The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 23, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
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urday.
FKIPAY. .Il lA' !!.?. 11115.
* Alll'LT ILLITERACY.
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With one great, compelling nee1
overshadowing all other considera
tions, are we, as a people, trying a
hard as we should to meet tha
need? In other words are Soutl
Carolinians in earnest, are the;
really working to overcome ignor
ance? The burden perhaps weigh
more heavily upon some of us whi
live in those counties where tlr
largest percentage of illiteracy pre
vails. There rests upon us who fao
the facts a very solemn duty. It i
with shame that we acknowledgi
the condition that exists but greate
still will that shame become If we d<
not remove the cause. This, we con
fess, is no easy task. Even our lawmakers
have not been men enoug'
to give us whai is most needed t<
arm us for the tight against ignor
ance. We have no law adequate ti
compel all the children of the stati
to attend school, for the present lav
leaves it to their elders to decide th<
Question of whether or not the hnv
and girls are to be educated. Wen
all of the voters capable of judgin)
what is best for the children of Soutl
Carolina, there would be no need o
compulsory education for every chil<
would be in school. So many men
themselves illiterate, cannot se<
why their children should be taker
by the state and sent to school. Un
der the present law those communi
ties w hich are most in need of com
pulsory school attendance, must si
in darkness as before the law was
enacted, because?we might as wel
admit it?those friends of "the deapeople,"
the politicians, have thus
far been afraid to enact an adequate
law. We hope that this defect wil
soon be remedied and that an out
and-out compulsory law may soot
replace the present makeshift. W?
must all work unceasingly for the
passage of a law that will meet the
needs of our people.
But meanwhile there are adull
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iimciair;o n uuill ** C I ail icaill ailll
help. There are many men and women
who only need the opportunit>
to learn to read and write. There
must be night schools provided foi
those whose youth knew not the advantages
ot' school and whose aftei
lives must, therefore, be spent in
darkness if we do not bring them the
light.
In many respects, in most, we art
proud to say, South Carolina it
ahead of the Old North State, but in
education, in that demand for a
literate citizenship, in co-operation
towards securing it, South Carolina
falls behind. We need only ask ou:
people to read the address of th(
great North Carolina educator, Hon
J. Y. Joyner, who is the superinten
dent of nuhlic insfrnrtion in thsii
state, to convince them that his plar
for North Carolina is the plan ^w^
need down here. It was our pleas
are to hear Dr. Joyner deliver thli
soul-stirring plea for the adult illlt
erates of his state. Every word ol
It was spoken in downright earnest
ness. He has conceived a practica
plan which if generally adopted wll
rid his state, or any other state, ol
Its burden of ignorance. Let us con
aider Dr. Joyner's plan and apply li
to dear, long-suffering South Caro
Una. This admirable address will b<
found in full on page 3 of this issue
Perhaps the most interesting of a!
the events which will mark oui
Home Coming celebration will be th<
district Conference for the Common
Oood to be held in Lancaster Angus!
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KOH THE COMMON' GOOD.
In view of the District Conferenca
P; for the Common Good, to be held in
connection with Lancaster's first
"Home Coming," we hope that the
people will give especial thought to
those things which seem to promise
greater happiness and prosperity to
this section. There are so many
community problems which we might
discuss, there are so many improvements,
needed, but whatever work is
rr suggested as a beginning point, there
will be need of co-operation. It is
important therefore that the people
of this community come together in
2. large numbers that day with minds
and hearts open to receive suggestions
and with wills to put these sug
gestious into effect. The spirit we
need has been recently set before
its readers very clearly by The York
News, from which paper we take
these words and commend them most
heartily to our people:
"There is a new spirit abroad in
the world. It is the spirit of democracy,
the spirit of getting together,
the spirit ot co-operation. This
spirit is finding expression in small
_ groups, in clubs atul lodges, in
unions and federations and in a
growing spirit of unity among the
churches. It is beginning to seek
_ embodiment in terms of a civic consciousness,
in better national unities
_ and in world policies.
