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? ? I OUR SC I PAPER I tt IIY PltOF. WILL W atose ??*&?$ WKK Inadequate Supervision?In South Carolina there are three units of school administration?the State, tho county, and the school district. "An educational system is a great business." In every organized business there must ho machinery; that machinery must ho repaired, adjusted, and articulated; and some coinpotent person must supervise that machinery. A successful supervisor must bo a capable man, an experienced man, and a courageous man. lie must ho reasonably well paid, definitely responsible to somebody, and reasonably Secure in bis positon as long as ho is cflicient. What of the supervision of our educational system? What do wo expect, and what have we a right to expect What does the fundamental law of the State require in the otllce of the State superintendent? Does it require that he shall bo an educated man, or a man of experience in school affairs, or a man who knows anything of teaching and of teachers, or a man himself qualified to teach? He is expected to direct the educational policy of a State, and 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 does tills rank with th<salary offered 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 lie ills reward for any disjday of courage' in his ollic.e? Every second year lie is compelled to neglect the duties of his ollico fov at least two months and to spend at least four hundred dollars, to get the opportunity to speak ten minutes in each county tolling the dear (indifferent) people that lie shou'd bo re-elected. Under our present system of electing the State super i ii i en in'iu , iiiiu \n ii ii iwii-yimr i < 11111 . * of olllce, the entire educational policy of the State may be reversed inside one year. In a recent editorial The News and Courier 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 rule trained teachers for it, but there is no assurance so long as the ofllce is tilled by popular vote that incapable men will not be ingratiating manner, or a reward ingratiating manner, or a a rewar I for political service. . . The superintendent of education shoul I be appointed by the governor or by a commission, after investigation, and the salary should bo sutllcient to command the services of expert, and at the same time remove them from temptation." A succession of able State superintendents could not build and mai itain 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 supelrntendents were able, willing, and courageous enough to carry these policies to success. In the matter of administration the county superintendency is the hey to tiie situation. What do we require of the county superinten dent, what do we expect, what do wo get, and?what do we give? 1)<? we require that the county super* intendent shall he 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? lie is not required to be competent to teach, although by law he is required to give his teachers instruction in the art and methods of teaching. Does the county demand that its superintendent he at least the equal of the superintendent in the court house town? Te be perfectly plain and honest, have we not had men elected and re-elected ' > the office of county superintendent, to supervise the whole county, who could not have been elected to any position in the host schools of their counties? Many of them would not SMOKING OUT SHELDON, llcpuhlinui Treasurer Said to 11c a Trust Magnate. News comes from Now York that an Investigation Ik being made by the Democratic national committee into the *" rporatlon connections ot Ooorge it. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican national committee, and representatives of the Democratic national committee have been sent into the financial district to inquire into Sheldon's affiliations and his early financial career. It is said that ho is connected officially with a dozen or more trusts, and that is why he was selected as treasurer by the Republican committee. The Democrats intend to smoke him out. DAMAtilO IIY FLOODS. Heavy Loss of Life and Property I? Hast India. A Bombay dispatch says thousands of native houses were washed away and heavy loss of life occurred to HOOLS. |' H?. 4. 1 i JAM II. 11 AND. ? ?}?* :*;mm&XGTmmMKJK yRam*m essay to teach in the best schools of their counties. They understand 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 olllce one day in the week to sign teachers' pay warrants. In speaking thus of incompetent county superintendents, I have no intention whatever of being personal. 