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Our teachers are requested to
l.din in their reports promptly at
end of every twenty school
0 each report
We want one s
yi twenty days. We re
| embrace attendance be
Ut also that the
L L e d up ar.d that the blanks at
head of the reports be careful
filled out.
\Ve wish that every teacher in
ir county could spend a day in
Uying the methods used by our
iachers in the public s jhools of
hovers It. is an inspiration to
Le in contact with such live,
regressive ive school workers. We
!) Ii „jj think our town school has
rer had a more efficient corps of
mchers than it now has. The
pithy superintendent, Prof.
etcher, is recognized as one of
ie Fading school men of our
late. We think Conyers can
istlv feel proud of her school.
We notice that Mr. Estill and
|r. Terrell both in their announce
Lts favor the prompt payment
our teachers. We suppose Mr.
5> Lrrv' also favors the same. We
hd f already concluded not to caG
pant vole for any gubernatorial as
who did not openly
I .le such a measure. It is a shame
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CHARLES B. HUDSON. Conyers, Ga.
CONYERS, GEORG I - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1902.
CMosai iimuioa ted,
Mr. Editor: I have been think
in S for some time that I would ask
a small space in your paper f >r a
few questions:
FUst, Does the law of Georgia pro
Mbit la ' JOr on u >“ SaW.ath? or, is
it a violation of law for me to
work in my garden on the Sabbath?
Now, this may seem to be a simple
question, but I have a motive in
asking it. Is it more harm for
me %o work in my garden than it
is for the Georgia railroad to run
freight trains on the Sabbath?
that our teachers have to wait so
long for,their hard earned wages.
Most all of the country church¬
es of Rockdale county are ceiled
throughout, have blinds on the
windows, and are well seated and
nicely painted. Near the beauti¬
ful country church usually sits the
laugh, unpainted, poorly seated
school house frequently with
erai Mights out of the windows.
Can such neglect go unrecognized
by Him who placed such value on
childhood and who said “Srfffer
little children to come unto me,
for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven. Can the worship in the
one temple be in spirit and
truth while there is no greater
earo for the welfare and comfort
the children in the other? The
church as a rule is us?ri
four li iirs of each month
the year, the school house is us
about Bevei1 hours of Gvei T five
*W s of each week* for about five
of thp year. VI ho can
say that the work of the
faithful, competent teacher is not
as much importance as that of
the preacher? For to the teacher
is intrusted the responsibility of
administering to the mental, phys¬
ical, as well as spiritual, growth
of tho child during the most form
period of the child’s life.
The teacher stands in the relation
of teacher, doctor, as well as
preacher, to his pupils, We do
not wish to bo understood as de¬
the building of beautiful,
commodious churches, we d j not
that they are one whit bet¬
ter than they ought to be, but
what we would emphasize is that
our schools are very much neglect
ed.
Wise or Otherwise
A sensible girl Tears a mouse
loss lhan she does a man.
An acqiista! is a sure remedy for
tc in pora ry i n s a n i ty.
Epicures never care much for
the things they ought to eat.
Alight purse seldom finds its
counter!,art in a light heart.
Consistency is a jewel with
winch beauty is seldom adorned.
No man is tndy great unless he
is able to retain - his self respect.
Even the self made man is pre¬
ferable to the machine-made can¬
didate.
Habit may be second nature,
but it very seldom improves on
the original.
It’s,what people don’t know a
bou ^ a popular man that manes
bmi popular.
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The first thing I hear every Sab¬
bath morning is the roar of freight
trains passing to Atlanta and for
the last few Sabbaths they have
been loaded with lumber.
Now, lam a Georgian. I love
Georgia and I think she is the em¬
pire state of the South and I do
not believe she is so poverty-strick
en that site is obliged to labor on
the Sabbath. I am certain it is not
as much wrong for me to work in
my garden on the Sabbath as it is
for railroads to run freight ttains
on the Sabbath. We as a church
and State seeding missionaries to
China to teach them laws lav
•7
eddown by our blessed Savior are
breaking one of most important of
these laws 52 tines every year.
Consistency, thou art a jewel!
f would not have a hundred shares
in the Georgia Railroad as a gift,
if it continues to run freight trains
Oil the Sabbath for the good book
says, “Partake not of one anothers
sins.”
1 am no pessimist or bigot but 1
hope I may live to see the day
when our beloved state of Georgia
will respect the Sabbath and pro¬
hibit the running of freight trains
on that day. I have nothing to
say of passenger trains. They do
as much good as harm.
P. Z. Fretwell.
2 — 19 — 1902 .
An important Educa¬
tional Conference.
An educational conference be¬
tween the faculties of Emory, the
State University, and Mercer Uni¬
versity, and called at the request
of Mercer University, will be
in Atlanta on Feb. 22;,<1. The
following are some of t lm
ant questions to be considered:
1. The present uniform college
ontrai.ee requirements—shall they
be modified?
2. The advisability of raising
these requirements.
8. Shall these requirements be
put in Harmony with the stand¬
ards set by the Southern Associa¬
tion of colleges and preparatory
schools?
4. Shall there be a uniform bas¬
is of accrediting the better class
of our secondary schools so as to
exempt their students inm exam
lintions.
.5 A uniform method of hold¬
ing entrance college examinations.
0. Shall all students be requir¬
ed to stand examinations?
7. The advisibility of forming
a college and high school organiza¬
tion forthe purpose of working out
the question of standards of second
ary and higher education in Geor¬
gia.
The representatives from the
Mercer faculty in this meeting
will be P. D. Pollock, President;
W II Kilpatric, Mathematics; G
H Clarke, English ; E. T. Holmes,
Latin, J. 8. Murray, Greek; G \V
Macon, Biology; and E 0Burnett,
History. The result of the meet¬
ing will be one of great importance
for secondary and higher
education in Georgia.
The reputation of many a puff
ed up man ends in smoke.
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NO 8.
H rri9 Made Philosophy.
V\ ashington was a famous man,
but lie coiiidn’i buy groceries and
provisions with just naked fame.
A e are all made out of common
clay, but some people add a litfcl#
Voiietring to hide the evidence of
mud.
I find men love each other so
lightly that it is not good sense to
crowd my dog in to share it.'
The boy is known by the C11S0
words lie uses.
The ass is known by his bray,
the hypocrit by his pray.
Kerosene is one of the greatest
blessings ever cornered by a Trust,
and yet we make light of it.
It is easier for the needle of ava
rice to go through a rich man, than
for a camel to enter into the king
dom of heaven.
Some people strain at a labor
strike, but swallow political cor
ruption without butter
Our flesh is always hungry, and
our spirits are heavily taxed—is it
any wonder that the world is wad¬
ing through a wad of gloom?
I do not believo that men cap
pray themselves free of sin, who
do not wont for the good of men.
The man who is moving with
the cart of progress, and is not
helping to push her along, is steal¬
ing a ride.
It’s a good thing for the world
that the dog’s bark isn’t more
serious than his bite.
The world owesua all aliving
but some of us are mighty sorry
collectors.