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Newspaper Page Text6 COUNTRY HOME | I Women, on the Farm I Conducted. By Mrs. IV. H. Felton. v 4 •I* Correspondence on home topics or ♦ ♦ subjects of especial Interest to wo- ♦ 4. men is invited. Inquiries or letters ♦ 4> should be brief and clearly written ♦ 4, tn ink on one side of the sheet ♦ 4. Write direct to Mrs. W. H. Fel- ♦ <• ton. Editor Home Department Semi- 4 .<• Weekly Journal. Cartersville, Ga. + <• No inquiries answered by mall. ♦ ♦ <ll til »»»»»♦»*« I I I I I !»*♦♦<■ Schooling Is Not Education. In my opinion—for which opinion I do not claim perfection, by a very great deal, but I have the steadfast opinion that every boy and girl should have a plain common school education. The state does that and more. too. where they will ac cept it, and certainly every child should 1 accept It. but that is not all that Is es sential in procuring an education. There are many men who have been students, well schooled In books, yet are sometimes are not respectable people In a community. And I am going to say also that I have known a great many people who were useful, valuable and most respectable who had little or no schooling at all. But they were educated in other and honorable ways, neverthe less. As a rule, our teachers In schools are only expected to know what the text books teach and sometimes the text books are put up mainly to sell, as we understand. • An education means preparation for usefulness in life, whether it is learned from text-books or in other ways. I listened to an address made by State School Commissioner Glenn during the post winter, in which he gave his ex perience with a "lost boy." Perhaps oth ers of our readers have heard him on the same subject. He Interviewed a small criminal who was being conveyed to a chaingang somewhere and found he had received cnly the rudiments of an Eng lish education; thereupon he urged the necjssity for doubling the present school appropriation as a remedy for s&viny lost ooya. because schooling would be efficacious in recovering lost boys. I yield to no person in my admiratio.i for educated persons who are well vers ed In text-books, honorable and sterling as to character, but I have lived long enough to know that all the criminals do not come from the ignorant or Illiterate classes, and there is much valuable edu cation which is not derived from text books. The importance of manual train ing Is beginning to be appreciated. Brain work and hand work united make the most available education. Unless the in formation derived from text-books can be applied to useful purposes ft is sim ply decorative art rather than profitable education. A carpenter who is profi cient In mathematics has an advantage that an uneducated carpenter may well envy him. but there are successful car penters who have learned to build, to plan, to erect, who have this education only in the head, put there by experience and constant practlcs. without the aid of books or school teachers. It wou'd be the height of felly to say that one knew all about the carpenter bustness because he learned mathernat'es from text-bcoks. and the other knew nothing because bis figuring and measure ments were acquired by exercise and habit and not from text-books. School ing is. therefore, not education. In regard to the loot boys. I think moral education must emanate from the home, not from the general use of text books. , There was something radically wrong with the morals of the lost boy the com missioner was so interested in. and the rudiments of an English education had simply nothing to do with making him better or worse, because his education In honesty and decency had been entirely overlooked. Homes for Self-Supporting Women. Some weeks ago I called attention to the good work that is being done by the Woman's Christian association In large cities, in providing a respectable place for women who must be self-suppqrting, where they may go. not only for noon and evening meals, but for rest, for educa tional work and such innocent recreation as their busy lives allow. I had a friend who had occasion to visit the “Business Women’s club" in Louisville. Ky., and she wrote me of the excellent work that was done in that line. My last mail brought me a sweet letter from the pres ident of the elab.’ How grateful I do feel when a little word of mine is helpful and cheering! Said she: "I address you as a fHend. for you are a friend, although we have never seen each other and may not in this world, but your earnest words convince me. A friend employed on one of our religious papers (The Christian Observer! noticed an article in the Semi- Weekly Journal, of Atlanta. Ga.. about our club. She brought it to me yesterday. il do appreciate the kindness of publish- • Ing things that are good, to try to make the world better, and the lives we touch, happier and brighter, and I call you our friend and I write to thank you. If you can send me names of prominent women in Georgia who would like to enter upon such philanthropic work I will send them cur 'Tear Book.” etc.” Mrs. James Buchanan is the president's name. Her address is 431 Walnut street, Louisville. Ky. These energetic women have by their efforts purchased a splendid lot, costing $14,000. They have paid ss.ooo up to date. The house when complete will have 40 to M bed rooms, which will be rented to self supporting respectable women at S 3 per month, and they can get their meals at the restaurant as they desire. This is an educational, uplifting, pre ventive work, far better in results than to care for suffering women after wrong ha« been Inflicted on them. There is noth ing in life so beneficial to any character as self-reliance along with independent integ rity and genuine self-respect. Os course We would prefer to find every