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The wageworker., 1908-02-28
TOO MUCH.

Eddie don't mind so much dat I
quit smokin' cause you asst me ter, but
ter be refused after I'd gone an
washed me handsome face fer a week
straight-well, honest, didn't think it
Of YER
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

Take your cold home and try few
of the old reliable remedies on it.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

Why not the Natural laxative, Garfield
Tea: It's Pure, Mild and Potent. Made
of Herbs. Write for samples. Garfield Tea
Co.. Brooklyn, N. Y.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28
POLICE JUDGE WILLS.
Will Gladly Answer the Questions OF
any Inquirer.

1t is a generous offer that Police
Judge J. H. Wills, of Cloverport, KY,
makes to sufferers from backache, kid
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUlNINE"
That is LAXATIVE RROMO QUININE. Look foi
the signature of Il. w. GROVE. Used the World
over to Cure . Cold in One Day. &c.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

The more money girl has to burn
the easier it will be for her to find a
leap-year match.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

Doesn't Work Both Ways.
Liquor improves with age, but un-
fortunately the same rule doesn't ap-
ply to those who drink it.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

Try to get rich quick today, then
hunt q job tomorrow.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

Every misfortune can be subdued
by patience.-Socrates.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28
A Beautiful Watch Fob Free

to those who ship us IS worth of hides or
furs or bur guns or traps to that amount.
n. w. HIDE g. FUR CO., Minneapolis.
The wageworker., 1908-02-28

WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.
From October to May, Colds are the most fre.
quent cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO
QCININE removes cause. L. w Grove on box 25c
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SOUTH CAROLENAINWS ITEMS
News of Interest Cleaned From All Sections of The State and
Arranged Fer Busy Readers
Looks Like Infanticide.

Lexington, Special-What seems to
be a clear case of infanticide came
to light few days ago, when the
body Of an infant was found near a
branch in the upper part of town.
The discovery was made by a negro
woman, who was attracted to the
scene by the terrible odcr. The child
was wrapped in cotton, and had evi-
IDENTIFY been born week, as the arms
was almost ready to drop off at the
shoulders from decomposition. Those
who saw it, say that it was impossible
to discern whether the child died
from natural causes or whether it was
killed by the heartless parent and car
ried to the swamp with the hope of
covering up the crime. The SUPPOSE
tion is that the party who placed it
where it was found intended throw
ing it into the water, so that the dis
covery would never be made. 1t has
caused great deal of talk among the
negroes, but they are very cautious
how they speak. 1t is said that the
child had been moved since it was
found as it could not be found later.
There has been no official action tax
en- in the case, but it is one that
should be investigated, and it is very
likely that Coroner Clerk will look in
to-. the situation Immediately.
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ocean and the West or the waterways
that converge in the Mississippi val
ley ard carry their floods to the gulf.
I believe that it is the duty Of those
charged with the business of govern
ment to develop these things upon
which nations prosperity depends.
eff the work should be done, and I
believe that it should, then you peo-
ole who believe it should be done
should agree upon the best methods
by which to do it. But I repeat that
you must not be frightened because
it may require an investment. At St.
Louis last fall they resolved that
$5O0,OOO,OO0 spent in improving the
waterways of the Mississippi valley
would bring an interest in the way
of decreased cost of transportation
amounting to S1SO,OOO,OO0 a year
Why. my friends, if it only saved
$5O,OOO,OOO year it. would be ten
per cent. interest ON the investment.
"I believe that the plan should be
commenced now. I believe that it
should be comprehensive plan, that
it should deal with the entire sub
iect and that it should be perma-
nent plan; that we should begin now
to lay the foundation for the future
greatness of this country, in the
development of these natural re-
sources, these God-given water courses
of our"
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s.-s-...s-.s-ss.ss.s s.-s-..ss-s-s.s.:..s..s..ss
+ OUR SCHOOLS !:
By PROF. WILLIAM II. HAND,
University of South Carolina. :;
T Paper Number Five. !


