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Then values at SUMTER, S Oe sing. times. *LOUIS APPELT. Editor. MANNING. S. C MAY 7, 1913. PUBL.ISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BE WAS Se FLEDGED. The State reproduces from' Collier's Weekly a criticism ofi South Carolina and Governor1 Blease for refusing to enact the McCravey compulsory education:] law. The writer is not opposed to a sane compulsory education *law, and as a step toward getting a beginning along this line he voted for the McCravey bill1 when it was on its passage in the senate, but after further consid eration he saw the futility of such a bill as was passed. There I was nothing to it, absolutely no way to enforce it provisions, and' he saw too, that it would lead up i to contentions and strife in local< communities, so much so, he 1 doubted the propriety of enact ing a -law so ineffective in its ! make up, and when the Gover nor vetoed it he came to the coo- I clusion that it was for the best. 1I There is need for a compulsory education law in this State, mat-. ters how much tlie opposition to e it undertake to appeal to preju- I dice to defeat the sentiment in its favor, the fact remains thereI is need for such legislation, but 1 when it is undertaken the State should be in a position to furnish I the necessary equipment for the schools, it should be able to pro- 1 vide free books, as well as free I tuition before it forces parents to send their children to the pub -lic schools. The argument that 1 compulsory attendance is taking 1 away rights of parents is not' without some force when the ex-1 pense is taken into considera tion, some parents are not able' to provide their children with the necessary books and equip-1 mnent, to send them to school, therefore if the State is to de mand attendance it should also provide the means. 1 So far as the criticism of Col lier's is concerned, that weekly is prone to criticise everything done by the present administra tion, in our opinion, it. bases its criticisms upon the editorials it reads in our Columbia contempo- 2 rary, which of course is unfriend ly, and is not always unbiased.< The people of South Carolina 1 know whether or not they want a compulsory education 1 a w passed by the general assembly, and next year they will have an opportunity' to pass upon the ] question, as at least one of the candidates for Governor, Prof. I J. G. Clinkscales, has announc-i ed that he will make the racei upon that issue, then and not until then can it ba ascertained:i whether or not this. State is a Our to calt you at(< MAKEI~ We whether H>make it Moos' Suits. Boys' Suits.. in our Hat any given pr ready for such a legislative en actment. T h e ,criticism of Governo: Blease for vetoing the McCrav ay bill, although it admits it wa: worthless, is not warranted, be :ause the Governor in his .vet< miessage called attention to hi: spehes on the stump against :ompulsory education law, anc >ur recollection is that he als< old the legislatui-e in his inaug iral address he would veto an3 much legislation because he bac promised thpepeewoc 0s;they heard his speeches deefully aware of his atti ~ude, notwithstanding this, the' ~lected him over an opposipior hat was thought to be invincible nhder these circumstances how ~ould Governor Blease do other rise than veto the compulsory >ill, matters not how mild it was. :lad he signed it, the very forces which criticise him, would takE he reverse position and mnake ~laim that he was not true to his ledges on the hustings, there ore, we say if this is to be thE ssue next summer, and accord ng to Mr. Clinkscales h'e pro aoses to make it a part of his >latform, then let the issue be :lear cut, and all abide the result. We remember when Willian: ennilngs Bryan..ast visited Co. umbia and address-'d the gener d assembly, one of the things iestressed was "to do the will ol be people and that when a pub ic servant could not do what thE yeople say then it is his honor ble duty to step down and out, o do otherwise, he is holdina is place by false pretences.' ['his sentiment was heartily ap lauded by no less a person that he editor of The State who seems o have taken pleasure in repro lucing the adverse criticism ol he present State administration. Blease on the stump opposed ~ompulsory education, the peo ~le endorsed him, the legislature massed a hybrid sort of a bill. i1 vas vetoed, the veto was sus ;ained, if this was not carrying >ut the expressed wish of thE aeople, then we must admit we lo not understand the peoplE vhen they give an expression. The minority in Congress is naking a lit of speeches but thE effort to stop Democratic legis ation is useless. Tne le tders 1ave their plans will thougbt ut and with the precision ol rained soldiers the work of car ring out the promises of th. yarty platform is going on. W'hatever the result of this tarifi egislation the party in control ias the backing of the country Lud if it should prove