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0. B. MARTIN GETS SARCASTIC to RS TO GOV. ANSEL AS A so TICAL SANTA CLAUS. vir be an Appointment-State na dent reels That He fiz en Consulted Suf bout the Mat ter. in yesterday says: ill ment that Hon. John ma uld probably be ap- an r of the state board bo 11 the vacaney caus- leg .ion of J. E. Boland ha, aused a decidedly th< be issued by Mr. state superinten Mr. Martin says g personal against xcept that he pro- er t theory that all members i e board should be educators. Be- ter fore issuing the statement Mr. Martin t the following letter to Gov. An el: Sta v. M. F. Ansel, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I am informed that you vel have offered the position on the state sta board of education from the second th, district to a lawyer and ex-governor. Gr If such be the case, I wish to serve ad notice that I expect to make a vigor- Ea ous protest through the press. Such so action will seriously injure the work tin of this department, as well as have a fai depressing effect upon the schools fes and educators of this ate. If I kn am correct as to the second district, an this will make two appointments on sai the state board of education, and the tio teaching profession has not been rec- nol oghized. I am sure that they will feel . your attitude to them very keenly. I Pu shall not hesitate to speak frankly Mj in regard to this matter. sta Sincerely yours, eal 0. B. Martin, hej State Supt. of Education. of The statement referred to is as fol- sit lows: .11 'I regard the appointment as poli- it tieal rather than educational. While ua I have an exalted opinion of the ap- dis .poinitee, I believe this position was Go tendered him beAsuse of former asso- we ciation in politics and because of his or political prominence. sp< ''The law says the state board of ed education shall constitu~te an advisory body with whom the state superin- Go tendent of education .shall have the as right- to' consult when bhe is in doubt.. ag as to his official duty. There are oth. St er statutes which -make the duties nol and relf ins of this board very close the to the state superintendent of educa tion. The law gives the governor the HA power of appointment, but I think that common decency and courtesy demand that the state superintend- Tb ent of education be consulted. At least several very distinguishel gov ernors, including that delightful and considerate gentleman who adorned th'ait office during the past four years, have taken this view. I know that Jag this is the view held by a very large mgjo4ity of the educators of this ch state. .so] "In tihe second district I did not fai even know that the name of the dis- De tinguished ex-governor was being con- -we sidered for the position until after we the position was tendered him. I re- lik fu.se to believe 'that it was ever in- stc tended that the governor should be Wh a political and paternal Sainta Claus gri to tender surprise appointments to a Col child-like 'state superintendent. This wh~ same chief executive made a similar bei surprise appointment in the sixth ma district and I concurred in. the re- liti sult because I realized the necessity laa of having one excellent lawyer on w tihe board. us, "In the name of the schools of wk South Carolina I insist that an edu- me cational board shall consist of educa- aw tors. What would be said if teach- ou: ers should be put on the pharma- del eeutical board or the state board of Eg medical examiners? Or wthy not let "3 tchers- conduct bar examinations? is, ehas been a decided disposition 'm1 south recently to put educators He eational offices. Every southern : perintendent of education has stc rience in teaching. A few del otihis was not true. States an e political boards of educa- sc] passing laws requiring that bu ced school men shall consti- go te the membership of state boards kn f education. Bills to that effect are ter now pending in the Georgia legisla- me ture. Tihey have had a board of state an officers. nii "The state board of education pre- ele pares all questions for teachers' ex- thi aminations, makes out coursej of ton study, examines reading circle papers, an selects books for teachers and chil- at dren and performs other duties more to or less professional. "'Why a mani who is really looking aQ for oieial (effi'cicy\ and service to fat th shols does not want people who tee haedevoted their lives to that line em: nf work is more than I can see. It ha: k4 to me like an amii ment upo1 un 11etorY aOoia i ll I Zll * )r lli% polities. 