Inadequate Supervision.-In South
Carolina there are three units OF
school administration-the State, the
county, and the school district. "An
educational system is great busi-
ness" In every organized business
there must be machinery; that ma
chinery must be repaired, adjusted,
and articulated; and some competent
responsible person must supervise
that machinery. A successful super
visor must be capable man, an e1-
perienced man, and a courageous
man. He must be reasonably well
paid, definitely responsible to some
body, and reasonably secure in his
position as long as he is efficient.
What of the supervision of our edu-
cational system? What do we cx-
pect, and what have 90 right tc
expect7
What does the fundamental law of
the State require in the office of the
State Superintendent? Does it re-
quire that he shall be an educated
man, or r an of experience in school
Affairs, or a man who knows anything
of teaching and of teachers, or a man
himself qualified to teach? He is ex-
peeted to direct tie educational pol
icy of State, and to maintain sys-
tenn of school for over three hundred
thousand children. What salary is
offered to a man big enough to fill
this position? Nineteen hundred dol
lars a year. How does this rank with
the salary offered a,man big enough
to run one cotton mill? How does
he get the position, ants4sn what does
the security Of it depend? What is
likely to be his reward for any dis
play of courage in his Office? Every
second year he is compelled to neglect
the duties Of his Office for at least
two months and to spend at least
four hundred dollars to get the op-
portunity to speak ten minutes in
each county telling the dear (indif-
ferent) people that he should be re-
elected. Under our present system
of electing the State Superintendent,
and with the two-year tenure of Office
the entire educational policy of the
State may be reversed inside one
year. In a recent editorial The News
and Courier pertinently says, ''Ir
late years the people have shown a
growing improvement in their esti-
mate Of the place of superintendent
of education, choosing as a rule. train
ed teachers for it, but
there is no assurance so long as the !
office is filled by popular vate that
men will not be elected to
it solely because Of their ingratiat-
ing manner, or as a reward for poll
tical service. The
-'-''--'7T'-E-'' '1-r7er=crs' Ss,',natiop should
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School Information Wanted.

Superintendent of Education Mar.
tin has requested the county superin-
tendents of education to send him a
brief description Of school conditions
in their respective counties, and also
an outline of the greatest needs of
the schools, as they may appear to
the county superintendents. Mr.. Mar
tin proposes to incorporate these ar
ticles in his last annual report, which
will be the fortieth annual report of
the department of education. He be-
lieves that this collection of short ar
ticles in addition to the statistical re-
ports from the county superintendents
will be beneficial, not only to the leg
islature, but also to the future stu
dents of our educational development.
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N. G. & St. L. Detective Killed.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Special.-T. J.
McElhaney, special detective for the
Nashville, Chattanooga &. St. Louis
Railway, was shot and killed early
Sunday while OH duty in the yards of
the railroad company at Cravens, two
miles from the union station. w. S.
Smith. who was until recently en-
ployed as a detective for the road, is
in Jail charged with the crime. Blood
hounds were put on the trail and
tracked Smith to his home The men,
it is said, had been on bad terms for
some time. McElhaney leaves a wife
and seven children.
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e. ). Naoasra@s

ready too much supervised. That de-
pends entirely upon what is meant by
supervision. If it means the constant
meddling in petty details, or the
jealous interference with teachers in
matters concerning only themselves,
or the insistence upon teachers be-
coming cheap imitators of a fad
fiend superintendent, then perhaps we
have too much. But if supervision
means the readiness and ability to
assist the teacher, the power to in
spire her, the tact to prune and re-
fine and strengthen her, and the man.
hood to sustain her (and it usuall7
does), then l dissent vehemently. All
over the State we have young men
and women who as teachers ought to
succeed, but who are failing because
they have no one to advise them end
to support them in the crucial mo-
ments of trial This is especially true
in the rural and village schools. Is
it any wonder that the young teach
ers flock to the towns7
The rural schools must have better
supervisor. Nearly seventy per cent.
Of the white school children of this
State are in the rural schools. They
are entitled to as good and as close
supervision as are any other children.
Proper supervision can not be given
as long as we multiply the one-teach-
er schools with fifteen pupils each.
and permit the popular election Of
supervisors at a salary of 1864. On
a salary of 1864 what can a county
superintendent do toward the real
supervision of $50 teachers scattered
all over the county, in perhaps 100
school houses7
Require that the county superin-
tendent be an expert educator. let
him be appointed by. board and re-
sponsible to that board, keep him in
Office as long as he is efficient and paw
Him an experts salary. We shall
find the men prepared to do the
work. Then we shall stop fritteripg
away the school fund, increase the
fund, and we shall get results. Soon
er or later our pepolc are going to
come to look at this matter some
what as did Hon. John J. McMahan
in his report for 1900.
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ASPECTACULARFA
Aerona::ts Experience a Drop
O, Two Thousand Feet
LAND WITH BUT SLIGHT INJURY
American Balloon Conqueror Bursts
at the Height of 1900 Feet, Pscip-
itating the Aeronauts to the Roof
of House in Berlin Suburb.

