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ESTABLISHED 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1913. NO. 18.
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CHAPTER XXIX?Continued t
Verily, the count has been "going a
the pace" since his marriage with the 8
American heiress. For months scan- s
dal has taken uncommon liberties with
his noble name. *
"Can you tell me anything about
?'? A - - w-U O? ??? .ova ?Ka f
oeairix anu iwiu muc i
countess. In a low, eager voice. "Are 6
they well and. happy?" Of course, Bee ?
never goes Into society?"
"No," answers Van Dorn; "but I see e
them?occasionally. Saxe Invited me n
to dine at his house a few days before
I sailed. By Jove! it's a cozy little
nest, and he and his charming wife a
are as happy as turtle doves. Love In t
a cottage Is not a bad thing, after all.
Mrs. Saxe can't claim her fortune, you
know, for a year or two to come. It's y
hard lines, but she doesn't seem to
mind It In the least?she thinks of t
nothing but her husband and the pret- t
ty year-old kid. She charged me, in c
case I should meet you anywhere e
abroad, to give you her fondest love, b
She is very anxious to hear from you b
?said you had not answered her let- c
ters, nor sent her any news of your- n
self for ages." 1<
A certain cold restraint appears in n
the countess's face.
"I write very few letters of late?I h
have no time. I must not forget to
inquire for Charlotte Vann. Is it true
that she is engaged, as mamma hinted A.
In her latest budget of New York a
news?"
"Yes." replies Van Dom, "to Baron p
Strozzi?that Roman fellow who tor- h
mented your cousin so outrageously, h
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CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE, WHO ADM
FICE THIS f
Of course you remember him?" e
Yes. She remembers. Count Stahl \
lowers his glass, and though he does y
not turn or glance at the speaker, he v
remembers, too. c
"His engagement with Miss Vann
was announced before I left New
York." continues Van Dorn. "After his t
disappointment concerning your cous- c
in, he vanished suddenly from society; n
but a few months ago he turned p
up again like a bad penny, and laid fl
violent siege to Miss Vann's heart. The n
wedding is to be solemnized some time n
in midsummer. w
The face of the countess expresses e
some scorn and much disapproval.
"I am sorry to hear this," she mur- S
murs; "I earnestly hope that Miss e
Vann may be brought to her senses s
before it is too late. Strange that she II
should be so blind?at her age!" n
"Tjove throws dust in the sharpest a
eyes," says Van Dorn, "and Miss Vann
is undoubtedly in love with Strozzi. C
Do you see my friend, yonder in the
box?the big, red-haired fellow, who Is 1<
watching us so earnestly?" h
"Yes," replies the countess; "who is c
he?" a
"An English baronet?Sir Valentine o
Arbuckle. He is very anxious to make b
your acquaintance. Has American g
blood in his veins, or something of v
that sort, and is fond of everything y
pertaining to the nation. Will you t
kindly allow me to present him?" g
She gives a gracious assent, and y
Van Dorn makes a signal which brings g
Sir Valentine straightway to the coun- b
tess's box. He is not a man of society, v
and he has little to say for himself after
he gets there. Ethel gives him her t
finger tips, and thinks him very bashful
and awkward, and Count Otto is n
tolerably polite.
