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jp 1 1 ' I \>: ;Cl)e jSIUssotgfr. m. L. ,J AS. S. I'EPW,N, J Propkiktobb. TUESDAY. April 6, 1896. I Teachers' Department. . {Conducted by.Goo. C. Hodges, School Comniissioner 6f. Abbeville County.] rTp the Teachers of AbberiHe County. / ' - -? In assuming control of this department of the Messengkii I beg leave to flay to all the teachers of the County ;that it is the purpose of the Mesrenoek .and the manager ofthis column to do all ^n.pur power to improve the quality of Reaching in the County; to help you, fellowfteachers, to do work in the school room more satisfactory to yourself, j'our pupils, your patrons, and your country ; to get you to feel the inspiratti/n ,of honest and faithful work, as well as the dignity of yuor culling. It is our 'purpose also, to .acquaint -the trustees and patrons 9f the schools with the leading ideas and methods of teaching of the most practical and successful teachers of this country, that 1 ?/..nnni.!i!nri li n trnp tney roay kuuw, >uj> v,uin1m..a?..) teachers from the falsa, the genuine from the sham. For the better accomplishment of this purpose we shall rely iypon the leading educational journals ,in the United States and upon the contributions of successful teachers of Abbeville county. Let me say that the wide awake and courteous proprietors of the Messengku for their efforts in your behalf, deserve tthe grateful consideration of teachers and patroi.8. They arc your friends and Jthe friends of common school education in this county. GKO. C. IIODGKS. . s -Last week we remarked about the .great necessity for bitter school houses. iSLet the subject be kept before the people. Let us reitorate : we must have .better houses before we can reasonably expect,to have public schools of higher grade. Considering the small amount ' -r r HI iiimiejr ?|ipi upi lattzu tui inn hii^puu pf the public schools, and considering ,the admitted ability of our people to provide better houses with their own .hands and means, it is unfair, unreasonable and impolitic to ask the District Trustees to build or repair houses by appropriating the public fund. As has been already suggested, let the good rcitizens in every neighborhood deterjuijn.o -to take steps in this matter as soon ,as .the arops are "laid by." Sawmills ,are rot scarce, and timber is plentiful, At .least not so ftcarge that Anderson .County cannot afford an abundant supplj' for the school houses she needs : then, if you find it inconvenient to con .tribute of your means, consent and ^moye to give three days' or even a ,wejpjc's.jvork with your own hands to (the improvement of tho house your tchildren are to occupy during the cold days of next winter. But again. In towns and citios, hot suppers and various jpther enterprises are frequently resorted to for the purpose ot raising money to he expended in the improvement of church buildings. Why may not our friends in the country, with enterprising spirit, in a similar wny procure funds sufficient to beautify their school houseR and p^ake them comfortable ? It can be done. Such an enterprise in the month Tulv r?r Alienist wnnld ho nln?c?nt ?n. creation for the many sprightly girls, young ladies and young m?n all over the county. We are in earnest in this matter. Can not our teachers work up jtn interest that will lead to something of this kind ? Talk about it. Talk to your neighbors and patrons. In ercrj community, .some man can be found whose heart throbs in unison with tho teacher's : touch him kindly, politely, . tout candidly. IJon't put your finger in your mouth and whine about the dreadful condition of the houso and the little progross the children have made in consequence thereof, until you hare made least one bonest effort to boiler the condition of affairs. What neighborhood will put the ball in motion??Anderson Intelligencer. (poc4 , * . Prof. J. H. Miller, of ?rskine College. Jhas the following spund advice to students, in ths Februaary number of the | . Carolina Teacher : "Bttt evorv vouncr man vhn ?r. pacts to become a scholar must hare a 7. ,; piemory. If it je weak, he must make ( strong. He must adopt some nystom of mnemonics which best suits himself. ,Ths arts of momory are many. Sometimes the most insignificant trifle will recall .an euty're lino of thought, and very frequently will furnish the exact worda in Which the thonghtS had been clothed. Half ihit is Jcept in the mind on any subject by an individual is by some form of memory sids. The. school boy who commits to memory some cxtract fynows just the order In whieh the lines H>iec?ed eaeh other; a#d Ihe very pune tuition marks, as hft sees them in his oth< mind, ^suggest what comes next. When upo he learns how to properly utilise all or r those little helps, he has done a great mar 'deal. His great danger is to under-esti- p)a< mate their value. The facility and skill dist with which they may be used increase fain with their frequent exercise. A student i?u should not load his mind with trash, yea Alexander Stephens in an addrwss before lite the students of our Southern colleges, Thi advised them to commit, much to the memory. The mind can ft-ed on these No stored passages when it is away from lux libraries and would otherwise be soli- mei tury." the cnt Extracts from "Poor Richard's" Alma- an(1 nflc' sch the God helps those that holp thenisel- ^ ves. tjiy Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than pri labor wears; while tho u.ied key is al %. 