The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 12, 1919, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
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