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PUBMHHKM BY AND FOK THK PUPILS OF THK UKOKOIA SCHOOL FOR THK DKAK.
VOL. XVI.
CAVE SPRING, GA., FEB. 1, 1914.
No. 9
"The only reasonable solution is
.hat he must have died soon after
retiring from office. The Tories
GEORGIA'S FIRST AND MARTYRED GOVERNOR
nited him and he had enemies in
South Carolina because he defeated
The lamented Judge Richard H. Among his codelegates is to he found the purpose of Carolina to absorb
Clarke, some yenre ngo, wrot<: for the very distinguished name o f Georgia. Tradition has it that on
The Savannah News some informa- George Washington. In that con- a visit toOrangeburg district, South
tion nix >ut John Adams Treutlen. gress were such men as the Haber- Carolina, where he had near relaHe says: "There is no doubt lie shains, Bryants, Telfairs, Houstons, tives he was followed by brutal Torwns an official meml>er of the church Clays, Cuthl)ei1s and Mclntoshs. ies, or other enemies, and murdered.
of the Salzhurghers at Ehenezer l>e- Aftera wards, in 1777, he was select- He was tied to a tree and hacked to
fore the war of the revolution Iwgati, j ed from among such men to he the pieces in front of his family.
as his name appears among the first governor of the state, and from Where his Ixwly was buried is un
twelve deacons of that church dur- the necessities of the situation, it known. It is never too
late
ing the pastorates of Rahenhorst was necessary to confer upon him to do right, and Georgia owes Govand Trihnor. He was a citizen of arhitrary power.
ernor Treutlen a debt of recognition.
"When he was elected governor, He was her first governor. And it
that part of Eftingham county
which was then St. Matthew's par- his executive council embraced such was no little distinction to have l>een
ish, and his home was a Unit eight men as John Houston, William such, among such able patriots.
miles alnive Elienezer, in the im- Few a great man Arthur Fort, While his name is German, yet he
mediate ncighhorhood of Sister's and John Jones.
was native of England, and had l>een
Ferry. Whether he was a Lutheran
"During his adminstration UK-re a soldier or officer of the British
from choice, or hecause that was the was a controversy with the neigh- army.
He or his ancestors
only accessible Christian church, is l>oring province of South Caro may have In-en among the German
uncertain, lieeause it is hy no means Una, in which lie l»ore himself will settlers of South Carolina. From
distinguished valor and wisdom earliest knowledge of him, he hud
certain he was a Sal/burgher.
"What was his native country, South Carolina attempted the ab- near relatives in Orangehurg, S. C.,
iiiid when he came to Georgia, and sorption of Georgia hy making l>oth where some of his descendants yet
how his youth and manhood were one province.
reside. In the neighliorliood of Sisters
passed up to the revolution, are all
"The citizens of Georgia had In- Ferry, where Governor Treutlen reunknown.
come infected hy htr emissaries, and sided, were many settlers from
"And strange yet, although he the occasion called for great tact ami South Carolina attracted hy wood
was among the earliest and most! firmness, courage and energy. Gov- and timl>er and Savannah as a marconspicuous of the Gcorghi revolu-1 eruor Treutlen was equal to the ket.
There is no ap|>earanee
tionists, and was the first governor! emergency. Had the movement of the Salzburgher in any of his deof the state, his subsequent history | succeeded there had l»een twelve in- scendants. Among his descendants
IISIH lieeii lost. There has Iteen no i ^tead of thirteen colonies, and the are Colonel John F. Treutlen, now
one to record the date, place and present Empire State of the South of Euf.iula; the late Doctor W. S.
manner of his death, and his grave; would have had no existence. But Dudley, of Cuthliert; Mrs. Martha
is unknown. In consequence of this ; the term of office was for only one A. Provost and Dr. Harvey deck Icy
meagre information the name and j;year without reelection. It was only of Alabama; Dr. W. B. Copeland,
fame of Governor Treullen have the second year of the revolution. of Enfaula, Ala; Mrs. E. C. Corlieen neglected, Georgia has given | Governor Treutlen retind from of- liett, of Macon; Mrs. Judge Malhis name to no county, nor done! ficeand this tin-last history ha Ho say lette, of Kfh'ngham county; t he
anything else to perpetuate her first of him. The war lasted five more* Wilkins brothers, of Burke; the
governor. This neglect could not years. Great events of a political sons and daughters of All>crtG. Porhave grown out of any personal dis- nature immediately followed it* ter, of Effinghan, who was during
qualification. He was a niemltcrof close. He was a true patriot and a the civil war taken prisoner by
the provincial congress from the fearless man, and could not have Sherman and sent to Point Lookparish of St. Matthew, which as- remained idle, for his services were out, Maryland, where he died in
sembled in Savannah, July 4, 1775. needed. Yet history is silent.
prison. It was probable that Gov-
JOHN ADAM TREUTLEN
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ernor Treutlen was past middle life and their sympathizers. His body Finally he gave .1 new arrival a rewas drawn and quartered in the cord whaling and the boy's father
in 1775."
raised a row and the school l>oard
The al>ove. is from letters to Sa- presence of his family.
sysa
followed
event
"This tragic
took it up and passed a rule forbidvannah News hy Judge Richard
Clurkennd I am permitted to copy it tematic persecution he had !>een sub- ding punishment.
"Leatherhead resigned at once,
hy Colonel John F. Treutlen, of Eu- jected to on account of his loyalty
saying he would not attempt to
faula, Ala., who is a direct descend- to the cause ot the patriots.
