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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

not appeal TO menof experience. Not
few people: insist upon increasing
the school fund By p5yate subscrip;
tien,. This plan is inadequate and
|. vicious in its effects The public
schools are supported sprfmsrily for.
the~bensft of the State, gather than
far. the benefit of the individual.
Frequently it is@@ s@@pfoposed by a few
to increase the common school fund
by direct appropriation from the
State treasury. Unless such. apprep-
riations: were made Upon >the: sppait:..
ion that each district receiving its
part should first neke~aspeeiGe 'local
efforts the result 5Moaad be,=Anrtful,
as the. districts would soon come to
look upon themselves as benefciaries'
of stAe State,Aand would cease to
make any efofAts to helpNthemselSes
Only O. few years ago one house of
the aherA :Hssembly PASSED, a:.sbiN;
Iknewsng that it would faff tof pass:
in ths., other house) appropriating
5000, ,000eto the common schools: How
muchVrelief would such spgs give to
the schools7 It would increase the
fund only So cents per pupil on last
yeaFs enrolment, or 'S1s.75 to a
school of 25 pupils. An appropria-
ton of $4,000 ;disbnrsed in such way
as to require the districts to raise in
the aggregate something Like 100000
in Acal taxes, would be equitable and
wise. I am at once reminded that
this plan would not entirely relieve
ts strainzim few Of the poorer
counties, Hnd I admit it. Our present
plan Of NDllecting and apportioning
the constitutional 3-mill school tax
is not a. democratic one. That tax
is collected and apportiofet by coun-
ties. Some counties with poor land,
lack Of water power for manufac-
turing, and dswith no railroads to tax,
are. at a decided disadvantage. ut
woult! have ,been unjust to ;havc col
lect ed:sapd, apportioned. that. 3,,mill
tax as aSState tax, but it.twoufd- have
been just. and democratic to- have
made -rwo mills.a county. tax, as at
present, and have made the other
mill d State tax. Then the: stronger
counties would have been eontribut-
ing a well-guarded tax for the sup
port of the weak counties:
So far in this State at least local
taxation has proved to Berthe best
means of increasing the school fund.
1t is equitable, it is stable, and it is
certain until majority of thepeople
vote it off. 1t compels the unwilling
few to bear their proportionate part
of a legitimate and necessary COM
munity expense. The ditrict which
levies a local tax knows just where
every dollar Comes from, and Just
where every dollar goes. Moreover
it is usually not very difficult to levy
local school tax, if there is only
some safe person, to lead, for as g
rule the, wealthiest persons in the
district are the readiess to vote
local school tax.
Personally Lam confident that the
most just, equitable anG reasonable
way to increase our sahool fund is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
{. j. Norris
Pert Paragraphs.

II IS hard to understand why some
neople are so self-satisfed, but easy
to bring the fact to the surface.
The person who is afraid to make
enemies should logically also be afraid
TO make friends.
No opportunity is or ever was yours
49, w. don't take hold of and MAZE
good with.
Some things arc hard to explain and
worse still, quite unsafe as well.
Staying awake nights concentrating
the wonderful things that you are so-
ing to do doesn't pay the taxes on
your household goods.
Even a man who is fond of elabora-
tion is apt to balk when hundred
yards OF so Of red tape sofered INN.
Some people are born red headed,
and others have that condition thrass
upon them by the interference OF fool
friends.
Lots of people are willing to let yo!
have your own way if you are modest
about it and pay generously.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

elecIons are ,n" t.,.-~--.
twelve more districts. All applica-
tions TO be considered for this year
must be sent in before October l.
1t is cutie likely there Will be con-
s;derably more than one hundred ap-
proved high scEccls fer this year. The
following seEccls established last
year, were rctained Allendale, Blaks-
burg, Eatesburg, Bamberg, Brunson,
Gross Anchor. Cross Hill. Chesterfield,
Central. Denmark, Dillon Easley,
Fountain Inn. Fcrt Mil. Gaffnoy,
Hamp on, Heath SPRING., Johnston
Kcrshaw, LaErens, lancaster, Little
Mountain, Latta, Mullins, Mount
Zion, Mcmtville. Marion, Mauldin,
McCcll, Ninety-Six, Olar. Pcndleton.
Pickens. Prosperity, Ration Creek.
Ruby, Ridgcway. Summcrville, St.
George. Saluda. Springfield, Simpson
vile, Schulz Township, Townville,
Union cstminstcr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

