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Monday and Thursday
VOL. XXXVIII.
THE QUESTIONS USED
In Teachers’Examination July IS- 19 and the An
swers to the Same.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Below we «;ive questions and an
swers pneipared by State ■ScbodCom
missioirer Pound to be used in the
examination held dune t 8 19th
tnrou glmict the state.
\
The ■questions are [practioahand for
this reason reflect 'Credit upon our
state sobool commissioner.
In the examination tberre were
twenty-three to wake 'first grade,
tweoi'fep-ifcwo made second, eighteen
made third, and 'fourteen failed to
matre*ny grade.
It'isa source to his
frienids tolearnthat'GeorgeWilliams,
of Lawrencevil-le, made=c, mark of
comnng in one point of making state
license. George graduated in the
city -school hore 'last teem and isoee
of tbe-countys’brightest young men.
Miies Birdie Harmon, of Norcroes,
alee made 94. these two -standing at
t re’head of fche'class.
G'RA-MMg/R.
What is language."' The expression
of thought in words. What is the re
lation of grammar to language* 'lt
is the science of language. What is
literature? The mass of thoughts
expressed tin written words.
>By what is the character of one’s
language primarily determined" By
custom and use. What suggestion
fioes this fact offer with respect to
method icteaohing .grammar? That
there should be much oral and writ
ten work as a drill on grammatical
forms.
How may good 'literature be pro
fitably employed or teaching gram
mar ? By-studying and memorizing
selections and by -constant receurse
to it for tiKode-ls of -style and expres
sion.
“The‘night”—Weave the foregoing
words into -each of tfhe four kinds of
sentences, name the kinds and define
each. See grammar.
What is a principal clause ? The
clause that expresses in a complete
way the Jeading thoaght. A subor
dinate cUwJse ? Th-e clause that ex
presses in an incomplete way a sec
ondary thought. What other mwnes
for these are used by some gram
mars? I independent ;s nd dependent
clauses.
What is an elliptical sen tence ? <?«e
in which some words are left out
How may these be used as an aid in
teaching grammar? Answers will
vary.
(a) Give various uses of the nomi
native case, (b) Give uses of the
objective case, (c) Give sentences
which shall illustrate all the uses of
the two cases. Subject nominative,
nominative of address, nominative
absolute, exclamatory nominative,
predicate nominative and nominative
in apposition. All grammars are not
united in a recognition of this list,
however, (b) Direct object, indirect
object, prepositional object and ad
verbial object.
Decline all the compound personal
prououus. Name the relative pro
nouns and give rules for their use.
See grammars.
Compare bad, much, little, many,
few. Give principal parts of the fol
lowing: Build, lay, run, lean, hang.
What are the principal parts of a
verb ? See grammars and dictiona
ries.
‘Let us then be up” and “doing”
With a heart for any fate
“Still achievsng” still pursuing
“Learn to labor” and to wait.
Copy the above, punctuating it
properly. Then parse the quoted
words. Then diagram.
ffISTORY.
i Discuss the value of history as a
■common school study. Answers will
" vary.
Pointout the relationship of history
to geography. Answers will vary.
The News-Herald.
Show in what respects the Jlppa
lachwiu mountains have influenced
the history of the United States. An
swers will vary. These points ought
to tee brought out-: Kept settlements
otffche east side foralong time; then
iuomigration seeped through certain i
geps and cotiOtguoKs regions were <
©lied up, etc.
'Do towns and-cihies arise by man’s
will or is tiieia 'location Ceterminetf
'by geographic •conditions? Justify l
/answer. Answers will vary. Grade
according to reasonableness.
Discuss the'location of New Yodk
state and shew'to what extent it has
contributed to the state's'dominant
influence in 'She nafcisn. Answers
will vary, ©jade according to rea
sonableness.
Name the-parishes, «<r counties of
Georgia prior'to the revolution. ifSee
history of Georgia.
Describe-tike evenfcs-of 'the revolu
tion which 'occurred in and abound
Savannah. See history of Georgia.
In what war (lid the battle of*Que
bec occur? The French and Indian
war. Than, iconfiict was one of what
series of wars ? iKing William's
Queen Amine's, King George’s wars
and the F'sench and .'lndian war.
What was the significance of 'Wslfe’s
victory? E<fc was a decisive'battle
and deterasined lEngKsh supremacy
in America.
What evemts on laud marked the
course of tfcswar of IMJI2 ? The sur
render of Betroit'by (Hull, the battle
of the Thames, the battle of Lundy’s
Lane, the -capture -of Washington
and the battle of New Orleans.
When, h-ew„ and isMta whom «did
the United States acquire Florida?