"He perished n martyr for the control such a menagerie without
ant, and has a fine portrait of Governor Treutlen. Colonel John F state which he loved and which had the use of timlter. A new teacher
was secured. He was a pallid man,
Treutlen is now an old man, and honored him. Respectfully.,
"Miss KATHARINE TREITLEN who talked in a whisper, and bad n
appreciates so deeply the effort to
lot to say about moral suasion. He
honor the name of his ancestor. DUDLEY.
"Great-Great Granddaughter.'' landed among us in the winter,
Dr. W. P. Copeland, of Eufaula, is
Dr. Walter Dudley lived in Cuth- when all the had boys were at school,
related to Governor Treutlen on lx»th
and his widow is still there. and we saw at once that he was an
l>ert
his
of
sides
andmaternal
paternal
the
family, and he too, feels a keen in- Miss Katharine Dudley is a daugh- easy mark. As soon as he appeared
in the school house yard we snowterest in the movement to honor ter of Di. WalterS. Dudley. .
balled him until he sat down and
the memory of John Adam TreutRod.
and liefore be had been on
the
cried
Sparing
len, Georgia's first governor.
JAMES CALAWAY.
"I have no patience with such duty an hour we had him so rattled
Shellman, Ga., July 17 1905.
an article as this," said the pro- that be sent u telegram to his
"Mr. James Calaway, Macon, Ga: fessor, who had a magazine in his mother saying he'd be home by the
"Sir: Your letter to my mother hand. "The writer argues at great first train.
"Teacher after teacher came, saw
received a-id contents noted. She length in favor of corporal punishtried to conquer, and the (test
and
requested me to answer and I ment in the schools, Such punishwill say 1 can give you a brief sketch ment is the relic of the dark ages." of them didn't last half a day.
of Governor Treutlen, which I hope
'I don't helieve there were any There was so much noise in school the
will he of some material help to you. schools in the dark ages," suggested farmers' horses shied as they went
"John Adam Treutlen was a the lowhrowed man. "I get tired of past. So the school !>oard sized up
inemher of the first provincial con- hearing people charge everything the signs of the times and sent a
gress of Georgia, which assemhled disagreeahle up to the dark a^es. delegate after Lealherhead, with
in Savannah July 4, 1775.
And you're way off your reserva- instructions to bring him hick, even
"He was first appointed governor tion, professor, when you say that if it was necessary to kidnap him.
and afterwards elected hy the peo- the school teacher shouldn't use I/eatliorhead demanded a big increase of salary and got it, and then
ple. Mis administration began May a cluh.
8, 1777, and ended January 8, 1778.
"When I was a little Lord Fiiunt- be came back. When he loomed up
Governor Treutlen was a man of leroy I went to a school that was at- ait the school with aU>ut a cord of
great J>ersi>n:il courage. Me was tended hy all the farmers' sons with red elm under bisarm, a silence fell
recognized as a sidesman of ability in two miles. Most of them were upon that palace of erudition. It
and unlxiunding integrity, and a white hopesand it took an iron hand was a silence that you could have
devoted patriot, wielding so power- to control them. The teacher wns a cut into blocks with a cheese knife,
ful an influence in the American fine man named I^eatherhead. He professor.
"And 4hen the students began
cause that the Hritish Parliament used to get up early in the morning,
around on tip-toe again."
going
excepted him hy name from all am- and after eating a hasty hre.ikfast,
nesty proclamations. Me quelled he went to the woods and picked Walt MHHOII.
the hostile Indians on the Western out tlie choicest pieces of hickory
Foes of Memory.
Ixtrderand prevented invasions from and birch.
Among the worst foes of the
Florida.
"The discipline he maintained in
memory are too much food, too
"Governor Treutlen was originally that temple of learning was somestrangefrom England. Me came directly thing that would attract attention at much physical exercise,and,
education.
to Georgia a<id located at a point West Point. Those hig husky farmer ly enough, too much
The In'st things are nearest l>eon the river ;ih ive Savannah, in Ixiys went on tip-toe during school
a ncighliorhood known as Sister's (hours, and they were afraid to neath your nostrils, light in your
Ferry.
i hreathe more than once in five min- eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at
"Unable to find .1 church of his utes. Once in a while a new Ixiy your hand, the path of God just
denomination, he united with the would come with an ambition to Itefore you. Then do not gnisp at
German Lutheran church at Ehe- create a rough house, and the way the stars, but do life's plain,common
nezer.
Lcathcrhead southed his savage work tw it comes, certain that daily
"His drath was most deplorahle, breast with those home made cudg- duties and daily bread are the sweetI e Iteing assassinated hy the Hritish els was a revelation to one and nil. est things of life. Lord Hough ton.
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BITS OF ENGLISH HISTORY.
By Alice Alcorn.
VIII.
the party got separated, leaving the
king and his friend, Sir Walter Tyrrel, together. This was the last
seen of the king alive.
I/ate in the evening a poor man
in passing through the forest came
upon the body of a man lying on
the ground. He knew it was the
king, so he put the body on his
cart and carried it home. The
king was buried ami there was no
one to weep for him he had l»een
too cruel to every one.
It was never known who killed
the king but it was supposed that
Sir Walter Tyrrel did it accidentally. He left the country and never
returned.
Some i>cople think, however,
that some man whom he had
wronged did it.
William Hufus was the third one
of the Conqueror's family to he killed in the forest.
William Rufus.
