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LidUlco Silk Lisle in same colors at 25c Burson seamless, regular and cut sizes at 25c MiccAC1 Black ar)d White Lisle in all sizes at 25c 1 llooca White and Black Fine Ribbed in extra length at 15c. We also carry a special number at 10c. a pair. CHILDRENS' SACKS Solid Colors in Blue, Pink and white at 10c. All sizes fancy colored tops, special 15c. I ailiAc'^kite Lawn, Embroidered Waists, LidUlco starting at 50c up through the highest grades. A complete line in White land Colored at moderate prices, with special values in trimming laces. Heavy all linen Skirt ing Crash at 25c. The Latest in Ladies' Neckwear. SPECIAL Value in Handkerchiefs just opened at W. G. WILSON & co. I Dress Goods Gasoline and Kerosene Sold in air-tight IiroiT^Drums. Convenient to handle. Deliver in small quantities in city. R. M. Eichelberger Agent Gulf Refining Phone 33 THE TEACHERS TENURE OF POSITION. j Prof. W. K.Tate, State Supervisor County Schools j iti>Mitnt>(iiiinm**>>">>|>ft,i_--------- . > ^ There prevails among the country schools of South Carolina a wide spread custon of changing teachers and positions at the end of each year. This habit on the part of school boards and teachers is most disas trous to the welfare of the schools and the children. It needs no argu ment to convince a sensible man that a teacher can do better work In a school during the second year than she can during the first. She knows the children and their attainments, their deficiencies, and their personal peculiarities. She can adapt her teaching to their needs and can grad. ually fill the gaps which so often exist In the classification of children in our country schools. During the second year she should know the par ents of the community and the home conditions under which the children must work. She should know all the children and can more easily secure a full enrollment and a better at tendance. She can take a larger part in the church work of tlie community and in the social life of the young people. She can organize the liter, ary society and the Agricultural Club among the boys and girls. The best country schools of the State arc those which :iave succeeded in keeping their teachers for a period of years. In fact, the tenure of posi tion is usually sufficient to give one a clear idea as to the efficiency of the school. In view of diese facts it Is deplorable that between .">0 and 7r> per cent of the /country school teachers In South Carolina change positions every year. Tho fault sometimes lies with the trustees who assume thai a teacher loses his influence with tho pupils when they come to know him well j enough to be afraid of him. Some times the teacher is allowed to leave I because the year of experience has brought increased efficiency which some other district is eager to secure at a larger remuneration. In this case, the trustees should recognize that a teacher is worth more the second year and should increase the salary accordingly. Most of our cities have adopted a salary schedule under which the salary varies from a fixed minimum tt? a fixed maximum in ac cordance with tho experonlco and ten ure of the teacher. Such a salary might most profitably he adopted by the trustees in the country districts. Tho teacher who knows that her 'sal ary will be Increased live or ten dol lars a month If she makes good in her present position, will bo more likely to devote her energy to making her presold school a good one than to spend the closing months of the year looking for a better position some where else. The change of position sometimes results from the instability and fickle ness of the teacher herself. Teach ers sometimes bring to the school board testimonials from live or six different schools in Which they have been teaching in as many years. If trustees could not only realize it, such testimonials are usually suffici ent to brand the applicant as undesira ble. When a teacher accepts a post tion it should be his aim to spend long enough time in that one school to accomplish something definite and to leave It as a memorial when he steps up higher. Dr. Payne, the Presi dent of Peabody College, always gave this advice to his students, "You must hunt for your first position. Endeavor in that position to do your work so well that the next one will seek you." I believe that the trustees in some of our liest country schools should im prove the tenure of position by the erection of a teacher's home, as has been done in perhaps twenty school districts in South Carolina. The teacher's home at which the prlncl. pie and his wife may live and where Othor teachers may sometime}; board identifies the teacher With the life of the community. A recent study of the Swiss school system has served to convince me In the belief that something approach ing permanency in the teaching force is necessary to a real solution of the country school problem. It was my pleasure in Switzerland to visit many j country schools In an endeavor to see how a republic, whose constitution Is modeled after our own. has adapt ed the country school to thO needs of country people. The first thing Which Impressed me was the preparation I and permanence of the teaching force. This alone was sufficient 10 account for tho most ol tho otlc?r r.v COllenclcS Which I observed. I ft pop i a week with a Rural School I > , < < t. r in the Canton of Hern as he mudo Iiis rounds among the country schools under his jurisdiction. In these 240 teachers were employed. Of this number 12 only, or 5 per cent, were teaching for the first year In the po sition which they then held. In tbiB canton teachers are