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THE. COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE Law and Mr. McDonald's Interpreta tion of Its Provisions. Editor Keowee Courier: The article by Mr. McDonald on compulsory attendance was read by me with marked interest, first, be cause of the patent lack of logical reasoning (which was to be expect ed), and, second, because it has so hampered me in my efforts to secure a uniform attendance in our schools that >] have found it impossible to continue in the position of attend ance officer. I have labored strenuously to apply the law as interpreted for me by the State ou perin tondont of Education and the Attorney General's office. Mr. McDonald's interpretation oilers en couragement to those who are op posed to the law, and renders my efforts nugatory. Tho accident which made Mr. Mc Donald a member of the General As sembly at the time of the passage of this law lends no weight to his judg ment in its true interpretation. Though he has been nine years at? the bar, he seems ignorant of the fact that our State government is divided into three branches/ viz.: The legislative, which makes tho laws; the Judicial, which interprets the law; and tho administrative, which enforces the law. Mr. McDon ald belongs to the first and I to th'e last class. He has nothing to do with its interpretation, while it is my duty to enforce the law as I find it writ ten. The Supreme Court alone can decide tho question of what tho law really means. Mr. McDonald says that the ques .tion ns to the months when a child shall go to school is left to tue par ents. If he would-consult an attor ney he would find thai this :s not true, but, on the contrary, our courts must decide this. I very frankly admit that the com pulsory attendance law ls ambigu ous, poorly drawn and illogical In its language. This ls not surprising, though, when we consider the per sonnel of the majority of the Legis lature. However, the Supreme Court must say, if it be possible, just what the law means. Mr. McDonald says that tho child may be sent any eighty days ?luring the tenn. Suppose a child should go to school for one month, twenty con secutive school days, and then stop. Tito attendance officer then would at tempt to force the child in, and the parent would say. "Oh, I'll wait till lite last three months, and start him in again." What could tho attend ance officer do? Nothing. Suppose a parent should keep tbe child from school till the last four months, and then the school should stop, as our rural schools often do, before the full term is reached? The school ran for more than four months, but the child did not attend. The parent has violated the law, but the attendance officer did not know this till the school closed short of the full contemplated term. What would Mr. McDonald have us do in this case? Under his interpretation a child could go to a nine-months' school two days in eacli week till the last two weeks, and then put in solid time. What eood would such attend ance do? If Mr. McDonald bad over taught school ho would know that such a child gets no good from the school, but because of the time he takes from the teacher, ho is a real draw-back to tho other children. I wonder if Mr. McDonald can ex plain Section ll of this attendance 9aw. It follows: "That it shall be the duty of et'.ch teacher, principal or super intendent of any school to noti fy, at once, the attendance offi cer of the absence of any child between eight and fourteen years of age, from school; and any teacher, principal or super intendent wilfully neglecting or refusing to report any absence to the attendance officer shall have deducted from his or her salary for the current month five dollars ($5.00) for each offense, the same to be deducted by the County Superintendent of Edu cation." Why s-hould the teacher be re quired to report the absent?os if the attendance does not have to be con secutive days? The interpretation of Mr. McDon ald is the interpretation of one anx ious to p'oaso. Hut if that bo tho true Intent of the law, thou the whole thing ls a farce, and the thou sands of dollars that he and others appropriated for the enforcement of this law will bo wasted, and a bur el ne noouchrl csi ?s cabr?n csrmmmh df. ii OP our people. Whose mtorpro't.afton ls the more coincident with reason, Mr. McDon ald':1, or mine? Lot the Supremo Court say. Another question I might ask In regard to Mr. .McDonald's various as sertions is how rainy does it tako to constitute u majority of tho Wal li''. . b;:r.