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" ISSUED SEMI'WEgHLY. ^ ^ =^==___= L. x qbist's sons. PubUrfim. } % 4amiI8 D?rcjia>ei[: 4or thij {promotion oj thij political, Social, ^jrieulturai and Commercial interests of th$ f)eopt<. | , ESTABLISHED 1855. VORK VIL.I/FC, 8. C.. TUESDAY. JAyUAKY 13. 1914. NO. 4. r- The Novelized from the Excit BY BERTRAK Copyright, 1912, by Cecil Raleigh with the Drury Lane Company ? lins, managing director of the . CHAPTER IX. Jockey rod Gentleman. ^ Before Sarttvis was put to the necessity of further invention and delay there was Ji knock on the door, and in answer to his master's call, Sartoris' ma'i came in with the statement that a/Mr. Kelly" wished to see Sartoris.i The latter directed that he be brought in. Myrtle he led into another As Kelly came in, scowling at SarBr toris' man. the captain greeted him t heartily with: "Kelly, you are the very man I wanted. I've just had a wire. Commission?chap I know wants to back The Whip for two thousand." "Then you'd better try some one else," said the bookmaker shortly. "I'm fed up with The Whip. The Whip's Just what I've come to see you about. The horse is in your cousin's stable, and you ought to know someg thing about her. What I want to know is how, what is it?how good is it?" "Why?" demanded Sartorls. "Because I lost my temper," ex4 plained Kelly, "and lost my head, P r "If The Whip wins I shall take it to V Lady Diana and ask her how her signature comes there." too, with Brancaster, and I laid him 20 to 1 against The Whip." ^ "You did?" "Three times." "What in?" "Thousands." "Good heavens, man!" said Sartoris. not entirely displeased to see another in trouble also. "You'll be broke. They tried The Whip yesterday. She romped home. The best horse they've ever had in the Beverley > stables. 5^ Cover, man! Cover." "Cover be hanged!" said the disgusted Kelly. "I've tried it, but the whole town rings with it, and the horse is now 5 to 1." "Anything is better than nothing," ^ Sartoris advised. "If you wait you'll get worse. Beverley is going to tell the wide world. Oh, you're in a hole ?put there bv Brancaster." This lack of sympathy on the part of Sartoris angered Kelly. "I'm in a hole, Mr. Captain Sarto" 1? ?14 u?AQ*A?Jno'lv "Rnt what ris, ne saiu uucai are you? I'm going to get out of this hole, and you are going to help me. ^ I've been a good pal to you; now it's your turn." "What can I do?" demanded Sartoris with a shrug of the shoulders. "I'll tell you what I can do," re. turned Kelly, taking a piece of paper from his pocket. "You see this bill for ?3,000 due tomorrow?" "Yes, that's right," answered Sartoris easily. "But I want you to let me renew it. I'll pay you the interest tomorrow and give you another bill." "With Lady Diana's name on it again?" insinuated Kelly. "Yes. Isn't her name good enough?" demanded her cousin. ' "Quite, but I'd like to see her put it there. Because I don't believe she ever did. I'm going to ask her. So you?can keep that new bill for yours and I'll keep this?till after the Two j Thousand race. And if The Whip wins I shall take it to Lady Diana and ask her how her signature comes there. But if The Whip loses I'll give it back to you, and I'll throw you a couple of thousand in as a make weight." "How can I stop The Whip from winning?" asked Sartoris, fearful that his forging of his cousin's name would soon come to light. "That's your job," returned Kelly. "Lots of things happen to horses, especially favorites. When Klarikoff was favorite for the Leger, he got burned in his box." "Do you suggest that I shall"?began Sartoris. "Use your head, that's all," said Kelly. "You've got plenty. But if The Whip wins it will be in a halter ^ ?and don't you forget it." W' . The sound of a sudden scuffle outK aide the door interrupted them. "I tell you I will go in!" said Harry i , Anson's voice. .. In another moment he had forced his way into the room. Kelly recognized The Whip's jockey at once. "Harry Anson!" he exclaimed. "Oh! Since he dropped in so friendly like see if you can't settle something with him. I'm off. Hello, Harry." Whip ing Play of Same Name. [D BABCOCK and Hamilton by arrangement ' of America and Arthur ColDrury Lane theatre of London. He crossed partially to the door and then beckoned the dispondent captain to his side. "But when the race is over, remember, you've got to settle with me," he warned Anally and was gone. Angrily, Sartoris turned upon the jockey. "What do you mean by bursting into my rooms like this?'' he said. The answer of the jockey was direct and to the point. "I've come here after my sister. Where is she?" he shouted, almost shaking his list in the other's face. "What's your sister to me?" answered Sartoris in apparent disgust "That's what I want to know," returned the jockey, "and that's what I mean to know before I go out of this room." "She's not here," said Sartoris. "You're a liar," instantly responded the jockey. "I watched her come in half an hour ago, and she's not come out. Where's that door go?" He pointed to the door behind which Myrtle was hiding. "What's that to you?" demanded Sartoris. ' "I'll show you." Anson started for the door, but the captain blocked his way. "You won't," he said. The Jockey picked up a heavy decanter from the table. "Get out of my way or I'll?he shouted, as he rushed toward Sartorls. But the door opened suddenly and Myrtle rushed between them. "Harry!" she exclaimed. The decanter her brother let fall to the floor, where it broke into pieces. "Myrtle!" exclaimed the brother in an agony. "It's true, then? You were here with him alone? Myrtle, tell me, I'm thinking wrong of you!" Her head dropped. "Look me in the face?tell me." The head of the girl was still bowed. "I can't," she said brokenly. "Myrtle?my little sister"?he agonized. "You?his?his"? Down by his side the girl knelt. "Harry, Harry, don't ?you a man ?