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;;ng jaium, Devoted to Local, Mining and General Information, -NO. 27. D All LON I’IGA, GA., Till K DAY, SEPTEMBER 19°3' One Dollar Per Annum W. 1>. TOWNSEND, Editor and Proprietor GrocErieS. eu&. '-iCwaasMi BARGAIN STORE.! Furnishings, Hit tads, Notions, (inns, Machines, Groceries. * Clothing’ a specialty.* % 1 hey will sell you clothing tor cash t |ot (Gainesville or Atlanta piques. At |nice line of samples and will take| l.vour order for tailor made goods. DAHLONJ^Ga. N100re Bro«, Propr’s. r i K n DA I LY HA Civ DI 1ST I i ( Liiid from Q ainesyille. FARE, S1.5Q- Dealer* in AN D leneral Merchandise. What la a Teacher? Is h« u, man who knows eve»y- thing and, therefore, is ahlo to “imp n't," knowledge to every body that comes along on any subject? Is ho a man who is con fined to a little one-lmrsc, hack- woods school for life and should, therefore, be cut off from tho pro gressive world? Is he a man who occupies the chair of political economy in the scientific Univer sity and walks tho street from his mansion to his recitation room with the divine lmlo of “Profes sor ” shining around him and re turns to lhs home and not know howto carry a bucket of milk to the pigs? Is he a man who must give Roark’s theories from mem ory and tell on what page each can be found or else he is not a teacher? Is he a man who must be “kind” to my children at school and “beg” them to study when they chose-and whip every body elses’ children if they don’t toe the mark? Well, then, what is he? The inquirer <-an best satisfy himself by first finding out what tho teacher is not. Tho poor fellow is so.smothered up in the wild debris of every conceivable mind that he is almost suffocating for tho want of pure breathing air! In the first place wo must con- J loss, positively, that he is a hu- ! man being, and lias no qualities | that is not attainable by all 1 other people, His instincts are ' no more capable of telling you whether the earth would ever gain up twenty-four hours lost time in its revolutions around the sun, if it wore suddenly stopped, than anyone elsb’s instincts would be. Neither is he any more gifted to tell you why a kettle of liquid air will boil on ice than anyone else. Tho teacher is not the one w.ho can recite the most verses from Page or Roark without stopping. Take the socalled teacher who tells that Roark says: “Be kind and gentle to the pupils and not do anything that would hurt their little tender hearts,” and this same “teacher” goes into a large country school and repeats the above story to a grown boy 7 who is five and one half feet high and weighs one hundred and fifty pounds and who has just knocked one of his fellow .boys on the head with a rock at recess. Dc you “per suade” this robust boy by being “kind and gentle” to him? The boy goes home and tells his par ents that the teacher is wholly unfit to govern the school. And he is. Yet this “teacher” you that Roark said do so, you must do it. What a teacher ! ! The truth of the matter is, fellow lias learned Roark’s methods “by heart” and hasn’t sense enough to apply them. Roark meant to offer suggestions for the teacher to apply, as the application fit the case, and Roark also supposed that the teacher had some ideas of liis own and, by the j teacher rending Roark’s ideas and mixing them with the teachers own, the teacher could thus form a broader conception of true teaching. The teacher is not the man who confines himself to text books. If a teacher does not see any more existing between him and the child than what is laid down in the text book he does not de serve to be called a teacher and should therefore lay aside his pro fessed name In American his tory if the teacher does not sec any more in the text than tho more fact that Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independance and it was signed by Adams and Franklin he falls far short of his tells and this | duty. In Geography the mere fact that coffee grows in South Vmerioa is of no value to the child unless he is taught why it will not grow in Canada. In reading, if the pupil is not made to feel the expression: “Give me liberty 7 or give mo death.” tho whole process of the teacher and pupil lias lost its aim. In Arithmetic, tho mere fact that five and throe are eight is no of value to the pupil unless you show him that if ho has five dol lars and exerts himself enough and saves what he makes he will make three more dollars after awhile to add to his original amount. In Grammar, the mere fact that a “noivn is a name” ts of no benefit to the pupil unless you show him that lie was named Frank in order to distinguish him from his brother John. The teacher is not a man who pleases everybody 7 . If this was his whole theme he might as well quit his business and make a gen eral canvass of his community and see how good a conversation he could put up to everybody he met. Neither is he a politioian. If he was he would soon he teach* ing a Democratic school and the Republican children would all be staying at home. On the other hand lie might have the patronage of those who believe in expansion and the convservatives w’ould bo against him. The teacher does not make the “The Methods of Teaching” his entire study either, for, if ho did, lie would soon become a super annuated pedagogue brim full of “hows” and entirely ignorant of the “whys.” He would be come throughly proficient as to the manner of presenting facts but he would become entirely 7 ig norant of the facts themselves. Hence, you see lie would be un- conciously