Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Help You J 32 "I suffered 9 years" writes Mrs. Sarah J. Hos kins, of Cary, Ky. '11 had female trouble and w oul d nearly cramp to death. My back and side would nearly kill me with pain. I tried everything to get relief, but failed, and at last began to take Cardui. Now I can do my housework with ease and I give (Cardui the praise for the health I enjoy." Try. AT ALL DRUG STORES 1 THE MONITOR SELF-HEATING SAD IRON. The Monitor is a perfect Self-Heat ing Sad Iron. . Generates its own heat in the body of the iron. Always hot and you can regulate it to any tem perature desired. No firing up the range ?you heat the house. No walking frora the ironing table to the hot range to change irons and back again, therefore saving labor, work that is most disagereable on a hot summer day. \iu can do an iron ing for the cost of about one cent for fuel, saving many dollars in a year; can take your ironing to any room in the house or out on the porch if you choose?that which every woman has sighed for many times. . Can iron all day without the least uncomfor tableness from the beut of the iron. Can put it in your suit case or trunk and take it along when traveling to press the muss and wrinkles out of clothing, ribbons, etc. Ora'flgeburg Hardware & Furniture Co. Stop in and see our up-to-date line, of Cloaks full 3-4 length |6.00 to $7.00 and $9.00. We can save, you from $2.00 to to $2.50 on each Cloak. See our styles and prices before buying. We give cash cou pons with each purchaser. PIKE'S ol AU Kind? on B Ye. cs? b?T~t ?11 the hoot. yov ooad by o?r plan. Write for that ?otifu.JJ. ?mIratM* twi df.*erirti.o bei. "A Book More in your home." hi* ftW. Write tod*,. W, guarantee quality ,od rah*., Our prv-oe tbe tow.at. Write far Catalog. It lm free. rv- '.rttaJ mmi ord.r B.x>i aoaae ie tl. world. ?I veari ia Uiamoaa. ??J>t TD71 IUI FRA&KLIAelURtttR CO., 65-71 w> Su Atlanta, 6? in i-ltOK WILI j '? ??" Mi. iii .mt. Sven with in heien undr, pool .school houses. I i icljooi terms', and incompetein I -bei. the people may still shun --ommendabie educaiiinal purpose sending sverj child t school ?I. ? rb< schi pis art- in session. I >:b ? . 'it- go bill ol" a very : school if ?he children st ud it regularly and with the pur of get iv.g the most possible o'it I ii llo\*. r;re the white children South Carolina attending the J loots? In !!*07. the white enrcdi en I in the public echocds ol th? ile was 144.668, while the average I eudanct was only 103.304. Thi eral census taken seven years be ? re 1 900, gives South Carolin; 7.972 white children between the <es of 5 and 20 years, while oui I gal school age is between 6 anil j I years. It is safe to assert that I irely sixty per cent of the white I llldren of the State are enrolled in I ly kind of a school, and not over j >rty per cent are in average atten I ance. In 1900, thirty-six per cent I the white children between the ges of 10 and 14 years were not J urolled in any school, public oi j >rivate. In the same year Massachu etts had only six per cent of her I hRe children of tue cor respond hi? ? ges out of school, Connecticut har1 I jeven per cent, and Michigan eigh per cent. In 1900, South Carolina had 54, 177 native white illiterates over lu I \*ears of age, only 792 fewer white [literates than the State had in I IS70, thirty years previous. At the I *ame date Connecticut, with nearly I wice the white population of South j Carolina, had but 1,958 white illit erates over 10 years of age. Again, outh Carolina had 15.643 native I vhite illiterates of the voting age; I lode Island, with four-fifths the lopulation of South Carolina, haa" ust 550. We had 17,839 nr.Mve vhite illiterates between the iges >f 10 and 19 years; Michigan, with I wice our population, had 1,141; Connectivut bad 14 0, and Rhode Island 100. Is it reasonable to hope for the South Carolina of tomorrow, with her load of helpless illiterates, I to cope successfully with those States I and sections which have freed them II selves from the bondage of igno rance? The day Is forever gone from j South Carolina when a few highly j trained men of leisure could direct and control the destinies of the peo IJ pie. This responsibility has been I shifted to the shoulders of the mags lies, and now we are forced to con j slder the training of the masses. jjOuly yesterday Hon. O. B. Martin II gave out this: "Several educa I cional leaders in New England f rank jlly told us that they are spending j their money and building