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r PAGE TWO THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924 EDUCATING MORAL IDIOTS (Editorial From the Los Angeles Times) All the decent minds of the coun try have been startled and sickened by an unimaginable crime committed by members of the student body of a great university. Two brilliant idiot students for more than a year made a “study” of the most brutal method of committing murder on a harmless and inoffensive boy. Notwithstanding their attainments in chemistry, their facility in several languages and their socalled scholas tic attainments, none but a moral by a professor of one of our northern universities and distributed by the thousands since the World War be gan' had patches of poison thought in it which would undermine Christian citizenship? Professor Todd’s book belittles the social teaching of Jesus as compared with that of certain Ger man propagandists. On certain of our high school buildings is written in conspicuous letters, “The education of the youth is th^ foundation of the state.” Well, thaf'altogether depends TEXTILE BANDS WILL HOLD MEET idiot could have thought the beastly on how and in what they are educat ed. For 40 years Germany educated her youth to be military marauders and murderers. The education of her thing they did was smart. The sickening»tragedy would not be worthy in itself so much considera tion if it did not throw three of the greatest factors of civilization upon the screen. These three factors are . . . . . home training, money and education,,^ 1 ’ ><! kindneaa, m nghteouaneaa .n WL,™ -riirVitiw ‘patuotism, in first-class Christian When rightjy administered they are so important as properly to be callefl pillars of civilization. A nurse who had spent about two years in the home of the murder monstrosities said that he did not Wee his own shoes till he was 14 years of age. She alsq testified that he had a wonderful mother who, presumably, died while he was yet a child. She said he was youth was' the undoing of the state. If you mean education in honor, in principles of justic^, in the square Abbeville Plana to Entertain Musi cians September 6 Abbeville, Aug. 3.—The Carolina Textile Band association will meet in Abbeville September 6. Hatch’s Con cert band, assisted by the city of Ab beville, will entertain the association, which is composed of the following: Graniteville Concert Band, Gran- iteville, T. E. Friday, director; Grenn- Lowery Concert Band, Whitmire, H. G. Adams, secretary; Gossett Concert Bang, Williamston, J. S. Pruitt, di rector; Jordan Concert Band, Green wood, J. C. Darby, director; Molohon Concert Band, Newberry, W. H. Cal- las, directory Oakland Concert Band, Newberry, O. O. Keighley, manager; Newberry Concert Band, Newberry, W. H, Hardeman, manager; Calhoun Falls Concert Band, Calhoun Falls, Truman Ellison, secretary; Saxon W citizenship, then, and not otherwise,' Concert Band. Spartanburg, S. J. Bishop, manager; Watts Mill Con cert Band, Laurens, 0. C. Jones, sec retary, and Hatch’s Concert Band, Abbeville, A. K. Patterson director. The following bands were elected to membership in the association but have never complied and it is not known whether they will attend the will “The education of the youth” be “the foundation of the state.” What avails chemistry without character? What use has mathe matics without manhood? Who can trust the sharp mentality of a moral idiot? We have all had our pity stirred by Dr. Hale’s story of “The sman without a conscience is worse. 1)u " ean ’ Greenville; Abney ^on- IV ' Wanted: Schools that teach the essential worth of the human soul. Wanted: Colleges that put first in importance conscience and character. Wanted: Universities that regard great souls as of more importance than great sprinters. The citizens who support these educational insti tutions have the moral, the financial and civil right to expect from them “First things first." Real people are getting tired of education, so-ealled, that stops short of the real thing. And education that stops short of conscience, character and courageous citizenship is not the real thing. It is even a dengerous thing. The duller the knife in the hands of a fool the better. It is dangerous to furnish an idiot with a loaded gun. Let the guardians and the conservtors of our Christian American civilization be ware of the educated moral idiot and of any institution that fosters condi tions to produce him—or her. SEN. LAFOLLETTE Heads of American