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VOL. XXXVI.
WA^ TERBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24,1914
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NO. 45
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SENATORIAL CANDIDATES
WIELD
K HAMMER
Blease, Jennings, Pollock and Sntith Tell Voters
of the Many Good Things That They
Have Done and Aje Going to Do.
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MEETING DEVOID OF SENSATIONAL
ATTACKS OR PERSONAL ABUSES
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AU .the Speaker xXere -Accord-! 'majority'two ycr.r« asoz^and
X ’ uId's goinc to thom from
ed. RespcclK;! Attention p.nt? | mer* Somebody in 'Hu* trowd 'HaW
the Dq.yPassed Off WUhou! ' •smitw-s K ori:g to you.- tvnore?
. ... /'upon the povernur offered to wager
tncider.1 of an l npleasant; At!l , r , lolllot .
ihe result, su'd hi.< < halU nger - "o-
THE AUEN LAW
MATTER FRIDAY
Correspondence Will Then Be
Given to the Press .
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Simultaneously/ 1
HUERTA MEN TO
MEET REBI
Plan Promises Success
in Getting Factions
in Conference.
HOPE RISES HIGH
FOR EARLY PEACE
Washington, Juno 22.-—Serretary [
'Hr: an announced today that by nr* i
rangomont' with tlio Japaneae afu-J
bassador «err. spondom-o on the'!'
California Allen I^and Ownership
The Mediators tyill Consider
iRternational Questions
Formally.
SEEKS FUNDS FOR
VILLA IS BENT ON
HUERTA’S DEFEAT
Proposes to Take the City of
Mexico Before Halting
/ His Campaign.
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Swearingen to Attend
the Conference at
V Nashville.
GREAT NEED IS
BETTER TRAINING
Eagle 1’aFs, Tex . Jui
yf 22.
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ht Ivpr
Z About eight hundred (iti^ene of
^Colleton county heard the (andi-
dates for the United States Senate
i.peak here Monday, the meeting
oneping the aetond week of tlte
campaign. . \
The train from Charleston*^ bA*ar-
ing the four aspirants for senato-
Att would he given to the press f
1 publication jjniultnneou d ’ jn Jap
'and the United Knt's t »•*r.vy.' .
■It \va? pointed out as sigrifieaM
tod:;; that since 'the last note from
Japan the arbitration treaty be
tween the United States and Japan,
which had lapsed by limitation, ha*
been Renewed. Spine time ago Am
bassador Guthrie was approarhoi.
OA'ilh a suggestion bv the Japaneoe
rial honors, was delayed several
hours by a wreck near . Adams Run*
and lt°.was nearly 1 o’clock when
the speaking began, the xrowd hav--
Ing. waited since about 10 'o’clock
in the grove nepr the center-of the under
town, where the meeting was held.
M. P. Howell. Esq., county chair
man. presided: ‘Although a number
of questions were fired at the can
didates. the audience preserved the
nest of order.
, I Denies Rnimir.
Governor Blease denied a rumor
ho said "as being circulated that
Lewis W. Parker and other cotton
mill men were supporting him. say
ing Mr. Parker was one who was
•roadv to contribute to Senator
Smith’s campaign fond. The gov
ernor declared, he would be nomi
nated in the first primary.
Mayor L. D Jennings undertook
to explain the new enrollment t rule-,
r.nd show that no such Injustice had
l oftn done to the'poor and illiterate
citizens es was changed by the gov
ernor. Mr. Jennings also dbcUssed
Uie governor’s pardwo record.
Mr. W. P. Pollock also tackled
the governor’s pardon record again
and touched up the exee&tive in oth
er" ways. . /
Senator Smith’s best speech of
the campaign so far was made here
The Senator showed considerable
fire and seemed ttylW 'n bis old form
of six years ago
cepted. He paid sonn* attention to
Senator Smith’s record, hut said he
had not time to go fully into it.
