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THE FACTORY SCHOOL PROBLEL. Davis efries, &perintendent Graded Sanoas. Unwon, s. C.~ The resources of the South are varied and. abundant and are still in an undeveloped state, but the cotton industry of the North is on the march southward. This change means that the South with unequaled natural advan tages for cotton manufacturing, backed by the capitol of New England, is going to become the world's textile manufacturing cen ter. Men of the North are break ing loose from their environments, are enlarging their horizon and now see beyond their own shores, and our own citizens are begin ning to realize that the best way to build up their town and in crease their wealth is to invest their money at home. Ten years ago there was not a cotton mill in Union County. Now in Union township alone we have the Union Cotton Mills, which employ about 1,300 operatives, The Monarch Cotton Mill whose stock is ex pected soon to be increased to $1,000,000, Buffalo Cotton Mill which will be one of the largest in the South, and The Union Knitting Mills whose stock will I soon be increased to $200,000. 1 These same conditions exist in many other towns of South Caro lina. As a natural result there is a large factory population. I This presents to us an opportunity and a duty. Will we shun it, or i will we meet it ts brave men ] should? An obligation is there-< by created whioh we can not rea son away. It stands there to i welcome us to a higher life in its < fulfilment than we have ever known, or to reproach us for neg lecting its rightful claims. Now, in the beginning of this new cen tury, the existing circumstances I demand our best thoughts and i energies. Every nerve should be strung to action, every effort put forth for the enlightenment of i these people. They have, in the i majority of cases, left their farms i and have flocked to the mills in t order to support their children, r or, as is too often the case, t 112 their children ~~ them. chil TI their m' 'oe gehonide done! These children will soon be the citizens of our country. Many have the impression that: they will be very undesirable citizens, and this will be the case: if we as superintendents are not fully alive to our duty. I do not wish to be understood as saying one word against any one because he works in a factory. "Honor' and sham. from us con dition rise, Act well your part there all the honor lies." Some as good people as I have ever known work in the mill; but among factory .people, under the existing conditions, the tendency1 is to illiteracy.4 The negroes usually improve4 the opportunities they have and ere long they will surpass the t factory population in education I if something is not done and done t quickly. Fortunately, the fac- a tories are usually located in or near cities where the school facili- I ties are good, but alas! so many I of the factory people take no in- J terest in education. In Union we t have a good factory school build- I ing and the school is run nine 1 months in the year with no cost c whatever to pupils, but the at- t tendance is by no means what it S should be. The superintendent t of the Union Cotton Mills told e me recently he thought there were t about 1,200 children on factory nl hill between the ages of 6 and 21. t Six hundred of these are employed o in the mills leaving 600 unem- f ployed; we enroll about 250 of d these in the graded schools, the remaining 350 are allowed to loaf a on the streets, smoke cigarettes Si 4 and engage in many other vices. 5t You may say it is the parents' ti duty to control and send them to a school; so i~t is, but if lie is de- H relict to his duty it does not ex- ir cuse us, and we should do all in w our power to raise the little onesB from things low and grovelling to b something higher and nobler. a Ouifactory school is by no .