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Wal Raking Powder* Absolutely Tti The Only Baking Powder made from. Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ?Made from Grapes? A Guarantee of Pure, Healthful, Del icious Food rc BETTER TEACHERS ARE A NECESSITY Patrons, ami Trustees Musi Solve Tho School I'ioIiIcmi, So Says l*l*of? ('llllllinglinill. I'm!-. <;. \v. Ctinnighum of Middle bury college, Vermont, has i,<-, p vitally connected with educational work for several years: ho has had much experience; he ranks with tin foremost in the educational world. .Naturally ho is much interested in the educational system of South Car olina, and especially I.aureus County,; ids home. Noting an editorial comment In The: Advertiser on .Midge Prince's charge i to the grand jury last week. I'rof. Cunningham has written an excellent article of the school (picstieu which j is by all means interesting to the peo ple of Laurens. The following is the full text of I'mf. Cunningham's paper: Bditor of The Advertiser: it was with peculiar pleasure that I read, the editorial comments in the last issue of your paper on Judge Prince's : charge to the grand jury at the recent term of court. In my humble opin ion. Judge Prince has hit upon one of the fundamental evils which we Americans have to face, namely, the neglect of primary education; ami you do well to emphasize it. This is an evil which must be uprooted, or : wo shall never be able to attain the , goiil which is within our possibilities as a nation: and the sooner the evil ! is con quo red, tho better it will be for us. It certainly is a hopeful sign when (he matter is presented in the charges to tin* grand .juries in our ((iuris of Justice; others :.i sim ilar positions would do well io follow Judge I'rlnce's example. Please permit me spneo lo enlarge upon this matter. There can he no question thai our primary education, especially in the rural districts, Is not nearly bo thorough as it ought to he. our colleges are doing the work of hi;:h schools and our univer sities are devoting themselves to work that ought to he done by the colleges, solely because the primary schools tire not properly perform ing their function in our educational system. Students outer college poorly prepared, iiml (ho practical result is (hat (he college has to give one or two years to tho training of students in those auhjects which ought to have been mastered by them before entrance. And tho work of the eollegc is regarded so much; the curriculum is ein umscrlbed just (o thai extent. Tho reason for this unfortunate condition is not far to seek. Baldly slated, the reason is that the vast majority of those who are teaching in (he primary schools are not lit for the position which they occupy. Of course, there are many workers in the primary schools who are nobly fulfilling their mission; and to these is due a meed of praise, which, per haps, they seldom receive. But this admission does not militate against the fact that many of our primary teachers themselves desper ately need to be taught. Teaching a child to rend cannot be done by any one who happens to know how to read correctly, and not every one who may perchance to able to solve a problem In quadratics or to trans late n simple ISnglish sentence Into a foreign language is competent to guide the expanding mind through the problems of elementary mathem atics or through tiie mazes incident to lingulsth training. Other char acteristics are essential. And not the least essential is a broad and sympathetic outlook and a firm grasp of the fundamental significance of education, which come only with a liberal and a tolerrobly tt'orough ap preciation of the arts and sciences. In point of fact, does it not seem hardly less than absurd to assume that one can appreciate what educat ion really means, when one is more or less positively Ignorant of what education has done? If, now. the evil whirl) we so much deplore Is to be eradicated, we must have better equipped teachers in out primary work. The logic of our position seems to force us to this conclusion. Certainly If it be true that the evil is due to the poor pre paration of those who have in charge primary instructions, then it Inevit ably follows that the evil can be re moved only by putting in charge of this primary Instruction those who are belter prepared; for It is an Indis putable principle of logic that In order to obviate an effect one mv : lie at pains to remove the cause. And I am confident that the position, that the evil is primarily dependent upon the poor preparation of primary teachers, cannot successfully be call I od in quest ion. I How. then, are we to secure better] preparation her - where i; is sorely needed? Tin answer to this ques tion brings us to the crux of the mat ter. To put the matter in a very few words, it simply amounts to this: If we are to have In charge of our primary instruction those who are equipped for the work, primary teach ers must be better paid: and whether or not they are better paid depends upon the attitude which father and mother assume. This is the essence of the whole matter, and little argu ment is needed In justification of this statement of it. It stands to reason that no man or woman, after having devoted several years of the most energetic part of life ami spent at the very least a thousand of fifteen hundred dollars In expanding Iiis ot her own power and developing latent possibilities, will be satisfied to eke Jan existence on the miserable pittance i of thirty or sixty dollars a month for ; six or eight months In tho year. And lit is nothing short of Injustice that ! people should expect them to rest sat isfied with these conditions. It Is well enough t<> argue that tendier? should be willing to work lor tho sake of their work. This they should do, of course; and this every teacher, who is worthy of his profession act ually does. Mut there is another side to the question. However do voted the teacher may he io his work, I his devotion will hardly sullice for butter and bread; and it must lie further remembered that the educat ed man has needs to ne cared for Which the uneducated man never