Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, August 08, 1912, Page PAGE EIGHT, Image 8
BETTER SCHOOLS
DEEDED III STATE
W. H. HAND, SOUTH CAROLINA
HIGH SCHOOL INSPECTOR,
MAKES STATEMENT.
SHOULD IMPROVE SYSTEM
Even Before Attempting to Increase
School Revenue It Would Be the
Part of Wisdom to Use What Wo
Already Have to Better Purpose.
Columbia.?Taking the schools of
the state as a whole, no well informed,
clear-thinking man would for a
moment question the need of more
money for them. It would be difficult
to conceive of too much money
for schools of the right kind. But
money is not all that is necessary to
making and mantaining a system of
good schools. Even before attempting
to increase the school revenue it
would be the part of wisdom to use
what we already have to better purpose.
The people are willing to be
taxed even heavily for anything inherently
good that proves itself a
good investment. The taxpayers have
a right to demand a wise expenditure
of the school funds. The same people
who pay the taxes have the ultimate
control of the expenditure of
their taxes. The whole matter is their
question. Now, before asking the taxpayer
for more money for the schools
let us do at least two things: 1.
Use more economy and common sense
in the expenditure of what funds we
have. 2. Begin to construct a school
system that meets present demands
and that will lend itself to the growing
demands of the modern state.
In short, if our schools are to be efficient,
they must be organized; if the
organization is to be effective, it must
be thoroughly articulated throughout
the state, and from the elementary
schools through the university.
, The?tmit of school organization is
one of the most potent factors for
good or evil in any school system.
The efficiency of any system must
stand the test of at least two standards;
the efficiency of the individual
schools constituting the system, and
the simplicity and ea6e of administration
of the aggregation of schools. |
Among the state school systems are
found three distinct types of units;
the district, the township, and the
county, with the additional city units
which may occur inside any of these !
three. In this state we have a mixed J
type.
.
Corporation Tax For Year.
Fees amounting to $122,613.20 were |
collected from the domestic and for-'
eigu corporations license tax during
the present year, according to a re-!
port issued by Comptroller General:
Jones. There are 2,789 domestic, 113 !
foreign, and 179 public utility corpora-1
ticns in the state, according to the re-1
port; the domestic corporations pay-!
ing a tax of $73,S65.93, representing j
an invested capital of $137,639,173; the ,
foreign corporations' tax amounting to
S7.963.81. represent ing; an invested
capital of $13.67;">,113, and the public '
utility corporations' tax amounting to
$40,810. representing an invested cap-,
. ?ai r\f 1? cnsi1!') Tho amount ml
lected from ihis total tax last year was
$107,924.40, the increase this year be- i
iug in round numbers $15,000.
Campaign in Oconee County.
Oconee's campaign for all county j
ofhees opened at Seneca and was followed
by a meeting at night at Newry.
The very best order prevailed at both
places. All candidates who spoke i
were given a respectful hearing. No
effort was made to ascertain the sentiment
of the candidates as to their ,
preference o:i gubernatorial aspirants. I
Spartanuurg District Methodists.
One hundred and thirty-six Methodist
stewards, representing 25 churches
of Spartanburg district, met at !
Spartanburg to formniate a plan to i
facilitate the payment of tin* pastors' I
salaries and mission assessments. a|
permanent organization was affected, j
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Rice Crop in Very Good Condition.
Reports received indicate that th* j
rice crop is in a very satisfactory
and favorable condition and unless j
?there is a storm, spring tide or other |
I drawback of the kind, the planters ]
'will get good profits this year from'
their crops. The crop is about the j
usual size, the planters taking no ;
chances with the elements in endeav-'
oring to make a large crop and take I
advantage of the prevailing high j
prices. A more satisfactory outlook at
this time could not be desired, It Is
said.
Opinion of The Supreme Court.
i The supreme court in an opinion by
Chief Justice.Eugene B. Gary has dismissed
the petition in the court in
the exercise of its original jurisdiction
for an order enjoining B. B. Kirkland,
J. B. Duke and G. W. Taylor, board
of trustees of school district No. 13 of
Richland county, from issuing bonds,
not exceeding $20,000 in amount, to
be used in building a school house.
An election was held some time .ago
under the act of 1907 which resulted
in a decision on the part of the voters
to issue the bonds.
Many Aattend Farmers' Institute.
