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STATE TEACHERS IN SESSION. .m\n> n \< n i tt^ mum) rou. TlirTH CoWiVHON IN 1 II AHIlsiON. Ilitcn-ling Pap? r on ?Hum! >tipci in tcttdcy Head hy Prof. MgjMMsde] Man\ Pine Xtltlu^-MH Made mill >lan\ Notable Visitors at (oii>rii lk>n. From The Daily Item April The Fortieth annual moetl.ig of the State Teachers' Association Is Mini Bald In Charleston at this I Ime and thars ?re many teachers gathered fron? ai' parti "f Um Mali it thai place to dDcuss ways and means of Improving the school* in the State ihd ' 1 r d t . h- ?t n d?nn? their two days' session. Many notable visitor* are pies.ni for the occasion and many excellent ?ddresse? have been and will be. m ><b Mf?i UM teachers while the> |fg in session. The meeting, with Its kindred ?nd sister associations, was ? tiled to ?>rd? r Thursday and the two days will be full of meeting* and discussion* and t\ork ind pleasure for the teach lay the teachers are given a .hunrc for a trip to the Island, the fort< r at N\?w V rd, as they ma] ehe While they are In Charles? ton rioy also have the chance of visiting tb,> beautiful Magnolia Gar? den*, one of the most ?>eautlf il plact I In the whole country. Thursday was spent In ma ving ad dresses of welcome and respo vse. The Rural School Improvement Associa? tion met and a report was m.ide and business of Importance attended to. Interesting speeches were made Thursday night by Supt. J. E. Swear? ing : President Thackston. 0 W, Kent, and others. Today addresses Were made by Dr. Howard Lee Jones. P. 8, Murphy. W. W. Flnley. Presi? dent of the Southern Hallway; Lewis W. Parker of Greenville and others. At one of the sessions this afternoon an tn(cresting paper was read before th? t.-a h. -rs hv prof S. H. F.dmunds. This paper Is herewith reproduced: TflE SCHOOL SI' PERINTEX l> v ENCY?ITS DMiNITY AND Till PI WORTH. 6. If. Edmund*, Su|>crliiteiideiit Suni ?cr 1 Ity St-lM)??ls. A school superlntendency Is being" rapidly recognised as a distlm t profes? sion?a profession whose requisites are sufficiently unique to separate It fron >ther professions and sufTtcient ly peculiar to differentiate It from other phases of the teaching profes? sion. v t iperlnt* nden<\ is not only a pro? fession; hut a dignified one--using digi)it\ In its primary significance Th? pi'>fe<?aP>n Is In all respects a worthy one; the superintendent's duty If t> make himself altogether worthy Of ? h, profession. To become a su? perintendent of schools is to as nine a Mdf-imposed obligation that Is flighty, and binding. There Is no pro? fession that n ^kes more Imperative demands of Its members At our in nual conventions It Is fitting that we Should tako stoi k of our character ?sest? *a4, liabilities to ascertain our contributions of personality to the worthiness of our profession and. sine? this worthiness depends upon %h, a or thin en* of th? individual mem her. this taking of stock becomes a personal question and resolves itself thus "What are we contributing In? dividually to our profession to make it altogether worthy and wholesomely effecti\e In Its Influence'.*" The value of cur contributions of Influence will depend upon the personality back of them. "As a man purposeth In his heart so is he" and as he is?-provid? ed he Is worthy?should become tho?e whose lives he dally touches. The problem before us flnds Its solu? tion In the great law of suggestion, if -halt consider earnestly this law and the great obligations th r it Im? post* upon us we shsll h?- able M eonr-pi chend the dlsnity and true w orth of r nr distinctive profession ard shall be mpeoaaod) i trust, wlta the ah* ?ob. i. nei e.isits of ;, worthy person alit . io one w ho seeks to make his profession, worthy. Th. ia* of engjgeettoi l> iinlvaraal ly ;oi..isive It Is true that one of our KnglMh paati |MM snug "A primrose by a river's brim A velb.w primrose is to h in And K M nothing more. A Ulli old house ?Ith windows dim. A tall old hous* Is ?tili to M| . And it is nothing more." hut most of us are not without Imagination ?ml the law of issocja tln of ideas?the law that Augu-' I Evans designates as the psychic iiccro* niancei?is ?tlv\?