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STATE HIGH SCHOC
W. H. HAND'!
COLUMBIA. Jan. 9.-Good work 1?
reported by W. H. Hand, State high
school Inspector, In bin annual re
port. In Ute following summary of
bia work Mr. Hand shows that there
are GAO .teachers in the 175 high
schools of the State and his observa
tions and recommendations will bo of
Interest. In the summary Issued here
thia afternoon Mr., Hand says:
The work of the year has not been
marked by any sudden lesp or spas
modic effort, but It baa made substan
tial progress In several directions.
After careful consideration I have
thought It best to continue this year
the plan of giving hy years thc
growth and development ot the high
schools since 1006, the beginning ol
the work of this office. Naturally the
first Items of Hereat are the number
of high schools and the teaching
force.
Table I.-Number Of High School*
.nd High School Teachers-Pah
lie and Private.
Full Part
time time Tota1
High teach- teach- teach
Schools or* ers err
ir* 0-1007 . . BB. lee 75 23r
,ll*0'7-:908 . .188 189 00 27f
1008-1909 . .154 272 76 349.
1909*1910 . .166 855 84 4.19
1910- 1911 . .167 376 00 46C
1911- 1912 . .178 405 96 501
1918- 1913 . .180 412 117 52?
1913-1914 . .175 461 99 58C
ol Teachers-Publl
tl' Tl
fear Men Womel
???.?10.,251 I
JSHO-191!. 254 2
lill 1-1 ill2 . 244 - ' ?
1912- 1913 ........... 246 *il
10181914 . 846 8
From Ute foregoing table lt ls evi
' debt that the women are not only
miine the added positions but uro
slowly crowding Ute men'out of the
older ones. The chief reason for this
la' too obvious to reqo're any demon
stration. Women stand ready to take
high school positions at salaries low
r-er tha*tr fcompewnt men will accept'
Table t-High Kcbool Enrollmen
\ -, First Sci
Year Year Y
1906- 1007 . ii$M
1907- 1908 . .. 2.556 ; I,
'MS-TtSOi*. :.114 k 2
1909-1910. 8.520 2,
1919- 1911 .,. '.. 8,648 ? 2,
1011-1912. ... .. 8,772 ' 2,
1?12-IS1S. -831? 1 2,
1913.-1914. 4.151 5 2,
?Tho total attendance Includoa 40
PMPils In the 5th year lu ?tho Msm
m in ger school.
Within eight years the high school
enrollment has been a little more than
doubled. During the same period the
number of full-time teachers has been
considerably more than trebled, and
. the number of part-time teachers has
beeb increased nearly 80 per cent.
The fact that Ute increase in the
teaching fore? is more rapid ?hsn Ute
Increase in the attendance of pupils
is a healttafal sign. \ t
Table ?-High Sekool Pnpjts by Sex.
es-Public and Private. r
Vear Boys Girls
1909-191) ... ... ... 3,778 4.252
1?10-1911 . 3,981 4.559
1911-1912 ....... ... 4.132 4.770
1012-1018 s)(Aj?hMiMM2 4.977
1913-1914 . ... 4,384 5.457
The steady increase in the high
acbool enrollment, during- the psst
ei^tt years ls gratifying to contem
plate. It speaks well for the grow?
lng interest the people are taking in
secondary education sod Util increas
ing efficiency of lite schools. In that
period Ute high school attendance hes
increased 104 per cent Still, a study
ot Ute tablea o' thia report ?ougfat to
Impress toa fhougbtfai citisen with at
least three iasaUeasctory conditions
-that the schools are not holding the
pupils as they should, Utat there are
almost no pupils in Ute fov rt't year of
the high schools, and that the boys
are year by year falling behind thc
girls in attendance. '
In 1910-1011, there wera S;?48 pu
pils tu the ?rat year classes. As sec
ond-year pupils lu 1911-1912 the num
ber dropped to 2,776. As third-year
pupils in 1912-1913 there were 2.097.
In 1913-19)4, a mere handful *>f &29
remained In the fourth-year ? classes.
