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COOPER'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS 5] (Continued from Page Three) j <?; war, make school attendance com- p pulsory in time of peace. The Con- li federate Government from 1861 to h 1865 laid its hand upon the sixteen u year old boy, and compelled him to U put on a gray uniform, shoulder his p muket and fight for Southern inde- 13 pendence. Was not this interference pi with parental 1 authority? A public necessity existed, and parental au-| thority yielded to the superior right; of the state. But it is useless to'tr enact and enforce a compulsoi-y at- v. tendance law unless adequate fa- ti cilities ase provided. It is not suffi- oi cient that we provide a seven months bi minimum term but we need, and oi must have a better organization of s< our entire educational system. We a must h-ive the best talent in charge r< of cur educational work. Now, gen- r< tlemen, I promised you in the outset 01 ( - that I would deal with you in perfect. ir candor. If you adopt my recom- tl msndations as to our educational fi: program it means the expenditure of .sc more money for the ed^ation of the tc youth of our state than has been st heretofore expended. We cannot ti hope to have the best talent in our ci schools with the present scale of sal- b< aries for school officers, and the pre- ti snt standard of pay for teachers. The di question may be asked, can we afford; F to make the necessary investment in in our educational institutions? I use' tu # ' . I the word "investment" advisedly, be- sc cause money properly expended in ta the development of an educational ( ci system suited to our needs will prove h< a splendid investment. th , ^ th Education An Investment. . The South Carolina Council of De- 1 te fense recently issued a pamphlet which should be read by every tax ^ payer in South Carolina. Its title is "Does It Pay?" From this pamphlet ^ I quote the following: "You prosper just in proportion to; the prosperity of the average man ^ fvith whom yau are brought into * CG business contact. If the masses of tho? ^ people are poor and ignorant, every ^ ^ individual, every interest, every in- ^ ' terest, every industry in the com- ^ munity will feel and register the ^ pulling down power of their back- . al wafcness as inevitably as the ther / . C8 momter records the temperature of the air. The merchant will hava poorer trade, the doctor and lawyer^ omouw icbs, uie ranroaa aimimsnect . traffic, the banks smaller deposits, J the preacher and teacher smaller! salaries, and so on. Every man who through ignorance, lack of training, w or by reason of any other hindering m cause, is producing or earning only, in half as much as he ought, by his ta ' inefficiency is making everybody else, in th4 community poorer." i 01 i Fight Illiteracy. m An educational system that is in- in ' ; ^ adequate is burdensome to the tax payer, because he gets a poor return 1 CI for the money expended, but an aa equate provision is the best invest- r" i ment the state or individual can; make. In considering this part of:?1 our work I most earnestly urge upon, t? you provision for teaching, agricuiture, home economics, vocational and industrial training, etc., as a part of n our school work. In other words,:"1 our education should prepare our 31 children to do best the thing they,*' muse ao. a great aeai nas oeen saia * recently about illiteracy in our state. 0 The statement; has been made, and f wo c.?.r."o: deny it that South Carolina iu the percentage of illiteracy " stands near the bottom of the list of " all states. Surely no South Carolinian with ^a pride in the past history and ti:.c traditions of his state, and with * a proper appreciation of the opportunities and promises of the future * can be satisfied with this state of v Taii-s. We have established an II- 1 literacy Commission, and I urge up- ' on you a proper support of its work. Let us resolve rere and now that we Will make war on iliterary and ig- 1 norance until their, forces have been completely defeated, and the State of South Carolina shall take her place in the front rank of the states of the Union. The Governor of North Carolina is reported to have _. ? ? hi ? i? n ..J svi'.u on one uvcitsiu/i, 1 i.iaiiA for South Carolina, becau-e she keeps North Carolina from being pt (J;? feet of all the states in illiteracy." Should the Governor of tha ell 'North state refer to this matter a.'cnin rrr.y he be able to say< "I thank Gcr for South Carolina, because in the support of her educational instLiutions, and in the comprehen. eness and effectiveness of her cJccationr.l work she furnishes in\ , ? riration to North Carolina for greatr and nobler achievements." This lan contemplates and necessitates a' beral support of our institutions for igher education. It is from these istitutions that we must expect the ilent to carry on the work in our rimary schools.