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Fort Mill 'Phone (with iotiK distance i
connections) No.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST lit. ISKKt.
A Sensible Talk on Education,
The following article, clipped
from 411e liock Hill Herald, appeared
recently in the Haiti more
Han over the signature of >'Fauu
crs Wife** ami I urnislies excellent
fni?l fur thought for parents who
have children to educate;
May a ''farmer's wife" express
appreciation of your editorial and i
Or. MeConnells position on the
problem of norrro labia'? The conditions
which lie portrays so per
1 incutly exist ritrht hero io Haiti
Mioro county. Nxit only will the
negroes iio,t work fo,r the farmers,
1...J .-I...... .. ! ... I
i$KWIjr ??? niutnriirr,
while lieiirou-ds are r??l)l>t?d and
(Bveti growing turkeys art* taken to
provide food for theiu, which they
should be made to earn. Meantime,,
tl;ey luxuriate in idleness at
the farmer's expense. Twenty
Ji'vrn tu'o farmers hud no difficulty
in securing help, but today you
cannot ptocure help of any kind
when physical labor is required.
And ih it not due to the fact that
people today liaye a false idea of
educating tiieir children? For all
the ambitious fads of our school1
system, with its heavy burden of:
taxation, our educatois are failing
to impress on the young people
under their care the truth?that
labor performed in the right spirit
jis a sacrament which ennobles the i
humblest life. Instead we are
cateiiug to the god of respectability.
If we are farmers, we prefer
to educate our children for profession,
without consulting the child's
individuality. It is a common
thing to bear a mother say: ''.My
boys shall never be farmers. 1 intend
one for the ministry, one for
a physician and the other for the
bar." It is a well-known fact that
the professions are becoming overcrowded
with men who will never
be brilliant successes. There is
many a man tilling a pulpit today
who would be nearer his vocation
following a plow; but hia mother's
god of ambition diverted him to
the ministry inalend. I am told
a bill for the extension of compulsoiy
education iH to go before the
legislature next session. Perhaps,
being '? "hayseed" and a woman
in the bargain, my opinions may ;
taek force and balance, but it
strikes me as being an infringment
of our constitutional rights, which
guarantee civil and religious lib- :
^ rly. As our children are personal
belongings, I should think we I
ought to be allowed to place and
educate them to suit ourselves and
not as our school boards and legislators
direct. No doubt the average
parent will send his children
1o school if he can. Kdward link
lias proven that 50,000 children
die annually from confinement and
over-study. Now, 1 am inclined
fto the opinion that if some of the I
boys whose mental endowments
are not so brilliant would go to1
work and learn a trade the world
at large would ho better olF than
i-t is today far practical people,!
lint lief than learn a trade, the av-!
<erage youth of the present time,
will tfo to a business collect* and
lake a course or accept a position
/it $5 or $C> a week and settle down
to a weak-dusted, spectacled specimen
of what a man should not he. ,
J'ldncatjou wdl never supply any
puuiwith brains. It will deepen
.ami luromlen him if he possesses
the nutural ajiide. * * * *
If the world keeps lip its present
xdlnse after higher education the
plain, practical vocations of life:
?vi 11 have lo be dispensed with. J
would surest more attention be;
paid to practical education and
4o teaching our youn^ people the i
, dignity of labor. It cowta more:
now to maintain our public school I
I system than it does f??r both the'.
Simy and navy, and, really, 1 ;
think they are going beyond what
they were intended to do, namely,
pive the common peopje a plain,
practical education. iiy importt
mg new ideas, new conditions face ,
ps. Prow all over the country
rolls up mh with one yoice the cry
(for good help, l?oth for domestic!