<ry for me like that. I'm not worth it," she said. For a moment the Jockey raised his head while the tears coursed down his cheeks. "Ah, Myrtle! You was once?worth all the world before?you met him," he sobbed out The drawling and unfeeling voice of Sartoris broke in upon the anguish of the brother and sister. "See here, my lad," he said, elevating his eyebrows, "suppose for one moment we look at the matter coolly"? Abruptly Harry pushed his sister back as he got to his feet. "Coolly," he said, "when you've ruined my sister! Look at it coolly! Why, every drop of blood in my body would cry shame on me if I did. Call yourself a gentleman!" He was standing directly before Sartoris now. "Well, I'm little better than a stable lad, but I wouldn't treat any woman as you've treated her?a motherless girl?with no one in the world but me." "My good boy, I assure you," drawled on Sartoris. His tongue again infuriated the boy. "Curse your assurance," said Harry. "There's only one thing I want to hear from you. Are you going to marry my sister?yes or no." "No," said Sartoris clearly. Maddened, Harry plunged one hand into his pocket and the next moment (,; "Do you think I'd buy my honor at the price of his?" was covering the captain with a revolver. The girl rushed toward him, but at his stern command of "Stand back!" she stopped. But Sartoris did not lose his presence of mind. "Oh, fire away, my little fellow," he said in his slow voice, "but if you shoot as straight as you ride, you won't make your sister a widow and I shan't be able to make her a wife." (To be Continued.) It Might Have Been.?The Irishman was relating to some friends in Glasgow how one night on retiring to bed he fancied he saw a ghost, and. having a revolver handy, he fired at it. Next morning he examined the obejct he had shot and discovered it to be his shirt. "What did you do then?" exclaimed one of the company. "Bedad, I just thanked heaven 1 wasn't inside ov it," replied Pat? London Tit-Bits. &r West Virginia makes use of less than one-quarter of the coal she produces. FOOTSTEPS OF THE FATHERS As Traced Io Early Files of The Yorkvllle Enquirer NEWS AND VIEWS OF YESTERDAY Bringing Up Records of the Past and Giving the Younger Readers of Today a Pretty Comprehensive Knowledge of the Things that Most Concerned Generations that Have Gone Before. The first installment of the notes appearing under this heading was published In our issue of November 14. 1913. The notes are being prepared by the editor as time and opportunity permit. Their purpose is to bring into review the events of the past for the pleasure and satisfaction of the older people and for the entertainment and instruction of the present generation. Having commenced with the year 1856, it is the desire of the editor to present from the records, a truthful and accurate picture of conditions as they existed immediately preceedlnR the Civil war. This will be followed by a review of the war period, Including the names of York county soldiers who went to the war singly and in companies, and then will follow the events of the re-construction period and the doing* of the Ku-Klux. All along the editor will keep In mind incidents of personal Interest, marriages and deaths of well known people, weather events and general happenings out of the ordinfry. In the meantime persons who may desire further Information about matters that may have been only briefly mentioned are Invited to call at the office of the editor and examine the original records. SEVENTEENTH INSTALLMENT Thursday, March 18, 1856.?We are not likely soon to hear the last of the terrible storm which recently swept our forests. Its ravages are to be seen everywhere, and we can readily believe the "oldest inhabitant," who declared he had "seen nothing like it." And we can as readily trust the assertions, heard on every hand, that a quarter of a century will not suffice to wear away traces so indelibly imprinted. The best to ho rathnrod of the severitv of the storm was obtained by us the othed day from our friend Mr. Robert Cairne8. While putting things to rights in his orchard, he weighed the branches of several trees while encumbered by ice, and also ascertained their weight after the ice had melted. The following table exhibits the striking result, the first line of figures containing the weight of the limb with the ice, and the second, the limb alone. After all the veterans of the forest sustained the burden nobly: Peach 55 10 Plumb 145 14 Lilac 95 11 Pine 50 5| Cedar 51 8 Elm 18 S Thorn 58 7 Wild Cherry 25 1J Spanish Oak 70 5 Persimmon 45 15 Pear 170 51 Apple 182 60 Valedictory. Having disposed of our entire interest in The Enquirer to Mr. L. M. Grist. Mmiwtii with It Hdhpr with this issue. The motives which led to this step would possess but little interest for the public. Suffice it that the Junior wishes to make other arrangements, and the Senior was unwilling to assume the responsibility of sole editorship and proprietor. H4s present official and professional duties are sufficiently exacting to require his undivided attention. The objects for which The Enquirer was established have been accomplished. It was the wish of the projectors to plant on a firm basis, a paper, which should be at once the exponent of the literature, and the projector and elevator of the intelligence and morality of the district. If we have fallen short sometimes of our duty, we have not been disappointed, at least, in thinking that a journal with such views, would receive a liberal, generous and sustaining patronage. In retiring, therefore, it affords us no little satisfaction to leave the paper, not only upon a permanent footing, but also in such good hands as those of the present enterprising and industrious proprietor, and the able and experienced editor, Sam'l. W. Melton, Esq.. who watched so successfully over the youthful struggles of The Enquirer. The public will know and appreciate their efforts, and we hope and believe that the past is only an index of the future ?that their industry and talent will meet the same encouragement which they have heretofore met and that our pet journal will be tenderly cherished by its old and newly found readers. Our intercourse with the members of the press