Upshur County Echo (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1915 Page: 2 of 6
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TpsharOounty Echo Thursday. September 16. 1916
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
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understood the relations of the
white and colored races; that he
hands of those who are manipu-
ling the machinery of the po.
litical spoils system for the ben-
Nacogdoches or is expected to
build up a school similar to Prai
rie View we do not know, but
suspect it is the public school he
corresponds to the sinking fund
on a bond, it is readily seen,
that, without additional legisla-
tion on the subject, the total of
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of the white men who know him
in*an eminent degree. His use-
fulness as a leader is too valuable
to be lost, and we are glad, to
hear that he is going to Nacog-
doches. That he will make good
Compulsory Education Law pass- ,
ed by the last regular session of
the State Legislature,’’—Dallas
About Compulsory Laws.
“It is estimated that one milt
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that he changed from an anti to
a prohibitionist while principal
of the Prairie View Normal. -
Big Sandy Times.
mary, but w can’t think of any
just at this time.
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Briefer the dresses grow.
Fuller the ripples flow,
While whisking glimpses show
have the good wishes of the best
element of the white' race in
Texas.—Waco Tribune.
That Blackshear deserves this
be stork ce
and Mrs.
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succeed Chas. A. Culberson, the
term to begin March 4, 1917.
Some contingency may arise
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GILMER,
DR.J.C. WINN
Office at City Drug
Ex-Governor Colquitt attended
the Bailey banquet in Dallas re
- cently, but it is observed that he
did not join in the demand that
Mr. Bailey run for the Senate
next yr.—Texas Mesquiter.
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Uilmer Camp No. 359-meeta2d
fModay nights in each montl.
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Gilmer, Texas
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Medicine and Surra
OrFICE UPSTAIRS IS ODES WIUW
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DR. H. J. child:
None could be sundered!
Theirs not to make remark;
Clergyman, clubman’ clerk-
Gaping from soon till dark
At the Four Hundred.
Short Skirts to right of.them!
Shorter to left of them!
Shortest in front of them.
Flaunted and flirted!
In hose of stripe and plaid,
Hued most exceedingly glad,
Sporting in spatts run mad,
Come the short-skirted!
Flashed all their ankles here;
Flashed as they turn in air!
What will not women dare!
(Though the exhibits show some
of them blundered!)
All sorts and types of pegs;
Broomsticks, piano legs:
Here and there some fairy shapes just
built to walk on-eggs.
Come by the hundred.
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Lateved at the SMtaOct la Gilmer. Tezae •• sec
enciase wall metter.
The,equipment in this bujldingwill be first class.
The physical and chemical laboratories compi
favorably with laboratories in almost anycof.
schools. The equipment will be sufficient to perform:
all the experiments required by the University for af?
filiation.
Notice to the Public.
Any erroneous reflection upon
the character, standing or repu-
tation of any person, firm or cor-
poration, which may appear in
the columns of The Echo will be
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Fund.
—Carolyn Wells in Judge.
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J. J. STEPHENB,
a. C.
Seventeen Years Under Pres-
ent Management.
Those New
fear there ijto_much
the United States ought
to Texas.—Ex..
the Governor hass decided not to send them statements of account
call a special session of Leg always recieve such statements
Upshur County
J. M. Shepperd,Me
We have the only set Al
Books in Upshur Co"
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Abatracts and Land Ttleu
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Relief Fund $3,004
Austin, Sept.9.-ConW|
made by people of Texas
governor for reliafofthe
and destitute’ in the
stricken : area of the
amounts to $2,946.00, wh
eludes $70.30 received
This money is being dist
under the personal direct
the governor.
Five special elections were
held in Texas July 24th to fill
that number of vacancies in the
Legislature. The Gibson Bill
If the account is not paid by the
first of the month following, a
second don is sent, while if it is
not paid by the fifteenth, the ac-
count is sent to the local bank
for collection in the shape of a;
eight draft. The folks who man
afactre the stuff that the mer
chants buy have to have pay for
is necessary.—Rockford (III.)
