The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 07, 1907, Image 3
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> A NEW EDEN,
^ Where They Will Dress Only in Fig
Leaves as In
THE GARDEN OF EDEN
How Would You Like to Wander
I? This Curious, Freakish KartIlly
Paradise With u New Adam
and a New Kvo Entirely Free
From Clothes, Conventionalities
and Original Sin.
Of all the freak new religions that
are nourishing in the United States,
perhaps the most freakish is the
Adam and Eve sect of Denver, Colo.
Adam is a man formerly known as
James Sharp, and Eve ishis wife, formerly
known as Melissa Sharp.
The fundamental tenets of the new
religion are that these two interesting
people are Adam and Eve, returned
to earth free from oritrinal
sin and just as good as they wore before
the fall and the expulsion from
the Garden of Eden.
They have a divine mission to lead
men and women back to the Garden
of Eden, which they will establish in
the vicinity of Denver.
The central figure is naturally Mrs.
Sharp, or Mother Eve, as she is now
called, a handsome young woman of
magnetic personality. It will be recalled
that Eve was unquestionably
the most interesting figure in1 the
Biblical drama of the fall of man and
his expulsion from the Garden of
Eden. The role of man was the passive
and rather cowardly one. Eve
listened to the voice of the serpent
and was persuaded that it would be
delightful to eat of the forbidden
fruit of the tree of knowledge. Then,
mistakenly, she persuaded Adam to
share the fruit with her. believing
that it would contribute to his happiness.
When they were both punished
for their disobedience Adam basely
and weakly attempted to excuse
himself by saying:
"The woman tempted me and I did
eat."
In q. restored Eden the woman
must be a stronger and nobler character
than Adam, and the Denver
Mother Eve is so regarded by her
followers.
IIow would you like to wander in
the Gordon of Eden with a new Eve,
entirely free from original sin, curiosity,
spitefulness or any other of the
faults which have been imputed to
woman since the fall?
This is the pleasure that awaits
those who join the new religion, and
it is attracting people in considerable
numbers.
There is no danger that this Eve
wi'l listen to the voice of the serpent.
He may advance his most specious and
delusive arguments, employ his most
winning and seductive flatteries, but
she will turn a deaf ear to him.
Mother Mellissa Sharp Eve will envite
no man to a picnic of forbidden
XI Uil,
It must be admitted that the meml>ers
of the new sect are a strange
looking lot, and it appears that the
majority of normal men will continue
to prefer the ordinary woman, with
all her faults, including her disposition
to listen to the voice of the serpent.
Your correspondent called at the
present headquarters of the Adam
and Eve sect a large house on Marion
street. He was met by a handsome
woman, with an enthusastic and visionary
smile upon her face. Instinctively
he felt himself in the presence
of Mother Eve.
"Mother Eve, I presume?" the correspondent
began, lifting his hat reverently.
"Yes," she answered. "I am Mother
Eve come back to earth again. I)o
yon wish to enter the Garden of Ed*
_ > 1 I
en:
"I should like to visit it very
much.''
Shi? led the way into a largo room
fuH of untidy looking people, among
whom were a number of children. A
will-eyed, tremendously whiskered
man sat upon a throne and announced
in a loud voice that he was Adam,
sent to lead man back into the Garden
of Eden.
The correspondent sided into the
most distant corner of the room, preferring
to obtain enlightenment from
Eve, who kindly accompanied him.
"How do you know that you are
Adam and Eve?" asked the visitor.
"One night when we were living
in Ok'ahoma and had been attending
a revival meeting, we saw a star fall ,
and u/p kru?w it was a siirn. Then we
heard a voice saying. You are Adam
and you are Eve. Henceforth you are
free fom sin, and yours is the gift of
prophecy. Go forth and lead the
children of men back to the Garden
of Eden."
"Is this the Garden of Eden here?"
