The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 28, 1901, Image 7

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f.ttftfSS OFriCIALS. v Vigorous Statement From Edi calional Department. Columbia, Special.?In reply to an inquiry as to the progress of the annua! rjepert of the superintendent of education, Mr. MeGhce of the State superintendent's office has given out the following interesting facts showing difficulties encountered: "We aro still having seemingly endless frouble in getting accurate reports lrotu some of th? county superintendents of education. Several of these reports have been sent back four or Tfive times for correction. The oiost flagrant errois appear in them; as, for instance, the failure of columns to balance; giving total expenditures one amount on one sheet and another ?4 ?? o V* On a oonntv I ctU'UUUL Uil UUUIUCI auci l. superintendent had an error of something over $o0,000 in addition?these in -spite of the fact that the report of the county superintendent has been very much simplicity, and Supt. McMahan had printed very explicit directions for medting out these reports. The county superintendents received on rn average of four copies of these directions at four different times. In addition to these, letters innumerable and lengthy have been written explaining points which it is hardly possible not to know without explanation. For instance, it has been necessary to explain in some cases that the total expenditures for teachers' salaries plus the total expenditures for all other purposes make the total expenditures for everything; and that a\l the receipts for the county less all the exfr?t *Via <v\nnt-v vill leave ihp I blance on hand. "As an example also of the carlessncss with which some of these reports are made out. fully one-half of the reports had to be sent back for the addresses of the chairman of the boards of trustees, although this was specifically asked for. and only a matter of a few minutes in some eaees to give. "To Illustrate further and more specifically; in one county there are aiue districts. The county superintendent reported the receipts from various sources for each one of these districts* Whoa it came to the State superintendent's office the nine additions of three items each were made, and it was r j /.nnnfr cMnorintnniloit IUUUU luat two vuum; had five of these nine additions ineorreet. In this same report there were 11 errors In making out averages. Several reports were sent in without the additions being made at all. Of course these were inmmediately sent back. When they returned the additions were incorrect. After oeiug sent back several times some of these are finally in shape to be given to the printer. "Such a state of affairs is truly deplorable, and we have in this an illustration of the gross incompetency in "Some of our public offices. It seems "however, that the grossest and most criminal incompetency is shifted off into the educational line. It is a public tluty. It seems to me. devolving upon everyone who has an interest, even the most remote in the education of the youth of our State, to make efforts to banish from the control of our schools /cheap-john politicians. Nothing is meant here against that class of good, well-meaning men. distinguished for piety and past sendees, who by bring put into office thus draw a pension for what they used to be. or what .hey ..V j v. - J' 1.1?c.v/?ont fhaf wuuia ue it uicj vuun4 they should be relieved of the management o? the schools." > * ' ' ' A Boy Pardoned. Governor McSweeney has granted a full pardon to Coots alias Frees Watkins. a*negro. convicted in Greenwood county of manslaughter in March, 1'sOS. and sentenced to five years in the State prison. The boy was only 16 years of age and was at a hot supper, when he accidentally discharged a pistol he had killing his own brother. At the time of the trial Judge Bene' and Solicitor Sease agreed to recommend a pardon after the lad had served a portion of his tor?. This they did and upon their recommendations the pardon was granted. --a A_J n-:i / uramcu oau. Manning. Special.?Messts. Ragsdaie of Florence and Rhame of Manning, appeared before Judge Aldrich in habeas corpus proceedings, applying fir lia.il for Smith and Dennis, charged with burning the town of Timmonsville. Solicitor Wilson appeared tor ^^"liie State. Bail was granted in the sum J .^^ of $3,000 each, justified bond. I The Engineers Jumped. Joneaville, Special.?Thero was a head-on collision at Lockh&rt Junction two miles from Jonesville Wednesday morning. Passenger train No. 