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Wednesday, April 14, 1920.
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THE DAY OF THE MISSIONARY th)
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The New York State legislature has
on
just passed a bill making the yearly
salary of the lowest paid school .
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teacher in that state $1,005. Quite
recently, too, young John D. Rockefeller
announced that in his opinion AI
it required approximately two hun-lev
dollars more than this amount for a
small family to subsist. po
TKo cinhe asks. "Why be a teach-,me
er?" Why not be a missionary instead?
A missionary's minimum is m(
never much less than a thousand dollars
a year, and in those lands to co,
which his work sends him prices are mf
as firm as rocks and are at rock level grJ
now. By one of those amazing con- o?
trasts which give life its piquancy, sqj
the missionary, once despised and ^
prosecuted and starved, today appar- ^
ently leads the salaried class in the
tfll
amount of goods and services his
salary will buy. In the Far East asJ
twenty-dollar silk shirts are two dollars,
the barber will serve you all etl
afternoon for fifteen cents, the cook wa
doesn't expect more than five cents a ^h*
day nor does she expect to carry a(foi
"pan" home to the children or board- rei
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ers. Servants are legion and their gn
cost is nominal. A man can live com- fen
fortably in China on three dollars a tio
month. 'qc
Why be a teacher? j ,
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THE FREE SEED COMEDY .in
t bo:
This being the season when con- str
stituents all over the country are re- to<
ceiving, and most of them throwing vis
koelrat tVia no/iIroiM
ail mc waouc uaoivu^ l/n t 11gt ico
of seed sent out by their "favorite rei
son" in Congress, the following ex- a
perts from an editorial recently ap-'aU)
pearing in. The New York Tribune un
may be worth considering." jui
"In all the high resolves at Wash- mc
ington to cut out superfloqs ex-i
penditures the existence of one an-' .
VIS
cient eleemosynary custom seems to
have been overlooked. The free seed
distribution has been one of the
cherished perquisites of members of
Congress. The receipt, postage free, ,de<
of a seed package is supposed to bete*
the most magical reminder nossihle thl
to a constituent that a benevolent |qu
government is still functioning on ag
the banks of the Potomac. That one J ui
direct route to the heart of the voter j 01
is prized by many Congressmen ha]
above all other methods of publicity. ^e|
So Congress had gone on appropri-1.
ating money in the agricultural bills
for garden seeds, which, if they will ^
not root in the soil of a pot or a bed '
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in the back yard, are at least available
as provender for the chickens.
the
Millions of words have been writ-,
ten in ridicule of the seed package' "
fetish. Bat it has helH its own.
ly because of the human relation mv
which it has helped to establish be-the
tWeen a Congressman and those who ser
send him to Washington. Even in lur
this year of herculean retrenchment Me
the House of Representatives voted coi
an appropriation of $239,416 for the'coi
seed handout. The Senate, which |
holds a little more aloof from petty i.
. electioneering devices than the .^?.1
wh
House does, has stricken out this , ,
hel
allowance. For that matter, the Sen
ate &Qfeame educated years ago be Jf?
Wfi.
yond^the theory that seeds are -sure-* ,^68
gatherers of votes. It has repeatedly
challenged the House's efforts to
continue the distribution. But the ^
House has succeeded in conference
committee in keeping alive the genial ^
comedy of solicitude for the kitchen i ^
. att
gardeners.
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Now is the opportune occasion fori
displacing that comedv from the'
xo
boards. The government needs dol- .
to
lars more than the amateur horticul-',.
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tunst or his poultry needs seeds." 1^
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On the plea that their wont called '
for intelligence, a burglars' club in 10
Leipzig wrote to a local newspaper j
resenting its members being cail?d1
"rascals.'' ,me
)UNTY TEACHERS I jjj
INTERESTED w
:cide to Have Another Meeting ft
Next Month Regardless of
Closing Time For
Country Schools
The president of the Abbeville SB
1 ' woll =
>unty teacners as&vwuikivii
id in his opening remarks before jjgj
at body Saturday 'that if the Abbe- jj|
e County association ever reaches ?j|
e place where a hundred per cent ?S
tendance is attained it will be due HI
overcoming all the obstacles pos- ||
ile to place in the path of improve- |B
?nt by the powers that t>e." This |j|
nark was appropriate in view of |g
2 fact that practically every Friday f|?
ice January 1st has been a rainy j|j
e thus making it very incon- IS
nient, and in some cases well nigh Si
possible for vehicles to travel on ?J|
i roads of the county on Saturday. B
so it is true that some important ?|||
ent occurs every date set for the JB
ichers to meet w<hich detracts a j?|
rtion of the pedagogues from the |H?
>eting.