< means an idleal school, but I am h proud of the pupils who do at- m tend. They usually come from as the best families oin the hill and l h give us very little trouble, in any J tc way. They are much easier con- we trolled than the children in town. ca The more I think of this fac- cu tory school problem the more a fully am I convinced that we w should have the best teachers in ne the best results. A good practi cal teacher who feels sympathy for and takes an interest in the children cali accompilish wonders. Many factory people have preju fiees and super:.titions which a judicious teacher can remove. Many people whose children stay at home could be induced to send them to school if the proper means were employed. It has beea truly said that we should have teachers in our fac tory schools who can take hold of the child's future and see, even in the wayward, the possibility of a noble man or woman; one who would spare no pains to lift up the fallen and carry light into moral darkness; one whose in auence flows from an exalted and aoble character. If devotion to bruth and duty does not glow within her heart and life her ef forts to secure such devotion in lier pupils will prove useless. We should select such teachers vs will ever be ready to teach noral truths whenever an oppor 'unity presents itself; and these >pportunities will often come but if we have a teacher who breats the pupils as- if she thinks 2erself better than they, who ;akes no interest in them except :o go through the regular routine vork and that in a harsh crabbed nanner, who works merely for her alary, we can not hope to make ,hat school a success. The teacher ;hould be kind and true to the rust reposed on her. Robert E. Uee won the love of his army and >f the South, not so much by his nilitary powers, as by his kind iess of heart, and his unselfish levotion to the interests of his yeople. Others would do well to ollow his example. David P. Page speaks words of mcoursgemen when he says: "To iim who sees beforehand that here are real difficulties in his )rofession and who is not too )roud or self-conceited to feel the teed of special preparation to aeet them; to him who has some dea of the power of example in he educator, and who desires, aost of all things, that his char eter shall be so pure as to ren I may say thee is nothing to fear.' We should be candid and honest in dealing with the children and should not inspire them with the false hope that they may all be presidents and the like. The range of most persons, and es pecially factory people, is so imited that very few have the >pportunity of becoming great in ~he usual acceptation of the word; ut let us teach the children that every one can do his part honestly Led honorably and to the best of iis ability; that he can use his alents and not abuse; that he :an be true, honest and faithful even in small things; in other vords that he can do his duty in hat sphere in which God has >laced him; that this embodies he highest ideal of life and char ecter. I am glad to report that we Lave had some very ambitious >upils in our factory school. A oung married gentleman at ended several months and was a 10st diligent student. He now Las a good position in the mill in onsequence of his having at ended school. Such young men hould be encouraged and taught hat the barriers are not yet rected that can say to aspiring' dlent and industry "thus far and o farther." Let us encourage hem by examples from history f great men who have emerged ~om the depths of obscurity, estitution and want. As a rule, I am not in favor of pupil entering school under ven years of age. I have ob arved, with a well known writer, iat oftentimes parents are so 2xious to develop the child's mid that they crush the casket iorder to astonish the world ith the brilliancy of the gem. ut, only a few months ago, a right.little boy not six years of e came to enter our factory hool. After considering thatI would soon be placed in the1 ill and that the few months ent in school now would be all would ever go, I thought best allow him to enter although hs s under the school age. Other ses of the same kind have oc- 5 rred. These children may come t few years, learn to read and ~ -ite, and a few words of kind- ~ as and advice spoken to them IN may have an unspeakable in fluence in the fountain of thei character. We have a boy in our nint] grade whose father left his farn and came to the factory. By har< work and econumy he has7 man aged to keep his son in schoo most of the time. He is excelle< by none in his class. A mor obedient, industrious, polite, an( satisfactory pupil in every respec I have never seen. We have tw< other pupils from the mill in th< town school who lead their classes anud behave beautifully. Man; ofher children have learned t< judge a person, not by the clothe