Record.
pieces of legislation ever at-
tempted in this State. The Gov
emor is so determined to carry
out his plans along this line that
we cannot help but question bis
Senator T. H. McGregor, lead
er against the Gibson bill, has
resigned and accepted a position
on an insurance board. The Gib-
son bill people are feeling. sure
now of landing a majority in the
senate and if they do there is
reason to believe that the Gov-
ernor will reconvene the legislat-
ure to try to pass the bill. He
no doubt thinks he sees an op
portune moment when the coun
try is wanting some cheap mon-
development of the business in-
terests of the country, and the
strengthening of the individual
character of its citizenship.
The author of the bill providing
for the compulsory education of
the children of Texas, deserves
a place in the history of the
state with that of Judge Robert-
son, who put the compulsory in
vestment featureinte the insur-
ance Code of Texas.—The South-
land.
candidates who favored the Gib
son Bill. The public responded
by defeating every one of them,,
and electing men who stood
pledged to the maintainence of
the compulsory investment fea
ture of the Robertson Law. This
was the only opportunity ever
given the people, or any part of
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People are blamed curious
crertures. When attending a
(This report was submitted by Superintendent of City
Schools I. A. Coston, and should prove of interest
to Echo renders generally.)
To the Honorable Board of Trustees,
Gilmer, Texas. • •
Gentlemen:
year 1914-1915, which I feel will be of interest to you
and the genera) public. While this report is addressed
to the Board, yet it is intended for the patrons as well.
I feel that I can conscientiously say that this term
just closed has been a very profitable and pleasant
one. In fact, I do not hesitate to say that this has been
the most successful year since my incumbency.
680 children were enrolled in the schools last year;
of this number 492 were whites and 188 colored.
On the first floor are rooms for the study hall, office,
English, History, Mathematics, Latin and Board of
Education. While on the second floor is a large audi-
torium with a seating capacity of six hundred. This
hall has an elevated floor. In addition to this room
Fourteen teachers were employed to teach these chil-
dren; eleven whites and three colored, at an expense
of $8,115. -
The new High School building that is now under
there are rooms for physics, chemistry, botany and
construction will be completed and ready for occupan-
cy by the beginning of the fall term. This building
is modern in evA*y detail. The basement is. well
planned, ventilation and light are good as in other,
rooms. In this are placed Manual Training, Domes-
tic Economy, toilet rooms, furnace and coal rooms.
The equipment in Domestic Science and Art consists
of the following: Three finger sewing machines, 8
domestic science tables, 16 one-burner kerosene stoves, )
one four-burner kerosene stove, one teacher’s demon-
stration table, a large dining table, eight chairs, and
one buffet
' The building with its equipment is a credit to the
town and is indicative of the educational interest in
our community. Many towns much larger than Gil-
mer are not nearly so well equipped for high school
work as we are. These improvements cost approxi-
mately $35,000.
Toilets are being installed in the basement of the
Ward building. This will do away with all the sur-
face toilets at the white schools........— y
was made an issue, and the Gov
emor sent out circular letters, ,, C. .. 1-0 , „.2.
urging the voters to support the 60 accept any hind of position
country; that the line of social
difference is distinct and must
abide. All these things Black-
shear has taught at Prai rie View.
He has relied on the justice and
friendliness of the white race and
motives. If they elect a pro
Gibson bill, man from the Austin
district to succeed McGregor,
they say they can get the other
man to make the majority.
Same way about the compul-
sory investment feature of the
Robertson Insurance Law.
Several million dollars additional
money was invested in Texas se
cu rilles by out of the State life
insurance companies within
twelve months following the
law’s enactment, and the annual
sum of such investments has in
creased with the years. The
law provides for additional in-
vestments, as the reserve on
- Wonder if that is the reason the business men or others who Granddame and demoiselle, >
1 Shop girl and Bowery belle_
provide for the education of the
children of a state, and the equi
table distribution of the money I
opportunity to judge of his moral
and educational value to the ne-
gro race. -
Blackshear is the ablest ngro
in Texas. He is highly educated,
honest and upright personally,
his life always exemplary, and
Some folks seem to entertain
an odd idea about receiving
statements from other people
the people,' of Texas, to express whom they owe—in more com-
their approval of the Robertson i mon language, “being dunned.”
