Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Srty of Union ind Suburbs Hit || "p TT~T IT ifo /V j|lf ' >TFV|f JT /N City of Uiio* ami Suburbs Hm I H Hi I \ ! Ir % I I VI HiJs sjr,!::.:;- I tllii U 111 Vf 1 J,.- ..1 llfl ssriasrssr^ VOL.by.llO.nl. . CNIOS, 80UTB CAROLlBi. FB^y 12/l!W)5. =!==== 1.001 ?<? Wm. A. Nicholsoi Union, Soi PAY INTE Time Certified EDUCATION IN THE COM MON SCHOOLS. _____ . ? E. CRAYTON M'CANTS IN SOUTH ERn home. Having given in our last pape: some idea of the ?nd to be sough in child-training, and having made it clear that so far as thii discussion is concerned my re marks are intended to apply t< that formal education given ir those institutions that are termec ^ in ordinary language "schools," it is perhaps desirable that I re state a fact mentioned before, viz., that the educative value of the school is the product of thre< factors, the teachers, the patrons and the pupils. Of the three the patrons are the most important, for in the end these very largely determine the character and the effectiveness of the other two classes. For the present, however, we may pass the patrons by and proceed to consider the teachers. To attempt to recount here the ideal qualifications of these poorly-paid, highly-eulogized, and ill-respected individuals would be but a waste of words, for the thing has been done Witil the subject has become "flat, stale and unprofitable. In fact, every man knows?or rather he thinks that he knows?all that a teacher should be, but just now we are speaking not of things as they should be, but of things as they are. That there are a great many complaints lodged against the men and women who are enpaged in the business of instructing the youth of our State, 1 very well know; and 1 know, too, that in a great many instances the complaints are well founded. But granting that there is inefficiency the reason for it is not far to seek. This is a commercial age; in the marketplaces oi the world men get what thej pay for?the cheaper the price, j the poorer the quality 01 th< ' article. To this law the teachei is no exception, although I musl in justice say that he has triec very hard to make himself one? has tried so hard, indeed, thai he has in some degree succeed e< ?M I *M M til > M fl ll Ill VUO^UI 1IIK U1V lOOUC, UlCICUj lessening tne chances ofhisowi betterment. To state the cas< badly, the really efficient teach era work for too little pay, am they keep it up until the circum stances of increasing family, in creasing ambition? or increasing debts force them into other call ings. But even while these are abk to endure their starveling exist ence, that community which em ploys them does not drive a goo< na bargain. No man can do his Des " work when he is harassed b: debt and is hard put to it for th< means of meeting his bare ne cessities. The community re quires much of the teacher. H must have books, must keei himself abreast of the times must be neatly clad, must pa: his bills promptly, must con tribute to the church and to th charities. If he doesn't do thea things he loses his influence i: the community, and presentl his position in the schools?n material loss to himself, thi latter, if he could but see it thi way. A long time, however, befoi the instructor has reached hi extremity, he has become, in th eyes of that boy of yours, failure. The boy has his ow ideas and his own ambitions; lii is ahead of him. financial succei looms large ana seems to him great desirable thing. . Bi the schoolteacher?the ma Jta. v.;, .. . e, * j i & Son, Bankers, ith Carolina, :rest on tes of Deposit. BHBMBBHUIHBBBmmKNBNBBBI - above all others ill the community who repifcsents to him the value of study and of intellectual ac< quirement?is paid a laborer's . wages, must skimp and scrape 4 'to make ends meet,99 must wear threadbare clotl ing and must comport himself humbly in the ? presence of his fellow men. Is t, it a wonder that the boy, seeing ? j the low valuation that the com3, munitv has put upon learning, " i regards study as scarcely worth * j while? Is it any wonder that he ! losPS Kin roaru?/?+ o?U/w.1n ? J i ???? ? * w|#vw Avi ovuwio auu J for teachers, and becomes idle and hard to control? It is no "(Wonder?it is the most natural ! thing in the world. You have k, underpaid your man, and how*1 ever conscientious he may be, [ i you have lessened his worth to 51 you. That which you have saved ': from your teacher's salary your [! children will pay with compound * interest throughout their after * lives. "But we pay a good salary," 1 says some one, "we pay so much ! a month." Yes, you do; but you pay it for ! only seven or eight or nine 1 months. Take what you pay him in a year and divide it by 1 twelve, and see what it is that h he gets, For you know quite as weil as he does that he cjw* *>*?. tnin no rrmnnrrntjyf rmntn(vr^nfe during the summer. Even if he ! could get it he has no business taking it. Teaching is an exhausting business?you agree 1 that it is, and you kindly grant 1 your man a vacation, but he could ; get a