Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, February 09, 1911, Image 6
J NEW SCHOOL LAW
Drastic Measure That is Now Peudiug in
the General Assembly.
CHANGES ARE RADICAL
Take the Schools Out of the Hands
or me reopie and I'uts Tliem in
tli? Hands of Seven Men, Who
Appoints Practically All School
Officials.
There is a most drastic bill now
pending in the General Assembly,
which, if passed, will take the management
of the schools of the State
out of the hands of the people and
lodge It in the hands cf a few men,
who are appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education. It is a
bill that the General Assembly
should consider and let the people
discuss before it is enacted into law.
The bill was introduced in the
Senate by Senatorg Sinkler, of Charleston,
and Senator Christensen, of
Ileaufort, and makes most radical
changes in our present school law.
The Columbia correspondent of
The News and Courier says "while
some mention has been made of the
report of the commission appointed
at the last session of the General
Assembly to look into the present
school law and to report at this session
needed legislation, it is doubtful
that ten members of the General
Assembly, aside from the educational
committee of the House and
Senate, have gone fully into ihe bill
drawn up under the commission's
report and know exactly what will lie
accomplished if such a measure
passes." That is why we say the
bill should not be rushed through
the General Assembly.
The law declares that a liberal
and efficient system of free public
euuuaiiuu sn.iii oe maintained
throughout the ' State. Separate
schools and institutions of learning
shall be pro/ideu for persons of the
white and colored races and no child
or person of jne of these ii.es shall
ever be permitted to at'.- n ! a school
or educational institutional provided
for children or persons of the otuer
race. The system shall embrace elementary
schools in every school district
or city or town where such city
or town is not embraced in some
school district for the education* of
children between the ages of six and
twenty-one years; high sihools, as
hereinafter provided for, the University
of South Carolina. Clemson
Agricultural College, Winthrop Normal
and Industrial College, the Institution
for the Deaf and Blind, :Instate
Colored College of South Carolina,
Agricultural and Mechanical
College, and such other special and
technical schools as may from tin *
to time be established in wtu.ie er
part at public expense."
The bill would give the State Superintendent
of Education $L\50b per
annum and $G00 travelling expenses
which would make him the hlgh-st
paid State officer, except the Governor.
The State Superintendent,
by Section 4 pf the bill, would he
given division supervisors. "It will
he exceedingly profitable to have all
of the county superintendents of the
State assemble at least once a year
to discusB matters pertaining to the
educational advancement of their re
sportive counties," says tlie report,
and the hill provides for this.
It has becij pointed out front time
to time that the reports of school
officers have been Incomplete as to
the State department of education.
The commission provides for this in
its recommendation and the bill
could enact it into law. "Ir order,"
writes the commission, "that the
statistics of the State Superintendent
may have real significance it is highly
Important that tne reports of all
school officers shall be complete and
be promptly sent in."
The bill makes the board of education
consist of tho Governor, the
State Superintendent of Education
and five members (instead of seven
as now) to be appointed by the Governor
upon recommendation of the
State Superintendent of Education.
The term is four years. A difficulty
is avoided by providing that the appointive
members shall serve out the
terms for which they were appointed
At least three members of those tc
he appointed shall he professiona
teachers regularly employed in educational
work. Instead of a per dlen:
the board is paid only actual traveling
and hotel expenses.
A text-book oom mission is ere
??n-<i uj mo diii. i ne meeting a
which the adoption (of text-books]
Is finally niacin shall he open to the
public," says the bill. The commls
sion is to be composed of five schoo
men. The report says: "In creat
lng a text-book commission It is no
intended in any way to Interfere
with the powers of the State boari
of education; but simply to give th
board the benpfit of the co-operatioi
of I've school men whose successfu
experience should render such co-op
oration or great value."
