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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 13.
ANSEL RECOMMENDS THAT WET COUNTIES
BE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE OUT DISPENSARIES
South Carolina Governoi*
I> Annual Message Fav
ors State Wide Prohibit
ion. Wants State Of
ficials’ Salaries Increased
Renews Recommendation
In Regard to Attempted
Criminal Assaults.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Below are the
principal headings and paragraphs
from the message of Governor Ansel,
read to both houses of the General
Assembly at noon Thursday:
To the Honorable, the Members of
the General Assembly of the State
of South Carolina:
Another year has come, anothei
mile-stone in the history of the state
has been reached, and you are gath
ered here in the capitol of South
Carolina to discharge the high and
honorable duties laid upon you by
the people. It becomes my duty, in
the discharge of the mandate of the
constitution, to give to you such in
formation as 1 have as to the condi
tion of the state and to suggest and
recommend such legislation as to me
may seem meet and proper.
Providence has been kind to us dur
ing the past year. Peace and pros
perity have reigned within our bord
ers. We have been free from fam
ine and pestilence and widespread epi
demics. The fields have yielded rea
sonable harvests and the people gen
erally are prosperous and contented.
Great responsibilities rest upon
your shoulders in the discharge of
the duties of the high and honorable
offices that you hold. I ask your care
ful, earnest and wise consideration
of every measure that shall come be
fore you, and let only such laws he
enarted as shall be for the best in
terest of the state.
With these few preliminary words,
I respectfully ask your careful con
sideration of the following message:
State Finances.
I must once more call to your atten
tion the important matter of our
state’s finances. At your last session,
you gave authority to the governoi - ,
the state treausrer and the comp
troller general to borrow, ivjt exceed
ing five hundred thousand dollars to
meet the obligations of the state to
become due during the year 1908 —
such as Confederate soldiers ’ pen
sions, interest on public debt, appro
priations for the state institutions of
learning and other appropriations
made by your honorable bodies.
It became necessary for us to bor
row, during the year, the full amount
so allowed and provided for, which
amount will be repaid out of the
state taxes now being collected. The
interest on said sum amounted to $13,-
098.2 G. This will have to be continued
year after year unless some plan is
devised to catch up. I bring this mat
ter to your attention in order that
you may give the same your earnest
consideration and adopt some meas
ure that will remedy the matter.
In my last annual message, I rec
ommended the levying of a special
tax each year for several years to
provide a sum so that we would not
be required to borrow. I again call
your most careful attention to this
very important subject with the hope
that some action will be taken by
your honorable bodies to place the
state, in the near future, on a cash
basis and thus strengthen our finan
cial endition.
A beg to refer you to the report of
our state treasurer, which will give
you full and accurate information as
to the financial condition of the state.
Sinking Fund.
The sinking fund commission has
done a good work during the past
year. Each member has done his full
duty, as the report made by the com
mission will show. The assets of the
several funds managed by this com
mission on December 31, 1908, were
as follows:
Cumulative sinking fund (for re
demptjon and payment of South Caro
lina Brown 4 1-2 per cent bonds), six
hundred and sixty-eight thousand and
09-100 dollars ($068,058.00).
Ordinary sinking fund, seventy-one
thousand six hundred and thirty and
12-100 dollars ($71,630.12).
Sinking fund for insurance of pub
lic buildings, forty-five thousand six
hundred and eighty-five and 61-100
dollars ($45,685.61).
All of which will more fully appear
and in detail by reference to the re
port of the commissioners" of the sink
ing fund which will be placed on your
desk.
State Dispensary Building.
At your last session your honorable
bodies passed an act providing for
the saie of the state dispensary build
ing and lot in the city of Columbia
by the commissioners of the sinking
fund, placing the upset price at sev
enty-five thousand dollars. The sink
ing fund commission, in obedience to
said aot, advertised for ninety days
the same for sale, In the Charleston
News and Courier and the Columbia
State, stating in the advertisement
the upset price set out in said act.
No bids were received for the same.
The property was turned over to
the sinking fund commission by the
commission appointed to wfnd up the
state dispensary on the 11th day of
March, 1908, and the. same has been
and Is now in the possession and
under ‘J'i control of the sinking fund
commission. Application has been
made by several parties to lease it,
but no -e r was given the sink'.ug
fund C' . . ion to make a lease.
They desire that authority be given
them, either to sell or lease said build
ing o’ 'each terms and for such length
of tin/- as to your honorable bodies
may seem best for the interest of
; the state. This is valuable prop arty
and should be bringing in something
in the way of rents until it is sold.
