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Cbf (Watchman anb Smtbw The Sumter Watchman was found ad In I860 and the True Southron in lilt. The Watchman and Southron Bow has the combined circulation and Influence cf both of the old papers, and in manifestly the best advertising aaadtum in Sumtcr Rt RAI, SCHOOL PROGRESS. Cornet est Nevd for Rural Schools In South Carolina as Soon by State Su|h?rvlsor. W. K. T?te. I have been very much gratified by the interest in the rural schools which la being exhibited by the can? didates for office in 8outh Carolina. Every candidate for Governor baa expressed himself In no uncertain terms as an adovcate of the upbuild? ing of the common achoola. and es? pecially those of the rural districts. As the reports of the county cam? paign appear In the dally papers, these, too. are filled with the expres? sions of interest on the part of the candidates in the welfare of the rural schools. I believe that this interest is genuine. There has been exhibited, however, a greater tendency to gen? eralize on the subject than to pro? pose remedies for conditions that would he improved. With a view of directing this popular interest into definite ' h mnels of discussion. 1 wish, from time, to time, to present to the pre** of the State a few ele? ments of the situation Is which, la my opinion, we might all profitably turn our attention. As I have previously stated, my own conclusions are tentative and aubje t to revision. In order that my work may have the benefit of the best thought of the State on the aubjects of discussion. I should like to receive copbs of papers containing editorial expressions and the vlewa of candi? dates for office, and should be pleased to hear from the educators and oth^r citizens of tlo State who will be so krnd eg to give me the benefit of their jplnlona. Rotter Supervision Needed. I am fullv convinced that the first . to substantial Improvement n the rural schools of South Carolina s better supervision. The greatest llfference between the citv schools and he country school In this State lies n the better supervision of the form *r. I.et us contrast the city of Colum >la and her next door neighbor, the inty of Lexlngttsm. In the city of "olumbla, according to the last re > >rt issued by the superintendent, ihere are 73 teachers and 3.367 pu plla. In the county of Lexington there are 152 teachera and 8,321 pupl's With the exception of two >r tl<< ? small towns, all of these are In country schools. The teachers ?f Columbia are most of them col? lege gruiuates. and have had years of experience In a well organized sys? tem v here the work of each is defi nltelv arranged and limited in extent. In the rural schools of Lexington countv there is. according to the countv superintendent of education not a single college graduate. These teachers ha\> obtained their prepa? ration In the common schools and high petal - Is of the county and State, and their Malt professional training has been given in the short term aumm r s. hoois. More than half of them change school* -very year, lie cent statistics. In fact, show that in the wholr State .". per cent, of the rural t'vnhers tench one year in S phc e. Theo te e hers must teach all grades of work, and with the most meaner m itertal equipment. Th? task Sf the rural ISBOBSf Is Infinitely more rUfaVmH than that of the gfnds teacher In the city school. rttj \V < ount x ftjajjgpl Ulou. In the e|t- .,f Colombia the*, s i snuerli I?leal ef schools wh< re> , ce|vr? Hilary of $2.000 per year. Each SCBBOI BBS a principal who gives a i?nrt "f his time to supervision. There Is s sii|*ervlalng principal who gives espeei it itteatlon to the leeching of the t tbn> grides. There Is a sup*: '?; BiBBttBl training, ? tu? p? r\i sau le, and ? supervisor of aewm.. in r< mucn With other city astssfi ?' Ihe I'nlted Mates Columbia| perb.il ? ?pH Ii Is x to It p( I ? ? IK o| its total expenditures for super* listen in ni inul e luring or other bind? fsnes ? '? rprlse, it is a well sstabllsh? ??I pi to i i? tb it the lean the skill and ' nee Of I Hell employe the mor? ?? i tstnn la ns>fssnry. in fsjengdanc* with this principle) we shout I ? ?;>?? t to find the schools of Lcslnri ? ?