up their II schools in order to retain and main I tain their industrial supremacy, j They realized that we have advan 'Itages and great resources in the . j South, but they propose to keep the ' j lead, if j possible, through the power I of trained brains and trained hands ' j Intelligence and skill will win every I time in .every race. What is Sout'. Carolina doing to-meet this open j challenge from New England? I Who are these South Carolina I white children not in school, and j why are they not in school? Soni? I are the sons and daughters of parents j themselves ignorant and unable to I appreciate or to understand what I education means to their children j and to the State; some are children I of fathers and mothers, greedy an) j ^elfish, who are more than willing I to make wage-earners and bread I winners out of their young untaught offspring; a few are the children of parents opposed to education, be I cause they have known some edu cated scoundrels; a very few are the children of parents who actually need the labor of their children tr eke out a living, and many are the I children of fathers engrossed in ma terial alfairs and mothers recreant :o duty. Many of these children are at work on the farm, in stores and shops at a few cents a day, and in 'ho cotton mills making good wages for children, while hundreds of oth ers are roaming the streets and coun try lanes?the training grouns for idlers, vagrants, and enemies to law. or'der. and decency. WHICH 13j MC FIRE INSURANCE. , Important? You fully realize It. You would not allow your house to remain uninsured overnight. Your house may never burn. Com parativcly few buildings ever do. If your house doc.? burn, your prop erty is destroyed, but you can still provide for your loved ones. Your ncome remains unaffected, your earn ing capacity unimpaired. If your house is not insured at all, or for an insufficient amount. YOU CARRY ThE RISK. Your friend has had his home In sured these 30 years, and uas had no fire. He has been fortunate in that though he has nothing now to show for the money paid out. WHICH IS JOHN - 18 E. Russell St., Agent for SOUTHEASTERN LIFE IN ! NO. 8. | AAM H. IL AN it., . | Two of the; worst enemies to child hood and youth are overwork and idleness. Close confinement at mau ual labor is dulling, stifling, and de structive to : the childhood; idleness is poisonous and ruinous to youth. Attendance upon school may he usod as a CQrrective for both evils. Th.i State, in order to protect at. least one* class of'children against over work, has passed -a child labor law. Barring some notable exceptions, the abortlveness of that law is a common jest. To illustrate: In 1905, one of our city school superintendents lost more than twenty pupils from >ne school within two months. In "ompany with one of the cotton mi'l superintendent of that town (a man In favor of schools), the school su perintendent went from house to house in the mill village enquiring for these missing children. In one afternoon he located twelve of them, .every one of them unlawfully en gaged at work in the mill, though only three of their names appeared on the pay-roll. Now, the child of the lazy, greedy, selfish parent is at work, *nd not in schcol. The child of the igno rant and indifferent parent i3 neither at work nor in school: he is idling. Both children need to he educated* he State needs both of them; and ? he State has already decreed that the taxpayer's shall establish and maintain schools for both. Thee remains but one logical thing to do ?compel the parents of both to send their children to school. There js but little logic In compelling peopie to pay taxes to support the schools, then permitting the parents of the children who most need the schools-, deliberately to keep them from the benefits of the schools. The poorer the child the more is the need for compelling his parents to send him to school. Compulsory attendance laws are aimed at the selfish and in different parent, not at the child. Of what advantage are good teach ers, long school terms, and fine school houses, unless the children attend the schools? In a recent elec tion to increase the local school tax in a district in North Carolina, where they have recently enactel a kind of local option compulsory law, a certain taxpayer made this declara tion: ? "If you vote to compel the children of this district to go to school, increase any tax as ? you please; if you are not going to put the children into the schools, I am opposed to any further tax." That