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MR BOARD MAKES REPORT ON JAIL AND SANG Jiff' , V % ' 1,4. J Repairs by County Commis. sioners Are Recomended as to Jail Building cnuc THftWRPc. sihinF OUiflU w? inn v?-w w - - ? ' " THEIR LAST REPORT '. -[PI At County Chain G tng' Quarters?Some Reported as Worse. The State Board of Charities ana Corrections have sent us for publication the following reports on our County jail and chain gang, resulting from a recent visit made hero by one of the board's representatives. Tlv^ reports which follow will be of interest : Report on Horry Cocnty Jail. Mr. W. J. Johnson, jailor, visited May o, 1918, by Assistant Secretary Broyles. Prisoners day of inspec t ion, 1 white man. deserter from Camp sevier. ino average uun\ ^?(juiauwu in this .Jui! for the past two and a half years has been approximately 4.G prisoners. The plant of the Horry jail is in very bad condition. The roof leaks in several places and the water rutin down the walls, streaking- them with dirt from the loft above, and in addition the water overhead has ruined the plaster. We found the beds in the jail made up neatly, but on toy of th? bedding pieces of plaster and ol ! whitewash had fallen. In such a jai', it is practically impossible for the jailer to keep the floors and bedding in decent shape . There are places in the jail building where large piec.es of plastering have fallen off, show ing the lathes underneath, and opening holes in which mice, roach's, etc. hide, and escape the efforts of' tli* jailer to keep the place clear Of ab insects and vermin. The stove in tlv kitchen is also in bad repair; a sink with hot and cold water ,-connections: for washing and cooking- ;s bad1; needed. ? Wc recommend that the Sppervibol and Commissioners have the jail iooi repaired to slop leaks; that they have the plastering repaired, and the entire jail whitewashed inside; thai they have the jailer's stove repa're ' or better still, buy him a new an-1 larger one; that tk?y have a sink : stalled in the kitchen, with a tank attached to the stove for getting h i water; that they have the screen repaired in the window of the ceil u<r(\ for sick prisoners; that they discar 1 all mattresses and quilts in the jail, substituting for them straw ticks and blankets, respectively; and finally, that they provide for more mcdicrl service by employing a county phvsi. cian, at an adequate salary, and requiring him to make a physical examination of each new prisoner within 12 hours of his commitment, to vac cinatc against small-pox when indicated, and to make weekly inspections of the prisoners' food and quar l-ei ?. > We recmmend that the sheriff keep a set of records of the prisoners in his office,..duplicating those kept by the jailer, each set acting as a check on the other. Have weekly religious ser Vices at the jail whenever prisoners are present, and give the prisoners three meals daily, instead of two, even though at these two enough be given for three. The present system fesults in waste, the food becoming distasteful after it stands all afternoon in the cells. Report on Horry County Chaingang. Mr. Thos. E. Wise, foreman. Visited May 4, J918, by Assistant Secretary Broyles, with Clerk ,of the County Commissioners, George Officer Convicts present, 13 negroes and c white men, of whom the three white? and four negroes were trusties. The average daily population on the Hor ry gang for the past two and a hal years has been approximately 20.; men. The conditions at this camp hav< changed considerably since last in spection, made April 20, 1917, som< of those changes being for the betto and some for the worse. Condition; have been improved by the foremai in his methods how used in the dis posal of sewerage, and by providinj a pump for the camp the com mis sioners have helped make the cam] safer for the convicts and guard? The camp is in general not in quit as good repair as it was last yeai and the discarding of the kitchen ci was a move in the wrong direction JTho worst thing found upon this in .