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PAGE SIX SWEARINGEN TELLS or OF THE CAMPAIGN n i or I ? LAi/Dn the Outcome of Which Depends n, Whether South Carolina Shall wi or Not lie Illiterate. er T1 rc Is South Carolina to be literate or illiterate? Is the blight of Ignorance to be lifted from our people? Is the ^ progressive and enlightened Christian ^ citizenship of the state content to tolerate longer an environment of illlteracy or near illiteracy? Shall there remain among us so large a group or forgotten and unlettered men and women, shall these folk be taught the rudiments of education that should I have been given them in their childhood? Shall the mistakes and omissions of the past stand uncorrected or shall these errors be remedied now so far as possible? Let the teachers, preachers, editors, physicians, club women and other thoughtful leaders ^ answer. The hour has struck for action. An t< aroused public conscience has recog- a nlzed the evil. Every consideration x of unselfish Christian service as well j; as of state pride warns against furth- a er procrastination and urges to im- t? mediate efTortrs. Words enough have \ been spoken and written. The work x not only invites but challenges every x man and woman who can lend a hand x and become a worker. X and become a workere. A Adult schools for illiterates and A night schools for near illiterates O ought to he unnecessary in a democ- Y racy. If the state's educational sys- P tern were properly organized, financed and operated, even the illiterate child ought to be an impossibility. But the -p correction of these public school ^ weaknesses concerns only the young. OrtlinnrUv f ineitofion of L ? > L V?1 IUC JJ11U- , lie school reaches the growing generation. Its opportunitie sseldom be- . j logn to men and women who come to maturity without mastering the tools and the rudiments of knowledge. ,j These improvements must come be- j fore South Carolina's educational systern can accomplish its full work. Hut to wait for these improvements now Is to condemn thousands to continued illiteracy and to fasten upon the state the blight anil the reproach of ignor- , ance. The statewide compulsory attend- si ance law of 1919 is the first step in <) the right direction. The (literacy ap- M propriation of $25,000 should prove (| equally helepful in reaching adults. ? Nevertheless, the prime need is not money, but men and women who will be ashamed not only to make their own mark, but to have around them ? fellow beings who are forced to make their mark. The stigmn of a cross I after the name of any democratic H oter should make him resolve to ^ learn t owrite his signature before ^ 1920. The records of the draft act show hundreds of South Carolina boys who wholly untaught and hopelessly ignorant could not render desirable and expected service to their A country in the hour of peril. Should A no tthese men be taught? The dan- A gers to the state and to society which It lurk in their groping blindness are It clearly seen in the shipwreck and tor- H lure of Russia. The colleges, the 15 schools, the churches and the press C -1 l ? * .iiiivt- pieugeo tneir support to the in- (' tensive campaign to be conducted (' from July, 1919, through June, 1920. (' The lay by schools in August are of- (' fored to the farmers because August (' is our holiday month. The state de- C partment of education is seeking to I) teach 10,000 men and women to write 1) theier names before September 1st. 1) This can be accomplished only 1] through the individual personal help F of an army of workers. The cam- F paign may be conducted in the kitch- G en, in the nursery, in the barnyard, G in the work shop, in the store. The G priest and Levite may not see from 11 the distant side of the road and may II nn Tlin (!/?/./! On * - * * * , .... . . ... vi' Ft ft i on nut i 11 >t !i win |\ not. have to travel far to find his il- l. literate neighbor and to lend a hand. L Who among us loves the causes and li loves South Carolina enough to help? 1, J. H. Swearlngen. \1 STATE WIDE CAMPAIGN n TO WIPE OUT ILLITERACY 0 . 