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AL TVV * TEACIG THE ( Paper Read By Miss Sudi Meeting of the Newbe Association Febi To an audience of teachers there i no use to enumerate the benefits derived from the ability to read well. They have found that a pupil who cannot read cannot master any other branch. ffhere are some teachers who feel that little time should be put on read ing, and most pupils are of that .opinion, too. Fortunately for the chid, the fancy fad of reading with out knowing the letters, or anything about their sounds, has about finished its course. A child should not be itaught to read what he cannot spell. He should feel that he has reached the top of the ladder by gelimbingf and not that he has been placed there. No doubt, much time was lost in the old log schoolhouse spelling through the blud-baek speller, pro nouneing "on the book," before be ginning to read. The old time pupil had to learn his a, b, c's, and though he did not know he was learning phonies he knew. his "key" to the spelling book. The ethical lessons he got from his readers and spellers helped to form that sturdy charaeter which we in our pessimistic moments fear is passing from us as a nation. An old "New England Primer" con tained such advice -as this: "He that ne'er learns his A, B, C, Forever will a blockhead be; But, he that learns the- letters fair Shall have a coach to take the air." (A definite 'purpose is one of the requisites of every ideal lesson. From the very first the child should learn to read, not read to learm a formidable array of scanty facts which he will encounter later on in &is development, when he will be more prepared to assimilate them. Without his knowledge the vast -storehouse of learning which is our' beritage from countless ages, will ever i-emain securely looked. If the golden key of good reading can 'be placed in the hands of the risingI generation they will 1be able to ex plore the many vaulted chambers without any other guide. One great fault in our present system of edu cation lies the fact that in the madJ rush of trying to acquire all knowl-j edge, the only true means to that end-that of reading-has been neg looted.I The selection of the text-book used is, of course a very important fac -tor in teaching the child to read. 'While the unusual teacher can teach from any kind of text-book, and the unusual child can learn to read from the billboard he sees along the way, 'we must. provide for the needs of the niajority, who without the help gained 'fram such a source have in deed ther task of making brick with, out straw, and as the Israelites ,in Egypt had the "'tale'' of bricks 4oubled, even so the teacher and pu pil find the burden surprisingly great. It would seem that - our modern methods of 'teaching reading 'have 'lost sight of the ideal which should 'e held up to the child. In the 'ef-' fort to 'smooth the wray fok the little feet the poor -li.ttle wayfarer has *been completelf lost in the way. At the very outset of his journey he is forced' to meet and combat single han4 ed such giants as ''eaterpillar,'' 'goldenrod,"' or ''sunflower,'' and many others equally formidable. The gallant little soldier has no weaponi What is Breakfast Without Coffee? But just coffee is not enough. It must be good coilee. You are certain of that kind if you P buy here. We have had large experlence in selecting coffees, and buy only those of tested Quality. ' This policy has earned us a reputa-" tion as "the" place to buy your coffee. Among our finest brands Is one of which we are partic.ularly proud, as it is the result of improved processes of cooking and curing used in no other coffee.. This'mzpreme QuTiity coffee is Electa Coffee A selected product of seasoned beans which makes a delicious cup of uni - form flavor. If your family like coffee you owe it to them to try Comes in tin cans. Sealed while still hot from the roaster, so that you get the. real fresh flavor, full and unimpaired. * Order today for tomorrow's break fast. The family winl thank you and call for more. E M. LAE & CO. ;HLD TOR REA e May Boulware at the 41 rry County Teachers' -Uiry 19, .1910. with which to meet such wily foes whi.ch loom up in his path at the most unexpected time and the most unusual places, often. with no reason whatever for appearing but the' doubtful one of pa:ssing in "review." Of course, such being the case, he goes down in ignominious defeat. Though he knows ",butterfly" per fectly well on -the first page where the picture is, he fails to recognize it on, the second. In such an unphonetic and difficult language as ours it would seem the wiser plan to give the child a small vocabulary of short wdrds already familiar to him, which he hears and uses daily. Longer and more difficult words can be added gradually and wov.en- into the stories which always delight the child. With all the facilities of the mod ern book-maker, this should truly be the golden age to the child acquiring' [knowledge. The child canot be taught to read except by arousing his own self-attivity. "Make haste slowly," is indeed a proverb worthy of consideration at this nascent pei riod of a child's life. If his interest is aroused and, he wants to read he will read; otherwise he will not. Al fred the Great's mother was wise in deed in her generation when she of- I fered to give the precious book to the first of her children who would learn to read it. Perhaps she had not learnd psyehology and child nature books, but she had the true key to the situation-the interest of the child was aroused, and the result was forthcoming. Alfrede won the book. iThe. first two or three weeks of a beginner should be very little work on the pupil, but a great deal on the teacher. How can a beginner studyf Yet the first day he goes home he s~hiuld feel proud of. the fact that he knows how to both spell and' read two words at the least. The. old time way of, teaching the child his