In 1819, by p®r.ehase, from the Span
ish.
Nit.
Why are Use first efforts of ibhe
teacher concentrated upon 'teaching
the child to read ? To give the child
a key to unlock other studies with.
What is an illiterate? One who can-,
not read. Is au illiterate person;
necessarily an unintelligent person
Not at all.
Outline carefully, but briefly, step
bv step, the course you would pursue
in teaching a first year class to read.
Answers will vary greatly.
Explain the Ward method of teach
ing reading and give your opinion of
•it The system is in quite common
use and all, except quite young teach
ers. ought to have investigated it.
Teachers talk to children of “ex
pression” in reading— what are the
elements of expression ? Pitch, time,
emotion, quality of tone, emphasis,
fluency. But answers will vary.
What preparation ought a teacher
to make for a first or second grade
reading lesson ? What for a fifth or
a sixtli grade lesson ? Answers will
vary.
Suppose a pupil should habitually
stammer or stutter, what should the
teacher do to correct the fault ? Put
the child perfectly at ease and thus
teach him self control. Also, build
up general health.
What is tiie difference between an
analytic method and a synthetic
method ? An analytic method starts
with some whole, as a word or sen
tence, and proceeds downward to let
ters and sounds. A synthetic method
starts with letters or sounds and
builds words, etc. To which of these
classes do the method you would use
belong ? Name and group uuder these
two heads all the different methods
of teaching reading you know. An
swers will vary, but judge according
to knowledge of teacher.
Discuss briefly the value of being
able to read. Judge according to
sense.
Should a te'acher accentuate the
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA.. MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1909.
MORE CONVICTS
TURNED LOOSE
Governor Smith Adds 14
More to His List of
Pardons.
There were six 'M'fe convicts in the
bumcli of fourteen 'who were granted
p*rdotis or executive clemency in
<vi!tier shape by'Governor Hoke Smith
Saturday moraurng just before he went
•out of office.
The life oouviets pardoned were as
'follows:
Lump EteboMon, convicted ef'mur
der in Waltom county in 189$. De
clined by poison commission. Par
doned by governor. Ktcherean was
convicted the murder of Henry
Wilson and a few weeks ago «. peti
tion was cEncuiated here and largely
signed, asking the commission to re
fuse his application for pardon.
Fred Hawkins, of Hall co««ty, giv
en a Life sentence in 1906 for murder;
commuted'tO'present service.
Morgan 'Lawman, convicted of
murder i« 'Dawsou county in 0899; de
clined by •the commission, ipardoned
by the gowrnor.
C. N. W'hitten, Whitfield, -murder,
life, sentenced in 1898; declined by
prison oemmission; pardouod by the
governor.
S. R. Herrington, Burke, eent up in
1906 for liifeifor murder; not consider
ed by prison commission, pardoned
by governor.
Jim Ho-well, colored, Montgomery,
sent up for tiafe for murder in 1893:
not considered by commission, par
doned by governor.
R. L. Vanderford, of Gwinnett
county, was convicted in i®o6 for
rape and wasgiven twenty years by
Judge Brand. At that time it was
the opinion of a majority of om peo
ple that his punishment was too
light and nowtfce sentence has been
commuted to live years, giving him
only two more t<e serve. His .case
was not even considered by the com
mission.
ROAD SIGNS WILL
SOON BE ERECTED
:
To Appear All Along the
Roads and Particularly
at Cross-roads*
St. Elmo Massengale, who is Presi
dent of the Massengale Advertising
Agency, of Atlanta, Ga , is an enthusi
astic automobilisf, and has toured
over the state a good deal in his car.
He has arranged to get up signs for
the county commissioners of the va
rious counties and automobile clubs
over Georgia thereby all cross-roads
will have good signs regarding dis
tances and directions.
The Massengaie Advertising Agen
cy makes a specialty of advertising
of all kinds, newspapers, magazines,
billboards, signs, etc.
NOTICE.
All parties who have not given in
their city tax will please call and get
blanks and make their returns at
once. All returns are wanted by
July Ist. W. P. Johnson, Clerk.
same things in teaching a first or a
second grade that she would in
teaching a fifth or sixth ? No, she
would first regard the mechanics of
reading chiefly. If not, what change
of stress should she makeand where?
Gradually, as skill is acquired, she
would change the stress to the child’s
.ippreciation of the selection read as
literature. The emphasis would pass
from one side to the other in the
third or fourth year.
Tell what abilities you think a
child should have acquired who is
ready to put aside reading as a study.
Outline the method you would pur
sue in the actual conduct of a recita
tion of a child nearly ready to put
aside the reading book finally.
