The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, March 06, 1925, Image 8
AMONG THB SCHOOLS,
'IV Superintendent Offers fciomc K*.
cellent Ad\irr To PartntH.
To the Parents of the School Child
ren of District Nfo. l:Tho recent ex
amination period has just jpast, re
vealing the fuct that a very large
number of the pupil* of th<* schools
Have failed to make the required paim- f
ing grades. The schools are passing
through a critical period, a period of <
expansion. With this increase in \
numbers and spreading out of de
partments comcH a tendency toward
laxity on the part of every one ex
cept those who are most alert to
tiieir own needs and to the needs of
the school system.
The evidence in proof of the above
statement is as follows:
(1) Pupils are remaining at home,
either with or without the permis
sion of parents when they should .be
in school. Wo do not refer to those
who are kept home for sickness.
(2) Many pupils are to be seen
on the streets in the evening, or pay
ing social colts who are not passing
on their leasons at school.
(3) Many pupils are not even tak
ing their books to their homes for
home study. The school day in dis
trict number one being a single ses
sion day, the time for study of les
sons in tho classrooms is insufficient,
making home study imperative. The
pupils in the hitch school have only
one study period.
Parents, the schools need your help.
Some reasons why your child should
attend school every day.
1. Statistics show that more fail
ures ill school arc caused by irregu
lar attendance than any other one
reason.
The reason for this is that the
child stays out n day or so. He gets
behind in that days work. He loses
the connection between the lessons, he
becomes discouraged, and this leads
to lack of interest. After this ho ju it
doesn't study and fails.
2. The bureau of education at
Washington has issued a government
bulletin No. 22 in 1917 which gives
the following interesting data:
Every day spent in school pays the
child $9.02, Here is the proof. Un
educated laborers earn on the aver
age $500 n year for 40 years, a
totul of $20,000. High school gradu
ates earn on an average of $1,000 a
year for 40 years, a total of $40,000.
This education required 12 years of
school of 180 days each, a total of I
2,160 days in school. If 2,160 days
in school add $20,000 to tho income
for life, then each day at school adds
$9.02, #Xhe child that stays out__of
school to earn less than $9.00 a~~rhtr
is losing money, not making money, j
Education increases productive!
powers. In 1899 Massachusetts gave
her citizens 7 year's schooling, the
United States as a whole gave ber
citizens 4.4 years schooling, and
Tennessee gave her citizens only 3
years schooling. The average daily
production of the citizen of Massa
chusetts was then 86 cents, that of
the citizen of the United States 55
rent*, while that of the cititen of
Tennessee was only 38 cents. The
proportion has been unchanged in re?
cent years, although both the aver
age schooling and the average produc
tion huve been increased.
J. (J. Kit-hards, Jr., Supt.
The above letter and the one fol
lowing is published and being mailed
to the patrons of the district in or*
der that conditions may be Known
that there may come a closer co
operation between school authorities
und parents; that-there may be u
checking up both at school and at
home.
Patrons of District No. 1; In a
certain sense it is appalling and dis
tressing how little time,and how lit
tle thought is givon each evening by
many of the children of Camden to
their school work and. to the prepar
ation of the following day's lessons.
We are uncertain whether thia is a
widespread general condition or
whether it is a local condition. Which
ever it is, it is a serious condition,,
Itnd one that should be remedied be
fore it takes too strong u hold. It
can only be remedied by the combined
efforts of parents ana teachers. It
should start with an investigation on
the part of these two into the habits
of the pupils to find out how much
time is devoted by them to prepara
tion of lessons, what kind of habits
of study are being formed and the
reason for the seeming lack of in
terest.
It is generally conceded by school
authorities that the average high
.school pupil should set apart at least
two hours of each evening for the
preparation of lessons for the, follow
ing Alay. ft is a known fact that hab
its formed in the high school are car
ried on to college und into other
phases of life. It is also known that
whereas in the high school a student
is required to master one book pet
subject per yea^'or per semester,
often in college a book or more per
week or month is assigned. To suc
ceed later on in college life one has
to form right habits in earlier life,
We know that there are many
children in Camden who have already
formed right habits, who are consci
entious in their preparation, and who
make excellent grades at school.
