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The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL I. NO. 64. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTEH, S. C., .'."AY 16. 1906 PHICE?FIVE CENTS PEIl COPY. Our Public Schools i More about Books. 1 PAPER NO. 6. I Kd News:?Before continuing ' the discussion of boohs it is proper that I thank you for setting us right on the law as to selection of trusttes. "Parent" was correct and I was (as often is the ca e ) wrong. Now to resume. Writing is * neglected badly in our schools. Some will say that ounils are , required to write exercises, answers to questions ami in other ways practised. This is an error. It is not prac'ice, but the rapid and careless performance of a task. Lawyers are often taken to task concerning thei* illegible writing. \Vhy? Because their clients wait ua'il public days or when haste is required and eause the scrivener's pen to rush over paper regardless of any curve of beauty. Just so the child is hur- ( ried and does not tret practice. but mere performance- His ^ handwriting has no chance to shape and mature itself. There- , fore all should bo required at ^ stated times to leisurely practice a lew lines. Oh my I There comes up that , horrid Urammarl Yes, indeed it ] is horried. The poor child has , been compelled for an hour or , two to betmidie his brain by a so-called diagrammatic analysis | of some high-llown utterance of , a dead orator or poe?. Lie ; i searches with mi^ht and main for a simple subject and predi ( cate in order that his worried j Krui n ni u \r rrrugn ul 1 an .11 ?" - .. / * f "' j idea, but guesses that it is some- , wh re hidden in the recesses ot , ? compound ?complex subject , with its sh iding ol ramifications. |, qualifications, modifications, etc. , and that something ambiguously , cloudy lias been predicated | about, on, or concerning it at , some vague time and unknown ( place. 1'oor fellow! I do sincerely , pity him ; and feel a contempt , for the teacher who will compel , a child to undertake a atudv , onlv fit for a collegian. Some , children have pretended to study j Grammar two or three years and | succeeded in learning nothing | about the relation of words to each other in a simple sentence. 1 , Tnis is a cheat trom start to tin L ish. It sounds l?ig to say to out-11 sid'rs "I study Grammar," or I j 1 tench Gramnruir" kni i? '1 "I hollow mockorv. i, IImler our system (if it ih one ) j i a pupil hiohI uccompiirtii what m he can in three or four months: ] then why not use a hook from ? which he can derive mo-t bene- i til in that lime? With Smith's \ (trammar a competent teacher * can instil into (lie mind nf an r average pupil a tolerably lair I idea ol how our language ought i j to ho spoken or written: any t good grammar on the same plan I f will answer the purpose. I do ' not consider Smith by any means the chief of grammariaus; hu' I Jo like his plan for beginners: afterwards they may take up a higher grade if they have time. ^ It must always he done in mind that most must he borne in the shortest time ; for the majority ol our pupils are laboring peo pie. 1 know a teacher who ap plied to an examining hoard for a certiticato. He finished his papers first of all applicants, anil knew he had secured the prize. When his work was graded lie was surprised to find his standing in grammar so low. g( knowing lie had done better, u The truth was that the board did t| not know. Besides grammarians -or writers on that line-differ ,j sometimes, as well as doctors, j, in construing a very long and complex sentence : but they can not ditfer as to the relations ol ^ 1 ? wurus io each o'lier,?in simple r parsing; and that is what the (j child needs to leain. If he gets . a fair knowledge of Smith, he (j will write and speaf so as to be understood: this is the object in :t studying any grammar. History, as I have said, may y profitably succeed the fourth ^ Reader as a reading book: after- j wards it should be reviewed as a text book, and questions answer- (j ?d with evidence of study, jHere the eflective teacher may put in good work : if he know history, he can, on many occa dons, when time will permit jj make a lesson interesting by im parting information outside the book, thus causing pupils to i i r .1 , o! comprehend more Inllv the mm. ject of I heir studies. I'hysiology and Hygiene! [ireat Scots! Do not we have ills enough without