3 sini ways bright. ,flR Dost thou lovo life ? Then do not squander time ; for that is the stuff life is made of. n wi Plough deep while the sluggards ^ sleep and you will have corn to sell and " to keep. is s If time will be of all things the most , . cst precious, wasting time must bo the greatest prodigality. Lost time is never found again, and what we call tirno enough always proves little enough. Sloth makes all things difficult; but industry all easy. ? e ? Drive thy business ; let not that drive jn? thee. *n Early to bed and early to rise, makes Pre a inan healthy, wealthy, and wise. God gives all things to industry. Diligence is the mother of good ^or luck. l.v 1 ed A # i A* 'n * & ncwrj tor jtuacHiion. 1,1 ' his IXews and Courier.] Washington, March 29.?The friends lPr of the educational bill in the House t,T made a bold stand to-day and were vie- cotl torious. The opposing cohorts were out er in full force *vhen the blind chaplain delivered his opening prayer, for it was generally understood that Willis, ?',i of Kentucky, intended to force the 100 ; opponents of the bill to show their ; hand. C<1* When Kentucky was roached in the * { call of States Mr. Willis arose and intro- PU1 duced several relief bills, but it was ces , noticed that ho retained in his hand a 8C*' large roll of manuscript. He advanced c?< i toward the Speaker's desk, and forward- Kra . ed to the clerk "A bill to aid in the ^ establishment and temporary support of *cri common schools.'' Instantly a dozen or "' more members were en their feet claim- w" ing recognition by the Speaker.- Amid atl< the confusion the shill voice of Itcriah scr Mfill.:? ~ f al*. * - - iinnin, ui v/uio, was neara demanding "*> the reading of the bill at length. When e(* the clerK finished, Mr Willis moved that the hill be referred to the committee on labor. Then followed another scene rca of confusion. Mr. Willis and his friends were upon their feet demanding the regular order, bat Mr. liandatl insisted upon making himself heard in opposi- *"eS: tion and attempted to get in some par- ttttl liamentary practice. He was unable to make any headway, as Willis admitted ^or that the bill before tho House was sub- ine stantially the same as that which is now ^ buried in the education committee mu room. The amendment of Mr. Miller. of Texas, to send this bill to the educa tion committee was rejected?yean 115, ' nays 133. During the roll call Mr. ^ar Willis occuppied a seat in the front row, l?c keeping tally, while his lieutenants skir- tl0' mished through the cloak an<J committee rooms for voters. When the result ^,0 was announced Mr. Willis was over- wa* whelmed with congratulations and his w^' followers applauded heartilj'. The ques- ^ai tion was then should the bill be referred m01 red to the labor committee (supposed to be friendly to the bill.) The final ^e vote was almost a repetition of the pre- an(^ vious one, expect that Willis gained Wlt five votes, while Randall lost one. Messrs. Hemphill, Perry, Dibble and 100 Smalls voted with the majority and ^ar Messrs. Tillman and Dargan followed a P Randall. A majority in the House is In He favor of the passsage of the bill, and oyc the labor committee will lose no time in an(' submitting report thereon. The oppo- Pre nonts to the measure now claim that has should it pass both houses the President will veto it. There is no foundation for ^ai such an asrumption. as ho has frequently * * declined to foreshadow his official action has in this mattter. ?P' Mr. Dar^an was granted leave of abnence for ten days, and leaves for homo . to-night. r. m. l. We The scandals attending the expensive and funerals of Congressmen have brought whi back to publio attention the boautiful * fe cemetery where several acres of ground K have been donated to be the last rest- An* ing places of deceased Senators or Rep- tha resentatives. many of whom repose His there. In that cemetery, not a few dis- met tinguished persona are reposing in diffi death. Gen. Macomb, William Wirt, opci WiUiam Pinkneyt Elbridge $?rry end the 4 t / lt celebrated names can be found o n marble monuments. If friends it elations of tho deceased Congress- g ) decline to accept such a burial <1 :e accorded by the nation, let .the c ant funeral be at the expense