dreams of. The ve)*y basic import ance of the work which the primary teacher Is trying to do. is Itself sufficient justification of tho assertion that In- should be by far heiter paid than he now is. And unless he is better paid, the same condition which we now face will remain with its forever, or. at least, until the millen nium dawns and human nature is radically t rausforiucd. So. after all. (ho solution of Ha ploidem rests with patrons and trus tees. Let them seek for the hi St teachers, not for tho cheapest; let them seek for (ho broadest, not for the narrowest: let them teach them selves the indubitable truth that (ho liest in education is to he .indued in terms of Intellect, not in terms of dollars and cents: let (hem romcmher j that 'he qualified teacher at a higher price is chenpt r than tho poorly pie. pared one at a much lower llgtnoj in short, let them learn the Icrson that tie- most valuable legacy a pur- 1 cut Chil possibly leave ;i child is a thorough Intellectual training under a competent guide, and acl according ly let them do this, and lite evil with v. Inch we are now forced to con tend v. id rieht itself. <;. \V. Cunningham, l.aureus Should (Jive P2M). Following is a letter received from Dr. VV, I*. Jacobs of Clinton: "Mr. s. K. Honey, ".My dear Sir: It ought to lie a very easy matter to raise that $'_'<iu due from l.aureus county for the Memor ial .Monument to our good women of the War. "Mine enclosed. ?w. p. Jacobs." DR. CLIFTON JONES Dentist Office in Simmons Building Phone: Oflice No. 8G; Residence 21'.?. 95 Per Cent I I * 1 of the business in the business world is based on credit. Good credit is therefore a in<<>i essential item in every business. In addition to the amount of your money in the bank, the fact thai you are safe-guard inj* your future and h ive n cheek account with a strong 1 i ^ bank, strengthens your credit. i We have facilities and are in a position to han dle your banking business, whether large or small THEBANKS^LAURENS LAURENS, S.C. The Bank for Your Savings. Meant) on Horseback. Cor a lluic Boino of tho pretties! girls in town have boon giving exhib itions of tiie most gm < t.11 horseback riding ilint we have had in Abbeville, The ba<l weather on last Sunday kepi pretty girls and qulckstepping horses out of review, hut on I bo previous Sunday wo hear thai the riding Club was otll in force. W? mi seil the sight ? if anybody knows bf a more heautifiil, or a more graceful vision than pretty girls riding splendid horses, lot him please direct our eyes in that ?Ii rect ion. Do you Know of anything mor? lovely or more enter ttilning than beautiful women riding horses that are proud <>i tbeir beaull. fill burden? And we wouldn't lure you think thai horseback riding s limited to Sundays. Such is not the case. We love to see the horseback riding any da\ or every day in the, week. TIlO sight being so much hel ler, and is so much prettier than any thing thai We ?Ulli see elsewhere, till old bachelor always feels like falling down rlgh! there and then, to wor ship the goddesses (hat hold I he reins.?Abbeville Pross and [tanner. A warm heart irons out many a facial wrinkle. Moral dyspepsia is often mistaken for extreme piety. Diamonds On Pari ial Payments. A small amount down und n little oarh i:n>ulIi will soon Buy a Diamond You will have it paid for be furo you know it, and with Urn money you would have thrown away. Besides You know the quality ami the weigh! of the Diamond you buy from u We soil the best ami at rca sonably?low prices. Fleming Bros. jewelers. Will Find Us i n G We can show you all the popular things for the spring and summer season of I90?. We have lots of the newest things on sale now and will be glad to show you whether you are ready to buy or not. You will find our prices right on all lines, in most cases lower than elsewhere. You will do well to always see our prices before you make your purchases. A A 1 )KPAUTMr:NT Kuglisli Repellents in all colors, the best thing tins season for wash suits, prices ? 20C and 25c .ts inch IJncn for Suits worth 65c everywhere, we make it special for 5*>c IUst values in Taffeta Silks, ^c> inches wide, special #1.00 See <aii line <<f niack Goods for Skirts, we give the right material at lowest prices 25c to $1.25 Speciai Values in Curtains of all kinds. \'<>u will do well to see what we have before you buy. 1 'rices 6< >c to $5?* >< > Never sueh values in Table Linen, extra wide good quality all linen, Special price 50c American Lady Corsets, arc the best We are showing them in all grade Jp 1.00 ti) $3, ^( > Fashionable Clothes for Gentlemen. M ?1 y If ?#,fi{ Ulti 1109 k. ??I MlieS BI?0S. I (0 I ... ( : , s?? M*k?t "* 1?? Are here ready for you. If yoti want to enjoy Clothes Luxury without extra cost come in and look at our New Models try them 011 see how becoming how trul- hand' some vou can appear with the right Clothes they are made by Celebrated Master Tailors, of Baltimore and N? . York. The New Spring Styles are handsome garments the pock ets the general drape denote individual style in ?? ? Ali of Tailoring. The fabrics arc marvels of ben soi?cly blended in stripes* invisible plaids effects and S i\"iiy Weave? ^besides tin MauVe and Nuh\s effects for the con drcssOl who Wishes to give impress t<. i;: UK nt of fpiiet dignity. The Sporty Chaps?can have every eoloi rainbow with a few side lights thrown N'ovelty SltititS in Styles never shown before. Krom $1(5.00 up We ran give you the fullest measure o) Clothes Styl?- and Clothes Satisfaction. Furnishings everything for the (ionlleman in the newest; efl'ects it is impossible to describe tho endless variety just come and look. Come early and see the nice things in In re for you. Our llrio of Shoes are superb our Hats are the latest. in and On Thursday, April ist, we will have our Spring Opening of Ladies' Hats of all kinds. This season we expect to show you the greatest line of Millinery ever shown in Laurens, we have made exceptional efforts this season and will show the largest line of ready-to=wear and dress hats we have ever shown. Our prices will be right. Come, let us show you. 1)AVIS-R( >I*KM C X )MPANY, lai rens, s. <