* 'i < ? . + > " ' 1. I' . STAfE CANDIDATES 60 IN TWO GROUPS _____ State Candidates Will Speak Here Thursday Aug. 8th, Senatorial on July 18. Candidates for the United States senate, begin tin ; their eamuign tour I of the State on Juno 18, will . peak in Conway on Thursday, July l^th. according to the detailed itinerary of the campaign announced by Gert. ' Wilic Jones, chair.nan oi the specif, j committee charged with thei pr^pard* J tion of the itinerary. I Both the State and senatorial camj paigns, as previously announced, will begin on June 18, the former at B-.r:i| well and the latter at Winnsboro. The ! State candidates will speak in Con! way Thursday, August 8th, The itineraries are as follows: Sena tor i al Ca in pa i g iu Winnsboro, Tuesday, Juno 18. Chester, Wedne day, June 19. York, Thursday, June 20. Lancaster, Friday, Jon-1 21. Camden, Saturday, June 22. i Chesterfield, Tuesday. June 25. Bennettsvillc, Wednesday, June 26. Darlington, Thursday, June 27. Bishopville, Friday, June 28. Sumter, Saturday, June 29. St. Matthews, Monday, July 1. Orangeburg, Tuesday, July 2. St. George, Wednesday, July .'5. i Columbia, Thursday, July 4. Manning. Monday, July 15. Dillon. Tuesday, July 1(> Florence Wed".e3day, July 17. C in\vay. Thursday. Juiy 18. Marion Friday, July 19. Kingstree, Saturday. July 20. Georgetown, Monday. July 22. Monck's Corner, Tuesday. July 2*1 Charleston, Wednesday, July 24. Walterboro, Thursday, July 25. Ridgeland, Friday, July 26. Beaufort, Saturday, July 27. Hampton, Monday, July 29. Barnwell, Tuesday, July 3D. Bamberg, Wednesday, July 31 Aiken, Thursday, August 1. Edgefield, Friday, August 2. Saluda, Saturday, August 3. Lexington, Tuesday, August 6. Newberry, Wednesday, August 7? Laurens, Thursday, August 8. Greenwood, Friday, August 9. Abbeville, Saturday, August 10. spection, however, was the disregard ?f the law which requires the complete separation of the races on c' a" 1 gtmgs at all times, both in camp and at work. (See Acts 1912, pp. 553554). The races are properly aepaj rated in camp, but they were working together on the road. We recommend that the County Commissioners have the bunks that are bad repaired at once; that they 1 provide covered buckets to take the place of the coal scuttle now use 1 as a night bucket in the cage; that they have the kitchen screened completely; that some better method of taking care of the supplies of food be provided, to nrevent the meat being laid on the ground as we found it, with nothing under it save a very dirty sack; that they never work the w-hite prisoners alongside the negroes; and : finally, that they provide more medi| cal service for the gang by paying i the county physician a salary for? and requiring him to?make a physical examination of each convict within 24 hours of his commitment, to vaccinate against small-pox when indicated, and to make regular inspections weekly of the convicts' food, quarters, and the general sanitary arrangements of the camp.l In order that the foreman may improve his score and better the living conditions for his men and himself, we recommend that he have every blanket which is in use washed once each month; that when camp is made he have the convicts dig a suitable pit not less than 150 yards fi;om camp and 100 yards from the water supply, and into this pit each morning have , the night buckets dumped, immediate ly covering the fecal matter with 3 inches or more of earth and burning this pit out once each week with . straw and oil. When the bucket is 5 put into the cage at night, put in < about three inches of water, and pour ? | in a lime Kerosene on 10 act as a -; fly repellent. Have the cook keep [' the slop bucket at the kitchen cover3 ed always. Finally, keep enough blankets washed up and stored to 3 provide clean ones for each convict, - and apply verminicide to each now ? man if necessary to rid him of verr min. s We desire especially to commend i the clerk of the Commissioners and - * i * me iurcnuui iur uit* cAct'iit-ui. ? thoy keep of the population and costs - of the Horry chaingangs. There are p as good records in a very few other counties, but