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FRIDAY, DECEMBER S, 1916. i?iU a WillSk. *1.61 A YEJlM The Newberry * Money and I Dr. Kinaxd Addresses^Parent uiscusses compulsory s\zze Brings Oat Need of th 1 had a special invitation from a h member of the Daughters of the a V- American Revolution to attend a meet- fi ins- r>f the uarent teachers associa- v tion of the school to be held at the r liigh schools building on Wednesday s afternoon. I accepted and I was> h there. This member said they were ;i going to discuss the plan of retain- t. ing and Using the old court house t' for a community building and would h be glad for me to say something at- h ler Mr. M. L. Spearman read a paper f on the subject. And of course after n Dr. Kinard finish.^ his talk 011 com tl pulsory education. n There was a good attendance ox ? mother parents and a few oi' the fat'k-, * er parents. Dr. Kinard discussed ^ compulsory education and gave the ^ statistics of the States that now have s compulsory attendance and said that 1 now there were only six States that did not have some sort of compulsory p attendance law and that last year 15 Parnlino ;?rlnnt in ?* a TrvhrSfl ^ ?jv/uvxi va* v. ?j ~?. (he did not say that but I do) law 1 on the subject there were only five ^ that had no such law. He gave \ the usual arguments against sucj * a law and then answered the ob-i jections in the usual way. I thinK s the South Carolina law is a reductio ^ ad absurdum, or if that is not the ^ proper Latin, is a reduction to ab- a] surdity of the idea of local option. w And in practical effect it is in fact no law* .at all. I believe tlfct theue CJ are several districts in New,berry that j ^ Tiave voted compulsory attendance andi by this time no one m tne oisinci - knows anything about it and there is ? no difference in the results. I intro-! ^ duced a bill in the legislature for a jt0 State law some fourteen years ago; and Mr. Raysor of Orangeburg haa j ^ a companion bill in the senate. The j si bill passed the senate and wanted only! w six votes of passing the house. I tc fcave long been in favor of a compui-; n< sory attendance law and a few years to ago collected a digest of the com-; P' pulsory laws of all the States in the i ** union. I believe, as Dr. Kinard stated.! w that the child has rights that the e* parents must respect, and one ot a< ji these is to have the very best oppor- '?-* tunity possible to make a good citl-, ^ zen and one of these opportunities is' *s to have the best training possible. |vt and if the parents neglect to give this j opportunity then the State has a right to step in and say you shall. But cs this thing that the legislature of 1915 P1 passed is a farce of the first water. At. As to the negro we need have no ^ ? t P( uneasiness 01 tnai ior ue is guiug iu all.the school we furnish him. i ai $r. Kicard said that there were three suggestions as the solution or ei the negro problem. One to colonize him which was impracticable, th? other one assimilation, and the other, te segregation. He seemed to favor thej idea of segregation. Colonization is ( Impractical. Assimilation Is repug nant but I saw it stated somewhere that Cvery day in the city of New York an average of six licenses is is sued for the intermarriage between k c to a< P< cr negroes an<i wnues. ui cuur? tu?v i Is a small matter, bnt it is at least a sympton. As to segregation I do not know about it. I doubt if it is practical. You know Thos. Jeffers?i I tfc w ar said in 1822, I think it was, that noth-! R ing was more certainly written In .the book of fate than that these peo ple. the negroes, would be free, and that it was equally certainly written in that book that bejrg free and en joying the same privileges under the th ot R government it was impossible for tne j two races to live under the same gov- \ ernment. The first of his prophecies J ^ J has come to pass. Of the other I not? know. I am sure that those who | P* did the act now realize that the crime j of the 19th century was in making pv them, the negroes, equal under the: D government. The future will take J care if iaself. j Dr. Kinard spoke of the needs of' 1 the schools in Newberry, which is j nnp.Rtion for us todav. He i ? said that we needed more money That ^ no doubt is true. We need more j R teachers and we need to pay the ones! we have more salary. I think he is j o' mistaken in the statement that we rr bavp now six mills for maintenance, i R If I