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.lE BEST PAPER in the best town in the best county in the best state in the best country.
forty-first year.
Keynote of i eachers' Institute
Work, Education for Efficiency
Twelve Answers to Miss Parrish’s Question, “What
Ought the E<| :ation Given In Butts County
Enable the Child to Do?”
To the question propounded by
Miss Parrish during the first session
of the Teachers’ Institute here last
week, “What ought the education
in Butts county enable the child to
do?” the following answers were
skillfully developed and accepted:
1. To keep the child well and
strong.
2. To enable him to make a
living.
3. To make a home.
4. To enable him to think clearly.
5. To read, write and spell.
6. To express himself in good
English.
7. To solve problems, make cal
culations, keep accounts needed in
daily life.
8. To recognize bis relation to
others and perform his obligation
to them.
9. To understand the working
forces, so as to be able to promote
civilization.
10. To exercise self-control and
be law-abiding.
11. To appreciate the beauty of
Nature.
12. To be able to adapt himself
to surroundings and surroundings
to himself.
The fact that our educational
ideal has been too much along the
cultural or humanistic line was
emphasized; not that this ideal is
a*, unworthy andnuwiahappy one,
but that it does not prepare the
child to meet and overcome the ob
stacles in active life, because the
development oi uental power, dis
associated from form of ac
tivity, is not an adequate prepara
tion for efficiency in other forms of
activity. Another fallacy developed
was that we have been dealing too
much with symbols and largely ig
noring the things symbolized; that
we have been using words as sym
bols and adhering too closely to
text-books and abstract subjects to
incite and develop mental power.
The questions, “Why do we con
tinue to emphasize abstract truths?”
“How can we best introduce a prac
tical education in our schools?”
were ably discussed. To the first
question the teachers, as a whole,
seemed to agree that it was result
ant of custom or habit, because we
were taught in like manner and
were lacking in proficiency in this
new work, and because of the low
educational ideal of the people as a
whole, due to the lack of a proper
conception of what true education
means.
It is safe to say that more than
95 per cent of the children in Butts
county attend no other schools than
the schools of our Public School
system. They, then, are entitled
to a more suitab’e course of study;
the State is entitled to something
better in the preparation of its
youth for the duties of citizenship
than that of a strict text-book rou
tine How can we change to the
essential needs? Probably and most
effectively by introducing them
singly into our schoo l course. We
think it is time to change from a
course of study which seems to
have as its prime object the prep
aration of its pupils to enter the
Secondary schools. It is high time
io reco*i b‘ cour " °<
.tody open the ch.ldren m .be
, „,1 aed Wh *■'•• f
books as the only source of knowl
edge and words as the stimulus to
thought and au inspiration o ac
t, is not the best for any who
.Continued on Editorial Page.)
THE JACKSON ARGUS.
MASONIC MEETING TUESDAY
NIGHT LARGELY ATTENDED
Master’s Degree Conferred Upon Rev.
M. S. Williams —Many flasons
Present Twelve Different
Lodges Represented.
At a called communication of
St. John’s Lodge, No. 45, F. & A.
M., held last Tuesday night, the
Master’s degree was conferred by
Worshipful Master H. M. Fletcher
upon Rev. M. S. Williams.
A large concourse of Masons
from over the State was present,
includirg representatives from
twelve different lodges.
The work was beautifully done,
and the lectures, given in that
complete and glowing style so
characteristic of Brother Fletcher,
brought words of praise on every
side.
St. John’s Lodge, one of the old
est in the State, has always held
high rank for its work, and since
occupying its new and commodious
quarters has had an influx of good
material with which to work and
exemplify the beautiful ceremonies
of the order.
FORMER CITIZEN WRITES
OF IMPROVEMENTS HERE
Roads Widened, Low Places Filled
and Many Improvements Made;
Jackson Makes Orest Strides
in Last Eighteen Years.
Editor Argus:—l visited your
town recently and took a walk out
to McCord’s old mill—the mill my
father and brother owned so long.
