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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. I8SPED SKMI-WBEKLY. lTkToeist'8 sons. Pnbii?h?r?.} % S?csjaj?i[: <^or ih< promotion of th< folitiital, nonfat, $ytytttm[al and Commrcciai Jnterests of tM feojt^. { T"";o'^0O)>'Pt'^'o^'ct established 18551 YORKVILLE. 8. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1913. 3STO. 21. I THE AMERICA I I By ETTA W. % | , CHAPTER XXX?Continued. "I went away?what else could I do? ** On the other aide of the door, however, Pj I stopped for & moment and listened, I and heard him say: " ? 1- ^vnii rl q n ppH I ou are pau^ UW ?i?/v. too much, I fear; let me pour you a glass of wine.' "He moved toward the closet in the wall. Immediately after, the click of glaai against glass was distinctly au- qi diblo. I turned and walked away. W "I flung myself upon my bed In the countess's closet, but not to sleep. I felt that she would ring for me dl- s rectly?that she could not prepare her- J?1 self for bed unassisted; but no summons came. In the gray dawn I arose 'a and looked Into her chamber. She was t0 not there. I rushed to her boudoir?I flung back the heavy curtain from its threshold. Oh, mon LMeu! she lay Wl stretched upon her sofa. In her rich 80 ball-dress, with all her Jewels spar- P1 kllng and shining upon her?madame, at behold how I tremble as I tell you "? this, for the horror of It will never leave me, I think!?one hand holding 8l( something to her side, her gold hair flowing over the silken pillow, her eyes closed, her soft flesh already like *" ice?dead, madame?stone dead! "The something In her hand was the yj empty laudanum vial which I had seen A1 behind the picture. I flew to the closet ?e in the wall. The Venetian glass and the decanter were both gone! I ran aJf shrieking to the doors; the count came ?so did the other servants, all save J < one?Adolphe! He had fled the hous% * leaving behind him a letter for his y? master, in which he said that, having discovered the countess's unhappy 8^ passion for himself, he could not, in m< honor, abide longer under the count's 80 roof. She had threatened to kill her- J" self If he -left her, but all the same he "v " ?-? yo inUSt gO. UU, n WM imoJin.ua. "'Monsieur, you cannot believe It!' I said to the count. 'She hated Adolphe, fa and he has killed her! Who but he put that vial in her dead hand, hoping to screen himself by making others think her a suicide? Where Is the wine mi that he placed in the closet yonder? examine It, monsieur, and you will And PH that she has been foully dealt with? yes, murdered!* We two were alone in the countess's chamber when I said this. He seized me fiercely by the throat. u" '"Fool." he hissed, 'dare to accuse de my good Adolphe of such a thingdare to breathe your vile suspicions to *?' any living being, and I will crush you as I would a gnat! Help me to shield ?r that wretched woman's name from disgrace, instead of setting inquiry afoot by such gabbling as this. She died by her own hand, because my valet would nc not reciprocate her unhappy passion. er There has been no wine In the closet ?you rave! Tou never saw this laud* anum vial until It was found In her grasp. On your peril, do not repeat "I those mad lies." "The look which he gave me?ah, I ? cannot describe it! It chilled my blood; W( It shut my mouth. I was paralyzed with terror of this man. I knew at de once that Adolphe was his tool; that together they had killed <:he countess. br "Well, she was burled In Pere La- *r chaise. The count wept and raved and tore his hair; hlu extravagant 83 grief was the talk of all Paris. As for fa me, I fled to my own people at Verrl- "W ? ? * r #->n in onH lov fnr a III eres, anu mere t mi m, iwu long time at death's door. After a of while I returned to Paris, and again ac became a lady's maid; and three years P< ago I entered the service of madarae, w your mother. At Baden-Baden I saw 8V Count Stahl for the flint time since to the Countess Olga's dea':h. Afterward co he came to Lucerne to woo you, the P? beautiful rich American. You sailed for New York, and I went with you; he and there, oh heaven! there in your father's house, I beheld that mlscre- ?o ant, Adolphe, again!" hs Flnette had poured out this story in a breathless, excited way, her voice F! full of long-represed fear and hate; w and the woman to whom the recital w' was made had listened, motionless and silent as carven stone. Now, however, F she gave a sudden start. 80 "In my father's house, Finette?" hi "Yes, madame. He called himself P' Baron Strozzl. It was he who sought O to marry Mademoiselle Beatrix, your cc cousin. Madame, his name was not w Strozzl, but Adolphe Sassard; and he was no baron, but the former va&t of 01 monsieur the count I saw him, but he ft" did not see me." w Ethel flung out her hands. w "Finette, Finette! why did you not 8e tell these things long ago?" a "Who would have believed me, mad- bx ame? What proof had I to support SI my statements? I had not the courage to openly brave those two bad men. I ty ?.onrt a aprvant. Your mother would have called me a mad- sh woman, and turned me into the street. T' The count would have kilied me, for fl< aught I know. In my own way I atried to save you, madame, but you v< would not let me. And now I have told you all this, that you might see In your own peril. He tired of the Coun- tr tess Olga; when her fortune was spent and she became a burden on his hands, he destroyed her. He has tired of you; u] your fortune is gone?will he not attempt to destroy you? Madame, I entreat you, be on your guard!" v< Ethel stared in dumb horror and affright at her waiting-maid. "Listen, madame! there is an actress at the Varieties Theatre called Mademoiselle Nicole. The count is her devoted admirer. She is very rich, and tl it is whispered about Paris that she ir really loves him. If he were free, he tc would, without doubt, marry her, for the sake of her great wealth. Is It not gi probable that he may make an effort w for freedom, with such a prize before e< him? Today, unfortunately, he recog- t nized me here. He will command you b< to discharge me at once. He hates me, rr he fears me; he cannot breathe freely f( while I am under this roof." S Ethel shuddered, and clutched Fi- tl nette, as if she already felt the hand of tl violence. w "I am doomed!" she whispered, with u pale lips. "He will kill me, even as he killed her!" p s CHAPTER XXXII. [! Gathering Peril. ? For twenty-four hours after Fl- n nette's disclosures, Ethel remained in c her own apartments, shut up with her 0 onH nprnlexitles. The count did not attempt to approach her. Once or " twice he arrested Flnette on the landing to make some suave Inquiry re- p garding her mistress, but that was all. t His sleepy eyes wore a very unpleasant gleam as they surveyed the brown " face of the French-woman, but he made no allusion to their previous in- e tervlew. a On the morning of the second day g Count Otto presented himself at the threshold of his wife's boudoir. Wav- a Ing Flnette haughtily back, as she put r herself before him to oppose his en- s trance, he crossed the velvet carpet, f and paused beside the chair In which o Ethel sat, all in black from head to d foot, one hand supporting her bowed s head. On a table by her side lay a cable t dispatch, confirming the terrible tld- p lngs of disaster and death which his i: lips had been first to tell