"Oh, no," said Mother Eve. "This
is only the gateway where the redeemed
are gathered together and
instructed before they are led into
the garden. That is in one of the
beautiful valleys of Colorado. We
shall move as soon as Adam has completed
his preparations.
"I shall dress only in a fig-leaf, as
,* I did in the garden of Eden, and my
husband, Adam, will redeem the
world."
"A-hem," ventured the correspondent,
delicately. "Would a fig-leaf
be necessary in a community entirely
free from sin? It was after the
fall that Adam and Eve found fig
leaves desirable."
"Well," said Mother Eve, with a
touch of uneasiness, "perhaps I shall
be able to do without a fig-leaf in
time, but we do not wish to offend
the sinful and unregenerate. We
have been stmt into the world to bring
peace and happiness and not to stir
up strife. Whenever we need it, we
receive a revelation telling us just
what we ought to do. We snail know
when the time is ripe to drop fig
leaves. I have no doubt that when
every man is a true member of the
Garden of Eden fig-leaves will not be
reouired.
' How many people already belong
to the Garden of Men?"
"Well, I think there are two hundred
of us now. Many of them are
children, because they are most free
from sin and, therefore, fit to enter
the garden after Adam has preached
the word to them for a short time.
We gather up orphans and children
of parent who are not able to care
for them."
"Have you any children of your
own?" inquired the visitor.
"Oh, yes," said Mother Eve, smiling
proudly and indicating a boy of
twelve with a bulging forehead and
a solemn expression. "That is little
Able. He is the brightest flower in
the Garden of Eden. He has preached
hundreds of times and he is almost
as powerful a preacher as his father.
He will bring many of the race of
Eve into the promise land."
"As-you have a little Abel, am I
to infer that there is also a little
Cain?" ventured the correspondent.
"Ah," said Mother Eve, "it makes
us very sad to speak of Cain. Yes,
we have a little Cain. His name at
first was Thomas, but when the light
was sevealed to us we knew that he
was Cain. He put our dear little
Abel on the stove and did a lot of
other dreadful things. Of course,
Cain could not come into the Garden
of Eden. We had to leave him to
wander in the wicked world."
"You don't mean to say you have
deserted your child?.'
"Well," said Mother Eve, "that is
hardly the way to put it. Cain would
not come with us. He is working for
a grocer in Kansas City and is earning
lucre."
"How will your community be
supported in the Garden of Eden?"
"Every believer must give up all
that he has and follow Adam. He
will care for everybody. We shall
need very little in the Garden of Eden.
We shall not have money or
clothes or houses or any property.
We shall .sleep in the fields or under |
tents, and every man will take what
he needs from his neighbor. j
"There will be neither sin or sick- '
ness in the Garden, for it was by sin
that death came into the world.
Adam will cleanse men from their
asins nd lead them back to the Garden.
There we shall live forever.
we snail live on the fruits and
. plants of the field in the Garden. We
shall not have herds of cattle. They
[ were the earliest form of property
that man took to himself after the
fall, and they were a sign of his sinful
condition. It is wicked to own
cattle and to eat meat. He that eats
the flesh of his fellow creatures is
surely bringing about his own destruction."
"Will you do any work in the Garden
of Eden?"
"Certainly not. You know that the
first punishment of Adam for his disobedience
was that he should earn
his bread in the sweat of his brow.
When my Adam redeems men from
their sins they have no longer need
to work. It would be a sin to do so.
We shall just wander happily and
guilessly in the Garden and smell the
flowers and listen to the birds. We
shall do no work forever and forever.
Adam will preach to us when the
spirit moves him.
Here Adam thumped his Rible and
yelled out:
"I am opening up the third kingdom.
I will redeem the world. These
children here will help me."
"A?a?men!" cried Mother Eve.
"A?a?men!" cried all the others.
"Do you feel quite sure that none
of the sisters and daughters of Eve
will disturb your sineless and peaceful
life in the Garden?" pursued the
visitor.
