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en he has been in the past, no n ter how unsatisfactory have been tl results of his schooling, wisdom ai prudence bid us look resolutely t ward the future. And this brings 1 to consider another aspect of my o ject. Another Duty of -the South. Not only is it the duty of tl state to maintain schools for tl children, and to require them to a tend the schools but it has yet a: other duty- It is the imperative dui of the/state to provide the right kit of schools, and the right kind of ed1 cation for the people. I am fully pe suaded that much of the problem i school attendance has its roots de( down in that other great problem the kind of education our people net and demand. It would perhaps I wide of the truth to say that our a tendance would beeome ideal if o1 schools were ideal; yet it is perfec ly reasonable to say that our atten atice would be better were our schoo nore efficient. Certainly we con lore consistentlfy enforce atten nee. The schools of the peop] especially above the primary gradc need recolst rcit ion, readjustinc and reariculation. This may soum just a bit radical, but I insist thi some of the defects are radical. Po sibly the greatest defect in our schoo is their failure to inculcate a tas and appreciation for work. Educ tion should fit men for the best se ,ice to the society in which they liv 'ervice implies work. It can not 1 enied that the schools of the peop re so organized and articulated i alienate the pupils from all kin< manual labor. The feeling is det ounded in our pupils that educ m is to free them from labor, i1 d of making their labor more ef ,nt. They are going to school I arn how to escape work and son of the results are only too obvioi The office of the village hotel, tl viflnge grocery store, the unpolic railway station and the public pai are daily crowded with idlers at loafers. notwithstanding the fact th the whole country is echoing with tl cry for laborers. These idlers are 1 110 mIeans all illitmates; many fl'em have a fairly good elementai educal ion, so far as books are col erned, but they have not been trai1 ,d to work and they are avoidii ,ork. The presence of these idle s a constnnt reminder of the misdi Cection in our educational ideals. T1 idle poor are a menace to peaace; tl dle rich are even more dangerous. A New Foundation Stone. When our schools shall have p1 our people in the way to great pr-perity, by cultivating in them relish for ionest toil, and by givii them more specific and comprehe ive traiing' for the commoii voc 1.ns of life, we shall have given nw foundation stone to our natioi al istruturce. I have already said th inelligenee lies at the very found tian of' a people's great ness. Lab withont intelligenice mariks thle eiv lizationi of thle uneducated; intell gcile witbhout labor marks the civil za t in Of thle miis(1edatedi. In tell gent indlust ry is the symbol of great and prosperous civilizatio Brain-guided hands and musece-ail ed brains have measured every mi of the world 's progress. A hundred p)laea.rds calling fi carpcinters andu b)rickhlayers may beel On a hungry master to geomnetery1 carn his breakfast, but lie need i apply unless lie can use a square< a trowel and is willing to (10 so. Ti adept in calculus who can not sawv straight line may at times find hit self as helpless as an overturnedi te apin. There is as great need in tl veld for the girl who eana. sew s Rraight seam, or cook a wholeson ad nner, as for the one who can dra o\ ibson heads or pa,int Madonnas. aa gi'eat thing to be able to read ti veins as a hook, but unless the a i imer knows what 10 per cent. c pi~missory note means life to hi: m be less full and less sweet. 'I ena' the literatures of the anciei c pies and to understanld the Cles of thought and to appreciad rsystem of philosophy are pric privileges; b)ut why nlot associal ~1such culture tile knowledge< to hang a gate or of how to rait venne to pave sidewvalks? Inseparably Joined. Theorize and speculate as we ma; o problem of education is eterna married to the problem of iivin Id they can never be divorced. 