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WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? ,
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“South Carolina Education’’ is the
name of a journal just launched by
the extension department of the Uni
versity of South Carolina. It will ba
issued eight times a year from Oc
tober to May, and will be devoted to
the cause of education generally. It
will be sent to all £he teachers of the
state.
The first number, which has just
been issued, has a quantity of inter
esting articles. Among others is one
entitled, “What Is Democracy?” from
the pen of Dr. D. D. Wallace, of Wof
ford College. Concerning the article,
the following explanation is made:
“Miss Gray, the supervisor of adult
schools, realizing the great need that
adult illiterate^ should learn, along
with their reading and writing, some
of the lessons in good citizenship, re
quested Dr. Wallace to prepare a se
ries of lessons for this purpose.”
“South Carolina Education” obtained
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the consent of Dr. Wallace and Miss
Gray to publish this series. For their
soundness of doctrine and simplicity
of statement and for the tremendous
importance of the subject treated,
they are commended to the teachers
of South Carolina.”
Dr. Wallace’s article follows^
“There never was a time when peo
ple needed more to understand truly
what dmocracy really is. It is hard
to put clearly into one short sentence
the full meaning of such a large idea.
Let us try rather to get the leading
thought stated briefly and then add
others that will make the meaning
more full and plain.
“Democracy means the equal right
of every one to a fair chance in life
and a/part in controlling the condi
tion^ undep which he lives. This
Rtales-nur rights, hut democracy has
also duties. It is like a silver dollar,
which has two sides. The duty side
4a—jaat-aa important, as ■ tha. rlghta
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“If we examine some of the things
that democracy is not, it will help us
to understand better what democracy
really is. First, democracy is not the
right to do what you please. That
would be lawlessness or anarchy, and
tbgre is hothing more dangerous to
democracy than disregard for law.
The strict enforcement of law Ip nec
essary for democracy; because if we
do not have this to protect equally the
strong and the weak, the majority of
the people ^yill be at the mercy of the
small number who regard nothing
but their own will. Such men destroy
the property, the rights and the hap-
'iness of others for their own selfish
these gifts to serve their fellow men.
It has been telly said that Jesus was
the first true democrat, as he was the
first true gentleman.
“It is often said that Democracy is
hostile to talent. Democracy could
not make a greater mistake. The true
interest of democracy is not to hate
or destroy talent, but to give talent its
fullest opportunity and to insist that
talent serve the people instead of
merely serving itselfr
“What is the true democracy in the
home? Is it for the father to order
his wife and children about like they
were his property? Is it for him to
keep all the money that he makes for
himself? Did not the wife by her
labor in keeping the house in order
earn it as truly as he did? If he does
not think so, let him try doing the
home work himself. Does democracy
in the home mean that the children
are to be put to work for the inter
est of the parents so early that they
can never have a chance to make the
best possible out of their own lives?
The reason that there are so many
illiterate grown men and women to
day is because so many parents in the
FLOUR SCARCITY
BASELESS RUMOR
New York, Nov. 19.—To prove
that rumors concerning scarcity of
flour and advancing prices are
baseless, ’the United States Grain
Corporation announced today that
it would enable consumers to buy
the best flour at lower prices.
Pure, straight flour, made of the
finest wheat, will be sold by the cor
poration to the retail trade in
12 1- 4 and 241-2 pound packages.
It will be available in about three
weeks and the price to the consum
er will be about 75* cents for the
smaller package.
Mr. Barnes said that the grain
corporation’s action ‘ ‘ puts the sblu-
tion of one phase of the cost of liv
ing problem up to the consumer hy
making it possible for the purchas
er of flour to decide for himself
whether he will continue to paj
fancy prices for special brands or
buy at a lower price pure straight
flour made from the finest wheat. ”
Rumors, possibly inspired by ov
er-zealous flour salesmen, he said,
had been current in the market j ending November 7 amounted to
from time to time of an impending
flou« shortage, and the possibility
that the use of substitutes would be
resumed. He declared there was
no authority in the present food
regulations for restoring war flour.
While certain grades of flour are
scarce, owing to the short crop of
spring wheat, the total wheat crop
is 918,000,000 bushels this year
against 917,000,000 last year,, ac
cording to Mr. Barnes.’