"Of course not,.' said Mother Eve,
indignantly. "If you imagine that,
you have failed to undestand one of
the greatest truths of our religion.
When woman is redeemed by Adam,
she ceases to lead man into temptation,
which is her great fault in an
unregenerate state. Nearly all the
unhappiness and wickedness in the
world are caused by this fault of woman,
as you are aware. When she
is free from it, the greatest cause of
sin will be removed and that is why
we shall all be good in the Garden of
Eklen."
"Will woman have no desire to
wear beautiful clothes in the Garden
of Eden?"
"None whatever," said Mother
Eve," with conviction. "That desire
was paid of her punishment for her
disobedience. The woman was condemned
to desire finery in order that
one iiii^nt jjei jiinuttiijf irmpi tilt;
man, and he was condemned to labor
in the sweat of his brow in order that
he might perpetually strive in vain
to satisfy ner longings. We are the
new Adam and Eve, and we are sent
to redeem our brothers and sisters
from this slavery. Henceforth Eve,
will only desire to appear as the Lord
made her."
The correspondent felt that he had
learned everything essential about
the new garden of Eden and he went
away.
As he did so, Mother Eve called
out: "Come and join ua when yoi:
are pure in heart."
NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Full Text of the Act Giving Fifty
Thousand Dollars
To Help High Schools in Certain
Districts Not Able to Maintain
Them Alone
The most important act passed at
the late session of the General Assembly
in reference to schools was
the one appropriating fifteen thousand
dollars for a system of high
schools. This was introduced in the
senate by Senator T. M. Raysor of
Orangeburg, for years a member of
the State board of education and in
his legislative career the champion of
compulsory education and other
movements. This act is intended to
provide a system of schools that will
% i i <* it
neip poor ooysto prepare lor college.
An act to provide high schools for
the State.
"Bo it enacted by the general assembly
of the State of South Carolina:
"Section 1. That it shall be lawful
for any county, or for any township,
or any aggregation of adjoining
townships, or for any aggregation
of adjoining school districts, or
any incorporated town or city within
the State, of not more than 1,000 inhabitants
to establish a high school
in the manner and with the privileges
herein given.
"Sec. 2. That any high school
territorial unit mentioned in section
1 of this act may establish a high
school by an election to be held in
said proposed high school district
upon the question of establishing the
same; said election to be conducted
in all other respects, including the
requirements of those who are allowed
to vote therein, as elections are
now conducted under section 1208 of
the civil code of 1902, in reference
to special levies for school purposes.
If a majority of the votes cast shall
be 'for high school,' and not 'against
high school,' the high school shall be
established, and become a body corporate
under the name and style of
nigh school district No. blank of
blank county (the State board to insert
the number in order of its establishment
in the particular county,
and also the name of the proper
county), whereupon the county
board of education shall appoint for
said high school a board of trustees
composed of five regular members:
Provided, That the five trustees for
:,i U:~L __i i -L-ii L. . i
ram iiiK" kciiuui .sricin ue appointed
for six years, one of whom shall
serve for only two years, two for
only four years, and two for six
years, the tenure of each to be determined
by lot; Provided, further,
That the chairman of each school
district board within the high school
territory be ex officio a member of
the high school board: Provided,
further, That the trustees of any
special district in any incorporated
I town or city operating under a special
act of the general assembly,
shall be ex officio trustees of the
high school in that town 'or city,
every vacancy be expiration of
tenure to be fdled for six years and
all unexpired terms to be filled by
appointment of said county board,
except in special districts otherwise
provided.
"Sec. 3. That the board of
trustees of every high school so established
is hereby authorized to
levy annually for the support of
such high school, not exceeding two
mills on the dollar in addition to the
levy now allowed by law, of all taxable
property within such high
school district, the tax to be collect1
ed in the same manner as special
levies are now collected under section
1208 of said code: Provided,
That the right to make it a levy
merely for conducting the high
scnooi ior tne then next current
scholastic year as now defined in section
1232 of said code may he voted
down for that year in the same
manner as now provided for in said
section 1208 with reference to voting
Open special levies for school
district purposes.