Columbia.?Several hundred Richland
county farmers attended the farmers'
institute at Horrelll Hill. Several
agricultural experts representing
Clemson College and the United States
farm demonstration work delivered
addresses. A pleasant and instructive
day was spent by all farmers attend~
mootinc The mepfine was
IU?> llic lilVVUMO' ?w o
held under the direction of L. L. Baker,
district agent of the demonstration
work. H. W. Barre of Clerason
College delivered an interesting and
instructive address on plant diseases.
Cause of River Changing Course.
f 'Camden.?Major Howell, of the
river navigation department, with
headquarters in Charleston, was in
Camden recently to confer with representatives
of the Chamber of Commerce
and the county attorney in reference
to the Wateree River changing
its course near the Wateree River
bridge. It is said that the piers of the
Seaboard bridge, three-quarters of a
mile above this bridge, is the cause of
it. Major Howell was shown where
the river washes the causeway 011 the
West Wateree side cf the bndge
Sharon. ? A flourishing Sunday
school, of 60 members has recently
been organized at old Harmony
church a few miles from here. This
is one of the oldest Presbyterian
churches of the county, and the very
name of this old church is fragrant
in the memory of many of the oldest
citizens.
Charleston.?Abram Young, a colored
lamp oiler of the Southern Railway,
was instantly killed by the Carolina
Special near Ashley Junction. It ia
said that he was asleep on the tracks
when struck by the locomotive. The
coroner was notified.
Charleston.?Northern capital has
become interested to the extent of
agreeing to subscribe for every cent
of the bond issue of two and a half or
three millions of dollars, the amount
considered necessary in the event
that the City of Charleston decided to
establish a municipal lighting and
water plant.
Sensational developments in the investigation
of the murder of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler, who was
shot down in front of the Hotel Metropole.
New York City, two weeks
ago, came with a rush when Police
Lieutenant Charles Hecker, accused
by Rosenthal as his side partner in
a gambling game, was arrested, accused
of participation in the killing
and forced to plead at once to a
charge of murder in the first degree.
He was remanded to the Tombs.
Her Grace Effective.
An English woman of rank, a duchpss.
was very apt to forgot to pay her
bills. A milliner, whose large bill
had been repeatedly ignored by the
duchess, at last determined to send
her little girl, a pretty child of ton
years, for the money which was so
much needed.
"Re sure to say 'your grace,' to the
duchess," said the anxious mother; and
the child gravely promised to remember.
"When, after long waiting, she was
ushered into the p^seure of her
grace, the little girl dropped her a how
of courtesy, and then, folding her
hands and closing her eyes, she said,
softly:
'Tor what T om about to receive
may the Lord make me truly thank- j
ful."
As she opened her eyes and turned
her wistful gaze on the duchess, that
person turned very red. and without J
delay, made out a check for the ,
nmnnnt due her milliner.
The Oriental Dancer.
Charles Frohman, at a dinner at the
Metropolitan club in New York, con- r
deraned a certain outrageously ira-l
modest Oriental dancer.
"She must have a nasty mind," Mr.
Frohman said, "to dance like that" |
"Oh, don't be too hard on her," said !
a playwright. "She may not understand,
you know. Consider how young !
she is." |
"I deny," said Mr. Frohman, "that I
she's as young as you imply; but I'm i
bound to admit that, even though not :
young, she's certainly a stripling."
DOES GOVERNOR'S ANSWER FIT
GRACE CHARGES?
A Rrief Review of the Situation as
Now Is.
Florence Dally Times.
The governor says in his reply to
Grace, that when Grace was against
Rhett he was all manner of evil things
bt as soon as he began to tell lies on
him. he was a gentleman.
Mr. Grace has been abused politically,
but the worst that he has had
to bear would not put him in trouble
He has been abused as a demagogue
and power seeker, but as a matter
of fact the tone and the temer of the
newspapers began to change towards
Mr. Grace when he himself began to
change. After he got into office he,
as did many other men before him,
become conservative in his views, accepted
the responsibility ppt on him J
as a man, and tried to give Charleston
good government, and then it was
that the newspapers began to say
good things abot Mr. Grace and when
u ~ 4 4 - K^4 tlt.n hie nvnVnicoo I
lie II 1UU IU UC uciici man Uio }/?vm?invh .
was the time he and Cole Bleas bet
gan to fall out.
No newspaper has yet heralded Mr.
