The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 22, 1919, Page 4, Image 4
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ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891.
Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C.
Entered as second-class matter April
1891, under Act of March 3, 1879.
$2.00 PER YEAR.
Volume 2S. No. 21.
Thursday, May 22, 1919.
THE PAY OF TEAUtlUJtra.
The Herald is reproducing today a'
most timely article from the Literary
Digest concerning the pay of school
teachers. We wish to commend this
article most heartily to the thinking
people of Bamberg county and the
State generally. It will be noted
that the average salary of school i
teachers in the United States is the I
munificent sum of $630 per year. It
is indeed a wonder to us that men
and women will ever consent to sacrifice
themselves to the profession of
school-teaching. When one bears in
mind that to become an efficient
teacher it requires years of study,
an outlay of considerable money, and
the absolute sacrifice of ambition to
ever accumulate of this world's
goods, one cannot conceive that public
duty should require so much of
any one when the compensation is
just a little better than an average
of $50 per month.
As stated in the article from the
Digest, the lives of young America
nr? in the keer'^tr of these devoted
men and women. The future status
of America is in a large measure
vested id them. It is quite true that
of the half-million or more teachers
in America a large percentage iswholly
inefficient, and it is no wonder.
Of course, there are some wellpaid
teachers. Many communities
have long ago realized the injustice
of asking a man "on woman who has
V spent two or three thousand dollars
or more in preparation to accept a
* school at $40 or $50 a month; yet
there are many schools which pay no
more.
An average good clerk can easily
command a salary of $1,200 per/year.
Very little experience and no training
at all is required to make a good
salesman. A man who can scarcely
read and write can become expert in
salesmanship within a few- months. A
man or woman who desires to become
a conscientious teacher must
spend years in school, some more
years in college?all at an outlay of
hundreds of dollars?their own dollars,
before they can possibly perform
conscientious service in the public
schools. After all this preparation
they may hope to secure a salary
which is only a fractional part of
y the salary or income of other profes
? sions, and which is about on an equality
with the wages of a good plowhand.
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, This is a matter that should have
the immediate attention of all school
trustees and others interested in the
welfare rvf the schools. It is useless
to hope for any material increase in
the usefulness of the schools until
they are put on a business basis.
. Teachers should be paid according to
their training. The years spent in
teacher-training employed in mechanical
training would compel an
attractive salary. Teachers are entitled
to receive not only living salaries,
but salaries on a parity with j
other professions requiring equal
training. A lawyer spends about the
same time in training as a modern
teacher; what lawyer would sell his
future for $50 or $75 per month?
As it appears to be the policy of
- the present city council to enforce
ordinances which have been allowed
tp become obsolete through non-enI
forcement, how about enforcing the
law forbidding the blocking of the
sidewalks of our npain street by displaying
goods thereon? The sidewalks
were intended for the use of
pedestrians, not to be used as display
> windows for merchants. The traffic
laws are being violated every day by
automobile drivers. Would it not be
well to enforce this ordinance as
well? These laws are important, and
no hardship will be worked on any
one by their strict enforcement.
Rook Party.
Olar, May 19.?A delightful social
event of the season was a rook party
on last Thursday evening, given by
Mrs. Bernard Vance Kearse, in honor
of Miss Kthleen Oswald, of Allendale,
and Miss Hattie Sue Brabham, of
Cope, who are visitors in the community.
The weather being so favorable,
the guests arrived on time and each
proceeded to make the entertainment
a success. Four tables were used and
an interesting game kept up, Miss
Sara Neeley winning the highest
number of scores and receiving the
prize, a lovely box of candy.
Mrs. Kearse's home was very pretty
for the occasion, brilliantly lighted
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throughout, showing to an advantage
the tasty decorations of growing potplants
with great clusters of fresh
crimson roses.
A pleasant half-hour was spent in
the dining room, where, from an attractive
luncheon table with dainty
covers most beautifully hand-embroidered,
a course of punch with
marshmallow and white fruit cake
was served, followed by delicious
chocolates. Mr. C. S. Henerey, of
Ehrhardt, was called upon by the
hostess for a toast; informal remarks
continued, and the guests made to
feel perfectly at home.
When the hour of departure was
realized, expressions of regret as well
as delight were heard, proving that
the evening had been thoroughly enjoyed.
Among the young ladies in attendance
were Misses Hipp and Bradley,
accomplished teachers of the Ehrhardt
high school. #
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Spring Branch Sprigs.
Spring Branch, May 21.?The
rainy weather will continue to make
the farmers fight the grass.
Mr. Monroe Crider and sisters were
the guests of Miss Marjabell Wolf
Sunday.
Mr. Hallie Hutto spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mr. Howard
O'Quinn.
There was a large crowd present at
Sunday school last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Elige Goodwin motored
to Brier Creek Sunday.
Mr. J. W. O'Quinn is visiting his
brother, Mr. J. P. O'Quinn.
Mr. Mayfield Bessinger spent Sunday
afternoon in the Clear Pond section.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Sandifer and
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.Mrs. 'jreursecUlllt; Jrauftcci, ncic
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Crider
Sunday. . '
Rev. Walter Black will preach at
Spring Branch Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. The public is cordially invited.
' Mr;, and Mrs. Jasper Padgett and
liVtle daughter dined at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Herndon Sunday.
Miss Maggie Zeigler was the guest |
of Miss Inez Zeigler Sunday!
Mrs. Georgeanne Padgett is visit- j
ing her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Zeigler. j
Mrs. Virginia Crider spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. John
Strong.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hutto and fam-;
ilv were the guests of Mr. and Mrs."
