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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. -•* 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 ,t 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'. «•» 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. 43 s' t, ° h " 4 " w Ben Milikm – t on.