- I believe the Leg ature at this time should take proer steps looking to the co-ordination i f the government of our colleges id universities. I believe a more itisfactory and effective adminis- 1 aticn on our educational work ould result if we had one educa- j onal board, or Commission for all : iir colleges instead of a separate ' oard of trustees for the Government i F each institution. If you should < ie lit to adopt, as I hope you will, ;e plan which I will suggest with 1 ifovonfio +<-? fVio tnv Hpnopfmpnf +V? 1 ;commendation for the government 1 f our higher institutions of learn- i ig will be in absolute harmony with i le plan for the adminstration of the 1 seal affairs of the state. I think al-'1 ) that the same rule can be made > i apply with equal advantage to all J ] ate maintained institutions and ac-': vities. One board for penal and, 1 aaritable institutions, and another ' i 5ard for our educational institu-'i ons, would in my opinion; be con- ^ jcive to economy and efficiency. or a number of ?ears we have had' i connection with our state instilitions for'higher education a free ^ :holarship system. I have not hesi-1. * j ited when a candidate for office to i i1 iticise this system, and I do not ] ;sitate now to recommend to you' i te abolition of all scholarships, and j te substitution of a scholarshiD loan , md< This fund could he adminis- j ( red by the Sinking Fund Commis- j on, or some other department of 2 ie state, as you may see proper to _ j ovide. Under the present scholar- ] lip law its benefits are awarded on \ impetitive, examination. The per- ] n making the highest mark is en-j \ tied'to the scholarship, provided of j j >urse, that certain conditions as to [ , lancial ability, etc., are shown to \ ;ist. It favors the person who has j ^ ready had superior advantages. Its; < inefits are lifited to the favored ( w. Under the scholarship loan fund j 1 of our institutions of higher edu-j ( ition would be open to every boy] ] id girl who could stand the neces-ji ry entrance examination, and who^ >uld be accomodated by the institu-1 j an. I ( Suggests Loan. Fund. ' ! ] It may necessitate, and I hope it j: ill, the enlargement of'our plants i order to accommodate the increas- : g demands. The student who ob- : ins a loan from this fund should < i required to repay the same with- j < it interest in four annual install-'s I ents. Th efirst payment-to be due ? two years after graduation. This i ould insure payment of the entire' < an in ten years, or to be more ac- i ' irate, each loan granted would be i ;paid within six years from the ite granted. In the twenty-ninth : mual report of the Board of Trus- ' ?es of Clemson College, pages 13- < 1, I find the following language: If it is to be admitted that a techI ical education adds to a young lan's earning power (and surely ich an education represents a capi-; il of at least $20,000.00) then any oung man should be willing to acept a loan rather than a gift of 4ft(l Oft to Win Vnm ih TVtp tv su-h loar.3 c'.2;;vliare is t Ii.it U.:- a.c o..&e:ly r.oug'ii; by the oally r.c :uv and invrr-r.bly "/a!."..'' Eettcr Th?.n 3chjlet"a!pr. Xhe Board of Visitors of Clennon volIs?-2 for the year 191S called atcr.tion to the fact that since tho i.iluguration of the scholarship system, 7!cni2on College has expended for ;his purpose alone $220,000.00 Other olleges doubtless have expanded proportionate amount1?. If the money 'ins expended for the past ten years h.r.d ben lent to worthy students we would have on hand today a loan fund of not less than $400,000.00, 2nd it would not be necessary to make any other appropriation for his purpose. It may be wise for :ha state in.order to promote the efficiency of the organized militia to c'.rev a limited number of military rwholarshipa in consideration as a "-da! service to be rendered where o adequ.'.te comfensation is provided. But the scholarship should be .'