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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28
School Management

be worthless; but cases of this kind
occur from time to time and demand
attention
In the conduct of a school, order is
of first importance. However complete
the equipment. or efficient the teach
ing force, without order only imperfect
results can be realized.
Order means discipline. obedience to
the reasonable requirements of lawful
authority. l say reasonable require
ments We must stop here a moment.
A requirement is not necessarily I'M
reasonable because it appears so to the
pupil. or 10 a number OF pupils, or to
the pupils parents. or even to a pOr-
tion of the community; nor is it neces-
sarily reasonable because it is eXaCted
by the teacher. The presumption, how
ever. is in favor of the requirement,
and i can only be set aside on a posi-
tive showing of Unrea sOn2bleness. Any
other rule is destructive of discipline
requirement is unreasonable only
when II involves an actual injury to
The pupils health or morals: when it
demands an impOssibility from physi
cal or mental standpoint, or when it
sets UP q principle contrary 10 the pub
lie welfare. As last resort, the ques-
ton of reasonableness must be deter
mined by the board of education An
appeal TO a court should not be in
voked.
The responsibility of maintaining or
DER is upon the teacher. The choice
of methods is for him. The school
law, if 7 am correctly informed. is
silent on the subject. The court de-
cisions are conflicting. Teachers nave
been fined for administering punish
ment. Others have been indicated.
A recent court decision, as reported
in the newspapers, upheld a teacher in
inficting corporal punishment on a
pupil for disrespectful conduct toward
the teacher out of school hours, on
the ground that such conduct, if per
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28

mitted. would tend to impair discip-
line in the school.
What is a teacher TO do? Some
children are willing to obey. Some
are not-more. perhaps, are not.
large number have little experience in
obedience al home. They do not obey
their parents; they do not take kindly
10 the idea Of obeying a teacher. Some
are naturally obstinate, perhaps inner
iting that disposition. The more pres
sure is put upon them the more they
resist. II is said good teacher doesn't
have to punish. The best Of teachers
no doubt do but little Furnishing, but
that is not why they are the best
teachers. And cases will sometimes
occur-may occur at any time IN any
school-when the issue is plainly put
up-obey or disobey.
What is to be done2 If the teach
er's authority is defied discipline is AT
an end - order is no more but as
order And that school might Just as
well close its doors.
When every other appeal falis' the
appeal TO physical pain IS INVOKED.
Not many children will resist this ap-
peal. If the pupil has passed the legal
age OF compulsory attendance ne may
be expelled. but that is taxing
chance on his prospects in life
Well, it is up to the teacher sup
ported as he should be by the school
board. No doubt teachers giving way
to anger have inflicted excessive and
cruel punishment, for which they
have been held to account in court
but to deny them the right or priv
ilege OF making the last appeal, the
the appeal to the child's dread of pain,
is to cut the nerve of discipline and
make the maintenance of order i'm
possible.
We find a solution by recalling the
object of punishment, TO secure obedi-
ence. Let the punishment cease the
moment obedience is secured or prom
ised. The teacher must retain his
seIf-control. If he cannot govern him
self he cannot govern school. If the
ruler is used-a common and convent /
ent instrument-let the teacher, with /
out betraying the least irritation, call
the Offenders attention to the object
of the punishment and before a blow !
is struck offer pardon on condition of
obedience. After each blow repeat the !
offer till the result is gained. Or, if, .
as may sometimes happen, the pupil
is determined 10 endure any amount
of pain, the time will come when the
teacher may say, in the kindliest and
calmest manner. THAT will do; take
your books and go home"
The subject of discipline in school is
OF national Importance As has been /
already suggested, home discipline is
almost a lost art. IN very many
homes children obey when they feel (
like it, and not otherwise. They grow (
up without any reverence for author .
ity. 1t is very easy transition from /
disobedience to parents to disregard .
of law. Whether or not crime is in
Creasing, there is an evident lack of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28

respect for law. To be sure the state
exacts the penalty with more or less
impartiality; but there is a long list
of little things just outside the limits
of the law, just too little to be recog-
nized by the code, where disrespect is
shown for the other fellows rights,
as well as for the welfare of the COM
munity. Thus we are fostering a dis
regard for authority, and it is hard to
tell just where this thing will end.
The public school is the only place
where the state can put its hand upon
future citizens in their formation per
iod and say to them: You must obey"
Therefore. l hold that in the public
school discipline should be rigidly en-
forced, even if some willful kid gets
a good thrashing and some over-indul-
gent parents anger is aroused. Lib
erty, so dear to the American heart,
does not mean contempt for author
ity, but it does mean obedience, cheer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28

