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Our Public Schools. | They Should be Fostered. PAPER NO. 2. Ed. News: Io a democratic ! government it is difficult to j bring about great reforms in a short, time. Much time and argument are r? quired. The masses must stir u j) their suggish thoughts ; and concert of action must be secured by slow process- j e*. But there is a it exception to this slowly-moving activity. The public-school districts are small communities and can act more quickly than larger bodies. Only a few days are required for notice of assembling together to consider vital questions. These small bodies, all acting quickly, can soon effect great changes in a large state. The prosperity of our whole school system is only in part controlled bv the Slate. General laws provide general rules for conducting schools. Particulars must he handled by each community in its separate capacity. Thus we conclude that success is only obtainable through local effort; and each district must consider its own methods and operations. Our ureal nation is not a natural unit in its workings : but it may be styled an artificial unit composed of innumerable parts. Each oi these parts is a human being who has to bear a just share of the burdens of Htnte and is entitled to a portion of the general benefits of well administered government. It he is not competent, through lack of education, to fulfil the duties of a citizen, the whole fabric is just so much weakened. Our progress as a nation rests with individual competency to perform the dufips of ? pi!iv,?n Can he fulfil reduirements without education? Not well. If education is necessary, the public schools should ailord it and individuals should lay hold ot it : earnestly. As at present conduc-j ted too many of our schools are I per fund ory. Trustees employ a teacher and set him 10 work; parents are di-' lutory about starting children to school; some children attend one day, others next day, others seldom, thus discouraging theteacher, disarranging classes and gaining no benefit. One school, wi' hin the writer's knowledge,has j had an average attendance (dur- ' ing three months) of nearly one half the number ot pupils on the list. This is probably a sample of too many such. How can a school; progre-s when halt i he children rutino r\i \ n i I ? u o ?wl 1 * ? I t 1> i ' A farmer would, it his laborers| came t" the held 111 halves, stir up t? terrible fuss: perhaps a trial for murder might rostilt. Then a.ain you nm\ iiud a l'ain i 1V wh-ret I the ?*rown members Could easily do sprouting and cleaning during the winter: hut they sit by the lire and look at each other until Spring forces thetn outdoors, and then the babies have to be taken from school to cut and pile briars. Perhaps one or more nights out of the live in a school week j is devoted to frolicking: the rest of the tune tho scholars are tin I i fitted for study. Young folks should have enjoyment, but it must be regulated by reason ; and, it they must frolic, let it be on Friday night since 1 hat arran gement will enterlere less with school duiies. Above all things children should be compelled to attend school regularly and constantly while it is in session: but, under exid ing circumstances,this can hardly be hoped for since customs have been reversed ami children now rule instead of parent a. If it is a fiood thing to have a public school, it is incumbent on the people ol the disttiet to make it the best possible. It there are drones, the best tiling to do is to swap them oil": it would even be better to buy tlieni out than to let them a'ay in the hive. There is a lot of honey in this hive, hut only the active workers can get at it If most of the parents in a district are callous, it will pay the others to sell out and move to where there are more honey-makers. The writer knows ot twenty three pupils tailing to attend their district school dur ing this year in order to be enrolled. Ten days' attendance is j required for enrollment Some of these attended school in an adjoining district and were enrolled there; others attended a pri vate school part of the time; * others failed to attend any. Thus their district is deprived of one hundred or more dollars in division of the oublic funds, which would pay a teacher tor three months. This is a good way to breaK down a school. Such are some of the difBcuU ties surrounding public schools: it is incumbent on ttie people to exchange these evils lor blessings. And let us renumber that the children are not as much to blame as their parents for the ignorance and ill manners that prevail among too many places. Parents should persist in making children study more at home. Unfortunately many parents are unable to properly instruct their children, or even t?> know when they are studying to ad vantage; but tho>e can show that they feel a deep interest in he matter I.}'requiring and cultivating studious habits in their children. If they do not,the little niiMs will i <1111 111.1 < i I? 11 \? 1???I . 1. .