girl and wo man in the United States safely domiciled tn her own happy home, but alas! that cannot be. It is labor and toil, vexation and vain human hopes -which we must contend with in our present life. I am glad that these dear good philanthropic women of Louisville, Ky., were cheered by my words. The Duty of the Voter. In an abstract view of the subject the privilege of choosing one's own repre sentatives is also one of the most serious responsibiity and danger, as well as a r><h and lofty prerogative. If your representative speaks in your stead or acts as your agent it is impos sible to be too much concerned about the selection of a proper sort of a candidate LT the reeteictions you may place upon his actions when he is allowed to stand in jour place and decide upon what is proper for you and your own household in a so cial and legislative point of view. It is a magnificent opportunity which the Maker of heaven and earth has granted to the individual voter in these United States of America. Our ancestors believed they were build- HR T . ». L* -I - Fj M Seat C-xigh Syrup. Tastes Good. Use M ta Ume> Sold by drogyut* Hn ing well when they threw off the British yoke and won for their descendants the inestimable blessings of civil and relig ious liberty. To perpetuate and maintain these privileges they adopted the ballot system, where every qualified voter might express his convictions and demand hon est government for the whole country in a fair and proper way at the voting place. When we look at our modern elections and see the motives and mainsprings of these public expressions at the ballot box, the patriot must unavoidably suffer from dread and apprehension in forecasting the future of our common country in the years to come. We seem to be triflers where the most serious results are men acing our happiness and prosperity. We appear to be grossly indifferent when the fate of ourselves and our own children hangs in the balance. The modem voter is in too many cases not only indifferent and frivolous, but criminally neglectful of his duty to the dependent classes which are allowed no vote, but whose destiny is at the mercy of the unworthy and unstable voter. Our forefathers understood the value of a vote, or rather they properly estimated the obligation of the voter. We seem to forget at the present time their wise counsels. A young man boro of and reared by American parents was required to wait until he was twenty-one years old before he could assume this obliga tion. No foreigner could enjoy the privi lege until he became acquainted with our laws and civil institutions and then took a solemn oath to be true and legal to the republic. These restric tions were absolute. These ancestors were careful people. They endured hard ships and toil beyond compare to leave this nation to their descendants as the land of the free and home of the brave. A man who sold his vote at that early age of tho republic would have been dis graced in the sight of his neighbors and ostracised by his brethren in the church. I can well recollect hearing much older people than myself talk about the Yaxoo sals in a Georgia legislature, where mem bers were given money, land and va rious bribes for voting to sell this pre cious territory for a few cents an acre. L’p in Washington city in the house li brary. under the name of American state papers, anybody can go today and get th? names and full account of how these men sold their votes. I took a list my self years ago. The stain of dishonor is there to stay. It was put there to stay as an example to coming generations. A man’s honor in those days counted for more than lands or money. A vote was a sacred privilege, a trust, based on Indivdual integrity. Our very existence as a nation depends on preserving this privilege as our ances tors desired it should be kept, clean and honest. I with I might call back twenty years of vigorous life that I might, with God’s help, try to influence the young men of today to examine into the sacredness of a ballot in a free government by the peo ple and of the people. As sure as we live this obligation should be continually explained by press and pulpit. The pre servation of individual character Is large ly at stake in this iesue. The young people who watch their eld ers <n popular elections are not blind or Indifferent. They hear the talk about tricks and trades. They see the vto’.atlpns of taw around and about the polls long before they'can cast a ballot for them selves. If they flr.d negroes or degraded whites made drunk on whisky or paid money, or bacon, or shoes, or flour, or anything else by car.dtdetja and heelers to control elec tions. or it they see or hear of tissue ballots, of fa'as counts or destroyed votes they a'iil be Influenced by this sad exam ple or despise the persons who are guilty of this crime against free government, no matter how they stand financially in a community or to whom they are re lated. It is common talk today in Georgia that no candidate can succeed unless he is fa vored by the "machine,” for if he Is voted in he will be counted out. No greater libel may be charged against our public character if this statement is false; no greater shame can be exposed if it is true. I do believe the demoralisation of ne gro labor and much of rape violence we owe to undue familiarity with corrupt votes, as performed by the bad men of both races: and it is only fair to say that the men who would corrupt a negro’s character or Integrity are no better than the poor ignorant creatures who make merchandise of this privilege when recog nised as free cltlsens in this country. I do believe, also, it was a sin and mon umental crime against the privileges of a republic to place ignorance and depravity where it has been thus used by bad men of both races. The