Certain changes In the text booi
matter are made In the bill, as Bug
Rested by the commission. A bind
ing contract with all publishers o
the text books adopted Is necessar
in order to render the adoption el
fectlve. i
Set-lion 12 provides, in accordance
with the commission's recommenda- t
t'on:
"There shall bo appointed by the i
State board of education three division
supervisors, who shall consti- <
tute me niaie Doara or examiners i
for teachers, and who shall have full
power and authority, subject to re- ;
view of their action by the State i
board of edocation:
1. To fornioiate a system for the
examination and certification of
teachers in the public schools.
2. To grant teachers' certificates <
which shall he valid throughout the
State. i
3. To revoke teachers' certificates i
for immoral or unprofessional con- i
duct, of evident unfitness for teach- <
Ing.
It is also provided that no diploma ,
or certificate from any university, ,
college or normal school or other in- ,
itution of learning, shall erempt ,
..older from examination as to his (
or her qualilcation to teach, unless ,
the course has been approved by the ,
State board of education and the
State board of examiners for teach- ,
ers. 1
Looking toward stability and con- <
tinuity in the work of the county
boards, says the report, certain
changes are made, one being that '
the county superintendent shall not
be a member of that board. No person
is eligible to the county board
who is not a qualiled elector. The !
compensation is limited to a per (
diem. The allowance of mileage in
the old law is stricken out. The |
number of days' service is made the
same in all counties, not exceeding
twenty days. The per diem is five '
dollars.
The most drastic provision of the
new school proposed law, in the
words of the commission, and in the .
opinion of many, is that section providing
that lite county superintendents
of education be selected by the
county boaul of education, instead of
by the people in the primary as at '
present. The section of the bill providing
for mis says:
"To select and employ for a term
of four years a suitable expert, as
hereinafter provided, for county
superintendents of education, and to 1
fix his salary, which shall be paid
out of the KllPrl.nl nnnntv f.iv
vided, that no county superintendent '
of education shall he paid less than ,
twelve hundred dollars a year."
The commission says that there Is ,
a very general demand that some ,
means he -secured for expert supervision
of the schools. The following ,
safeguards are thrown about the ,
employment of county superintend- |
ent the commission claims: ,
First of all the county superintendent
is made an employee of the
county board and not an office-holder.
The evils attendant upon the political
securing of a job are too w'l ;
known to need rehearsing.
The superintendent must, be not
less than 2b years of age, thus in- i
suring maturity and professional experience
in the works of the con.
mission.
He shall have been a resident of
the State for not less than one year
prior to his election.
lie shall have served as a regular
teacher or r-lperintendent In some
organized school or school system ai
least two scholastic years before he
is eligible to the position.
The bill makes provisions to prevent
the wasic of monev on i no flee
tive plans for school buildings a* 1
guards against incompetent loachers.
What the Commission Wants.
Here are some of the radical recommendations
of the commission tint
into the bill now before the General
Assembly bearing favorable report
from the committee on education:
1. An amendment to Section 2,
Article II, and to Section 24, Article
III, of the Constitution, will remove'
the obstacle that presents many of
our best men from serving as school
trustee. Though the Constitution
forbids the holding of two offices,
this provision has, by common consent,
been widely disregarded. This
amendment seeks merely to legalize
service to education when rendered
in connection with other service to
the State.
2. The State Superintendent of
Education is held responsible for the
acts of the State board of education,
, and, in the opinion of the commission,
he should have some voice in
. selecting its members. It is, there.
fore, recommended that Section 2,
. Article XI, of the Constitution, be
amended so that henceforth the Clov,
ernor shall appoint the State board
I of education, upon the recoinmenda.
tion of the State Superintendent. :
, 3. The commission recommends
. the appointment of a State hoard of
examiners for teachers in order that
. the present varying standards may
t be harmonized by the establishment
, of a uniform method in the exatnina3
tion and gradation of applicants to
_ teach.
