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It r i S T~ I s 1 x 1Q1 Y~~ WEDNSDA AT NEWBERRY, S. C. AR - $2.00 ,.ONTHS, 1.00 MONTHS, - - 50 A. C. JONES, Proprietor. TwHR CAUSE OF ILLXITERZACY.'' (A) It is not the lack of money pay tuition charges. Tbis sad condition of affairs is not occasioned -b' verty, Where is the child who Sever turned away frot the hool rnom door because the pa ts were too poor to pay tuition. (B) .t is not the lack of time to the child's labor from the farm rom the shop while he is obtain cda reasonable English education. pWplea is a shame, and should be e ut. (B) It is not the lack of compe men and women who are willing areach. There never has been a heequal to the present in point of sperous and thoroughly trained chers,wo have spared neither la nor expense to prepare them ves for the work of teaching. Here is the cause in a nut sheli. (C) It is the lack of disposition on prt of parents to send the chil atschooThe. They attach too lit .eq importance to education, they k thau education is needed only At the man for some profession life, this is a false premise and re conclusion is false. averyt parent ought to consider id feel the oblgation of iv the l a fair English education if no But this obligation has well ig lbeen repudiated by many pa int at leat by enough in neighbor -oods i' make it next to impossible mwniatai n a good school in many eainities in our country. SAfe the press, the pulpit and the DarM rIng n this topic until an - erssible enthusiasm has been led in the bosom f our people. atpe Educate.-J. F. Buig, in eo a People. :e do not believe that the pa *&affon ig on thi orar utey ap ier ssil advntsis ha s te ~anye hidn e osom fureoaway weL aPscol ecas hy r n dbe oMa ntbition hates,eutpah arent,re lizigtthe impothanc to re uniial tOna the contaryes, dop-t manyt cases advndtges.Ir cise toe causeo ofy ilterc is t e few, an bten are evr pubice awayo iascoo, beus the care un oarn telzn othe act that tbgeat morbe toul pay dne fhare doast Sremney. As, sch hoolden toa bekep Anoertin freaonl a d ~e monts of itery is thelied Q r forthe oful scholaic school Norou at it has, agreat on tetel thand that reoti of thoe educatieone if theire wail wen ne school systeme theato ta beao kethai opeyationl for ono oncern ofo the yedario oblge chiruenthtfi no the fuldutlstcyr h- Stroue. aot it tis a great ayaretshfe thet free solsy j the education of t heild.i He then ftaelbthaste, frsonsibihe eaasedl etirel on suppo the ed cinon scoof hsshide, and hvingfo cateaso tha morey andhould hav"en an e ore concern the lec- o ntk atear. Or i ths ery a sreou ueticoney soitha whther orb schools w ould be key ep tingo thoaoih h nie f ree scholstcyer ln made ti,and lpento eall phikrent inath orte edcaoof istrc,iad. Hae tenael hcte ousposibwee tai ges en tel ovnt,io the ubli oopydretyolt would aco p prh o ethng cit tthe mublicn could Chale andfmre oronraern inblic scholseof tiomba ogodand coetare acmpiish aso tecor. Or Columbia the h chool coud be keptlemnted dthe scoatcver attndace sad o.t allth children in the a School ais ftrits an mak Newberry wre,i ta sev et the bi andhoo establs acmshysmethng.e th ulcschools of lh Chales might o then rade public holnd -jsed tob,an somey arevantage. ish only at, oo wok. beIne olubi the Sbs'nsctit utindt ild upmete n thcole argatendAc .an ali h hlrn o f thelcitan can - --- who pay the tax for Titof the public schools. -. ine can attach any blame to - jC school teachers, or men en ed in any other vocation for that matter, for working for mone , and that too where there is a reasonable hope of its being paid, but one thing which has led us to these reflections is the fact that the SeLool Commis sioner's report shows that the teach ers. or some of them, are in this township for a month or two, and then in another until the public fund is exhausted. Particularly is this the case with the colored teach ers. Some of them are a sort of peripatetic institution. locating where ever there is any public money tc be found and leaving as soon as it is out. No good or lasting results can be accomplished by such work. Let us have more money and thereby keep our public schools opei for the full scholastic year, or let us have less and do away with thE school tax altogether and let every one pay his own tuition. MT. TABOR. At a meeting called at Mt Tabor or Wednesday the 28th of January in th< interest of the Colombia, Newberry anC Laurens Railroad, D. C. Boland wa made chairman and L. C. Boland wa. requested to act as secretary. Senutoi Sligh was called on and made a speel of sone length showing in a practica. way the many advantages and benefit that the road would gIve. lld the im. portance of immediate action all alon the line. A subscription list was ther presented and t-ie following aioun1 was subscribed, viz: J. A. Sligh, D. C Boland, Geo. M. Sheely, Jr., and A. N Boland, four shares each; Jacob Sheely M. Boland, J.ohn A. Sheely and L. C Boland one share