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K . ■> . r 'J M. ik VOL XXXIi WALTERBORO, S. C. JUNE 15. 1910. NO. 43 TEST OF EXAMINATIONS IDE FOLLOWING INTERESTING *R TICLE WAS WRITTEN BY MISS N. E. MALONE. The belief seems practically to prevail that the only worth-while test of scholarship is that our boys and ffirls shall be able to pass ex amination (any and every). Failing to answer the proper percentage of a special set of questions, they must know nothing- and of course, if they succeed in doinj? so, they must know everything. I am personally a great, beliver in the utility of examinations. They are the occasion of invaluable re views. a spur and incentive alike to the dull and the ambitious, and the most fitting summing up of the ses sion’s work that has so far been de vised. And yet I think we over state their importance if we blindly take them to be an infallible test; nor does it seem quite just* when we think of it, to make such a difference in the reputation of the scholar who barely skims through and the one who stands in the shadowy border land of failure. Some cne has said that examinations “are formidable -even to the best prepared; for a fool can ask more questions in a half hour than a wise man can answer in a month;” and what adult, indeed, fn sorting over his experience, can not recall, with something very like the twinge of a sense of injustice, that when the crucial question was firel at him, it was the very one he did not know. Solomon says that “time and chance happen to all;’’and again he warns us that "the race is not al ways to the swift nor the battle to strong;” and still we do not take qualifying circumstance^ enough into consideration. It really take^ physical nerve, to say nothing of mental, to stand an important or critical examination. The sensitive child, unstrung by the very fineness of his organisation, may fail, while his coarser grained class mate “passes” victoriously; but should we therefore stigmatize the first as a know-nothing? I^sometimes work* injustice to a scholar to exarpine him in a different school from' that in which he ha^ been prepared. Different teachers- differ so widely in method, and in ftressing different things; and tht pupil, natura'ly, Tas learned best what has been frequently emphasized by his teacher, pa.'sing light y ovei other things. Again, difference of standard deseivei to be taken into account. There are pupils from three schools, the passing it ark of one being 65, of another 70, ^nd of the third 75; # and yet all lhat it asked is, did they “pastj”? And if so, they are adjusted equal in all respects, difference of standard not withstanding; while any student of. say, the second school, who made 6> is below par. and therefore cannot have learned anything! Truly* we need to look to the substance more, and less to the shadow. I remember some time ago being struck by an article in a leading journal commenting on some educa tional report, The writer of the latter has given some data to show the “deplorable inefficiency of the aceool system of the United States,” a number of ridiculous answers to examination questions, taken from the most representative schools throughout the country. He pro ceeded to contrast this woful ig- spent in the schools, with the high state of drill achieved by the English or German child, who could, by ho means, be caught napping in this discreditable way. The article which quoted and commented upon thk, took.the ground that, in- spite of poor skamiiwHfi—. yoqng Ameri ca gets what he Mods from, his schooling; and that tha all-round development which comas from tht praracal contect with rariad subjaeta to which ha is introduced from kin- dergartan^e, and which give him tht adnentfan of faculties than that of facts, is really, for him. W. M. U, \ THE NEXT MEETING OF THE W. M. U. AUXILIARY WILL RE HELD JUNE 25 AT HENDERSONVILLE. The next meeting of the W. M. U. Auxiliary of the Colleton Baptjst Association will be held in Hender sonville at the Baptist church on the fourth Saturday and Sunday in June. The following program was been arranged; 11 a. m.—Devotional Exercises— Mrs. G. A. Martin. Enrollment of delegates. Address of Welcome—Miss Daisy Sloman. Response—Miss Ruby Stanley. Our Work in Africa—Mrs. Alonza Blocker. Paper by Mias Emily Sloman. Reading by Miss Janie Saunders. Appointment of committees. Dinner. AFTERNOON SESSION. Devotional exercises. Brazil and the Future of South America—Miss Rebecca Sauls. How to Conduct a Mission Class—Mrs. Alonza Blo:ker. Round Table—Conducted by R. G. W. Bryan. Business. SUNDAY MORNING. 11 a. m.—Sermon by Rev. F. 0. S. Curtis. Report of committees. Dinner will be served on the ^gumls Saturday, June 25. Every one is welcome. Janie Saunders, Sec. Stokes, June 11. Study Mrs. -BREACH OP PROMISE. This delightful comedy, the actors of which are prominent members of society in St. George, will be given at the court house on next Monday evening. June 13, for the benefit of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The Plaintiff, Miss Olive Murray, vill be represented by attorney W. A. Kirby and Solicitor Hildebrand, whilst the Defendant. Mr. John Henry Behling will have as his at- omeys. Messrs Joseph.McQ. Moorer and WalkerS. Utsey. The admission will be 25 cents for * both adults and children. *.