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Wednesday, September 22, 1920
THE BAPTIST HIGH SCHOOL.
This paper has called attention before
to the necessity of having better
preparatory schools, both to enable
pupils from this state to enter the
the colleges in other states, and to
enable the colleges of this state to
maintain entrance requirements I:
which will give them like standing h
w^th the colleges in other states. For j
some years all of the colleges in the ;
state have been doing more or less']
work which should have been done in J <
the preparatory schools. Some of ]
these colleges have done more of this 1
work than others. The result has been ]
that the standard of the colleges in <
South Carolina has suffered. With i f
the possible exception of the College J
of Charleston none of them has been J j
ranked as a Class "A" college. i <
The people are awaking to the fact,! t
we hope, that it is necessary that ourjl
own institutions take rank with those !i
in other states.-But in order for themj \
to do so it is necessary not only that J t
a standard be announced but that it c
be lived up to. It is necessary that|
students be required to offer a cer-j
tain amount of completed work be-{?
fore they will be admitted into the' ?
colleges, else our colleges will con- t
tinue to be in a measure, not colleges,' t
but, high schools. j (
The Baptists are a forward-look-j ?
ing people, and they have seen these' (
facts, and they are determined that
Furman University shall be a class j
"A" college. In order that it may be }
/ this, the Baptist denomination in'?
South Carolina has made plans for ?
the establishment of five preparatory t
schools in the state which schools, it (
is expected, will give students work'(
equivalent to the,#ork done in schools' j
of twelve grades, thus fitting them to (
enter any of the schools of the coun-' ?
try. ! ]
The/ schools proposed to be estab-1 (
lished, while under the jurisdiction ^
of the Baptist denomination, are to'.,
be open to students of all denomina-'-,
tions, and no effort will be made to'
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have students enter one college'rath- i
er than another. The object is to pre-^
pare students for good college work,'}
and to promote the cause of Christian ^
education in Soutn uaronna Dy so ?
doing.
Abbeville's Opportunity. j \
One of the schools to be establish-jr
ed is to have the military feature, and t
Abbeville has a chance to have this ?
v school located here. That we should'
bend every effort towards securing it
goes without saying. j j
In the first place the school will be^.
open to boys only. It was stated by^
Rev. Mr. Jones who was here a few;|
days ago that the boys do not sue-'
ceed in the high schools of the coun-| ?
try along with the girls because the' \
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minds of the girls develop more rap-j (
idly, and they are enabled to do bet-,!
ter and more satisfactory work. ForJ
this reason the boys get behind and ,
become discouraged and finally drop .
out of the high schAls without ob-! (
taining the benefits there offered. j.
We all know from observation that <
it is a fact that more girls are finish- ,
ing in the, high schools than boys.;
Whether the reason assigned by Mr.1,
, Jon^s is the correct one or not, we do',
not know. |We rather suspect that'the'*
Veal reason why the boys drop out'
of the hi?h schools is that the teach-'
w ?
ers in these schools for the most part
are women, and a boy from the age1
of 13 to 18 feels humiliated from be-1
ing taught by a woman, whatever her.
accomplishments as a teacher. The
women teachers are not able to se-'
cure the interest of the male stu\
dents, nor are they as successful as
men in the matter of discipline. Our
observaton in Abbeville has been that
when we had male teachers in the
high school here, the boys took more
interest in their studies and accomplished
the work as well as girls.
But whatever the cause, it has developed
that in order to train boys
for college it is necessary to have
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first class male teachers. They demand
a part in athletics and other
manly sports which are not offered
to the fullest in the high schools. And
there is nothing which adds so much
to a boy's education as a little (and
we say a little advisedly) military
training. That at least is our observation.
Now, Abbeville has no school where
the boys can procure the preparation
and the advantages here outlined.
We need such a school. Every county
in the state needs such a school.
The demands of the time will make
more than one in each county a necessity
as the next few years pass. But
we do not want to wait. We want to
be leaders in educational matters,
and to offer to our boys the best preparation
to be had. And it were well
if it'could be offered at our very
door.
A Financial Investment.
The -establishment of the school
here, outside of the other advantages
which far outweigh financial considerations,
would be a good investment
from the latter standpoint. Large
numbers of students could attend the
school without going away from home
and thus considerable amounts of
money wouKi be saved to their parents.
In case of sickness they would
t>e at home where the best of attention
could be given them by their
lome people without the enormous
expenses incident to their parents
roing away from home. But the bene5t
to the town in the way of trade
inu Utlicr cuiiaiuci auuuo v.l ? Iinuu-.
:ial nature would be much more than
;his. A goodly number of new famiies
would be brought into the comnunity,
and the many students who
vould come here would greatly add
o the business done by local mer-'
ihants.
Bailey No Objection.