0 South Carolina Illiteracy Commission ' anil State Department Are Work- ^ ing to Stamp Out Illiteracy. ^ S Does it matter to you that one- r fourth of South Carolina's population V can neither read nor write, that in Y 1016, 1I?.878 men signed the Democratic club roll with a mark, that South Carolina sent to the army the largest percentage of any state of 2 hoys who could not stand the Alpha test for intelligence?? d The following plans have been " "worked out whereby 10,000 persons " ran be taught to read and write during the summer. Each county's ciuota fi is 218. ? 1. Teachers: Teachers ar easked to Tl ganize classes for Illiterates or the school whi ar illiterates. If classes cannot be 3. College i ganized go into the homes. The student in the 'o teachers who teachers the largest at least one p< iinber of illiterates to read and during vacatic rite will be awarded by the illit- will be award* acy commission a 1,000 mile ticket, mission to thai lis award will be made on the final teach the lar port and the largest number of erates to read ed letters from Illiterates. summer. Spe< 2. Trustees: Trustees can render died with the great service to the state by en- *'ll be given >uraging the establishment of a teaches the 1; liool in every district and by lend- sons to read ai g the influence of their presence at 4. Sylvan < Some of the Results Already A The State Department of Education, in coopera )m mission has been untiring during the past wint tablishment of adult schools. Notwithstanding ,e results have been most gratifying. The fnllnwillsr ronnrt sifTririta sin IntnmolinB - - . ">?> ' White. umber of schools taught 61 umber of teachers employed 146 stal weeks taught 606 verage weeks per school 9 umber of men enrolled 1.248 umber of women enrolled 606 verage pupils per school 30 atal enrollment 1,954 verage attendance 1.145 umber pupils In first grade 384 umber pupils above first grade .... 1.470 umber pupils taught to write 309 umber pupils taught to read 413 verage age of illiterates 37x verage age of other pupils 23x ldest illiterate 63x oungest illiterate 14x erfect attendance pupils 66 x Years. otal amount expended ....$6,540.80 $78 mount per pupil 3.52 The schools were taught wherever teachers coi v. town, mill village or prison. They have met th eople, those who have never had a chance to go to trough economic pressure, have been forced to wor ition. In 1917-18 the day school attendance was 64 le adult school attendance was 57 per cent. The cc ble when one considers that the schools were ver; le influenza epidemic and that the pupils attend aft Illiteracy in South Carolina is largely a negr 7 6,980 illiterates, 226.24 2 are negroes. Therefor ision o fthe county superintendents a limited numb* ave been established. These have been well attnd< riting filed with their reports testify to the earnest as undertaken. It was found necessary only to a Miool In order to have a large enrollment of pupi iip old woman said that she was tired of having to take her mark, so she wanted to learn at least to wi id and more besides. Illiteracy in South^Car (HMO CENSUS) otal population literates ( 10 years and over) .'bite illiterates (10 years and over) egro illiterates (110 years and over) IliMTKK.U'Y ( HMO CENSUS Total OOl NTY: Illiterates. I'er Cent 1" Years and Over. White. bbeville 5,883 5.1 'ken 7,296 10.8 nderson 10,288 11.4 am berg 3,054 4 2 am well 7,42 2 5.6 eaufort 8.440 4.2 erkeley 6.068 10.5 alhoun 2,111 2.0 harleston 1.4.721 1 8 herokee 4,376 16 3 heater 6,30 7 6.2 hester field 5,287 10.5 larendon 6,100 7.8 olleton 10,055 0.8 aldington 7,032 16.2 'Hon 3.070 17.0 orrhester 3,312 6 7 dgefleld 5,806 3.4 airfield 7,163 6.9 loreuce 6,027 0 3 eorgetown 6,4 23 12.6 reenwood 5.576 6 o reenville 8.776 11.2 a nipt on 5.54 9 8..'! orry 4.504 18.7 ershaw 6.122 8.2 ancaster 5,261 11 6 auren8 7,693 8.0 ee 6,513 10.3 exiugton 4.214 7.2 [prion 2,799 11.4 larlboro 7,055 18.2 ewberry 4,980 3.7 conee 3,693 15.5 >rangeburg 8,782 3.8 ickens 3,476 14.7 llchland 8.1 45 6.5 aluda 3,177 5.3 partanburg 12,644 1 4.3 umter 6.568 4.1 nion 5,513 13.4 Williamsburg 8,4 53 14 1 ork 9,300 9.7 Percent of white illiteracy (10 years and over Per cent of negro illiteracy (10 years and over This table shows that the percentage of illitei 5 per cent and over. Barnwell. Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesti on. Colleton, Darlington. Dillon, Dorchester, Kdgf >wn, Hampton. Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lee amsburg and York. This table also shows that the percentage of wh es was 12 per cent and over. Cherokee, Chesterfield, Darlington. Dillon, (Je oro, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and VVil BE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCAS1 m necessary. j will award a beaut students: Every college that club woman state Is asked to teach j largest number of erson to read and write j and write. >n. A beautiful trophy 5. Ministers: N >d by the Illiteracy com- church organizatioi t college whose students to further the worl gest per cent of lllit-j vldual members I and write during the (to lend moral supc cimens or work must be nient, and whenever ) college. Ten dollars at least one person to that student who an extension Sunda argest number of per- illiterates, especii ad write. camps and jails, company of Columbia 6- Business Men rles Public, Count public spirited men ICCOmolished ?mri.Klng every pei mark in their pre school or to learn I tion with the Illiteracy at home, er in its efforts for the 7. Farmers: Pari the influenza epidemic urge their tenants utteiul lay-by school ly: to discourage the er Colored. Total j erate labor. 19 80j 25 1711IN "LAY-BY" S 188 7 9 4 10 10,000 SHOUIJ 435 1.683 50 5 1.111 j Teachers Asked to 3 ? I Farm Work is S 940 2,794 Have Time to A 470 1.615 or 57 P C. 459 843 421 1,95L n AO ? ? ? QJ n/'O monv nf ail 211 624 are available now 31x 3 4X j is a vacation month 31x 2 7x ment of education 65x that "lay-by" sclio 8x adults to read an* 37 103 1 lished throughout t census will soon hoped that this can ? jour illiteracy by at 0.00 $7, .320.80 . . quota of each couni 83 2.16 pp. . , , , , These schools m be ?"ur?I. In conn- hour ,lurln(, (| e needs of two types of ' ch ?s ?ch?0| ho? school, and those who. I out T k, but desire more edu- . should be determi of the locality and per cent. This winter people mparison is most favorr much handicapped by K?'P?'as?s wiU b? er a hard day's work. inK bpBlnners to r? o questionfi for of the Ure" No work nbo e. under careful super- wiU be R,ven durh >r of schools for negroes be*in?p - thej ^d and the specimens of undiv?d?d attentto: way in which the work If a Kroup w,8he nnounce the opening of Work a 8eParate lis determined to learn. ferent hoUrH ahou,< let other people see her Any tPacher -ite her name. This she <ate or any por8or the state departme _________ writing by the coui of education may c ohna An adu'1 ?an be ments of writing in ? ? fore 12 lessons of r liaif hours each wj 1.515.400 month's work. Sc 276,900 on consecutive or n 50,24 5 At the close of 226,24 2 teachers may cont ). into another comm determine. Per Cent Total The following 1 Negro. Per Cent mended for use: 34.0 21.4 Miss Cora \N 35.8 24.1 Country "Life Itea 34.9 21.0 P- Johnson Publl 33.0 23.6 mond, Va. Price 3 40 8 30.4 The Camp Arithi 43.0 37.7 Buchanan). Nati 4 3.6 36.4 Council; Y. M. C, 34.9 27.1 Price 10c. 32.7 21.2 Kar!i teicher sh 40.6 23.9 of the Camp Ilea 4 4.1 30.1 tional War Work C 43.6 28.8 an aid for teachini 33.9 27.9 d it Ion to tlie "thro 58.2 40.1 should discuss cui 36.4 27.8 | the pupils. Once a 32.7 25.0 be an especially p 38.9 26.2 son dealing with i 41.0 29.4 lams of citizenship. 4 4.7 35.0 Teacliers will be 35.9 24.1 one dollar per houi 50.3 29.8 one dollar per da 33.5 22.8 state, provided t 33.3 17.9 10, and an averagi 45.5 31.9 per cent is malnti 4 1.1 21.1 rollmont is less th 49.2 35.6 be in proportion. 46.7 28.6 teach five hours ] 4 1.6 26.0 not teach any one 5 1 9 37.8 | two and a half 39.2 18.5 should ho divided 26.3 19.2 afternoon and evoi 42.2 32.3 Pupils must attr 30.6 19.6 ho enrolled. Day I 30.9 20.3 not permitted to i 32.7 22.4 schools. All otli 38.0 19.8 corned. 31.1 19.8 Two copies of r 37.5 22.1 to the school shoal 36.7 21.3 the county super! 32.1 24.2 with the state s 39.7 26.6 schools. 4 5.4 32.9 The above plan 43.8 27.3 for a teacher to se t 10.3 P.C. ters for work. If I 37.7 P.C. pupils each are ta "acy In 2 5 counties was ter three days a w the salary should a er. Chesterfield, Claren- Two prizes, eac field, Fairfield. George- thousand mile rail , Marlboro, Union, Wil- Riven >o the teac largest number of Ite Illiteracy in 12 court- write. For further Infc orgetown. Horry, Marl-. supervisor of aduit liamsburg. S. C. 12R, S. C. r 1 who teaches the I^fr\MCVC WFI7 illiterates to read IVlUllCi I D .YV XL linisters and all ns are requested KI<Mf toHklM ?Ml Hm i, i ... , themselves They grww k by urging indi- steadily, uadamalhla* heelt of contrrecations **edly certainty. aatll yea fel oi congregations Um tQ lMlnku dleeaee. tort to the move- Map your trouMaa whiu U*n possible, to tosch 2?iW*&r,U'u4Sl,V,!ti",45S . and to establish V.?i''<jS}S*JS5XL"1li^i>,l y school class for aulas saw. Take three ar fo? ally in convict JJTn.tt,lU1 Fwl *** "t,r^r * This well-known pre pa ratios 1 i kt ? ??