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ana or, th. two meetiu e ucational Asso. er been our prive any neeting that was . a higher plane. The :% were among the foremost en:' tors and leading citizens of the whole country and the spirrit of the meeting throughout was most catholic. Nothing was said by any Northern man that could have given offence to any South ern man or woman, and Southern courtesy was fully sustained in the similar action on the part of the Southern representatives to ward their invited guests. A twrite-up of this Confer euc. , Ould be incomplete without special mention of its president, Mr. Robert C. Ogden. From any standpoint from which you may consider him be is a remarkable man. His success as a man of affairs has been fully established. As a public-spirited citizen fully interested in all that pertaius to the upbuilding of the community he has provenhimself a power in local matters in the metropolis of the country. As a philanthropist, who knows no section and no creed, he is proving himself second to no one in America in promul gating the greatest educational movement of the age. As a pre siding officer he is ideal. Of a commanding appearance a n d pleasing personality, possessing a fine sense of humor and with a wonderful aptness for saying the right thing at the right time, always on; time and giving the closest attention to every detail of the program, he presides with ease and dignity, commanding the respect of every one in the audience. As a host superb he proved himself in fitting up the excellent train of ten of the finest Pullman and dining cars, paying all the expenses of his 105 in vited guests for their fif teen- days trip through the South at a cost of not less than 812,000, and giving himself the greatest con cern about the ccmfort and con venience of every guest all the while, 1t requires but a glance at him in the hotel lobby or on the rostrum to see that he is be loved and esteemed by his co workers and that his is truly a phitanthropic spirit. The great Dr. Curry in his long life of de voted service to the cause of education in the South did no greater work than discovering Mr. Ogden and enlisting his time and talent in behalf of the cause of education at large and especially in the South. We were not one of those who -expected to find the negro in the woodpile and if we had been we would have been most wofully disappoin ted. Most of the speak ers were Southern men,-Southern to the core, yet truly patriotic American citizens. The inter pretation of the Confe'nnee, of what it is and what it stands for. was given by Dr. Denny, presi dent of Washington and La University. The Thursday morn ingsession was turned over whol ly to the superintendents of edui cation in the Southern states. -who were all present but three and who dealt with the different phases of educational progress as exemplified in their respective states. The dual problem of ed ucating the white man's and the negro's child from the same public treasury and in d1ifferett schools was treated with comm ien dable seriousness and earnest ness on the part of the repre sentatives from both sections ol the country. The distinctive f.?atures ofid ucational progress in the South that were studied were local tax ation, the establishing of libra ries in rural schools, the consoli dation of the various schools in a district and the transpor-ting of the pupils to the consolidated school, and the building upa system of county high schools. It is a significant fact that the last mentioned received the most consideration. To bridge the gay between the rural school and the college is the vital edneationa problem of the hour. Thirough contributions by the Gen~er:u Board of Eduction, which is veryv closely identified with the Cion ference for Education.,i couty high schools have been e~xab lishedi in Georgia and other S e ion. *Ne w t the t of the l c. Alder as the first v aiversity of t ords of wit ] a deep and'j .on upon theL aud their friends it was to enjoy ary feast. .rolina's place in the 1 ts filled with credit and an. In the words of .e and adieu by his ex eeh, ey Governor Heyward, it was clearly demonstrated to the visitors that in their chief eN ecutive South Carolinians have a man to be proud of not only for healing the wound of factionalism that existed in the State previous to his election, but