The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 13, 1910, Image 3

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?THK SCHOOL: HOW THE HOME Rf Mr*. K. L. Steven*. Wmt Itnloigh, The dintrlct school lacks dignity and soi lal prestige. The graduates , ot colleger, academies and town or otty high sc hools take pride In their slma mator," but apart from a j weak sentimentality for "the little red echoolhouse." no one feels am keen satisfaction because of his re- j latton to tbe district school. The ef? fect upon Um men and women look? ing hack nfOg their school life Is net euch a serious matter, but It Is a very serious matter that country children at an early age outgrow their respect for the country school and do n<>t wish to attend It. A gentleman not long ago visited a country school and asked this question of the 26 boy and girl mem? bers: "How many of you like to Ihre In the country? Raise your hands all who like to live In the oeaatry." One hand was timidly raised. Then In answer to the quea tlea, "How many do not like to live In the country?" 26 hands were preauptly raised. The one child who liked to live In the country was a cOJId visiting for a few weeks in the eesjatry. w%# Are You Not Proud of Your School. Jl !ack of pride in the country ecStool, and country life In general eeesns to me to account for the gen? eral unrest smong the youth of our rural communities. The country school of the past has failed of its miaaion, of that there can be no question. Today In many localities It is still a barren. Isolated, unkept place. Manv lines of effort are need? ed to make the country school all it should be. but I wish only to em? phasise what may be accomplished through a community working in co-operation for the liest interests of the school. The teacher of the country school la usually town ?>r city bred, with little or no Intereat or understand? ing of rural conditions. If she is eaoeeesful. she I? quite likely to be tranatVi the graded schools of the town. Thus the corps of rural teachers In a constantly shifting pop? ulation, and because of this fact there Is always an element of un? certainty about a succeeding Instruc? tor which works a constant disad? vantage to the school. The country will never comp t. with the town in the employment and retention of the beat of the teaching profession until our country districts are consolidated, thus making possi? ble a graded school with the equip? ment auch as we find in an up-to date graded school system of the city or town. i i Ii ? arm? r \\ ho hid Not Read an I duration. A teacher Interested in country ! life can do much to bring about an ' atmosphere of wholesome content? ment. but th?? selection of muteria! for study i . not left with the leath? er. The ? .-iit- - oi tu ly of the ( '. Hi try school In the p ist has been whol? ly untiitted to um needs el the boys and girls. p..-< ms.. the subje? t.< taught In the country sehool have lHH?n e?? far removed from the life of the farm bag ;md girl, there ha* com?- about tie- vry general in. preaslon that a hoy or girl who is t . remain on the farm dors not ne??d an education. I met t6M ggsji youth not long hge who told me with pride that despite the loss of his fit her. with a widow? ed mother t > i are tor. he had boon aide to educate an o| l.-r brother for the legal profcaelon. ! was mu< h Interested In hi-.int of nl.? strug? gles and bis successes, out It seeme I ?P?lte time that lo- was making gagai preparation i >r Ins Iii.- work, gg I asked. "And when and where will you attend college?" Quite >air prieed cam?? his reply. ' ??h. I am going to be Just a farmer, so I do not need an education. Nothing has s,, worked to disad? vantage to the profession of farmiruc as s profesaion. as Just such senti? ments as these \ Si-li<ml Unit Did Not Train for Life It was my privilege to visit 'i country a< hool sometime since, and the things that I saw there were so representative of the country school in general that 1 must speak of th. m Tho echoolhouse was coinparatlwk new but had seen mu h thoughtless abuae; the grounds wer- In disorder. overgrown with v.