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PAPER BT PROF. WH The Coarse of Study?There is a small but turbulent class of over wise writers, who periodically belabor the pnMic schools. In their nightmares they see thousands of tender children murdered or maimed in the publie schools, and give vociferous utter ance to so much wild nonsense that they have but one effect?making -people refuse to heed them even when they point out some real de fect. Some of these writers have " warned us against one great evil which we have gone on ignoring? that of an overcrowded course of study. To be brief, some years ago ?our educators realized the poverty of our common school course of study; confined almost exclusively to the three R's. A just demand was made for an enriched course, giving a wider range of subjects to ' the pupils. A number of subjects has been i added. Jfow, in order to en courage individual initiative, I take it, the State Board of Education has never prescribed <a maximum or a minimum number of subjects for any course. Instead it has adopted text books covering a rather wide range ?of subjects, and grouped these into yearly grades, leaving each school to make up a course or courses from this list. The building of a well-ialanced course of study is the work of an ?expert Comparatively few teacher* Jay claim to that stage of fitness?. Yet each teacher, or at least each . principal, experienced or inexperi enced, sets about to make his own course. Theories, nreju dices, and tastes begin ,to clash for the mastery. One teacher is an artyhmatic crank, and his course has but little else in It; another's favorite subject is grammar, and he makes his pupils analyze and parse everything in sight; another h^s no taste for' ge ography, and he practically omits it: another "dotes on" poetry, and The whole school is put to memoriz ing and reciting gems: while a lot of thorough-going teachers who take everything literally, put the whole adopted list Into one course, and give it to every pupil in the school. A great deal of ignorant and un just criticism is made against the frequent and useless change of text books. It would be neitner wise nor defensible to have, a child use the sr.me reader through two or three grades, or to use the same geog raphy through the 4th. 5th and 6th grade, for instance:- If the book is suited to his advancement when b-, begins it, it .is reasonable to say that it is not suitable two or three years later in his life. And if a teacher were to keep the child of one of these watchful guardians of the schools in a fourth reader, for in stance, for three years, this same guardian would make the columns ol the local newspaper smell of sul phur in declaiming against the out rage (then fail to sign his name.) On the other baud, many of our schools do needlessly tax the pat rons for books, and burden the chil dren with books. Let us give con crete cases: I have just examined The published course of study in a ten-grade school in one-of our towns. In that course are prescribed fifty five separate texts, exclusive of cony books, drawing books, scratch pads, <"tc. In the school are ten teachers. In another ten-grade, school, with four teachers, there are sixty-four texts prescribed. ? In the first men tioned school there are ten sepa rate texts required In the seventh grade; in the second mentioned school eleven texts are given in the eighth. grade. Every child ought to have the best obtainable book in every subject he pursues, and he ought to have all the books he needs?books suited to his age and advancement, but I protest that the above mentioned courses are out of reason. To under DODfG THEIR DUTY. Scores of Orangeburg Readers Are Learning the Duty of the Kidneys. To filter the blood is the kidneys' duty. When they fail to do this the kid neys are sick. Backache and many kidney ills follow; Urinary troubles, diabetes. * Doan's Kidney Pills cure them all. Orangeburg people endorse our claim. J. L. Phillips, Farmer, 85 Sellers Ave., Orangeburg, S. C, says: "On several occasions I have used Doan's Kidney Pills procured from Dr. J. G. Wanuamaker's drug store and ihey have always, given entire satis faction." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Xew York, sole agents for the Unit ed States. Remember the name?Doan's? and take no other. If we should always speak the truth, There'd surely he a fuse: As nuisances unspeakable. Nobody't speak to us. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs quickly, strengthens the lungs and expels colds. Get the genuin i in a yellow package. For sale by Dr. A. C. Dukes. Even when a modest girl shows her dimple, we must admit that it is a cheeky sort of thing. Kodol is a combination of ttm natural digestive juices and it di gests all classes of food and over;, bind of food, so you see it will do the work that the stomach itself does. The only difference between it and the stomach is the stomach can get out of order and Kodol can put the stomach into good order. JHOQLS. NO. 7. LI AM H. HAND. take to teach all these books to an> one child in the allotted time wouhi make old Socrates catch his breath. In the first case it would seem that the course given was measured by I the physical endurance of the teach ers?ten teachers pitted against ten sets of children. In the second case the physical endurance of the teach ers was no limit?four teachers pit ted against ten sets of children. I am far from advocating only tht three R's in the common schools, but our schools