Assessment of Property.
This important matter comes up ev
ery year for consideration, and the
question naturally presents itself,
what shall be done? I wish to re
iterate and recommend the plan I sub
mitted in my message to the general
assembly at its last session.
Education.
Much progress has been made dur
ing the past year in the educational
interests of the state. All the state
institutions of higher learning have
been well attended and much good
work has been done.
High schools are being established
all over the state and the common
schools, the foundation of our educa
tional system, are keeping pace with
the progress of the times, as much so
as can be with the funds provided
for them. I wish to emphasize here
what I said in my inaugural address
in January, 19Q7.
The South Carolina university is in
a prosperous and healthy condition.
Acting president. Prof. A. C. Moore,
has the work well in hand and is
meeting the full expectations of the
board of trustees. The new presi
dent, Dr. S. C. Mitchell, will assume
full control during i.he present year,
and he is fully and well equipped for
every duty pertaining to that impor
tant position.
The Wallace-Thomson infirmary,
the gift of Mrs. Ann H. Jeter, has
been completed and is being used for
the purposes for whifch it was built.
The new school building is now' un
derconstruction and will be ready for
occupancy during this spring or at
the beginning of the next session at
the farthest.
There are now' 41 “normal scholar
ships’’ in the university, one from
each county except Calhoun, and
these scholarships are worth one hun
dred dollars each. As each of the
other state institutions of higher
learning have more than this num
ber, and as the university is doing
such good work in preparing teachers
for -normal work, I recommend that
the number of normal scholarships be
Increased so two from each county.
I also recommend that an appropria
tion be made to assist the Y. M. C.
A. of the university in employing a
secretary for all his time.
Winthrop college is still going for
ward in the great work of the educa
tion of our women. The new dormi
tory is now under construction and
will be ready for Sse by the opening
of the session of 1909-10. The good
w'ork done at this institution is mani
fest on every hand. I bespeak for it
your kind consideration and such ap
propriations as may be needed to car
r yon the work. The officers, teach
ers and students are all faithful in
the discharge of their several duties
and deserve our commendation. It
is hoped that the model school build
ing will he ready by the opening of
the next session.
Clemson college continues its splen
did record in the education of our
boys. The work that is being done
at this institution is of the best, both
in quality and quantity. Faithful and
intelligent are all connected with the
college, and an earnest reading of
the report of the president and trus
tees will merit your approval and
favorable consideration.
The Military Academy, as will he
se&n from the report of the board of
visitors, is doing a good year’s work
and is turning out each year gradu
ates who take a high stand in what
ever vocation they follow. The dis
cipline taught w'ili be helpful to the
boys all their lives. I request a care
ful reading of the aforesaid report
and a liberal appropriation for the
maintenance of said institution.
Dispensary Law.
Since the last meeting of your hon
orable bodies, four counties of the
state have voted out county dispen
saries, to-wit: Chesterfield, Chester,
Giprendon and Laurens, leaving twen
ty-one counties in which there arc
cotjpty dispensaries and twenty-one
counties in which we have county
prohibition.
In my last annual message, I rec
ommended that the Carey-Cothran act
be amended by providing “that not
more than one county dispensary be
allowed in any county where liquor
is allowed to be sold, except in those
counties where there are cities with
a population exceeding twenty-five
thousand.’’ This suggestion was not
enacted into law, and I now renew
the recommendation and recommend
that the said act be further amended
by making all the counties dry, that
is, not allowing liquor to be sold in
any of the counties of the state, with
the right to any of the counties now
having dispensaries to vote upon the
question as to whether liquors shall
be sold in said counties according to
the rules and regulations as provided
in the Carey-Cothran act, said elec
tion to be ordered upon a petition
being filed with the county supervisor
of such county, signed by at least
one-third of the qualified electors of
such county. This is in the further
ance of temperance and for the best
interest of our people. I also recom
mend that the act be further amend
ed by not allowing any county in
which liquor is allowed to be sold to
have a bottling plant or mixing or
blending plant, and that all liquors
oi every kind shall be purchased in
bottles or in jug 3, and sold in the
original packages.
The commission appointed to wind
up the state dispensary were proceed
ing with their work during the paßt
year until they ere enjoined by the
(Continued on page eight.;
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Rain Tonight and Thursda y.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 13, 1909.
TILLEH ITTICKS
PSST OFFICE
OEPMIIIT
WASHINGTON. —In an interview
today Senator Tillman pointedly
charged the postoffice department
with delaying and tampering with his
mail. He will ask the senate to take
action.