1. am speaking plainiy iii re.ard this matter b;eenause it is a lxuV to speak. aiid zems I am Col iced that educational progress may seriously handicapped by guber torial obtuseness, stupidity and sel l political persistency. The Governor's Idea. -ov. Ansel when asked about the tter yesterday had nothing to say reply to the letter except that he isidered Gov. Sheppard a good n and tihat his idea was to appoint >ther layman who could assist the ird in reaching decisions from a al standpoint. He said that he I no idea of giving offense and in appointment had tihe best inter s of the state at heart. _TOv. Sheppard has been in public a for many years and the position s tendered him by Gov. Ansel sev tI days ago. The latter was out the city Monday, but returned yes day when the statement from Mr. rtin was given out. It was the e of considerable .comment at the te capitol when it became known. 'he singular part of this contro sy between the governor and the te superintendent of education is t they were both elected from eenville county. Gen. J. C. Boyd., jutan.t general. and Maj. Jno. H. rle, railroad commissioner, are al from Greenville. This is the first e that any discontent in the happy nily from that county has mani ted itself, although it has been Dwn for some time that Mr. Martin I Gov. Ansel have not had the ne views on the dispensary ques n, although this, of course, has -hing to do with the case in point. lthough Gov. Ansel has ignored blicly the fervid statement of Mr. rtin, yet it was talked about the te house yesterday that Gov. Ansel led upon Mr. Martin as soon,as lie ird -that the state superintendent education was worked up over the Lation. Gov. Ansel declined to ke any statement at all, although was itated yesterday that the sit tion in the second district had been cussed between Mr. Martin and v. Ansel, but all names proposed re not acceptable for one reason another and Gov. Ansel being re msible for the appointment nam Gov. Sheppard.. [t is -said that the precedent for v. Ansel 's action dates beck as far Goev. MeSweeney 's administration way, for .Gov. MeSweeney and te nuperint,enident McMahe.n did . agree upon the appointmients at t time. IfS CHEISTIAN ANDEEN .UTD HIS COUNTRY. e Carpenter's Saw-The "Ugly Duckling."-'"Such Happiness Dreamed I not of, When I was an,Ugily Duck ling." nes T. Bacon in Sunday,News. We suppose there is scarcely a id in America -who has not read ne of Hans Andersen's wonderful ry stories, yet while we were in nmark, the land in which he lived, did not see a single fairy. But saw many rosy-cheked children e those from whom he wrote his ries; we walked in the silent woods ere the evergreens and beech trees w so thickly that we were sure we ild hear the fairies laughing and ispering at our feet, hidden in the utiful. green moss, or on some rshy pool almost expected to see le Thumbelliza float by on a lilly f. arwn by a butt.re An! e-nee, en the sea mist made all dim about we found a gnarled old willow ich looked so like that dreadful nster, the marsh-king, we hurried ay in fear, lest he should -stretch long, thin arms and drag us un the swamp, as he did the lovely yptian Princess in the tale of the .arsh-king's Daughter.'' And so it the charm that clings around Den trk eomes /from the miemory of ns Christian Andersen's writings. n the year of 1805 a yellow-legged irk visited a shoemaker named An ~sen in the little town of Odense, brought a baby boy-.just a little, eaming baby like any other child; twhat a wonderful man he was ng to be. Of that his poor parents ew nothing, but they had him chris ied Hans Cristian, a very corn n name there, and lie grew up Long the other poor children, run e everywhere in his homespun thes and troekos, and playing with boys in the paved streets of the en. A very ugly boy he was, too, an ;dd, dreamy little fellow. wvho, the early age of nine years, tried write tragedies. Al his early life he struggled *nst poverty and misfortune. His her died when he was only four . and his mother yielded to his nest wish and let him go to Copen -n Here aftr geat hardship, he made friends, and fimally succeed- e e.l in taining he education lie so il nIMuch desired. 