After the death of William the
Conqueror his son, William Hufus,
became king. He was called the
red king hecanse his hair was red
and he had a very ruddy complexion.
He was a very wicked man and
consequently made a had king.
His cruelty to the jMtor jM-ople
was something dreadful. He and
his friends thought nothing of stopping at a farm house and making a
farmer kill his only cow or hog.
They would then eat all they wanted and destroy the rest. They
some times staved all night at a
farm house and set lire to it lieforc
they left in the morning.
I.ike Ins father, William the
Conqueror, he was fond of hunting
and did many cruel deeds in order
to get good places to limit.
In the southern part of England
there was a lot of land which he
liked, so he drove the people away
from their homes and turned their
farms into a forest in which were
deer, wild l»oars and other animals.
It was called the "New Forest."
If men hunted there without his
IM-rmisHioii, they were put to death.
The people who had hcen driven
from their homes said the forest
was an enchanted place and that
they had seen all sorts of strange
things there.
They said, too, that something
had told them that the red king
would U- punished then- for hi*
wicked deeds.
The New Forest was a lieautiful
place. The hill sides were covered
with ferns, mosses and beautiful
trees; many pretty little streams
ran through it and the birds sang
just as sweetly there as they did in
other forests.
One bright morning the kingros*
early and said he was going hunting. Some one told him that it
was a Saint's day and that IK
should honor it. He replied that
he did not care and started out
wilh mime of his friends.
After getting far into the forest
07
Irunk.
The young prince and his friends
lanced in the moonlight until twelve
'clock and then they started.
They wanted to go very fast so
hey kept urging the rowers for
greater speed.
Suddenly there was a great crash.
The ship had struck a rock and
ivas rapidly filling with water.
The captain knew that it would
surely sink and drown them all so he
put William and a few others in a
boat and told them to quietly row
iway. They started to do so but
just then William heard his sister
Mary calling him and declared that
lie would not leave her to drown.
They returned to the fast sinking
ship for Mary but a great many
[K-ople jumped into the small boat,
ausing it to sink and they were all
Irowned.
Only one man on the "White
Ship" was saved. He floated on a
II.
pieee of timl>cr all night and was
The "White Ship."
pieked up next morning.
He to Id the sad news of the prince's
The youngest son of William tlu
No one wanted to tell
'onqucror was named Henry and leath.
ic, too, became king of England, king Henry but finally a litfle boy
went to him.
lie was called Henry the First.
When the king heard of William's
Henry was a liold bad man ami
a red nothing for the [M-oplc whom fate, he fainted and it is said that
be never smiled again.
lie ruled.
He tried to {N-rsuadc the nobles to
He had an only son named William. When William was eightec'i make his daughter Matilda queen
years old, lie took him to Norman- at his death but at that time no wody and made him duke of the Nor- man reigned alone in England, so
mans. He was quite proud of bin they refused to grant his request.
They chose Stephen,whose mothand e.\|»ccted him to IK- king o
er was a daughter of William the
England some time.
On the day that Henry and Wil Conqueror.
After the buttle of Hastings thenliam were to return to England ai
old man went to Henry and asket were four Norman kings, William
him to allow .him to row him t< the Conqueror, the Red King, HenEngland in his ship called the ry and Stephen.
They rule*I for eighty-eight years.
"White Ship."
Henry told him that he could not
This truth comes to us more, and
go with him In-caiise his ship was
longer we live that on what
the
ready and waiting but that he could
take the prince. This pleased the fields or in what uniform or with
man and he got his ship ready for what aims we do our duty matters
William who took :i numlicr of very little or even what «>ur duty is,
great or small, splendid or obscure.
fri« nds on I man! with him.
Only to find our duty certainly
He told the captain that they
somewhere, or somehow, to do
and
did not want to start until midnight
so he could give the sailors three it faithfully makes us good, strong,
casks of wine to drink. Thccaptain happy and useful men, and turns
did as In- was told and when start- our lives into some feeble echo of
ing time came, the sailors were all the life of Cod. Phillips Hrookes.
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July accidents. Fifteen hundred roller towel and establishing such
will never again see the light of day other hygienic measures as will tend
because of various causes, >uch ns to keep us healthy and free from
PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY DURING THE
the drinking or absorbing of wood disease. Hampshire Review.
SCHOOL YEAR AT THE
and the neglect of proper
alcohol
GEORGIA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF.
Few things appeared more astontreatment of certain eye affections.
GAVE SPRING, OA.
to the early inhabitants of
ishing
Miihftcrlpllon, All ffiitH fur th«* Mchiilnxttc If we look at these figures calmly,
they are amazing. We can hardly the United States than the vast
Yttnr, In Atlvunot'.
believe that thirty thousand human flocks of passenger-pigeons which
Actv«rtl«tliK KnlfS on Appllrutlnn
at particular seasons actually darkFKINTKD BY TH K PUP1I.H IN THK beings are shut out from earning a
PKINTINU MKPAUTMKNT.
livelihood, who might now he em- ened the sky with their seemingly
AUDKKHH ALI.COMMDNHIATIONH TO ployed, self-supporting and
pro- interminable flights. Now these birds
ductive of several million dollars' have practically disappeared, and
THK SCHOOI, HKI.PKR,
CAVK HIMUNG, MA.
worth of Inlxtr, if preventive meas- rewards have recently been offered
ures hud l»een employed in their for the discovery of living representEntered nt the pout office Hi Cnve HprhiK
cases. We are a long-suffering peo- atives of the species. This has let!
