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IS PRESSING IjLINO OONDinONSK ABOUT ILLITERACY MADE KNOWN . .V-'. ', •'? % , ,. f . GERMANY WANTED CANAL -nil'. I » ITE PEOPLE IGNORANT r. JL A. Biaer of W'UlUmaburg, Doc tor on State Board of Healths Tells of Conditions He Finds in His Work Among Poor People of This State as Result of Ignorance. In his speech at the Kingstree ttpaign meeting Tuesday John O. scales used as a part of bis am- unltlon in his fight for a compul- educatlon lav a letter written by L. A. Riser, M. D., of the State board of health, who has been Ideated in Williamsburg county for some time administering the hook worm treatment. In the letter Dr. ^tiser tells Instances, many of them touching, of illiteracy among white people in this State and cites cases •f the eagerness shown by negroes to get an education. t The letter of Dr. Riser to Mr. ’ dilnkscales follows: “In reply to Tour request I am writing you con cerning the need of compulsory edu cation in South Carolina. I am vital ly interested in this question, as I am sure any one would be who has had an opportunity of observing ed ucational conditions In the rural dis tricts as I have had. "Ify work has taken me into the following counties: Aiken, Chester, Darlington, Williamsburg, Florence, ngton, Berkeley, Union, Green wood and Greenville, parts of Ches- d, Saluda, Edgefield and Barn- r ^p every county I have found aihount of illiteracy among white People to be appalling. “In Lexington county two years ago a white woman living within one WtRe of a school told me that neither •he nor her husband 1 could read or write? Her children, eight In num ber, had never been to school. I was told this by her when I gave her •Mdlolne with printed directions. *1 her to get her neighbor to read the directions for her. Could any thing be more mortifying to a white •Itlsen of South Carolina? “Two months ago at Monetta, in hiked county, I found the white •Chool closed and the negro school When I asked why this I was told that the public funds for the negroes bad been exhausted two moaths previous, but that they were now running the school on pri- vate subscriptions. In another coun ty I found this same condition. The -negroes were paying the teacher 10 Wonts per week for each child. “In Aiken county In February I Prove Out 13 miles to Talatha, a country post office. On my way out pped at the white schools. In School employing one teach- I found eight pupils—all under the age of 12; in the next seven upils—one girl being over 12. The T third school wRh two teachers had IT pupils present. There were at least 50 enrolled. The wife of the lounty superintendent—Mrs. Marie Dromer Selgler—told me she taught this school several years ago and the average yearly attendance of each child was 17 days. I was curious to know what the attendance of the egro school in the same district th the school last mentioned was, I investigated. I found one teach- with 31 pupils. Half of those pils are grown boys and girls. In white schools boys and girls of this age had been stopped to work ’dsVlr were allowed to stay me on on^jjretext or another. *Tn Clarendon county this week I was fold by a trustee of a school dis- tricij that the white school In his dis trict the past year had 17 pupils and the negro school had 127. He also told ins that the negro school ran only .three months and the white schools seven, but when the negro school dosed a night school was ojenod by them anc) is still In ses- slon. To this night school are go- grown negro men and women, i >r capita is Charged each -V ’X- teacher. | “fa Berkeley county at one school jp-'W!where no school was in ses- uNovember, I asked how long aclpol term was and a trustee nn >* they ran one three weeks gir before. ^nlon county,, within sight of of Mr. Browning, is one of ip-to-date community cen- 1s, and as good as there is State. At Mr. Browning’s in dOMujflhi his guest, I attended Icnic at this school. See- r of white children who tt> feel rather shy and out of th the other children present; red who they were and was they did not go to school, seVer been to school end neither their parents nor grandparents. Browning, the big-hearted fel that he is, told me he had offer- to buy books and suitable cloth- for thee# children if their parents send them to school. time ago a father with his came to my eAce. V a lad with a good, ImtoUl- had