Tillman Asked About Suit.
WASHINGTON.—Just before go
ing into the senate chamber Senator
Tilinian called Attorney General
Bonaparte on the telephone and ask
ed him whether he had brought suit
against the Southern Oregon com
pany which holds the land grants for
the military roads from Roseburg to
Coos Bay .
The attorney general was not able
to answer off-hand and replied he
would send Mr. Tillman a note on
the subject.
lIPEIMJMELI
INTO TILLMAN
CHARGES
WASHINGTON. Senators who
have given consideration to the de
mand made by Senalor Tillman for
an investigation by the senate of
charges made by President Roosevelt
in connection with the senator's at
tempt to procure Oregon lands, in
cline to the opinion that there is no
question before the senate for in
quiry, except as to whether Mr. Till
man was frank with his colleagues in
discussing the case.
The opinion is held generally that
even in the charges made by the
president were true the act of Mr.
Tillman was not a violation of (he
law. No member of the committee
on privileges and elections is inclined
to present the resolution calling for
one. and if one is introduced it Is
likely Senator Tillman himself will
be the author. His friends, however,
are determined to advise him against
insistence upon his request for an in
quiry.
SIX MEN ASSAULTED
THREE AGED
VICTIMS
PITTSBURG, Pa.—Binding, gag
ing and assaulting Solomon Lough
ner, 80 years old, and his two sisters
both of whom are between 70 and
80 years 6f age, six masked robbers
last night ransacked the house, se
cured about $1,500 in cash, ate their
supper and then disappeared.
The Longhners live on an isolated
farm midway between Jeanette and
Hirrison City.
The aged brother and his sisters
are in a serious condition from ill
treatment and the shock received at
the hands of the highwaymen.
A troop of constabulary is making
a search for the robbers.
Loughner and his sisters were
seated at the table eating supper
last night when the men suddenly
broke into the house. They scream
ed and were given hard blows in the
face. Then they were bound and
gagged.
The robbers with drawn revolvers
threatened to kill them and to burn
the house and cremate them when
Loughner refused to open the safe.
The robbers took the contents—sl,-
500—and fled.
CUT BROTHER IN LAW
RIDING ON SAME MULE
ATLANTA, Ga. —While both were
riding on the same mule William Nix,
who sat in front, was cut to death
by his brother-in-law, Bright Gilstrap,
two miles south of Cleveland, Ga.,
Sunday night, according to a report
received here. Gilstrap stabbed Nix
seventeen times. Gilstrap told sev
eral people of what he had done and
then disappeared. It is said both had
been drinking.
PRESIDENT TAKES RECREATION.
WASHINGTON.—The president is
spending the day on the Virginia
shores of the Potomac on horseback.
He left Washington at 4 o’clock Wed
nesday morning on horseback, accom
panied by Surgeon General Rixey and
Captain Butt, his aide. He will return
Wednesday evening.
BIG DELEGATION
FROM ANDERSON
Hayward W ill Succeed
Hitchcock as Chairman
of Republican Party.
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
probably the largest delegation which
will see Mr. Taft during his stay in
Angus’a will be here from Anderson,
S. C. This deligation is to out? m
three chartered cars and will com
prise the best citizens of Anderson.
The people of Anderson are coming
over to pay their respects to Mr.
'J aft. The trip has no other signi
ficance.
• t is practically certain that the
place of chairman of the national
committee of the republican party to
be vacated by Mr. Frank Hitchcock
when he assumes the postmaster gen
eralship will be taken by Mr. Wil
liam Hayward, now secretary of the
committee. While this is not offi
cially given out the statement comes
with considerable authority to back
it up. The place is to be filled by
appointment by Mr. Hitchcock, and
it is understood that this will be done
by moving Mr. Haynrd up.
Mr. Hitchcock will leave Aug’ts'a
Wednesday afternoon for Washing
ton. He is not expect: *to sec M;\
Taft again before he returns from his
Panama trip.
NEGROES OF SOUTH
TO EIGHT LIQUOR
Anti-Saloon Convention of
the Negroes of the South
to be Held in Atlanta.
DALLAS, Texas. —Following a
movement started in Dallas prepara
tions are being made for holding of
an anti-saloon convention of negroes
of the south at Atlanta, Ga., February
26. The meeting is to be known as
“The Southern Negro Anti-Saloon
congress," and it is declared to be
the intention to make the affair an
epoch In the history of the negro race
in tho south. The program includes
addresses by some of the south's
ablest men, both white and black.
