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BOBO, 1 0 UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. jj And see us at o"** new fiome at |j ??I |i the olri j ? ^ * v? OlClI ICI OT co] (HARRY AND BELK. I !!?, W. H. BURRIS. j | iil!!'M!!llll iigB^P'Tlgl T"1 11E jgglSIl!!^ th< < strtic _ fcclei ' ? J^JL Sash, Doors, ^ /// Blinds and x&mN J ,t'h,,i PO|/ Building Material nHH j Wf OBDEB ST MAIL FBOM 1 "Noble ^ COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFG. CO, columbia.sc 1 un t PRES. JOHNSON'S ADDRESS BEFORE WOMAN'S ASSOCIATI For Improvement of Rural Scho< Plea Is Made for Deeper Inter In Their Welfare on the Part Colleges. The college and rural schools most intimately related. They parts of one whole. Injury to on< injury to both. Inefficiency in < part seriously affects all parts. T are interdependent. We sometii hear discussions about the claims lower schools as against those higher education, as if they were se rate and distinct and even antagonis This is a serious and hurtful mists and the soone" we get rid. of it ent ly the better for the , ^hole cause education. Herbert B. Adams, Johns Hopkinsi university, in | tt terly address, j delivered befole State Historical society of Wispoi in 1H91, on th? higher education W people, shows!conclusively that "h\g education caifjie first in the exper!\ of every anaient and"1'every moc titarl" " J^The common schools tions of tprang fr<jm sources hi| ca began ielves, from English ti zz the foundvllege education." "An colleges iiaer educational history "Populaijition of classical schools growth #1 New England and Virgir ery civilJeducation is the historic tries wlw the higher education in versitieyzed country and those c< peoplef ich have done most for Ijj,# have the best schools for WIOTt neys? B i ncrvo? J. H. Thornwcll, that gifted fof South Carolina, who has left < an impress upon his State as pulpit ator and college president, in his mous letter on public instruction South Carolina, written to Gov. ^ ning in 1853, took a similar posi and sustained it by argument and minous citations to history. Higher education is necessary to existence of the lower schools in nishing them inspiration and int gent direction and trained tcaCli , but, on the other hand, the 1c ?v*ool? are necessary to the full grc and development of higher educai Colleges can do no real college v without well prepared students f the lower schools. They are foundation upon which the great lege must rest. They constitute base of the pyramid of which the college or university is the apex. The experience of South Can , nignci education. "An act for founding and erecting of a free scl for the no -o .1- - - tn uie inhabitants of Sc Carolina" was passed in 1710,? seed of tree schools for all the pec was planted 196 years ago,?but th were no satisfactory results until nineteenth century, when more att tion was given to higher education ; then some of the finest product of 1 higher education was most instrumt tal in securing improvement and : vancement in popular education, must be moved upon irom the outsit from above. Light is. from above. 1 efficient teacher for the comnv schools must be trained in a scho higher than the common schools. Oi ' cannot teach all that he knows. F must know a great deal more than 1 attempts to teach. The noble wotnt who are carrying on this great movi ment for the rural schools are colleg bred. One of the strongest argt ments for the establishment of th ligh school is, not that it will suppl he missing link between the commo chools and the college, but that it wil timulate the lower schools to greate nd better effort by placing beiot< he common school pupils a goal with1 their reach. T/ie admonition t\> aim high, to litch our wagon to|a star," is based )on a profound knowTe<Jge of human ture. The higher our aYit^ though may not attain to our ultW'' ?her we will rise. No one (JYf/lcts child to write as perfectly as the jy plate, but 110 one would think of cing before the child am- 1 .1? less icri. All i1h> children will not go', ougli the high school and the col- \ e, hut all will be benefitted by them \ he inspiration they give and in the e k of their graduates. t hope we in South Caroina may he to bury forever the idea that tl e is any antagonism between high- tt md lower education. There can tl be antagonism between the roots, tli trunk, the limbs and the foliage of es and the same tree. I hope to see W lay when the system of public in- lej tion in South Carolina is so per- so I, so closely knit together, that "i hild may go from the kindergar- II ip through the State university, sp jy step, without loss of time and st it having to jump the gap where sc gh school ought now to be. "I le popular education is the his- W md logical outgrowth of higher St ion, it behooves every college to th nly alive to the obligations en- cs upon it by this historic relation, sse oblige" should be the motto de j ii all. Jefferson, who founded rai iversity of Virginia, taught^that! ? ef duty of the State instiution| _ i for higher education is the promotion ION of the interest of public schools of an grades. The individual college should look to its tendencies to make sure it is not departing or has not departed from the : Of way blazed out for it in history. The college sometimes selfishly ignores tne claims of the rural schools in its activities to its own hurt and to that of are the neglected schools, which properly ^ . look to it for aiding inspiration. Selfishness carries with it its own pun, ishment, however, whether in institutions or individuals. For great and Ties . . . lasting accomplishment, the institution, ^ like the individual, must have the spirit of service,?the spirit of the Son ^.a of Man, who came to minister and not itic ike t0 m'n'stcre<* unto. The college ' without the