are undertaking too much in the quantity of work and the kind of work. School work must be cir cumscribed by time, | space, and the ability of the pupil. Take the 8th 'grade course already mentioned. Of the eleven texts prescribed, nine ar-j to be pursued at the same time, it is no figure of speech to say that if a child's time is the dividend of a long division, the quotient, or re sult, must be small. For instance, in the first two years of a child's school life the schools very properly devote much time and energy to oral reading. But by the time he reaches the fifth grade, so many things arp crowded upon him that he does but little oral .reading while under in struction?a few minutes each day, perhaps. Henoe when he reaches the high school his oral reading h scarcely intelligible,' and he is ofteu unable to get through from the print ed page. Indeed, many a college student and not a few teachers In our common schools can not read as they should read on entering the high school. These crowded courses of study have another fatal weakness. In the same school and in the same classes is a wide range of ability, taste, and opportunity, among the pupils. The bright and precocious mind, the slug gish but retentive mind, and the dull mind1 are found side by side. The 'pupil of robust body and vigorous health, the one of feeble body and delicate health, and the one with ample time for every task and the one with scant time for any task, all go to the same school. The un pardonable sin of the schools is 11 bunch them together, givg them the same work, apd require all to meas ure up to a common standard. God made them in different molds, 'and it is useless for the schools to try to ignore the differences. It is un natural and it is wrong. To march abreast twenty-five children in one grade up to a given dead-line is neither possible nor desirable.- Chi' dren with diverse abilities, tastes and opportunities should not be re quired to progress with even step through sncb diverse subjects mathematics, language, history, and drawing. If a boy can do the lan guage work of the 6th grade, but is prepared for only the 4th in math ematics, put him just where he is fitted to go. "Oh, he would not fit into my program." says some one. Then make the program fit the boy. The possibility of doing this is one of the great advantages*that the small country school has over the closely graded school. There is another thing which n*:ed? to be dinned into the ears of opricn ?both teachers and patrons?thai it is folly for a school with nin^ grades and two teachers to under take to do what a school with nine [grades and six teachers"accomplisher The two-teacher school may. be the ! better school withiu its limitations, ! but it must keep wihin these limi tations. A one-horse farmer who would claim to be able to grow as many crops aud as large crjps as a four-horse farmer would grow, would be laughed at. Little David could not fight in big Saul's heavy and cumbersome armor, but with a sling and a pebble he did effective work. WILLIAM H. HAND. University of South Carolina. ? Fine City Lots. Dr. D. J. Hydrick has opened up a suburb which he very appropriately has named Fairview. It is located in the North-eastern portion of the city, as shown in cut in ad. in another column. The lots are about 5-8 miles from the Court House, and about 10 minutes walk to the business center. They are high, overlooking the city and beautifully situated in a first class section. This looks like a fine chance to'build a. I home, particularly so when you con sider that labor, lumber and other material are cheaper now than they have been in several years past. We understand that these tots can be bought on easy terms. The subway is by no means be neath notice. Are You Only Half Alive? People with kidney trouble are so weak and exhausted that they are only half alive. Foley's Kidney Rem edy makes healthy kidneys, restorer, lost vitality, and weak, delicate people are restored to health. Re fuse any but Foley's. For sale by Dr. A. C. Dukes. Burns, bruises and scratches, big and little cuts or In fact anything requiring a salve, are best and quick est soothed and healed by DrWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel salve. The best salve for piles. Be sure you get DeWitt's. Sold by all druggists. No. Marguerite, we have no reason to believe that eating raspberries will cause you to have a rasping voice. Constipation causes headache, nau sae, dizziness, languor, heart palpita tion. Drastic physics gripe, nicken, weaken the bowels and don't cure. Doan's Regulates act gently and cure constipation. 2G cents. Ask your druggist. v 15 City lots, 6 three room cottages, and 54 acres farming land within one mile of City limits for Sale.at Public Auction to the highest bidder. Sale to take place in front of Court House on 1st Monday in November immediatedly after sale of lands by Probate Judge. A great opportunity to secure a home or to make a paying investment. Terms: 1-3 Cash and balance in payments to suit purchaser. Any information desired about above property will gladly be furnished by the undersign IB. ~M_. IKOHIEDUn^IN-. (I'm. Y. Izlor. J. Stokes Salle? Fire Insurance. ZLAR & SAL LEY We represent the The Home Insurance Co. Liverpool and London and Globe German American Continental Northern Assurance Phoenix and Georgia Home." , The Strongest Combination in the State. TBE DR?G STORE is the one place on earth where it is unsafe to look * for "Bargains." If you are satisfied with getting the worth of your money, the best Medicine it is possible to compound from, the highest grade drugs, A the services/rf an ?exjierienced Pharma cist you will send your Doctor's Prescription to J. G. Wanaamaker Mfg. Co. STERLING SILVERWARE Did you know t . "? 