|h and strewn with school-room litter, tin ,?ut bulldtnga were filthy und unvinitar>. the conditions Inside the *? h ml houae wen? little better. A bright, Interested teacher and devoted pu plla were the reedeemlng featur -.s one group of pupils industriously r> - citing upon l?ntin de< b-nsions, and another group dihgentlv copyitig Oreek pa**agcs from tin- blackboard. Whose fault i-? It that this sort of ? ?ndltion exists in our country school* today ' Surely it Is not the fault of the pupils, n .t the fault ol the teacher, for the things she must teach are outlined for I he | sachet in advance. Scarcely can It be consid? ered the fault of those who outline the course of study, for they are more than likely city trained men and have only the city point of view. It seems to me the people who are to be held a<-countable for the lack of efficiency in our country schools are the patrons?the fathers and mothers whose children attend this j same school. And this leads me to the main point?the co-opeiati>n of i the parents In making tho country sail >ol a real success. The l>uty of the Parent to the School. I have repeatedly asked parents when visiting school neighborhoods, "Have you a good school?" Very often the reply Is, "No, we have not much of a school. The teacher docs not take much Interest," or "The teacher has favorites," or "We do not like the teacher," some such answer, which shows that the speaker has no Interest or knowledge or wish to co? operate In making the school a good one. Now a school is a community matter and a community responsi- j hlilty and no force should be strong enough to interfere with the efficien? cy of this best of institutions. If the teacher is weak* and poorly equip? ped, all the more reason then why the patrons should rally around that school and see to it that because of the misfortune of a poor teacher the school itself shall not suffer. Personalities and petty grievances have no place when it is a question of the education of the boys and girls for future citizenship You know as well as I of numerous in? stances of foolish parents who have S Ithdrawn their children from school, perhaps for an entire term, because perchance some one was so unwise as to laugh at or ridicule a peculiarity of manner or dress in a member of the family, or because of a real or imagined grievance against the teacher. You know, and I know, of Instances of children being kept at home throughout an entire term because the parents had a grievance, reft] or fancied, against another m hool patron. The boys and girls who are being deprived of school advantages today because of petty neighborhood mis? understandings real or fancied ? rongs. will have a number of se? rious questions to ask their parents | a few years hence when they face a \\<>rk-a-day world unequipped for their duties. It should he the business of every I ithor and mother in every school neighborhood to sea to it that the I hool attendance is 100 per cent for the school term. It must be borne in mind that Bht absent pupil retards the prosjresa ot* the entire school, if parent is zealous for t r-? advance? ment of his child, he can secure thrt end by seeing to it that his neigh? bor's children are also in their places. Nothing no handicaps the progress of the school as irregular attendance, Organise Your Community to Work Tor a Cotter School, There is no fOFCS that will do more to make the country school what it should be than an organ? ised body of sohool patrons who know what constitutes an efficient sohool and who an- pledged to s< e that their sohool fulfills the condi? tions. There are three organisations of wonu n throughout the South that have done efficient work for our schools The Woman's Association for the Rettcrment of Public Schools. The School Improvement League, and the Woman's Partners' Institute. if ? no of these organizations could e\ i-it in every school neighborhood, with the united support of every school patron, there is no limit to the possibilities of the country SChOOl, These patrons WOUld see to it that education prepares for life and for a special line of life. They would see to it that education be both broad and practical; that the s hool environment be sanitary as Well as beautiful. Then WS shall have .1 school in the country that Will appeal to the imagination of the country hoys and girls and will LroUSt tin ir enthusiasm f<>r greater Intellectual attainment- ?Progressive Partner. ?A frightful Wreck "t trsln? automobil! <>r buggy may luse cuts, bruises, abrasions, sprains or wounds that demand Bucklen's Arnica Balve?earth's greatest healer. Quick relief and prompt curt results. 