Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Pickens Selltill-Jourl PUB.ISHED EVEMY TIHURSIDAY MXOlNIN4 --BY Tho Sont!nol-ournal Company. T'iOMPSON & RICHEmtY. Pips. J. L. 0. T1II.\MPSON, EmITon. utbscription $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising 1RBtes Reasonaih ered at PICfens rustoficC a SeCoud Cia. Mail Matter 1CIJNS, 8. C. : THUIDAY. 31-mItCII 1, 1908. PERSONALITY If possible to prevent it, per sonality should never be inijecto( into a newspaper; the editor personal anilnus should nevei scintillate through the columm of his paper-he deals with fact, and shapes his statements ac cordingly. He has his fingei on the pulse of the people, he is very near to them, and hc feels their heart-beats and by this means he can take up the "lbig stick" in their behalf with justice and precision against the evis that be. The Roanoke, (Va.) Times, says: "The average reader forms his opinion under the in fluence of his own personal pre judices and then seeks far and wide for other opinions that will support his ideas. The editorial writer, on the other hand, tries to assume a position that is as nearly unassailable as possible; that, is, a position so nearly coi sonant with the truth, rixht, and justice that it will be imper vious to the darts and arrows of public criticism. The expressed views of the editorial writer are laid open for'the criticism of cv ery reader of his paper: * it is the business of the editorial writer to inform himself upoii all matters of public interest, just as it is the business of th( miiiister of the Gospel to inform himself upon the truths of the Scriptures an1d to expound them to his listening audience. Th one is 1te exponent of secula1 truths8; the other, of religious truths. To arrive at such truths, both thle mnisier and the (editoi resort to every avaihhie mecam for the purpo se" 1t tomes in the course of all papers ihat are' progressiv V ndl a (grt'ssivye andi that standIs fmi justice, law an~d de '(-r', to rul 'imesm ithe oeg 'n.w v. a a rubs the ma ' SOmlewhiere ali this is aniother orein-:e, and 11 it stand- for justice it incurs th( animosity of a fac:tion here ani a leader there, and as a conse~ (luence is pretty much at out: wvith 'one faction or anothe: about all the time. Fighting for wvhat it conceives to be jus tice and right it incurs enmities especially the enmity of thanl who are cringing and of a vat cillating disposition, or fawnen for popularity. While miakim enemies is distasteful, yet, fighting for principle, for righit f or good, makes them, then s' mote it be. We realize that our attitud toward the school may meai the loss of friend(?) andi even th loss of support and patro~nag< a fnd mneyCS, buit there is a prin ciple at stake, the bruised bacd of George Edens calls for th< amelioration of the school, an< we have taken up the "bit stick" (but not the one he was beaten with, however,) in hii behalf, and not only his, but al other chilkire hm v ben treated fairly and givc justice-r ot only in this schoo, but ayy other school in ti. county. It ir the obligation < every decent citizen to work fr the best interests of the commu nity. It is the duty of every goo, citizen 1in the1 coimmunity t align himself with right, justic and independence, to stand b his principles. Those who d, otherwise prostitute their sacre< privilege. In regard to this whipping We are against it; we are agains the principal for allowing it, an( against the tru-stees for tolerat ing and uplholdig aIy suci reprehiensible codu T Th< b 'ating was uncalled-for; n< crime in the category of schoo discipline can be found to justi. fy this whipping-it was mosi unimrciful-aid a woiani wit h the true love for children, t.h motherhood instinct, in hei heart would not have, in om opinion, been guilty of this-nc matter how much her patience had been triAd, that mother-love would have mitigated the of fence and lessened the punish ment. The child that cannot be won by love will never be driven by fear. When "fair" means fail, "foul" means won't succeed. The Atlanta Constitution, in speaking of the rod in the public schools, says: "Parents protes ted in growing volume and the "little stick" was laid aside. When the effort to rejuvenate it began to gain ominous propoi - tions, protests were again in ev idence, with the result recorded in the adverse vote of the board. "'Corporal punishment, where employed, should be entered upon like matrimony-"soberly, advisedly, discreetly and in feai of the Lord." The rod, in the hands of an angry, vengeful and brutal teacher, may work infinite harm in cowing and brutalizing a child. It has been known to produce similar results in the hand of a parent whc (hastised not wisely but to( wl." We feel sure that the fair miided and self-thinking clas! of onri readers. see this a~ we' see the mi'atf er' of whippin.~ children on anyv an~d every pre 'We deeply dleplore this occur rece, and we are sincere in oul statement and we believe w< voice the sentiment of all o1 our readers when we extemI sympathy to these teachers. 