detri nental to the interests of thE nasses, the same power which yrought about the change will iave an opportunmty of endors ug or rejecting in the Congres n-neins electinnext yar. .IH new Spring o see what's nce in a mo0 S in Style, F feel that th -you buy or the best of its and Togger ice. I JuI -LET THE OFFICE SEEK THE MAN. in our last issue we suggeste 'the name of ex Governor Job C. Shepperd for the position < associate Justice to fill the ui expired term of Judge C. 1 Woods, who is soon to go upc tbe federal circuit bench, sin< then there have been a numbi of other eminent gentlemen sus ~gested, all of whom might ador ~the place, but without intendini to disparage the fitness < - any of tnese gentlemen, "a Istill believe it would be ti part of wisdom and justih to invite Governor John .( Shepperd to. accept this big Iand honorable positon. Knov ing him as we do, he will n< consent to enter a scramble fc a place of such dignityv, had b done so mn the past, and resorte to the political game to hav himself elevated, we have n doubt he would have Jon agd received the gratification c his ambition. but, rather tha drag down the high calling of position upon the State's higi est legal tribunal, by politice manipulation and trading, hi continued to . remain a privat citizen and perform sach duties a dev~olves upon a man .who love his State. and made sacrifice for her at a time that menc co...age, and intelligence wer needed-without leaders of hi calibre. the redemption of Sout Carolina would not -have bee made at the time at so little cos of blood and property. The ypunger generation ca not appreciate the trials an difficulties of that time, the; cannot the sacrifice of mien wh stood by the side of Wade Hami ton when the dark clouds wer 1hovering over the State like pall and with an antagonisti federal government. encourag ing those whose interest wa solely to humiliate and pilfer people lately returned from ba' tle tields to find all of their pos sessions gone, a people cas down and demoralized, nothin; left but manhood and woman hood. A Moses was neede< then, and he was found in th person of Hampton, who seleci ed as his aides Butlter, Gar.y Kershaw, Con nor, Moise. Shel: perd, Orr and others, togethe with lieutenants in every county men whose nerve was steeled ti redeem the State, and drive th, vandals awa~y let the cost b what it would. If a like condition had arisen within the memnor. of the young men of this timi that was upon us then. ther< would be a demand insistent fo the leadership of a Shepperd Then why not let us recogniz him now when there is neede upon the bench a profound law~ yer, cultured and dignitied, man whose judgment was need ed and tested im the trying past As e a id last week, the, SE F Suits now axw new in Sprin st forcible ma abric and W< is exhibition iot. Regardle i kind. ..10l.00 to $28.50. ...3.50 to 10,00, 'y Departmer JIN lection for one to fll this pos a tion should not resolve itse a down to a factional or section: fissue, but the man should 1 . called from amonse those wi Lhave demonstrated their fitne: ~and their merit for recognitic e from the people. Already tI r. mails are filled with letters uri ing support for aspirants; son Sare mentioned who have but r cently been placed on the circu jbench -men so to speak who a1 e vet in their swaddling clothesi e the public service; we haver e personal opposition to any< Sthem. at the same time, we c feel that it is not necessary1 go to the circuit bench for a t associate justice when t h e r rare so many many competei e law vers in thbe State noti public position, whose stan< e ing at the bar is fully as high ythos~e who have gone on tt ,bench. and are now provided fo SThere is no man in South Cai olina who has a better record a lawyer, and no man in th State who has given a bette service than John C. Sheppert and we hope the general as ,en bly at its next session will offt him this place on our supren bench, and show to the worl that regardless of how we ma at times get wrought up in fat tional differences, qualificatio and merit will be recognized. 1THE GOVERNOR IS RIGHT t Governor Blease in an inte1 view attributes the increase< lawlessness ini this State to th~ delays of the courts, and he cite rseveral cases where the lawyer Iretard justice by frivolous al - peals based upon technicalities He scores a class of lawyers whl a"go beyondthe scopeof an hor orable attorney to accept peti change as a fee to delay justice. s There is much in what th~ Governor says in this regar< - and, the people are becomin restive under the conditions. H t cites as one of the cascs, the B4 thune m at telr, as cvery bod -knows this case has been hans i ing fire so long it begins to loo as if there wdil be no end to i -The trial judge was not satistie ', with the conclusion of the jur in this case, yet he did not gran a new trial, but did later writ , to the Governor his views i > which he strongly inti mated tha