These no doubt have formed right
habits. They may be your children.
Are they?
We take the position thut each child
should be required to set aside two
hours or more each evening at a reg
ular time for the preparation of les
sons. We also take the position that
students should not be allowed to at
tend social events and shows during
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Fighting Machine in 1914.
Pari*, March (By the Associa
ted Press.)?The opinion of Martha!
Foch, and his colleagues of the allied
war committee ia that the report of
the military control mission shows
that the German# persist in their de
termination to maintain a complete
staff of officers for an army such as
existed prior to 1914. Also, the com
mittee believes Germany is educating
not only officers and aubalternations
to this end, but under all sorts of
camouflage, is training enough young
men to mobilise a strong fighting
army whenever it wishes to do.
This, the committee saya in a writ
ten opinion which the ambassadors'
council will consider tomorrow, is of
far greater importance .than the dis
covery of unauthorized war material,
although it is possible that the exist
ence of illicitly manufactured rifles,
machine guns and parta of cannons,
emphasises the seriousness of the sit
uation.
Among the details of the control
mision's report to which the military
experts refer is the discovery of steel
mills yf secret shops walled up from
[ the eyes of the indiscreet where are
stored pattern* and moulda for the
most improved type of cannon, and
even unfinished tubes that in a short
time could be completed into guns
ready to fire. Tips given by German
pacifists lead to many findings of thi.i
sort, including more new rifles than
would be required to arm the entire
German army on the basis of the Ver
sailles treaty.
Information given by workmen
employed in chemical factories led to
the finding of conclusive evidence that
facilities for the production of as
phyxiating gas have been left intact
as they existed at the end of great
war. The report on this point con
firms evidence which the allies have
had for some time to the effect that
the Germans had erected new facto
ries that could almost instantly be
devoted to the production of vast
quantities of the most deadly weapon
which the war <leveloped.
The discoveries, in the opinion of
military experts, are rendered all the
more important by proofs of the ex
istence of a military staff school and
the training of young men of Ger
many for an army such as that with
which the country entered the great
war.
The opinion in diplomatic circles
this evening is that the ambassadors'
council will give both reports a sort
of casual scrutiny and then the gov
ernment will discuss the idea of call
ing an allied conference to deal finally
with the matter. The conference pro
bably will not be called until after
the Belgian elections, as it would be
held in Rrussels.
Boy Scout News
The week of February 8 to 14 was
National Scout Week. A special meet
ing was held Tuesday February 10.
The best feature of the meeting: was
the return of Scoutmaster John K.
deLoach, although we had all appre
ciated the kind services of his sub
stitute Mr. Sirree deLoach. Since all
the scouts of the nation were cele
brating- National Scout Week we de
cided to hold our rally Friday, Feb
ruary 13. All the scouts went to. the
ball park and put up tents and en
joyed the rally very much. Scout
Fid ward Woo ten of the Eagle Patrol
carried off first honors scoring lf>
points. Seoul DeLoache Sheorn of:
the Panther Patrol came second. We
were glad t?? see a few visitors were
with us. Friday February 20 all thi
scouts hiked to the precipice where
bonfires were built and supper cook
ed. in which some of the scouts were
doing work for the second class test
and they proved themselves worthy1
scouts as well as cooks.
j Friday February 27 we held a reg
i ular scout meeting in the scout cabin
on Chestnut street to which we are
due Mr. F. M. Wooten a vote of
thanks for all the scouts are very
proud of our cabin. Scoutmaster de
I/oach gave the scouts record sheets
to be filled out, told the scouts to be
prepared to help in Near Fast relief
campaign in May.
The Beaver Patrol at this meeting
reported the loss of a worthy scout,
J. (\ Hose, who has moved to Florida.
) The meeting adjourned to meet
M h r<h 1
Scut Klmei Watts.
I.tmb Kills Man
I ulumbia, Feb. 27.?(I. IL Lee.
year old farmer living nine miles
from Columbia on the old Camden
road, was instantly killed yesterday
afternoon about S o'clock unen a limb
from a tree fell or. him while he was
in the woods.
the school session rxcept Fridays.