of the \ ily who' in many cases perhaps. r the dead where, in a few s rs, alt trace of the spot may be ob- ? ratud or suffered to fall into decay. \ s is a lovely Bpot to rest in "when j fi'ver culled living is over at last." ^ wht?re is the turf greenor or inore K uriant. The stately cedars, in syin- , Lrical profusion, stand guard, like , mournfui cypress trees of tin* Ori- , . The grand river rolls hard by. in stirred by the keel of white-wingod | ooners, or vexed tuuiultuously by , steam craft, upon whose decks , ong tho crowds who are soon to join , silent majority. Hero the squirrel j nks, the robbin twitters and the bpe ( gs, in golden May, when Nature j pa to life above the habitations of dead, liku a promise of rosurection j all who dream in dust. Not far ( iy the mighty dome of the Capitol ;ters in the blue sky. and, in the valjust beyond, broods the city which iure to be, in after ages, the grandin the world.?.T. K. H- Auriiixtn ronicle. Dr. Andrew SimondB. lie foil wing sketch is from the Sunday ucs and will proyc interesting readas the subject of it is well known this county : 4Dr. Andrew Simonds. sident of the First Nationl Bank of arleston and vice president of the lerican Hankers, Association, was n in Abbeville County, S. C., a Counkvhich has given mo many distinguishmen to tlio State, in the same house the "Galhonn Statement" in which mother, Jane Hambleton Calhoun, 5 born. In 18G0 he married a daughof the Hon. John A. Calhoun, a rclaon his mother's side. His career in life 1 ninenced at 18 years of age as a teuchin the west, where he engaged to ch only the rudiments of English, t he was soon asked to teach the ssics. He had never opened a class1 book. This was a crucial test for a ; of 18 years, but youug Simonds was lal to the emergency. Commencing lay ahead of his class he corried his pils through the Latin grammar sncsfully. making himself a fair Latin mlar. and then took them through the iruciating intricacies of the Greek , nnnar. Thus early in life ho displayed that deinined pluck which knows no faili.r lile teachiug in the West he boarded ;h a physician who employed him to fnd to his office, prepare preiptions and look after the place. Dur; this time he read medicine and aidin the office practice By the advice this physician he determined to qualhimself for practice. For awhile he d in the office of the late Dr. Kli Gedigs, of this city, his lifelong personal mil H n fnnnrl KntfovA** ? * i, it ?? v v u n IIV TV V 1 VI ^ 111 flV II t? 1 neither taste nor talent for the prosion of medicino, and soon turned his sntion to mercantile pursuits, in ich in a lew years he made an ample tune, on which he retired from bus- 1 ss in 1859 while quite a young man. out this time the Legislature dcterled to establish a branch of the Hank 1 the State in the northwestern part of 1 t State. Dr. Simonds was then one ' the leading directors of the mother { ik in Charleson and was selected to ate the branch. He visited tho 1 i and selected the town of Abbeville. 1 was at once elected president of new bank, and his first official act ' j to erect a handsome hnnking'house, 1 ich is now occupied by the National 1 ik of Abbeville. By his ndvice the 1 n?*y and assets of tho mother bunk in irleston were sent to him for safesping during the war. He saved all 1 returned them in the fall of 1805 hout the loss of a single dollar. November, 1866 he came to Charlesand organized tho First National ik, of which he war. elected president osition which ho has held ever since.' hns thus been a bank president for r twenty-seven consecutive vears, for a part of that time hns been sident of two bunks. Dr. Siraonds always declined public office. All successes of his early life, however e been surpassed by his record as >nnker. It is in this sphere that he t a^uired a national reputation. His ? nions have been often asked on fi- 1 icial and other publio questions and l o been published both at home and t financial journals of the North and i st. His replies are models of pith i brevity, owing to the happy faculty i ich he possesses of saying much in 1 w words. i [is natural aptitude for dealing with 1 ncial questions developed so rapidly 1 t he has been called a born financier, ti strong points are his superior judg- i it and self-reliance, Many who have s sred with him in his large financial a rations at the time, have admitted in tad (hat he was always rijht, H? 9 Ck A. XT . . 