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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
MISS MALONEE A
STAR WITNESS
AS Chairman of Teachers Com
mittee She Submits Report
on Curriculum-Many
Interesting
Facts.
MON d, VA.-special.-


Miss ElVa l. Mallonee, of the Jeffer-
son Public School, and chairman of
the Executive Committee of the Rich
mond Elementary Teachers Associ-
alton, last night submitted to the
Council committee, which is investi-
eating the city schools, her report on
the school curriculum.
The first four years of school COM
prise the primary grades. The curri-
culum In the primary grades is too
heavy, both in length and content,
for the average child.
We are forcing nature in requiring
OF the child things beyond his power
to comprehend, and which in a few
years he could and would do intelll-
gently; consequently he is becoming
disguised, careless and discouraged
tie seeks the first opportunity to go
TO work, or continues at school be-
cause his parents require il.
Too much time is spent on 1on-
essentials at the expense of the fun
damentals and a waste of the child's
time and energy
This is the time when the founda-
ton is laid for the child's whole fu-
ture, and the ornamentation might
well be omitted.
No substantial structure can be
erected on an unsteady, weak foun-
dalton.
Besides, the average school life for
a great number of children, exclud-
] six years, and at the end of this time
he has to enter the commercial world
and earn his own living.
Less than 10 per cent. of our
pupils ever enter the High
| School.
Many of those finishing the eIe-
mentary schools go to some bust
ness college, where they can take
business course in the shortest
| possible time.
In the subjects of arithmetic, read.
ing and language the classes are now
being divided and the teacher is Civ.
ing instruction to each child just one.
half or one-third the time as formerly
depending on the number of group.
into which the class is divided.
True, the groups not working will
the teacher have been given some
helpful busy work to do, but you can
not give your attention to more thar
one class at a time without the los!
of time and interest of the class recit
ing, or allowing and encouraging idle
ness and disobedience in the class do
ing busy work.
Then there is all of that busy worl
to be corrected, but where is the tim,
to do it?
The request was made by some o
the primary teachers last fall tina
the assistant superintendent of pri
mary grades would take charge O
some grade for one day, using tn,
present daily program, and allow tn
teachers to observe the work, but thus
far it has not been done.
The group method is very good
theoretically, but the majority OF
the teachers have not found 1t
very practical, especially I'm pri-
mary work.
Many times pupils who do A worl
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
BURY FATHER WHO
WAS SLAIN BY SON
Sons at Sea Are as Yet in Entire
Ignorance of Tragic Death
of Parent.
RICH MON d. VA-Specia

r G H NJ o N d, VA.-Special.-
The funeral of William E. Currie,
who was slain last Wednesday eve
ming by his fifteen-year- son, Rob
ert Lee Currie, took place Saturday
afternoon from the home, at 3946
Williamsburg Avenue, Fulton. The
services were conducted by Rev. V.
w. Bargamin, pastor of Denny Street
Methodist Church.
Those who acted as pallbearers
were II. T.. Mcclure, w. r. Gundlach
Charles Wells. j. w. Carroll, G. Jor-
dan and A. l.. Carlton.
Burial was in lakewood Cemetery
The family has as yet been unable
to communicate with Jesse M. and
John j. Currie, sons of the slain
father, who are sailors aboard the bat
tieship Kansas, and who, as far as
IS known, are in entire ignorance of
the death of their parent.
Perhaps more than any other men,
Der of the family did Robert, who
slew his father, show his grief. bury
ing his face upon the breast of a
brother and sobbing convulsively.
The youth will be arraigned in the
Juvenile Court Wednesday at noon. 1t
Is believed that he will be discharged.
as the killing is said to have been
in defense of the lads mother and
several smaller children, sisters of the
youthful slayer.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
CAROLINE FARMER
VICTIM OF ROBBERS
ICHM OND vA-sDo.,o,