letters, "ding-donging'' on' a, b, e, f6r two or three weeks or perhaps moths, is time thrown away. Give hinm 'a word-for example, rose; spell it for him several times,.point ing out each letter; then have him1 spell it. In a few' minutes he wifl know four letters, one word and 'how to spell that word. The-letters r and e are then familiar to him. By add ing a d he has the words red rose. In this way a child learns to read sur-i prisingly fast, and he never knows' when he learned his jetters. To make sure a child doesn 't, ecognize the word ,because it is ndar a picture or has a certain place on the page, the words should be "written on the board. A lesson to the little ones should be made as much like a game as possible. One way in, which to do this, yet at the same time acquire a quick recognition of the words, is to' supply eaeh child with a pointer, call out word' by woird, and let each on& try to be the fgst to find the word. They take, great delight in this.' Then let eaeh one separately call over the words, pointi.ng out each word as he calls it. He should ye required to repeat a sentence un til he gets the right expression. Strange to say, some . ehildren in spite of the fact that most fof them like. to ask questions, are very tryj ing when required to read a. question. Repetition on the teaeher's part is the only way to get around thiis difflulty. As the child advances great, care should be taken in selecting the sto ries given "'him to read, and the new words should .be pointed out to him, requiring a. correct spellin gand pronunciation of them before he be gins to read his lesson. The little beginner 'has had last ing impressioin made upon his mind, and no doubt his character has been partly molded. The boy with the germ of rudeness and snobbery lur{i ing within him is made to see himself in the story of the rich boy who got into trouble and had to apologize 'to the poor boy before he would help him out of the ditch into which he had fallen. "Change your tone, my little man, And I will help you all I can.', A certain lady was often restrained when a child from touching what she should not by reflecting upon the sad plight of "Meddlesome Mat tie.'' What a check has been .put upon the rising vanity of many a country irl with her basket of eggs! One of the most difficult things to encounter in teaching reading is to get the pupil to realize that a lesson recited on. the book needs prepara tion as well as those to be memor ized. If he can be convinced that the more he reads his lessons the better he can .recite, a great point has been reached. Insist on reading aloud at home. This will, of course, interfere with the parents' conver sation around perhaps the only fire place; but the lesson read aloud once is more beneficial than twice silently. In order to know that he has read his lesson, require him to tell the story in his own words. Reading amounts to very little if the idea is not conveyed to the reader. He should be made to feel that he does not know his lesson unless he pro nounces each word distinctly and correctly. To encourage this the child should stand to read; the first mistake he makes require him to sit down. Never let a child know when he is to be called upon, and then you get his attention all through the rec itation. It is a great mistake to allow a child to stop reading because he has ",been through" the Fifth reader. If possible,. and it should be made possible, reading should be kept up as long as his school days last. - While teaching a child to read is one of the most difficult tasks that have ever been undertaken, yet the iblessed privilege .of being with and leading little children is the highetsj calling on earth. The Best Hour of uife is when you do some great deed or discover some wonderful fact. This hour came to J. R. Pitt, of Rocky Mt., N. C., when he xas suffering in t nsely, as he says, "frcm the worst cold I ever had, I then proved to my great satisfaction, what a wonder ful Cold and Cough cure Dr. King's New Discovery is. For, after taking one bottle, I was entirely cured. You can't say anything too good of a medicine like that." It's the surest and best remedy for diseased lungs, Hemorrhages, LaGrippe, Asthma, Hay Fever-any Throat or Lang Trouble. 50t., $1.00. Trin' bottle free. Guaranteed by W. elham &Son. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newherry. By Frank M. Schumpert Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Luther H. Dennis and James T. Dennis made suit to me, to rant them Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of James [awkins Dennis These are therefore to cite and ad aonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said James Hawkins Dennis deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., on the 9th day of March next after publication thereof, at 11 o 'clo-ek in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said- Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, this* 21st day of February, Anno Domini, 1910. Frank M. Schumpert, J. P. N..C. While it -i3' often impossiblk to prevent, an accident, it is never im possible to be prepared-it,is not be ond any one's purse. Invest 25 eents in a bottle of Chamnberlain 's Lini ment and you- are prepared. for sprains, brises and like injuries. Sold by W. E. Pelham & Son. 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Robinson, C Station Master. a] EPORT OF ierry Savinj NBERRY, S. C. he Business Noveml :>m Report to State Bank I LI 59,495.25 Capital 2,275.00 Undivided Profit4 Deposits 1,758 60 Notes and Bills I 680.00 ed 59,437.65 33,646.50 )n Savings De FREE RE 24C. Worih of Fi SBEGINNING MONDAY, SAnd Cl6sing at 10 O'clock Any person buying a 25 or the same amount in '1 Display Table may read from my Circulating Libi I,- during the timne stated al No person will be allo 9mo're than one book at a Sreturn that book before 1 other. Any book kept Ii M. 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