University of South Carolina Libraries
LOCAL NEWS. WEDNESDAY, JAX. 12. 1S9S. A ycvr Organization. The Anderson Literary Club is an or ganization.recently perfected in'this city to meet a demand for better facilities in the prosecution of literary work. Its ob ject, too, is to stimulate latent faculties and encourage research. The first regular meeting at which a literary program was rendered was had at the residence of-Gen. M. L.v Bonham iast Monday evening. One feature of the exercises that provec? both pleasant and profitable was a japer eutitled ''The Neg lect of the Study of History,'' by Prof. B. M. Sullivan, which is given in full be low. We hope from time to time to be able to give our readers the benefit of other similar contributions: THU NEGLECT OK THE STUDV OE "HIS TORY. To see whether history is neglected more now than in the past let us take a glance at the history of education. Plato in his Republic sets forth an elaborate scheme of education, but makes BO mention of the study of history. Xenophon says in his Cyropaedia that the Persians study history to become Just; but the rest of his system of educa tion is so full of faults and fancies that his countrymen, nervous and fond of fan cies as they were, never put it to prac tice. Indeed, the Greeks, who did so ' much to matte history, studied it very little. It is true they memorized the Iliad and the deeds of their own braves in verse, but they seem to have had a profound contempt for antiquity, and, as Macaulay remarks, "au admiration for themselves only." The Hebrews were as exclusive as the Greeks and knew no history except their own. The Romans were a little better, for they studied Greek history as well as their own, but it .had a very limited place in the schools. In the middle ages this branch was en tirely neglected, and as late as the 17th century the Jesuits who had almost uu iimite? control of the education of the day, declare that "history is the destruc tion cf him who studies it." Itistruethat a few of the lights of those ages, as Pope Pius II and Montaigne, recom mended the study of the past, bot the majority of educated men were not so liberal as Erasmus, even, who declared it to be suf ficient to skim over history. Even after the Latin and Greek classics were re vi ved and the light of the Reformation was dawning, the instructors of youth were > warned, in teaching the classics, to give onjy^enoogh history to explain the mean ing of the text. Fenelon and Locke recommended history, partly because it instructive, bnt mainly because it is pleasing and agreeable. Comenius was the first to recommend that it be taken up in the primary school. The lasting changes of the Reformation were wrought through education. Lu ther, taking the lead here as elsewhere, strikes a new note in historical study when he recommends that "the student gather up within himself, as in a mirror, the experience of whatever has happened 9ince the beginning of the world; and from this experience he would derive the wisdom he needs for self direction and for giving wise counsel to others." A task this, worthy an intellectual giant! And yet, when he set about the forma tion ot schools, he gave it as his opinion that "we must send the boys to school one or two hours a day, and have them learn a trade at homo for the rest of the time." He places history third in im portance in a course of studies, religion being first and the dead languages sec ond. From the days of Luther to the present the study of history has held an impor tant place in the schools-at least, theo retically so. For instance, the act estab lishing the S. C. Military Academy re quires that there shall be taught S. C. history, modern history, the constitu tional law of the United States, and the law of nations. It is required in our col leges that, on an average, something like ten per cent, of the four years' course shall be devoted/to history. Generally students may take three or four times that amount "if they choose. Generally they do not choose. This branch has held a higher place in the schools during the present century than ever before, so that' compared with past centuries we cannot complain that it is neglected. While this is true we believe