> counly spending at b ast || p. r at. for supervision. On the sentf rj the total ?mount expended for supervision In Lexington county, exctualve of Ifta I we or litres town Schools, is H##, Ihg salary of the aonaty sup rtntendent. This is less than 2 per cent of ti ? county school cvp n i * *. j r ? The pa/menl of this gessagrs eompcneatloa assumes thai Ins ? ?unf mperlntendenl is expect td in devote only :i part Of his time to the duties of ho office, and thai he is .foing t ? m ik' i living in some Btfjsf o ru pat Ion. This salary i nb.oit |ns Bvernfjs in South Carolina) as anv ??ne OBU nscertaln by exami? nation of |ns code. M r.? r the teaching force In Columbia Is concentrated In a small area, and '.he physical effort Involved In the supervision is reduced to a mlmimum. while the county superin? tendent of Lexington must travel over an entire county. The superintendent of schools of Columbia is sleeted for a term of years by ? stable hoard of trust SOS The county superintendent Of Lexington must offer himself he fore the Democratic primary and, at considerable expense to himself, make the race for the olllee, and throughout his term of office, must continually trim his sails to the changing winds of popular opinion, which often prevents the adoption of a consistent educational policy. This county is typical of the entire State. Is it any wonder, then, that the mm] schools are backward? With all our Interest and our protested decla? rations that the country and the country school are the bulwarks of I democracy, we have not given them a chance. Allow me to suggest for general discussion a scheme of county su? pervision. First?Let the people elect a coun? ty board of education composed of three members. At the first election let one man be elected for two years, aonther for four years and the oth? er for six years, and thereaftter let one be elected every two years. This will Insure a stable board. If it is desired the board may be made to < onslst of live men rather than three, but elected In a similar manner. second?Let this county hoard of education select the county superin? tendent of schools, just as the city ?ChOOl board selects a city superin? tendent. They should be allowed to ?Sleet the l^est man for the work to be found. Third?This election should be for a term of four years. fourth?The county superintendent should be paid a salary which is suffi? cient to enable him to devote his en iltc time and attention to the super? vision of the schools. No county :n South Carolina can afford to pay a VOUnty superintendent of education lem than $1,500 per year. Fifth?The county board of educa? tion should also be autthorlzed to em? ploy a county supervisor of instruct? ion, Whose duty it shall be to vi3lt Ihf country schools and to show the inexperienced teachers how to teach and organise their school. This ofb ? cial should work under the direction of the county board and the county siiperintendent, who would be left free to devote more of his time to the administrative duties Of his office, such as ths voting of special tax?:*, the Consolidation of schools. and an ctlon ol propsr school buildings. Th- numerous requests which have come from the county superintendents for the services of an experimental supervisor to OS plated in one county of the State for the coming year, is an Indication that such help would be appreciated, Six?The county board of education should be empowered to levy a special COUnty tax. not to exc eed 1 mill, t > * I devoted to the supervision of the rum] schools. Undsr the constitution the salaries of county school officers mil "<a be paid from the :> mill tax, nd lliey are in conasojusncs dopend? ent on legislative caprice. The county nd should be in a position to con? trol the funds for supervision. .\s i t ited above, 1 should be pleas* I l to have this scheme of supervision Binds the basis of genera' dlcusslon by those Interested in education. W, K. T?te. state sup?r\isor Elementary school*] Columbia. S. C. Kllcrhc illld Level. The News and Courier has been ap pealed to by "a Wllllamsburi Voter" for its opinion respecting the charge brought esjalnai ths Hon. J, B. Bl lerhe, candidate for re-election to Congress la the ith district, that by his krot< against free lumber when the Civile tariff inn was under consider? ation by Congri m some eighteen months ago, read himself out ol the Democratic party, If so. the Democratic part) has ulso lost Con grc sman Asbutj r. Lv ?r. of the Tib Congressional district, who is under criticism on precisely the same grounds, and probably half ol its m< tu tu rs in I Congress In our judgment, Messrs 1311er he und Lever should have voted for free lumber, lice-use. ;is We stated at the time, a duty on lumb. r amounts in ? fleet to putting a premium on the b utruction of our own forests. Nev? ertheless, some thirty-five or forty lH*mocrata in the House of Repre? sentatlves voted for such a duty, and while tin v are properly answer? able to their constituents aa lo whetther <>r not Ihey acted wisely, it ? annol