•feitningN Talk-, on Rules. j
Mr. Jennings, in defending the
enrollment rules, explained thaf the ; fort . ign offlce that R8 the »*.
primary regulations in Charleston i twm * n jap^, and the United Stater
are <overe,l by a speetal act of the in the ralifornia land involv
legislature, making, time of resi-. e( j constru< .tion of a treaty. It
dence In the state for ( harleston : wag eminently suitable for adjust
voters one year, therefore the state , meilt by aI ty trat |on before 1V>
convention had no power to change ; HaKUe At that tlme th e arbitra
the law. or Charlestn wuld have^had t j on treatv between the two coita-
the twd-year state residence rule I tfleg waa not !n effert
like all other counties. He said that | "
old rule one hundred
1 Flowers were in evidence, Sena-^ keep on fooling the people until he
tor RmUJr receiving two bouquets,
and Governor Blease one.
Z' Itlease First Speaker.
the - .
names could have been taken off the for awhile, as 73 of tne 9* members
tombstones in (’harleston. placed on of the Senate were lawyers. He in-
*he club rolls and on election day vited his opponents whp had been
one hundred men could be taken attempting to belittTei his efforts in
from ships and voted in the names Washington to comp to the .tfattonal
of the dead men. but this couldn’t ! capital and see wrfteher or hot the
be done now. He said not all the “cotton patch farmer from* South
men who can’t write* their names Carolina could hold his own on the*
HI vote for the governor; that vo- floor of the Senate.” He declai'ed
ters on both sides must sign the- he wuld never let up in the fight
rolls, the same rule applies to both. ] until those who produce shall reap
He said the cevsraai bnrped on the the benefits. ”Ie spite of flesh,
poor men, and an alleged scheme to devil and lawyers.” he declared, he
disfranchise but that so much was going back to Washington, with
wouldn’t be hear0 about the poor six years' experience behind him.
man If he didn’t have a vote I and that there were enough votes
“What you going to do w hen you to keep from Washington - the men
■?«t to the Senate?" some one .in the j who could a f -ro ih*.!* and talk •o 1 ’
crowd asked. “Haven't time to tell 'ton. He said he was a farmer, only
you to day; will show you when I j incidentally a Senator, and believed'
get there.” replied Mr. Jennings. | t j,> crowd knew he had done more
who declared the country was safe | for cetton than any other man since
while Woodrow Wilson was prest-; the war. "You’ve heard the three
dent. ' j gentlemen who preceded me. Has
Mr. Jennings denounced the gov-J either one of them given a sound,
ernor’s pardon course and enumer- ' convincing reason why they should
ated some of the things he -would be sent to the Senate?” asked Mr
work for if sent to the Senate. He Smith.
declared he Vouhl try to open the j “Xo. no,” came, in -chorus from
eyes of. the people to condit'fbns in ! the crowd.
South Caroftha from every stump.) Mr. Smith declared he was /led
md that Governor Blease wants to
gets in the Senate.
Pollock (lives Experiences.