am not mistaken we have only j S. three mills. The constitution does not; permit over S mills for maintenance ' th as a special tax. ; D There was one thing in the conclud ing rpmarks of Dr. Kinard that we could not exactly reconcile. He made ^ a strong plea for compulsory attend- -w Tpce and commended the State local fc, option law and yet said if he had tli answer now on the subject for the uj dewberry district he would say no, ru Schools Need Wore Teachers Teachers Association and |iu: ndance and Incidentally e Newberry Schools. e did not want compulsory attena nce because we did not have the acilities to take care of the children 1m cllAiilH Ko in Anl Thof 1<c lie position of Gov. Blcase on the ubject of compulsory attendance, le favors it, but would vote against : because we are not prepared to ake care of the children. If that is lie admission to be made, then we ad better have first a compulsory iw to make the people provide the acilaties. Those children who are ot in school have just as much right liere as those w"ho are in. That, to ly mind, is a very impotent argument j co gainst a compulsory attendance law. j ed f rommilsorv attendant is a srood! na iw, then we should have it, and it I be e have not the facilities then we: th" tiould be made to provide them. That; ri^ 5 my position. Th<e only way tujof nd out if we are lacking in the fa- ] ilities to take care of the ^children! ve 5 to require them to go to school,! ch nd then if we have not the room or j m< ie teachers make us provide them.! w* hat seems to me to be the only ra-jthi ional and sensible view to take ofi2*"5 ie question. * } I r But Dr. Kinard made a strong pre- . f Vi a ao en on^ T o m cnrrr ! W 1" liLrin/n yjL txir: Lti.'C auu i aut cui i; e said he would even right now. to ay l>e against a compulsory attend- J ace law for this district because we j I ere not prepared to take care of the j mc lildren \%ho should be in school, be-: yQ1 iuse if we are not prepared we should j for 5 compelled to prepare just as much j R*1 5 we should be compelled to Sand, j his ie an untenable position for Gov. ? lease and also an untenable posi- If on for so distinguished an educa-1 1 ?r as Dr. Kinard to take. " i Ch The thing for the people of this dls-; ict to do is to provide more of the! news of war, and I believe they will i Of hen the matter is PUT squarely up ! them and they are made to see the! 1 scessity for it. It is not necessary ; Be have any act of the legislature. The ' sople can by petition order the elee-j on and vote the additional money ! If hich they have to do even if the 1 ection' be authorized under a special Ch it of the legislature.-x Since writing ; ( te above I have been informed that! le lOiai i^vy row lor ma-iiiteiianvt; *-*v 5 mills and this will permit us to; 1 )te 3 more mills before we reach An le limit fixed by the constitution. \ The Herald and News will do all it I m to present the matter fairly ana j A r *operly to the people ana we are sur'i' hen they see it they will provid? j He ie money. Thpy have always res-! 1 jnded nobly to the call of t"fle school? | id they will not fail now. Dr. Kin- \ d says we do not need any morel ] jilding, but we do need more teach- \ ma s, that now some of the teachers ? up ive as many as fifty children in a; hu: oJ" monit frtr onv i l cVUC. iiiai lw\j acher to do justice by. I yoi Dr. Kinard was authorized to ap- j rig >int a committe to bring the matter j i thf? attention of the legislative dele-j em ition, I suppose to have a special ev< :t passed calling the election. By1 up Jtition of one-third of the freehold- j rei s the election could bt> ordered and pe< am" not so sure but that would be yei e better plaR. But any plan that thi ill bring results is all right. ha; After the address of Dr. Kinard th< id the action mentioned tho D. A. j tie . asked to present a matter touching j js ie old court nouse dui mis is an her story. E. H. A. APTIST MIMSTERvS IWITET) TO FILL PULPITS The following" ministers hnvp be?n vitert to preach in the following pul ts Sunday. December 10th. Avel?ieh Presbyterian church, elev- | i ^Vlcck?Rev. Chas. A. .Tones. D. thi .. Columbia. S. C. a?.i Associate Reformed Presbyterian th< nir^h. p]p\*en o'clock?Rev. H. W. er( rovence, D. D.. Grrenville. S. C. pei Antral Methodist church, eleven C01 clock?Rev. T. V. McCaul. Clemson Pa Dlleo-o^ s. C. Seven-thirty o'clock? an e\. S. H. Templeman. Laurens.'S. C. re< First Baptist church, eleven-thirty o* clock?Rev. S. H. Templeman. Lau- , >ns, S. C. Seven-thirtv o'clock? IIP ev. T. V. McCaul. Clemson College. c. mc an West End Baptist church, seven- pa, iirtv o ciocK.? Kev. m. \v. rrovence. T).. Greenville. S. C. The turkey supper and oyster stew the* ladies of the A. R. P. church il] be given in the vacant storeroom 'tween the stores of .T. T. Dennis and ;e Evans Cash company Friday crht. Go eirly so as to avoid the ish. <5/ ;?