\s effective. Theft t< nothing more suggestive than pet - film. ind tto- faintest hreilb of a itm'Ik <i v b?b t rafftet us bach upon th* pinions of fancy to some event w pit,is.int is ftie perfume is RVeti It Is thl* universal law of suggestivem ss that Shaksprre has it mind v. In n he m.i < the Moist inetaphytfc ?I of ajl h?? ? haracters that fiend In- nnatc lag * xiv of the trusting Othello: ??Trifles light as air are to the jtgJUl confirmations strong as word- of holy writ." Whll It would be fascinating, at loa i to mi, io pursue further thli Idea of the i.tw of suggsstlon in its unlver? application, i am restrained by th. Ums alloted to this paper, ai well .1^ t>v your patience, to ?? wflne myself to the potency of ihe luggestlon of personality, Nou see tins llluetratsd dally. Vou hav?> seen ? class of pupils transform ? 11 in i day by the pe reona 1113 of Ihe Otts Who sat at tin- teacher's d<sk. Power wai ihere Intangible and Inde gnable, hut ihere unmistakable and unquestioned. What i< meant by a born leader? Certainly not on,, who loudly pro? claims to a listening world: "Behold me' I am your leader.'* On the OOn Irary it hi one from whom Ihere emanate ellently but potsntly suggest? ions of ability ami perfect trust woethlneoa The falet King in Harn? let realised tins, whsn he attempted to allay his fears with the expression? "Then - ruck divinity doth hedge a King That tree eon can hut peep to what what it would, Acts little of his Will." The divinity is in kings, hut Un? happily tor the usurper, he did not ?llggtQl it. Me tried to assume a vir tne, hut had it not. If We WOUld live worthily and e\ er| the influence that we should, lei our daily, earnest, and prayerful ef? fort he to he what we should he. Do we wish to have those with whom we associate become cultivated and refined, let the exhaltations from our personality create an atmosphere of culture and refinement. D? we wish those whom we influence to become noble, then let us be noble and the "nobleness that lies in others sleeping but never dead, will rise in majesty to meet our own." Do we wish the characters of others to become true, beautiful anil good, we must be what we long to see others become. But. you object, this would make others' ideals no higher than our standards. True, if one is content ever to attain unto his own Ideal or satisfied to expect of others nearly as much as he demands 'of himself. You will remember that in Lei Miserablej jean Vftijean spends but, 6he even ng with Monselgneur ftiert venu and that during that time the good Bishop preaches no sermon, simply lives his life before that hard? ened convict; but during that e\Vning such virtue emanates from this great man's personality as to work a complete re volution In the convict's c haracter. Victor Hugo does not tell us the purpose of his novel; but I think that we have failed to under? stand the meaning of his greatest work, perhaps the greatest of all works of Action. If we do not see hack of this book the potent influence of suggestion. You are thinking now of the strong personalities that have influenced your life. What was the dominant Influence of such a personality? Did It make you feel as if you would like to make money. be an eloquent sdvocate in the Courts of Justice, he a great preacher, lead armies, become an eminent physician or did you feel humble In this great presence and cried aloud for strength that would enable you not to get, but to give; not to see how much you could get out of life, but how much you could put Into It; not to be min? istered unto, but to minister; not to Seem, but to be. Ralph Waldo Emerson?one of America's profoundeat philosophers. Is credited with some very wise say? ings. Perhaps the wisest Is: "What you are speaks so loudly that I can not hear what you say." Will it not be well for us c mstantly to soliloquize thus: "I must I SSp ever In mind that, in my daily association with the pu? pils, their Isacsers, and their parents what I am is now proclaiming itself In such clarion tones, is now register? ing such S do ninant note, that my ludltors sre unable to hear what 1 am trying to say. The only way that I may hope to secure a i audience is to See t ? it that in what 1 say and what I am there may he no discord; hut an harmonious blending of word and deed. 