'J for AsheviMe and a freight train met on the main line at the junction. Both engineers jurty^d in tjpe to save ihomselvea._ Conductor PTaist Camp was in charge of th? passenger .train and Con ductor- John Alexia was in cuar^e 01 the freigb train. Ttaer* was a misunderstanding of orders which caused the collision. Xo one waa seriously hurt. The skiing and switches were all open so tMt trains can pass As usual. PHYSICIAN BHNG PMSKUTED. V Test Case' Being Tried in Court at Bennettsville. Benaetlsville, Special.?A ripple of excitement was caused here Thursday when it became known that l>r. Jas. C. Moore, one of the graduates jf the Charleston Medical college, class of 1901. was arraigned before Trial Justice Crosland on the charge of practicing medicine and surgery without a licens-1. Col. Knox Livingston has been retained by the State board of nu*di?al examiners to assist in the prosecution. The affidavit was sworn out by Dr. J. L. Napier, chairman of the board, and gave the names of T. B. Gibson. Q. P. Gibson. J. D. Morrison and other citizens of McColl. Marlboro count.*, as witnesses to prove the .same. When the preliminary was called Mr. T. W. Bouchier. attorney'for I>r. Mcoro. submitted an affidavit made by Dr. Moore stating that on account of a statement marie by Trial Justice Crosland the defendant could not get a fair j hearing and the case was transferred to C. D. Easterling. another trial justice. who proved to be a kinsman of the defendant. At this juncture Dr. Napier appeared before the grand jury wh!"u is now in session. This afternoon they made a special presentment to the court. Solicitor Johnson will give out an indictment against Dr. Moore tomorrow and the issue as to the validity o! the law exempting graduates of the South Carolina Medical college from passing an examination before the i Siafe board will, for the first time, be forced to a conclusion. Out of a class of more than JO who graduated in Charleston last spring only one member, Mishoe. from Sumter, appeared before the board. The other members have all entered upon the practice of their profession, claiming exemption under that" portion of an act of the general assembly which reads: "Nothing in this section .shall apply to regular .graduates holding di- | plomas issued by anycollege of e?tab lished reputation in this State which has a four years course of instruction and a standard of not less than f."> per cent, on examinations and make satisfactory evidence of their standing to | the board of medieaj examiners." These young doctors, save one. have ignored the board, and now the issue is squarely made to te-it the validity of the act. In justice to Dr. Napier it is stated that before the warrant was sworn out he offered to give Dr. Moore an oral examination to test his fitness to practice medicine, but this Dr. I Mooro refused, stating that he would stand by the decision of his class who have employed ex-Gov. Shepard to defend them whenever prosecuted. It this case is decided adversely then all the other members of the class may be indicted on the samo charge. A Terrible Accident. Anderson. Special.?Ivory Greenlee, a respectable negro farmer. !;ving near the city, met with a terrible accident Wednesday. While out bunting with an old double-barrelled, muzzleloading shotgnn. one barrel was accidentally discharged as he was loading the other. The load tore away his thumb, a portion of his nose, his right eye, and a part of his brain. Dr. Sanders, of this city, removed the mangled eyeball aad a'small portion of the brain, and In spite of his desperate injuries the man seems to be on a fa'r way to recovery. David Aiken Dead. Greenwccd. Special.?Mr. David Aiken died emldenly at hie home in this pity Wednesday night at 9 o'clock. He had been sick for several weens wiui malarial fever, but for the last few days had been much better and sat up most of the day preceding his death. Mr. Aiken moved to Greenwood two years ago. and was just beginning to be prominently identified with the business interests ofthe town. Ho was exceedingly popular and his untimely death is a cans** of universal sorrow. , Miners Make Demand. Indianapolis. Special.?At the convention of West ' Virginia and Virginia miners and operators at Huntington, this- week, a scale of from fifty to 55 cents will be demanded by the miners with a run of mine basis and. two thousand and two hundred nnnmta tr> th*? tnn. It is kuowil that some of the big operators will attend the convention, but the position the others will take is a matter of conjecture. Get His Commission. Dr. J. E. Ensorhas received his commission as postmaster at Columbia to succeed himself. His appointment was announced scone time ago. During the interim he has filed his bond for $51,000, with personal securities. Dr. Elisor now has military and civil commissions signed ' by President Lincoln, Grant. McKinley and Roosevelt. Thoug-a native ot Maryland, Dr. Elisor served as a medical officer in the Union army. en41 was