chemist and bacteriologist, was fixed
at $500 per year. and that of c. c.
Wilson, superintendent of waterworks
at SIPS a month
Dennis Bennett, plain clothes man
under the NcCaskrin regime, today
handed his resignation to Commits
sioner Archie Hart The reason for
the action was not given. Herman
Sehnert, who has acted as patrolman
on the business district beat for sew
eral months, was placed in the posi-
ton vacated by Bennett. officer Kins-
ley was put in Sehnert's old territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28
SUNDAY LID IS TO
co ON IN MOLINE
Licenses Will Be Revoked
Where Violations Are De-
tected in Future
POLICE ARE GIVEN ORDERS
Commission Authorizes Head of De-
partment TO Enforce State
Law to Letter.

The lid goes on tight in Moline next
Sunday. Saloonkeepers whose places
are found open will be penalized by
revocation Of their licenses
The order, addressed TO Chief of 20
lice o. MBisant, was issued today by
Commissioner E. l. Eastman, in
charge Of that department.
The order recites that when the
saloonkeepers were given their Il
censes last week they were reminded
by Mayor NJ R. Carlson that they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28
PATRoLMEN INSTRUCTED
(sY JOHN c. OSBORN

The recent unpleasantness in the
Grant school, Moline. suggests some
observations concerning schools that
may be worthy of notice. OF the merits
of this particular case the writer ex-
presses no opinion. He has no knowl-
edge of the facts except the brief news
paper reports. and in the absence OF
complete information an opinion would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28

would be expected hereafter to do
business strictly within the letter OF
the law.
It wauld seem, however, that not all
the saIoonkeepers took the mayor seri-
ously. for many of them were open
as usual last Sunday. Commissioner
Eastman in his new order, announces
that he is backed by the council as
a body, and that the change has been
ordered by vote of that body.
PATROLNEN INSTRUCTED.
Chief Bisant is ordered to advise his
officers to keep close watch on the
saloons and to make immediate re
ports wherever a violation is detected
There are So saloons in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28
JOHN JOERS NAMED
FOR CITY PLUMBER
Commission Fixes Salaries of Chem
ist and Waterworks sup
erintendent-

John Joers, 525 Thirtieth street, to-
day was appointed city plumbing IN
spector by the city commission. He
succeeds Thomas P. Rosenfeld-
The salary of Louis Birdsall, city
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-28

full and prompt. to righteous laws
respect for the other mans rights, and
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
| |(1H
Are the Wells Now Being
Drilled in BY Various
Companies.

Light wells are reported from all
districtsin West Virginia. On
Dutchman run, Murphy district, the
Southern OIL Company has COM
pleted its No. I on the Dawson
heirs farm and has a seyen-barrel
pumper in the salt sand, On the
South fork of Hughes river the R.
Wilson Oil and Gas Company has
completed a second test on the S.
e. Smith farm and has a 1,O0O,-
0Oo-foot gasser in the salt sand.
In the same locality, the Taught
farm OIL Company has drilled
second test on the Haught-Braden
farm through the salt sand and has
a show for ten-barrel pumper.
In the Burning Springs district,
Writ county, Emma A. Naples has
and shot No. 10 on the
Rathbone oil tract, and has a light
pumper in the Cow Run sand. In
the same district. Gibson Brothers
are due in the sand at No. II on the
Rose Whiteman farm.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
FIVE THURSDAYS
In the Month of November
and Thanksgiving Day
is lnconvenient.

