The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 16, 1906, Image 1
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
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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.