1 or hums, bolls SOrei Of till kinds. i sems, chapped hands and ups. sort or corns, Its supreme. Surest pile c ure. Us, at Sibcrt's I h ug ?tore, "Mistah Johnson" seems t'? lie shout the most famous Texan noa living Charleston News and Cou? rier. The gray Is get out ot self-love is to love ?Jod Phillipe Brooks ?When the stomach fails to per? form ItS functions, tht bowels be ootns deranged, the liver and the kidneys congested csuslng numerous discuses. The stomach and liver must be restored to ? health) condition and Chamberlain's Btomsch and Llvi r Tablets can be depended upon to do It. Kasy to take and most effective. Sold by W. W. Slbert. CORN CLUB PICNIC. Boy Fanners and Tlieir Friends En? joy Day at YVedgoileld. DalStll, R. F, D. July 7.?In be? halt of the Boys' Corn Club, I wish to ptlbllely thank the people of Wedgefleld for the delightful way in Whioh they entertained the Club and their friends. It rained, as you know how it can rain on the Fourth, but it did not dampen the ardor of those enthusiastic people. Long will the boys and the friends of the Club re? member the way in which the people of Wedgefleld acquitted themselves. tor. Hi Lee Scarborough, a mem? ber of the executive committee of the "Corn Club," delivered an address which was delightfully interesting to the grown people and it should have stimulated the boys present, to their best effort in preparing themselves for their life work. The business port of the meeting was then taken up and it was ex? plained how the land should be measured and under what rules the corn should be gathered. For the benefit of the boys who were absent these rules will be published later. After a sumptuous dinner and after the rain, a game of ball was played between the St. Charles and Wedge? fleld teams. Rain interfered and the game was called In the middle ot the fifth inning with Wedgefleld in the I lead. J. Frank Williams. liny Fever and Asthma. ?Bring discomfort and misery to many people but Foley's Honey and Tar give ease and comfort to the suf? fering ones. It relieves the congest? ion in the head and throat and is soothing and healing. None genuine but Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package. Slbert's Drug Store. There is no sanctuary of virtue like home.?Edward Everett. ?Soreness of the muscles, whether Induced by violent exercise or injury, is quickly relieved by the free appli? cation of Chamberlain's Liniment. This liniment is equally valuable for muscular rheumatism, and always af? fords quick relief. Sold by W. W. Slbert. The invincibility of the Colonial falls at the first test.?Rochester j Herald. ?The world's most successful medi? cine for bowel complaints is Cham? berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It has relieved more pain and suffering, and saved more lives than any other medicine in use. In? valuable for children and adults. Sold by W. W. Sibert. It will cost $500 hereafter to swear in Virginia. Grumbling about the w.athcr and kicking the family cut are the only solace to the poor man. I?Rochester Democrat and Chroni? cal. ?Those Pies of Boyhood. How delicious were the pies of boy? hood. No pies now ever taste so 'good. What's (hanged? the pies? 1 No, its you. You've lost the Btrong, healthy stomat h, the vigorous liver, the active kidneys;, the regular bowels Of boyh.I, Your digestion is poor and yon blame the food. What's needed? A complete toning up by Electric Litters of all organs of di . geatlon?stomach. Liver Kidneys, j Bowels?Try them. They'll restore I your boyhood appetite and apprecia? tion of food and fairly saturate your body with new health, strength and Vigor. 50c, at Bibert's Drug Store. Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP an 1 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION. The examination for the .award of vacant scholarships In Winthrop Col? lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 1, at n u. m. Applicants must be not less than fifti en years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 1 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examin? ation, provided they meet the condi? tions governing the award. Appli? cants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the ex? amination for Scholarship examina? tion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 21, 1910. For furth? er Information and catalogue, address Pres. I). B. Johnson, Rock Hill. S. C. VERY LOW RATE EXCURSION To Jacksonville and Tampa Florida. From points in Eastern North and South Carolina, the Atlantic Coast Line win sell, on Tuesday. July 12, round trip tickets, at very low rates, to Jacksonville and Tampa, Florida, Tickets w ill be sold for all trai is on that day, limited to return, to rent h original starting point, on or before Tuesday, July 19, 1010. The round trip fares from Bumter will be $6.00 to Jacksonvlle, and 18.00 t?? Tampa, with corresponding low rates from other points