'E ye been too. much afraid of vulga: .ing learning by associating it wi-t read and clothes and the comme mforts of life. The fullest life e one that commands the widei nge of capacities, The man wi ~had his intellect awakenedi ger views of life has also new d< es to be satisfied and unless 11 given tihe power or the capacity t isfy them contentmn.,t changes I content and the mil4s fit matei for a misanthropist and if hi happens to be a hard one ha bi t- comes a loafer, thief or an anarchist. ( ie The savage was content with his bow id and arrows and his tomahawk until 0- he saw a musket; then a new de is sire had to be satisfied, and he was b- .ready to sell the bearskin robe off his back for a musket or to risk his life to steal one. le ' No state can attain. to an enviable le eminen-ce unless its citizens are or t- derly. No lesson more needs to be a. burned into the very lives of our ;y American people than that of civic id order. At times it would seem that ,i- the very foundations of our society r- are threatened by the disregard for )f law, for order and for reason. No see ,p tion of our country, no division of - our institutional life is free from ,the d viciousness of the boycott, the viol )> ence of the strike, the clash of the a t- races, the blind fury of the mob, and t) ir the defiance of law-a mild term for t- anarchy. The ignorant, the idle and 1- the incapable are the fementers of a Is these disorders. Intelligent men 1d properly trained in civic duties and 1- reasonably prosperous in their voca- a c, -tions are rarely found in these ob- S s, no1xious outbreaks. To be sure, ill it telligelle does; not ilslre -ootd or d der. neither does prosperity insilre i, it but. the chances are increased when s- the citizens are intelligent and pros Is perous. Our duty ought to be clear. te Make both white and black intelli a- gent; give to both the capacity and r- the desire to make an honest living; e. teach both the duties of good citiz )e enship; then we shall hear less of le problems. This can not be done uin is loss -the state maintains the right j is kind of schools and sees to it that p the children attend them. - The News of the Day. h- homas W. Lawson of Boston was ( to received in private audience by Pope le Pills. s.- Another attempt is reported to have Ie been made on the life of President. d Ca'lbrcra of (u1111taniaala. k Tw.enty-seven (erman families. d mostly farmers, are( expeted to i t rive ill Savannalh imn a few days. le The Ellis Island. N. Y., inunigr1a y tionl Station is four (tavs bahilid in f tie inspection of illeomino immi 7Y grants. 1- Forty thousand mni took part in I the Moyer--1-ywood; anti-Roosevelt , parade in New York City on Satur Vs day. r- The former chief of police aind flve ie ot.her prominent officials on the force Ie were indicted -by the grand jury for . unmlavful transactions in the recent municipal elections in Ohicago. it A desperate fight is on by Kansas Ir state ofleials against tile liquor traf a fle. Under the decision of the su Spreme court all browery property is - beinl" seized aNId h1undreds of Saloolls elosed uip. a Ernest W. H1uffeut, the legal ad visor of Grov. H1u1lglcs of New York i committed slicide on Satiurdav while ri- O a boat goina form Albany to New l'York Cityv. Politilal worry is said' to JamesIl(' P'ope, a farmer near F'lo.w iery Branch, (;a., was prolbably fat al 1ly injn IIred, I his son1 ser'iously buriinedI .a anId t wo mles(' wereC killed outrighlt ai. by a stroke of lighltninig on Saturday 1- afternoon. Old Jamestown. >r Joe Mitchell Chlapple in tihe Na tional Magazine for May: to On the evening of lmy visit to this >t old city, we attended service in tile >r' Bum,ton Parish Chiuireb, an md I paused Ie for a moment icefore entering, to a look at the pi dtuire t.he moonlighlt 1-made of the 'ancient edifice and its r- .surrounlding chlur'chyar(t. Inside, t.he e& pews are very high, and it is just a possible for a. grown person to look eO over them whlen seaited. They recall WV t-hose fascilnating southernl stories of [t bright eyes seen in chlurchl, which I 0e could never quite understand until ~it occurred to me, while in t,his old n church, that tile eyes .and head-gear - were about all thlat 'thle young gallant 0 could see of his fair lady, unless lhe it was in tile same pew-and then, Lr wvel], that is entirely different. eO One pow is preserved for the des ~- eendants of Pocahmontas, and here also e is shlown the first comimunion set ever >f used in Jamest.own, and the font in 10 whlich Pocahiontas 'was baptized and transformed from a beaultiful Indian princess into tile wife f, of that sturdy colonist John Rolfe, 1- thlough 'her hleart may still have been I, boating withl regret for tile lost John 0 Smit:h, whlom shle supposed -to be dead. -Today her children have an organi h zation whichl meets annually; tihe fat n mous Johin' Randolph of Roanoke was is a direct descendant of Pocahontas. It .0 Charleston has issued a call for o nre million dollars wiorth of 4 per -cent 30 year 'bonds, or the purpose 0 to retire out standing bonds. 