, "Sec. 4. That any public high
school already established, or any
number of high school grades in a
public school already establishedprovided
it shall be organized and
adopted as a high school by special
election as prescribed in section 2 of
this act?in any high school territory
above described mav claim the privilege
of this act: Provided, it conforms
to the provisions thereof: Provided,
further, That nothing in this
act shall be construed as a repeal of
any of the privileges granted them
in fKn onnni ci 1 onto Ai lUn
Ill wily nja:v,i?l ov/wo vi nic j^ciiui ai
assembly.
' "Sec. 5. That a high school
maintaining a four years' course of
study beyond the branches of learning
prescribed to be taught in the
common schools of the State, and
embracing not fewer than seven
grades or school years, shall be
, known as a four-year high school; a
i high school maintaining a three
s years' course beyond the common
, school course, shall be known as a
i three-year high school; and one
maintaining a two years' course be
I yond the common school course
shall be known as a two-year higlI
school; Provided, That any and al
; high schools so established shall in
; elude in the course of study instruc
tion in manual training, especially ii
I respect to agriculture and domesti*
science
"Sec. 6. That The State higl
schoo, board shall provide for the i
inspection and classification of high J
schools under this act. In doing
this, it may invite the assistance of
such members of the faculties of the
University of South Carolina, Clem-,
son college, Winthrop college, and j
the South Carolina Military academy
as they may select, and their actual
expenses shall be paid out of the
fund hereafter appropriated from
year to year while actually engaged
in the duties devolving upon them.
"Sec. 7. That the State board
of education as now constituted
shall constitute the State high school
board. The State high school board
shall provide rules for the apportionment
and disbursement of the State
aid to the high schools, giving due
recognition, to the number of years
of high school work, to the number
of courses of study offered, to the
enrollment of pupils, and to such
other matters of local merit as may
appear to the board after a careful
examination of each high school:
Provided, That no school shall receive
more than 50 per cent, of the
amount raised annually by taxation,
subscription or otherwise: Provided,
further. That no school shall receive
aid unless it has at least 25
pupils and two teachers in the high
school department: Provided, also,
That, no achnnl rrvniv?> moro flmn
$1,200 annually from the appropriation
provided in this act: Provided,
further, That no county shall receive
more than 5 per cent, of the annual
appropriation provided for under
this act.
"Sec. 8. The funds raised in the
various counties by taxation, subscription,
or otherwise, for high
school purposes shall be placed in
the county treasury, together with
any appropriation received from the
State board of education, and shall
be paid out only upon the order of
the board of high school trustees,
duly approved by the county superintendent
of education. Both the
treasurer and the county superintendent
of education shall keep accurate
accounts of this fund, as is
provided for other public school
funds.
"Sec. 9. That each of the high
school districts so established is hereby
authorized to receive and use
gifts, transfer, bequests or devises
of property for corporate purposes,
whether they be otherwise conditional,
or whether absolute in their
terms; aiVl also to issue coupon
bonds within the constitutional limit,
and to dispose of the same to raise
money for the purpose of purchasing
sites and the erection of buildings
thereon, or for the purpose of
| purchasing improved property, suit_
l, i _ r - i ? '
auii1 ior scnooi, or dormitory, or
mess hall purposes: Provided, That
the question of amount of issue, and
the rate of interest, and the time or
times of payment of the principal,
shall first be submitted to the qualified
electors within the said high
school district who return real or
personal property for taxation, at
an election to be held in the same
manner as elections for special levies
for school district purposes are now
required to be submitted under section
1208 of said code: and Provided,
further, That an annual interest on
said issue shall not exceed 0 per
cent., and that the sale shall not be
for less than par and accrued interest.