------ When can their glory fad?
Law, and friends of the law made it is possible that people of this Oh, the wild show they made!
a clean sweep. The Southland, sensitive noture do not know" that All the world wondered.
by his life and genius he com-
Dabney White is testing the mands the respect and good will
$“
2,
under Ferguson.- Henderson
Times.
T. S. Ragland,
PHYSICIAN AND SUW
OSes in First National Bank Bu
Residence peons No 8. Officepboe
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The Mothers’ Club, though not a very large one, is
very enthusiastic. During the last four years> this or-
gdnization has placed in the school building two sani-
tary drinking fountains, maintained a Kindergarten
for two years, added materially to the library, and
each year maintained a lyceum course. Recently they
have added to the playground equipment the following
pieces: one steel slide, one steel ocean wave, and six
horizontal steel swings.-' With the three steel giant
strides given the school by__the Twentieth Century
Club, these pieces give us ample apparatus. A Kin-
dergarten will be maintained next year by this organi-
zation. -
Supplementary Reading
, During the term just closed an effort was made to
haveeach child in each grade read six readers instead
of three or four. Our plan next, year is to read a
greater number. The only handicap that the teacher
experiences is calling upon the parent to buy so many
books. Early in the session we hope to secure-a small
amount of money, and invest this fund in supplementa-
ry readers. By this means the parent will be expected
to buy not more than four books and the* school will
furnish the others. In some sections of the country
the first grade teachers have the children read from
ten to thirty different readers. Our primary teachers
will not be satisfied next year unless the children have
an opportunity to read six or eight books in each
grade.
Classification by State Department
For the past two years the High School,has been
placed on the First Class list by the State Department
of Education. This enables our graduates to enter the
State Normal schools without examination, entering as
juniors and completing the work in two years. When
the junior and senior years are finished the graduate
has junior standing at the State University.
Affiliation With State niversity
Mr. Thomas Fletcher, Assistant Visitor of Schools,
visited the High School last year. After inspecting
the work very closely he recommended that we be
placed on the list of accredited schools with eleven
units affiliation, I am sure that we shall be able to
secure three or four additional units next year. Hav-
ing secured this recognition from the State University
enables our graduates to enter any of the colleges and
universities of the State without examination.
The Library
The library at the High School consists of five or six
hundred volumes. However, the books have not been
very well selected to meet high school needs. Our
reference books are inadequate. The works on His-
tory are miserable failures, because they do not meet
our wants. The English library is everything but sat-
iSfactory. An effort will be put forth to overcome
these conditions. There ire a great number of good
books, and of.this number, comparatively few are
suitable for high school work.
Tuition Fees
, Allchildren who were not seven years old on or be.
for September 1, 1915, may attend the daily exer-
cises of the school by paying $2.00 each month.
Those who were eighteen years of age on tor before
September 1, 1915, will be charged a fee of $8.00 per
Conclusion
In conclusion, permit me to state that the attendance
of the schools has surpassed that of any previous
year» that the teachers have manifested interest and
enthusiasm in their work and are preparing for more
vigorous work the coming year. I take this opportu-
nity to thank them for their efforts and co-operation.
1 To th« members of the Board, I wish to state that
their uniform kindness, helpfulness and liberality bas
lightened my work and made it a pleasure.