her. t "Ethel, my wife!" said the count. c She arose with a repressed shudder, h A day and a night had wrought a t startling change In her appearance, p She looked wasted and hollow-eyed, t A new expression, too, was upon her a beautiful face?a mingling of horror, t loathing and fear. r N COUNTESS ? _ ? ? PIERCE. | "Ah," said the count, rolitely, "you e 111, madame. Tou b? Tin to comehend the calamity which has bell en us?you see, as I do, that we are lined." "Yes," she answered, mechanically. He caressed his blond mustache, and anced at her from the corners of his ?epy eyes. "Madame, will you allow me to inilre into the present state of your irse?" "It is empty." "Pardleu! So also is mine." ioreover, count, some tilef has sto11 my jewels. They were abstracted am my chamber yesterday while I y unconscious in the salon. I wish ask what he has done with them?" He winced in spite of Iiimself. "Madame, you mistake, the Jewels ?re not stolen, but borrowed to pay me pressing debts that could not be it off. They shall be returned to you an early date?I swenr it, on my inor!" "Your honor!" echoed Ethel, with )w, cold contempt. He advanced with a wheedling air, it she waved him imperiously back? e was regal in her grief and despair. "It was an act of necersity, my dear ife?accept my humble apologies, i, I feel that I have been cruel and glectful to you of late?to you. the irest woman in the world!?for this, ?o, you must forgive me. The sight your distress cuts me to the heart, come to you in a coneilatory spirit, wish sincerely to be friends with u. Alas! we must both submit to any sacrifices. Our present expense establishment can no longer be aJntalned. But you have heroism? , I trust, have I. We will seek to stain each other. Dearest, the first ing I must ask of you. Is to discharge ur maid." For a full moment they looked at ch other. Then Ethel answered cold"Impos8lble!" "Madame, as your huaband, I comand it!" "I will not part with Flnette," reled Ethel. "What! have you no longer anyrexd for my wishes or commands? as it come to this?" "I will not part with Flnette?it is leless to ask me," she answered, with termination. "Madame, you shall hnve another at ndant in her stead." "I will have Flnette, and none othHe smothered an oath. "Very well. You are not yourself, adame. I will not urge the matter ?w. Did I seem harsh and inconsidate to you yesterday? Forgive me. ?t me kiss your hand. She recoiled with horror. "Tv>n't tnuph me." she cried, wildly. cannot bear It!" "Ah!" His heavy face changed. "I e. You have been liiitening to that Oman's lies!" She answered nothing, but & shud>r went over her from head to foot. "Little fool!" he hissed, under his eath, then turned softly and reeated from the boudoir. As his footsteps died away. Ethel xik down, where she stood, till her ce was hidden In the rich carpet hat was to become of her; and oh, erciful Heaven! what was to become her proud, luxury-loving mother Toss the sea?how would she bear >verty and dishonor? And poor Bee? ithout doubt, her fortune, to, was sallowed up in the general ruin; but Ethel, the fate of these two, when impared with her own, seemed as iradise to purgatory. Oh, to recall the last three years of t life, with all their blunders! How ie hated the title that had cost her i much?how she hated the man who id conferred it upon her! The very ct that he wished to part her from Inette proved beyond doubt that the hole dark story which the waitingoman had told her was true. The air of the boudoir seemed stifling thel. To her distorted fancy the crimin silk hangings on the wall took the ie of Mood. The pale face of her -edecessor, the fair and unfortunate Iga, seemed to start uut from every >rner, and look at her with sad, arning eyes. Whither should she turn for comfort help? Among all the fair-weather lends that she had made in the gay orld of Paris, did she know of one to horn she could now appeal for coun1, protection or assistance? She was prouu WUIIltt.Il, ttllU one t/ivui|/iij nilrered her own question, "Not one!" tie stood alone; alone she must face le future, with all Its sorrow, pover , and. maybe peril. The day wore on. The afternoon ladows gathered In the little garden, he countess arose, at last, from the >or, where she had lain for hours In stupor of despair, and touched a sll;r bell. Finette appeared, but started back i consternation at sight of her misess's face. "Oh, madame!" she cried, "you will ) wild If you remain here longer, shut p with your troubles." "That is quite true," shivered Ethel! irine my outer garments and a thick eil. Finette?I am going out." Finette made haste to obey. "You wish me to attend you, madme?" "Yes." Mistress and maid left the house in le Avenue de ITmperatrlce, and, turnig into another street, walked away igether. A long wrap and a thick veil dlsulsed the countess. At this hour she as not likely to be seen or recognlz3 by any fashionable acquaintance, he air was like balm. Happy-faced ourgeois passed her upon the pavelent. Flowers were blowing, green >liage waving in the declining light, he saw none of these things; her loughts were far away from this beaufi?i Paris. In truth, she knew not 'hither she went, and she cared even .'88. Suddenly a carriage, drawn by a air of blooded horses, turned into the treet. It drew nearer; it flashed by lie countess and her servant. In it wo persons were seated?one, a little runette beauty, wrapped in a superb >elhi shawl, the other, a heavy, ITlond ian, who was listening to the gay hatter of his companion with a look f sleepy adoration. "Look madame!" said Finette; monsieur the count!" Ethel stood motionless upon the 'avement, and gazed after the carriage ill it was lost in the distance. "And that woman," she gasped? who is she?" "Mademoiselle Nicole, of the Varites. Ah! you are ready to sink, madme. Let us turn in here till you re:ain your composure." fhev hod roaahoH the nnen door of , church. The countess suffered Fllette to conduct her up the well-worn teps, under the shadow of a wonderul portico, and Into a solemn Interior if long, lofty aisles and painted winlows, through which the illght fell In ubdued rainbow gleams. It was not the hour for service, and he grand, silent place had neither triests nor lighted tapers, nor smokng incense. A few persons only were 0 be seen?tourists, studying the arhltecture and decorations; a grlsette, meellng In a corner and softly sobting; some old women, busy with their irayers; and even these seemed lost in h vastness and solitude. Ethel, though 1 follower of another faith, fell upon ler knees on the cold stones, and buied her face in her hands. Finette dropped by her side, and told her beads quietly. Along the solemn aisles strangers came and went, but paid no heed to the two women. Half an hour passed. Ethel's mo- E tionlesB silence began to alarm Fl- 1 nette. She touched her gentdy. "Madame, shall we go now? "here Is a gentleman standing near, matching you?Anglalse. He has sharp eyes?I fear that he knows you." The countess arose and unconsciously flung back her veil. As she did so, she saw, standing not two yards distant, regarding her with fixed at- r tention, the stalwart figure or sir valentine Arbuckle. He advanced quickly to her side. "Pardon," he began, in a low voice; "may I not be permitted to express my sympathy for you in your great trouble, countess? Do not think me intrusive. By birth, I too, am an