has generally been amicable and agreeable. We have found the editorial fraternity a generous, frank and intelligent class?ready to do battle in defence of cherished opinions, yet, ready to forget and forgive when the heat of the conflict was over. We will miss?yes, we will sigh for the familiar face of many a dear "exchange," with its pungent editorial, its political broadside, or playful humor. To our fellow craftsmen, therefore, we bid farewell with regret, and we can but leave them our best wishes. To our old readers?to the many that we love?and to our friends generally, we bid a heartfelt adieu. Jno. L. Miller. Joseph H. Black. All accounts due the office previous to the first of January, 1858, belong to Jno. L. Miller & Co., and amounts due and owing the office since that time, belong to L. M. Grist. By the terms of the sale, Mr. Grist is to fill out all paid subscriptions. Jno. L. Miller & Co. Yorkville, S. C., March 18, 1858. To the Public. The foregoing valedictory of the editors and proprietors will announce to my friends and the public that I have purchased the office entire, and have resolved to undertake alone, the heavy and responsible duty of managing the affairs of The Enquirer. I have adopted this course very reluctantly with many misgivings; not because my faith in the kindness and generous liberality of The Enquirer's friends has in any degree diminished, but rather because I f\.el keenly that my abilities and my purse are far too inadequate to the task devolved upon me. I am resolved, however, to spare no labor. My success in life, the maintenance of my family, the interests of the people in the midst of whom I have been raised and whose well-being I have learned to regard with singleness of eye, my earnest devotion to all influences which tend to promote the honor of the printer's craft?these will, I am sure, be incentives strong enough to nerve me on to the highest purpose, and make me to work unceasingly. These considerations, too, will suffice, I hope, to assure the friends and patrons of the paper; ^ and throw around my humble efforts the mantle of charity which always seeks to hide the faults of the earnest and honest laborer. The editorial department will be conducted by Sam'l. W. Melton, Esq., of whose qualifications for the task, it is unnecessary for me to urge a word. The readers of The Enquirer Know ins pen; and they will be as ready and as willing as I have been to extend to him a warm clasp of welcome. Of course the tone of the paper will partake largely of the spirit which formerly marked its conduct?in a political aspect, especially. Involving an almost entire change. I need not say that the political character of a paper is the reflex of the political character of its editor?the doctrines it urges, are those of the editor alone; and the reader will not expect, in this particular, any material difference between the two principles that are in future to direct the editorial columns, and those which marked the course of the paper during the first two years of its existence. On all other topics?especially in the advocacy of temperance and a sound morality, the course of The Enquirer will, I know, be right onward. The selections of reading matter will devolve upon rayseii. i win, ausu, endeavor to manage, alone, the financial and business departments, and will always be found in the office ready to do a prompt and willing service to my patrons. The job office, which is already well supplied, will be continually replenished with needful material, and every effort will be made by me to fill all orders in that department, neatly and with despatch. In a few days I expect to receive a new machine card press, which will enable me to print cards, bill-heads, circulars, envelopes, etc., at rates lower than can be obtained elsewhere out of Columbia and Charleston. The supply of law blanks will be kept up diligently: and in fine, in all the departments of the business, I shall employ my best efforts to meet satisfactorily the demands of the public By the terms of the purchase, payment will be due me since the first of January last; and all sums due before that date are payable to John L. Miller) & Co. The accounts, however, remain in the office, and I shall take pleasure in settling with all who may call. To my former co-laborers I extend the parting hand with sincere regret. The ability which has marked their management has made it a pleasure to work after them; and the uniform kindness and forbearance which they have constantly extended to me merit and receive unfeigned gratitude. My warmest wishes go with them throughout their Journey of life, that their labors may be crowned with abundant success, and their final reward be the "well done," of the faithful servant. I need say nothing more. With the assurances I have given, and knowing that my own diligence, and strict attention to business will be my best guaranty, I leave it to the patrons of The Enquirer and to a generous public to mete out my reward. Just as the measure of my labors may deserve to be rewarded. Lewis M. Grist. (To be Continued.) Good Resolutions.?The pastor of a New York church on Sunday after New Year's, proposed the following ten New Year resolutions for the members of his congregation: I will say a hearty 'Hello" at half a chance and help everywhere. I will practice smiling until it becomes a fixed habit. I will cultivate my heart as well as fill my pocketbook. I will not forget to say "thank you" to God and man. I will swallow three times before speaking when angry. I will not criticise but compliment folk, and that not gingerly. I will choke back complaints about aches, ills and bad luck. I will take my head and heart to church quite regularly. I will say my prayers with a child's 3 ...ill spirit uiiu an uuuii s win. I will daily look myself over and make all possible Improvements. All of us would be doing well if we adopted these resolutions and lived up to them.?Greenville Piedmont. The Value of Kashmir.?The most populous and important part of the Kashmir state in