Did the baronet ever cross the chan.- o
nel before? Never. He has been in v
possession of his estates a little more n
than two years, anc\ has passed his I
time exclusively upon them. I c
"He is not Engnsn-Dorn rw u
"No?American." Then all listen to s
Patti. She is singing Venzani's waltz s
in Linda, trilling seventeen bars in one h
breath, as if it were child's play. The f
audience is entranced. Before the i
last act is finished, the countiss rises i<
from her seat and leaves the house y
with her husband. Sir Valentine does f
not remain long after?he cares little t
for opera, good or bad. He goes to his d
hotel in the Rue de Rivoli, and writes y
a letter to Miss Black, in which he f
says: a
"I have tonight seen the daughter of r
my former employer, Cullen Sardis. j
She is the Countess Stahl, and is llv- r
ing here in Paris with her husband, j
who is a hopeless scoundrel and de- c
serves to be shot at sight. A beauti- r
ful woman?I would be glad to be of l
assistance to her." \
Meanwhile the sumptuous carriage
of madame, the countess, rolls away s
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irom me opera, ana siups ueiuie uie i
elegant house in the Avenue de l'lm- t
peratriee. The count and his fair wife (
alight, pass the porte cochere, and as- t
cend a wide, polished staircase, mad- i
ame shivering under her rich opera
cloak as she enters her own home. r
A servant opens a pair of doors on "
the first landing and they walk across p
a space decorated with rare plants,
and on into a superb salon, paneled
with paintings of Hying cupids and y
rose-garlands. At its further end a i
glass door leads into a little green, r
dewy garden. Wax-lights burn in the r
room, and show the splendor of itsap- a
pointments?its gilding and buhl and t
malachite, its flashing mirrors, and s
the gold embroidery which covers the v
rose satin of the Louis Quintz furni- r
ture.
The countess sinks down unon a sofa,
her opera-cloak slipping from her c
shoulders, her rich draperies exhaling f
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N COUNTESS 5
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: PIERCE. I
he odor of crushed violets. The count
idvances to her side. An unbecoming
cowl darkens his face.
"Madame," he begins, "there is not a
olitary franc left at your banker's."
She signifies that she is conscious of
he fact
"A month ago you wrote to your
ather for fresh supplies. You assured
ilm that he must deposit twenty thous,nd
dollars to your credit Immedlatey.
And the money has not yet arrivd?Monsieur
Sardis has deigned you
10 word of answer."
"True," she replies.
"I demand an explanation of his
itrange silence. Are yon not his daugher,
the sole heiress of his wealth?"
"Undoubtedly."
"Did he ever before refuse to supply
ou with money?"
"Never," she answers, in a hard, biter
voice. "He has bee.i to me always
he most generous of fe thers. I do not
omprehend his indifference to mylatst
request any more than you do;
iut?is it not just possible that he may
lave become tired of the countless
alls made upon his purse?that he
nay have concluded to leave you, at
sast, to depend upon your own revellers?"
The count grows pale around his
leavy nostrils.
"My revenues! Ah!"
She keeps her eyes cast down to the
Lubusson carpet, and plucks absently
it her fan.
"For two years my father has supdied
you with large sums, which you
iave squandered?heaven only knows
iow. For two years he has maintainm
-RBI >
INISTERED THE OATH OF OFrtORNING.
d us In our present style of living.
Vhere are your castles In Saxony,
our hotel In Paris?the wealth of
rhlch you used to sp-?ak before I beame
your wife?'*
Wrathful as he Is, the count smiles.
"Madame, you drive me to somehing
which I particularly dislike?
andor. I have no hotel in Paris, and
o castles in Saxony. The former I
ossessed for a little while during my
,rst countess's lifetime; the latter,
ever. Madame, you married me for
ty title, I married ycu for your
ealth. It was a fair bargain; let us
ach be content with it"
The color leaps into her pale face.
!he springs up from the sofa, like an
nraged empress. A breath of soft air
ighs through the salon, the waxghts
throw long gleams upon the
lirrors, the tinkle of a fountain is
udible in the little garden.
"And you tell me this to my face,
lount Stahl!"
"Oui, madame?why not? You have
jng been aware of tt i fact. Would I
ave fettered myse f for any other
onsideration than wealth? True, your
re beautiful; but so are thousands of
ther women. A man soon tires of
ieauty. And as for you, madame, you
;ave your hand to me when your heart
ras in the keeping of another?ah!
ou wince. You flung sentiment aside
o become a countess, and you showed
Teat wisdom in so doing; but, I beg of
ou, be courteous, be Just?do not for;et
that our marriage was a purely
iuslness transaction In your eyes, as
i-ell as in mi.e."