X G H NJ o N D, VA.-Gpecial.-
Claim Agent l.. L. Scherer. of the
chesapeake and Ohio Railway, whO Is
a director of the Virginia State peni-
tentlary, has been doing a brisk bust
ness with the prison bloodhounds
lately.
Saturday night he shipped two to
MT. AIRY to chase the Carroll outlaws,
ana yesterday two others spent the day
In Hanover in pursuit Of the negro who
IS supposed to have outraged Miss II
Rouse.
About noon Monday there came
another call for the dogs. IL was
from the county OF Caroline and
brought the news that j. n. Far
mer, prominent merchant OF
Bowling Green, had ben asasufted
and robbed.
Particulars of the affair are still
meager, as Mr.. Farmer il I'm an
unconscious condition, and win
probably die.
He was picked ND about n mile
from Bowling Green this nlorn-
Ing, and could give no account OF
the manner i'm which he received
MS injuries. All the attendant
circumstances, however, point 10
the work OF highwayman. Mr..
Farmer was seen Sunday night
about 8 o'clock.
Keeper G. w. Layne win take the 4
O'Clock train for Bowling Green. and
the dogs will go with him. One of the
animals that figured In ReHtarday;a
chase In Hanover win he used n Caro-
tine. o. 80
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
CONVERTED S,437
GOT $4,000
Billy Sunday Closes Revival in
Wheeling, w. Va, with
Great Results.

WHEELING, w. VA Special.
The most remarkable demOnstra-
ton ever seen here occurred,
when 1000 persons marched TO
the railroad station to bid good
bye TO Billy Sunday, the evange-
list, who has just completed a
months revival here.
A purse containing $17,O0 was
donated to the evangelist, who,
during his stay, converted S,437
persons.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
OXFORD WON THE
EIGHT-OAR RACE
PUTNEY. EN

PUTNEY, ENG Special For the
fourth consecutive time Oxford won
the classic annual eight-oared boat
race from Cambridge today.
The sixty-ninth annual regatta was
roWed over the Thames from Putney
to Mortlake again today as q result
Of one swapping OF the boats on Sat
grdaV.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

On second thought this country will
conclude that there is just about as
makeup as in the Coloners Disguise
Spartanburg Is. c. Herald.
We are waiting to hear the News and
Observer howl because Senator Over
man voted for Senator Stephenson to
retain his seat in the Senate.-Winston
Salem Journal.
Colonel Roosevelt has been riveting
public attention and now it is stated
that he probably will bolt the Chicago
Notwithstanding Star.
The President is as well satisfied
was tariff board report.-Louisville
Post.
About the best a conservative can
DO these days with real Progressive
is to propose a compromise and then
whistle for a fair breeZe.-Baltimore
Evening sun.
Our idea of a good town is one with
ponce force with nothing to do but
twirl their clubs and gaze GENEROUSLY
in the show windows along the main
thorough ontgomery Advertiser
BY general consent of the New York
press, that primary was farce; and
there is little reason for supposing it
was intended to be anything else
Ashville GaZette-News.
And now many are comparing Roose-
Yelt to Cook as the leading faker. We
| nave Tor a long while regarded Teddy
as the greatest faker this country has
ever produced Barnum not accepted
and have so stated in the past.-Buck-
lngham Courier.
There is a good deal in the thought
that the preferential primary appeals
with greatest force to the side that
hopes to carry Petersburg Prog
ress-
Claude Allen was considerable in not
shooting the detectives, they are do
ing the best they can.-Ledger- Dis
patch.
A true report of the Carroll coun-
7 ty chase would read as follows: The
posse and the detectives gets closer
! to the Allen gang each day, but the
Allen gang gets farther away.-Free
Lance.
! For the sacred honor Of the press
we deny. that any editor has kicked
against the proposed tax on incomes
over $4,000 as a personal hardship
North Emporia independent
It may be Senator La Follette's
turn next to write something about
the winning Of the West.-Herald-
Courier.
Talking Of opportunity, 1t comes tC
people in different ways. Take foI
instance, the case of the Pennsylvania
man whose cellar dropped into a Goa
mine just as winter was getting ready
to depart.-Index-Ap
In giving an account of his life,
Floyd Allen stated that besides read
ing a good deal, he subscribed to his
county paper. That's one good act
he did.-MartinsVille Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

NEW CASTLE, ENG, April q
Ratification OF the minimum wage bill
has received its most severe setback
in the mining fields of Northumberland
shire, according to figures announced
today. In the New Castle district the
ballot was 6,271 for the bill and re-
sumption of work. and SIPS against
In the Durham field the vote was
1920 for the bill and 31,059 against.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

in one subject will do G work in some
other, and perhaps b work in an
other. Then it is very hard to know
just where each child should go, un-
less he is proficient in all studiss 81
deficient in all.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
Spring Song.

