The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-13
,I,'S .JOI'I>N AL

scrvations that | have made in th'
north during the month Of July
Early in July left South Carroll.
m for Buffalo, n. Y. to attond the
National Educational Association
Quito a party of South Carolin;
and Georgia. educators united on
the Scaboard Air Line and came
Norfolk Va, and from thcrc OF
the Old Dominion Steamship Line
to New York city. Sea-siclincs:
prevented dullncsS on the trip
Several very interesting cases kept
the party amused. Some Of the
party learned that they wrro moi
accomplishing very much hy hav
ing meats included in tn" ticket
From New York city the part,
cAmr over the picturcsuu" Lchigl
Valley Road.
The educational association il
Buffalo was one OF unusual inter
est. Seventeen thousand teachers
were present and the addresses ant
lectures were by tn" greatest cdu
Gators Ni TINS Onlncnt.
One cannot help but be impress.
ed i'm these great NATIONAL meetings
at tn" prominence" OF young men.
OF course the Older men are hon
urrd. hut for the active work and
ior tn" places on the program the
young men ar" called upon worry
Frequently. The learned DR.. Iar-
RS, t. $. Commissioner of Educa-
tion,wHs Il prominent figure in the
meeting. as no has been for many
years. Booker Il. Washington, the
negro educator of Alabama, re-
crivcd quito an ovation. He I'M
presses ono as being Il man OF
good practical common sense.
Supt. G. K. Skinner, Of New
York State, was elected president
for the coming year. In looking
ovcr tn" pictures OF prominent
American educators in tho Amrri-
can School Board Journal, | saw
the smiling countennncc Of Pick
ems county's school commissioner
Those Of us who attend the \. T.
\. next year will look for the sam,
face a. State superintendent ot
Education from South Carolina
1t is quite likely that the associa.
tion will meet in Minneapolis mex,
year.
Il IL quite Il privilege to be ablC
to sec Niagara Falls and tho lake!
of Western New York. Many O
the visitors to Buffalo, no doubt
the wonderful
pc seen in tho vi
party scattoro,
Many rcturncl
dlrcclly nome. Your scribe dc
cidcd to attend the collegiate de
pnrtment Of Chataqua and also t
give somc attention TO the Assem-
bly, department.
There are about ten thousun
visitors hcrc, representing ali POI
tlons OF our country and many c
them from foreign countries. The
are beng entertained by such me
as George Adam Smith, Of SEQ
land, Pres. W. r. Harper, Of Ch
cago, Pres. Chas. Elliot, of Ua
ward, Russell II. Cornell, of Phi
adclphia, DR.. +. w. Gonzales.
Chicago, and Bishop J. II. Nincu
OF ChautavQua.
While we had sOmo warm da
and plenty OF rain yet the wcat
has been rather pheasant hero
the lalio.
All kinds of olovating ontcrtai
mont and can be secured horo
there are visitors representing
kinds of educational institutio
AS have beon associated w
Deop]o from all over the countr
havo taken occasion to study
political outlook. 1t is evident
the most casual observer, t.
this is going to be tho most eve
full campaign that we have seer
many years. From the time
telographic bulletins from Chi
90 announced that "William
Bryan is now bounding to
platform, two steps at tim
Bryan has boon tho most prol
mont man in America. In ma
different newspapers ! notice Il
Bryan is the most prominent
ure even if the paper opposes hi
The newspapers in this section
trying hard to believe that Mex
Icy will be elected, or rather Il
are trying hard to get other p
pie to believe what thoy doubt.
is sure that money will be III
freely to control tho doubt
states. 1t seems to be quite
opon secret among money n
that they nre to use eyory posi-
means to control their opcrat.
and all other yot,s in any "
they can.
Many of the teachers from Oh
Indiana, and Illinois have caug
the silver fevor. ] talked W
some who had been lifelong