missionary spirit will ^ shrivel and eventually die of dry-rot, ^ and deservedly. las_ The college must recognize that the t^e welfare of the State demands the cdutsin cat'on? not ^e few, but of the many, tjie'?of all the people,?and it must have jlcr at heart and work for the welfare of ^ce the State, upon which it depends for Jw its life and work. It must adopt as T- (its own the declaration of that notable iher /-'ducational conference held in this city, adi IT? ,9?4> which affirmed that "No leri ' government can long exist with.. :.i oiu an educated citizenship; this convvlt" . , and ",tlon can no* "e secured except by . ? the State,?a system which shall furout_ nish such training as will prepare cv_ cvery child to intelligently perform all the services demanded of him in his unj relation to family, society, church and the state-" South Carolina is an agricultural State, and th? people live manly 0 , in the country ai%l, if they are to be son , uch e"ucated, they must be educated or through the rural schools, hence our ^ duty to our State requires that much of our thought and time and labor , shall be given to the rural schools. 1 ^ || ? ^ ? There is no held riper for the harvest , nor one where greater returns may be had for the labor put forth. The country boy and girl offer fine material for l'le educational effort. Many of the fV.r" greatest and strongest men and elli- I of all times have been born and bred m ers; th, country, near to nature's heart. It over I js the breeding place for great men. So roth 1 wcu and generally is this recognized tion. ' that the question is seriously discussed rorki.'uoW tn afford city children the adrom vantages oi a country environment. t,lc How important to the State that every c?l~ ountry child should be given a chance fhe f<r intellectual devlopntent,?to show true 0f what stuff he is made. Sociologists tel u.. that not more than three genilina er^\<jns%of a .fainily can live in a city the for homes and are building them100I selves homes in the country, where >uth they live at least half the year, -the Agriculture is the basis of all pros>plc perity and wealth in this State, if not ere in all countries, and it is vital to the the life and future welfare of the State that en- the good citizens shall not abandon ind the farms for the cities. This can be the prevented only by providing good en- school t'acilites in the country for the id- children of these good citizens. Good It roads will follow good schools and the le, resulting enlightenment, and prosper\n ity, happiness and good citizenship, will on result from these combined forces. >ol Good, intelligent citizenship among the ne yeomanry of the State, constituting a* : le they do the majority of the voters, ic would mean the passing of the dema njgogue and of appeals to the prejudice e- j and passions of the people for selfish :e , ends. 1 ! Good school's for ??? - miiniry, or for c any pjsoe, arc secured only through , good teachers. Good buildings, good " equipment, are necessary, but they will ' j tKM avail without the good teacher. r Gov. Folk, of Missouri, in his address, j " Education in a Democracy," before | tfye last conference for education in tlie South, well said: "Every State needs more school houses, better equipment, better paid teachers, and better teachers." But he added, "Xo school ( ' is. better than the teacher makes it, nor "u'Vrsc than the teacher permits it to == l>ecol[nc-" President Ogden, at the same\C('!^erence' declared that "When this cl '""try realizes its dependence | upon /-'"d obligation to the teachers of ^ \mer/,ca? the least appreciated of all t vho l^t-'rve society and the State, then J vill .appear the Golden Age. The teach- * r, m"t the millionaire, is the hope of I he Jtate.' % It a 's the province and privilege of f le P.. >llege and the normal school to urn this teacher so much needed by ? iJ rural school, and, in doing this, * \M'y render the rural school the great- ^ Mt possible service. The graduates of P l.inthrop are encouraged by the col ge authorities to take country Ihools, and 1 am glad to asy that a ^ Pimber of them do so. An editorial in ^ lie Wfnthrop College Journal last ^ ring, written by a student, made a W |v>ng plea for help for the rural .3. in u ocurrcd this paragraph: p r.ach year the greater number of the F inthrop graduates go out into the ^ llatc as teachers. These should go to ^ e rural schools, for here the great- ^ y field for usefulness is offered." f* Illiteracy, that heavy shame and burn of the State which causes it to be ?L liked educationally next to foot in I? 4 (Continued on Page Seven.) ? -V If THE SURER WAY. 1* The fulfillment of your desire, as expressed in your will, can be made more certain by selecting this Company as your Executor. NICHOLSON BANK & TRUST COMPANY* UNION, S. C. EMSIIE^NCHOISON. GEO. C. PERRIN, PH SIDE NT. CASH If R. JOHN A. PANT. M. A. MOORE. VKE-PRfVT. 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Come in and look us ^ uVW. luu will Out uc uigeu In hnv> Wp have J : fixed the prices so you can see it for yourself, mark- X ed on the goods in front of you in plain figures. t Remember that this Sacrifice Sale will last + ^ only 10 days more, until February 20th. ^ Don't forget the place. t BERLIN'S WONDER STORE. | * J Look for the Red Canvass Sign. X . J M ^ s Call and inspect the g | Latest Styles in Stationery | g Just received. S | The Rice Drug Co. ? ^ ^rnhUtA ??; flNDERT AKINC1 * * \ Mr. W. W. Cooper has charge of this Depart- * j ment and has had many years experience in ? i the line. We can furnish any kind of $ COFFIN OR CASKET \ y . On short Notice. We also have Rones tfr ? A-? i - -- ?^ ^ uui bt'M attention is given to this Department. # Can furnish Burial Wagon or Hearse as required, t Respectfully. * TURNER & MAYFIELD. } -