1 am happy to count my best friends in the State many of the cnun'y superintendents. Many of them are competent and efllclent men, sacrificing themselves on the altar of no unuppreciative public, for their reward is contemptible. We ask fortytwo qualified men to direct over 0,200 teachers, to act as guardians for 3 14,000 children, and to keop and to disburse nearly a million and a half dollars; we offer them an average salary of $084. an insult t.? aii ofliciill man! The city of (Jreenville has conceived itself that it is economy to pay its superinteude.il $1,800 a year to suprviso the work (if 4 4 teachers; while Greenville county pays its superintendent $7 00 to supervise li7r? teachers. Sumter pays its city uperintendent $lt,-1t)() a year to direct lit] teachers; Sumter county offers its superintendent $; (><? to direct about lf>0 teachers. It is a source of wonde rhow wo have as many efllcient county superintendents as we have. All honor to the competent man patriotic enough to serve his county on a eontemptabie salary! Hut shame upon a people who compel patriotism to crawl in the dust! I know that we have some people who claim that our schools are already too much supervised. That depends entirely upon what is meaur i by supervision. If it means the constant meddling In petty details, or the jealous interference with, teachers in matters concerning only themslves, or the insistency upon teachers becoming cheap imitators of a fadfiend superintendent, then perhaps we have too much. Hut if supervision means the readiness and ab'lity to assist the teacher, the power to inspire her, the tact to prune and retine 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 who as teachers ought to succeed, but r.. mi.,., l............. a,.,,, Willi urn ltllllll^ Ul'\ (III^U tin J lid > ? no ono to advise them and to support. them in the crucial moments of trial. This is especially true in the rural and village schools. Is it any wonder that the young teachers flock to the towns? The rural schools must have better supervisions. Nearly seventy p?-r cent of the white school children of this State are in the rural schools. I They are entitled to as good and as close supervision as are any other children. IJroper supervision can not be given tis long as we multiply the one-teacher schools with fifteen pupils each, and permit the popula' i election of supervisors at. a salary of $(>84. On a salary of $084, wh>u can a county superintendent do toward the real supervision of 1 ."> o teachers scattered all over a count-.', in perhaps 100 school houses? Require that the county superintendent be an expert educator, let him be appointed by a board and responsible to that board, keep him in office as long as he is efllcient, and pay him an expert's salary. We sha:> find the men prepared to do the work. Then we shall stop frittering away the school fund, increase the fund, and we shall get. results. Sooner or later our people are going to eonie to look at this matter somewhat as did Hon. John J. McMahnn in his report for 1900. WILLIAM II. HAND. University of South Carolina. 4 the Hyderabad and Deccan districts as the result of floods which followed unprecedented rains. The river Musi rose sixty feet. All the bridges were carried away. The country was devastated for many miles. Corpses were strewn everywhere, scores of bodies being found in trees where they were lodged by the swollen waters. The native hospital at Hyderabad was undermined by the waters and collapsed and all the inmates were i buried in the wreckage. COTTON CHOI* VICKY SHOUT. The Georgia Output H00,000 Kales Vncler Last Year. "The cotton crop Is Georgia wnl he the shortest In years," said Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson at Atlanta Tuesday. "A conservative 1 estimate of the total yield Is 1,300,000 bales, against 2.000,000 bales last year." According to Commli1 sioner Hudson's statement tbo decrease for the year will be 800,000 ' bales. ADVICE TO FARMERS. DO NOT HUH 11 COTTON TO MAR a KKT NOW. If You Must IIhv<* Money I'ut It f'l 1 the Warehouses and Hold for Ilot? ter I'ricc-H. The Farmer's Union urges her members and farmers generally no' ( to rush their cotton on the market at1. the present prices, which are below the cost of production. lOvery hale of cotton being sold is taken from the producer at per bale less than | its real value. Who is the bear on j the market? Is it not the producer? , If you refuse to take the price offered the speculators will have to give your . price. Can you do better? Certainty you can. The Farmers' Union hay | been offered all the money necessary if we will only put our cotton 'u bonded warehouses. The Union has . a number of warehouses, and the Standard Warehouse Company is also ! in position to store cotton and issue | receipts. The latter company can j store TO.Wil) hales and Issue receipts' I 1 which will he negotiable at any hank jj Arrangements have oen made fori carrving your cotton for von if von ? r-? t * ' I ? will but co-operate. If further information regarding this is desired ad j( dross the undersigned at Pendleton,1 J S. C. 1 would advise any one putting their cotton in warehouses to arrange' for money for six months at least. Is it good judgment to warehouse cotton? I will answer yes, it is always good Judgment to warehouse any product when it sells helow pro-1 duction, and conditions will certainly warrant it now. As to the condition of the present 1 cotton crop, the weather over a large portion of the holt is had, and so are ( prospects. Heavy rains are repo?