vacation for eternity at exactly the same rate of wages. ' "I suppose you are enjoying your : rest." savs the orood-natured 1 citizen to his pedagogue in Au gust. I always listen for the i answer. Before I die, I expect - to hear: "Yes, as well as a f hungry man can!" Would you ' turn your horse out in January j and expect him to come back in - March in good condition for the r spring work? Another great drawback to \ teaching as a calling is the lack " of discrimination on the part of the public between a good teach[ er and a bad one. This lack? this inability to distinguish bef tween that which makes for the 1 good of the individual child and 1 that which makes for his ill?is 1 perhaps unavoidable. Every man 3 is judged by his work. The law: yer wins or loses his case, the 1 physician heals or buries his pa* tient, the farmer harvests his " crop or else has none to harvest, ? and in all these undertakings the " result is immediate and apparent. But it takes a lifetime to mature * that crop of brain of which I " spoke in my last, and the effects " of the training that a teacher J gives are so far removed'in point * of time that we are apt to lose f sight of the cause. Because of 6 this, false ideas prevail and veiy h often an indifferent workman is h awarded the honors while a bete ter one is set aside. P Owing to the slow growth of '? brain and of character, the pubV II. ? f l! . J J ' nc Becomes impatient ana ae{' mands immediate results; so the c "popular" teacher introduces a e system of cram, and the courses n of study of our public schools ? become overloaded with an in? finitude of trash. The goodness '* of a farmer's crop consisteth not kt in the multitude of plows that he uses. Moreover, in trying to ? teach everything it is likely that 18 your school will teach some les16 sons that are better left unlearn* ed. Hasty methods and supern ficiality of accomplishment are :e seldom held at a premium by the m people who really count * Besides, whatever we may say " of the brain, the body must also be considered. With a burden* some and overcrowded course of study the pupils divide themselves into two classes. One set shirk?these Mother Nature protects, but Mother Nature is guite immoral, and the refuge of her weak is in deceit. The other class, in a vain endeavor to meet the requirements of the situation, overwork themselves, to their mental ill and their physical discredit. We hear a great deal about child labor in the cotton mills, but?well, you can overdo anything. And just in proportion to tne personal force of the teacher? just in proportion to his ability to urge his pupils eii and to get work from them whether or no?so in a school of this kind is his power for evilincreased. It doesn't help matters that he honestly believes that he is doing God's service or that his community takes pride in him because his pupils are "advanced" It is but seedtime ! now?the harvest will come later in life. Time and time again have we seen the young man or the young woman who has made a brilliant school record do ! nothing further in life?such have exhausted their energies too early, such have many times essayed to enter the real work of the world bankrupt in health and K' ysique, and their school records ve availed them not. We see them all about us?the crooked backs, the myopic eyes, the stooped shoulders, the weakened and cramped-up lungs. Truly an ouch nave Deen advanced, quite rapidly?in the direction of the grave! Just here I am reminded of another physical evil?this one in the disciplinary Jine. Pupils are hurried early to school, the usual morning calls of nature are left unattended, and once in the school the teachers either refuse altogether to excuse them, or dp it so grudgingly that the child is intimidated, and will ask the", luvox uiuy as a icrfoit. \i am acquainted with'school authorities who regard a teacher's chariness in granting these excuses as a proof of ability to teach!) Ana in after life the fruits of such folly are made manifest by appendicitis or a train of other ills. Truly what profiteth it a man should he gain the whole of knowledge and lose his own body? And of what use are the "Principles of Agriculture" when taught by a nice young lady at twenty dollars a mounth? Heaven send us some common, grandmother sense! The paper grows long, but as the subject of "teachers" is far from exhausted I will continue my remarks "in our next." REMINISCENCES OP THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. History, Sayings and Doings of Company H. 15th Regiment, South I Carolina Volunteers. BY W. H. H. BEVIL. While we were at Camp Leef President Davis and Vicepresident Breckinridge paid us a visit, and made us a speech. Breckinridge was a fine, commanding looking man. He made the first speech, then President Davis spoke and bestowed upon us all the eulogy he possibly could for being so loyal to the South, to withstand all the temptations that had been held out to us. He told us we should have furloughs and come home as soon as arrangements