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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
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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.
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and owing the office since that time,
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subscriptions.
Jno. L. Miller & Co.
Yorkville, S. C., March 18, 1858.
To the Public.
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in all the departments of the business,
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To my former co-laborers I extend
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The ability which has marked their
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My warmest wishes go with them
throughout their Journey of life, that
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abundant success, and their final reward
be the "well done," of the faithful
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I need say nothing more. With the
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to business will be my best
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The Enquirer and to a generous public
to mete out my reward. Just as the
measure of my labors may deserve to
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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