th* misfortune to have EUROPEAN COUNTRY WAS ANX- IOUS FOR SUCH RIGHTS. / Nicaraguan Minister Leaves Impres sion That Powerful Empire Would Have Outbid United States, Attempts by German Interests to outbid the United States for rlgh to construct an interoceanlcr C& across Nicaragua were revelled Tues day to the Senate foreign relations committee^ by Nlgaraguan Minister Chfmorro.' The minister said Ger mains had urged that the |3,OOMOO offered by the United States for canal rights and other concessions was not enough. ' / Senor Chamorro’s statement was received with surprise. aiyl led to much speculation among members of the committee after he left the capt toi. Some members understood him to mean that Germany officially had applied to the Nicaraguan govern ment, but the minister’s ^difficulty in speaking English prevented his state ment from being entirely clear. Members of the committee who did not believe Germany had made any official suggestions to Nicara gua were-tnclined to the opinion that representatives of German bankers were responsible for anything that had been done or even that Nica ragua might not be adverse to play ing a game of bluff. ■ It was recalled Tuesday night that no nation could expect to build a canal across Nicaragua to rival that at Panama without expending hun dreds of millions of dollars and the opinion was expressed that Germany hardly 4 would be likely to engage in such an enterprise. That private banking institutions, no matter how rich, should seriously contemplate such an undertaking when there is some question as to whether the can al across Panama ever will pay was regarded as extremely doubtful. Senor Chasiorro was not specific about the German offer, but he tried to make it plain that whoever made it took pains to show Nicaragua that the United States was to get much more than she was entitled to for $3,000,000. He appeared before the committee particularly to speak of the practical effect upon Nicaragua of the provisions in the treaty by which the United States would as sume a protectorate over tbe country and guarantee fair elections there as in Cuba. His testimony, members said, was interesting. The minister was questioned at some length about the American ma rines now In the republic. He an swered a direct inquiry by saying that no request had been made by him to send the marines to Nicara gua some time ago. He added, how ever, that he believed their presence might be desired by the Nicaraguan president, Adolfo Dlar. The marines, he explained, occupy the Nicaraguan White House and the American flag files there, but the president does not now reside in that building. The marines now guard the Nicaraguan railroad, which is controlled by New York banking institutions. CLASSIFIED COLUMN For Sale—Ear corn at $1 per bushel. J. K. Mayfield, Denmark, B. C. For Sale—Poland China pigs. Officer, Sparta, Tenn. J. S. Barred Rock Egg»—Prepaid, 15, $1. C. T. Hamm, TobaccovfU'e, N. C. Bloodhound puppies, English regis tered purebred. W. N. Gavin, Mt. Holly, NrC; —T T^nre Prize Winning White Wyan dot! w—Eggs 18 for $1.25. O. B. Dominick, Neesee, S. C. . \bejefd 'home on Indian Runner Duck Eggs—-(White) $1.25 per dozen delivered. Good stock. J. F. Tietjen, Savannah, Ga For Bale—Velvet Beans, $2 bushel f. o. b. Alachua, Fla. Cash with or der.' Caswell ft Grimes, Alachua, Fla. Send Dollar Bill for 100 White Ber muda onion plants, by mall, post paid. C. Voorhees, South Lake Weir. Fla. ^ Rancocas strain 8. O. White Leghorns —Hatching eggs, $8 per 100; $1.50 per setting. Red Briar Farm, Hen dersonville, S. C. White Wyandotte#—Yearling stock for sale at sacrifice. Eggs for hatch ing. W. P. Causey, 1815 Dickens St., Columbia, S. C. For Sale—One Flanders 20, two new cases, top, extra seat. Car In ex cellent condition. Price reasonable J. F. Burbank, Union, 8. C. Special—Pure white and Exhibition Fawn and White Runnera, $5; trio Utility, $1 each or $10 doz. Mrs. J. F. Carroll, Hohennald, Tenn. Tomato Plants—Large, healthy plants; v all varieties; $3 per thou sand. Beaufort Island Plant Co., P. O. Box 259, Beaufort, S. C. Indian Runner Duck Eggs—Great layers, easily raised. $1 per 13. Express' or parcel post paid. Mrs. R, 8. Kirk, Lancacster, S. C. R. 6. For Bale—Eggs from single comb White, Brown, and Buff Leghorns, Anconas, Buff Orpingtons, 15 for $1. Carolina Poultry Farm, Raldsvlll*. N. C. Men and Women earn $1 daily ad