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Superintendent Archer'i
t Paper Read at Colunibia.
of the Most Interesting- Feaof,the
Proceedings at the
i^^^Meetlng of the AssoJ
W?rk'"
' i ./ /Following is a resume of a
J( ? > papei read by Superintendent
'1 H. P. Archer. "Parental ' Co\
^toperation in School Work," before
the Association of City
/Superintendents at their annual
Jmeeting in Columbia, December
V As a superintendent of public
? ^hools I h&ve often found my
T Vf asking the question, "What
\nost needed to make their
I wJteuccess?" and after years
1 of 7wj|t>n and close observance
X i Beached the conclusion
tha?B Parenl^l co-operation
Hfc ? wityBeachers. Almost every
yea? Besses ,fhe erection of
somMScboo^Upuse seemingly
fault*1 desigWand construction*
Wsupplied with furniture
aar?arf ftmpUiwi'
^?-^jSatffnest,painstaking and
CTpall^ive; the trustees are
Pr?ijtnetic, active and zealous,
despite all ^this the reanfH?f
the school's work are
^ Altogether satisfactory.
n?tfv, why is this so?
fliswer, because of the want
-^Irental co-operation. If the
Joiner be what he ik often said
5eje, "Unus in loco parentis,"
J if the authority with which
janls invested is delegated to him
P3Pthe parent, then it follows
. r?t the relation which they susi
f!fn, the one to the other, is reciprocal,
and if reciprocal then
jHmposes certain duties and ob-^ations
upon parents and teachJ*
Mm t a^^e- us verY briefly
, \sider what are some of the
^l^)r.\es and obligations which this
w ~<iprocal relation imposes. And
' )l t as to the teacher, Without
/' ^J^bt the teacher's first duty is
( tlfILiave a proper appreciation ol
tnjP responsibility of his calling.
1 It should realize that he is re
J ) sfrlmsible for the moral, intel
7 lecltual and, I might say, th<
Jniralnnmant r\f PV0r\
/ p'nysicai ucv^iupiiivni/ v? . w.j
MhL chiild entrusted to his care, an(
shlould remember that he is nol
e?dyial to that development un
- V 1 ^e is imbued with the tru<
v \ / ' the teacher and ha
, ; I Himself for his work b;
{ \ systematic training
1 vteachers there are n
lpn who not only hav
lrepartion for thei
<?--ar,. Jave engaged in it a
^0 Y- 'sjSr r-? stone to what the
I feed to call "somethin
/- f Such persons are n<
I A called "teachers."
/ fper and a very importar
j h:; . , }fithe part of the teach<
/ / #ijmation ?f correct habifc
/ A Wfnce teachp?f
/ E\ lJ is so great thaUPPect
/ /utmost importance-^"'*1 ha
1 Jera. hlKhe whole .lory."
I 1/glfl 1h half wltted. All this m
9 K W|> *true."
r ?t yes'** is'whcn mi#* ?un si
* Jl hai the game was up she sat doi
/ Rcv.md admitted that she had killed M
to Ci]?Jersey. 8he also said that she w
3 * Wi i rxiin^d the truth had come to light."
I "She was raving," said George
' yjK^Srredulously.
"No; she wasn't She told me t
^^kyhole story in the calmest mann
B Bbnt as though she were asking me
J^H^ve a cup of tea. Then she asked i
. ^JMBsend for you and sat down to p]
V JT laMln is desperately anxious
^8 ?tfershuddered and follow
Bawdsey down the gteJra. II 0MB
0
ilARY 3rd
WVur NEW BANKING
le is most cordially in*. :
,
ity for transacting you*
1 want more depositors
pOR LADIE^
Parents should havb #jjjr<J?er
appreciation of the work YrPtne I
I* teacher and ..should reciprocate
that feeling of responsibility
5 which their mutual relation imposes.
They should encourage
the teacher in all his efforts to
- educate their children and should
co-operate with him in all his
plans for advancing their interests.
And how can parents best
I co-operate with teachers in their
work? I answer, by sustaining
their authority, by securing the
regular and punctual attendance '
of their children and by visiting
the school house frequently.
| Unless the authority of the |
vv.?^nci ouauunea mere can be j
no discipline, and without dis-!
cipiine-there can be no school. !