It is the bitter truth in these words
hat makes her cringe.
"And once you swore that you loved
ne!" she says, scornfully.
"True, madame, and I did?in my
wn way; but would you have me
raste my passion upon a creature of
narble?a statue? Heaven forbid!
-ong ago you killed my love with your
oldness. Let us now be content to
ive for the world. You have wealth
ufflcient for us both. You shall purue
your way, I will pursue mine. You
lave the rank which you desired, I the
ortune?though I tell you frankly that
am tired of the manner in which it
s doled out to me. Madame, I wish
ou to write a few instructions to your
ather upon this subject. I desire him
o settle upon me, altogether indepenlent
of the sums which he may pay to
ou, an annuity of?well, let us say
Ifty thousand dollars?a very moderite
sum for the private expenses of a
nan of my rank. I will bring pen and
>aper, and you shall write the letter
1? Hf.. MAA/IO ora
IUW| UUUC1 mjr c^co. iUJ UCVUO CA* t
iressing, and the sooner we arrange
air pecuniary affairs in a satisfactory
nanntr the happier lives we are likey
to live here in this adorable Paris
vhich we both love."
Yes. it had come to this, after two
ihort years of married life! The conempt.
the aversion, in her face might
lave intimidated another man; but
?ount Otto had grown familiar with
hat look, and was quite unmoved by
t.
"Am I to understand that you have
10 resources whatever?" she says?
that you are henceforth to be a delendent
upon my father's bounty?"
He frowns.
"Madame, you are unfortunate in
our choice of words. The honor which
have conferred upon your moneynaking
father by giving his daughter
ny noble name is more than an equivilent
for any sum, however large, that
le can settle upon me. I have not a
ou in the world, countess I beg you
rill loan me your purse till relief arives
from America."
A bitter smile curls her lip.
"You are welcome to the purse,
ount?you will find in it a few fiveranc
pieces. You have borrowed of
me until I am reduced to the same
strait as yours'' 'f." ?r:
"Eh, well! it is awkward, but for
once we must endure it. Without ?
doubt your expected supplies will
reach us by tomorrow. Strangre that
Monsieur Sardis cannot understand
how humiliating it is for a gentleman
of my rank to be kept watching and
waiting for his filthy, pleblan dollars!
And now, the letter. You shall write,
and I will dictate."
He goes to an escretoir, brings writing
materials, and places them on a
buhl table by her side. She has fallen
back on her sofa, and looks as cold
and passive as stone. She takes the
pen mechanically, and writes as he
bids her?supplicating her father to
settle without delay an income of fifty
thousand dollars upon her dear
and honored husband. Count Otto, to
whom she owes so much of supreme
happiness. This sum is to be for his
sole use, his exclusive benefit. She
begs Cullen Sardis, for the love which
he bears to her, his only child and
heiress, to do this, as the count is suffering
from pecuniary embarrassments
very unpleasant to one of his exalted
rank.
She writes all this without flinching,
nnrt sfsns har name.
"Good!" says the count
But he is premature in his speech:
for as she meets his exultant eyes, a
wave of color flashes into her pale
face. She suddenly tears the letter in
atoms and tosses it from her.
"For two years I have been your>
wife," she cries, clasping her hands as
if in intolerable agony?"for two
years I have suffered every sort of
neglect, humiliation and misery, and I
have kept it, as best I coulc, from
my father, my friends, and the world;
but to call you dear, to call you honored,
to say that I owe you anything
but shame and grief and unutterable
disappointment?this is too much! You
must excuse me; I cannot make the
request tonight, Count Otto?some
other time, perhaps, but decidedly not
tonight."
Never did she look so grand, so
queenly as at this moment. He grows
pale with wrath; but he knows how to
control himself when it is to his interest
to do so.
