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THE SCHOOL: ITS GOOD FEATURES AND ITS DRAWBACKS. By A. A. St rock, Superintendent <>l Santlie . tiraded School. No narrow definition of the school should content us. The gospel of salvation by educatio is exemplified there. That gospel is lot a theory, but a fact. The progress of the society o' a community is measured by t .? character of its schools ar.t churches. Whi4e we may ia.\ this down as a universal r.i'e there are certain special charac teristics to be considered. E.iel school has to be built and mo !i fied to meet the needs and re tiuirements of the particu'.ai communitv in which it is situat ed. If an education is a prepara tion for life, and the school i the place where that preparation is to begin, then we seethe giva importance and the complex in ture of the school. In order t< more fully understand the diill culties in the way, it. will be wel to notice some of the character istics of the good school. When there is an awakening and a desire on the part of : community that none but th( best teachers be tolerated, am that the interest and c > o; era'i n of the people are necessary foi the success of the school, thai school begins under auspicious circumstances, and is bound t< be a success. Without this, fail ure is sure to come. An awak ening along this line is a gooc on en. Thorough grad ition is an essential characteristic of the goor school. We have not yet reachei the test plan in carrying out this. We grade by proticien cy in studies and exercises. Tin result is, that in the same ckis we have pupils of different age and maturity of mind. Unde the present plan, we are unabji to provide for those who can <"< a little well, but fail when the; undertake many things. Yet the principle of gradation ii sound, but needs further development. By it we can accomplish more than we could oilierwise do. Without it, there is disorder, lack of concentration and loss of power. The maintenance of discipline is another essential characteristic of the good school. There is cnua'ren, 'ancr~i*r should be exercised over them. One idea is that absolute and unquestioned submission to parental and school authority be required. Another is that untramelled spontaneity in nature's method. There is something in the sturdy Scoth character that we admire. The unswerving adherence to a principle is a characteristic of that people. The child is governed by the iron-will of the parent. His dread of disobedience develops into a warm feeling of veneration for authority. This respect for law brings about a deep religious feeling, and is the basis of the strong character oi that people. In American homes, the opposite conception has grown up in recent years, in favor of free spontaneity minus parental control. In many in stances we see the bad offects oi this. Uncontrolled impulses toe often lead to open insubordination of authority. Children cJ2?uld be wisely controlled. It helps to uo:eV>? the will power, and in a large measure one to direct his own will powei after maturity. After all, the character of th< school will depend upon the ideal of teachers and officials. Lov ideals will produce poor schools and just in proportion to th teacher's conception of goo< teaching, will the school improv or degenerate in quality. Death of Mrs. Martha IIix. After a severe illness of sev era! days, Mrs. Martha Hix diet at her home on Mountain Streei Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, Mrs. Hix was a daughter of Dr. Young, a prominent and vvealth> citizen of Union county. Sh( was married and moved to Unior before the war; she lived here the remainder of her life. Thursday was Mrs. Hix's birthday, she being sixty-nine years of age the day of her death. She was a consistent member of Grace Methodist church, and the loss will be felt by not only the members of this church but by her host of friends and acquaintances as well. The body was interred at six o'clock Thursday afternoon, the ! 1 i 1 1 I services uein^ conducted ny nor pastor, Rev. I). M. McLeod. One of the first acts of the Princess Kna upon her arrival in Madrid! was to rescue a condeiuned man i from the guiiows, $*-. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT ^ s OE EDUCATION D. B. FANT. { For Years He has Faithiully Filled This , j ResponslUe Position?the Schools t ii Have Fell the Power oi His Progres- ; Mve Tollcy. and Matters Educational ; etc. on the Up-Grade in Union County. { Sup'iiiitcmU'iit of Education for t'nion oountv, Hon. I). I>. Fant, is T a man of lino executive al>ility, a ' gonial, warm hearted friend and I ; ? i (H'NTY 81'1'KIIINII N i I NT i>l 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE JANITOR OF < A SCHOOL. < V I l>y Miss Susie Parker. How many people over pausy'io ] and even lite morals of" ehliiiferi are affected hy Ids work? Teachers ' Tmd editors have discussed from all j i points of view the great questions of < Discipline, Methods of Teaching, ' School Architecture, Yentillation, * J Heating, Are., l.ut how many have 1? really considered carefully the Jani- ! , tor and His Work? We are usually 1 ! inclined to think that he has noth- , ' ing to do with the real affairs of ; school ? that what he has to do is 5 A * 1 11 . 