old ship of state has been fearfully battered in the last 40 years. There is a providence which watches over the lame and the lasy'or it would have gone to pieces on the rocks long ago. When brib ery succeeds anywhere there are indica tions which point to final shipwreck, and the destinies of this people seem to be in the hands of wreckers who are luring us to ruin by false lights. Look at your own child and then answer the question. "Shall he try to cheat and defraud at the polls?” Take warning! Look at your own daughter and ask yourself if her life and fortunes, after you are gone, must be at the mercy of lawmakera who go into of fice bound hand and foot by the influences which elected them? For ycur own sake as an honest citizen, act in this matter as if God was now calling you to account for the trust reposed in you! Your vote is really cast for all the women, all the youths, all the dependent classes of your country. Men of Georgia, set a good ex ample for your own boys! England Proposed to Antagonize the United States. By reason of some friction between Ber lin and London deplomats it Is discovered that England was quite ready to aid Spain in curbing the UnltM States at the break ing out of the Spanish-American war in the year 185®. Great Britain proposed a general alli ance for curbing purposes, and Germany refused to sign the paper presented by the English ambassador at Berlin. ' It is somewhat unfortunate for Great Britain that her officials denied this move ment looking to Spain's protection against the United States when hostilities began over Cuba. Os course it was entirely natural that Great Britain’s sympathies should be en listed on the side of monarchy and against a republic. The very existence of a mqaMM|L de pends largely on preventing of republican forms of goveißßPit. It is a fight for life with di vine right of kings must not Inside their dominions, and the L of self-preservation demands that of a feather should flock Therefore, it was to be expected that Great Britain should be more frlefidly to 1 Spain than to the United States. Nevertheless, it is very unfortunate for Great Britain that a question of veracity should have arisen in regard to Great Britain's attitude toward the United States, as late as 1898. It will be an un wholesome sort of remembrance whenever another fuss among nations is on hand, because hypocrisy anu prevarication are as unsightly in state papers as in private papers. The denial Is the worst part about the whole business, and Great Britain will not add any appreciable honor to her good THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24. 1902. PERSONAL MAGNETISM A College Chartered Under the State Laws With a Capital of *IOO,OOO for the Purpose of Teaching Per sonal Magnetism and Hypno tism by Correspondence. EVERYBODY MAY NOW LEARN Ten Thousand Copies of a Valuable Work on These Sciences to Be Given Away to Advertise the College. The American College of Sciences of Philadelphia, Pa., is a novel institution. It is chartered under state laws, with a capital of 1100,000 for the purpose of teaching Personal Magnetism, Hypnotism, Magnetic Healing, etc., by correspondence. At an expense of over $5,000 the college has issued a remarkable work on these sciences, ten thousand copies of which will be given away absolutely free. The book Is .elegantly illustrated with the most ex pensive engravings, and it is decidedly the finest and most comprehensive work of its kind ever published. It? is the product of the combined talent of thirty distinguish ed hypnotic specialists and scientists. It thoroughly explains all the hidden secrets of Personal Magnetism, Hypnotism, Mag netic Healing, etc. It is full of surprising experiences, and makes many startling disclosures in regard to the use and possi bilities of this secret power. The college absolutely guarantees that anyone can learn these sciences in a few days at home, and use the power without the knowledge of his most intimate friends. The reporter asked for the names and addresses of some of the pupils so that he might communicate with them personally. Several hundred were offered, from which the reporter selected eighty-four. The re plies received were more than sufficient to convince the most skeptical in regard to the wonderful benefits to be derived from this mighty power. There were absolutely no failures. All had learned to make practical use of the sciences. The follow ing extracts are taken at random from the letters for the benefit of readers. J. H. Schneller, 1412 Avon street, La Crosse, Wis., writes: "Hypnotism truly reveals the secrets of life and the mys teries of nature. My own father could not have convinced me of its wonderful power if I had not actually tested it for myself. I consider a knowledge of it in valuable to those who wish to get the most out of life; to those who wish to achieve success and live up to the full measures of their possibilities.” Mrs. Effie M. Watson, Martinsville. Ind., writes: "Hypnotism opens the road to health, happiness and prosperity. It should be studied by tevery one. I would not part with my knowledge of it for any amount. The instructions have developed within me a force of character, an ability to influence and control people that I did not dream I could acquire.” J. W. Clinger, M. D., Springfield, 0., writes: “I have used the methods of i hypnotism taught by the American Col- I lege of Sciences in two cases of difficult I surgical operations with perfect success. It is a complete anaesthetic, and prefer able to chloroform or ether. I acquired a practical knowledge of hypnotism in less than three days. The book is grand.” Rev. T. W. Butler, Ph. D., Idaho City, Idaho, writes: ’T have cured a number of I chronic cases of rheumatism, dyspepsia and paralysis of long standing; have not had a single failure; I consider a knowl edge of personal magnetism invaluable. The book has greatly Increased my own powers." Dr. W.. P. Kennlcutt. 