NJ. Dallas filed ulnn.o"s >.......-------
the suits aud Judge Joseph Burlington
dissented but did not file an opinion.
The commodities clause prohibits rail
road companies to transport in Inter
state Commerce any article or COM
modify manufactured. mined or pro-
duced by them or under their author
ity. A penalty not to exceed $4,000
is provided for each violation.
The case was argued in June, Unit
ed States Attorney General Bona
parte delivering the principal argr-
ment for the government. The effect
of the commodities clause if consti-
tutional would be to confne the min-
ing of anthracite coal b. the rail-
roads for use in Pennsylvania only,
or compel the railroads to sell all the
Mining property they are interested
in either directly or indirectly.
1T is almost certain that the case
will be appealed directly to the Unit
ed States Supreme Court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
I'M HONOR OF HEROES
Handsome Shaft Unveiled at Ebenezer
ri Near Rock Hill.

Rock Hill, Special.-The beautiful
Confederate monument erected by
the ladies of the S. D. Barron Chap
ter, U;tD. c., Of Ebenezer, as tribute
to the3soldiers Of "the Lost Cause"
both living and dead, was unveiled at
Ebene&er Presbyterian Church last
week in the presence Of a great crowd.
The. monument is beautiful and
unusually graceful one, rising about
twenty-seven feet above the ground.
Upon one side is the following inscrip-
tion:5
Remembering how they resisted
oppression and injustice; defended
truth.Sand the right; fought for their
native land, enduring hardship and
every sacrifice. we assume the sacred
trust of perpetuating their. memory
with love and DEVOTION
On the opposite side: "Ereeted to
the Confederate soldier by the S. D.
Barron Chapter, u. D. c., of Ebe-
nezer.so
An5interesting point was that DR..
j. Roddey Miller, one Of the junior
speakers of the day, was as small
boy, Tie junior speaker from the Tir-
zah School on the occasion Of the
memorial exercise at Ebenezer in
1892
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
CAN'T RECEIVE LEPER.
Acting Attorney General Of North
Carolina Gives Opinion in Early's


Raleigh, N. c., Special Acting At
torney General Hayden Clement has
rendered an opinion that John R.
Early. Of Lynn, N. c., the leper now
quarantined in the District Of Co.
lumbia, could not be received by
North Carolina, and that his wife,
whosis with him, must be quarantined
indefinitely by the health board Of
Polk county in case she returns to her
home at Lynn.
InFhis opinion, the Attorney Gen.
eral says, there would be danger to
people in the trip, whether by rail OF
through the country; that the disease
became apparent in Washington and
that North Carolina is not called up
on to- care for citizens i'll in another
State, or in the United States out
side Of this State; that there are no
provisions for a case of this kind in
the charity works of the State, and
that early is discharged soldier of
the Gnited States, with the disease
contracted while in its employ; it is
The duty of the Federal Government
to care for him. In case Mrs. Early
returns to Polk County, he holds that
she must be quarantined indefinitely.
Early has been granted a pension of
$72 per month, dating from July 1.
His. wife has rented q cottage near
where Early is quarantined and will
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

- suvwlng Is not .g@k The habit
Of returning a piece Of property at
one-f6,rth itst::truexalue, then taxing
it Fat 4 mills, instead of returning it
at something Ike:its true value, then
taxing it at one mill to .gaise the same
amount of money, is not only childish
business practice, but it is a training
school in dishonesty. Men who offer
to return their -propertEat something
like its true value are actually laugh
ea. ats for their art;sssness. Civic
honesty must decline Under such vic:
'ious, system. 5s.-<..,-
!. Were the real and personal prop.
city in this. state;yretapRed., a some:
thing like ninety per cent land why
shaHld it nQt9( of its true value, the
3-mll school tax. al6he would practi-
cally double our entire school revenue.
In4199;,tke land outside the incorpo.
rated towns in. the prosperous, pros
ductive; and, gealthy county of Ami
derson was returned for taxation at
an average aoh$6.5l per ,aqfe. MaIt
boro, one Of the finest farming coun,
ties in the'@holetSepth, returned her
land at an average Of 1923 AN acrc*
Qraggeburg is justly proud of her
fssaa:,1nd, but. she returned hers at
$354 an acisss c1SRaS amsburg has some
poor land, but she has some of :'ss}sfs
finest fields of cotton and tobacco to
be found. in. the State; on the tax
books her land is rated at an average
ssss s tss,; zisS h51s Ss'ss5sss g%ssss s
would not sell for $50, $40, and even
$50 an acre. In one cf these counties
is asschons diStriet containing nearly
5000 acres q :lassxet tle enrire
real anf personal tproperty tof the
district is,returned at 100000. What:
gould 4-mill school tax mean tos
Aat .districtq Increasing the tax
levy While we reduce the : yaluation
Of our property reminds qEe of the
policy of the master hosYHdertook
to. punish his .tlievish coacltnan: by;
periodically stealing back from the
eoachman what the. j.. coachman had
stolen from his master. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Reception tc be Genuine.

