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-TT-m-rr^-1- . ... ... y..,,,.... ...".w.. .y. .. ? . . . ? - ' . -. ? ',' ?j^r^'ssimiJL^ ..MJjgjnT 1.WIMIIIfipil.Hill I III.?I.tlili?l?IIIIIIWIIIIIII!ipillWr--ll-IIMII--ll . i.iljim Pablisbed Every Toesday in The Daily and Sem?-Weekiy Intelligencer and 1 devoted to the cuse of Edacation io Anderson Gouty aid everywhere. I "ft A r*T2 STATE HIGH SCHOC W. H. HAND'! COLUMBIA. Jan. 9.-Good work 1? reported by W. H. Hand, State high school Inspector, In bin annual re port. In Ute following summary of bia work Mr. Hand shows that there are GAO .teachers in the 175 high schools of the State and his observa tions and recommendations will bo of Interest. In the summary Issued here thia afternoon Mr., Hand says: The work of the year has not been marked by any sudden lesp or spas modic effort, but It baa made substan tial progress In several directions. After careful consideration I have thought It best to continue this year the plan of giving hy years thc growth and development ot the high schools since 1006, the beginning ol the work of this office. Naturally the first Items of Hereat are the number of high schools and the teaching force. Table I.-Number Of High School* .nd High School Teachers-Pah lie and Private. Full Part time time Tota1 High teach- teach- teach Schools or* ers err ir* 0-1007 . . BB. lee 75 23r ,ll*0'7-:908 . .188 189 00 27f 1008-1909 . .154 272 76 349. 1909*1910 . .166 855 84 4.19 1910- 1911 . .167 376 00 46C 1911- 1912 . .178 405 96 501 1918- 1913 . .180 412 117 52? 1913-1914 . .175 461 99 58C ol Teachers-Publl tl' Tl fear Men Womel ???.?10.,251 I JSHO-191!. 254 2 lill 1-1 ill2 . 244 - ' ? 1912- 1913 ........... 246 *il 10181914 . 846 8 From Ute foregoing table lt ls evi ' debt that the women are not only miine the added positions but uro slowly crowding Ute men'out of the older ones. The chief reason for this la' too obvious to reqo're any demon stration. Women stand ready to take high school positions at salaries low r-er tha*tr fcompewnt men will accept' Table t-High Kcbool Enrollmen \ -, First Sci Year Year Y 1906- 1007 . ii$M 1907- 1908 . .. 2.556 ; I, 'MS-TtSOi*. :.114 k 2 1909-1910. 8.520 2, 1919- 1911 .,. '.. 8,648 ? 2, 1011-1912. ... .. 8,772 ' 2, 1?12-IS1S. -831? 1 2, 1913.-1914. 4.151 5 2, ?Tho total attendance Includoa 40 PMPils In the 5th year lu ?tho Msm m in ger school. Within eight years the high school enrollment has been a little more than doubled. During the same period the number of full-time teachers has been considerably more than trebled, and . the number of part-time teachers has beeb increased nearly 80 per cent. The fact that Ute increase in the teaching fore? is more rapid ?hsn Ute Increase in the attendance of pupils is a healttafal sign. \ t Table ?-High Sekool Pnpjts by Sex. es-Public and Private. r Vear Boys Girls 1909-191) ... ... ... 3,778 4.252 1?10-1911 . 3,981 4.559 1911-1912 ....... ... 4.132 4.770 1012-1018 s)(Aj?hMiMM2 4.977 1913-1914 . ... 4,384 5.457 The steady increase in the high acbool enrollment, during- the psst ei^tt years ls gratifying to contem plate. It speaks well for the grow? lng interest the people are taking in secondary education sod Util increas ing efficiency of lite schools. In that period Ute high school attendance hes increased 104 per cent Still, a study ot Ute tablea o' thia report ?ougfat to Impress toa fhougbtfai citisen with at least three iasaUeasctory conditions -that the schools are not holding the pupils as they should, Utat there are almost no pupils in Ute fov rt't year of the high schools, and that the boys are year by year falling behind thc girls in attendance. ' In 1910-1011, there wera S;?48 pu pils tu the ?rat year classes. As sec ond-year pupils lu 1911-1912 the num ber dropped to 2,776. As third-year pupils in 1912-1913 there were 2.097. In 1913-19)4, a mere handful *>f &29 remained In the fourth-year ? classes. Ot Una total high school enrollmagt laat year only five per cent, were In the fourth year. \ Blight years ago the high school glrla out-numbered Ute boys by fewer Of courte, no single year furnishes a sate standard 'fey which to judge |kf,. any Behool raatieh a matter es thc )L INSPECTOR > ANNUAL REPORT .The total number of .high schools ha:; been decreased from 180 last year