\ Tho number two constl tr. rs i majority of no whole but three lias Hie loc.il bair suddenly dwindled io a membership of three? Mr. McDonald states that a majority of tho Ioctl brr agree with his con stvucfio:i o,' the law. I canvassed tho har, :r.:<; found one other mem ber of tho Walhalla bar who agrees With Mr VeDonald in Iiis construc tion. I 'nive often heard of th eso Other mo haVtng something to do in titi cour; room dllrjhg the sessions o.' court. i:nd I thought they. too. Were lawyers; but of course, I may have been mistaken. Those others may be only flunkeys for the IOKIS la tor-lawyer in tho court, room while Mr. McDonald is busily engaged in construing the various laws for Ibo bonoflt of tlie judge and othor minor attaches of the court. Mrs. Jesso W. Rankin. Ilex Supper at West. Union. * Tho Wost Union R. S. I A. will give a box supper and will sell cream nt Wost Union school house on Fri day night, Septomber 12, 191'J. Tho proceods will bo used to purchase U plano for tho school. Everybody como and bring a box. Mrs. J. IL Duncan, Pres. \ ! GREAT WORK IS EXPLAINED. Baptist Women Heard Good Talks and Got Information. ! Westminster, Sept. 6.-Special: On Saturday, August 30th, the Woman's Missionary Societies of the ' Beaverdam Association met at Sene ca Baptist church to have explained the Seventy-Five Million Campaign. j lt was truly an inspiration to hear : the talks at this meeting. Mrs. Bose, j organizer for the Woman's Mission ? union of the whole Southern Baptist Convention, together with Mrs. Fizor, j organizer fbr South Carolina, and Mrs. Chapman, State superintendent, j were present and spoke, j The meeting was opened with the i hymn, "Holy, Holy, Holy," after j which we were led In prayer hy Miss Bewley Hunsinger, who also con ducted the devotional exercises which followed. After singing the W. M. U. hymn, "Jesus Calls Us O'er the Tumult," Mrs. Breazeale introduced Mrs. Bose. In answering the question, "Are wo apportioned aoove our ability in Beaverdam?" (the apportionment for the women ls $4,600 each year fer five years), 1 Mrs. Breazeale said that the cotton : alone In Oconee last year brought. .five million dollars Mrs. Bose sald*> ?that this is a time fraught with dan I ger, hut bristling with opportunity. I God through the war has unbarred' I doors heretofore closed to us'. The t dire need of the world is the reason j for our undertaking this campaign. The cross of Christ ls all that can j meet the need, for during the war I all else failed utorly. Half of tito money raised during this campaign is to be used by tho various States to develop the work I there along the lines to which Jesus ' gave his life-preaching, teaching j and healing. This work will 1 strengthen tho stakes for tito work ?abroad. The stress in this campaign Is not ! to be all on the dollars by.any means, j for the other objects are Just as im portant, if not more so, than tho ' money. These other objects uro: 2,000,000 converts; G,500,000 mem bers enlisted; fi,000 additional nilnls : tors and missionaries. We must all . he willing to undergo hardships to ; accomplish this task. Too many are unwilling to go to the Cross. I Eacli month until December and ' Victory Week lias a special objective. July was preparation month. AU" plans for the campaign were laid then by Gie leaders in conference at j -Nashville. August was information month. The aim during this month was lo put the Baptist Courier and llome and Foreign Fields Into?every Baptist home. The accomplishment . of this aim will mean much to the' future, for only an inrormed people . ca ii accomplish the task. September . is intercession month. Our campaign prayer is: "Lord, take me; Lord. i make nie; Lord, keep me; Lord, use ' nie." The time for prayer is ;> a. in. each day. By united prayer we j shall gain strength and power. Oc j tobcr will be enlistment month, and .Soveniber stewardship month. Dur- . lng