Toxic; BY Cable.-The full pro-
grammc fer the reception by the jap
anese to the American fleet. which is
due here October 18th, leaves very
few minutes for sleep while the YES
sells are in port. Official orders, The
Associated Press is Informed, will in
clude decorations and regulations as
to the treatment of the visitors. AL
ready in Yokohama it has been di
rected that during the visit of the
fleet, lanterns bearing the flag of the
United States shall be distributed and
displayed from every house and shop
night and day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Indicted For Arson.

New Orleans, Special.--Julius Lipps
manager; Abe Wolf, secretary and
treasurer of the Central Glass Com
panv, of New Orleans, and John Eek
ert, an employe of that com>@ay,
were indicted by the grand jury on
the charge of arson in connection
with fire which about 10 days ago
burned over a portion of three blocks
in the business section Of New Or
leans. causing loss of $l.5OO,OQO.
The fire originated in the building
occupied by the Central Glass Com
pany.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Bishopville Boy Killed.

Bishopville, Special.-Alger, the
eldest son Of Mr.. H. II. King, of this
city, accidentally shot his younger
brother, Gordon. 1t seems that the
two boys were playing on the bed,
and in some way iarred,a pistol from
the mantel. Both ran to pick it up,
Alger, who is 13 years old, reached
the pistol first, and in the scramble
it was fired, the bullet entering seven
year-old Gordon's head by the way
of the cheek Just beneath the left
eye. The little boy never regained
consciousness and died at 5 p. m.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
s. O. Handbook Out.

The 1908 edition of the Handbook
Of South Carolina has come from the
press and in few days Commissioner
Watson will be sending out copies to
those entitled thereto. The book,
originally issued in 1907, has been
thoroughly revised, and the facts and
figures issued in 1907, with several
additi3ns=:ef chapters. The book in
its Typographical appearance is very
attractive and AS an advertisement OF
TIE State it is excellent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Death From Discharge Of Parlor
Rifle.

Spartanbrg, Special.-As the re-
suit of wound in the throat inflicted
by the accidental discharge of par
lor rife in the hands of Roger Phil
lips, James Poscy, aged s years died
in the city hospital. Young Phillips
and Posey were playing in front of
the latter's home. A rifle in the hands
of Phillips went off accidentally, the
bullet striking Posey in the neck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Killed by Gas Explosion.

Pittsburg, Pa, Speculative deaths
almost immediately followed an ex-
plosion Of gas at the home of Father
George Misquet. No, 922 Bedford,
pastor of the Greek Orthodox Catholic
church: two other persons were seri-
ously burned; two women were serl-
ously hurt by failing walls and four
other persons were injured, either by
burns or falling debris.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Two Killed and Two Injured.

sandusky, O., special-Two color
ed men were killed, another was in
jured and a white man, name un-
known is missing as the result of a
wreck on the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railway, which made
kindling wood Of IA freight cars, be-
tween Huron and Vermilion early
Sunday. The four were riding in a
freight car.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

Anderson, Special.-Mayme Elrod.
a white woman, about 40 years old.
died in the hospital here at 6 O'Clock
Thursday morning as the result of a
gunshot wound inflicted at the hands
of Calhoun Donald, q youth Of 49,
The shooting occurred in the Town.
vile section, just across the line in
Oconee County, and about % miles
from Anderson, and the wounded
woman was brought here.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Watkins to Visit This State.

spartanburc, Special.-Aaron S.
Watkins, candidate for Vice Presi-
dent of the United States on the
Prohibition ticket, will deliver one
of his campaign speeches in Spartan
burg next Thursday morning. He will
speak Gil prihibition from national
standno ut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Found Dead in a Pond.

