Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-09
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
SCHOOLS THE HOPE OF PHOTOGRAPHY

SCHOOLS THE HOPE OF PHONOGRAPHY.
We do not remember having ever met an
intelligent individual, who, when the subject
of phonetic shorthand was brough* up for
consideration, did not speak in terms of praise
of the system. Indeed it may be taken for
granted that all persons who know anything
about it, regard it as of great and varied
utility. This being the case, it may well be
asked, how can the public at large be put in
possession IF so valuable an auxiliary to edu-
cation? In our opinion, in order to its being
generally accepted, II must be branch of
modern education in schools It is seldom
that school numbers among isa branches
phonetic shorthand writing; not thai it is
unworthy the place, but simply, either because
it is comparatively new system, or because
few teachers have sufficient knowledge Of it
themselves to qualify them for imparting it to
their pupils. Hitherto the art has mainly
been acquired by unaided personal effort, on
the part of those who possess it, But until it
is introduced into our schools, and made
recognized branch of learning, it will not
make anything like general progress yet it
we'll deserves such a place. The training it
gives to the various faculties of the mind-the
promoting of taste in the minds Of its prac-
titioners-the ingig ght it affords to the construc-
tion of our languSge-all entitle it to place
beside the foremost of our ordinary subjects
at school. To those who practically know its
great value, it may well be matter of sur
prise that it has hitherto met with so much
neglect. Parents themselves, ought to be
anxious that their children should acquire this
method of writing; and we're parents gener-
ally to show desire for having their children
taught this branch, school-masters might then
be induced to qualify themselves for teaching
it to their scholars. 1t may be urged against
adding another to the numerous branches of
modern education, that no time is available
for teaching it. But in respect to this, it
might be said that the Importance of this art
is so paramount, that were it to substitute some
unimportant branch or other, now occupying
much precious time at school, the pupil would
find no loss, but great gain, in after life, by the
substitution. Of course, wise parents would
wish their children to be taught those branch
es which would be most beneficial to them in
active lie and even though no branch were
to be excluded in favor of Photography, half
an hour extra school hours, spent in teaching
it, would not be unpro6tably devoted or spent
We hope that teachers and parents will, for
the sake of the young and rising generation,
turn their serious attention to the subject of
this hastily written article, for, in our humble
opinion, there is not branch better calcula-
ted to enable young man to take his stand
and act his part efficiently in the battle Of
life, than phonetic-short-hand writing.
LEONIDAS.
Eta Jane, S. c., July 4th, 1874.
A VALUABLE INVENTION correspond
ent of the Vicksburg Herald gives an account
of a new invention now in practical operation
in the Mountain Cotton Mills, near Bolton
station, on the Memphis and Charleston Rail-
road, which, if it proves to be all that is rep
resented, must have a more important effect
upon the production and manufacture of cot
ton than even Whitneys cotton gin has had.
1t does away with the ordinary process of GIN
ming, converting the cotton just as it is taken
from the field into thread of superior quality.
1t costs only $3.50, and is attached to the Or
dinary card stand. 1t is said that specimens
of thread made by this machine have been
sent to nearly all the Northern manufactur:
ers, and have been pronounced stronger and
more lustrous than that spun bY the ordinary