529 State street, Binghamton. N. Y„ writes: "I had long suffered from nervous prostration and dyspepsia. My case baffled all medical skill. I studied hypnotism from the American College of Sciences, and tried it upon myself with surprising results. In one week my stomach was better than It had been in thirty years. I could eat any thing without the slightest distress. I can hypnotise myself in five minutes and sleep all night; have hypnotlsed'a number of others.” The first ten thousand persons who write to the American College of Sciences will receive, absolutely free, the marvel lous book that brought success to the above persons. It is intensely interesting from start to finish. It should be in every home. If you want a copy write today to the American College of Sciences, De partment VY 31, 416-420 Walnut street, Philadelphia, Pa., and you will receive the book by return mall. name and reputation by talking one way and acting another. It is very fortunate for this country that British tergiversation has been thus checked by exposures in Berlin. It should be, a healthy lesson for our anglo-maniacs who are forever toadying to English titles and becoming sycho phants when Great Britain makes de mands. JUNO’S NEEDLE THAT BUILT HER A HOUSE When our grandmothers were girls, you all know, needle work was a fashionable diversion. Although the dear little Irish poet reminded those demure maidens of long ago that "the safest shield against darts of Cup'.d is Minerva's thimble," most of them not only wore thimbles but snared hearts in the floss attached to their needles. . The needle is not only woman's ancient weapon against ennui but the oftentimes frail and brittle oar with which she at tempts to paddle her own canoe on life's uncertain ocean. All this while you are doubtless strain ing your mental vision to behold the point of "Juno's needle" and wondering what I can have attached to the eye thereof that is worth waiting to see. What do you suppose "Juno” did with her needle be side using it "to broider the long clothes and neat little coat” of her two chil dren? She built a house with it! Yes. a house of six rooms, most of the woodwork being mahogany, the weather boarding of hardwood shingles and this house stood in a forest in Liberia near the coast. But how did I come to know about this marvelous story? It is as simple as twice two is four. Ever since I began to read, the trav els and adventures of men and women have delighted me. You might not be lieve how young I was when I had been everywhere with "Peter Parley,” with Bayard Taylor, with Robinson Crusoe, with Young Marooners, with Swiss Fami ly Robinson, and every shipwrecked trav eler that fell into my hands. The first books that brought Africa to my Imagination were the travels of Dr. Livingston, the stories of the Dutch set tlers that Bill Nye travestied so excru ciatingly, and many journals of natural ists and travelers in the dark continent. I read with greatest Interest "Cast Up By the Sea,” "Uarda” and the "Sad Story of an African Farm,” though I never could be interested in any of Rider Haggard's books. Africa has always been a fasci nating country to ms, and when I saw so much in the papers about "our brothers in black” going over to possess their an cestral lands, I was moved to speak on the subject to a few colored sisters of my acquaintance. Imagine my surprise when my long-time washerwoman, Kitty Marshall, told me she had a sister who had lived in Africa for sixteen years and was now a resident of Macon, Ga. I exacted a promise from Kitty then and there to bring that sister of hers to see me, to tell me all about her African experience the first time she came here on a visit. That is how I came, soma time ago. to see “Juno” and to hear a brief account of her life in Africa. She is a very intelli gent yellow woman, perhaps 60 years old, but still robust, erect and wei. dressed. She wore quaint rings on her fingers and a gold watch with the tiny golden chain and slides that our grandmothers wore. She looks somewhat like that “Lily of the Sky” who came here some years ago as queen of the Hawaiian islands. I found that Juno had married a weal thy free negro merchant in her 17th year, and soon afterward had gone to Liberia to live. They carried furniture, provisions, seeds and money with them to that far off land. Soon after their arrival in Africa Juno’s husband was prostrated with fever and was ill for more than a year. She herself had only slight fever, and never went to bed, her youthful vigor, her energetic na ture and devotion to her husband uphold ing her. During the long months in which she was becoming acclimated she sewed busily and made money. She had been trained as a seamstress by her American mistress. The African landlady that was engaged in the business of caring for immigrants suggested to Juno that it would be well to begin the erection of a house, so as to have a home ready for occupancy when her husband should be restored to health. SO the house was built by slow degrees of mahogany and other fine hardwoods, from the fruits of her needle. The first floors were of bamboo thatch. Imagine a house with a kind of wicker floor! After ward a plank floor was put in and many years afterward her husband made of it a nice nine-room house. Juno told with much enthusiasm of the fine corn they raised, as well as the many native food plants—the sugar cane, coffee, oranges, . lemons and plantains. No peaches, apples or plums would grow at all. “Africa is the home of the negro race," said Juno with emphatic nods; “it is a land that richly repays labor. To be sure, idleness in Africa meets with the same reward as it does in America, but a man can work half as much in Liberia as he does in Georgia and make twice or thrice as much.” ♦ After the death of *-er husband Juno longed to return to America and live near her relatives and frienus. Against the advice of her lawyer she sold all her property in Africa and returned to Ma con with her two children. 