**ed over Texas, Oklahoma and Florida and reports of deterioration from the 1 cotton holt still come in from every i Stale, and the world realizes now thai the crop is short. It will not more than duplicate our last crop. There I will he no top crop this year, and cotton is opening prematurely. I want j to urge our farmers to warehouse; their cotton and get. money on it to ' settle their indebtedness and market the crop as tin* world needs it. Py so doing you can get your price. It will pay tin1 farmers to remember that corn is now selling at $1.10' per bushel, bacon from II cents to I 2 cents per pound, hatn 18 cents to 2') cents per pound. Real, real farmers ' are purchasers of the above articles, i Now brother, don t grumble when the speculator offers you 8.75 and 0 . cents for your cotton. He knows that you have to pay for the above arti-]' cles you have bought to make this oouon, :uui yon now nave to moot your obligations. Now, be fair and do not blame him when lm offers yon the present priee. Remember that buying bacon, corn, flour, niolassas, bay, guano, tnnles and horses is the cause. I want you to remember that there is no country where the above articles can he rais-, ed cheaper than here in South Carolina. The remedy for 8.7F> and 9 1 j cents cotton Is d iversillcation of crops. So let me suggest that you write "diversify crops this year" and tack it. up in the most conspieiuos placeahoui your bouse,s o that you can be reminded of it every day, and then do it, and you can name your price for your cotton and secure it for your whole crop. So diversify. H. Harris, President S. C. Farmers' Union. Pendleton, S. C., Sept. 30, 1908. The Sail .lose Scale in South Carolina. The San Jose (San llozay) scale is the most pernicious insect pest ot fruit and shade trees in South Carolina. In some sections the owners, of trees are cutting them down ow-j ing to the presence of this insect. I The Division of Entomology of the South Carolina Experiment Station has repeatedly emphasized the fact in 'the press that there is no necessity i ior cuuing clown or otherwise destroying a tree merely because it is infested with San Jose scale unless the tree is so far gone that it has not enough itality left to recover after the scale is killed. Although one of the worst Insects of America, 11 has been demonstrated over and over again "hat the post can be successfully and economically controlled. Fruit growers all over the United States who are troubled with this pest are controlling it by the sprays devised for that purpose A1 i citizens of South Carolina who have trees dying or who know that their I trees are infested with scale, or who have trees in an unthrifty condition are iifyited to write to the Division of Kntomology, South Carolina Experiment nation, Clemson, 8. C. Information is cheerfully given and no postage is required to insure a reply. * ANOTIIIOIl ONE CAITJIIT. Itepuhlieaii lender Admits His (\>nnectlon With Trusts. Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, who in the absence of Chairman 11 itchcocU, Is in charge of Republican national headquarters at Chicago, Tuesday gave out a statement ad mining that the law firm of which he is a member Is acting in a profpcjnnnl ennpeitv for the WatersPierce Oil Company. \ THE BULLBAT IOST YAMJARLK BIIU> TO THK FA KM KR. Kntlrely on IiimtIm anil They Destroy Countless Millions of Those I'lant Hncmios. Mr. James Henry Ilico, Jr., presllent of the State Audubon Society las given to the press a spirited and ntoresting defense of the hullhat. There Is an impression anions the )Oople that there iu an open season n which hullbats may bo killed Mr. Rice points out that this is an u*ror. There is no open season. The <111itik of bullbats has l?e(M? forbidleit by the laws of the State for it. least a generation. It is strictly igainst the law. The bullbat, or nighthawk, is perhaps the most valuable of all birds o the farmer, Mr. Rice says. Ho ats no fruit or grain; he builds bis test far from tbe habitation of man >n a bare? hillside, lie does not oven uake a nest, properly speaking, but ays his eggs on the gravel. Tbe hullhat fends entirely on Inserts and the bird destroys countless nillions of these. Mosquitoes, gnats, lies, May beetles, flying ants, potato beetles, moths and, in short ivorythlng that flies in the insect tingdom. The whito cotton moth, the one hat lays ?