Thanksgiving Day. which fails on
80 this year, will be in
AOpvenient for bankers, inasmuch as
thS law requires all national banks
to have their statements in the
hands of the treasury department.
on the first day of each month.
Throughout the country the
bankers have appealed to president
Taft to have Thanksgiving Day set
for the Thursday previous to the
last day of the month. There are
five Thursdays in November. So
far the President has not announced
any change in the date. and 1T seems
certain that the bankers will have
to be satisfied with November 30 as
Thanksgiving Day
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
STEAM
KILLS TWO MEN
In the Somerset, Pa, Mine
of the Consolidation
Coal Company.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Nov. -
Frederick Taschenberger, unmar-
ried. S5 years old, and a man
named skunk, are dead from scalds
sustained in the bursting of a valve
at the operation OF the Consolidation
Coal Company at Jenner, Somerset
county, Pa, Tuesday afternoon.
They had assisted in putting In a
turbine pump, and when 1t started
for a test the valve burst and both
were engulfed by steam. skunk
lived only about two hours. Tasch-
enberger was taken to the Allie
gany hospital, last night at 6 O'Clock
on train No. IA over the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad by his brothers.
Ernest and Edmund Taschenberger,
of North Branch. who went after
him. DR.. John R. Littlefield met
them at lockwood and took charge
of the injured man. Mr.. Taschen-
berger was scalded about the face
arms and chest. He also inhaled
the steam. He lived less than three
hours after arriving at the hos
pital.
Mr. Taschenberger had worked
at Garrett previous to going to
Jenners last April to work on re-
pairs. He is survived by his father,
Carl Taschenberger, of North
Branch; four brothers, William
Taschenberger, of Spring Gap, Nd;
Hugo Taschenberger, of Young
wood, Pa; and Edmund and Ernest
Taschenberger, and one sister, Mrs
A. E. steely, of North Branch.
The body of Mr.. Taschenberger
was removed last night to the I'M
dertaking rooms of Louis Stein,
and this morning it was taken to
the home of his father at North
Branch. The hour of the funeral
will be announced later.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
BLACK HAND NOTE
Tied to a Brick is Hurled
through a Window at
Fairmont.

FAIRMoNT. Nov. 2.-whie enter
tanning visitors in her front parlor
last evening, Mrs. Carrie Mills. a
widow, was struck with brick which
was thrown through the window. At
tached to the brick was a note which
stated, that, owing to the fact that
she had been seen talking TO 4
stranger, both she and the man she
was talking to would be killed with
IA the next few days. The police
we're called at once, and are starting
an investigation. Mrs. Mills states
that she has no idea who threw the
brick or why her life is threatened.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
TRUSTEES SALE
House and Lot in Wills Addition,
bridgeport, West Virginia,
and Tract OF f.nnd.

BY virtue OF a deed OF trust execut.
ed to me, w. Frank Stout Trustee. by
Olive a. willis, ct ais, on the Goth
day of December, in the year 1895,
which trust is of record In the ONCE
of the Clerk Of the County Cour, OF
Harrison County. West Virginia, IN
Trust Deed Book No. "Y," page It's,
TO secure Lemuel f. Stout the pay
ment of certain note meatloned and
described n said deed OF trust and
interest thereon, default having been
made in the payment Of said note:
and having been requested by said
Lemuel f, Stout to Sell said land con.
veyed ny said trust or sufficient
amount to pay of and discharge said
debt, interest and costs OF sale, i, w.
Frank Stout, Trustee aforesaid, will.
on the 29th day OF November, .1sI1,
between the hours OF O'clock and
o'clock p. m. at the front door OF
the court house OF said County OF
Harrison. proceed TO sell by way OF
public auction to the highest bidder.
lHsAg klAit GElA1Al Auk IbiNN1tu ny oalA
Olive a. Willis and husband to wal
ter w. Willis by deed bearing date on
the 9Th day OF September, 1903, and
of record in said County Clerks office
in Deed Book No. 1871. page 500,
which said tract contains 1859 acres.
more or less, upon whlch there is
good two story dwelling house. barn
and other out buildings; and II said
property when sold shall not bring q
sufficient sum with which to pay the
note described in the said trust, Inc
terest and costs, then / will proceed to
sell 10 acres, or such number of aer:s
as may be necessary TO pay said notc
interest and costs; said land II soid
shall be the part situate in 1.-The
Southwestern corner OF the. entire
tract Of 2lO.5s acres mentioned and
described in said deed OF trust OF rec.
ord in said Trust Deed Book No. ~"
page IT'S.
TERMS OF SALE. -one-third
(1-3) OF the purchase money cash In
hand. one-third i-s) thereotswith in
terest in one % year, and the residue
thereof. with interest, in two t2)
years from the day Of sale, taking
from the purchaser his notes, with
good security, for the deferred pay
ments. and retaining vendors lien
as further security. with option.
however, to the purchaser to pay all
cash on day of sale.
W. FRANK STOUT, Trustee.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
HEARING WAVES
By Orchard Employees Ac-
cuSed of Torturing Vier-
ing and Zalor.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov 2.-John
". George, superintendent; Howard
Fisher, Harry Mcclure, William Bill
meyer and Leon P. Foard, employees
of the Green Ridge Orchard Company,
this county, charged with murderous
assault on Fred W. viering and An
drew zalor, of Davis, W. Va, by tor
ture resembling the Kuklux, have
waived a hearing. George, Fisher
and Mcclure each gave $1,000 bond
and Foard and Billmeyer $500.
Joseph A, Rice, chauffeur, was held
as a witness. Frederick Mertens, CT
Washington and this city, head of the
orchard enterprise, furnished bond
for all The case now goes to The
January grand jury.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
s2,5O5,7s6,67
ERNEST PUGH
Dies from Injuries Received
When He Fell from d
Hay Wagon.