<.o not i vt* pa and ma any concern is | only a liumbuvr after all; and the] youthful mind c nceives the idea that learning is unnecessary; thus parents ate (|u etlv and un- . intentionally, InP lorci'dv work 2 inu aoainst the sch ol Parents c r O I V can not he too oarelul in this!' matter, tor little lots interpretL their acts and feelimis hs well as I' it they spoke directly to the <! point. Tutor. I' I ( ^ , f !' .Mr .1. M ^ o'er, o! \ anwyck,L paid n> a pleasant call yesterday. I*' The News - ' "* "J ( can't we do yours? ? ? ? V ? ? * ; i Notice to Teachers. i he ni xt regular tea<-h< ru' \ iniii.ation j will be hold at Luiu-nater court li??*!? . )?< I i^iiniiui! nt oVIock a in Friday, May 18, ] liMi. W.M. MOOKK. County Mi|x r intf iiilt'iit Fdn< ation 1 Lane.mter, S.C., Apiil Ft, lhOti. 81 has twenty-one 1 3,000 carloads This volume ol Columbia, S. C. Wood's Seeds. Alfalfa Seed INOCULATED Ready For Sowind. inoculation makes It possible to grow Alfalfa where it could uot lie grown before. It supplies the bacteria necessary for the best growth and development of this valuable crop. Alfalfa once well established lasts for years, yielding large and continuous cuttings of the best and most nutritious hay. Price of seed quoted on request. Wood's 1906 Seed Book tells all about Inoculated Seeds, both for the Garden and Farm. Mailed free. Write for it. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, . VIRGINIA. We can also supply Inoculated Garden Pol.s, Snap Beans, Clovers, Cow Peas, etc. Write for prices. SHERIFF'S SALE. STATU OF SOUTH CAKOLIN \, County of Lancaster. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. . G. Haird, Plaint ill", v*. Walter lTaylor, Defendant. By virtue of an order of Court mud n the above stated cause, listed Or 4, 1005, and also by virtue of an exi ufion to me directed in said case, rill sell at public auction at Lancai er court house on the first Monday i lay. next, within t tie legal hours < ale, the following described real ei ate, which ha- heeu levied upon tind* aid execution as the property of tl lefendant, to-wit : All that pier iarce!. or tract of land in the town i .tncaster, said county and state, col aiding one and one-lialf acres, inoi >r lens, running along Market strei rom < hesterlleld avenue to Souther tan way ' oinpany'a track ami Iron ny on sanl <'h-'sterlieM avenue-b nt; a portion of I lie rotate lands i Iiilia A. Taylor, tleeeafletl. AI o, all that lot of lamt. with tl > 11 ililiiifft thereon, minute in the sa own, count.y ami state, on the we ille of Mail! street evfeinleil rill aiding one and one-half acres, ino ir less, tenanted by II. O. Mcllwa 111<I being a pot Lion of the esta ands of Julia A. Taylor, deceased. Terms of sale, cash; purchaser >ay lor papers. .1 MO. l\ HUNTKK, Sheriff Lancaster County. Williams & Williams, Plaintiff's Attorneys. Lancaster, S. April 13, 1W06. Subscribe to The News. [gger Yields 1 iber of acres fertilized with Farmers' Bone produce a cotton, than the same acreage with ordinary fertilizer, does more than that. It makes it possible to reduce d increase the yield. Try it this year. The man I^ Made With Fish J? i years of fertilizer experience back of him. Over of Royster fertilizers were used on the crops of 1905. KEa * : business stamps Farmers' Bone the best. ^LOOK AT OUR TWENTY YEARS' RECORD 88 1885 ?250 TONS / 1890 1,500 TONS N. y io?3?i^.uuu i uifo \ 7. ^ / 1900-58,455 TONS \? B 1905-130,091 TONS F. S. ROYSTER GUANO GO. Macon, Cn. ^ mg?wr ^jlREEN PEAS should he treated with a fertilizer containing a high percentage of Potash, in order to get the healthiest, fullest pods. /; "Truck Farming" and "Plant Food" are two practical books for the farmer, which we mail free of any cost or oh- ^ ligation to those who write tor them. They contain valuable facts about truck-gardening as a profitable business. Addreaa. OEKMAN KALI WORKS. Wow fork?93 Naaaau Stroat. or Atlanta. Oa.?28!i Bo. Brood Sunk | Southern Kailuxtp THE SOUTHS GREATEST SYSTEM _________________ Unexcelled dining car service. Through Pullman sleeping cars i on all through trains. Conven. ient schedules on all local trains. Winter tourist rates are now in ip effect to all Florida points. I7or ? full information as to rates, i routes, etc., consult any South11 ern Railway Ticket Agent, or it HHMooMMMaanaaninOTMiaHHBaMBMaioaaMaMHMaaai *r E| BROOKS MORGAN, A.G.P.A., R. W. HUNT,G.P.A., J- Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C. re I First National Bank ;: i lii tli l en o in | i it I. hi , the suect >1 I nl I to < ' depi il l primarily upon the 111. r.tl11> of treat n. cut uncorded lis depositors. ' i Hecojpiizin^ this faet, IMF. FIltST NATIONAL li\NK of L tDCMtcr, t t prants iih ^i-iieri.iiH terms as are consistent with modern o >nservaiive hank- , in^, and the result has lie? n a continuons and rapid growth in business < and resources , We want and invito an account from every individual, linn and corpo- , ration in Istncaster County. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, paid on < ' time lit iifwitK