*ggs that hatch out tho *ot ton ca 11 erpillar, seems to bo a lainty highly enjoyed by the bull>at. Late in summer eveuings bats nay be seen diving along between notion rows and oven after dark hey keep up the good work. In military evenings they will eat from - 0 to 8 0 of these months. Nov.* Alien it is considered that a cotton noth lays from 500 to 8,000 eggs in i single season, some notion may hj had of the halibut's value to the 'a riner. A point to be seriously considered s that the hullhat, while oniy onebird the size of a pigeon has a much larger stomach and a great leal of food must be consumed by he bird to furnish power for tinLtreat wings that are constantly in motion The halibut's digestion From this cause is very rabid. IIi< mouth is so wide that he rarely sver misses an insect. In fact, the bullbat is perfectly adapted to the purpose he is designed to serve, lie has been described by an enthusiastic bird lover as "a winged stomach." To go back to the cotton moth fo: an instant: It is to be remembered that, the cotton caterpillar has cost the South from $2 5,000,000 to $50, 000,000 in Yi single season by i h ravaging of the cotton plant. A bird that keeps that moth down is worth more to the farming interests as a policeman of the air than he could possilbly be worth as a game bird. Those things have been known to (he Audubon Society and to the department of agriculture for a number of years. Only a few years ago was it discovered by Audubon men in Texas that the bull bat was an efficient check for the boll weevil and that wherever bull bats wore numerous the boll weevil had been entirely destroyed. Their eggs arc Doing bought and the attempt is being made to hatch them out in incubators. The eggs are found in this way: The bullbat lays on the barren hillside as has been said, and laid eggs there long before tue invention of the "skyscraper," with its grave! roof. in large cities, the top of the skyscrapers are practically a desert; they are seldom visited ami the bullbat has been layltf; eggs on the roofs as he used to do on the plains. It is not strange that the Sta'e of Texas, stirred by the menace of the boll weevil, should have hark enod to the advice of the bird men. when evidence was so obvious. There is now a penalty of $100 for killing a bullbat and it would lead to a lynching quick in some parts of that State. New York State makes the penalty In South Carolina the penalty for killing a bullbat Is $f?, an 1 we are that much behind the civlli zauon mai aireicnea irom iNew lvorg to Texas?many shades of civilization. In conclusion Mr. Rico says: "T am convinced tlvt many have violated the law against the killing of bullbats through, sheer ignorance and this article is written for the purpose of enlightening those persons who do not know why a bullhat do serves the small bit of life the Lord has lent him. "Bird education has been not; lected in South Carolina; it Is unfortunate, but true. We owe it to ourselves, to modern civilization, to our own interest to Inform ourselves of the facts of the bird kingdom. No bird more richly deserves protection than the bullbat. If it is not given, the sufferer will not be the bullbat; ho is doing the work the Lord mn'k him to do; we shall pay the piper, we who are ignorant of the workinu of the machinery that Providenc has designed for our welfare." * Some men enjoy being groucy, and their highest ambition is to destroy something others have created. Ho von best?hut not your best friend. * V BANK OF Conwaj CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS LIABILITY OF STOCKHOLDERS.. SECURITY TO DEPOSITORS D1REC Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, Oeoige J. Holiday, We <oiitim.e to pay f> jx r cent iut<m it youraccount ROBERT 15. 