that more attention will be paid to it during the next century than has been during this. Thus far I have spoken of history in the schools, for unless the beginning is made there it will rarely be made at all. This beginning, made at school, consists of-does not profess to be more than a desire to be instructed along a cartain line; but if this be, as it should be, a longing, a burning desire that can be sat isfied only by knowledge, which knowl edge creates ? new desire, then this appli cation begnu in school will last as long as life. During the first half of the presen: cen tury historical studies ?eld a hieher place in our colleges and universities , chan ever before in the world's history; but during the latter half a reaction has set in, not so much against history as in favor of other branches, so that history is crowded ont. It does not now hold the place it deserves, and even where the school has made a fair beginning and succeeded in implanting a desire lor more kno wiege of the past and the conse quent benefits, the results hoped for so ' often do not follow. The following I j ?conceive to be some of the reasons for j this neglect: 1. Rad methods of teaching history, 1 vrhich have been and are still in vogue in many places, effectually check 'any in- ? terest which the pupil naturally takes in i the subject. Students out of school and teachers seem to act on the assumption * that all growth is conscious growth. Un- 1 less the pupil can recite a pat lesson on the text the teacher is apt to cry failure. Correct he is-there is failure, but most ? likely not on the pupil's part. We are 1 mistaken when we think that the student c old or young must live . "Knowing that he grows wiser every day, Or else not live at all; and seeing, too, 1 "Bach little drop of wisdom as it falls Into the dimpling cistern of his heart." 2. Tho kind of text books that have < been and in many places still are the source from which the young must get 1 their first tastes of history' very naturally t make him say at once, "1 don't like it," and this prejudice he rarely gets over un- . til he disc-overs that in reading a good historical novel he is learning history. A I so-called primary U. S. history is gen erally the first book on the subiect the c child sees. This is either an aggregation ot facts and dates whose very sight chill ' him to the bone, or else, if it contain any history at all, it is a huge lie that tries to \ make the small child see his forefathers, ( first as the descendants ot English and Irish criminals, next as the cruel and 1 bloodthirsty masters of a virtuous and long-suffering race of people, and finally r as the violators of a most sacred com pact-how can a boy relish such stufi"? 1 And if he be forced to leam'it, it may prove poison to his soul. Teach a boy that his fathers have committed all the political and srciai sins in order to make a good citizen ol him. Although there may not be between the lids of the book a 1 single statement to which you eau point , and say "this is false;" yet, as Macaulay " says, the whole work is a monstrous falsehood. ' 8; I would just mention as u factor in .1 this neglect tue lack of libraries in this , part of the world. Without books f>>r , parallel topical and biograpical reading the proper study of history is practically t impossible t I will also simply mention tho love ? of novels and newspapers. From l>;irn foot tn baldhead, we all scan tho daily in searc'j of a rich sensation, and as soon as ! that is finished we seize upon the latest paper-backed novel and devour its con tents at one. three or iivo sittings. Much history we will learn as long as wo pur sue such habit?. 4. Again this is an intensely practical, a mouey-raaking age. Tho father's words may- be something like this: "Son, study history, for it will make you wise," but his actions plainly say: "Son, money is the principal thing," therefore get money." We aro a busy people, a nation ol bread-winners and money-makers, with.no leisure class and no leisure time. Lack of opportunity or of inclination de bars us from the pleasures of study. 