The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 08, 1908, Image 6
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I OUR SC
I PAPER I
tt IIY PltOF. WILL
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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. |'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
$odol is a combination of the 1
: natural digestive juices and it di- 1
! gents all classes of food and evorv
hind of food, so you see it will do
the work that the stomach itself
' does. The only difference between
it and the stomach is the stomach
can get out of order and Kodol can
put the stomach into good order, j 1
. Huy Kodol today. It is guaranteed. <
Sold by Conway Drug Co. ' ]
HORRY,
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$ 50 000
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BUCK, WILL A. FKEKBf&Jf,
ICE PRESIDENT. CAKHUvK.
CONWAY
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$ .Vl.lMIII (Mi
9250,000.00.
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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
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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. *