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A Crisis in Education.
The great men and women of
America in past generations began
their careers in a suprising num
ber of cases as teachers in the
public schools. School-teaching
was a stepping-stone to what was
supposed to be higher things.
The “smart” farmer’s boy “kept”
school in the winter and worked
on the farm in summer; or he used
the less exhausting work of teach
ing as a means of keeping in touch
with books, carrying on his stu
dies, and paying board and tuition
at high school, academy or col
lege. The public schools did for
their teachers a work secondary
in importance only to that which
they did for their pupils.
This, of course, was a situation
which had its drawbacks. Long
ago the idea came to be accepted
that tecching is a profession and
ought to be taken up as a life
work. The “profession of teach
ing” had to be given permanency.
The weakness of American
schools, especially rural schools,
has largely been found in the fact
that we have put this idea into
practice. Teaching is still a step
ping stone* to something else, a
stop gap in life, an episode. There
fore it is seldom well done. There
fore it is not, especially in the
country, a vocation which holds
men. Therefore it is a business
in which people by thousands re
main only becuse they are left be
hind in the struggle.
Think over that last sentence,
and settle for yourself as to its
truth. If it is true, is it not a
dreadful thought that we so order
our affairs as to make sure that
our most precious materials, our
children, shall be molded by
our weakest and unskillful work
men ?
The situation sketched above is
as it was five years ago, and to a
great extent is now. But this is a
changed world; and our schools
will be better in future or worse.
A writer in a popular magazine
tells of what an agent of a school
book-publishing firm says as to
the kind of schoolbooks which
will be demanded by the schools
of America for —how long? “Ten
or fifteen,: ears!”
He goek on to say:
“We are not in the slightest
doubt as to what kind of text
books we want for the near fu
ture. We want the most elemen
tary treatises that can be written.
We want A-B-C books. Books
that pre-suppose a minimum of
intelligence on the part of the
teachers. Books that will teach
themselves. In short, fool-proof
books. And we want this kind of
textbook because we realize that
with present prices and present
salaries we are going to have to
deal with just that type of teacher
for the next ten or fifteen years.”
If this forecast be true we are
going backward. If it be true we
shall go back of the point w'here
teaching was an episode in the life
of the bright girl and the smart
boy. We shall go back into a
Dark Age in American education
in which only the dullards will
teach even as temporary thing.
The farmers of the United States
have the fate of their own schools
largely in their own hands. If
A Traveling Man’s Experience.
You may learn something from
the following by W. H. Ireland, a
traveling salesman of Louisville.
Ky. ‘‘ln the summer of 188>S 1 had
a severe attack of cholera morbus.
I gave the hotel porter fifty cents
and told him to buy me a bottle of
Chamberlain’s Colic and Diorrhea
Remedy and to take no substitute,
I took a double dose of it according
to the directions and went to sleep.
At five o’clock the next morning I
was called by my order and took a
lit in for my next stopping place, a
v eil man.” For sale by Horton
Drug Co.
Education a Necessity.
Education is a great thing and
most necessary thing for fhe ad
vancement of humanity, but it is
after all, nothing more than a
tool. Some men have inborn
ability which makes them to do
great things even with little
knowledge. But the usefulness
of a tool depends entirely upon
the man who uses it. Even the
best of tools are useless, and may
even be dangerous in the hands
of those who do not know how to
use them. —Albany Herald.
There is no happier or more
cozy picture of home life than the
little family group gathered about
the evening lamp, while some
member of it reads aloud. These
evening readings can be made
educational and develop in many
ways, which the eager feminine
mind, eager for improvement will
easily devise.
A Great Remedy.
The merits of Chamberlain’s
Colie and Diarrhoea Remedy are
well known and appreciated, bnt
there is occasionally a man who
had no acquaintance with them
and should read the following by
F. H. Dear, a hotel man at Dupuy
er, Mont. “Four years ago I used
Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea
Remedy with such wonderful re
sults that 1 have since recommen
ded it to my friends.” For sale
by Horton Drug Co.
they allow their schools to deteri
orate they will have sold their
souls —and not only theirs, but
their children’s for immunity
from school tax. We should get
rid of the false notion that a teach
er should be a cheap man or a
cheap boy or girl or woman. 'Bid
up the teachers’ salaries. Make
teaching worth while. As it is
now many a hoy can quit high
fchool and earn more money than
the school board pays his teacher.