each. A sub-com. mittee consisting of J. A. Sligh, Geo M. Sheely, Sr., and L. C. Boland wa appointed to take li.ts and solicit sub scriptions. It is the desire of the people in thii section to raise at least one thousank dollars. From the t,nor of the meetin, it was evident that all pre,iit were ii hearty sympathy with the building o: the road. We hope to see at an early day a decl interest manifested all along the lim so that the twenty thousand dollar tha is required to organize may be raised We candidly think that the peoph along this proposed line could make t< better investment than to subscrib< liberally. Perhaps they would not b paid in dividends but the advancemen of property, conveniences, etc., wouR doubly pay for all invested. Let All pull together and it will not take a ver) strong pull to raise the amount to or ganize. Let each one feel it a duty tt give a little and not hope to be bene ftted 'by the liberality of others. Thal kind of Eling never builds railroads. All the young oats has been killed b: the freeze, and it is feared that the car ly oats will never come out to a stand. Mad dogs are prevalent at present The colored population are very muel excited over a report that Jess Gallman a negro Ii ving on John Fnlmer's placi has hydrophobia. Jess was bitten a fey weeks ago by a dog that was supposec to have been mad, but upon01 inquiry wt find that the report as to his being at fected is ill founded. Mr. Marion Miller is again quite sick Mr. HI. P. Counts has gone n:ear Col. umbia to take charge of a school. Mis: Ella Sease has resigned her pos:ion a. second assistant teacher in the Mt Tabor School and Miss Lillie Sligh ha: been elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Levi Sheely an aged and respect ed citizen of Lexington died on the 22ni of Jarmuary. L. C. B. PROSP ER ITY. St. Valentine's Day cormes on Sinday. Dr. R. L. Luther has moved into hi: nice new house. Mr. Jeff. Kinard, of Ninety-Six, wa: in town last Saturday. Auditor Houseal was in town last Tuesday and Wednesday assessing. Mr. S. T. Riser preached in Gract Church last Sunday morning. Maj. P. E. Wise has been sull'ering with rheumatism, but is able to be out again. Mr Win. Werts, rof Saluda Old Town, was in town one day last week. Hle had been on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. W. HIartman. who has been quite ill, but is improving. I think one of our neighbors expect: to make a speech soon, judging from thn gestures he was making as he passed ull the street the other day. Now C. F. B, w e would be very sorry to see you gc into politics. What office are you going to run for ? The people of Edgefield that makc Prosperity their market, say, if thort are bridges to be built at Chappell's and Boukight's for tihe convenience of thc upper part of the county that they are entitled to another bridge still lowei down for the convenlience of tho=e in the lower part of tile county. Let's have fair deal. The Prosperity correspondent of thc Observer asks through the Observer "1 it true that the inventor of the Auger it a Newbeirian." Call on Mr. W. A. Moseley who has the first auger that was ever invented in his possession as a keep sake, and he will give some information. Our Jalapa correspondent seems to bc shang hands with farmer Til.lman or the grand reform movement of the State government. We are always ready tc unite with every endeavor to reform o: improve.- We are very muuchi intereste( in the welfare of the farming interest oj our State, anld feel that when the farm. ing interest, in connection with thi poorer class generally, is not the firs1 consideration in the management of : government, that such state of thing: deserves to be corrected, not only- fo: the benefit of such classes, but for tht whole state. Farming is very necessary and so is many other vocations of life, which needs the assistance of good gov einent, that we may be a prosperom: people. Then with a broad plank prin ciple Set forth for a better government, with lowver taxation, we can look for, ward with some degree of success. Bucklen's Armea Salve. The Best S'.lve in the world for Cuts, Sores Bruises. Ulcers, Salt Rhieum. Fever Sores, Tet ter, Chapped Hands, Chiliblains, Corns, an< all skin Eruptions, and positively cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisftaction, or money refundUed Prie '6 cents per box. For sale by Dr. S. F TEACH ERS' DEPA 1 ENT. ingP ods C. W. WELCII, A. 31., EDITOR. by '1 I A Successful Meeting. int obj, We arc very much gratified to be abl able to report a very successful meet- sta ing of the Teachers' Association last the Saturday. There wcre not less than he twenty-five teach;rs present, and Asl every one seemed to be satisfied with str, Ithe day's work. The day itself was w clear and beautiful; and, excepting Wei the fact that the early morning was ge rather frostv, the weather could not be have favored with m>re smiles the est cause in. which we arc all engaged. pie