I thought how my father used to
put loose rocks and small stumps
and pieces of wood on the lower
sides of the road at the foot of the
hi’ls to cause them to fill up as
much as possible to lessen the
grades of the hills. I just thought
if my # father could come back to
life and walk over that road one
more time what a revelation it
would be to him. He would hardly
know those old hills now, for the
modern road-worker has made such
a change for the better as to be al
most unrecognizable. The road has
been widened, tops of hills cut
away and filled in the lower parts,
so as to make a splendid dirt road.
In fact, all it needs to make it first
class is to top over with chert of
some kind. I was glad to note the
change, and nothing adds more to
the farms, as well as the towns,
than good roads.
In walking around the Public
Square I see changes as radical.
The building on Masonic Hall
corner is a great improvement to
the town, Jackson has made great
strides in the last eighteen years.
I am still in Atlanta, the live
wire of Georgia, so when things
get dull down there, run up to At
lanta and take on new inspiration.
Very truly,
T. W. McCord.
G. L. Spencer, of Atlanta, came
down Tuesday to visit his father.
Thomas A. Spencer, on Dempsey
avenue and College street.
JACKSON. BUTTS COUNTY. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 14. 1913.
President t\ ilson announc es lie r ill occupy hV.' 'llO6 In the Capitol building daily, and work with
congress in framing legislation.
HE’S ON THE JOB.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS’
REUNION MAY 27 TO 29
Chattanooga Making Extensive Prep
aration* to Entertain Veterans.
Estimated That Fully 150,000
People Will Be Present.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March
13. —This city is preparing to en
tertain the largest crowd that has
attended a reunion of the Confed
erate veterans since the organiza
tion of the association. It is a
matter of history that the first sleps
toward organizing the Southern
survivors of the Civil War were
taken in Chattanooga. The New
Orleans meeting, at which the or
ganization was effected by the
election of General John B. Gor
don Commander-in-Chief, resulted,
in large measure, from agitation
started here by Captain J. F. Shipp,
and others, for an association of
Confederates. The New Orleans
meeting elected General John B.
Gordon to head the organization,
and he called the first reunion of
the association for Chattanooga
July 3, 4 and 5, 1890. Under all
of the circumstances, the people
of Chattanooga feel that it is their
duty to exert every effort to make
the coming reunion a brilliant suc
cess. It is certainly their pleasure
to do so.
The Confederate veterans will be
camped at Jackson Park, a delight
ful resort almost within the business
districts of the city. This camp
has been named “Camp Stewart,”
in honor of the later General A. P.
Stewart, the much-beloved and
noted Southern chieftain, who won
fame on the greatest battlefields of
the Civil War and spent his declin
ing years in Chattanooga as a mem
ber of the Chickamauga National
Park Commission. The motion to
name the camp for him was put by
Mayor T. C. Thompson, and was
unanimously adopted.
Chattanooga is putting great en
ergy into tbe preparation for the
reunion, and every indication is
that it will be one of the most de
lightful meetings the veterans have
ever enjoyed.
C. 0. D. PARCEL POST
AFTER JULY 1, 1913
Fee For Collections to Be Same as
Fee on floney Orders—Such Par
cels Hust Be Registered—Ef
fective After July 1, 19>3.
After July 1, 1913, C.O. D. pack
ages can be sent by parcel post.
The local postoffice received in
structions several days ags to put
the new order into effect on that
date.
The fee for collections is the fee
that is required to buy a money or
der with which to make remittance.
For instance, the money order fee
on one dollar is three cents. If you
C. O. D. a parcel post to Atlanta,
the amount to be collected being
one dollar, tbe collection fee is three
cents, and tbe postmaster at Atlanta
would collect from your correspond
ent there one dollar and three cents,
sending you money order for one
dollar. If you are to prepay C. O.
I). collection charges, you can do
so by deducting the collection
charge from youf bill on your cor
respondent.
C. O. D. collections will be made
only on insured parcels, and in
amount not exceeding SIOO. In
surance fee is ten cents in parcel
post stamps. This does not mean
that all insured parcels areC. O. I).,
but that all C. O. I). parcels must
be insured.