1)u1rin, his sehool days i he wrote severil poems which attract- l I ed attention. So when lie entered the f University of Copenlagen people I were ready to notice him, and with a the publishing of his first book, in v the year 1829, his success and hap-J piness lbegan. ! Sweetly has he told of his early! struggle in the story of "The Ugly Duckling.' The poor duckling who V was so ugly that the other fowls chased it out of the barn yard, was a picture of Hans himself, and we are glad he finishes the tale with these t words: "And in his heart he said: ; "Such happiness dreamed I not of,; when I was an ugly duckling.'' t Thus showing how pleasant was his f later life. As he grew older lie tiva- 1 s velled much and .became famous and 1 beloved by all. People did not think c of his homely face, because of his fine i mind and the beautiful books he o could write; nobless and even the b King of Denmark, were proud to do a honor to the poorshoemaker's son, and b his seventieth birthday was made the s occasion for a great celebration in; I Copenihagen. He died at the age of q seventy. The country in which the lived is (b almost as interesting as a story it- S self. Let us imagine we are walking s together in Denmark, down one of a the long lanes between narrow dit- lh dhes. Very often we will pass such 1I queer little cottages. They are very a low. and built of stone or brick white- e washed, with slanting thatched roofs, on which the green moss grows pret- a tily. Out of every cotta!re a dog is y sure to run, barking loudly. No mat- d ter how poor a family 'iay be here, i: they are sure to own a dog like those i which started at the little.girl in the a story of what the moon'saw. t On either side of the road stand pollard willow trees, looking like ov ergrown bushes, the branehes having been cut down till they grow in a clump from the thick trunks. In the t spring thebes branches are cut off and. used for weaving the wattle fences, and fresh shoots spring out. Possibly beside some ditch in the fields we sb;all see standing a tall black and white stork, with bright red beak and g yellow legs. The storks come here every year in the spring and remain during the summer, although there t are not as many as in former years, J for the great .marshes where they us ed to find their food are being drain- i ed and turned into farm land. The r people always 'welcome the - storks gladly, and no Danish child would dream of hurting or' frighting them,e for it is always believed they bring good luck; 'and <if you see lone flying, people will tell you, you are sure to take a journey before the year's end. On our way we should probably meet little, solemn-looking children hurrying home with school bags on their arms and troeskos on their feet. ( Troeskos are wooden shoes with a knob under the heel and front part s of the foot, which lift the wearer high above the mud, and are most E useful, for Danish roads are often i very muddy. All the -little girls cur- I tesy and say: ''Good day, and all the little boys pull off their caps and ~ say ''Good day,'' also, very politely, when they see us. Shall we stop and 'ask this tiny lit-1 ie girl, who does not look more than five or six years old, wh'at she is learn- ~ ing in sdhool i She will make us a fun ny little eurtsey, blush very mueh, and answer, almos-t in a whisper: ''l 'e been to sewing-school." ''Surely you cannot scw very muh'' we suggest trying to t laugh. Indignation almost conquers hr shyness: "I'm making a shirt for my baby brother,'' she says, and off she walks. The next girl we meet is older perhaps eight. We stop her and C ask the same question. She also eur tses and answers: "Bible history and arithmetic."'' Everywhere, all over Denmark, y stand litle school houses4 andithelDan- I es celaim with pride that every one in their country can read and write, and I we wish you could see the neat sew-2 ing and knitting some of the little I girls can do.2 If we trotted along as bravely as2 these little Danes, perhaps we should Ireah some small Danish village, with2 a red briek church in the centre, and a windmill or two slowly grinding out tihe people's corn, and such narrow streets all paved witlh great round rough stones. There is a gutter be side the street, but no sidewalk;, so we must walk right in the middle and be careful not to get run over, a The road is 'so rough, however, that we can hear a .cart a long distance away, and the troeskoes make a great r elitter-litter over the stones, espe- o ially .when some child, running fast, f Idrops them off, which frequently hap All the hounses in tihese towns are built c'lose to the street. and are rare lv eri (ne and( a 'half stories high. Their chief'difference from the farm [tin 111 liie comlitiy conSiSUs in al iat ievy are ri)ofed with red tiles w ise o(tif thatch, aind in one (if these tile