"Because o: the isolation and in..
dividualism of the smaller towns and
cities this spirit is slow in finding
{. means of expression. The smaller
. towns are social units of great im .
portance, in some respects of more
importance than the larger cities.
* The strongest and most aggressive
- men of the cities have come from
s tiie country or the smaller towns.
, The greatest men in the professions.
the greatest leaders in politics and
state craft, in industry and comy
merce have cotne from the countrv
,ir on... II,,- -
. ... OU.UUCI lumio, ? ne greatest mail
who ever lived came from the little
town of Nazareth.
3 "It is possible to make these
e smaller towns places of greater in.
rluence and power.
"The old method of improving a
town was to get some man of wealth
3 and public spirit to give it a roans'
tain, donate a monument or put up
r a library. These are all important,
3 but it is far more important to do
things that will develop a public
spirit, a spirit of unity and furnish
an opportunity and a channel
l through which this snirit mnv ho ov.
5 pressed for the common good.
"The first problem of these smaller
towns is to see themselves and
5 their needs clearly. The greatest
e object of their citizens should not be
f to get as many dollars as they can
and to keep them as long as they can,
but to build the best town they can
s and to produce the best type of boys
a and girls, men and women, the best
I churches and schools, the best forms
j of amusement and recreation and to
f boost with enthusiasm anything that
will give an opportunity for cora*
munlty expression, to things making
, 'or the common good."
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In some counties there is nothing
to look forward to but the county
fair, in others not even that. Bui
Lancaster is to have a Home Coming
t celebration, a district Conference for
the Common Good, not to mention
I other festivities, besides a mammoth
? county fair.
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To shop successfully you must first
5 read the advertisements in your local
1 paper. All live merchants advertise,
and their stores are the ones in
1 which you will find the newest and
freshest goods.
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5 The open air services continue to
grow in popularity. Not only in
Lancaster, but in other towns and
' , cities of the state, religious gather
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I iiif)0 aic uruip, UCIU UUl'Ul'UUUlB.
! 1 Special trains from Camden an.1
Chester will bring many of our
neighbors from these places and
many way stations to celebrate Home
' Coming in Lancaster.
We approve most heartily of good,
> clean, instructive motion pictures
s but public sentiment should frown
i fm certain pictures shown in Lancasi
ter this summer.
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t If you want something to read, go
} to the Lancaster Library in the
> Chamber of Commerce rooms. It is
I open Tuesday and Saturday after.
1 noons.
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Lancaster is getting ready to en,
tertain hosts of long-absent sons and
_ . daughters at her first Home Coming
celebration, August 10 and 11.
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^ msrarcien nn cans ao not long
remain empty but soon fill with water
and mosquitoes have their origin
in them. Swat the tin can.
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i "Let us have a more universal application
of the compulsory attenL
fiance law. or a better law," urges
" The Columbia Record.
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The war may have hindered the
development of less-favored towns
' | but Lancaster is fast growing into
" j a progressive city.
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i ] Once again we rise to inquire what
: has happened to tho flour mill proposition?
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THE LANCASTER NEWS
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Mr. It. E. Wylle Gives His Im- 4
l?ressioii of Texas Towns. *
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On Train Between San Antonio
and El Paso, July 17.?My last communication
to The News was written
from Houston. Since then we have
visited San Antonio, stopping there 8
day. This is the most interesting
place we have seen so far. It has a
mixed population made up oi
Americans, Mexicans and negroes
The chief place of interest, of course,
is the Alamo, which is right in the
heart of the city. It was in this
building, used then as a Catholic
place of worship, that the 175 brave
Americans from different states, but
mainly from Texas, held at bay
Santa Anna's entire army for 11
days and did not surrender, holding
out until all were killed. Travis,
Bowie, Crockett and Bouham, officers
In the Texas army, were among those
who fell, the latter a native South
Carolinian. There were only three
survivors, Mrs. uickinson. her little
girl, afterwards known as the "Child
of the Alamo," and a negro boy. It
has been said that "Thermoplylae
had her messenger of death, the
Alamo had none."
