The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-06-27
JONES JOTTINGS.
Remarks on SchOOIs-A Fish Story
and Dogs Strange Death-Per.
sOnnI Notes Death of Young
Man


/ Man.
| Jones, 5. G., June ~, 1891.
! We have completed our circle of schools
! and have again settled down on The banks ol
old Saluda to listen al the humning, roaring,
noise OF the ripplins surging, waters ;,, as they
ract at Wares Shoals, and, In absence OF the
fruit and vegetable crops. wea undergoing
the trying and difficult process OF adapting
ourself 10 the habits of piScivOrOuS animals.
But before leaving the subject OF our circle
we deem IL proper TO state that we observe d
marked improvement in our common schools
in the last two years. 1t Is encouraging I"
note that The teachers are better Informed,
and Improved methods of teaching are gradn-
ally, If not rapidly, find!ng their way into all
our common schools, and people generally.
but parents especially. are taxing greater IN
IeresL III the education OF their children. II
Is Il fact, though much 1t may he regretted,
that these schools through which alone edu-
cation can reach the masses, have not receiv'
sd the attention and support they should
Upon the success Of these little schools,
though humble they may be, depends AL In
telllgent citizenship, without which no conn-
try can prosper. We have been studying the
subject OF educational support for sometime
apd the more We study 1t the more thorough
ly are we convinced that our Free Common
Schools do not receive that governmental
support, compared To that given to the col
ieges, that their Importance demands. We
have also been thinking recently OF plan or
system by which greater progress ana success
IN com mon SchOOl education may Oe eHecLeu,
of which we may speak later. Suffice IL To
say for the present that there Is still room for
much needed improvement and that the
time haS cOme for us, as parents, as citizens,
as patriots. to consider we'll our duty.
We have had but very light rains yet, SILL
dry.
Rev. w. w. Daniel and family, of Florence,
are spending sometime with relatives here.
We are glad To know that Mr.. Daniel has con-
scented 10 preach here Sunday night.
James Anderson, colored went to his fish
basket one morning not long since. and, alter
taking what iish there were from II, leit II
lying ON the bank OF the river - few hours
later he returned. and, finding his basket In
the river again. drew IL up and 10 anu behold
his little dog was lying In the basket dead.
The superstition Is that the dog had entered
the basket while 1t was on the bank to FEAST
upon the bait concealed therein, and IN his
scra amble TO eXtrlcate himself had rolled the
baske himself and all into the river.
Mr. ErskiDe Arnold, OF Furnan University.
spent few days with his sister and other rel.
atives here this week.
Some OF our people attended Due West COM
mencement Wednesday.
week very low died last night of typhoid
fever. DR.. W. +. Jones had been called In
consultation with DR.. Smith and everything
that medical skill could devise was done but
In vain. Walter was promising young man.
At the time he WAS taken sick be was clerk.
Ing at Laurens. He was q or "a years OF age
NJ. James RaSor, OF Georgia, Is with his pa
rents this week. Pompey.