The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 30, 1907, Image 4
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KINGSTREE, S. C.
C. W. WOLFE,
VEOrrOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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C. VV. Woi.fe,
Kiugstree. S. C.
THURSDAY. flflAY 30.1907
Mur.Vi Perturbed,
Judging from its numerous aud
ve^ested sallies "out among the fern
/'4o bicker down a valley," the Co
durabia State is greatly perturoea
over the fact that the Kingstree
Kecord has picked up the State's
-slip-up iu the logic of its argument
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(for compulsory education. We go
to press only once a week and even
-then with a limited space, but we are
quite willing for our readers to have
>in full the paragraph which The
State claims we garbled and pervert ed
in our last issue?and, by the
irav, the very back-bone of which
r The
State leaves out in its attempt|*ed
reproduction on May 28. Stick
to your limb, Mr Editor, or else
acknowledge that it is unsound *hen
you abandon it.
In its issue of the May 20, The
flilitnria' nnrt t a i norl this Miru
iUMIV^ O VUi vvr* iMt vvuvwiuvm wm.v ?
graph:
''Tens of thousands of whites are
-to be condearned to bear the yoke
all their lives, condemned to rise no
higher than plowmen and hoe hands,
.no higher than croppers and renters,
t*cause the negroes that work for
the lowest wages are of the illiterate
dass! That is the argument. In.
deed, it is preferred that there be no
intellectual advance, no rising above
the level of manual labor, for we
i iiave the college graduate at Kings tree
spouting of the 'dignity of
dabor.' The diguity of intelligent
'labor is something of which no man
need be ashamed, bat the indignity
-of the labor of slavery, of the hopelessness
begotten of ignorance, is
curstd."
Now we submit that if this does
. ?not mean that The State's policy of
compulsory education has as its
object au "intellectual advance"
that is to raise people?black and
.irhite?th*? IpvpI of manual
Py '
^labor," that they may remain no
longer in the ranks of "plowmen
and hoe hands?croppers and renters,"
then we do not know the meaning
of language. We leave it to our
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readers us to whether we are guilt v
-of a "gaibled, and wholly unwarranted
perversion" of the meaning of
-the above paragraph and would Msk
The State whether it is "creditable
journalism" for a paper to leave out
the very core and back-bone of its
-own paragraph when that is the very
point toward which the unfavorable
criticism of a writer has been directed.
Facts in Evidence.
In one of its editorials of Mav 28
%The State says that before serious
consideration will be given to its
declaration the Kingstree County
.Record will have to to furnish
.something iu the shape of evidence
.as to what has been done in Con
oecticut under compulsory education,
compared with what has been
-done in South Carolina without it,
.and we are quite willing to present a
few comparative figntes?even the
figures that measure most directlv
* The State's ideal of excellence,
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'Marge tamers and producers" orj;"independence."
Our figures are i
taken from the census cf 1000.
In Connecticut there were their <
203,454 families, with only 159,677 <
dwellings?leaving 43,74$ families ]
without homes. Of these homes ;
37,496 were under mortgage. In!;
South Carolina there were 269,864 <
families, with 259,302 dwelling*-']
leaving only 10,562 families without J:
homes. Of these honie3 only 13,994
were under mortgage These figures
show what compulsory education:;
has done toward making these peo-!
pie independent and emancipating,
them from debt. And wl ea it is remembered,
as some of our readers ,
I perhaps do, that South Carolina (
has just emerged from the direst
scourge that ever swept a State, and
that these homes are largely the
hard earnings of orphan sons of the |
South who for nearly a half century |
have toiled and struggled against (
awful adds, and yet have gone for- (
ward by leaps and bounds to the day
dawn of this glorious hour, we are
prepared to repeat that our record of (
progress has no parallel in any State. ,
But even on the one point on which
The State, according to its own confessed
belief, is uselessly expeudmg so (
much of its valuable ener?v. does
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Connecticut present a much better ^
showing of literacy than South 1
Carolina? Turn to the census. In |
1900 Connecticut had a school age ^
population?5 to 20 years?252,760
whites and ouly 4,272 colored. Of r
these altogether there were 18,984 (
illiterates; while in South Carolina
there were 218,323 whites, and 343,401
colored, with only 99,516 illiter- t
ates. Think of it! Here are two ]
States with an almost evenly balanced ,
white school population,--Connecti- i
cut having only 4,272 colored, while
South Carolina has 343,401 colored
children, and yet no greater differ-1
ence in the percentage of illiteracy. 1
Eliminate from South Carolina
the negro population and how would I
the States compare? {
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A Point of Ethics.
The Columbia State has seen (
fit to accuse us of violating the j
ethics of journalism in not print- ,
ing in fnll its reply to our editorial;
in fact, it has gone so far {
as to charge us with methods {
that are not creditable journalism.