to 175 this year, but this decrease in d?cate? a readjustment rather than a retrogression. The Shandon and Waverley high schools were absorb ed by the Columbia high school when ti e city limits of Columbia were ex tended to include these two suburbs -a case of "benevolent assimilation." ? Hendersonville. Edgmoor and Prince ton nave changed from rural high mhoola to rural graded schools, and '.wo of the smaller prlvUte high mbools have been closed. The 175 schools here reported in clude 159. public high schools, the tecondary departments of Clemson 1 College and Winthrop College, the Purman Pitting School, the Wofford bitting School, the Carlisle Fitting : School, and ll private achoo.s of sec mdary grade. Two of these private schools are included In no other list >r table In this report, since this of Ice ht.j no report or Information of iny kind from either. Under the high school act tba m in mum requirements for a rurt.l high ichool arc 15 high rchool pupils, tbs 'till teaching time of one hlgb school cacher, and a session of eight nonths. No schoc'l falling bolow bose requirement H ls called a high chool. Albie ( lassHlcatlon of High Scho e and Private. Par Col- tlal col- High lege 3du- lege educa- school . n cation cation education B8 355 50 84 81 380 49 87 il 439 S3 29 RS 480 32 17 14 508 .10 2a* jj or can accept: The result seems to bo a twofold misfortune. The high 11 school boy at the very time be moat [ needs the companionship of a strong I< man la put Into the hands of a wo- jj man. and the-woman is set to do n" man's task at about halt a mon's pay. jj This whole Hues two I discussed at|> some length in my ropott last year.. t By Years-Public nnd Private. cond Third Fourth ear Year Year i Total ,629 696 212 5,168 JttC l.lpS 164 6.03? 613 1.55? 250 8.030 ,554 1,788 440 8,640 776 1366 446 8,902 ,953 ?.Q97 470 9,339 ,936 2,126 529 ?9,841 remained for tho third year, Bennetts vllle 33 and 24, BlshopvH?e 34 and 20, Conway 18 and 13, Darlington 21 and 20, Dillon 16 and 17, Due West 23 and 19, Florence 68 and ?* Johnston 80 and 18, Marton 37 and 35, Memminger I 61 and 60, Ninety Six 20 and 14. Or angeburg 65 and 38. Sumter 69. andi 56, Summerville 13 and 14, Timmons-j vllle 14 and 13. Wlnnsboro 27 snd 1", ' Yorkville 34 and 19. | Since a singlo year does not furnish ; altogether a fair test of a school's' ability to hold tts pupils, 1 am sub-1 milting a table of public high schools with two or more teachers following tor three consecutive years the classes entering tn 1911-1912. Boys and girls are listed separately. In Allendale, Johnsonville, and j Westminster every boy of the first year class had dropped out before tbe j third year. Cross Anchor lost its boys before they reached the second year. Brimson. El loree, McColl. North. Rome, Seneca and Simpson ville esch carrhu one boy Into the third year. The fatality in Seneca and Slmpaonvllte la appalling. Mul lins baa a four-year coarse. In 1910. i that school bad one boy lu the grad uating class. Not until Jone, 1914,1 did it haye another. In different communities these wide AWsreacrs ia holding the pupils la tL> high school are traceable to va rious causes, but wherever the falling off ls merged the community should investigate the conditions and locate lb* trannie, lt may be dm< to an in adequate teaching force, or to some teacher or teachers lacking In abili ty to inspire pupils, or to a course ot study honey-combed with dry rot. or to, the apathy of parents, or to tba raids' of tbb college drummers. What ever it ls ought to be discovered and made known to the eotninbr.lly. ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ly. There ave atna ?iris enjoying tbts ad family ooooooooooop o o O O O o CLEMSON COLLEGE o o o ooooooooooooooooo CLEMSON COLUDOS, Jan ?.