Mr. Caldwell read a very excellent an te paper on "The Model School House." th To insure successful work, the teach- it L er and his pupils must have a con-p fortable house in which to attend to to thir duities. This house should be hin frame,!. and elled on the inside. The niz windows should be large, and the efI quantity of light entering the room els regulated by blinds. Heat should to I be furnished by a stove. These are ed some of the many advanced ideas hiul that Mr. Caldwell gave us, and we do th. na think that they s'-ould take deep ula root and become fruitful. During il the discussion of the paper, it be- if I came manifest that the teacher, who wi would content himself to teach in a coy log-house, that gave to protection wO in cold weather and was even unfit haI for almost any purpose, was himself thi largely to blame. A committee con- Cdl sisting of G. G. Sale, A. P. Pifer, th and Miss Nellie Chapman was ap- tea pointed to report a plan at the i,ext eXl meeting for The Model School- Pul House. kn Mrs. 11ail being absent the discus- th f sion of 'The Necessity for a Uni formity of Text-books- was post- of poned till next meeting. Prof. cat Welch then delivered a lecwure on Pic "pemanslhip." le explained on the m' black-board the priaciples of the chi Spencerian systein and gave his ex- Pil periences in teaching the method. s Quite a long discussion followed. A he good deal of interest was manifes:ed R ni in the discussion; and the cause of WO those who believe in a system of chirog-the raphy for teaching writing in our re. common schools lost none of its 1 friends. th The Query-hox was noi opened as id the discussions of the above topics bi consumei all the time of the meet -We are satiisfied with the meeting. te Some of our teachers now know each W other better. Those of us who are .h. willing to learn and who were able idi to attend the meeting derived much benefit. Let us all take great hope and prepare ourselves for more efficient mc work. - Our Communications. thI We publish in this issue, an article r on '-The New Method of Teaching 13 pa Reading" from the pen of one of our b most successful teachers, and we are b quite sure the new method deserves the careful consideration and the fair trial of every progressive teacher. D( What the writer says in its favor may be relied on. We know where- ( of we speak. when we say that this cer teacher's views are worth the con- e sideration which we think they will tai roe receive. lati We are also pleased to introduce ma to our readers through the article on obj the question "Do we Read Letters to I or Entire Words?" by~ the Rev. Prof. of' Voigt. We ask that you give this hat: .ec teachers views careful nttention, as the it is the beginning of a series of ar- 5 tiles on the correct method of teach- ma ing spelling. The different articles ont may be b)y different individuals, me an For Teacher's Departmecnt. wa The New Method of Teaching ~ Reading.(w me By the new method we presume wh that those intereste-d kn:ow that we ent mean that method in which the first we step in a child's school life is to ex- Do ercise his p)erceptive faculties by pre-he seting an object and making an ex- q ue aminationm of it; then, to proceed hes from that to practice him in imitating per a model until a reasonable degree of onc accuracy is secured and a quick re- gui cognition is acquired. ji We hav-e taught thme old way, we ler now adopt the new. We believe theju new way superior to the old. There I is something attractive and stimu- rca lating to the pupil in this object s@~ teacing, consequently lie advances ofl at more rapidly and with more ease. If properly taught by the new mvth- of od, in the same time that he can liar memorize the alphabet, gain an idea tha -of the sounds of the letters, and begin fan to spell well by the old method, he neC -will have learned all this and will besu able to read simpljle sentences and to bot write them. lug Moreover, this object teaching is ple exercising the powers of the mind as nar nature exercises them; it is the natu- the ral way for a child to gain knowledge. bac ae All that he has learned at home has me; -been by the use of that first mental cor power, called perception. The first rec steps in school life should be a con- Cor tination of this home method. sig - rec As far as we can we will now give me; the method as we have used it. No eg definite plan can be followed in every co instnce,muc mus be eftto te ea muity of the teacher. Ali meth of teaching must be re-enforced >riginality. 'he first step in this method is to rest the child by presenting an !ct with which he has a consider 3 degree of familiarity. For in ice, show him a hat. Ask him name of it, get him to tII what sees about the hat before hiiim. C him abou: his hat. wlihtir it is Lw or wool, where he wears it, tt he does with it w lei he is not xring it, &e. Questions will sug t themselves. Every effort must :nade to get the little pupil inter Ad. Draw a picture. or show a Lure, of a hat. Print the word hat I tell him that the- word stands for object hat, and wherever he sees e can call it hat. 