In tbe radius nam? ed. For folders, schedules and further Information call on M. H. Dickey, Ticket Agent, Atlantic Coast Line, Bumter, or write to T. C, White. Gen? eral Passenger Agent, W. J. Cralg, Passenger Traffic Manager, Wilming? ton. N. C, FRICTION. What Causes It and What Would Hap. pan Without It. What Is friction really caused by? Why will two things in contact not slip over each other easily? It is be? cause every substance known to science has teeth; microscopic, it is true, but still teeth. The result, then, is ob? vious. If we shove a book across a table the teeth of the book Interlock with the teeth of the table Just as cog? wheels do. and the push bus to be I strong enough either to bend them enough or to break them off for the motion to continue. It has actually been observed in a microscope that if the push is only a slight one and moves the book only a short distance, ?es the procure of the hand being removed the bVtbk actually jumps back to its former position This action is a slight bending of the two sets of teeth, only not far enough for them to lose their relaitve posi? tions, and their elasticity on being re? leased makes the book fly back. It has been shown that this friction is not so much bet* cen different bod? ies as between bodies of the same ma? terial. One Industrial application of this is the bearings for steel axles. They are made of brass Instead of steel. j In some things we want as much I friction as possible and in others as little. The former Is Illustrated in the friction between an engine wheel and the track, sand sometimes being pour? ed on the track to Increase the friction. The latter case is illustrated in all bearings where rotating metal is in contact with stationary metal, some limes ball bearings being substituted, thus lessening the friction. Many peculiar things would happen If there was no friction. AJl screws In r ood would Immediately twist back? ward rapidly and shoot out into the air; trains could not run save on cog? ged rails, which would probably be necessary above as well as below, thus having four rails Instead of two; build? ings would rumble down, and new ones could not b? built unless molded in place like Edison's or else riveted to? gether. People would have to wear shoes with long spikes In them and then have to be careful, for dirt grains would slip over one another easily and would act like deep sand. But one great thing would happen?machines would run at 100 per cent efficiency, would give out as much energy as was put into them.?Lawrence Hodges in New York Tribune. THE SPEAKER'S MACE. Ancient Emblem Us?d In the House of Representatives. With all Its dignity, its senatorial courtesy and the forms and cert mo? nies that always are observed, the sen? ate is far behind the house of repre sentafive3 in the matter of one anti? quated piece of furniture. The senate has no mace Now. a mace is not much in the way of furniture. It is a silver eagle mounted upon a staff around which are bands of silver. This mace is always mu emblem of ( the house of representatives. It is the , duty of one employee to look after it .lust before a session of the house he ? gins he tnkes it from the office of the sergeant at-orms Into the bouse cham? ber, and ;is soon as the speaker's gavel falls he inserts it in :t socket III a stone pillar :it i he right of the speak er*i chair The muce remains there I while the house is in session and is taken out and stood beside its pedes? tal when the house is In committee of the whole. W hen the Uou*e adjourns the mace is curried hack to the office of the sergeant at-arms. This ancient emblem has not a tiling . to do with the order of business ol the I bouse, save as one of the old time Peg* [ Illations that are continued When the , house is turbulent an officer seizes the I mace and walks through the aisles. Only once or twice when the speaker failed to preserve order have 1 seen an officer seize the mace and walk throuuh the house, waving it back? ward and forward. Possibly the sight , of it brought members to their seuses and they retired to their scats. At ali events, rhst is a bout the only real use for the mace that 1 ever have observ? ed.?Washington Cor. St. Louis Star. ! i ? Sensitiveness of the Phcr.e. Preece bus calculated that an audi? ble sound is proditVed in a telephone by a current of (5 to 10.13 amperes, and ? Pellat has calculated that a sound is j produced by a difference of potential ? between the two stations amounting I to only one two-thousandth volt. These statements give some idea of the