The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-02-03

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The community county of State ?
Surely n Va are capable n appfa
dating such advantages and bless sgs
enjoyed Ny others, W. must have
some capacity ~ initiate lheir enter.
prize. The very apci aft endowed
with the gih u imitation, and We
certainly possess iho talent There
u no lack u gcniu', lgenuiiy, and
talent In this community 10 bring
about The happy results of home en-.
icrpri.e enjoyed by dher communl.
tles-sto gatlef around " the adyan-
tages Of such institutions ~ home
enterprise, with the capital u home
patronage, rears in the midst Of other
communities. If you would have
"a good school," don't begin by
saying, We have never had a good
school the teachers have never been
any account Poor teaehersl They
might say, with as much truth, the
patrons have been no account, or they
would have had good teachers. LIB
cral wages will call competent and
Trustworthy teachers anywhere that
schools may be taught. You have
employed an incompetent teacher, At
the lowest price you could possibly
screw figures down to; and YOU cx-
pect to employ "a good teacher" At
the same salary. Ignorance and
learning, competency and incompe-
tcncy, ability and inability have
never been bought at one and thu
same price. Turn the screw a little.
a round or two, at least, let up the
price, bid higher, and you'll get sucl
a teacher as you may desire, and one
who Fan afford to teach for liberia.
wages. But when your price is ii
starvation point, YOU must not blame
the teacher that he or she devotcs {
part of what YOU consider school.
time to making a living at something
else. Teachers have to live as vel
as other pcoplc-as certainly, if no
as reu. And | am always Of opin'
ion that il is a "no account teacher
who will teach for wages less thar
they could get by employing thu
same time and talent 10 some othe'
vocation. If the community vii
not pay the teacher a fair salary, thel
the teacher should leave the commu
nifty without a school; people VIII
will not pay literally for schooling
are not worthy Of education. If ii
} this land of school teachers, childrel
are not well educated, the fault, tn
objectionable sin, is the parents AM
not the teachers; IL one teacher !
incompetent it is easy enough to fin
/, and secure the services of one that
capable; and il communities are nc
supplied with good teachers" It
because the parents are careless o
pcnurious, sacrificing their children
education to carelessness, or the hord
; ing of a few dollars. There is n
need to send your children out {
! your own community to be educaie'
If your community does It's duty b
c schools and school teachers. IL
Y quite as cheap land chcapness Is u
o question with many to pay well e
e tuition in your own community, as
y send your children away on expeni
of boarding, &c, and pay more f
4 IL abroad. Just 50 with all 9TH
: home institutions. There Is not u
n least necessity for taking a Nc
J. York paper "to get the news" abo'
"afairs in Mississippi" Where a
i the newspapers Of our state9 Car
1t they give US the news about our ov
a home affairs? But the New YoI
papers are $50 much larger, have
ce much more news, 30 much larg
circulation Who made the
=. largcr?s Who gave them their wild
!, circulation Did not YOU contrib
your quota Of patronage' If =
!. give them so much patronage, I'll
!, can well afford to give YOU $50 mu
more news.n Givcthe same patrona
to the papers Of your own State, a
III go security they'll give you
!. the news you need. SO with "
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