Ot Una total high school enrollmagt
laat year only five per cent, were In
the fourth year. \
Blight years ago the high school
glrla out-numbered Ute boys by fewer
Of courte, no single year furnishes
a sate standard 'fey which to judge
|kf,. any Behool raatieh a matter es thc
)L INSPECTOR
> ANNUAL REPORT
.The total number of .high schools
ha:; been decreased from 180 last year
to 175 this year, but this decrease in
d?cate? a readjustment rather than a
retrogression. The Shandon and
Waverley high schools were absorb
ed by the Columbia high school when
ti e city limits of Columbia were ex
tended to include these two suburbs
-a case of "benevolent assimilation."
? Hendersonville. Edgmoor and Prince
ton nave changed from rural high
mhoola to rural graded schools, and
'.wo of the smaller prlvUte high
mbools have been closed.
The 175 schools here reported in
clude 159. public high schools, the
tecondary departments of Clemson
1 College and Winthrop College, the
Purman Pitting School, the Wofford
bitting School, the Carlisle Fitting
: School, and ll private achoo.s of sec
mdary grade. Two of these private
schools are included In no other list
>r table In this report, since this of
Ice ht.j no report or Information of
iny kind from either.
Under the high school act tba m in
mum requirements for a rurt.l high
ichool arc 15 high rchool pupils, tbs
'till teaching time of one hlgb school
cacher, and a session of eight
nonths. No schoc'l falling bolow
bose requirement H ls called a high
chool.
Albie ( lassHlcatlon of High Scho
e and Private.
Par
Col- tlal col- High
lege 3du- lege educa- school .
n cation cation education
B8 355 50 84
81 380 49 87
il 439 S3 29
RS 480 32 17
14 508 .10 2a* jj
or can accept: The result seems to
bo a twofold misfortune. The high 11
school boy at the very time be moat [
needs the companionship of a strong I<
man la put Into the hands of a wo- jj
man. and the-woman is set to do n"
man's task at about halt a mon's pay. jj
This whole Hues two I discussed at|>
some length in my ropott last year..
t By Years-Public nnd Private.
cond Third Fourth
ear Year Year i Total
,629 696 212 5,168
JttC l.lpS 164 6.03?
613 1.55? 250 8.030
,554 1,788 440 8,640
776 1366 446 8,902
,953 ?.Q97 470 9,339
,936 2,126 529 ?9,841
remained for tho third year, Bennetts
vllle 33 and 24, BlshopvH?e 34 and 20,
Conway 18 and 13, Darlington 21 and
20, Dillon 16 and 17, Due West 23 and
19, Florence 68 and ?* Johnston 80
and 18, Marton 37 and 35, Memminger I
61 and 60, Ninety Six 20 and 14. Or
angeburg 65 and 38. Sumter 69. andi
56, Summerville 13 and 14, Timmons-j
vllle 14 and 13. Wlnnsboro 27 snd 1", '
Yorkville 34 and 19. |
Since a singlo year does not furnish ;
altogether a fair test of a school's'
ability to hold tts pupils, 1 am sub-1
milting a table of public high schools
with two or more teachers following
tor three consecutive years the classes
entering tn 1911-1912. Boys and girls
are listed separately.
In Allendale, Johnsonville, and j
Westminster every boy of the first
year class had dropped out before tbe j
third year. Cross Anchor lost its
boys before they reached the second
year. Brimson. El loree, McColl.
North. Rome, Seneca and Simpson
ville esch carrhu one boy Into the
third year. The fatality in Seneca
and Slmpaonvllte la appalling. Mul
lins baa a four-year coarse. In 1910. i
that school bad one boy lu the grad
uating class. Not until Jone, 1914,1
did it haye another.
In different communities these wide
AWsreacrs ia holding the pupils la
tL> high school are traceable to va
rious causes, but wherever the falling
off ls merged the community should
investigate the conditions and locate
lb* trannie, lt may be dm< to an in
adequate teaching force, or to some
teacher or teachers lacking In abili
ty to inspire pupils, or to a course ot
study honey-combed with dry rot. or
to, the apathy of parents, or to tba
raids' of tbb college drummers. What
ever it ls ought to be discovered and
made known to the eotninbr.lly.
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CLEMSON COLUDOS, Jan ?.-The
second term of the 1914-1916 session
of Clemson College opened Tuesday
morning, January 6, with nearly all
Ute old- students in their pisces and
with a few new ones. There are only
ten vacant places In barracks. Last
year at this time there were 730 stu
dents attending classes; while this
year there are 748. There sae 62 more
men in college clases now than were
In the same classes last year. This in
crease in the college classes is due in
part to the fact that the preparatory
class bas been abolished. The work of
the new year has started well. Presi
dent Riggs made an appropriate ad
dress at the reopening on Tuesdsy
morning.