Mr. W. P- Pollock recited his leg-
U.overnor Blease wa« the first to (dative experleme. saying he hau
speak. In denying that the cot-on j i>4eti in the general assembly with
mill men were supporting him. I' 1 ' J both Blease and
declared /Lewis W. Parker one of his
bitter©*/ enemies, “who bfifore tli *
dispem4ry investigation coTnmjttee
n11emptpddA blacken'm’' charactcri,
’<> said be warned his friends "h- i
\ r . bMore about ctionding ' >
l/eetinrs and convi i.tli'n-., vii l
‘••brit'bau been the vcsr.it < ' m •
V . ftiylty," referring tcj. tlv '''
:he state conventio,, !;> ■ «
•’ -l^ase. forces- and change-• 1*
te-'iuj*r> rules. lie decl::rr ! :* <1
'<• en bonded oni the street * ’/
tumbia that ir».0T>it to 2o.'H»u Hiea->
oters had been disfranchised, and
that one must* go before a “Uuskd-
!te. Ramps Popeite or Deas-lte" who
would say whether a name should
i'emaln on thi* roll. ►
iie asked v hat mnsf
liianicte'tbi^jk, when
Smith and was
willing for his record to be compar
ed with 1 heirs. He also defended
•he new rules, and if the governor
doesn’t like them, “he can’t help
• l- i!e was-not a : 'member of tfie j
s.atn roaventicn. but thinks it work- j
■ i to get honest ‘elections, so “Dv |
goes” in Uharjcktbn cpuldn t kill /he
•pit s dl ot-hera He asked
the 'mlHtary com
• pey have to-pass in review lH-fo>
.g- yernor \. ho would Have
. ' Vie ‘him a noth apm/nted
Ih'iiU-nant colonel on his sfaK. “th‘‘
I liiun. Hugo, blind tigerz/Jim
tie" He asked vhet Blease had
* a id "to make yort tltihk more of
voitr country.' state/and nation?"
He said. "Blease Is Kroud of his roc-
ed six years ago by thirty thousand
majority, given by all claves, and
l\»t he -had spent his time talking
and working for cotto/V He went
into the other phases/of his record,
which seemed highly satisfactory to
the audience, the Majority of whom
were-farmers.
id
That negroes were used in New-lord, and stands nH it, then it takes l
berry to carry club* against him. j mighty Httle tX m ^ e
who proud." He/barged the governor
v is charged by the governor
also stated that good men who can t
write must make thefr marks, wit
nessed by "half-Haskelltes. negro-,
appealing Republicans, before they
can, voteJL’ The governor claimed
that two years ago from 15.000 to
IS 000 votes -were stolen rrom him.
’ • Kncampment Sitnathm.
He denied he was to blame Dfr
the withdrawal of the' encamp/ent
invitation to the South Ch/olina
militia, and quoted from n/ommu-
Mcation from the secretary- of war
to the effect that the ii/itation wa*
withdrawn because tpure than one
hundred thousand dollars’ worth of
military stores. «kn», etc., property
of the federal government, and dis-
f-ibuted to Urla state’s troops, was
unaccounted for, and that until
this shoriage was explained the
bouth X'arolina National Guard
could not attend the encampment.
KMnid he had one-mix-up with the
Ir department and beat them out:
Mint he had no apologiet to make
ever done, "and
can’t help
with not st/king to his announced
platform./Which, he said, wa* made
onlv to/Vatch vote*. Mr. , Pollock
declared that although the govern
or hdd said he-was in favor of im-
piynial law enforcement »t Charles-
for anything he ha^i ever
that^ don’t like It
It.",
He said some of the state candl-
dates are dodging the Blease Issue,
hot tl^at when thoy get in the Pied
mont they will have to tell where
they stand. When the govern*
dared he would be elected In
®rst primary, that he had IS.fiOO to
• 0 / /,
n he transferred the responslblli- ;
tv to the shoulders of Sheriff Mar-
.m."saving h^ had nothing to do
with blind tigers, race track?, etc .
chat if lhe governor issued orders to
•he sheriff the latter would have to
enforce them or the governor v® 1 "”
remove him. Mr. Pollock declared
■ here was much law lesanj-h in
fharlesfon. When fae declared he
; a w on Sunday a bar room in full
operation In the Chariton *<>£'•
somebody asked tf he didn t think
h* 1 Pollock i - HhooW h« v * roportoa
i, Shorlir Mkftln. Tho .P«|«r
replied that he was reporting It to
the people of South * Carohnw He
Mid that the governor axfiected fhe
people to. believe his statement, tha 1
K ^had all three of his 0 PP on *" t "
licked: “he nuist be trying to play
you for fool* " He urged
ple to vote for ’law, order and de
cency/ ' .
