The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-11

Johnson, Hood, Burns, Moore, Byron.
Coleridge or any Of the noted writer's
OF England or Scotland. The idea
seems to have been that women as 4
general rule were of no consequence
except to bear children and STAY at
home and nurse them. But that is
not the idea now. Women are coming
to the front and claim more notable
position in history and biography
Mrs. Do. Burt, Of Brunswick. has in
press book devoted exclusively TO
The mothers Of the notable men Of
Georgia, the mothers Of our governors
and statesmen and ministers and mill
cary heroes, and / know they Will 40
justice to them. Some time ago a
friend OF mine died and ne was a man
OF some note, this son, who is growing
old, wanted to answer Mrs. Burt's let
ter about his grandmother, and he told
me ne didn't know anything about her
didn't even know her maiden name.
lie said that he never saw her, for she
died when he was child and he Eever
heard his father say mucn about her.
That has been the way but it will
not be much longer, for the elevation
OF woman to her proper position by
the side of man beneath him, is rapidly
coming on. This federation of wo-
mans clubs will assert wo-
mans rights. This recognition
OF woman has gained ground rap
idly since the war. Before that our
school teachers were generally men
and were imported from the north. We
had five in succession in our town.
One by one they got married and we
sent off and got another. Our well-to-
do widowers took liking to them, for
our girls wouldn't marry a widower
and our young men wouldn't marry a
yankee school mistress. But since the
war our own girls have gone to teach
ing and are found in every school room
in the land. II they are more fit to
teach our children than are the men,
then why are they not better paid and
why are they not members of our
school boards? l have known men to
be elected on school boards who
couldn't do sum in the rule Of three
and didn't know whether algebra was
Latin or astronomy. Some of these
same men are put on the committee to
choose school books. School boards
are not always elected for scholarship,
but for sectarian influence, and be-
cause they have an ak to grind. But
this is enough for one letter. I hope
the young people will cut it out and
paste it in their scrap books and keep
1t for reference SO that when they are
married and have inquisitive children
they can answer these questions. Ev-
cry young person should have scrap
book. One Of our teachers was not
long ago asking her scholars about
Washington. "Who can tell me some
thing about George Washington" and
one or the boys said: "He was born
on Mount Vermont" A little girl said:
mo, it was Mount Vernon" Another
boy said, "He was named for the city
of washington" and another said, "He
was the father of all the country chill
dren," and another said. "He cut a
cherry tree down to get the cherries,
and didn't tell lie, about it and his
father never licked him for it, but that
night he had the collie mignCy bad"
And here is a good kind letter of
sympathy from full-blooded Cherokee
Indian, who writes from the Indian
Territory and says he was born in
Murray county and loves Georgia and
her people. He asks about the How
ellis, and says his father knew the old
man on the Chattahoochee and anyways
said there was some good Indian blood
In his veins. Well, they do look like
1t. I expect. our Evan came SIDE
ways down from old Powhattan, Just
rs my wife came from Pocahontas.
Hello, Cousin Evans; we are kin
BILL ARP, in Atlanta Constitution.