The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, April 14, 1906, Page 8, Image 8
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.
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.Mr .1. M ^ o'er, o! \ anwyck,L
paid n> a pleasant call yesterday. I*'
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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.
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[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.
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^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
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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
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E| BROOKS MORGAN, A.G.P.A., R. W. HUNT,G.P.A.,
J- Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S. C.
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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