"You are severe, countess?you
wound me to the heart. It will be necessary
for you to attend to this matter?if
not tonight, then tomorrow. I
fear you are not well. Shall I ring for
your maid?"
"No! I wish to be alone."
"Adieu, then. I kiss your beautiful
hand."
He lifts her cold, reluctant fingers to
his lips! then turns and leaves the
room.
And Ethel? She stands by the buhl
table like a statue of despair. What
memories throng upon her!?what
thoughts! She is a proud woman, and
for weeks and months she has suffered >g>
and made no sign; but now her fs
strength gives way suddenly. In her
rich evening dress she sinks upon her knees,
and hides her face in the silken s*
pillow of the sofa. fc=
"Merciful Heaven!" she murmurs. "JS
wringing1 her hands above her bowed cj
head, "what a life I lead! My pun- ^3
ishment is greater than I can bear!" ^
This marriage, contracted by one
party for money, and the other for
the gratification of pride and ambition
has turned out badly enough?perhaps 0 by
no one but the countess herself knows ,
how badly. The first tears that she p.
has shed for many a day fall on her 1
pillow. With a bitter sense of being
utterly shipwrecked?of having lost II
all that makes life worth keeping, she
kneels there under the wax-lights, At L?
crying out, as the young and despairing
always cry, "I wish I were dead!"
A faint tap at the glass door open- T"
ing Into the little garden. She does not namet
hear It. It is repeated. She looks up Tamir
then, and with a thrill of surprise, _r_.p
sees a human figure standing without, ar?"e
gazing Into the salon. She rises to her 'old N
feet. The figure makes an eager pathy
movement, a deprecatory gesture, and, p j-y
pushing back the door, softly steps '
into the presence of the countess. "Yet t
She wears a black shawl and bon- tion t
net, and a coarse black gown. The men a
wax-lights show Ethel her dark, stolid
face and eager eyes, as bright as a 11 18 J
hawks. It is a late hour for visitors, "Cei
and this unceremonious way of enter- indign
ing madame's apartments is somewhat .
startling. bany
"Pardon, madame," says the intru- not tli
der, "do you know me?" many
Ethel has by this time regained her tive-b
composure. She looks steadily at the native
speaker: then sends her thoughts grants
backward for two years and more, and as it i
exclaims, in a voice of surprised recog- "It
nition: days 1
"Finette!'' was ui
She makes a deep obeisance, and an- city w
other entreating gesture. countr
"Yes, it is. I beg madame's pardon. famin<
Her servants would not let me enter
?they bade me come tomorrow. Ah,
I could not do that?I was too anxious;
so I found my way into the little ?
garden. I have been waiting there for
hours madame, to have one word with
you."
"And what do you want of me?" ['/?
says Ethel, in French. "Do you come Ki
from America?from New York. S,
"No, madame, I returned to France
two years ago, Just after I left the ser- xjK
vice of your mother. Ah, you know
about that, do you not? I pitied the ^
pretty mademoiselle, because she was
pining' in prison?uerausc iuauamt
Sardls would make her marry the man
she did not love. I opened her door?
I set her free, and I lost my place. Tell
me. madome, did I do wrong?"
Ethel's pale face Is stained with a
sudden flush.
"No!" she answers, with vehemence,
"a thousand times, no! You did right
?quite right, Flnette! Through your
instrumentality, Beatrix is today a
happy and a blessed woman."
"Thanks, madame. Well, then, I return
to Paris, as I said before. At Verrleres
Is the cottage of my brother
Gustave. I go to him?I tend his
geese, I make his butter; but now he i
has taken a wife, and needs me no i
more. Often I have seen madame drlv- J
Ing in the Bois, or along the boule- fl
vards; and today I hear with Joy that g
her walting-mald Is to wed a soldier
and go to Algiers; and I say to my- S
self, madame has a kind heart?It Is
possible that she may give me the $
place?that, mon Dleu! she will not 1
blame me for the help I bestowed on
little mademoiselle in New York."