In the school as in the family? j
which latter is after all the edu- j
cational unit?there is authority j
for governing-, and in judging of
school discipline parents as a j
general thing compare it with
that of the family, forgetting
that the authority of the parent
is absolute, while that of the
teacher is only delegated. It is
crue that the teachers in public
schools are in a measure protect- '
ed by tf I rules and regulations
of the t jstees, who employ them, J
but ev I then their authority is ,
someti bs questioned _bv ??~JrTthe
school as in the family
there are certain 'duties and obligations
on the part of the child- ren,
such' as subordination, obedience
and correct deportment,
and the teacher must have au
thonty to entorce tnem.
How often has the authority j
of the teacher been questioned
by a prejudiced and indulgent
parent! Few parents can fairly
; judge of the merits of a case
which they have never witnessed;
their partiality for their children
blinds them to the truth and, instead
of interviewing the teacher,
they condemn him unheard. It
is safe to affirm that whenever
the teacher's authority is questioned
by the parent his influence
on his pupils is most seriously
impaired.
The second way whereby part
ents can co-operate with teachers
[ in their work is by securing the
; regular and punctual attendance
i of their children at school.
J In my opinion there is nothing
, that contributes so much to the
- discouragement of our teachers
- and to the injury of our pupils
j as irregular attendance. How
j can children learn anything who
J are present one day and absent |
t the next? If they nave failed to
_ prepare the lessons assigned for
a a day, how can they be expected
s to prepare those for the day foly
lowing, and especially so if ex.
planatlons necessary to an unn
derstanding of those lessons have
e been made by the teacher durr
ing their absence? If they^hj.
,s required, as they are, iiy - "
1? ? ~ 1 ? ' lr . Vn l\non Mini
y our BCI1UU1S, I U ?" ??
cr we school men say
>t omitted to grat?*Jfr tolJ her"
caprice rtjf* '
it he,| thejjjigjj tt JllMj mtuie gome Borj
ir Wl^rcuse. I remained to hear nc
3. <Uiwe. I knew then that Mrs. Jersej
trd killed ray Percy."
ed "Bat Rhe did not. It was an nccl
Te dent."
In "I know. She explained. But sh<
he was the cause. I was right to kill her
But (or her Percy would have heei
ay alive, I would have been his wife, ant
you, George, would have been my step
iw son."
irn "What did you do next?"
rs. "I went up to my room and reeumei
na my game of patience. 1 Intended t<
Jn hare a talk with Mrs. Jersey the nez
morning, but when I found that ah
htt had struck Margery I came down a
once"?
^ "That was after Uf
"About a quarter past Mrs. Jerse;
was in her room. We talked, and
7 told her what I had heard. She d<
nled It. I pointed to the stiletto whlc
red WMa on *** ut>l9 M proof that th
girl bad been here. lira. Jersey jn#
woz;K of the class room, and ar
noys both pupils^and teachers
Tardiness most generally origi
nates an the habit o? procrastina
tion, ihpt "theif of time," an:
parents too often "encourage it bj
v giving excuses to their cnildrei
$?|or the most trifling causes. In
-Mfctead of allowing them to paj
"" tne penalty, which Ihe rule o:
the school imposes, th?fer ask thai
they be excused. Would thai
all parents could realize the harm
fulness of^ such^a practice^, and
ofi^'r/;?)|r?n!,ua; 8' .
/ $he thu*d and last, .way hs
which parents ban co? Operate
with our teachers in. their work
is by visiting the school house
frequently. By doing so they
! will be enabled- to become aci
quainted with the teacher and to
understand his ways, to sympathize
with him in his management
and to be more charitable
when criticising him. How many
teachers there are who have for
years taught children, whose parents
they have never seen! All
that they know of them comes
through the children, and how
very unsatisfactory must aicK
knowledge always be!
By visiting the school parents
will be enabled to hear fmm tho I
teacher himself, and riot through
written communications, what
progress their children are making,
and should his report be not
the most flattering an opportunity
will be afforded for a frank and
honest conference. The personal
interview and heart to heart talk
will do more good than the most
lengthy epistle. By visiting the
school parents will exhibit a personal
interest in its welfare, and
the more frequent the visits the
greater the interest.