.or.lingent on such sei*vice. Our Health Laws. A r.o'hcr question which I feel I must call your attention is that of the public health. I believe the State Board of Health should be authorized and directed to make a health survey of the entire state by the school districts. It is important that ^ani-j tary conditions as they exist in the: various sections of the state should j! be. known and whatever necessary j proper steps taken to remedy condi- j tions. I have heard it stated that' i the health laws of South Carolina are j equal to the best in the union. TJhisjj is gratifying, but it is certainly true that a great deal is yet to bedone before our people are properly protected agair.st the ravages of disease; and unnccsessary mortality. Your jtate health officer will tell you that; we have a great many deaths among ^ infants and young mothers, because af a lack of a few simple and necessary precautions. Information which has come to us incident to the mobili-j ^ cation of our troops in the recent;. >vorld war ras disclosed a prysical con- j dition among the adult population, J both men and women, which cannot: , be ignored and should not be neglect- j ed. Our people, if we are to adequately safeguard the future, must be! ^ physically and morally clean as well! as mentaly vigorous. If our civiliza- 1 tion is to endure, it mugt have as its' sure foundation, a people mentally,^ morally and physically fit to be the fathers and mothers of future gener- . j itions. Patent Medicine Beverages. It is the policy of this state that 1 ihe sale and use of intoxicating li3uors as a beverage is against pubic health and morals and its sale j las, therefore, been prohibited. If the Legislature has inacted. nr>'2.\ ;he people at the ballot box have 'e-l. ilared, the prohibition of the sale )f intoxicaitng liquors is to be the| policy of the state, and I am in full tirifU 4-V^ic? tti fixir tircx miicrf rool.' %VVV/J.u VY A wll tuio ? IV TT nu AW?1' ( ze that in this matter "Eternal Vigi-; .ence" is essential to the proper en-'" forcement of this provision. Recent-' iy my attention was called to a situa-' I r tion that somewhat surprised me. Then police department of one of the cities' 5f this state made a seach in the; \ :>a'ck alleys and secret places, where persons naturally,resort to drink, andj collected a surprisingly large number, if bottles on which were .labels show-! ing that said bottle had contained ; compounds, either exrtacts or patent medicines, which contained from six1 to ninety per cent, alcohol. I was in- [ formed by the chief of the police de-'jj sartment that these so-called medi-jj :inss and extracts were being freely ^ surchasd fronr merchants and drunk b is a beverage. He . farther stated J :hat his department^ was having con- j nderable drunkires to deal with on * iccount of this practice- I have learn- S jd sincre that this condition is not pe- 5 :uliar to any one locality, bat is I somewhat general throughout the jj state. Any reputable pl^sician will c unhesitatingly say that medicines and ji ixtracts of the class mentioned when 9 jsed as leverages are more injurious jj In ovenr rompft +Vt5\n rlicHTlAYl 1 lnrrnr^ r ft was not to rid the state of alcohol- | [c liquors that our prohibition laws ? ivere passed, but rather to protect j r*ur people from the evil and injury f f incident to its use as a beverage. If i r substitutes are being used that are more injurious, it is certainly in } keeping with the policy of the state j to prohibit the sale and use of any ; -ufih substitute. It may be that the i pi-esent law is sufficient to cover uch caces, but I believe it would be j ise to pass an act definitely dealing ' with this question. ' ; Fidget ?yslom. During the prst several months I hr.va endeavored to give a good deal of my time and attention to the ques " n cf tTTirtion. Every honest man i* willing to pay his pro rata part of the ne^orrr;.' bv.rtlsn of government. The main difficulty with us, as I see it. is a lack of business method in this department. I believe an effec live remsdy will be found in the r.'1 option of an executive budget somewhat similar to the law now in rc 'co in the State of Virginia. Under this law the Governor is required to submit to the General Assembly at each session an executive budget containing an itemized statement of the estimated expenditures of the various departments and institutions of ' the state for the ensuing year with Ms recorrfr-yidations thereon. Thi3 'budget will be referred to the appropriate committees as any olher i-\ny ucm, ui iuuib-;-, m 7 1 u Increased, dccre?."?!!. 0? slacken out ' entirely, but no impropriation, not . *rc!ude 1 in the budget, is to be con: si'loved until the budget is finally i disposed of, except- in emergency I (Continued on Page Seven) STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville, In Probate Court. 