dressing letters in spare time. Bend 10c for outfit and beginner. Ad dress Morgan, Box 66$, Salisbury, N. C. For Bale—Start right with Young’s ■train single comb White Leghorns. Best layers, best show birds known. Eggs, setting $2 to $5. J. Walter Berry, Greenville, 8. C. For Rent—Eight-room house, very cool, electric lights, bath, large veranda; very fine location; $200 —for three months vacant June 15. C. M. Bell, Tyrou, N. U. itT: Neither the father nor son could read or write. I asked the father why he did not send his boy to the school— they lived within a stone’s throw of the school house. I tried to explain to him that his boy with only a left arm could never hope, to make a liv ing on the farm as a laborer and that some education would be of great benefit to him in supporting himself In some other way. Hq re plied. ‘Well, I don’t know. I just hain’t dope it 1 -The boy yas decent ly dressed and tt was a season of the year when very little work* was be ing done on the farms. , “I could cite hundreds and hun dreds of^just such cases. Those I have mentioned all refer to rural schools; I have not touched on the condition- of the towns and of the mills. My work is largely among the rural districts. In the mill villages we find the conditions just as bad or worse. Little boys from 6 to 12 years of age may be seen any day In the week smoking cigarettes, chew ing tobacco and shooting craps, around the stations and on the streets. It seemS to be considered a matter of course and is taken as mn every day event, which It is. “Compulsory education Is not needed for the negro. I have cited examples to show you how determin ed they are to get an education and they are accomplishing this without our public school and complsory edu- ratlon is needed for the children of the white man who is too sorry and indolent to send his children to school, but prefers to keep them at home in ignorance In order that they may make the living and allow him to. sit around and do nothing. “Are we going to allow this thing to go on, or will ife say, like Cain of old, ‘Am I my brother’s keeper?’ Montana Asks for Federal Troop#. The governor of Montana has ask ed the president to hold United States troops ready to send to that State in case of further rioting near Butte. Th# legislature of Colombia knows a good thing when It sees It, for It i-Just ratified the treaty between that country and-this. A Wonder of the Age—Webb’s Wax- all, apply with rag. 75c quart deliv ered. Will stain and wax floor one application. All colors. Webb's Art Store, Columbia, S. C. For Bale—Tompkln’s and Langford’s high class Single Comb Reds. Fine breed. Select matings. Eggs, $1.50 $2 and $3 per 15. Young chicks Mrs. John Kerr, Duvjiam, N, C. For Bale—Registered Hereford cat tie, best of all heef breeds for our Southern conditions. Eighty breed ing cows; young stuff for sale. Extra good breeding. Evans » Lunsford, Covington, Ga. Automobile Contact Points, 75c— Why pay $1.50 or $2 for new points We put new platinum on for 75c bach, -gernl them to us and get them by return mail. Wiesepape Mfg Co Columbia. S. C. Columbia/ South'Carolina. V of tbefew Class “A” Colleges for Women in the South,' a rank of honor given it bytbfl [Board of Education M.^E # Church South, [ on account of the high character of work done by the .institution.t ^ r g — ~ < * In faculty, equipment,' buildings"uid location, Colombia College'offers' th'e^young women ot pmth Carolina educational advantages unequalled elsewhere in the State and surpassed nowhere ' jin the South, g Nowhere else in the State can young ladies see, hear and learn so much as at Colum bia, one of the leading educational centers of the South, and the seat of the legislative, judicial and executive departments of South Carolina. , - l The comfort, health and safety of the student have been carefully"provided for^The handsome fireproof buildings located in a beautiful campus of twenty acres overlooking the City of Columbia, •re thoroughly ventilated, heated by steam, lighted by electricity and abundantly supplied with the purest water, v — _ - — . The faculty is exceptionally strong"and competent, being 'drawn from the leading’ Colleges and Universities of the North and East as well as from Etancw and Germany, i ► ^ The course of study is carefully graded and thorough at every point. «It is arranged on the 1 University plan, allowing .students tofenter the class they are prepared for, as far as possible, in! every department. Degrees of Bachelor of Aria. Bachelor of J.it-ftHvfrinea.nd Bachetoc nf fiaianae •re conferred. 