with trust magnates and urge them to secure money to elect him, but that after his election he appointed to a position in his cabinet a man who held at the time a retaining fee from a largo corporation, that man being still a member of the cabinet. The interview follows: "The things that I predicted more than two years ago, and that are on record, have come true, and other sequences are hurrying to their conclusion "Never has this country known such a condition politically. Never haB it seen its president descend to such a shameful degeneracy of demagogy. Most of its high moralities far above trusts, which it cousiders the sum of all vllllany, are made contemptible by revelations of the glaring Inconsistency of the chief booster. "For Senator Foraker to procure a loan for political friends who wish to purchase n paper fo rcontestlng the election shocks Mr. Roosevelt. Rut the president was very 'practical when ho wanted $260,000 to put n where it could do most good when his election was fuwived. What was such a great sum to be used for? "It Is a sign of politlcul corruption for Senator Foraker to have correspondence with an officer of the Standard Oil Company, but only th' direction aiul privilege of Mr. Roosevelt to call to Washington n 'practical* man, the head of the greatest railway corporation In the land, to confer with him before he announced his 'policies' to congress. "The Standard Oil remains under Mr. Roosevelt's venomous hatred for reasons well-known on the Inside, but the Greatest trust In America receives his approbation and consent t > increase its holdngs. "A representative of predatory wealth is intimate counsel and l*.i co-operation with Mr. Hitchcock until discovery becomes inevitable. Then he is forced to resign, not because of the sin. but the sure discovery of it by political enemies. "The glass houses seem to b cracking with ominous sound . The Foraker-Archboid incident is shocking to hypocrites But honest and thoughtful men who are not hiding facts to promote a cause, rememhei' the conditions of brigandage in the legislature when every State' held up industrial and transit corporations, and demauded their money or their lives. "Fortuuately the culmination from the White House carry no conviction So prejudiced, unfuir and untrue are they. They are humiliating, not because they are. from Mr. Roosevelt, but because they are fomr tie president. The office is disgraced The people are covered with shame. "The little postmasters are removed for engaging in politics. The most of the business of the presiden tial office is devoted to a political campaign. Cabinets are called, interviews are furnished, telephone and telegraph wires are kept hot. the clerical force is worked far into the night?if the newspaper special correspondents are to be believed?and our square deal president is chafing at the bit to go on the platform. "I know that no corporation resist ed this mulcting more successful!/ man oiunuuru un. "Charges against Mr. Foraker for practicing as an attorney when in ot ftce is absurd The very salary paid a senator proves that the copntry expects him to employ his spare time in some legitimate business. "The eye of the Americuu people are opened wide. They are not all deceived. What they need is to erercise themselves in the judicial ternera nient. They are too easy stampeded by the frenzy of the mad reformer. "The American citizen cannot rc turn too soon to Constitutional government and the re-inforcement of business with his confidence." * A DARING RORRKRV. Knocks Down a Man ami Locks Him in Vault. Concealing himself in the vault of lin /xITI/ia of W n A 11/S.? n>- uiuvc vii ?? . i?. nuvu .no 11 ii i ill" uring ConipHny, Chicago, a thlof A'edncsday stole $."i00 after commiting a murderous assault on Henry Itl)l>s. the superintendent. The rob>er struck Glbbs on the head with i revolver when he opened the door >f the vault to set the money which vns part of the payroll. Thrusting the superintendent into he vault and making him a prlsoter by turning the combination knob he robber leaped to war., the door 'he way was blocked by the comiany's stenographer and bookkeeper. 'If you raise a hand to stop me II kill you hoth," the thief Haid s he leveled the revolver. Springing over the railing the rob- ! ior, who was masked, reached the oor before Miss Walter or Gallahers could attract the attention of I large force of employes who wer?' 1 rithin hearing distance. Ho ran j r> a nearby street, where It Is j hought a horse and buggy were 1 altiug for him. BLIND STAGGERS AGAIN MAKES ITS APPEARANCE IX THIS STATE. Dr. Powers, State Veterinarian, Gives Some Advice as to Curiug Animals Affected With the Disease. The fatal disease of horses com inouiy called "staggers" has again made it appearance in this State, cases being reported in Uarnwell ami Hampton counties. No cases have been reported in Greenville county This disease has appeared sporadically iu South Carolina for mam years, but no serious outbreak occurred uutil the epidemic of lyOI and 1902. During the fall of 1901 a few cases were reported iu I.uucastci county, and iu January 1902. it again broke out in Orangeburg county. During the following six month* losses were reported in Anderson Pickens. Oconee. Spartanburg, Che okee, Greenwood. Orangeburg. Darnwell and Uarkeley counties. At that tim?? it was estimated that the losse.durlng this short period greatly exceeded $10,000. After this severe outbreak. n< cases were reported until 190G when the disease was again reported in Hampton, Marion, York, Pickens and Oconee counties. Outbreaks oi the disease were also reported 1r Virginia, Maryland. New Jersey Georgia. Louisiana and Kansas du ring the same seasons. Leuco Kucephalltis is the propoi name for this disease, although it i* also oulied Cebro Spinal Meningitis in many localities. The exact cause is as yet uuknown, despite the investigations of many prominent scientists. It has been attributed to microorganisms, poisonous plants, impure water, mouldy feed, etc. One inves tlgator