* ?* national remedies Lawyers, Nota- land for oeaturlea. la 1IM the y Officials: All special charter authorising tie | i can help by en- ?on and sale. son who makes a sence to join a to read and write i 1 WHICH IU TUV IM'lll. mers are asked to 1 and laborers tq _ , . , (Country Gentleman, la. and in this way ... ,, . ? t . , .... * I wasn t born on a farm, nployment of illit- ... ? .. Alphonso. the wise. No, Alphonoao was not bo farm. He was born and has ( HOOLS his 20 years in a 5-room f D BE TAUGHT H,Khts UP- He thinks he is one" because he has never 1c ... away from the shouts of th Give Time When;. ... .... ? | boys calling "Extra, lack and I'wtnle . .. 1 As a matter of fact, how ttend Schools. Alphonso's experience wit Eight hours a day he works au Gray.) \ I shipping room of a large dep the best teachers store. As soon as his event and since August 's over he dons his "glad ra , the state depart- goes downtown. He can r< is recommending garotte in the most approvt ols for teaching an?' the names of all the mo1 1 write be estal>-'tr>P Kllbly from his tongue, he state. The IS20 be doesn't go to a show or sj be taken. It is! evening playing pool, ' he i lpaign will reduce 1 crowd are fond of standing least 10,000* the j corner, saying. "Oh. you kid. Ly being 218. 'girls who parade to and f ay be taught any' phonso's wages are eighteen ay at any place,1" week, but after paying hi se. church, porch. ] buying the latest in shirts he time and place and spending freely w hile c ned by the needs j the boys bis purse is usuall the preference of when pay day comes. Alphonso looks at the set 2 placed on teach- uemuines ui . me evening md. write anil flKJ glances nt the sporting pa ve the third grade studies the "comics." In all :ig the session for he has never read a heavi r should have the than a third-rate novel. II n of the teacher. | visited the public library f< s more advanced Iand has almost forgotten that ass taught at dif- has an art gallery. As for :1 be organized. well, he passed that up sevei ling a valid certifl- a*?. Alphonso haR the latei i recommended to he is a smooth talker and Rpe nt of education In!an n,r of Kreat worldly wisi ity superintendent ,'t is doubtful if a full-sized i organize a school. Kot <*lenr through his brain. ! taught the ruili- Alphonso's cousin John lli i 12 lessons, there- farm, but he has been to lot less than one a oftener than Alphonso has 11 be considered a the country. He has fished a hools may be held P?'d and hunted ever since li dternate days. child. He has doctored all t 12 days' session machinery and driven the j tinue work or go long as he can remember, unity as conditions the winter evenings alter th were done John has been books are reconi- 'coder of all sorts of woi books, and he has taken sever 'ilson Stewardt's ?' P'a"? lessons, der." Hook 1. B. John has always been to Ishing Co.. Rich- save, and when he was 20 0c. ; funds enough to buy a $500 netic. (Roehm and j Hond. For three winters J onal War Work taken a short-term course at A.. Atlanta, (3a ould have a copy H der from the Na- H A _ f * lounril, Atlanta, as Hi Z\ 1 ITO I g phonics. In ad-l VULvJ A fj e It's" the teacher |H r'rent events with H Hweek there should H * repared civics les- B the common prob-!l Wo call Illilkc i paid not more than I ^ (,''l' r and not less than ul \\?,c ,, .. w c can rotor v<> ily session by the n he enrollment is M ill Rock 11 ill, Koi't e attendance of 50 H lined. If the en- H an 10 the pay will I * jr ? A teacher may B %/ y?t XTL per day, but may H section more than H rtw hours. The timejD between morning. B&3&9BBHBBE5SSS9 111k i'limncm. | 11(1 three nightu to wflAyyglfF^fwi nipilfl under 14 are Mj romo to the adult B 611 IP ier? will lie wol- H 1 ill reports relative B sjf' (1 lie filed, one with D V if 3 ntendent and one Km lUpervlsor of adult B makeH it possible B m 3 TPI \A7i lert two good ren B wClKlVVl, two classes of 10M r>f ught at each ren- fl eek for one month B '' '' l'llll ill I tilt' 1 mount to $96. ^ Kxpfl't Miller (ill h consisting of a S 111 < 111KKT M.i ro.d tieket will be K WHEAT AND O hers teaching tho IM adults to read and I ^ l'it.e lol' Ollf <| ? J c irmatlon write the H * schools, Columbia, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12. 