MoRGANToWN, Nov. Ernest S.
Pugh. aged 20 years, is dead at the
home OF his sister, Mrs. Matte swind-
Ter. of Woodburn. y week ago Mr.,
Pugh fell from a hay wagon and sus-
tained injuries which brought on par
alyisis which caused his death. He
was member Of the Methodist Epis-
ccpal church and was an active
worker in all phases Of church work.
The funeral will be held at Mt. Union
church Friday afternoon at 2:3O
O'Clock.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
CHARTERS
Are Issued by the Secretary
of State to New State
Concerns.

Three charters have been issued
by the secretary of state. one being
a real estate company which will
also lay ont town sites, construct
sewers. sidewalks and manufacture
lumber 1t is the Standard Realty
Company, Of Charleston, and has an
authorized capital of 100000.
Among the incorporators are Samuel
Bowman. A. S. Thomas, James Kay,
George Z, Thomas, A. C. Calder
wood, ". b. Mathews. o. ], Nor
rison and others, of Charleston.
Peoples store Company, Of Frame
town, Braxton county, w. Va, 10
conduct a general merchandise and
hardware business. Authorized cap
ital, $4,000, of which $4,000 has
been subscribed and $4,000 paid.
Tpcorporators: w. H. James, J..
A. Rollyson, ]. H. Boggs, W. v.
Frame, j W. Keener and others,
all of Frametown.
The Mercer County Fair Associa-
ton, OF Princeton, w. Va, to pro-
mote and carry on and conduct fairs
at Princeton. Authorized capital
$4,000 Incorporation H. w.
crocett, J. II. Lilly. j. X. Ball, 7
F. Saunders, W NJ Kahl AMI
Others, all of Princeton.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
BALANCES
In the State Banks Now Are
Shown TO Be in Excel
lent Shape.

CHARLESTON, Nov. 2-The bal
ance in the banks of the state to the
credit of West Virginia, and in
vested in stocks and bonds at the
end <of October, according to the
reports of the state treasurer and
the state auditor, is $2,5O5,7s6.67.
The state fund contains s1iO77,-
S4O.22. decrease of nearly hun
dred thousand dollars over last
month. The balances in the sew
eral funds is as follows:
Bal. in state Oct 81. s1,O77,34O.22
Bal. in general school
fund .. 41s,4GZ04
Bal. in school fund. 100000
Bal in state road fund 9,s79.41
Total all funds ~ in
treasury and invested
stocks, bonds, etc.. 992, 10000
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
FATAL
To An Operator Shooting BY
Another Man Finally
Does Prove.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Nov. -
w. l.. Thomas, Chesapeake and
Ohio telegraph operator. who was
shot by H. e. Kirk, another oper-
ator, at Russell. KY, Tuesday, died
in hospital here last night.
Kirk will be tried for murder
He alleges that he shot Thomas in
self-defense. but the latter made an
ante-mortem statement that he had
made no threats against Kirk.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
TERM IS ADJOURNED.

