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jp Ibf (tountii |lfrori KINGSTREE. S. C. C. W. WOLFE. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One copy, one year. ? ? ? $1.00 ? One copy, six months, ?- ? - .5J One copy, three months. ? ? .25 Subscription payable ir advance. ADVERTISING RATES: One inch, rtrst insertion, $1.00; each ubsequent itisertiun, 50 cents. Obituries and Tributes of Respect over loO words charged for as regular advertisments Liberal reduction on advertising made for three, six and twelve months contracts. Communications must be accompanied by the real name and address of writer in order to reoeive attention. No communication of a personal nature will be published except as an advertisement. Address all letters and make all drafts payableto C. W. Woi.fe, Kingstree, S. C. THURSDAY. MAY 23.1907 "Astonishing" Argument for Compulsory Education. It was not our intention to enter into a controversy with the Columbia State on Compulsory Education. We intended only to call the attention of its able but busy editor to a serious logical weakuess in the line of argument advanced, thinking that perhaps the "illuminated"' object lesson under consideration had not been carefully measured in all of its bearings; but since we are informed in The State of May 20th that the matter was gone into "with thoughtfa] discrimination and distinc ion," we feel inclined to take the mutter a little more seriously and give it more than a mere passing glance. For the convenience of our readers we here reproduce the now f illustrious "illuminated object lesson," which The State is trying to bolster np as argument for compulsory education: "The first influx of immigrants came to the State (Connecticut), as has been said, from the Emerald Isle about 50 years ago, and they came to grade the railroads and to dig the sewers and to lay the water pipes and gas pipes in the cities, while the young women came to act Ias nouse servants. While they could not read or write, their children have i been educated and today they are the I I professional men aud the busiuess men of the State. Yoti canuot find in the whole State today a man 01 woman of Irish birth who is doiug menial work except in the case of the very few of the first comers who survive." Now, as to the logical bearing of this "illuminated object lesson," we would remark two things and leave it to the judgment of even illiterate (?) South Carolinians as to its value as an argument for compulsory educa tiou. In the first place, what these Irish families did in Connecticut under "a compulsory education law has been doue in South Carolina without compulsory education. We. can eren go further and say that the same advancement and progress have been made by iudustrious families who were not Irish. Who are the professional men?teachers, doctors, .. legislators, lawyers and preachers of South Carolina today? Who are the business men?baukeis, mtichants and manufacturers iu South Carolina today? Are not many of them the sons of fathers who fifty years ago were ' hewers of wood and drawers of water"? Does the editor of The State really believe that Connecticut can show a larger proportion of professional and business men-descendants of Irish immigrants who fiftv years ago were hewers of wood aud drawers of water?thau can South Carolina, which as si State has witnessed the conipletest revolution in this respect of any state in the world? Does the editor of The State not know that with few exceptions it is the sons and grand -v.--*: " "-' -J sons of industrious working people j who .ire toJay the office-holders, the business men and the professional men all over South Carolina?! We repeat that what has been done 11 in Connecticut in the way of trans- j forming illiterate families iuto the place of "large earners and* pro-! ducers" during the pa3t fifty vtars i under compulsory education, has 1 been done in South Carolina in 1 much less time tliau that without compulsory education. Therefore, . the logic of tue "illuminated object 1 lesson" on that score falls to the ' ground, notwithstanding The State's < columns of editorial matter to prop 1 it up. But, in the second place, we would remark that this is by no means the . most serious bearing of The State's < argument for compulsory education, i We sit in unutterable wonder and 1 astonishment as we meditate over , the paragraph which precedes the poetry. Here we are informed that ( The State's policy of compulsory education has as its object au "intel- J lectual advance" that is to raise peo- ( pie?blocs and white?"about (above?) the level of manual labor," ^ that they may remain no longer in j the ranks