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Published every Friday at
TETON
tt most populous town in
POLK COUNTY '
The Land or"tbe;SltyI'
North Carolina. ; "
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FRIDAY, JANUARY, 9, 1014.
POLK COUNTY, 3i. C-
Polk county is on of the seven
"Land of the Sky" countys that form?
the Greater Western . North Carolina
association, the most southerly one of
the seven, and for diversity of natural
resources, the niost remarkable of any
county in the State. v ; i
. It is a sparsely, settled section, Cos.
mopolitan in make up, some 30 .differ.-,
ent states being represented by those
orning home? here. J 5 :
The genuine .Anglo-Saxon race that
have inhabited" these '"'mountains of
Western North Carolina for genera
tions yet preddminate. Few European
country families are here and tew col.
ored people, they being the most intel
ligent and thrifty of their race.
Polk county has no large towns, be
iDg formed from a few small towns and
many community neighborhoods no
big enough to be called! villages, i
Agriculture, fruit growing and trucx
ing are the chief industries at present
engaged in,, there being no large 'manufacturing-
plants in the county, but,
tl-tre are several small manufacturing
enterprises of special character thai
give employment to many skilled
v orkers.
Polk county is the natural homo
site for the retired business or profes
sional man that seeks -rest and the
quietude of a peaceful restful spot,
surrounded with natures rarest attrac
tions of scenery and a climate seem
ingly specially designed by the. All
wise Creator as an all the year abode
ci human beings on earth.
The most unit ormerly comfortablo
climate at all seasons', of the year are
oi:rs. No extreme heat in summer or
extreme cold in winter, .re experience
ed here, and no records anywhere in
this "Land of the Sky" show a greater
rverage of bright sunny days in a year
than Polk county. . V
(More particulars next week.) .
10HHES SYSTEM LAND TITLES.
On the 1st of January 1914 the Tor.
'"'-.its system of land registration went
into effect in North Carolina by act of
our legislature. We understand regls
tiatiou under this law is optional, but
the costs for the special proceedings
Mng merely' nominal, undoubtedly
many land-' owners wjll avail them
'Ivos of this simple and safe system
f f guaranteeing titles without the old
Methods of repeated - searches, when
t'nsfers occur. ;.'-....,.'.:.)
When-purchasing a tract of land the
buyer can now have special proceed-'
!nss instituted, by .the clerk of . the
' "J'Jit where the action is started who
points a special agent to look up the
title: if there be no contest, the clerk
v'M-ifies the title andUhe proper can
in be registered direct from the
s,ate to the' purchaser, - If sold again
hiter "this registered deed i cancelled t
fiRd a ndw deed made from the-State
Ui the second purchaser, thus never
asain. needing to have the title search--"d
the first search -"by'the- State insur
ias all fr.t.ure transfjrs ' ;,
We regard this system of guarantee.
m land titles as a most "excellent ones
fr.d believe the land owners 6r North
THTOS.
MrrI?d . at Episcopal rectory, Sun-.
dareTeplng, January rd, by rtev.
H.:N; "Bowne, Miss Bessie Ward and
CapbE Cauthrty of Tryon. After
the ceremony theyv went ; to heir ne w
bomfon ; Lancfr um road- wher6 " many
IriBdC, congratulate
em;iind pattak of the bounUfur rV:
fresbnients 1 prepared foi4 tbe occasion!
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;Bom Monayv Jan: 5tb; a son to Dr.
anAMti. Palmer. 1 :V v
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ffcj ence ot the J Methodist Episcopal
pbtirch; South, met with the church . In
in a one day session of much interesL
Mrs. V, L. Stone, district secretary and
Mrs; j W ; K. Harris Buperthtehdentot
publip ItV the principal speaker.
The conference was well attended and
e?ery session one of benefit to all. Re.
fieshmenta were served at noon at the
residence of Mr! W.J. Pbrd. '
Col: John W. Church, of New York,
recently bought a tract ot land of Mr.
T.C. Mills at the foot o fthe mountain
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v est or the Howard Gap. road. Mr
Chas. Sayres, bur local builder is to
erect a handsome residence upon this
tract at once' for Col. Church's occu
pancy. I--. ; ;
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Mr. J. W. Washburn, of Deluth, ar.
rived in Tryon Wednesday. They ex
pect s to remain here the rest of this
winter. 4
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Miss M. A. Baughman is at Oak Hall
hotel, - '.- , ..." - -.