The total amount received from the
fertilizer tax for the first six months
of the fiscal year, beginning with July
1, ls $6995.26. The amount received
during a similar period last year was
probably twice ss much.
President W. M. Riggs has received
a letter from John D. Rockefeller con
gratulating the college on raising ita
part of the $75,000 fund for the erec
tion of the Y. M. C. A. building, and
informing him that the $50,000 given
by Mr. Rockefeller was ready tor the
project when needed. Bids for the con
struction of the building will be called
for shout February 1, and work will
begin about Msrcb.
There will be a meeting of the farm
d?monstration agents of the State
held at Clemson in the later part of
January. Or. W. W. Long, who ls at i
the head of this work in South Caro- i
lina, ls expecting a full attendance 1
md a good meeting.
The federal government has promts
Mi to furnish Clemson with an expert | ]
an marketing.
The winter short term for farmers |1
?ss not been offered this year, be
zause so few farmers are able to lea ro
their work for BO long a time ai the
beginning of the year. The course will
tm given in the sommer, likely ?lur
ing August, if conditions will permit. ' <
At a meeting of the Alumni Associa- '. <
tlon held last summer, a committee
was appointed to petition the board
af trustees to name the new athletic
rrounds "Riggs Field" in honor of
President W. M. Riggs, Ute founder of
it h loti CB at Clemson. At ita last meet- [1
lng Ute board of trustees unanimously |i
:omplied with this request. President
Etlggs has always taken great interest \\
In athletics, and he is now Ute presl
ient of the & I. A. A.
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We bod two weeks for the Christ
mas holidays and we enjoyed them
rory much. I think most of tho pupils j
of the school spent Ute holidays nt
home because lt wss such bad wea
ther. The school had a Christmas tree I
on Tuesday before Christmas. The j
tree waa decorated by articles made
by Ute pupila These were such arti
cles as calendars made by all students !
from the first grade to the fifth grade. I
The Urger boys made little rocking j
chairs, cradles, birds, hatchets, |
wrenches and boats.
We started back to school on Mon
ftair, January 4th. We have several
pupils who formerly attended
> th?; schools. We have now enrolled i
forty pupils, and all gradea from Ute ]
first through the eighth,
The school is doing nicely. The aver- !
agea were very good for Ute bast j
month. Here are a list ot some ot I
them: Mary McCown, 93; Juby Morri
son, 90; Hubert McCown 90, Oerald
Sullivan 90, W. T. Morrison 88, For
man Chamblee, 89, and Clarence Mor- j
rison 92.
We have been improving every j
month. In every thing.
CLARENCE MORRISON.
Eighth Grade.
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V,'c opened school again Monday, af
ter tho Christmas vacation. One , new]
pupil baa been enrolled since Christ
mas.
? We had a Christmas tree st Ute
school house on Wednesday before
Christmas. It was beautifully deco
rated with popcorn, tinsel and lighted
with candles. Tho room presented a
beautiful appearance, befog, decorated
In holly. The presents were simple,
but pretty/ aaa.' each child received
some token ot remetpberanoe. But Ute
eaosl enJottaWe part was the arrival
of Santa ?Hans with a beg of traite
and candy. He placed toe bag under
the tree and began to cut the presents
from Ute tree. After those were dis
tributed he opened bia bag ot fruits
and presenta sad presented each
child with fruits and candy. I guess
this wss the first time that most or
the children had ever seen Santa.
There- waa a nie* IIMIM tirmm***
everybody teemed to enjoy "themselves,
Christmas was very dull in these
parts. The weather waa co bad and
the roads so muddy Utat the peoph
could not travel.
Several of ?ur pupils are on <
sfek'ttjsV ame*/ Christmas. !
We aro vofry to hear of Ute death j
S. C Dean's little i
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We started back to school on Jan.
4th. We all hope to make 1915 the
best school year we have ever had.
We have several new pupils since
Christmas. We are all glad to have
Arthur Brooks In the high school.
All the teachers and pupils had a I
good time Christmas. We had some
bad weather for the entertainment but1
there were a good many there, and
we bad a good time.