/ '$ <$><?> > <$><$ 'S* <? <?> & TUE IDLTR, <* & <V $> <t> <*'< > G> ? <$ ? *9 "&<& 4* 1 notice thai tlie editor writes two lumns or more about "me and Br> i'* and he tells some very interest g uiings. And lie has' something to v about The Idler and The idlers irk. Well, it is true that I did for veral years have a good deal to say lout a park for Newberry, and I was i glad when the park was opened at I jhought the thing was done, id that soon the city or a park as ciation would buy the land and more nd adjoining, that I would not say ty more lor me wmie at ieasi. iue rk was the thing I was after. Bu: wanted to see a real park, and one 2ll regulated 111 every way. Maybe, at is what they have, but I have en and licard very little about ft iring the past summer. It seems to 3 that about the time the thing look like it was materializing there was mething being said about naming it, a then there was to be a voting ntest to decide what it is to be cali . Of course, the right and proper .me to give it is The Idlers Park.) cause that is a pretty name, and sn it would be some feeble recog ;ion and appreciation of the service a very humble and unassuming 1 izen who has worn out one or tw>o | ry good typewriters?I mean ma ines?writing aDout a parK. dux 11 ikes very little difference to me iat it is cal)<^. The park's the ing. I am a sticker. I never go into y thing except to accomplish results, sm a sood fighter, too?I mean with r typewriter?and never did know iat it was to quit. ?0? knd this remimls me of a little poem read the other day which I want >st earnestly to commend to the Ling people especially, and it is good * the old folk as well. Here it ia. ad it: Sticking to It. the fish ain't bitin* right, What ye goin' to do? uck yer bait anrl quit the fight, 3r see the fishin' through? course, ye ain't! You'll stick till night vV Vn' see the fishin' through lievi?ir* that you'll get a bite \n' pull the fish in, too. the apps. are comin' slow, Wfcat ye goin' to do? uck it up an' let 'em go, }r, "See the fishin' through?" t on yer life! Yer goin' to fight In HI ver face is blue. stickin' to it, MAKE em bite? That's what yer going to do. quitter never won a fight! The sticker's bound to win. fishes till he gets a bite tod then he pulls 'em in. ?Charles L. Tompking. ?0? }id you know it was almost Christ ,s. And that I am going to hang my stockings again tnis year, i Dg 'em up last Christmas, and the ristmas before that, too, and do j know old Santa Claus passed me ht up, and didn't give me even a veil, the stockings were just as ipty the morning after Christmas i as they were when I hung them Well, just so the old gentleman nembers the children and the old >ple I will be glad and happy. Ana you know, all of us have some ng in our make-up that makes us ppy if we are remembered, even It } token of rememberamce is of lit intrinsic value. And I reckon It right that it. is so. In fact, I know is right because it helps to make better men and women. ?o? To go back to the park for a mo int and its name. I have known rks to be named after people who ly gave a few fi-et of land for the rk. and I have known school houses ;1 school districts to be named In i same way, when all that the don CfUi "-nt; If) auiuc luaiwiu* ing "which they happened to have, a who did very little to bring about j establishment of the park or the action of the school- houses, and the rjple who really did the work that anted in the establishment of the rk and the school were forgotten d not even .mentioned. Well. I ^kon it is all right, or it would not that way. It is only a symptom the materialistic age b-> which we e. And the tendency which is man st to worship at the shrine of mam ?n. These things never worry me, d if the good people of this old town n get some one to give a few acres dirt for a park, or if the people a school district can rio the same, iv 1-t them name the park after the nor? of the land and the school ev.ise. It is written in the good ol:: "Cast thy bread upon the wa s: for thou shalt find it after main its.'' That is as true as holy \vriT 1 make it. Sometimes U mar s ,ny long days and even years, but it is just as sure to return as the i sun shines. Li is also written: "He | chat observeth the wind shall not sow; j and he that rigardeth the clouds shall i not rea.p." it is ours to do our duty j as we see it, and to do it now*, ana the results will take care of them selves. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand; for thou kinowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether uiey both shall be alike good." So 1 go on sowing in the morning and in the evening I with hold not mine hand. I try to do good all the time and to help every good cause without thought of myself, and I only mention this here because I want the good people who have start ed the park to go ahead and buy the land and make it a permanent in stitution of tne city and call it any thing they want to, and they will find me helping them all the time and injj I every way that I can. I will wear j < out another typewriter?machine i j i mean?writing for tiie cause, if 1 can : 1 get some one to help me pay for tt. I Of course, my stuff is worth a wnoit- 1 lot to The Herald and News, but the! 1 > i editor has not been paying me very , i promptly?I reckon he will let this j i pass. | 1 ?0? j 1 By the way, just one other thing in ! 1 [ regard to what the editor said about; ' ? j ' n nfl lio UL. S I | illU tVHtl uiyail auu nuav ?u> v j done. Wily bless your life, if the edi-; 1 tor has done anything worth while, i i why -let him go on doing the same; * thing and casting bread upon the wa-.1 ters, and his reward will come. What} i better reward could any one want? j 1 except, of course, lie should have a ' I little bread to keep life going?but c what better reward should he wamj * than to see the things he has b#nu! < pleading for all. these yeajjs really . ~ come to pass. That snould De glory 1 & plenty for "me and Bryan.'' . I was reading the other day tne; story of Marion Harland's life, as published in a magazine. You know, her real nam^a Mrs. Edwarfl* Payson Terhune. She will be 85 years old in January next and she arises every i morning at 6:30 o'clock and writer foT* an hour?and she uses a type writer?and then has breakfast at 7:30. At 8 she is back at her desK ' and she works until one o'clock and then after lunch she is out of doors.; and she enjoys the best o? health. She: i was born and reared in the good old -f ? southern town of Richmond, Virginia,' < and had plenty, and plenty of slaves i to do her bidding and yet slia is the I author of "Comon Sense in the House hold," they tell me a great book. And j a great cook book full of the be3t j kind of recipes. W-hpn wenr. to j house keeping she found the need of j common sense. Well, Mrs. Harlana l siv, it U ok her fifteen ye^'z to coi- j lea an the recipes and edi. fhem Hut ] I relerreil Mrs. Harlan?l to tell: , you that sh? rises at 6:3 . in IV j \ morning, works a-n hour before break- :< fast and then works until otv; o'clock < rn,i has lunch and that she is oit in j the open air until dinner time. And sh" is 86 years old and her picture r looks like a girl of 20 summers and she has worked a Ions: time. And I'll bet she does not retire earlier than' 11 or 12 o'clock. And she is never tired, she says, she does not have time to get tired. Did you ever no tice that most ail tired people you j meet are those who have nothing to . j ? 1 ? * UU. H VIA x o * v^ov. The Idler. PROMINENT WHITE SPEAKERS TO ADDRESS COLORED BAPTISTS I shall be glad if the readers of this paper will extend this notice as far as possible in Newberry, Saluda and Greenwood counties about the meeting of the colored Baptists to be held in the Bethlehem Colored Baptist Church, South Carolina; to begin at 8:00 p. m. Monday, December 11th Dr. \ve.ston Bruner of the Home Mission Board of Atlanta, C-orgla, will speak to the colored preacr-ers and laymen on Tuesday night. t>>e i 12th at 8:00 o'ciock. mere arc sev eral other prominent white m n who will address the colored people at this church at 4:30 p. m. and 8:<"> p. m. each day. Among the white .Tien - who have written me that they will address the colored people are: Drs. C. C. Brown, R. W. Lide. V. I. Mas ters and B. D. Gray of Atlanta. Ga. Such laymen as Cal. R. B. Watson of Ridge Springs, Mr. T. 0. Lawton of, Greenville and Mr. C. B. Bobo of Lau-j Xexf Sunday arrera-on, uneumr, ( iOth, at 