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ON COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE, ( M. It. McDonald Gives lil? Meas UN I to Intent of tho Daw. Editor Kepweo Courier: Just a few words through your paper, please, In- regard to com pu 1 Hory school attendance. As I was in the Legislature when tho act was . passed, I wish to seo it become a popular Idea with tho patrons of all tho schools of our county. AH or tho parents ought to send their chil dren to sehool every month in the year if possible, and no parent ought to have a legal right lo prevent or binder his or her child from obtain ing an ordinary education-to at least learn reading, writing and ar ithmetic. In the Issue of The Keowee Cou rier of August 27th appeared an ar ticle signed by the attendance oiTlccr. Mrs. Jesse NV. Rankin, In which the following words were used: "livery child from eight to fourteen years of age must at tend school four consecutive months during tho school term. Tho County Hoard of Education bas ruled that tho first four months are tho ones your child will be compelled to attend." Since this article was published several parents of children liable to school attendance have come to me and asked me if that was really the law as quoted by the attendance offi cer; that they could not afford to lose the help of their children out of the crops during gathering time, but they would like to hnve tho op portunity of sending their children to school later la the scholastic year because of the high cost and scarcity of labor. In other words, a good many people who are in favor of compulsory education have become displeased over the fact that they are liable to prosecution for not starting their children in school at the beginning of the term. I have the compulsory school law" open before mo while writing this article, and, as stated above, was in the Legislature when lt was made a law, and in my nine years of exper ience as a lawyer I wish to differ from Mrs. Rankin and the Conn ty Hoard of Education as to what the law really is. I think the County Hoard of Ed ucation was wrong when Its mem bers ruled that, "the tlrst four months are the ones your child will be com pelled to attend." The law says that "Children between the ages oj eight and fourteen years of age residing within 2 Vi; miles from a school must go four consecutive months, or eighty days during . the scholastic year, that tho school attended is in session: Provided, That in case the term of any sehool is less than four months or eighty days, attend ance for the full term of such school she.M be sullicient." You may observe that the law jsays, "Four consecutive months in which the school ls in session." In other words, I think, if any ch el lin ble to attendance under the law, should go four consecutive months any time during the months in which st hool is in session, strictly complies with the law. Furthermore, in my opinion, (and 1 am sustained by a majority of the lawyers in Wal halla,) that should any child go to school eighty days during the school term, the law will have been com plied with, for tho law reads, "Four consecutive months, er eighty days." The attendance officer takes tho po sition that when one begins to go to Hchool he, or she, must go consecu tively. I differ with her, but really think that each child ought to go consecutively, and I nave no objec tion to her applying the law her way in that respect. I only wish to pro test, in the name of the law and various parents of children, that they nave the right to start their chil dren to school In November, Decem ber, January, or any other month they please, just so they start them in time to go four months. (Four school months means eighty days.) I don't blame tho attendance offi cer for trying to do as she was ad vised by the County Hoard of Edu cation, bul lt seems lo me that, In order to appease dissatisfied parents, the board should reverse their action. In fact, however, the law does not devolve any duty on the board to say what months children must go to school. That is up to the parents. The law excuses from attendance the following classes of children: 1. "A child whose physical, men tal or moral condition unfits lt for attendance. 2. "Any child under 12 years of age living two miles or more from school. 