1 , ouisme, aim nonce uniniporiani. Let us think together a little : . while of how much the children are < [ I ~~~ ~~ I . ^ . > ? : - - . * - * . ' * /' 1 PHKSIDF.NT KOItKliT P. PKU., OF rOXVF.k "> TO TIIK (ikAM 1 affected l?y what lio does, or in j many cases docs not do. Tin; best way to see tin; efleet will be to compare two schools. One is a large graded school which has several hundred children. There is only one poor old janitor who is supposed to build fires, keep the s many rooms neat, and run errands. Whether he tries very hard or not i to do his duty, it would be next to impossible for one person to <Jo well < !so many things. Now, wfi.1t are 1 .the results? Karly in the morning ( kthe teacher arrives and finds every->1 1 thing covered with dust or partially!) jelcuned by a rub or two of a paper f t * i uccessful as a Superintendent of . education. For several terms Mr. i'ant lias been elected by the people if 1'ipon county to this important llice. He has fewer enemies today ban at any time during his admin-; stration. During his continuance n oflice the whole school system in "nion county has been put on a| n-di basis. We have no space to; vrite up the general school affairs j ft the county in this issue, hut hope o do so at a later day. KDlH ATIoN I>. . PANT. *| I luster?may they all bo committed j U> tlie flames sooner or later! The i more sight of this almost wrings a i sigh from her, hut she overcomes! tikis ft'i'linfT nnrl imnn>ili:kti>lv lnnlcos " ,,' ni V - >< *"'V ..... ... S ; things appear a little neater; but in ) iway the enthusiasm \ \tii wiWn'Sftv' begins the day, and some of the brightness is taken out of the smile > ivith whicn she greets her pupils, i mnsequently causing her to lose; some of her power in maintaining; nder and making the work interest- j ng. Is this all. though? If it ven: we might not think much1 _? ibout it, for you know, teachers are! ilways "hard to please" and must ; ilways have something to complain ibout. What is the effect on the! .^ hildren? Enter with sonic of! ! lint ^^ ^ SK COMJKiK, WHO MI.l Vf'ltS AI ?I?It 1CSS ftl ATIN<i ( LASS. them and see. Tim room looks dusty and dirty. Slipping down j into their seats they give the desk a M hrush sleeve or handkerchief, and a Exc look of discontent settles over their and faces. Is even this all? Oh, no! will I 4 - f (1 - - 1 n "iii.y inii- iu uit- inorai cnecis, ling and there arc others, such as untid- cur in ess and slovenliicss. Then what to 1 other eiTects are there? I New Did you ever think how much the lilt and dust is brought into a Exc room by thirty-live or forty chil- N Iren coining in from the outside at otlu cast three times a day; the amount M >f dust and lint that rubs out of i fori heir clothes, and the immense | day - - - : ' * . .. " / ' - ' * ' ' KXrK ntity of chalk dust that there ft =t necessarily be in one school- b in? Why, housekeepers, com- \v e this with your beautifully kept fi s s where there are only a few ai pie, hut a good deal of dust, w realuc the importance of a jan-, ol 's doing his work thoroughly, it necessary for me to say how el i affects the health of your ehil- w )? Ask your physician if a w ;cr per cent, of the colds, call, bronchitis, throat trouble is w the result of inhaling dust and ol the germs contained in it. ii he other school with which we .p iparc this] one is also a large led school, where there are two . tors. One sweeps and keeps the ' > going; the other does not dust j and there with a paper or tl MOXAlU'll SCIIOO ExGelslor Mill Notes. n Vc are glad to say that tlio health ^ our people is fairly good at this u c. Quite a good number of our t pie are taking Health and Acci- 11 t insurance with the People's " urance Company, of this (I'nion) ' isionx Several of our people y e been already helped by the 11 nient of weekly benefits. Wo h proud of our home insurance tpany. By a small outlay, we draw from So to 610 weekly, NV sickness, or disability by acci- ^ t. Let the good work go on unjvcry home has some protection (i inst sickness or accident. S1 ujff ^ ^ |^P|; f i 11| '''~?/~""V-.' wkst kni) sriiooi luch of the machinery of the elsior Mills has been taken down w moved to Newberry, S. and gn soon be installed in the Knit: mill of that place. Several of good citizens are leaving here j>. work in the Knitting mill at ^ rberry. This mill is owned by same company that owns the elsior mill. Ir. Roht. Horn left today with ;rs for Newberry. [r. King, who has been away M several weeks, returned yester- :i , aiid is now working on the (^1 'si . m. 9 LSlnlt KNiniNc MILL t-VlIOOL MILLING. allicr duster, but first, washes the lack boards thoroughly, then wipes \ itli a wet or oiled eloth all the lrnituro of the room. The lloors ^ re then all mopped, and in this ay he practically rids the building:1}" f all dust. pr Contrast in your own mind the ? Toots of this