American." u Something in his manly, sincere ^ voice arrested her steps at once. She . stood beside him in that great, dim, 11 silent church, her face white with dis- tl trass, her wild, dark eyes dilated. gj He regarded her with looks full of < compassion, not unmixed with embarrassment C1 "I was deeply shocked to hear of ti Cullen Sardis's death," said Sir Valen- tj tine. "He was no stranger to me?as . you, perhaps, know. For years I was D a clerk in his Boston banking-house." P "You!" she cried in amaxement. "Yes. As the daughter of the man who was once my employer, it Is nat- ?j< urafl, Is it not, that I should feel something more than a common interest in . your welfare? It was my intention to j*' call at your home, and offer my sympathy; but I chanced to see you enter ni this church a half-hour ago, and so determined to address you here." "You are very kind," said Ethel me- ai chanically. Falsehood, in any form, was not q] easy to Sir Valentine, but he stam- 01 mered out the following with pretty good grace: d( "I?that is?I owe much to your late 81 father. He placed me under many? kl a?obligations In the old days. For his 111 sake, I beg you will allow me to be of m service to you now." a The tears welled slowly up to her " eyes. J* "You cannot help me." ( "Think again," he urged, and the tt pity deepened in his strong, rugged w face. "I am entirely at your disposal. 18 Is there nothing that I can do?no aid ta that I can offer you in your great hi trouble? Look upon me as one of H your own countrymen, who would be m only too happy If you would make use of him." te She shook her head, but gratefully ai put out one alim, trembling hand. e< "I thank you, both for myself and tt my dead father," she faltered; then is motioned to her servant, and moved n< hurriedly away. P1 At the church door Finette paused, ai Sir Valentine was leaning against a m pillar, watching with dlsapopinted eyes c< the retreating figures of mistress and bl maid. "Madame, I have dropped my ros- hi ary," whispered Finette; and she turn- gi ed and glided swiftly back to the si baronet P< "My lord," she murmured, "do you tt remain long In Paris?" M "Several weeks," he answered. tc "If madame should need you, where si could you be found?" gi He drew a card from his pocket- a book and slipped it into her hand. She gl nodded, snatched up her rosary, and ai hurried back to her mistress. bi Sir Valentine followed the pair out m of the church. As the countess was vl descending the steps he saw her sway di suddenly. He rushed forward, and fe caught her as she fell, carried her in back into the porch, and deposited her bt upon a stone bench against the wall. "Oh, monsieur!" cried Finette, in a ai fright "cafll a carriage, for the love of la God! She Is very ill!" cl The baronet ran into the street gi hailed the first vehicle that passed, m and placed the countess carefully o' within it She said nothing", but F1- P nette, with an eloquent glance, touch- m ed his arm gently. gi "Monsieur, you promlsfe to befriend w her? Oh, mon Dleu! she needs friends ti ?she does, indeed!" is "I promise, most faithfully," he re- J< plied; and then, with a very grave m look on his face, he stood in the church gi door and watched the carriage roll e? away. te Count Stahl did not return to the Avenue de 1'Imperatrice that night, ol The next day when he presented him- ir self at the door of his wife's apart- te ments, Ethel was serldusly ill, and de- ai clined to see him. h "Madame," said Finette, "surely you I have written to your people?your fc friends at home?" m "No," groaned the countess. "I will b not tell them what I endure. They s< cannot help me, and they have sor- aj rows enough of their own to bear." fc By nightfall she was in a high fev- di er. A physician came, left some soothlng medicines, and an injunction to p keep her perfectly quiet, and went his 01 way again. The count remained invisible, but he sent his valet to make g some polite inquiries regarding mad- ft ame's condition. d Finette sat beside her mistress, nurse and sentinel in one. She would tl not leave her post for a moment. e< (To be continued.) ???? a Brains and Exparianc*.?Mr. Alvey 2 A. Adee is the grand old man of the state department. Everybody there highly regards him. He has been in e' the state department so long that he a is known to Washington official life g most intimately. Nobody knows wheth- ^ er he is a Democrat or Republican, p and no one cares He is in his 76th o year. He is second assistant secretary 11 of state and has been for a long time. . When the change of administration " occurred, Mr. Adee filed his resigns- ? tion. But Secretary Bryan and Presi- ?' dent Wilson asked him to withdraw it, :j or have appointed him all over again. At any rate, four years have been a. added to his official life. He was told that the administration wanted him, and, probably, it does. His " remarkable record and wide experl- P ence make him most valuable in the L; department at a time when foreign af- j* fairs will occupy much of the time of p the secretary of state and the execu- p five. * Mr. Adee has been in the diplomatic service of the United States since 1870, when he became secretary of the le- 81 gatlon at Madrid; later he was appointed charge d'affaires at different Y places; in 1879 he was made chief of J the diplomatic bureau in the state de- *' partment, in 1882 becoming third as- F slstant secretary of state and four ? years later was made second assistant, a which position he now holds. He was ?, present at the signing of the peace 1 protocol between the United States and Spain in 1898; served as secretary ; of state for about ten days in September, 1898, and was acting secretary of J state during the critical period of the 1 Boxer troubles in China in 1900. Our information is that Mr. Adee p has written every Thanksgiving day 1 proclamation since 1886, when he as- p sumed his present position.?Augusta . Chronicle. ? Impatient With Office Seekers.? t: Senator BenJ. R. Tillman of South u Carolina, according to a Washington Hiono^h nn Tnasdav. evinced his dis- t pleasure at the persistency of hun- y dreds of offlce-seekers who have flock- g ed to the capital since the inaugura- t tion. With characteristic vigor the I senator condemned the scramble for s Jobs. He said the situation reminded Ji him of a Bible text. "I have forgotten v just where in Holy Writ I read it," he said, "but it fits the case exactly and c runs something as follows: "The wild c asses of the desert are athirst and l hungry. They have broken Into the j green corn."" h The senator recalled that the text contained a reference to the "wild t asses" tramping down the corn, but s he said he would leave that out. He l added that he had full faith in President Wilson aB a "herdsman, who c would keep the wild beasts from do- s ing any damage." a COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE bill loni.