The committee making the an
nouncement says:
“We are determined to prove to
our worthy white friends that we are
as profoundly concerned In the groat
moral movement as any of the others
are.
ASKS MORE POWER
FOR RAILROAD
COMMISSION
ATLANTA, Ga. —Tirnt the powers
of the interstate commerce commis
sion should be enlarged and that the
commission should especially be given
the right to pass upon all rates be
fore they are published by the rail
roads is the opinion of Governor
Hoke Smith of Georgia, expressed In
a speech made before the Atlanta
freight bureal last nigl-it.
CORTELYOU MAY BE
GAS COMPANY’S
PRESIDENT
NEW YORK. —A report was current
in Wall street Wednesday that Geo.
B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treas
ury, has been asked to become presi
dent of the Consolidated Gas com
pany.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—When asked
about the report Mr. Cortelyou de
clined to discuss the matter, neither
denying or affirming it.
SALOME DANCERS TO
HOLD COMPETITION
Gotham Artists Will Try
for the Championship of
the United States.
NEW YORK.—Clad In smiles, dim
ples, gauze, beadH, breastplates, dlsh
pana, trunks and miscellaneous arti
cles of abbreviated and transparent
attire, the Salomers of Gotham, ama
teur and professional, will gather In
Grand Central Palace Thursday eve
ning to compete for the title of cham
pion Salome dancer of the United
States. Wednesday the aspirants are
busily engaged In limbering up their
limbs for the contest, and It Is eon
servatlvely estimated that Thursda
night’s affair will be about the warm
est tbing of its kind that ever caused
blase Broadway to sit up and Uka
notice.
MINE RESCUE
BK IS II
PROGRESS
HUNTINCTON, W. Va. — Hundreds
of rescuers are working desperately
to force' a way into the “Model" Lick
Branch mine, which exploded Tues
day for the second time, and in the
blazing ruins in which at lekst a hun
dred and live miners were killed and
humlreds more were entombed alive.
The rescuers are headed by Chief
Mine Inspector Laing and a half-doz
en deputies. They advanced one mile
into tho entrance and now confronted
by the heroic work of breaking
through hundreds of tons of burning
coal and red-hot slate. Behind this
wall at least a hundred men are still
alive, for that, part of the mine was
not affected by the explosion.
None of the bodies has been recov
ered. It is expected that the part of
the mine where many of them were
working when the explosion occurred
wnl be reached shortly. One rescue
party came in sight of six bodies, but
were driven back by the fire ami dead
ly gases. It is reasonably certain that
many bodies will never be recovered.
The explosion was the most terrific
that has ever occurred in this region:
lti 1884 the Southwest Virginia Im
provement company's mine had GGO
men killed in an explosion.
ARTIC REGIONS
TO BE EXPLORED
Harry Vincent Rcdford
Will Make the Trip
Alone. Will Stay About
Three Years.
NEW YORK. Harry Vincent Red
ford, an explorer, will leave in a few
days to explore the Arctic regions
alone. From this city he will proceed
to Edmonton, Alberta, where he will
continue his journey on snowshoes,
with a dog sledge and about four
hundred pounds of baggage. The ex
plorer expects to tramp about five
thousand miles and to spend three
years In his solitary wanderings.
Mr. Radford will traverse the bar
ren Arctic reglops studying vegeta
tion and animals. He will collect
zoological specimens for a scientific
institution and take numerous photo
graphs. The explorer has never vis
ited these regions before and will
have to depend entirely on the com
pany of the Indians and Esquimaux,
with whoso customs and language ho
is not familiar. Mr. Radford has let
ters wishing him good luck from
President Roosevelt, Archbishop Far
ley and numerous scientific societies.
SOUTHERN CONGRESS
BUYS OFFICE SITE
Commercial Body has Pur
chased Old St. Matthew’s
Church Property In
Washington.
WASHINGTON.—A deal has just
been consummated by which the old
St. Matthews church property on the
corner of Fifteenth and H street,
Northwest becomes the possession of
the Southern Commercial congress. (I
will be used as a site of the new of
fice building which will be erected as
headquarters of the congress.
After the Atlanta meeting on Jan
uary 15 the commission will be given
to a competent architect to make a
design of the building and the con
struction work will be started early.
The congress will occupy the first
floor of the structure.