he can afford to wear, but b; morzl and intellectual worth. There is a school and churci building at the knitting mill givei by a good lady-Mrs. Nicholson and I ha;ve been informed tha there will be, in the near future good school buildings erected a the cotton mills now in the cours< of construction, as we alread; have at the Union Cotton Mills This is as it should be. Goo< school buildings well furnished goqd teachers and churches wil do much to solve the factor problem. I fear it will never b< solved to our entire satisfaction but let not that fact hinder u from doing our duty in the three fold education of mind, body. an< @ieart. The mere acquisition c knowledge alone will be of littl< value. Some uf the worst char aeters in history have been mer of scholarly ability. If we edu cate the mind and not the heart we render them capable of doing more evil in the world. Let us teach them to place before them the ideal of a pure and loftj character. The person who does not have some such ideal wil never attain the highest excel lence. May the time soon come whet there will be a good school build ing at every factory in our State may parents realize the great re sponsibility that is resting upon them, and do all in their powei to educate their children; may we have educated earnest teach ers who regard duty as the sub anc jand ong tats.aP1 to take. Me Waqter 1 o. -, THE BRITIaH ANSwER Washivgton. March 11.-Tbe los expected answer from the Britia government to the state departtmeni communication reciting the action c the senate upon the 13ay-PauncefoI treaty was returned to-day. Lord Panneefote came to the stat department at noon by appointuen Be brought the answer with him, an read It to Secretary flay. It w as, i ferm, an instruction from 'Lord Lani down, the British minister of loreig affairs, to Lord Pancefote, and < this instruction he left a copy wit Secretary Hay. The secretary and tb ambassador were closeted for half a: boor. At the conclusion of the con forence, it was stated that the instrnc lion to Lord Paunceforte was to notif the go)vernment of the United State that the British government did no see its way clear to the acceptance o the senate amendment.. Tbe note con einded with an expression of regre that such a course was lorced upon tb British government. There w as not b tug in the nature of a counter prol~on tih.n, nor was any opening left ft. fur. her action by the British goveru ment. It was sta'cd that if there is to bei further attempt to amend the tUlayton Baiwer treaty, so as to authotize thi United States to construct a watsrway acr.ss the isthmus, then it is tar th4 UJnited States to make the overture: the British government's reply drtpi the matter at this point. The 1tmpree. 610n prevails that there will be no im mediate action tooking toward the negotiation of a treaty. For the present the text of the Brie ish answer will be witbheld Iromn pub. lication, on this aide of the water, at least, though It is sa:d that atter the president bas- consiaered the mttter some general statement may be made as to the various pointi developed. 'Ibe Britishi ans wer is quite tehngthy, as iuch documents go, and would mnake about two newspaper column. The lone of tt~e reply is di-tmci friendly thronghbout, particularty io in he conc:ad:ng assurances tf good will and a desire to coopet ate in ttie reaI zation of this undertaking. Al hough the text is withhie:d, it is uinderstocd that the answer takes up bach of the three amendments made b) he 'enate and presetnts the diffienlties ta tthe way of uasenting to them As o the amendment which strt~ck out lIt that clause of the treaty a:yvaiag tber maritime nations to concur in he neutral zing of t be canal, tie Brit ib view is that wt-i e ti~e Uuaite~d tates and Gareat Britaiu can biod hernselves by treaty to neatroaize the aa, they cannot make this action inding on a!l other governments, un na these governments cnr cur. As ti die entire abrogat:on of the D~ayton in wer treary, as provided by chna of -he Ierae amendments, it appears tc - be the British view that such a step ii too far-reaching to be taken withoun some negotia ion in which the Britist side of tne case is presented The so. 1 catied Davis amendment appears, how I ever, to be te chief obstacle in tht . way of an agreement, and while the British answer makes