UH.. no fCoud-clHHH mutter. November. IHMi
ple, but how much longer must we Mr. A. H. Wright to collect from
keep our eyes closed to the fact that the early Jesuit relations, and the
FEB. 1, 1914
if the doctor or midwife had luniks of travellers and other observers, accounts of the appearance
Mrs. M. Bayard Wootten and her dropped a 1 per cent solution of
of the pigeons in other days. In
mother, Mrs. Moultnn, nt New nitrate of silver into the eyes of the
New England, the Middle States,
Berne, N. C., visited the family of new-born babe, six thousand pairs
of eyes would have been saved from the Mississippi valley and the
Prof. \V. O. Connor.
Southern States the birds often were
Mrs. Wootten was for several the dreadful effects of gonorrhea 1
so numerous that their weight broke
years a teacher of art and physical ophthalmia. If the twelve thousand
down the branches of trees where
culture in this school and we were now sightless from injury had l>ecn
they rested at night. There is record
glad to have her visit us again. employed in factories where safety
132 birds killed at a single shot.
of
She is now an art photographer by devices were installed they would he
The latest record of a great flock
profession and is considered one of producers instead of dependents.
noted by Mr Wright was in the
the l>est in the United States. Her Granular lids or trachoma is amenMississippi valley in 1814. Cooper,
photographs of senators and other able to treatment, yet twenty-five
his "Pioneers," hus a vivid
in
prominent men have been especially thousand persons were allowed to
become blind from this cause. It description of the passenger pigeons.
admired.
The Youths Companion.
During her stay she t<x>k a num- must be a happy thought to nil of us
ber of photographs of friends and to know that the past two years ban
To Extract A Splinter.
showed a marked diminution in the
scenes in and near Cave Spring.
None of the small accident* to
number of injuries from Fourth of
which every »,ne is liable is more anWhat Makes People Blind
July accidents. The use of wood
noy ing than to have a sliver of wood
Did you ever 8top U> think of the alcohol, working in rooms where it
one hundred thousand blind people is used or drinking "power-house stuck into the hand. Moreover it is
in the United States, and what whiskey," or some of the various Very painful if not promptly reof the splinter
caused their misfortune? Did it soft drinks containing wood alchol, moved. If the wood
easy if atn..t
is
ever occur to you that aliout thirty has caused a large numl>er of per- in soft its removal
thousand of these unfortunates are sons to become totally blind. There tempted with a needle or other sharp
unnecessarily Mind? Do know that will always IK? a certain numlter of instrument. Steam may, however, l>c
aliout twelve thousand of these are cases of blindness, which cannot Ix; employed, without inconvenience
children who are Mind I M'cause of avoided, but it is appalling to think or tain, and very effectively.
A wide-mouthed Uiltle such as a
the unfaithfulness of cither the father that the sight of thirty thousand of
Are you aware that those now blii.d could have lieen milk Imltle, should lie filled nearly
or mother.
twelve thousand people are groping preserved. How shall we limit full of water as hot as the glass will
their way a I Mint in darkness due to blindness in the future? By in- Htand and the injured part placed
injuries which probably could have sisting that our children's eyes shall over the mouth of the bottle, pressl>een avoided by the installation in have proper care. By compelling ing down slightly and preventing
factories of proper safety devices? factories to install safety devices. any steam from escaping. This will
Twenty-five hundred of them are By medical inspection of schools. cause the flesh to he drawn down,
deprived of a livelihood localise-of The child sitting next to your child and in a minute or so the steam will
gnnnlar lids, which is preventable may have diphtheria and convey it extract the splinter at the same time
relieving all inflammation.
by the application of pivpe- reme- toyonr child's eyes. By demanding
This is a simple bit of information
dies. Two thousand are deprived a safe and sane Fourth of July in but well worth having. Popular
of their sight localise of Fourth of your own town. By altolishing the Science.
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TRUTH VS. TRADITION
69
[ wrote again, telling her of the exact location of the place, its surrounding scenery and all concerning
it.
The following paragraph from her
r°ply will dispel all doubt and set
things everlastingly right, to the
satisfaction of some and to the dissatisfaction of others. "I reiterate
most positively that I was never in
or near Rome or Kingston and know
absolutely nothing of the place so
erroneriously associated with my
book, St. Elmo."
of an angel's kiss, and caught its
rosy flush from a burning star.
Mr.. Auguita Erant Wilton Writes That She
Never Saw or Heard of BameaWy Garden*.
'Beyond the pathless mountains
For over half a generation there
that lift their blue peaks in the fadhas lingered around the Barnesley
ing distance they tell us there is a
Gardens of Rome a very pretty
charming valley that drinks the diatradition that here was the original
mond dew of the morning and
site of the Murray home in Mrs.
bathes in the liquid sunbeams, clad
Augusta Evans Wilson's book, St.
in verdure of everlasting green and
Elmo. The desrciption of Le Bocage
dotted all over with flowers of every
strangely coincides with the plan of
line and shape.
the unfinished house at Barnesley's
"Beyond the blue waves of the
ami the place has been pointed out
pathless ocean they tell us there is
time and again to visitors, as the
a climate from which the mellow
probable spot where Mrs. Wilson
A. E. WILSON. sunlight of spring never, never dereceived her inspiration, and dis- To the most of us this is sufficient parts; that it is laden with the
covered the foundation of a l»eauti- the proof conclusive, and as such we songs of birds of beautiful plumage,
ful home for portrayal in a more accept it.
and peace, ease and plenty rule the
beautiful l>ook.
