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FIGHT ILLITERACY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
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"WRITE-YOUH-XAME-CLASSES"
AXD "LAY-BY" SCHOOLS.
Request People to Help.
State Supervisor of Adult Schools
Calls For Assistance
From Citizens.
Columbia, June 21.?In the fight
against illiteracy in South Carolina
by the state department of education,
Miss Will Lou Gray, state supervisor
of adult schools, calls^on the people
of the state to see that the names of
voters are signed to club rolls, instead
of the "mark" of some of them
being made. The people are called
on to teach the illiterate voter how
to write his name. Miss Gray says:
"This campaign for a literate state
being conducted by the state department
of education and the illiteracy
commission will be continued with
increased vigor during the summer.
The two outstanding features of the
work will be the% organization of
"Write-Your-Name-Classes" and of
"Lay-by" schools: the first, for the
purpose of teaching every voter to
sign his name to the Democratic club
rolls and the second, for the purpose
of teaching at least ten thousand men
and women to read and write.
1 'Assistance is Now Needed.
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South Carolina, according to the
rating by the Russel Sage Foundation
ranks educationally lower than any
state in the Union. This should not
be and need not be provided the literate
Dublic will lend its assistance
to the State Department of Education
and the Illiteracy Commission in the
fight against ignorance. Every public
Spirited man and woman of tho
state, every one who has been blessed
with an education and who has pride
in his state, every teacher, every representative
of the press, every minister
of the gospel, every government
employee every professional and business
man, every farmer and mechanic,
every mill president and superintendent,
every chamber of commerce,
every club secretary, ev^ry farmer's
association, every fraternal, social
. ,and religious organization is asked to
lay aside selfish aims and to cooperate
in working for a literate state.
*The voters of the state are now
being called upon to sign their names
to the club rolls. What showing will
your home school precinct make?
Will it lower or raise the state's
standard? In 1916 18 per cent, or
11,878 of the voters signed their
names with a cross marK. win you
help change conditions by organizing
at once a "Write-Your-Name" class?
The appeal is to all who have a pride
in the state. The teaching can be
done anywhere at any time. Advertise
that the class will run three
nights or three afternoons and that
only men who have not had a chance
to learn to tfrite will be admitted.
If such a class is impossible we urge
you to teach at least one voter to
write his name and to encourage
other public-spirited citizens to do
the same thing. This is a great piece
of constructive, patriotic service in
which ail South Carolinians are asked
to share.
The "Lav-by" schools in which
over 5,000 adults were enrolled last
'year will be reorganized in August.
This month has been selected as the
time best suited for the adults because
then many of the best teachers
in the state can be secured for one
month's teaching and because that
is the vacation month for the majority
of the people.
May Organize School.
"Any teacher holding a valid teacher's
certificate or any person recommended
to the state superintendent of
education in writing may organize a
school. The schools may be taught at
any time or any place. Th? minimum
term will be twelve meetings of not
less than one hour and a half per
meeting. The maximum term will be
twenty meetings. Teachers will be
paid $1 per hour, provided at least
ten pupils are enrolled with an average
attendance of five. Any teacher
may teach two separate groups in the
same place or at two different places.
No one group can be .taught longer
than two and a half hours. It is possible
by this plan for a teacher to
make $100 for the scholastic month.
l provided five hours of actual teaching
| is done with an enrollment of twen1
tv pupils.
K "If results from this campaign are
ft to be secured each county should orW
ganize for work at once. Eighteen
P counties have already notified the
REFUSED TO OBEY ORDERS.
Mexican Aviators Declined to Perpetrate
Barbarities.
Mexico City, June 26.?By ordering
bombardment of defenseless
towns held by the Sonora revolutionists
President Carranza lost forty of
his fifty aviators, according to Lieut.
Luis Preciado de la Torre, adjutant!
of the First Flotilla of the .Mexican
air service.
"Capt. Liez Martinez and I issued
a manifesto at Mexico City, declaring
that we would not obey such orders
which would mean the repititon of
the aerial barbarities practiced by
Germany upon the towns of Belgium,''
Lieut, de la Torre said today.
"The towns we were ordered to
bombard were Cuernavaca and Cuautla.
Morelos, and other places in
+ 1-.0+ o-ir\n <?nrtiP nf lis. including
Liia l w ^ ? . w
myself, did fly over the places indicated.
but we dropped our bombs
where we knew they would do no
harm.''