has produced these symptoms by feeding damaged grain containing a fungus, the spores of which entor the circulation and set uj inflammation oud often ubsesses ol the brain. State Veterinarian Powers o, Clenison, in talking of the disease, said: "Mules are seldom attacked; ir fact, I have never seen one so af feitecK although some cases have been reported. In all cases inves tigated by me, I have found lesion; of the brain. In many instance; there has been softening and de I Kt-iit'iuiiiMi oi lurgu Hrpas 01 mt1 nrnu ! tissues, while in others there has I hern severe congestion of the blood vessels and meninges of the brain. "The symptoms are similar those observed in nearly all othoi forms of so-called staggers, viz: dull ness. delirium, in-co-ordination, etc Death usually occurs within one n two days, and the few animals that recover are of little value, owing ti , | the changes in the nervous system "Every effort should be made t'. i check the spread of the disease | Upon its appearance, h 11 other horses {should be removed from the stable | and the entire stable should br J thoroughly cleaned, disinfected arc abandoned for two or three month? Complete change of water and feed Is of the utmost importance, since many authorities believe that diseased hay or grain or impure wat?r. is the cause of this disease, in past ! outbreaks we have noticeu mat nc I new cases developed after these pre cautions were observed. I "Medical treatment i? most un satisfactory, as animals die so sud | denly after the symptoms develou Upon appearance of the first symptoms, severe purgatives should > Immediately given, 1 oz. of Aloes with 2 drams Ext. of Belladonna being very satisfactory for this put pose. The administration of drug is often Impossible, owing to tin delirnm of the horse, but purgatlv can he given hypodermically. Whop I ever a competent Veterinarian car. I he procured, he should be called iin mediately, as treatment is very tin{satisfactory and practically useles.i j after the symptoms are well develI Oped. "If the animal can be handled, the following drench may prove of sonic value: Fowler's Sol Arsenic. Phenacetiu, 2 drams. strychnin soiun, i-~ grain. WHOLES Plumbing Si Machinery Si ; Southern States COLUM I SEND US YOUR j .J Gibbes "Poi GIBBES ? Ky A money makrr indeed S Mlf. Write. r< ? (ilbbesl Gocd! Bol WK), The American All-Wrought T*|l?k 1 Split Steel Pulleys. * '*V J *STANDADD DESIGN : * HEAVY I/OSS OF LIFE Ih the Coal Mines of the United States. Accidents in coal mines of the United States during the last calendar year resulted in the death of 3.125 men and injury to 5.316 ruor.\ according to statistics just mads public by the geological survey. Tho death record among the coal miners during the year was greater by 1,033 than in 1906, and this is said to have been the worst year in the history of the coal mining Industry. The figures do not represent the full extent of tho disasters, as rei ports were nit received f?-oni certalu Slates havi.ig no mine Jntpectors. West Virginia reported tho heav" iest death rat?? iu 1907 ?12.35 per thousand employees and this Statu also showed the lowest production for each life lost?65.969 rons. New Mexico stood next on the list with a death rjif?* r>f n ??" ? ~ ?uu u i/IUU UVJUUII of 77,322 tons for each life lost. Alabama was third with a death rote of 7.2 per thousand and a production of 9 2.5 3 "> tons for each life lost. Missouri had the lowest death rate, heading the roll of honor with .95 and 4 99,742 tons of coal mined for each life lost . Statistics do not bear out the popular idea that most mlno disasters result from explosions. Of a total number reported during the last year 94 7 deaths and 3 43 injuries resulted from gas and dust explosions, and 201 deaths nnd 4G Injuries were caused by powder explosions. The chief cause of death among the miners, the report explains, was due to the falling of mine roofs and coal. Such disasters caused 1.122 deaths aud 2,1 il iujuries. AXOTHKR ONE CAUGHT. Republican Leader Admits His Con- ^ uectlon With Trusts. Charles Xagcl, of St. Louis, who iu the absence of Chairman Hitchcock, is in charge of Republican national headquarters at Chicago, Tuesday gave out a statement adf mitt lug that the law firm of which he is a member is acting in a pro" regional capacity for the Waters, Pierce Oil Company. Aquae, 4 oz ' Slg: Give this drench three times daily. The bodies of all affected animals should bo opened and the organs, ' especially the brain, carefully ex1 a mined The appearance of this disease, together with roport. of the ' post mortem examination, should bo forwarded to this office. All pos' slide advice nnd assistance will bo furnished to ussist in control of this outbreak. * CLASSIFIED COLUMN WANTKIh ' WANTED ? SECOND-HAND HAGS AND Bl'RLAP; auy kind, any quantity, anywhere. We pay freight. Itirluiioiid Hag Company, Richmond, Vn. > SCHOOL TKI STKKS?Wishiug com1 potent teachers, should write to Sheridan'# Teachers' Agency, ! Greenwood. S. 0. No charges. Endorsed by State and county superintendents. State salary, length of term, board, etc. TEACHERS?TRUSTERS. We secure schools for teachers and have many excellent vacancies. We recommend teachers to trustees and sell school furniture of all kinds. Write. Southern Teach* ers' Agency, Columbia, S. C. ' WANTED?Hy the American Cotton ' and Business University of Milli edgeville, Georgia, Students to take one or more of our course* in cotton grading, buying and selling. Business course of Bookkeeping. Shorthand, Typewriting, or Telegraphy ana Railroad course. Positions guaranteed under reasonable conditions. Write at once for our consolidated Catalog. Largest College South. I FOR SALE?Common building brick. red color. immediate delivery. Price upon application. Camden Press Brick Co., Camden, 8. C. WAXTI-ll)?Pine logs bought for cash. For particulars address Press Lumber Co., Sunitrr, 8. C.. Supply Company 3 I A. S C. MAIL ORDERS. *foK|/>" Shlngls M'" Next . I.Atrnt Model. 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