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The straw ride and party at the
Ralph Erskine mansion Monday night
a wedding anniversary, affair was de
cidedly original in its details but inx.
metil c Joy abley W
ticipated say. ' '
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Mr. C. A. Lightner is again back in j
Tryon, having come in from Detroit
on Monday.
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Born Monday, Jan 5th, a son to Mr.
ond Mrs. Hillary Brock.
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Mr. W, T. Lindsey and Editor Geo. B.
Cobb were Polk County delegates to
the meeting of the Greater Western
North Carolina association "held at
Ashevile, Tuesday, Jan. 6th.
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. With pleasure we record the fact
that' Hon. 'T. T. Bailenger came in from
Atlanta Monday for a brief stay with
us in Tryon.
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On -.Tuesday night, Mrs. John P.
Lockhart gave an informal party in
honorof her guest. Miss Hallie Pend-
ington, of Spartanburg, S. C. About 25
young people were present, garnet
were played after which very dainty
refreshments were served. Miss Pen
dington returned to her home on Wed.
nesday, after spending seAeral 'da'yd
here. J-v '-.Xx -X "'.
GO-TO.CHURCII PLANS.
Chicago Alms for a Continent-Wide Ob.
servance February 1. v
Chicago, Janu. 2.A continent-wide
observance of "Go-to-Church-Sunday"
on February 1 became a possibility
v, hen the suggestion for its observance
in the United States and Canada was
made in a telegram sent by A. G. Feger
of Chicago, Chairman of the General
"Go-to-Church-Sunday Campaign Com
mittee, to Dr.' Francis E. Clark, foun
der, and President of the Christian.En.
deavor movement at Boston, Mass.
- '"Go-to-Church-Sunday," proposed
bv the Chicago Christian endeavor
Unioi, to be 6bserved February 1, has
been indorsed in Chicago by Catholics,
Jews and every denomination of Prot.
estants." wire'd Mr. Feger. '"Suggest
ycu issue a call - througn tne u,uuu
Christian Endeavor Societies in North
America' with its membership of 4,000
COO of every denomination that they
arrange to have every town and citylin
the United States join Chicago in the
observance." 5 , ,' - . X
All the towns in Cook county- will
join in the - observance Representa,
Uves of Chicago's 1,000 Sunday school
will meet today to promote plans, and
n mass-meeting of church porkers will
be held on Tuesday night. -
Carolina. will appreciate its advantages
as they become acquainted with the
law no Win force.
OKEATER AYESTERN KOBTH CAJlfL
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IN ASUETILLE.
spirit of enthusiasm oyer the wprk
of the past year and optimism for ttiv
future wan edenautel
ovtbOrearjffem
na" a&sociaUoni bicfrj war beld at
rooms of the organization in the Ele-
rjcalbuildmgt;n6on
and
wmcn v was largely- attended 1 m
membe'6fhFfisoclationb
nous counues 01 the western ;parv$f
hjta-A itttie'i
ance :; upon . the . ' meeting : f expressed
ihielyes n bein ttie
eraAjflyngtat
the'success of his efforts' along various
lines. ;V- &:Jitz'C- iV;.----VVi'1?
CThe 'iaeeting was j JtaUed ordli
piomptiyat noon, 't WttbH. W Plucsu
mer, chairman of . the i executive com
mittee, presiding in the absence (at
President W. E. Breese, Jr. r Amob i
those in attendance were W. T. IAixM
sey - and G. B. Cobb, of Polk county,
Horace Sentelle, P. W. Miller, Bishop
James Atkins and J F. Bass, of Hay
wood county; R. L. Gashf of TransyE
vania county ; T. R. Barrows, of: Hen '
derson county N. Buckner, W; FRaiu
dolph, H. W. Plummer, Frank:M.' We f
Ter, George S - Powell, of Buncomb
county; S, H. Hard wick and James H,
Wood, of the Southern Railway com
pany. A telegram was read from
menabers of the organization in JacScH
son county expressing regret' at their,
inability to send a representative bur
assuring the organization of their co'
operation and good jwishes.