6ne was still equipped with her faithful needle, and life regained for her much of the comfort and peace of her youthful days. Juno believes a woman of her race can earn money with a needle rightly used in almost any corner of the world. Her experience in Liberia is worth remember ing. L ' c - OUR SCHOOLS AND CANADA’S. Continuance of the Test of the Relative Thoroughness of Instruction. Baltimore American. A novel and Interesting test of the rela* tlve thoroughness of the public school sys terns of the United States and of Canada is being conducted by Anson A. Gard, for merly of New York, but now a resident of Canada, and the author of a book on Quebec. Mr. Gard is in this city as the guest of Mr. Irvin G. Herman. Geography, history, and the forms of government are the fields in whtth the test is being made It came about as a result of a contro versy whfch resulted in a wager between Mr. Gard <nd a prominent teacher of Mon treal, and to be decided on whether Cana dian school children know more generally about the United States than American school children do of Canada. The Canadian test took place in Mon treal about the middle of January. More than 1,000 children of the high and gram mar schools of the province were assem bled and fifty questions about the United States prepared by Mr. Gard were pro pounded. One afternoon this week Mr. Gard asked fifty questions about Canada of fifty pupils in a public school in the central portion of this city. The same fifty questions were asked of pupils in Brooklyn, N. Y., and Hackensack, N. J., this week. Mr. Gard said the answers given by the Baltimore pupils were far better and showed a greater degree of thoroughness than those given by the pu pils of the Brooklyn schools. Mr. Gard stated that thus far in his in vestigation he had found that the Cana dians knew a great deal more about the United States than the American school children did about Canada. Mr. Gard will make other tests in the near future in Washington and Philadelphia. NOBODY~sfOQD~UP. The Failure of a New Street Car Con ductor’s Scheme to Get AU the Fares. Indianapolis Journal. Old street ear conductors sometimes have a great deal of trouble with their "under studies.” It Is the custom of the Indianapolis company to "break in” new men by sending them out over the lines with experienced em ployees who have been long in the service. This is done in order to train the new men to act as substitutes or "extras." Recently a Brightwood line conductor had one of the new men in charge. On the first trip the begin ner was shown how to collect fares, how the rod connecting with the indicator should be manipulated to show a ticket, how it should be worked to indicate a cash fare and how the trip reports should be made out. In the mean time teaching him the names of the streets and when to call them. On the next trip the understudy thought he had learned his part so well he asked permission to run the car himself under supervision. The old conductor watched the new man collect the fares and saw that he missed a number. When he re turned to the rear Os the car he was Informed that he was five short—that there were thirty passengers and he had collected only twenty five fares. Without waiting for further advice the new man put his head In the door of the car and shouted: "All who have not paid their fares will please stand up." Not a passenger moved. Perhaps they were too amazed—probably as much astonished as the old conductor. The silence was becoming almost painful. Finally a suburbanite nudged his neighbor and asked him why he didn't stand up. "Can’t He,” was the reply. "I’m honest. Paid my fare.” By this time the humor of the situation began to dawn on the other passengers. The men laughed and the women smiled—all ex cept five girls in the front part of the car, who were so busy talking they had not heard the new conductor's "stand-up” order nor witnessed what followed. One of the girls had a bunch of transfer tickets partly concealed in a glove. The old conductor knew where the missing faces were and had Intended to tell the new man, but the latter did not give him time. The incident was ended by the old conductor walking to the talkative girls and saying “Fares, please.” as if nothing had hap pened. The transfers were surrendered with out the girls knowing an attempt had been made to introduce an innovation in street car ethics. FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST. The amount of gold coin in actual circula tion in the world is estimated by the Bank of England officials to be about 885 tons. French gray has practically been decided upon as the most serviceable and most invisible color for the war paint to be used on vessels in the English Navy. Ct.a result of the recent earthquake near Lucca Is that the lake known as the Lago Santo, in the Tuscan Apennines, has gradually disappeared within the. last few days. One of the Ostend steam trawlers, after but twelve days at sea, returned to port last week with a catch which sold for over 12.435. The haul and the price constitute a record for the town. Cancer Cured. Dr. B. F. BYE'S Oils for cancers and tumors are a painless cure. Most cases are treated at home without the services 'of a physician. Send for book telling what wonderful things are being done. Gives instant relief from pain. Address, DR. B. F. BYE, Indianapolis, Ind. f I I Educational Field |i I • | Conducted By Hon. M. B. Dennis HOW EDUCATION