man's argument haB no answer. Some opponent to .a compulsory law eays,' "You have not enoug.i school houses and teachers to taka care of the 'thousands of children not in school." That argument la worthless, unless we are willing t'. admit that the white people of th? State are actually unable to take care of their children. Let some philanthropist offer to aid South Carolina in matters educational, then you get an answer to that ques tion. Will the school houses eve's be built or the teachers employed until there is a need for then:? Would it be wise for a farmer to let a $500-crop waste in the fields, rath er than build $100-house In which to store it? ' ? The last argument of the oppo nents to compusory attendance is that it cau not be enforced without truant officers, and that truant of ficers must be paid . Certainly. Th-3 present child labor law of this State is a dead letter, because no provis ion is made for its enforcement. And the police of Charleston. Columbia, and other places, have to bo paid, but it pays to pay them. We are perfectly willing to pay an of'ic^r of the law to arrest little negro boys in a 10-ccnt crap game, but it is too much to pay an officer of '.he law to see that a lazy selfish father sends his child to school. We are paying today in actual money every jar five times as much in trloute to the industrial supremacy of New England and other sections, as it would cost us to put every white child in th-3 State In school for six months in the year! What econ omists we are! And what philoso phers we try to be! WILLIAM II. HAND. T'niversltv of Ponth Comlfna IRE URGENT? I UFE INSURANCE. Important? Oh yes. yon intend tt insure after awhile when "a littl? better able to no so." You will surely die. All men do You are more likely to die within * week or a year, than your house i? fo burn. Death destroys at once and Irre vocably, in whole or in part the lu come that provided for the datlj wants of those you love, the incomi that was counted on to feed and clothe and educate your chldren. If your life is not insured at all or for an insufficient amount, Your Wife and Babies Carry the Risk I Your frend has had his life in jsured these 30 years and is now ao ? old man. He is fortunate in having lived, and he has something now to Lhow for the money paid out. H? jcosh value affords a comfortable sup I port for his own declining years. MORE URGENT? GELZER Orangehurg, S. C 9TJRANCE CO., Spartanburg, S. C. I State' of South Carolina. Executive Department. WHEREAS, Petitions signed by more than one-third of the' qualified electors of those portions of Aiken, Lexington and Orangeburg Counties proposed to be cut off to form the new county (commonly known as Edisto County) and embraced in tho following lines, to-wit: Beginning "at a point about on.? mile below Merritt's Bridge at Drury's Bluff on South Edisto River, Aiken County, thence north to ;? point on the east boundary of right of way of Two Notch Road, where said'road cresses Nolen Branch, thence the eastern boundary of said road to Southern Railway, crossing near Samaria Church, Lexington County, thence a direct line to the Jones' New Mill on Black Creek, thence a direct line to a point half mile south of the residence of J. E. Dunbar, thence a direct line to Daniel Hutto Mill oh Cedar Creek, thence .along the southern boundary of. right of way of Waters Ferry Road to the Hooker Pond, thence down Sa lem Branch to North Edisto River Orangeburg County, from mouth of said branch to a direct line to old Jack Pond on little Beaver Creek, thence a direct line to 21 mile poat on Ninety-Six Road, thence a direct line to Tampa Mill on east Good Land Creek, thence a direct line to 149 mile post on Southern Railroad, thence a direct line to Stroman's Mill on Dean swamp, thence down Dean Swamp Creek to South Edisto River, thence up said river to point of be ginning," were filed with me as Gov ernor of the State, asking that said portion of these counties be permit ted to vote on the establishment of a new county. AND WHEREAS, The boundaries of the proposed new county, the num ber of inhabitants, the taxable prop erty, as shown by the last tax re turns, and that the proposed lines do not. run nearer than eight miles to any court house now established, are also set forth in said petition. AND WHEREAS, The report of a majority of the commission ap pointed by me to ascertain the facts as provided for in the Acts of 1905 as to whether the requirements o:' the Constitution as to area, distance, wealth, population, et cetra, have been complied with, has been filed, stating that the law had been fully complied with, and the number of square miles in the proposed new. county (commonly known as Edisto County) is four hndred and twenty^ six (426) square miles, leaving to the County of Aiken more than five hundred (500) square miles, to the County of Lexington more than five hundred (500) square miles and to the County of Orangeburg more than five hundred (500) square miles. NOW THEREFORE, I, M. F. An sel, as Govcronr of the State of South Carolina, by virtue of the pow er conferred upon me by the Con stitution and laws of this State, do hereby order?? 