Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ?| S I 91 Is We I ;> ? Th< old kin twi Cart hav< best life Fori | II TKe Sanl Glaus Me || "NO-ILLITER/ By When the federal census was taken in 1910 only two States in the Union B were reported to have more than 2 5 j[ per cent illiterates. One of these StateH was South Carolina. During the nnat ?iv years since' 1910.?South Carolina has retained the unenviable position which,the Slate then held?next to the foot of the ladder, with only one State, Louisiana, having more illiterates or a greater percentage of illiteracy. I If another federal census were taken tomorrow, South Carolina would be shown to have made very little progress along this line since 1910, although undoubtedly some progress hjis >een made, but not enough to affect South Carolina's relative position among the States in the matter "Goodnight Corns! We Use MBets-lt!'" IS Drope in 2 Seconds. That's AH "GETS-IT" Does the Beet Never Fails. "Really. I never could see hov7 some few people uso the most difficult nnd painful way they can And to fret rid of corns. They'll wrap their oes up with bandages into a package I that tills their shoes full of rest and makes corns so puinful they've got to walk sideways and wrinkle op their facee. Or fhey use ealvee that eat right Into the toe and make It raw and sore, or they 11 use plasters that make the corns bulge, or pick hnd gouge at their corns and make fnetocsbleed. Funny,Isn't It? "OET3? SF* Is the simple, modern wonder for noma. Just put S drops on. It dries 'Instantly. No pain, fuss or trouble. The corn, online or wart loosens and SOtnesofT. Millions use nothing else." "GRTft-rr** Is sold and recommend d by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle, or sent on receipt of price, by . Lawrence tt Co.. Chicago, 111. Sold In ldtncastcr ana recommended as the world's best cot# remedy by Lancaster Pharmacy and J. F. Mackey Co. T V 1^1 " -% I ^1 aring A 2 price, the quantity Santa a tailor made d and just think no ; ce as much for your Remember I have Bicy< s and Carriages and eve ; to hunt the town over present that you can m time. And while we ar is of Rogers 1847 ten y Once Upon A Time A Man Come to See Me, ta J E in AUT /W 1920" of illiteracy. At the Anderson convention of the South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, held in May of this year, the slogan, "No Illiteracy in South Carolina in 1920," was enthusiastically adopted. The menace of illietracy had been made the themw of the convention. The' club women of the State were very much in earnest. When it is considered that there are more than 50.000 white adult illiterates in South Carolina, one is prone to the opinion that the club women, as much in earnest as they were, took upon themselves a pretty big contract, if, indeed, they did not map out for themselves an impossible task. Yet, with Kentucky's splendid example before us, and knowing that what has been done can be done, it was not altogether idyllic on the part of the club women of South Carolina. A few years ago Kentucky adopted the slogan. "No Illiteracy in Kentucky in 1920" and established moonlight schools. In two years 40,000 illiterates were taught toj i itihi <111 u wriie. Nineteen and twenty is three years off, and what was accomplished in Kentucky in two years can be accomplished in South Carolina in three. The club women of South Carolina cannot, however, make Rood their slogan alone, without help, without co-operation on the part of the State government and all those agencies whose aid and co-operation would render the accomplishment of "No Illiteracy In 1920" a comparatively simple matter. The club women of Kentucky did not succeed alone and unaided. In Kentucky an illiteracy commission was created, with Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart at Its head. Alabama likewise has an illiteracy commission. and in all there are eighteen States that have night schools for illiterates. So. likewise, has Sout?i Carolina; but in South Carolina these night schools?and there were last year ninety-eight of these in mill towns with a total enrolment of 5,000?are not organised, neither have they recognition by the State HE LANCASTER NEWH FI ?OL I A. Tailor M< , and I have the qua] suit for Xmas, every advance in price, that toys like everything < :les, Tricycles, Wagons, K irything that I can think < for what you want, just < ake is Aluminum, just lik< e talking of silver, just th ear guarantee for 3 dollai Did Not Buy Anything For Chi Old Folks and Young 0 k 1 ff 1 / ?. IVlAv t.or is there provision made for them other than through private sources. 1 For these night schools in mill towns and villages Miss Julia Selden, , of Spartanburg, a graduate of Con- . verse College, who has been working ( for several years to provide the op- j j portunlty for our illiterates to bet- , ter their condition aud to awaken in . them the desire to do so, is largely ; responsible. Her pioneer work in p Spartanburg county has furnished ( i inspiration to earnest men and wo- < 'men in other counties where there | are large mill populations, and so to , her is eredit due. But what has been done and what s lis being done is not nearly sufficient, f If you will go among your friends f and acquaintances and make the t statement that there are in our own ? State of South Carolna 50,000 grown i white men and women who cannot read and write their own names, t your friends and acquaintances will t more than likely throw up their ( hands in holy horror. Perhaps they, | some of them, will ask you where t they are, these 50,000 white adult e illiterates. F They are not all in the cotton * mill towns. The rural districts are 1 particularly in need of night school a or moonlight schools, as they are r called in Kentucky, and the i 11 itor- v ates in the rural districts of South Carolina present the greatest problem for the reason that in the mill towns the illiterates are easier to reach, easier to get interested; and, too, in many cases, the