great j sensitiveness of the modern telephone. but the sensitiveness of the human i ear, which perceives the invisible vi I bratiou of the telephone diaphragm, is I no less remarkable.?Washington Star. j An Unfamiliar Alias. j There may bo nothing in a name, but the American traveler of whom the Living Church tells found at least confusion therein, lie had landed at j Liverpool and hastened out of the city ; to a rural village, where he found a charmingly old fashioned Inn which I delighted his soul. It was late when \ he arrived, and when he asked what he could have for supper the buxom landlady suggested minced COllops. lie j ogreed with enthusiasm, the dish I sounded so romantic, so Robin Hoodsy, j so almost mediaeval. And what do I you suppose they brought bim? ?Tust plain hash! The Judge's Joke. Sheriff Guy is responsible for a court of session story. Once when the pres? ent lord justice. Clerk, was conduct? ing a Jury trial he made a small jest. The audience thought it its duty to laugh. "Silencer' shouted the macer In measured tones. "There's nothing to laugh at!"?Westminster Gazette. BROWN'S PARTNER. The All Around Genius That Would Just Fill the Bill. The following is quoted from the American Magazine and is sigued by H. Lee: "Here's the whole thing in a nut? shell," said Brown to me "1 am now twenty-eight years old. have my own business and have brought it to such a state that 1 have decided to take s partner." "Take one," answered I. "There's the rub," he gave back. "My partner must be such an all around knowing one that I'm afraid I'll have hard work to fill the posi? tion. "My partner must be able to make laws and to enforce them, must be able to carry out complicated chemical work, must be a skilled mechanic, must know something of economics, must be able to buy wares of all kinds with due consideration of my finances and must be able to do tailoring of a kind if necessary.*' "Hold on, Brown!" said ^ "Are you dippy, as the vulgarians say?" "No," replied he, "I want a wife. Look around among your friends and see if any one man among them could do all that a good housewife should be able to do. She must make just laws for the family and enforce them. She must understand the complicated proc? esses of cookiug. Making, mending, washing, ironing and otherwise car? ing for the clothing of a family re? quire mechanical skill. Bringing up a child properly requires far more knowledge and wisdom than selling dry goods of standard makes and prices year after year. Where are more science and skill required than in the sickroom? And if the wife does not know how to do all of these things how can she direct the work of her paid help, especially if the help knows less than she does?" "My dear boy," said I, "do the way 00 per cent of us do?marry and trust to luck." SAVAGE ATHLETICS. Csnsry Islanders Who Would Have Made Good Ball Players. In this age of athletics one might think that no people ever showed so much Interest In feats of muscular might and skill as those who have per? fected football, but modern games, and even the games of the Greeks at Olympia, may have been more than matched by the sports of peoples now heid in light esteem. We have the ac? counts of excellent authorities for the contention that the athletic training of ^Canary islanders makes ev m the col? lege giants of today seem weak and effeminate. These islands came into subjection to Spain about the time Columbus dis? covered America. The conquest was due solely to the superiority of Euro? pean weapons and not to bettor skill and prowess. Native soldiers were trained athletes developed under a sys? tem that hold athletic sports to be an important business, like military drill, i Spanish chronicles have left accounts j of sports of the Islanders. From baby i hood they were trained to be brisk in self defense As soon as they could toddle the children were pelted with mud balls that they might learn how to protect themselves. When they were boys stones ami wooden darts were substituted for bits of clay. In this rough school they acquired the rudiin? nts of warfare which en? abled ibem during their wars to catch in their hands the arrows shot from their enemies' crossbows After the conquest of the Canaries a native of the islands was seen at Se? ville who. for a silver piece, let a man throw at him as many stones as he pleased froi i a distance of eight paces. Without moving his left foot he avoid? ed every stone. Another native used to defy any one to hurl an orange at him with so great rapidity that he could not catch it. Three