1. That an election be held in the territory embraced within the proposed new county on the fiteenti day of December, A. D. 190S, upon the question of creating the said new county, and that, at such election, the qualified electors within the pro posed area shall be allowed to vote upon said question, those favoring the proposed new county to vote "Yes" and those opposed to vote "No." 2. That the commisisoncrs of State and county elections of the. Counties of Aiken, Lexington and Or angeburg respectively shall make all necessary arrangements for holding said election, shall appoint managers and do all other things necessary for the holding of said election; that the county supervisors of the said coun ties respectively shall have prepared printed tickets and furnish same ro the commissioners of election to lie sent out to the managers of election for the use of the voters. .'!. That at the said election the question of a name and county seat, for such county shall also be sub mitted to the said qualified electors. 4. That said election shall b.i held under tiie same rules and reg ulations as are provided by law for regular county elections; that the managers shall be sworn before en tering upon the discharge of their duties and shall open the polls at seven o'clock in the morning and keep the same open until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the polls shall be closed, the votes counted, a return oT the number of votes poll ed for and against, signed and cer tified to by the managers of elec tion which, together with the ballot box, ballots and poll list, shall bo turned over to Ine commissioners of election, as required by law; that the commissioners of election sliaii then, as now required by law, tabu late the vote and make return there of to the Governor of the State and to Lite Secretary of State and file a copy o? ranio with the Clerk ni Court of Common Picas lor each of said Counties of Aiken, Lexington and Orangehurg. IX TESTIMONY WHEREOF. ! have hereunto set my hand and cans-: ed the Grca Seal ol tho Stale to be afilxed at Columbia this seventeenth day of October In the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eight and in the Independence of the United States of America the one Ii und red and thirty-third. M. F. ANSEL. By the Governor: Governor. Excellent Health Advice. Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 3.':i Gifford Ave., San Jose, Ca!., says: "The worth of Electric Bitters as a general family remedy, for head ache, biliousness and torpor of the liver and bowels is so pronounced that I am prompted to say a word in its favor, for the benefit of those seeking relief from such afflictions. There is more health for the diges tive organs in a bottle of Electric Bitters than in any other remedy I know of." Sold under guarantee at J. G. Wannamaker's drug store. 50c. Feel Bad To Day? How's your stomach? Sour?weak?nervous?shaky? Bad taste? Last night's dinner didn't agree? Well, just step over to the drug store and get a Dottle of For Indigestion and Dyspepsia Take a good, liberal dose, and you will be surprised how good it will make you feel Kodol makes weak stomachs strong. Kodol is pleasant and palatable. Kodol digests all the food you eat Keeps the Stomach Sweet f THE FURNITURE STORE f 9_? ft _==== ft RIDAY IS BARGAIN DAY f AT THIS STORE. . A Keep Your Eyes on Oar Big Show Window and Get Some of the I SPECIAL VALUES, f J Each Friday We Will UT the PRICE A A of a Useful Article. Something A ^ Different Each Week ----- a 9 Goods on Exhibition Monday. Bot ft ft Not Sold Until Friday- ft \ PRICES' ON FURNITURE ? ALWAYS LOWEST HERE. 9 _L_== ? 9-? ..-- 0 _ Wannamaker, Smoak & Co. t I FIRE, LIFE, Y ft BURGLRAY, TORNADO ft I INSURANCE!! ? ? ALSO SURETY BONDS J Written tey I represent companies that's knew to be good. Give me some ol your busint.'ss. -1