Federation Make Public Their Endorsement of the LaFollette-Wheeler Combine grow up with the dominant idea that somebody must constantly be in his service and must be exploited for his own selfish pleasure. Was there any father in that home during those years? Or was the man who. sired him simply a business man who came and went? Did he try to show his child the difference between right and wrong? The nurse says “If the boy’s mother had lived the terrible deed, would have been impossible.” Is the mere breeding of a boy the end of a man’s responsibility in a home? Why should not a father as well as a mother teach his child the high sanc- tites and responsibilities of life. The factor of money in our civiliza tion is to be measured by the whole some influence it has on human life. Does it make its possessor more law- abiding? Does it make him a better neighbor? Does it make him more useful to the honorable business insti tutions of his community? Does it make him a more reliable American citizen? If it does not do one or all ( of these things it is a deadly peril, w a ri/Ao QTrpi^fYRHPQ Money is like any other great power,, AxAJBvrv oU-X JrVJlvlO such as fire, electricity or water. If misapplied it is a menace. There is a heart hunger which money never satisfies. As proof, witness the list of suicides of millionaires’ sons and daughters. Out of respect for the in nocent we withhold names which we know. Babson is surely right in his constant insistence that rich men and women do a wrong and dangerous thing to their sons and daughters in turning over indiscriminately riches which these children have not earned. Few such sons and daughters are either wise enough or unselfish to make proper use of such wealth. Doubless noble and wise sons and daughters of wealth could be pointed out. But there are others. The records are on the news pages. II* Education. How many glittering generalities are recorded in its name. Was not Nero educated? Yes, but not in moral conscience and righteous ness. Was not Benedict Arnold edu cated? Yes, but he had very little sense in patriotism and conscience. Was not the late German emperor educated? Yes, in art, science, liter ature and even in theology. But few criminals outcrimed him in human history. We have arrived at a time when the word education must be definitely qualified. Of what kind is it? What is the student going to do with his sharpened weapons? Is he going to wreck a bank? Is he going to hold up a train ? Is he going to set fire to a city? Is he going to murder his neighbors? Is he going to dyna mite a great news plant that asks for a square deal in the labor world? What does (t mean to be “educat ed?” Let some dictionary man speak out. Let some university president tell us whether it means to respect the constitution of the United Staes, or to sneer at certain parts of it which you do not personally like. The supporters of our schools, colleges and universities have a reason and a right to ask the presidents and in structors in these institutions what they really mean by education. We know the etymology of the word. We must have something better than that;. We know it means “lead out,” “lead forth.” But Chicago and the rest of the country are asking now with a new emphasis, “What is it that the v university is going to lead out—a moral idiot or a sane citizen with a conscierice?” If sensible men are to be asked for millions to endow the Chicago and other -schools these men are going to ask with fresh interest and emphasis, “What sort of citizens are you going to train in your uni versity? Are you going to lay more stress on chemistry than you do on Character?” Are you going to fan the central fires of the universe called God and the human conscience or are % you going to have sneering profes sors who make light of these ever lasting verities?” The men who glVe money to educational institutions have a right to ask these'question*. And it U their duty to demand a sat. isfactory answer. cert Band, Greenwood, G. C. Grump- ton, director; Judson Mills, Green ville; Victor-Monaghan, Greenville; W. W. Goforth, director; Brandon Mills, Greenville, W. E. Summey, di rector; Wildwood Park, Easley, H. 0. Brandt, director; Ware Shoals, Ware Shoals, C. L. Koon, director Smythe Concert Band, Pelzer, R. M. Hembree, director; Piedmont Concert Band, Piedmont, M. M. Smith, direc tor. A Atlantic City, Aug. 3.