New York, speciol.-Mrs' Ashton
Harvey. wife of a prominent lawyer
Of tbs city, was found dead in
nopd near his country home at Short
Hill. N. ]. The woman left home
in fine afternoon to visit a friend
at Madison, and this was the last
seen of her until search revealed
he BODY. Sheis be!'aved to have
fallen into the pc,:d in faintine
spell, but the police arc investigating
lie CASE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Preferred Suicide to Hydrophobia.

Springfield, ILL.,. Special.-Fearlng
hydrophobia as result of bite m
Aicted by squirrel suffering with
rabies. Fred Peterson. 45 years old,
died Sunday cf carbolic acid poison
ing. He swallowed the acid with SUI,
cidal intent, because, as he remarked
Sunday. he preferred to kill himself
rather than die of rabies. Five other
persons bitten by the rabid squirrel
are in Chicago undergoing treatment
to prevent possible serious develop
mentS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Total amount collected for
- -. noD.
Medical College geIssc:aries

Columbia, Special.-Governor Ansel
has announced his appointments, One
from each congressional district, OF
benefciaries to the South Carolina
Medical College, as follows: w. NJ
O'Bryan, Manning; j. II. Cannon
Ridgeway; E. z .Epting, Williams,
ION; John NJ. Bearlon, Enoree; Phil.
lip w. Hunter, Yorkville; Floyd D
Rodgers, Lake City; George H. Hen.
nies, Columbia.
The Governor passed upon -four
pardon petitions, refusing all. The
petitioners are John Clyborn. Green.
vile, two years for housebreaking;
Robert sBeaty, Horny, three years foi
the Same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp.
ton, ten years for manslaughter; Lee
Gardner, York, nine months for dis.
pensary violation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Oil Gan Explosion Causes Fatality.

Pomeroy, o., Spccial,-A can of oil
standing near the stove in the
kitchen at the home of John Il.
Roush, in Mason county, w. Va, ex-
ploded early Sunday and as a result
one child was burned TO death, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roush and three
children were so severely injured that
they may die. The house was con-
snmcd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Investigating Fire Rates.

Columbia, Special.-Insurance Com.
missioner McMasters is turning his
attention to the fire insurance rates
prevailing in the State. He is seek
ing the rates of insurance that have
obtained on various classes of property
in the State over number of years.
his idea being to make a comparative
table whereby it may be learned
whether the rates have increased OF
decreased on the same pieces of prop,
erty during the past eight years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Beat Time.

"Great time they made in the
Olympic running races
."YeS. some time. Still I used to
do better tha nthat when was boy.
''lf you did, YOU were going some.
How fast did YOU make Il hundred
yards. pray. in those swift days7"
Il don't know exactly. There was
nj Il watch in the neiglborhood that
YVES swif! enough to tine me. I"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

The Rock Hill Water, Light and
Power Company has been placed in
the hands of receiver. NIismanage-
ment of the concerns affairs and fail
ure to pay interest on bonds were
the grounds upon which the receiver
was appointed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Rockefeller Fails to Appear.

Cleveland, O., Special.-Although
John D. Rockefeller was expected to
review the parade and give prize for
the best workhorses he failed to show
up. After the Labor Day parade
Monday morning William D. Haywood
The Socialist member Of the Western
Feaesation of Mners-lsese, addressed
a gathering Of. Labor Unions, sound
ing the keynote Of tbe.Soclalist cam
ypaign. !' IS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
J; Enormous Loss in South Carolina.

Columbia, Special Reports which
Commissioner Watson has so far re,
ceived from various parts Of the
State, in response to a circular of in
quiry sent out, indicate that the to-
tai damage throughout the State from
the recent flood to crops, railroads
and bridges will far exceed all eypec-
tation. Mr.. Watson said that it
would not surprise him if the total
exceeds twenty-five million dollars.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Is and Ism It.