5. But probably the most powerful cause of this neglect is the crowding out of history and some other branches to mako room for the empirical sciences. Physics, chemistry, botauy, /.oology, physiology, etc., have been given such a large place in all the schools that some thing else had to sutler. Add to this the 'claims of music, drawing, manual train ing, physical culture,- etc, etc., each of which has scores of champions for more attention in school and out of school, and it is easy to see how the pressure brought to bear upon history has squeezed it pretty thin and threatens to squeeze it still more. The effects of this neglect are apparent. Ignorance of history engenders in the young a contempt for the past and causes them to hoot at whatever is old ; and in old people ana those who have been dis appointed to decry the present and to long for the good old days of the fathers. The man who is ignorant of history mjay be a patriot, but he is none the lesa, to the extent of his ignorance, a danger ous citizen to a free country. His con ception of the duties of citizenship is necessarily incomplete and unstable, if not entirely wrong. Widespread ignor ance i9 the only soil upon which either anarchy or socialism can grow-anarchy, which means freedom from law rather than freedom under law, or socialism, which means freedom outlawed. The sur est way to teach the duties of citizenship, and the privileges of 20th century Amer ican Southern citizenship is through history. Any other mot hod will be in completo and will rest on the wrong basis. Belton Items. Rsv. Mr. Kilgore, the new pastor of the Methodist Church, filled his pulpit here for the first time last Sunday and preached a most excellent sermon. All who heard him were much pleased, and deeply im pressed with the practical manner with which he deals with a practical subject. A Camp of the Woodmen of the World has recently been organized hore with about twenty members, ^and the indica tions are many more will be added soon. Mr. B A. Wilson was chosen Consul Commander, and M. E. Gaer, Clerk. The regular time for meeting will be on the 2nd and 4th Thursday nights of each month. Mies King, of Atlanta, who has been visiting ic f-owu for several days, went to her home Saturday. Mr. Andrew J. Geer, of the Geer Drag Co., of Charleston, has been visiting hi3 mother's family. He returned home Sunday. Almost everybody in Belton leans a little to tho Jeff, and is very sensitive on that side, too.* Some people around here are trying hard to lind a caso of smallpox in town, but so far they have utterly fail ed There is none here. Farmers are taking advantage of the dry spell, and all hands are busy sowing oats. XX XX Alice Items. Mrs. Martha Yon, of Rock Mills, is visiting relatives in this community. Miss Bessie Sanders, of Hartwell, Ga., who bas been visiting Miss Ella McAdams, has returned home, and some of our boys look sad. We had the pleasure of attending a most enjoyable pound party at the home of Mr. W. R McAdams during the Christ mas holidays. J. B. McAdams visited Hartwell. Bow ersville and Lavonia, Ga.^ looking after the interests of his heart, we presume. Mr. C. H. Taylor bas just erected a new barn. Mrs. E. Adams, of Bowenville, Ga, spent the Christmas holidays with her father, Mr. W T. Townsend. Mr*. Lula Carter, of Ha-twell, Ga., is visiting her father, Mr. J. T. C Jones Oae of our young men attended a dance accompanied by three girls, all of whom rode mulebaclc. Say, girls, how do you like to ride a mule? Capt. J. P. Tucker and Mr. J. li Mc Adams wept to Doaaldbville to-day (Tuesday) on businfss. There will be preaching at liocky Uiver Church next Saturday and Sunday at the usual hour. FARMER. Corner Creek Happenings. At this writing, Mr. Editor, we ate hav ing some very warm and pleasant weather for this time of the year, and some of our Farmers are making very good use of it by ploughing and other farm work. Messrs. B. F. Gassaway's and L. A. Shirley's wells have gone dry. The latter aasn't any spriDg and has to carry water rom his neighbor's well. Ask "Lon" mw,he iikes it? The young people around Corner Creek ection are just a marrying right along, ind every ono of our old widowers got off luring Christmas. "We did not say it ?vas Bill R." With a few exceptions of bad colds tho tealth of our community is excellent. Rev. D. Western