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Relations of "he Teacher to the Public * a?.***:. . * v . *** jl*(Concluded fr? in 1st ) n. muL-ix-.? sai a Dining ho i u . .should 1 k e:.i fully into this nuittt r. ,Mm nu n and wo in n teara, I or u < they are nn.ibie t?? obtain a:n other kind of work. Of'tin In ., wo heard it ail or a man u I was utterly a failure in evei \ other t ceupiUion, that in" \\? ul> make a good school tc-u her. I Low absurd! No wonder, then, thai ebililreo soon leai n t?? ubhoi school, if they arc there taught that common sense, hociabilitv, and "fun," as the children say, are condemned by the teacher. Another qualification that every teacher should have is stick-a-1?iI 1 ty, ? or teaching because it i> right, honorable, and an earnest desire of the heart. They should he debarred the privilege of examination, nnd, therefore, of certificates, unless they can say, "I want to teach, because I love the work, and hope to servo both God and man better, by engaging in 'a 7 P t? r~ such work." Do not admit mm as teachers, in order that they may make money to go oil' ami study medicine, and women, that they may make enough to take a trip North, or to buy a trousseau. Such qualifications as I have mentioned, and others of like import, should be matters of as careful examination, as the courses oi study required. (3) llow should the te?t be made 1 To bo entirely fair and just, nil should he required to stand tlu same tests.. Those should he ex aminations, written and oral, on all subjects pertaining to the course of study adopted by our .Slate board, methods of teaching, dis Cipline, sup rvi>ior, ch id- a'ure, health laws, gymnastics, social reI CRACK GOES THE 1 | IN COME THE OR | MirgmfclM SELLS THE VERY BEST Gf FERTILIZERS AT THE VERY LOWEST It pays to fertilize your land 1TI1E VIRGINIA-CAROLS CHEMICAL COMPANY?. PRODUCTS. ( BOLD EVERYWHER The Virginia-Carolina Chemical C< CHARLESTON. S. C. **"1 " Uim inn i mm COFFINS. j|p Wc now hi ? and will conti complete line o burial CASK HPS. all sizes and qualities, COFFIN up to Handsr CALL and see us or send i fortunato as to have a death Within the III -Ltfrr I LANCASTER, S. C\, 00 * J ^ rM / lat'ons. lte&ides there should he t m probation period, if pos-ilde, \ hofero ihe ce? iii ate to c.uli i~ ; unt< d, an I an approval of patron* and ff < a< trustee-; should he seamed. i lie certificate should i ?ie or lot-(1 11> p r>oi??. t'o roui?h!\ competent I pu-s judgement en i al! [eii e;-1 i(<i< *;iot?s: pcr-on* v o t tlrins. 1 \ e- k ion' tlie correct si - I swims to all 11k ijr.e tu/hs pro a poo- d , wli ? i u * h it corn el t aehin_r i" and what a?iind teach- n er t-. i ie ( oiiht\ i'o d shoo d j he composed of di-in'c;- -'el m n n a: (I women, strangers to all ap- i piieants Hence it would lie well v to have the examining hoard to u come itoil) different sections of g 1110 State. Olio vital s.mive of t weakness in our s\st<-m is 1110 r County Hoard. I mean no relbc- I lion on lho lnuioiable, patriotic s men wlio now serve in c ity, for mn-t of them are thor a oughly competent; but 1 do menu this, that .hey aio generally tot) a well acquainted with many of the r applicants, and there is d inger of I hurling some one's feelings; often g our cousins, aunts, uncles, broth- u ers ami sisters aie among t'nc applicants. There is great danger of e nepi tism. ? h Kaeh poi son making application | for a a cerlilicatc slio' Id he put a on his solemn oath, and tried for 1, perjury, if ho violates it. We all have heard niutteriugs of the <| cheating that is some tines done a by both applicant and Hoard in ' this county examinations. u 4) The length of tune a certiti- s cute should by allowed to hist, de- f ponds very largo'y upon ci''cum- 'I ' stances. I bird Grade certificates c J should not bo tolerated, as they ? are a menace to our educational * progress, they tend to lower the f standard. All second grade cor- ' tiiicatcs should expire annually? ? thus inciting all teachers t s work I up to First (Jnido. When first f i grade certificates arc first issued, t meal Co, 1 ;; >AD!ZS OF \d^c9^ 1 " COST~S Jp i1 a < f 1! r^> THE VISGIRm-C*S9Lliri I ,?"