The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 16, 1907, Image 4
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THURSDAY. MAY 16.1907
Compulsory Education.
The Columbia State's editorial,
"A Voice fiom Connecticut," presumably
intending it as an argument
for compulsory education, cites an
illustration that is very damaging
to the cause it advocates.
Hear it:
"An illuminated (illuminating?)
object lesson of the value of literacy
as a material developer and
as an individual elevator is given
in the fact recited by our corA
respondent, (a man raised in Connecticut
but now a resident of
Rowesville, S C,) that none of
the childien of the Irish that
came to Connecticut a half a century
ago are hewers of wood and
drawers of water. Their uneducated
paients performed manual
labor, they could do nothing else.
Bat the children and grandchildren,
having taken advantage
of the common school education
that was forced upon them by
the State, have taken a higher
stand in the industrial world.
The drudgery of the State, the
toilers with their hands, the men
with the hoe, are the more recent
arrivals from Europe that yet
wear the yoke of ignorance."
That's it exactly. In the South
?e haven't many of the recent
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arrivals from Europe to emancipate
from the plough and the hoe
by stnkiug eff their shackles with
the sword of learning. But we
have a different class of labor
that is simply ru'iaed by the sub*eisive
doctrine of the Columbia
State
Our contemporary proudly emphasize*
the fact that the deaendants
of the Irish in Connecticut?thanks
to compulsory education?are
relieved of the drudgery
that their fore-parents had to
endure. Truly an attractive argument!
Why should these menial
tasks provoke such scorn? Where
^ is the indignity of labor?
Honor and shame from no condition
rise;
Act well your part, there all the
honor lies."
In our estimation a negro that
can plow a straight furrow or
hoe a row of cottnn clear of grass
is a better citizen than one who
can forge a white man's name to
? bank check, the latter of which
is one of tre very tangible fruits
i
nf fvtttinn isnrv ednojitinn.
Speaking of drudgery work,
Jack London, the writer, makes
a pretty good point m a r?ceDt
magazine article. At one time in
his life he wandered about us a
trump. He approached a pretentious
residence and asked for a
meal. The pompous individual
who responded to his rap inquired
whv he didn't go to work.
I.o.ldon put up the story that he
could get no work. 11
"Well," said the prosperous!
householder,'" If you will go to a
certain strtet to-morrow I will
2he you work." "What at?" ,
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asked Jack. "Tossing brick fori
i
mv new building," was the re-i
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pie. London argued that he would'
be in better condition to work'
nrx*. day it lie lnid a square;
meal then, but the prosperous one
would give him nothing, saying
that if he (London) would go to
work he would not have to beg.
"Why," he added, "I started with
OAA u-VkArc. ua fKa rp
uuimu^ nuu ccc " utn, w
suit of my own efforts, I am today.
If you would work and
save your money you might in
time be like me."
"Like you/' inquired, Jack.
"Yes, like me/' was the reply.
"That wouldn't do at all."
"Why not," came the answer.
"Because if I were like you, you
would have nobody to toss your
brick to-morrow/' replied Jack
London.
The moral of this little incident
is not conducive to compulsory
education.
And now they are going to
erect a monument to C Columbus,
for which congress has appropriated
the modest sum of
$100,000. Why not make an
appropriation of a few hundred
thousands to build a monument
f/v Aflom nr Vrvuh*1
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CLEMSON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Scholarship and Eitraoce Exanlnation
to FreshBian Class.
The examination for the award
of scholarships from Williamsburg
County and ADMISSION
TO FRESHMAN CLASS will be
held at the County court house
on Friday, July 5? at 9 a. m. Applicants
for scholarships may
secure blank application forms
the county Superintendent of j
Education. These blanks must j
be filled out properly and filed [
with the county superintendent I
before the beginning of the ex-1
amination. Those taking the
examination for entrance to the
Freshman class and not trying
for a scholarship should file
their application with the President
Mell. The scholarships are
worth $100 and free tuition. One
Scholarship student from each
county ma>' select the Textile
course, others must take one of
the Agricultural courses. Examination
paper will be furnish- j
ed, but each applicant should,
provide himself with scratch
paper. The number of scholar .
ships to be awarded will be
announced later.