no suggestion ol any further t.egotiatiou, there ceemi to be a fair inference f-om the genera iener that if a mdifi:ation of thii smendment could be secured tbere probably could be an anjasiment upot the other points of oiffire.ces. A reading of ihe answer lslo makes p~ait -hat wbile it does not make couniei pruposwtions or propose fi ther ac ion yet it does not pric ude sneh tc ion O) laying down a course which will Ut adhered to without the sligbt-t devia tion. On the contrary, th answel takes the form of an argum-nt tending to hhow ttiat the amni dmsnue jrupos-c by the senate do not fairly c,- sidlv the vvrious Briti-h in-eresta involved and that they cannot for that reaor be accepted in thc trrm piesented But there is nothing perempiory in th: tone of the answer. The Davis amendment to the treaty white in terms it did not give thu United States a right to fortify thb cansal, in ge- oral la,,guage expressa' the right of this c-untry to acop: sue) measuris in regaid to the canal al weic deemed nece.sary for the propei maintenance of Amerlein authority The two oth-r smetndments abrogaec tbe Clayton-Bulwer treaty and stiuci out the provision of the treaty wh:ct invited o her foreign governfnents tc expre s their approvt.l of it. CASTOR Ik For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Ugature of Rock=a=Bye Bab) These are sweet words, but how muc pain and suffering they used to mean. It' different now. Since Mother's Fricad ha become known expectant mothers hav been spared much of the anguish of child birth. Mother's friend is a liniment to b applied externally. It is rubbed thorough) into the muscles of the abdomen. It give elasticity and strength, and whea the fina great strain comes they respond quickly anc easily witho.ut pain. Mother's Friend i never taken internally. Internal remedie at this time do more harm than good. If woman is supplied with this splendid lin b ment she need never fear risingor swelliz -breasts, morning sickness, or any of ti Sdiscomforts which usually accompany prol f nancy. * The proprietor of a large hotel in Tampi Fla., writes: "My wife had an awful timr with her first child. During her secon e pregnancy, Mother's Friend was used an ,the baby was born easily before the doctc arrived. It's certainly great." Glet Mother's Friesnd at the drug store. $1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO 5 Atlanta, Ga. f W rite for o~srfre lustrted book, "Before Bat Is Born." : TOO MANY -ON HAND. SJUSi' ARRIVYED, A CARLOAI .of YOUNG MlULES. I have over on hand, anld Ibey mnst go. If see want to buy a toule corne to see mu anid I will se I yct1 cheaper than 1ot e*~n buy an) where es--. I have an' price mnle or horse yoti want irom $30 ur. Also all good wor kers and some good sad dIe hor-es. Cofme to see me before youn buy. I want to buy your cattle. Let me see them before you sell. A. Williford, Winnaboro. 8. C. UNDER TAKING IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENrd, with a full stock of Caskets. Buriil Cases and Coffine, constantly on hand, and us" of hearse when requested. Thankful for past patronage and solici tation for a share in the future, in the old stand &alis attended to at all boutrs. THE ELLIOTT GIN SHOP, J. hI, ELLIOT T & 00, 4.11.1e The Kind You Have Always E in use for over 30 ye ,-, I ~ and L oafl All Counterfeits, Imitations., Experiments that trifle with Infants and Childre.,-ExpeI What is C Castoria is a harmless subs1 goric, Drops and Soothing 1 contains neither Opium, Mo substance. Its age is its gua and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething I and Flatulency. It assimila Stomach and Bowels, giving The Children's Panacea-Thi CENUINE CAST Bears the I The Kind Yo llHa In 'Use For O THE CEWAU R CC PANY. TT MiO Notice to Voters1 Tne Books of 1bgistration for regis tering vo-ers for the next municipal election to be held on 3donda%, April 1st, 1901, for Intendent and Wardens for the town of Winnsboro, S. C.. will be -opened at Mr. Jno Mf. Smith's store Jar.uarv 1st, 1901, an. closed March 31,t, 1901. All voters for this election must register within this -time. Eich ap plicant for registration must prodo his coun:y reglatrati e and town ! eeif or all town taxes le before he can register for town election, .K C A . w Intendant. W. 31. Catheart. Supervieor of Registratioa. ~14 