the extreme northwestern part of India, is the southwestern portion, especially that known as the "Vale of Kashmir," noted as being one of the most beautiful districts In the world and as a delightful summer resorts for visitors from India and elsewhere. The Vale of Kashmir may be described as an oval basin 80 miles long and 20 broad, extending from southeast to northwest. The Jhelum river flows through this valley, and has several enlargements, making important lakes. On either side of the Jhelum is an extended area of flat alluvial plain which is closely cultivated. The mountain ranges sur rounding the valley are among the highest in the world. Mount Godwin Austin, a peak in one of these ranges with an altitude of 28,265 feet, is said to be the second highest peak in the world. The floor of the Vale of Kashmir Is from 5,000 to 6,000 feet above sea level. On the Jhelum river within the vale are located Sprinager, the capital and largest city of Kashmir, with a population of 126,334 in 1911* Baramula with a population of about 7,000; and on the mountain wall of the vale, are many smaller towns and villages.?Consular Report. All He Had.?A medical student was talking to a surgeon about a case. "What did you operate on the man for?" the student asked. "Three hundred dollars," replied the surgeon. "Yes, I know," said the student. "I mean, what did the man have?" "Three hundred dollars." replied the surgeon. <*# An almanac printed in Newport, R. I., in 1781, sold for $525 in Boston the other day. GOVERNOR'S Ali Carefully Prepared Pa the S WISE AND SENSIBL Lengthy and Interesting D and Open Style?Discu: ly, and Handles Other Manner. Governor Blease't. annual message to j the general assembly was sent to the house and senate at noon today, and the reading was In progress when The | Enquirer went to press: MtOQAUC STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Executive Chamber. Gentlemen of the General Assembly: You have met in annual session, in obedience to the Constitution, to take such action, as the law-making power of the state, as shall best preserve the rights and subserve the Interests of all the people whom you represent. In welcoming you to the session of 1914, it is with the earnest hope that your efforts in that direction may be wisely guided, and that you may work togeth- 1 er ip harmony in the performance of. tha{ high and patriotic duty. The Constitution provides that the governor shall, from time to time, give to the general assembly, information of the condition of the state, and recommend for its consideration such measures as he shall deem necessary or expedient. In the performance of this duty and the exercise of this privilege, j I herewith transmit to you mv annual message. Your Deceased Members. The pleasure, gentlemen, which you will experience in your reunion in annual* session is not without a tinge of deepest sadness. Three times during the past twelve months has the scythe of the Grim Reaper cut down your num ber, and other names were called during your organization today in the places occupied a year ago by Rembert, Schroder and Williams. To the memory of these three departed comrades you will no doubt pay proper tribute. The Hon. Fred. Williams, representing the county of Pickens, had many warm personal friends among you, and his presence and his activities will be missed. Capt. John C. D. Schroder, of Charleston, was cut down suddenly in the prime of a vigorous manhood. The picture of robust health as he mingled with you during your last session, little did any one think then that ere you mefagain he would be called to his final reward. Capt. Schroder served his people faithfully and well, doing those things always as a representative of the people which he believed to be for their best interests. He was active in military circles, and was one of the most popular and valuable officers of the National Guard of this state. Col. George R. Rembert was one of my closest personal friends, and his memory ia very precious to me. siricaen at the early age of thirty-eight, he was in the midst of a career which had already given him a prominence which has not come to a great many men in the history of our state so soon. He was a hard fighter, and he always fought for what he believed to be right. He believed in the people and he championed the cause of the masses. His ideals were high, and to them he was true. It Is useless for me to tell you of his work as a member of the house from Richland county. You gentlemen know his record. It is writ on the journals of your general assembly, and It has now been closed. I want, however, to give you the last words which he uttered to the public. I want to write them on the pages of the permanent history of this state; I want to put on record again, what he was for, In order that our people in the future, when they read the glorious annals of their state, may know what manner of man he was. In his last public speech ho nairi "I shall fight as I have fought in the legislature for a reform in our tax system. We have about the most inequitable system in the United States. For years the burden has been upon the masses of the people, upon the small farmer and the merchant, upon those ^ having tangible property alone, while the intangible property of the very rich has paid little or escaped taxation al together. 