"Blame you!" murmurs Ethel, bitterly;
and Finette knows that she has
played a trump-card.
"Madame, I beg you to take me
again into your service; yes, I go down
on my knees to you."
She suits the action to the word. Her sNfcs
brown face is quivering with excite- !?ss
ment, her eyes are preternaturally
bright. She lifts Ethel's cold hand to M \
her lips.
i?ltlUtline, L%Ji kik; v> agco x vwtc uv%? ... ?|
ing; I ask only to be near you. Recall [fll
my ways In the past?did I not serve 1\*
you faithfully two years ago? Were lui\
not these hands skillful? Ah, ciel!
cannot you trust me?"
Ethel looks down on the kneeling. fcN
importunate woman who has forced j
herself into her presence at that late
hour, and makes a sudden determination.
I
"It is quite true that Marie my maid, ?
leaves me in a few days to marry a M
soldier," she says, "and her successor &
is not yet engaged. Yes, I can trust M
you, Finette, and I am glad that you
came to me tonight. Because of the
aid you rendered to my cousin?because
you did not hesitate to suffer in
her cause, I rejoice to be of help to
you. Rise! The place is yours."
"Madame, I kiss your hand for gratitude.
When may I come to you?"
"In three days."
"No sooner?"
"No."
"Heaven guard you till then! Believe
me, you will never regret your
kindness. Madame, I depart happy."
She retreats toward the glass door,
and. before the countess can utter another
word, the black, sombre figure
makes an obeisance, and vanishes like
a spirit into the cool, dark, silent garden
beyond.
(To be continued.)
<t*y Occasionally you still hear of one
of those old-fashioned girls who mar- t
ries the man she falls in love with. '
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UMSpuByKSjK^j^lK, MH-ilCTi ni
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RES. WILSON, VICE PRES. M AR8HALL AND INAUGURATION OF Gl
WPORTANT TO BE IRISH. employments and In some cases to h?
' lawless lives. It would have been the ye
>ast That Is What F. P. Dunne same thing If the Immigration In the st
Declares to Be True. same circumstances had been German, co
. _ . ... ? Proof that this tradition of hostility lg
e number of high-sounding lg gUjj believed to exist, appears at ev- 11\
i constantly procurable by antl- ery election.
lany committees might seem to "Many men of Irish birth or descent th
against the assumption that the ^ have no love for the organization Li
, , " are driven by the clan-feeling, strong m
ew Yorkers are not out of sym- ln ajj men( t0 8upp0rt It, and they do be
with political reform," writes F. so with the conviction that It Is not to
nne ln the American Magazine. Tammany but their own race that Is
, . attacked. It is probable that twenty iahere
Is some truth In the conten- year8 from now these same men will to
hat these distinguished gentle- be leading an assault on a Tammany ut
re against Tammany not because Hall controlled by Italians?that Tarn- an
Pammany, but because It Is Irish, many Hall itself will be the reform or- pr
. .. . ganizatlon to fight a machine built up an
talnly they have shown no great by the immigrants from Italy and Jd<
ation against the fulness at Al- Russian Poland." ca
in which Tammany has borne . ? . fr<
ie most conspicuous part. Tarn- HIS NEIGHBORLY TRIBUTE. *ei
was Just as corrupt when na- _____
orn Americans controlled it ana e , ... _ -?
sons shouldered Irish imml- Not Want to Speak III of Any ln<
i off the sidewalks of the Bowery Acquaintance,
s today. th
was not unfashionable In those John L. Lucas, the corporation at:o
be a corrupt politician, but it torney, believes in the old precept
nfashlonable to be Irish when the ^at enjoins one from speaking ill of ?
as Invaded by swarms of poor . . ... _ fin
y people driven from home by h,s neighbor, says the Kansas City Uf
i and by new necessity to mean Journal. Apparently he has always co
THt L) c.m \j<J rtMo i o w in L.o l ^O I i S U vv im.