1 tion and gradation of applicants to
. teach.
t 4. The county board of education
e is given larger and dictatorial pow1
J ers in three important respects:
p Firsf It ia t h Ck rlcrbt
n a special county without taking a
1 vote on It.
i- Second?II 1b given the right to
apportion all school funds,
k Third?It is given the right to
choose from eligible applicants the
I- county superintendent of education
f to eervo for a term of four years,
y This takes away the right of the peo!
pie to vote for this official in the prl
mary as they now do.
5. The right of all special school
iistrlcts organized under special
Acts of the General Assembly to
adopt their own text-books has been
withdrawn. The State Superintendent
of Education is empowered to
appoint a text-book commission, coinposed
of five public school men, to
act concurrently with the State board
of education to adopt a dual list of
text-books and to prescribe the unified
courses of study for all the free
i'iiisim siuuum ui tn?- oiuiv.
ft. The members of the State board
of examiners for teachers shall serve
also as division supervisors of
schools, who, under the direction of
the State Superintendent, shall audit
school accounts and perform such
other duties as may be assigned.
7. The county superintendent of
education is to be elected by the
county board of education, in order
(hat restricted qualifications may be
rlemanded of all applicants. The
term of the county superintendent is
made four years, and the minimum
salary in any county is $1,200.
8. The State high school law is
simplified and strengthened, and the
tiish scool appropriation increased to
$75,000. j
9. The State board of education is
inthorlzed to classify under a recognized
nomenclature the schools and
olleges of the State.
10. County hoards of education
md school district board of trustees
ire made continuing bodies in order
that a majority of their members
may be able, at all times, to form
legal contracts.
1 1. An adequate system of reports
is provided in order that school statistics
may be reliable.
12. The State Superintendent of
Rlneation is required to keep a correst
account of all school bonds and
iv levies provided for their retirement.
12. Rich county superintendent
if education is required to submit ?o
the grand jury a written report
showing, by school districts, all receipts
and disbursements made by
tiim.
14. All alterations of whatsoever
kind in school district lines must be
recorded by llie Clerk of Court. Since
the school district has been made the
unit of taxation for school purposes,
it Is absolutely necessary that school
listrict lines be clearly and definite
ly established.
15. The most fundamental change
recommended in the report is the
new definition of enrolment, which
hases the apportionment of public
school funds on the average attendance
of pupils. Under this definition
the teacher, the school, and the district
lose money every day a pupil
is absent, and gain every day he is
present.
16. An attempt Is made to establish
a permanent State school fund
and a permanent building fund.
17. The additional expenditures
required by this report will be increased
salaries for county superintendents
of education, a small appopriation
guaranteeing to each school
district one separate school for three
months for pupils of each race, the
salaries of the division supervisors,
all of which will impose only slight
expenditures above 'present appropriations
made either by the several
counties or by the (Jeneral Assembly.
Should this bill become a law it
will virtually put our school system
in the hands of the State Superintendent
of induration. Are the people
ready to give one man such a
vast power'
1'ltOVK SHK IS ALIYK.
Woman Finds dispute Over Hotly by
Appearing Alive at Morgue.
When a Worcester man accompanied
by ?n undertaker, appeared at
tie Morgue in Boston to claim as
that of his sister, Mrs. Lillian Hastings.
the body of a young woman
found dead on the waterfront, he
was met by the Misses Donohue, of
Randolph, who a'.3o claimed the body
no that of their sister, Miss Mary
Donohue. While the rival claimants
were discussing the matter Mrs.
Hastings walked into the morgue,
f.nally settling the dispute, and 'he
body was given to the Donohue sisters.
The death of Miss Donohue
was at first nelieved to be the result
of foul play, hut the medical examiner
later declared it to be due to
r atural causes.
Sisters Klope Together.
Misses Alice O. and fleorg'.a Tait,
daughters of (leorge ('. Tait, o(
Springfield, Mass., eloped together
last week and were secretly married
to Joseph R. Mark man and Lee (J
Bloom, respectively. The weddings
were announced by long distance
'phone to their pa rents who felt sure
there was a mistake. '
Another killing.