1 shall fight for such changes as will lighten the burden on the shoulders of the weak, and place it where it belongs, upon the shoulders of the strong. I shall fight for a tax on water power. Millions of dollars in natural resources have been given away, while the people have slept, and it is time to stop. I shall fight as I have fought for a law that will make the newspapers behave themselves, and force them give every man, regardless of his politics, a square deal. "I shall fight for the election of judges by the people. It is the only way m keen them from ultimately belonging to the corporations. The people snouid have as much right to say who shall construe their laws as they have to say who shall make them." Education. The most important matter which can engage your attention as the representatives of the people is the proper education of those who will be the voters and the mothers of the next few years. South Carolina has made marked progress along educational lines. Our schools and colleges have experienced a growth both wonderful and gratifying. Even a newspaper which has preached that nothing good could come to South Carolina during my administration, said during the last commencement season: "There is no reason to despair of South Carolina. Never before in the state's history were schools of every degree from kindergarten to university, doing a work comparable with what they are doing now, and it is as sure as the day follows the night that the people and the standards of their citizenship are steadily improving." For a detailed statement of the condition of the state's various higher institutions of learninir I refer you to their annual report, and the condition of the public schools is set forth in the report of the state superintendent of education. My position as to our educational institutions has been stated to you fully so often that it hardly needs repetition here. I favor liberal but not extravagant support of our higher institutions, and I favor liberal and adequate support of our free public schools, so that the little country children, many of whom can never receive any training <NUAL MESSAGE iper on the Needs of 'tate. E ON EDUCATION. ocument in Usual Frank sses Franchise ExhaustiveSubjects in Unequivocal except that of the country school, may secure an education which will prepare them for the battles of life. There can be no question that the country schools have been too much neglected. There can be no question that they have received too little In comparison with the big appropriations lavished upon our higher institutions. I would not do aught to injure one of our state institutions, but the people of South Carolina today are demanding, and justly demanding, in no uncertain terms, thai the children of the country districts and of the mill villages shall receive their Just share of the state's appropriations for educational purposes. We should support our hie^er ,T,stitutions but we should steer clear of extravagance, and we should provide adequate facilities to give every white child in South Carolina a common school education, in comfortable schoolhouses. under the training of good teachers who are paid sufficient salaries to do the work. The people do not need and they do not want compulsory education; what they need and what they want and what they demand, and what they are going to have, is adequate school facilities. One-Mill Tax For Free Public 8ohools. I respectfully recommend that you pass an Act levying an extra tax of one mill for the use of the free public schools of this state?not an abortion such as you passed last session, but a real act that will do the people some good, along the line of my recommendation to you at your last session. which recommendation is fresh in your memories, or which you can easily refresh your memories upon by reference to my message in your journal of 1913. Now, gentlemen, I impress upon you the necessity of this one-mill tax, and of your making it permanent The country people want it; they are demanding it, and they most assuredly should have it Tour last Act amounted to nothing except a practically useless tax upon the people. Look at the schools which received the money. How many country schools received it? How many town schools got large amounts of it?and today you are hearing It said that the special tax will be taken off in districts which are able to pay, and this money used instead. My purpose, gentlemen, was to help the weak country schools, where there is no special tax, and where the people are not able to pay any?the weaK country schools where there are no high schools, and where the children have little or no chance to get any education except what they may be able to secure in their home country schools. And I again appeal to you along this line. Some, I understand, have said they would not vote for it because it would be helping Blease. It will be no help to me, gentlemen. I am too old to go to any school now?not too old to learn. 1 haven't any children to receive the benefit of this money, nor have I a brother or sister whose children would receive any oenenc irum n. oui ? ua>c thousands of friends in South Carolina who have children who will be benefited by it, and I have many political opponents in South Carolina whose children will be benefited by it, and every one of those friends or opponents are friends of some of you, and you will be helping their children by this, and not helping Blease. And you will be doing your plain duty in looking out for the future of your state?because these little children who will be helped will be the men of tomorrow. Therefore, I appeal to you, and I beg and implore you, one more time, to give to the people of this state this one-mill tax for the weak schools in the country, to be used by the state board of education as that board deems best, and I guarantee you that it will go to the weak schools; I guarantee you that it will go where it is most needed; and I guarantee you that the benefits of it will be far greater than any compulsory education bill that you can pass. In this connection, I call your attention to the report of the state superintendent of education: "The proceeds of the one-mill tax for 1913," he says, "will approximate $290,000. The reassessment of property in 1914 will probably raise the total valuation to $300,000,000. The retention of the levy, therefore, will mean $300,000 for the public schools. The maintenance of state-aided high schools now in operation demands $60,000. The continuance of state aid for lengthening the school " * ? -* - ?m x #?n term in weaK districts wm requuc ??,000. Rural graded schools, employing two and three teachers, are applying for $60,000. The restoration of the state building fund would require $40,000. Public school libraries, together with the Rural School Improvement association, now receive $5,000. Your Act of last year provides for $60,000 for high schools, $60,000 for extension of public schools, $20,000 for consolidated graded schools, and $5,000 for rural libraries, retaining 50 per cent in the county as a county board fund. I would not say one word, gentlemen against any or all of these educational activities, but what I have begged and pleaded for is that you set aside this extra one-mill tax so that it may be used by the state board of education in helping the little one-teacher schools; the little schools with less than twelve pupils; the little schools that run less than sixty days; the little schools that need help in order that the little children may get the bare rudiments of an education. There were 148 white schools in this state last year that had less than 12 pupils; there were 375 that had a regular attendance of less than 12. There were 134 white schools that ran less than 60 days; 188 that ran 60 to 79 days. It is for help for the schools that are not able to help themselves that I am pleading. I have given you the facts and I have besought and urged you, showing you the necessity for it. I have done what I could. I can do no more. The matter is now with you. Country Schools in Want. T~ T horr tn PO11 VnilT* ill (.ma cuiiiicuiiuii, A t/vn w w... j ~ ? attention to report filed by the Rural School Supervisor with the state board of education, on April 4, 1913, In which he says: "The short term of many country schools and the irregular attendance of many pupils make it impossible for them to finish in one year the work mapped out for the gradeg in the state course of study." Again: "Three fourths of our country schools employ only one teacher. This teacher has each day from twenty to forty recitations." Gentlemen, I have called attention to this matter before. How in the name of common sense do you expect these little country children to get an education? I have advocated and still advocate more comfortable schoolhouses. conveniently located; larger salaries for the teachers, in order that we may secure the best, and enough teachers to supply the demand of the number of pupils. If you will give these necessities to your country schools, the boy or girl who is never able to go anywhere else can be prepared for the ordinary battles of life. Supplemental Reading. I would respectfully recommend that you pass an Act to provide supplemental reading for the free public schools; that is, that whenever the trustees of any public school shall set aside a certain sum for the purchase of supplementary reading material for the use of the school, that the county board of education be required to provide from the general county school fund a like sum. People Not Ready for "Compulsion." I desire to call your attention to an article written by one of the best and one of the most prominent women in our state, she having held high positions in the different organizations in South Carolina. This article appeared over the signature, "A Co-worker," in one of our daily newspapers. A study of the tlgures showing the increase in the white children attending school shows that it is not "compulsion' but opportunity that is needed. More, teachers, larger salaries so as to secure and keep the best teachers, more convenient and more comfortable schoolhouses ' and better equipment for teaching purposes and longer school terms?yes, more money to help the country schools and less extravagance in our colleges? that's what we need. The article follows: "With the opening of the schools, the subject so engrossing to every man and ? ? ln?A*i..a?A/l In A^iiAotincr tho WUIIiail 1IUCI COICU III wuvmvuiq ?i.v white race becomes more and more emphatic and each one who has an Idea for the betterment of our children's future should use it toward this end. "For some time I hav<> wished we could And a name less antagonistic than 'compulsory.' I think very often a name carries with it either popularity or the reverse and we all know it is a strong trait within us to dislike being compelled, being made to do the very thing we would probably like to do if some other way were used than 'compulsory.' I attended every meeting of the Conference for the Common Good that I was able to accomplish. 1 think it was a grand rally of fine men and women and the very meeting Itself a most important event Some have said, 'Nothing was done to show how the evils of the times can be remedied." The pioneers in everything never put full blown flowers forth, never are given credit for the fruit of their work. But the conference was needed anu what is needed thoughtful humanitarians work out They lay the foundation, mind acts with mind, the wave is started inshore?and if each one rides it wisely, they land somewhere, somehow, on solid ground. Co-operation is the power that will accomplish educating the white children, as it does in everything, and this is what that conference did in organizing the earnest workers of the state for developing tut better plan to bring about universal education of the whites. 1 have lived in the country, I have mingled with the poorest people, and I think I can see the rock against which they bruise their own feelings. I sympathize with them because I understand them better than many of the men and women who are so actively, so enthusiastically working for 'compulsory education.' "Sometimes the greater the enthusl asm the greater the miaiaxes. w urn applies to factory and to mill children, all congregated together, does not apply to segregated homes, in fact is simply Impossible. A law that can not be enforced is worse than not having it A law that in the eyes of many of the mothers seems harsh and inhuman will never work out this important end we are striving after. Now I know of m personal knowledge that there are children in the remote country who can never comply with the compulsory bill, whose parents are Just as anxious for the advancement of their child as the rich man is for his; but It is simply a physical impossibility to do one cent more than 'keep the wolf from the door.' It all sounds beautiful in the assembly halls, in the newspapers, from the platform?'compulsory education, compulsory education!'