1914 Term begins September 24. - For Descriptive Catalogue and 1914-15 AnnouncementrAddress ^ REV. W. W. DANIEL, D. D. President, Columbia, S. C.^ Here’s Some of Our Work W. are proud of it. jn$t as wr're proud of every memorial, public or private, we've ever built. B' lter ailll—our customers are proud of them—tbey tell us so. aud will tell you to We submit designs, and give yon the bene fit of out long experience without charge. We want to tell you of our Improv ed facilities for producing memo rials of permaueot beauty. We want you to know bow carefully we select material, bow thoroughly our work Is done, and best of all bow con sclenlious we are In every detail. W. (MruVa. MlufactiM. Our pr I c a s are right. Write us today and let ns study yonr problem. Confadtratt Monument Manning, 5. C. Dumgned merchandise valued at $1,51111, more or less. Will sell at reasonable fig ures. Stock in good condition. Also one desirable lot on Main street Address A. Q. Rice, Fountain Inn 8. G. 850 Acres Houston County, Ga., Fine Farming and Peach Land—Railway way station on place. Don’t hesi tate on account of price, $10,000 for this whlcht is w-orth $30,000 Southern Insurance ft Realty Co.. Life Building, Macon, Ga. Greenville Female College Greenville, S. C. Imparting the Knowledge; Ideals and Accomplish ments of Perfect Womanhood No Southorn institution affords young women mom com pl.t. .dvanUgM for ■ broad liberal .doration than does the Oraanvilla female College. It is prepared in every way to train IU students for lives of the fullest eflirienry end responsibility lu equipment, farulty, courses of stud; and cultural Influence, are entirely In harmony with present day require BUILDINGS equipped along the moat modem Unas for convenient, comfortable Ufa and efficient work. Seventeen classrooms; V> piano practice rooms; library; six parlors; wall equipped science department; kitchen furnished at eoet of fXSOO. College-owned dairy. ENTRANCE UPON 14-UNIT BASIS. Courses laad to B. A.. B. L.. and H. A. de- grees Valuable practical training in Qemeefic Science, Business Course, leading to diploma. Thoroagh courses, leading to diplomas, in Cousevootorr of Mane, departments of AH, gaprsaeesn. Bkyticml Culture, Kindergarten. Normal Traiming Course. Most healthful location; refined associates; Christian teachings and Influences. Con structive discipline. Tbe institution aims to afford the best educational opportunltlae at minimum cost. * _ For Catalogue, address DAVID M. RAMSAY, D. D„ Preaident, Greenville, S. C Ws tsast 0“' coor . - ■ always preferred ^ aad TI our College*I?^5>e , 'i* usi highly recommended. Our graduates are -£SC32J.72Ur “TIE SOMTR’S 8EST” COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. For Sale—Three dogs, four bitch Pointer puppies, 5 months old. Black and white. Sire Champion LadAfLNo. 27307 of Stockdale Ken nels. Bakersfield, Cal. Dam, Bessie Kent’s Queen No. 27858. These are ^exceptionally fine individual speci mens—no better bred in the country. Address Dr. F. D. Kendall, Colum bia, S. C. Don’t Wear A Truss S Alter Thirty Years’ Experience I Have Produced An Appliance for Men, Women or Children That Cores Rupture. I Bend It On Trial. If yon have tried most everything else, come tc me. Where others fall Is where I have my greatest •access, fimid attached coupon today and 1 will send Egus—Prize winning Rose. Single ..Comb Black Minorcas, Pape, North rop, Mlshler strains. Dark Cornlsi Indian Games, $2 to $3 fifteen. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Paul Houston Greenville, 8. C. See the World and make from $3 to $5 a day collecting bones and other junk from trash piles; no capital needed. Write for prices. Hender sonville Rubber ft Metal Co.. Hen dersonville, N. C. For Sale—Mountain Grown Lookout Mountain Irish Potatoee—Plant in July and raise fine crop. Price, $1.50 per bushel. Order now, trom C. P. Sanders, Spartanburg, 8. G. 430 acre farm In Sumter county, Ga. All improvements. Now under cul tivation. Dwelling containing >2 large rooms with telephone, gas, and wkter works. J. Lockwood Murphy, Charleston. S. C. Kellers tram White Orpington#— Reared from $100 pen.' Aldrieb strain, from Madison Square Gar den blue ribbon