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°FFK I ORGAN -* 1 ■ H'NT, .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