He can say : “I am making more
money without an education than
you are w’ith one.” One boy said
that to his teacher, and said it
truly. These things ought not to
be so. It is unthinkable that any
great body of the American peo
ple shall allow it to be so. —The
Country Gentleman.
ll Wards Off Croup
Never put a croupy child to bed with
out giving a dose of
Foley’s HgneyTar
Mothers know it stops croup because
it cuts the thick choking mucus, clears
the throat of phlegm, stops the hoarse
metallic cough, eases difficult breathing,
gives quiet sleep.
it Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire, Wis., writes:
‘Foley’s Honey and Tar completely cured
my boy of a severe attack of croup.”
f< Mrs. Chas. Reitz, Allen’s Mills, Pa., writes:—
"I have used Foley’s Honey and Tar for the
past eleven years, and would not be without it.
It has saved me many a doctor’s bill for cold*
and croup.”
Tr.e McDonough Drug 30.
Land Sale.
By virtue of an agreement be
tween the undersigned, who are
the heirs at law of VV. P. Wood
ward, late of Henry county, Ga..
deceased, and each of whom is of
lawful age,
Will be sold before the court
house door in the city of McDon
ough, Ga., on the Ist Tuesday in
September, 1919, at 10 o’clock a.m.,
the following land belonging to
said estate of W. P. Woodward,
deceased, 75 acres land in Tnssa
haw district, known as the ‘‘home
place” of W. P. Woodward, deceas
ed, and also 50 acres in said district
known as part of ‘‘J. T. Lauey
place.”
Good and sufficent titles will be
made to purchasers of said land by
the heirs of said estate.
This August Bth, 1919.
Mrs. E. H. Woodward,
W. G. Woodward,
John T. Woodward,
Mrs. Gertrude Rivers,
P. W. Woodward.
Miss M. L. Woodward.
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH GEORGIA.
Stick to Your Vocation.
We earnestly entreat every
young man after he has chosen
his vocation to stick to it. Don’t
leave it because hard blows are
struck, or disagreeable work per
formed. Those who have worked
their way up to wealth and use
fulness, do not belong to the shift
less and unstable class, but may
be reckoned among such as took
off their coats, rolled up their
sleeves, conquered their prejudice
against labor, and manfully bore
the heat and burden of the day.
Whether upon the old farm where
our fathers toiled diligently, striv
ing to bring the soil to productive
ness; in the machine shop or fac
tory, or the thousand other busi
ness places that ipvite toil and
skill, let the motto be, persever
ance and industry.—Ex.
Show Your Friendship.
If you have friends don’t be
afraid to express your friendship;
don’t he afraid to tell them that
you admire or love them. If you
love anybody, why not say so ?
If you enjoy one’s company, why
not sav so? It costs nothing!
It may mean everything to your
friend and friendship. A lady
was asked how she managed to
get along so well with disagree
able people. “It is very simple,
she replied; “all I do is to try to
make the most of their good
qualities and pay no attention to
their disagreeable ones.” No bet
ter formula by which to win and
hoid friends can be found.
You'll Do Better at Home.
At this season of the year, suff
erers from hay fever and asthma
who can afford to travel are seek
ing relief at health resorts. Some
find it, others do not. Hay fever
and asthma victims compelled to
remain at home will find relief in
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound.
This standard family medicine al
lays inflammation, soothes and
heals raw and painful bronchial
tubes and helps to overcome diffi
culty in breathing, making sound,
refreshing sleep possible. Good
for cough.'-, colds, etc. McDonough
Drug Co.
, Eome today!
You’re going to
call Lucky Strikes
**•***.. lpl*r’' r Because
»*' .. Lucky btnke ciga-
A ***&&s■vcites give ycu the
good, wholesome
W\ flavor of toasted
Burley tobacco.
Children Cry tor Fletcher’s
CASTOR IA
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per
u sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children —Experience against Experiment.
„ What Is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea —The Mother’s Friend*
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
111 Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
Administrator’s Sale.
B.v virtue of an order of the
Court of Ordinary of said county,
granted at the August term, 19191
Will be sold before the court house
door of said county, on the first
Tuesday in September next, within
the legal hours of sale, the follow
ing land of the estate of S. M.
Coker, deceased, the land hereto,
fore assigned as a dower to the
widow, and the dower having ex
pired : 36 acres more or less in
McDonough district, said county,
and being part of lots Nos. 17(1 and
176, hounded as follows: On the
North by lands of W. E. Alexan
der. South by lands of Mrs. L. C.
Tarpley, East bv lands of W. E.
Alexander and West by lands of
formerly Payne estate.
H. S. COKER.
Administrator.
FARM LOANS
On improved farm lands,
long time, low rate of in
terest. Write or apply to
LOAN and TITLE CO.
501-502 4th National Rank Building,
ATLANTA, GA.
BROWN & BROWN
Attorneys at Law
McDonough, Ga.
Call or write us for farm loans*