80ariu)rou(;il, il. Pkkbident. V BANK OF CON W A r \ i. sro< Y TOTAL ass uts i?ikk? 1 I). T. McNeill. J. \. Mrii ? It. G. Collins, M. W. Collins, A "Snvingc Hank has recently beenf stitntion. Inquire for terms and rate We wish to thank the public for th and cordially solicit their future bus! | D. A. SFIVEY.V.P & r rmn?t i art fcj ALL SET UP READY TO RUN pj Please send me Illustrated Catalog No. L I FAIRBANKS, MORSE The Washington Herald feels as- , sun d that the resignation of Mr. llaskell and Mr. Dupont, and the talk of the resignation of Mr. Sheldon u-j not indicate thai Mr. Piatt is going to get out. Nor Mr. Aldrich; nor M>\ Cannon; nor Mr. Sibley ; nor Mr. Penrose; nor Mr. Dalzell; nor Mr. I Kean; nor any of the trust representatives who control the Republican party. Feed the soil and it will feed you. Starve the soil and it will starve you. Hums, bruises and scratches, big and little cuts or in fact anything requiring a salve, are best and quickest soothed and healed by DrWitt's Carholizcd Witch Hazel Salve. The best salve for piles. He sure you 'get DeWitt's. Soul by Conway Drug Co. The finest home does not always hold within its gilded walls the ' greatest amount of love. Do not let anyone tell you that something else is just as good as DeWitt's Kidney and Hladder Hills because there isn't anything just I as good for weak back, backache, rheumatic pains, inflammation of the bladder, or any Kidney and Hladder disorder. A week's trial will convince you. Sold by Conway Druy j Co. At any time when your stomach I is not in good condition, you should uiKe Kodol, because Kodol digests ( nil the food you oat, and it supplies | health and strength for the stomach . In that way. You take Kodol just for a little while when you have slight attacks of indigestion, and you take it just, a little longer in order to get relief from severe attacks of J indigestion or Nervous Dyspepsia. Try Kodol today. Sold by Conway Drug Co. | < It is easy to run up hills, hut hard to live down a bad reputation. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup i is used nearly everywhere, because it not only heals irritation of the 1 throat and stops the cough, hut it , drives the cold out of the system .through its laxative principle by assuring a free and gentle action of the bowels, and that is the onlvi' .'way to euro a cold. You can't euro , it as Ions as you are constipated. , Insist upon Kennedys Laxative , Cough Syrup. Sold by Conway Drug . Co. There lives but one man and one woman who is not better ofT than somebody else. $odol is a combination of the 1 : natural digestive juices and it di- 1 ! gents all classes of food and evorv hind of food, so you see it will do the work that the stomach itself ' does. The only difference between it and the stomach is the stomach can get out of order and Kodol can put the stomach into good order, j 1 . Huy Kodol today. It is guaranteed. < Sold by Conway Drug Co. ' ] HORRY, S, c. r $ 50 000 10 0(50 50 000 110 000 I0RS * W.R.Lewis, 8 W. A. Johnson, W ill A tonycorl) dej tult. 11 c v t ulicL. BUCK, WILL A. FKEKBf&Jf, ICE PRESIDENT. CAKHUvK. CONWAY .V, s. o $ .Vl.lMIII (Mi 9250,000.00. OI18 uninott, Jno. C. Npivny,. C. I*. Quattlchaiiim I). A. Spivey, >rganized In connect^ph with our tos in this department; oir liberal patronage In the paut, uess. Cashier ^ Jack ci' All . i CACni IMU r v, iPL NEW HOLLAND FEED MILL I f . ^ y\ Tills Is the onlv outt'.l tlmr > '1 N |iS yA irrin?l K.ir Corn s.*vW!... t ji , H I - o y\ wltli Jiiiftil pi w< r. Tin* iirii ''[H .. yj\ nlvi, (m> hm'iI i..r inimuiiit.'. H3 iiiu \v<??i K^ii'llinir < tii, im,,' H fmlili-r, in mi i iii? c ri'nin : r. n churn <ir w hi.>i:im nui. > ; K ,5>5V fruin 2 H. I' 111 in " 11 1 it* it I. Ii?nun:it.?l ir in CO., --.-"I | WJTOntW" ...;3 I?l?0KKSSK; N A li ( A It I ?S. VV. K. M(COICI?. 8Llt(.i;i)\ DICNTIS'I. CONWAY, K. C. Over Hank of llorry A. II. lilKKOlAHI.s Physician ami Surgeon. n CONWAY, 8. C. B. WOFKOIU) WAll. Attorney at IjAvv. CONWAY. S r. Oftloe In Spivey Building. H. H. WOODWAKI) Attorney and Councelor At Law. CONWAY, S. C. C. 10. ST. A .MAM). Attorney at Law Conway, S. C. It. B. SCARIlItOUCH CONWAY, S. C. Attorney at Law. STAimiOI) It UNKNOWN PFKSOV CJr?eery Salesman ('lined from House ami Fatally Wounded. John W. Mullin, a grocery salesman, 56 years old, died Wednesday front the effect, of knife wounds in his throat and head, inflicted by unknown persons. Mullin was found near his home, in Phoenix City, Ala , early Wednesday in an unconscious condition. After regaining consciousness he that he had been called from his home and attacked by two men, one of whom ruMd nun while the other cut him It Is stated that Mullin received a threatening letter several days ago. "HeWitt's Little Early Ulsers, the famous little liver pills. They are small, sure, safe pills. Sold by Conway Drug Co. DRUG CLNltK'S KltllOit. Causes the Death of James (^jlvin in New York. Private Detective James Calvin, of 386 Manhattan avenue, is dead from what is probably a drug clork's error. lie bought a box of epsom salts at a w^ll-known drug storo n week ago, and early Tuesday took some of it. In a few moments he fell In agony at his wife's feet, and was dead before an ambulance arrived from the J. llood Wright hospital. Dr. Hammond, in charge, said tho salts were really sulphate of zinc, and gave the box and its re- -a mainlng contents over to the police. *