The fall of the Alamo took place
March 6, 1836. The bodies of all the
dead Americans were buried by tin
Mexicans. But it was only a few
weeks afterwards that Santa Anna
and his entire atmy surrendered to
Sam Houston, near Houston, Texas,
about 200 miles front the Alamo. It
is a curious sight to see this ancient
building standing in an open plaza
in the heart of the city. It stands
not only in the heart of the city, but
has first place in the hearts of all
Texans. being their "cradle of indepndence."
Not the United States
llag. but the flag of Texas, with its
'Lone Star." floats from the top of
the building.
The South Carolinians who were
killed and burled with the others
were Capt. J. B. Bon ham and Privates
E. Nelson and George Neggin.
But I have already devoted too much
time, perhaps, to the Alamo, as there
are other matters of interest I must
speak of.
We took one of the sight-seeing
cars to visit some of the old Spanish
missions still standing, but now in
ruins. The San Fernando was
founded in 1705, by the missionary
fathers, but has been added to and
used as a place of worship by the
Catholics. It is in the city on the
plaza facing the Alamo. Another is
the Conception Mission, started in
1731, and completed in 1752. The
most interesting of these missions
is the San Jose, which is out in the
country, about seven miles from the
city. There is no wood work in
these buildings except the stairways,
which are hewn out of cedar. The
buildings are of stone and earth and
are arched over. The sight-seeing
car we were in belongs to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Liobhold, he at the
wheel and she with meeanhnne tn do
the lecturing, and she does it admirably.
And in this connection I
will say, the way to see things most
satisfactorily is to take one of these
nice sight-seeing cars as one thus
gets more information in a short
time than in any other way.
The San Antonio river winds
for 17 miles through the city, but
while called a river, it is about like
fane ("reek, yet the water is clear
and deep.
Another place of interest in the
city is the Buckhorn saloon, where
there is perhaps the finest collection
of horns in the world. There is one
deer head with 4 2 antlers. The
longest steer horn measures nine
feet and seven inches from tip to
tip, while the smallest measures
about 12 inches across. The collection
was made from all countries and
consists of deer heads, moose, rhinoceros,
etc. There is on exhibition
a 78-pronged Texas deer head. It Is
mounted on a shield forming a five
pointed star, on which is spelled the
word T-E-X-A-S. Another interesting
curio Is a large collection
of Rattlesnake rattles, numbering
uvei ov.vuu 111 an, uiaKiiiK ? nne
display under glass. Of these 63 7
have been artistically arranged as a
life-like picture of an antlered deer,
also two Indian heads containing
1.190 rattles. By touching a button
the tips of the horns are lighted up
which displays the collection wittl
fine effect. The collection is valued
at $50,000. The proprietor of the
bar makes it pay for all visitors
to the city go to th- place to see the
collection, the admittance being free,
but the increased sale of drinks of
all kinds adds to his income.
The Confederate monument in San
Antonio is the handsomest I have
seen. It is made of granite like otira
and is surmounted by the figure of
a Confederate private.. It is about
60 feet high and was erected by the
Bernard E. Bee Chapter of the U. D.
C. The inscriptions are few and
simple, one being. "Lest We Forget."
We left San Antonio last night for
El Paso. The places on the road are
many and interesting. The country
is very rugged and mountainous.
You can see cowboys on their horses
with lassos, branding outfits, jack
rabbits, etc. The houses are adobe
wnicn is linen niane out 01 airt
by the Mexicans, put in moulds and
dried in the sun. The land is said
to he fine for pasturing, the cattle
actually subsisting on the grass during
both winter and summer, without
other feed. The grass grows between
the cacti and dwarf palraj).
The main drawback Is the want of
water, the land being generally aHd.
We have passed over a point where
the elevation is about 5,00f?* feet
above sea level, and the weather is
not uncomfortably warm. The best
farming section we have been
through is between Houston and San
Antonio. But the drought has hurt,
all crops. The corn Is badly scorched
and the cotton is "spotted." But
the crops are diversified. You see a
field of cotton nnd corn alternating
j. JULY 23. 1915.