7io*-* can place before yo*i n .?*}??? <yt dependable goods in ?'??'rllng SHvenvnre? We do not tonen inythnig that we uro not glad to 'porqn tee?and handle *???? the output of the ? *?<;( 4"u.?tMw j makers. Now, it ought to e Hi a good deal to you " * this. You need never h*y,!*i" about the probable quality o' "7thin? in this line if you one *"*e for it?because we a? i?l%u '.I re" - Bponsibflity, an-* ?"'-:*ivelt guarantee our Stertine ?Vver? ware. There may be su" i .it a*' Silverware uncerrnlrti?"* br* j you couldn't get tier- , ?, ac , matter how badly yuu wanted , them. H. Spahr & 'Son. 46 W. Ilussell, Street. ORANGEIiURG. S. C. ?i Now Is The .Time to get a HAY RAKE at COST. I am not going to handle hay rakes suiy longer and will soil stock on hand at cost. A line lot of one and two horse wagons at greatly reduced prices. CALL AT? L. E. RILEY'S COME ONE! COME Once again we ask you to let us place at your disposal our stock of well selected :: :: :: :: DRESS GOODS, CLOTHING AND SHOES % Come in and examine, we will do our best to give you prompt service, tho we often have to ask you to wait just a few minutes, however we try to make it profitable for you when you wait, our immense trade this season has been a source of great pleasure/we feel proud of it, and must thank our many friends and customers for their share of it. We do at least think we have the best line of goods ever carried before and are doing our best to keep the line up-to-date in every respect. We are continually getting in each week new goods, and this week we have received*a fresh supply of DRESS GOODS which puts our stock in the "Pink of Condition." We air showing a beautiful assort ment of Cotton Dress Fabrics, Galatea Cloth's, in all :new soli 1 colors and the two toned stripes so much used for coat suit goods: are '27 inches wide, at. 15c '20 pieces of Wool Finished Suitings, in Garnets, Browns, Grays and Blues; lovely imitation of $1.00 a yard .goods, at .15c 50 pieces of? New Chambrays and GingJiams, all the solid shades of Browns, Blues, and extra line for school dresses, washes well, at only.10c yd Outings and Flannel Is, every color and quality,x yard ..5c, Oc, 8c, 10c 40-inch Sea Island, the best value ever offered, at .5c 3(J-iuch light Outing ,fine for night gowns and underwear, 8c. This val ue, is 12 l-2c, our price ....... iSc CLOAKS?We must say a word about our Cloak Department?It is filled with the very nicest tlie market af fords. The line has nil styles?tlie loose fitting, sane fitted, or the long close, fitted Cloaks, so much in de mand at present; prices run from.$15.00 to $17.50 We are showing a nice line of Fur Neck Pieces, for $1.00 to $10.(00. We have grea values to offer you in these.". a: DOX'T FORGET to try u sit it's Clothing you need. We show avery complete assortment, the equal of any store . in. .Orangehuq?,. , Prices .just a bit chcape.r;try us and be con vinced.-. ...-..j. Our Stocks of Hats and Caps surely please. will CRAWFORD SHOES for men; every style; stock of sizes and styles are complete right now.$4.00 WE FILL MAIL ORDERS. MOSBLEY'S Land for Sale. [400 ACRES in Willow township, I Orangeburg County, 3 miles from Norway and -1 miles from Cope, S. C: 250 acres cleared, in fine state of cultivation; 7 tenant houses; no residence; healthy lo cation; some timber lands; clay sub-soil and well drained. Will go at a bargain to a quick buyer, on terms of one-quarter cash and balance iu from one to five years. ?A I,SO? 71 ACRES in Willow township. GO acres cleared, balance in timbers and 'margins; good dwelling, barn and stables, and other out buildings. A choice piece of property, and will be sold at a low price. ?ALSO? II M ACRES, 1% miles north of Norway, S. ('.. 13 acres cleared, hbalancc in good timbers and mar gins; no buildings. A quirk buyer can get this property at a very low figure. For prices and terms Apply to J. T. O'NEAL, Real Estate Agent, Bamberg,'S. C. CASTOR IA Fov> Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought f The College is under new management, and the best of teachers will be em ployed" The courses of study are thorough and practical, and canlbe completed in!a moderate length of time, and at a moderate cost There was never sudh a demand for competent Book-keepers and stenograph ers^ there isrnow-x Write us today for our announcement giving full particu lars concerning our courses of study. Address -. Orangeburg Business College. ORANGEBURG, S. C. 2:000 PATTERNS JUTE Bi4GGIrtG irtD TICS JUS.T RECEIVED. ALSO rtEW 45 LB ./1RROV iTIEs'txnd rtEVJUTE "MGGIAG" ' AT BARGAIN PRICES. E N SCOVILLE 44 West Russell Street. 'Phone 18 DOUGLAS & LEMON. - - DEALERS JK - - Fancy Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables Fish and Oysters. Phone 2012 und All Oorders will be Delivered Promptly. Cor. Russell and BroughtAn St>. Orangeburg, S. C. ot All I Kinds on IB You can h.v. .1' ilir book, you' q.M b> our p!?n. \Vn:e lor il?al' b*uiiiiull> illratr.??d <mI dijarrir-iiTi- book. 'A Book Store in your home." Ii ii free. Whi. iu<J?>. We iowmIm quality aitdvalu?. Our price, ihe loweat. Writ. Ur Catalog. Ii im f reo TU. l.rg.tX mail onUr Book boua. is ih. world. 48 year, ia buaraeaa. Dtjt TD71 THE FRAN KLIN-TU RNtR CO., 63-71 Ivj Su AtUntt, G? ?t.