>u cannot spend a more enjoy- aS e hour than attending this trial, and because of the worthiness of the ooject, you are especially asked to be present.--Dorchester Eagle. NOTICE TO UP TOWN FIREMEN. *At the meeting of the Up Town Fire Company on Monday evening J. P. Griffin was elected foreman to ^erve for the remainder of the Fire . ear which ends Oct 1st. The members of this company will neet at the engine house at 4 o’ clock sharp iFriday afternoon pre pared for drill. To 1)6 able to have one’s knowl edge exact, and at one’s finger ends is indeed a great matter, for which every teacher strives—but it is even more important to build up and pro mote the growth of the entire in tellectual being—which takes a vital hold on facts. The firfest part of the influence of a good school can not be reduced to dates and statis tics, any more than we should judge him tobe the greatest man who ap proached most closely the walking- enclopedia type. This “finest part” imbibed almost insensibly by the CLEMSONEXTENSIONWORK ARTICLE ON FARM BITTER MAKING— TO MAKE GOOD BUTTER IS TO NAVE GOOD CREAM. ' ~ 7 .'T"~; T.jmipil. He breathes in an atmoe- norance, after nme or ten years. phere of refinement, of literary cul ture, of love of knowledge, eaeJ» knows what he is doing.. He, feeft, and yet scarcely feels, that expan sion of mind which comes from the apprehension of great truths even though he may not be able to state the law of graviution in precise terms, or explain the flux and reflux of the tides acceptably to any teach- Much of the butter that is now being produced on the farms of this state is of very poor quality. This is not due to the laek of good ma terials to work with, but is due to the methods practiced. It must be remembered that the first essential in making good butter is* to have good cream. By good cream we mean ceeam that has been obtained from the milk gotten from healthy cows and drawn in a cleanly manner. The udders of the cows must be washed and dried lief ore each milk ing and the milkers should milk with clean and dry hands, and in such a way that as little dirt as possible will get into the milk. As soon as the milk is brought in to the house strain it through not less than three thicknesses of cheese cloth. This will get out all fine dirt and hairs. Strain into pans or bow-ls that have been well washed and sunned and place in the refrigerator or the coldest spot possible. At the end of twenty-four hours all the cream will hav^ risen and may be taken off in any convenient manner. If the milk has been kept cool enough it will still be sweet, but under the usual conditions, where no ice is used, it will very prbably have clabbered. If the milk has not clabbered, it will be more conven ient to put the cream where it may b* kept cold and bold it until a large churning may be made. If. how ever, the milk has clabbered when the cre^m is taken off, it will be best to churn at once. Cream that is very sour never makes a good quality of butter. The quality of butter is due large ly to the following points: 1. Temperature at which the cream is churned. 2. Acidity of cream. 3. How the butter is washed. 4. Working and salting. These points will now be taken up in their order 4 The chum should always be scalded out with water before it is used. After scalding rinse out with cold water so as to hr ng the temperature of the churn to that of the cream that is to be churned. The temperature of the cream should be such that the butter will come in from thirty-five to forty- five minutes. If it comes in time than thirty-five minutes, will be too much butter left in the butter milk ^nd the butter is harder to wash clean. The churning should stop when the*granules of butter are the size of grains of wheat. At this stage all of the butter has come and it is easy to wash, for each grain stands out so that the water can get to it. If the churning continues un til the butter gathers into lumps the size of hen’s eggs or larger, it will be impoasible to wash the butter well; as only the out sides of the lumps are exposed to the water. When the butter has come draw off the butter milk and add enough water to float the butter. The tem perature of the wash water should be slightly below the temperature of the cream when it was placed in the churn. After adding the water ■hake the churn so that every grain off the butter will come in contact with the water. It is beat to wash the butter twice. The purpose of the washing is to get out the butter milk. Too much washing will des troy the flavor. After the second wish water has "been drawn off, take butter out of the chum and put on worker. While it is still in the granular topa add one ounce of the beat crade