CONVICT GIVES
LIVELY CHASE
Stole a Mule and Tried to
Escape.—Caught and Return
ed to Camp.
Commissioner McGee and the oth
er convict officials had an exciting j
experience with an escaped convict,
last Friday afternoon.
Twelve of the men had been at
work under Guard Martin grading
off the grounds where the winter'
quarters will fee located at the paup
er faros and after dinner some of
them were sent to the branch, about
a hundred yards away, to water the
mules. Ansog the number was
Lewis Mel!, wtlio-was riding one nurte
and ieiadwig another. When they
reached the branch Bell made a break
down the Stone Mountain road on his
mule, turning the other one loose,
but it followed 'him. Two other con
victs, who were trusties, hurried
back to (the guard and told him what
had happened and he instructed
them to go after the escape, wliicl
they did post haste. Bell continued
down tiie Mountain road to the Rob
ert Craig place and then took a di
rection through the woods, coming
out near Fletcher Davis’ house on T.
L. Ambrose's farm. From here lie
went toward Grayson, stopping in a
field a«d taking two plow points cut
off his single shackle. About six
miles fusoi where he got away he
abandoned the niule*nd going to the
home off Ellery Cates demanded of
Mrs. Cates a suit of clothes, which lie
carried h*to the woods aud put on in
place of inis stripes.
Immediately after Bell’s escape,
word was seot to town by Lee Brown,
and J. H. McGee and F. V. Dodd, in
Mr. McGee’s buggy, started in pur
suit. The eamp proper is located
about ten miles away and alithedogs
were there, but Hr. McGee telephoned
for them and they were soon on the
way. Messrs. McGee and Dodd and
the two trusties followed Bell easily
as long as he remained on the mule
and when they found where the
negro had left the animal the trusties
were sent back to the quarters and
McGee and Dodd pressed on toward
Grayson. Reachingthere Mr. McGee
was informed that the convict had
just passed above town and was going
in the direction of New Hope. The
citizens of Grayson turned out en
masse to aid in the capture and soon
had the negro surrounded. Just'to
tiie left of the town the convict ran
almost into the arms of Prof. J. D.
Self, who effected his capture. Oth
ers of the searching party came up
and the negro was turned over to Mr.
McGee, who carried him back 'to
where Mr. Dodd had been left, and
then they proceeded to town, the
negro carrying them by the spot in
the woods where he had left his
clothes.
Bell was brought to Lawrenceville
and carried to A. T. Patterson’s shop
where he was double shackled and
an iron ring placed around his neck,
which we understand is customary
in cases of this kind.
Bell was in the chaingang for man
slaughter. He was sent up from
Macon on a seven year sentence and
has served one year and a half. He
wtll now have to give an account for
stealing a mule, trying to escape and
also for taking the ciothes from Mrs.
Cates.
Warden Britt was at home sick,
but he met the party on the way here
with the negro. Mr. McGee says
they found the telephone a valuable
help in notifying the camp and par
ties along the way the convict was
going. He also says the people of
Grayson deserve much credit for the
timely assistance they rendered and
the interest shown in capturing the
negro. The dogs did not arrive un
til after the party was aetuming with
RURAL ROUTE NEWS.
Department Devoted to Interest of People on Rural
Routes. Social and Otherwise.
CONDUCTED BY J. L. EXUH.
VETERANS’PENSIONS
UNDER NEW LAW
House Members Who Are
Veterans Held a Meeting
Yesterday.
Atlanta, Ga., June2s.—(Special.)
—A meeting of the members of the
house of representative who are Con
federate veterans, was called by Mr.
McMahan, of Clarke, and was held
this afternoon in the office of Pens.on
Commissioner Lindsay.
There was prepared a preliminary
draft of a bill to carry into effect the
service pension amendment to the
state constitution. The bill will pro
vide for the payment of pensions, the
amount to be fixed by the legislature,
to all veterans and widows who own
less than SISOO of property. Widows
must show ttiat they were married
to the veterans prior to 1870.
Commissioner Lindsay estimates
there are 9.(XX) veterans and widows
who would be entitled to pensions
under this provision, but that only
about three thousand of them will be
able to make the required proof if
they are given S6O each. This will
necessitate an addition appropriation
of SIBO,OOO.
SPECIAL' FEATURES
BRENAU GHATAUQUA
To Last Tnrough Month
of July.—Trades Day
Display July 7.
The month of J uly will be a great
one for our sister city of Gainesville.
Beginning Sunday, July 4, and con
tinuing till July 31, Brenau Chautau
qua will be in session there—more
than eighty attractive entertainments
having been booked—three lyceum
bureaus furnishing their best talent.