Now ripples stir the stream
Beneath the breeze
Whilst daffodils a-gleam
Adorn the leas.
(Please, wife. turn on that steam
Before / freeze.)
The dainty 1onquils wave,
The lambkins bleat,
And all the fields are brave
With shredded wheat.
(Say, wife, why can't we have
A little heath
-Pittsburg Post.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
SCOTT MAY Bring
BACK new DATA

WELLINGTON, NEW YEA
LAND Special.-Captain Robert
+. SCOTS vessel, the Terra Nova,
which carried the British eXpe-
dition to the antarctic, has ar
rived at Akaroa, Il harbOr i'm
Banks Peninsula, New Zealand,
but IL did not bring back Cap
tain Scott or the members of his
expedition. The commander of
the Terra Nova brought instead
the following brief message from
Scott:
Il am remaining i'm the ant
arctic for another winter i'm or
der to continue and complete my
work.
This message Is taken TO mean
that Captain Scott has not reach
ed the pole. Amundsen thus
seems TO have beaten the Eng
lishman to the coveted goal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

oxford was the favorits a. the bet
ting. and the winning OF tho dark
blue today carried out confident pre-
dictions which had been made for
weeks
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

The above decision is taken to mean
that all the wires of the Western
Union Telegraph Company must go
underground at once.
The suit between the city and the
telegraph corporation has been pend
ing Tor a number of years. The COM
pany refused to accede to the requests
OF the City Council to lay an under
ground system, and when the city
threatened to remove the poles and
lines from the streets the company
applied Tor an injunction in the United
states Circuit Court. The FederaI
tribunal was appealed to on the
grounds that the telegraph company
was doing an interstate business.
The injunction was refused, how
ever, and an appeal taken to the SUI
preme Court of the United States.
which now upholds the city OF Rich
mono in is contention that il has a
rlS! ~ cont o! its own ct Its
other telegraph and telephone .oIc.
p'nles 'Uh'' ego compE ii with he
demands of the city, the Western
Union alone holding out that It was
above local supervision.
When informed of the outcome NJ
the case Mayor Richardson expressed
great qualification.
Il was confident that we would
win" he said. knew the city was
right. OF course. it has right to
control Its streets. The decision of
the Supreme Court means that the
western Cni"H Is going underground
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

LONDON Special Despite the
news from Akaroa, New Zealand. that
Captain Robert r. Scott, the British
antarctic explorer, had failed to reach
the South Pole up TO the time his
ship. the Ferra Nova. had sailed north
ward from McMurdo Sound. there was
feeling of relief throughout the Brit
ish Isles today because the belief had
begun to grow that Scott and his men
had been lost within the antarctic cir
Gle.
The long wait for news was made
all the more unaccOuntable, because
Of Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian
explorer, and Lieutenant Shirase. of
the Japanese party of explorers, had
found no trace of the English expedi-
ton on their travels through the ant
arctic.
Mrs Scott. wife Of the explorer.
gave expression to profound joy when
she learned that her husband and his
men were safe.
Il am greatly relieved" said she to-
day, land feel sure that Captain Scott
Will attain the goal and fulfill his life
long ambition.
According to our news he was with
in $50 miles of the pole on January
80, which is encOura ging."
Cables from AkarOa, supplementing
the first news of SCOTS Whereabouts
and intentions, indicate that the trip
Will be rich in scientific findings.
The fact that Captain Scott and his
men viii spend another winter in the
antarctic, returning TO civilization next
year. impresses men in scientific circles
with the hope that Captain Scott will
bring hack data far more important
than any other yet found in polar
regions.
Unless DR.. Mawson's Australian ex-
petition, or the German expedition.
under Lieutenant Filchner, reached
the pole, the honor OF discovery lies
entirely with Amundsen, the Norwe-
gian.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
OrIcin of shnIkinr Hnnda