In histlee and fairness be maintained tint they thereby wrote I themselves down as Republicans, any , more than M or M Republicans who voted for free lumber could now be [claimed n^ Democrats. Party fealty, as w> conceive it. does not require flu? absolute surrender of one'a own judgment, alhtough of course he who lakes issue with his party's platform 1 must be prepared to d< fend his action ( in so doing to his own satl'faction and that of his constltutents, Had Mr. Kllerhe and Mr, ! ? SI ? voted for tho Payne bill, as a whole as did four members of the Louisiana delegation, their case would have been different. As matters stand, the point really at issue is not the Demo cracy of either of these gentlemen, hut whether or not each of thehm acted for the beat interest of his con? stituents and the country, and if not, how seriously the breach should be regarded. We have already stated our own opinion that Mr. EUerbe and Mr. Lever should have voted for free lumber. The effect which his fail? ure to do so should have upon the candidacy of each of these gentlemen must be decided in relation to his rec? ord of service, viewed as a whole, and also with regard to the character of the candidate or candidates op? posing him. While, therefore, the discussion, which has been aroused over the lum? ber vote for these two Congressmen has doubtless been interesting and | instructive to a percentage of the voters in the sixth and seventh dis? tricts, and will not be without benefit upon the South Carolina delegation in Congress, it is not likely to have a preponderating effect in shaping the choice of the next Congressman from either of these districts, nor should it have. The point at issue in each of these districts is whch of the men seeking to represent the district at Washington is best fitted for that task in character and general ability. In the consideration of this problem the voters cannot afford to shut their eyes to everything except a single vote of a candidate on one clause of a bill against which in its entirety the candidate voted. We are not of course, advising the voters of these two districts that they should vote for Mr. EUerbe and Mr. Lever. We are merely indicating our view of the manner in which they should arrive at a determination in this matter.?News and Courier. Death of a Former Charlestonlan. A telegram has been received from Toronto, Out., announcing the deac't of Mr. James Dean Enslow, a former resident of Charleston, S. C. He was well known there, while engaged in business with his father, Mr. Joapeh A. Enslow. Several y*>ars ago he went to C<dorado, where he car? ried on his literary pursuits, writing for papers and magazines. He after? wards got up books of prominent (dties. the first being a handsome book of his native city. His charm? ing and genial manner endeared htm to many. He is survived by his wife and three sisters, one of whom is Mrs. M. DeVeaux Moore, of Sum? te?. Death. Mrs. Heyman W llliams died it her home in Marion on last Saturday morning. She formerly resided in Sumter and Is pleasantly remembered In this city as Miss Aubrey Williams. Her personal beauty and attractive manners made her a general favorite with her friends who will mourn her untrmely death at the tender age of eighteen years. She was married less than one year ago and removed to her native home in Marion. The sympathy of the community foet nut to the grief stricken hus? band, brothers and sisters, in their peculiarly sad bereavement. Rabbi Reasler To Leave. Rabbi M. Beasler will leave about the end of the week for another field of labor. Before doing so be may take a vacation In the mountain!. Wie ti asked how he liked Sumter during his stay here, he expressed himself as follows: "1 have lived In several eitles, large and small, and l must say thai l liked Bumter best of all. I found here an Intelligent gen erous and upright class of people. The i itv is on,, of the most progress? ive in the South. The city of Sumter his representative nun of whom it nan I"' Justly proud. Law ami order iff strictly enforced. The social life of Bumter is not surpassed anywhere. I shall always recall my stay in Bum ter with feelings of pleasure and de llght. if l were asked where in the United Btates I would prefer to live, I would simply answer. Give me Bumh r, and ! know Mrs. Bessler Would say likewise. \hotil The t'nloii Brokerage Co. Editor Watchman and Southron: l was surprised to road in last Tues? day' Issue Watchman and Bouthron one very, very foollnsh charges against the Bumter merchants by one ot our Fnlon members. I believe I am voicing the senti? ment of a large