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ESTABLISHED 1866.
VOL. XL.
~ PROF. GREENE DECLINES.
Letters explaining Themselves.
Villauow, Ga., July 17, 1907.
The Jesup Sentinel,
Jesup, Ga.
Dear Editors : explain
I enclose herewith copies of letters which
themselves. You are at liberty to use litis information iu any way
you think proper.
"■Please make it clear to my friends either through your paper or
personally that I accepted another position only after I had given up
hopes at Jesup. I would have willingly accepted on the spot, if the
Board had fixed my salary at 1900 when I was first re-elected.
I do not believe my friends at Jesup will censure me for this, un
der the circumstances existing. Certainly it is not intended to ex
press the least ingratitude for the splendid support which the people
of Jesup have given me. truly,
Yours very
\V. D. Greene.
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Board of Education,
Jesup, Ga., July 16, 1907.
Prof. A. D. Green.
Villa now, Ga.
Dear Sir:— read . , betore e the ..
Your letter of the 8th of July was
Board of Education yesterday aftern uon and the following motion
made and carried.
E C. Crummev, U. W. Tindall, aud Jos. A. Morris still agree to
carry out their promise to make Piote-s-jr Greene’s salary
$900, regardless of length . ol . ti e atLool , , 1 erm . Col .Clark concurs in
the order that the members of ihe board under promise fnltill their
personal obligations. information and request that
I am instructed lo send you this vou
reply at once and inform the board if your resignation still holds
good. Yours truly.
James Steele, Sect’y.
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V.Uauow, Ga. July 1, 1907.
Board of Education,
Jesup, Ga,
Geutlemeu: Secretary’s letter of the 16th iustant stat
I have your "the
ing that by action of Board toe Superintendent’s salary has been
placed at $900 regardless ot lengih of school term and requesting me
to inform you at once whether I occept under that condition.
Since receiving notice of your action on July the first reduc.ng my
salary to $850, I have been offered position of Superintendent of the
City Schools of McDonough, Ga. at a salary of $1000 for nine scholas
tic months which I have already accepted.
Iam sorry that circumstances render it impossible for me to avail
myself of the opportunity offered by your considerate action.
Yours very truly,
W. D. Greene.
Picnic Notice
An Educational Ral'y and Bas
i ket Picnic will take place at Hope
well, five miles north of
ant, Wednesday, July, 81st, 1907.
Couuty School Commi-siouer B.
D Purcell and Mr. 1. B. Hartig
will deliver addresses ou education
iu general ami particularly ou
local school taxation. A general
invitation is extended to the pub
lie.
School Closing:
The Pine Grove School, about
five nines from Odum, wilt close
on Tuesday, Julv 80th. Besides
the school exercises, County
School Commissioner B. D. p u
cell a. d Mr. T. B. Hartig w,H de
liver addresses. In the afternoon
State Organizer W. W. Webb will
speak in be:. all of ihe Sea 1-laud
Cotton Gtowers Association. The
public has a cordial invitation to
atteud.
Mr. J. L. Hill, the Cash Gro
cery man, has mooved his large
stock of goods into the new YVb;.ley
Block, where, having more room,
he can show them to his custo
mers to better advantate. He
invite a his fri-i ds to call on him
in his new
Icsttj) {Sentinel ♦
“WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG.”