Did you ever ask yourself why you
shake hands with persons whom you
know? Here is the reason:
In olden days when every man who
had any pretensions to being a gentle
man carried a sword It was the GUS
tom for men when they met to show
that they had no intention of treach-
hands or, in other words, the hand
that would be used to draw the sword
and to hold back the hand was usually
a signal for fight.
This habit became so fixed that long
after men ceased to wear swords they
still offered the weapon hand to a
enemy.
To this day when you refuse to
shake hands with a person It signifies
that you are at war. Among savages
who never carried swords the practice
OF shaking hands is unknown, and it
affords them great deal of amusement
to see white men do 1t.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
OFFER INDIVIDUAL
REWARD FOR ALIENS
Send Out New Circulars to the
Police of Other States in Pur-
pose to Head OF Desperate
Carroll County
Outlaws.
RIG HMON Nd. vA-special.-

r / c II NJ o n ID, VA-Special.-
just sent out from Roanoke individual
reward" cards describing and pictur-
ing Sidna Adlen and Wesley Edwards.
and asking the authorities OF cities,
especially in the South and West and
on the seacoast. to watch out for the
men.
The cards read. respectively. as fol-
lows:
sidna AIlen-Age IS years; height
feet 3 or 10 inches; weight 100 to 10
pounds; brown hair. we'll mixed with
gray: blue eyes; long nose, complex
ion rather sallow; smooth shaven;
very large mouth; smooth shaven;
reported shot through the muscle OF
left arm, and also slight wound In left
side, rather in front. Two gold
bridges in the upper part of his
mouth, one with four teeth and the
other with five. and both running back
from the two eye-teeth and anchored
by hoods and crowns. Size 6 y shoe;
he is very resourceful has travelled
some. and may try to make his way
out of the country horseback or In
wagon. He may undertake to make
his way West. where ne has relatives,
or may possibly go to some seaport
town with the view of sailing to some
foreign country.
Sidna Allen waS the leader of the
gang. consisting of Sidna Allen, Claude
Allen. Freel Allen, Wesley Edwards
and Sidney Edwards. who murdered
Judge Thornton l.. Massie, Common
wealth's Attorney w. M. Foster and
Sheriff l.. S. Webb, and others at
Hillsville. Carroll county, Va, on
March IA. 1912. This was the most
brutal murder ever committed in the
United States, and we appeal to all
officers and citizens TO assist us in ap-
pretending these murderers. These
men may undertake to leave together
or may separate. Rather think Allen
is alone.
Wesley Edwards, nephew of Floyd
and Sidna Allen; age 20 years; height
5 feet Z or s inches; weight 100 or
40 pounds; wears 6h shoe; stock
built; dark hair. slightly curled on
ends; gray eyes; features regular; face
always flushed; extra fine teeth;
smooth shaVen, can grow a little
beard. Bad and dangerous man.
This man is illiterate and has spent
most of his life operating Illicit distil-
leries in the mountains of Virginia and
North Carolina. He was a member of
the gang, consisting Of Sidna Allen,
Claude Allen, Freel Allen. Wesley Ed
wards and Sidney Edwards, who MUIR
dered Judge Thornton L. Massie,
Commemorative Attorney w. NJ. Eos
ter. Sheriff L. S. Webb and others at
| Hillsville, Carroll county, Va, on
March IA. 1912: This was the most
| brutal murder ever committed in the
| United States, and we appeal to all
officers and citizens TO assist us in ap-
/ pretending these murderers. These
men may undertake to leave together
or may separate and may be travelling
on horseback or in wagons through
the country.
Both cards conclude with this re-
quest: Wire all information to Bald
win-Felts Detectives. Inc, Roanoke,
Va, or Bluefield. w. Va. Watch all
trains, especially West and South;
watch outgoing vessels at all seaport
cities.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
CITY winner in
- So - IMPORTANT CASE
WASHINGTON, d. G. SueeiaI.-