0 Mayor Ithett of Oharleston 11as in o struceted thle police to keop tab on all -the Cost Line ti'ains going into Char s leston 'to see what sort of schedule apital $50,000 00 Deposits $35 THE BALAN4 t The Commercial Bank sh< le bank's business. It also THIS BANK'S I re getting on in the world a: t's a good plan 'to make a di nd liabilities before becon crutiny is always in our fav< 'he Gommei;cial Bank 4 per ( Interest paid in our Sa "The Bank for y NO. M. KINARD,- Pres. J. Y. McFA kS. McINTOSH, President. The Newberry 5 apital $50,000 00 Ne wberr3 We ende: i 0VANCING ness intere every legiti THEIR our motive 'tured with NTERESTS. prosperity 4 success of c rhe Newberry CALL Brooddus HERALD T Box Paper, Tablets, Pen Pens and Soaps Fine In fact anythin~g you n AL4SC CIGARS AND Don't forget to call < They are also agents Laundry. A TEN STRIKE EVE MODEL' BULL DOG SI Dhep tai me a n C Ntrrbe O netf l r t Ds e t odalit. toe Mae i e bYor ert n Surplus $48,800 40 5,674 25 .E SHEET )ws a healthy growth of shows that )EPOSITORS ad adding to their wealth. ignosis of a bank's assets iing a depositor. Such >r. Bank here. of Newberry, S C. :ent. vings Department. our savings.' 0. B. MAYER, V. Pres. LL, Cashier. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier ;avings Bank. Surplus $25,000 00 r, S. C. ivor to advance the busi sts of our customers in mate way. In so doing ; may be somewhat tinc selfishness, for, upon the )f its patrons hinges the very bank. Savings Bank. ON 3 Ruff IE & NEWS cils, Ink, Extracts, &c., &c. eed along that line. TOBACCO. >nl them. for Laurens Steam RY TIME WITH ISPENJ)ERS I They Don.i Satlei POTTER ERM IN TiiE~ WORLD* ST., BOSTON, MJASS. iSASn CasU malted feo10.. Riight in the With a great line of Spring and S *ng. Slippers, Shoes, Straw Ha Embroidery, the new things in 6 xoods a specialty. The creation pass anything that has ever been means. that our 1907 Hats hai equals. Our other lines complet and as usual you will find our New Drop Head Domestic Mac! Machine, Drop Head, 20 9aars g, making 3305 barrels of choice arrived, best patent $4.50, best ha l.75 sack. People say Moseleys can't s( make piofit. What difference d< ple say as long as you get the goo< Moseley PROSPERIT S Prescriptioq Which we use are without exc We believe in PURITY. We constantly preach PUR We always practice PURIT cines. PURITY counts, and count, Ask your doctor. MAYES' DRU DIRECT FROM OUF WILLO%i 0 WH 4 FULI QTS Send us $2.85 caseZ withi ito ino: qu:irts, of WILLOi best you ever tast pcs .iuid yotir $ Reiniemnbr we' from us you save -era and av~oidl all sutre ogtting oi 1fyou prefer -WH-SKor bya better cor: . Ou ri guarantee MACoNOA ~ THE SWIF' VERYLOVA NORFOLK Ab Account Jamestown Ter-C . . .ViA SOUTHERN I Season, Sixty Day and Fifteel daily, commencing April 19th vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be m BRASS BANDS in uniform s STOP OVERS will be allowe and Fifteen Day Tickets, sam 1st Tickets. For full and complete infoi Agents Southern Railway, or R. Froit Rank ummer goods, Spring Cloth ts. Elegant line Laces and )ummer Dress Goods, Black s in millinery will easily sur shown at this store, and this re no superior and but few e and full of new fresh goods; pr'ces just right. Just think. ine $25.00, New Defiance uarantee, $17.93. 31 th car Tennessee Flour has just If patent, $4 00, fresh Grits ,11 the goods at the price and )es It make to you what peo Is. Bros., Y. S. C. Materials eption the purest grade. ITY. Y when preparing medi s for much, in medicines. U G STORE. 4 t DISTILLERY !DALE ISKEY L [9 XPRESS nnd we ill ship you in a plain rks to show conItents, four.full PJ DALE R~YE, expreVss preimid.( dlon't. find( it all righ.jt and1( the ed, sendc it 1back to us; at our ex 2.85 will be proinptly refunded. 11er? are distillers, so when you buy the enIorrnous p)rofits of the deail ehance of adulteration. You are r whiskey just as it comeCs from :' Iout being tatnpered with ini any :or wiewe will sen1 yo .80, ex press p)repaiud. You can't wvhiskey from anybody else at of perfect satisfaction or. money hi every shipment we make. You you de al with us as thme owners ave~ resources of a million dollars ly as we say. r CREEK DISTILLING CO., MACON, GA. d Distillery No. 29.. Swift Creek, Ca. ( RATES (D RETURN entennial Exposition RAIL WAY a Day Tickets on sale to and including No ade for MILITARY and .ttending the Exposition. d on Season, Sixty Day e as on Summer Tour 'mation call on Ticket write W. Hunt' Division:Pass. Agent. .Charlantan, S. eC