-The second term of the 1914-1916 session of Clemson College opened Tuesday morning, January 6, with nearly all Ute old- students in their pisces and with a few new ones. There are only ten vacant places In barracks. Last year at this time there were 730 stu dents attending classes; while this year there are 748. There sae 62 more men in college clases now than were In the same classes last year. This in crease in the college classes is due in part to the fact that the preparatory class bas been abolished. The work of the new year has started well. Presi dent Riggs made an appropriate ad dress at the reopening on Tuesdsy morning. The total amount received from the fertilizer tax for the first six months of the fiscal year, beginning with July 1, ls $6995.26. The amount received during a similar period last year was probably twice ss much. President W. M. Riggs has received a letter from John D. Rockefeller con gratulating the college on raising ita part of the $75,000 fund for the erec tion of the Y. M. C. A. building, and informing him that the $50,000 given by Mr. Rockefeller was ready tor the project when needed. Bids for the con struction of the building will be called for shout February 1, and work will begin about Msrcb. There will be a meeting of the farm d?monstration agents of the State held at Clemson in the later part of January. Or. W. W. Long, who ls at i the head of this work in South Caro- i lina, ls expecting a full attendance 1 md a good meeting. The federal government has promts Mi to furnish Clemson with an expert | ] an marketing. The winter short term for farmers |1 ?ss not been offered this year, be zause so few farmers are able to lea ro their work for BO long a time ai the beginning of the year. The course will tm given in the sommer, likely ?lur ing August, if conditions will permit. ' < At a meeting of the Alumni Associa- '. < tlon held last summer, a committee was appointed to petition the board af trustees to name the new athletic rrounds "Riggs Field" in honor of President W. M. Riggs, Ute founder of it h loti CB at Clemson. At ita last meet- [1 lng Ute board of trustees unanimously |i :omplied with this request. President Etlggs has always taken great interest \\ In athletics, and he is now Ute presl ient of the & I. A. A. ooooooooooooooooo1 I MOUNTAIN CREEK ol' D O OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO We bod two weeks for the Christ mas holidays and we enjoyed them rory much. I think most of tho pupils j of the school spent Ute holidays nt home because lt wss such bad wea ther. The school had a Christmas tree I on Tuesday before Christmas. The j tree waa decorated by articles made by Ute pupila These were such arti cles as calendars made by all students ! from the first grade to the fifth grade. I The Urger boys made little rocking j chairs, cradles, birds, hatchets, | wrenches and boats. We started back to school on Mon ftair, January 4th. We have several pupils who formerly attended > th?; schools. We have now enrolled i forty pupils, and all gradea from Ute ] first through the eighth, The school is doing nicely. The aver- ! agea were very good for Ute bast j month. Here are a list ot some ot I them: Mary McCown, 93; Juby Morri son, 90; Hubert McCown 90, Oerald Sullivan 90, W. T. Morrison 88, For man Chamblee, 89, and Clarence Mor- j rison 92. We have been improving every j month. In every thing. CLARENCE MORRISON. Eighth Grade. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o RIDGEWAY SCHOOL o o o ooo oooooooooooooo V,'c opened school again Monday, af ter tho Christmas vacation. One , new] pupil baa been enrolled since Christ mas. ? We had a Christmas tree st Ute school house on Wednesday before Christmas. It was beautifully deco rated with popcorn, tinsel and lighted with candles. Tho room presented a beautiful appearance, befog, decorated In holly. The presents were simple, but pretty/ aaa.' each child received some token ot remetpberanoe. But Ute eaosl enJottaWe part was the arrival of Santa ?Hans with a beg of traite and candy. He placed toe bag under the tree and began to cut the presents from Ute tree. After those were dis tributed he opened bia bag ot fruits and presenta sad presented each child with fruits and candy. I guess this wss the first time that most or the children had ever seen Santa. There- waa a nie* IIMIM tirmm*** everybody teemed to enjoy "themselves, Christmas was very dull in these parts. The weather waa co bad and the roads so muddy Utat the peoph could not travel. Several of ?ur pupils are on < sfek'ttjsV ame*/ Christmas. ! We aro vofry to hear of Ute death j S. C Dean's little i ooooooooooooooooo o o o LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL o o o ooooooooooooooooo We started back to school on Jan. 4th. We all hope to make 1915 the best school year we have ever had. We have several new pupils since Christmas. We are all glad to have Arthur Brooks In the high school. All the teachers and pupils had a I good time Christmas. We had some bad weather for the entertainment but1 there were a good many there, and we bad a good time. All the college boys and girls have gone back. There were several parties around Lebanon during Christmas. - Our honor roll for December was as follows: Nell Weldon, 95, fourth grade; Pen nine Williams. 