It has been suggested that ? the'
>roximity to Bailey Military Institute'
tt Greenwood would militate against1
he usefulness of the school here. But'
here is nothing in this objection.J
3ur information is that Bailey could
iccommodate a great many more stulents
than it now accommodates. But.
vhether this is true or not, we all
enow that the location of a school
las little to do with the number of
students it receives. The work done,1
md the results, are what count* And
i school, or two schools, in Abbeville,'
>r two in Greenwood would be full
)f students if the work done com-j
nended it to the parents in South
Carolina as the best place in the
state to prepare their boys for colege.
Col". Bailey, the head of the'
jreenwood institution knows this bet-'
;er than anyone, we imagine, and
,vhat we have said agree6 with his'
riew of the matter.
The fact is that the two schools
jeing located so near together, on J
tccount of the rivalry which would
)e engendered, would each do better'
vork than if they were in widely sepirated
communities.
This is in addition to the observaion
we have already made as to the
lecessity of establishing schools of
his grade in every county of the'
itate.
Time To Get BusV.
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Perhaps we should remark that we
lave had a lot of hot air in Abbeville
ind a lot of negotiations looking to'
;he building of cotton mills, railroads,'
;rolley lines and other enterprises.'
Ml of these are good things, but it
seems that we are not able to do the'
iob alone. We must seek help for
;hese enterprises in other communities.
But we can build a boys' high
school either with, or without, the'
assistance of any other community,'
ir anybody else whatever. And it
will be a self-supporting institution.'
On account of the large financial as-J
jistance which will come from the
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Baptist educational fund, we favor
i-aising enough .money ito. land this
school, if it can. bp JaiJded. .If , we
tail, then we should j>uild the school
anyway.: r '"
The Associate Reformed Presbyterians
need and must have a first class
preparatory school for boys. If we
offered to give one hundred thousand
dollars for the establishment of such
a school, in Abbeville, on condition
that the Synod invest a like amount
either in buildings or endowment, we
imagine it would be accepted. And
we need not leave the Baptists out
even at that. The Seceders owe it to
themselves to erect a monument to
the best Baptist of all time, and
there could be nothing more fitting
than the establishment of the "J. J.
Darlington School for Boys" in Abbeville.
This was his birthplace, and
he has added as many honors to Abm
beville county as any man ever born
J in the village or in the county,
j And if none of these will build a
: boys' high school in Abbeville andj
I take it over, we can build it ourselves.
| But let the people remember that
'money talks. It will take money to[
establish this school. A meeting of
the citizens of the town is to be called
when the matter will be consider'
ed. Let every man in the city take
counsel of himself and a reckoning of
his ability to help, and then come toj
the meeting prepared to do the right:
thing.
We must have the school.
HURRICANE SWEEPS GULF
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at ninety miles an hour. Details were
meager and communication was brok'
en before the name of the vessel
could be ascertained.
New Orleans Hit by Steady Gale
New Orleans, Sept. 21.?With the
wind blowing a steady gale of twenty-five
miles an hour and coming in
gusts from fifty to sixty, merchants'
on/1 +Vl?S TlOnnlG in fillT- I
anu huv ^/wv^.v ...
lying districts began preparations to
I meet the hurricane fast approaching
from the Gulf.
Plate glass windows throughout the
business section were reenforced and
wherever available metal shutters
were placed over the windows. In
one section a couple of .-houses were
unroofed.
All trains scheduled to leave New j
Orleans since 9 o'clock tonight have .
been annulled. The superintendent of ,
transportation of the Louisville and
Nashville reported at 11 o'clock to- (
night that the water was over the- ]
railroad bridge at Bay, St. Louis,
Rigoletes and Chief Menteur. A train ]
loaded with Gulf coast refugeesbound
for New Orleans was stalled
at Chef Menteur and attempts to take
passengers ov?r the bride on motorj
cars failed. The wind Bay St. Louis
and Chef Menteur was reported to^
be sixty miles an hour. | i
All the hotels of the city are filled i
to overflowing, and refugees are 1
camping in the postoffice, custom i
house and other public buildings.
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' WATER ANALYSIS.
Sanitary Water analysis No. 2396 \
of water received Sept. 17, 1920 from ]
the water supply of Abbevijle: :
Part per(
Million'.
Color 0.00
Chlorine ? -- 9.00
Free Ammonia 0.01
Albuminoid Ammonia 0.20
? ? A AA
Nitrogen as .Nitrites __ " u.w
Nitrogen as Nitrates 0.00
Total Solids 105.00
Bacterial Analysis.
Bacterial Indications of Contamination:
Negative.
Remarks?Analysis indicates water
to be of good quality and free from1
contamination.
Respectfully submitted,
F. L. Parker, M. D.
AMERICAN BANK IN LA PAZ
Valparaiso, Sept. 21?Adivices
from La Paz, Bolivia, announce the
organization there of the Pan-American
bank, an American institution
backed largely by New Orleans capitalists.
The initial capital is given as
$250,000, some shares being allotted
to Bolivian shareholders.
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COL. MARSTON ARRIVES
Uncle Jim had been down to his
farm Monday afternoon, but notwithstanding
that we thought he was
seeing a great many boll weevils. He
told us that he never saw as many in
his life; they were just as thick as
gnats, he said, and plenty of them.