* In McUurin-Gonziles Controversy. BE LAI OF F01GE VS. LAW OF LOVE. laving Mat the Challanga of tha State on tha Quaation of Compulsory Education, the 8anator from Marlboro Challenges the Editor of tha State Discuss tha Warehouse Bill. j According to the terms of the Col- j mbia State's challenge to Senator c IcLaurln to take the negative side of ? le compulsory education discussion, y Here were to be three articles on each s ide. The first two articles by each r Ide have been printed. The publi- I ition of Senator McLaurin's third ar- tj cle was delayed by the absence of n le editor of the State in Washington; a ut this article together with the re- ^ ly. appears in the State of Tuesday: d From 8?nator McLsurin. h o the Editor of The State: . n I thought that you would not be * ble to answer the arguments in my a icond letter, and sure enough you * ad the "man of straw" that every m ell regulated newspaper office keeps andy, brought out for you to set up n ad knock down. It was not reciting Browning or P noting from "King Lear' to the man a "Mr. McLaurin's farm who can not irn an average wage of 75 cents a ? ay; whose clothes are rough and In- V itficient; who owes the country store- c eeper for last month's meal and v teat, and to whom 'white bread' and 0 lOlasses would be a delicacy." Such man has practical demonstration " lat poverty, not Ignorance, is the luse of his misfortunes, but it takes * :ompulsory education" to convince m le Editor of the State that education P ill clothe this poor man. The fact h the man he describes on my plan- ? ition is better off than the clerk, who jj is to buy everything that he eats. ? e is completely at the mercy of the v' lddleman, whose extortions con- * antly increase the cost of living. The nant farmer keeps a cow, a few pigs c< id raises plenty of potatoes and veg- Cl ables. It is hard to starve him, but Jj te clerk, mechanic and mill worker ? an easy mark for those "who toil " it, neither do they spin," and com- P ilsory education can not change hard id fast financial conditions. That is y contention, not that education, >mpu!sory or otherwise, is not a easing to any people. 1( You say: "Will Senator McLaurin c< ave the goodness to tell us how the di eedy educated ones could have en- It aved the masses and done as they ti leased with the country except trough the ignorance of the masses?" cl Ir. Editor, I told the story as applied t< i the south's great product in a T >eech this session to which the State o; ive about four lines. I inclose you Ir pamphlet copy of this speech, which a ives an answer to your question. I c< ?k you to publish this speech and b ring all of your splendid powers of o ilnd to a criticism of it If you conInce me of its fallacy, you will have n one me a great service, and if you w til you will have conferred a bless- h ig, not only upon South Carolina, r< it every state where cotton is grown, p Mr. Editor, you are a good lighter, r< ad you must admit that I did not p .ck courage when I accepted your a lallenge to meet you on your chosen a; round. Now the combat has been a arrowed down, according to your li ivn editorial, via, "Ignorance or t< overty." I challenge you to meet o te for a few rounds on my chosen it round. Publish my warehouse speech hlch is a direct reply to your ques- L on above stated, show me where it tl wrong. You ask, "Why introduce vt Bsus Christ into any sort of argu- a tent. when His life on earth was a ven to teaching, and He commlssion1 His disciples to go forth and n iach?" ci Surely It is a poor cause when you cl bject to the Introduction of Christ p ito the argument You say the lat- tl sr portion of my letter "is not an tl rgument, but a speech." I cannot zl elp but grow a little eloquent when discuss the rights of man, as set rl >rth in the doctrine that Christ pro- ii tulgated, and I speak not of the Ood 11 ut the Man Christ. You say, "He b ?nt His disciples out to teach." x it sk you to teach what? The law of e >rce, not the law of love? To dispel ti arkness by striking a light? c The wisdom or unwisdom of com- c ulsory education is to be determined c n these fundamental questions, viz.: a 1. Is the gospel of force or the r ospel of love the more potent In- ti uence in the guidance and ultimate tl estiny of the human race? w If the former, compulsory educa- h on wins; if the latter, compulsory ducation fails? " 2. Is slavery or freedom the finer n tmosphere of the blossoming and " urturing of the soaring spirit of o tan? c If the former, compulsory educa- e on wins; if the latter, compulsory h ducation falls. 1 You preach the doctrine of force, tl nd to say that it has not played a tl reat part in molding and shaping uman affairs, would be to reveal e ense Ignorance of human history, n Lome In civic affairs and the church p f Rome in religions are its most p lustrlous examples. s The mailed hand of Rome was felt q i every part of the known world, h nd the masses of humanity cower- h d and shriveled under its blighting f juch, while the Caesars flourished in II He freedom of ruleship and builded n cold, hard, splendid monument to v He God of Force. e The shrewd cruel hand of force o as felt in every home and under its li lighting influence, humanity sunk v lto the long night, known as the d >ark Ages, while the pope and the I rlesthood flourished In the atmos- I here of freedom which ruleship b applies and builded dominion over He lives of men, which still exists, u ut which is doomed to ultimate de- t truction. r The gospel of force had had its a ictories, but what about its victims? 8 ts course down the ages is lined with F njustice and cruelty, and still the c ries of its victims ascend to heaven, t ut thank God, its days are numbered, t nd the wheels of its Juggernaut are b lowing down under the Impulse of h he glorious gospel of love. c The thought set in motion 20 cen- p uries ago, by the Son of the carpen- t er, must finally be the reigning in- s luence in human life, and men will r orget the meaning of the word "com- e >ulslon" as applied to human im- 1 lUiee. ilflppy Will oe me peupie 11101 < o recognize It, In all of Its omnipotent t tower. You say that I "overlook Hla forcl- p ile expulsion of the money changers rom the temple." r No, I am following his example and p rylng through the warehouse bill to t se a scourgo myself. But, Mr. Editor, I can not believe j hat you are so spiritually blind that j ou can see nothing more than the i ospel of force applied by Christ in ? emple with a little whip of cords, r Mease read your Bible and ask your- i elf the question, what could one man f lave done against a gang of thieves j i'lth a whip of cords? The history of man. the doctrines 1 if philosophy and the science of socl- i logy, all conspire to show the abso- | ute Impotence of the gospel of force 1 n developing the best and highest in f luman nature. ( The soul Is an entity too fine and i 00 near akin to God from whom it < prlngs, for it to blossom and grow 1 n a soil so stern and barren. s I admit the law of force In some ases may be a fair substitute for e omethlng better, but at Its best it Is 1 1 makeshift, fit only for the control >f the incorrigibly vicious and crlm- " inal. s Mr. Editor, I am not willing to put 1 ihe poor of South Carolina, however, G gnorant, In a class with criminals, t) Sven In the application of discipline a n our prisons, the light of the gospel n >f love Is beginning to shine. We are fi ilowly recognising that society is w argely responsible for Its own crimi- f< lal classes, and that redemption not n lunishment should be the aim of the ti itate. s The advanced sociologist would as p nearly as possible turn the prisons In- a o workshops, schools and churches. h The Froebel idea of teaching is the si >asis of the foremost educational sys- tl ems, and the essence of Frobel's t< eachlng Is that the child should not & >e forced into learning, but loved into ei earning. Mr. Editor, apply the same is irlnciple into getting them Into school, nr lut out the word compulsion; it has a u tasty sound. w "Dotheboys halls" are being con- 01 "V"A-J t-*- ?