95, Mary Hunnicut 96. Seventh Grade-Paul Robbins 98, Ninth Grade-Bessie Harris, 95. Tenth Grade- Max Wei horn 97, Ray. Craig 97, Fe?rl Webb 96, and Lois Richardson 96, if ,?fMEH Ray McAIuuer, Ralph McAlister and some others went lox bunting last] Friday. ?. ? We had a fine literary society last Friday afternoon. The program was: Debate: Resolved. That Athletics ls j More Important than Society. Affirma- j live, Carroll Hunulcutt and William Wilson; negative, Mary Smith and Edith Hutchinson. Current Evsnts-^ Thomas Massey; extemporaneous Bpeech- Max Welborn; Reading Henry Horton; Reading- Ruth Owen! Declamation-Florence Moore; Life of | Longfellow-- Ruth Martin. We were glad to have at our society meeting Mrs. Underwood, Miss Wyatt, ind Mr. James Welborn. We hope to liavo better society meetings for the rest of the year. We have our basket tail tesm about j picked out. One of the school boys did not come j ?aek after Christmas. * i - oooooooooooooooo I PENDLETON SCHOOL o ? .?aus!.! o o o o o o o ooooooooo Our school closed on Friday, Dec L8th, for our ' Christmas holidays, j rhlch lasted two weeks. Yesterday balng'Januury 4th, we re ,urned to school, after a happy, but! aiuy holiday. The first thing that at- j xacted our attention was a new stove vhlch was given to tao fourth and j ifth grade room. We were al* gl=-2 iff see it as it has ] >een needed for quite a while. Nearly all af our Christmas decora ions arc still up, especially our "old| Santas," Which are on the black Wards yet: We are glad to know that the child-1 .cn of the late Methodist minister tia ve their names enrolled on our 1st. The depot agent. Mr. Mounce, lb ol io sending bis son and daughter to j mr school. On account ol sickness many pupils I lave been absent. Among; those that nay. be mentioned ar? Edith and ] Slenn Stewart who are absent on ac count of their father's illness, but wei lope they will return aa soon as their j Father recovers. Our music teacher, Mrs. R. E. Wat kins, was unable tu teach today on ?ccount of sickness. . , The high school boys are now pr?cv ticing athletics for Field Day, which is to be tn Anderson. We hear our teachers are looking forward tb the first teacher's meelina af ms. The meeting win be held in Anderson on Saturday.. . We know all teachers will enjoy the ! teacher's meeting as Prof. E. L. Hughes of Greenville city schools will j lecture on "Geography of Europe.** Miss Nettie Terry, who ls a gradu ate of Pendleton high school, and lr now attending. Chicara College ot Greenville, visited our school on Men **y -Sixth and Sere- A\ ?radefl. --:-_ ooooooooo O ? o oooo o o HIGH POINT SCHOOL o o o o 0 *^f?j(o $$fBff ? o o o An embroidery crab bas been or ganised at High Point with the follow ing members: Fannie ?le?da. Prest dent; Ruth Clement, vice president; Maude. Holland,- secretary and tresa? urer; Rose Kay. Rochelle and Roda Fields. Ella. Stella and Elisabeth Mc aardaad, Ada. Eloise'ead Annie Dur ton. Ella Myers, Lillie Smith, ?da ead Annis Caspa,- Savannah. caufield and Emm? Ct em sot, The club mu meet on Monday and Thunalay everston*. Var-s ions Mad*)oe*e4* le U be done, saea as croobettttff and stenciling. - A- wood working mab. wist be organised tuner* the boya later. ^ne beauUfu: State: flag whiebnlsaa. been ordered: for some ?me, came Thursday. JWb/Wt? Mba this dug and the U. 8. ?ag Which We have bad aw some time, placed on the ?rayaron**. * #trreryone seems to .Save coate beck -.?-? .v..