mill man-, agements provide the ways and |means for night schools. In the sparsely settled sections it is differ- ' ent, and more difficult both to interest the people and to provide the means. However, scattered here and there throughout the State there are beacon lights burning. One of the brightest of these Is Miss Marv Kva' Hite's night school in the Bethea community of Aiken county. Here, in addition to teaching -a regular day school, Miss Hite And her assistant taught a night school pupil who had long ago celebrated his 60th birthday. He was one of the thirty-one night school pupils last year, some of whom lived sevoral miles from the school house, and this old man won the prize for attendance for the sea sion. He will be enrolled again this . year. | tlDAY, DEC. 15, 1916. P CL ide Suit lity to fill your bill, sc thing cut out to order 's where you gain. Si slse. How would you fe< jddie Kars, Autos, Irish ! )( that you would want to come and select. Don'! e good silver, you don't 1 ink that 1 can sell you foi rs and seventy-five cents j istmas And He Died And Wen! nes, Boys and Girls. ^lcTOPI One of the results of Miss Ilite's tl earnest work and activity, besides he building of a handsome modern p ichool building to replace the one-, oom cabin she found nt nethea .t|S< ew years ago and the general awakming to the importance of education, at 8 the Hethea Community Fair, in ei vhich both day and night school pu- h< )ils?since the latter in many cases in ire the parents of the former? ti ihare a common pride. et But there are not enough Julia tli taldens and there are not enough pi Ova llites. working singly and alone, si hough to the same noble end, to ac- ri omplish the tremendous task and to fr ;olve the tremendous problem which bi louth Carolina has to solve with our to >0.000 white adult illiterates. It* ni here were scores more working as p, ire these two women, as there may m >e. there would still not be enough: at md as Prof. Josiah Moss, of the r( University of South Carolina, said at in ho recent State Conference of to Miarities and Corrections at Chai- Su eston, the personal contact with * - ' 1,1 4 lit;**; pt-uyic (our iinn'iaies) ta nccsaary; the men and women of the " itate should carry this message to hem in person and convince and inerest them in person, else, the dem- i Koptie and the politician, who do ome into personal touch with them, kill otherwise deafen their ears to Don't Have Catarrh One efficient way to remove nasal catarrh is to treat its cause which in most cases is physical weakness. The system needs more oil and easily digested liauid-food, and you should take a spoonful of scon s 5 EMULSION after each meal to enrich your blood and help heal the sensitive membranes with its pure oil-food properties. The results of this Scoff's Emalaion treatment will surprise those who have used irritating snuffs and vapors. EettheGenuine SCOTT'S . i \ AL This Chri ) you see you can giv . Toys, Toys of ever uppose you had to pa el about buying for Xma; Mails, Rocking Horse, Dc buy for Xmas. You woe t forget that the nicest an have to buy but once in r Xmas six Knives and si for the set. t To Heaven. rfj Th Cla ie message tha! comes from afar, si The plan of the South Carolina ederation of Women's Clubs is to cure for every oifunty in the State m< I sp: woman affiliated with some t'eder . lnj ;ed club, who will assume the lead- an ship if not the responsibility fo> er ?r own county; and through these pjt terested women, with the co-opera- jc on of the county superintendents oi grj lucation, to arouse the interest of j j, le newspapers, the ministers the a ihlic generally, and particularly th- Rp, hool trustees and teachers in th< ^h< iral districts, in the problem con- ou onting us. If sufficent pressure is jIVJ ought to heat upon the politicians j o i vote an additional tax for th< ^(i aintenance of night schools, the tliticians will vote such a tax; and ? nti 1 such provision is made thert thi e other wa>s through which ; eH< immunity of people who are reall> fot earnest can raise sufficient fund* i at least pay teachers a nomina' C'h im for night school work. The main thing, the essentia' Bothered by Catar Asthma, Head Try the "Vap-O-Rub" Treatment?Re-j T1 lievea by Inhalation and Abaorp lion. No Stomach Dosing. No need to disturb your stomach with in| internal medicines for theso troubles, ini Vick's "Vop-O-Rub" Salve, combines by a special process?Menthol. Thymol, Euca- thi lyptol, Camphor and PineTar, so that when tal applied to the heat of the body, these in- 25 vrcK's^wte INSURANCE j the Farmers Mutual Fire is the only one that c; Farmers of Lancaster Cci D. E. BONE YOICK - - stav i i > i si I stmas S e Santa I us Man I iOAN'S LINIMENT EASES PAIN'! Sloan's Liniment is first thought of >thera for bumps, bruises ami rains that are continually happen; to children. It quickly penetrates d soothes without rubbing. Cleanand more effective than tnussv isters or ointments. For rheumataches, neuralgia pain and that ippy soreness after colds. Slona's nlment gives prompt relief. Ilavo bottle handy for bruises, strains, pains and all external pain. For i thousands whose work calls them tdoors, the pains and aches follow; exposure are relieved by Sloan's nintent. At all druggists. 2 5c.? Iv. ng, is to get people really in earnThe call now is for volunteers this campaign. .Mrs. Walter E. Duncan, airman. Department of Education, South Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, Aiken. S. 0. * n ?~. rit, Bronchitis^ or Chest Colds? edients aro released in the form of vapors, leso soothing, medicated vapors are is. led all night loug through the air passe* s to the lungs, loosening the phlegm, sthing the inflamed membrane, and ; the body cells to drive out the invad. j germs. In addition, Tick's is absorbed through a pores, reducing the inflammation and ting out that tightness and soreness o, 50c, or $1.00. At all druggists. ^ 4r COST. Insurance Company ill furnish it to the mnty. Write to Y AGENT III CAROLINA