It had been announced that the 3
ieting would be held in the County g|
>urt House, but the special term of gjj
art not having adjourned the jgf
:eting . was transferred to the ?g|
ided school building. This change IHH
meeting-place necessarily caused ?1
ne teachers to doubt if a meeting jjj
uld be held. But the few faithful if|
peful teachers who did present s
jmselves assured the officers of the gg
?ociation that the occasion was de- jS
htful and helpful. Quite an inter- H
ng program had been planned and ?gg
s given in its entirety in spite of [jj
j fact that there were less than 1H
:ty teachers present. Two classes, B
>resenting the first and second g|
ides of the city schools, .were giv- j||
a typical every day reading recita- B
n by Misses Mary Burton and lit
orgia Ott
The little folks were all diked up ^
their new' Easter garments and
nnets and didn't seem to mind the g|g
angers present a bit. "They are |g
> cute for anything," said one B
iting teacher. After the reading
son was held, the stories they had *
id were dramatized. This afforded iijj
splendid opportunity for the 5
dience to observe how much was ?jf
derstood of what the pupils had H
st read. The dramatizing was al- Iff
>st perfect. ??
Prof. Verd Peterson, state super- occi
or of agricultural education, then 1:0(
[ivered the address of the day on
? teaching of nature study. Prof. anc*
terson's address was very good inll6
C
ed and especially appealing to the
teac
ichers of the smaller schools ?
Sup'
roughout the county who are rcired
to teach elementary botany, 0CUI
riculture and various other similar i
jjects without much opportunity
* study in these subjects before- Co
nd. Prof. Peterson drew a parallel
Dween two entirely different coun- p(
r schools, the one being run as a min'
low
jparatory school for college en- f,.ji
nee, and the other as a prepara- v-en
y for life-work entrance, showing )iQ1^
* greater justice of the latter to Mini
i taxpayers, teachers and children.
\fter Prof. Peterson had conded
his address the teachers were 01
ited to the third grade room of J\I
: graded school where they were
ved a delightful and substantial
ich by the Ladies Society of the
thodist church. An elegant salad
irse, deviled eggs, sandwiches and
!fee constituted the menu.
lust before the motion for adirnment
was made, it was asked
ether another meeting should be
d this present school session or ing
L A hand primary was taken and it
s discovered that_ every singlo
icher present desired that another phu
eting be held the first Saturday in dr^
iy. Some of the teachers stated, ture
it although their schools would be
sed, the meetings were so delightSagi
and helpful that they wished to aiWJ
end at least one more during the bacl
youi
isent school year. E
An invitation has been addressed farl
State Supt. *John E. Swearingen
affanr) liic novt mootirnr and t/"> rlo- kpm
er the address of the teachrs. It is
; unanimous desire of the County
tchers that Supt. Swearingen speak app,
them on this occasion. rui
Adjournment was then in ox-der to **r?
et again in the court house, if un- niitt
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,pied on Saturday, May Ut, at
> o clock in the afternoon. Lunch ?
be again served all those present B
it is requested that as many of H
trustees of the county, including jjj
:ty of Abbeville, meet with the jjj
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ners, on trus uaie. ine presiaenx,
t| J. D. Fulp, announced that in jg
event of inability to secure the
t house the meeting will be held H
he graded school building.
al Mines Closed
Account of Strike m
Jlumbus, 0., April 13?Soft coal SI
es in Ohio were nearly all closed d
u today because of the railroad jg
ie and thousands of coal miners ?jjl
s thrown out of work. A few mines ?jy
iome scattered sections were re- gj?
ed still working, but all of the big lg
es were closed because of the ina- 3B
y of operators to get cars.
IGETEA TURNS 1
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Grandmother's Recipe to
Bring Back Color and
Lustre to Hair.
hat beautiful, even shade of darlc, |||
sy hair can only be had by brew- gf
a mixture of Sag? Tea and Sul- ^
r. Tour hair is your charm. It H
:es or mars the face. When It W?
is, turns gray or streaked, just as S
ttcatioir or two of~Sage and Sul- Ws
r enhances its appearance a hun- ?
(fold. m
on't bother to prepare the mis- s
>; you can get this famous old pe
improved by the addition of ; HI
>r ingredients at a small cost, all ! HI
ly for use. It is called Wyeth's i jj||
; and Sulphur Compound. This can ?11
lys be depended upon to bring ; |g
c the natural color and lustre of ' s
r hair. jS
verybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and pn
?hur Compound now because it jg
cens so naturally and evenly that , gg
Ddy can tell it has been applied. !
simply dampen a sponge or soft |=
sh with it and draw this through I fa
hair, taking one small strand at a ! jl|
;; Dy murmns mo gi ay uau uao
ppeared, and after another appll- j =
on it becomes beautifully dark and , g
sara glossy and lustrous. This i m
ly-to-use preparation is a delight- ! ^
toilet requisite for those who de- 1 gg
dark hair and a youthful appear- tg
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