The air strength of the Mexican
army consists of about sixty planes.
In addition the service has about
fifty-five motors, to be used in planes
of .Mexican manufacture. A shipload
of 150 horsepower Italian machines
are en route to Mexico, according to
Lieut, de la Torre.
The Mexican aviation school, closed
by Carranza about two months ago,
will reopen shortly, according to the
lieutenant. Seven thousand applications
for enrollment have elready
been received, despite the fact that
rigid entrance requirements, tending
to make aviation a professional career,
have been established.
Truth is Mightier Than Friction.
Jim Carson, who practices law in
Miami, Florida, and runs a citrus
plantation on the side, was on his Way
one day last summer from his home to
his groves. On the road he overtook
a lank native who seemingly was in a
high state of indignation, muttering
qc hft trudged along and
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clenching and unclenching his freckled
fists. '
Carson stopped and offered to give
him a lift.
"I ain't goin' so very fur," said the
stranger as he climbed into the buggy
alongside Carson, "but I can't git to
i whar I'm goin' a minute too soon.
! There's a feller livin' down the road
here a piece by the name of Ed Watts,
an' jest this mornin' the word come to
me that yistiddy, in town, he told a
gang of fellers that I was a low-down
hawg-stealin', wife-beatin', aig-suckin'
cur dawg.
"So I'm on my way to his place to
settle it with him. When we git thar
you better stop while I go in an' jest
see what I'm goin' to do to him."
Presently they came to a cabin set
among'straggly fruit trees where a
very large, very strong-looking man
sat on a doorstep busily engaged in
doing nothing at all.
"Stop right here," commanded the
aggrieved person. "Thar's that thar
Watts yonder. Now, mister, you jest
keep your eye on me!"
From the buggy Carson watched
while his late passenger dismounted
and marched toward the front door of
the cabin. At his approach the larger
man straiffhtpnori lin to a height ot
considerably more than six feet, at
the same time moistening the palms
of his two brawny hands after the approved
fashion.
The two men exchanged a few
words; then with the air of having
satisfactorily accomplished a difficult
but necessary piece of business the invader
turned about and returned to
where the rig stood in the road.
"Wall," he said, "that's all settled."
"What happened?" inquired Carson.
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"I axed him ef he'd said what them
fellers told me he'd done said, and he
come out like a man an' owned up
that he had. Ef he'd a-denied it I'd
a-beat him half to death."
The Herald Book Store carries the
largest stock of tablets, pencils memnr?on^nm
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state department that they plan to
put on an intensive campaign. County
organizers are being employed whose
! duty it is to work in cooperation with
! the county superintendent of educa!
tion for the promotion of the work.
! The state pays the teachers but the
| employment of an organizer must be
j from local funds. The state department
of education and the illiteracy
commission stand ready to assist the
individual counties in putting on the
campaign, but there should be some
local demand. For further information,
write the State Department oi
Education or the Illiteracy Commission,
Columbia, S. C."
THIS STATE LINES
UP FOR PRESIDENT
WILSON'S ENEMIES ARE KICKED 1
OUT. :
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Glass Leads Fight.
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Hoke Smith-Tom Watson and Reed
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Factions Flan to Take Matter to (
Floo*'?Committee Unanimous. ]
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San Francisco, June 26.?Administration
leaders won a sweeping victory
in the Democratic national committee
when when the body recognized
the Palmer group of delegates
i?i flirt r? rt rt r> or i r> rti-iY-1 frtC?* r> n /-I r* rt f 11 c rt el f rt I
in ucuigia clulvj. i ciuov/u c<j
give Senator James A. Reed, of Missouri,
bitter opponent of the league of
nations, a seat m the convention. The
vote to keep Reed out of the convention
was 34 to 12, and came after a
long public hearing and an hour and
a half of discussion behind closed
doors. *
Th? vote to seat the Georgia Palmer
delegates was unanimous, forty-nine
votes.being recorded in their faVor
with four committeemen absent. The
action of the national committee in
the Georgia contest carries with it
the reelection of Clark Howell as a
member of the national committee,
his delegates having selected him at
the time they were named in Georgia.
Th? votes by states on the rejection
of Senator's Reed's claim to a
seat in the convention was as follows:
For Reed: California, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio?twelve.
Against Reed: Alabama, Arizona,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,
Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
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Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia,
Wvomin O1 A 1 Q cL" ?
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Hawaii, Phillippines, Porto Rico?24.