Our Public Reccords
The greatest safeguard to t’e
property owners of a couuty is to
have their public records correct
and complete. To do this proper
ty requires not only time but also
the necessary ability in the “ree
cord offices” of a county, so that
all legal couveyancee, such as
deeds, mortgages, leases, bills-ot
sale, etc., be recorded in the right
place, iu a correct manner, in
dexed so the same may he easily
traced, and placed there legibly
aud in substantial books of record
In this particular the property
holders of Wayne county are most
fortuuate. The office of the Dlerk
of the Superior Court here is a
model. Old record books have
been transcribed into new modern
ones, indexed so that deeds and
other may easily be
Surprise Party
0n Wt , dnpgt j a y night. the 28rd,
j ngt j mrt y u f y ( ,ui,g people cull
^ o|) Mr> „ ud Mrg R L . Bennett
q U j t0 unexpectedly tor a surprise
J>ar jy Jo honor of Miss Annie Lou
p,,pj„, rj ,,t Florida, Mrs. Bennett’s
There were in the parly
Misses Susie Surrenev, Lucy In
K a t*. a)) d Lila Fulcher,
,j.j )eu (j ouyergi Connie Spell, Ray
| West berry. Bertie Benuett, and
M,ller ’ Me8srs - K ‘ F I We8t ‘
1 berry, A. L. Bunch, Joe Austin,
Archie Goodbread, Mercer Eddeu
field and John Brewton. After
arriving at the house and the ex
teinent which usuallyaccompan
ies a suapr.ee party passed over
<he indulged in various social
games unt>l a late hour when
through the hospitality of Mr. and
Mrs. Bennett the party was escor
:ed i<> ihe ice cream parlor of the
Jesu > Drug Co. where lce cream
VY2I8 set ved, returning to Mr. Ben
net's hum-, thanking them for
Kind hospitality, the entire party
v< t d a iii<i-t pleasant time.
Now is a mighty good time to
good from Winn .
buy you a buggy
– Co.
JRSUP, GA. JULY 35th, 1907.
found, aud all this has been doue
in such a business-like manner
that stamps our clerk, Mr. Ira M.
Ravbon. as one who has not, onlv
ability and energy in this partic
ular line of public work, but who
actually strives to do all in man’s
power to protect the interests of
the people, who have placed this
important, trust into his hands.
Wayne’s citizens, when they
visit the courthouse, should call
at this office nnd see for them
pelves. No county in the state
lias a better set of records, or a
man in ehiirge a£ them who has
more ability along this particular
line, or wh<> more faithfully per
formed his official duties than our
Clerk. In this connection, also,
the people should remember that
all the>r deeds should be on rec
ord, for without this no abstract
would be complete, If any one
has heretofore failed to do this,
they should attend to the matter
at once.
The property-holders of Wayne
couuty should feel fortunate that
they have such an able Clerk iu
charge of their records, and above
all, appreciate the fact that it has
been, in a large way, the efforts
that he hes exerted during the
past five years which has
their public reccords into such
fii.e condition.
Picnic At Ritch.
About twelve hundred people
gathered near Ritch Saturday aud
had an Educational Rally and
Sea Island Cotton Growers’ meet
ing.
County School Commissioner
B. D. Purcell and Mr. T. B. Har
tig spoke on Local School Taxa
tion and were well received.
Rev. W.W'. Webb, State
izer, spoke in behalf of the
Island Cotton Growers’
ton.
An Organization of the
waseffeetd as follows:
President, Capt Ben Milikin.
Vice Pres T. B. Hartig,
Secretary, H. W. Harris.
A ca U will soon be issued
a |t , co tton growers to assemble
at j esU p a „d effectively organize.
Notice
There will be a combined Ice
Cream aud Basket Supper at the
Red Hill school house on Friday
evening Aug. 9th, 7:80 o’clock.
Young geutlemen aud young la
dies, come and contribute
thing to the great cause of
t tion, -R<s Nichols, ectiully, Teacher.
L. A.
SUBSCRIPTION f 1.00 PER YEAR
BO, 39.
LOCAL TAX A TION FOR SCHOOLS
- BY -
HON. WILLIAM G. BRANTLEY.
In 1870 the number of illiterate whites in Georgia ten years of
age and over, was 124,089. In 1800 the number had been reduced to
114,691, and in 1900, the year of the last census of the U. S., the
number had been still further reduced to 101,264.