3:30, a great mass meeting ( for men only is to be held in th? j "^ethlohem Colored Baptist church ? Colored people coming to this meet- ( ir?g can receive all information by ( addressing: j Rev. J. E. Kirklaiul. Pastor. Xewber- } ry. S. r? or j ( Rev. Richard Carroll. Columbia. S. C. ? The Library. During the very short winter after noons the library will open at 3:30 and close at 5. The days are -Mon dav, Wednesday nn<7 Friday. The Old Court For a Comr The Daughters of the Ame\ Parent-Teachers Assoc Adopted.?Commit Lest we forget. In writing an ac sount of the meeting of the Daughters :>f the American Revolution, or rathei jf their proposition to the meeting o the parent ^teachers on Wednesday ifternoon, it mignt be wen to review .is orieily as possible a little history n connection with the proposition tc make the old court house a communi :y building. It seems that those wlu [liscussed it at the meeting know irery little about it. The Herald and News and J P. .1. Caldwell during 1908 and pre irious had been sayeing a good deal ibout the using of the building for a est room and library. Maj. Caldwel wanted it used for a library and resi "oom v. aile The Herald and News lad as its main idea the use of tru juilding for a rest roorrr and audi orium for meetings of various kinds t seems now that so far as the meet ng On Wednesday is concerned thai .0 those present the idea, of a co:n uunity building is entirely now. When :he vote was put on removing tht juildin^ The Herald and News op >osed the removal. There were mam >f our friends who thought we wert vrong and wanted t'le building torn iown so as to enlarge the public >quare and place a park where the juilding is and around the monument At the county convention held to Hay, 1908, Mr. R. T. 0. Hunter ofTcr :d the following resolution which was icconded by Cole L. Blease and un mimously adopted: "Resolved, That it is the sense o .his convention that the removal ui imposition of the old court house bt submitted to the people at the -Augusi jrimary and the executive committee nake necessary arrangement to ou ain the will of the people." Mr. Geo. B. Cromer is reported in rhe Herald and News as saying "thai t was not a place to discuss the re solution but he was heartily in t'avoi )f retaining the old court house aiw naking of it a resting place for thv adies who came to town." i ^ ..-ill 1 vr>A TTroH T-T Drvmiti -ViclJ. ^aiun&ii auu . > Vu ?. ck were appointed a committee t( prepare the proper manner of sub nitting the question in the primary Mr. Dominick who was county chair nan was also requested to obtain a egal opinion as to the title of tht property and whether or not ihe title ,vould remain in the county after th* juild'ing was used for other purpose* Fliis he did and from Hon. Geo. S VIower, and the following is the opin on: August 20, 1908 To the Democratic Voters of Xewberrj County: The committee to whom was refer ed the matter of examining the tith .0 the "Old Court House Ix>t'' and re port as to the effect, if any, the re nova] of the present building would lave on the title to the lot, respect fully report that at the request/of tht .""-mittaQ T-Tnn (Zen. s_ Mower ha* rendered the opinion herewith pub ished. It is 'unnecessary for the commit :ee to add anything to this opinion is it fully covers the ground askec .'or by the executive committee. Respectfully submitted Fred H. Dominick, County Chairman August 20, 1908. Son. Fred H. Dominick, County Chairman, Dear Sir: At your request. 1 :iav - i^o.ieu him he matter of the b-gal status of the 'Old Court House Lot'' so far as an^ ;laim might be made to it on the par; )f the heirs of John Coats based or lis conveyance of the same, dated th* ?ighth and ninth of September 175f9 i am of the opinion that Xe\vberr> jounty has a good title to tne lot Hi luefition so far as any claim to n I House nunity Building rican Revolution Meei With iation and Suggestion is tees to be Appointed: - j ant and attractive place for the peo >J pie from the country and would : j an encouragement for tliem to come I I 10* ii. - 1! Mai. Caldwell also discussed the> r question of the negro. This being a ' county building there could be no dts )! tinction on account of race, colo'* or ' previous condition of servitude ; I unless we made some arrangement 11 for the negro there might be trouble | i.i tiie future. These are all matter# . i i.'tit should Le toiisid red. (When the returns came in from, the i election it was found that those w.nu i voted were very evenly divided ar.a the majority for the retention of the l | building was only 33 votes. The vote > stood for removal 113*?; against re ? mnirol 1 1 C.i? T t i-2 o cironco +V?