1 MRS. EMMA McADAMS, Administratrix of the Estate of A. J. McADAMS, deceased, and individually, Plaintiff, against . I ( R. HOMER McADAMS, MRS. JOIC-ji EY M. HATCHER, MRS. AGNES I C. TODD, DAVID McADAMS, 1 KATHERINE' McADAMS and i ANNIE LAYRIE McADAMS, 1 Defendants. | i I PURSUANT to an order of the ^ Probate Court, I will sell at public >utcry, at Abbeville? Court House, an salesday in February, 1919 next, , [or the payments of debts, the folowing described real estate belonging to the estate of A. J. McAdams, leceased, to-wit: All that lot or ^ tract of land lying, situate in Duel( West, County and State aforesaid,! containing one hundred and fifteen icres, more or less, and bounded by ands of W. N. McAdams, Estate of 1 3. P, Hawthorn, M. B. Clinkscales, IV. J. Bryson and Hony Lee. TERMS CAj3H? Purchaser to pay 1 for papers and stamps. . J. F. MILLER, * L-10-3t. Judge of Probate. ESTATE S. H. COCHRAN, Deceased ' ! Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. Take Notice, that on the 11th day f February, 1919, we will render a Inal account of my actings and do".gs as Administrators, of the Estate )f S.' H. Cochran, deceased, in' the vice of Judge of Probate for Abbe , rille County at 10 o'clock a. m., and >n the same day will apply for a inal discharge from my trust as such . -Iministrators. A1 persons having demands a*ainst said estate will present them 'or payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or be for iver barred. Published on Jan. 14th, 1919. COCHRAN & COCHRAN, ! I I Administrators, j Engraved Cards and Invitations at The Press and Banner. HMBM?B?aKKfl 11 -urn ? mmtwmm m? mmw I This is th | ing the P I -MORE THA I I . Pfej I iiftie i; I after (a v] enervc I > . ijj ' ^ I "i?* W T* -' -I i T / j V. ? V.* V;,x w CO&C& I rX-'.T.d i f0'" f| man 9, f s'; I f|?| m? f I p'ljp ??j[(^ , g NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS. ror fhe Purpose of Accommodating the Public in the Mattfcr of Making Their Returns, I Will Visit the Places Mentioned Below on > the Dates Indicated in Schedule. ALL RETURNS must be made un:ler oath of personal property re;urned at its market value. Persons not making their returns jetween January 1, 1919, and Feb' ruary 20, 1919, are liable to a penal;y of'50 per cent. This penalty will je enforced against delinquents: foi ;he failure to enforce it heretofore ias put on neglest of the law. The returns of those who confonr ;o the law are placed before the rownship and County Boards, while ' ?.ose who disregard the law come ir ifter the meeting of the Boards anc return to suit tnemseives. xne enforcement of this 50 per cent, penal;y will correct this evil. Employers are requested to returr Returns will not be taken by mar unless they are sworn to. befon ;ome proper officer. All improve ill of their employers after notifying them and getting a statement oi ;heir property. . > Not Only The But at the present pr; GRANITE is the CHE.A construction of WALLS, NEYS and UNDERPIN] or on the Farm. We can furinsh promp class of work dr^ed and 1 two men can handle. Carload^ Shi WRITE F OGLESBYC tLBEKlUr TELEPHON ie Toll of Influ< nci Tmohia Mnr WiU JL V/V W A V A vr N DOUBLE . ( Cssm rsici&sis say ihe most da: n the course of ihh dh recovery, whcr* C*.e sy* atcd 'and especially sus* ds and p:aeit2norJa. Wi of thousands in mis we con, there is an enorm< for a dependable rec< o'-iicj o5 which none h firs i Wi FOR SALE B' HHl ' " "V **' \ . rnents or any transfer of real estate must be reported to the Auditor. A!! tar returns must be made by School districts. So please look up s your plats and find the- number of s acres in each school district, also amount of personal property. My Appointments Are as Follows: Calhoun Falls, Tuesday, Jan. 21. Lowndpsville, Wednesday and ; Thursday, Jan. 22, 23. f Donalds, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 28, 29. I Due West, Thursday an? Friday," : Jan. 30, 31. i E. A. Patterson will take returns .it Antreville, and W. W. Wilson, at i 3vel Land. ' . RICHARD SONDLEY, ; Auditor, Abbe. County. i *? * rvmwrNTi i 1 INUlK.fcl CITY REGISTRATION. The City Books of Registration are i 'ow open for registration of quali[ fied electors, and will remain open ; until April 1st, 1919, at the office of he City Clerk. ; T. G. PERRIN, f Jan. 13, 1919. Registrar. ' 14-2t. Tues. J 'i /1 ^ ? Most Durable - ' 'I' ice of building materials .PEST you can use in the FOUNDATIONS, CHIMSflNG for Houses in Town !' .: : tly stone suitable for this ' . broken in sizes that one and ipments Only OB PRICES. 1RANITE CO. I, GEORGIA ^ ES 2602?208. ? Ill?MWIMIIimilMW ' enza Dm- I iths 3UR TOTAL | ca ^ a. 1 . 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