Saturdays and Sundays.
Do you know whether your child
prepares his le-ssons or not?
Do you know how much time ho
sets aside for lesson preparation?
Do you know whether he is regu
lar in the use of this time or not?
Do you allow your child to spend
the evening* as he choooesT
Please consider the statement* and
questions above, and do whit you can
to help us make the schools of this
district ?rrm you and your children
more efficiently.
Von.
J. 0. Rfeferfa,
RURAL OFFICER KIIXBD
C. A. Hargrove Shot by William 8,
llninry at Benwttnvllle
Bennettsville, March 1.?'C. A. Har
grove, Marlboro county rural police
man, is dead, shot twicc in the cheat
with a .42 caliber pinto), and William
8. Hainey, white man, is in the county
jail, having come to Sheriff J. A.
Weatherly last night at 11:46 o'clock
and given himself up. He had found
the officer with his wife in his car
on a lonely road about 11 o'clock last
night he told the sheriff, and had
shot him twice and thought he had
killed him.
The sheriff immediately went to
the scenq with Charles Peele, another
rural policeman, and found Mr. Har
grove sitting behind the steering
wheel of his car dead.
A coroner's jury empaneled by Cor
oner T. F. McRae this afternoon held
Hwiney for the shooting and Rufus
Riley and Hollis Hyatt, white men,
as accessories before and after the
fact.
The shooting was done in the road
in front of a schoolhouse in the
Drake community, lower part of the
county, a Rufus Riley and Mrs. Hainey
testified at the inquest that, at the
request of Mr. Hainey, Mr. Riley had
driven Mrs. Hainey to Bennettsville
yesterday afternoon in Hainey's car
to do some shopping and that instead
of going straight home they stopped
at the Atterdale school, where Mrs.
Hainey said she wanted to see some
i one. In a few minutes Mr. Hargrove
drove up and Mrs. Hainey got into
j the car with him, telling Mr. Riley
to wait for them. When they re
turned Mr. Hainey had taken the
place of Mr. Riley in- the waiting car
and he stepped to the side of the
Hargrove automobile and fired two
shots.
Hollis Hyatt, lt> year old, toy, ad
mitted going to the schoolhouse with
Mr. Hainey and waiting for the re
turn of the couple.
Mrs. Hainey declared that she was
expecting her husband to try to run
away with another woman on the
9:55 o'clock train from Bennettsville
and had asked the officer to come
with her to watch for them.
Another version of the affair that
is being told, but which did not come
into the testimony i?f the inquest, Is
that a member of a liquor ring, or
is in sympathy with them, of that
community and that Policeman Har
grove had been very vigorous in fer
reting out these violations and that
Mrs. Hainey, had been "turning them
up" to him. Members of the ring
had determined to get him, it is said,
and took this opportunity to use the
i "woman" story as a defense.
Robert C. Clowry, 8f3, former pres
ident and general manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
died on a Pennsylvania train enroute
to New York Wednesday.
Services at Wateree Next Sunday
At the evening service at Wateree
Baptist, church next Sunday, March
8th, the pastor will preach on the
subject: "The Signs of the Times,"
as they relate to' the second coming
of Christ, Luke 21:11 and 25. The
sermon subject for the morning ser
vice will be: "The Ways of Wayward
ness," 2nd Peter 2:20. Evening ser
vice beginning at 7:15 instead of 7
o'clock as heretofore. All are cor
dially invited.
.lit'v. Thornton Mills, son of the late
15. Kay Mills, roused his fashionable
Chicago church by making Ben Reii
man, King of the Hoboes, head of
the Adult Bible Class. Returning the
compliment the Rev. Mr. Mills be
came a lecturer at Hobo College. Mr.
Mills does not favor an exclusive
ch urch.
Six Cannibals Executed
Bordeaux, France, March '2.?Six
negro cannibals, among whom was
a man sixty years old and a woman
seventy, recently were executed by
French troops at Victoria, French
Guinea. The cannibals were con
victed of killing and eating eleven
persons. They faced the firing
"fpTTKt bravely.