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FAIEF: LD. COURT OF COMg|0N PLEAS. The Peoples- lank of Winnsboro, 8. C., Plaintiff, vs So!. Wolfe, H. U'. Wolfe, deceased, C. B. Wolfe, Sara W DePoteR, Rebecca (I. Brann, Etta L Natnan, D. J Kanfmar', Jsabelle Bartech and Rose E Lytton, Defendan-s. d In pursuance of an order of the d Court of Common Paeas made ii the >r above stated case, I wi'! eff r for sale before the Court House door in Wit~ns bero, S. C., on the FIRST MON DAY IN APRIL -, mext, within the legal honr. of sale, at pubtic enutcry. to the hig best bidder, " the following described property, to wit: "All (hcse two Its or psrcels of land l'ing, beni g and situate in the town of Wivnsboro, in the County of F.i fie d and State of Siuth Car, lina afo'resaid. known and designated on the pign"if said town as lots numbered one hwe dred and forty-fonr (144) and 60yv ni-ae (59), cor.tainring tegtrher ree fourths of an acre, and bounrded n'orth1 wardly by lots numnbered one hunrre andl forty-three (14b) and uixr1 (60). formerly ocenpted by Dr. T. T. Rob ertson, deceased; eastvardly b l.,t numbr1ered: eigh'y-'ix (86) ; soutt war dl by lots nmbereti one h~ii:d .d aind forty fiv.e (145) and fit y *ig-r (58), formeirly < wned b, L wi. W linval, a'd now on d ny 4 Ii. Meh e' ; uand we-twa~ 'y by ( origre. street, 'o th.e rigt .f way se!l by Day d F. McD ,ael to the Chart iir and South Caro ina Rlailoand Comnra-a Alsi all those pr nm a s b ing, b. ing. anid situste in the# same ;0o, < only and 8:ate aforusaid, known and desig nard on the plan of said toiwn ap I niumberedt eightv-'.-vn (87) as'd parr of Jot rtu'ibered fif'.e itI (58), COrn tainirg 'hree-four'h' of an acr e. mm;e or lezs, and bo-:nnded on th- south by' lots r,umzbered fifty-nine (59) and eigbhtssx (86); ont the east bs Zio stree. ; on thu' -e-stn by oa rnmbrd fifty seveni (57) and eighty-eight (88); anud on the wear by land oi the t,:,ar h't'e,-t ~alTmbis a'd Ang!1sta Riroad Company (nouw the Sotnern Railwas l'ompani) :hrough which tiheir rail road track- is constracred. TF.RMS OF SALE Ons-third of trhe parchase money to be paid in cash, the balance on a credit of one anid t wo 5 ears, (in two Iri.!s annual insta:nments from the day of ;ate), wibh irt- rest fom t c day cf sale, to be seetnred by the bond of the purchasr and a mortgage oif 'h prem. i-es a -Id, with the irivilege to the purchaser to pay the credit portion of the pairchase money or any part there. of in caib at his option. Interest to be bt the rate of eight per cent peri annum The purchaser to pay for l nlecebsary papers. JOHN W. LYLES, Ma-'b 9, 1901. C. C P. F. C. 3-19td The One Day Cold Cure. . For colds and sore throat use Kermott's Choco Ies Laxate Quinine. Elasily taka a aSa r~ Ia bCCZcn hl li!. r Cr no onC tZo deceCir yo:n in . i ,d "37 Just-- God"I are C and endnger th2C hea1th c ,ienco .as EA- imrt titute for Ca2.or 02, Parc, ;yrups. It is Plcasant. I rphine nlOr other 21arcoti xrantee. It destroys Wormsi5 cures Dia:rrh7xa and Wind .roubles, cure3 Constipation tes thc Food, regnlates the healthy and natural sleep. 3 Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS signature of re Always Bought er 30 Years. MAY SThZC?. NEW YORK CITY. We have trade-winnera. hig-grade and low-in-price fIE ATERS-the most e economical ever in6v !tleK. They will born knot s, chanks, cbpv .and-aeythinig e'--4---is -ombiatibe. and will give grater beat wiib !es fuel'than any other r-tove in existence and beat. more quickiy. keep the room vrrrm all ng't and every night. Y your rcom at any tevuiert The are s cheap as coal and chesp - snnI4 AN FORTABL~-s bed roomrdiining roo', i i COOKLNG S&ES NONE BETTER MADXE Why psy sixty eight dollars fot'a range fromi an agent when you can buy as good one at half price from't .. yottr home dealers, who have a rep7~ tation to sustain and who.wilIH~~t~ you orefaily.The money. left .s hoe sit them is circulated at home does no good locally. R. W. Phillips, * 1851 VIVRNSII - 11ADE DY4 tIE TR8flILLI(i IU ~~V.S.A. [XAGTLY l1ATCata ttATIRAL. Woc5 ofl ANY' SVRLACL FOR SALE BY Obear Drug Co. 'TO HlOMIT MAY CONCEN ALL PARTIES INDEBIlED 70 Le estate of Q. D). Weiiford, d e a ed, wi:1 plea-e call ansd sele their acounts whih A. WV. Brran ait rho od siind. J. L. J;IMNAUJGl*, 1 8 Sai Admzinistrator. 2 -Subscribe to The News and Her ilE