Iliott, who has beeu .lected to ferve the Barker's Crfek Church br the ensuing year, preached au excel ont and interesting sermon to a large ail Hence Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas McConnell, of ligle (Trove, Ga., visited the latter's nrents here this week. Mr. J. N. Shirley believes in planting >nions, as he planted about an acre last veek. The ''McAdams" school is in a flourish ne state now. as their teacher, Miss Lou jrassaway, has enrolled 40 pupils, with nore to come. With best wishes to the editors and eaders of the INTELLIGENCER for 1898, I emain, TYRO --. . mm Pension Notice. Your attention is directed to Sec. 1 of 'elision Law IS97, which provides fora neetitui of the Township Pension Leards, rownship Pension Boards are hereby ia?e.1 t" meet OM tba third Monday of lanuary, the 17th, 1S?S, to consider all new ipplicalions and revise thu rolls nf I8U7. Che Township Pension Hoard** will give heir reasons lor dropping any name from ho roll. Tlie Pension Boards elected ?ti 897 wiii serve until August, 189?. .Io I IN C. (J ANT I , Ce. Chm'n. Board Pension?. ' Woman's Union. Program for Woman's Union No. -, Saluda Association, ?which meets with the Union at Dorchester, Jan. 2!'. IS9S: 1. Devotional exercises, conducted by Mrs. P. G. Acker. . ?2. Paper, "To what extent did the Apostolic Churches use money in the propagat ion of tho Gospel?'' Mrs. Titos. Cry mes and Miss Allio Major?. :j. Recitaci?n by Misa Paunee Souther land. .J. "How is it that some of our Churches have no, missionary societies, and how caa the fact be altered?'' Mrs. O. K. lireazeale and Miss Eva Stringer. Mus. W. L. ANDERSON, Committee. - A man well up in dog lore counsels intending purchasers of a puppy, to let the mother of the puppy choose for them. In carrying them back, to their bed the, first the mother picks up will always be the best. - When one family in every fourteen in the United States is drawing a Govern ment pension paid by the labor of the rest it is time for the rest to know whom they are supporting. Publish the pen sion rolls ! - Mr. G. W. Williams brought to our office several ripe and well-matured figs, which he gathered from the trees in his yard. Mr. Williams says that these are the fifth c;:op this year. While news paper men are supposed to know some thing about everything, we never knew that trees ever bore as many as five crops in one year.-Rochelle (Ga.) New Era. - Sam Knight, an authority on bees, says : "If a stinging insect ever lights on you, hold your breath until you can brush it away. If you don't breathe the insect can't sting. I wouldn't mind walking into the biggest yellow jacket nest in the world. I can hold my breath for a minute, and in that time I could kill the most of them and scare the others away." - "If I was to stand on my head,'' said young Softloight, "I suppose the blood would all rush to my head, wouldn't it?" "Of course ii would," replied Miss Cut ting. "Then," continued tho young man, "Why doesn't it rush to my feet when I stand upon them ?*' "Keally, I don't know," she replied, with a peculiar smile, "unless it is because your feet are not empty." - A Hartford gentleman.learned to his great sorrow that his small boy of 12 had acquired a habit of swearing, and he read him a very serious lecture on the evils of profanity. It was only the curiosity of the boy which was aroused, for he eagerly demanded : "How did you know I swore, papa?' "A little bird came and told me about it " "Aw! I know. It was ono of them d-English sparrows." " - Benjamin F. Kelly has just been made town marshal of Fort Gaines, Ga., for the third time, although the city council's order thatch n chango his uniform of Confederate gray to one of blue was not obeyed. "You can defeat me if you like;" was Mr. Kelly's defiant reply, "but I am going to wear gray or give up my job. The bluecoats shot oil" my left hand, and I will never wear a uniform of that eolor." - The quantity of gold it takes to make a dollar is surprising to one not accus tomed to handling the metal. So much dust as you can hold on the largest blade of your pocket knife is worth $? to?T.'iO, says tho San Francisco Chronicle. When you consider that this small quantity is the