we have found none e better . \ STATE BOARD OF CHAR'TIES r AN D CORRECT?OKS i. Albert S. Johnston^,y: Secretary. v : , * a nU'V - . .'Air rjjj > i I n( . ?, 7, . Abbeville, Saturday, July 6. Anderson, Monday, July 15. Walhalln, Tuesday, July 16. Pickens, Wednesday, July 17. Greenville, Thursday, July 18. Union, Friday, July 11). Spartanburg, Saturday, July 20. Gaffney, Tuesday, July 23. York, Wednesday, July 24. Lancaster, Thursday, July 25. Chester, Friday, July 26. WinnSboro, Saturday, July 27. Camden, Tuesday, July 30. Chesterfield, Wednesday, July 31. Sennettsvillc, Thursday, August 1. Darlington, Friday, August 2. Bishopvillc, Saturday, August 3. Sumter, Tuesday, August 6. Dillon, Wednesday, August 7. Conway, Thursday, August 8. :i?.nen, i? riuuy, August y. Florence, Saturday, August 10. Manning, Tuesday, August 13. Kingstree, Wednesday, August 14. Georgetown, Thursday, August 1">. Monck's Corner, Friday, August 10. Charleston, Saturday, August 17. St. George, Tuesday, August 20. Orangeburg, - Wednesday, August 21. St. Matthews. Thursday, August 22. Columbia, Friday, August 23. sreaTwctureturned away thousands . . . ,1 r 1 Many Notables Have Already Scon It?Boy Scouts Parade Broadway With Banners. .. New York, April 6.?(Special.)? li' Southern audiences take i Jo .J$vhc Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin," as New xorK audiences arc ctoinjg, xne .th^pter where it is shown will have to use mufflers' to keep the sourtci ing from disturbing* the neighborhood. Since it started at the Broadway theater at duiiar prices, "The Kaffyer'' packed 'em to the doors at every performance and never was the enthusiasm for any motion picture aroysed to such a high pitch. Unique publicity stunts were used to draw crowds. Boy Scouts paraded down Broadway, carrying banners with this inscription: "We are going to see the Kaiser. They have him at the Broadway theater." The same scouts gave out posters, "The Kaisei Smashed on the Jaw," based on ar actual occurrence in the picture. A black and white flag, with the skull and crossbones on it, hung oatsidc the theater under a sign, "This Is the flag of the Beast of Berlin." A marine band played at several performances, and when the trumpeter* sounded a bugle cail at the close ol the picture the house literally went wild Reviews of the picture in the New York papers gave it unqualifiet praise. Said the Globe: "Elaborate picturization." Said the New Yorl American: "Should be shown to evevj one of our two hundred million citi 7,ens." Said the Tribune: "If there i: anyone who doubts that we are goinj to win the war, let him visit th< Broadway theater." Said the Tele graph: "A remarkable and wonderfu picture; conveys powerful messsag for every true American; workei audiences into tremendous pitch o enthusiasm." At the opening performance man; notables, such as Admiral Ushei Cleveland Moffet, Julia Marlowe Burr Mcintosh and others, wer?> pres r?nt ?nU tvhovjn wovp nn.-lt.inI in fhni praise o'f the picture, "Thank God!" said Burr MclntosI afterward. "Little old New York a last has gotyon up the nerve to cal the kaiser, exactly, what he is?"Th Beas^ of Berlin." . ... At .Pastime. Tjjcater, Conway, S. C one day only,?Saturday, June 8tl afternoon and night. A*i*pecia] Phc to-Play production with good musi< Bigger than "The Btrut Of A N* tion." Admission 50. and ?5c., inclufi -ing the War-Tajt..?*adv. > .t-r. y , / . ; ?.. ?*!?? . 7 " f ;'? < v; .? . j?i? <t ; * i. it... V . V i J1 Is . ittmutn 1 ' 1 " m, i t* i n MoC'ormacfc, Tuesday, August 18. Aqderso?, Wednesday, August 14. Walhalla, Thursday, August 15. Pickens, Friday, August 16. Greettvilte, Saturday, August 17. Union,- Wednesday, August 21. ' Guft'ney, Thursday, August 22. Spartanburg, Friday, August 23. Stats Campaign. Barnwell, Tuesday, June 13. Hampton, Wednesday, June 19. . Bear?oct\-Thursday, June 20. v BMgeland, Friday; June 21. . W^lt^vboro, Saturday, Juno 22. . Bnmberg,vTuesdayv June 25. A I iir_ 1 i T ftn AiKen, yvcunsuay^ *pune zu. Edgefield, Thursday, June 27. Saluda, Friday, Jupe 28. Lexington, Saturday, June 