0/ Hmitti Hpewkec »
Senator E. D. Smith cUk^I the
icre bat** Hf said ho wa*
do- throe Uwyorn." although he h^od
the that when ho •tarted on th« cam-
he would be rid of lawyers
paign
Ser.iifo'ial Onc|»algii.
The Itiiiyrary for the set/*or' •!.
cjynpaign/iollowa:
. -St.' oiewg* 1 . Friday. June 1!»
<’h/loston, Saturday, June .
’.Vuli >rboro. Mor. lay, Juno _’2.
;*‘ar,fort. To»?day. June \
Itiilgclan'l. .Yednesda.v. Jm. - v,
II.'aip’.on. Thursday. Juno
Uatrwell. Friday, .J in*'
:;,iiaberg. Saturday,-Juno 27
Wirmsboru. Monday. June :2>
('heator. Tuesday, June 3**.
•l^anoaste*'. Wednesday, *u* 1
Yorkville, Thursday. July 2
b Gaffney'. Friday, July 3.
Spartanburg. Saturday. July 4 •
Union, Wednesday, July #.» /
N.ewbcrry, Friday. July 10. 7
Greenwood. Saturday. July/11
Abbevile, Tuesday. July; 14.
Anderson, Wednesday, July IF..
Walhalla. Thursday, July Ifi
Pickens. Friday. Juljf 17.
Greenville. Saturday. July 18.
l^urens, Wednesday. July 22.
rolumbip. Thursday 1 .
Lexington, Friday. July\24
Saluda, ^turday. July 257
Edgefield. Wednesday. July
Atkon. Thursday. July 30.
Uamden. Tuesday. August 4
Chesterfield, Wednesday, ’ Aug.
Bennottsvile. FWday. August 7
Darlington. Saturday. August 8
Bishopvllle, Monday. August 10.
Florence. 0 Tuesday. August 11.
Dillon, Wednesday, August 12
Marlon, Thursday. August 13.
Conway, Friday, August 14.
Kingstree. Saturday. August 15.^,
Georgetown. Monday, August 17.
MoiVckV CorHeg, Tuesday. Aug
ust 18. „
Manning, Wednesday. August 19.
Sumter;. Thursday, August 20.
‘ State Campaign.
Moncka Corner. Friday. June It*.
Georgetown, Saturday. Juoe^20.
Kingatree. Tueaday, June 23.
d^loronce. Wednesday. June 24.
Mnrloa. Thuraday. June 2S.
Conway, Friday. Juae 26.
Dillon Saturday. Juae 27.
Darlington, Monday. Juno 29.
Bisbopvilo, Thnrsday. July 2.
(CooUnwed aa* Page Five)
Niiirara Falls, Out.,^Juno 22.-..
.ough the invitation of the Uni-
! Statoi government and the
i ofiices o<' the three South
‘ •riran mediator-., •repr.vH-niu-
•i ’—’/tt 1 In* two warring factions
Mexico the Couslitutionalk
I the liuqrta governmept s<pm
will ho brought face to lace/it an
ii.ie-inal conference, .distinct from
.!;•• mediation proceedings.
To save Mexico from further
'imitation and the possibility of a-
foreign war the Constitutionalists
1 apparently liavC been prevailed up
on to meet their countrymen—the
< Inert a,, delegation—in a conference
w hose object shall be the ending of
tin* Mexican civil strife. The be-
jie 1 is general that'this plan stands
an excellent chance of being parried
to success if recent differences be-
ween General Villa and Carranz%
»re sufllciently composed to guaran
tee that the Constitutionalist dele
gation may work without embar
rassment. N
Plans Yet Unset t'err.
Arrangements for'the meeting
are in a formative state. The me
diators and American and Huen
delegates. howeVer, believe that /by
tomorrow, or Wednesday, at the la
test. they will be able to announce
not only the personnel of the Con
stitutionalist delegation./ but th«
dace of the meeting tg»d its gen-,
oral purposes,.