"Sec. 10. That the sum of $50,000,
or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for each of the school
years, beginning July 1, 1907, be,
and the same is herby, appropriated
to carry out the provisions of this
act, and the comptroller general is
hereby authorized to draw warrant*
upon the State treasurer for such
amounts, upon the order of the State
board of education, duly signed by
the governor, as chairman, and the
State superintendent of education,
as secretary: Provided, That tuition
shall be free in every school r<*ceiving
aid under this act to all pupils in
the county where the school is located;
Provided, further, That nothing
in this act shall be constructed tc
mean that nunils of dlfTortmf
whall attend* the same school.
"Approved Feb. 19, 1907."
TKltmilLIO MISTAKK.
Policeman Shot and Killed for a
liur^lai* in Augusta.
Police Officer W. S. Wilkins wat
shot and instantly killed in Augusta
by E. M. Fuller, a member of the
Augusta Hardware Co., Monday
night about 10 o'clock, in an alley in
the rear of the store. The weapon
was a double-barrelled shotgun, at
short range, and the policeman's
brains were blown out. The slayer
immediately submitted to arrest, and
later was released on a $1,000 bond.
Mr. Fuller, according to the state
ment of his friends, had been work
ing in the store; and hearing some
one rattling at the back door, tboughl
because of the many recent burglaries
th?t marniiflcr<J w<>rp ahmit
ter his establishment, and picking up
a gun went out of the front door
followed a side alley to the rear un
der the impressinn that he was shoot
ing at a burglar.
Policeman L. L. Carley was wit!
Officer Wilkins at the time of th<
j shooting, and made a full and detail
i ed statement of the tragedy. Tb
i hardware company is at 639 Broa<
> street, a few doors below the Famil,
-' theatre. Shortly before 10 o'cloc
, Monday night Mr. J. J. Matthew
i and otner people leaving the amust
1 ment hall saw Mr. Fuller with a shoi
- gun in his hands hurrying toward th
- alley a few yards down the stree
i He was seen to turn into the allej
c way and after walking a few stej
paused, unbreached the weapoi
i loaded it and proceeded.
NO CONSTABLES.
The Carey-Cothran Act Dispensed
with This Department.
By llcquoMt (iov. Anwl Appoints
Sprrial Olllcers (or Chester, Greenwood
and Greenville. .
There ha* been considerable inquiry
relative to the status of the constablary.as
a result of the passageof the
Caqey-Cothran bill. There is no State
constabulary provided for under the
Act. Governor Ansel thought so, but
to make certain he took the matter
up with Attorney General Lyon, and
then with Mr. Stevenson, of counsel
for the winding up commission, and
they both agreed that there is neither
legal authority nor money with
which to pay for constables out of |
the money to be handled by the
winding-up commission.
The terms of Section 88 of the Carey-Cothran
Act provided:
Section 88. It shall be the duty of
sheriff, their deputies, magistrates,
constables, rural police, city and
town officials, to enforce the provisions
of this Act. If they fail to do
so it is hereby made the duty of the
Governor to enforce the same, and
he is hereby authorized to appoint
such deputies, constables and detectives
as may be necessary; the salaries
and expenses of such officers to
be paid out of the profits of the dispensaries
in counties wherein they
may be established, and out of the
ordinary county funds in counties
wherein they have not been established.
There , is, therefore, no State constebulary
force. If a county wants
constables they will be appointed by
the Governor, but they must be paid
for out of the county funds. In counties
with dispensaries the expenses of
constables must be paid out of the
dispensary profits. In counties without
dispensaries and wanting conill
> i * * *
siames men trie expenses must be
borne by the county out of its general
funds. There is no State fund
available. The winding-up commission
has no money from which it can
pay constables. It will have to do
some very tall hustling to get out
even." although some time ago some
of the friends of the State dispensary
system said that it had bundles of
money and real bona fide profits, and
that when it came to being insolvent
or not being able to pay its debts
that it was simply ridiculous, and
the usual cry of those anti papers or
correspondents. Wait and see!