:;'.-'',: ::-V-v---Ms'Meetng. :
In order that the people of this see
tlon of the state may be given an'op'.
pcrtunity to meet with tbe members Of
the organization and familiarize there
selves with the nature of the work h?.
ing done, ny tne association it wasr.a i
cited to hold a mass meeting here Feb
ruary 26, to ' which the people of the
seven counties comprising the organi
zation will be invited- and . which' will
be followed by the annual business
meeting of the association. An effort
will be made to have President Fair
fax Harrison, of the Southern Railway
company, here on that : occasion to
ifeak to the members of the organiza
tion and the residents of Western
North Carolina. A committee was ap
pointed yesterday to extend to Prest-i
dent Harrison an invitation to be her
for the meetingrand the committeemen
v-ill communicate with .him imediately.
The report of Colonel Sandf ord H.
Cohen, the manager of the association,
showed that the institution is in excel
lent condition financially. Taking up
each county compr sing the association,
Colonel Cohen dealt at length with the
expansion along various lines experi
enced in. this section of the state' since
the submission of the last annual re
port. He also referred to the fact that
more visitors have visited .Western
North Carolina during the past year
than during any similar period of tim 3
in the . history of this section of the
state. Many of the visitors; he stated,
have purchased and constructed homes
in the Land of the Sky and important
colonies and summer camps, will be es
tablished in this section of the state
as a result of the popularity of the
Land of the Sky. -Colonel Cohen at
tributed the increase in tourist busi
ness to the "tremendous amount of ad
vertising done by the Southern railway
and augmented in a smalt way by the
v ork of this association and the vari,
ous boards of trade and commercial or
ganizations in the territory. . -Work
in Hand.
Dealing with the Work in hand, Col
onel Cohen stated that, several thou-
..it- 11 X 1 T. 1 - . A . J nA
jp-u.- ?v
verusemencs are uemg caineu m
j papers o iv w xui. uuu o,
em points. . Plans are now being made
to advertise the Land of the Sky . in
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, - Detroit, - and
Chicago. Arrangements have been
made to post twenty towns in Florida
and to advertise,iri the newspapers c
that section in an eff ort to bring tour
ists, ton the North Carolina playground
The management of ; i the ' association,
the: report ' stated,, is endeavoring 10
locate several colonies from Louisiana,
Arkansas , Florida and Al abama. "-:
' Endorses Association. "
The organization went on" record as
endorsing the recently ; organized ; Ap
palachian Park association and a cpm
mitee was appointed to 'prepare suif
able resolutions .for r presentation; to
that organization. AsheVille Citizen:
COEUXtpUS;
Age -SO f years ' and six months, born
at Sandy Plains;- Polk Co., J853,
youngestofvQ, cnjldren,
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raijure: aeath j sudden; i buried at old
cemetery at Sandy Plains, tunerai ser
vices at- Sandy Plains church by Rey .
Mr. !RankiiL!;WaV unmarried, i lived
with his; sister at Columbus, and is sur
vived by-one brother Wm. H.iMacFart
land of : Tryon, and .two sisters, Mrs.
Cornwelll: (cbuntycbmxnissioner's Wife)
fnd Liddie E,'- MacFarland of Columbus,-2S.tC.
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LANDBUlt
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Watch meeting was observed by 'a
sfcw at the Baptist church New Year's
;Eve. Thejsrang . the church bell at
.loidnight, ringing the old year out and,
the new -year in. L
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Mrs. M. Mori is visited at Rutherford
ton during the holidays-
T. F. Thomas of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
was here for a few days.
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The Southern's new agent here is W.
T Nettles of Arden, N. C.
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; Mr, Earl Cantrell has moved to Spar
tanburg with his family.
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The council have ordered more. ce
n.ent sidewalks to be laid around the
jpcjtel park and at the Baptist church..
That which has , been laid is giving
good satisfaction. t v v5
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The hosiery mill has .. declared 3
fier cent seml-annuaL diyidehd. for New
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Miss Sou Irwin principal of the
Earksdale school, spent her holiday
vacation here.
Cashier R. P. Whitlock of the Bank
here went to Spartanburg Christmas
day:;,:...-- ,: . ,,',' : . ,
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Mr. K. Cook and family have lately
moved onto Mrs. Foster's farm near j
Victor.
JffILL SPRINGS.
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W. S. Taylor of Rutherfordton die!
at his home Monday P. M., Dec. 29th.
The funeral took place at Big Level
church Dec. 31st under the auspices of
his order, the McBee He is siirvived
by a wife and three children and many
relatives. -. ; ' ' .-' -
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Thomas F, Mills of Spartanburg, was
in this vicinity on business last week.