i B.thune was not properly repre a sented, and he had doubts as te ,the justice of the jury's verdict r Since then Bethune ha~s been re tried and s e nt en ced severa Stimes, but the apoeals continu Lall the same. We are not o those who think because a crimn has been committed, the part; l charged, even though guiltyv -should be left without counsel ~.it is a lawyer's duty to see thi -man is tried .according to law~ but it is not his duty to use ai .rn ne of manst re yven t 'ine 'RINI rait your inspe g Clothes. Qi ~nner as the pi arkmanship. will be higlk ~ss of price ea Moos' Pants .... Boys' Pants.. ts; you will e - El i- tice being done, and when the f partyv charged has been given a s fair trial and is adjudged guilty, >e the lawyer should acquie~se in i' the verdict, and not resort to de as feat or delay justice merely to n make fees. The principle o f ec blocking justice so long as the Smoney holds out to come, has ie done more to encourage crime in e this State than almost any other it agency. -e There is another feature, in our n court system, the Judges do not io always exercise a wise discretion >f with tlieir sentences; one case o will receive a light sentence, o while a similar case under the n same conditions will receive a e sentence out of proportion to the it crime. Just how this can be rem n edied is for the Judges them 1- selves to solve, unless the sys L tern is changed so the jury which ie hears the evidence, and is famil r. iar with the circumstances and e conditions, is permitted to fix the .s punishment, which is now the case e in some States. But the main r thing, is to find some way to pre , vent lawyers from retarding the operation of the courts by ap r peals on technical grounds. The e riovernor thinks this is a matter d for the legislature, but we can y not see how the legislature can make laws which will prevent r appeals to the higher courts. Under our 'system of govern ment every citizen has the right to take advantage of every op portunity to have his cause re iewed, and this right shouid not be abridged, to do so, might Sprove more dangerous than to let a few guilty escape, at the same time, there should be some, limit, and the court of appeals should have some way of deter *mining when an appeal is meri torious or frivolous without causing delay. eWe confess this is a question I we are unable to suggest the. proper remedy, minds more vers ed in the intricacies of the laws should devote themselves to find ing some means of correcting the abuses complained of with out doing injustice. We believe if the bar association of this State wiul take up this question seriously, their collective legal minds can find the remedy. SJack Johnson the notorious 1negro prize fighter is facing trial in Chicago for the violation of the Mann Act and mis lawyers -are objecting to jurors who are opposed to inbermatrriage be I tween the races. Johnson should be given a fair trial, and the f pace for' him t> get justice is in SSouth Carolima. If he could be brought into this State we have -no doubt, if it is proven he transported white women for immoral purposes, ajury would tbe found which would give himj 'ction and we ir Clothes wil -oductions of ly ' appreciate :h garment is ee the correc WILSON IS NOT AFRAID. President Wilson's campaign tour in New Jersey for "jurv re-] form" is about as daring a piece of work as ever was attempted by a chief executive, in fact, we have never before known of an instance where the President of the United States has gone out and made a personal canvas in the interest of legislation in his own or any other State. but in this case President Wilso n1 has not only estab!ishe~d a pre-l cedent, but he has done so with out seeming to *count the cost.1 As a rule the people do not likei interference with their affairs from outside sources, they take it as an assumption of authorityi and usually resent it, but from the present indications the Pres ident's action is not so taken,i and we belie-ve he will have great weight in securing for the State of New Jersey the constitutional revision he seeks.1 The attempt on the part of the Washington administration to< advise the legislature of 04li fornia was not as successful asi was hoped it would be, not that. the President's profferred advice was regarded as an interference, but the majority in the Cali fornia general assembly felt it was in better position to know 1 the conditions. existing in that State than either the President or his ambassador, Secretary Bryan, and while the leaders of anti-Japanese legislation struckt from their bill certain words( which may have been offensive, to Japan. they retained the main provisions of the measure. that seeks to prohibit the Japineset from acquiring land in that State. Just what the outcome of this will be, remains for the future; as we understand i-t, the legisla E tion proposed by California is e very similar to the Jaw already c in several States now, and