undermining himself. This you see the process of trimming off the great mass' of what the world calls a teacher might bo continued on and on un til, finally, you might get him to showing nearer in his proper sphere. It is presumed that, the reader will readily see the affirm ative more readily by giving tho subject a negative presentation. Tn short, the teacher must be amply possessed with the world wide requisites of good, common sense. He is neither to be too easily led, nor is lie to bo too re pugnant. He is neither to bo too smart, nor too reserved. Ho is neither to be a man who thinks the world cannot get along with out riches nor is he to be a man who thinks that the world is moved only by those who began in poverty. He is neither to bo a man who thinks the world cannot get along without him, nor is lie to be a man who thinks that the world would be perfect if ho was only just out of the way. Jamjss F. Broach, Auraria, Ga. A Card. Mu. Kihtor: I want to stato through your columns that it lias been reported that I objected to Bro. ITarve An derson’s funeral being preached at our church, but it is not true. I did speak to two or three of the members about it, after it was given out to lie preached on the fourth Sunday. I said that it ought to be on another Sunday, and advised his wife to that effect, and also gavo her mv reason for it. As being one of the deacons of the church, I thought it my duty to speak where 1 did and my advice seem to bo satisfactory with her, and so that was all right. I had not learned that it was my duty to go all around and talk yf Uk 'Ll S 1 1 r A Denier in General Merchandise La Senorita. 6EE THAT THIS TRADE MARK IS BRANDED ON EVERY A SPECIALTY. 5H0E ’ ALL KINDS op SHOES fob Ladies and Gents, Art in Shoemaking. Exact Reproduction of this Style Shoe. PRICES REASONABLE. with everybody, both saint and sinner, on Hie church business and duty. And neither do 1 want to know it. For that is one great trouble we now have. We have our business too much mixed up for tho good of churches. Now, in conclusion, 1 wish to say that 1 am not opposed to fu nerals, but would bo glad that more were preached if it would keep so many that are living from dqdging tho truth. if you want to know any more about it come to me and don’t go to some one else. I am just a very small man. Bulky Rii.ky. If love is unable to see tho doL lar mark it is useless to call in an oculist. Now York city lias 31,000 sa loons, and tiio South altogether has only 24,000. PROG-RAM OF Fan’s insulate OF SENATORIAL DISTRICT, Dahlonega, September 10th. Morning Session, 10 a. m. to 12 o’clock. Afternoon Session, 2 p. m. to I o’clock. Address of Welcome—Hon. R. H. Baker, Mayor. Lecturers, Prof. 0. L. Willoughby, State Exp. Station—“Feeding and care of Beef and Dairy Cattle.” Director, Hon. Harvie Jordon, Monticello, Ga.—“Fruit Culture, Grass and Forage Crops.” Prof. J. S. s Stewart, Athens. Ga.-—Agricultural Education in Georgia. Prof. C. W. Davis, Rodgers- ville, Tonn.—“Truck Farming,” The college chapel has been se cured for the meeting where all can bo seated comfortably. Far mers and their daughters are urg ed to attend the Institute from all the counties in the district, Tho following committees have boon appointed by Mayor Baker: Local Committee: W. B. Towns end,.!. Y. Harbison, M. J. Wil liams, J. E. McGee, J. M. Brook- sher, John II. Moore, H. E. An derson,' W. H. C. Tate, John Huff, F. V. Moose. County Committee: J. N. Hoi-j lifield, G. W. Christy, A. J. Ash, ■ F, W. Wimpy, Jasper N. Satter-J field, D. W. Cold well, F. M. Wil liams, J. B. Swancy, W. H. Ear ly, W. J. Burt, Geo. W. Cochran, E. 1). Moose, W. G. Spencer, It N. Mays, W. II. Reid, Some people waste so much time worrying over imaginary ills that they fail to enjoy real blessings. CITY DIRECTORY SUPERIOR {JOUllT. 3rd Mondays in April and Octo ber. J. J. IviujRey, Judge. Cleve land, Ga. W.A- Charters, Solici tor (tenoral, Dnlilonega, Ga. COUNTY OFFICERS. John 11 ill!, Ordinary. John 11. Moore,Ql«i k. James M. Davis Sherd!. K. J. Wahlon, Tax Collector, James L. llealan, Tax Receiver, V. R . Uix, County Surveyor, Joseph 1J. Brown, Treasurer, D, C, Stow Coroner. CITY GOVERNMENT. It. IL Baker. Mayor. Ahlenuen: E. S Strickland, J. E. Me,Gee, F G. Jones, J. W. Boyd, T. J. Smith. W. P. Price,Jr. W111. .J . Worley, ( Jerk. James V. Harbison, Marshal, RELIGIOUS 0 SERVICES. Baptist Church — Rev, J. It. Gunn, Paster. Services Sunday at 11 and at night. Prayer meeting Thursday night, Sunday School at, 9 o’clock. Methodist—Services eve y Suu- day at II and at night. Rev. E. 0. Marks, Pastor. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Presbyterian—-Services only oe 1st and 3rd Sundays. I). J Blackwell, pastor,. Sunday School 9 a. m. MASONIC. Blue Mountain Lodge No. 38, F. <fc A. M., meets 1st Tuesday night of each month. It. II. Baiceu, W. M K. of P. Gold City Lodge No. 117, meets every Monday night in their Castile Hall, over Price’s store. Wharton Anderson, C. O. D. C. Stow, It. It. of S. D, J. Blackwell, l*. R, H. BAKER, Attorney at Law, Dahlone</a, Ga. All legal business promptly attended to wm. j. worleyT Attorney at Law, AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Dahloneqa, Ga- Dr. II. C. WKLtm, Physician & Surgeon, (Dahlonega, Ga. BARBER SHOP. W IIMN wanting a nice clean shave, hair cut or shampoo call ou lleury Underwood First class barber shop in every respect next door to Duckett’s store on main street where they will be found ready to wait on you at auy time Send. XTs Y our JOB WOOL POLEYSKIDNEYCURE u Makes Kidneys and Bladder Right