29. Newberry, Tuesday, July 2. Laurens, Wednesday, July &. Greenwood, Thursday, July 4. McCormick, Friday, July 5. tBAU). OOMWAT, g. O. CANDIDATES' CARDS (Announcements in this column are | payable in advance. Magistrate's cards of two or three lines 1100, payable in advance.) FOR MAGISTRATE. I announce my candidacy for Magistrate its Dog Bluff. Have already! pelted 2 j ears in that bffice. ?W. Bp CARROLL. ? m in ill h i x i V r^itTiliAn \T/\t ^ v* J ST* i\B OF SOVT HCAROLIN A, County of Horry. By J. S. VAUGHT, ESQUIRE, PROBATE JUDGE. WHEREAS, Elizabeth A. McNeill made suit to me, to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of H. W. McNeill. THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite and admonish all and singular* the kin h od and creditors of the said H. \Y. McNeill, deceased, that they be and appear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Conway, S. C., on 7th day of June 1918 next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they hav<?, why the Said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my Hand, this 20th day of May Anno Domini, 1918. Published on the 23rd and 30th days of May 1918 in the Horry Herald. ' J. S. VAUGHT, Probate Judge. Get the next job of printing don At the Herald office. We will give you good material and first class workmanship. ?o EDUCATIONAL NEWS ? |) ' t *#? > .Innt/.J 1 11 n 1 ? r VUilllUVICU IIJ lilt- lll'|li|l I IlltMIl Ol I Education. i j Lucco Gunter, State supervisor of rural schools yesterday gave out th6 following discussion of the injustice of over ambitious schools in directing attention chiefly to the higher grades, much to the neglect and detriment of the lower grades: There is no practice in country schools that so impedes the school progress of three-fourths of the I rhilrirfn r>f t-Hr? Stafu uc nmlno *?*%->? ? >%? V ^ W vv? v\y MVJ V* IVIUV I nil*, and attention given to the small proportion of pupils in the advanced 1 grades. This practice is prevalent in j one teacher schols, in most of the ru1 ral graded schools, and in many of | the high schools. Children in the first grade of school are dependent entirely upon the teacher or the parent for* whatever progress th$y make. Those in , the second and third grades can do , j practically no independent study and ; are likewise dependent upon instruci tion. The foundation for an educa, [ tion is laid in these three grades and (j they are the most important in any ; school. 4\ It is in the fourth, fifth and sixth . grades that we have our greatest ; wasU in education. These have been , j greatly neglected grades, and it is from these that so many pupils leave I school never to return. Nptwith' standing these important considers[ tions it is disnppointng to learn from [ the official records in the office of i; the State superintendent of education ;! that in so many rural graded and ,' high schools the teachers of the lower ?i grades are so overcrowded with pu' jpils and classes that individual attenII tion is next to impossible and thor. ough teaching is entirely out of the I question; while the teacher of the s advanced grades frequently has i merely a handful of pupils and is oc cupying his time with higher algebra, geometry and all kinds of sciences > and languages. f Some Cases Cited. I! A few concrete illustrations will be i | given to show what is being attempt1 i ed in many of the schools. The teach ? I ~.. ?.r ? ^~?,.u~~i ? " i ci ui. a uiiu-tcaciici rcpux tcu c to Ihe State superintendent of educa / lion that his school had 10 grades. - In addition to the regular * work of the elementary grades X the teacher reported three classes e! in algebra, a class in Caesar, -1 another in geometry and one in phvI ; sies. Excellent progress was reported Q j in regard to these classes, but no II statement was made concerning the 11 work that the mu<?h larger number of | pupils in the elementary grades was y 1 attempting. In a two teacher school the present , session the assistant teacher taught i- four grade and the principal four, r The principal gave daily 25 minutes to eight grade arithmetic, 14 to 8t'c \, grade; algebra, 20 to the same grade a. l j riA a .I T _l? 1 J! J ln'nistory, ou 10 meir ijuuii, jmiu uiu 11 not report any- time at all for eight e grade English. -This was the work of his most advanced grade and pupil* of three other, grades 'twere taught 1, But in his four grades he had 1'4 pu> pils while his assistant had in he* 2. four grade 50 pupils. t- In another two toacher school cf I- foit was made to cover the work o1 i 10 grades* . The j {Mipil* were ererilj v <) ) >y 't MV ' * 1 rr ? ?