3. "Any child living 2% miles from school." In my opinion, as this is a new law, the people should bo dealt with easily for tho first year, and (hen so handled as to mako the law pop ular and successful, for if a majority )f the voters become displeased with the law, as thoy are the rulers of [ho land, thoy will cause its repeal. The law simply intended that every mild should obtain a fair education. M. H. McDonald. No Worms in a Healthy Child Ail children troubled with worms lin vc aa un* healthy color, which ludientes jioor blood, and os a rule, there is moro or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich tho blood, lm provo the digestion., and act as a General Strength ening Tunic to tho whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel tho worms, and tho Child will bo in perfect health. Pleasant to take. COc per bottle. Now Hope Local News. Seneca, lt. V. I).. Aug. 28-Spe cial: The farmers In this section aro very busy pulling fodder. A nice shower would help, as the crops arc needing rain. l.pt'#'e Cox, of Atlanta, is visiting relatives in this community for a while. Mrs. Hertha Edwards and two children, of Mississippi, are visiting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Sloan. Walter Kelley returned home last week from the navy, having received his houorablo discharge. Walter has a host of friends who welcome him back home. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Williams, of Norris, were guests in the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Whit Knox last Sun day. Misses Clara and Neva Sloan left for their home nt Owings, S. C.. to day, after visiting among relatives here for the past week. Luclous White left last week for Birmingham, Ala., where he will be for some time. Following is a Hst of names of young people who enjoyed a very pleasant mountain trip to Table Kock last week: Misses Ada Morgan, Fan annie Kelley. Marie Hoggs, -Mittle Wood, Pearle and Ossie Smith, An nie Mae Murphree, Lola Knox, Fannie Miller; Messrs. Homer Hoggs, Harrison Morgan, Henry El rod, Dennis Kell, Mack Thomas. Eugene and G eil nar Boggs, Wyatt Murphree, George Wyatt, Claude ...mer and Hume Brewer. Mrs. .1. VV, Miller and Mrs. Eliza Boggs were the chaperons. Mr. and Mrs. li. E. White and family visited in Walhalla recently. How's This? We offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Hall's Catarrh Medicine has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-live years,- and lias be coine known as the most reliable remedy for catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts through the blood on the mucous surfaces, expelling the poison from the blood and healing the diseased portions. After you havo taken Hit H's Ca tarrh Medicine for a short time you will see a great Improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh Medicine tit once and gel rid of catarrh. Send for testimoni als, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all druggists, 7"ic.-adv. dinning 1'riro Fixed at .%">.<>o. V. S. Evans, president of the South Carolina G inners' Association, has given out the following announce ment for publication: At a meeting of the South Caro lina Ginners' Association, held in Columbia on August 14th, after go ing over the matter thoroughly, it was decided that the ginners should receive for their services rendered in glnt lng a bale of cotton weighing '>2r? pounds, per bale $3.50, and for all in excess of r>2? pounds, 70 cfs. por hundred pounds, and $1.50 for bagging and ties, making a total of $T>.00 per bale for ginning and wrap ping. This is the ?ame price fixed by the food administration last year. "I trust," says Mr. Evans in con cludion- n ?til temen t rivett out In connection with the above announce ment, "that all the ginners in the State will adhere to this price." i he Courier, $1 per year. Pay in advance. LEMON JUICE FOR FRECKLES ! Girls! Make beauty lotion for ! a few cents-Try It I ?..?-^?~?-?-???-.?..?..?T?..?.^.^..?..?-?-?..?..???_?..,..?..?.. Squeeze tho julee of two lemons Into i bottlo containing thrco ounces of orcnard white, shake well, and you dave a quarter pint of tho best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beau tiller, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons nnd any drug store or toilet counter will Sttpplj three ounces of orchard whilo for a few conts. Mnssago this sweetly fragrant lotion Into tho face, nock, arms and hands each day, and soo how freckles and blemishes disap pear, and how clear, soft and rosy white the skin becomes. Yes! It ls harmless and nover Irritates.-adv. . _ j . -,-_' ONE LA W>It LKADKli DE .MAXIMS I ] Sanity and Snfoty--Clear Statement from Baltimore. Federation' Head. (By John H. Ferguson,- l resident Baltimore Federation of .;.?;lmr.) "Heconstructlon" htys of late l>een so tiresomely reiterated, '.pot te say violently abused, that it has become to many of us a word ot aversion. Politicians, social students, business men, labor mon, charity workers, clergymen and various other social groups have contributed their quota of spoken words and print' ?I pages lo the discussion of the sufejoct; yet the majority of us still lind <. irselves bewildered and helpless. Wi are un able to say what par!.; of o- i social system imperatively need I ;on struotion; hov much of th; ".'nich is imperatively ^eoessary ls I kely to be seriously undertaken, or v 1 spe cific methods and measures re best suited to realize that anton nf re construction which i it i ic< Im peratively and immediuioty ?osslble. 