Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-01-22
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Mexico. No, Jan. Is. 1914
Last veek vas spent IN Sailing
Township where they have good
schools OF coarse. the patrons
take great pride IN their schools and
much interest in school matters.
Miss Jannette White al Burnham
told me that her twenty-eight pu-
plls lost bua fifteen days during the
last month. We sent IN an applica-
lon for State approval for Canada
Mrs. Edna German has made many q
proyements this year. We are assured
the school VIII be approved. Miss
Ruby Barnes succeeded in putting a
tea dollar library twenty-five vol
umes) In the school library at Pis-
gah. The school at Macedonia. Mss
Frona Stauternian teacher. was clos
ed. They have a divided term. Pol
lard school district. Mrs 7 B Robin
son teacher. is partly IN Audrain.
partly IN Monroe. The house is ov-
er the line. The enrolment is SO,
the same SO they started in with
last fall. In five months these thirty
six pupils have lost 81 IL days. What
do you think Of thatl At Friend
ship. Miss Bette Harshbarger teach
or, we found the pupils coughing a
great deal because of colds. Several
new books. supplementary readers
have been added to their library. FIX
celsior. Miss Mary Harshbarger teach
err. has made their house more
homelike by the purchase Of six
large framed pictures OF great men
The Sames school Is out. They had
five and one half months. They have
a small district, as they also have at
Pine. where Miss Frances sapping-
ton is teaching. Here we held our
first township meeting on Saturday.
Mrs. German of Canada, Mrs.
Forbls Of Tulip. Miss Mary Harsh
barger OF Excelsior and Miss Matte
Morehead were the visiting teachers.
Many patrons from Pine and the
ne~ighboring districts were present.
More dinner, and It was good beyond
description, was taken back, than was
eaten.
The papers we're excellent. | am sor-
ry | left the program, for / should
like to mention each me-. Some Of
them are: Miss Sappington, "Consoli
d%ation;" Miss Harshbarger, 1.-THE
Advantages Of a Well Classified,
Well Graded School closely follow
ing the course of study; "Sanitation, !"
Mrs. C~rosswhite; Miss Morehead, "Do
the Practices of the World and
the Ideals Of the School Harmonize?"
Mrs. German: do the Present Evils
of our Society Have Any part of
their Origin in our School SYSTEM"
Mrs. W. A. Johnston: 1.-THE Relation
Of the parents to the Teacher
We all appreciated very much
the %recitations Of Audrin Ess.. and
Morris Eubanks.
The meeting was a success. due to,
the efforts Of Miss Sappfngton. and
the hearty co operation OF her pa
irons.
Much interest is being taken In the
different districts In consolidation.
Monday night we met a number OF
patrons at Bnrnham Tuesday night
at Canada, Wednesday night at Mace
donia, and Friday night at Excelsior.
At each place a considerable number
were present and much interest was
shown. It looks like this is a good
field to work up one, If not two,eon-
soFdated districts this spring or
summer.
Small pox has i~nterfered with our
meeting in South Wilson. We shall
meet at Naylor, Sat, Jan. 81. in
stead Of meeting at Payne on that
date.
Remember our meeting at Beagles
the 24th, Mr.. Geo, Melcher of Jeffer-
son City win be with us Tuesday,
and Mr.. R. H. Emerson of Columbia,
Thursday and Friday, to work up sen
timent in favor Of a consolidated
school at Beagles. w want them to
know well what they are to vote on.
Yours truly,
w. CLYDE JOHNSON.
Cunty School Supt.
something else, too, which already
is done by hundreds of people.
You want to enforce the bootleg
ger. The farmers have a way to
get their liquor without bootleg
ging.
Yours truly,