could be made, and he was a good looking ola gentleman, if he did favor a postage stamp. We got our furloughs on the morning of the 28th of February and was paid our money that was due us while we were prisoners, but they would not grant any furloughs west of the Mississippi river, Virginia and North Carolina got 25 days I a i i n n n _ ? iunoupna, aoutn l aronna ana (ieorRia got 30, Alabama and Florida got 40 days. We all came down into the city to start home, | but we could not get off until 6 p.m. We walked about the city | some and you could buy anything , you wanted, but you would have > (to stuff a flour sack full of money - before you got much. Fou( - dol and tl&S i ro ^JebS fall an!?j was in opt of them. Sb we all had to gpt out and the rest of thl train wijn full, bat we mounteJ the top and covered it and 1 thought it never would start off I So we ?y own with our heads to the center of the car and wenl to sleep. When we wakened ud at daylight, it was pouring downl rain, and all were wet, with a cool east wind blowing. Before! we reached Greensboro there two men standing upon the train with their backs to the engine and it ran into a covered bridge, the bridge striking them on the back of the head, knocking then down and killing one dead anc no hope for the other to live. The one that was killed lived at High Point, 15 miles thi&side.of \?ri ? 1 3 ? ??'T- ?f ItVil fffS vcatueu Greensboro there was a company of soldiers waiting for the train to come to High Point. They got on and would not let any one else get on. But a few of us prisonera, who did not care for nothing pot on anyhow, for we did not intend te be outdone, and when we reached High Point they got off and we went in and we got us a seat and came on to Salisbury that night about 11 o'clock and lay under the car shed until we ^ to walk a traM%>33ftr? we could get on The Yankees had cOif&Arlfllte. and when we reached Charlotte that night we were hungry, for we had not eaten anything since we left Richmond, for we could not buy anything to eat. Myself and two more went into town to see if we could And anything to eat. It was late, but we saw a man coming out of a door and we asked him about something to eat. He carried ua off about 2 blocks, and went into a house where he had some kinfolks, and they made us welcome and fixed us some supper, for we urara Vinnimr on/1 ' /?ti? ^ Tf viv HUH51 j anu vui cjco uc voured more than we did, foroui stomachs had contracted and il did not take much to fill them up. We thanked them kindly and went back to the depot and lay down on the platform until morning. It was 10 o'clock that morning before we could leave foi Chester. There was a pile ol Government corn lying there about as large as the depot and the street around the depot was covered with corn, and wagons were running ovei it mashing it into the mua, anc two cars loaded with Georgit syrup had been wrecked and the syrup was running and spreading over the street with the mud anc com. We started for Chester but were hindered on the way for we met some of the western army going to North Caroline to get with Johnson's command. We reached Chester iust aftei sun set. Jim Rabb from Fairheld county and myself had beer together all the time. We hac to walk home. We started up ii town and there were so mani stirring about we got separated and dark came on and I nevei saw him any more, but I go with a man from Laurens county We walked eight miles that nigh and stopped. The next morninj we started for Worthy's ferr; and met Gen. Cheatham's arm; King to North Carolina and w d to show our furloughs 0 else we wouM have been force to go back and we met soldier ana wagon trains until w reached the river. T iticlrfd m a large, fine ear of corn and h and I ate it raw. Just before w got to the river he stopped t talk with some men and I walk? on. The flat at the ferry wa pulled over by a rope and it wa starting over as I walked up an< ' I stepped in apd came over an ? vF V Successfully Doinf Busi 1 I* tk? OLDK8T flank In D I fl I I ^Sfce^ormj^nan on this side, 1 Mr! never nw him come over, j I rested awhile and then walked 1 on. I grot home before sundown, I that was on Sunday, the 5th day of March, 1865. I was five days ? on the road from Richmond, and ' eat one meaL So you may know > that I was in fine shape for a i foot race. All you would have 1 i to do would be to give me a start < and the wind would do the rest. < ORATOR TO U. C V. < , Copt. N. E. Harris of Mo| con to Speak at Louis- j ville?Kentucky Spon- , sors. 1 Gen. Stephen D. Lee com- ' manning the United Confederate 1 Veterans, has issued the follow- J ing orders, relative to the Louis- < ville reunion: ^ 4 'The general commanding has s much pleasure in announcing to ! his Confederate associates that j he has selected as orator for the c Louisville reunion, Capt. N. E. c Harris, of Macon, Ga. The won- { derful oratorical ability displayed i in the memorial services at the A Nashville reunion by this gifted i rich J-CMJi foretaste of the t on the present