sent to Columbta on military duty;, When ordefe^ elsewhere, he ^refefi^d CoThmbla, and has been hare since 1863. Hid ^ 1 IHWP \ .A w"! . i Un'uc'<Y Nam?s For Shio*. pithing is ever likely to shake the naval superstition that ships named after things that sting arc doomed to joss. Besides the Viper and Cobra, the Serpent was lost with nearly all her crew, the Wasp was wrecked with heavy loss off Tory Island, and a second Wasp, a gunboat, disappeared in a typhoon, never to be heard of again. In consequence of this double disaster to ships named Wasp that name has been struck out of the admiralty list of available names. In the past we have lost a Rattlesnake. GadHy and Hornet. Probably a new Viper and a new cobra will be built, but should anything happen t<> either.of them the name of the other is almost certain to be changed by the authorities in deference to the sentiment that prevails afloat concerning unlucky names. The only exception that obtains is the Resolution. The present ship is the tenth. No less than eight of them have had tragic fates, and the present one sonic years since very nearly met disaster at sea. Most of the old Resolutions, however, earned glory first in battle, hence the perpetuation of the name.? London Chronicle. God does not pay weekly, but pays the end. BUELL & ROBERTS' CASH If IDS Sit flfe oontlnue offering Inducements to eloa* oat our Summer floods. We osa mention only a few of the many Roods reduced i Ladies' 8e Uodervests for 60. 10c Ties and Bows (or 80, 36c Ties and Bows f<r 15c, Initial Handkerchiefs, H. 8., embroldired, 3 in a box, (or 19o;36o goods. 15o Uen's Black Initial Silk Haadkerc kiefs (or 10c. Men's large White Figured, Drawn-Stitch, Japonet Handkerchief for lfto; worth 25o. Six Large White Floe H. 8. Handkerchiefs for 6O0. In fancy box- cheap at 75o. Three large White Fine H. 8. Handkerchiefs, In fancy box, for 40e- worth 6O0. Black-bordered linen Handkerchiefs for (So; cheap at 16c. Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4a. Handkerchiefs for lo. Handkerchiefs for 8 l-lo. ? udkerchiefs for 80. 88-lnoh Madras for 7 l-2et worth lOo. 86-ln h Madras for 6 l-2cj worth 8c. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOB LESS THAN COST. Shirt Waists for mach leas than It oost to make them. BiG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. 40c Pique Skirts for25e. 88c Crash Sklrta for 81e. All Summer Goods are being sold at re| iuoed prices. NEW GOODS. On* cam Loneoloth 60( no sta rah. Fine Black Henrietta at 60o. TINSEL DKAPERY SILKALINE, BALL FRINGE. Blaok Duck at 8 and lOo. KURMTl'RK DEPkRTMR.1T. 10-piece Walnut Suit* (78 to (100. 10-piece Solid Oak OuiU (18, (22,(28, (90, (85. (40, (50, (58. Oak Hall Itack*, French Plate Ola**, (7, (8.50, (9.60. Wardrobe* (8 to (28. Bed Lounge* (9 to (18. ? ? - -* - *A A* 4. *1A ueaue&o* o*.*b to viu> Iron Bed*. Iron Cribs. Parlor Salt* #84 to #50. Baby Carriage* #6.60, #7, #7.00. Floor Oilololb 80o. Matting 10) 12, 14,15, II, 20, 21, 21, 27 and Ho. ll-pleoe Obambar Sets #119 to #8. Window Shade* 11, 15,80, 85, 40o to #1.2# StOTM 16.60, #7.60, #10 to #11 Trunk* #1H to #0.50. Ml I IBIi Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Registration Will be opened on the first Monday in every month for the parpose of the registering of any person whois qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of /?.% 4 ? a woove an A n# ihi IUU OkUit iUi k n u j uui D| wuv? v? county od6 year and of the polling precint in which th& elector offers to vote four months before theday ofeleot:on.and shall have paid.irix months be.ore any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and vrrite any section of the Constitution of 1395 submitted to him by the supervisors, of registration, or can show that be owns, and has paid all taxes collectable (taring the present year on property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. J. EAD.DY, Clerk of Board. oKin mseases. For the speedy and permanent en re of .tetter, salt rheum and eczema, Chamoerlain'e Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal. It relieves the itching and smarting almost instantly and :ts continued use effects a permanent ;ure. It also cures itch, baroer's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles, chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lid$. Dr. Cody's Condition Powder* for I horses are the best tonic, blood <jurifles andvennifttjfe. Pricf, *5cente, Bold by ^ 1m Jfak' x Asthmalene Brigns Instant Cure in All ABSOLUTELY FREE ON J AY BITE UR NAME AXI) * ? i?????????i Tliei CHAINED lbriugs FOB TEN caH*' JOSks YEARS ...Th" RELIEF. is asto After having it carefully analyzed, we ct no opium, morphine, chloroform, or ether UK Ave Dr. Taft Rros. Medici.ve Co. Gentlemen: I write this testimonial fr wonderful effect jf j oin Asthmalene, for i been alllicted with spasmodic asthma for tl my own skill as well as many others, I cl w indows on 130th street, New York, I at o My wife commenced taking it about the fti ed a radical improvement. After using or ed and she is entirely free from all ?ympto recommend the medicine to all who are afl Yours respectfully, Dr. Taft Bros. Mkdic ne Co. Gentlemen: 1 was troubled with Asth ous remedies, but they have all failed. 