The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-20
BEADI.E is IN NEED OF FUNDS.

to maintain himself longer at the
Lake Park hntel in Madison, (this
whereshe. hadf1ivedufor'so long
had gone to the state soldiers home
at Hot Springs, South Dakota. A few
days thereafter; a dispatch vas sent
out from Pierre, m circulated in all
of the leading newspapers of the
state; to the effect that he had gone
to the home through choice rather
than from necessity; that, in addition
to his soldiers pension, the state edu-
cational association had, at its last
session in Mitchell, voted him a n ad-
ditional pension of $40 per month.
There was no foundation for such
a report, and the party who stafted1
this item of ne WIS over the state was
entirely misinformed. While i, per-
sonally, with hundreds of others. re-
GREETED the dissemination of such
misleading information, yet did not
intend to take public c%ognizance of it,
until / received from several of Gen-|
eral Beadle's admiring friends in both
Dakotas repeated requests to do so.
1t Is true hat General Beadle does
receive n soldiers pension of $50
per month, but this small amount
lacks considerable of being enough
to keep, a man ct a hotel, clothe him
ana pay his doctor bills. 1t is not true
that the state teachers association
|%pensiOned him. Tt l1as no funds, either
temporary or permanent, upon. which.
to draw for such a purposes. Its only
fund is its enrolment fees received
each year, and this fund scarcely
meets its running expenses.
AT the session Of the association,
held in Mitchell, last year, I, at the
institution of Prof. w. w. Girton of
Madison, who was taken i'll and
could not be present, went before the
members of the committee having in
charge the $4,000 excess of the fund
raised by the school children of the
state with which to erect a statue of
the general in u state capitol, and
urged them to set aside this fund for
General Beadle's personal use and
make 1t subject to his check. They
declined to d o so. Two OH
jections were raised. The first was
that they were preparing to- use this
fund to erect an educational build
ing on the state fair grounds at Hur-
on. The other was that his son-ins
law was rich andGshould take care OF
him In case he needed help. With re.
gard to- the latter objection, l have
since investigated the matter and
found it untrue. When his daugh-
ter's family had prolonged and ex-
pensive illness In it, q couple of years
ago, General Beadle used his last dol
lar to assist them.
The committee did, however, reach
Ian agreement at Mitchell, and did so
vote. to give General Beadle the in
terest that had accumulated on this
EXCESS fund in the, bank in which it
was deposited. ThisSwass done soon
Thereafter and the governors private
secretary sent him a check for the
same-amount, $197.67. But, mas
long sick spell and had contracted a
number of obligations, this amount
was only a pitance.
Since that time, during the past
summer, a. friend" gave him $3.50.
But these small amounts would not
keep him,t. N the only course AT
present, seemed to be the one he tool
1-gO to, the soldiers home, like an old
race horse whose earning power had
ceased, and which had been turned
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1T shows the utter lack OF appre-
citation on the part of the public fol
a man who has given his life to edu.
cational work. 1t was General
Beadle's brain and pen and tongue
and financial sacrifice that gave tosus
the enormous school fund we have in
this state, and which, when complet.
ed, will aggregate $125,OOO,OO How
ungrateful we are! True; the school
chiidren OF the state raised a fund
with which, they erected in our CAPT.
tot building q life-size statue of him
but neither the stony fingers of this
u te.imRgesnor thelweary hands thai
hang idly by his sides, can earn q
livelihood, for the, great heart that
beats within his manly bosom. His
day of self-support is gone. Will, the
public promptly forget his services?
Again, General Beadle was for six
teen years president of the Madison
State Normal school,. 1t was in our
pioneer days; the salary was small;
and he gave literally of his income
to every public enterprise. The old
vouchers o file in several of our de-
pominational schools show that he
gave literally to them as an act OF
Christfant duty. For eight years. since
ne q too Oldato serve as presi-
dent of the normal, hee has lived at
the Lake,Park hotel in Madison. I'm
til two years ago last July, things
went alOngsall. right. Herwas carried
on the payroll of the school at $50
per month. as a lecturer on history,
and he, usually did lecture twice, a
week. But in July, 1911, the regents
lof education struck him off Of the
pay roll on a legal technicality; and
since then he has had IL hard time
LOT it. What should have been done
was this: Have madet him president
emeritus of the Madison normal,
placed him on full pay. and have per
mitted him to spend his declining
Years in keeping with tho dignity OF
1.-THE great and incorporate service
which he renderedHto. our state. This
tah0utd yet be done.
The last teachers associattonrpass.
ed q resolution asking the state leg
islature to provide q pension for him,
Inasmuch as he hailed from Lake
courty, / wrote Professor Girton that
the initiative, in, the, matter would
have to be, taken by a member of the
Lake county. delegation; but It was
tuOt dime and do nnf fnolS j,.u+SRnd