Berlin, BY Cable-The internstion-
al balloon race which started Sunday
from the suburb of Schmargendorf,
was the occasion of thrilling aacei-
dent, two American aeronauts having
miraculous escape from DEATH The
American balloon Conqueror, the only
American built craft in the contest,
having on board A. Holland Forbes
and Augustus Post, less than twosmin-
utes after the start burst at an salti-
tude of 1000 feet. For 1000 feet it
shot down like bullet, and then the
torn silk bag assumed the shape5of a
parachute, thus checking the raHdity
of the descent Coming close to the
earth, however, the basket smashed
into the roof of a house, but the two
men escaped with but slight brnises.
The race, in which twenty-three
balloons participated, representing
Great Britaint, France, Germany the
United States, Switzerland, Italy Bel
GUM and Spain, started at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon in the presence Of
at least $4,000 spectators. The5first
balloon sent away was the "AmeIi-
ca H." under command of James c.
Mccoy, who was accompanied by
Lieutenant Voghmarn. The balloon
was decorated with the Stars and
Stripes and it sailed away to-. the
southeast at a rapid pace, the oero-
nauts waving their hats.
Dramatic Occasion.
A representative of each of thetoth-
er nations followed the American
balloon in succession at intervals Of
Two minutes, the national hymn os the
respective countries ringing forth as
the ropes were cast loose.
The second batch of eight balloons
was led by Forbes in The Conqueror,
which reached a nigh altitude in an
ire1edibly short perloi. '!.e basket
swaying viole.rly. Tier almost III
stantly a cry of horror arose from
the crowd who saw the silk collapse
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WATERWAY ENDORSED
Second Day of the Great Waterway
Conference Addressed By Colonel
Bryan and Others.