WASHINGTON, ID. G. Special
The city of Richmond, Va,
won its nSht TO regulate the use
OF streets and alleys OF the city,
against the Western Union TeIe-
graph Company, in decision
handed down by the Supreme
Court of the United States.
An ordinance adopted by the
city required that certain poles
should be removed, that the com
pany should pay u license fee OF
50 per pole for those put I'm
parks, and imposed other taxes,
with heavy penalty for VIOLa-
ton of the ordinance.
The Circuit Court for the East
ern District of Virginia denied the
cOmpany's application for an tn
junction, and this decision was
affirmed today.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

About the best a conservative can
do these days with a real Progressive
is to propose a compromise and then
whistle for a fair breeze.-BaItimore
Evening sun.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

The President is as well satisfied
with the New York primary as If 1t
was tariff board report.-LOuisville
Post.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

Colonel Roosevelt has been riveting
public attention and now it is stated
that he probably will bolt the Chicago
nvention.-WilmingtO Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11
With The Editors

On second thought this country will
conclude that there is just about as
much honesty and decency" in Taft $
makeup as in the Coloners Disguise
Spartanburg Is. c. Herald.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

We are waiting TO hear the News and
Observer howl because Senator Over
retain his seat in the Senate.-Winston
Salem Journal.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

Our idea of a good town is one with
a police force with nothing to do but
in the show windows along the main
thoroughfare.-Montgomery Advertiser.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

In giving an account of his life,
Floyd Allen stated that besides read
ing a good deal, he subscribed to his
county paper. That's one good act
he did.-Martinsville Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

Talking Of opportunity, it comes to
people in different ways. Take for
instance, the case of the Pennsylvania
man whose cellar dropped into a coal
mine just as winter was getting ready
to depart.-Index-Ap
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

Tt may be Senator La Follette's
turn next to write something about
the winning of the West.-Herald-
Courier.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

For the sacred honor Of the press.
we deny. that any editor has kicked
against the proposed tax on incomes
over $1,000 as a personal hardship
North Emporia Independent.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

BY general consent of the New York
press, that primary was a farce; and
there Is little reason for supposing it
was intended to be anything else
Ashville Gazette-News.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

A true report Of the Carroll coun-
ty chase would read as follows: The
posse and the detectives gets closer
| to the Allen gang each day, but the
Allen gang gets farther away.-Free
Lance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

And now many are comparing Roose-
welt to Cook as the leading faker. We
have for long while regarded Teddy
as the greatest faker this country has
ever produced, Barnum not accepted
and have so stated in the past.-Buck-
ingham Courier.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

There is a good deal in the thought
that the preferential primary appeals
with greatest force to the side that
hopes to carry it.-Petersburg Prog
reSS
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-11

Claude Allen was considerable in not
shooting the detectives, they are do
ing the best they can.-Ledger- Dis
match
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-02-15

ana appear in the above entitl-
ed court IN the above entitled
cause within thirty days after
me FIRST publication of this no
ice and file such objections to
me dissolution of said corpora
tlon as such person may have /;
otherwise OF if no objections are
iiled as required, the court above
entitled will proceed to hear and
determine the application and
grant the prayer of the said pc
tition' to-wlt; for the voluntary
dissolution of said corporation,
in WITNESS WHEREOF. |
nave hereunto set my hand and
alIlXed the seal of the above en-
tltled court, this 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1912.
(Seal) j. A. BRADBURY.
, Clerk of the District Court.
by q. f. johnson, Deputy Clerk.
,. o: Tannahill Attorney for Pc
tltloners, Residence and Post
Office address, Nezperee, Ida
no. f15-m21
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1912-02-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

department of the Interior, U. s.
Land Office at Lewiston. Ida.
February Sth, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that AL
lred f. G. Babcock, of Grange
VILE. Idaho, who, on June list,
i90o. made homestead entry No.
l2624, serial, No. O2334, for WIZ
M :, and E12 NW14, Section Is,
township 80 n, Range 4 E., b.
Meridian, has filed notice of in
tentlon to make final five year
Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before L..
I. Chadwick, U. S. Commissions
er, at Grangeville, Idaho. on the
10th day of March, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Rudolph C. Whitman. of
Grangeville, Idaho. George NJ
Saunders. of Harpster. Idaho.
Marios S. Kinkaid, of Harpster.
Idaho. Henry Gribble, of Clear
water. Idaho.
T. II. Bartlett.
feD.lo-Mar.l4 Register.