"Not at all," I hear the psycho- lives of people that never hear of
Whence the suggestion of connect- logical student say, as grasping for war or pestilence.
ing the two places originally came a last straw, she drives into the
''Beyond the curtain of darkness
I do not know, but if anyone pins realms of psychic phenomena and that hangs over the gloomy night
his faith to this tradition let him emergcs with the somewhat start- there dwells a picture of morning
now and forever luinish all such ling: "Perhaps a friend of Mrs. a picture of fresh new life that
thought from his mind, and rest Wilson at some time visited the seems to wake and move and breathe
placidly in the knowledge that if I>e- Barnesley Gardens and heard a des- away the mists, and they tell us its
Ilocage existed anywhere except in cription of the place as it would ap- background is pleasure.
the imagination of our liest known pear when finished, and perhaps
"Beyond the aches and struggles,
southern novelist, it surely existed this friend, consciously or uncon- the fears and disappointments, the
somewhere else than nt Barnesley's. sciously communicated this descrip- bitter trials and wearing labors of
Somestimes ago in contemplat- tion to the sul (conscious mind of time, we are taught there is an
ing a sketch of Mrs. Wilson's work Mrs. Wilson, by the means of her eternity whose higher possibilities
for the press, I thought of using own sul (conscious mind, "-have give promise of calmer hours and
this idea which associates Barney- you recovered your equilibrium? sweeeter rest "
ley's with St. Elmo, and planned a 'And perhaps in a dream or otherWhat Indian Summer It.
special trip to the place that I wise, Mrs. Wilson, on her part unIndian summer is a name used to
might secure an illustration or two. consciously received it, and afterdescril>e
a short season of pleasant
As it is a had plan, however, to ward called it forth from her subtill limited space with tradition, conscious or subjective mind by weather in the Central and Atlantic
when, the power of verifying facts means of her conscious mind, and coast states. It usually (Mines either
lies at one's threshold I wrote to Mrs. the same l>cing set down on paper in Octol>er or Novemlter. There is
Wilson herself and asked if there won't forth to the literary world as no (It-finite time for Indian summer,
were any foundations to the story the home of St. Elmo Murray." but as a rule it comes after ihe first
which has been cherished for so long And, lo and l>ehold, the psycho- severe frost or series of frosts and
a time. Her reply came promptly. logical student has Ix>Bocage at storms. It is the season that is welcome IKKMIUMV it comes alter everyone
There was none whatever, she never Barnesley's after all.
HARRIKT CONNOR STEVEXS, has settled down to expect real
had seen Barnesley's and there exwinter, ami Indian summer always
isted no association l>etween that in Rome-Tribune Herald.
holds winter off for a few more weeks.
place and LeB<(cagc.
The
season is characterized hy almost
Pen Picture of the "Great Beyond" I
So at once the traditon was put
Ex-Governor Taylor, of Tenn- ! cl"U(lltw rtkit>». «llm 0| M't IlirH ' ll
out <>f my mind and omitted from
the sketch. Soon afteraward it was essee, in his Id'iiutiful lecture on hazy atmosphere and mild tempersuggested to me that probably the "Hope," gives to the world the fol-! » tur« » thedaytime, but rather cool
at niglit.
name of the place had l»een changed lowing lovely l»oquet.
"Beyond this licautiful and ripin the course of yearn and that Mrs.
Any one can sympathize with
pling
stream, just over a grassy people in trouble, I nit to take j >y
Wilson knew it by a different name.
I did not think so myself, and din- knoll, there blooms a rare and rich- in their success requires some one
liked to disturb that busy women a' ly tinted flower. They tell us that >»«!»' than I.-Ellx-rt Hubbnrd.
second time, but as there was mi it is so rarely lieautiful that it may
The Persians have a different
other way to ascertain the real facts, have blushed into life at the touch name for each dny in the month.
t . '!
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Pat Kelly dug a grave for Twister's
little white puppy. He buried the
puppy. Jessie was very sad about
the puppy.
A few of the larger lM>ys went to
a show in the Hearn school auditorium Saturday night. The show
was not a good one.
Marvy Young weighs ninety eight
pounds. Watch out, Marvy, you'll
break the scales.
Miss I Jean Summers took the girls
to the spring on I^^e's birthday.
They had a nice walk.
The pupils have good times playing rook.
The teachers had a party in the
study hall on January twenty-third.
The large l>oys and girls went to the
study hall. Some of them danced
with the teachers.
It rained very bard last Saturday
and the girls could not go to town.
They were very sorry, because some
of them wanted to do some shopping.
John Wingard is a fine runner.
He wears a bronze medal which
he won in the public school race in
Hurrah, for you
Augusta, (in.
John. Keep at it.
Miss Emma Young was very nek
recently, but she is much letter now.
We hope that she will l»e well soon
We have bad several cases of IM
(irip|>e among tbe pupils and teachers. We hope we will not have
any more ease«.
Joseph Todd went to ride a few
days ago.
Mrs. Wootten took many pictures
in Cave Spring while she was here.
She takes very Hue pictures.
We had a holiday on the 19th in
honor of General Robert E. Ixje.
We had a party in the evening
and enjoyed it very much. We had
ge'atine and cake for refreshments.
Misses Parlnman and Smith were
in charge.
The deaf l>oys played basket ball
with the Hearn boys in the afternoon of J>in 19th. The Hearn boys
won. Thej' have had more practiceMr. S. M. Freeman lectured to
us in the chapel on Tree's birthday.