All the college boys and girls have
gone back. There were several parties
around Lebanon during Christmas. -
Our honor roll for December was
as follows:
Nell Weldon, 95, fourth grade; Pen
nine Williams. 95, Mary Hunnicut 96.
Seventh Grade-Paul Robbins 98,
Ninth Grade-Bessie Harris, 95.
Tenth Grade- Max Wei horn 97, Ray.
Craig 97, Fe?rl Webb 96, and Lois
Richardson 96, if ,?fMEH
Ray McAIuuer, Ralph McAlister
and some others went lox bunting last]
Friday. ?. ?
We had a fine literary society last
Friday afternoon. The program was:
Debate: Resolved. That Athletics ls j
More Important than Society. Affirma- j
live, Carroll Hunulcutt and William
Wilson; negative, Mary Smith and
Edith Hutchinson. Current Evsnts-^
Thomas Massey; extemporaneous
Bpeech- Max Welborn; Reading
Henry Horton; Reading- Ruth Owen!
Declamation-Florence Moore; Life of |
Longfellow-- Ruth Martin.
We were glad to have at our society
meeting Mrs. Underwood, Miss Wyatt,
ind Mr. James Welborn. We hope to
liavo better society meetings for the
rest of the year.
We have our basket tail tesm about j
picked out.
One of the school boys did not come j
?aek after Christmas.
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Our school closed on Friday, Dec
L8th, for our ' Christmas holidays, j
rhlch lasted two weeks.
Yesterday balng'Januury 4th, we re
,urned to school, after a happy, but!
aiuy holiday. The first thing that at- j
xacted our attention was a new stove
vhlch was given to tao fourth and j
ifth grade room.
We were al* gl=-2 iff see it as it has ]
>een needed for quite a while.
Nearly all af our Christmas decora
ions arc still up, especially our "old|
Santas," Which are on the black
Wards yet:
We are glad to know that the child-1
.cn of the late Methodist minister
tia ve their names enrolled on our
1st.
The depot agent. Mr. Mounce, lb ol
io sending bis son and daughter to j
mr school.
On account ol sickness many pupils I
lave been absent. Among; those that
nay. be mentioned ar? Edith and ]
Slenn Stewart who are absent on ac
count of their father's illness, but wei
lope they will return aa soon as their j
Father recovers.
Our music teacher, Mrs. R. E. Wat
kins, was unable tu teach today on
?ccount of sickness. . ,
The high school boys are now pr?cv
ticing athletics for Field Day, which is
to be tn Anderson.
We hear our teachers are looking
forward tb the first teacher's meelina
af ms. The meeting win be held in
Anderson on Saturday.. .
We know all teachers will enjoy the !
teacher's meeting as Prof. E. L.
Hughes of Greenville city schools will j
lecture on "Geography of Europe.**
Miss Nettie Terry, who ls a gradu
ate of Pendleton high school, and lr
now attending. Chicara College ot
Greenville, visited our school on Men
**y
-Sixth and Sere- A\ ?radefl.
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An embroidery crab bas been or
ganised at High Point with the follow
ing members: Fannie ?le?da. Prest
dent; Ruth Clement, vice president;
Maude. Holland,- secretary and tresa?
urer; Rose Kay. Rochelle and Roda
Fields. Ella. Stella and Elisabeth Mc
aardaad, Ada. Eloise'ead Annie Dur
ton. Ella Myers, Lillie Smith, ?da ead
Annis Caspa,- Savannah. caufield and
Emm? Ct em sot, The club mu meet on
Monday and Thunalay everston*. Var-s
ions Mad*)oe*e4* le U be done, saea
as croobettttff and stenciling. - A- wood
working mab. wist be organised tuner*
the boya later.
^ne beauUfu: State: flag whiebnlsaa.
been ordered: for some ?me, came
Thursday. JWb/Wt? Mba this dug and
the U. 8. ?ag Which We have bad aw
some time, placed on the ?rayaron**.
* #trreryone seems to .Save coate beck
-.?-? .v..^^<^> mnrnwtaw-facnwI"*Jt?
daya In spite o? tl
xrerage hos not decreased the toast.