>T >/. < <. ^u/< ' ./<} ' 'u (| I'.MflHUrl *t I : ' I i)tf* . / ' .i '' V , SPECIAL EDITION OF TH THURSDAY JUNE 13T WAR SAVINGS STAMI The Herald has decided to run a Thursday, June 13th, in the interest State on June 14th, and ends on Jun Stamps and thrift stamps. The. pe^>p is necessary for the people to buy! t mriu stamps it the people are to re is expected of them, as well as to su come along. Uncle Sam expects so stamps plan and this when raised wi! from other sources go a long way tov The business men and mercha nate space in th}s special edition. 1 the larger we will be able to make i the matter we will be able to print te will have by investing in the stamps every man, woman, and child buying able to spare the funds. For these a made up in artistic style in Chariot pare his own copy and we will set it takes any space in it will receive ci already have proofs of these cuts at day and choose the one you want to ings stamps campaign. MEN A NI who were weak, debilitated, hal tell how M A Nr "KING OF UFA cleans out the system, enriche strength, health and life. "MAKES YOU FEEL TREATMENT C,UARA> divided between the teachers and there was a fair distribution of time j to all the lower grades. But in an I attempt to do all this work, physical j geography was taught to the ninth grade in daily periods of 15 minutes, mathematics to the ninth and tenth grades in 25 minutes, English to the same grades in 25 minutes, and l>at. n in 20 minutes. When it is considered* that the shortest period that the State board of education will recognize in a State aided high school is 40 minutes, the impossibility of real teaching in this two teacher school appears. Dversity in Study. In a three teacher school in the county the advanced pupils had the advantage of instruction in Latin, French, and geometry. But in this I I 4.U- 1 * ? " aunwi nit,- principal naci enrolled in the advanced department 18 pupils; the intermediate teacher had 44 pupils, and the primary 63, and then the primary teacher had time to assist the intermediate teacher part of the day. Where there is "time to do the work and the pupils want inI struct ion in these advanced subjects, everybody is delighted to see the pupils have such instruction. But to give this to a few pupils while the teaching: conditions in the lower grades are such as exist in this school is rank injustice to the young children who can not read and who 1 A I'O vOol/ i n<v Mm mr.i'n i / i! r.r\ 4 M\t ??? ^ vi iv. WIV1V. 1 UVllIilV 1110 VI ^11 education. In still another three teacher school the 10 grades were divided as follows: The principal taught the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth grades; the intermediate teacher the three grades next lower and the primary teacher the three primary grades. Hut the principal in that room 14 pupils, the intermediate teacher had 36 pupils and the primary teacher 70. The same division of grades is reported in another three teacher school; but in the latter school the principal had seven pupils, the intermediate teacher 42 and the primary 50. Aiming Too High. The best that can be said of such schools as these is that they ait oyer ambitiou. The instruction of many children is sacrificed entirely to prepare one or two for college or to gratify a desire to have a graduating class. Sometimes such a condition results from an effort to mak? good a boast that our school is as good as that of a neighboring school. Wo have as many grades in our i school. In such a situation many children , are cheated out of their just deserts. , The