As the result of ft row betweei
Will Nance and Dempsy Potter, twt
young wh.te men, of Little River
In Horry county, Saturday nieht a
a party, the former lies dead, havinj
heen shot and almost instant I;
killed by the latter. Nance was It
liquor, and attacked Potter
Changed Her Mind.
Mrs. John Leslie Momand was en
gaged to marry a Chicago man but
at a dinner given in honor of her en
gagement at a New York restaurant
she suddenly decided that she pre
ferred Mr. Momand and they prompt
ly eloped from the dinner table.
TOOK OF THE DUTY
OBJKCT LKSSOX OF HOW THF
TARIFF KA1SKS PRICKS.
No Hotter I*roof Xmltil ti? Show That
They An* Framed for the IleneWt
of irusis.
In The Jeffersonion of last week
Ex-Congressman T. E. Watson says
we have at the piesent time, an illustration
of how the removal of a
tariff duty reduces the price of the
commodity upon which the duty was
levied. Here is what Watson says
about It. which you can read for
yourself:
"You remember the great forest
Ares which recently devastated so
many hundred square miles in Minnesota.
and other states lying along
the Canadian border. Hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of people were
burned out of house and home. Their !
misfortunes, like that of the sufTer- '
ers of the Sicilian earthquakes. w?s \
of a dramatic character which ap- '
pealed to the imagination and <
aroused human sympathy. A great '
ery for relief went up from the
sufferers- and what shape do you
suppose it took? It was a demand
for the removal of the tarifT duty
upon lumber.
"Of course, they wanted to rebuild 1
their dwellings as soon as possible,
also their outhouses and fences, and
therefore they wanted lumber at the '
lowest obtainable price. Some of the
very men who, in Congress, had
voted in favor of the Lumber Trust
and who had argued that the tariff
duties were an unalloyed and boun- I
tiful blessing, used all of their influence
with the Taft administration
o have Canadian lumber admitted
free of duty. The Administration .
yielded, the tariff law was set aside I
in so far as it related to lumber, and
the citizens of those north-western
states bought lumber at about half
the price which you and I have to
pay. !
"Could you want any hotter proof
that tariffs are framed for the benefit
Of tile cruel trusts'' l>n von iinir
longer doubt that the increase of .
tariff duties in the Payne-Aldrieh 1
bill, which went into effect last summer.
was the true and only cause of
the immediate advance in the cost
of living? Can you have any further
doubt that those who pretend that .
tariffs are made in the interest of |
labor and for the general welfare of
the country, are unmitigated liars
and hypocrites?
"Consider the Injustice of the
thing; see with what favoritism our .
government is run. We must not begrudge
the enormous benefit of cheap
building material to those burnt-out
unfortunates of the Northwest. Rut
why shouldn't the same benefit be
enjoyed by all the rest of us? What
have we done that we are less entitled
to have the cost-increasing
tariff on lumber removed in our favor?
Why should we be held down
by the government while the Lumber
Trust goes through our pockets.
.
"There is not an hour in the day
when somebody is not burned out;
tbere is never a night when the
alarm-bell does not strike its terror
into some town or city. The number
of dwellings, barns, gin-houses and
other necessary buildings that go tip .
in flames every year, far exceeds the
number of homes and other buildings
consumed by the forest fires
of the Northwest. Therefore, when
you take a bird's-eye view, mentally,
of the entire Pn"ited States, you cannot
fail to realize that there are
just as manv unfortunate burn-outs
outside the burned-over area of the
I North west, es thorp wore within it.
When you think of this and hear m
mind that the T,aw should ho no respecter
>f persons, and should treat
us all alike, you will deeply feel the
injustice of our Government, in compelling
millions of people to surrender
a part of their money to the
T/tiniher Trust to pratlfy Its inordinate
creed for pain.
"If you can think up any good
reason why the American saw-mills
in the preat lumber repions of the
Northwest cannot produce lumber
profitably, as cheaply as the Canadians
can do it, please tell us what it
is. 1 venture to say that the steamwhistles
of some of the American
saw-mills on the border, can lie heard
by some of the saw-mills of Canada.