-tt fA/? art/4 Hffhtorl U CIICU IIHU WCII VCIimaLCU aiiu i.Q..?v?. chool buildings with attractive sur- c< oundlngs, flowers, gardens and play- tl rounds. "Wachtor Squiers" are be- pi ng exchanged for teachers devoted to nr he glorious work of awakening im- n aortal spirits to the joys of expression hi nd the love of learning. m The modern and true idea is the ir Ihrlst idea. "I, If I be lifted up, will di raw all men uhto me." Let us catch the gleam of truth, p< ielp each other to lay aside selfish- in ess. Let us build and equip common ta chools with attractive surroundings nd devoted teachers. "Like a city oi et upon a hill," give us a common ei chool system based upon these ideas, ol nd ignorance will flee away like the to ight before the morning sun. Mr. Editor, permit me to make a "i ractical suggestion on this topic. e< Under the common law the state 01 an assume the guardianship of any tl: hild who is neglected to such an ex- vi ent that he is liable to become a ai barge to the state. This law is in- cc oked often in cases of illegitimate w hildren. u< In Scotland and Norway It is used i apprenticing destitute children, who u] re taught elementary branches and tit iven a trade. Many of the best arti- n< ans are trained in thlp way. Why not lii ass a statute law that any child who w as reached the age of 12 years, and ai an not read and write, the courts, to pon proper proof that the parent has een so utterly neglectful of said M unj r\f tho fitfltp R1 unu anu tuv v?. %..v WMV.vr nume guardianship and apprentice fr ie child under such terms as the pi Durt might prescribe? This is in ac- th ard with the common law already in re Kistence and does not provide ezpen- te Ive new officers for espionage over m ie families and homes of a free peo- m le. John Lowndes McLaurln. cc th w Th# 8tst? in Rsply. fit Senator McLaurin's third and flnal tl: stter in defense of his opposition to ompulsory education Is presented to- u ay, its publication having been de- jj( iyed by exigencies of the inaugura- * ' on of a Democratic president r? Mr. McLaurin disclaims having re- c* Ited Browning or quoted "King Lear" 81 > his 75-cent-a-day white tenants, rue. What we desire to Impress upn him is that his manner of consider- a ig the needs of the poor people come ,1 s near reaching them as would a dls- Jn Durse on the classics. They need ln read and meat, and he suggests, a bit f angel cake. 91 Mr. McLaurin argues that poverty, r? ot Ignorance, is responsible for the 8 ant of his tenants. But why does 00 e not show us that Ignorance is the h] ssult of poverty? Why does he not oint us to Intelligent men, capable of *r jading about, understanding and ap- * lying modern methods of agriculture ?? s taught by the various agencies, who rj re nevertheless poverty-stricken ten- P* nts? It is a reflection upon the Intel- 8* gence of our readers to call upon us r: > reiterate that poverty Is, the world r~ ver, the child of Ignorance and not ? a parent. f* Educate that tenant's son, Mr. Mc- ^ aurin and you will immediately lose lat young man as a tenant willing to 81 ork for $15 a month. Give him even little education and he will move up na Deuer ms coauiuun. If the education of the people can ot change "hard and fast financial ondltlons," how are they going to be ?* hanged, Mr. McLaurin? Educate the *; eople and they will better understand .* nelr rights and how to get them, and *? ley will be the less readily bambooled than debauched. We do not agree with Mr. McLau- ; In that the case of the literate clerk . i a store is worse than that of the literate farm hand working for the 7* arest living. The farm hand, carrylg the burden of ignorance, can nevr advance, while the way is open to ?! he clerk. Thousands of wealthy mer- ? hants today began as office boys and ~ lerks. A millionaire Columbia mer- i hant began his business career by ?' weeping out the store?but he could j~ ead and write and multiply and sub- ? ract, and Intelligence and energy did j he rest. Had he been Illiterate he rould have remained a laborer with J;; Is hands. j,' We do not, of course, object to the Introduction of Christ Into the argulent." What the editor wrote was: M Why Introduce Christ into any sort ? f argument against any sort of eduatlon when his life on e^rth was glv- . n to teaching and he commlrsloned .? its disciples to go forth and teach." 'he line "against any sort of educa- .. Ion" was "dropped" and so changed { he meaning. "I can not help but grow a little loquent when I discuss the rights of {:; ? u- w?r^i,rin Whnt a ? lull, a ay a iui, mavmuu*?m. .. ^ ilty he starts backwards! What a rv ?lty his view of the "rights of man" Is " o painfully narrow. He can be elouent over the rights of a parent to " :eep his son in black Ignorance, but F le is tongue-tied when It comes to deending that defenseless boy from f Ife-long humiliating bondage to lg- L iorance! "Ask him," said Mr. Bryan, JJ fhen told of this controversy, "wheth- J; r a parent has the right to cut off r" ne of the arms of a son before sendng him into the world to compete jL fith those having two arms?" In ad- "J ressing the Alumni association of the * Iniversity of South Carolina in 1908, ?, larry N. Edmunds, Esq., of Colum- ^ la, reminded them as follows: "But already the words of Danton, . ittered in the assembly shortly after he French revolution were taking " oot. It was he, you remember, who * .mong the first, advocated public in- r, truction and compulsory education. , ^ired with the righteousness of his r' ause, he reminded the French assem?ly that 'after bread the first need of J he people was education;' that 'after h laving given liberty to France, after " laving vanquished her enemies there d ould be no honor greater than to prelare for future generations an educaion in keeping with the liberty,' and aid he: 'When I consider my rights elatlve to the general good I feel el vated. My son is not mine. He be- s< ongs to the republic. Let her dictate e: lis duties that he may best serve tl ier.'" n That, senator, Is eloquence; that Is y, tatriotlsm. g Writing In 1816 to a Spanish noble- F nan, Thomas Jefferson referred to a a )roposed amendment to the constltu- a ion of Spain in these words: h "In the constitution of Spain, as pro- d >osed by the late Cortes, there was a p Principle entirely new to me, and not c! loticed in yours, that no person, born it ifter that day, should ever acquire the a Ights of citizenship until he could c -ead and write. It is impossible suf- a iciently to estimate the wisdom of that e trovision. Of all those which have it teen thought of for securing fidelity y n the administration of the govern- t< nent, constant reliance to the princi- T ties of the constitution, and progress- E ve amendments with the progressive h idvances of the human mind, or b changes in human affairs, it is the fi nost effectual. Enlighten people gen- 1< ;rally and tyranny and oppressions of X tody and mind will vanish , like evil n ipirits at the dawn of day." tl That, Mr. McLaurln, is statesman- F ihip; and that statesman's vision was c ,'rom the mountain top. c We again quote Senator McL*aurln: c The wisdom or unwisdom of compulory education is to be