also for his zealousness in removing from the State any stains upon its es cutcheon on account of the ignorance of any of its citizens. Governor Heyward responded fully to every demand upon him by virtue of his official position. Mr. Martin, as the representative head of the State's department of education, proved easily a second to none of the state superinten dents in forwarding the cause of education in his state. Gifted in his humorous, illustrations and with a pointed way of getting at everything, he is a most popular and forcible public speaker. Mr. Martin has lost no opportunity since he has been superintendent of education to identify himself with the most progressive ed ucators and leading educational movements in the country by attending the various educational meetings and is ranked as second to none of the superintendents of the Southern States. Then, too, he is getting a deeper and deeper hold upon the teachers in South Carolina who recognize in him a leader not unmindful of their best professional interests. Perhaps the greatest ovation given any speaker on the program was that to Supt. W. H. Hand of the Chester graded schools at the conclusion of his remark ably forcible and pointed address on 'Compulsory Education." M.r. Hand han for a number of years bee i oked upon as second to no0 mt-. in South Car olina in p)ublic school work and on this occasion won a deeper admira tion for himself on the part of his fellow teachers at home and a very warm place in the hearts of these representatives of the nation, who were 'deeply im pressed with the able manner in which he dealt with this very vita.1 phase of public education in the South. Columbia too rose to the de mands upon her as hostess of this great educational gathering. The homes of her best citizens were thrown wide open to her in vited guests from abroad and from the State and they were en tertained in true Southern hospi tality. ' The city schools pre pared a treat for the visitors by maing a complete exhibit of terschool work in every de dairtmaent. It won from~ all the ->ue testimouy that no better school exhibit u'as ever made XiAmeries. It was a reve ation to the school men ol :beSate and riationi. So comn-. I lete and sawgtsuve is it that it I-,o':ld be canI it.l t, all the prin ip summer eaboos in Soutb> Jardi&na this vaar and be mad, i p ut of the permanent exhiba oft thet State fair. Giviug hoito :o whom honor is d ae would no beC e >mplete witb bout an expressionJ i f comm1edation of the admnira ble work of the Columdia State in behalf of the Conference pre viu to its coming to Columbia and in its most complete report; of all the proeedings. Fairtield was represented at. the Conference by the following: Suut. D. L. Stevenson, Dr. J. J. Rliertson, C. P. *Wray, Hon. J. (G. Mcans J.QO. Davis, Supt. L. TUaeJ. Frank Fooshe, and 3Iiss Bessie McMaster. Limitations of time and space tor'bid our making further note o-f this great educational gather iun, tLbegoxd effects of which are( sure to be felt for many days to come. The sy mpathy of the entire staite goes out to 3Ir. Ogden and f his party on account of the wreck that demolished their train :nd caused personal injuries to several of their number. c Fvoh v' Ifoe and Tar contains no .'pi:i andl can safely be given to chil- 1 rco and1 i pcuiliarly adapted fort i on has beeD called icg of pigeons by the s about town. What ie cruelty of the thougnt rt on the part of the boys in so many instances they de instead of killing the is. Such sport should not be Julged in at any time and specially is this true at this sea on of the year, when there are o many young squabs in the >ft. It is a trite saying, but none be less true that the teacher is heschool. This is most forci ly demonstrated in the instance f Dr. J. W. Hudson, under hose supervision Mr. Zion at ained its greatest prosperity. )r. Hudson's powerful person lity so completely permeated the smosphere of the historic school hat new life came to it and he vas indeed Mt. Zion. The over hadowing of-the past under his >rilliant career has made place or the common error that he was he founder of Mt. Zion. It is well to keep the records straight, iowever. The Mt. Zion society ;vas founded in 1777. While our orefathers were fighting for heir civil independence, they were also laying deep the founda ,ion for their freedom from the hraldom of ignorance. Chanie Chattings. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brooks and family retnrned from hei father's yesterday. Mrs. C. M. Ladd paid her pa rents a visit last week. Misses Alma Milling and Maci( Yongue returned from a visit tc Miss Hugh Kennedy of Chestei yesterday. They were accompa. nied by Mr. Walter Yongue. Miss Savilla Owings paid Mrs. Brooks a visit last Friday. She is home on a shoit visit. She has just completed three course at Draughon's college in Colum. bia - stenography, typewriting and book-keeping. There will be services at Salen: )n the 7th. We will have twc sermons and will have commu. nion on the following Sabbath. The death angel has called it our midst once more. The lit. tle sufferer was little Dicksor Yongue, son of Mr. and Mrs J. M. Yongue, aged nine months Another little helpless darling that God saw fit to keep in a deli. cate state has been taken. We all extend our warmest sympathy to the bereaved family. La. May 1, 1905. fleeting lit. Zion Society. Mount Zion Society held its annual meeting Monday morning All the old officers were re-elected as follows: H. A. Gaillard, Pres. A. S. Douglass , senior warden, '. H. Ketchin, Secty. and Treas A financial report was read fronm the trustees of school district Nc 14, giving a full statement ol receipts and expendiure to date As this report will be covered by the annual report of the board of trustees of school district Nc 14, the partial report is noi printed at this time. The report of the library com* rittee showed that the library is still being largely used. The re port will be published in full nexl week. An appropriation of $30 was made to the library commit bee on the condition that a similai amount be raised by coutributione or otherwise. On motion, a committee ol three, consisting of J. Franlk Fooshe, J. E. McDonald and I. W. Hanahan, was appointed to inquire into the advisability ol increasing the special levy for the listrict from two to thfee mills. Should this phange be deemed expedient it would nyake possible an increase of not less than $200 per year in the revenues of the school district and also effect a rediction of on~e mill in the town's taxes, as th~e appropria. ion of $GO0 to the school distriet is at present cogld be discon :inued. J. A. Erice was re-elected as ut. Zion's representative on the school board. Letter to 4 Winnytqom Bqiljer. Winneboro, S.C Dear Sir; You want a cheap ob of paint for a cheap house, lon't you? It's Devos. It's the regular :hing in Devoe; there's nothing, n all paint, so cheap as Devoe. Oh,. yes, you can paint with nud; but that isn't paint; you vant it to look about right for a noth or two. Paint Devoe; can't do it for ess; there's nothing so cheap; say lothing of wear, there's nothing o cheap as Devoe. It goes so far; save gallons; to catter about the price, save gal ons. A gallon of paint, put-on, osts $4 or $5; save gallons. Devoe is your paint; save gal ons; Devoe is your paint. Yours truly 56 F WDEYOE &CO John H. McMaster & Co. sell ur paint. eai a. ,. The Kind You Have Always Bought Some Antebellum Schools and Teachers. The following history taken from an article written by Frances H. Whitmire, principal of the West End Graded school, in Union, S. C., is very interesting: One of our most famous early school was the Mount Zion School, in Winnsboro, S. C. It was established by Mr. J. W. Hudson, a native of Darlingtou county, and agraduate of the South Carolina College, in the class of 1823. He went to Winnsboro as a lawyer, but soon entered the field cf pedagogy, where he won distinction. In 1833, he taught in a small wooden house, back of the old brick "college," where Mr. R. L. Edmonds taught the: more advanced nunils. Mr. Edmonds was an Irishman, who had taught at many places along the Atlantic coast, from Norfolk, Va., to Winnsboro. Soon after this time he went to Florida, where he was accidentally killed many years later. When Mr. Edmonds left, Mr. Hudson took charge of the school, where his reputation drew pupils from several states, sometimes the num ber reaching two hundred or more. His wife, who was a Miss Good wyn, assisted him with the lower classes. During his day, lie had many assistants, quite a number of whom made their mark in the world. A few of these wrote books of more or less merit. Mr. Hudson was a tall man, of fine appearance. He had