work and those of hieh wo have spoken in connection . , ith the other school. j,},' Trustees and superintendents, as cr c realize more fully how the work : the work of the janitor is affect- da ig our children, lot us pay move je< ttention to this phase of school 1 ' ork, and resolve that our school ijn ouses, the places where our chil- to ron spend such a large part of (i, leir time, is kept clean. da th ry M I. nuiLDINC. I? / ew depot. The morals of our town, (while I icy are not what we would desiro,) j, ill average well up to the best in to lie country. We seldom ever see a nan drunk, or even under the inuonce of strong drink. It is to he dl1 oped we will prow better as the ears come and go. Let us strive} ot only for temperance but for {1<] ital abstinence. JoJo. q{ Eight people were killed in a reck which occurred in Louisville lay 28. The passenger train was (,t1 ticking into the station and was "j1 eruil^d. Every person in the nokcr was killed. dfi i si< 1 - SI L m iLDIN'd. 1 _ ? Senator Tillman appeared this ] eek before the dispensary investi- < tting committee in Columbia. | [ I Engineer T. P. Shonts, of the 1 mama Canal corps, will pass ] rough Spartanburg this week. ( The private secretary of Dr. Ben f . Broughton, of Atlanta, Miss osa Holmes, attempted suicide onday morning l>y jumping into ' lake. Ill health was the causo of io deed. | ] .' .48^*' >^L. v*- > 1 * . -I' ,'.';v;.-,; ^*'!*'^f N" -^ ' . ?* ',, ^ f>l : j^*-1 *... ' ;'- Vt.:; ; , :. \ .-., ' .'' : M2:'a ' . - ' ' A ANNOUNCEMENTS. )R CONGRESS.?4th DISTRICT. I hereby announce myself n candite for Congress from 4th district, bject to the rules of the Democratic imary election. G. H. M.\noN. FOR AUDITOR. I hereby announce myself ncandite for the ofllce of County Auditor, bject to the decision of the Dunioatic primary. J. I). Eees. I hereby announce myself a candi,te for Auditor of Union county, subct to the decision of the Democratic imary election. Lkvi W. Smith. I hereby announce myself a candite for election to the office of Audir of Union county, subject to the les of the Democratic Primary elpcm. T. C. Joi.i.YV^p*I hereby announce myself a caiulite for County Auditor, subject to e decision of the Democratic Prima- J election. M. S. Faucett. 1 I hereby announce myself a enndi,te for Auditor of Union county, subet to the rules of the Democratic iuiary election. S. S. Farkar. FOR TREASURER. I hereby announce myself a enndiite for reelection to the office of easurer of Union county, subject to e rules of the Democratic Primary ection. J. II. Baiiti.ks iJITI?b>I?\rt?3An l UI\ OUi Cil\ v iouiv. I hereby announce myself acandiite for the oflice of County Supersor. subject to the decision of the innocratic primary. >M. 11. I.kk. I hereby announce myself acandiibjcct to the voiles of the l>e7imcraftc " rimary electtpn. T. J. Betknbauoh. f^^XSTRATEI anntf. ope>?y*cH a candidate for agistnJrrojv-. Union Township; subct to Strri result of the Democratic rimarjrv/ction. Jno. 1*. Gaok. COUNTY COMMISSONERT I hereby announce myself a candiite for County commissioner subject i the rule of the Democratic Primary ection. W. Fowi.br Bobo. i I hereby announce myself a candiite for County compiissioner subject the decision of the Democratic Friary election. J. E. SenorsR. I hereby announce myself a candiite for reelection for the office of .unity coinmissioner, subject to the icision of the Primary election. Sankokd "\Vii.burn. I hereby announce myself a candiitc for reelection for County Coin-^ issioner, subject to the decision pit * e Democratic Primary election. A. Griffin Bknti.y. I hereby announce myself a candlite for the oilico of County Commls->ner of Union County, subject to the cision of the Democratic primary. I. M. Mobi.ky. FOIt PROBATE JUDGE. Thanking the people of my county r their confidence nlaceff in ??<? e past, and fooling better qualified r my experience in the oftice to disarge tlie duties hereafter, I annince myself a?candidate for reelec?n to the olliee of Probate Judge for uion county, subject to the rules of e Democratic primary election. Jason M. Grkkk. Believing in the Democratic princie of rotation in oflice. feeling conti nt of my ability to fill the position the satisfaction of the people, inounce myself a candidate forthe^^lice of Probate Judge of Union coun, and promise to abide the result of e Democratic primary. W. W. JonNsoN. pecial Advertisements AUI.DING'S Base Balls, Base Ball [(nods and the official Rule Books for 1906. ?. H. Scaife. It. BEN MILLFR?Deai Sir: Wea-e ~ 1 1 A A - A " .M iifH-u in state mat your treatment >f our Hiek cows resulted in their rejovery and they are as well today is they have ever been. We cheerfully recommend your services to. *ny one needing a cow doctor. Yours truly, W. E. Thomson, W. T. peaty. 22-4t ATCHES?Clocks and Jewelry left >ver six months, will positively be mid for repairs. Mrs. J. F. Trefzer. -4t. Ir. BEN mTlLER?Dear Sir: Tffe uck cow you treated for me has al-* ready recovered. You oertainly know how to treat sick cattle. KcsiH)otfully? Chas. Tucker. 22-41