why it should be objected to in Cali- e fornia we cannot see. The con tention is that the Act proposed ~ by California will be in violation f of certain treaties between thi- e country and Japan, but if we i have the same law in other e States, it does seem that some action should have been taken i by the Washington government .y long ago, not having done so, it u is late to begin now. At any rate the President isanxious toavoid complications, and h is solici i tude is commended by both those , who differ with him, as well as F those who are in accord w th hi% a views, nevertheless, in this case a his powerful influence was not suficient to change the cow-se ou the representatives of a State a wiich has its problems to solve. e In New Jersey it is different, n President Wilson has but re a cently left the executive chair in a that State, and he is conceded r. to be familiar- with the condi-v ions. there, and there iA need il invite you 1 speak to the BEST. ~d by you studied to ~ $100 to $8.50. ..50Sc to 2.50. t styles and or the reform he is advocating, ,d notw;thstanding he has been >romoted higher, he still feels ntersted in the welfare of his t at e, and dares to assume he responsibility of going bacsk o his people to make known his views. LEAVE IT ALONE. We note in yesterday's State a lispatch to tbe effect th Lt Mayor rrace has been in Washington pith his law partner to look up >recedents with a view of object g to the seating of Congress an-elect Whaley on account of ,he vast amount of money spent the recent primary, and to ask r a Congressional investiga on. We hope there is nothing the report. and would deplore Lny such action on the part of nv person who opposed the ~lection of Mr Whaley. .it is rue. that all through the pri nary contest there were rumors f an unprecedented amount of oney being used, but how any ody is going to prove the mon v alleged to have been used, as beyond the amount allowe~d )y the federal law we cannot e, nor can we see what go d an come o* such investigation; rue, in the Lorimer case the .-nate decided to oust the incum )ent, and in the Ciark case some rears ago a similar action was ,bout to be taken when a con gency arose by which Senator ~lark resigned antd wax appoint d by the Governor of his State. The outcry made bv certain iewspapers in this State about e primaryV in the First Dis rict having been (deb Luched, rave rise to a great deal of :round for the rumor that the lectorate was bribed; it was >mmon rumor that in the city f Cnarieston the price offered r votes was as high as thirty e dollars. but we have not yet~ ard of a single instance of roof of actu~d bribery, there >re, we hope th.ere will be no ntroversy along this line. Mr. Tfaley has been declared the hoice of the Dem ,cratic party f the district, and ufn the 29ti 1 ist , he was formally elected I u hout opposition. Mayvor Grac,- < i y or may n at desire to haveI is eectioni investigated by coa < ress, if he has sucn a desire he till do so as a private citizen, e presumne, with a purpose to utting a stop to buvmg~ a nomi tioni for ottfice The dispatch 0- not iidicLtte whether or ntlt r. Wa!-y's recent opp.>nent is paty to Lhe alleged investigs on, and as one of his support-e rs we sincerely hope he is not, or do we believe that he is. Atj fly rate, we would deplore ant ittioni or questioning of th ~cnt primar.V, as we cannot s-e fat good will be accomplished unusual 4TER, S. C. A REGULAR STEAM ROLLER. The House has the tariff dis cussion under the full control of Leader Underwood, and each schedule is going through with out any hitch, all the Republi cans can do is to take their med icine just as the Democrats has had to do for lo these many years. The bill will soon reach the Senate, and there it is ex peted that the running will not be so smooth, because there are some of the Democratic Senators who have interests which will cause them to ask for modifica tions, and this may result in making some changes. Just what it means by the Democrats ab senting themselves from the sen ate executive sessions w hilIe President Wilson's appointments are peuding we do not under stand; it may be tbat there is something going on up the creek which may have its effect upon the tariff bill when it reaches that body. There is no doubt that some of the D)emocratic sen ators are not at all enthusiastic over the prospect of having the products of their States put on the free list, (or having the tariff upon them reduced so they may come within the reach of foreign copetitioni, and if there is any way for them to honorably pre vent it, and save these products from being interfered with, they would like to do so. not withstand ing the party platform is pledged to reduce t t riff. T be wool growers ot the West and the sugar growers and cotton manufacturers and citrus gro wers are insisten t upon urging Congress to go slow about o them - :-. 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