P. H.-MELL, President,
Clemson College, S. C.
7-4
Obituary.
A loving tribute to the memo- j
ory of my dear daughter, llessie
Mildred McCutchen, born March
26, 1890: died May 7, 1906.
One sad. sad long year today!
Oh! how we miss her,
Frien's may think the wound is healed
But there is none who knows the
sorrow,
Deep within my heart concealed.
How I miss you, dearest Bessie,
Never will your memory fade,
Tho' other loved ones are around me,
My heart mourns for you still.
Another hand is beckoning us.
Another call is given and glows;
Once more with angel steps.
The path that leads to heaven.
Our young and gentle child,
Whose smile brightend summer hours,
Amid the de?s of springtime,
Has left us like the flowers.
The light of her young life went down
As sinks behind the hill,
The glory of a set ting star.
lear, suddenly and still.
Fold her in thine arms . dear Father,
And let her henceforth be,
A messenger of bve between
Our human hearts ar.d Thee.
IIek Devoted Mothee
Epps, S. (May 7, 1907.
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WEEKLY NEWS LETTER ]
FROM LAKE CITY.
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SCHOOL OPENED?A MARRIAGE -THE
CROSS-TIE BUSINESS?REUNION AFT- !
EEMATH?PERSONAL MENTION.
Lake City, April 14:?Mrs 1)
M Kpps and children went to j
Charleston Tuest ay last on a
visit ot severai weeks to rela-,
tives.
Mr Arthur L Jones went to
Ashevilie, N C.. last week for
his health,
Miss Sue Shaw ot Charleston
onened school Mondav which
~ I ?r
will be carried on during- the
summer, tilling in the gap between
terms of the regular
school. The opening was attended
by a goodly number of
pupils and the prospects for a
full school are bright.
Miss Annie Rook, of our tow-i,
one of the teachers in the Johr sonville
school, is very ill at
the last named place. Rev and
Mrs Rook, her parents, are
with her.
Miss Hattie Lee, daughter of
Mr Jack Lee, of Florence county,
and Mr Fred McClam were
married on the 12th instant by
Rev B J Truluck at the latter's
residence, near Bethel church.
Mr \V F L Steele went to the
"Independent Republic of Hor |
ry" Monday morning.
Mr J M Sturgeon spent Sunday
in Florence.
The cross-tie business here
shows very little diminution
notwithstanding crops are now
pressing for attention. And
the business is of considerable
magnitude. At a rough estimate
we suppose it amounts to,
something like two thousand a
month. This means in the
neighborhood of seven hundred
dollars.
These annual reunions bring
together veterans of the most
incongruous types. There are
the true Confederate soldiers,
the finest soldiers the world
has ever seen?men whom we
all honor. Then there are the
ragtags, the skulkers, the cowardly
louts. And it seems that
these last named are forging to
the front of attention more and
more each year. iThey are the
ones who drink the most beer,
do the most bragging and monopolize
the lying. And what
thrilling tales of prowess some
of them tell! The stealing of a
shoat is transformed into the
capture of a regiment singlehanded.
And these same lousy,
lying pukes, unless killed off,
will eventually ruin the gatherings
which ought to be all that
the name implies.
iV' L B.
Notice of Election in Pergamos School
District No. 29 oo Lerying
Special Tax.
Under and by viitue of an order
of the County Board of Education of
Williamsburg county. State of South
Carolina, dated April 20, 1907, and to
the undersigned directed, notice is
hereby given, that, on Friday May 17,
1907, at Pergamos Methodist Church,
in Pergamos School District No. 29,
of county and State aforesaid, an
election will be held upon the question
of levying an additional tax of
our (4) mills upon the taxable property
in said District to supplement the
special, or other consiitutional or other
now levied, for the expense of conducting
and carrying on the public I
free schools of said School District.
The Polls will l>e opened at 8 o'clock
in the forenoon ai d close at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, and the undersigned
Board ol Trustees will act as manager-.