The hew plan has buoyed/he
hopes of the prin/ipals to media
tion. The feotUh American envois
discussed it briefly with the Amer
ican delegates/odpy and lat^r con
ferred with /he Huerta delegates,
who were asked formally if they
would meet Constitutionalist repre
sentative The Huerta deUga.es
repUed/hTtf they were willing to ea-
.or any conference with their coun-
tr/i**n "which had for its objec.t the
evention of bloodshed and the de-
truction of property and sought to
establish a national government on
9 fifm basis.
The Mediator.'.’ Proposal. ,
The plan the' mediators have
worked out is to continue the for
mal mediation conferences to a con
sideration of international ques
tions, treating with the Huerta an/
American delegates on (he.se points
>n internal '’questions the Huerta
and Constitutionalist delegates are
•Xifected to cen tec. a lone
With the Constitutionalist and
Huerta delegate* djscu/ing names
for the provisional presideiif’y and
’'intired Internal qu/ttons, the m**-
Hator? would' aw a i/the outco'me of
t , .’.”ir efrprrs hef/' signing a final
roioeql
Fernando /esias CaWleyon is e\
I T»tc*| <1 to hj/fi ti p fatraa .. chdoc *-
’tnnl /U’/s due in Washington to-
ni'vrros /\ It hough t );ere w as no of
u i "i i/nolKKeiacnt Uere, it was un-
ders/ofi thal^ Gercral Carranza,
!i/ugli I.uhr jTfiV'ra, !iU vVashtn?-
c*ti re preken t a t L vc; x had given hi*
„of Farihties for Training
Teachers.
villa isjictemiinet] to complete the ^uperlwlendwit Deplore^ Lack
itbsttluie defeat of/fuer*a ami- fight -i of Farilifies for Trnininw
his way uf thc/rfead uf his army io-
tc> tli*' City ajt' Mexico. irr*“-1” "ct'c <•
ef attion/Ceneral Carranza nui.v !' / _____ ••
take, according ■(*» reports hroughV /
to !I>Z border today by travelers a».-- /olumida, June 23.-—“It w ill by
riyfng from Torroon and Mon- 'hiposible for me to attend the,
♦trey. Those reports state f 11 a fa, fler/' D * n R the* University Remoter
Villa succeeds hi occupying Za«-att^ School for .Teachers.’’ raids J. K.
«as he v ill push on south a» <</<• E^^aringen. state superintendent o!
without waiting for troop move- education yesterday. “My absence.”
ntenls other liter, /those under his continued Mr. Swearingen: “is doe
own direct omtol. ’ | *° a,, effort to secure from outside*
At Saltillo it is r. ported that ''OVU’ces additional funds to be uses!
Genu al Trev a >, chtm «/ »tafl to ln the free pubU* 'Schools.
Carranza, is shortly to be assigned | ‘’T ,,e General Education Hoard of
to field duty and is to command a York t’lty recently* indicated ita
brigade In, the attack on San Luis to co-operate with state
Pdtosi. General Eduardo Hay, who J de P ar t ,U( * n,s of education in the
has been with General Obregon’s' Soy th in seeking to secure better
command qn the west coast, is ex- «’hoo1 facilities in rural, district*.
a. a a _ .... v. . a mm . _ fif'l* A c* 4 n • MaaaaAM
V ft.
pected to succeed Trevino as chief The ■tate superintendent of educa-
of staff. / ' **. jtlon of South Carolina, along wit:*
This change, it is understood, / is similar officers from other state*,
part of the plan to heal the breach 1 haa been invited to a conference at
between Villa and Carranza. The | George Peabody College for Teach-
retiremen tof Julian Breceda, one of
who
left Saltillo a few days ago for
ashington, and Isadro Fabela,
acting secretary ol
also is antldpat
foreign affairs.
T
SHIP RKPORTKID AGROUND.