Frank Quinn, who held the proxy
of F. B. Lynch, of Minnesota, refrained
from voting because he expected
to be a member of the credentials
committee and would have
to pass on the action of the national
committee.
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Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and District
of Columbia were not recorded j
as voting
Before the voXe was taken Committeemen
Moore, Ohio; Saulsbury,
Delaware; Mullen, Nebraska, and
Dockweiler, California, spoke in favor :
of seating Reed.
Gla.ss Opposes Missou**ian.
Senator Glass, of Virginia,' made
the principal speech against Reed and
was supported by Committeemen
Quinn, of Rhode Island; Jones, of
New Mexico, and Titlaw, of Washington.
N. E. Mack, of New York, in votng
for Reed gave his reasons, and John
W. Coughlin, of Massachusetts, explained
his vote against Reed.
The majority of the speakers on
each side confined themselves to rec0
ords in the Reed .case, and the league
of nations did not enter much into
the discussiorf, according to some of
the commmitteemen. Senator Glass
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snowea mucn ieeimg m ms sycc^u
against Senator Reed, and ,because of
his close connection with the President
was regarded by some committeemen
as reflecting the views of the
White House.
There was no discussion of the
Georgia contest prior to the taking
of the vote.
Friends of Senator Reed announced
that they will take his case to the
credentials committee. In the meantime
his seat will be held by James T,
Bradshaw, his alternate.
The Georgia contest will also go
to the credentials committee, it was
declared by M. J. Vereen, a member
of the deposed group of delegates
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who was to be tiie next national com-i
mitteemen from Georgia if the Hoke I
Smith-Tom Watson delegates had j
won their fight before the committee.
Chronometric Circumlocution.
The city man was comparing his
timepiece with the clock on the wall
t of Zeke Sidebothem's cigar store.
"Why that clock's crazy!" he ex-;
claimed.
"That there chronometer's right
! on the ball, stranger. Only it's a bit
I
i hard to read," Zeke explained. "It's
i like this. When the hour hand says
ten and the minute hand says four
: and the clock, strikes nine. I know
it's exactly fourteen minutes after
I eight."
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CHAKGE1) WITH ASSAULT.
Uleged Principals Members of Prominent
Families.
Lexington, 'June 26. ? Charged
with having criminally assaulted a
roung white woman, the wife of a
Lexington county man, Warren C.
Yonce, a young farmer and member
of a prominent Lexington family, -syas
lodged in the county jail at noon today
by Sheriff Sim J. .Miller. The
^rime is alleged to have been committed
yesterday afternoon, when, it
is claimed, Yonce was requested to
take the young woman to the home of
her father. While on the way, it is
said, he forced the young woman to
leave the machine and then assaulted
her.
When she reached her father's
home, it is said, that she told of the
aiiegea assault gna mat an investigation
was made. Relatives came to
Lexington at 4 o'clock this morning
and told Sheriff Miller of the alleged
deed.
Yonce denies emphatically that he
committed the crime or that he even
placed his hands on the young woman.
He calims that it is a "put up
game" and that he will be able to
establish his innocence. The defendant
is married and has several children.
His accuser is prominently connected
in the county.^
ORIGIN OF OLD CUSTOMS.
Most of Them Mark Back to Events of
Significance.
When some illustrious person dies,
flags are lowered to half-mast. If the
average man in the street was interrogated
for an explanation he would
wmaLa Vv1?t 4 4- -rfrrt r. -inn 4- +Vi /\ cm o 1
pi uuaui,y bay il was just mc uoua-j.
custom. However, there is a distinct
meaning in this, for the space above
is left for the flag of the Angel of
Death.
Again, 'a ship is invariably spoken
of as of the feminine gender; this is
traced to the ancient Greeks, who
jailed all ships feminine names, out of
respect to Athene, Goddess of the Sea.
Friday is believed to be an unlucky
day by those who are superstitious. It
is derived from the fact it was the day
of Our Lord's Crucifixion as well as
the one on which Adam and Eve ate
the forbidden fruit. ' !
Few, perhaps are aware why a
weather-cock is frequently attached to
a church steeple. This is believed to
remind people of Peter's denial of
Our Savior.
Jurnalists are spoken of as "members
of the Fourth Estate." Burke is
generally credited as being the originator
of the phrase, for while addressing
Parliament one day he said there
were three branches of government,
the king, the house of lords, and the
house of commons, the Three Estates;
but, turning round to the reporters'
gallery, he added, "There sits the
Fourth Estate, far more important
than the others."