men tried this, each with a dozen oranges, and the Islander caught every orange. As a further test he hit hU antagonists with each of the oranges.? St. Louis Republic. In No Hurry. "Too many people." said a clergy? man "regard their religion as did the little boy in the jam closet. His moth er pounced on him suddenly. He stood on tiptoe, ladling jam with both bands from the jam pot to his mouth. " 'Oh, Jaeky!' his mother cried 'And only last night you prayed to be made a saint!' "His face, an expressionless mask of jam, turned toward her. "'Yes. but not till after i'm dead.' he explained." Bread In Sweden. In Sweden the bread of the people is for the most part hard, thin as a din? ner plate and about the size of one. It is baked without yeast, and the water Is practically all extracted In the proc? ess of baking; hence, relatively per pound of bread, its cost is much high? er than In the common forms of bread as we know them, containing one-half their weight in water that has cost nothing. Loaf bread and rolls in Swe? den are a luxury. Making Time Profitable. "See here," cried the busy merchant, "don't you know ray time is valua ble?" "Well." replied the book agent. "I'm sure It might be variable to me. if you'll give tue tive minutes of It I be? lieve 1 can sell you a set of these books."?Catholic Standard and Times Finding Issues. "We've got to buy a paper if we wish to go in politics." "Sure. Then we'll have a lot of is? sues to offer the people."?St. Louis Star. THE CAMPAIGN. Schedule of Meetings to Be Held hi This State. The following is the schedule of campaign meetings of candidates for State offices and congress for South Carolina: Barnwell?Tuesday, July 12. Hampton?Wednesday. July 13. Beaufort?Thursday, July 14. Walterboro?Friday, July 15. Charleston?Saturday, July 16. St. George?Tuesday, July 19. Orangeburg?Wednesday. July 20. St. Matthews?Thursday, July 21. Manning?Friday, July 22. Monck's Corner?Tuesday, July 26. i Georgetown?Wednesday, July 27. Kingstree?Friday, July 29. Florence?Saturday, July 30. Dillon?Tuesday, August 2. Marion?Wednesday, August 3. Conway?Thursday, August 4. Columbia?Saturday, August 6. Union?Monday, August 8. Spart anburg?Tuesday, August ?? Gaffney?-Wednesday, August 10. Greenville?Thursday, August 11. Plckens?Friday, August 12. Walhalla?Saturday, August 13. Week off to attend reunion of Con j federates and Red Shirts at Spartan : burg, if desired, on August 17 and IS. Anderson?Monday, August 22. Abbeville?Wednesday, August 24. Greenwood?Thursday, August 25. Laurens?Friday, August 26. Newberry?Saturday, August 27. A fool must now and then be right by chance.?Cooper. A Few Short Weeks. ?Mr. J. S. Bar tell, Edwardsville, Ind., writes: "A few months ago my kidneys become congested. I had severe backache and pain across the kidneys and hips. Foley Kidney Pills promptly cured my backache and corrected the action of my kid? neys. This was brought about after i my using them for only a few short I weeks and I can cheerfully recom I mend them." Sibert's Drug Store. Uncle Was Right. "Do you see the horizon yonder, where the sky seems to meet the earth?" "Yes, uncle." "Boy, I have journeyed so near there that I couldn't put a sixpence between my head and the sky." "Oh, uncle, what a crammer!" "It's a fact my lad. I hadn't one to put."?Tit-Bits. NASAL CATARRH. Henry L. Rraton Says It i<? Fasv to Get JIM of. "My head, nose and glands leading to my eyes and nose were stopped up 1 and swollen. I tried several so-ca'Jed catarrh cures, but Hyomei, used thor-? oughly did the curing. There is noth? ing too good to say in favor of Hy? omei. It cured my nasal catarrh."?? Henry L, Britton, Frost St., Eaton Rapide, Mich. Hyomei (.pronounced Hgih-o-nie) cures catarrh, because it gets where the germs are, and destroys thorn. It is made of Australian eucalyptus* mixed with other healing antiseptics. When breathed over the irritated and inflamed membrane, it gives relief in two minutes. Csed regularly for a few weeks it will build up and heal the germ in? fested membrane and drive out ca? tarrh. 1 If you own a small Hyomei pocket inhaler, you can get a bottle of Hy om< i at druggists everywhere or at DeLorme's Pharmacy for only 50 rents. If you do not own a Hyomei inhaler, psk for a complete outfit, the price of $1.00. It is guaranteed to cure catarrh, coughs, colds, eroup <>r sore throat or money back. 4-27?5-9-18?W. Foley Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor? rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. 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