1 r started with a trial bottle. I found ?-elicf J your full size bottle, and I am ever gratefu and for six years was unable to work. 1 ai dohifl' hll?in??e? fvurv dm- i tuatimnnv fit. Home address,' 235 Rivington street' ( Trial Vtottle Kent Absolutely I rv\ ii* ^e,av- Wrke at once, addressi CO., 79 East 130th St, S. Y. City. Sold by all Oru * - $100 JEtJE FOR ANY C CHILLS A.3ST That Cannot bo ^Tb.e?l?r'! When used 9trictly by directions. The oi ment on the market. The liter and kidnej Bvstem treated teparately. Wheeler's Ton Cure Intermittent, Billieus The Best Tonic; Great Appetizer; ft Compounded; Contain* do Poison. Fori D. C. SCOTT. KINt j^^SUFFERFRc Lahnr Savincr 0 Busy Men and $3 00 a year I 1117 f JT1 A cent a day JL I* ?? w* ' ; A Weekly Newspaper and. as Illustrated of world-happenings every week in brief, is the Editor-in-chief, and Hamilton JACOB A. RMS F The author of " How the Other Half Lives "wlH give In The Outlook an intensely human and vivid in account of his experiences as a child in Deamark, " an immigrant in America, a workman, a traveller, V a reporter, and finally a stadent ofteiiemeit house C rblems, and as efficient sidtoTheodore Moosaveh ?< reorganising the New York police. Mr. Kiis It | writes with simplicity, humor and vigor. m ' - 1 1 w na A m n Q D ATT / U I IVI M IW ? o u V 1 ? I v&l c ontibut e a aetire of im portati t P?P~- r* on fund*- * mental political painciplea an applied ID tweitttetn B century probieca*. U will be called *JTm? 5 oa Maw, arrd will define industrial". educatkxwiand t religious, att Well as political, rights and duties ^ > : ? t A { . ' i IRE FREE! Relief and Permanent Cases. RECEIPT OF POSTAL. ADDRESS PLAINLY. re is nothing like Asthmatoue. instant relief. even in the worsts It cure* when all else fails. Rev. C. F. WELLS, ?f Villa Ridgf, ys: "Your trial bottle of A?thma eeivod in good condition. I cannot it bow thankful I feel from the good d from it. 1 was a slave, ehained lutrid sore throat and asthma for ten I despaired of ever being cured. I uir advertisement for the cure of this til ana tormenting disease, asuiid thought you had overspokon yourbut. resolved to give it a trial. To (onishmcnt, the trial acted like a Send me a full-size "bottle." V. DK. MORRIS WECHSLER. Rabbi of the Cong. Ihiai Israel. 2?ew York, Jan. 3, 19U1. r.ti-r Bros. Mkdicixe Co., Jemen: Your Asrhrualcne is an exreincdy for Asthma and Hay Fever, ; composition alleviates all troubles combine with Asthma. Its succes# nishing and wonderful. in state that Asthmalene contains Very truly yours, V. I)R. MORRIS WECHSLER. in Springs, i*. Y., Feb. 1, 1901. r>m -i sense of duty, having tested the the cure of Asthma. My wife has ie past 12 years. Having exhausted ha need to see your sign upon your nee obtained a bottle of Asthraalene, st of November. I very soon noticle bottle her asthma bits disappearms. I feel that I can consistently aieted with this distressing disease. O. D PHELPS, M. D. Feb. 5. 19Q1. ma for 22 yers. I have tried nume*an across your advertisement and it once. 1 have since purchased il. I have a family of four child.en, in now in the best of health and aoa you can make such u*e of as you sed S. RAPHAEL, IT East 129th St., New York City, ree on Recoipt of Postal. ng DR. T,AFT BROS'. MKDICINU iggists i.TKT A -K>.-n J v w - - ASE OF ID FEVER Cured by 3 ToklIc ily combined Gbill and Fever treatrs, atomaob, blood, braid and nervead ic will and Continued Fever, ? , Logical Prescription Scientifically ale everywhere. ISTREE, S> C'JI iM CHILLS, FEVERS 'm NIGHT SWEATS 1 other forms of maladies when you can be cured by rts' Chill Tonic s not contain a better remedy. Many es made by it 23 cents a bottle ed if it fails to do the work. Delight* HI Ipffi. = i Reading" for I Women, in tclook rrr:: Lv:: ' ' Magttwe m one. TeDs the story cletf-erf paraphs. Lyman Abbott W. 1 Mzbtt the Associtfe Editor. 1ALPH CONNOR Under thkftwudony as were written two of the ios? strikia* of recent aovdt, **BUcfc Rock " and The Skr Not." A new. novel o< Canadian and Vstta(?t by thk. author wiM appear in Th? em oo?e Awing the yaw. In spirit, humor, pathos id stroeg cfcaractcwdrawfas ft is etrea superior to ? priAutWOrt. iPECLA}. IFF F!? Oirrr.boic to new rend mmoJI ers we will nend k for wo moods' aial for 25 cents protad thia paper is mentioned. Addrest