NEW YORK LAWYERS SOON
TO HOLD ANNUAL SESSION
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Preparations are
nearing completion for the annitul
session of the legal lights of Now
York state, who will convene In this
city two weeks from Thursday, Fea
turos of the sessions will be the presl I
dent’s address on “The Lawyer’s 1
Livelihood,” by Francis Lynde Stet !
son and the annual address by John I
O. Spooner, of New York. His sub
ject wfll be “The Power of Congress
finder the ‘Commerce Clause’ Over
State Corporations Engaged in Inter
state or Foreign Commerce.”
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
AUTO SHOW OPENS SOON
NEW YORK. Although three days
will elapse before the ninth annual
exhibition of the licensed automobile
manufacturers at Madison Square
Carden will be thrown open to the
public, the big edifice that will house
the show Is now being prepared for
the visit of the motor-mad thousands.
Two hundred and ninety-four different
displays will greet the spectator,
about forty more than at any previous
show. Every available inch of space
In the Garden will he utilized.
YUAN SHI-KAI’S BIRTHDAY.
Wednesday is the sixty-first anni
versary of the birth of Yuan SUI-Kai,
until recently the Grand Councilor of
China and commander In chief of the
Chinese army, and reputed to be the
real ruler of the Empire of the Dra
gon. His dismissal from office Tre
ated a profound sensation throughout
the world and threatens to result in
serious disturbances in China.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
EMSHOCK ST
Mill CAUSED
Sill
i
•
MILAN.—AIt earthshock was felt
here Wednesday morning, causing
considerable alarm, people pished
front their houses and congregated
in the Cathedral square. There was
nd repetition of the quake and calm
was speedily restored. No damage
was done.
Venice Houses Resistant.
VENICE. —Two earthshoeks were
experienced here Wednesday morning.
People rushed out from their houses
and gathered in the place of S . Mark
and other open squares. There was
much excited comment and question
ing, but the calm in general was en
tertained. No damage was done and
this is thought to be due to the fact
that the houses of Venice are built,
on piles.
The people congratulated them
selves on this system of construction.
CLAIM DRUGGISTS
ACTED PHYSICIAN
Muscogac Medical Society
Is Prosecuting Mew foi*
Practicing Without Lic
ense.
COLUMBUS, (la. —The Muscogee
County Medical society Is prosecuting
druggists of the city, whom It alleges
are prescribing for alek people with
out having been licensed In the regu
lar manner to practice medicine.
Tho grand jury has Indicted Henry
Gann and Shepperd Brinson, well
known druggists of the city, and also
,1. 11. Williams, a negro doctor, cliurg
ing them with misdemeanor, in pre
scribing for sick people. This Is the
beginning of a vigorous campaign
along this line by the medical so
ciety.
The druggists will claim, it Ir un
derstood, that they do not practice
medicine, but when a person comes
Into their store and asks for a rem
edy for a bad cold or some other
common trouble they prepare for
them such medicine as they think
will give relief.
TO DETERMINE WHO
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAN’S DEATH
MACON, Ga.—A auit to determine
where the liability Is to be maced is
to come up in the city court, of Macon
Wednesday. The still Is that of "he
Central of Georgia railroad vs. the
Macon Railway and Light company.
Some time ago the railroad was sued
for SIO,OOO by a Mrs. Minor of this
city and the woman was given a ver
dict for the full amount. It soe-ns
that her husband was a railroad fire
man and while operating an electric
coal chute for the Central ho was
electrocuted.
The Central paid tly> damages and
then Instituted suit against tb" elec
tric company, pointing out In the suit
that, the Mnonn Railway and Light
company should have ins!ailed no
such dangerous machinery. A hard
fight In the court room Is promised.
Baseball and Pencil Tablets
Declared to Be Latter Day
Evils in Emanuel Schools
Extensive Use of Tablets Condemned As Encourag
ing Falsehood, and La zincs*, Produces Ignorance,
and Makes Mental Dw arts.
Special to The Herald.
HWAINHHORO, (Ja. -The county
hoard of education held Ha regular
meeting Monday in the office of the
county school commissioner. The fol
lowing members were present: Mr.
.1. It. Rountree, Mr. Joe A. Durden,
Mr. Rowan Durden and Mr. N. It.
Youmans. The usual routine of busi
ness was transacted and the follow
Irig information sent out In circular
form to the patron trustees and
teachers of Emanuel county;
"First—The public, school term of
this year is six nflonths, or one hun
dred and twenty days. The tern may
he taught, between October IS, 15*08,
and September 1, l!t0!t. Teachers are
required to attend monthly inerting''
of the Institute, Eighteen Is the in'#
imttm attendance.