striving to ^ find out how to have more? A talented m??n used to say that he stinted to study medicine with a >T view ot practising, hut He had to 11 stive it up because lie imagine i that he had every disease as he read about it. It too much knowledge on this subject might visibly increase our list of patients, let lis avoid it. At any rate it is not suited to our common country schools 1 heard u x teacher of a colored t-chool in 11 the country ask tor h 'It a dozen more hooks <>n this subjert, *ay *' ing he did not have more than nail a dozen in use. I'd alrm-st A ui .. n i c i ? <v ufinn i?i cniiiiv against a " ^ill of .jewshai ps iha' there were not three ol I'in s-ch*rlftrs able write a correct bnsina-s or social v< letter. Let 11 i thing alone at!least until ti e pupil is old enough j vv tnd learned enough to discuss |c die suhjec wi h some degree of! " reason. A good suh-ti>iHe for it j would he some I) ok ?oi .N ttural| '~v Philosophy. I do not an tM ulvanee l t"e >ti e, hut a -imp e '1} work e\[?lftining tlio 44 why and jvherelore'' ol eommon thing-: a Ml lorie* "f (jiuMtioo- and answers Hl m-natur d'| h n on mm.whether a ever or crow is the stronger!?' til 11 wit V u'luil i>i.il//.u ' - . .. - -" "nv iimaua i <11 11 dim i17' hing-? tlmt come up in lh? hie p in'l work ol n pnetioftl firmer 1 0| >r mechanic. a Continued on I'age Eight. N \ The Christian Crusaders nterest Increasing in their Tabernacle Meetings?Evidences of a Spiritual Awakening in LancasterReport of the Recent Services. Leported tor The News. Notwithstanding the fact tha' tc great enemy of souls, who ver "goeth about like a lion, Peking whom he may devour^' as been busily engaged, during lie week, to allure the carnally linded, and to draw the uttenion of man Irom Heaven and eavenly things, unto himself, nd the further fact that the feather lias been unfavorable, Do Tabernacle meetings of the husaders have been well attened, and lie interest is increaslg in attendance and spiritual evelopment. These earnest serants of God have endeavored, i song, in personal testimony, nd from the preaching of God's ^ord, in demonstration of the pirit and of power," to lift up esus to the per pie, and to show >rth to the unconverted, the anger of living in tin, its aw ll consequences, and the imor la lice of preparing for the reat, never-ending Eternity, Lt I * ? men an must spend either in leaven or 11 ell. 1 lie lloly Ghost ha? been promt in these services to <lo His liee work "to convince of n, of righteousness and of the pigment.'' Many, as they sat nder the influence of the Spirit, i the solemnity of the hour, ave been shown their relation i God and have heard the still, nail voice within, which ha< \ \ i \ i }w>mi \\r jiflt I jiPy "h'Hll'i fl() lat they might gain God s f i\ r ;>me of these havo obeyed tins ice, been won to Christ, and ?ve iestitied publicly to His ivi'?jrpo' er. () her-< hav man esled an inteiest in their soul's ellare by standing fur prayer, horn i he neonle nt God i.ruv i i v4 i<?y scon also he able Jo rejoice , Christ as their Redeemer and ergonal Savior. The ineeiinsr of Saturday night as largely attended. Thescnjire le-sun was read bv General iiiht, Iroin St. John. 1 : 1?It lie ado a few remarks on the Itth ^rse ol the chapter and quote< , -"Ilia' was the true litrht, h eh hgf teth eyery man tlnit itnelh into the world." The <dy Spirit e irrted the nies?ai?e one :n tin* hearts ot many, one oii> ived ?>;!? ? wore ^nllie'111 y concerned to nd-m 'heir unis mr j?r ?y???. iiurintr i lie at rinoetimr, and nun precious ill I proles*' (i !?? be saved, .it the tar. A very larce. attentive audiice tilted tin* Tabernacle on andav alternoon. (Jen. Liuli t reached f.'otn (lie ,'ird chapter Si. John, on ' The New Birth." monp otlv r things he s id The ew It*rth means ; more than a reformation, an Amendment, a ? moral change or outward alterla'ion c?f lile. It means a tlior ough change of heart, will and I character; a resurrection from | the dead; an implantation in! the heart ol a divine principle from Heaven. It means the bringing into existence of a new creature with a new nature, now a tastes, new appetites, new de- * sires, new longings, new dispositions, new affections, new aspir- ' ations, new ideas, new opinions, ^ new views, new hopes, and new 1 tears. All this atul nothing short a of this, is meant by the 'New (: Birth.' This great change of 1 heart rendered