determined on his fundamental question, vis., Is the lospel of force or the Gospel of love he more potent Influence In the guld- f nee and ultimate destiny of the huian race." The senator is utterly, Lindamentally, narrowly, absurdly 8 rrong. The question Involves neither Dree nor love, but, civilised governlent. Is there "force" In levying .. ixes? If the taxes levied for free ' chools are not paid, Mr. McLaurln's t roperty will be seised by the sheriff t nd sold, and if his house were all he ad he would be turned into the treet Is there less "force" in that u nan In requiring children able to at- J jnd those schools to go there? Mr. j( IcLaurln himself drew and introduc:l Into the recent session of the legilature and supported In a speech of n tore than six thousand words a cer- f tin bill providing that any farmer 0 ho should sell a bale of cotton withut paying the inspection fee thereon, ? heiher or not the farmer wanted his e Dtion inspected and whether or not |, te inspection added one cent to the rice of cotton, "shall be guilty of a J: ilsdemeanor and subject to a fine of " ot less than Ave nor more than one ? undred dollars, or Imprisonment not ~ nr? than thirtv dava" Does that nply leas force than requiring chllren to attend school? The senator has refrained from olntlng out where there is more force s i getting children into school than in i; iking them out of cotton mills. u Mr. McLaurin also forgot to answer r ir question whether, when the gov- a nment levied taxes for the education g ' the people It was not morally bound g > require the education of the people, c There is no more question of the c vlsdom or unwisdom of compulsory u lucation" than there Is of the right ?< wrong of human slavery. It has n le stamp of approval of all the ad- ti inced countries of Europe and Asia, n id of all the states of the Union ex- o spt those of the south, that are back- ti ard states, backward not only In ed- t, ailon but in wealth. o Mr. McLaurin's further dissertation o pon the "Oospel of force," the "en- d ty" of the soul, and his unwillingsss "to put the poor of South Caro- ti ia, however ignorant, in the class 41 1th criminals," is barren of reason a id so fertile of shallow demagogy as > require no further comment. The "practical suggestion" by Mr. cLaurln that South Carolina, under tj ithorlty of the common law, take ? om a parent or guardian and ap- * entice every child who has reached J le age of 12 years and is unable to J1 tad and write, appears to us to con- *' mnlntA much more "force." much " ore hardship on the parent and a uch less justice to the child than * mpulsory education. Why abandon 11 le child until it is 12 years old? And 8 here will the future citizen be bene- Jj :ted, if illiterate at 12 years, he be D ten put to work as an apprentice and a ven no schooling'? If, as Mr. McELurin has argued, many parents can 8 >t afford to lose the work of the chll- e ren for five or six hours a day for P >ur months in the year, why take the c lildren from them for all time, in- P ead of requiring the lesser sacrifice? ? Mr. McLaurln tells our readers that certain question we propounded Is ? lswered in a certain speech he made {> defense of his warehouse plan. He 11 closed a copy of the speech?6,000 ords?and complains that at the time ' its delivery the State gave it but ur lines. The reporter, we think, g lould be commended for fine art in f( indensation. p We find no answer, nor the sem- v ance of an answer in that speech, D id with the most earnest desire, with a burning desire to help the cotton 0 'owers and other farmers of South B irollna, we can not Imagine in what h irtlcular the publication of that ti leech would aid their cause. The f, ate has earnestly desired to approve r. McLaurin's warehouse plan, hut n e can not force it to appeal to ua oping, however, that something g, orkable and beneficial might be a rolved from it we have not put a c raw in its path. P But how does Mr. McLaurln expect g hers to have confidence when he ^ Imself is in doubt. Hear him in the mate: "I say to you, senators, that t] aless we can get men not only of ^ laracter, but of supreme business p >llity and wide experience in finance, ^ e are engaged in a costly and fool- j h experiment I believe that this j, arehouse bill is scientific in prlnci- a le, but. It Is also fruitful in practical t: ssslbillties for either good or evil." r "i confess that when I think y aw absolutely essential expert man- tl jement Is to the success of our plan, c grow sick at heart." e The bill provides three commission- 0 s at $6,000 a year each, and expens- ? i, to build warehouses capable of aiding South Carolina's cotton crop, hey are to be given fifty thousand jllars to begin, say, a five million dol- P r task. Money for continuing the o uildlng Is to be collected In an In- a section tax of 26 cents a bale for P tort and 50 cents a bale foT staple a )tton. Between $350,000 and $450,- c )0 a year would be collected from the o irmers for inspecting and grading ? ?elr cotton. The money in excess of t le cost of management would be ap- c lied to building warehouses. Ac- c irding to the bill, Borne farmers t ould be forced to pay the Inspection e ix for many years before securing <3 ie benefits of a warehouse. 8 Mr. McLaurin's speech In support of a rnt bill consists of generalities or c ,se a recitation of long-worn facts. Te shall be delighted to publish an I rgument for his warehouse system, a ut must require that he do not ex- 8 jed 2,500 words; that he show, first, 1 ie safeguarding of the state's inter- 1 it in making the original approprla- 8 on; second, when and by what 1 leans, sufficient warehouse space will c e provided for the cotton desiring t arehousing; third, the security to the 1 irmer that he will benefit by having c Is cotton Inspected, and then ware- J ousing It; fourth, how will South arollna, "going It alone," hold any t immahd of the market; fifth, wheth- t r the fathers of this plan have as- I jrance that money will be furnished t t low rates to advance on a million < r half million bales in storage; sixth, lat this plan is a hybrid of the t razllian coffee-holding plan and the c oulslana cotton warehouse plan, and I icks the ability of the former to con- 8 ol the market, and lacks the assur- 1 nee of the latter to secure advances t t low rates on all cotton stored In ? ew Orleans, wherein lies a reason- < ble promise of success here; seventh, i It possible to guarantee the farm- ? rs who pay from {350,000 to 1450,- ' 00 a year for Inspection, with ware- I ouse expenses in addition, that they 111 not be paying for building a splenId political machine. We are not In opposition, senator; e are simply from Missouri. ? Washington, March 10: The Wllon administration will be "dry." This < xpresslon Is used entirely In a sense < iiat appeals to the Inner man of the 1 atlon and not necessarily to those t 'ho look for stereotype methods of 1 T? kortnma 1/nonrn thilt 1 uvcniiiiciu. 