'Mo men gather grapes or thorns or figs of thistles?" In order that the law of suggestion may through us work effectively ami beneficently we must he worthy, The sl I'i'ling of our profession will, therefore, he determined by Hie worthiness of tin- individual members, Wo. who iif III members,should place our ld< ?I exceedingly high so high Indeed is to render sttalnment Impos? sible; for an Ideal ceases to ho an ideal SS soon as it i>< attained. Ws ha'- 8 a r ighl |0 Set OUT OU standards provided we are Impressed with lb. necessity of making our re? quirement* rlgidl) rigorous. There hoiild lo in? room for the frivolous und flippant. We should constuntls question our own worthiness and de? mnnd worthlne I of Ihose who would of ns. p u related lhat n flippant young | man on?. e entered the room that con? tained tii" piano \viu? h formerly be? longed lu Beethoven. Without a mo ment'i h ?sltathm, he went to tins in? strument, sacred because of Its asso? ciations, ami executed very Indlffer > n > "Hi of tii** composer's subllmest j 8onat i \\ hen he had finished he carelessl) remarked to one( who with boved head was sitting near by; "1 have played Beethov ?n's greatest com-* position ipon his own piano," I'aderewskl? for r was h<?arose anci In subdued tours, whose accent carried a rebuke, responded; "I loo have longed to play upon tins.- [nstru me it; i>i t i deem myself unworthy." Such should be our attitude to? ward the dignity Of our falling: mod est questioning of our own worthiness J and a rebuke to those w ho would flippantly and frivolously rush In, With Meals beyond attainment with standards that attract with their eluslveness, with requirements rigor? ous in their restraint, it may be that even our American Warwlcks will Some day acknowledge that the worthy adherent of our profession Is ?tit for any office however high; not in ' aplte of, hut because of, the fact that i is a school-master, ANDERSON HOSPITAL DESTROY? ED. Lives of Many Patients in Danger From Flames, Anderson. April 2f>.?The Anderson County Hospital ,a three-story brick] building constructed four years ago at a cost of $60,000, was completely de tsroyed by lire late this afternoon. The tire, it la stated, originated from a lighted match carelessly thrown by a white man. an oil wagon driver, near a can of kerosene, which he had just deposited on the side porch. The kero? sene was ignited and a tank of gaso? line nearby exploded, throwing (lames In (very direction. The negro orderly was the first to discover the tire and he huriedly in formed the superintendent, Miss Utes, who. In a calm and composed manner. Instructed the nurses to help her get the patients out of the building. au the patients who were well enough to walk were led from their beds to the elevator and were taken to th?? ground in safety. Six other n;> a ? e ? ? I * ? * e Itknts, who had undergone operettora* In the last day or so, were too weak to help themselves, and these were taken up bodily and removed to safety. All of these were carried to thv ground by ladders put up to second story windows. The flames so rapidly spread over the building that no time was given the rescuers to even throw bed clothes around the patients as they passed them through the windows. Four patients were brought to the ground In a nude condition. ALLIGATORS, l; SCORPION 4, I Turtles Defeat Lissards b> <ios.? *H?oro of Two to One. In a double-header indoor baseball played at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium Friday night, the Alligators and the Sc? i-pious tied by the M>ofs of one fo one, and the Turtles beat the I.lz rSjfdfl by the score of t vo t-> >ne. In the first game the score Itself tells the tale of the game. The game was the best exhibition of indoor baseball which has yet been seen here and was fast and interest? ing throughout. For the Scorpions, Haynsworth, Mltchum and Phillips starred, while for the Alligators there were no particular stars, the whole team played good ball. Haynsworth was the particular star of the games. The two teams lined up as follows: Alligators?Phelphs, p; CrOWSOU, s. s.: Prunson, f; Graham 3b; Walsh. c; Rmanuel, lb; Brown, P. 2b. scor? pions?Haynsworth. p; McfJraw. f; Snell, ui>; McXlever, lb; Phillips. 