—Heads of the American Federation of Labor to day made public their endorsement yesterday of the platform of the Cleveland conference or progressive political action and that convention’s nominee, LaFollette for president and Wheeler for vice presidet. The document is a denunciation of the Republican and Democratic plat forms. The former party is charged with having “flaunted the desire of labor in an arogant manner,” the lat ter with having flaunted ^labor’s de sires with “that evasiveness which is the customary mark of insincerity.” Both parties are asserted to be “morally corrupt” and manipulated by “machine politicians who have involved the nation in moral obliqui ty and unashamed betrayal:^ Coolidge and Dawes, Davis and Bryan are dismissed as “unaccept able to labor.’* Thus, in the language of the text, “there remains the candidacy of Robert M. LaFollete and Burton K. Wheeler; the first an independent re publican, the second an independent democrat, runnig as such.” “Those candidates,” 'it continues, “have preferred a platform in which the economic issues of the day are met in a manner more nearly con forming to labor’s proposals than any other.” Although it does not conform to the American Federation of Labor pro posals on international issues—spec- cificaHy the League of Nations—the La Follette-Wheeler platform is held to come more closely to the federa tion’s line-up on domestic issues than either of the major party platforbis. “In the platform of the candidates it has endorsed, the federation finds pledges for favorable action on its chief demands. Relief from injunc tions, abolition of the railroad labor board; curtailment of the supreme court’s powers; prompt ratification of the child law amendment; direct se lection of president, a vice president. The officers of the Textile Band as sociation are Dr. L. E. Bishop, presi dent, Laurens; W. H. Callas, vice- president, Newberry; D. B. Chandler, secretary, Newberry, and J. S. Pruitt, treasurer, Williamston. The following men have been named as a committee to take up with the mill authorities the matter of the expenses of the members of the bands to the meeting of the association in Abbeville: W. H. Hardeman, Newber ry; A. K. Patterson, Abbeville; C. H. Harris, Williamston; S. J. Bisohp, Spartanburg, nad J. C. Darby, Green wood. Abbeville is making extensive plans for the entertainment of the delegates. Hatch’s concert band, which will act as host to the visitors, is one of the best mill bands in the state. W. M. Langley, superintend ent of the Abbeville cotton mills, is president, L. M. Blamchett is mana ger, A. K. Patterson, director, and Harry W. Powell is secretary and treasurer. Confessional Medical Examiner: “Your heart is bad. Angina Pectoris is troubling you.” Youth: “You’re wrong,. Die, it’s Maggie Dugan.” True to Form Bilkins: (In golf club dressing room) “Well, Andy—I could .tell j J you were a married man, even 1 if: RJ I didn’t know you but recently were hitched. No longer any holes in your socks.’ Andy: “Yep—that’s right—one of the first things Grace taught me to do was to mend ’em.” * BUCHANAN’S PRESSING CLUB French Dry Cleaning and Pressing Hats Cleaned and Blocked Dyeing and Tailoring We Call For and Deliver all Work Same Day u SKILLED WORKMEN Atta Boy, Chief Brighton: "How about the new Chief of Police? Do you think he will be able to stop gambling in this town?” Snivley: “Well,—I hear he wants to bet $1000 that he does.” Now You Tell One Voice Over Phone: “Dr. Watkins, your dentist is ill, so your appointment for this afternoon will have to be post- poned ** G. Rate Glee: “Oh—I’m sorry!” BLONDE BESS OPINES ^ ... “A friend In need is the friend to dodge.” Phone 28 Clinton, S. C. : i ■ 8 8 ■■ WMMMBSSmSSSBBSBBBSSSSSBSSSSSa Truthful Tot \ Old Gentleman: Who do you love best?” / Little Tot: “Mother.” Old Gent: “Then who?” Little Tot: “Oh—h—Grandma.” Old Gent: “Well, when does your daddy come in?” Little Tot: “I dunno—I go to bed at eight o’clock.” The Big Idea Young Wife: “You don’t like a thing I cook—so J know whst I will do—I’m going right home to mamma.” Hubby: That’s a great idea, dear— and if you don’t mind; (reaching for hat) I’ll go with you.” How It Happened First Aid Group: “How did it hap pen—how did it happen? Tell us!” Motorist: “Well—(hie) you see it was this way—(hie) I wos coming down this road—(hie) not faster than 12 or 16 miles an hour—(hie) when what did I see coming, but a big con crete culvert—(hie) so I turned to let it pass—(hie) and that’s all—(hie). Rural Carriers Of' State To Meet Soon Anderson, Aug. 3.