^^<^> mnrnwtaw-facnwI"*Jt? daya In spite o? tl xrerage hos not decreased the toast. Wo regret very . and M,a? Pru: grade, who have : O i1 o HONEA PATH SCHOOL o o OOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOO The first week of Behool orle thia year has passed off Bucces??ully ano each pupil has begun to -work harder than ever before. To encourage regu lar attendance and promptness thoso pupils haring no tardies or absences in these first two months have been offered a holiday from school at the end of the second month. Judging from the past week part of which the weather has been very unfavorable for attendance, a large majority of the pupils are working hard for their re ward. Several new scholars were en ? rolled at the beginning of the year. The Clionlan Literary Society of the graded school viii hold lu first public meeting of this school session in about three or four weeks from the present dste A full program has been arranged for the evening a::d those on duty will try their best to please a large audience which is ex pected. Supt. J. D. Felton visited the school here last Thursday. . The girls of the Hohea Path basket ball team completely overthrew the Belton team In a game of basketball played last Friday afternoon on the 1 local court. This waa only a return I for-what our sir's received at Belton 1 some time ago. <1 Another lyceum attraction will be givhn in the school auditorium Tues day evening, January 12.- The even ing's entertainment will be a lecture. 1 oooooooo o.? o o o o o o i o TOWNV1LLE SCHOOL oj o i ooooOoooooooooooo1 TOWNVILLE. Jan. 9.-The follow ing notice ls of interest to every pa tron of the Town ville school: . "There will be a regular meeting of li the School Improvement Association > on January 22 at 2:30 o'clock prompt- ' ly. Many Important matters will be discussed; namely, the advisability of various improvements in school equipment; the question of new and regular members, and other import ant matters. A large attendance of pupils and patrons is desired for the principal' will be present to discuss many matters of school Interest with the petrona" Let everybody note tho date abd the i hour. i -/.The Student*' Manna! Training Club oa account oz inclement weather has been unable to do much work recent ly on the school grounds. The mem bers, however, have already laid off I the grounds for various athletic | games. Among new students enrolled are: Robert and Misses Lucile end Addle j Lapo, the children of the new Metho-1 dist minister. Rev. F> H. Lupa Mrs. J. B. Ligon will tench for Miss I Mell Kellett while the latter ls at Seneca 'attending the Hunter-Jones | wedding^ Miss nannie Stevenson visited Misa | Alice Price during the week-end. Miases Lila and Ines King. Allene Led bet ter. Virginia Giles, Ines Bole man. Mark Berle, Carrie Stewart and Messrs. Johnny Hatcher, Rae McCar ley and Adgsr Whitfield bari) recently j been on the sick Hst' C. H. WITT, Cor. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o CHEDDAR SCHOOL o o o o o o o ooooooooooooo EDITOR THE INTEL'dGENCBR: I am a little boy ll yeera old. I am going to school at Cheddar. Am in the fourth grade, Mian Lola Cope? land is my teacher. She la sc alee to us that we all love her dearly, ?be ls the best teacher ? ever bad ead ? hope that she will continue to teach . our school for many years tn come | We had an entertainment Doccrnb r j 22 and R ama a grand ancce^s <MC ??^ all our entertainments we have ai Cheddar. Our school started ap December SO abd yon bet we were all glad to re turn to our studies. Mine Lola taught -tu some ?ice Christmas soar- wb>H we all enjoyed singing very much. 1 sf?te a letter toold Bania and T. thank the editor very m ucl? for We have/ a very large attendance and our school prokreseloTg nicely because we bate saca good hind teacher ii. . tam so glad that we Have an eday cat Ional edge tn The Intelligencer. Mieg-jLOM-feJMs lt to os and >lt inter ests us very mneb. Kiss Gertrude CllOkieaies/la our principa], eat ve are .all proud of ber, iib? seems te manage onr school much bitter tbsn a man teacher for oar school la controlled*by kindness in stead of the switch, which I think is a much better plan than the oW way ot whipping. We little boys try not te -give our teacher any trcwMe. h*A cause wo don t like to weary bet pa ilssjnr We 4**t like ic ha ecci3 ed and she never coo Ms os vjsry>m?e&. ; i 1 hope I will see U*is letter in print for I want Ut* readers to know wk**; * ficwrtohta* achoo: we bave at O?soev believe we are I^W slaag better and ?i*o**her th? term thea j aver before. No mao lives to himself aloras foi our Influence may