The barber's pole has also a curious
history. In other times barbers were
also surgeons and practiced the art of
phelbotomy, and a pole was- given to
the patient to hold in his hand in order
to let the blood run more freely.
The pole should^have a line of blue
paint, one of red, and one of white,
winding round its length, blue representing
the blood in the veins, red the
blood in the arteries, and white the
bandages.
"Uncle," adopts his familiar sign of
three balls owex his shop, because the
balls form part of the old Arms of
Lombardy, ^he people there being the
first pawnbrokers in existence.
It is a common belief that peacock's
feathers are unlucky. This is due to
the tradition that the bird opened the
Gate of Paradise to the serpent.
The nick in a coat has been a puzzler
to many. It is said to date back
to the time of Napoleon. A general
named Moreau had many followers,
but they were afraid to openly express
sympathy with him. %It was therefore
agreed to put' a nick on their coats
as a secret sign. The letter M can be
seen in the lapel representing the initial
letter of the general's name.
The word "tip" finds its origin in
the fact that restaurant keepers used
to place a box with a slit in it, with
the words, "To insure promptness,"
the initials of which spell the now
familiar term for gratuity.?Edinburg
Scotsman.
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A live-wire suburban storekeeper
got into legal difficulties, and it was
rumored that he might have to give
up his business. Tn order to hold his
customers, therefore, he placed in the
window a placard reading:
Business as Usual During Altercations.
DEMOCRATS MEET
IN SAN FRANCISCO
MIGHTY OUTBURST GREETS WILSON'S
NAME.
A Lively Gathering.
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(Trainman Cummings's Speech Brings
Delegates to Feet with
Shouts of Approval.
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Sail Francisco, June 28.?From the
shadow of the Golden Gate the hosts
of Democracy sent a roaring tribute
across the country to President \Vilson.
The national convention flung aside
for the moment the business before
it^while deletes carried on a demonstration
that swept the great gathering
off its feet. It was* a half hour
before the outburst evoked by a sudden
display of President Wilson's portrait
could be stilled. ^Again and
again as his name was^mentioned the
cheers broke out anew, to culminate
in the shout of approval that adopted
and sent to the White House tonight
a striking testimonial of his party's
faith and pride in the man who has
led it through troublous years.
Arrangements for the first national
political convention to be held in the
far west has been well made. The
great hall, its clean architectural lines
almost unmarred by added decorations,
was ready, and through a dozen
wide entrances thousands poured in
with little display of congestion. They
j found a wide octagon space Awaiting
them, with $ massive organ rearing
its stockade of pipes above the platform,
and the other sides rising to a
far line of seats under high windows
framing squares of California's bluest
t
skies.
Quiet Dignity to Scene.
In the center of the hall, where
sat railpri within a wide
square of seats, an inner ceiling was
suspended, colored in soft, old blue
that rested the eye and lent something
of quiet dignity to the scene."
Below a forest of standards bearing
the names of states and territories
was the only reminder of national
conventions of the past.
Perched high Reside the organ, in
a special galler^, a military band
whiled away the time.
As the noon hour and the opening
time approached a color guard of marines
appeared on the platform. A
six-foot sergeant, with the gleaming
folds of a regimental flag in his hand,
made a vivid spot of color on the
platform. At his side stood, the
armed non-commissioned officers of
the color guard, and with them two
marine buglers.
The Uproar's Cause.
"What was all dat tr.ansplavicatin1
and gwine-on at de chapel last night,
sah?"
"We done had fi' minutes o' silent
pra'r, sah," replied good old Parson
Bogus, "who am blessed wid mo zea]
dan sense, thought of something sc
fittin' to denunciate to de Lawd rbou1
Goat Simmons, de gamblin' man, ha1
he wanted de whole cong'egation tc
hear it too.' So he hollered it right ou1
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loud, and aar was a cuurus m auicus
fum' most everybody but Bruddei
Goat. It was too '^ropriate to be
pleasant to him. Stidder which he
done fell upon Brudder Bogus, and il
took mighty nigh all de rest of us tc
pry him loose and exterminate hin
into disquietude. Dat, sah, goes tc
prove dat when yo' pray, and ee-specially
when yo' wants to read a blockshaped
brudder's title cl'ar, yo bettei
go into yo' closet, like de Scriptei
says, and dar suppercate in secret."
Liked to be Kissed.