j>nipoNea ami farm hands, and uce '
wlii'i# can thedeniaiid be supplied. I
The negroes are natural imitators
of td.e whites and are only follow-'
ing in their footsteps in raining
tf.ieir children to want nice, easy
berths, with good pay, instead of
/beeomiug nood laborers in some
% ' field that is uo.t overcrowded. The
pej^r.o >vjtJL? trothii?g to do or noth* j
'
La
7
ill:* In- will do is thrown on society |
with liit- bauds fic? to do the work j
of hie Satanic Majesty, mid we uro
taxed to educate him to till our
jails and penitentiaries. Now, with
the ucuro a menace to society, and i
the farmini* cIjcsh at the uieray of
such help as it can procure, what
ate we reaping from the false ideas
of education that have fjjrown up
in our midst? Many of our brainiest
men in the past have secured
an education by hard work. Alan
values what lie works for, and if
lie wants an education he will yet
and if he has not the brains to
want ono, compulsory (duration
will not force in on him. Half u
truth if very often a dangerous
tiling, and so is a man with an education
his brains cannot assimi
lain or digest. Induration to a
a man's bruin wlint food is to bin
stomach lit'should be given tin*
kind I hut tits bin ind ividitn.it y bust i
or that \v;ll make liim the strongvst
man. Tim nation needs strong
men, physically and intellectually.
The Raleigh I N.G.) Christian
Advocate makes this timclv comment
:
Tim preacher who denounces, as
be should, the sin of worldbnesH
manifested in dancing, theatre going
and gambling, certainly vitiates
the ett'eet by Baying nothing
concerning the disregard tif linanrial
obligations, social impurity
and economic tyranny, all of which
are worse, if sin can be graded,
than dancing and theatre going.
We have known men to talk in
sepulchral horrified tones of the
Christmas giddiness of the gay
young things and at the same time
(lodge a grocery store where an unpaid,
unrecognized grocery bill
stared them in the face. There
are pious women who frown at the
young people talking in church,
and at the same time talk a neighbor's
good name into blisters.
Here is a call for the pulpit to exercise
some of its wise specializing
functions.
Clemson's Big Money.
lTp to the 1st tiny of August
there hud been collected by the!
State treasurer $'.H).!M>d.t?5 on account
of the fertilizer inspection
tax. The law requires that an in- j
spection tax of 25 cents per ton
shall be (laid for fertilizers offered
for sale in this State. This entire
tax is held in tin* treasury subject
to the older of the board of trustees
of C'leniRon college. The sale
of fertilizers this your has been
grenter than for a number of yours i
and boforo the end of this your :
tliis Houroo of income will give
Clemsuu over $100,000.
A Bashful Young Man.
One of our town dudes, who is ;
ruther bashful, and in "sparking*' a
young woman a few miles from |
town, culled a few afternoons ngo
to spend 1 lie evening with her,
says an exchange. While there il
commenced raining and the girl's ,
father asked him to remain over (
night. The next morning when
ho was invit'd to a seat at the I
breakfast table he reluctantly accepted.
He was very nervous and
agitated. He sat opposite the mirror
and discovered that lie had for- i
gotten to comb his hair. Then !
he dropped his fork on the floor
and as he stooped to pick it up he \
up-set his coffee. Mutters went
from bad to worse, until finally
the young man quit eating and
put his hand under the table. The
loose end of the tablecloth was
lying in his lap and when In' !
touched it he turned pale. He |
thought it was his shirt and that j
in Ins nervous excitement while j |
dressing lie had forgotten to put i
that garment inside his trousers, j i
This accounted for smiles and em- I
harrassment. There was no time }
to lose, tie hurriedly stuffed the i
supposed shirt inside his trousers. <
Two minutes later when the fami
ly arose from the table there was I i
a crash. The dishes lay in a ]
broken heap on the floor. The
young man pulled three feet of
the tahloeloth from his breeches1
and fled through the door. He is j
now hiding, and the girl is looking
for a less bashful lover, one who ! <
can tell his shirt-tail from u tablecloth.
Bralton^Walson.
A marring?, of which n number
of Fort Mill people will bo interested
to learn, was that of Mrs.
Laura Seay Watson ami Dr. Clarence
S. Bratlon, which was solemnized
at the home of the bride's
father near Koine, (in., hint Wednesday
evening.
Both of the contracting parlies
are well known in Fort Mill. Dr.
Bralton at one time was a student
of the Fort Mill academy, and
many of his class-mates now reside
hereabouts. Mrs. Watson became
acquaiottHi with our people upon
her several visits to Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Watson, who up to a few
years ago jpere residents of this
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The News of Gold Hill.
Tli* crop prospects in this see J
tion have improved since the rains
of Friday and Saturday.
We hear nothing of tlu? potato I
raisers. I wonder what is wrong. |
If they would make their trouhles
known they could possibly be i
solved by someone in this or other
section. Our cotton growers of 2
and 3 bales to the acre are also
epiiot this season. Now, if they ;
are going to make n crop" of thai
kind this season, they will please
not publish the fact as it would
certainly demoralize the market.
