The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-10-04
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Ito1i1s OF Interest From This Has
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with my friond Neil O.. McLaurin.
I made myself useful about dinner
time, aud kept my reputation up
to tho standard so far as good appe-
tite is concerned. This is O scotch
family on both sides Of the house.
It is a great pity the good Lord
in making the people did not pu!
in a lot moro scotchmen, but reckon
it is betrer not to have too many good
people. The lawyers might starye to
death or have to tell the truth all the
time, and for them one is as bad as the
other. don't mean Judge McLaurin
now.
Young men in this part of the ooun-
try a,e like cotton spongy and cheap.
I asked II nice little Scoloh Lassie on
Sunday, whose name is Kate, what
she would give me for certain young
man, and she said fifteen cents--less
than a quarter OF dollar, and she
didn't want him any longer than cot
ton picking season. You can buy any
thing you want cheap in this country.
think made slip up last week
/ thought cool weather had come and
thunder clouds had gone, but Friday
night we had one that acted like It
was sent for my special benefit. The
lightning flashed, the thunder roared
and made some mighty good promi-
ses. l wish it would frost. don't like
to have to make SO many promises /
never can tell between clouds whether
| have kept them all or not.
Mr.. j. H. Bennett's grand Fall
opening will take place to day. Miss
Cora McMaster OF Ashboro N. c.,
will be in charge Of the dress making
Department, Miss q. May Bentley Of
Baltimore will be assisted i'll the hat
trimmin5 department. by Miss Stena
Vance Reitsell Of Liberty N. G. IF
the ladies cant get pretty hats and
stylish dresses it will just simply be
because they don't want them, for
the goods are here. I am certain that
the ladies in charge are competent
and thoroughly up to date.
Our new teacher Prof Richburg
came on Friday and school opened
on Monday morning.
I have Just returned from trip to
Greenland, where I was sent by a
committee Of the -Four Hundred to
see how they run schools in that oun
try. The first thing / saw was great
crowd Of little kids just weighted
down with books states, tablets, chew.
ing gum, lead pencils and other things
too numerous to mention. I got up a
conversation with very small miss Of
ten summers she had two grammars,
one of the highest grade geography's,
one or two historys, nc spelling book
at all, but arithmetics in abundance.
asked her how much two lbs Of
cheese would come to at 1Octs per lb
she said she didn't know papa tended
to that at the store. / asked her what
was the capital Of South Carolina? she
said Ben Tillman was. / then asked
her to spell Alex Brown she said,
! Ellick Rronnd Jaslscd her if she had
evor studied Webslers spelling hook2
She said thor9 Won't no WeDstor
going 70 her school Iha worst Lhng
| found about lbose Greenlandors
was the COST Of hoUks. They have FREQ
schools VI right bur the men Of nod
eyAtc means out there can't pay The
freight on the books. They wont let
child that cant spell Baker or that
doesn's know the addition table study
in first steps arithmetic. He has got to
start in at the Rule Of Three whether
he can add figures or not. It saves the
poor over worked hours day teach
or a lot Of work to start them in the
back Of the book. I reckon the reason
those people don't use Webster's
speller is just because poor old Daniel
wasn't up to date and didn't call a
Palm tree Pom. He didn't say Som, he
just simply called it s'Psalm.' fIe did
mt know how to use the word "arnt it"
in the wrong place, like some people I
saw on my trip to Greenland. Those
people don't sing and play like we do
They sing "Annie Laurie "Bonnie
Jean" and "The Brook and other
old fashioned tunes that hasn't got
any music in them. I walked the
streets nearly all night thinking |
would get to hear that most delight
ful piece Of music that some of us
love 80 we'll Just Break the News to
Mother" but | could not hear nary
Break. Ibid hear one old fellow fall
Oft the bed and break his nose, and
his bottle too, that made me think OF
my home in Sunny Tennessee. They
don't even sing this most de igbtfnl
tune out in Greenland. I tell you how
they do out there in church. They
don't let all the congregation sing,
They cant buy the books. They just
let a few in the choir anu they all
sing Bass except a few Of the ladies
They sing the tune Of Annie l aurie
to church hymns while taking col
lection. guess they think that tune
will make some old Bald headed
Scotchman feel good and he will drop
in u quarter when the basket gets to
him. Then they sing the tune Of
'Lorena' out there to church hymns.
All this made me home sick, only our
folks don't sing them sort in the
church. I am going back out there in
a few days to study college life and
see what manner Of men they are
when they got home from College.
] am afraid the most Of them do like
they used to do here, hundred years
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