1 do not believe as mun ? ur ns great social changes will lake place in the United States as Sn '.'arope. Neither our habits o'" thanking nor our ordinnry ways of life hav . under gone a profound disturbance, Tbs hackneyed phrase, ''Tilings will never be the same since, ll o vjor," has a much more concrete and ileep ly felt meaning among European peo ples. Their minds are fully adjusted to the convictions aiul oJcpeetauons that these words will coin?' .r ie. In the second place, the, devastation, the loss of capital and t$i men the changes in individua': reliions Hld in the Increase in th? acllvlti Js of government have been n.ucii ;i(later in Europe thar, in the 1 ail-, i S lit tes. .Moreover, ouv super!oi av. ral ad vantages and resource) . the ">etter Industriel a id soda; -otu Hob. jf our working classes still con litute an obstacle to anything llkt revolu tionary changes. Our present Indi? '?1 n is destined to last for a ?OUR tim n Its main outlines. That Is tn . pri vate ownership or capita] iv i . like ly to be supplanted^ bj a .. dive organization of Industry a- date sufficiently near to just . any present action based ?in tile pothe sis of its arrival. Thia I; only extremely probable, bul lr- ! y de sirable, for other objection*.: apart, Socialism would mean burea u< racy, political tyranny, thc hel;>?-asness of the individual as a tudor in the ordering of his owi lifi ni In general social Ineulcii tic> . Ul de cadence. lt is true, there ar those the ranks of organized laboi o, iii the fervor of their w'orld-lmprovlo.v nis sion. discover and pr ? ? a CD tain cure-alls for tIto ills ol un .itv. which they fondly and perhaps lon estly believe to lie nt- \ nd ni .'ail ing remedies, but whi h 1 t lat ter or fact, are heavy willi ige, ?lav ing been tried on t li i globe of ours at one time or another, in one of its parts or another -. ng a, o tried and found wan ti nf and dis carded after sad disillusionment. There are the spokesmen >' <;v>;)hor morism rampant, strutt i m about In the doak of superior kv o w tige lois ehievously and noisily, to the dis turbance of quiet and onie ly mental processes and sane progress. There are the sentimental, un ci Ol od, in tolerant and eoekeui . advanced thinkers" claiming lea \ - o Kel the world by the ears, to reconstruct so ciety over night and u l tl their stri dent and ceaseless voi< I:JV to drown the vlewe cf those who loo . isy to indulge in much talking The) , .ire the self-seeking dem it gi gues >i.nd various related typet, c d Anally there are the devotees t>f ' iiei ?. I un amuck, who In fanatical obsession would place a vision?r;- and narrow class interest and a skipp: ir:te. ?a lionalisin above patriot' rn, iud tth whom class hatred and y have re come a ruling passior . hoj -.re perniciously, ceaselesslj I voe! er ously active and are ne; prouenta tlve of labor, either oi lit&od or unorganized. Among these agitab ru ind dis turbers who dare danit l> lo as sail the majestic and bei . I? nt it rue turo of American trod if i is, doc trines and institution?- "ere are some, far too many, indee ' w t) are of foreign parentage ? de cent, with many hundreds I liousunds they or their parents came ti air free sboros from lands .,. < apr? . !on and persecution. The : i repub lic generously gave them . y 1 ti in and opened wide to them tho portal? of her freedom and her opportunities. The great bulk of thei i ewcoi . rs have become loyal and tmthu In ? lc Americans. Most, of .i have proved themselves tisefi'. and valu able elements in our y-rootcd population. Some of th , have ac complished eminent nchi . aent in science, Industry and thc C. ; tnln of the qualities I talents which they contribute to . common stock are of great worth ? : promise. But some there are wh tvv? been blinded by tho glare of lib>-vty, a? . man 1B blinded who after long con finement in durkne?s comes sudden ly into the strong sunlight. Blinded, they dare to aspire to force their guidance upon Americans who for generations have walked In the light of liberty. They have become drunk with the strong wine of freedom, these men who until they landed on America's coasts has tasted little but the bitter water of tyranny. Drunk, they presume to Impose their reeling gait upon Americans to whom free dom bas been a puro and refreshing fountain for a century and a half. Brooding in the gloom of age-long oppression, they have envolved a fantastic and distorted image of free government. In fatuous effrontery they seek to graft the growth of their stunted vision upon the splendid and ancient tree of American institu tions. Admitted in generous trust to the hospitality of Au>%ivtt, they grossly violato not only the dicta As of common gratitude, but of those elementary rules of respect and con sideration which immemorial custom imposes upon the newcomer or guest. They seek, indeed, to uproot the foundations of the very house which gave them shelter. We will not have it so, we in the ranks of labor vho are American by birth or by adoption. We reject these impudent pretensions. We pro pose to move forward and upward, but we shall