yield of thirty to forty pans, you can imagine how little bulk there is to the gold saved in one pan. A coined gold dollar is smaller than a silver dime. Now, if a miner can save in one panful of dirt the tenth part of a gold dollar he is mak ing lair wages. - Little Alfred Loftus, aged five, of Cold Springs, Ind., is the hero of a mis adventure which came near proving a costly one. Alfred's lather had dressed a 500-pound porker and placed it on a large table in the woodshed to cool. Little Alfred's mother heard screams from the woodshed and found the little toddler insido the hog's carcass. Ile explained that he was playing Jonah, and had crawled inside the hog, lapped the sides over, and it was so warm and nice he went to sleep. When ho awoke the pork or iiad become cold and stiff, and liulo Alfred was held ;i prisoner until re- j leased by his mamma, who had to pry the sides ol the hog apart. - Here's a mathematical problem which the Boston Post observer heard a bank messenger putting to a mau of ligures the other day: "A banker found a $10 bill. At home he gave it to his wife, who paid the butcher in settlement of his account. The butcher paid it to the farmer fora call, and the farmer paid it to the mer chant, who iu turn paid it to the washer woman, and she, owing the banker a note of $10, went to the banker and paid the note. The banker recognized the bill as the ono hj had found and which up to that time had paid S5U worth of dobt. On a careful examination he found the bill was counterfeit." Of course the problem is, Who lost in the transaction ? - Mr. Shepperson says : "Unless prices advance materially by .January Iii there will, of necessity, be a very large reduc tion in the acreage of the next cotton crop. As soon as such an intended curtailment of acreage is perfectly evident, the spin ners will undoubtedly buy so freely as to speedily absorb tbo f;7/>,<uti> bales of indi cated surplus and to advance prices to a much higher plane. In the meantime, whether prices advance or not between uovv and the time for ni ak in LC prepara tions lor the new crop, the experience of this fall ?liould make it perfectly clear to southern farmers that they should next year give less acreage to cotton and more to food and forage crops." Therefore, there H money to be made this very winter by the very resolution to reform. Good intentions will bring two dividends in ls!>S if firmly held. Uucklcns Arnica Salve. Tho best salve in thc world for Cuta Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Khcum, j Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-1 tions and positively cures Piles, or no I pay required It is guaranteed to give , perfect satisfacNion, or money refund- . cd. L'risc 25 couts per box. For sale hy Hill-Orr Drug Co Lisien! Why is il the Olivet Chilled P1??WM? s-,?d nuder tut absolute guarantee 1 by Sullivan Hardware Co., LV> and stay every time. Simply because they lill the bill perfectly. PVV SM \ Al u 1 Ulli VJ iriPPfifiifC UlGGUllc? o VI th Great Inducements ../?-'-'.rifl We expect to make January a Shoe month with ns. We have inducements to offer that will increase our Shoe sales. We are culling from our Stock many odd lots and broken sizes that will interest economical buyers. Nothing will abate our interest in Shoes this year. WE HAYE THE LINES THAT WILL PLEASE THE PEOPLE. a Decide to give us your Shoe Trade for '98. You will not regret it. We feel grateful^for the patronage of '97, and expect to strive harder than we have ever done to get on to best things possible this year for our customers. Yours very truly, F* P. S-Please come up at once and pay us your '87 Accounts. (0'm? <U<m? Mt W&ton? / NOW IS THE TI Beginning December 7th r t Will put the entire Bankrupt Stock of J. W. Payne on the market at . . . TWENTY PEE CENT WWW NEW YORK COST. Regular 5c. Ginghams. -k. per rani. Yard-wide Scrim, G .{c. kind. 2]c. per yard. Regular (?lc. Bed Tickiug. ole. per yard. Full-width Linen Table Cloth. 20e. uer yard. Full-width Turkey Ked Table Cloth. 12?c. per yank Full-weight School Boy deans. 7-lc per yard. Ladies' Outing Belt. 5c. each. A good Linen Handkerchief. 5c. for two. An All Silk Handkerchief. 10c. One dozen Silver Hair Pins. 5c. Men's 25c Undershirts. 