Wrecking Tug* of Ke> West G» to
Key West. Fla.. June 22.—An un
identified steamer, sailing under a
Danish Hug, is reported aground on
Rebecca Shoals, forty miles west of
ins place. The vessel was sighted
by the steamer A. A. Raven.
Wrecking tugs have gone to Khe
assistance of the steamer in dis-
tffess.
EIGHTY DIGGING GKAYHS.
Total mimWr Recovered From Hie
Alberta Mine 181.
f-
ill (Test, Alberta. June 22
ecovery by rescuers of fifty bo*Uos
ving in" one of the tunnels of mine
No*" 2*t. of the Hill Crest Collieries
Company, today brought up to 181
the total of recovered dead at the
mine which was wrecked by an ex-
plo*iOn Friday. Eighty grave dig
gers worked all day in the little
mountain-side cemetery^ just out-
•51 de of the village, and by night it
« expe* ted the greater part 02 the'
fi rmer mule population of the .m
’ng colony, will l»e vesting il’i'rc
Winn. ^ in »’l.‘-HvfiUHng.
The fly-awaititig «otrf*st ‘.••hhth
v.h i by t he <••}•• h-..'League r/selt-
. i.i uh 'M’s”- /t on ol unit' '
11 timber of« ; ii«/* 11 oiibb sou.* in
se«t:!. I.i! 1 b- jlul.aine Saundet
!h«, first prize of s-’.On. he . in
d* tb*' greatest number *>l
ers at Nashville. June 23-25. MFrr*~
tendance upon this conference will
prevent my attending the Univer
sity and the Wlnthrnp College Bum
mer School this week. I hope, how
ever, to bring back from Nashvltte
further support for the work of the
state supervisor of elementary rural /
schools hitherto carried on by Prof.
Tate.
"The great need of the publlt
/school system of today is for trained
;ind effiiieijt teachers. Any agency
helping to supply this need will re
ceive the hearty rupport of public;
school officers.
“In spores of districts the tr.xpay- *
ers have voted tf/ money to sup-
I or* adequat * acdoo:*. We ijo'v
h «v< every .Ket to expeci reoulpj
from teachers. / -
* “Our utaatisradorv method of »x- '
amination afftl certificatfon unfortu
nately’- pernjlt* a large number > of
young, inexperienced and untraine!
reechers to erter our class rofos
The state board of education n«<u
controls fli*> certifies Hon- of JeaChehy^
by preparing questions for u.-« In the
semi-annual county examinnifouJ.
The several county boards of edu
cation must grade al* p^roers sub-
htjtted by app’lcan a J6r teachers’
licenses, and these county board/,
therefore, regulate the scholarship
and efficiency 1/ teachfrs in their
respective counties
"Formerly, the state sumui“r
school was organized and directed
by the, state board of education q^td
was, properly co-ordinated add cor- *
related with the public echonl/hctfv-
ltie« df the various rouhtieff TTifs
sy‘M**m was abandorfied and W’offo-1
t’ollege. recognizing tjd' n'-'vl inr
tii/N r. st su-l-nh for /eachqra.- r>—
vised-the summer scL-opl work as
.< r'»r*vn**‘ tjnderfakin/ Tl’“ oford ,
! Riirijmer - S< hoot'v. r/succesaf ul»y “or-
1 duffed inr 't o /’arr,, until tLe
(.Mature u.ad.yan iipprej rtwtlo:'. i r
won / zurnmer s/’Ki! at Wiiilhrop f.’
kii’.- l
fj* lV Dot!) t Wirit!uoi>
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Zm.scnt t/the plan; of .holding «w‘* ■ /rov'n ^ 8eeon ,| prise Q t,B<honl/mI Ih- University Rum
TR6:
ferenceK separat** from Hie media-
w-er©
Hon; ifnd that details were being
orked out now by telegraph'.