<> r , the big majority for removal was in . j the town and it is due to the people of the rural districts thai the ma . {jority was not for removal. The vote ' in town precincts was as follows:, t For Against Removal Removal -! Ward 1 90 48 i Ward 2 100 b's i Ward 3 48 4i i j Ward 4 68 45 " i Ward 5 112 : Mollohon 82 31 j Tcta 1 50<) 27H j So it will be seen that at that tim? >: the town was for removal. And the j country saved the day. I might say j that the town has almost always fcce* ' in passing that it is a little Strang*# lasrainst me in matters of this kind. , but generally afterwards has come diounu witn my position. Just a lit tle ahead the procession. My im pression is tnat oome ot those now leading in the movement to nuke tms a community uuiiding were in the j ust oi tnose who wanted at tnat time J to' have it tOi.11 uowu. j aow this little oit of history may nui uu ui iiueiosi to tnose oi tue present day and if it is not why just "skip -v uuu go on to something eise. bui i Uiu constrained to print it lest we lOigei, and then to nelp us in ins ,iwwi movement. Ana i <io not want to be misunderstood, for 1 aiu as nappy as Dr. harms said lie was tnat tais marks tne beginning of a new era, and fro / this day on we v. iii iiave a community building, but the idea was not new to me as a ?eeme^ to ue to Dr. Harms, but then, you ki.ju, i nave been here a long time, and have been laboring for the advancement and development of the community mucn longer than Dr. tiujnis, o.:t it gives me great pleas ure to join in with him and tha iiamrhtoK and th*. community nr^? ing of the parent teachers in helpln# on tne good cause and the making out of this Ouilding what 1 dreamed lor it years ago. There has been no legislation on the matter and rhe vote on the ques tion was not legally binding on any . one, it was simply a referendum u? : get the expression of the "will of thn people. The old building stiil be f U..S to tne people of the county an<l they may do with it as they pieasev I Auout tne uine of this vote the re ' presentatives of the Coats heirs senc a lawyer to look into the matter ana f I am convinced that lie was convlnc i ed ther? was nothing in it for the | heirs. At any rate we may now^o, i aner,J and make a library and a rest \ rorm and have one of the best of any town in the State and we will not i have to name it Carnegie. Mr. Spearman read the paper writ ten by a member of tfle D. A. R. and it was resolved by the meeting thai the suggestions made V adopted. And a committee is to be appointed o\ iJi'. k.nard who acted as cnairmau, Mr. Spearman to be chairman of the committee, to take the matter up witn the proper authorities and see what can be done. In order to carry out the idea it will take some legisla tion. Mr. Spearman and Mr. Arthur | KiDler ana .ur. .juuu .u. nmai u ! Mr. 'Alan .Johnstone and Dr. Harm** j all mad:- remarks favoring the scheme J though thpy did not seem to be fa ; miliar with the situation. Well, it 13 j gocd that they favor it and I will be i more than pleased to help the goon j work on and hope to see seme time in the not distant future another of my dreams for the town realized in. thp establishment of a county library and convenient ar.d comfortable res' rooms for the men and the women or the county where they may maKe 1 headquarters when tney come u> uaus j with ns and from which they may re ceive the hearty welcome and tb<; comfort and convenie-ice which suci a building provides. J E. K. A. i. 1 3v tne neirs 01 .<01111 tuai? >>> rerned. Yours Very truly, George S. Mower. Major Caldwell contended that tht proper organization to take charge >f the building if the proper legal re tirements could be met was the li :rary association and for the count;, 0 have a library riia*. won in be 3 oun'y affair open to all the peopk jf the county ir connection with tfu est rooms. The Herald and News ather leaned to the idea that tn :ivie association should have charts: md that the city should furnish the ncans to employ the proper heir t< are for and keep the building inas much as the building belonged to thn ntire county but the town would ?;ei he greater advantage in thai sucfc in arrangement would make a #eas