Just a word in replv.
We have not the mechanical
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facilities of The State?which we
freely concede to be one of the j
best newspapers in the South, in .
point of mechanical excellence? ^
and therefore cannot undertake to
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reproduce in their entirety the ^
manv editorials that have been j i
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directed at us. Were we to at- j
tempt to do this we would have j
no room for anything else in our;,
olumns, and, however interesting |
tll1? little* ilicAIICOIAll tnut, Ku
viuo i i v v jv uicvucoivu uiaj v?*v j ^
sixteen hu ndred readers of The
Record would not consent for it
to monopolize all our space, we i
feel assured, j 1
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And then we notice that The
State has done exactly the same
thing it stigmatizes in us as dis- 1
creditable in uot only qnotingl*
detached parts of our editorial,
but answeiing what p6rts it
chose to select iu two different is- y
sues of that paper. . ! I
As The State has sprung the 1
question of ethics we will I
sav in that connection -that from j ^
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the si ai t we have endeavored to 1
conduct our argument on a high 1
plane and we refuse to descend to
personalities and offensive epi- j
thets. On the other band The ]
State nas an unfortunate habit of 1
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trying to bolster up its argument |*
by acrimonious personal allusions!;
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ir.d asperities entirely uncalled |
tor. . 11
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To stigmatize an opponent in a;(
jontroversy ar "silly" or "dull."
>r to say that he U hi: tided by ]
prejudice, is u" argument at all, i ]
.11 id such tractic3 are recognized '
:us tile last resort of the vjm- i
:p-.i;htvl. To quote the expressive
nhraseologv of the really brilliant
Senator Cannack of Tennessee, j
"One does not have to lift him- J i
elf from his belly to rise to so
great a retort."
Is The State Sincere?
In its editorial of May 24, The!
State avows a sincere desire for the |
expression of opinions by intelligent '
opponents of compuleory education,
saying: "One reason for that earnest
wish to hear the other side is out
belief that no arguments presented
bv the friends; of compulsion can bemore
convincing of the propriety of
:hat system than the reasoning in
jpposition."
Now, if The State really believef i
that no argument for compulsory ed
ucation can be more convincing that:
argument agafhst it, then why is so
mnch of its valnable space occupied
lay after day, at its own solicitationand
much of it by its own editor?
for the accomplishment of a task
vhich according to its own expressed
relief, is beyond the rang* of a (
possibility? This is the first time |
>ve have ever caught the editor of
Hie Slate trying to lift himself over (
the fence by his boot straps.
The State newspaper should
start a fools' club, with an Ananias
annex, for those who daie
to dissent from its "illuminated"
yiews.
If there be any "scooting to
the tall timber," in the elegant
diction of the esteemed State,
we leave it to a discriminating
public as to who has been most
conspicuous in the retrograde
movement.
The State's Commencement edition
of May 29 is a creditable
journalistic feat. However much
tve differ with The State on its
pet hobby, we admire the pluck
md enterprise that is the moving
spirit of a great newspaper.
From all over the cotton belt
'/itV rwssimistin renori.3 of the
present cendition of the crop, it 1
jeing the poorest ever known, it
s said, at this season of the(^
rear. Cold weather, boll weevil, I
Iry weather in some places and
vet weather iu others, have wrought (
)avoc and the outlook generally
s very gloomy. In South Caroiua
conditions seem to be more
ravorable and it is to be hoped
;hat no disaster such as the storm
)f last year will visit us again.
The Atlantic Coast Line rail?
rtuil hua rcfnscil fn orrmif .'lit* re.
piest of the business men of
Jbarleston to put on a train beweeu
Lane and Maxton, N C,
ind Mayor Rhett has appealed to
he Railroad Commission. It is
o be hoped that this service
vill be established, as it would
srove a great convenience to the '
;raveling public generally, and es- '
pecially between Florence and
Lane. The present schedule is very
ueonvenieut to business men who
visit Charleston for a day.
Piles get quick and certain relief from !
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lote it is made alone for Piles, and its I
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jainful, protruding or blind piles disappear
like magic by its use. Large
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old by D (J Scott.
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tablets. No Quinine, no Laxative, I
nothing liarmful whatever. Preventics ]
prevent colds?as the name implies j
?when taken early, or at the "Sneeze :
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Scholarship and Entrance '
^xami nation.
The examination for the award of va- '
cant scholarships in Winthfiop College 1
and for the admission of new students
will be held ar the County Court House I
on FRIDAY, JULY r>, AT ? A SI.
Applicants must be not Mess ti?an fifteen
years of age. When Scolarships
are vacated after July 5, they will be 1
awarded to those making the highest
average at this examination provided e
they meet the conditions governing y
the award. Applicants for Scholarships
should wr te to President Johnjon
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examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $fOu and free
tuition. The next session will open
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