A young woman, anxious to do wai
work, decided to cheer the wounded
soldiers in the hospitals.
"How many Germans did you conquer?"
she asked the first man sht
came to.
"Five," he replied.
"And how did you do it?"' she askI
r^A
' With my right hand," he answered.
"You are a hero," she cried, "and
I am going to kiss that hand five
times!"
The rest of the ward had been listening
with interest, and at the next
cot was an Irishman- who instantly
answered her query, "Twenty-foive,"
he replied.
"The lady looked somewhat nonplussed,
but nevertheless asked,
"How?"
"I bit them," he said.
HELD OX SERIOUS CHARGE.
Henry Rarr Arrested for Alleged Attempted
Criminal Assault.
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Lexington, June 28.?Henry Barr,
a young white farmer of the Pelion
section of this county, was lodged ill
jail at an early hour this morning,
charged with attempted criminal assault
on a young white woman of'that
section. Neighbors of the woman
heard screams last night and went
to her rescue, and after hearing of
her trouble summoned Deputy Sheriff
T. D. Lucas. He arrested Barr and
brought him to the county jail. It is
claimed that Barr was under the influence
of whiskey at the time he attempted
the crime. This is the sec
.ond crime of this nature in this immediate
section in the last two days.
Topping Tobacco.
Clemson College, .June 25.?Tobacco
under proper conditions grows
very rapidly and soon forms seedpods
that have to be pinched out. This '
is called "topping." As uniform maturity
is desired, it is well to allow
a large portion of the seed buds to .
form, perhaps now and then allowing
one to bloom, before commencing to
pinch them out. Experience is the
only teacher in this case, says R. E.
Curriri in Extension Bulletin 43, To- \
bacco Culture in South Carolina. Taking
everything into consideration, it
is advisable to top "too high" rather
than "too low." In other words, it is \
best tew leave too many leaves on the
plant to mature than too few. On ? '
ordinary land, with ordinary fertilization,
from twelve to sixteen leaves
may be left. On richer or more highly
fertilized land, more leaves should be
left to mature.
After topping has commenced, it'
should be continued until all of the
plants are topped; and, as the aim .
of topping is to get the tobacco to
mature uniformly, the small, yellow
j and late plants should be topped ' - '%
1 k lower than the early and more vigorous
ones. * v'
As soon as topping is begun, "suckers"
will form in the axils of the
leaves. These suckers must not be allowed
to develop, and must be pulled
off as fast as they get large enough,
or else the tobacco plants will be re- '
tarded in their full development of
leaves. It is surprising how fast these,
suckers will grow. Generally from
two to three suckers will have to be
removed from the axils of each.
KEEP THEM OFF.
Tried to Be of Assistance.
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"That seat is taken!" snapped the
stout old gentleman in the railway
carriage, when the youth sought to
move a handbag from the opposite
1 seat. "My?er?friend will be hack
presently." ,
The youth murmured an apology
and went out, only to hang about the '
door. Time passed. Presently the
guard blew his whistle and the train
> started to move. With a bound the
/ lad was back to the carriage and had
: thrown the bag on the platform. '{mm
1 "How dare you,,sir!" gasped the
I old gentleman. "What did you do
* that for?"
: "Well," said the lad sweetly, "your
- friend^has lost his train, and I didn't
] want him to lose his bag as well."
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i * Already Doomed.
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i The Fool Killer stopped a pair of
i promising subjects, and, taking a
: fresh grip on his bludgeon, demanded
> whither they were bound.
l "I go," answered the first, "to the
> dells and dingles to pick mushrooms
- for my own delectation."
"And I," explained the other, "am
* on my way to meet a low-browed person
from whom to purchase for three
dollars half a pint of bone-dry liquor
of his own concocting."
"Pass, on, tents!" said the Fool
Killer. "It is unnecessary for me tu
waste time on either of you."
A Stern Critic of Education.
The teacher had sent numerous
? notes in vain endeavor to get Johnny
bathed and cleaned un. There was no
reply and no visible improvement in
the boy's appearance, until at last the
mother, driven to desperation, sent
the teacher a 1 ong letter saying,
among other things:
I "What is it to the teachers whether
s the children in their schools have a
bath once a day or once a week, or
once a month or once a year? They
: are washing the SAP all out of the
r children, and that is how so much
tuberculosis gets started."
ubsc'riptions expiring July 1 will
, be discontinued next week unless re- /
newal is received before the next issue.
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