majority of the mem? bers '-i the Farmers' Union in Sum* ter county, when I say that he not only docs the merchants an Injustice, lad do. s the Union nn unintentional injustice also by publishing such ru? mors, \\v have no flghi with the m< r < hunts and it w ill no, help our cause by antagonising Ihem. We have nothing hut the kindest of feelings to? wards tin- merchants and believe that they entertain tic -.tum feeling to? wards us, .1 B. Warren^ M lyesi ilk'. B. C. August 22, 1910. NOTES OF CITY SCHOOLS. Names of Teachers For the Coming Term and Their Assignments. Tho city schools will reopen on the 19th of September. There will be a meeting of the teachers on Satur? day the 17th at 1<? o'c lock in tin Hampton school. Tlie Superintend? ent will be in his office In the Wash? ington school, from the 1.3th to 16th (inclusive). The following is a list of the teachers and their assignments for 1910-1911: WASHINGTON SCHOOL. Miss A. D. Richardson, first grade boys. Miss A. M. Graham, first grade girls. Miss Mary Lowry, advanced first grade, boys. Miss H. Nelson, advanced first grade, girls. Miss Katherine Clarke, second grade, boys. Miss L. L. Jennings, second grade, girls. Miss M. G. Randle third grade, boys. Miss Lydia Richardson, third grade, girls. Miss E. W. McLean, principal and teacher of fourth grade, boys. Miss Arrie Stuckey, fourth grade, girls. HAMPTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Miss M. Satterwhite, fifth grade. Miss M. Cromer, sixth grade. Miss L. C. McLaurin. seventh grade. Miss K. Moses, eighth grade. Miss C. Welbom, ninth grade. Miss M. s. Brunson, principal and teacher of tenth grade. CALHOUN SCHOOL FOR ROYS. Miss Mayo Rees, fifth grade. Miss E. Hepburn, sixth grade. Miss E. Tobln. seventh grade. Miss E. A. Wilson, eighth grade. Mr. L. C. Moise. musical director in the Hampton and Calhoun schools and teacher of 9th and 10th grades. Mr. W. M. Scott. principal and commandant, and teacher of the 9th and 10th grades. MARRIED. Miss Aline Lesesne. of Oswego. and Mr. John Stephen Smith, of Mul lins, were happily married Monday afternoon at the Washington Street Baptist church parsonage, Rev. F. M. Satterwhite performing the cere? mony. DEATH OF DR. A. \V. CALHOUN. Noted Atlanta Specialist Suceuml to Long Illness. _ Atlanta, Aug. 21.?Dr. Alt rl born Calhoun, well known through out the South as a physician an 1 oc-. culist, died at his home here this af? ternoon, after an illness of several months. After serving throughout the War Retween the States in the ranks of the Confederacy Dr. Cal? houn studied medicine in this coun? try, and then spent three years in Yienna and Berlin, studying dis? eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. For 4 0 years he practiced his pro? fession In Atlanta and bis patronage was drawn from every Southern State. Dr. Calhoun was born at Newman, Ga., April lf?, 1845. He leaves a widow and four chil? dren, Dr. Phtnlsy Calhoun, Mrs. Jas. Oglesby, Jr., and Andrew Calhoun, and Miss Harriet Calhoun, all of Atlanta. By his practice Dr. Calhoun amass? ed a fortune of more than $100,000. and was most liberal in his donations to charity. Nowlthstanding his large practice, probably a third of Dr. Cal houn's patients were treated without remuneration. "Never In all my prac? tice," he once remarked to a close friend, "have 1 failed to give atten lion to a patient because be did not I have the dollar." The funeral will be hold tomorrow nfternooon at l o'clock, six brothers of Mrs. Calhoun will be the pall | bearers. MR. FEATHERSTONE REPLIES. says Thai He Was Not Disloyal Elth er by Word or by Act to Rrunson. To the Editor of The State: Pleas give me just a few words ;n reply to Mr. Brunson's card in today' State. Please give me just a few w ords in ference and the fair week con ference. I base made my statement which is fully substantiated by Di Cromer and Mr. Crist and I sha therefore say nothing more. Rev. Louis j. Brlstow, an intimat friend of Mr. Rrunson, will also hav something to say about this, and trust that you Will publish his card. The only other statement that l d< sire to notice |a Mr Brunson's state men! as to the letter w hich he says certain gentleman says l w rote. As t this i desire to say thai no such let ter was ever written and riny state < nt to the contrary Is absolutely without foundation. I n i nneltislon, l w a nl to say t close the whole matter, that In no wny, by word or act, was l disloyal to Mr. Brunson in connection with the withdrawal in 1898, tor in any otlu r way. c. c. Featherstone. Lauren*. August 19. PRESENCE OF MIND. Wellington's Cool Interview With ? 