occasion; dnd J that full scope may be given him, ( it has been decided to have the j oration at 3 o'clock on the after- r noon of the second day, Thurs- j day, June 16, immediately on the ] assembly of the convention." * "In order to manifest his high ] I appreciation of the patriotism { ' ana loyalty of the women of { Kentucky, whose fidelity and de- ] votion to the Confederacy was j constant throughout the entire j ; struggle, though they were sep- ( , arated from their own loved ( . ones and their sisters of the , ' Sauth, the general commanding { I hereby announces that he has ^ , appointed two additional maids of ( honor, as Kentucky maids of , honor to the sponsor in chief, ^ 1 Miss Lila Lewis, daughter of Col. r John C. Lewis, of George B. ; ; Eastin Camp No. 03, Louisville; i and Miss Anne Johnson, daugh- i i ter of Col. Thomas Johnson, of ' Roy S. Cluke Camp, No. 201, L Mount Sterling." | A Judge to Soloon 5 Keeper. 1 A saloon keeper in Kansas City , was suing for a divorce in the , circuit court, presided over by i Judge Park. The wife of the t saloon keeper was in the , state asylum for the insane,, at r St. Joseph, taken there as the result of excessive indulgence in i drink. Judge Park, in delivering 1 his opinion said: i "The salient facts of this case r are that the husband sued for di, vorce because of excessive inr temperance. He married her t when she was a mere girl, and . soon after their marriage he t went into tne saloon business and I is in it yet. His testimony was f his wife drank before he married y her, and that she loved alcohol e so well that she used it in her r coffee. The testimony of the d witness for the wife tends to s show that the husband is not ene titled to a divorce. He took this p young and innocent girl from her e father's home and made her his e wife. If she was then addicted 0 to drink he ought not to have fl been surprised at its development! s later. If she was not addicted s to the excessive use of drink 1 I when he married her?and there d is strong testimony to show that J. D. ARTHUR, CMilter. I iters Natioaal Baak, I nets at tho "Old Stand." | to show that he is responsible for her fall, and there is strong tes^*^',,?tP^ timony to show that he is. "When a man is engaged in the business of making drunkards, it doesn't lie in nis mouth to complain if the effects of that business come home to him. The divorce is refused and the bill dismissed."?Ram's Horn. Charming Little Dancing Procks. The newest aspirant for fashionable favor is knoytn as crepe marquessette, and is somewhat ifter a mousseline texture, with i moire enect running through t. The result is lacy in the extreme, and one that lends itself veil to almost any scheme of rimming, be it simple or elab>rate. In the picture one in a rery pale shade of blue is chosen, md this is posed over a sun)leated skirt of chiffon of exactly he same tint, the foundation beng of white satin liberty. The corsage is cut with a round dec>lletage that slips off the shouller, and the sleeve is an extremey full ombrelle pattern, setting .airly close to the shoulder ana videning broadly at the elbow, k very clever use is made of a urquoise velvet ribbon in the into jhiffon encrusted with lace and n similar fashion upon the sleeve. The sash is of a handpainted ribtx>n, the ground work the same blue as the gown, and the painting of yellow tearoses and the natural tinted foliage. This is disposed in a deep point in front, drawn closely to the sides and arranged in a short sash in the back. The skirt is shirred full to the belt, and at knee depth an intre-deux of lace-encrusted :hiffon is introduced, the looped zelvet ribbon fringe serving to define it top and bottom. On this, as on the berthe. festoons :>f the tiny China rose are draped with excellent effect, and the entire gown shows an air of youthful, girlish modishness combined with a commendable simplicity. Dinner Gown of Irish Crochet and Crepe Lisse Crepe lisse is one of the sheer fabrics of the chiffon class, and a recent addition to the list of fashionable favorites. In white and the pale colors it is especially pretty, showing off every little touch of trimming to perection. In the model white crepe lisse is used, and the real Irish Crochet is employed for its adornment. The bodice is high, the crochet falling in deep points over a ruffled blouse of the lisse, and the shoulders decorated with a heavy white satin cording, disposed in trefoil design. The sleeve is on the ombrelle pattern, full and loose at the elbow, where it stops and covered with little ruffles of liooi A* uocrc, iavc-cu(jcu, over w men me crochet points fall. The skirt is shirred over the hips, and rows of the crochet alternate with little groups of plisse ruffles, each little ruffle edged with Valenciennes. The entire lisse skirt is closely pleated, the ruffles stitched to the stretched goods, and and the drop or foundation skirt is slightly stiffened at the hem with a princess haircloth, so that the very sheer material shall not sag ilk ground the foot.