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ESTABLISHED 1SG6.
VOL. XL.
County School Notes
BY B. D. PUBOEL
^ rg ^ un j e p Bennett, teacher
I t Gardi has gone to the James
own Exposition. Miss Ethel
Gardner is filling her place iu the
school while away. Mrs. Lary of
Nahunta is also at Jamestown.
Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Lary are
two of our best teachers, and af
ter their arduous work in the
school room they will deserve this
recreation.
Prof. E. A. Lewis is home again
after attending the summer school
at Athens. He Anticipates enter
ing the University this fall.
Miss Jennie Cassey has accep
ted the Hopewell school and un
der her management the school
"-lid prosper.
Prof. J. H. Christy’s school at
Flint Branch closes Friday with
a picnic. We regret not being
able to attend as we had already
acceptfd an invitation to be at
O’Quinn on that day.
Prot. T. M. Lee, teacher at Lib
erty, will soon enter Emory Col
lege.
We are glad to accept the in
' at,ion to be at the Hickox
mi closing on September the
.
#mpulsory school law is al
f sure to follow a local school
w»yi , "hen our school systenvwill
n. what it should be, and
j o’ so. “
W. '■
Con L.ers who have not received
t it first and second months
’
f be paid the last of this week.
t BETHEL
Mr. Starling, of the firm of
Barnes – Staling of Redland, was
the guest of Mr. W H . Roberson
Sunday.
Miss Carrie Thompson, who has
been spending sane time in Tatt
nall, has returned.
Misses Emm i and Missouri
Thompson were the guests of Miss
Leila Roberson Friday.
Several from our community at
tended the revival meeting at
Flint Branch. ;
:
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sbedd visited :
Shedd’s father at Burnett’s!
Heights Saturday night.
Mr. W. Dasher of Ludowici, is
visiting iu this community.
Misses Ethel Roberson and Stel
la , Saxon spent 0 Sunday afternoon
with Miss Blanche Morrison.
Mr. Starling spent several days
of last week in Brunswick on busi- i
ness.
„ There will .,, , be a spelling ,, game at t
the Bethel school house, on
day night September 7. Every
bodyGa invited ; to attend.
"'he Bethel literary society met
it Saturday night. A lively
site k, was engaged in, the subject
Resolved: “Thatthe North
-Vs justifiable J in taking up *
^gainst •7 . . the ., South ,, m . w, tne Civil .
war.” The judges iu rendering
the decision, rendered it iu favor
ot the negative, but made amis
take instating it to the audience,
and , said ., the ,, affirmative. . m The
Chairman of the committee had
this mistake corrected a few days
later.
Imiw ilentineL ■t
“WE APPLAUD THE RIGHT AND CONDEMN THE WRONG.”
Singing Convention
The Wayne County Singing will
convene at Little Creek Baptist
church on the third Sunday and
Saturday before, in September.
Several choirs are expected to
be present to engage in class sing
ing. Rev. A. R. Richardson. Hon.
B. D. Purcell, County School
Commissioner, and perhaps others
will likely be called on to make
addresses, touching upon music—
its inestimable value in church
service, and its ethical value in
the home.
Everybody is invited to come
and bring a well filled basket.,
I. S. Beuuett, Pres.
A. J. Nichols, Sec.
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Wedding Announcement
The manyJesup friends of Miss
Nettie Wainright have been iu
teresfed to learn that, that pretty
and popular young lady, and Mr.
Herbert S t ok ea, of Hilliard, are
^ be marri|jd on September 4th.,
1907, at the home of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Wam
right, near Folkston.
Miss Wainright is known as a
pretty, accomplished and popular
young lady. Mr. Stokes is a
prominent turpentine and saw
mill operator at Hilliard, Florida.
Both congratulations and good
wishes meet the popular yountr
people in advance from their
manyJesup friends.
OGLETHORPE
(J. sup It. F. D. 1.)
Miss Alma Youmans, a very
ar ^ding i adv of L *xy, Ga.,
^ ^ ^ sometime
here with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. You
mans, has returned to her home.
She made many friends while here
who regreted very much to see lier
leave,
Mr. A. E. Purcell and sister,
Miss Da sy, returnedJMonday night
from a visit to friends and rela
tives in Tattnall county. Tiny
report a very pleasant time.