He told us many tl.ings about the
brave general.
Mr. Alexander went to Kansas
recently. He enjoyed bis trip. Tom
Ware surjwrviscd the l>oys while he
was gone.
Mr. Carl Reeves, one of our old
supervisors, came to see us a few
days ago. He lives in Buehanan.
We were glad to see him.
l^ewis received a letter and some
stamps from his parents one day
last week. He was very happy.
Ellie West, Keultei. Chap|>clear
and Lewis ('raft went to town ami
bought some oranges a few days ago.
They enjoyed theoranget- very much.
Some of the boys shucked corn in
the barn Friday afternoon. They
cut up the shucks in the feed cutter.
Mrs. Wootten and her mother,
Mrs. Monlton, of N.-w Ilcrne, N. ('.,
visited Mr. Connor's family recently. She taught art in this school
Making Life Insurance Pay.
some years ago.
A case remarkable and unique in
Marvy Young sent his puppy home
about ten days ago. He received a the annals of life insurance came
letter from home saying that Nigger into publicity recently on the death
of George L. Newman, of Cliarlottcsarrived all right.
ville, Va., at the age of 98. Mr.
Mrs. Stevens's class are very fond
Newman had Uvn a policyholder in
of Frisky, their green snake. He
a leading company for seventy years,
seems very sleepy now and they are
and had paid the premiums on his
allnwi'-g him to sleep. FXMVJH says
first contract for that length of time.
that he will set Frisky free in April
He could have stoppe.l these payLast Friday the Ixiys played ball. ments two years before he passed
Willie and Joseph chose sides. away and could have collected
Willie's side won. Orion pouted !* - the amount due on his policy, for
cause he was on the losing side.
be was then in theory already dead,
all American insurance companies
having assumed 96 as the limit of
human life. But Mr. Newnan tock
pride in being the "oldest policybolder," and did not care to be
"effaced from tbe map." He, therefore, continued paying premiums
to the end. It might naturally l»e
supposed that in three-score years
and ten he \\i\t\ l>een obliged to part
witli more money in premiums than
his estate got back from the insurance company. But not so. On
a policy for 81,500, taken out in
1844, the annual premium on which
was $33.60, the total paid, in premiums was 82,352, while the sum
paid to the inheriting relatives (including the face of the policy and
accumulated dividends) was 85,76256. Thus the heirs received 83,41156 more than the policy bad cost
Mr. Newman. This venerable insurant also had two other i>olicies
taken out later than the foregoing,
one for 81,750 on which he paid
premiums for 67 years, and the
second for 13,000, premiums on
which covered a shorter periled. On
the last two policie* the heirs recovered from tbe company 812,(US,41.
rims, on three policies originally
aggregating only 86,250. Mr. Newman's l>enericari s were paid a total
of 818,410 97
HONOR ROLL .
The Following Pupils, by Application
and Deportment are Worthy of
Special Mention for Jan.
Annie Coiry
Floy Gooliby
Walter Calhoun
Opal MitcheU
Coloma Huliey
Roy Adamion
Doric Kilgore
Claude Caiey
Pearl McCoy
Gwen Robinson
George Young
Cm Fincher
Claire Wright
Jamet McKenzie
Elizabeth Bond
Gracie Hicks
Letter Sample*
Axie Colter
Lee Moore
Monlie Harton
John Elliolt
It will Ix.' remembered that the
price of gold is 820 per ounce. Platinum is now worth 816 an ounce,
against 820 five years ago. Tinworld's output in 1912 was 311,751
ounces, of which only 721 ounces
are credited to the United States.
Russia, with about 300.01X) ounces,
is the leading producer. Colombia,
with 12,000 is second.
THE SCHOOL HELPER
A
PAGE
FOR THE
LITTLE
71
FOLKS.
A puppy lias four feet.
few da}'s afterward Jerry upset another pail
>f milk in the kitchen.
Sometimes at the table Jerry knocked dishes over and they were broken. He was careIt has a nose and a mouth.
ess in many other ways. His aunts talked
It can drink water and milk.
o him often, and tried to make him more
:areful but he did not improve. At last they
lecided to punish him. Aunt Susan gave
A cat has four feet.
lim a hard whipping with a stick. Jerry
It has claws.
cried and felt very bad. But he was just as
It has two eyes.
careless as before. His aunts thought that
It has two ears.
ic was a bnd and obstinate boy.
It has a nose and a mouth.
One day Jerry's Uncle Jim came from the
It has a tail.
west to make a visit. Uncle Jim was a kind
Its tail is long.
aud pleasant gentleman.
Jerry's aunts
It has fur.
thought that Uncle Jim could "help them to
Its fur is soft.
improve Jerry.
A cat can climb a tree.
At supper on the day Uncle Jim arrived,
It can not fly.
Aunt Susan passed a plate of biscuits to Jerry.
He put out his hand to take one.
His hand
struck his Uncle Jim's coffee cup and knockA bird has feathers.
ed it off the table to the floor. Aunt Susan
It IIKS a bill.
was angry. She told Jerry to leave the room.
It has two eyes.
Jerry got up and started to go. But Uncle
They are small.
Jim called him and looked closely into his
It has a tail.
face. Then Uncle Jim took Jerry's hand and
It has two feet.
lead him to the door. lie told Jerry to look
It has two wings.
out, and asked him if he could see the house
A bird can fly.
across the road* Jerry said he could not.