liuses. probably back of his 11 aohers Slp. Andersen was born. ii f you get out your geo-raphy book, nd look at the map of Europe, you e -ill find tihat Denmark .consists of 4 utland. a long peninsula north of rermany, which stret(hes into the Iorth Sea, and several islands, onet f the largest of which is Fyen; Od- a nise is on Fyen. The scenery of all bhese southern t] lands is very similar-flat and tl arshy wibh long, level roads, little 1wns dotted about andishort tracks iz f woodland composed ofoakand ever- tj reen trees and many beautiful beech w rees, of which the Danes are very ond. The sea is very sheltered and - hallow around these islands, and is W sually quite ealm, but on the west oast of Jutland, on the mainland, it h: ; very different. There the waves f] f the ocean come dashing on the 01 each; the coast is rough, and the reat rolling sand dunes, which have tj een the scene of some of Andersen's it addest stories. stretch out for miles. r( nland the county is very pictures- ti ue. with pretty lakes and streams d estling among the thickly wooded p ills. And all this varied land, these v erious, imaginative people, these si turdy children, Andersen wrote for, h nd loved with his kindly, genial ir eart, as we as strangers learned to c >ve them. They are so industrious li nd honest. and look so good temper- o1 d. it We like to think of Hans himself R s a bright-eyed little Danish boy, randering about, his school books un er his arm, ever watching and think- w ig about his dear native land, till fi e could write such delightful stories 01 bout it, that he taught all the world al love it for his sake. u News from Maybinton Maybinton, July 30.-Mrs. Annie I Vest and son, Paul, are visiting at tl ie Douglass home, the home Of Mrs. g Vest 's childhood days, she being a ti fiss Epps before her marriage. She N iakes Atlanta her home now. 03 Mr. J. A. Henderson. wife and h randson, have been visiting friends Y nd relatives here the past week. J. M Henderson is spending some ime at Whii.tmire with his daughters, iss RWillie and Mrs. M. E. Abrams. fish' Jessie Rutherford, of Mt. leasant, S. C., is visiting Miss An ie ]I[oCarley this week.t Col. F. L. Bynumn, .of Newberry, S ras here recently looking after his ~ xten;e farming interests.r Miss Joe Coldwell returned home fter well we won't ii ay, to the regret of her many riends. Little Miss Mary Hardy has re urned to the home of Mrs. Minnie f, aldwell. - ei Mrs. B. S. Hardy and en .are pending a week in Sp::. nburg. Mrs. W. D. Rutherford has been leted to teach the Renwick school ere. Mrs. Rutherford is one of the est teachers in the state. Paul Hardy is spending the sum ier at his father's, having been I alesman at Carlisle since the first f January. Quite a party of gentlemen are at yles Ford, one of the greatest fish ng resorts in the state, for a few ays. Miss Mary Wilson is visiting in Thester for the week. Julian Welch has returned to his ome at Carlisle after a week's visit o relatives here. A. G. Lyles, of Carlisle, was here n business the past week. W. D. Rietherford, of Mt. Pleas HARLESTON & WESTEN CAR OLINA BY. Schedule in effect June 9th, 1907. Av. Newberry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. m. Lr. Laurens 1:52 p. m. ,v. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. m. r. Greenville , . 3:40 p. m. 1v. Laurens 1:58 p. m. r. Spartanburg 3:30 p. m. v. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. Lr. Hendersonville 6:25 p. m. tr. Asheville 7:30 p. m. ,v. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Lr. Greenwood 2:56 p. m. Lr.. McCormiek 3:55 p. m. tr. Augusta 5:40 p. m. Pullman Chair Cars between Au usta, Laurens and Asheville, tr reekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays, 1U 'hurday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe- a ille Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri 0 Note: The above arrivals and de- P artures, as well as connections with ther companies, are given as infor ation, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Cen. Pass. Agt., .. Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt., it. S. C.. wa:s vi3ii1n. here tile past eck. 