absolutely, 11 necessary to salvation hy the 1 awfully corrupt condition tU:S which all, without exception, are c born info the world." Many were a pricked to their hearts and were 51 brought to realize that, although ' they had made a profession ol 9 wdigion for a number of years, they had not experienced this change of heart which Christ so plainly and positively declares is needful to salvation. Seven asked an interest in the prayers of the Christian people, by the ^ uplifted hand. In the meeting Sunday night, which was well attended, Lieut. Murden preached Irotn Matt. 4* 7?22 on uThe Call of God." She ^ referred to the call of Abraham, t of Moses, and of the child Sarauel, and brought before the minds of the congregation that God is calling the unsaved to-day. * c She related two very touching - n incidents, showing the power of -in and the awful end awaiting those who heed not the call ot God ' The unsaved were exhorted to behold .festis, the Crucified One, to forsake their sins and live for (Jod. Many were brought under I. . ? deep e oiviet ion. -."Mich a work as that ot the jCrusaders is much needed here/' O lias been said by many, and, whoL ciM doubt it? Shall w* not have n pen'eeostal outpouring during tin* weeks to come? Let the Chris ians o all the churches he j of "one accord" and agonize with unwavering taith lor their ! / unsaved loved nti-s, friends and neighbors, and (Jod will hon<r| their tail It and pour out upon I hem ; such a hle^ing as they will no il be able to eoiilain,?even the h v ilv .I inn ill I - 1 - - 1 w, liiun ,nmi , Lilt" (1 - : () sire ?>i tin ir heeris Lei us help 0 lo carry on this pmil work witltjrj our prayers, our presence ard t ur siiiiHlai.ce. 'i _____ ! r How to get Rid of Ground " Moles. " Mr Kditor : i note in The! News that '-.I W. K.," of Hawk- ? i11svi11 e, 11;t., wants I?> know Itow | I to iret rid o! ground moles in his I limited peas If lie will en' some ! I pa'ma ehri'ti see v. i1 h i - ; e < I when dropping litem he will ( jlinil that the moles will * e linn [ j no further Iroubln. Or if one or L JI wo of the see<l are put in the < holes whom tlm mole-i run 'h'V i will not tro t h 11 w<\y any more. I A O.un'len Suscribor. i lard from Mr Jolm A. Cwsfc Lancaster County's Nle&H^ Auditor will Not be a ?'????didate for Reelection Mr. Editor : Please alio?.* i small space in The New. hank my many friends and nw citizens <>f Lancaster cooler nr the many kind solicitatior.--tflfce ecome auain a candidate **** eelection to the ollice of ootr.o?* ,udit<?r I will have served ur* ountv for ten years when as* ime expires, and therefore v#lot he a Candida'e for reelects**, his year. Hoping you all eloe.t one tf? sorva vnn " -> * >r better than 1 have done, nvdt train thanking my many ltd fellow citizens. one and r>r t lie kind conBideu*trw? hown me, 1 am. most respectfully. J no. A. Coot The Monument Funa ^ist of Ladies who have W+.cently Contributed Dollar, Each. The Lancaster Chapter U. 5b_ 7. continues to receive co?itat?? ions of $1. each from the 111 itin 111 u11uiHf ni luua. .*c. xkv* lition to the namex already jwtftr iaiicil , the loliowiug have a.tfcflft lontribu'ed: Migs Agnes Gaskey, Mrs. .ifci. H mimond. Mrs. 8. J. I lh:? drs. Chalmers Williams, lennie Clark Hughes. A frietyfc. Heath Spiings, 8. C. Mrs. W. C. Thomson. M.*v Hasel Wit herspoon, Mrs. ft 1. McMurrav, Mrs. T. K, Clybura^, drs. I.iz/.:? Crnwlord, Mr? Jrawlnrd, Mrs. Sallie Liu<<f?!jb Irs. J. S. Wilson Lancaster. ??. J., Mrs Clmina Cartledge, Kwiv-. mrg, S. C., Miss Virginia rtson, 1 nmaii., A trioiul,ChesVur Mrs. M. E. Oauthen Treas. L. 0. U. Jlc>. lomme.nconc nt of rhr. School this If'ecA. The closing exercises of <W iiincaster Graded School ?e held in the school aiiditnna * n Thursday and Friday nigh?* it' this week. The exercises a? diursday ni<dit will vonsiO of lay. "Our Aunt from Cj?lik?> lia," * lay pupils ot t f; , 7tliaiul> 8 '.ratios, and a dobaiv, dt'clan*ioh>, o?ay- am! readings re iid> -r of l'io !! om'Mii J .i >* * I'.v Club On Fri Jay i.igio, tit" sinurW ddr> w'4 b dpi; v?roil I>y clw l<>n Snml. K. M Mr.Kaddoii. *ef JI?o>'or, whit'll will bo lodo?*t< >v M iv I'o'o Drill" by putK* >i I ilf I Wt'l {tr:i(i?'8 ?llld ! t ? , '' i I is I' ort ii iu? by ; ** ) Is of 7th, JS h and 9ih L'ra-i'iR \l| t.'io exorcises will bp ix" i ami th>* public i- cordis!'**' nvite'l to witness ?jm. i*U> l/m :ast<*r Urdu-* . > will acsr^i. ii t,l?p music.