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[For the Messenger. c Eduiication of The Rising Generation. MR. EDITOR: Please' allow me, tirough your invaluable paper, to give b to the people of Pickens County some expression to my feelings in regard to e t he all-important question, 'The cdlu- v cation of the young al rising genera t ion.,,' t A little more than a century ago the e land we now Inhabit was a desolate i region, with tribes of Indians scattered v here and there who were but very lit tie more refined and intelligent than e the wild beasts which they humted. But. t niow where such thincgs once reigned I wve see fruitfiul fields of maLgiificent grain, comfortable dwellings, )lendid LWMus an d cities, railroads w ith t heir trains runnIiing from city to city, over'1 plains and throtigh nouit a ins, carry ing( Com)ierce of the colnitry, and tle i elegraph wires that enable us to talk e as if face to face with those who are Iind Ieds of iiles away. All suih 1lessin'fs are the fruits of educated mindls. All of which to imninnerate w1ould be tihe samue as to couit t he st ar's in the heavenls, Almd the graiins of sand upoll the sea-shore. In this progr'essivye age Can be seenl i all sides signs of improvIement. On tle farm, in the work-shop and inl 01ur housem may be found laboring imple Iments aInd machinery. All of which adds greatly to our (onIviience and ha ppiness, :in( are eit her direct ly or in directly t he results of educatiol). Then let 118 as a county, yea, as a peoleloo k " forward to the all important, (uestion'" Which is before uS. 'I helCre is nothing" 1 hat ihould claim more of our atten- I tion than the eduemtion of the young 111(d isiggeneration. The destiny (f (lil country depends upon it either for weal 03r wVoe Now, Mr. Edito, I hope as I am a (1andI(fidate for .chool C is n VoI will allov ine to give my views iIn re-! 0"ard to the dulties Of said oile,101 and)( wh'-at I wil endeavol to carry ont, if 4eleted to said office. I think the sal-I ary of said ofli(er1 sutficient, to aImply I pa? him for all his time, therefor-e I hink lie shoilhl devote his whole time of nIecssary) to tihe (u1ties of sail oflice (aid more e-speciallwhile h1m publice -c'-hols., &e. 1 iliunk Ithat good Often ""-omes from a commionisoli('i' i 6ting - i h schools iunder his clarge. When t by know he is coming it imakes I hem mor03e act ive andh enierget ic so they', may actquit thiemselves well whien he ome)s). O)t herwise (in some schools) they often become car'eless ando negligent, and11 ihe goodl is not accomiplished that wonhll lbe from his visits. We oifteni hear persons11 iniquiringL af Ierm school teachlers, those whom they can get to teach by the year. I believe! t hat a coinunissionei shoul al wayvs keep himself p)osted( on this tnatter, ando be ready~ (if possible) at all times to cite aniy communility to good andi etl-i t'it t~lecers, I think it wonh1l be well for hIim to hokld towin-hip me'et-1 pe.(ople, awil try to devise sonme plan w here by t hie .(eluentiotnal inlteres't s of I he county may be best pr'oumoted. 11 is board meetings and t he awairding of certificates shouhml be managedi in such a w ay t hat. will give e'quial justice to ill parties, t h'ere niot beinig a shadlow of discrimirnat ion (if possible) connmecte d wit'h themn. A School C'ommiissloner shouhl. have the co-opieration of t lie i(eoplle i a much as p)ossible' in this mat er ofenntn h chjhdreii; with mit it e annt o te ood lie otherwis*e wouild do, .it is a mnatter' we all shoulid icl g're*t interest in, in vie w of t he fact that te hyb reae o great'tt responsibility t hat ill foru rest utpon hemr, bot hm in Chw~ch and~ State. We mn-1't edu~cpte thbem; It is a duty w y *)we them, and1 It is soinethlig they have a.ight toexpect of us,. boti in a morawzl am!c a legal point of vlk,~ Now it ne fail to don this we will be held( n l ountable before God and man, and Ir names vill go dow. to future ages s those w ho failed to do their duty to rards their children. Pickens county is looked upon as ing behind some ot her sections of the itate in the way of education, which hould not be the case: we should go n in this great and noble work until re are not only in the front rank, but util we as a county becomes a leader o other sectiotis. One other mattei as It presents it elf to my mind, and I have done. I ras born and raised ir Pickens coity, vas raised on the farm, but I trust none he worse for that and that I will make ou none the worse Commissioner, if lected. It is true that my opportuni y for an edtcat ion has beeti somewhat iuited. But I t hink I have suffleiet. o till the office as the law requires. I fave education enough to see' the need f atn educationi, and to do all in my lower that your chilireni may climb o the very tolpnost rouid of that lad-. er that leauds to a Complete alnd finish d ed(ucatiol. RCSIet fully, LAJIAN MAULDIN. iikens Sentinel please copy. . A. COOK,j DEALER IN TinWatre,1 E75 1T ,!21 J NE4 FU JIN I S IIIN G 100DS, &C., &C., G(RIEEN'VILLE, S. C. tll on me and e Xine the1 'Excelsior Cook Stove " wfore you buy elsewher'e. 7uinr'ar'e (anid /? ous e Fary vh/in Goods at short-crop rT' I~IST W .-A.R E3o17 t Wlh lesale, Chieaper than the 4 1 EA PECN.S Nov 30-13 ]S]TART GUANO, CHANGED TO r8 offeed for Saile b y W. M. Hagood & Co. At $35.00 per Ton; rfayable N.ov.1t. withot ITuterest* BUY FINE CLOTHINg~ SHOES G TREENVILLE, S. C Dc 21-Ily E 8_ H 0 E S All persons are warned agains. I HAVE YOU Ballentinii PLANE IF NOT, DO PLANTI NC TIIEY ARE Y~oi u iZ be A Farmer who puts in his WEST'S GUANO And Cotton SA L LEYNTINE'' ( will save money, V These Afacht'ites are sille Coach Factoryj. G0. W. SIRRXINE, Superintende March 7-2inaa 1IJANO! GUANO? l0continue to represent the following OLD ESTABLISHED and POP JLAR BRANDS of GUANO AND LCIDS. EVASSA GUANO, . NEVASSA ACID, >TEVSSA Cotton Fertilizer, MONARECHI Gualno, [IRIORE Gunwo, ORILE Dissolved A.. Call on me and get prices be oie you maikc yoir- pirch'Jses. J. R. GOSSETT, Agent. Easley, Feb. 8, 1884--tf it. P. JOHNSON. F. P. CLELAND. SWEET SIXTEEN, AND U1P TO The Oldest, Iold have their. Pictures taken a TOHNSON & CLELAND's G ALLEY, G REE NI'li, S. C. We1 areprepared to make FERRO ['1PES, PHOTOGRAPHS, Copy aiand ENLARGE PICTURES, A T Good Pictures made in cloudy veather. Pay us nor.no one else or poor Pictures. .JOHNSON & CLELAND, . r3'IlTe only Rellable Ferrvotype J3il1ery in the South. Nov 30--ly nfringcements on these Patents. EX AMINED [E LCotton [?JRS? SO BEFORE COTTON, THlE BEST CO7ldVLTLCeCd. FERTILIZER with the DISTRKIBUTOR, Seed with TTON PLAYTER, ine and trouble. made by the Green LI. C. MARKLEY, Proprietor. ut.