I lie hand of tliiH place Furnished
music Wednesday and Thursday
for the Tirzah eucainpiuent. This
section was well represented over
there more ho than usual. They
nil report having enjoyed themselves
very much.
The good people of this and
Fort Mill sections have learned
that^a petition sulunitted to the
governor from Fort Mill township
must bear the signatures of Jit 10 or
<t<)U people of Mecklenburg, N.C..
and about 40 registered voters of
Fort Mill townsiiip and endorsed
by several politicians of the State
before d will receive any notice at
his hands.
" ^Vliss Itleeker I'ailes. of Pleasant
Valley is visit ing relatives and
friends in this section this week.
Mr. S. H. Fpps, .1 r , was thrown
from his buggy last Wednesday
and ipiite painfully, though not
seriously hurt.
Mr. William Coltharp had the
small bone of his right leg broken
iust above the ankle Saturday bv
stumbling over a large root in his
yard. llo was attended by lb.
Thompson and is getting along as
nieely as eonhl lie expected.
C'lide Kiinhiell, a young son of
Mr. -I, E. Kiinbrell. was thrown
from a wagon late Saturday evening
and had a t shaped gash about
- inches hi length cut on hi.- head.
Dr. Thompson, the attending physician,
found six stitches necessary
to close up the wound.
.Mi. Walter Ihiiles left yesterday
for Clover, where ho is to open a
barber shop. boy.
Pleasant Valley Dots.
Miss Cloud Hall .returned Sat.
unlay from a visit to relatives in
Charlotte.
Miss Ella Picket t returned to
her home in Sardis. N. C. last Saturday.
after a week's visit among
relatives in Pleasant Valley and
1 larrison
Miss Wren Harris, of Fort Mill,
is visiting in Marvin.
Mr. Vance Crane, of Concord
visited relatives here last Sunday.
The protracted meeting at Pleasnut
Mill church will begin next
Sunday. The pastor will he assisted
by the Kev. Mr. Fairey.
Quite a number of our young
people attended a campmeeting at
m..., /i i....
L M'flMfllll V liu>r ' \ ,
A delightful ice cream supper
was enjoyed at the home of Mr.
J. I). Wolfe on last Wednesday
evening
A uame of baseball played on
the Pleasant Valley diamond lust
rue.-day between Pleasint Valley
uid Harrison resulted m a victory
for the P. V. boys by a score of
,t to 7.
We wore somewhat surprised
ind amused to find that we hid!
irouscd the ire of your otliee devil
hi our report of the baseball game ,
last. week. What a jewel is connistency!
Tu one place it was
dated that the Pleasant Valley
boys "didn't play ball," and in an- i
>ther column lie says after the
pmo was over the Fort Mill boys
kvere *"11 it'll and worn out and until
for a game with anybody." I
would like to know what great !
naiuial labor they had undergone
ast Wednesday when Pineville
^ave thani another defeat as ignominious
an the otlier. Mr. Editor,
we don't want the "devil" to go on
strike, for we appreciate his efforts
to spread the truth abroad in the
land. S. E. B.
?
The Slaughter Goes On,
The rate at which our railroads
are killing and maiming people
continues steadily to increase. According
to the report of the lterStflto
Commerce Commission on
Railroad Accidents in the United
States, with the three months
ending March ."1st last, 300 people
were killed and 2,844 were injured
in train accidents. Other kinds of
accidents, including those sustained
by employees while at work
run up the total casualities to 827
killed and 11.481 injured. Tnat
these ace. dents cannot ho put
down entirely to the fault of the
passengers and employees them*
selves, is shown hy the fact that
during the quarter under oonsid'
elation 1.050 trains were in collissiou
and 1.181 trains were derailed.?Scientitic
American.
RwaT'The Times lias made ?ir
rniigmeiits whereby we can otter
this paper and the Home uud
U?nn for $1.25 a yew.
si*. i mil ii v/iu/iiii
anil get the
BEST WHISKIES,
AY IN E S,
BRANDIES, Etc.,
i At the most reasonable prices.