?but in some homes it can not be done under the bill as it now reads. 'We can cage the bird, but we can not make him sing.' "So let the thinking men and women work out the problem of supplying books, decent clothes, strong shoes to walk to the schools in and the 'compulsory' part of this bill will soon be unnecessary. In one of the states the books are supplied. If the state is the 'good parent' it must not say to the children, 'You shall do thus and so.' without knowing that the child can carry out the command. If a parent lays down a law that can not in reason be obeyed, why that parent only arouses rebellious feeling, awakens unfortunate friction between mother and child. The state is more obligated to look out for her unfortunate children than for her prosperous ones. "" * * J tkot if fhn "it nas occurreu iu ure mav ? women of each neighborhood, working for the betterment of humanity, united their efforts and supplied proper clothes for even one girl, and the state supplied the books, then we might achieve state-wide education without friction. The missionary societies and our federation of clubs supply the wherewithal for education, scholarships are offered, money is Bent across the ocean for the 'heathen Chinese' and here, right in each state, our boys and girls are ordered to attend school an. have nothing to wear, some of them. Several of the speakers at the conference touched upon the social element in rural schools. This is absolutely necessary if we wish to educate the country child. For some years I have been interested in sending literature to country schools and I am more than repaid by the influence my books and magazines have had, as indicated b> letters to me from teacher and pupils. "If the women right in this city realized the amount of pleasure and sui shine magazines carry into remote homes they would select one school, and make that their objective point for all castaway literature. Once begun it becomes a great pleasure as well as duty." The Institution for the Deaf, the Dumb and the Blind. I am Informed that this institution was founded in 1849 by N. P. Walker, the father of the present superintendent, and for many, many years the present superintendent, assisted by . good wife with ail her loving aid and encouragement, has devoted all his time and all his energies to this school. Dr. and Mrs. Walker have now both grown to an age where they need some rest and care, and 1 think the devotion which they have shown to their state .1 i- !/.?? #'.? thaia littla hllnd uiruugu iiio.i ... deaf and dumb children, entitles them to the lasting gratitude of every man and woman in South Carolina. This institution is wonderful. X saw things there at the commencement exercises last year which I would not have believed possible if I had been told of them without seeing them for myself. To say that the training given these children is wonderful does not express it. I do not know of any language that can express it, and too much can not be done by the state for the institution. To be appreciated the work which the jBchool is doing must be seen. I recommend that you make an appropriation to have a nice cottage built on the grounds of this institution, and that it be set apart as a iiome for President and Mrs. Walker during the remainder of their lives, and that Dr. Walker be elected president emeritus, with a sufficient salary to give him and his good wife those things which are necessary to make them comfortable and happy for the remainder of their declining years. This would be a tribute which I am satisfied every ore of your constituents would applaud, and which would show to the world that there is yet some appreciation of those who are willing to give their lives for the uplift of humanity. The South Carolina University. You gentlemen remetnber my fight against one Mitchell, who was for awhile the so-called president of the South Carolina University, and also the fight that I have been making for years for home men to be put at the head of our colleges, and for graduates of the institutions to be placed in the professorships when there are vacancies. As I have expressed it before, when a mother has given birth to as many children as the South Carolina University has, if she hasn't one son who can attend to her business it is time for her to stop. When we got rid of what we had down there some neople proclaimed that the university was ruined; that the students would quit; that they would follow this distinguished (?) man into some other state. But, as a matter of fact, what are the conditions? On September 22 it was reported: "The enrollment to date shows an Increase of nineteen per cent over that of the corresponding date last year, and that was the high-water mark previously established." Now, gentlemen, was I right when I said that we wanted a home man at the head of this Institution? Has the change injured the school? In connection with the South Carolina University, I notice that the new dormitory, which has been completed at a cost of $26,000 of the people's money?which is such a little part of the appropriation you gave the university ?has been completed, and it actually holds thirty-nine men. How many little country school houses do you And with that number of boys, and even more, that cost $60 or $76? Tet I suppose you will be asked this session to give another $26,000 to build another schoolhouse for thirty-nine boy a But when you are asked for somethliig for the little country children you either will not give it, or else you will muddle it up so that nobody can figure It out. or when they do figure it out, it will be found to be parcelled around .n such driblets that it will be of no benefit. Gentlemen, I hope not I appeal to you again to compare the amounts we are spending upon a few in the higher Institutions of learning and the thousands of little children in the country schools. Winthrop College. Tou will notice that I did not sign the report of the board of trustees of Winthrop college. My reasons for not signing this report are endorsed at th?. bottom of the same, and are as follows: "Having been unable to attend .he meetings of the board of trustees, I am not sufficiently Informed at present to express an opinion as to the correctness of this report, or to recommend to the general assembly what amount of money is essential for Its management." ?. You gentlemen cannot do too much for the education of the women of our state, but you can allow sentiment to 1 lead you to extravagance. These few words in reference to Winthrop are said to commend her to you for the work she is doing and to warn you against extravagance. 