^HEMIGBL SBMPIHy I ^ "The Largest I 1' Manufacturer of I . Fertilizers on EaVth" V . m Forty odd I f| r. \ Manufacturing plants V s Wholesale purchasers A ( Largest importers Concentration of Management " ^ ^ ' *' 1 ^ V IIP 00 0 0 0 " ' lw< COFFINS.; no in stock, *J II muc to keep, a c f COFFINS and '' li Our stock embraces 11 tl from the plain, cheap 0 ime METALLIC cases. j is y ur order when so un?. I1 V in your family. PRICES t; EACH oi ALL. t j | 11 . I Ml Oct. 15, 11)02.?tf. i t - > hey should be limited to two ,oars,-t?s is the en so now and then the < xpiisition ??i this period it" rood wnilc has htieii done in ihe . hiol Oiiin and in tho mating.' uent of the school, after another oi 1 and more extended exuuiinaon, a ten year certificate should ?e granted This shou'd be folowed by a life certificate, g' od i ,ny where in the Slate. Now in making a brief >unimni y >f my views on tlie subject ot i [ranting teachers ceilitic itos. net nit nio to say that 1 have meant no t flection whatever upon aiw om1 vho may hold a certificate, nor ipon those who have the power of i [ranting them; but 1 have meant i o say that there should be very i adical changes along the whole inc of procedure. These changes < hould begin in the laws which i route the schools and tho school uthoritics. (1) All school officers and boards < s far ns it is practicable should lie i emuved from the political caldron, dioy should bo elected on the : round of knowledge and merit i lone. (2) The whole scope of public | ducation should he enlarged and < iroadcned, until each pupil who lassos through, oven what is known | s the country school shah bo fair I y well educated (3) The teachers should be re- < [iiired to have diplomas frOm well ccreilited colleges, and besides i his a certificate of special training 1 n normal training, or U clinical ehools, and in addition to these eiiuireinents, they should each ( lave a lirst grade County Certiti- \ nte. Let none loach who cannot ibtuin a lirst grade certificate, and vhen any teacher has proven "a t beiuan worthy of the steel," and I'liionst rated by actual service , >1 scv? r.tl \ears approve! work, a | itness for the high duties of the , >ro;e siou^ then grant him a li e ertificate good everywhere in the ( st?ilo. 'I lien we would have a pro- j ossion of winch we each and all vo ild be proutl. , As inalters nnw stand, year by , ear, the examinations should lie \ lore and more searching, the t i ur?ei of study t nl.iiged, insist ] ig o i profession il tea hing ?not x leuly teaching 1o "win bread and j ti tel." -Men and women who ( rc iu love with their work and | ro zealous in the cause of educa ^ onal progress should lie favored. 5. >y these means we will soon have l ettor schools, better pupil, bet- a jr trustees, better schools," ofli- t i;rs, and a bettor educated peo- ^ le i Wo teachers are largely re- ^ ponsiblo for the condition of af? 1 urs as they arc. Who of us is ^ i) fond of his work, as to prefer y ; to all else# Who of us is not t churned to bo known as a com- ] non-school-teacher? Who of us ? eels "woo is me if I teach* not i he)oung idea how to shoot?" t Vho of us delights in his daily uties and deems it a God^given , irivilege to train the immortal l nind? A'ho of us is trying to ( each the world that we have the g rundest, noblest, highest calling 8 II PHl'f ll? ' .. ?. VIIIMY (UUUUUI H, WO ( iiust bo up and doing. Wo mus* nuso things to move. This canot be done by taint hearted hulfeartcd men and women. If we enchers will do our wholo duty, [ lie bright day of our ec)ucationa> ^ innncipation will .