this time the aim is to get ouch Baptist to realize that his or hoi time, talent and money are given to ! us by God in trust, and we aro re .sponsihlc for how we uso them. If j we are faithful stewards ourselves, ; j then wc can hope to win others, i Martha enlisted Mary; Mary brought j ?her best, the box of ointment, to) : the Master, not to meot an appor- j tionment. but for love. She gave in . spite of the fact that some said that 1 she should have done differently, and j sho gave at a time when Ho needed I it most.. A mother in France lost two sons in the war. She wrote to her third son in Amoricn of her loss and or , the need of France. She said: "I do not require you to come, but come now or never come." That is i the call of tho sin-stricken and dying j world to Southern Baptists. If we ? mean to ever do any thing, it must be now. If we resolve to give our best Ile will not let us suffer want. We owe God a tenth, but ho re quires more of some, for to whom much is given, of those He will re quire much. He will not bless those who hide behind a tenth. In this enterprise let us not for get to enlist the children-for the good of tho child, for the sake of future workers, and because the Mas-, ter needs them. A little boy was used by the Master In feeding the flvo thousand. Mrs. Flzer talked mainly on or ganization. She said: "What If this were God's last great challenge to us as Baptists?" lt may bo God s last, challenge to some of us as in dividuals. In response to the request of Mrs. Flzer, several present gave helpful and encouraging reasons why they believe in this great campaign. She said v.'o should aim te mnkp the stars in our (lag point to Christ as did tho star of Bcthelhom. The women are urged to write on their pledge cr,rds: "Credit to tho W. M. U." We should start now to giving. Mrs. Chapman in her talk urged each one to get a prayer leaflet and campaign calender. Tho women are to gel np three times as much as they have been giving. Tho women give one-ilfth of the amount apportioned to the /hole convention. , Tile strong societies must help thc ;,veak. Mrs. O. K. Breazeale ls organizer for Heaverdnm. she announced, and is to he assisted by the vice pr?si dents. The organizer for Westminster Baptist church ls Mrs. J. P. Dendy; for Emmunuel church, Mrs. Ike Mul key. Each society elects Its own or ganizer. Mrs. Chapman dismissed with prayer. Grace Stripling. Secretary Pro Tem. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms tm ve ?a un healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, thero is moro or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or throe weeks will enrich tho blood, Im prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and tho Child wl'l be in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle fhe Courier, $1 per year. Pay in advance FINANCIAL CAliL\>N IIKA VKHDAM Baptist Association for Minute? und for 78-MiHion Dollar Drive. The following statement show* the amount each church in the Bea verdam Baptist Association has been apportioned for the purppso of meet ing the expense of printing minutes and for the raising of the Associa tion's apportionment in the seventy five million dollar campaign drive: Five Church Minutes. Years. Beaverdam . . . $ 6.50 $4,497.60 Bethel .v 7.00 4,593.76 Bethlehem_ 1.00 245.00 Chauga . 1.00 603.75 Clearmont .... 3.00 2,563.75 Coneross . 5.00 3,333.75 Corinth . 1.00 1,251.25 X Roads No. 1. 3.50 2,738.75 X Roads No. 2. 1.00 490.00 Damascus .... 1.00 455.00 Dbl. ?pr. (A).. . 6.00 3,377.60 Dbl. Spr. (O) . . 1.00 297.50 Earle's Grove. . 2.00 1,636.50 Emmanuel . . . 8.00 6,413.75 Fant's Qrove .. 5.00 2,091.25 Ut Westmln . . 5.00 1,820.00 Hepsjbah 1.50 1,067.50 High Falls.... 1.00 428.75 Hopewell ..... 1.00 778.75 Jordania . 2.00 1,443.75 Liberty . 1.50 1,347.50 Lng. Crk. Acod. 1.00 332.60 Long Creek . . 1.00 752.50 Madison. 2.00 1,417.50 Mt. Grove .... 1.00 472.50 Mt. Olivet .... 1.00 463.25 Mt. Pleasant . . 1.00 . 936.25 Mt. Tabor (O). 2.00 1,216.25 New Hope .... 5.00 4,060.00 Nowry . 1.60 1,268.75 Oakdale. 1.50 ' 1,198.75 Old liberty. .. 1.50 1,120.75 Pleas. Grove .. 1.50 1,13V.50 Pleas. Hill . . . 1.00 621.25 Pleas. Ridge .. 1.00 1,207.50 Poplar Sprgs . 3.00 1,711.25 Return. 