BOARD WILL IMPROVE RURAL SCHOOLS A new and Important movement in be half of the rural public schools of North | Carolina was set on foot at a conference between leading educators and business men last week. The conference was held in Greensboro, under the auspices of the state association for the'improvement of the public schools, assisted by the south ern education board. Among those pres ent were the governor of the stat*, the state superintendent of public instruc tion, presidents and professors of the leading state and denominational colle ges, and a number of city and county su perintendents of schools. Every phase of the educational life of the state was rep resented. The prime object of the con ference was the advancement of the gen eral educational life of the commonwealth and the keynote of all the discussions was the improvement of the rural public schools as the best means of accomplish ing this end. The quickened interest in education during the past few years has resulted in giving the towns and cities greatly improved school facilities, but the new life has not touched the rural districts, except in rare instances. The result is that, while the schools of the towns and cities have advanced steadily, the rural communities have stood still," or gone backward. While special taxes have been levied for school purposes in the centers of population, the meager sums apportioned among the sparsely set tled country districts have been insuffi cient to meet the demands of the people. This has resulted in an influx of popula tion from the country to the towns, caus ing some apprehension as to the future welfare and stability of the rural dis tricts. Believing the time had come when the educationally stronger communities should help the weaker, a number of leaders in education called the Greensboro confer ence for the purpose of devising ways and means of improving the school facilities of the rural districts. Several practical movements were inaugurated which will mean much for the cause of universal education in this state and throughout the entire south. One of these is an organiza tion of women which has for its object the improvement and beautifying of rural school houses and grounds. Another prac tical result was the formation of a society for consolidating rural school districts, building better school houses, and secur ing longer terms and more ■ capable teachers. The women’s organization was conceived by the students of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College for women, a majority of whom are from the rurai districts and know from experience the wretched conditioh of the buildings and the unfavorable surroundings of most of the country "free schools.” The mis sion of this society is to agitate and cre ate a sentiment for better things, and the fact that the organization already has members in every county in the state au gurs well for the movement. These women believe it is impossible for the people to take the proper interest in education so long as their schools are con di ctul in -‘maii un<i uncomfortable huts, surrpunded by uncouth and untidy grounds. When the women have created a senti ment in any community for better school houses and grounds the other organization will undertake the task of supplying the demand. At the Greensboro conference a local organization was formed for Guil ford county and more than $4,000 was sub scribed by the people of Greensboro for building school houses and improving schools in the rural districts of the county. This amount was duplicated by the gen eral education board through its secretary and executive officer. Rev. Dr. Wallace Buttrick, who was present. None of this fund is to be applied to any school until after the people of the community have voted upon themselves a special tax for education .thus encouraging the principle of self-help. The money is available for schools of both races. This is the first in stance in the south of a general subscrip tion to be used for public education out side the community in which it was raised. Other towns and cities in North Carolina will probably follow Greensboro's exam ple. No event in the recent educational life of the state has attracted more attention or aroused more enthusiasm than the work of this conference. Leading educators pre dict that the movement here set on foot will result in great good to the cause of universal education throughout the entire south and prove the beginning of a vig orous educational, campaign. The senti ment of the meeting may be judged by the fact that Governor Aycock's declaration that the time for talking was over and the time for practical work was at hand if the south is to banish illiteracy from its borders, was more loudly applauded than any other utterance of the conference. The Greensboro conference was signifi cant not only because of the prominence of the participants and the enthusiasm of the meeting, but especially because this is the first appropriation of the General Education Board since it opened its offices in New York. The board has at its dis posal between one and two million dollars to aid in southern educational develop ment and its action is supposed to indi cate one direction in which a large part of the money will be appropriated. Liberal help to those determined to help them selves is clearly indicated as the policy of the board. W. H. Baldwin, Jr., is president and George Foster Peabody treasurer of the General Education Board. Its other mem bers are Dr. J. L. M. Curry, Albert Shaw, Morris K. Jessup, Frederick T. Gates, President Gilman, Robert C. Ogden and Walter H. Page. North Carolinians are grateful for the generous action of the board. All classes of citizens are hopeful that the policy in augurated will do much to stimulate the already marked activity everywhere mani fest in the state to secure an effective sys tem of public schools in the rural dis tricts. Greensboro, N. C. ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATION IN TJ4E SOUTH Preparations arg rapidly maturing for the meeting of the Fifth Annual Confer ence for Education in the south, to be held at Athens. Ga.. April 24 to 27 inclusive. It is expected that there will be an even larger gathering of educators and citi zens from all over the south than there was last spring at Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. Robert C. Ogden, of New York, president of the southern education board, which is the outcome of these con ferences and which recently started the general education board to finance this great movement in the south, will bring on a special train a number of distinguish ed educators and philanthropists from the north and will be greeted at Athens by a large number of prominent teachers, cit izens and public men from the south. All persons interested in educational advancement in the south will be cordlaly welcomed. The railroads will give a rate of one and one-third fare on the certifi cate plan south of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi. The program which follows shows the high character of the discussions and in cludes a number of prominent speakers. The conference will open on Thursday afternoon, the 24th. with a business ses sion; 8 p. m., the address of welcome vzill be made by the Hon. Clark Howell, of Georgia; the president's annual address by Mr. Robert C. Ogden, of New York; a response, by Prof. C. C. Thach, of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. Friday, April 25th, 10 a. tn., a business session of the conference; “Education and the Vol untary Tax.” by the Hon. C. B. Aycock, governor of North Carolina; general dis cussion, introduced by the Hon. H. St. George Tucker, of Virginia; Dr. John Massey, of Alabama, and the Hon. Robert B. Fulton, chancellor of the University of Mississippi; 3 p. m., "Popular Education as the Primary Policy of the South,” by the Hon. Hoke Smith, of Georgia; "The Press in its Relation to Popular Educa tion,” by the Hon. Edgar Wilson, of Mis sissippi. and the Hon. St. Clair McKel way. editor of the Brooklyn Eagle; “The Bureau of Investigation and Information of the Southern Educational Board,” by Prof. P. P. Claxton, of Tennessee; gen eral discussion, introduced by Mr. W. H. Baldwin, Jr., of New York, and the Hon. Hugh. H. Hanna, of Indiana. 8 p. m., "Education Through Handicraft," by Carleton B. Gibson, superintendent of schools, Columbus, Ga.; “The Child of the Operative,” by Lawton B. Evans, super intendent of schools, of Augusta. Ga.; the "Child and the State,” by Dr. Edwin A. Aiderman, president of Tulane University of New Orleans, La.; "School Houses and , School Environment,” by Dr. Charles D. Mclver, president of the State Normal school, Greensboro, N. C. Saturday. April 26th, 10 a. m., business session of toe conference; "Educational Supervis ion,” by Dr. W. T. Harris, U. S. commis sioner of education: "The Denominational College and Popular Education," by Prof. H. N. Snyder, of Wofford College, S. C.: "School Equipment and Re-enforcement,” by Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of Review of Reviews, New York; general discussion, introduced by the Hon. John M. Small. M. C., from North Carolina, and Dr. H. B. Frissell, principal of Hampton insti tute, Virginia. The afternoon of Satur day. the 26th. will be given to attendance upon the exercises of memorial day. 8 p. m., "Educational Progress at the South,” by the Hon. A. H. Longino, governor of Mississippi; "Co-operation in Educational Effort.” by Judge Thomas C. Jones, ex governor of Alabama; general discussion, addresses by Mr. Hamilton Mabie, of New York, Professor Farnam, of New Haven, and Dr. Felix Adler, of New York; bene diction by the Rt. Rev. W. N; McVicar, T. S. D., bishop coadjutor of Rhode Is land: Sunday, April 27th, Sunday services in churches, morning and nigh-;; general assembly in afternoon to be addressed by a number of speakers. A PREACHER’S PLEA FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS To the Editor of The Journal: Dear Sir: I have been reading the arti cles in The Journal for some time con cerning the public schools of Georgia, and I should like space in your valuable paper for a thought or two on that subject. Public schools have reached the point in their history when they are no longer on trial, but have become permanent and their position is impregnable. The person,' who criticises them per se presumes to measure himself against the almost uni versal opinion of scholars, statesmen and economists the world over. In the dawn of the twentieth century it la no longer a question as to whether we shall have pub lic schools or not. That question has been settled long ago. So gigantic have they be come that to put ourselves in the way of their progress is to cast ourselves under the juggernaut wheels only to be crushed. So universally are they accepted by the best educated nations and individuals that to oppose them is to stultify ourselves tn the opinion of right thinking people. The public schools are here and here to stay. All criticisms of our Georgia system which looks to its betterment should be encour aged and will prove helpful. All criticisms which look to the overthrow or retrograd ing of the public schools of Georgia are “Like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” The old private schools which our fathers and mothers tell us of, however excellent they were, have passed away. They served their day and generation well, but they were Inadequate to the de mands laid upon them, and passed away in the onward march of the present sys tem. The public schools are by no means