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Charlie Nodine of Glover, ; Okla., is
visiting friends and relatives in this
vicinity. 1 He expects to return thp
istn. . , (
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J. B. Green of Spartanburg visited
his father, Jesse Green New Year's.
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- Mr. and Mrs. Horace Arledge and
little' daughter, Virginia will leave for
Texas, about the middle of this month
In company with Messrs Otis Waldrop
and Grover Thompson. .
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Mr. James Wilson of the" Asheville
college, came home for the holidays. -
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XA very pretty wedding, took place at
the home of Jesse Green on New Years
day,"- his ! daughter Lillie, became the
bride of George Jones of Tryon N. C.
The ceremony was performed by Mr.
Geo.' L.1 Taylor amid a bower of cedars,
belly and mistletoe. After which
guests were invited to. partake of a de
licious dinner. The bride "was taste
fully dressed in white "silkAtrimmed
with embroidery,- Among the guests,
present .was Mr. and Mrs.. Odell and
daughter yesta, Genevie Taylor Lbnise
and Armecic Green", p; D. V,Til!ia:n?
Mark Ward, H BA Taylor, T.I F, Mill,
J. Green- William T. : Gi een and
others. .The happy, couple intend mak
ing their home in Tryon. - ' ;
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x)uk scfttiols.
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Pelt (nsfy -Siineriittendenl,
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&yri S. Cobb, Colsmbas, N; a
i come now to the consideration ot
"-4nr? Which' also;jr iwftnrhia5-iiaiiaiw
4fig?"Whlch alsdhaS iwoi lhisusualiy
called the sentence .. method and the
word inethod. The first assumes that
the 'schtence" is the Unit or element of
thought, and should' therefore-be tha
unitoir element thghhich; to convert-
the ear: vocabulary Into the" eya
ycsibulary. it Is analytic because it
begins with the Whole sentences and
proceeds to the analysis 'of , these , into
wbrdsaiid letters. ' The word method
assumes that the - word "is the unit or
lenient ot thought in the case of the
chlidand is the largest whole" which
he ought to be expected to 'grasp at
The sentence ' method is, perhaps,
nearly an ideal way" of teaching be,
ginners" to ' read, provided it can be
need" under ideal conditions. These
conditions are, (1)' that theVe shall be
few pupils r to each teacher, separable,
into hot more than two grades; (2)
that "there shall be ready access to na.
tii're out of doors; (3) that the teacher
be free to do some object teaching j
and language work before reading is
taken' up at all; (4) that the teacher
shall have time and tact to draw from
the pupils j themselves the sentences
which they are afterwards to read in
rktenvor printed form; (5) that these
shall " be facilities v for a multiply ng
copies of exercises; and (6) that the
teacher be able to draw well. ' All
these conditions can obtain only in the
most fortunate schools ; the great mas
of teachers cannot hope to enjoy them
for, some years to come. Yet, by de
termined effort, much can be done in
the fa'ceTof adverse' conditions. i
k'By some - pedago gists it " is deemed
bist 'not to ha ve-ther child "attempt to
rau ai air umu uas ut;tn m scnooi
for some months.- During that time he
should be under oral teaching in na-
tu re study, language, and numbers.
The objects in this arrangements arj
to enable the teacher to get at the con
tents of the childs mind to discover
what he knows, w;hat objects and ideas
are 'familiar to him, and' to give him
some readiness in expresssing thought
and feeling.
"The best form of the sentence I meth.
j c i is that which uses, as reading mat
ter, sentences made by the children
themselves. This is the surest and
simplest means of adapting the work
to the capacity, of the learner, and of
being certain that only such words are
used in the first lessons as are already
familiar in vocabulary of the child,
and whose sounds and 'meaning are
therefore familiar to him. It will be
found that; .the beginner will quite
readily read most words, even large
ones, that he understands and uses in
his talks with teacher and classmates.
These sentences should be natural,
free expresssions of the child's thought
and feeling, called out by simple con
versation exercises, in which teacher
and pupil, talk interestedly, and unaf
fectedly about some more or less fa
miliar object, or picture, or experience.
In these exercises the interesting talk
should seem to 1 the pupils to be tho
raain thing, not
reading matter.
the preparation'
When, the teacher is ready for the
first reading exercise, he stands before,
the expectant pupils, who know by ex
perience that something pleasant is
coming, and asks them for example
what grows on V trees. The answers
are many and varied, of course, bn:
some one will suggest, say,, apples.