It is ^virtually fertain that an "ar
mistice would be declared by Ufts
'’onstltutionalists until an agre|-
ment of’ a definite character **
reached in the formal conferences
as to the establishment of the pYo-
visiorvai government. On arriving at
such ah understanding it would be
»x|>ected that a'f.eneral suRpension
of hostilities and guaranty o! am
nesty would be proclaimed and the
Const it utionalist delegates ' ttan
might formally be admitted to Ihe
mediation proceedings for the sign-
mg of the final protocol, recording
the 1 olution of the difference* be-
tweeir.|Iexlco and the United States.
Mexican Cmigre** In Extra NesKkm.
City of Mexico,'June 22. An ex
traordinary session of Congress was
opened today. ’ Thq Japanese minis
ter, Mlneichero Adachi.'and the flag
Heutenant^ of the crulset Idzunto
paid a visit of courtesy to President
Huerta and the ministers of foreigp
affairs, war and the interior today.
It is reported that several skir
mishes took place north of Zactecas
today. A general attack on ’'the
expected td begin within 24 hours
Federal troops will leave Guada
lajara by way of Ameca tomorrow
to repair and protect the railroad to
MaasaniUo and attempt to drive the
Constitutionalists out of that terri
tory;. A column later will proceed
la the direct lee of Tepic. ■*
Schoql do better work if proper'v
co-crdtuat* (I and correlated witb th«
in u v a» ***• » •*
winning of the. prizes
interest they have taken in th , ,
hleh If followed up wilF «*®c»tlon The public school ny*-
vj Tl,<•.’♦• Rub' girls are to be
congratulated, not so much on the . ,
>nN aK U p 0tl Hi,, st/e clejmrtment of education at»1
several couirtv departtnents of
movement Wu.». —
mean so much tor the betterneyrtt
of the town.
At the Methodist Church.
Last Sunday, though warm. wa«
a beautiful June day. and a large
congregation assembled at . the
morning service. The singing, led
by Mrs- Edgar Jones, was especial
ly good The congregation joined
in with full volume and- Miss Eunice
Glover sang one of her most beauti
ful aelectlfma.
Subject discussed by Dr M*oiling
was "The Paul’s Today. Yesterday,
and Tomorrow." which was heard
with the utmost attention. At the
Close of the morning service the offi
cial board, met and among other
busincaa attended to, voted the pas
tor a month’s vacation to be taken
at will. All the iutereata of thU
church are now in a prosperous con
dition and th* member* are. show
ing a new spirit of devotiod and
aympntkr
The regular porvlces will be held
town by the ConatltutionaHst* i*1 next Sunday morning nt night be
ginning nt tha usual hour
Mr! Hdfcry Stokat la superinten
dent of the Sunday scheol and the
exercises are held every Sunday af
ternoon nt 1.29 o’clock. Kent Sun
day nt 11 o’clock the pastor wilt
discuss the great Importance of tho
Sunday school w
Xi
tern should not bo rnn -for the ex
ploitation and advertisement of any
institution of higher learning.
"Neither of the summer school*
now supported at public expense is
a state summer school In the truest
sense of the word. Neither can ac
complish its -best results until In
methods and aims are such as cap
be reproduced in the actual class
rooms of the state It is a mlsta-?
ken policy to invert our educational ’
pyramid by expecting it to stand on
the apex of state colleges rather
than upon the broad foundation of
th* free public schools in every
community. ' I expect, however,
some good results, both from th *
Winthrop Bummer School at Rock
Hill and from the ’University Sum
mer School at Columbia.’
I,
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PKKNIDKNT CANT ATTEND. ^
Declines In vital U> D to Come in Che-
raw With Regrn^qZ ,
* Washington. .lum. -^President
Wilson and Vice, President Marshall
today declined with regret the invi
tation extended to them by. Con
gressman Finley and Messrs. Duval
and Johnson, of fibersw, to attend
the 160th anniversary celebration
nt that town. July 8 or 9. Repre
sentative A. F. Lever promised
be on band.