8outh Carolina Military Aoadamy. The Citadel academy is in prospermia and fiourishina condition, and is doing her usual good work. I feej that it is useless for me to say very much in regard to this institution; she speaks for herself, and deserves your most earnest and thoughtful consideration, and such appropriation aa will enable her to continue in her usefulness to the young men of the state. The Medical College of the State of 8outh Carolina. This baby is nearly grown, although she is not a year old. She will put on her new suit of clothes In the near future and will step into her new home and start housekeeping, and if you gentlemen will Just help her a little, in my opinion she will prove the most valuable institution the state has, for she will turn out young men graduates who will be in position to help you in some of your greatest problems in the matter of ridding yourselves of aome of your greatest evils, such as tuberculosis, pellagra, and other scourges. I commend this institution to you. To Bar Certain Races from Colleges and 8chools. I respectfully recommend that you pass a law prohibiting the board of trustees of any state college in this state for white pupils, or any public * - - whlnM ranaiv. scnooi iur Willie cuuuicu niovu . w-~.. es any of the tax money of the people of the state, or any facalty of such Institution, from admitting any negro, Chinaman, Japanese, Cuban, or other disagreeable and incompatible race, into said college or school with white pupils. Deadly Football. I mentioned something to you gentlemen last year about football and its tearful toll of life and broken limbs. I desire now to call your attention to an editorial which appeared in the Columbia. 8. C., State, on November 25, 1913, the last sentence of which, gentlemen, I am satisfied you will say is very 'Consoling to the parents of the fourteen young men whom college faculties and school trustees have allowed to be murdered: "Football?Its Cost." "Now that the football season is almost over, it is as well to record that a particularly hard season has resulted in fourteen deaths throughout the entire country. Of these only two were those of players on university elevens, the remaining victims belonging to high school or amateur elevens drawn into football, without care or preparation, by the vogue of the game. "A isw years ugu, nucn mu v> .. prominent players met death or serious injury, there was a tremendous campaign of invectives against footoall. This year the casualties are merely noted, Indicating a general acceptance of the fact that this is a game that is worth the candle. In a big and populous country, with thousands engaged in a concededly rough sport, iourteen dead is not sufficient to- condemn the sport itself. It is significant of -.he common sense of the press and the public that such a suggestion has roi. been seriously raised. "It were easy to prove that other sports kill more participants in them than does football, but the point is established. However, even these fourteen deaths among a great army of players make a deplorable record?not for a fine, manly game, but for the tack of care and Judgment in its playing. Football is a game of boys, but it is man's work. It calls for courage of the highest order. It calls for physical stamina, strong bodies, trained bodies. Any set of youngsters can play baseball in a sandlot, although occasionally one of them may be killed. But the growing boy ougnt not to piay lootball, except with considered advice. If he has the physique added to the courage, his career on the gridiron will, in all probability, make him a better and a stronger man; if he has not these requirements, he has no business on the gridiron. Football is sirong meat for strong youngsters. The solution lies with the parents to see that their progeny do not try to chew a beef too stiff with gristle." Gettysburg Reunion Note. After the adieu; nment of the general assembly last year, General B. H. Teague. commander cf the South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans, and others very much interested in ti- Gettysburg reunion, found that the amount of money appropriated by you to give the deserving survivors from this state a trip to that reunion would not be sufficient. Some effort was made to attempt to raise t money by popular subscription. I took the position that this was wrong; that I did not think the ex-Confederate soldiers of this state wanted to be held up as beggars or paupers, and even if some few did want to be so held up, I made up my mind that none of them should be. I. therefore, sent the following communication to Gen ?? nw%A ?A/iaI %t*iA frAm Vilm erai league, auu icvvi^w ?. v*** ?* ... the following reply: "June 21. 1913. "General B. H. Teague, Commander South Carolina Division, United Confederate Veterans. Aiken, S. C. "Dear Sir: I have noted with regret, though it was to be expected, that the appropriation by the legislature for the survivors from this state of the battle of Gettysburg to defray their traveling expenses to the anniversary soon to be held, is greatly deficient, providing for considerably less than one-half the number applying. South Carolina ought to give all her survi(Continued on Page Five),