James M. Dick I>ead
Sumter, March 1.?James Mc
Dowell Dick, a well known and high
ly respected citizen of Sumter, pass
ed away at 8 o'clock Sunday morn
ing after a ten day illness from in
fluenza, which developed into pneu
monia. The deceased was 62 years of
ape and was a native of this place.
The annual drink bill of the Brit
ish Isles each year is more than the
total annual interest on the nation's
national debt, which was 305,709.000
pounds for 1923.
A Cordeau fuse, a ribbon of T. N.
T. incased in a tube of lead, has been
stretched along a Rocky Mountain
National Park trail under twenty-five
foot snowdrifts. Next spring the
| entire charge will be detonated m\
< once making it poaaibte to clear the
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Hats, Underwear and Accessories, including '
the Famous Lino of
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In sizes 3 to 14 at
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Comprising one of the best numbers, suitable tor
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A postal card will bring one to your door.
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SUMTER, S C.
EVERYTHING FOR CHILDREN '
FERTILIZER
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< We have on hand a full stock of
Nitrate of Soda, Mixed Goods
and Fertilizer Material
SEE US BEFORE BUYING
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SKN!> US YOUR MAIL ORDBR8
SEND US YOUR MAIL ORDERS
^OTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING
Notice is hereby given that a spe-1
cial meetihg of stockholders q? the]
Standard Grocery Company, incorpor
ated, will be held on April 6, 1925,
at 12 o'clock at the offices of Kirk
land and Kirkland, at Camden, S. C.,
for the purpose of considering a reso
lution authorizing the officers of tfoe
corporation to liquidate the same and
wind up its affairs and surrender the
charter thereof.
STANDARD GROCERY COMPANY,
B. J. L. Moseley.
Camden, S. C., March 5, 1925.
49-52-pd
Aged Lady Dead
Savannah, Ga., March 2. ? Mrs.
Georgia Nathans, born in Savannah
on March 20, 1820, died here last
night. On the hundredth anniversary
of her birth she was given a recep
tion in the city hall by the mayor anJ
city council.
Furman Shealy, a twelve-year old
New Brookland lad, was shot in the
back Tuesday^and seriously wounded
by Crandall Danul, a colored boy, who
at first denied the shooting, and then
claimed it was accidental. The white
boy, however, says Danul shot him
purposely.
Byrnes To Live In Spartanburg
Spartanburg, Feb. 28.?Representa
tive James F. Byrnes, who has been
a member of congress for 14 years
and who was defeated in the Novem
ber election for the Senate, will move
from Aiken to Spartanburg upon his
retirement from the house, accord
ing to information received here to
night.
Mr. Byrnes said that he would
spend a few days at his old home
in Aiken after March 4 and Will
move to Spartanburg on March 15.
He will become a member of the
legal firm of Nichols and Wyche,
? ' j
which will be changed to NichM
Wyche and Byrnes. Other roembei
of the firm are Judge Georg*
Nichols, former Congressman Sam
Nichols, and Majoi^ C. C. Wyche. A
office will be maintained in W?i
ington tinder the supervision of Ni
son T- Hartson, whose resignation!
solicitor for .the internal revenuejfli
reau goes into effect March 4.
"The Spirit and the bride?
Come. ? And let him that heart!)
say<v Gome. And let him that it
athirst come" Rev. 22:17,
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Wateree Baptist Chard
. . . Alto Says
COME EVERY SUNDAY
U>. m. and 7:15 p. m._
Wateree Mill Village
J. B. Shiver, Pastor
Phone 65-W
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
J. E. Robinson, Supt.
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Excellent meals served, cour
. teous service assured Jj
Lunches, Dinners and
Bridge P**
Also Afternoon Teas 8 to 5 P- r
18-hole Golf Course
Public Links
F. P. Farren, Manager ^
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ANNOUNCEMENT
SASH AND DOORS
I have on hand the largest and most complete
stock of sash and doors in Kershaw County.
Prices guaranteed against ail local or outsicfe
competition.
CHAPMAN H. .