elf all the fish in the ocean were
taken ont of the ocean there would be
no fish left in the ocean,"
Yes. there would, too
"How do YOU make that out gu
"The whales would be there"
81 said if all of the fish were talk
en- out. )"
EYES, but a whale isn't fish,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Mississippi Night Riders ordes Gin
: : ners to. Close up

shubuta, Miss, speciat-Notices
were found posted at twoigins near
this place warning the gfnners to
cease operatiaes. These notices
were signed 'snight riders One
sf-tEe gins qn.:which the fTotiee .:Yas
posted is about six miles from this
place. and is owned by ,Abb Heidel-,
berg, negro. The other.Was- the glis
of the Eucutta Ginning Company, of
Eucutta. abodtss&t9f nailes distant.
The notices stated that the operators
of the gins wojrld'sbe killed unless
they ceased to gin cotton. There is
no clue to the guilty persons
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

anything like pei
cover some of the 49,. ...s,s...,.---..--.-.,.-
admit what we discover, and set
ourselves resolutely toward improve
ment.
Some of the most -epnspicious
weaknesses in our schools are these:
/. Lack Of funds sufficient to main
tain high-class schools.
2: Beggarly salaries paid to teach
ers.
g.. Too many incompetent teachers
employed in our schools.
4. Short school term, especially in.
the rural districts. ::
S. Poor school houses and poor.
equipment.
6. Neighborhood iealousies and.
neishborhood quarrels.
z. Tco many little half-supported
SCHOOLS.
8. Inadequate supervision Of VII
lage and rural schools. :.
9. Non-attendance and irregular
attendance of the pupils.
TO-. The missing :" link-the high
school.
1 wish to discuss these features of
our school system frankly, somewhat
fully, and altogether .dispassionately.
I wish to avoid anything captious or
hysterical. In these discussions, ]
beg to offer, as unobtrusively as l
may, some suggestions as TO remedies
For he is poor physician who tells
!; his. patient that he is sick, but offers
neither to: tefsS:hin5Hhnk the disease
Is, nor to prescribe any remedy. @
Lack Of Funds. To maintain good
schools requires money. They can
not be run on ebulient sentiment, nor
will spasmodic charity keep them at
very high standard. Money is abb
solutely necessary to build comfor
table school .houses,zto furnish these
..houses, to pay competent tesekers,
and to keep the schools open nine
months in the year. What is South
Carolina putting into her common
schools the training school of the
future citizenship of the Stateq in
1907, the. State enrolled in the Com
mon schools 3l4,399 pupils, or about
1S per cent of her total population.
On these pupils was spent $1,415.E4.
OF $3.50 per pupil. Thisi $3.50 I'M
cludes the expenditures on school
houses, furniture, apparatus, libra
ries, and teachers salaries. The aver
age attendance Upon the schools was,
of course, much lower rhan;the enroll
ment, therefore the amount spent per
pupil on the basis of attendance was
larger, $637. In 1905, North Caro-
lima spent $500 per pupil in 'atten-
a dance; Georgia, spent. $7.47;; Missis-
sippi, $SO1; Tennessee, $S.4S; Vir-
GINA, $1l.05; Florida. $1l l-3Q; Louis
lana, $l4.S3; Maine, $2Q.65; Mary
land $21.32; Wisconsin, 1884; Min
nesota, SaO.l9; New York, $47.4O.
In 1907, South Carolina spent for
common school education 81 cents
per capita Of her total population.
In 1905 Georgia spent SO cents; Vir-
ginia spent SLIP; Mississippi, SLID;
S Florida, s1.s6; Maryland, s2:51;; Wis
consin, 1910; Minnesota, SAL; New
York, $6.27. -.is,-s.
Most people will admit that OUT
school fund is insufficient. How are
we 10 increase ito. Several plans have
been offered, and several ways are
opan. Some of them, however, do
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
Shooting ARRAY at Bamberg.

Bamberg, Special.-Theodore Rich
wine shot and probably fatally
wounded Willis Glover here. Rich
wine was promptly arrested and put
in Jail. Both are colored
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16
COURT DIsMIssEs SUITS.

Governments Suits Fer the Enforce
nent of the Commodities Clause
Against the Anthracite Coal Garry
ing Railroads Are Dismissed by the
Circuit Court.
Philadelphia, Special. = Declaring
it to be drastic, harsh, unreasonable
&c tha-:--Lts- of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-09-16

porat1ons, whose combined capitali.
zation is $94,703,G9.
The figures for the past four years
are as follows:
Total receipts for corpora
ton license in fees in
1905. :. :. IS 63,34519
Totalsreceipts For corpor-
1906. ....,. :. G9,29S32
Total, receipts for corpor-
.ation license fees in
q 1907. ;. 49,. 7s,355.94
Total receipts for corpor
alton license fees in
1908. :. -. s3,774OO