MARK A. TEETER, Manager,
THEIGOURl) SALOON,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
' No. 29 W Trade Both 'Phones,
V'l
Card cf Thanks
I wish to express to my niauy
friends my Jfcartfelt thanks for
their unpreceNfoded kindness and
attention during the recent illness
and death of inv beloved wife.
Respect t idly,
A. (). .Ionks.
_______________________ 1
End Of Eitter Fight.
"Two physicians had a lout; and :
stubborn ti^lit witli an abcess on
my r&lit Jun^'' writes ). F. !
Hughes of Dupont, Ga., and ?ave
me up. Kverybody thought my1
lime had come. As a last resort
] tried Dr. Kino's New Discovery i
for Consumption. The benefit I
received was striking and I was on
my feet in a few days. Now I've
entirely regained my health.*' It
conquers nil Coughs, Colds and
Thioat and Lun^; troubles, Guar 1
ill)teed by ill. dl'UJfipsts. I'ricebOe,
and ?1 00. Trial bottles free.
Henry Werts. who killed Henry ,
N. Anton in West Fnd, Greenwood
10 years aero, surrendered to
. Sheriff liufoid Wednesday. .
Puts An End To It All.
A previous wail oflimes comes
as a n suit of unbearable pain from
, over taxed origans. Dizziness, Dark ,
ache. Liver complaint and Con- 1
stipation. lint thanks to Dr. Kind's
New Life Fills they put an end to ,
it all. They are gentle but tliorjou^h.
Try them ()nly 2oe. vi uurauteed
by ad druggists.
( hie fact should makr many new
exhibitors for tlir ne;t State
Fair the society pays 'he freight
on nil exhibits crown or produced
in this Stnte. thus ?*iiiil)!oijilt e.xhihits
to be seat to am) ltMuriied
from the fair without cost to the
exiiibitor.
Suicide Prevented.
The start lino a n noun cement that
a prevent ivc of suicide had been!
discovered will interest many. A
i rundown system, or despondency
i iiivarably precede suicide and
something has been found that v\il|
prevent that condition which j
makes suicide likely. At the first
thought (?f gelt" destruction take
Kleetric Hitters. It i? iin_r a yreat
j tonic and nervine will strengthen
1 the nerves and build up the h\ktem.
It's also a j?reat Stomach,
Liver and Kidney regulator. Only
; oOc. Satisfaction guaranteed by all
, dru^ists.
The city council has a force of
hands eiiLmm-d in cleaning off the
public cemetery.
j
The Death renalty.
A little tiling Hometiines rosultH
in death. Tliua ii mere scratch,
I insignificant cuts or puny boils,
have paid tin* death poiialty. It is
'wise to lnive Bucklens Arnien
Salve ever handy. It's the best
salve on earth and will prevent
j fatality, when Burns, Sores, I leers
j and Biles threateu. Only 2"ic at
I all drug stores.
'
LAUNDRY MARKS
tlmt are not found on linen fresh from
The MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY.
' Charlotte, TsT. C., are rust stains, ink
srains, fruit stains, and especially
score lies from overheated irons. Tliat
is what we particularly guard against,
fleck less, flawless, ininiacnlafe?white
i ias white can be, or as strong of color as
when you bought it (if originally of a
1 color pattern), your washable apparel is
returned clean, well washed, well
i ironed.
Shipment made from Fort Mill every j
Thursday morning and laundry vo- '
turned Saturday mornings by?
ID. L. McElJlANEY. Agent.
GIVE IIS
A TIM A I niMVI/l?
TEN DAY
and the GRE^
TER SALE
During 11ns time s
bargains ever offered
Here are a lew oft her
Men's All Wool T
very latest styles, at L
you want to be eomfo
(luring August, Septen
so, you will take advi
Five Dollars will dn
We have a few more
tored Shoes that we pr
THAN FACTORY P
can wear until Noveml
aside for the next seas*
A few Straw Hats
If you are interested
im>? Hats, Shoes or ai
come at once, as these
Ice water and palm le
Old - Relia
T. B. "R TIT. IT.
I\ S: Wo Imve a f
suits thai we are ?'<>iiu
what they cost. C1all
that wo aro now sollin
The Tinios will do ;
New Scholarships for Men
Teachers at the South
Carolina College.