perfect, but need much wisdom exercised in the direction of their affairs: they need the sympathy and support of the people, and before they can hope to reach a high degree of efficiency they will be compelled to have mpre financial support. If a man wants a hundred acres of land cultivated, and engages a farmer to tend it for him, and gives him only half enough rations, it Is unbecoming in him at the end of the year to criticise the farmer for falling. That is about the atti tude of the critics of our Georgia public schools. We have employed officers, state and county, to educate our children, and have furnished them about half money enough and now we are ready to show our interest for the people and loyalty to the state by currying the half fed horse to fatten him. The horse may need cur rying. but he needs feed first. In the transition period of our schools, the time was when the patrons of the schools would pay part of the tuition; that is, the teach er had his rates of tuition and deducted what the public fund paid, and the pat rons paid the balance. But the two sys tems of private and public schools could not exist permanently together, and the advent of the public schools meant the exit of the private schools as a state system. As the one increases the other must decrease and the supplanting is about complete. Now there is but one course left us; that is forward march with the public schools. The Rubicon is passed. The bridges are burned behind us. We can never expect anything more from the private schools. We may cast our ling ering gaze back upon the deserted camps and admire their beauty as dis tance lends enchantment to the view, but we have gone too far to ever return. The destruction of our public schools would not restore the private schools to their former place, but would leave us without any schools at all so far as the country schools are concerned. Away with such wholesale criticisms of our Georgia schools aimed at their very foundation, and let’s rally to their support and make them what they ought to be. The school terms should be lengthened to eight or nine months in the year, all public term. We could then command a better grade of teachers by furnishing them employment sufficient to make a living without going into other occupations instead of spending our time finding fault with our poor old starved out system of schools, let's put our influence on the side of more liberal provisions; let's feed the old horse and then we can ride him and curry him. This is the only course open to us. He is the only dependence for a crop and our chil-. dren are on hand to be educated, and they have not time to wait while we parley. We may impoverish a generation or two of our children while halting between two opinions, but it is comifig, and the sooner the better for us politically, finan cially and every other way. O. L. KELLEY. Norwood, Ga. The Knoxville Sentinel declares that “the very positive denials by President Spencer, on the one side, and the Roths childs, on the other, that the Southern is endeavoring to get possession of the L. & N. railroad are somewhat reassuring to this section.” The Louisville Times thinks that later on the Sentinel may learn that a capitalist’s denial, like a woman’s "no,” is generally to be interpreted as an affirm ative. Because King Edward now opens Parliament in person, the peers ot the realm are taking a keener interest tn legislation. The attendance In th Upper House this session, both of peers and of peeresses, whenever there if prospect of a debate or even of "conversation," la no ticeably larger than usual. WHY ARE YOU SICK? 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The Semi-Weekly Journal one year with one of thepe maps post paid for only SI.OO. Don’t you want one? Address, THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GA. GREEKS IN AN EVELESS EDEN. New York Sun. The most curious thing about the Greek colony in New York city—more remarkam* • than the dress, the customs, the coffee, the burnished gold ornaments, the pipes andthe speech of the Greek population of New Yore— is the fact that there are substantially n 0 Greek women in the city. In the last quarter of 1900 the Greek 'tnmi gration to the port of New York included 1,267 persons—l,23l men and 36 women. " * disparity is explained on the theory that when a foreign country Is drawn on for emigrants for the first time the pioneers are men and that women emigrants do not follow until some years after. But the statistics of Greek . immigration to New York for the quarter end- < Ing January 1, 1902. showed only <6 girls and women, and there are now fewer than 100 of them In New York as against 10, OTO male Greeks. ■ In no other New York colony outside of the Chinese, does such a disparity between the two sexes exist, but an explanation for It is found at home. Greece is one of the few European countries In which there is a large excess of male Inhabitants. As a consequence more male than female Greeks seek homes or employment in other countries and the er ” isr “" tlon from Greece is not only to Turkey, Egypt and southern France, but in recent years very largely to the United States. There is no religious or social reason, as in the case of the Chinese, why Greek women, should not come to this country as immigrants, ■ but the fact is that they don't and the Greek colony of New York, therefore, is really com posed of men. This is the most notable but least picturesque thing about it. Lieutenant Governor Tillman, if nothing else suggests itself, can beat that left-over sword Into a plowshare, suggests an ex change. Following the Tillman Instinct, he would probably prefer, however* to beat it Into a hammer. * . , ■

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, April 24, 1902, Page 6, Image 6