a slight deformity in one foot, which rendered the use of a cane necessary. He always dressed neatly in black, and his striking figure was a conspicuous object on the streets of Winnsboro, in the afternoon or on Saturday. He was a fearless, determined man,andsucceeded in breakingin all the bad boys sent to him, and of commanding and holding the respect of all. his pupils. Mr. Hudson died of an. apo plectic strok in 1857, and is buried on the Mount Zion school grounds, where his friends have erected a monument to his memory. This campus was the camping ground of Lord Cornwallis and his troops. Upon it stood the Corn wallis oak, where it remained until four years ago. Probably the most original teacher of his time was Joshua Whitmire Jones, who taught a Male High School at Calhoun Falls, in Abbeville county. He was a graduate of South Caro lina College and a man of fine in tellect and scholarship. His eccentricities prejudiced many against his instruction, and per haps impaired his usefulness as a teacher and a man. He was a Universalist in religion, having been imbued with the ideas of Dr. Cooper, while at South Caro lina College. He was known as the "Barefooted Teacher," going unshod most of his time. Mr. Jones kept a pack of forty hounds, and with all his pupils, indulged in fort-nightly fox chases. He would say; "Now, boys, the best man will tail the fox!" The usual result was that Mr. Jones returned wearing the precious trophy him self. Notwithstanding the inde pendent ideas promulgated at this school, it sent a great many brainy brawny fellows to college who made their mark there and in after life. Professor lbosa,.a man of finish ed education, a graduate of. one of the New England Universities, taught a male academy at Lime stone. Here a great many young men were prepared for college, quite a number of them finished at Wofford. Amiong these may be mentioned Charles Petty, of Spartanburg, whose daughter is a fine newspaper reporter, now working in the north. Professor Rosa was a small man, but of a very determined character. Ec was considered a tine disci plinari an. He married a teacher at Limestone College. After giving up hisscoo work, he moved near Georgetown, w]here he spen~t the remgirnder of~ his years. Furman University wa firs established as an industrial school in Fairfield conty. The students; worked a crop during the school' session. The buildings were destroyed by fire, said to havye been set by a dissatisfied student, One boy perished in the flame After this, 3n 185i2, the se - was moved to Greenville. 4ool it was made the stat, , where Universi~s. The or-aBaptist used here were -, adings first Dr. James C. ,~ ented houses. man yers .furman~ was for ceede yr gresident, being suc ceeecibyDr. Charles Manly. an FL3 lhved only a few f'ears after his resignation, dur ing which time he occupied a chair im the faculty. At Fishidam, the present site of Carlisle, Professor Haskell, a V ermont yankee, had charge of a well petronized school. He became noted as a fine instructor, and a great many young men from other counties were sent here. Mr. Ha~skell was succeed en by Mr. Geo'rge W. Hill, who is still living at Carlisle, and who can, no doubt, telus many things Cet SCOT T'S Emuls'ion When you go to a drug store and ask for Scott's Emulsion you know what you want; the man knows you ought to have it. Don't be surprised, though, if you are offered something else. Wines, cordials, extracts, etc., of cod Over oil are plenti ful. but don't imagine you are getting cod liver oil when you take them. Every year for thirty years we've been increasing the sales of Scott's Emulsion. Why? Because It has always been better than any substitute for it. Send for free sample SCOTT & BOWNE. Chemists 409-415 Pearl Street, New Yor 50c. and $1.00. All druggists No Doubt About It. In reply to an inquiry to Mr T. H. Ketchin and the clerks o: the Ketchin Mercantile Co. it regard to whether their big ful page ad. which they had beer 0r carrying for the past four week: had paid them, each and ever' one expressed themselves ac most thoroughly convinced thai it had proven a fine payin investment. People from al sections of the county came tc them saying that they had seei their big ad. Such a big ad could not fail to attract attentiot and it is highly gratifying to w to know that it proved so satis factory. Our rerders