of fine •alt to every pound oftattar. Work mlt in with paddle or law or work er, but never with the htnda. The objeetdf woriring btoiEpt out the iter ana to distribute the ark unto Mia butter baa a CANDIDATES FILE PLEDGES CANDIDATES SCHEDULE ORGANIZED S. S. WORK MANY ASPIRANTS FOR POUTICAl DATES ON WHICH THE CANDIDATES DEPAITMENT FOR ORGANHED SUN- HONORS HAVE QUALIFIED LAST CHANCE IS JUNE 21. That exai and needful let no no one will think wiMi less there Nearly half of the candidates for the State offices have filed their pledges with Wilie Jones, the chair man of the Democratic committee. Saturday at noon IS candidates had filed pledges. The last day for filing pledges is June 21 at 12 o’clock noon. Gen. Jones yesterday called attention to the fact that candidates should bear in mind that the last possible mo ment for filing pledges will be at noon on the day before the campaign opens at Sumter. The campaign will open on June 22. Those who have filed pledges, in the order they were filed are: James Cansler. for railroad commis sioner; R. H. Jennings, for State treasurer: Charles A. Smith, for lieutenant governor; C. C. Feather- stone. for governor; T. W. Duvall, for lieutenant governor; R. M. Mc- Gown, secretary of state; G. McDuf fie Hampton, for railroad commis sioner; J. Fraser Lyon, for attorney general; A. W. Jones, for comptroll er general: Thos. G. Mcl^eixl. for governor; C. L. Blease. for governor; O. C. Scarlvorough, for railroad com missioner; J. E. Swearingen, for State superintendent of education; John G. Richards, for governor; J. F. Byrnes, for congress: J. E. Eller- be, for congress; J. T. Johnson, for congress; Geo. S. Legare, for con gress; W. W. Ray, for congress. As there will be about 40 candi dates for State offices, the above list represents ab< ut half of the number who have already tiled pledges. SOME NEW VIEWS- We have received from two of our friends Terry & Shaffer and the Klein Drug Company a set of the beautiful view post cards which these enterprising gentlemen have had made in Germany. These cards come up to the high est standard both from artistic se lection of the views and from point of workmanship and finish.. We would sqggest to all that you secure complete sets of these views while they remain unbroken. Some numbers are being rapidly exhausted already. Secure a set for your al bum or for framing, send them to absent ones as reminders of old Wal- terboro. Send them to those who have never been here that they may learn what attractions Walterboro pos sesses. Theaeries consists of “The Old Ireland Creek Bridge” “Main Street by Mobnlight”, Private Resi dences” these are printed in the natural colors and given splendid ef fect. “The McTeer Mansion” at St. Judes’ Church” which are hand colored, are possibly the most artis tic creations. Views of the court house, jail and railway station, are finished in rich brown and white ef fect. In this finish are also the handsome views of the -'Tirst Bap tist Church,” Bethel Methodist Church” and the /’Presbyterian Church.” teffwiH rate the grate and cnim tha butter to look greaay. At thfe sea son of the raar rary Uttk tf any color aasdbsiaad. but if eater is to HMioaldbaput into tbo after the en Prof. J. M. FOR STATE OFFICES WILL AD DRESS VOTERS OF STATE. FIRM CHANGES HANDS. / The Cook-Green Furniture Com pany hja just concluded a deal by which the company has sold its fur niture store to Brown -Furniture A Hardware Company. The Cook- Green Furniture Com pany has been doing a splendid busi ness since it opened here some eight months ago, but the management decided the territory was too re stricted to supply patronage for so many dealers. This will )esve the furniture Business to Brown Furni ture ft Hardwire Co*;, L. N. Glover and Terry ft Shaffer. This company baa boon for the r tha active of A J Unto. Mr Uptz wfll return to CharisotocL • *-^ W—Wmm—■■ Magistrate J. M. Padgett of Jack thorn in town The following schedule has been arranged for the State campaign: Sumter, Wednesday, Junf 22. Bishopville. Thursday, June 23. Darlington, Friday, June 24. Bennettsville. Saturday, June 25. Chesterfield, Monday, June 27. Camden, Tuesday. June 2^. 1-ancaster, Wednesday, June 29. C hester, Thursday, June 30. Yorkville, Friday, July 1. Winnsboro’ Saturday, July 2. Lexington, Wednesday, July 6. Saluda. Thursday. July 7. Edgefield, Friday, July 8. Aiken, Saturday, July 9. Bamberg. Monday, July 11. Barnwell, Tuesday. July 12. Hampton, Wednesday, July 13. Beaufort, Thursday, July 14. Walterboro. Friday, July 15. Charleston, Saturday. July 16. St George, Tuesday, July 19.^ Orangeburg, Wednesday, July 20. St Matthews, Thursday. July 21. Manning. Friday. July 22. Moncks Comer, Tuesday. July 26. Georgetown, Wednesday, July 27. Kingstree, Friday, Jdly 29. Florence, Saturday, July 30. Dillon, Tuesday, August 2. Marion, Wednesday, August 3. Conway, Thursday, August 4^ . Columbia. Saturday, August 6. Union, Monday, August M. Spartanburg, Tuesday, August 9'. Gaffney, Wednesday, August 10. Greenville, Thursday, August 11. Pickens, Friday, August 12. Walhalla, Saturday, Augnst 13. Anderson, Monday, August 22. Abbeville, Wednesday, August 24. Greenwood, Thursday, August 25. Laurens, Friday. August 26. Newberry, Saturday, August 27. DAY SCHOOL WORK. CONDUCTED BY MISS I. M. FISNBURNE. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE llEETS. The executive committee of the Colleton County Methodist Sunday School Association met Saturday morning at the office of Jas. E. Peurifoy. The following members were present: J. D. Risher, presi dent; Mias S. Louise Marvin, secre tary. J. L. Lyons, H. W. DuBois, Jas. E. Penrifoy and W. W. Smoak. Miss Ida May Fishbume was also present by invitation. It was decided to hold the next invention with the Lodge Metho dist church July 27, 28 and 29. The following committee on program was appointed, whose duty it is to prepare a program for this meeting and publish same: Miss Ida May Fishbume, chairman; Miss S. Louise Marvin, Jas. E. Peurifoy and W. W. Smoak. The people of Lodge are prepar ing to give royal entertainment to the delegatee and visitors at this convention. L. J. Jones is superin tradent of the Lodge Sunday achool and B. R. Bennett is secretary. Mr. Bennett desires that all delegates, as soon as elected, shall report to him in order that they may be assigned to homes during the convention. The Convention at Black Creek on Friday last came off well. In point of attendance this meeting did not measure up to the standard of pre vious gatherings, but in interest and enthusiasm it stands among the first. This township has entered into the work with earnestness and we may expect to hear good reports from them before long. The following institute the officers e!?eted for Heyward Association: President—Rev. J. H. Montgom ery. Vice President—Miss C. E. Week- ley. Secretary-Treasurer—Mrs. R. GJ W. Bryan. Executive Committee—Jas. A.’ Marvin, W. A.'White, Jacob O’Quin, M. H. Carter, T. S. Haines. G. L. Smoak. D. N. Wood. Superintendent of Elementary Work-Mrs. R. G/W. Bry an. Superintendent, Adults Depart ment—L. A. Fraysee. Superintendent Home Department — Mrs. H. J. Givhans. A PLEASANT PARTY. «r- _ Among those who attended the dance given by the young men of St. George last night were Misses Edith Lucas and Lucy Williams, Henderr son Fraser, Paul Baxley, Harry An derson, John Lucas, Christoph von- Lehe, Marshall Gruber and Irving Fishbume. This party went through the country in baggies and an auto mobile and are expected to return this morning. Joaeph M. Moorer is in St. George spending several day* there with his mother, Mrs. W. M. Moorer. t -rag r-- - • JUDGE 6RUIB10 PRESIDE. W. B. Gruber of Walterboro hi md appointed by Gov. Ansel i judge to take the pteeeof Judge Duntxler to bold court to the The aeventh circuit HOW AMERICANS SPEND THEIR MONEY. Foreign Missions—$10,640,000. Chewing Gum— $25,000,000 Confectionery—$178,000,000 Church Work at Home—$260,000, 000 Soda Fountain Beverages—$322, 000.000 Tobacco- $825,000,000 Liquors $524,000,000 Exposition World's Sunday School Convention. ISLANDTON NOTES- Island ton, June 11.—S. A. Crosby has the first cotton silk in this neigh borhood this season. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Godley is very ill we are sorry to learn, but hope for him a speedy re covery. Miss Ruth Godley was a pleasant visitor to Mias Emma Godley a few days ago. Miss Pauline Murdaugh has been spending a few days withjier niece. Miai Alvie Carter of Adnah. W. N. Crosby, formerly of this place, but now of John’s Island, la spending a few days with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Crosby of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Caiup Godley and two little daughters, Virginia and Susan, visited at thejhomeof Mr and Mrs Nathan Godley{recently. The many friends of Mr snd Mrs George Godley were grieved to learn of the death of their baby, who waa not yet one year old. They have the sympathy of the entire community. Miss AJvie Carter has been visiting at the home of her uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs P. K. Crosby olflRuffin. The farmers are looking forward to the laying by of their corn cropa. Nathan Crosby spent last Satur day and Sunday uery pleasantly with IfriDdlflra Henry Lane of Fechtig- Dozier Crosby had boaineM in Crocketville last Saturday. Joe Crosby and wife were the guests of their parents, Mr and Mrs J. D. Buchanan, several days ago. Joe Stone hue accepted a position with Stone ft Patrick at McNeils. He was the guest of Oscar Godley last Saturday and Sunday. \ The young people abound here are looking forward to the picnics. Where will the first one be?* ’ M. A. C. CANNADYCRUM. Branehville. June 12.—A marriage of interest to the people of Breneb- ville wee that of Mias Bte Owuedy to Malcohn Oum. The emnony Darfocibed last Soednr bar Rev. Alton McFarton of tbe MithrtlM of the bstde’a perenta. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Gennady- oter *> tew tottototo Tha teUt to *