proceed hy the chart of reason, experience and tested Ameri can principles and doctrines, and not entrust our ship to demagogues, visionaries or shallow sentimental ists who would steer it on the rocks. Strident voices of the fomentera of unrest do not cause me any seri ous apprehension. Changes we ought to have; changes we shall have. Where there are grievances tc redress, where there are wrongs ex isting, we must all aid in trying tc right them to the best of our con science and ability. To the extent that' social and economic institutions however deep and ancient their rooti may be found to stand In the way ol the highest achievable level of so cial justice and the widest attain able extension of opportunity, wei fare and contentment, they will hav< to submit to change. And the les: obstructive and stubborn, the mon broad-minded, co-operative, sympa tbetic and disinterested those whe pre-eminently prospered under th( old conditions will prove themselves In meeting the spirit of the new daj and the reforms which it muy justlj cull for, the better lt will be bott for them and the- community al large. '.Society." said Pope XIII, "can b< healed in no other way, than by ii return to Christian life and Christiati institutions." The truth of thes< words is moro widely perceived to day than when they were written more than twenty-seven years ago Changes in our economic and poli Heal system will have only part ia and foci le efficiency if they be no reinforced hy the Christian view o work and wealth. No program o betterment will provo reasonably ef fectlve without a reform In the spiri of both capital and labor. Tho labor er must come to realize that he owe bis employer and society an hones day's work in return for a fair wage and that conditions cannot be sub stantlally improved until he root out the desire to get a maximum o return for a mlnumum of sorvlc? The capitalist must likewise get new viewpoint. He needs to lear the long-forgotten truth that wealt is stewardship; that profit-making 1 not the basic justification of bust ness enterprise, and that there ar such things as fair profits, fair ir terest and fair prices. Above an before all, he must cultivate an strengthen within his mind the trut which many of his class have airead begun to grasp, namely that th laborer ls a human being, not morel an Instrument of production, an that the laborer's right to a decor livelihood is the first moral charg upon industry. I shall work with all my strengt to bring about changes as the need of the people become apparent, shall earnestly strive to realize wba formerly were considered unattali able ideals. But I shall do all thi in the American way of sane and 01 derly progress-and no other. Ths Quinine That Does Not Affect the Net Hecause of its tonic and laxative effect, l?AX< TIVI? HROMO QUININK is belier limn ordinal Quinine and does not cause nervousnes- n< ringing in head. Remember the full name nt look for the signature of I?. W. GKOVK. 30 Los Angeles Roads Paralyzed. Los Angeles, Aug. 2"..-Trafile o the four railroads entering Los Ai geles virtually was paralyzed to-dn by tho strike of trainmen, who QUI their posts last week In sympath with the platform men of the Pac tlc Electric Company, which operate Interurban systems in Southern Cal fornla. Tho strike situation was furthr complicated early to-day hy th switchmen and brakemen of th Southern Pacific Railroad at Indi? Cal., walking out in sympathy wit the members of the brotherhoods 1 other Southern California cities. s-Dr. Cal I Syrup ? The Perice I is an ideal rem ?j patton. \t is a 5 simple laxative lier i acts in an easy, nat i as safe fer cji?ldrei S efieetive on the sti 'jj Sold in Drug St 5 50 CtS. (, ? A trial bottle can be obtained * Dr. W. li. Caldwell. 457 We, PHES1DENT STARTS KEPT. 3. On Spcnt-h-innking Tour of Country for Peace Treaty. Washington, Aug. 28.-President Wilson will leave Washington next Wednesday on his speech-making tour in the interest of the peace treaty and will deliver his first ad dress in Columbus, Ohio, next Thursday, probably in the evening. Cincinnati is not included in the itinerary, but Secretary Tumulty an nounced the President would speak at Indianapolis. Accompanying the President will be Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Secretary Tumulty and a corps of secretaries and stenogra phers. In California, the home State of Senator Johnson one of the leading Republican opponents of the peace treaty, the President will make three speeches, at Los Angeles, San Fran cisco and San Diego. His only ad dress In Oregon will be at Portland, while be also will speak at Spokane, Wash., and possibly Seattle. ?kiTCJ?I t's Salve, formerly called Hunt's, Cure ls especially com* founded for the treatment of tell, Eczema, Ring worm, and Tetter, and ls sold by the drug gist on the strict guarantee that the purchase price, 75c, will be f>romptly refunded to any dlasat siled customer. Try Hu nfs S al ve at our risk. For Balo