need no be surprised to see such ai advertisement from this firn again in the near future anc others firms will find it decidedly to their advantage to make sucl a liberal use of printers ink. It pays to advretise. Th Bigger, the Better. A Lesson in Health. Healthy kidneys filter the impuri ties from the blood, a nd unless they (1 this good health is impossible. Foley' Kidney Cure makessound kidneys am will positively cure all forms of kidne: and bladder disease. It strengthen the whole system. Sold by McMaste Co. Erskine's Representative Wins. Last week we announced tha R. L. Patrick of White Oal woul0reresent Erskine in th itrolgiate oratorical contes at Greenwood Friday evenin April 28. It is now our pleasur to announce that in that contes Mr. Patrick was easily the winner This is one of the highest possi ble college honors in Souti Carolina and it is a matter o: pride that it was won by a Fair field boy. Having won in tha contest, Mr. Patrick will be the represantative for the Cileges o~ South Carolina at the Southeri Intercollegiate Oratorical contes to be held at Monteagle during the summer. Mr. Patricl is a son of Mr. S. R. Patrick of White Oak and has just passed'his 23rd birthday. At he age of 18 he left home tc teach an 8 months school in the~ western part of Edgefield county The following year 19 otor'ed Erskine college taxing a ver high stread in his class. He ther dropped out of coll'ege for twc years, teaching during that time at Cornwell. He re-entea Erskine in the fall of 1903j and is now a member of the 'untior class, expecting tc~ tate the A . B. degree in J3%Lj Mr. Patrick is a and energectic member 4 4 Euphemian Society. 'gis, eglc4 to secure an 'ucatica : worthy o( iba high,eg go'r dation and m nake ge4c'2. has come to, him 41 th prized. Je mo: The Qudy Kes cnain~cc, Mr. 4 and Courlu in fa~ll. Itig , dtrick's orati< mog;-acy a v Qbject was"D iegoratia, adying." This wint a tha y will be published in f a da s ews Herald at an earl Teachers' Examination. WAINNSnOn~o, S. C., May 2, 1'0.. Thie ne(xt Teacher' E:xaminatio will be held Fidav, Mayv 19, 190->. Ini addition to'the regularsuhieet iuestions5 will lbe submlittedI on Hughe Mistakes in Teachin;., Peterman's Civ (Governmtent andl Current Events. The teachiers are also advised Io re:i "Thle LaIst of the Mohicans"' and "Th T1he State Summer Schiool will bh held at Cleruson College .June 21 ti July 19. The Catawba Sununer('1 Schl2O, wicE (Tmbrces Fairtield, will be held a1 Yoirkville June 18. D). L. STl EV ENSON, 5-.-0 Co up.Edctin Grove hasstodthe test 25 yeam bottles. Does this record LAND ris still leadi and Em bro You will have to .ee how we can sell them ures. We will not be Anew lot! o nMer's su it s or slinve piece at Summecr Dress Good restao orimeseL rNcion Depar plete. Cal' and eaieo It will pay you. We your hard=earned do!!: Overalls a specialty. bee our line of Ladit Men's and Boys' Shi Yours for busii L. For Lowesi Lime Cem< Call on BUILDINGZ I have just received 1 Flooring and Ceiiing; Rough Lumber, all cut f Shingles, Laths, MoTh building materiais alwa A full stock of Buggie prices. Everything in Furnitu riages and Organs. This is the place to ge1 Our stock of Dry Good est you. There is Atl wVern tt corr Groo It is a satisfaction & ,o very best. The Best in Rams--r . The Paest iPea9 i The Rest in - ' , Tlze ,esg> .une* Cor in F ~inApl CanneX ;eet Po - All f .he break~ PHONE 25 IT PAYS TOAD L1N rj NEW s Tas teless Ch 's. Aver age Annual Sales c of merit appeal to you? ng n LacesXX9 Iery. - them to understand it such very low fig inderso d. and Boys' Clothing in bargain prices. 3 in proportion to the and Misses' Shoes variety. Prices right. ent is full and com stock before buying. :an save you some of - S. Is' Dress Skirts. rts of all grades. ress, Landecker. L Prices on .nt and. eries ATLIAes. :wo carloads of Dresse' Weather-board sing av id romn 1ong-leaf pine. [Iding, Brick and r ys in stock. the and Harne- ss atspca re aby Car a good QoMy ;and N.etio, . Stove. .1s wiji inter BOAG. ir2a Name ~s to Buyirng .3res. that you are getting the best, the fes Premium. .elmet and Gondola. u-Sunbeam. a)pples -Regal. Theese-Antrim's. :atoes. fast foods in stock. iley's Can dies are just fine. W. C. BOYD. 'VERT ISE ilE II Tonic wver One and a Half Milhlos No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Rl ane. ot Liver PUIS.