CHause from Appropriation Act of tki?eral
Assembly, 1903:
""That one thousand six hundred arxS
]forty dollars be appropriated to be used !
to provide fort y-one scholarships in the i
{Normal Department, one from each |
;e?unty, of the value of forty dollars. j
besides the remission of tuition and
matriculation fees, the beneftciarlcs to
| be seUs-ted under regulations to be prev i
iscribed by tlw Lloord of Trustors.**
This means HO In ea?b to the student, !
besides remission of $4U tuition arid oi
|S18 matriculation term fee. Thus the I
scholarship student will receive from;
! the College a month for el^ht monthsto
assist him In hie necessary living
(expenses.
REGULATIONS I!Y TIIE HOARD. I
1. Applicants ehaUl be young men at
| least nineteen years of ago- The purpose
of the General Aswftubly being tn
eneounvte men tenc hers, preference |
will be given to those who furnish sat- :
, isotrioi > ?-*iide.noe of having already!
taught for at least one session, anil
with rucccsb; but if from any cotmty
there be no suilahle applicants "WhoI
luive taught, the scholarship of that i
i county may be awarded to a young.'
man who oitfy intends to teach. j
2. Applications shall l>e made to the .
President of the College, at (Columbia, '
before July Is1., upon prescribed blanks \
ifurnlshed by the President or by Cpunty i
Superintendents of Education, upon re- J
^uiist. These blanks shall provide for
information inu reference* as to the
applicant's ju;k. physical condition, gen
,oral character ami ability, educational
advantages. financial circumstances,
teaching e>?perience, and purpose in
'taking the special normal course. The
Information thus submitted will be re- f
garded as a preliminary examination,
and those \vf!v> receive permits to stand
the later culmination will be credited
with the ( iuiUn>-(l results of these two1
'examinatioiex
3. The latnr and formal examination
shall he iipim English Grammar and
Composition, History and Geography,
Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra.
(Algebra, hnwever, is not Indisje-ns.uble.)
The Normal Scholarship Com
'mithso of tlx- Fuoulty ahull prepare H?*=
questions n'?l mark the paper*;. The
County rtixird of ESdututton of each
'county Is r>*4ues?ed to conduct tfils examination
at the same time with the
entrance and other scholarship examjinntionsof
the* South Cumlina College
[and of "Wlnthrop College (which this
,year wlfll l?c on Friday. July 10th). The
It'ounty Hkmrd will receive the questions
ifrotn the lPrxetdent of the College, and
is requnrt .*d to return the answers to
him. at CbluQibte, forthwith, by mail
i or exprasH.
i 4. A stamliut? Committee on Seholar'Fhlpn.
appointed front the lioard. In ron1
Junction ritb a standtnK Committee
I from the Wnculty. shall select the arholI
unship atDilexfs for each county upon
1 the resulus of the examinations reported
by ttU> Faculty Committee, nml
,aN th?? oh>er information submitted.
{The proprr announcements shall he
made thrsigh the President. >
1 lL>. After ghn first year tlx* incumbent
jmay be reappointed, provided that, in
ithe Judstss-nt ?f the Faculty, his apt1
nesa to tfai-i^, bis progress in study,
jand hbcag ene**! character Indicate that
1 he is a mitcMc person to fulfill the
{purpose oAtfxt xobolarship as provided
jfor by fhrf tViiteral Assembly
S MORE |
IT SLAUGH- I
CLOSES.
101110 of the greatest
will i*o to someone,- \
c ? I
n: : : : I
wo Piece Suits, the
ESS than COST. Do .
rtable and look nice
iber and October? If
{intake of this offer. l
i*ss you up to date. |
pairs of Low Quar- *
opose to sell at LESS
ItlCES. These you
l>er and then set them
m : : : :
at your own prices. t
i in Dry Goods, Clothivthing
in our line,
bargains will ?0 fast. -y'
af fans still ?0 free.
,ble Store
Proprietor,
ew moil's two piece
C to soli at just half
for the ?5.00 suits 0
g at 81.08. : :
rour Job Printing.
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Both 'Phones* P. O. Bmx 5&,
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1.
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upon tho Infills of the- cwloniigueilr
imii-rr iv-nnlty M the law.
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Nothing has ever equalled it. \
Nothing can ever surpass it. [ u
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m ri: ! !
wew discovery i
1 A Perfect For All Throat and
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j Money back if it fail*. Trial: Bottle* free. i
fob J
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