Mr. Jimmie Tumblin and sister,
Miss \ io\u, were pleasant guests
of Misses Lizzie and Mable Sur
rency Sunday.
Messrs. Philip and Jim Lyons
spent part of last week in Appling
county.
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Bennett,
of 201 London St. Brunswick, Ga ,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Surrency the latter part of
la-A week.
Misses Iva Tyre and Mozelle
Strickland spent Sunday / with
M iggJg Sug]e ulld Nellio T er .
Mr. M. S. Surrency aud sister,
Bertie attended church at Friend
ship Sunday.
Mr. Edgar Bethume is in our
midst again after spending Collins) a few
da y 8 with home folks at
'
Q a
Mrs. G. W. Land some spent I
last w ek with her mother Mrs ‘
Noah Herrin.
Notice.
That whereas, rnv wife, Mattie
A. . T Lane, has . leit , my house , and ,
p oard and refuses to return, this
to juotify all that I will not
responsible or pav for any bills or
contract made by her. “I for
bid an v a ' ,d a11 P ersone
- wife from
* mv returning
ho me » This t fc 0 ..9th, dav
August, 1907.
J. J. L-.t
C arli. .
JESUP,*GA. AUG 29th, 1907.
Burnetts Heights
The Consolidated Literary So
ciety met Saturday night with the
usual success of interest and en
tertainment.
Mrs. A. L. Brannen is very sick
at this writing with typhoid (ever.
Mr. G. L. Coleman, of Emanuel
county, an employe of the Conti
nentiuel Gin Co. will soon com
plete the work of setting machin
ery at the gin plant of J. J . Bur
nett.
Mr. J. A. McLaughlin opened
up a drill school at the Consoli
dated school house Monday in his
usual mauner of pleasantness,
and the brigtest prospects for suc
cess in his efforts.
The debate for Saturday night
before the second Sunday at our
school house bids fair to be a
noted success as both affirmative
and negative seem to be making
the necessary preparations.
OomplimRnts Our Tax Receiver
Hou. N. J. Greeu, Wayne s ef
ficient Tax Receiver, has just
received the following very
complimentary card from the
Comptroller-General, m acknowl
edging receipt of the Tax Digest
tor the year 1907.
Atlanta, Gu., Aug. 20,1907.
Dear Sir:
Your digest for 1907 ha3 been
received m good condition and
upon examination, I find
j same properly marie out and con
solicited.
[ Accept my thanks for your fine
book and splendid gain in returns.
Yours truly,
W in. A. Wright,
Comptroller General.
Hickox School Closing
The Hickox School taught by
Prof. It. H. Carswell and Miss
Beaulah Wainright closes with an
interesting program, big picnic
and public speaking on the 6th,
I of September. There will be
! plenty of ice cold lemonade to
drink. Every body is invited l0
come and bring a well filled bus
k( t alld enjoy the day with us.
j The nlorn } n g exercises to be
rendered by the school will begin
at, 9:00 o’clock and last until 11.-
80, after which every body will re
tire to the picnic ground and list
en to a speech to bo made by
Prof. T. B. Hartig, Editor of the
Jesup Sentinel, on Local School
Taxation. Next ou program will
be dinner spread for all—aud
then comes another speaker. Col.
M. D. Dickerson, of Douglas, Ga.,
(Candidate for Solicitor General)
whose subject w ill be ou various
things.
Then all return to school build
ing at 2:30 and enjoy the remain
der t * ie evening in listening to
dialogues, rcsitations and last but
not least an educational speech
by Couuty School Commissioner,
D. B Purcell.
Tell your friends to come, be
with us, and enjoy the day.
Committee on arrangements
E. B Jones,
J. F. Highsmith, I
J. Wiggins,
E. E. Jones, I
XV. A. Courscn. j
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fall garden and other crops from
Ben Milikiu – Son, Jesup, Ga.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR
Georgia School of Technology.
1 hose who doubt that abundant
opportunities are open to the
young men of the South can read
ily be convinced of their error by
a consideration .if the growth in
the demaud for those possessing a
technical training.
The Georgia School cf Technol
i.gy, located at Atlanta, the in
dustnal center of the South, had
an enrollment last year of 502
; students seeking technical train
ing. During the year there were
0000 iuduat - ial enterprises started
in the South, and yet there was
less than 4000 students enrolled in
all Southern technical schools
It is generally conceded that
the Georgia School of Technology
is the ranking engineering insti
tution of .the South. The man
ager of one of the largest corpo
ral ions in the country came per
sonally to Atlanta from Boston
in June Inst and engaged four
members of the Senior CbiSs to
opperate plants for his company,
and every member of the two last
Senior Classes had lucrative posi
tions offered them before gradua
tion.