Governor Ansel appointed two constables
to keep in touch with the
Chester situation. The sheriff and
mayor of Chester asked for constables,
particularly because of the large
number of labroers on the Power
Company plant. Under the arrange:
merit these constables must report
! daily to the sheriff of the county and
j the sheriff must report at least once
a week to the Governor as to what
| the constables are doing and how
things are getting along.
Whenever Governor Ansel is appealed
to by proper authorities and
is satisfied that constables are needed
in a county ho will appoint them as
provided for by the Act, to be paid
for by the county out of the dispensary
profits or the general fund as
the ease inav lie. H<? hfull anther.
ity to appoint constables even if they
are not asked for by constituted au.
thorities and will do so if he thinks
. it necessary in any county.
The chief State constables' is being
| retained only for a few days, in or,
der that he may check up claims and
, wind up the affairs of the constabu
, lary department, which cost the State
about $70,000 per annum.
1 Governor Ansel has received letters
from various sections of the
! State relative to the status of th*
constables, and he wishes it plainly
. and definitely understood that, undei
\ the terms of the Carey-Cothran bill
. and the bill to wind up the State dispensary,
that the State constabulary
force is abolished and there is w
State fund from which to pay constables.
He expects to see that thi
laws are enforced and has already
taken the matter up with all sheriffs,
mayors and magistrates, but whereever
there is a legitimate need foi
constables they will be appointed, tc
' be paid for out of dispensary profits,
l where there are dispensaries, and out
' of the general county funds where
' there are no county dispensaries,
i In response to the general demand
i Governor Ansel has decided to place
- two constables in Greenville County
t ,>~,1 t' l rm_
cum uuu in unTiiwixxi. i nese appointments
are ma<le in response tx
I the public wishes and because it if
believed that they will do good, Tht
constables will report daily to tht
sheriff and the sheriff miv-t reporl
" each week at least to the G wernoi
t as to what is being done. The con
- stables will be paid in < n < enville ant
- Greenwood by the counties out ol
> their general fund, a: is now provid
. ed for by law and as has been the lav
- for some time.
\Vi| ? <1 Out The Family.
1 Thos. Baldwin, a rich farmer an<
former merchant of Colfax, Ills.
t? shot and killed Chas. Kennedy an<
\ wife and Mrs. Sim Eisman an
y daughter, Cora. Baldwin was arrest
ed. Baldwin, who is 68 years old an
?. a widower, is under bond, charge
t- with criminal assault on Cora Kii
ic man, who is but 14 years of ago. II
t. had settled with the girl's father fc
/- sum of money, but was subscquen
>s arrested and blamed the Kennedj
i, and Mrs. Eisman for the proeeci
tion.
i
N<" "?|H'n?ttrj l<nw,
Wo publi i 'his wwk the f n 11 toxt
of tho ne lispensary law. 'The
only chair that wo can see from
iho old lau Ih that undor tho new
law tho county and not tho Stato
handles tho liquor nnd all tho rttonov
that is en mod by tho dispensaries
goes to tho dlffenTit counties .and
towns In which Mow .ire located
Where tho temperance feature of
the new law, for which some of the
prohibitionists claim so mm h credit,
cornea in wo have been unable to find
out after a careful reading of the
new law. It will l>e Jnst as easy to
got whiskey under the new law as it
was under the old law.
Ono of tho curious things about
the dispensaries is that ncithei th?counties
nor tno State are res|H?nsible
for the whiskey bought by them.
Ah u matter of fact there can he,
under the constitution, no such tiling
as a dispensary owned and operated
by a county. The constitution prf*mits
the General Assembly to authorize
county officers "under the
authority and in the name nf the
State," to engage in the busi euH of
buying and selling intoxicat i liquors.