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man
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i i with hay. The negroes are not as
i numerous as with us. We passed
[ I near where the Devil and Rio Grande
rivers unite and run along together
i for miles but the waters do not
, 1 mingle, that of the former being of
a blue color and the ratter red, mak!
ing two of the colors of the flag.
, while the white sand between comi
pletes the tri-color effect.
As I close this communication we
are still speeding on, being 1,000
, mile sfroni New Orleans and 1,400
miles from San Frawctsco. We will
reach El Paso this afternoon and
will stay over Sunday, leaving that
night over the Santa Fe Railroad.
We will stop next and take in the
Grand Canyon in Arizona. We will
reach kos Angeles about Wednesday.
R. E. W.
FROM OTHER PAPERS
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( <>< xl Advice.
If politics interferes with the development
of your county or your
state, cut out the politics.?Spartanburg
Herald.
AH Must Admit It.
Say what else you may of them,
the Germans are standing before the
world courageous and unafraid.?
Augusta Chronicle.
Surely Not.
But not even the most fanatical
prohibitionist would object to the
mercury taking a drop.?The State.
S|>ort Shirt Independence.
It must be admitted, however, tnat
the chap who wears the decollette
shirt is independent. He wears no
man's collar.?Anderson Mail.
Same die re.
Dust crushed to earth by a shower
of rain will rise again in a town
wnere me street sprinkler has become
an almost forgotten memory.
?Henderson Gold Leaf.
Vucation Defined.
A summer vacation is a thin slice
of rest between two thick layers of
getting ready to go and being anxious
to get back.?Valdosta (Ga. 1
Times.
Thanks for Amendment.
The Lancaster News is urging
some of its neighbors to vote for
bond issues and keep up with Charleston,
Orangeburg. Lancaster, and
she might have added Sumter, and a
couple of others.?Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Worth Trying.
If people would talk more about
their concords and less about their
discords, we would all get along
better. Especially would this be true
in community life, in church life and
in school matters. Suppose you try
it.?Wateree Messenger.
Intolerant.
There are a few persons who delude
themselves with the false idea
that because they cancel a subscrip
tion to a newspaper they are hurting
the paper. They are doing nothing
of the kind, but they are proving
themselves to be Intolerant to the
views and rights of others.?Dalton
(da.) Citizen.
hiving at Home.
With plenty of showers falling,
blackberries in abundance, quantities
of peaches and apples in the
country, and the watermelon season
just starting, the farmer is about
ready to forget the war, the low price
of cotton, the high prices of groceries,
and is willing to live for a few
months at home, and also to preserve
and can much food for future
use.?Anderson Intelligencer.
Shop Talk.
"This paper," says The Wadesboro
Ansonian, "is published as a business
enterprise. It has two sources of income,
the subscriptions and the advertisements.
Its news columns are
for the people?that part of the people
who subscribe for it. If you can
use its advertising columns In your
business, you are invited to do so,
provided your business is legitimate.
But don't ask us to print your advertisement
as a news item."
Every publisher knows that it is
mighty hard to get a great manv
people to realize that a newspaper is
a business enterprise and shoqld be
so treated. These satno publishers
aiflo Know now nam 11 is to guaru
against advertisements getting into
the news columns, and how often
people are disposed to get offended'
for being Tefused this gratuity.?
'Salisbury Post.
Ah! the Invigorating Whiff of the
Pine Forest!
IIow it clears the throat and
head of Its mucous ailments, ft is
UiiH spirit of Newness and Vigor
from the health-giving Plney Forest
brought back by Dr. Dells Ptne-TarHoney.
Antiseptic nnd healing. Ituv
a bottle today. All Druggists, Joe.
10 hot-house met
10 a (jooi* stjei Jai
me will do the work. {There* no r
th b accumulation, 2|appy in^
i) he owe5 no man anything.
io can prou^lu say u 1 have mo
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