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ROVER CLEVELAND IN 1885.
id this disposition, for nobody
it come forward to tell of an
ance where "the sage of St. C
unty" has ever put the brand
nomity on any human being
Sng thing.
Now, it happened many years i
ey say, that there lived near
leas' fine farm not far from Osc
o., an old farmer whose nat
nt, Judging from his actions,
cause trouble in the communit;
One day another neighbor met
wyer driving with his family r
wn, and drew rein for a few n
es of gossip. He spoke of the cr
d Mr. Lucas opined they v
omlslng; he mentioned the weat
d Mr. Lucas admitted that it
sal. In the same manner, Mr.
s cleared the city admlnlstra
am all graft, tl- rain from any
rmlnatlon not .o fall, the corn fi
desire to blast in the shoot. PI:
the neighbor shifted his quid
ijuired casually:
"By the way. Judge, what do
Ink of this man Blank, anyhow
Mr. Lucas considered a momen
"I think he has the finest whlsl
ever saw grown in Missouri,"
tally declared with so much anli
>n that his gossipy neighbor
mpletely deceived.
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> COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE
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Interesting Subject From Opposite?
Viewpoints.
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Senator Iclanrtn vs. Editor Gonzales l"
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80
Columbia 8tata Challenges the 8?na- Tl
tor from Marlboro, and the two have
a Round, the 8enator Talking the za
be
Praotioal 8ide and the Newspaper
Holding Up the Theoretical 8id*. la
Accepting: a challenge from the Co
lumbia State for a Joint discussion on
compulsory school attendance, Senator th
John L. McLaurin opened in that pa- m,
per with a brief article last Thursday. no
The State replied in its editorial col- W)
umns. It may be remarked that while Qf
neither of the opening articles appear ot|
to have touched the subject In an es- ce
peclally strikng manner, but the sub- w]
ject Is one of very general interest and
the controversy is worth reproducing. a
Senator McLaurin's Opening. tk
To the Editor of the State: M<
Your editorial headed "Senator McLaurln
Challenged" was a surprise th;
because I had taken such an lncon- ar
spicuous part In the debate on com- at
pulsory education. My remarks wore '
confined to a statement of my posl- sc
tlon on the pending bill, which I an
made at the earnest request of several ae
of my colleagues. It is with diffidence sti
that I discuss the subject because I *c
have never made a systematic study ro
of compulsory education. ca
I have a most positive opinion, how- i gl'
ever, that the present bill is puerile, st<
tiron Lr on/4 I on
?? "*???, 1MVILWMT? ?IIU WICl C1UI C * * l?C" ???
less. If your valuable paper had de- he
voted some of its admitted ability to
the consideration of the warehouse tic
bill I would have enjoyed a debate in ed
a held of economics where taste and ne
opportunity have led me to thought to
and investigation. no
I will vote against this bill, reserv- Dr
ing to myself the right after more ha
careful thought to come to a conclu- mi
slon on the subject of compulsory ed- mi
ucatlon as applied to general conditions
in South Carolina. ca
First The bill is bad legislation ar
because those supporting it admit that a
it means nothing so far as practical ab
results are concerned. It is under the re
first and second sections made a lo- lei
cal option measure to be submitted to
the qualified voters of each town- I :
ship. This means that negroes hav- fo
ing registration certificates can vote ci|
and with a bitter contest over a local to
issue where individuals are not to be ab
i voted for, you bring the negro into lei
> the worse place you can, an arbiter in so
our school affairs.