The peicentage of our white population in 1870 that was illiterate
was 27%. This percentage in 1893 ha l been reduced to 16.8%, and
in 1900 had be >n further reduce 1 to 11.9 per ceo-.. Thes > figures are
gratifying and encouraging. They give us much ctuse to rejoice
over the progress we have made. SVe eunn »t forget, however, that
in 1900 there were more than cne hundred r,Inman 1 illiterate whites
in our State; nor can we overlook the ugly fact, that while in 1900
we had reduced our percentage of illiterate whites to 11.9 per ceut,
this percentage is nearly double the average percentage of white il
literacy in the United States. The average percentage is only 6.2 per
cent. Until, therefore, we have reduce ! our percentage to some fig
ure at least approximating the average, and until we have in large
part wiped out those figares of one hundred thousand white illiter
ates, we cannot afford to let up iu our efforts to extend and increase
educational advantages m our State. The important question is,
how are we going to do it? We are all interested to know the easi
est and most direct method of bringing about the desired end.
Undoubtedly, local laxation is the most direct, if not the easiest
method to pursue. It has the advantage to > of being founded on jus
tice und of being in entire harmony with the basic principles "f lo
cal self government. It is not meant thereby to lessen th v duty or
decrease the assistance of the State. The-purpose is simplv to sun*
pliment the efforts of the State by adding thereto the help of t.h e coun
ties and municipalities.
In the tormatiou of our Republic, it was not design'd that the
Government should d > everything for the people, it was designed
that the Federal Government should perform certain duties, the
States certain other duties, and that still other duties should be
performed by the people themselves.
The true theory of our Government is that each citizen shall be
free to pursue happiness m lus own appointed way, lestiioted in
his natural rights and privileges only so far as may be necessary for
the common good ot all and for the preservation of law and order.
Under this theory, it has b-en contended by some that education is
a matter of personal choice and desire, aud that the onlv duty and
power of the Government in reference to it, is to protect such citi
zens as desire it in their efforts to secure it. Clearly, it is no con
cern of the Federal Government, for that Government is one of lim
ited and enumerated powers, and in the list of the powers conferred
upon it, there is not one sanctioning or OQ it to £
control, cr in anywise interfere with th EX - State.
It is equally clear that education does directly coucern the State
Government, and it is the duty of such Government to foster and
lencourage it. The matter of educating the people of a State is pure
y a matter of domestic concern and comes within the operation of
the police power of Buch State, or in other words, the power to reg
nlrtte its own internal affairs.
Education is not simply a matter or col
cern and in the c intention to th- ; contrary lies the vice of the argu
, The road
ment that the State has no duty in regard to it. to pros
perity. liberty, power and influence is through the school house
aud college, aud for any people to reach these desired ends, not one,
but many of them, must travel this road. One educated man or
woman in a commnntity does not make an educated community ar.y
more than one rich person makes a rich community. Tim intelli
gene", character, power and standing of a people are measured not
by the condition in this regard of one of their number but by the average
condition of all. It is the education of the masses that is d< sired,
not merely the education of a few individuals. If therefore, we
would live among an educated, progressive, enlightened and religeous
people—and surely all of us desire to live among such a people—we
must stretch out our bauds tnd lift up all those around and about
us. We must aid iu the education of our neighbors children, the
same as iu our own, and we can only do this through some organiz
ed forces of our government cr church.
The, State is directly interested, because by education, the stan
dard of citizenship is raised and Government is made easier; protec
tion of life, liberty and property, which protection is the paramount
duty of Government, is measurably increased; respect for law aud
obedience to law intensify and grow under its influence; ambitiou
is stimulated; enterprise is promoted, capital is encouraged aud la
bor rewarded thereby; while every effort looking to the moral aud
material advancement of the people and the State is strengthened
and sustained. The interest of the State thus being established, the
State should help educate the masses of the people and should help
in generous and substantial fashion. Our State doei help grandly
and magnificently, but more help is needed. Shall tho State furnish
the additional help? Can the State do it? Let us see if the counties
and the town haven’t a duty and a high duty in the matter. If they
have such duty, it requires no argument to demonstrate that many
of them, particularly the countieg, indeed the most of them, have been
derelict in the performance of it. None will contend that all of them
have measured up to it. A brief glance at the formation of our
Government shows that the guiding principle therein was to
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