Holding up an apple, kept out of sight
until now, the teacher asks:. What ?s
the color of this apple? , The answer
to this leads, to other suggestions as
to the color of apples. In like manner
tne shape of apples is made the topic
of a very short, animated talk. Final
ly the teacher asks, What do we. d?
with apples? and rapidly .writes the
answers oh the .black board, We -eat
apples We peel apples, We cook ap
ples, etc; He then reads' these sen.
fences distinctly to the class, pointing
as ' .he reads and then calls 7 on
each .pupil to say, his own sentence
from the board, still using the pointer
to guide the eye as each one repeats
his sentence; When all have- read-
though not a. word has been said abort
your seats and each of you copy' your
sentences on i your .tablet; then, you
may go out and play, and have a piece
of this good, nicej apple we have talk-
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CEAtNOANG COT EXCEEDS
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BENEFITS DERIVED FBOM IT
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Yorkvflle, Dec. 26. There seems to
be considerable dissatisfaction with the1
cperatiox . of the chaingang in thill
county. jrThe impression is growing
that, the Ncost to the taxpayers is far
put of proportion to the benefits re- .
ceived, ln that not nearly so. much or
elfective work in road building is be. '
ing donesas is being secured by the
neighboring County of Gaston, in North,
Carolina, .sunder the contract system.
y It is saithat one material difference
in the two. counties is that in Gaston
work is done at a minimum. cost and in
a "minimum, time by the use of improv-ed-machinery,:
while in York practical
ly all the !work is done by hand, and a
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maximum' period of time consumed in
doing it. lAt present the gang is en
gaged in building a road " from the.
Chester County line to the North Car.
olina line, a distance of about 2S miles,
less two miles off for the corporate
limits of Yorkville and Clover, and has
already been at work on it more tban
four years," and is not likely to.com-'.-plete
the task in Jess than another
year, ; and - the cost for malntairig the
gang is not less than $12,000 annually,
and possibly a great deal , more, but"
owing to the fact that detailed reports ,
of expenditures are not made the exact
figures are not- available to the out.
sSder. , '
A part of the road that has already
been completed is said to be in bad
condition already because, of the fact
that no 'orovi&Ion - has been made for
keeping It from deteriorating. xhe
Observer. - , '-
FOLK WILL ESCHEW THE WEED.
Washington, Jan. 2. Joseph W.
Folk, Solicitor of the State Depart
ment, has sworn offfroin smoking. In
doing so, he hopes, as he expresses it
to set a good example for the Ameri
can youth. fMr. Folk has for years
been an inveterate smoker, His daily
consumption of cigars averages ' from
fifteen to twenty. "This Is n't a merev
effort; to escape Christmas gift cigars,'
a good many of which I have received;'"
declared Mr. Folk. "I've" made a New
Year's resolution and I'm going to
keep it." t , '
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Mrs. Edwards of Buncombe County
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Justice, this
week.
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. Mr, T. C. Westall of Flat Rock, lor- X
merly of Lynn, is very ill, but steadily
improving. ' , ,
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Mr. W. W. Capps is improving after a ,
severe attack of indigestion.
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Mrs. W. F. Swann visited her broth, r
er at Flat Rock last week end.- ; : -
MRS. F. A. THOMPSON DEAD.
. Mrs. A. Thompson, after a bnf
Pines, 'difcd at her Lome in Clear
Creek township Christmas Day.' The
deceased was, a daugiiUr of J. B. Hill ;
of Fruitlaiid, and was about 22 years
old at the time of her death. Surviv- ;;
ing are two children, oms; brother, one '
sister, her ..husband and ; parents. The
deceased was Mr- Thompson's third ; -vife,
his second wife, bavin e died on
Christmas day two years . ago.
ed about.; The division of the apple gives
splendid opportunity for a Jittle num
ber work t0 be introduced. ; . :
These sentences afe- left on the ;
board, and at the next-lesson, which
should: come- on the same day as the : .
first lesson,' each nupil is called on to
say his sentence from 'the board, and;
opportunity phould be given to any one
vho desires to say some other sen-
fences besides, his ownMore sen. -
f.iwr ho"t-s.ome object
cr its pictu and the.readlng of thes ) .
from the board may close the lesson. v
(Continued next.week.)
E. W. S. COBB, Co. Sut. Ed.
Sr.1!
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