The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-02-07

We recall The stunning argument
made two years agOagaln>t prohibition
! hat II wonld make liars OF tIIo>c who
( wanted i. in order to make Il purchase.
he present mode oi making taN re-
turns makes u liar of every taxpayer,
ana there is no use to deny the fact.
II does more, it makes them pcililrcrs,
! for they make affidavit to the correct
ness OF their return when, rs matter
OF fact, they know il is not correct.
we can not, OF course. Judge Il bill by
its title, but wc note the defeat of the
McC CullouEh tHX bill in the Senate for
reasons moi satisfactory to the State at
large. II is certainly inconsistent wit II
the clainOr Of an prohibition Leg
iSlaturc for the protection of whiskcy
liars and ;il the same time loyal to their
wlil>kry constituency for the reason
that the latter class have no cause to
liz while the dodging taxpayers are
and raptivatin. propositions. The
South Carolina Legislature lacks only
Il few petals of being Il daisy.
The idea of MAMMAL tr,'ning in con
ncctlon with the raining OF the mind
III public >choOls is growing with very
satisfactory progress. While the plan
Is NOT D.. Hnv iiii':iiiS ii n,.w one. it iIav-
ing been urged first by Plato and sub
>c,liuntl, by other eminent scholars
and philosophers, il is just now begin
linG to receive serious attention since
It's pr:lciical)ility has been demonstrated
by successful experiments in city
schools. TO the town of y Abbrvillr be-
longs the distinction of having lir first
manual training school in the United
States: now there are lJj cities who
have adopted manual training us Il part
ct their school work and wIlnpiunU,lIrc
the system a success and Il desirable,
addition. The city of Columbus, Ga,
maintains Il department of manual
training in connection with her public
schools and at an extra cost of $500 per
;llnilm exclusive of Si0n for equip
lIcnts. The children are taught clay
modelling, cardboard construction,
structivr work in folding he cardboard
into letter boxes, letter holders, etc.
Then in the fifth grade comes slcycd
work, HE knife work, which continues
through the sixth grade, after which
the boys take up bench work. and the
girls take up cooking and sewing at Il
central school, devoted to those special
purposes, the boys on one side of the
building, the girls on the her. What
the nltssrs of to-day most need is pl;lc-
teal ctlucation, Il linking of head and
hand. The mistake most common in
0ilr schools now is he education of the
head alone to the neglect Of the train
ing due the hand. AS is well argued
by its advocates, manual training tends
To dignity labor and is gentle pacif-
Gator between the cOntcndng forces of
labor and capital. Ii the cost Of insti-
tuti0na and successful maintenance were
not so great, there are many cities who
would make the addition, but mt pres
ent the cost is too great for the smaller
cities, who will have to abide their
time in becoming poverty and profit by
the experience of more fortunate cities.
The plan has OutgrOwn the experiment
tai stage, the cost being the only un-
certain element. This will in time,
however, be very much reduced with
such improvements and perfected
methods and appliances asdevclopmeiit
will give it.