of "plowmen and hoe j hands?crappers and renters." ' Will the State please "illuminate" ^ us if we are mistaken in the follow- . ing statements: There are no more railroads to be graded in Connecticut. < No more sewers nor water pipes < nor gas pipes to be laid in the cities ] - F r\ 1 XT- ] oi ^ounecuuuu rw uiuic nor hoeing nor renting nor crap j ping to be done in Connecticut, nor in auy other State where they have ] compulsory education. These peo- < pie have already had the touch ef 1 "immortality" (compulsory educa- j tion) which gives "back the upward looking and the light," and rebuilds in them "the music and the dream," [ and now all they have to do is to t listen to the music and dream while railroads unroll from spools across ^ mouutain and chasm, like ribbon j over the merchant's counter; bank j buildings, factories, thriving cities ] and spreading fields of waving grain ? ar? reproduced in the original from the photographic plates of the j dreamer, while artesian wells voluu- j tarily borst for h with milk and honey, and hams of cooked muttou i and hog grow on vines like black- ? berries. 1 ===== 1 That the present school auditorium i is wholly inadequate for the purpose intended was very thoroughly de- * 1 monstrated last Monday night when over a hundred people had to return home without seeing the exercises of commencement. If we are to have j a first class school it is up to the people of Kingstree to remedy this deficiency against the openiuit of the ( fall term. \ Because we refuse to swallow its , views oq compulsory education -the State uewsaper accuses us of defend " ing illiteracy The ed iter of this newspaper is willing to let his record and that of his paper on this subject speak for itself. According to The State's deduction, because we do not favor its pet hobby, compulsory education, we do not believe in education at all , Just as well argue that because we do not believe in forciug a man to go . to church *e are defending atheism. Brilliant logic, forsooth. , There has been a good deal of ( complaint about the disorder that ' occurred in the school auditorium ^ Monday evening. To sonic extent 1 this is attributable to the overcrowd- * ed condition of the hall, but nor * entirely. A great many people?the 1 vast majority --want to hear what 1 is going on and those whodou'i * want to hear should be made to respect the rights of others. On sucii occasions in future it is hoped thar provision will be made to preserve better order. a " -v' : \ I'- ? \ , - MCE RIOT THREATENED j ATRHEMS. (ILLING OF KEGRO IN WILLIAMSf URG AROUSES BLACKS-SHERIFFS GRAHAM AND SCURRY RESPOND. | Georgetown, May 20: ? In -esponse to a telegram from: ivhems stating that a race riot; tvas imminent there, sheriff t'j W Scurry and a small posse of :itizens set out early this marn;ng by private conveyance for the seat of the disturbance. Telephonic reports later in the day were to the effect that conditions were not nearly so threatening and that things were apparently assuming a normal state. Fears are still felt that the outward show of quietude may be a mask for some ugly disturbances during the night, and the white men, who in that locality are numerically about one to fifty blacks, ire prepared for any emergency The disturbance started with 1 personal encounter on Saturlay night between one of the :lerka in F Rhem & Sons' big store and a negro by the name >f Tony Scott, who was acting n an insolent and unruly manler. A number of other white nen took part in the afair and the result was that the negro i-! J iied from the injuries sustaineu n the fight. The funeral took place on Sunday and four or five hunired negroes, it is said, composed the funeral cortege, vowng vengeance against all white people for the deed that had :>een committed. These threats and the surly looks of the blacks are the :ause of apprehension among the white people, many of whom ire scattered in remote and isoated places throughout the leighborhood. Capt H B Springs, command-1 ng the Georgetown Rifle Guards, :elegraphed as follows to Govirnor Ansel to day: "Governor M F Ansel, Colum)ia, S C. Disturbance at thems, S C, I hold my company n readiness subject to orders, 3 B Springs, Capt, Company F, Id Regiment. This dispatch was received :onight by Capt Springs from he Governor: "Capt H B spring-, sheriff or ueorgeuwn md sheriff of Williamsburg vire me that race riot expected it Rhems. Hold your company n readiness and if needed resort to Sheriffs Graham and Jcurry. M F Ansel, Governor. The guards are resting- on heir arms tonight, ready to nove at once. REPORT FROM RHEMS. ,ast Account Says Everything Has Quieted Down. Rhems, May 20;?9 p ra? Spe;ial: Everything is quiet at ;his hour. Sheriffs Scurry, Georgetown, and Graham, of Williamsburg, have handled the situation admirably7. There are ibout one hundred and twentyfive men here with rides, shot juns and pistols ready to repulse any attack made b y the tegroes. The many threats nade by the negroes have wrought the whites up to a bigh pitch, but they are maintaining order and will not molest the negroes unless they try to carry out their purpose, [t was not necessary to call )ut the Kifle Guards. About twenty citizens from George ? 