? A compulsory education bill should m<
| be for at least an entire county, and ha
I the question discussed and settled by ap
the white people in a primary elec- re
tion. Instead of this miserable affair, th
why not submit the question first to th
the people and let them pass upon ml
it in the next state prlmiry? sa
If you take it by townships, the
ones needing it most will vote it down
and the townships not needing it will
vote for It, so you do not get anywhere,
except to have more elections,
more expense and more strife. It will
be like prohibiting everybody's liquor st
has but your own, which is ever sacred. so
in- Second. I am opposed to this bill hii
Mfilr U*/tAIISA fVlA v\11 K14 A TtfAfl l?l flOMOil am
ucvauoc uic ^uuiiv iiiuiu *?ao uiuw icu up
1 of by class divisions In the bitter cam- pti
or pal^n of last summer, and any ccmago,
Mr.
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Photo 0 1812, by Marceau.
MRS, WOODRO
pulsory education bill Just at this time in
will be resented as class legislation, no
The average white man in South Car- en
olina can be led, often to his sor- of
row, but he can not be driven even St
for his good. tir
A parent so low in his intelligence be
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voluntarily to take advantage of free ty
education offered his child, has a home Po
so bad that his child not only Is un- t!
fit to associate with other children,
but will lack the proper food, clothes w
and books to go to school. What will
you do with these?
The Idea that parents must be forced
by law to do their duty Is equlva- a 1
lent to convicting them of a present ca
failure which insults the Instincts of ?r
parenthood. God has Implanted that "H
instinct in the humblest, and in none 8U
Is it so strong as in the poor white no
man In a negro-ridden state. He meets C01
the negro as a competitor in the field 8ti
of labor, and knows that his child must Pa
remaln at that level unless raised Tr
above it by education or property. 'a<
I have mostly white tenants and Pn
laborers and there is a good school 18
near the center of the plantation, and an
the eagerness with which they seek its
advantages is pathetic. All that is J
needed is for cotton to bring such a
price as will enable them to spare the
children from the field. It is poverty, v?'
Mr. Editor, not ignorance and brutish- loc
ness that keeps these children out of nej
school. They must work to live. arl
^ Get behind this warehouse plan, help 'y?
g me carry it into other states, turn the eni
* stream of gold that goes into the f?ei
) banks of the south, pay higher wages an
a and twenty cents a pound for cotton
8 and you will never need a compulsory
education law for the children of the ty"
1 south. Banish poverty and you will
v subdue ignorance. ?e<
Third. Mr. Editor, this compulsory "a
2 education has been your hobby, and ?v
I you have done much good in directing
5; attention to the need of better com- *?
mon school facilities. I think this bill er3
Is the net result of your efforts and V01
your baby is a weak, puny, whining '?r
hybrid, not without hope of posterity,
but needing the "rest cure" to build tht
up a good constitution and rugged wfl
strength. If you want compulsory ed- tio
ucatlon, Mr. Editor, create a demand a !
for it by educating and preparing the nei
public mind. This is what I am going ^
to do about my warehouse bill; 17- ,n?
cent cotton will turn the trick and vo(
then you won't have to go and fine a w0
poor devil because his boy has to plow Sei
or work in the mill to help feed the shi
family. a#
I am not blind to the trend of events tur
} compulsory education will come, but I
= not now. ?
Mr. Editor, I did not know that you
vored the initiative and referendum,
r that is exactly what this township
ovision means. There is some hope
r the State; come out now for the
ubtreasury or something better" and
e will elect you president of the Farers'
Union.
Politically the passage of this comilsory
education bill under your
adershlp (for you are the real leader
this light) would be unfortunate,
cause it would mean an opposition
hich would set the cause of compulry
education back for twenty years,
he boys in "Possum Hollow" and
)ry Branch" would simply say: "Get
iur guns, fellers. We outvoted Gonles
last summer; he's been trying to
iss this state twenty years and we
at him every time; now he's got a
w passed to take our children away
om us and train them to think and
vote Just like he says, and we won't
and for it." Brother, "let's wait on
e Lord" a while. We have improved
uch within the last four years. I do
?t like the word "compulsion" anyiy;
it may suit a monarchtal form
government, it may suit South Carina
later, but now it would not reive
over twenty-flve per cent of the
liite vote in this state.