Chicago, Special.-Addresses by
William ]. Bryan and Clifford Pinchot
the latter being chairman of the ma
tional conservation commission, the
reading OF a letter from James J.
Hill, short addresses by delegates,
and big reception at the Coliseum
at night were the features Of the sec
ond day of the convention of the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways
Association. Mr. Bryan, who spoke
earnestly in favor of deep waterways,
not only from the lakes to the gulf
but in all other parts of the country,
where increased transportation facil-
tiles were needed, was an enthusiast
cally received, as was William 81.
Taft when he opened the convention
the previous day.
MIR. Bryan's Address.
In addressing the convention Mr..
Bryan said in part:
"You cannot give the people too
good facilities for transportation Of
their merchandise If you tell me
you want to improve the Mississippi
I tell you that is all right, 1 will help
you improve it just as far as you
please, and make the canal as wide
as you please and as deep as you
please, and when you get to improV-
ing the Mississippi I will start out all
alone If necessary to improve every
river that empties into the Mississip-
pi. Water transportation is the nat
ural transportation. God made the
rivers, man made the railroads. When
you finish a river sufficiently deep for
commerce, or canal upon which
boats can float, you make it possible
Cor a man with small capital to act
While the railroads make it possible
for men with large capital to act.
Where there is a river any man who
can build a boat can engage in trans
portation, and if he cannot build a
big boat he can build little boat and.
if you have large number of little
boats the big boat will have to meet
the rate that the little boat fixes. You
will find it much easier to regulate
rates on water than on land because
competition can be much more active
on water than on land. We are an
exporting nation. We send our agri-
cultural products to foreign markets,
and when our wheat or our cotton
reaches the Londcn market its price is
fixed there by the competition which
it meets. if a bushel of wheat sells
for dollar in London and it takes
fifty cents to get it from the farm to
London the farmer gets fifty cents a
bushel for his wheat. If You can so
improve transportation that the far
mer can get his wheat from his farm
to Liverpool for twenty-five cents You
have added twenty-five cents to the
farmers price for this wheat. It is
a fact that is admitted-thstrtherraii-'
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S~s,SS I---- - - ~----
er side.
"They are killed." went = a hush
cd whisper through the crowd, but
shortly the remainder of the envelope
appeared to take, first, triangular
shape and then was transformed info
a sort of parachute at the top of the
net and. the progress of the wrecked
balloon was considerably arrested. 1t
came down slower and slower, mean
while being swept by the wind, far to
the southeast, and finally disappeared
from view behind block of houses.
The suspense among the crowds was
terrible. But a few minutes later
a telephone message was received
from Frienenau, which announced
that the men had landed and had not
been seriously injured. The other bal
looms were sent up, after brief, de-
lay, without further accident.
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intendent would avail out little I'M
less the county superintendent were
able, willing and courageous enough
to carry these policies to success. In
the matter Of administration the
county superintendency is the key to
the situation. What DO we require
of the county superintendent, what
do we expect, what do we get, and
what do Eve give? Do we require that
the county superintendent shall be
an expert or experienced educator7
Is he required to have any knowledge
of. schools or of teaching7 Is there
anything to prohibit al illiterate from
holding that ofiice7 He is not re-
quired to be competent to teach, al
though by law he is required to give
his teachers instruction III the art
and methods of teaching. Does the
county demand that its superinten-
dent be at least the equal of the super
intendent in court house town? To be
perfectly plain and honest, have we
not had men elected and reelected
to the office of county superintendent
to supervise the whole county, who
could not have been elected to any po-
sition in the best schools of their
counties7 Many of them would not
essay to teach in the best schools of
their counties. They understand full
well that the public does not expect
such fitness of them. That is our
fault, not theirs. The public mind
does not think of a county superin-
tendent as a man of education, ex-
perience, tact, and leadership in
school matters. 1t thinks of him as
a man who listens to neighborhood
quarrels about district lines, and
about the appointment and removal of
trustees, and who sits in his office
one day in the week to sign teachers
pay warrants.
In speaking thus of incompetent
county superintendent, I have no in
tention whatever of being personal.
l am happy to count among my best
friends in the State many of the
county superintendent. Many of
them are competent and efficient men,
sacrificing themselves on the altar of
an unappreciative public, for their
reward is contemplate. We ask for
ty-two qualified men to direct over
6,200 teachers, to act as guardians for
$4,000 children, and to keep and to
disburse nearly a million and half
dollars; we offer them an average of
1864, an insult to an efficient man
The city of Greenville has convinced
itself that it is economy to pay its
superintendent $500 a year to sup
ervise the work of "A teachers; while
Greenville county pays its superiten-
dent 500 to supervise 275 teachers
Sumter pays its city superintendent
$2,4OO a year to direct 3G teachers,
Sumter county offers its superinten-
dent 5000 to direct about $50 teach
ers. It is source of wonder why we
have as many efficient county super
intendents as we have. All honor to
the competent man patriotic enough
to serve his county on contemplate
salary! But shame upon people
who compel patriotism to crawl in the
Dust
7 know that we have some people
who claim that our schools are al.
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RIOTERS ARE FOILED
Abortive Attempt to lynch al
Spartanburg, S. c.
MILITIA PROTECTED PRISONER
hfuriated Min Operatives Make De-
termined Effort to Lynch Negro
Who Assaults Young Lady-Depu-
ties and officers Exchange Shots
and Several Are Wounded.