elected for a pe riod of six years, and many of them remain for life in the same position. In fact, in all excopt six cantons of Switzerland, after a provisional elec tion for a year, the teactier is elected for life, subject to a recall by popu lar vote. In all country districts the teacher is furnished a residence, usually the second story of the school house itself, nnd a prescribed area of garden land. He comes into a com munity to live the year round. As a citizen he takes in everything which concerns the social, religious, or business life. Hcfore obtaining a teacher's certificate he must be a graduate, of a recognized teacher's seminary, must be able to play tho piano or violin, and must know bow to teach singing. He is usually the church organist and choir leader, and is frequently the superintendent of the Sunday School. After he hU3 gained the full confidence of his dis trict, he is entrusted with other anjattors of /responsibility connected witiv the life of the community. I met many teachers who were Secre taries of the Farmers' Union, Treas urers of the Co-operative cheese facto ries, or officers in the village militia. The teachers of the canton are thoroughly organized into associations, and the textbooks used in the schools have frequently been prepared by committees of the Teachers Associa tions and have been published by the cantons themselves. Under such conditions the adoption of the school to tho needs of the community is a natural and easy process. It is easy for the schoolmaster to teach what he is living every day. It will be noted that I use the pronoun he in this connection. In many cantons men compose 85 per cent of the teach, ing force. Tho salary Is in many In stances not over $G00 per year, but the permanence of tenure, the teach, or* home, the garden, and the public! esteem In which the teaching profes sion is held are sufficient to attract and hold In it a body of men who would be an ornament to any profes sion. Human nature in South Caro lina is not essentially different from that In Switzerland. The best coun try schools in this State have been developed because a good man has been In tho position through ;i period of years and has thus been given an opportunity to impress his individual. Ity on the school system. Of course it will be many years boforo wo can hope to attain tho stability and por mnnonce of Switzerland, but we should strive constantly towaril their attain, mcnt. W. K. Tato, Suite Supervisor County Schools. Don't be surprised if you have an attack of rheumatism this spring, .lust rub the affected parts freely with Chamberlain's Liniment and It will soon disappear. 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The average renter pays for his place every eight years but the land lord still owns it. Why Pay Rent? YOU PAY AS RUNT At $120.00 per year In 10 yoara. $1,581.68 At $120.00 per year in 2.r> years. $0,588.72 At $2h>.oo per year in 10 years. $3,103.86 At $240.00 jU.r yoar in 2f> years. 13,167.43 12") Acres hounded l>y lands J. Warren Boll, .lames Wham's estate an<l others, known as the Coloman Tract. Cheap and onsy terms. 125 Acres within one mile of public square, well improved. Will cut into 10, 15 or 20 acre lots. Kasy term. 46 leres, more or less, adjoining lands of C. 1). Mosoloy, Mrs. Cain and others, one and three-fourth miles South of (.aureus C. II., with good tenant house and in high] state/of cultivation for $4f>.oo per acre. f' One 5-room house and lot froriuffg on Mack S?., containing three fourths of acre, more or less, for"$K0n.00. On easy terms, One acre lot with one 2 room house and one 5-room house front ing Jennings St. Price $700.00. One 4-roorn house on lot 100 x 150 near Watts Mill for $1,100.00. 553 Acres, known as the Tom Smith Farm, between the waters of Reedy River and Saltlda, well improved Will sell h8 n whole or cut up to suit, purchaser. Terms reasonable apply for prices, 127 Acres of land on Greenwood county side of Saludu River, adjoining land of Belton Day and others. Prico reasonable and terms easy. ?S?* 178 Acres m ar Ml. Olive Clinch. CllOftp and on easy term"-. One-half interest In one of the llnosi lime quarries in the Month. Four miles of Ware Sin.als. Cheap on easy terms. We will cut any of the following into snch size tracts as yon desire. We buy at wholesale and retail land out to suit the small buyer : About 100 Acres near Watts Mill, known as the Radgetl Land, 240 Acres located near Reedy Rlvor Powor Company, on Reedy River, and known as the Dor roll Place. Price, *12.;>0 to $20.00 per acre, depending on numbor of acres and location. 28 acres at Anil's c-oss roads, cheap for quick sale. 10 acres near Watts Mills, all improved, for $1,500, half cash. Il>.r? acres, a part of J, N. Clardy tract, $8.00 per acre. Gol tho bar? gain now. 03 acres near Ora, 8, C., with Rood dwelling house and all necessary outbuildings, good orchard, good level land, church and school conve nient. Terms and price reasonable. II acres near Watts Mill well improved. See us for price and terms. Boveral houses and lots near Watts Mill. We also have for sah* about Twenty two Acres of land within the corporate limits of the City of I.aureus, known OS Grays Hill, which wo will sell In steal) building lots, at reasonable prices. A good many of tin so lots have cottages on thorn. Remember that we cut off any number of net es de sired by purchaser and give any reasonable time in which to pay. We want to make it possible: for every white farmer in I,aureus County to own his home, Laurens Trust Company r. A. Gooprr, President. c. W. TuNR.Sec. & Treas. Anderson A; Ulnkelcy, Managers Iteal Estate Sales.