Wo regret very .
and M,a? Pru:
grade, who have :
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The first week of Behool orle thia
year has passed off Bucces??ully ano
each pupil has begun to -work harder
than ever before. To encourage regu
lar attendance and promptness thoso
pupils haring no tardies or absences
in these first two months have been
offered a holiday from school at the
end of the second month. Judging
from the past week part of which the
weather has been very unfavorable
for attendance, a large majority of the
pupils are working hard for their re
ward. Several new scholars were en
? rolled at the beginning of the year.
The Clionlan Literary Society of
the graded school viii hold lu first
public meeting of this school session
in about three or four weeks from the
present dste A full program has
been arranged for the evening a::d
those on duty will try their best to
please a large audience which is ex
pected.
Supt. J. D. Felton visited the school
here last Thursday. .
The girls of the Hohea Path basket
ball team completely overthrew the
Belton team In a game of basketball
played last Friday afternoon on the 1
local court. This waa only a return I
for-what our sir's received at Belton 1
some time ago. <1
Another lyceum attraction will be
givhn in the school auditorium Tues
day evening, January 12.- The even
ing's entertainment will be a lecture. 1
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TOWNVILLE. Jan. 9.-The follow
ing notice ls of interest to every pa
tron of the Town ville school:
. "There will be a regular meeting of li
the School Improvement Association >
on January 22 at 2:30 o'clock prompt- '
ly. Many Important matters will be
discussed; namely, the advisability of
various improvements in school
equipment; the question of new and
regular members, and other import
ant matters. A large attendance of
pupils and patrons is desired for the
principal' will be present to discuss
many matters of school Interest with
the petrona"
Let everybody note tho date abd the i
hour. i
-/.The Student*' Manna! Training Club
oa account oz inclement weather has
been unable to do much work recent
ly on the school grounds. The mem
bers, however, have already laid off I
the grounds for various athletic |
games.
Among new students enrolled are:
Robert and Misses Lucile end Addle j
Lapo, the children of the new Metho-1
dist minister. Rev. F> H. Lupa
Mrs. J. B. Ligon will tench for Miss I
Mell Kellett while the latter ls at
Seneca 'attending the Hunter-Jones |
wedding^
Miss nannie Stevenson visited Misa |
Alice Price during the week-end.
Miases Lila and Ines King. Allene
Led bet ter. Virginia Giles, Ines Bole
man. Mark Berle, Carrie Stewart and
Messrs. Johnny Hatcher, Rae McCar
ley and Adgsr Whitfield bari) recently j
been on the sick Hst'
C. H. WITT, Cor.
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EDITOR THE INTEL'dGENCBR:
I am a little boy ll yeera old. I
am going to school at Cheddar. Am
in the fourth grade, Mian Lola Cope?
land is my teacher. She la sc alee
to us that we all love her dearly, ?be
ls the best teacher ? ever bad ead ?
hope that she will continue to teach .
our school for many years tn come |
We had an entertainment Doccrnb r j
22 and R ama a grand ancce^s <MC ??^
all our entertainments we have ai
Cheddar.
Our school started ap December SO
abd yon bet we were all glad to re
turn to our studies. Mine Lola taught
-tu some ?ice Christmas soar- wb>H
we all enjoyed singing very much. 1
sf?te a letter toold Bania and T.
thank the editor very m ucl? for
We have/ a very large attendance
and our school prokreseloTg nicely
because we bate saca good hind
teacher ii. .
tam so glad that we Have an eday
cat Ional edge tn The Intelligencer.
Mieg-jLOM-feJMs lt to os and >lt inter
ests us very mneb.
Kiss Gertrude CllOkieaies/la our
principa], eat ve are .all proud of ber,
iib? seems te manage onr school much
bitter tbsn a man teacher for oar
school la controlled*by kindness in
stead of the switch, which I think is
a much better plan than the oW way
ot whipping. We little boys try not
te -give our teacher any trcwMe. h*A
cause wo don t like to weary bet pa
ilssjnr We 4**t like ic ha ecci3
ed and she never coo Ms os vjsry>m?e&. ;
i 1 hope I will see U*is letter in print
for I want Ut* readers to know wk**;
* ficwrtohta* achoo: we bave at O?soev
believe we are I^W slaag
better and ?i*o**her th? term thea j
aver before.