'Require him to t it on his slate. .4is attempts .nitate the model Will famil;:irize I with thei word an he will rcog e it at sight as a whole. Hi's first >rts to print the word will be little than broken lines. Bie prepared 7raise. Encourage him to repeat trials, but never tire him nor -ry him. Keep him interested, t interest will be a sufficient stii nt. The first steps are necessa r slow, give him a week, or longer ie needs it, to print the first word hi tolerable accuracy. Tiis ae alished, we give him the sail" rd in the plainest script. lie will e but, little work to imitate 3 model. Now we tell him repeat v the three letters that compose word; this is not common in chling the word method, but in our erience it is better. Thei little >i finds it a kind of pleasure to >w that the first character is !, and .t he can make it, so with A and T. Che next step is to give a short list words, with the sani vowel; as , rat. bat. The teacher must show tures, if ohJects are not used, st be ever on the alert, or the Id's interest will be lost. The pu must recoguize the new wor,ls at lit, and learn to write them bf)re goC fur-her. He must learn c, Ld B, the first letters ol' the new rds. Now we put A before one of words, A HAT or A C..T. lie will .d the expression at a glance. re it becomes necessary to teach child to recognize at sight an om. The simplest is IT 1;; com1 e this witli the expression A UAr, king the simple sentence I IS A T. FTe child will read this sen Le very readily. He wil: write it hout feeling it a task; of course must have a model. Combine the on with the other words he knows. is now fairly begun. Up) to this nt he goes easily without a b)ook. Shave found Swintoni's Primer a st valuable help in teaching this y method. n using a book with a beginner, re is one difficulty which only the atest care can avoid; if'not close watched the child will memorize a ;e of simple expressions and not able to recognize at sight one rd on that page. A. C. For Teacr' Depart ment. >We Read Letters, or Entire Words? lur mind, perceive objects by noting tain marks or chiaracters. We per l a house by taking note of cer 1 signs, as the walls, windows, doors, f, etc., as they exist in a certain~ re on. As man perceives objects by rks or signis, so also can he represent ects by signs in order to bring them ls mind. Thus language is a system rocal signs, which by their mutual re on express the relations of t he oh srepresenitedl by the sign;. And c signs again can be represe'nted by is of another class. Written sigus y stand( for vocal signs. But whether set of signs or many sets are used to Jate between a perceiving mind and object perceived, the mind in every perceives by means of signs. o when we real, we-recognize words ich in their turn stand for ide:s) by is of signs. No the questi:on at.her we read by separate l tters or ire words has its answer in the reply give to this more general question: we sec the marks by which we recog 3an object simultaneously ? As un itatingly as we answer this latter stion in the affirmative, just so un itatingly do we say that we (do not ceive all the marks of an object at e. Sometimes we may not distin h enough marks to form a correct gment. But generally we have no iculty in recognizing a su~tficient num of signs at the same time to form a gment of the object. i the samc way the mind operates in Lng. The mind notes the written is. If it takes in a sufficient number he signs in their correct relation, it nec forms a judgment of the word. t not necessary to take especial note very letter. Objects that are fami to us are recognized by fewver marks n those that arc new. We recognize miiar words by fewer sounds than v words. Familiar words may he iciently indicated by the few sih,ms of abbreviation. We n:ay read some ly's handwritinmg without uindlerstand half the single letters. Some peo read Hebrew, where only the conso Ltal sounds arc written. In reading, mind takes note of a sufficient nunm of the signs and forms its judgnment ordingly. As we may perceive the ining of spoken words in spite of in reet pronunciation, so we may cor tly read written words in spite of in reet spelling. Beside the incorrect ithere are a sufficient n:umber of cor tonies to form a judgment of what is it. Sometimes we do not even per re the error. And where we do re nize a typographical error, for in -ie,i is roably ecaue the whole word "does not look right"; that is to say, we probably first perceive that the sign, which we do notice are not in thei proper relation. rather than we perceiv( that any single lettrr or sign by itself h incorrect. We perceive a sufficient number o: signs sinultaueously to read a wholt word at once. Indeed skillful reader! seem to !ake in a whole line at a time The fao th:t we reall words and group4 of word at a !;/ahne and siniult:ineousl] is evidit Eroni the fact I hat we ean reat a iooderately narrow columin of prin ft-ter than the same amount of matte: in a wide page. If we read letter fo: letter the glance of the eye would movi steadily along the line, and it woul move at the same pace on long as oi short lines. But as little as the hand of a clock move forward by a continu onS motion, just as little do the eye move forward in an unbroken line. Th eye moves over the page by starts. 