W. R. Bessinger Sunday.
Mrs. E. J. Goodwin, of Lees, is visiting
at the home of Mrs: J. P.
O'Quinn.
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ALFRED ALRICH DIES.
Well-known Citizen Succumbs to
Illness. I
Anderson, May 17.?The death of
Col. Alfred Aldrich a^a hospital here
this afternoon at 5 o'clock marked
the passing of a beloved citizen of
South Carolina, a patriot of the State
and a true gentleman of the oldSouth.
Colonel Aldrich had been a
patient at the hospital for the last
month and his death is the end of a
general breakdown, following a peill
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months.
Colonel Aldrich passed his seventysixth
birthday yesterday.. He was
known over the State as an important
but not as a conspicuous figure in the
history-Df South Carolina, especially
in the upbuilding of the State since
the close of the War Between the
States. He was born at Barnwell, the
son of Judge A. (J. Aldrich and had
lived the greater portion of his life
on his plantation in Barnwell county.
He was educated at the Citadel and
left cdflege to enter the Confederate
army, Jn which he fought as a member
of Butler's Guards of Hampton's
Legion until he was severely wounded
at the battle of Trevillian Station.
He was married to Miss Zay Martin,
of Augusta, Ga.,and to this union
was born one son, Robert M. Aldrich,
now of Savannah, who was at his
father's bedside at the time of his
death.
After the war, Colonel Aldrich was
a member of the famous band of Red
Shirts and did valuable work in helping
South Carolina to redeem herself
of many of the horrors of reconstruction
days. After conditions had become
more settled in the State Col
onel Aldricn turned nis attention
more completely to farming and is
well known as a successful planter.
He originated the Aldrich crop plan,
a system of alternating rows of corn
and cotton, which was once very
popular in the South and is yet used
in many sections:
Besides his son, Colonel Aldrich is
survived by two sisters, Mrs. M. L.
Bonham of Anderson and Mrs. H. W.
Richardson of Columbia, and one
nephew, Alfred Aldrich, of Greenwood.
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Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer
It relieves pain and soreness caused
by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
etc.?Adv.
It May Yet Be "On to Berlin/'
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Unrepentant, burning w.ith hatred
to their conquerors, liars, sniveling
hypocrites as ever, the German people,
through their insolent, ill-bred
representatives at the peace conference,
are demonstrating that the
world must deal with the same spirit,
the same bully when in power, the
same liar and hypocrite when conquered,
that Germany has ever been.
From the reports that come from
Berlin and from Paris we can see
more clearly than ever before that
nothing less than the flags of the allies
and of America floating over the
palaces of the whole Potsdam gang
will ever convince the German peo
pie that civilization nas conquered
barbarism. These flags should float
there and never be hauled down until
a repentant, regenerate, re-educated
Germany has in sackcloth and
ashes redeemed its soul from the
devil to whom it was gladly sold for
the promise of world dominion.
Germany murdered millions,
wounded and maimed and blinded
millions more, outraged womanhood
and childhood, sacked cities, looted
machinery, cut down even the fruit
trees, in order to conquer and rob
and -rule the world.
No possible punishment can ever
one-tenth cover the fearful crime of
this war. Punishment to the extreme
of individuals and of the na-1
tion is the supreme duty of civilization,
to God and to man, and even
the peace terms as now submitted,
drastic as they may seem to be, are
not equal to what justice demands.
Therefore, let there be no possible
weakening in enforcing these terms,
and if Germany refuses to sign and
fulfil them, then let the order ring
out clear and strong:
"ON TO BERLIN!" ? Manufac- |
turers Record.
MASTER'S SALE.
State of South Carolina, County of
Bamberg.?Mrs. W. S. Folk,
plaintiff, vs. Charles Ehrhardt,
and others, defendants.
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit
Court, dated April 15, 191*9, in
the above-named case, I, J. J. Brabham,
Jr., probate judge for Bamberg
county, acting as master, will sell at
public sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, in front of the courthouse door
at Bamberg, S. C., during the legal
hours of sale on salesday in June,
1919, the same being June 2, 1919,
the following described property, towit:
All that certain lot of land, situated
in the town of Ehrhardt, Bamberg
county, S. C., containing four
acres, more or less, and having the
following boundaries: On the north,
east and south by lands of Charles
Ehrhardt, and on the west by Broadway
street.
J. J. BRABHAM, JR.,
Probate Judge for Bamberg County,
Acting as Master.
Dated May 7, 1919.
LIFE INSURANCE
is the most effective of all
teachers of
THRIFT
It provides the easiest, safest,
0
and best known method of establishing
and fostering the
habit of saving.
The Equitable Life Assurance
Society of the
United States
A. B. UTSEY,
Special Agt, Bamberg, S. C.
WINTHROP COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP
AND ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION.
The examination for the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop college
and for the admission of new
students will be held at the county
courthouse on Friday, July 4th, at 9
a. m., and also on Saturday, July
5th, at 9 a. m., for those who wish to
make up by examinations additional
units required for full admission to
the Freshman class of this institution.
The examination on Saturday,
July 5th, will be used only for making
admission units. The scholar,
ships will be awarded upon the examination
held on Friday, July 4th. Applicants
must not be less than 16
years of age. When scholarships are
vacant after July 4th, they will be
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination, provided
they meet the conditions governing
the award. Applicants for scholarships
should write to President Johnson
for scholarship examination
blanks. These blanks, properly filled
out by the applicant, should be filed
with President Johnson by July 1st.
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
open September 17, 1919. For further
information and catalogue, address
President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill,
j s. c.
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