3.50 2,213.75 Rocky Fork... 1.00 262.50 Rock Hill .... 1.00 586.25 Rocky Knoll . . 1.00 708.75 Seneca . 8.00 1 1,000.00 Shiloh . 1.00 1.286.25 South Union . . 6.00 5,600.00 South Side . . . 1.00 306.25 Toxawny 1.00 857.50 Unity .',. 1.00 253.75 Village Crk... 1.00 297.50 Walhalla Xo.l. 8.00 9,765.00 Walhalla No. 2. 3.50 1,233.75 Westminster .. 10.00 14.227.50 West Union ... 5.00 1,986.25 Wolf Stake ... 5.00 2,1 13.75 Total.$1 45.00 $114,859.00 PERSHING IS WELCOMER HOME. Great Thrones Greet tho Meld Head of American Army. New York, Sept. 8.-(Jen. Per shing is home again. Standing on the r>ridgo of tho huge Leviathan, itself syn* hoi le of victory over Cer manj tho rom mander of ?he greatest host ever gathered under the Soars and Stripes came slowly up the bay to-day, world-famed and hailed rs ii conquering hero should be. Sad of fa^ ?tern and impressive, a splendid ligure of s soldier, he might have been thinking, tho familiar landmarks of Now Vork carno Into view, of tho day twenty seven months ago when he slipped secretly out of the harbor on his way to France to preparo the way for the hosts that were to follow. Then he was only a major-general. He came back to-day with four stars on bis shoulders-the fourth man to wear thom under the Ameri can flag. The welcome given him would have "quickened the pulso of the hero of a Roman triumph." Fresh j tromvthe capitals of allied Europe, where honors had been heaped upon ? him, tt remained for New York to j show the first Amorlcan to load an j American army across the Atlantic i I that "Home, Sweet Home" has a meaning deeper than "Hall to the Chief." No foreign throats could voice the j cheers, no allen heart could pulse ; the greeting that was Gen. Per shing's here to-day. There was a hint of tears In tho welcome, for j those who gave lt knew that not even ? the plaudits of a grateful people cpuld banish from the sad-faced sol dier's mind the memory of his own ? life's tragedy. The forts which guard the harbor boomed a general's salute as the ship, which was once the pride of Germany, crept past quarantine and nosed through the narrows Into the harbor under shadow of the Statue of Liberty. While the guns still echoed, the whistles of merchant ves sels from the seven seas, sturdy tugs, gaily decorated ferry boats, excur 156 A on the road from Oakw as the W. R. Lawronc< did seven-room house in n line oak grove. I stall barn, with sheds good tenant braises, rc is a splendid farm, ha? running water. Wo next to this for $125.(X cheap nt $110.00 an reasonable terms on it Anderson Re; Investment ANDERS* - A! J. Steve Smi ?ion craft of over,y kind and the sirens of factories on shore joined in a discordant salutation. The shores on' Staten Island, Brooklyn, New Jersey and Manhat tan were lined with thousands whoso shouts of greeting caine faintly across ihe waters of the hay to thfc familiar figure on the bridge. They mado up the vanguard of tho vast army of \yotcomers which already had packed Cattery Park and over flowed into tho streets beyond, wait ing patiently until (Jen. Pershing bad been greeted by Vice-Bresident Mar shall and the Secretary of War was ready to cross the river to tho great city that was eager to pay him li o m age. Fishing Barty ?Saturday. There will ho a fishing party at Fairview school house next Friday night, ocpt. 12, at 7.30 o'clock. Ice cream and cake will be sold, and tho proceeds will bo applied to the church debt. Mrs. T. M. Meares. | Land for Sale? 200 Acres of Land? Three-Fourths Mile from ?Salem, S. C., Known as the M. A. Moss Home Place. 125 Acre?, in high state of culti v?t ion; ono hundred thousand foot of fine Fine Timhor on the remaining part. Land produced last year 40 bales of cotton and 1,000 bushels of corn, besides other crops. Ono eight room residence, with fine barn and garago, and all necessary outbuild ings, and two ten a m houses-ono four-room and ono five-room. This is considered, by all who know it, to be tho finest farm in this section of tho country. Four acres of this laud produced last year $1,000 worth of fitton and seed. There ls e\ cry convenience on this farm that any progressive far mer needs. This farm ts throe-fourths of n mlle from an $8,000 school building. FOit QUICK SA I if; Wild SKIili FOR ?115 PER ACRE. For terms apply to M. Ii. SMITH, Route 2, Salem, H. C., DR. S. 8. MERONEV, vSalem, 8. C., or .?OHN CANNON, Route 1, West Union, S. C. 37-33* CRES, ny to Richland, known i place. It has a splen on a beautiful knoll, las n three-story, six ? on Mich side. Two cont ly covered. This 1 plenty of wood and have sold the place ) un acre, and this is acre. Oap give you al Estate and : Company, ON, S. C. ?ID th. Fair Play. S. C. -rt?