1 glance falls on a line and then on th next; or it falls at the beginning of line and then at the earl, and at ever glae a large nm'ber of signs re seizei by the iind and construed according t, O,i r rela! un. A nilain that can take ii at one gance a line of cight word. wil necesarily read more slowly when b has to expend two glances on a line c twle words. Although we believe that the mind S mu1t:eously notes such signs and sue relations of signs as are necessary t form a judgment of words and group of words, nevertleless the mind canno know a word without knowing a sufi ci -nt number of the literal signs whic' repre-ent it. No object can be pe ceived ara rt from its marks. On th other hai, it is not necessary to knoi all the ma:irls of a thing before the thin) ean be k:own at all. All the letter need not be known before a person cai begin t; read. One may learn the wor, 'i' and ano iether letter or combino tionl of letter., an.1 yet he may read th ylable in correctly any number of time and in any number of combinations. A. G. VoIGT. B E CA LIH L -THE - EST TONICS 3 Tis mdic ne, combining Iron with pure vegetable toM(s, quickly and completely Cures Dympe-da, In-digestion, Weaknes, I mpure Blood, Malarin,Chills and Fevets, iti an unfailing remedy for Diseases of the K~lney-4 andjAver. It is ,nab f rverr Diseases peculiar to Women, and all who lead sedentary lives. It does not in~ ure the teeth, cause headache,Or produce consti pat ion--oli e rn medicines do. It enriches a nid puirfies the blood, stimulates thec apnetite. n ids t he assimilation of food, re liaves Iearthutrn and Belching, and strenlgth c:ns the mu~srIes and nerves. For Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack 0f En:ergcy, &c., it has no equal. --h The genuine has above trade mark and ei royss I red lines on wrapper. Take no other. y.iy,y ImoWNCHiEMICAL Co .BLTl1oKE, D. Spartanburg Land fo: Sale. I have 230 acres of good land in t ulper part of Spartanburg Coumnty which I will sell at a bargain, or es change for other property in this count) The land lies well and there is not on acre on the place that is not tenabli There is a creek. with a good mill shoa Thre are two branches and good cree and branch bottoms; the place is we ditched ; and there is plenty of the ber iron spring water and three well There are four settlements of goc houses, plenty of timber, and there ha been a consid'erable quantity of gold du on the place, and perhaips there may b rich gold mines there. There are goo schools and four churches near enou,g to attend, there are also two stores witi in three miles of the place. 1-0-ti B. H. L OVE LACE. Jewelry, Clocks, SILVER PLATED WARE, Pocket and Table Cutlery 1i1UIGL INSTRUE1NTS, Wtch Reparing a Specialty EDUJARD) 80HOLTZ, Newberry, S. C. 1-13-tf. FESH1 FISH OYSTE RS ARRIVING EVERY DAY BY EXPRESS. Orders promptly filled for familie: and delivered in any part of the cit free of charge. COAL! COAL Also on hand, and sold at reasonabi prices, either by the ton or barrel. We will also keep on hand a sufliciell quantity of o upply the town and the surrount ing country. FRANCIS HJALLETT & CO., O-24-ti Newberry, S. C. An Old Citizen. Speaks. Mr. J. M1. Norris. an old resident of Romne Ge sLys that he had been badly troubled with Kit ney Complaint for a great many years arx with Eczamna f..r many years; at times coil scarcely walk and hadt tried many remnedit wittout benciit. until he began taigElectri Bitters and anointing his hands od fet wit Bucklen's Arnica Salve. This treatment a ford'd him great relief and he strongly recon mends Electric Bitters to all who suffer wii Kidney Complaints or need a Blood Purifie: Sold byDr. S. F. Fant. 12 30-1m. A 1805. THE HER Subscri will from week to w( Sixteen Pages One HI filled with the latestr The amount and cha will surpass that of a To appreciate th every article and con get from other publ may be told in a fe columns of the HER Town and Local nev WITH 12 The best news of the vantage thus secure and we intend that NE WS by subscripti< returns as the most f render. Our column Sin which you may be make the HERALD record the current week in your sectio appreciated by us a valuable to you. As an advertising medium i years it has visited the homes of through which the official advert the only paper which printed th< Sgiver, it will continue tc be the n1 JOB D We print Bill Heads, Lette Legal Blanks, Hand Bills, D)odg prc2s. 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