Wednesday, July 7, will be Trades
Day, and the merchants and manu
facturers of Gainesville and Hall
have prepared for a pageant of hand
some floats, the procession will con
tain more than a hundred beautiful
floats, several hands, and hundreds
of spectacular features. Last year
Gainesville had a great Trades’ Day
with fifteen thousand people witness
ing it Tliis year's display will be
twice as big. The hundreds of sum
mer visitors here, attending Brenau
summer school and Riverside sum
mer school and camp near beautiful
Lake Warner will have the chatau
qua as a means of entertainment and
profit. Two splendid band and or
chestra organizations have been em
ployed for the entire season and open
air concerts every day will be a spec
ial feature. Gainesville will give a
royal welcome to every visitor dur
ing the month-long Brenau Chau
tauqua.
Given His Freedom.
Arthur Carlyle, sent up from Ful
ton county for larceny on a ten year
sentence,was liberated from theGwin
nett camp last Friday, given a new
suit of clothes and a ticket to Atlan
ta. He has served eight years and
two months, receiving the balance of
his time on good behavior.
their man. He was out about three
hours and traveled a distance of nine
miles. Chief Crim and Policeman
Brown, of Lawrenceville, were among
*
the searching party.
Mrs. Cates says the negro told her
that there was a convict out, and that
tie was a trusty after him, and that
if he had some citizens clothes he
could help catch him, and she gave
him the suit. He also inquired of
those he met on the road if they had
seeu an escaped convict, stating that
lie was in search of one.
After Bell had his shackles put I
back on he was given a sound flogg
ing and in the future he will receive
little consideration.
Semi-Weekly.
Monday and Thursday
A. J. Mann an industrious young
man on route 1, is very sick with ty
phoid fever.
Postmaster Job R. Smith, of Win
der, visited relatives on routes 1 and
4 last week.
Miss Clyde Craft, of Suwanee, vis
ited her cousin, Miss Mattie Craft, of
Meadow, last week.
Job R. Smith, having been to the
reunion at Memphis, Tenn., and be
ing a close observer of things gener
ally, made the farmers in the vicini
ty of Meadow feel good by telling
them they had the best crops he had
seen on his trip from Winder to Mem
phis.
S. W. and J. T. Huff, of routes I
and 4. have sold their cotton, getting
11 cents for thirty-four bales.
Hamp Jackson and daughter, of'
Grayson, are visiting C. P. and C. M.
Jackson this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ermnet Johnson an
nounce tiie birth of an eight pound
boy.
Earnest Bailey and Clan Wynn, of'
route 4. found an attraction at C, M.
Jackson’s last Sunday afternoon*
Children’s day will be observed at
Oakland next Sunday. Let every
one come and bring well filled bas
kets.
S. W. Huff on route 1, had the mis
fortune of losing a fine pig last week.
Julius Knight, of route 2, and Mos
es Givens, of Dacula route 1, visited
near Winder last Sunday.
The little three year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Knight was bad
ly burned last Monday.
0
J. T. Knight has the cleanest crop
! on route 2 and O. L. Holcombe has
1 the most grass.
W. L. Holcombe is about dqnt
chopping cotton.
The singing at Martins Chapel last
Sunday was enjoyed by all present.
G. T. McMillan says lie believer in
planting corn thick. Mr. McMillan
has half an acre which is one foot in
the drill and the rows twenty inches
apart and the corn is waist high.
W. T. Smith and baby of route 2,
are very sick. Mr. Smith is is thought
has typhoid fever while his baby has
the whooping cough.
Mrs. Kate Shields and two little
granddaughters, of Atlanta, are vis
iting Mrs. R. M. Feagis, of route 2.
Mrs. F. M. Wages, of route 2, is
very sick and her daughter, Mrs. Jes
sie Pratt has ai&y been very sick for
tiie past we u k.
Mr. O. R. Jenkins, of route 3, had a
stroke of paralysis one day last,
week, but is much better at present.
Mrs. C. P. Ewing of route 2. has
been quite siqk for the past week.
Mrs. P M. Allen, of route 2, has
been very low with dropsy, but is
better at present.
The son of H. E. Summer, of route
2. who lias been quite sick for some
time,is better.
\V. A. Wood, of Lowndes county
spent last week with liis aunt, Mrs.
J. M. Martin, of route 2.
«
J. M. Martin, of route 2, marie u
business trip to Winder last week.
There will be an all day singing at
Harris Academy next Sunday. Ev
erybody invited.
Mrs. J. W. Roberts, of route 1, is.
much better this week.
A. J. Mann, of route 1, has been
quite sick for a couple of weeks with
typhoid fever.
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