The special term of the county
court was adjourned without day
Wednesday evening. Before adj
journment the court passed an order
to the effect that interest should be
paid on amounts the recent county
audit stated were due the county.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
ROOSEVELT GIVES
PLANS FOR PEACE


the same reasons which make 1t i'm
proposal to submit to others the
tons that involve our vital interest,
independence, or honor, apply to any
proposal to submit to others I he
question whether or not given dis
pute OF such kind is iusticiable,
or does or does not involve such
questions and therefore should or
should not be arb!trated.
III as a people we wish TO make q
genuine advance, to promise what
can and will and ought to be done
instead of merely making a pretense
by promising something which will
not and ought not to be performed
should the occasion to keep the prom.
Use arise-we should agree definitely
to submit to arbitration all disputes
that do not involve the vital interest,
the independence or homo 70 the ma
ton, and we should at the same time
make provisions which will tend to
bring about a pacific solution of all
disputes not covered by the treaty
To this end a provision should be in
serted in such treaty that if either
party to it claims that dispute in
wolves its vital interest, its indepen-
dence, or its honor, then always pro-
vided that neither action by the
other), upon the request OF either
party, ali questions of fact and all
questions of law involved in the dis
pute shall be referred to aribtrators,
who shall have no power TO decide
the dispute, but shall be authorized
to pass upon the controversy as TO
questions of fact and law, and 70
recommend such adjustment of the
dispute as they may deem Just and
honorable to both the contracting
nations. The recommendation of the
arbitrator should then be given pub
licity, and, unless rejected within a
specified time by one or other of the
contracting parties lin the case of the
United States, or perhaps the Presi-
dent and Congressl, should become
binding upon both.
This would secure, in the first
place, delay for adequate considera-
ton of the questions at issue, and, in
the next place, a calm and dispas-
sionate discussion of the controversy
before the civilized world; further
the elimination of questions of fact
and of law from the controversy;
and, finally, It would make it easier
for a government to accept a fair
aolutiop of a given controversy II
there had been popular prejudice
against such solution.
Some such plan as shat herein
suggested, If enacted into a treaty,
would really forward the cause OF IN
ternational peace, and yet would leave
the nation arbiter of its own destiny,
and would promise nothing which
could not be performed, having regard
both to the vital question of nation
al honor and, above all, the still more
vital question of national duty. On
these two questions of duty and honor
the nation, if true to itself, can never
be guided by any outside body, and
can pay heed only to its own con-
science and its own sense of right;
TO fail TO be guided would mean that
it was recreant to its duty, not only
TO itself, but to the world at large"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
WANTS HIS PANTS.

CHICAGO, Nov ALBERT Cor
bett, with a fractured head and
sundry other injuries, had been
tenderly laid away on a marble slab
as dead when he sat up and OBJ
served: Gimme my pants. I'm
chilly"
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
WET !.
Marion County Deserts Dry
Column, Voting wet" at
Wednesdays Election.

MARION, o., Nov. marion
county has voted wet by a majority
of 1873. Three years ago the drys
carried the county by 1853, put
ting forty-eight saloons out of bust
ness. OF the counties, which have
voted recently. FIVE have gone wet,
and one. Meigs, has been retained in
the dry colunt
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
STEWART OPERATED UPON.

W. + Stewart underwent a
surgical operation in St, Mary's hos
pital Thursday morning and rallied
nicely. and at present all conditions
indicate speedy recovery.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09

UNIoNToWiN, Pa, Nov. AIRS.
Gerald Fitzgerald, daughter of Mrs,
L. ]. Nicols, of this city. was mar
ried yesterday at the home of her
mother, to Prince Victor of Thurn
and Taxis, in the presence of her
family and a few private friends.
Taxis is son of the late Prince and
Princess Egon.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
ANNE DEAD Slow

BOSTON, Nov. 2-1t took Annie
Ainsiee thirty-six days to come here
from the Seventh street wharf, /.
Washington. Annie's race is. "a rec-
ord. She had been given up for
lost. Annie is a schooner.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09

The name Mountain
state stands for all that
Is hest in Business Educa-
ton. You would always
be proud of a Diploma
from Mountain State. 1t
means u,orouglncss and
efficiency: it Is a sure
stepping stone TO n good
start in life,
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
BOY BORN.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. srother are
rejoicing over the arrival of a new
son in their home at Wilsonbmg
Wednesday night
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09
!. :. :. {. Z. :. :. :. : !. !. (. !. !.
AN AGED MAN SMOKES
CIGARETTE AS HE DIES.

i: SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. q !
: Putting a cigarette and declar- /.
= ing that God had been good to /.
!: him. abraham Isaacs, aged !
;: LOG years, died here today. .
J: He was a veteran of the Mex .
! lean and Civil wars.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-11-09

NEW YORK. Nov. AN grades
Of refined sugar were reduced ten
cents q hundred pounds today.