—Rural carriers of South Carolina will hold their an nual reunion here August 12-13. This will be the twenty-first annual meet ing. Anderson college has been of fered for the use of the convention, the sessions to be held in the large commodious auditorium. Tuesday evening the delegates tffll be the guests at a banquet to be given by the postmaster, post-office employes and rural carriers of Anderson enun- Dumb Dora’s Prayer “Dear Lotd—I ask nothing for my self—but please. Lord, please give my mother a son-in-law.” TIME IS MONEY SAVE IT BY TELEPHONE « OUR telephone puts you everywhere within talking "dietance, quickly and at small cost If business or social matters in a dis tant town require your attention, why not handle them by long distance tele phone ? In big dtie^ in small towns and out on the farms, the use of lorg distance tele phone service is saving thousands of hours each day for more v productive work in home or office. The quick station to station service at lower rates is particularly attractive. To save time and money—telephone. M. B. SPE1R, Carolinas Manager ‘bell System” SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Omm Policy. Omm Sytmm, Univcrmml Smrviem Qlnd clean out the OifpmmScmnl”' ty. The delegates will be housed in the college dormitories, and arrange ments will be made to take care of about 500 delegates. An interesting program has been arranged, with John R. Cochran, postmaster of Anderson, as chair man of the committee on arrange ments. BOND ELECTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY The election Tuesday on the ques tion of $100,000 for waterworks and sewerage extensions and develop ments, carried unanimously by the vote of 47 to 0. The vote was un usually light and little interest man ifested. The flection was held to stipulate separately the amount for waterworks and sewerage, this not having been specified in the previous election. Of the $100,000 bond is sue, $70,000 is for waterworks, $30,- 000 for sewerage extensions. School Opens On September First The Clinton Public Schools will open for the new year’s work on Sep- federal judges—these and a few oth- • tember 1st, announcement to this ef- addition to draining the old oil every 500 miles the experienced Fleet Boss insists on removing the crank case four rimes a year for thorough cleansing of the interior* He sees that the wire mesh pump screen is scrubbed with kero sene, for even partial clogging with dirt will keep oil from flowing evenly* Uneven pres sure, no matter hotr good the oil, is responsible for many •cored cylinders and burned out bearings* Not even the oldest Fleet Boss can claim anything like our 54 years of experience in making good oils—oils you can trust for ample pressure and perfect lubrication if you keep your oil lines open* Practical experi ence and constant laboratory tests keep the three consis tencies of “Standard” Polarine motor oils fully abreast of every change in o&otor design* They set the standard in qual ity—you can’t buy better lubrl* cation at any price* Do w* know that * book written ■ ■ : . / ers of the planks of the platform— are cited as a justification for sup porting it and sponsors. Care is taken, however, to make plain that the American Federation of Labor endorses only LaFollette and Wheeler and their platforms. It dis tinctly does not wish to be identfiied as the pledged backer of candidates for other offices who may have La Follette and Wheeler as chief, under the standard of a third national par- ty. The action of the council is not a pledge of identification with an inde pendent party movement or a third party, it ia asserted, and “neither can this cooperation imply our support, acceptance or endorsement of poli cies or principles, advocated by any minority groups or organisations that may sot fit to snpport the eandida- •fect having been made yesterday by Suprintendent J. H. Witherspoon. cies of Senators LaFollete and Wheel er. The report prepared by the na tional non-partisan political cam paign committee of the Amtarfcan Federation of Labor was adopted unanimously by the executive council of that organization, in annual ses sion at the Hotel Ambassador in At-' lantic City yesterday. Tomorrow the council expects to take up the discussion of national defense day with a view to going on record for or against its observance. Henry — Have you seen The FLAPPER—at Ed wards Auto Service. tfc STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Buy the best oil but buy it by name, and the name is "Standard” Polarine. STAN DAR D anne 44