A C. O. I). parcel will be accept
ed only at a money order office, and
when addressed to a money order
office. The tag on aC.O. H. Par
cel must show the amount due the
sender, the money order fee neces
sary to make remittance, and total
amount to be collected.
The parcel will be treated as or
dinary mail until it reaches the
office of address where, on pay
ment of all charges, it will be de
livered to the addresses. The re
ceipted tag will be considered as
addressee’s application for a money
order for the amount duethesender.
A money order will then be issued,
stamped “C. O. D.” and mailed to
(Continued on Editorial Page.)
NEW MERCANTILE
COMPANY ORGANIZED
Dr. R. A. Franklin announces the
opening of his store for general mer
chandise in the Land <ft White build
ing some time this month, the new
firm to be under the name of R. A.
Franklin & Cos.
W. N. Land and J. W. White, pro
prietors oi the flnil of Land & White,
will be members of the company and
will continue in active charge. Dr.
Franklin, too, who lias been in the
cotton business, will be actively as
sociated with the new business, and
will devote the greater part of his
time to it.
Land & White’s grocery business
sprung into popularity almost from
their opening date, and lias been well
patronized.
The store is being remodeled and
arranged for the mammoth stock of
goods that the new company, which
has a strong financial backing, will
put ill.
That Col. Threatt Moore is im
proving from a recent illness is
very gratifying to many friends.
Watch This Space
Every Week.
It Will Pay You
Easter is Almost Here.
Next week from 17th to 22nd we are going to put
the lowest prices on
Men’s Half hose, Ladies’ Hose, Ties, Etc.
J. & P. Coats Thread 4c. Spool.
Special Oil Cloth 15c. Yard.
Don’t believe others, come see for yourself. It costs nothing
to look.
THE RACKET STORE,
JACKSON, - GEORGIA.
best Advertising
Medium in
Middle Georgia
HOME AND PUBLIC SCHOOL;
MOTHERS’ CLUB ORGANIZED
Hrs. R. P. Sasnett Chosen President,
niss Laura Smith Vice-President
and Hiss Julia Thornton Sec
retary and Treasurer.
Saturday afternoon, in theSchool
Auditorium, Miss Celeste Parrish
assisted in temporarily organizing
a “Mothers’ Club,” or “Meetings
for Teachers and Mothers.”
Mrs. R. P. Sasnett was elected
President and Miss Julia Thornton
Secretary and Treasurer, and at a
meeting yesterday afternoon these
officers were chosen to preside per
manently and Miss Laura Smith
was made Vice-Presideut.
Beginning with the next meet
ing, which will be held on Fridays
of each mouth, a study subject
will be selected and discussed, the
first being “The Physical Develop
ment of the Child,” and a pro
gram of perhaps an hour’s dura
tion will be carried out, and may
be an address by a person “who
knows” and is familiar with both
the home, child, and the school
will be given.
After the program, a few minutes
of intermingling of mothers and
teachers will be enjoyed and profit
ably spent.
Kvery teacher and every woman,
whether or not a mother, is eligible
to membership, and these meetings
will be held to devise ways and
means of getting the very best pos
sible out of the child.
The fact that the child is un
der the influence of the teacher
the greater part of the day, the
mothers and teachers consider their
work one.
Too often has the teacher been
condemned for not developing a
seemingly dull child, when sleep
ing in poorly ventilated rooms,
with perhaps a kerosene lamp
burning through the night, plac
ing the child in an unfit condition
for his morning meal, or perhaps a
hastily-eaten meal of fried food or
some other as indigestible, has
been the cause of his stupidity.
Two of the greatest factors in
character-building and child-cul
ture are the home and the public
school, and when these meetings
become well attended and the wo
men of Jackson become more in
terested in them, these two agen
cies will be more closely affiliated
for the uplift of the child than they
are now.
W. T. Strickland, of Lueiia, ha*
bean viaiting Mrs. Will Merritt tbia
week.
NO. 6