11 ucvamv swivrws* m.? resident Wilson and his family are verse to the use of liquor or wine In ny form. Intoxicating liquors will ave no place In the White House urlng the next four years unless the resident's views undergo a sharp hange. Secretary of State Bryan, as i well known, has been a prohibition dvocate for many years. On one ocaslon Mr. Bryan would have made It national Issue and it was due to his fforts that the prohibition legislation i Nebraska was put Into effect. It is rell known that Speaker Clark Is a eetoller and has been for many years, 'he fact that a large portion of the )emocratic majority In the senate and ouse Is from the south, where prohl- : Ition Is general, makes certain the i ict that there will be little wine and ?88 wassail than has been known In Washington for many years. There ever has been so dry a prospect In he White House since the days of resident Hayes, when Mrs. Hayes exluded wines and liquors from the exeutlve mansion immediately upon booming its mistress. pfettUtttuous pending. >RE8IOENT 8TAND8 FOR ORDER louth and Central Amarioa art Expected to be Good. Washington, Marbh 11.?President Vilson today issued this formal statenent of his policy towards the Cenral and 8outh American republics: "In view of questions which are nat- < iradly uppermost in the public mind ust now the president issues the folDwlng statement: "One of the chief objects of my ad- i nlnlstratlon will be to cultivate the riendshlp and deserve the confidence f our sister republics of Central and louth America and to promote in very proper and honorable way the nterests which are common to the eoples of the two continents. I earestly desire the most cordial undertandin? and co-operation between he peoples and leaders of America nd therefore deem it my duty to make his brief statement Must Havs Order. "Co-operation is possible only when upported at every turn by the orderir processes of Just government based pon law, not upon arbitrary or iregular force. We hold, as I am sure 11 thoughtful leaders of republican overnment everywhere do, that Just overnment rests always upon the onsent of the governed and that there an be no freedom wthout order based pon 4aw and upon th public conclence and approval. We shall look to lake these principles the basis of mujal Intercourse, respect and helpfuless between our sister republics and urselves. We shall lend ourselves to tie realization of these principles In act and practice, knowing that dlsrder, personal Intrigue and defiance f constitutional rights weaken and iscredit government and injure none 3 much as the people who are unforjnate enough to have their common fe and their common affairs tainted nd disturbed. Not for Despots. "We can have no sympathy with lose who seek to seise the power of ovemment to advance their ownperonal interests or ambition. We are lie friends of peace but we know that here can be no lasting or stable peace i such circumstances. As friends, tierefore, we shall prefer those who ct in the interest of peace and honor, rho protect private rights and respect tie rstraints of constitutional provilon. A mutual respect seems to us the idispensable foundation of friendship | etween states, as between lnaiviauIs. "The United States has nothing to eek In Central and South America xcept the lasting interests of the eoples of the two continents, the seurlty of government intended for the eqple and for no special group or inerests and the development of peronal and trade relationship between be two continents which shall reound to the profit and advantage of oth and interfere with the rights and berties of neither. The Hand of Friendship. "From these principles may be read d much of the future policy of this overnment as it is necessary now to drecast; and in the spirit of these rlnclples I may, I hope, be permitted rith as much confidence as earnestess to extend to the governments of 11 the republics of America the hand f genuine disinterested friendship nd to pledge my own honor and the onor of my colleagues to every enerprlse of peace and amity that a artunate future may disclose." The president read the above statelent to the cabinet today. At the White House it was dlsclalmd that the statement was aimed at ny particular country. It was delared that it would be sent to the dilomatic representatives of the United tates in all Central and Southern merican republics alike. While most all of the countries In lie western hemisphere are enjoying omestic and foreign peace, state deartment officials are keeping a close ratch on events in Mexico, Guatemala, londuras, Cuba and Salvador. The fexlcan situation was becoming more nd more acute in the closing days of he last administration. Reports were ecelved at the department from its arious agencies in Central America hat gave much concern to the offlials, indicating as they did the existnee of a general spirit of unrest and f embryonic revolutionary activity in lany quarters. 8tartled the Section. In Salvador, where a long- period of ieace had prevailed, the assassination if President Arauj by & band of conplrators, believed to have been .the irelimlnary movement In a revolution, tartled the whole of Central Amerla./ Charges were made that this rev'1111ion had been fomented from outIde, in Quatemala. In that same counry there were hints of trouble. Then ame reports from New Orleans that a omblnatlon was being effected beween the Zelayistas and discontented lements in Honduras, looking to louble revolutions, first In Honduras md later in Nicaragua. Costa Rica ippeared to be the only peaceful spot in the Central American map. The general tenor of the official retorts was to the effect that, the threatrned disorders had no foundation In ibuses of power on the part of the exsting governments of the republics, >ut were based almost entirely on perlonal ambitions of various would-be eaders and soldiers of fortune, who leslgned to overturn the established povernments and maintain themselves n power by force of arms and with?ut reference to the will of the maorlty of the people. Conditions became so acute just benre the close of the Taft administra Ion as to cause-the dispatch of the >ig armored cruiser Colorado, and laer the gunboat Denver, down the west !oast as far as Acajutla, In Salvador. The Wilson administration now Is !onsiderlng whether there shall be a change in the plans for the spring >ractlce of the Atlantic fleet, due to lail from Guantanamo next Monday .'or Hampton Roads. It has been sug;ested that the ships should be kept it Guantanamo until conditions In Central America are more settled. It s possible the four battleships now it Vera Cruz and Tamplco will renain for the present, whHe the rest of :he fleet proceeds northward. THE CANAL HEALTH BILL Took $20,000,000 to Drivs Favor From Panama. When the canal shall have been completed and opened to the shipping Df the world next year, the health bill which the United States will have had to pay in connection with Its construction will be very close to $20,000,000. Down to the end of the calendar year 1912 the total expenditures of the de partment or samiauuu negicBuo. ibout 115.500,000. Adding to this sum the 12,500,000 expended for the waterworks, sewers, etc., In the Canal Zone, we have a total for general health purposes of $18,000,000, writes Joseph Bucklln Bishop, secretary of the Isthmian Canal commission. In Scrlbner's Magazine. The expenditures of the next two years will bring the amount to nearly or quite $20,000,000. It will have cost the United States government this sum, first to make the- Isthmus a normally healthy place In which to live and work; second, to maintain It In that condition, and, third, to care for the sick, the Injured, the Insane, etc. Has this expenditure made the Isthmus a "health resort?" In the full sense of the term, It