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Friday, April 2, 1020 TEACHERLESS CHILDREN The South is not the only section which is having trouble with the school teacher problem. Affairs in New York City are bad beyond comparison with the worst in any Southern city that we have any knowledge of. The Post, in discussing the question as to what is the mattei with thp school up there, says that at the beginning of the present school month there were 23,46C teachers in the city schools, exclusive of substitutes. Of these, 20,419 were women. There were 1,021 resignations in 1919, as compared with 38c in 1915. Thei*e were 147 resignations in January, 1920, as compared with 75 in January a year ago. There have been no fewer than 1,01? resignations since the beginning oi the present year?since Septembei 1919. The total of those who foi various seasons servered their con nection with the day schools of thi: i j + f r f\ UXT _. city in lyiy amounts to i,oou. ^ui is that all," says The Post. "Th< best teachers are the ones who art going. Of the resignations 75 pei cent are of teachers between 26 anc 40, the age of the aggressive, alert yet mature type of teacher. Sixty three per cent of those who hav< left taught from 4 to 16 years, th< span of greatest efficiency. The rat ing of those who have resigned is al so to be viewed with anxiety. Aboul YOUR HEALTh ON WHAT ROYAL RE QUICK ] Phone 367 Ne.\ PURE FOOD, HOME 0Q0K1 SPECIAL TABLE D'H( AND H | Hall "Ir | To Autorr right by tire .1 roads. We h but call your 5 any other tir< pays in the 1< m | See Us fc | Hall I - i.?J ? ^ j 65 per cent of tnera were raieu, excellent" or "very good." The percentage of resignations for men is about 10 per cent, for women about 4 per cent." The Post puts the school authori' ties on notice that there is not the ' slightest reason to hope that the ' number of vacancies will be de'j creased under existing conditions, ; and school population grows by leaps ; and bounds. The trouble in New 1 York is the same as that existing ' everywhere else?underpaid tea: chers. The Chamber of Commerce j makes recommendation that the 1 jNew York teachers be given an in-jcrease of at least 30 per cent?this I [to include the entire teaching staff? J'to continue until there is substantia] ^reduction of the present cost of liv jing. There are now 569 teacher-vancancies in the schools of New Yorl> * i City, and 20,000 children are dailj - without instruction, and yet the auS'thorities seen: to balk at meeting th? r situation in the only manner ir ; which it can be met?by giving tht i teachers better pay. After a while r the country will come into an appre1 ciation of the fact that it must paj , ts teachers respectable wages oi - make up its mind to foster a race oJ ; lliterates.?Charlotte Observer. Engraved Cards and Invltalons? t The Press and Banner Co. r IS DEPENDENT 1 YOU EAT v ISTAURAMT [iUNCHES t to McMurray Drug, Store NG AND PROMPT SERVICE )TE DINNERS SUNDAYS OLIDAYS ivestment Cc iobile Owners: Start iing your car for the andle several makes ( special attention to tl KELLY SPRINGF yhich is slightly highe: ; but is the best on tl Dng run to buy the be >r second hand T . lnvesuner The West in The Fight This is the first Presidential campaign in which candidates from the West have taken an important part. The West now begins at the Missisippi River,, though there was a time when Pittsburgh and Buffalo were in what was known as the West. The term "Middle West" has been invented to avert the puzzlement with which Easterners would hear 1 Ohio spoken of as an Eastern State; but it is a misnomer, ii it means tne ' country between East and West, it is as much Middle East as it is Middle ; East. The States from Ohio to Illii nois and Michigan are Central States and the real centre of the nation ; goes much further toward the Pa. cific. In Nebraska, for instance, Illi[ nois is considered and actually spoken of as "the East" just as mud .'as New York is. When, for a feu . I hours , Mr. Hughes was thought tc r!have been elected, the real West was | derisive over the mistake, anc charged it to a computation of returns based on the vote of "the i East," and it specified New York anc Illinois. From the real West conic two California candidates, Senator Johnson and Mr. Hoover. From anothei ^ Pacific Coast State, Washington 1 comes Senator Poindexter, who though not one of the leading candidates, is making a hard fight foi delegates, chiefly in the West anc "Middle West." If Senator Borah is (a candidate, then Idaho must be credited with being in the field. Nejbraska has at least two, Senatoi i Hitchcock on the Democratic side and Ti 1.: i.i. . n 11? jrer&niiig on cne nepuDlican I while Mr. Bryan superfluously ad imits that he is in a receptive mood I In Kansas there is mention of Senator Capper and Governor Allen j Champ Clark, who has not admitted I his candidacy, but who does not a.-l as if he disliked the idea, comes from Missouri. I Thousands of birds die during the | migration season every year, be^ cause of the lure of the torch on the statue of liberty in New York har bor. I J >mpany | the summer new paved )f good tires, 16 1 IELD, | r priced than le market. It :St. JJ Fords, j it Co. | IRF1I IMRFFR IN ARRIRIIIHHF! lMt? V'HItibll ... ..W...WWO.W... hQ tic A Higher Dignity For The Snit Bull* du ness of F?rm?r?. fo j Clemson College, Jan., 5?"As a man ;thinketh in his heart, so is he". So , ipeaks Holy Scripture, and all erper- | ience confirms its truth. tu The most important consideration, jj; therefore, for t.he farmer is his attitude w toward his farm. What doee he think j about it,?what does he think about ! farming? Does he love his fields and ; woods ?Does his eye rest with peouliar (fondness on his sleek mules and fat de j cattle? Does he feel in his very soul q( jthat farming is a high calling, the