3b; Mltchum, e; Brunson a, a. In the second game, which was red quite a* good as the drst. because v>f the alower pitching and heavier i?<t ting, three extra innings were n< <? i* sary in order to decide the score a tie being fought off after this time Monaghan was the particular *ta-* his team, while there were n?> star, of particular brilliancy on the Tm-th team, The score at tin- end of th< game was two to our in favor of tin Turtles, The line-up was as follow** Turtles Folaom, s. s.; DuRant, lb Chandler, p; Dunne, c; lnow.. Ii 21 . Kinaid 3b; llradham, f. Llr Sards Jones, c; Monaghan, s. s, Lord, p; l lall, l b; Wescoat, L'h; i >iek ay, Sb; Lemmon, f. Debtor*1 ami Creditors*' Notice, All prisons having claims again the estate of (Jcorgc Q. Cooper, de coaxed. Will file the same, duly at tested, with the undersigned, and :i persons Indebted to said estat? wl mal o payment to her, BTH KL I'. < *A M >PRll, V d m I n I s( Bt, Charles, s. C, H, P. D, UFT THE LIAR! ROOSEVELT DENOVNt KS PRESI? DENT IN UI ITTER I IK Ms. According lo Roosevelt, Excuflvv Has c-i\?>fi "Crookcdeet son of '?enl." Han ^ if d< ?1 line r.h it r* ?4 IIa*' Misrepresented Iiiin. Worcester, .Mass.. April 26.??De? nunciation of President Taft was Col. Roosevelt's reply tonight t ? the pres- j Ident'u attack upon him yesterday. Borne of Col. Hoosevelt't assertions wort*: 'That President Taft had n i given the people of the country 'a square deal* but that owing to a 'quality of feebletnett1 he had yielded to the i losses and tin- great privileged Inter- | estt." That one part of the president's attach upon him was "the crookedest kind of a deal" and "deliberate mis? representation." That the president had no! merely In thought, word and deed i>> dls loyslt; to our past friendship but has i'e> n disloyal to every canon of ordi? nary decency and fair dealing euch as should obtain even In dealing with a man's bitterest opponents." That the president's statement re? garding the Influence of federal of? ficeholders in the campaign was not only an untruth but it is an absurd untruth." Mr. Taft convicted himself of in? sincerity when he signed the Payne Aldrich tariff bill. That In speaking of Col. Roosevelt's position in regard to the trust problem Presdent Taft "is himself guilty of a crooked deal.*' Col. Ii < osevoit took up President Taft's attack on him point by point, flaying the president in one scathing sentence after another. When Col. Roosevelt reached here at the beginning of his Massachusetts trip he found the streets thronged. A band ?and a torchlight procession escorted him to Mechanics' hall, where he delivered his main speech. Later he addressed an overflow meet? ing. MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AD? JOURNS. (i w. Ilarrji Elected President? C harleston Chosen Next Meeting Place. The Palmetto Medical Association adjourned their meeting Thursday after a very large and successful meeting. Many good papers and ad? dresses were read and delivered by members of the association an 1 it id probable that much good will be ac? complished among the colored people, of the State by the work of the ses? sion. Thursday afternoon at the busi? ness meeting of the session Office**! were elected for the ensuing year and Charleston was selected as the next meeting place. The officers elected were as follows: President, G. W. Harry, Spartanburg; vice presloent, C. W. Maxwell. Sumter, secretary, I. E. Macon. Rock Hill; treasurer, J. P. Prltchard, Camden; executive com? mittee. S. J. Wright. Dillon and M. M. Extins, Columbia; delegate to the National Medical Association whic'i meets at Tuakegeo, Ala.. C. W. Bir nie During the day several very inter? esting papers were read by those present and an address was made by Mr. E. G.Routzahn on the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Other papers which were read were: "Pel? lagra," Dr. Wright of Dillon; "Re? lation of the Public to the Milk Sup? ply," Dr. G. B. Golden of Georgetown; "Relation of Debtors to Physicians." O. M. Thompson, Greenville; "Pertus? sis," Dr. Allen, Chester. Each