; and vice versa. The labor supply
is practically the same on both sides
of the line. The wapee paid by the
Canadian mills are worth as much in
Canada as those paid by the American
mills are worth in this country.
The lumber is cut from the
* same continuous forest prowih.
Why, then, should the Lumber Trust
of the Northwest he piven power to
shut out Canadian lumber and to
1 extort monopoly prices from the
> Americans who have to use their pro.
duct?
t "Kvidently the humher Trust was
* afraid, or unable to prevent the temV
porary escape of their victims. The
* burned-outs were desperate: the demand
which they placed upon their
representatives in Congress was too
passionately lmnerative to the re
sisted. The Taft administration has
, long heen tempest-tossed on a trou
bled sea. therefore it was thought
, good politics to let the Lumber
- Trust release its prey for a little
-' while, leaving it to make up for lost
* time later on when the people are
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cause. Numerous testimonial
us out in this statement.
? Read the following:
1 have been a constant suf
? years and could not get any
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
r<ir Sale?Pure King Cotton Seed at $1.00
per bushel. Address, J. J. <
Littlejohn, .lonesville, S. C.
No. I Mammoth Yellow So.ja Iteaiis
$2.25 per bushel f. o. b. here.
E. C. Carter, Fairfield, N. C.
Itubber Stamps?Your name ! cents, t
with your full address. 15 cents.
P. (>. Hox I 22, Hack May, Huston,
'Mass. i *
Indian Ituuner llink I'ggs for hatcning,
$2.00 per dozen. Descriptive
leaflet free. G. C. Vowell, Ellenton,
Fla.
sniul mirtiow n lid 'i/ldroee of l??u
heads of families. I wll' send yen I
free one I'eautifill Tea Spoon, Guy '
Mayberry, dewberry. Ind. ' '
Druahed Oyster Shells tor Poultry One
hundred pnnndt, sixty cen'a,
fire hundred pounds. $2.50. B.--slauer.
Dachlcotte & Co., Warorly
Mills. S. C.
Ulce Flour, 100 tons fresh. Rice
Flour, Hay, Grain, Bran, Chops.
C. S. Meal and etc., Albert BIbchofT
and Co., SI Elizabeth Street, 1
Charleston, S. C.
Women, sell guaranteed hone. 70
per cent, profit. Make $20 daily.
Full or part time. Beginners Investigate.
Strong Hosiery. Boi
4029, West Philadelphia, Pa.
\gei?t*?Why don't you sell novelties
th'it sell on sight? Quirk
sales and great profits. Send today
for catalogue. Zeigler Drug "
and Novelty Co., Manning, S. C.
rhe Utile Tell Tale which tells the
Truth. A complete egg record of
the day, the week, the month, and
the year. Price 1be. Address,
Mrs. M. H. Roberts, Dade City,
Fla.
The High Point IKTectlvc Agency ?)
Columbia does a general det*etlr?
business. White and colored do
tectlvra at vnur eonvenianru !
Writ? u?. W. 8. Taylor, Manager
Columbia, 9, .C.
(iirl or Woman each locality; Rood
pay made, acting as Representative;
address envelopes, fold, mail
circulars. Material, stamps, fur
nished free. Rex Mailing Agency,
London, Ontario.
Ilubha' Single (kunh Rhoda lu.?u?
Reds and "Crystal" Whit? Or-dug
tons win sad lay when o.hura
fall, stock and eggs for ?>tln aiftd
for mating list. G. A. Dobba, Box
B. 24., Gainesville, Ga.
Farm, Fruit and Truck Lands in
Hillsborough County, Florida.
Write me your deslree. Can fill
any requirement. J. E. Snyder,
Limona, (near Tampa) Florida.
Correspondence solicited.