We end as we begun, what is
most needed to make the work
of our schools a success is dot-.
sntal Cr>-r>Tvrv?~-t--' - A
CIRCULAR LETTER.
fo the United Confederate
Veterans.
General Headquarters United
Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Rusk, Texas, Jan. 1, 1905.
"No Nation ever rose so white
and fair,
'None fell so pure of crime." f
"This spotless fame, won by*
the Confederate States during its
brief but brilliant career, is
cherished by every true Confederate
soldier, and held as dear as
life. It is due to those who sacrificed
their lives on the gory
fields of the South, or languished
and died from disease in the j
field, or in inhospitable Northern
prisons, in defense of the right
and honor of their home, that
this reputation and characterization
of the shrine for which they
fell shall be cherished and pre
served^ Many, after surviving
the rigors and dangers of four
years deadly strife, ending valorously
in rebuilding the fortunes
of the South, and as exemplary
citizens, maintaining the dignity
and honor of their sections in
times of peace, have passed over
the river and into the beyond.
The survivors of that war are today
the aged citizens of the coum
try. When they look back^ffc,
the' ensanguined^
closed thi
past. thejjrtrfniiied to face the worst.'
J -"Well, who Is dead and burled, am
Hhe scandal Is laid at rest, unless tha
Bawdsey revives It."
"Oh, you can trust Bawdsey," sah
George, smiling. "He and Lola ar<
quite happy, and she has almost fot
gotten me. I got a letter from Bawd
sey the other day. lie Is acting as hi
wife's agent, and they are making i
, lot of money."
r "All the better. He won't talk abou
that business. By the way, I forgot t
ask you about Ireland's money?"
"The money he left to me? I bar
i settled that on Dorothy. How suddei
ly he died," sold George reflectively
j "Just an hour after I left the bouse."
I "Well, five thousand a year la not t
. be despised. Have you settled It all o
Dorothy?"
"Every penny. Don't you approve?
I Ullt |l'B, BU J U1J& UB urv, TTBI
9 doesn't get it."
"You can def end upon that, air. Bt
t Dorothy will have it?Dorothy, whoi
e I shall see tomorrow crowned wit
t orange blossoms, and"?
Derrington laughed, bnt not nnkim
ly. "Well, well. Better orange bio
y soms than yellow holly."
I George nodded. "I hope never to m
5- yellow holly ugaln," be said, and De
h rington ngree?l. So their conYersatfc
a ended on the threshold of George
d new life with that last reference to tl
m
l- j tion. seeking for relief and suc!.
1 cor, will inevitably turn to the
iri rugged principles of truth and
! honor, so brilliantly enforced and
it exemplified by the Confederate
y "Sbldier, as the rock ef its salvai
tion.
Th: allotted time for many of
/ the veterans is drawing near,
f They have one duty to perform,
t They should see to it that their
t sohs and grandson are enrolled
- in tfcf ranks of the United Sons
I of Confederate 'Veterans, whose
. ?hief duty is to perpetuate the
i Rwar recor^3 ?f those
^?7^ught and those who died
I fft. country.
cultivate the ties of friendly
ship that should exist among
Ithcfce whose ancestors have
shared common dangers, sufferings
and privations.
To encourage the writing, by
, Mflttdipants therein, of the accowSts,
narratives, memoirs, historjfcs-of
battles, episodes and occurrences
of the war between
tfce States.
iHlb gather a lthpnti'n rlofo '
J"'*"' ?* ? W? V VAIA WU 9 O l/ft~
tistics, documents, reports, plans,
maps and other material for
an impartial history of the Confederate
side; to collect and preserve
relics and mementos of
the war; to make and perpetuate
a record of the service of every
member of the United Confederate
Veterans, and, as far as possible,
<?f those of their comrades
who ^have preceded them into
eternity.
To; see that the disabled are J
cared for; that a helping hand is !
extended to the needy, and that ;
needy Confederate Veterans'
widows and orphans are protectedimd
assistad.