This act conies within ?hi>?
limitation of tho constitution . declaring
that tho various count dispensary
boards are county officers
and are authorized under the i. .1! hoi*Jlty
and in the name of the State to
engage in such business.
Tho State assumes no obligation
whatever in connection with the pur
chases *of liquor. 10very dispensary
j must stand upon its own bottom
I The comity, not being authorized t >
embark in tho business, of course
assumes no obligation in connectlon
with it. One of the authors
of the bill says this was provided to
prevent whiskey dealers from over-'
lodaing the dispensaries. Tin > must
look to the busisness for their pay
and will therefore, be more discreet .
In making sales of the quantity
which will be sold than If the State
or county was the paymaster. On
the surface this looks like a wise
precaution, and ought to work w?U
We believe that the new law,
hacked by he people and the authorities
of the towns in which the dls
ponsnrles are located, can he made
a most beneficial one in the handling
of liquors, as the State Dispensary
was. Let each of us make It
our business to see that the new law
Is properly enforced by reporting all
violations of it. There Is no sense
now in any friend of the old State
Dispensary law trying to obstruct
the carrying out of the new law. Let
us all pull together for the enforce- * >
nient of all laws whether we beliey
I'd in their enactment or not. The
new dlsnensnrv h?w t? ??>< !??? -.c
State, and It Ih the duty of ever.'
good citizen of the State to do wlia
he can to have It enforced ev?-r>
where. Whiskey will he sold an
drank and we prefer to have It. sol'
under tlx- strleteHi proviHloriH of lav
and this we think tho new dispel
sary law amply provides for Nexto
the State Dispensary the
County Dispensary system is th
best yet devised in this State fc
handling the liquor question. Th
Oranegehurg Times and Democrat.
Some lni|M>rtant Acts,
At its late session the Legislature
passed some important acts. Among
>. these may he classed the act to investigate
the railroads through an
> inter-session commission of six
I members of the General Assembly.
This commission is intended to work
, out the Charleston problem tirst,
hut its powers are great and it may
- take up interstate rates, schedules,
' equipment, freight delays and many
' other matters vitally affecting the
' people of the state.
Another Important act passed is
I the one outlawing dealing in cotton
futures and other farm products in
' this St.'ite. This is tho Georgia law
, on tlx? subject and not only does
. away with bnek'etshops, but forbids
, buying or selling in a legitimate
way. if this law is enforced it will
he far reaching in its eff<*?ts, and
? will bo the tfjeaus of keeping at
" home a great deal of money that
" now goes Into the pockets of shavp>
111 t )m Vnrlh
, Another ;i<*t of importance is the
, one limiting the hours of lahor in
. fiie cotton mi lis and other factories
to 62 a week beginning next July
i and 60 hours a week after next January
;, with the proviso that 60
f hours lost time may be made up in
' the course of a year. A companion
* act is that amending the child labor
> act so as to forbid women and chil\
dren under 14 working after night.
; What effect this law will have on ,
? our cotton mills we can't say, but
. we hope it will not affect tbcni adI
versely.
The act looking to the establish|
ment of high schools throughout
j; the state is of special importance to
' the rural districts. It is ??mite<l to
- towns of 1,000 population or less.
/ It provides for a special levy not
exceeding two mills in any school
cuwirii-L desiring sucn a nign scnool,
and carries an appropriation of $.r?0,,
000 for nid through a state high
' school board to the poorer districts.
, This act will result in many high
(j schools being established in rural
districts and give the poor lK>ys of
d those communities an opportunity
> to prepare themselves for college.
i The Legislature spent money freely.
and made appropriations totaling
tl nearly a million and a half, about
$200,000 more than can be raised
e by the reduced levy combined with
)r other sources of income in spite of
^ tho fact that tax values have increased
twenty-five million. It increas|
ed the pension appropriation to
$250,000, which no one will object
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