-surely conie and j oino quickly. If iho teachers of c .anenster County will unite in a f elition to the State Buard of /lucntion to make tho exnmina ' ions more rigid, broader, and in j ;?1 on a nioie severe grading of ,, xuninatioii papers, uo will do a rent service to the cause in the ? tate, and si t at naught the com- ^ 1 oitit. that comes from some qu ir- V r- that the tx ininationsjare too j: dlicut. If our icichoi'H cannot i-wer c minion <| n ations on th mplo studies required, they L simply should not he permitted to teach. A to rt quiring toiehe s to attend Humiui r schools in order to hold the certificates they may lm\v or to obtMiu now ones I urn unalterably opposed, when 1 f>oc the evil results that have already f I lo wed such n course to any 8Ui h despotism. L u Such work and -ci > n;i) i> \ DHMiiar >. ii'*i IL understood that it is 11 privilege to attend these schools not a matter of compulsion, tlv.it hett r 'suits and better pay will follow; Every Doctor, every In v\er, everV Min ister in the State would revolt at such requirements. Let the coun,. ty Superintendent of Education, und the County Hoards ho the judges of tie teachers?but require the judges to be u.en well up to the murk in these matters. Finally: (") None but thoroughly educated men and women should he granted certificates. (h) Examinations s h o u Id he fourfold ? physical, m?ntal moral, spiritual. (c) Acceptable service in the past should he one element in deciding this matter. (d) A determination to make teaching a profession should enter the Hold of consideration. [c) No favors should bo granted to graduates from any college. All should lie required to stand it least two examinations, two or three years apart. (4) Last I)', scholarship should far outweigh technical (soeallcd) training. As above intimated, modern technical training is to a great extent a clap trap and is working immense harm. True technical training is all right and nowadays almost every well edtiucated person has this te'ehnieah training. A good scholar is easily susceptible to technical training. T.ie manager of the greatest single concern in the U. S., the Carnegie Steel l'nM, says that hereaftei ho v\ i 11 give preference to college nen in all departments 'of his A'oik. They learn trades in one liird of the time required by the ineilucated. S line years back we nd ".Methods in teaching run uad." Then the State was over* un hy teachers quoting this meth)d and that method. It was all lietilnd and no lom-himr r>t mi know to what supreme ub mrdities these parrot like methods ed. The sumo will bo true of ihort, easy, belp-me-over, gojasy-gt)-lightly courses of study. \ true teacher makes his own nethods and changes them only vhen he sees and knows a better. A'e are looking for. easy work, vhero thorn is nr? r?,?uv mil ? ? - ? ^ w??wjr ?f V/i l\ v? I I vork is hard ?since .the Divine iat issued from the Garden of Sden ' By tho sweat of the face ihalt thou eat bread," work has >een hard and will he hard 'till the >nd of time. / Bogone then with those who vant easy work! There is no royal oad to learning. "Drink deep, >r touch not the Pierian Spring," ihould ho inscribed on tho brow ind imbedded deep in tho heart >f every teacher. AYGKAVIsl'a BltlNK "I know I would long ago have >eon in my grave," writes Mrs. 5. H. Ncwsom, of Decatur, Ala., Mf it had not been for Electric litters. For three years I suffer- | id untold agony from the worst onus of Indigestion, Waterbrash, ' Stomach and Bowel Dyspepsia. ] bit this excellent medicine did ne a world of good. . Since using t 1 can eat heartily and have , gained 35 pounds " Foi Ind'i jostion, Loss of Appetite, Stom,ch, Liver and Kidney troubles , Electric Bitters are a positive, t oaranteed cure Only 50c at J j i\ Mackey*& Co. and Crawford r Iros'. drug store. i 1 ? Don't forget to call at the * tazaar. "Black Betsy" is there. | T.. Mexican w* Mustang Liniment m 4 A toad un< a harrow suffers no raor that is tortured with Spa Soros, Sprains, etc. Most and apply the kind of BfB far and wide as Mexican f . Musta r LI Never fails?not even im th Cures caked udder in cows remedy. Hardly a disease or joints that cannot bo cur Mexican Mustang Liniment it* * -* I n. , .11 LANCASTER AND CHESTER RAILWAY I Schedule metl'ict Nov. 9, 1902. (Daily except Suudu> ) WESTBOUND | EASTBt UND. No's. 14 and 16. | No's. 16 aud.lL A M. P M. A .8 P M i 8-00 5 30 Ar Chester Lv 10.00 8 16 7.80 5.00 Rich burg 10 <7 8 46 7 23 4 50 Bancombville 10 47 8 82 7 10 4.30 Fort Lawu 11 03 9 05 6.15 4.00 Ly Lancaster Ar 11 30 9 30 No. 14. leaving Lancaster 6-45 am., nukes close connection at Chester *?th Southern Railway No. 36 for ?barloite and points north; and Sea> < ard Air Line 'Atlanta Spepla^" r Atlanta and points west .Also \ith Carolina uud Northwestern Railway No. 10 for euoir. N. (', and intermediate points, and Southern Rail- j vay No 33 for Columhh and points ! out h. No. 15, leaving (.'