larger children and frequently , the parents are generally misled. In \ their failure to make progress most i of the little children stop school en> tirely after a few years. The very I few who are quickest to learn finally ; go through the books with the high ? sounding names, but after all tjiey t have not been taught. When one , stops long enough to observe that these higher subjects were run over in 15, 20 and 25 mniute periods at best while a real Jkigh ??ha?l reqviires at least a 40 minute period,! "i one knows that the teaching can not! f be other than superficial. ' * 1 : ; !' "jj XY>:-: ' . "I " ? / V . i jOf \ ; >.?.? 1 . V * .v . . . ... E HERALD FOR I H, IN INTEREST OF 1 *S CAMPAIGN IN HORRY I .special edition of the pap^i?.oA ^ I of the campaign which opens in thif ie 28th, for the sale of Wai\ Savings I >le should! wake up to the faet that it he required amount of savings and nder. their government the aid that fl bscribe to the liberty loans as they I much front'the savings and thrift IU albng with the funds obtained I l?n \?yl 4 l?/\ ((!?? vctiu nuyiui^ inr . nai . H mts of the county are invited to do* ^ I ?he more advertising they take in it, * I t and the more interesting will be ifl lling the great advantage the people I , and explaining the necessity **fl j more or less according as they are V ids. the Herald will furnish plates t ^ j te, N. C., or the advertiser may pre- 11 up in our own type. Each one who fl edit for it at the end of the ad. We the office. Call and see them to have run in behalf of the war sav- I D W n M F N .1^1 f-sick, nervous and run down I r O N E I 30NSTRUCTIVES" 'S1 is the blood and builds new I GOOD ALL OVER" I ITEED BY ALL DRUGGISTS I Yet, when we reflect, we realize *1 that it is from such schools that cer- rj tainly many of our 14 unit colleges must fill their freshmen classes. The | bona fide high schools do not grad' uate a sufficient number to fill the freshman ranks. The real high school graduate, however, one who has actually done 14 standard units ^ of work, is entered ' with the rural graded graduate and they both re- I ceive the Bachelor ?f Aids degree at . * the same time. ' 1 I ' The only remedy for this condl- | ! t inn i<i tn knr?i? ? ?? ?1? ~ '? ?v w6iii icaning aviiwift irtim I the first grade up, rather than from I the 11th or 10th grade down. Give I to primary teachers only as many I grades and pupils, as they can thor- I oughly instruct. Do like wise with I intermediate teachers and principels. If seven grades are all that earn be taught thoroughly in a school, let :t be a seven or an eight grade school. Let thorough techfng be hte aim, it ?s only such that gives to children independent thinking and metal resourcefulness. Then let several seven or eight grade schools combine in maintaining a centralized high school. Two years ago the high school law was amended to encurage this step. The State department of education as a whole recog nized that it is only in this way that most country children will have real high school advantages. I LAfflLLARDJARD 1 I 5,000 pounds compound / J I lard in 1001b. Drums at 24c . I 1 per pound. f 1 I 300 sacks Fancy head Rico I I to the Farmer at Wholesale I J Pr'ce- k * I Mammouth - Yellow So^ < I Bean, 90-day Velvet Beans, I j ! and Osceola Velvet Beans, I I Spanish Peanuts at prices I I cheap as the cheapest. I I Car Horse and Mule Feed, I I car Feed Oats, car Corn, car I I Timothy Hay, car Middlings, I * f I everything in feeds. I I Car 8-3-0 to arrive this week I || 50 cases Matches less than I J i) you can buy them from the*! I Manufacturers. 1 1100 cases Laundry Soap to I I arrive this week. 3,000lbs. I | I Plug Tobacco, Cigarettes, I . I Smoking Tobacco, Cigars, I I Extracts, Meal, Grits. I /- i 25 sacks green Coffee, Salt j Mullets, and most everything in the grocery line. If you are not a customer of ' ours, it will pay you to come to see us, or get our prices t as we buy in car lots and are ina psoition to save you ; 11 money. i ' I nnm ahaaj-sv . Lunio uniN/Cni tu., : : ! a I f MC9 j ] ! I .? ; j ... ' 1 . ? i r 1 I!