BASEBALL
CONDEMNED.
"Second--We condemn and here
enter our protest against baseball
playing and cigarette smoking being
practiced or participated lu by the; pu
pils of the common schools in or
about school. We require all teach
ers of the common schools to sup
press these evils to the extent, of th If
ability as teachers. We also kindly
ask all patrons to assist in this mat
ter.
"Third—We disapprove of the ex
teslve use of pencil tablets and lead
pencils In our schools as they are
at present used, and we recommend
a return to the former practice of
using slates and slate pencils Instead.
The tablet is much more expensive
than the slate, but this is by no
means the most serious objection to
Its use in school. It encourages lalzl
ONE KILLED AND
FIVE USED
II FIDE
NEW HAVEN.- in a fire that com
pletely burned the residence of
Samuel Higgins, tin - general manager
of the New York, New Haven and
1 ’ dSMord railroad here, Wednesday
tr.cfijjHng, his mot Iter,Mrs. Higgins, lost
h-rvlilo and his run!her-in-latt Mrs.
Mrs. M. E. Corbin, was probably fatal
ly hurt, and his wife, daughter, Isa
bel. his young son and Higgins him
self barely escaped death iu the
flames by jumping from the second
story window.
It was as the result of this jump
that Mrs. Corbin was fatally hurt.
Mrs. and Miss Higgins suffered
with broken legs and Higgins was
badly bruised.
The colored cook jumped from the
:hird-story window and probably es
caped serious Injury by the reason
of two police officers interposing
their bodies and breaking the fall.
The cause of the lire, it is said, was
an overheated furnace. Mr. Higgins
was awakened by the noise and soon
realized dial the house was on fire.
He attempted to arouse his mother,
but owing to her deafness he thinks
sin* did not hear him. He groped
through the smoke arousing all mem
bers of the family and tried again to
get to his mother’s room, but the
lire cut him off. It was then that
the rest of the family gathered at
the window and jumped for their
lives.
Mr. Higgins was formerly a me
chanical superintendent of tho
Southern Railway company and re
sided in Washington.
STUDENT BODY FORMED
A “GREATER EMORY CLUB”
EMORY COLLEGE, Ga.—With
Entory spirit thoroughly aroused over
the prospects of'active personal work
for the college, lhe student body here
held a special meeting In chapel Tttos
day morning and organized a “Great
er Emory Club” for the purpose of
concent rating ihe energies of the un
dergraduates for the Interests of
Emory. The club will be composed
exclusively of members of tho stu
dent body, every student being eligi
ble for membership, and Is altogeth
er a students' organization, founded
on a suggestion made by President
James E. Dickey In an address to
the student body last fall.
MME NELLIE MELBA LEFT '
FOR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
NEW YORK—Mme. Nellie Melba,
who recently arrived here to fill a
limited operatic engagement In the
metropolis, left New York Wednes
day for a trip to her home In Aus
tralia. She will proceed directly co
Melbourne.
Mme. Melba’s visit to Australia Is
expected to occupy a year and In said
to be entirely devoid of professional
Import. While her voyag-/ to ihe
antipodes Is taken for family and
sentimental reasons, it is more than
likely that the famous singer will be
heard in concert during her Austra
lian stay.
ness, falsehood, produces Ignorance,
deceives the pupil, blights opportun
ity, produces mental dwarfs and tends
to cover up a multitude of sins in the
school life, and as proof of these
facts we refer to a large per cent of
those pupils who have been habitual
users. Hence, we not only recom
mend, but we shall insist, that, aJi
teachers abandon the tablet as It Is
generally used at present,
"We are nut promted lit this mat
ter by any hatred malice or 111 will
toward any individual or class of In
dividuals but, as we believe, for the
good of the boys anil girls in our com
mon schools.”
CAUSE
CHEATING.
So utterly at variance to advance
ment did ti ls third item of informa
tion contali’bd in the circular appear
that your correspondent asked the
county school commissioner for an ex
planation of this strange suggestion
to return to the filthy and unsanitary
practice of using slates. He explained
that In many instances one member
of a class would got some one to
write out the answers to the ques
tions in th<- lesson correctly and all
the other members would copy or gel
some one els<* to do the same sot
them, and when called to the clast
each one would read from his or hei
tablet these copied answers, get l
perfect mark and know nothing of th«
lessons thus passed over.
Such practice as this seems con
trary to all rules of proper teaching
but from the statement of the county
school commissioner seems nevertbe
less to be prevalent, not only in this
county, but also in other counties ol
the state. _ t