1919. LOOK OUT! MM * TM ?inwlto *1 Mliil VMU alfly J>?* Ml Ml MOU b* vUhMt food M WitbI . ,|Z out hM "Jtoal Dutch Drops," as * Mlatlr rolls GOLD MBDAL Rurlts i is ilao Oil Capauloa. Tboy rmmtmrm atnafd tarn* bis and rpopoaslblo la a rmt n*M?r? kM. To (or (to Mordy, robust hoalth ot tho ostmost Hollanders, Oil Cap* V r oTory Do sot delay. Oo to your Iniylat sad oo (root Inatsl oa his eupptyin* you with OOlO MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. Toko tut* Moo thorn oo lirlctod, and tf you oro not of Hoi- aattsdsd with results your drunlot will y error n- yladly refund your nwnoy, Look for ontod a tbo namo QOL*> MDDAL on tho bos prepare- and occopt no othor. In ooalod boxes, throo alios. agricultural college, and there is no ;? one In the coinmun'ty who is better informed than he as to the best metheiflu of elnlrvliw ! rwl nni,l(?t, I* I I-""'-' J >?BIUg. . , John is an oflicer of the Grange, and boasted on Sundays with the rest of his family he is at church, where he is tha I || Q|| H * , ,, Sunday school teacher of a class of lived all i . smal. boys, lat, two ... If a rube is one who has a narrow A W18C in been exPer'ence an(* a Petty outlook upon life, then Alphonso Is it and not John. ie news lH'TY OF THK HTATB wide Tl) A1?ULT 1LL1TKHATB h life? (Uy Patterson Wardlaw.) * in the The question is. Are we really In mrtment earnest? To write of our duty to ng meal j illiterates is like proving an axiom, gs" and what we need is not information, but. >11 a c'~ waking up. >d style. South Carolinians, are you willing brie stars tj,at your state should be everlastlngWhen iy sneered at as the most ignorant iu ?end the the Union? und his W'hen tremendous issues are to on the make such demands for popular into the telllgence as have not been made on ro. Al- any people in the course of time, are i dollars you content to let the unintelllgence* s board, nourish? and ties jn fierce economic competition >ut with which is on the way. do you care y empty nothing that such a multitude of our folk are unarmed with the weaponos isatlonal of efficiency?that they must fight paper, machine guns with flint-rocks? ges and Given popular discontent and blindI his life ness as to the remedy, you have ideael er book soil for Bolshevism. Is it safe to e hasn't leave the blindness alone? or yenrs l?et us look at it as a matter of the city humanity. Could anything be more church, cruel than to say to any human be al years ling: "We will school your children, at slang, but we don't care a fig what becomes aks with of you. Justice is for those under iom but 21?" And how about the soldier dea ever boys? Shall we say to them, "You are not too old to fight for us, but res on a i >'ou are to? old to be helped by us?" the city' You who call yourselves Christians, been to|ran y?u really believe that "the tru'.h nd trap-! W'R make them free, yet lift no finger le was a|to hand them the key to the truth? he farm Many worthy drives are going on; Itney as but 'n working for this you will work During] for ?bem a"e chores a great! ^ People ?iuy Hat-Snap in l'referth-while enrc 10 Uat Po,s?,nV al terms <*> RAT-SNAP . absolutely kills | ruts and mice. (2) what tt dijesn't 1 kill it scares(3) Hate killed mght to; with RAT-SNAP lone no fun?ll; hey he had, dry up Insidev (4) Made in cakes, no 1 liberty n,lx'nR with other food. (5) Cat* or . dogs won't touch it. Three sizes. 1^5c, o in las n oo. Sold and guaranteed by the state ltennett-Terry Co. t p Builders find I / 1 aimers | \ / 'our cay look like a Uow one. | : done by Exports.. u to scoi^s of satisfied customers S Mill, Votk. Lancaster and ('lies- B ARDIN & CO. I CK HILL, S. C. E ;zu<=: < aTOtMW?gyB^m^raanwiiiBii|o OR BRING "YOLH | I _ AY B I >a Milling Co. I, )CK HILL, S. C. I \ time and guajantcc' satisfaction. jfl the job. n dJKKT I'lMCKS PAID FOU I notations. B . HARDIN, Prop. 1