To urge and aid the erection of '
enduring monuments to our great ]
leaders andi heroic soldiers, sail- 1
ore arid people, and to mark, (
with suitable headstones, the 1
graves , of Confederate dead ]
and of our fathers, and
to them into association
with four Confederation, that (
they mfty aid us in accomplishing ]
our objects and purposes, and ?
finally succeed us and take up
our work where we may leave it. ;
In this age of commercialism
many have forsaken the teachings
of their fathers, and in pursuit
of wealth have forgotten the ;
many perversions of truth that '
leave a stain on the fair names ;
t>f their ancestors. Many histories
that are taught in our
schools brand the uomeaerate
soldier as a rebel and a traitor.
Did it ever occur to you that
this application is the most odious
that can be applied to man? The
government looks upon a traitor
as being worse than a murderer.
Benedict Arnold was a traitor in
the eyes of the world?there is
no need to speak of his end nor
of history's treatment of his case.
The G. A. R. post at Topeka,
Kansas, on a recent occasion,
expressed the opinion, or rather
made the direct statement, ' 'That
the day would come when the
sons and daughters of the rebels
and traitors would refuse to recognize
them."
If there is no organization of
Sons in your community, see to I
it that one is had at once. If
there is ffnoII* "Salt! that you afff^a
^ <*rtniuvOU8ly sweet woman."
"I always did consider him a man
s of rare discrimination."
f ?
j Doubtful,
t "What Is Ida reputation for truth
and veracity?"
j "Well, he seta himself up ns a weath
B er propnet.
V ' True (o Art.
a Am artist, one of ? ??
_ the Impression- frY)
1st school,
Went walking one yrt r^
it day when the T.
0 weather was **
He slipped on the- /
toe at a trifling inUru / ?
t. depression 1"nr
And, seating him- N
self, made a lev
painful Impres- f\\
0 ?lon.
D
Reason Enough.
" "Willie acts so I am afraid he !
d stck."
"Why, what has he done?"
it "Nothing."
n '
11 Ought to 8t? About It
"That young man la a rare poet."
"* "Indeed! H?a he ever consulted n
* specialist about Itl"
* One Quality.
He married her for money,
,n Andi bo hla frfetida could not
'a Have L-mpathy when It turned out
id' ^hej that was all he pot.
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I F. M. FARR, President.
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Merchants and Pla
Successfully Doing Bus
MB Is th? OLDRST Bank it
B N has a capital and surplt
i g iathnonlv NATIOMAl
a 9 bas paid dividend* "B
I g pays POUR per sent.
B 1 is the only Bank In Uol
I 1 bas Bar?lar-Proof rial
pays more taxes tbaa A
WE EARNESTLY SOL
j
FARMERS WARNED
AGAINST PROPOSAL.
A Plan by Which Cotton
Will be Kept at Low
Water Mark. Practical
Suggestions.
To the Editor of The State:
I have noticed the proposition
of certain cotton merchants in
which they solicit shipments of
cotton from the farmers, offering
free storage with the privilege of
using the cotton in their business
and agreeing to settle for it at
any time desired by the shippers
at the current price at time of
settlement.
I have no criticism to make of
the cotton men making this proposition,
but I wish to warn farm- |
ers against accepting it if they
u? '* * ~
tupc u, realize any Denefit from
holding their cotton. I am in- (
formed that a number of mills in J
this country and also in Europe 1
have been pursuing a hand to 1
rcouth policy, having only cotton
or present needs and having '
)nly a small supply on hand. If ?
'"is is the case and the cotton (
w. ln .farmer's hands is abso- 1
lers^wiii feeldrcdJf*to*lJ?e market p
>r close their mills. NovJ?eated? \
lotton is consigned to exportei I
jnder the proposition referred to I
ibove, these exporters can go
right on supplying the mills as
they need it, from week to week
and month to month, there will
therefore be no withholding of
the cotton, no pressure on the
spinner, in fact nothing to create
an actual demand or cause any
advance in the price, the farmer ;
will simply be spiking his own ,
gun. If any pressure is brought
to bear on the market the cotton
must be kept at home or stored
in the nearest warehouse.