In fact the longer he talked about
them, the more boll weevils there
were.
We understood why there were so
many a little while after. The reason
was Marston. He had landed in Abbeville
and brought a whole bottle
full of them, and they got Uncle Jim
skittish on the Boll Weevil subject.
In fact he was so afraid of Marston
and the weevils that he didn't want
him to come around.
He was out showing Col. Gordon
White some "off the whitest cotton
he had ever seen" in his life, and
was about to land a bale on him
when he.looked around and saw
Marston coming. So he jumped in his
car, in which Col. Pat McCaslan was
sitting, occupying the back seat,, and
as he saw no "other probable means
of escape" from Marston and the
weevils, he drove the new Kissel
straight across the plaza in the square
and lit a rag for home. Col. McCaslan
didn't Iftiow what it was all about
but he knew he was riding.
It was an eye-opener to Col. Bob
Hill, he sai^, but he didn't get his
eye opened. There are more men in
town seeking an introduction to that
fellow Marston than any boll weevil
which has lit around here in a good
while. He may destroy the cotton
:rop, but he can get all the company
he wants.
We called at the Emporium a little J
later to see Col. Marston ourselves. "
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"AUNT HESTER" DIES IN I
GEORGIA AT AGE OF 121 1
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Douglas, Ga., Sept. 21.?Having i
lived for 121 years without acquir- ]
ing a surname, "Aunt Hester," a s
rcegress, believed to be the oldest j
living person in the United States, ]
ie Jdead near Nicholls, in this coun- <
ty. <
The aged woman had incontro- <
vertible proof that she was born
near Dublin, Ga., in the spring of 1
1799. She was a grandmother, she i
said, when the civil war broke out. i
So far as she knew, she never had a 1
surname, being known always as 1
"Aunt Hester." ]
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JURORS, OCTOBER COURT
The following jurors have been
drawn for the October term court of
common pleas which convenes Octo- o
ber 11, 1920 (2nd Monday) n
J. H. Caldwell 5 v
C. A. Suber 12 c
B. D. Edwards 7 q
C. C. Clinkscales 5 >
T. S. Culbreth 11 v
R. F. McGee 5 v
Edward Milford 6 f
R. R. Price 11 p
N. R. Davis 5 tl
C. L. Drennan 11 S
Carl McCurry tl
0. C. Bigby F
R. R. Martin 14 it
J. T. ParneU 13 S
Stewart Miller 11 v,
R. W. Carlisle 13 t<
0. C. Williamson 4 tl
R. S. Gordon 6 o
T. E. Woodhurst 10 t<
L. T. Uldrick 6
G. H. Mcllwaine 6 w
J. L. Hollingsworth ? 11 tl
J. H. Ferguson ___ 12 tl
H. W. Nickles 6 tl
J. B. Bell 13 d
Li. M. Ayers 14 b
H. M. Fe% 10 gJ
R. E. Clinkscales 5 _
G. W. Price 14
J. M. Seawright _12
J. W. Able 6
Monroe Burriss 14
E. W.-Hagen 5
C. E. Burton
Jas. A. Cooper 14
C.VW. Norris 10'
Pierce Bowen, of Santuc , w\js
looking over things >on the cotton
market today.
5Ve found him in the rear office of
Corp. Kerr, of the Emporium, the
atter being busily engaged in telling)
Dol. Marston about a '"recession" he j
ivas about to give as soon as Col.'
Huke Prince finishes the Dutch Man-I
sion which is to adorn Greenville
street. Col. Marston is not sure that
:e will be able to get here, but if he
:an't the Corp. promises to give anjther
one as.soon as Col. Marston
Joes arrive.
Col. Marston was both happy and
talkative on this visit?the reason be
ing that at an early date he is to go
Into captivity where somebody else
will do the talking and all he will
have to do is pay the bills and look
pleasant. f /
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A MAD COW.
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Roger Simpson and Lieut. Cannon,
f the force, had a large time with a
lad cow yesterday. Mr. Simpson,
rho is the champion cow man in the
ity had purchased 'the animal in
uestion from Banker Perrin, of the
lational Bank. The cow left home
,'illingly, when Roger and his men
,'ent for it, and came on down to the
ork'in front of Col. Stark's in a ,
roper frame of mind, because it
bought it was moving to Greenville
treet. But when the fact dawned on
fie cow that it was being taken to Ft.
'ickens, or some other foreign port,
; put up a fight which routed Col.
impson and the merry men whorere
assisting him in conducting it .
3 the new abode. Finally it whipped
;ie whole crowd, ran all the mules
ff that were about the oil mill, and
)ok refuge in the-bottoms beyond.
At this juncture Lieut. Cannon
'as called in, and after looking over
le case he and Col. Simpson decided
lat the proper thing to do was slftiot I
ie cow and not get too close to it to
o the shooting. After firing three
ullets into its body the cow finally
ave up the fight. y'
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