only t Ivocation for him? Or does he value u i j fields and woods and cattle in terms _ j merely of money? Will he sell them all j for a price, and gladly turn away from Is ', them forever? Is he a farmer by chance J H 'jar by choice? Has he simply "inherit- jB i' ed" a farm? Is he a farmer because he j B i IrriATTro a4Tiaj? nroif "TYllVir<r a I1t? I r i auu?to au uuiu rr aj vl uiumug h **> . j ing," because it may seem to him the j I ' j easiest, most Independent life? Has h? 11 >; looked the world and its businesses in fc I: the face, and deliberately decided that, j as for him, the plow and the fresh I earth upturned, and the growing plant | ! have charms above all? ' i Before any further real progress can | | be made In the development of our! , country life,that country life muat be , saturated with love of the country. Many more farmers there must be, *j whose determination to stay on the ,' farm is quite as fixed as their determin, ation to win success, and comfort and j 1 happiness, for themselves and their' ! families, by means of their fanmlng. { ' j Buch farmers will not be bribed by a I i | sudden rise in the prices of farm lands ; | to "sell out" and move to a neighboring town. They will not be driven away ( ' I by labor troubles. They may sell a part '5 " f of their holdings, but they will still | H cling to the soil. By the use of modern :K I j machinery in the home and on the 11 farm, they will so multiply personal;? ' | efficiency as to reduce greatly the num- I " ber off laborers, and increase the output I . 01 au WHO worK. i nest; im mcis win uo . fully persuaded in their own minds,! j that they above men In other calling?,1 have opporunity to raise strong healthy , '' children. They will appreciate at their t true worth, the breeze blowing clear ; and pure over the wheat, the sight of, cattle on the hill feeding slowly home' ward, the run In the woods after nuts, for the children's growth, both of body ; 1 and mind. Who but the farmer can ' furnish in abundance to hlg children. , clean milk, fresh eggs, tender vegeta. bles, home-raised bread and meat? The medical records of the Selective Draft ; Board,have Just revealed that the healthiest zone in the United States is j* 1 from North to South, practically CO- I s Incident with the zone of greatest I | agricultural development, the great I j Mississippi Valley. May not the more w ; abundant food supply there be thr I I secret of the stronger, healthier E ; young men? ^ tmm lUft ??mTtnmon ntnr Dl fdU 13 111X3 uuirui oai uurnau v-i j. ? Only the farmer can furnish it. Nc .?u other occupation fills so fundamental ||" a need. Preacher, lawyer, doctor, mer- ff chant, manufacturer, banker,?we can ff not do without them, hut their import- II ance t^ society is less than the farm- jl er's. The first occupation both in point if ' of time and point of logic is farming. If And the farmer, tlie real farmtr, will ff realize that he is, under God, the dis- || pcnser of the bounties of Nature to his |1 hungry fellowmen. He will value his f| profession accordingly. I The Tery prac::ce c! the art of || | farming affords opportunity tc j| i the farmer to grow to the full jt i mentally and spiritually. He is || not dependent on men and things || as other men are. He Is dependent If on cloud and sunshine, on the hidden fl processes of life; that is, he is depend j| ent on the wisdom, power and goodness jl jj of God. He ought to be a better man f| ! fnr it. .Tust because the farm gives this ff opportunity for closer relationship with !I the Lord of life, there Is a higher dig fl i nty about this business than we have f! ocmmonly accorded i*. We have looked ft i at the dirty hand, and the bent back If and we have called the farmer uncouth f. | *nd hia profession unclean. The world || J hen taught htm to despise his work and IP j himself. It admires the skill of the || great surgeon, hut forgets the years |f he spent in the gruesome work of tha, {} j disseotlng-room. It praises the artist, fj 1 Vho sings a song, or writes a story, or II ! paints a picture, but the artist who if j gave us our breeds of cattle, or strains ]| of wheat or corn, our improved meth-jff ords of tillage, are almost unknown, jf j Yet their reward Is with them. In the iff 1 cui?t, even In the obscurity *>r tneniii ! farms. th?y so lived and worked that! if mankind ia perpetually their debtor, J g Your farming holds the possibility | ! of such a career for you. Some recent publications of inter- || I est to South Carolina farmers are list- ft | ed below and may be obtained free by 1 f . writing to the Agricultural Editor, ]| Clemson College, S. C. Extension If ! Bullstin 43, "Tobacco Culture in South f] ! Carolina." Extension Bulletin 44, If "Fighting the Boll Weevil with Pavjjl ia? 1 w.nnlnfr " TT'-r nprlm Ptl t Sta-lll | IU TO a a LIU mutiny. i ,I5 j tion Bulletin 200, "Analyses of Com? || I merclal Fertilizers." Experiment. Sta- || } tlon Bulletin 201, "Cresoting Fenced} Posts." j ,|l j Attractive and sanitary buildings 11| j are a business asset to any farm; thry II I suggest healthy livestock, protected iff I'machinery always ready for use, and iff iother farm equipment and supplies If i< well cared for. 1 i "If labor would consent to a 56- o ur week until 1923, with proportnate additional compensation, proction would so increase as to ^ rce a general lowering of prices.'' t William A. Law. P J u The first German prisoner capred by American troops was Leon lyde Hoffman , and his captors r jre Adams Viazikowski and John 6 jchanski, of Ironwood Michigan. li d Resigning after 28 years presi:ncy of Cornel] university, Jacob auld Schurman says he believes in jasonably frequent changes in the .r I 20 PEf D1SC0UI - CLO j Our 20 per < Sale at our D: closes SATURDA1 APRIl J. i. 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