It can sing.
Uncle Jim had on a pair of spectacles.
He
took them off and put them before Jerry's
eyes. Then he asked Jerry if he could see
better. Jerry said he could see well.
Jerry's Fault
Jerry was a little orphan boy eight years Then Uncle Jim told Aunt Jane and Aunt
old. An orphan is a boy or girl whose fath- Susan that Jerry had weak eyes and was very
er and mother are dead.
near sighted, rhat was the reason he seemJerry had no brothers or sisters. He lived
ed so careless. Ile upset and broke things
with his Aunt Jane and Aunt Susan. The\
because he could not see them. Aunt Jane
loved him and took good care of him.
Jerry gave his aunts much trouble. He '»'d Aunt Susan felt very sorry because they
was not bad or disobedient, but he seemed to had scolded aiv.l punished Jerry. They askbe awkward aud careless. One day he went ed him to forgive them.
into the parlor and ran against a small table- The next day Uncle Jim took Jerry to town
on which a valuable china tea-pot stood with him.
When they came b;ick Jerry
The (able was upset and the tea pot broken.
had on a nice pair of gold spectacles. He
Another time Jerry ran into the kitchen to
could see very plainly and he ran and danced
show his aunt something. There was a pail
of milk on the floor. Aunt Jane scolded him like a happy boy. After that he did not upand told him ho must be more careful.
But set and break things any more.
It has two eyes.
I; has two ears.
It has a tail.
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THE SCHOOL HELPER
72
REPORT OF PUPILS* STANDING.
For the Month Ending Jan., 1913
ORAL DEPARTMENT.
PRIMARY GRADES
FIRST GRADE C
MI88 ALK1K BOWMAN, TRAOHRB
OlAM
Golden G. I. Johnson..
Llllie May Petty ........
Ada Jackson ...........
Chester Hitchcock.......
Henrietta Lay fie Id ....
Worth ington P. Cochran
Lonnie Wood ...........
Doran Chamber*.........
OINIRAL
1
1
2
8
4
5
6
7
70
70
B6
60
68
58
50
40
FIRST GRADE B.
MISS MAUD OAKTEK, TKAOHKK.
Harvard Smith ..........
AxieCoker .............
Minnis Standridge. .....
Kmma Lee Moore. .......
Thomas Kills. ...........
Hillia Hamontree .......
Diamond E. Hrett. .......
Venice Howell. ..........
Romney Wood. . . .......
1
2
2
2
2
8
8
4
4
81
78
78
78
7M
1">
75
70
70
FIRST GRADE A
MIHH VIVIAN TIM'Y. TKACHKK.
80
1
Kuy Walraven...........
Annie Lou Wallace .....
Mary E. Jones ...........
Callaway Woodall .......
Agnes Herrington ........
Nora May Radish .......
Knla Moore .............
Eunice Barrow. .........
Edgar Culver ............
1
1
2
2
8
4
6
80
80
78
78
75
70
05
SECOND GRADE B
MIHH ORACH KINMI.KY. TEACHER
Floyd Smitli ....
Montie Hrrton ....
Alice Parker..... .
Myree Thurston ....
Bernice Giles .....
Rufus C. Freeman .
Lucile Crumbly ...
John W. Parker ...
Frank E. Harriett. .
Fred E. Brown .....
I
1
1
2
8
8
8
8
8
4
74
74
71
72
70
70
70
70
70
69
SECOND GRADE A
MIHH A. HAMMOND, TKAOHKK.
Ivey M. Moreland ........
Jolin Parker ...........
Daisy P. Brewton. .......
Jewel! Yates .............
William E. Reeder.. .....
Willie E. Franklin .... .
Sarah E. Bond ...........
Sammie P. Florence.....
George C. Dance .. ......
Mabel C. Wright... .....
1
I
1
2
2
2
8
8
4
4
80
80
80
78
78
75
75
75
70
70
INTERMEDIATE GRADES
THIRD GRADE
MIHH M. HMITH, TKAOIIRK
Thehna Swain ..........
Helen Mendelson .......
Eddie M. Morgan .....
May Akrldge ...........
Georgia Killgore.... . ..
J.ilm Webb ............
Barnes Kirksey...... ...
Lucy Sexton ... .........
William McCandless ...
1
1
1
2
2
2
8
4
4
85
85
85
80
80
80
75
70
70
GEORGIA SCHOOL FORTHE DEAF,
FOURTH GRADE
MI88 LAVILLA WARP, TKAOHKR
Floy R. Goolsby..........
Roy A damson. . .........
William C. Casey........
Leonardo. Thurston ....
Walter E. Calhonn .....
William T.Dillard.......
Gwendolyn Robinson....
Joisey I. Haynes ........
HarlowC. Nash. .........
Edna W. Flanders.......
1
2
2
8
8
8
8
8
4
4
85
88
88
80
80
80
80
80
75
75
ADVANCED GRADES
Marvy Young.........
.
John A. WingariL.......
Patrick H. Kelly.........
Josenhus Todd ..........
Lewis Craft..............
Liilie H.Strickland .....
Connor A. Willingham ..'
1
2
8
4
5
6
7
8
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
D. W. HIMMONB.
TRUSTIES:
W. J. HKIKKIN ................|CI,OVII
W. M. IIAKDT... ....... ........XJ.OYI)
J. W. TAYJ.OK .........MKKIWBTHRK
W. T. KOHKKTH.............IHUJHI.A8
COUNTY
OOI1HTT
COUNTT
OOIJNTT
P. M. HAWKB. .............. KI.HKKT OOUNTT
H. O. AKNAI.I. ............. COW XT A COI'NTY
86
OKKK'KKH OK THK 8OHOOI..