No mao lives to himself aloras foi
our Influence may fall where we caa
never be. It is the duty of every par?
ent to instill in the minds of grow*
lng children the thoughts of love,
kindness and generosity toward oth
ers. We can encourage people to think
as we wish them to but we can ac
complish nothing by dictation or co
ercion.
It remains with us to teach the'
children to respect their homes and
parents and that Kind words gently
spoken are more valuable than gold
or jewels. How can we expect one to
live above the standard we
have set for bim by the thoughts we
Implant in his brain. It remains with
us to encourfage the good in others
and thus help ourselves.
If we place a man on his honor he
will be true to lt. If we give him the
thought that we believe bim bad he
will as a rule not disappoint us. We
make men and women purer' and
nobler by .appealing to the Divine
spark of truth within their souls. No
ene is ever made good through fear of
punishment or from being constantly
told how bad be is nor by force of
my kind.
Those who would win friends must
tend out thoughts of good fellowship
and extend to these people /honest
generosity and kindness.
Those having children that are dif
ficult to control must first realise that
hey and not the children are respon
sible for the nature and character lt
nherlta for it did not create itself,
[f s child hsa a disagreeable temper or
3ad habits the blame belongs to the
parents. .It is a living picture of their
combined thoughts. It is always bard
o undo that which has been done,
rherefore, one must exercise, if be
would gain the best results in dea'.ing
sith , a child, parents must consider
bat they are dealing with themselves,
ind be firm but liberal minded. They
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There will be no January number !
of The BrakinJan issued. On account !
9t tbs Christmas holidays the mater- |
lal could not be welt gotten together.
?r. iiagier, who wa? torced io drop ?
Dut ot school some weeks ago on ac
count of sickness, hat returned to1
college.
Coach La Motte arrived tho ll th and |
aaa the basketball squad back at
work.
W. B. TJodman,. formerly of the Jan
tor clair, has entered the University
ot South Carolina.
At a meeting of tho student body on
Friday Mr. Boyce Plaxco was elected
to succeed W. P. Whlfsldes as mana
get of the basketball team. Mr. Whtt
cldes baa entered Newberry College.
On Monday evening the senior class !
waa delightfully entertained at a so
cial reception by the ?idles of the
Due Weat Woman's College.
' Mr. Olin Davis, wh? bas been at- |
tending Clemson, bas entered Ers
kine.
Dr. fi. M. Poteat, president of Fur
man Vni'Wrfty, addressed .the Era
kino Y. M. C. A. on last Sabbath]
oventng. His message waa appro
priate to the beginning of a new year
and piloted out the marks of efficien
cy in tlio college student. "Dr. lOteftt
ta a favorite arnon* the Erskine stu
dent.?, ami hi? coming ls always
looked forward to.
On Friday afternoon ?Se -*BL"
mian.; Literary .Society tyeotwTW&A
Young president and D. R. Kennedy j
vice president for the coming term.
ooooooooooooo oo oo
o MELTON SCHOOL o
o o o o o O) o o o o o o o o o o o
We are glad to not? that our school
has begun the new year with renew
ed enthusiasm and ranch addod inter
est la things worth while. It is indeed
Spptrinn and encouraging to be per
vaded by the feeling ftvea one through
the knowledge that conditions are
thus favorable. It makes us rejoice
thee we are living. It makes os for
get the dark storms and g&om or
winter and behold the splendor ot the
life-giving sunshine. It makes us
want to do good for our tallow nstgh-;
Bev. JN O. Crain of Oree?vi?le con*,
ducted beth services at Bia and Twenty
the first Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
Crain'? sermon, waa characteristic on
each occasion and caresed much fav
orable comment. We hope be wt^^btft
oa again soon.
The ladles' improvement association
of Melton school ts preparing to give
au oyster aunper Friday evania*;, the
15th. for the benefit of tbs school,
.everybody is invited ta be present aa
rotnething new in the way of oater
uAntaeat te c&paeted to be ia*ro*on?d.
?. tb? quer?a! -ta*? er The
llrAetOjr^neer a" prosperous Kaw Year.
Tko 8*&sy
Hamm*:
Ad*
must first control themselves -before
they Attempt to control tue child they
should neve?1 permit themselves to
sive wey to auger or temper when,
trying to direct or control the child.
If they do their efforts will be fruit
less.