I know very well that the state has
right to pass a compulsory educa>n
law founded upon the laws of
oses. where every child had to learn
me useful trade. My contention is
at the conditions in South Carolina
e distinctly unfavorable to such an
tempt
The one mill levy for common
hools is good and if some of the
ormous sums expended upon three
pa rate and distinct colleges in this
ite were expended on the common
hools, we would be on the right
ad. Now, we have added a medl1
college and are going not only to
ve a few a collegiate education, but
art a new doctor ractory based on
educational system already top
avy.
The only foundation In law and Jus;e
for the state taking my money *o
ucate another man's children is the
cesslty of an intelligent electorate
maintain good government Why
>t let those seeking collegiate ar*
ofessiona! educations pay for 1;? I
-d to pay for mine and spend more
oney furnishing common schools to
anufacture good citizens.
In connection with compulsory edutlon
I would like to ask you if we
e to have compulsory education, and
man of means has <a boy idling
out, having a good time, what about
quiring papa to send him to colje?
What about the boys and young men
see idling about the clubs and soda
untains, drinking dope and smoH"jarettes?
Why not sentence them
go to college if their parents are
lie, or go into a machine shop and
irn a useful trade? Does comnulry
education go all along the line?
Your covert sneer at "socalled abl"
en" and "Oollath" is appreciated. I
ve reached the age when I do not
iproach any question as Oollath. the
presentatlve of brute force, but in
e humility which ever characterizes
e searcher after truth. "Not by
Ight, nor by power, but by my spirit,
Ith the Lord."
Jno. L. McLaurln.
Senate Chamber, Columbia.
The 8tate in Rep4y.
Senator McLaurln accepted the
ate's Invitation to discuss compulry
school attendance and defend
s opposition to the pending local
tion measure. His initial article is
ihiished this mcmng.
Taking up first the last paragraph
i
W WIL80N.
Mr. McLaurln's letter: There was
"covert" or other sneer In referee
to him as the Ooliath of his side
the compulsory law question. The
ate's invitation to him was a di
ict compliment, for fools are to
avoided as an affliction, whether
ey be the plain garden gourd varleor
that pet abomination of Mr.
ipe's?
ie bookful blockhead, Ignorantly
read,
ith loads of learned lumber in his
head.
(Vhile confessing he has not made
systematic study of compulsory edution,
Senator McLaurin gives as the
st reason for opposing the measure:
: is bad legislation because those
pportlng it admit that it means
thing so far as practical results are
ncerned." A few may so hold but his
itement is far too broad. The house
ssed tne Dill oy a large majority.
>e author of the bill Is loaded with
:ts. Was he consulted? The direct
Dof of experience, as we understand,
that similar measures In Kentucky
d Oklahoma have satisfactory "pracal
results."
SText, the senator objects because as
; local option contemplates "qualld
electors" registered negroes can
te and "with a bitter contest over a
al Issue . . . you bring in the
jro Into the worst place you can, an
biter In our school affairs." Frankwe
are 'surprised that an expert ced
lawyer and former attorney
neral should present so vulnerable
appeal to prejudice as an excuse
' argument. On the first of last July
ire were one thousand and seven five
school districts In South Car
na where special school taxes had
?n voted. Since July about 100 more
ve been added to that honorable roll,
ery qualified elector who paid a cent
real or personal taxes was entitled
vote. Negroes were qualified in evr
one of those elections; they have
ted on bond issues, for school houses
longer school terms?and under
> constitution must continue to have
it part "in our school altalrs." And
len, in any one of those 1,100 elecns
has Senator McLaurln heard of
single Instance of trouble or bitterns?
The objection that townships needr
the compulsion most could not
te for It, while those not needing It
uld vote for It, is an admission by
nator McLaurln that some townps
need it, and Is no argument
ilnst giving the majority an opporilty
to vindicate their intelligence.
>fext the senator opposes the pend(Contlnued
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