Grace as a model, but since he has
shown a disposition to aid in the
work that is being done for the State
and because the new associations will
be good for him, Mr. Grace will be !
welcomed) into the ranks of those
fighting against misrepresentation and
error.
REED MEETS DEATH AT STATE
PRISON.
First Execution of Its Kind in South
Carolina.
William Reed, the Anderson county
negro convicted early in the year of
an attempted criminal assault, was
electrocuted at the State penitentiary
Tuesday morning. He was taken
from his cell by two guards at 11:04
and strapped in the chair at 11:05,
when a current of 1,95 volts was
turned on for one minute and 50 seconds.
A second current was turned
on for 40 seconds, and thenegro was ?
pronounced dead at 11:09 by Dr.
Robert T. Jennings, prison physician,
and Dr. S. B. Fishburn.'
His body was removed from the
chair and carried to the autopsy room
where a careful examination was
made. The execution was carried out
without a hitch, death being almost J
instantaneous. The current was turned
on by C. J. Robbins, a guard at
the State penitentiary. Mr. Robins
was deputized by Capt. D. J. Griffeth,
superintendent of the penitentiary, j
He will very probably act as official
executioner for the State. 2
Reed was the first prisoner to be
executed as provided by the law of ?
the last general assembly. The negro
confessed to his crime to Rev.
Richard Carroll. The execution was
witnessed by 24 witnesses, the number
allowed by law.
We take very much hope from the
fact that one of the great Blease
leaders and advocates, one of the sort
spoken of in our county as of the
"desirous" class. Mr. Jodie Rollinson,
has found it necessary and advisable
to withdraw from the race for the
House in Richland and go to the
House in Richland and go to the
springs for his health. The Blease
supporters in Richland looked pretty
sick to us a few days ago when we
saw them at Congaree, and we heard
that Rembert was really a fit subject
for the repair shop.?Florence
Daily Times.
A vast amount of ill health is due
lo impaired digestion. When the stomach
fails to perforin ils functions
properly the whole system becomes
deranged. A few doses of Chamberlain's
Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion, invigorate
your liver, and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to faulty diges- I
tion. Try it. Many others have bpen I
permanently cured?why not you.? I
All dealers. i
The Cactus Woman.
They stood on Penn avenue t ad
watched the girls go by, nn end'ess procession.
"They say the clinging type ot girt
is disappearing."
"I believe it is. Modern woman,
with rl:o sharp-pointed buckles and 1
her numerous hatpins, is more I'ke a '
cactus than a vine."?Pittsburg Post 1
The South Carolii
tional Insl
Located at E
will begin its twenty-second i
ber 26th. Colonel Bailey has
institution all these years and ]
a large experienced faculty of
Last session stu
dents attended
this school from il
all over South mRI I
Carolin and five ^CL'" I
other states. jpjjK
The dormitories \ j
are always fiilled f \ fi
to the utmost \ ?
capacity a njl I
each year tip J
that is necessary
for carrying on
a high grade in- 1
COL. F. N. K
PRESIDE
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Stall Fed Be
rdaving just received a drove of ni
im in position to furnish my custc
)f beef and as they were bought i
)er pound for Steaks and Roasts, <
md with 12 years experience J
md Roasts as you want. All I asl
unce you.
H. A. Bl
Hotel Covingtt
!" Ultimate I
should be the goal c
taking. Profitable i
are assured you on i
I of yours when you c
to do it.
Iuur paints sun
while our workmai
I you. Let us make y
for a complete job.
Boykin M
LPhone 197 O
GKSEaasaoas
Office of Comity Superintendent ^
of Edncatiou
The County Superintendent of Education
gives notice that his office wit! Fi:
je open every Saturday and the first prict
VIonday of each month. clasi
la Co-Educaitute,
dgefield
session on September I
? been President of the H
has associated with him
fourteen instructors.
stitution. I
Graduates of
the S. C. C. I. I
t 1 can be found all I
I over South Car- I
olina, filling po- |
I r % ' u
I sitions or nonor
y | and trust.
If you contemplate
patroniz\
>1 ing this inititu- 1
?.jj tion it is impor|H
tant that you
commuuicate ;1
with the President
as early as 1
|1 possible, as it- is
IjPj always necessary |
to engage rooms j
ml before the scs
sions begins.
. BAILEY
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:>mers with the nicest kind
ight I can sell at 18 cents
other cuts in proportion,
can cut you as nice Steaks
k is a trial and I will con
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>f every under- ?
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that paint job
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CHAPMAN
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