10c. A good Corset. 20c. Men's 81.00 undressed Kid Gloves. 50c. per pair. Ladies' S1.00 Kid Gloves. 5l)c per pair. Infants' Knit Sacquca. 20c. each. White Braid, per (nunile. I.e. Child's Mitten--, per pair. 5c. Gooil I)oilics .-ix for. 1 Cc. We-lui ve thousands of things at marvelous low prices which cannot be mentioned in an advertisement.. Now i- thc lime lo buy Goods al 20 per cent less thau von could buy them il' you were in New York City. Large and elegant line of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, latest and uew esl styles, all bought from the roarke!- this Fall, 10 pei.ut under anything in the city. Coin.', wc arc ready to show you one of the cleanest and pretti ?st lines of < ?nods ever shown in Anderson. ^ ours truly. D,. C. BROWN & SRO Yes, he's dead. Murdered, most brutally murdered by the "Bulls and Bears.1' They are dangerous animals-much to be dreaded, and if we have only to continue with them in our forests and fields we could soon put an end to every one that walks on four legs. Yes, the quadruped kind are wild and savage and hard to manage, but the most dangerous and dis astrous are the gentlemen kind that promenade Wall Street in patent leather shoes and highly colored silk stockings. They are the murderers of Isl And the Southern people are the mourners, but as the old adage goes You must be up and doing, ever on the alert to save your pennies. BUY FOR CASH-SELL FOR CASH ! That's the only redemption for the Southern people. Owe no man anything. Then, and not until then, are you indepen dent. That's the great magnetic battery that DRAWS THE MASSES To the "RACKET STORE.1' That's the answer to the army of well pleased customers that daily crowd our Store. Can't wait on the people half the time. UNDERBUY..UNDERSELL.. Knowing how to do this well does the work and pleases the people-keeps us hustling day and night. And now as old "Jack Trost" approaches you want to be ready for him, So here you go : Blankets 20c per pair up to nest. Shirts j.Oc. Red Flannel 8c. yard up. Boys' "Wool Suit 48e. Pants 10c. Good Pants Cloth 5c. yard up. Men's Jeans Pants that others get Homespun 2>c. up. 50c. for, new lot just in, 39c. Bed Comforts 19c. Ladies' Capes 48c. Men's Drawers Tic. Velvet Collar, fur trimmed, ODc. Big sample lot of Underwear for men and Women going with a rush at wholesale cost, and in. Clothing-Men's Suits-Coat, Vost and Pants, all foi1 ?1.75. Got to go. Don't fail to see 'em slide out. 25 Needles lc. Zvlouite Collar lc. 25 Envelopes lc. I Lace Handkerchief lc. 24 Sheets Paper lc. j Finger Rings lc. 25 Slate Pencils lc. Ladies' Collars lc. Pins lc. And thousands ot' Household Necessities for a mere song. Remember the place. We are always here. " Wrap 'em up." Money cheerfully refunded on demand. Yours to please, pr PT o imbil QPOORE & WALLIS. Follow in the Footsteps of the Sensible Shoe Wearer and you will find yourself in the. ELECTRIC CITY SHOE STORE, Where you can find Style and Quality combined. We are showing the best lines of Foot-Gear to be seen in the State at CORRECT PRICES. $2.00, ; ZM . ^J? The SQT \ y\ ?#fi Ahnighty J0 j Dollar humbled $4 00. 1 jj ^.J^.y \ because -r n e* i % jj /f?S?W Seventy-five in ail Stocks, '/??f ?-. \ g /??? i ^S'.jgM Cents is doing Shapes, /..r:~L^ 4? / > its work. And Shades ?^^^?^^ Remember, if your Feet have trouble of their own we can take "Special" care of them. Yours for Shoes, CTRIC CITY SHOE STORE. JOHN T. LIGON & CO., Proprietors. m THIS year ii drawiug to a close, and from now until Christmas your live-cent Cotton money will yield you Klondike returns if invested with us in Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes. Hats, Caps, Etc. We oiler the CHEAPEST line of Jeans, Flannels, Blankets, Lap Robes, And other things that we will tell you ahout when you ?nine. ( Hir QfJOQERY LINE is always large and complete. We eau sell you anything in our line if you honor us with a call. f?-i/' We are anxious-very anxious-to coiled what is due us. The fact that you arc holding your Cotton won't ?'ny our debts, and we-must meet our obligations. Hold your Cotton if v u want !.>. h?! please arrange to pay us AT ONCE, and GREATLY oblige Your friends, BROWNLEE & V?ND2VERS.