1 am not fighting men, it i: measures, therefore what I hav< said about the teachers and th< trustees is only as to their pub lic acts-their duties . to, and treatment of, the citizens whon they serve. Personally, non< of themi could find a better, og truer friend than I would prov< myself to be were they to cal for that friendship. But white -wxash, or condone, these recen official acts, or errors-that I'l never do. I can't do it and be true to the people. Salmagundi. Flint Island, from which th< rec-ent elipse of the sun was ob) Sserved, is a mere dot on the Pa cific, 400 miles north of Tahiti fire hariswere first man ufacure inEngland in15. B~efore that time the hair wa! -held in place by fine wooder skewers. If we can only keep them from saddling us with another Sagt of Esopus, we shall have a splendid fighting,' chance thh year.-[Dublin (Gi.. Times. I A Louisiana co gressmau b wants to change thi' constitu AND Were never . stock of the I P S 4cc pou PI.OW STOCKS f Carmical: Distributors PLANTERS TURN PLO3 everything MO( 0M Mgt tion so as to allow women to v6te. The New York Sun, a Repub lican paper, predicts Democratis success in the presidential elec tion. Kentucky is evidently in fo ithisyerThnih-dr have promised Ther iteu -dred and sixty-five days of he] and the prohibitionists ha v threatened high water.-[Atlan ta Constitution. In one day recently ~3,913 ton of coal were taken from a Not tinghams~hire mine. This, it i claimed, is a "world's record' for twelve hours' work. Near[, 20,000 tons were taken from tha I mine during the third week i] January. 3The people are tired of cru sades and crusaders. They ar' looking about for the next pres ident of the United States wh< wvill be satisfied to run the coun try in constitutional grooves an< let the people govern themselve as nearly as possible after th manner laid down by them selves.--[Phila. Record. The publishers of Maury' geography have selected th~ head of the late Zeb Vance, o North Carolina,. to represent th finest ty pe of the Caucasian race Some other publisher may nov select the head of Mr.. Fair banks to represent the fines type of the human iceberg -fRoanoke Times. Brig. Geni. James Allen, chie: signal officer of the army, hai awarded the contract for build ing one dirigible balloon to Capt Thomas Baldwin, of New York. Capt. Baldwin's offer was t( construct the balloon In '18( I 'R TOL o much in demand as now. We havi )est goods of this we can buy. TELO All shapes and sizes. thick ar nts per thin, half shovels, scootei nd base Bull-tong ue shovels, etc. ;teel Beam Circle-foot Mook Beam Circle Foot Vood Beam Ratchet Foot very's "Sambo" the best made (This.is the best Distributor on the market. Simple and dur- P1 able, light and easy to handle. - The flow of fertilizer is where you can always see it. ( Griffin Disc Chattanoooa Planter Carmical Combined I "Ledbetter One-Seed" I VS: All sizes and kinds. Plow Gears you need in plow goods. See our line HBE & MAULD days, at a cost to the govern- mob C ment of $6,750. Mar - "Mrs. Tellmore called on me dictod this afternoon." "WlI, whose falso - husband has been acting shame- I was c fully now?'"-(St. Lou is Post. WTill r. Dispatch. char'g s Can't the Houston Post para- Jontat - grapher realize on this tip? "I ona 1 would rather see my daughter chanI b 'a marry a good live newspaper wi bc - man than any duke on earth,'' says Mrs. Hetty Green. gln) s The Philadelphia Press con- dispeni - siders Judge Pritchard's ap-; colore< s pointment of receivers for the are to 'cdispensa 'y "the most far-r each- Bram] r ing extension of the federal judi-~ Cast t cial power ever attempted." been 1 The Farm and Fac;tory de.. Clinck clares it knows what it is talk- Frank - ing ab~out when it says: "The Cast 3 average country new spaper' a,in - comes out in a new dress abloult mg, oi as seldom as the editor's wife " agains - Host-'"Why on earth did you charg( put poor Jenkins between twosudf such chatter-boxes at the table?"'se a Hostess-"Why,dear, youl kno)y thvarra ~ he is so fond of tongue sand- thett wviches."'-[Judg~e. cs w -- - -. ase a Magistrate's Court. wasa Williamn Lawrence, colored, A Sd isord erly condluct on pulhic - 1'' A highway; convicted, and sen- wda tenced to a fine of $30 or 30 days -- -on the gang; appealed to ses bsions court' ~On the Elisha Lawrence, Wmn. Law- 00100k> r0ce, Wm.* Ward and Jonas 1owig Lawrence, colored, attempt to n uotioni mob01 Jobn Logan. These parties Aco st -nmoved1 for change of venue and kitchent the case will be tried before ~~o Magistrate J. E. Gillespie. The V 0) above parties were also indicted Ion a charge of attempting to a a largye Fd $1.25 1.10 .85 1.50 rice: 4.50 5.00 6.50 0.50 2.50 Harness IN, 01. Rigdon. luel Williams, coloredi, in for obtaining board under pretenses, but this case >M]prom Iised. iami Lawrence, colored, dl with assanlt with in o kill upon the person of L. Sinnons; granted a ia of venue and the case heard beCfo Magistrate Jillspie. .Manley, two( counts, 1 ing, and violationi of the sary law, and Hill1 Allen, 1, ch- r~ged wif h gamlnng, be tu 'd before 'Squire ett. .as of gamb~ling have also made out against Wash scales, Will Terrell and T'errell. bs have been1 docketed t-- rotte for trespass Stwo COr n's; also a case -- Mauldin on same wvarra~nts have been is >r Ida Terrell, 0one a search at for money, was issued; 1er one was a charge of arcency, and in the last he senitence of the court fine of $10 or 10 days in Iiine paid. C. Spain, of Greenville, will be. na on the -"4thi and remain for Notice of Sale 328th (lay of March, 1908, at 11 a. mi., at the late resideonce of B. >Ier in l'ick(eus county, the fol.. n'operty' wvil be Bold at publio to theii h'iglbas bidder for cash, raonalI propjere y, hiousehold and furnnt.re, alBQQne-nnintek~ieornr. ;ottoai, all Cmai lnme imber. W. H. Ambler. . . L. Ambler. Agrents.