-1-*T-Ni Bi FARMS W\~ IR^ ^h9) J^^L Bm Eui <? .f *7/T A /*44/>c ?* near^ ^cvc^? *inc Dark Mulatto and Red smooth Land, Red I / ACiCS Subsoil ; half million feet second Forest Pine Timber ; on three public roads ; four and a half miles from town ; mile and a half to church and school. Two old tenant houses ; 75 acres in cultivation. Price. $25.00 Per Acre. ? rva^ Dark Red smooth Land; lies well; red subsoil; 250 acres in O / *x /A.CFeS cultivation, balance in timber and pasture. Land will aver age this year 1,000 to 1,200 pounds seed cotton to acre, and corn fine. Entire farm in one field. Eight-room dwelling ; large new barn ; cignt good tenant houses \ four wells ; running water. Four and half miles from McCormick. Price. $75.00 Per Acre. 58 AC RICH OF FINK LAND, Roil Subsoil; 50 aero? In tho very highest stato of cultivation; O-room dwell ing, pointed; good barns, etc.; one tommi house; ono mlle from Plum llrnnch, S. C.; public road; Uno high school, good churches; Ano neighbors. Price, $8,000.00 70 ACRES FINE DARK CHOCOLATE SOIL, Smooth;. JW acre? cultiva ted, balance tine timber; five-room colled cottage; barn, well, pasture; public road; seven miles from McCormick. Price, $15.00 Per Acre. 145 ACRES ??B1> SAND-CLAY LOAM I ?AND; 120 acres cultivated; balance in woods and Bermuda pus'ure; now 7-rooin painted out and in dwelling; 0-room and I-room tenant houses; '2 wells, il barns; 40 largo pecan trees; tino neighborhood; two and a half miles from Bradley, S. C.; rural mail delivery at door; tine highway; subsoil rod clny; part of land in line state of cultivation; Dart in poor state; improvements worth over $0,000.0 0. Price, $85.00 Per Acre. THESE A HF BARGAINS AND WILL GO AT ONCE. DIXIE LAND CO., McCormick,S.C. LISTEN! Carload Windows and Doors, Carload Cement, Carload Wagons, Carload Buggies. The above goods bought before the advance in price, J> Our) Stock of SHELF HARDWARE, Blacksmith Tools & Automobile *i* Buggy Wagon Paints and Varnishes is complete. It will pay you to see us before you buy, for we are herc to "Sell the Goods." WHITMIRE-MARETT HARDWARE CO., Westminster, S? <J. Wm. C. KEITH Land for Sale. The heirs to this extensive and valuable property, desiring to wind up the Estate of W. C. Keith, have placed om ACRES in our hands FOR BALE. This property lies on both sides of public road, Seneca to High Shoals. Many acres of this land lie just right for farming, and would self to-day for more than $100,00 per acre. The re maining portion is well timbered with original forest. The soil is sandy loam, with deep red subsoil, the best of all sub soils. This is a valuable tract of land, and will prove a money maker to thc purchaser. Let us hear from you. Geiger, Johnson & Coker, Phones 147-909-772 jft 3d Floor, Bleckley Bldg, Anderson, S, C. CITATION NOTICIO. (In Court of Probato.) Tho State of South Carolina, County of Oconee.-By V. F. Martin. Esq.., Judge of Probate.-Whereas. Mr?. LUCY O'K F LL ICY has made suit to tue to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate of and Effects of C. L. O'Kelloy, Decoasod These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said C. - li. O'KELLEY, Deceasod, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Walhalla Court House, South Carollria on Monday, tho 22d day of September, 1910, after publication hereof, at ll o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, If any they have, why the said administration should not bo granted. Given.under my band and seal this 5th day of September, A. O. 1919. (Seal.) V. F. MARTIN, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, South Carolina. Published on the 10th and 17th days of Septem ber, 1919, In The Keo weo Courier, and on the Court House ,door for the time prescribed by law. Sept. 10. 1919. 37-38