fall where we caa never be. It is the duty of every par? ent to instill in the minds of grow* lng children the thoughts of love, kindness and generosity toward oth ers. We can encourage people to think as we wish them to but we can ac complish nothing by dictation or co ercion. It remains with us to teach the' children to respect their homes and parents and that Kind words gently spoken are more valuable than gold or jewels. How can we expect one to live above the standard we have set for bim by the thoughts we Implant in his brain. It remains with us to encourfage the good in others and thus help ourselves. If we place a man on his honor he will be true to lt. If we give him the thought that we believe bim bad he will as a rule not disappoint us. We make men and women purer' and nobler by .appealing to the Divine spark of truth within their souls. No ene is ever made good through fear of punishment or from being constantly told how bad be is nor by force of my kind. Those who would win friends must tend out thoughts of good fellowship and extend to these people /honest generosity and kindness. Those having children that are dif ficult to control must first realise that hey and not the children are respon sible for the nature and character lt nherlta for it did not create itself, [f s child hsa a disagreeable temper or 3ad habits the blame belongs to the parents. .It is a living picture of their combined thoughts. It is always bard o undo that which has been done, rherefore, one must exercise, if be would gain the best results in dea'.ing sith , a child, parents must consider bat they are dealing with themselves, ind be firm but liberal minded. They oooooooooooooooooo ? ERSKINE COLLEGE ot, 3 0|i DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOj There will be no January number ! of The BrakinJan issued. On account ! 9t tbs Christmas holidays the mater- | lal could not be welt gotten together. ?r. iiagier, who wa? torced io drop ? Dut ot school some weeks ago on ac count of sickness, hat returned to1 college. Coach La Motte arrived tho ll th and | aaa the basketball squad back at work. W. B. TJodman,. formerly of the Jan tor clair, has entered the University ot South Carolina. At a meeting of tho student body on Friday Mr. Boyce Plaxco was elected to succeed W. P. Whlfsldes as mana get of the basketball team. Mr. Whtt cldes baa entered Newberry College. On Monday evening the senior class ! waa delightfully entertained at a so cial reception by the ?idles of the Due Weat Woman's College. ' Mr. Olin Davis, wh? bas been at- | tending Clemson, bas entered Ers kine. Dr. fi. M. Poteat, president of Fur man Vni'Wrfty, addressed .the Era kino Y. M. C. A. on last Sabbath] oventng. His message waa appro priate to the beginning of a new year and piloted out the marks of efficien cy in tlio college student. "Dr. lOteftt ta a favorite arnon* the Erskine stu dent.?, ami hi? coming ls always looked forward to. On Friday afternoon ?Se -*BL" mian.; Literary .Society tyeotwTW&A Young president and D. R. Kennedy j vice president for the coming term. ooooooooooooo oo oo o MELTON SCHOOL o o o o o o O) o o o o o o o o o o o We are glad to not? that our school has begun the new year with renew ed enthusiasm and ranch addod inter est la things worth while. It is indeed Spptrinn and encouraging to be per vaded by the feeling ftvea one through the knowledge that conditions are thus favorable. It makes us rejoice thee we are living. It makes os for get the dark storms and g&om or winter and behold the splendor ot the life-giving sunshine. It makes us want to do good for our tallow nstgh-; Bev. JN O. Crain of Oree?vi?le con*, ducted beth services at Bia and Twenty the first Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Crain'? sermon, waa characteristic on each occasion and caresed much fav orable comment. We hope be wt^^btft oa again soon. The ladles' improvement association of Melton school ts preparing to give au oyster aunper Friday evania*;, the 15th. for the benefit of tbs school, .everybody is invited ta be present aa rotnething new in the way of oater uAntaeat te c&paeted to be ia*ro*on?d. ?. tb? quer?a! -ta*? er The llrAetOjr^neer a" prosperous Kaw Year. Tko 8*&sy Hamm*: Ad* must first control themselves -before they Attempt to control