spartanburg, S. c., spccial.-In the
heart of Spartanburg with its 10000
population, ROB of infuriated citi.
zens, at times numbering a thousand
or more, fought Saturday and Satur,
day night with the military and civil
authorities for the possession of John
lrby, a negro who is alleged to have
attempted to ravish Miss Lille Demp-
sey earlier in the day while the young
woman was on her way here from
Saxon Mill village, three miles away.
Four persons were wounded, one of
them seriously, and John Sparks, a
restaurant keeper, was arrested and
held without bail on the charge of
shooting Sheriff Nichols, who was
slightly wounded in the exchange of
shots between the mob and the au-
thorities who were protecting the
prisoner
Beginning about noon the crowd,
sullen and bent on vengeance on the
negro, roamed about the court house
square, approaching at times the very
gates of the high wall enclosing the
Jail. Late at night the situation be-
came alarming. The crowd was
augmented by 500 people from Green
vile. There was some shooting in
the street and the mob moved into
the public square.
The first shot came from window
Of the jail and it was followed by
others from the same quarter. An
answering shot was fred from the
crowd. This broke a window in The
Jail and slightly wounded Sheriff
Nichols. Sparks was accused of the
shooting and Immediately taken into
custody. His attorneys offered $1,000
bail but this was refused.
Girl Identifies Negro.
Irby's arrest was effected shortly
after the commission of his crime
and close to the scene of his attack.
He was captured by mill operatives,
was taken before the young woman,
Who Observation-Disclosures -him.-and
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Russia Getting Her Fleet Ready.

St. Petersburg, By Cable.-Fearful
that Austria intends to take advan-
tage of tie commotion in Servia to
deal the boldest blow of all-annexa-
tion of Servia-the Car has ordered
the mobilization of the Black Sea
fleet Russia still insists upon an in
ternational conference to completely
revise the Berlin treaty, while the
latest word from England is that she
has not receded from her position
that only existing issues must be
considered.
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State Pardon Board.

Columbia, Special-The Board of
Pardons, consisting of Messrs. R.
Mays Cleveland, of Greenville, C. w.
Savage, of Colleton, and W. A. Clark,
of Columbia, met last weeksto consid-
er the petitions for pardon referred
to the board by the governor. There
were only four such petitions refer
red, as the governor has acted On
most Of the petitions presented within
the last three months. since the last
meeting Of the board The petitions
referred are the following:
Lawrence Hampton, convicted Of
murder in Greenwood. and sentenced
to be hanged. Governor Ansel grant
ed a respite until the 18th of this
month, and it will be recalled that
the governors secretary, MIR. Bethea.
went to Greenwood during the food,
at much inconvenience and with great
difficulty to get. the respite there in
time and prevent the hanging.
Gary Renew, Aiken County, petit
larceny, sentenced to FIVE years in the
Reformatory.
Thos. Wells, Laurens, manslaugh-
ter, three years, from January, 1905.
Robert Gunnells, Greenville, rape,
sentenced to eleven years in Septem-
Der, 1908. The case of Gunnells has
been before the governor and pardon
board before, having been referred to
the board by Governor Hayward first
in September, 1906, and refused by
The board the following January, and
again in September 1907. Gunnels,
young white man Of excellent fam
lily, served in the Philippines, and was
said to be mentally unhinged by his
life there. Returning to his old home
in Greenville he committed an afro
cious crime. His mother:has been un-
tiring in her efforts to secure par
don and was here to press the petition
before the board.
The recommendation of the board.
Of pardons is not binding on the gov
ernor, and he is not under the law
compelled to refer any case to the
board, the pardoning power being
vested in the governor solely under
the law.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-10-14
Missionary Convention Holds Big
Mass Meeting.

New Orleans, Special.-At mass
meeting in the Athenaeum Cephas
Shelbourne, of Dallas, Tex, preached
to a great audience attending the in
ternational missionary convention of
the churches of Christ. Mr. Shell
bourne took as his theme the fact
that an inscription was written on the
cross of Christ in three languages and
developed from this incident an ar
gument showing how modern churches
of all crccds are pushing aside denom-
national barriers in favor of more in
innate relations with each other.