one of these subjects was taken up after the reading of the papers and addresses were made and discussed generally by those present and much light was giv? en on the subjects mentioned. In the evening a delightful recep? tion was tendered the association by the citizens. The reception was well attended and much enjoyed by all. TEACHER'S EXAMINATION The regular Teacher s Examination will be held in the office <?f theCoun t> Superintendent of Education, In the Court House. Sumter. S. ('., on Friday, May 3rd, beginning at 9 o'clock a. tn. The questions are based on th I State adopted text I.Ks. ami those on pedagogy are based on the South Carolina Manual for the elementary schools, .1. HERBERT HA V NSW' >RTH, County Superintendent of Education., NOTICE. The registered Jack, Blarney, Jr., will stand the season a: Booth-Harby Live Stock Company'! ttablea, Ho is sixteen hands high, black, weighs oleven hundred pounds. Liberal li \SSe For Sale: Farrcs and City Property. Now is the time to buy real estate, while you can get it at a reasonable price. The skyscraper is going up, cotton has reached ten cents, and is steadily advancing, [leal estate is sure to be much higher. L':t us know what you want, or better still, cai! and let us show you some of the nice farms and city homes we have for sale. CMY PROPERTY FARMS TIMBER LAND R. B Belser Co ?WSS??1? 1^V'A^VA VJ\J? INVESTMENT^ REAL ESTATE DEALERS, 26 1-2 N. Main Street. Slimier, South Carolina Ft. B. HELSER. ERNEST PI ELD. LIME, CEMEiNT, ^j^n?^T^c^HI?^^ TTnv flrain ttloi Flour. Ship stutr. Bran. iid\, VJiaiu, Mixed Cow and Chicken Feed. Horses. Mules, RSKi?-' a! ,J ? ? >r . I ... targe ? r Too "melt Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER. SOUTH CAROLINA. A Long Felt Want in Sumter* Good dental work at reasonable prices, all work guaranteed. Why pay more when we do the best work ut half the price charged by others. We have the best equipped office in the city, and are the only dentist in Sumter using the new method for the painless extraction of teeth. We ex? amine your teeth, and tell just what your work will cost, free of charge. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER MRS. ATKINSON'S MILLINERY STORE. Mr. Buyer. See our New Moline Impro and Corn Planter, equipped and Rear Press Wheel. The levels the surface, the Blades completes the operation. TMs wheel is controlled by a lever, which lowers and raises the frarr e and thus governs the depth of planting Also a full line of Moline 1-horse am; two sizes of 2-horse steel turn plows, Middle Bursters, 1, 2, 3 and 4 horse Wagons, Buggies, Surries and Harness. Also some nice Horses and Mules. For Automobiles, See us. Some good second-hand Automobiles it Bargain Prices. D. C. Shaw Co. lft, 12 and 14 SUMTER ST. Phone 553. :: :: Sumter, S. C. Carolina Special High CkM Electrically Lighted Trmia Betwaoa CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI via Southern Railway PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH. In connecting with C. N. O. and T. P. Pal way Consisting of Com? bined Baggage mad Smoking Car. First Class Coach. Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car, Pullman Observation Sleeping Car and Pining Car Berries. Solid between Charleston and Cincinnati on |the following eon Ten- 1 lent schedules : WESTBOUND NO. J7 Lv Charleston .???? AM Lt SuaamerTtlle.9.M AM Lt Orangeburg.11.17 AM Lv Columbia.IM PM I.v Sparenburg. . ...4.15 PM Ar Aeaewllls.IM PM Ar Cincinnati. MBAM EaSTBOUND NO. A l.v Cincinnati.? PM i.v Athtvifia. ie.25 AM Ar Spartan burs.I a PM Ar Columbia.1.35 PM Ar Orangeburg .?.15 PM Ar Summerville .IM PM Ar Charleston .1.45 PM Connecting at Cincinnati with la rouge trains for CMcego, Cleea lajidi I>t*tr?>it, Seattle. St. Louis. Kansas fity. Denver, San KranclaCO, ami Point* Wt*t and NortBWegt. POT further Information call Southern Railway Ticket Office. S. H. McLKAX, D. P. A. W. E. MoGBB, J. L. MEER, Colndmia, S. C. 1>. P. A. A. G. P. A. E. II. COAPMAN. S. II. IIARDW1CK H. F i ARY, V. P. and <i. M. P. T. M. (i. P. \. DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., DENTIST. 18 W. Libertv St. Phone No. 30 -OKKIOK HOCKS 8 TO 1. ?: 2 10?.