tue child they should neve?1 permit themselves to sive wey to auger or temper when, trying to direct or control the child. If they do their efforts will be fruit less. Parents will geln the most perfect control if they go to its bedside after lt has retired for the night and caress and love it and talk to it of beautiful things and that it wiu desire tb be a better child and will dislike to dis play its temper, etc. They should not refer to the things lt did contrary td their wishes for that will call back those contrary thoughts and antagon ize it. If the life of the child ia filled with good, true, noble thoughts there will be left no room for the evil the char acter displayed by the child is due to hereditary traits. One evil life impreg nates future generations as yeast im-, pregustes batter. A woman j of criminal tendencies who died in 1827 bad given hirth to several children.all of whom inherit ed her criminal traits. By following records of the offspring from;generar Hon to generation it haa been fougd that up to May 1802 no leas than seven . hundred of them had been convicted Df criminal offenses at least once, and that thirty-seven had been executed for committing murder. The offspring of this one woman had up to that date cost the nation about th ree .million lollara for trials and executions. All this crime resulted from one w nasa's thoughts. Her thoughts being e ni abe it trac ted to the bodies of her child* ren souls that were la harmrny with lier thoughts. They were rem with 3vii traita. The only chanco they had tor improvement after behr g removed from the mother's influence was through the thoughts of thvlr associ ?tes. . . VV/-.' MRS. LON BOLEMAN. Townville, 8, C., *>sa 81, 1*4*, ^??.???"r..... I>;-T,-r--:^";?y?;,-&:y: 0 O o o o.o o o o o o o o o 1 BETHANY SCHOOL o o o o o o o o odo o po o o o ooo The sch oe1, at this place opened up after Christmas with a large attend ance.' Mt. Harr?sea Sameister, ' s -ladest of tba Southern Dental College in At lanta, spent the holidays with' home folks. Miss Nellie Williamson ot "Belton visited Miss Mamie Flelda recently. Mr. Christy Wright who has been sick with la grippe is improving.. Mrs. Watson and son. Fred, from near Anderson spent the holidays with Mrs. D. R. Simmons. Misses Annie and Lessie Banalster were Ute guests, of the Miases Bittr mons last Thursday. Mr. Grady Holland and Miss Lottie McCoy of Anderson scent last Sunday with the Misses Williamson. Misses Louie Vaughan and Bannister were , tho guests of Florence King last Saturday. Misses Gladys and Grace Todd ate visiting their sister, Mrs. Bfeed Ban nister. " A F?flflfc r 1 IND?ftTRIAL SCHOOL ! XEEBS KEW Bl?IL?IKG \ Trustees, After Meeting at FkmMide, ' Decide 10 Ask Legislature'for . Approprfa?ioa, FLORENCE, Jan, 10:-At a mealing of the trustees ot tho South Carotfafe ' industrial school held st their build ing here Thursday night it was de cided to ask the legislature for an afr- , propriation ot $35,000- for the erectie? of another building to be known -ag the administration building, Walja - will be the may?- stricture- rog: tito ground?. The school now has 188 boy*, a large Increase over the, bom ber for the same, period last year, abd ft ?tanda very much in need of ?en housing room, the trastees will urge .' tba erection of this building at the earliest possible lime. Th? report of Superintendent Jebbs dealt with the things Utat are urgent ly needed at this time end waa adopt ed and accepted aa moat ?aUstactory. The anal appropriation of $29,000 will be asked for the rubbing &- . penses of Ute school for another year. Bngermtr-ndeet Johns' report pointed 1 ont Urn necessity for more lead. At , arasent the institution only has 111 acres of land, 90 of which are avail- I able for cultivation, the balah ce uti Heed for building improvaiieem, More lend ie needed kaoauae of the rabid growth of fkrmtag sad Ute cofctlevjee? development of the live stosk bbsi neas. It has bees estimated that Ote school ooefcS well find ase for st tessi fi?w acres or more ??ad on which to term ?ad pastura thc atock._ ? . ?5OT??? o?c?Mi???.-?iws^ ?f( b?uiy wwio? Ito bouas. the.farm prMucts wi {?Iso shoffa a sharked Increase tbie (year. The school predas 9*7 buan {eli of cora. 1,000 h^ebeU ot oats. ? j ?ide? a<^re>^^oa^^<^t;