To illustrate, suppose the price
of cotton seed was down at a
figure totally unremunerative
and unsatisfactory to the farmer
and the oil mills were to send out
circulars agreeing to take all the
seed and promising to settle at
current prices at time required
during the season, and the seed
was delivered to them under
these conditions, is it not manifest
that with the seed in their
possession, their mills running
on full time, there would be no
incentive to force an advance in
price, but suppose the seed were
hauled away from the gins, carried
back to the farm and a de|
termination shown to put them
ground as fertilizer, rather
oar part, ot unsatisfactory prices,
In the great whole
stand, but we are here to play It, sod
now la our time. This we know. It la a
cynicism. It Is for as to express love
In terms of helpfulness. This we know,
for we have learned from sad expert*
ence that any other source of life leads
toward decay and waste.?David Starr
Jordan.
is niMrsMti.
Mrs. Green?William, what objection
have you to that young man who Is
calling on our daughter? Green?He is
silly, Mary. Mrs. Green?Oh, thafs
because he Is In lovet I remember the
time when you were a very silly young
man. Green?Silly Isn't the proper
name for It, Mary. I was a measly
idiot?that's what I was!
"Wet iMBl."
A totter arrived at tbe New York
poetofflce the other day bearing tbe
following addreea: "To Any Respectable
Lawyer, Now York City, N. Y."
The carrier Into whose hands it fell for
delivery returned It marked In bins
pencil, "Not Found."?New York Prose.
MaUtalalag lh RtearO.
Amateur Sportsman?I say, did I hit
anything that time? Gamekeeper?1
think not, sir. There wan't nothing tn
sight but the birds, sir.?Judge.
A brave man Is sometime* a despera
4% but a bully Is always a coward,Hallburton.
* =?
J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier.
E-3Z B
nters National Bank,
iness at the "Old Stand."
i Union.
a of $100,000,
< Hank la Union,
lountinr to 9W0.400.
iataraat oa dtpnalli,
ot Inapootod by aa oflloar.
It, and 8afa with Tiaae-Look.
,LL tbo Banka ia Union oombtncd.
ICIT YOUR BUSINESS.
| there is no necessity for them to
; pay even cost of production for
| it. - They
forget that it is about as
cheap to buy cottom at present
prices as to raise it where commercial
fertilizers are used, and
while the crop may equal or exceed
the government estimate,
it will never be all marketed at
current prices; 1,000,000, 1,500,000
or probably 2,000,000 bales
of this crop should never and
probably will never be counted
in the crop of 1904-1905
mere is a material advance in
the price, because rather than
accept current prices it will pay
better to store the cotton and <
borrow money on it. A 500
pound bale of cotton at present
price, at initial point, is 6 3-4
cents, equals $33.75. To carry
this one year at 8 per cent.
would be less than 7 1-2 for the
cotton, while such action^ , if at
all unanimous, would advance the
price probably two or three cents
per pound.
My advice is to plant the lands
n tobacco, corn, oats, peas,
jugar cane, raise hogs, curtail
lotton acreage and wait till the
vorld wants cotton at remuneraour
. . -t-a?!
Sew York Business Men
Rush to the Rescue of
the Crop.
New York, January 1.?Representatives
of local banking interests,
railroads in the South
and capitalists concerned in the
condition of the cotton market,
at a meeting in this city, have
formulated a plant to avert demoralization
in the cotton market,
prevent further burning of the
crop by Southern growers, and
to insure a steady price for the
staple in the future.
As a result of the conference
messatres were sent to Southern
financiers interested in cotton,,
who were asked for their cooperation.
These men included
F. F. Weber, president of the
Memphis Cotton Exchange; Col.
Harxie Jordan, president of the
Cotton Growers' Association, of
New Orleans, and W. P. Brown.
The proposed plan suggests that
each cotton growing section apj
point certain trustees, who will
I act in the interests of the cotton
man until after s&h?t the growers
? deliver, 10
Suppose that world's fairs au, f0
financial successes, they generally enrich
the language with some new slang.
Unless he forgets to wind his watch
a man only thinks that he la In lore.
When a man gets something for noth*
lag he generally finds on examining it
' closer that it is nothing after all.
^ A stenographer who can keep up
with a woman may be said to b? wall
equipped for the struggle.
A lasy man Is often greatly fatigued
by being compelled to dodge opportunities
to work.
boy Is really sorry that be hag,
i been unkind to his mother when ho
sees her baking cookies.
Of making books there la no end, but,
the author soon discovers that there la
an and of selling them.
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