'I'ln* town came up tuuay. j ut whites are being reinforced ev;ry tew minutes and probably the number will reach two hun Ired by 10 o'clock. The neg oes are dispersing and no trou )le is expected now, unless relewed later.?News & Courier. Later. Messrs George Graham. Jr., md G T Lovett reached Kingsi i \ tree Tuesday about noon from Rhems with a negro in custody, one John Sampson, alias Jim Bates, who is supposed to -be ring leader among the rioters. It is believed that this negro is wanted for a crime in Georgia and if he'is the right party he will be turned over to the authorities in that State. Otherwise there will probably be an indictment brought against him for rioting and inciting mob violence. Messrs Graham and Lovett report everything ' quiet at Rhems now, but the white men are still on guard and will not be lulled into fancied secur ity. Tbe Coroner's Inquest. Everything- was serene at Rhems yesterday and it is hoped and believed that the trouble has quieted down. the inquest over the remains of Tony Scott, held by Magistrate Geo. BNesmith, there were about 150 white men, besides the Georgetown Rifle Guards, and only about 20 negroes were to be seen. The coroner's jury, on the testimony of physicians who had attended the deceased negro, brought in a verdict that Scott died from natural causes, as he had for a long time suffered from heart disease. LULLtUtUr bOAKLtdlUN 1785 Charleston, S. C. 1907 122nd year begins sept. 27. Letters, Science, Engineering. One scholarship to each county in South Carolina, giving free tuition. Tuition WO. Board ana furnished room in dormitory $11 a month. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant Boyce scholarships which pay $100 a year. For catalogue, address Harrison Randolph, President. 5-23-4t rWhere is Your Hair? In your comb? Why so? Is not the head a much better place for it? Betterkeep what is left where it belongs! Ayer'sHair Vigor, tie*' improved formula, quickly stops falling hair. The? 3 net a particle of doubt; abo..r it. We speak very posi-)l lively about chis, for we know.l | Dot* <h.an%e the color oj trie hair. Jk formula with ?*oh bottle I f B ' y Show it to jour jHLucts ^ thou do Mho ?JO UHWOHUHBBi Indeed, the one >rea: leading feature of >ur new hair V'i^or nav -veil be said to hs this? it stoos tailing hair. Then it goes ore s:ep farther?-it aids nature ia restoring the h ir and scalp to a healthy condition. Ask for "the new kind." -.Jo b/tio 2. C. Ajor Co., Lowoil, V-" ? Notice to TeachersYour attention is hereby called to the advantages of taking the Teachers' Reading Circle 'ourse. Teachers who take this riding course may have their cirtificates renewed for two years. Examination questions are sent out by tVio St a to PtnarH of Education in Mav 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: James' Talk to Teachers, price $ 1-30 Mace's 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 McCullogh, Co. Supt. of Education. 5-0-3t Citation NoticeThe State of South Carolina, County of Williamsburg. By P. M. Brockinton, Esquire, Probate Judge. MTiereas, V. E. Lifrage made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of M iss A H Montgomery. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of tne said Miss H H Montgomery, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Kingstree, S ( .. on the *i5th dav of May next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they nave, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my Hand, this 6th day of May Anno Domin:, :9"7. Published on the 9t. day of May, li)0T. in the County Itecord. P M Brockinton. .* -9-"2t. Probate .J udr;<\ :?:@'?:?:?:?:@:?:@:???:@ :@:@?:@:?:@:.@:?:@ !COMPLETE STOCK fj SEASONABLE CMDO " *? s ? a | Refrigerators, Water Coolers, ? @ Ice Cream Freezers, Screen | Doors and Windows. ? 1 ? Flower IPots, Sizes. 2 1 @ ! @ @ Balance of our Stock of FURNITURE, RUGS, MAT- J | TINGS,LACE CURTAINS, and WINDOW SHADES, ? j ...III ai>4 A T Ff) O T n n ci/A rlicnnnhr-.iia A ffl) we Will 07C/OC7 UUl HI t/VUI, UO wro uiooviiuiiuo vg) v V 1 ? 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