1 Murderous Maniac. One day as the Duke of Wellington eat writing at his library table quite alone his door was suddenly opened without a knoek or announcement of any sort, and in stalked a gaunt man. who stood before the commander in ' Chief with his hat on and a savage ex? pression of countenance. The duke was of course a little an? noyed at such an unceremonious in? terruption, and, looking up, he asked. "Who are you?" "I am Dionysius," was the singular answer. "Well, what do you want?' "Your life." "My life?" "Yes; I am sent to kill you." "Very odd," said the duke, sitting back and calmly gazing at the intruder. "Not at all, for I am Dionysius," said the stranger, "and I must put you to death." "Are you obliged to perform this duty today?" asked the comman? der In chief. "I am very busy Just now and have a large number of let? ters to write. It would be very In? convenient today." The visitor looked hard during a moment's pause. "Call again," continued the duke, "or write and make an appointment" "You'll be ready?" "Without fail." was the re? ply. The maniac, awed doubtless by the stern old soldier, backed out of the room without further words and half an hour later was safe in bedlam.? London Graphic. FULL OF GRATITUDE. But the Little One Had a Queer Way of Expressing It. Mr. Brown's business kept him so occupied during the daytime that he had little opportunity to enjoy the so? ciety of his own children. When some national holiday gave him a day of leisure his young son was usually his chosen companion. One day, how? ever, Mr. Brown, reproached by the wistful eyes of his seven-year-old daughter, reversed the order cf things and invited the little girl to go with him for a long walk. She was a shy, silent, small person, and during the two hours' stroll not a single word could Mr. Brown Induce the little maid to speak, but her shin? ing eyes attested that she appreciated his efforts to amuse her?indeed, she fairly glowed with suppressed happi? ness. Just before they reached home, how? ever, the child managed, but only after a tremendous struggle with her inher? ent timidity, to find words to express her gratitude. "Papa, what flower do you like best?" she asked. "Why, 1 don't know, my dear?sun? flowers, I guess." "Then," cried the little girl, beam ? ?.u gratitude "that's ?v^* FH plant on yoor grave r'?~Kxchange. Tennyson's Tactlessness Several stories are told of Tenny j fish is this?" he once asked his hostess where he was dining. "WThltlng," she replied. "The meanest fish there is," he remarked, quite unconscious that he could have wounded any one's feel? ings. Yet his kindness of heart was such that when his partridge was afterward given him almost raw he ate steadily through It for fear his hostess might be vexed. On one occasion Tennyson was very rude to Mrs. Brotherton, a neighbor at Freshwater. The next day he came to her house with a great cabbage under each arm. "I heard you like these, so 1 brought them," he said genialy. It was his idea of a peace offering. Women's Time Schedules. Few women speak of a train starting slightly off the even hour, us the 3.02 train, for example, or the 3:12. "Three" will do. It bothers a man a heap to go hunting for a 3 o'clock train by feminine directions when it Is a 3:12 train. For some women "3" will do for the 2:54 train; It's near enough. Then the man following feminine di? rections, unless he is on his guard against these pitfalls, is lost. Prob? ably If It weren't for his business train? ing, which teaches a man that 3:02 Is not 3. not 3:01. not 3:01 Mb not 3:01%, but 3:02, he'd be better uatured about women's time schedules.?Boston Post. The Soft Answer. Two men were occupying a double sent in r crowded car. One of them was a long distance whistler and the other was evidently annoyed. "You don't seem to like my whistling?" said the noisy one after a five minute con? tinuous performance. "No, I don't," was the frank reply. "Well." coutJu ued the other, "maybe you think you are man enough to stop it?" "No, 1 don't think I am." rejoined the other, "but 1 hope you are." And the whist? ling was discontinued.?Argonaut Warmth Not Wanted. "This would be a pleasant er world If people put more warmth?genuine warmth?in their letters." said the man of sentiment. "I don't agree with you," replied his worried friend, "there was a warmth about some of the business letters I got this morning that I didn't at all like." Didn't Hide His Joy. Janet?Viola says there was only one drawback to her wedding. Fanny? What was that? Janet?She snys her father looked too cheerful when he gave her away.?Boston Globe. Title and ancestry render a good man more Illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. - Addison. The way to get out of self-love Is to love God.?Phillips Brooks. Sonic Random Thoughts. The Farmers' Institute at Shiloh last Friday was not so well attended on account of fodder-pulling and so many political meetings in that sec? tion durin*r the week. Sumter, Clar? endon, and Florence counties had campaign meetings and the voters sere quite impartial In their treat? ment of the various campaign parties. The size of the meeting was no indi? cation of the vote, for the voters were merely comparing the candi? dates by counties. s a ? Well, to go back to the Institute. Mr. A. G. Smith talked about an hour and a-half on tile drainage and farm management to a very thought? ful bunch of some thirty or fotty farmers. The entire institute being confined to these two subjects, it is very probable more good was dbae than if the program had been carried out in full. ? s ? In regard to the fight on the Union Brokerage Company: Where there is so much smoke, there is bound to be some fire. And, however foolish such a cause may be, somebody must be saying spiteful things against the farmers' business enterprises. Perhaps the fact that we get on to these schemes and know more of certain plans than we publish has done much to prevent an open fight. And Brer. Rabbit say. "trus' no mistake." SOS I want to commend to every youth in the land the article by Clarence Poe on the Alcohol question. I also commend the business courses, in? cluding this newspaper, which wants only sober men in their employ. It would be a great step toward prac? tical prohibition when not a news? paper in this State would carry a whiskey 'ad." and the papers that wish to be the leaders of the thought of the State cannot begin too soon to cut out this source of revenue. They may be leaders now, or think they are, but sooner or later no paper that carries a whiskey "ad" will stand any higher in the State than the poor fellows who succumb to their allur? ing advertisements; and who cannot get a job on the very papers that tell them where to buy their best or worst (just as you please) booze! When it is more generally recognized that all talk of revenue from whiskey is the worst kind of "Spigot economy" and 'Bunghole waste" that people were pvpr nr,}}(*r* im^n to r-'.-o Or>T" ? tia. traffic Ufill 1 ipz-d out, Foe it is the so-called revenue feature that pr< \ented it from being w tp*d out loog ago. Now (hit*, as to ^bc illicit tramc: it will continue and flourish just as long as the State permtis cer? tain counies to engage in the busi? ness for revenue. Let this be called "hot air," I had better close. But I would like to know who more inter? ested in sobriety and peace than we farmers in the unpoliced rural dis? tricts? Just as I think the farmers and producers are vitally interested in peace, for the burden of war ultimately falls on us; and the middle? men, and speculators, still trusts and money trusts place burdens on us in a year or two of war that two generations cannot shaKe off. We are still bearing the burdens of the war of 1861-65 and our children's chil? dren will be bearing the burdens of the Spanish war and that unholy war for Phillipine subjugation. If this Is not good farmers union doctrine, then pray w hat is? E. W. D. Farmers Take Notice. The vote should be taken this week on the ratification of the revised constitution. Next county meeting will be on Bepember 2nd. with Trinity local. The watchword at Trinity is A home grown Dinner. Watch Trinity. E. W. Dabba, Prest. ilugli Witherspoon, See. THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE. IION the Contest Looks to the spar? tan burn Herald. (From the Bpartanburg Herald.) With the approach of the end of the State campaign, the idea that the race is between Messrs Featherstone and afcLeod seems to be gaining ground. The issue is, therefore, be? ing squarely drawn between State? wide prohibition and local option. Mr. Featherstone is the advocate of State-wide prohibition, while Lieuten? ant Governor IIcLeod believes In leav? ing the liquor Question to be settled by each eouny, according to oronent conditions. If all the voters In Spa who are prohibition In so far tanburg county is concerned Vote for Mr. Featherstone h carry the county by a big r of course. But this will not case. There is a difference be Btate-wlde Prohibitionist and option Prohlbitionst. Mr. will uet many votes in this tram among those who may b ?d local option P**ohbttk>nlsl who believe In prohibition f county and believe it the be.< for every other county in the but are willing ties speak for