winners. Fifteen eggs, ft, $1 and $f. Orders with care. W. 8. a. a Lady or gentleman, fair education to act as our representative la homv town. Exclusive territory given Selling experience unnecessary. We furnish capital. Show how to build permanent business that should pay $2,000 firat year. Staple line. Our booklet, “How to Start In Business for Yourself,” explains all. Free on request. Address Box 1599. Phil adelphia, Pa. Mayor Shoots Friend Accidentally. When Mayor Mitchell of New York attemQted to examine the pistol of a friend he dropped it and the bullet being discharged, hit W. H. Rey nolds, a farmer state senator. .T Falling Tree Hits Anto. While riding In his auto near Tal lahassee, Fla., Clyde Hughes was in stantly killed when a tree fell Into his automobile, wrecking the ma chine and striking him. The above i* C. E. Brook*, inventor of the Appliance, who cured himself and who i* now pvinv other* the benefit of hu experience. It ruptured, write him today, at MarahalL Mich. yon free my lllnttrated book on Rupture and *H care, •bowing my Appliance and giving you pricer and names of many peop'e who hare tried It and were cured. It glvea Instant relief when all othen fall. Remember, I nae no aalves. no harnesa, no lleai I tend on trial to prove what I aay la true. Toa are tbe Judge ar.d once having aeen my Illustrated book and read It you will bo aa eutbualaatle a* mj hundred* of pt.tlenta whose letters you can ala! read. TUI out free coupon below and mall today It’a well worth your time whether you try my Ap pllanea or not. j . Blood is tho Llfo Purify the blood, cleanse it of all toxic and waste matter, and every nerve will be better, very much more pliant and stronger. Pure blood is essential to good health. l^ltEE INFORMATION COUPON Mr. C. E. Brooks, 2023A State St. MarahalL Mich. Please send me by mall. In plain wrapper, your Illustrated book and full Information about your Appliance for the cure of rupture. Democrat Seated in House. By a vote of 147 to 98 the House of Representatives unseated C. Dyer, a Republican, and put in his place J TH ir;T He moefat i 1 wKo"conteate* X. GIT Dyer’* election. Chaeieaton’s Registration. The book* of enrollment at Char leston for the coming prlmary shew • total of 7,41$ name#, or a loss of ',29$ TQtaa over the vote In the last stock of gfMnl primary. Swollen Streams Block All Traffic. Swollen streams in northwest Kan? sas have caused the cessation of prac tically all traffic and trains and no rrireTinrarfor reiieTT^r^r eral days. Dog Gnaws Infant’s Body. Mrs. Benj. Barbary of upper Greenville county Saturday found a dog sating the body of a baby, which is ■ opposed to have been iktlled after four horn -of Ufa. ' ♦ * MRS. JOE PERSON’S REMEDY hu met an onqueatloned success In all dis orders due to poor blood. It cleans and en riches tbe life fluid and thus prepares the way to perfect health. Yonr neighbors have used it for forty years, and they testify to its strength-giving qualities. Harmless yet most efficient for its purpose. “It has strengthened up my system and' built up my general health. I find It a One family remedy toJteep lir the house fqr the complaints of the children.”—Mrs. H. Ed Rhelnh&rdt, Iron Station, N. C. For all blood taints, for all constitutional weaknesses, Mrs. Joe Person’s Remedy has proved itself very helpful. Your druggist can supply you. If he doesn’t get It for you write the REMEDY SALES CORPORATION Charlotte, N. C. inclosing one dollar, and they will send It with full directions. Mrt. Jos Psrson’sWpsh ® h ( 0 ^ ft connection with the Remedy for the cure of •ores and the relief of I n flamed and congested surfaces. It la especially valuable for women, and should always be used for ulcerations. Eight Persons Drowned. Eight persons, most of them wo men and children, were drowned in the Oswego Canal, near Onondaga Lake, late Sunday night when a pas senger launch struck a stump and capsized. ~ ' . Caught With 95,000 in Stamps. - John Henderson and-Ftlller Low ery were arrested In Norfolk on a charge of burglary and $5,000 in stamps were found on their persons. ill seise# • Fow 'TSTrOflr At a negro fish fry on the Enoree river hear-Newberry Saturday night John Johnson, a negro, was sbot and serioualy wounded four timea. »v Want Our Law Adopted. An-effort la being made t* have Maaaachuaetta adopt the South Caro lina Isw relating to divortea. . . ... .W* . L, . - ■ ’