locally by lUlldi'S OK?G STOKE,Walhalla, S.e. Auto Struck by Train. (Farm and Factory, 28th.) An automobile belonging to Mr. Johnson, of Liberty, and being driven by his son and occupied by members of his family, was demolished when hit by a Southern passenger train near Corinth school house OIIG day last week. Fortunately the occupants of tho car received only minor bruises. The driver, witnesses say, ut first began slowing down the speed of his car for the apparent pur pose of stopping and waiting for the train to pass, and then of a sudden he turned on gas and attempted to pass in front of the locomotive, mis judging the speed of the train. The machine, an expensive one, was knocked some distance, but the mem bers of Mr. Johnson's family Were indeed fortunato In not receiving serious injury. "BAYERTROSS" ON ASPIRIN Always Ask for Genuine /iBayer Tablets of Aspirin" Only Asperln Tablets with vhe safo ty "Hayer Cross" on them aro genu ino "Hayer Tablets of Asperln," own ed and made by Amorlcans and prov ed safo by millions of pcoplo. Un known quantities of fraudulent As perin Tablets wore sold recontly by a Brooklyn dealer which proved to bo composed mostly of Talcum Powdor. "Bayer Tablets of Asperln" should always be asked for. Then look for tho snfoty "Hayer Cross" on the pack ago and on each tablet. Accept noth ing oise! Propor directions and dos ngo in ouch Buyer packago. Asperln Is tho trado mark of Bayer Manufacturo of Monoacotlcacldostor of Salicyllcacld.-adv. Idwell's -- Pepsin / Laxative edy for consti combination of bs with pepsin that ;ural manner, and is i as it is positively ongest constitution. ores Everywhere \ ?)$1.00 \ uzea f, free of charge, by writing to ishington St., Monticello, Illinois Horfn Carolina Farms 1HICDELL COUNTY. 215-ACRK FA ILM, G miles from Statesvllle; about 80 acres In culti vation, remainder in pasture and woodland; .12:"?,OOO feet of saw tim ber, mostly pine; fine orchard of apples, peaches and pears; well wa tered by spring, well and branches; one 8-room, 2-story bouse; two ten-.' ?mt houses, a good barn and other mtbuildings. The land is fine and is a fine grain and clover soil. lOO-ACRE FA HM; about 5 0 acres in cultivation," remainder in pas ure and woodland; 57 acres of creek bottom; no building, but plenty of timber to build and pay all expenses. This tract lies well and is strong red land. Tho creek has been dredg ed and dredging all paid for. This farm is located about one mile or railroad station, school and church, and in plain view of National High way. I am offering thf* valuable farm for the very low price of .$0,500.00- Fas:, terms. 78 y?-ACHE FARM, five miles from railroad, near good high school and church; about ;t5 acres In cultiva tion, remainder in woodland and pas ture; (?-voom, 2-story house, barn and other outbuildings, This is a pplendid little farm For $3,500. 127-ACRK FARM, ?bout 75 acres in cultivation, remainder in wood land; C-room, 2-story house, good barn and oilier outbuildings: fine orchard. This farm is located within four miles of Statesville, on a good road and railroad. Nice level, pro ductive farm For only $8,000.00. ?220-ACRE FARM, live miles from Statesville, near highway and rail road; about 7 5 acres in cultivation, 36 acres of which is in bottom; the remainder is In woodland and pas ture; some saw timber; G-room, 2 story house, barn and other out buildings. This farm is well located, near school, churches, store, etc. 1 nm offering this for $10,000.00-Easy terms. 77H-ACRE FARM, two miles of town, on good sand-clay road; about 3 0 acr^s In cultivation, the remain der lr pasturo and woodland; fine orchard; good 7-room house, good barn and tenant houso and other outbuildings. Nice little farm for $60.00 per acre. The buildings are worth $4,000.00. W. J. 1. STATESVILLE, N. C. For further Information see J. B. BERRY, SENECA, S. C. 84-39* NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND HINCHA ROE. notice lg hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House on Monday, the 15th day of SEPTEMBER, 1019, at ll [o'clock In the forenoon, or ns soon thereafter ns said application can be board, for leave to make final settle ment of tho Estate of S. B. HUB HARD, Deceased, and obtain final discbargo as Administrator of said Estate. M. R. MCDONALD, Administrator of tho Estate of S. ll. Hubbard, Deceased. Aug. 13, 1919. 3 3-3 G * NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will make application to V. F. Martin, Judge of Probate, lor Oconeo County, in tho State of South Carolina, at his office nt Walhalla Court House, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Septenibor, 1919, at 11 o'clock In tho forenoon, or ns soon there after as said application can be hoard, for leave to make final settle ment of tho Estate of HENRY M. WATSON, Minor, and obtain final discharge ns Guardian of said Estate. F. R. WATSON, Guardian for Henry M. Watson, Minor. Aug. 27, 1919. 35-38 The Courier, $1 a year. Pay in advance