Production of flour for the season
52,483,000 barrels against 43,174,-
000 last year, he said. Exports
have been about the same as last
year.
“The facts are,” he said, “that
stocks of flour are very large and
production very large. Therefore
the wheat director has determined
trade, in the large cities particular
ly a supply of flour from the im-
to place in the hands of the retail
mense stocks of the grain corpora
tion at nominal prices.”
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past have run their homes as though
they were kings and their children
were merely their subjects. Democ
racy in the home means that the par-
r.ts are to use their position to serve
their children, just as a great man,
like a Washington or a Wilson uses
his power to serve the people, and so
comes to be called truly “The Father
of His Country.”
“Of oourse democracy does not
mean that children are to have the
same authority in running the home
as the older people have. Neither
does it ipean that, an ignoramus is to
be elected to the legislature. Any-
For Men, Women and Children
body’s common sense ought to teach
them that there are necessary limits
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“Second, democracy is not class
ule. Russia is today suffering from
a terrtbtfe system of class rule that
is destroying the rights of everybody
except those who agree with the ideas
of one class. It is ruining the whole
country. The rich man and the poor
man have equal rights under democ
racy. A man is not to be allowed to
trespass upon the rights of another
because he owns a large plantation
or a big bank account; nor is he to
be denied his right to any office or
position of honor or trust either be
cause he is rich or because he is poor.
Stirring up class against class, eith
er in politics or in industry, is the
very opposite of democracy: for it is
the attempt to set up the despotic
rule of one part of the people over
the rest of the people and to put a
part of the people under a disadvant
age.”
“Democracy does not apply to gov
ernment alone, but to social life, re
ligion, and industry. Of course some
persons are more refined and upright
in character and conduct than others.
There will always be an aristocracy of
character and ability; for God has
made men and women to vary, im
mensely in talents. But the ideal of
democracy is that those who are so
gifted shall use their talents for the
service of mankind, not for oppres
sing the masses and getting power and
special privileges for themselves.
Thus, a great singer can delight mil
lions of people by her wonderful
voice. A great inventor, like Edison,
serves us in a hundred ways that we
could not serve ourselves. A man of
political ^genius and -noble character,
llkg'TWtfidint Wilson, serves the peo
ple by doing with his great mind what
all of us together could not do for
ourselves without his leadership. The
ideal of democracy Is that those who
are specially gifted by God should use
running society. It must be accord
ing to each person’s intelligence and
natural fitness.
“Why do we so earnestly wish for
the spread of democracy? For tfwo
reasons. First, we consider that it is
right that men should be treated with
justice and given an equal chance for
making the most of their lives. And
second, because we believe that the
masses of men .will be better off.with
the increase of their power in govern
ment and industry. As the influence
of the average man becomes more
strongly felt, and as he realizes more
fully how he may exercise his power,
he will get better living conditions all
along the line. He will have better
sehoBhr, bettar homes, and bettw
treatment. There will be less unde-
served ^van*tage for those who have
been born in favored circumstances,
and less disadvantage for those who
have only their ctwn talent and char
acter to make their way.
"Let us never forget that the priv
ileges of democracy carry with them
also duties. We <wux~never hope to
enjoy the benefits of a free dmocratic
society unless the general mass of the
people are earnest and constant in the
performance of their duties to soci
ety. It is the duty of every true dem
ocrat to uphold the law, to make him
self as intelligent and self-controlled
as possible, |md to contribute the best
that Is in him for the general good.
Democracy is a precious thing, hut it
is also a very dangerous thing. We
have shown how valuable we consider
it by the terrible price we have paid
to preserve it in the war for freedom
against autocracy to make the world
safe for democracy. But It is just as
necessary to make democracy safe for
the world. This can he done only by
making democracy moral and intel
ligent.”
NOTICE TO PUBLIC
On account of shortness
of labor and extreme heavy
Express, Merchants will be
required to pay for their Ex
press as they £et it. I will
be £lad to inform you over
the phone what your charges
are, sending out a collector
will be discontinued after the
1st. of December.
F. ^ YOUNG, Agent.
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