North State Life Insurance Co., ul
Kingston, N. C.. operates only in
tho two Carollnas and has more
Carolina live? insured than sit*
other Carolina cofpany. Agen.s
wanted where the compsay ' not
now represented.
farm Lands?I have for sale magnificent
larm lands in South and
Southwest Georgia, the best cotton
growing part of the State.
These lands are nerfecflv level
and can be brought up to any;
not looking.
"Hut haven't you been asking
yourself. By what right does the fjovernment
suspend the tariff law for'
a single hour in response to any I
kind of appeal? It has no such authority?it
is a violation of oaths of j
office. If they can suspend one law,
they can susi>end them all. When i
Government is operated after that
fashion, it is not ono of Law, but
of personal whim. Under Buch a
system, nobody and no business is
safe."
HEURALGA REMEDY I
-Y. SPEEDILY I
algia no matter what tlie &
s on file in our office bear Z
ferer from headache for 12 Z
relief until it had run its Z
*cl Lees Headache and Neu- Z
nanent relief. $
lu'St thincr 1 tin vc I
r, ^ v . II ICVl. <*
(Sgd.) II. A. Gandy, S
Hartsvillc, S. C. T
c and 50c. a
jred By t
DUNN CO., I
. N. C. I
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state of cultivation. Smith I).
Pickett. Empire Life Building, Atlanta.
Ua.
jSems \\ anted?Make big nuiue; sei?
icjtc photo pillow top*. JRc brv
niides. 25c; portraits, 3f>e; ollettoi
3 0c. We produce work# of art
guaranteed, lowest prices, largest
studio. prompt service, credit given
; tumpie.t; portrait and frami
catalogue fre?*. Hitter's Art St'j
dio. 1218 Madison. Chicago, ill
ioo<] iiitc Agents wanted 111 ? very
town to sell a meritorious line of
in edict nen extensively advertised
and used by eTery family and in
the stable. An exceptional opportunity
for the right parties to
make good money. Write at one#
for proposition to L. B. Martin,
Box 110. Klcbtnoud, Vs
n order to intrtxiuce my high gradt
Succession Flat liutch and Waks
Held Cabbage Plants to ..hose whe
have not used theui before 1 will
give with ach first order for
thousand plants at a >1.2 5, a dollar'#
worth of vegotable and ttowai
seed absolutely free. W. It. Hart
Plant Orowar. Enterprlae P O
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A anted?Every man, woman an#
child in South Carolina to know
that the "\lco" brand of Saab
Door? and Hllnds are the baa
and are mudo only by the August*
Lumber Company, who m&nufae ^
ture everything in Lumber an*
Millwork and wbn?e wntrhword t*
"Quality." Write Augusta I.umber
Company, Augusta, Georgia
for prices* on any order, large eternal]
Wanted ? Live, energetic men, to represent
reliable old line life insurance
company. Very attractive
contract; experience unnecessary.
More money made by
the hurtling agent than any other
line of business. All forms of policies
written. The joint life policy
a sp"cialty. Call at I-I!!9 Main
street, or write J. W. I.add, State
Atrent, Manhattan Life Insurance
Co., Colunibia, S. C.
Manager Frank J. Shaugh-'"
neasy, of the Virginia League
Champions, found Noah's
Liniment best for
Sore Musoles
bruises, scratches, stiffness.
One trial will convince you.
Noah's Liniment penetrates.
^Requires but little rubbing.
Here's the Proof
"T have had occasion to line Noah's
Liniment on two of my players' arms,
and the result wan most gratifying,
Iloth were Immediately relieved of soreness
and able to resume throwing with
Uielr former speed. Have also used It
tjjjyself, nnd consider It the best 11nI ?
?-?ci iin-ti. 11 is nne jor onuses,
Scratches, stiffness, etc. Frank J,
Shauf*hnessy, Mann per, Koanoko Champions,
Hounoke, Vu."
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Stiff Joints and Muscles, Soro Throat.
Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises,
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Neuralpla, Tooth- ?r4 T-. I
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