71
70
68
67
48
46
WKHI.KY «>. CONNOR.
MIHH RRHHIK K. HEATH, OI.KKK
AMICTANT PMINOIPAL:
MIHH NKTTIK MCUANIRI.
78
MIHH A. ALCORN Alt!) MIHH A.
FARI.AMAN. TKAOHKRH.
SEVENTH GRADE
1
Inez Fraser ..............
KatherineE. McCandless 1
1
Neelie Chappelear.......
Emma J. Bankston...... 1
Charles C. Gatewood .... 2
2
Sarah F. Baldwin.......
2
Jennie L Jordan..........
Jennie B. Tucker ........ 8
4
Era C. McGinnis.........
Joseph A Spurlin ........ 4
4
Ruby Owen .............
Sidney Weaver..........
HOARD OF TRUHTKRR.
PRMIOINT:
w. J. OKIKKIN.
W. MHAUKUKU. ................. . POI.K OOUNTT
SIXTH GRADE
MRS. H.O. 8TEVKNH. TEACHKR
86
1
James R. Banks ton .....
Orion Stitt...............
CAVE SPRING. GA.
88
88
88
88
80
80
80
78
76
75
76
PHINOIPAL:
O. W.
H. M.
MIHH
MIHB
MIHH
MIM8
MIHH
INtTRUOTORtMKH. II. O. MTMVMrl*
WKIOIIT
MIHH I.. WAHII
rHKKMAN
MIHH A. W. AI.I.KN
M. K. HMITII
MIHH M.dAKTBK
A. IIAMMOMU
MIHH A. PAMI.AMAN
A. M. AI.VOKN
MIHH A. BOWMAN
V. TII.I.T
MIHH J. WAHI>
H KIMHLRT
ART AND PHrSIOAL OULTURC.
MIHH A. MAV OI.ARK.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE
MIHH Ol.AKA CL.AKK, TRAOIIKK
MIHH MAHT CKUWUKH. AHHIHTANT
HOU^tKKPIR
MIHH J. UIIKHHV
MHH.
IIKI.KN IIAHPKH. AHHIHTAHT
UPIRVIBOR or w>v«.
MKOKMK K. AI.KXAllllKH
UPIRVISOR OP OlRLt.
MHH. O. POTTM
NINTH GRADE
AlvaE. E. Ware .......
Annie R. Corry ........
Jesse K. Ware............
Henry G. Reeves ........
Opal Mitcholl............
John C. Henck .........
1
1.
2
2
2
2
NIIKHK
MIHH K. K. HUMMKHP.
88
88
84
84
84
84
PMVSIOIAN.
I>K. W. T. M'KINNBT.
Vt: IAR «NO THROAT «P|CIALI«T
UK. KOHH f. (MIX.
INIMIHTHIA I. DKPA UTM KNT.
MANUAL DEPARTMENT.
H.
II.
J.
K.
PRIMARY GRADES
A.
H.
II.
T.
MOKKIH .......... .KXPKKT HIIOKU AKKM
M UK PUT. .............. KXPNKT PKINTKM
MKTOAI.K......KXPKHT W<H>II-WOK K K H
.....KXFKKT M KT A I.-WOH K K H
HKNNV
FIRST GRADE
MR. KRKKMAN
MR. WR10HT
TKACHERH.
1
2
H
4
Grace V. Hicks .........
Lester Samples ..........
Harry Adkins............
Toomha Rosser . .......
70
((8
(Wi
SECOND GRADE
O. \V. WRIUHT, TKAOHKR
Gus Fincher ....... .....
James MuKenzie ........
Eddie Cook ..............
George E. West ........
Jessie B. itorne..........
Frank L. Wikle .........
Harvey M.Giles. .......
Mary McClure........ ..
Tempia Gallimore .......
Sarali S. Price ..........
Janie Young ............
Willie Byers.... ........
1
2
8
4
5
6
6
7
8
9
1(1
11
75
78
70
«»
U8
H5
65
68
62
(Ml
58
66
FOURTH GRADE
MIHH A. W. AU/KN, TKAdHKK.
70
1
Annie E. Pedrick ........
William H. Alexander...
Wallace McClure........
Frederick Dixon.........
Jefferson I). Tyson.......
1
1
2
8
70
70
69
68
NKUKO DKPARTMKNT.
INSTRUOTORI.
K. M. <iOKIM>N.
MKH. CAKKIK PITI.I.IK
HOUSIKIIPtR.
MHH. M. V. (iOHIKlK.
Solomon Wade...... ...
Claude Adams....... ...
Dovie Kilgore ..... ...
Henry Kilgore...........
Melvin Craft.............
Column Hulsey .......
John W. Call .........
Pearl McCoy......... ...
<*
5
6
6
7
8
U
10
07
ftn
H4
M
08
01
60
40
ADVANCED GRADES
GRADE A.
8. M. KRKKMAN, TKAOHKK
1
2
8
4
&
6
88
88
HI
78
61
54
FOURTH GRADE
1
Hoy t Freeman...........
2
Haz«l Pedrick. ........
52
46
Dixie Fernside .........
Willie Highnote ........
Thomas A. Ware .......
Staten M.Taylor.........
May Johnson ..........
Reuben H. Cliappelear ..