Parents will geln the most perfect
control if they go to its bedside after
lt has retired for the night and caress
and love it and talk to it of beautiful
things and that it wiu desire tb be
a better child and will dislike to dis
play its temper, etc. They should not
refer to the things lt did contrary td
their wishes for that will call back
those contrary thoughts and antagon
ize it.
If the life of the child ia filled with
good, true, noble thoughts there will
be left no room for the evil the char
acter displayed by the child is due to
hereditary traits. One evil life impreg
nates future generations as yeast im-,
pregustes batter.
A woman j of criminal tendencies
who died in 1827 bad given hirth to
several children.all of whom inherit
ed her criminal traits. By following
records of the offspring from;generar
Hon to generation it haa been fougd
that up to May 1802 no leas than seven .
hundred of them had been convicted
Df criminal offenses at least once, and
that thirty-seven had been executed
for committing murder. The offspring
of this one woman had up to that date
cost the nation about th ree .million
lollara for trials and executions. All
this crime resulted from one w nasa's
thoughts. Her thoughts being e ni abe
it trac ted to the bodies of her child*
ren souls that were la harmrny with
lier thoughts. They were rem with
3vii traita. The only chanco they had
tor improvement after behr g removed
from the mother's influence was
through the thoughts of thvlr associ
?tes. . . VV/-.'
MRS. LON BOLEMAN.
Townville, 8, C., *>sa 81, 1*4*,
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0 O o o o.o o o o o o o o o
1 BETHANY SCHOOL o
o o
o o o o o odo o po o o o ooo
The sch oe1, at this place opened up
after Christmas with a large attend
ance.'
Mt. Harr?sea Sameister, ' s -ladest
of tba Southern Dental College in At
lanta, spent the holidays with' home
folks.
Miss Nellie Williamson ot "Belton
visited Miss Mamie Flelda recently.
Mr. Christy Wright who has been
sick with la grippe is improving..
Mrs. Watson and son. Fred, from
near Anderson spent the holidays
with Mrs. D. R. Simmons.
Misses Annie and Lessie Banalster
were Ute guests, of the Miases Bittr
mons last Thursday.
Mr. Grady Holland and Miss Lottie
McCoy of Anderson scent last Sunday
with the Misses Williamson.
Misses Louie Vaughan and
Bannister were , tho guests of
Florence King last Saturday.
Misses Gladys and Grace Todd ate
visiting their sister, Mrs. Bfeed Ban
nister.
" A F?flflfc r
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IND?ftTRIAL SCHOOL !
XEEBS KEW Bl?IL?IKG \
Trustees, After Meeting at FkmMide,
' Decide 10 Ask Legislature'for
. Approprfa?ioa,
FLORENCE, Jan, 10:-At a mealing
of the trustees ot tho South Carotfafe '
industrial school held st their build
ing here Thursday night it was de
cided to ask the legislature for an afr- ,
propriation ot $35,000- for the erectie?
of another building to be known -ag
the administration building, Walja -
will be the may?- stricture- rog: tito
ground?. The school now has 188
boy*, a large Increase over the, bom
ber for the same, period last year, abd
ft ?tanda very much in need of ?en
housing room, the trastees will urge .'
tba erection of this building at the
earliest possible lime.
Th? report of Superintendent Jebbs
dealt with the things Utat are urgent
ly needed at this time end waa adopt
ed and accepted aa moat ?aUstactory.
The anal appropriation of $29,000
will be asked for the rubbing &- .
penses of Ute school for another year.
Bngermtr-ndeet Johns' report pointed 1
ont Urn necessity for more lead. At ,
arasent the institution only has 111
acres of land, 90 of which are avail- I
able for cultivation, the balah ce uti
Heed for building improvaiieem, More
lend ie needed kaoauae of the rabid
growth of fkrmtag sad Ute cofctlevjee?
development of the live stosk bbsi
neas. It has bees estimated that Ote
school ooefcS well find ase for st tessi
fi?w acres or more ??ad on which to
term ?ad pastura thc atock._
? . ?5OT??? o?c?Mi???.-?iws^ ?f( b?uiy wwio?
Ito bouas. the.farm prMucts wi
{?Iso shoffa a sharked Increase tbie
(year. The school predas 9*7 buan
{eli of cora. 1,000 h^ebeU ot oats. ?
j ?ide? a<^re>^^oa^^<^t;