1 m . . nv*;ii ,quuius ixapoioon's lavorite aphor5DQ, 'Ono bad[general is better tban two ;ood ones," believing that financial peration, like those of war. to be sucessfnl must be subject to the absolute vill of one. Dr. Simonds holdb a majority of the itock of the First National Bank and .bsolutttly controls its management. His arge investment in United States four ier cent, bonds, and his advice freely ;iven to all to do likewise, and his periistent holding of them because they vere the longost livod of all the Govennent issues, shows a wonderful sagacity md the soundest of judgment. Hit* faith in Government securities lias never been shaken?he reiterates flow what he has persistod in saying foi many years, that the Unitod State 4 pel lent, bonds are the best public security in the world. He conducts his bank on the soundest financial principles koeping its business under his personal control believing that conservatism in in banking is the groat balance-wheel which keep! the whole commercial machinery in gooc running order. He often says that th< neglect of the cardinal principles o banking results in the end in loss to tlx community as Well as to the Bank. Th< greatest success of Dr. Siuionds's life i: tho First National Bank of Charleston He would rather be right and have tin approval of the best financiers of tlx country than profit by errors of mange nient. Dr. Simonde is a patron of th< tine arts, and has in his elegant residence on South Battery one of the finest pictur< galleries south of Washington, lie is chary of his promises, but when onct made they are as good as his bond. Hit whole career has been one unbroker buccchs. A. Significant Congressional Prayer Tho prayer of the chaplain of th< House of Representatives this morninf was as follows: "Give ear?oh !God ol Jacob 1 and awaken us to sea the dangei which threatoes the civilized world?i revolution more trcmendout than any o which history tells of, in which th< scenes of tho Reign of Terrer may b< enacted every capital of Europe anc Anier. For long the few have mas tered the many because tuey understooc the open secret?tools to them'that cai use them; but now the many hav? learned the secret of organization, dril and dynamite. Rouse the rich of th< world to understand that the times hat come for grinding, selfish monopoly i< cease; that corporation may get souh in them, justice, honor, conscience anc human kindness. Teach the rich mar of this country that great fortunes ar< lent them by Thee for- other purposei them to huild and decorate palares. t< fnnrwl nrirafn * t vui.cvuuii ?fl i?rw 10 BlOCt wine cellars' to keep rscing stud* anc yachts, and find better company ther bestirs grooms and jockeys, poolsellen and bookmakers. Teach them, oh God that it ia Thee who has given then power to get these fortune#; that it ia L prove them, to know what is in theii hearts?whether they will keep Thj commandments or not, and that those commandments are: *Thou shult lore the Lord.thy God with all thy heart, and Mid thy neighbor as thyself.* That if the rich men of our land keep these commandments the poor will follow their xample, and we at best will be saved from the days of tribulation that are fast soming on all tho world. Help us' oh, Sod, %nd save us!" Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio asked unanimous consent that the prayer be printed n the Record, , Mr. James, of New York, objected, emarking sotto voce to the gentleman s-ho asked him to withdraw his objoe ,ion. that it was made because the Drarer ? V ran an incendiary speech, ? r Dreams au-i Illusion*]From the Medioil News.] Wundt regards most of dream' representations as really illusions, since they emanate from sensorial impressions irhicb, though weak, continue 'during deep An inconvenient position taken ay the sleeper causes the representation jf painful work, perilous ascent of a nountain, <fcc. A slight intercostal pain becomes the point of an enemy's daggeT >r the bit* of an enraged dog. Difficulty in respiration in fearfu agony caused by nightmare, the nightmare seeming to be a weight rolled upon the chest, or a Horrible monator ?? Uifle the sloeper. Aninvolutary extenlion of the foot is a full from the dissj leightof a tower. Flying is suggeated ?y the rhythmic movements of respira;ion. Further. "those subjective viand ind auditory sensations which are rep-esented in the waking state a* a 1 umnous chaos of an obscure visnal field by lamming and roaring in the ears and especially subjective retinal sensations, jave an essential role," according to Wundt. "Theroare shown to us in iumerable birds, butter flise multicolorH ( wis. .flowers,'' Ac. B?>t if there bo ome cutaneous {rotation, these visions re usually changed into caterpillare or actios crawling over the skin of tha Ijkeper) W. JOEL SM A Up] now offering for sale a R: Complete and Stock of merchandise for Fall and Winter with Well Selected, Seaso: Goods containing Many Ileal bargains. T lav in their Winter supplies can not only get \ KKASONA liK l'UICKS. Our line of lints cannot liu surpassed. Our stock of Mim-s is very large, ladies, miss Our line of ready ir.ade clothing is nlw ays largi Always in stock a complete line of standard ? Twilled White, lied and Blue Flannels, 1 Proof (ioods all prices. 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