!: f tj-r 10.00 a in j ounects with Southern Railway No. ! 16 from Columbia aipl mints sootli; S'-aboard Air Line "Atlanta Special" j from northern and eastern poiu' - and Southern Railway No 83 from Vortiiarn and eastern point-, an La i eaater with S V AG Efor Black-burg No. 16, leaving Ltumaser 5 15 p m, at r.minn?l/.r I ? ? o from Uaraden and Marion u ?l Mouthain Railway No. 34 ut ttieoior for Ohurlotte and points north No. 17, leaving Clu ster >>.16 p in, onneets at (healer with routhern Railway No 34 from oluifthia and joints south. | JaS M. HE vTH, (Jen Fuss. Agi LEROY FPRIN'lrv President.. ??II I? I? Ml I II Mill I ^ o] g? frt S ' *""! J? 2 5' B ve- .c (/j ? ? a> " _ cr o p a o o 1 3 ? S 5- ? -wdm ?___ rt 2. P *3 * *"* METJ rtn ^ ? s-l? ^ ^ - s &f|g.3 ica. - ?J8 fa! sB ? ? 35 * & a I ff g g 25 mm % O 2. ~ g.?3 I g^ - . Mm P 2 P* ? 5 g > SSbSoq g &.g ? S 3 CO s JfrrS & S ? * 3LIS ?-1 K-? - ^ f .y' S- O D ^ ^ S?" C ? f?g: & * i ? 8-1 s.9 s - ^ ? 2. q % 525 I ' 2 HI V ? ST 5| je f? z- z: cl, # "" J ~ O ^ E? "< cr cr %MBr ? i < t fs. ni o ff i B ** 5 ?T. s: ? fc cc ^ 3 1'5-i g-1 8 S? ES 3.? & y a ? w b ' oce g SSI 2. r- 25 jc e* ?i? s I ? I VIGOR j MEN Sasily, Quickly and Perma- , Nantly Restored HAGNET1C NERVINE' h sold with n written rttarantee to ure Insomnia, Fila Dizziness, Hygerin, Nervous Debility Dost Vitality, ( Seminal Dosses, Kai intr Memoryhe result of Ov?-r-work Work, VVor 1 y, Si' ktie s. Kmug r?f Y >nl i. or Over- ' \ mlulKeine Price $1;? boxes ft />. ?y mail i > plain package to any adIresa on receipt of pri< e Mold only by -raw ford Bros, DnicKDls, Agents, Lancaster, H C. s i ''ii pi ? > ? 'i**'vy#? ' I rsailMr oTtroom* !> of Hair, wad Hoofs and Scratches In bor i moles and cattle. Farmers try tt. _ t leri \ horse owners'hwKr^M ipatbf that he?fe> !*egm # m% Imimentv e most ag^raratoA ease*. quicker than any known peculiar to mmO) ekfel ed by it. a best remedy on the marMrtf ad Galls, Sprains and Sldn LumgC oeps burst* and is alee in copditiMb VIGflR OF MFN ? ^ W ^ Kasily, Quickly, Permanently Restored HINDIFO (Paris) GREAT FREUCH TONIC AND VITA LI ZEK is sold with written guarantee l?rnr? Nervous Debility. Lost Vitality. Falling Memory, Fits* Dizzimws Hysteria Htops all Drains on the Nervous Hystem Canned Iry Bad Habits or Kxeew.-ive Use ? ( Tot baceo. Opium. Liouois, or 'Z,iviu~ the Pace thai Kills. ' liwatdsoff Jusuiity, (Consumption ami Death. U dears the Blood and Brain. Bi'ilds up the Hliattered Nerves. Beaton s be Fire of Youth, and Brings the Fink Glow to Pule Cheeks, uml Makes you Young ?nd t>trong auahi 50c , 12 Boxes Jjt5. By^Mail to Any Audj'fes. Craw for<i Bros Druggist, agents. Lan ca-Jt-r BargaliilnIleal state I TOWN PROPERTY. 1 1-2 acres, 8 room dwelling, . u..:i-i! < (MH-miinung*, etc. uorner lot. 1 acre, new reom dwelling, very desirnble. Corner lot. 1-2 aero, new 7 room dwelling, splendid location.Corner lot, new f room cottage. ; Four lots, 3-roem eottates on each. ' 1 lot, 5-ronm eettage. 2 lots, 8 reom eott&gee, 1* End. 5 vacant lots, aWout 11 iar* each. , i Ut ?? ? - _ Wlinjjl, ilfi Cunningham brick hetvl Irtdfld* mg on Alain street?4 ste<^ rioas, It sleeping rooms, kite ken, tc. Also furniture, it*. ?*ly hotel in town. Send reason for "V selling. A big bargain. Alho several lots in thetewn of Kershaw. V - -i - v OTHER PROPE1TT. * yi 43? acres, 1? miles Verfh #f town. A % * 68? acres, known as ?*^ms Barnes place,'' Cedar Creak to^na* ship. 152 acres, known as *4T L. Barton place," Cedar Cresk. J| 90 acres, 4 miles Horth-east ef # town, known on 4l8ims place." tXnp 115 acres, "Kirkland place," .] ^ uear Heath Springs. * 240 acres, "Porter place,1' 7 ' miles East of town. ffO acres, c " r "Ellis place," adjoining. ' 100 acres, "Uraham place," Cedar Creek. .* 61 acres, "Snipes places," near * * $ O.K... ^ , 44 acres, 35 acres, 150 acres, > 292 acres in Kershuw county. a / ? t^grTor full information, terms ? w >f sale, etc., of above property, ipply to T.S.CARTER M{ kkal Estate Aoent. hljlr'' \ug 26, 190:.'.