Only such eieetors as return
real or personal piuix-i iim liiAai/iiui,
and who exhibit their tax receipts ami
registration certificates, as required in
general elections, shall be allowed to
vote. Each elector favoring the proposed
levy shall ca-t a hallot containing
the word "yes,'- piloted or written
thereon; and each elector oj posed to
said levy shallcast a ballot containing
the word '"No," printed or written
thereo:*.
J I) Cook.
J J Moore.
H B Fitch.
Boaul of Trustee- l'ergann s Schoo
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May 2nd. .'it.
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Dissolution NoticeThe
eo-partnership heretofore exist!
in? between J. McClam and J. MTruluck,
trading under the firm name
of McClam & Truluck. has been, this
the 23rd day of April, 1907, dissolved
by mutual consent. A^l persons holding
claims against the said firm will
present the same for payment, and all
persons indebted to the said firm will
make payment to J. M. Truluck.
J. S. McClam,
4-25-4t J. M. Truluck.
Notice to TeachersYour
attention is hereby called to the
advantages of taking the Teachers'
Reading Circle < ourse. Teachers who
take this reading course may have their
cirtifieates renewed for two years.
Examination questions are sent out by
the State Board of Education in May to
those applying for them. Applicants
stand the examination at their homes
and forward to the State Board of Education
. I am informed by Mr Martin
that these examinations are very simple.
The course adopted is as follows:
Jameu' Talk to Teachers, price $ 1.50
Maces Method in History ,, 81
How to Tell Stories to Children .81
The Little School Mistress 1 00
These books may be purchased of the
Educational Publishing Co., Atlanta,
Ga.
J G McOui.logh, Co. Supt. of Education
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Citation NoticeThe
State of South Carolina,
County of Williamsburg.
By P. M. Brockinton. Esquire, Probate
Judge.
\\ nereas, V. E. Lifrage made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Administration
of the Estate of and effects
of Miss A H Montgomery.
These are therefore to cite and
?!) a-i.4 aiiu iIuj" tWe kindred
aumuui.-u ?KI t..,u >
arid Creditors ol the said diss H II
Montgomery, drtea-ed, that they be and
appear before nie. in the Court of Probate,
to be heid at hi igstr-e, S .. on
the 25th day 0/ May next after
publication tnereu , a: li o'clock in the
forenoon, to-how cause, if any they
have, why the said Administration
should not Ik* granted.
Given under my Ha- J, this 6thd;-y of
May Anno Don:.;ii, 9 '7.
Published on ?he Jay of May,
1907. in the County Kecord.
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WANTED!
Squre Plaits at tke klgkest price allowable.
W"e have a proposition from one of our Northern branch houses .
to take two or three carloads of square pianos and second hand
organs for his trade in that section.
There may be hundreds of persons in South Carolina who would
like to dispose of their old square piano or cabinet organ in exchange
for a high grade upright piano, a piano player or combination
player and piano. If such is the case, this is
YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITY
to dispose of your old square piano at the highest price offered iu
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If you will call at our store within the next few days and bring
the name and number of your old square piauo, or fill out and
mail to us the accompanying coupon, we will be in a position to
tell you how much we can allow in trade or pay for it in this way.
Doubtless there are many people who would like to dispose of
old square piauos that take up so much room and get a fine upright
or an instrument of more practical value. If
YOU H A V E A SQUARE PIANO
don't fail to see us at your earliest convenience, or fill out and mail
the coupon at once and get our great offer. It will be the best that
can or will be made in years, as we must supply the Northern dealer
with these second hand square pianos in the next two weeks or not
at all.. He has numerous calls for these second hand square pianos,
I where the people as yet cannot afford a new or better instrument,
and this will be your best chance to dispose of your old instrument.
Call or fill out coupon.
The Cable Company, Cable Building, Charleston, S. C.
Please submit your offer for my square piano.... orgau.
The make of my pistrumeut is v
The unmbe:' is
Name *
Address
We Sell Talking Machines.
THE CABLE COMPANY.
EVERYTHING KNOWN IN MUSIC.
J. V. WALLACE, flanager. Cable Bldg. CHARLESTON, S C
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