'Tlhe ltiewick schlool will open for ie suniner term1 the first Monday A Au:rust. C. E. Eis-on says he has the finest )tton in this section. It will average- n 1-2 feet high the place over. The corn prospect is the best here >r five years, but cotton is not up C i the standard. It is unusually large ad late. B. S. Hardy will begin sawing for ie summer on the Renwick place t( iis week. Listen, we are going to revolution :e this country at an early date by ie ringing of the wedding bells, t( on't call any names. M. E. Abrams and wife visited [rs. Abram's relatives here this eek. Within the next sixty days we will ive this county connected by 'phone -om Newberry to the and ,her places. I have just read your editorial on a ie resolutions of the farmers' un- P n in session in Greenwood. If you call my views on the above situa- a on you will see that that body of men rafted said views in that particular art of the resolution, as to the ad anee system and our farmers dispo tion to one another in employing is neighbor's labor and even offer- P ig inducements too, We farmers .t )uld manage the situation with but o ttle legislation if we would do by P bhers as we want to be done by, or M L other words, live up to the Golden a ule. B. S. H. O: The "deepest sounding on record r( as repently made in the North Paci- w e, where the bottom is 5,269 fath- aj 3s, or a littleless tfhan six miles. The byss is called 'Nero Deep.. w aj NOTICE. t I will furnish refreshments and a 03 >od barbecue dinner in the grove'at g1 te Little Mountain spring on Au- f, ist 2nd, 1907, for the azoommoda- iE on of the visitors that attend the h ewberry College Reunion -to be held w i that day. Come one and all and V mar the good speeches and meet aR i )ur friends and have a fine large It ,y. Respeatfully, A. N. Boland. TH E VICTOR. The popularity and reputationI at the Victor enjoys is due-to its lid-as-a-rock cogstructio'n. The, ei se of the highest grade of mate- m al and skill, mechanical and mu- c cal, that the world affords, makes' ha what it is. al ~Firthe Cottage. .1 he For the Mansion. The prices of the .Vic,r range iE om $x0.oo to $io0.o0, . a~e im sy monthly installments if desired. HEAR THE VICTOR AT SALT ER'S I rt and Variety Store, ain Street, Newberry, S. C. ~ lapital $50,000.00 Deposits $35 THE COMME! . of Newbeni an emergency you may The Commes prepared to loan reasonable su t legal rates. If you need mone) r for other purposes come to the ositors of course receive the pre Interest Paid in Savi "The Bank for y< NO. M. KINARD, Pres. . Y. McFALL New Market. I have opened a first class [eat Market on Friend street, !xt door to the Observer office, id am prepared to furnish boice meats of all kinds. All orders entrusted to me ill receive my personal at ntion. Come to see my market. is the cleanest and most up -date market in NewbeTry. J. A. WRIGHT, Friend Strefet. Phone 232. Barbecue. I will furnish a first class barbeeue : Jno. P. Wicker's August 22, to.be repared by J. A. Graham and H. M.. ricker. Everybody come and enjoy good dinner. W. L. Graham. NOTICE. The iindersigned as members of the elief Committee, appointed for the nrpose of soliciting funds in aid of Le persons suffering loss by reason the fire-of March 29th, beg to re )rt that we have on hand $274.39 re aining after giving aid to all worthy >plicants suffering loss on account the said fire. The Tresurer of the'Committee has ceived $826.39 and paid out $552.", hich as stated above leaves a bal ice on hand of $274.39. The Committee is at a loss to knoi hat to do with the balance on hand id have determined to turn it over i the Baehelor Maids, a charitable ganization, on the 15th day of Au. ist, 1907, unless contributors to the md object. Any contributor desir g a return of the pro-rata share of Ls contribution can file his elaim ith the Treasurer, before August:, th, at which time the balance them the hands of the Treasurer will be irned over to the Bachelor Maids. A. T. Brawn, Ch'mn. W. !. Hunt, John B. Mayes, II. L Spearman, - : gey.mandTreas. NOTICE. The undersigned have been request .to audit the books orf M. L Spear-. an, as Treasurer of the Fire Relief ommittee. We beg to report that we nve carefully examined the receipts id disbursements and find them to~ ~correct.. As Treasurer Mr. Speainman has me ~ived $826.39 and paid out $552.00; aving a balar.ee on hanJ of $2741.39~ Respectfully submitted, Jos. H. Hunter. J. E. Norwood. J. Y. McFall. PprTo women for collecting ad your'name to-day for our new ptean Big Pofits with little work. Write lay. Address C. T. MOSELEY P. um department, 32 E. 23d street,. ew York City. Surplus$54924.3 ~4,552.84. CIAL. BAPI y, S. C., . need a little money. cial Bank ms on acceptable collateraL r to pay or discount your bIlls:. bank and talk It over. De ference. ngs Department. >ur Savings." 0. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. ( Cahier.