The South is thoroughly awak
ened to her industrial possibilities,
and is making progress'that, is al
most iucreditable. The .day of
skilled labor is at hand—the
maud for such far exce uls the
supply. Last, year for every en
gineering graduate from a South-'
urn institution, fifteen came from
the North and West. The young
men ot the South should, ponder
over the figures, and grasp the
opportunity for betterment with
in their reach and immediately
seek a technical training.
The Georgia School of Technol
ogy, under the careful guidance
of Dr. K. G. Mathbson, is render
ing valuable service in equipping
young men with engineering
knowledge. The training receiv
ed at this institution is a life
long dividend-paying investment.
Considering these facts, no young
man of the Smith should be heard
to complain that the “day of op
! portnnity is past.
This School, while admittedly
the best equipped technical tram
ing school in the South, is cun
stantly making improvements.
Five acres have recently been ad
ded to the Campus, a new Libra
ry and new Chemical Laboratory
have been built, aud put into com
mission and other improvements
are contemplated.
The next term of the School be
gins September 25th. Those de
siring any detailed information
will do well to address Dr. K. G
Matheson. President of the Geor
gia School of Technology, who
will be very glad to answer iu de
tail a.l inquiries'.
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School Closing
School closings are now the or
der of the day. The' public
sclloo ) term at O’Quinn ends Fri
day with a basket picnic and var
ious exercises, and the school at
Madray , Springs ,, has , dosing , exer
cisesou Saturday. At both places
the junior editor of the Sentioel
has accepted invitations to speak j
aud hopes to be there.
Jesup Ga.
NO. si.
OUR SCHOOLS
Mr. Editor:
I have read with interest, and I
trust with profit, the several arti
cles puhlished in your paper, in
the interest of our schools, and
especially those articles upon the
subject of local taxation. I am
satisfied local taxation is an im
portantfactor in settling the qnes
tf n of good schools for our coun
ty. No institution of such vital
importance 10 the welfare of our
country, present and future, can
succeed without sufficient finan
c ; al support. Teachers of high
grade of scholarship and good ex
ecutive ability are essential to the
success of our schools. Such teach
es s cannot be secured and retained
miles- paid fair salaries, there
fore the financial question must
be settled at the beginning of ev
ery contract.
This featife of the question lias
already been presented through
your columns. The financial i*
not the only question, however, if
we are to have good schools. The
object of the school is not simply
to bring teachers and pupils to
gether for a few hours a day m
the school room. The influence
of teachers upon ofy pkpils, and the
reflex influence pupils *upou
.teachers, which determine* the
character of the work done in the
school room, have much to do
with the final and nest results.
Our school iu Jesup will soon
open. I wish It lie incoming year
to he an improvement over all pre
ceding years, while the school did
well the past year, there is still
room for progress and this prog
ress should be made. Our school
Board lias doubtless done the best
possible in the selection of teach
ers ; thnjteachers, we have nc doubt
will feel their responsibility to
the patrons, pupils, an! the pub
lic, and will strive to meet, that
responsibility faithfully, I take
this much for granted, tins, nr it
self however, can not acliievo
access. Patrons and pupils will
,avo much to do with final results.
To these I wish to speak a word of
counsel as well as encouragement.
With about thirty years exper
ience teaching and preaching, I
have learned that no public ser
vant can secure the best results
without the sympathy and support
of the people served. Sfune of
our teachers for the next year are
verv well known to the patrons,
others will come to us as strang
ers, but come well recommend.
This should give ns-as patrons con
fidence iu their character and
ability as teachers. Let us re
ceive them as worthy this confi
dence, let parents inspire this con
fidence in their ch ildreu, let us.
give these teachers not only an
implied confidence in their ability,
but our moral support and en
couragement in their work, so as
to make that ability most effect
ive in achieving the best results
for all concerned. If we do this
our school will continue to pros
psr, * ’ and enlarge ° its educative m
upon the town and sur
rounding country
H. Lb Bkewto.n.
Jesup, Aug. 28,1907.
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