Respectfully submitted,
I. A. COSTON, Superintendent.
be has done more than any othr ion new 4 pupils. wilenter.the
man of his race to lead it along public schools of Texas in Sep
right paths. A More than any tember, as the result of the new
negro we have known, ihe, has
"Dove Season Openage
Judge Gordon rLN
United States Diatuate
the Eastern
today stated thatthogt.
now shootingdoves,"
the Federal law on“rer
and ,r. therefore * •
selves liable to indg
Federal grand
«ll ea,n the time
eral law is Oct. 15. ’ “
The State law say, c
and quite-! number orn
Grayson county have ,
ing doves since the fire
month. 1
is destined for. The story of
eladly corrected upon it. being hisretiremnene frotheplage he thahehbsrmnewbot XX' in
brought to attentionor publisher weld ownng » PraarniWic this dunning business, thereis
The editor of the tribune know, ; one, is not made by the person :
Dr. Blackshear well and h.. bad who sends the dun, but by the
person who has allowed an ac
count to run so long that a dun
People should' not let pleasure
teips with autos keep them away
from church services on the
Sabbath. ~4
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* Governor * Ferguson- has de
cided not to call the Legislature
Tin special session this fall,unless
some emergency arises regard-
ing the war situation with
z Mexico.
Texas policies grows larger, and
are cofident, and he wilF since thejeserveon a life policy
We Still regard Forward the dress parade!
this as one of the most dangerous Is there a man dismayed?
No. F rom the sights displayed
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. that availed him nothing to hold | will be supplemented, and added
editprto his position when he fell into the to, and increased year by year.
" "" These compulsory laws, that
public entertainment they all
make a rush for the front seats,
but when those same folks attend ,
church the rush is right the re people of Texas will not bede‘.
verse, everybody crowding into ceivedand led into a scheme of,
back seats until the empty pews this kind now.
The Fribune learns that Dr.
E. L Blackshear, for sixteen
years head of Prairie View Nor-
mal Institute for negro youth,
will go to Nacogdoches. He has
been offered and accepted a po-
sition in that city to doeduca-
tional work for his race. Wheth- . , -
er he is to have charge of the the good, they .ell, and it follows
public school for negroes .t pretty naturally that the mer
ey. We sincerely hope that the
UPSHUR COUNTY echo BLACKSHEAR’S NEW dasaoinhan. Hutnncaccaun a
J. J. STEPHENS, Proprietor FIELD OF WORK cash discount is usually allowed.
- The leading newspapers and
statesmen all over the country
are arguing that putting cotton
on the contraband list by Great
Britain is the direct cause of the
recent advance in price. Cotton,
for the past year has been treat
ed as contraband of war, and the
better price it is bringing here
of late cannot be attributed to
this official ack, but to the proba-
bility of the crop being some
where in the neighborhood of
eleven million bales.—Morris
County News. 1____
Ex-Governor O. B. Colquitt
has made formal announcement
that he will be a candidate for
the United States Senate to
chant who sells the same goods
to the local consumer has to pay
for the things he sells if he is to
stay in business. A truth that
a good many people ought to take j
THE SKIRTED ANIMAL.
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Half an inch, half an inch,
Half an inch shorten!
Whether the skirts are for
Mother or daughter!
i d
efit of the whisky traffic at Aus-
tin. Blackheear's offense was of a nation, make for the general
are all between them and the
preacher. It looks as if they
are afraid to get salvation right
off the bat but would rather get
it on the first or second bound.--
Milburn (Okla.) News.
County Court Jury List
tembor Term 1915.
Following is the Juryt
the term of County Court i
convenes September 20:
FIRST WEEK.
R C Hogan, I E Stephen
W Presnell, O J Bruce,
Truitt, T F Smith, W D )
Joe Pickitt, J A Bailey,
Williamson, Bob Taylor, I
Bryan. -
SECOND WEEK
T C Mitchell, W A &
Clinton Ray, B F Humph
H B Daniels, A F La took
W Phelps, Mack Stewart,
Porter, G W Hood. J L Mck
Jeff Nelson. 1
tribute so clearly expressed by out of state life insurance money |
invested in Texas Securities, ■
consitutionality of the ginner’s
law. While there are some good
features in it, as a whole it is a
monstrosity. We hope Dabney
will succeed in killing it—Car-
* The very good price being paid
for cotton now will be of great
benefit to farmers.
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Stephens, J. J. Upshur County Echo (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 16, 1915, newspaper, September 16, 1915; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1414344/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.