has not. It has made it a reasonably healthy place of abode and work and an agreeable and healthful place of sojourn, especially during the three months of the dry season. But this will remain true of the Isthmus only so long as stringent methods of health protection are enforced. Health statistics of the Canal Zone?sick and death rates?are misleading when used In comparison with like data of communities in the temperate zone, unless the peculiar conditions on the Isthmus are taken Into account In the first place, the American colony in the Canal Zone Is a selected white community, with less than the average allotment of women and children. All applicants for employment are required to be in good physical condition and all who are unable to maintain such condition after employment are deported. In this way the force Is composed at all times of men who have shown themselves able to withstand the climate without serious disability, and the colony Is rid of a permanently sick or Incapable class. Furthermore, there are no aged and infirm persons to swell the sick and death rates. In the second place, the health of the American colony is cared for as that of no other community on earth ever has been. Its members are pro vided with comfortable and healthful quarter*, free of rent, constructed on sanitary principles and supplied with pure water. If one of them falls sick, he can obtain free medicines, free medical or surgical attendance, and if taken to a hospital free subsistence there, and full pay, provided the period of his absence from work does not exceed thirty days In a year. His dwelling place is cared for at the public expense and all sanitary regulations in regard to it are rigorously enforced. He lives. In short, under a system of compulsory health preservation which protects his physical condition on every side. In addition to all this, he is granted six weeks' vacation each year with full pay in order that he may go to a more bracing climate and thus escape the deteriorating effects of the tropica All these things must be taken into account in considering the question of the healthfulness of the Isthmus and of the tropics In general, and the-allied question of making the tropics as healthful a region for the white man, or the Anglo-Saxon, as the temperate sone is. Undoubtedly, the application of the methods employed in the Canal Zone to any other section of the tropics would produce like results; that fact has been clearly demonstrated; but such application requires for success the presence behind It of a rich and powerful government as willing to defray the cost as the United States government has been in the case of the Isthmus. Some white men can undoubtedly maintain as good a condition of health In the tropics, under the method of health protection enforced at Panama, as the same men would have been able to maintain In the temperate sone, but many others cannot. This has been clearly demonstrated on the Isthmus The visitor to the canal sees the hardy, healthy looking young men who have been able to remain on the Job, and judges of the healthfulness of the country from them, but he does not see those who have been obliged to return to the United States because they could not withstand the climate, and there have been a great many of these. sKtttew front the ?rttooU. Conducted by Miss Uils A. Russell. Life of John C. Calhoun. John C. Calhoun was born in upper South Carolina March 18, 1782. His father, Patrick Calhoun, was a Scot, a soldier, a farmer and a member of the state legislature. John C. Calhoun spent his boyhood on his father's farm. The time for study did not really come until he was nineteen years old. His mind was fully ripe 'and ready for the best work. Within two years he was prepared to enter an advanced class In Tale college. Connecticut Two years there were enough to finish the whole course of study. In 1807 John C. Calhoun became a lawyer in Abbeville, >3outh Carolina. When England became more and more cruel to our sailors on the high seas, Calhoun's sense of justice was aroused. His indignation biased out against England In a speech which he made on the streets in Abbeville. Hl? follow citizens were oleased for they remembered the wrongs they had suffered from England during the Revolution. They therefore sent him to congress to speak for them against their old foes. One afternoon In the month of December, 1811, Calhoun rose In his place In the house of representatives in Washington to make his first speech as a member of congress. His hair was cut short and brushed back so that it stood straight on top of his head. The young speaker's eyes were dark blue and glowed like coals of fire. The young man bent forward at first as if from bashfulness, but this was only for a moment He soon stood erect, his eyes began to flash, and his voice rang out strong, clear and sweet like the musical tones of a great belL He spoke of the wrongs and insults committed against our seamen by the British. On the 4th of March, 1850, Calhoun made his last great speech. At half past twelve, o'clock he entered the senate chamber on the arm of his friend. Governor Hamilton of South Carolina. Calhoun was thin and pale from recent sickness. His hair was long and hunr in heavy masses over his tem pies. His speech was read by Senator Mason of Virgin ia. Every senator listened with close attention. Clay and Webster sat like statues. "How can the Union be Preserved" was the subject of his last words to his fellow lawmakers. Within a month from Calhoun's last speech, the great Carolinian passed away and was laid to rest under the magnolias in Charleston, South Carolina. , Ethel Hughes. Ogden School?Sixth Grade. Smith's Turnout, S. C., March 3, 1913. Dear Miss Russell: As I enjoy reading the letters In The Enquirer from other schools, I would like to see one from our school. I go to school every day I can, which I think all children ought to do. We had a box party at our school house the 21st of February. I think our teachers are going to have another one. , I am partly in the fifth grade and partly in the sixth. I think our teach era are going to nave us puuu uuncm at our school as soon as there is no danger of frost Miss Victoria Hollis is my teacher and I love her just fine. We have two teachers. The other one is Miss Louella Foster. I hope you will visit our school soon. Sincerely yours, Ellen Sims. Ogden School. Rock Hill, S. C., March 4, 1913. Dear Miss Russell: I know you will be interested to hear from one of your little friends at East View, and to know what we are doing. I want to tell you of ail the improvements we have made at our school this year. First we got a teacher's table and chair and a water cooler. Then we had our school house painted. We had an oyster supper and made i enough money to get some books for * our library. Friday night. Feb. 21, we had a box supper, and, although It was a bad night we had a good crowd and everybody enjoyed It very much. We made $18.65, which we shall use to Improve our school. We have organized a School Im provement association witn me 101lowlng officers: Ward Mitchell, president; Alice Gettys? vice-president; Louise Anderson, secretary and treasurer. We are going i to try to make a great success of it. When are you coming^ to see us again? We want you to^come sometime soon. ' Sincerely yours. Louise Anderson, East View School?Eighth Grade.