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THURSDAY. JUNE 6. 1907
"The State newspaper should
Atart a fools' club, with an Ananias
Annex, for those who dare to dissent
from its 'illuminated' views."?
Kingstree County Record. That
would be too cruel. Instead, we
.have an apartment provided with
sack cloth and ashes, into which we
retire for self-ioflcted chastisement
After being convicted of, shocking
indcment in accrediting some voun?
-V O o collegian
editor with ability and se?
nous desire to discuss with reason,
and for truth's sake, great educational
questions, and discovering that,
dike newly tapped beer, he is all bead
- and the head all wind and froth.
Lc, . ?The State.
K.
Now that settles the whole
matter. The grifet and good and
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wise and infallible State tries to
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side-step our whole argument by
a meek insult. Such methods are
characteristic of our amiable con
temporary and in this case we
deem its abuse * the highest com.
Iplioient it is capable of bestowing.
t Peculiar Tactics.
The policy of the Columbia State
In its recent discussion of the com.
pnlsory education question is puzzling
to the minds of those who are sin
jPW merely seeking the evidence by which
*tbatquestion should be solved. The
ESf. * readers of The County Record
^will recall that some weeks ago we
[ made the assertion that what had
Ibeen done in the way of material
progress and intellectual advancement
in Connecticut under comIHilsory
education had been done in
!South Carolina without compulsory
education. The State, according to
its usual method of dealing with
one who dares to differ with its
wiews, attempted to blush this statement
aside by ridicule, informing its
ireaders that this assertion would nut
.receive serious consideration until
tsome facts in evidence were produced.
Whereupon, waiving all the
rights of usage and custom in such
a matter?of which surely the State
is not ignorant?we presented last
; ; wee* some of the facts for which
? The State has called so loud and
flong, but we notice that, so far, The
o.-i. ? i.- i r r
*j3uue beeuis to uare iiu use xui loeie
.and figures in its columns, unless
the? are in favor of the side which
?
'The State has, perhaps hastily, assumed.
Why did not The State re*
firte our assertion with facts and
figures? Aud when we presented the
facts and figures which prove our
Assertiou, why did The State not give
its readers the opportunity of judging
for themselves as to whether it
rwas "all wind and frotb?'?
When the United States census
-reports that, although under compulsory
education for fifty years,
only 78 percent of the families in
Uonuecticut nave Domes to live in,
while in South Carolina, without
-compulsory education, OH per cent of
-the families have homes to live in,
L Tbe State says that is ''all wind ami
froth:" and when the United States
.census says that 21 per cent of these
R
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few homes iu Connecticut, undei
compulsory education, are likewis<
uuder mortgage, while in South
Carolina, without compulsory educa.
tlon, only 3 per cent of this 96 pe:
cent of homes art under mortgage
The State says that is "all w ind anc
froth."
I^et our readers remember that i
is the Columbia State that has sing
led out Connecticut to hold befon
South Carolinians as a model o
what compulsory education has don*
in raising its people "above the leve
of manual labor," that they migh
remain no longer in the ranks o;
"plowmen nud hoe hands?cropper
and renters." This, perhaps, ac
counts for the fact that only abou
three-fourths of the families havi
homes to live in and about one thirc
of those are under mortgage, leaving
ouly about one-half of the peoph
with homes?free from debt, while ic
South Carolina 96 per cent of the
people live in homes and 91 per cent
of these homes are tree from debt.
We don't need Connecticut's system
of elevation in South Carolina, and
therefoie, we don't need Connecticut's
system of education. Connecticut
is welcome to all the glory
of being under compulsory education
and under mortgage also at the same
time.
Buc whether the Columbia State
allows it or not, we will give oui
readers a few moredgures, and leave
them to judge as to whether Connecticut's
compulsory education law
is a success in getting parents tc
send their children to school. Connecticut
ha3 257,101 children of
school age, with only 168,779 enrolled
in its schools. Deducting the
entire enrollment from the school
age population, we have left 88,322
who are not eurolled. Now, deduct
theeentire negro schoolfpopulation
(4,272) from this number not enrolled
in the schools of Connecticut?
which of course we have no right to
do?and we have 84,050 white children
who are not even enrolled in
Connecticut's compulsory schools.
How does this compare with South
Carolina, which even according to
the Columbia State, has a little over
30,000 white children out of school?
In other words, Connecticut,
uuder compulsory education and
under mortgage has only 17 per cent
of its entire population in school,
while South Carolina, not under
compulsory education and not under
mortgage, has 21 per cent of its
entire population iu school. We
wonder if the State will call this ''all
wind and froth."
Of course, our readers know that
we are not opposed to education,
even the education of laborers, but
we are opposed to the pernicious
doctrine that education is to raise
people "above the level of manual
labor.'' We are opposed to a system
of education that pauperizes and
makes meudicants of its population?
that breeds anarchism and perjury,
and lays the foundation for the most
gigantic system of graft that was
ever foisted tijiou a State, as we ex|K*ct
to point out iu some future
i>sue of this newspaper.
This legal noliday business is
rapidly becoming a nuisance. As
published elsewhere it hill be
seen that there are already enough
of them to take oue day out of
everv month on the average during
the entire year. And at al
most every session ot the legisla
tore another is added to the already
long list. If it keeps on,
in the course of time there will
he more holidays thau working
days. Let us cut the holiday business
out a..d get down to work.
UNWRITTEN LAW.
*Th? Cod*" aa It la Undaratood In th<
1 8outharn States.
They call it "the code" in the
r louthern states, and to this day the
tode often takes precedence of stat'
ute law among men of southern
1 birth.
The code is this: If a man ins alts
t! you by publicly calling you a lia:* 01
i in any other fashion you do not
; knock him down on the spot, as vou
a1 would in some states, but you warn
.! the man that you will shoot him on
sight. The warning must be in the
e presence of witnesses or in writ ng.
j Then you go home and get your pis^*1
* d AM ?V* n r? rvi?A:i1l ?? rlKl tl
IUI, auu 111C UlliCl luaa cnuiucayij
1 does the same thing. After that
f wherever you and your adversary
3 meet the one who sees the other
first opens fire, or if the recognition
- is simultaneous it is merely a quest
tion of which can pull his pistol
quickest.
? Usually one is killed or badly inl
jured. But if the warning has bean
T given in due form it is 10 to 1 that
5 the jury will not convict the killer.
The verdict is "self defense" or at
, most "manslaughter." There is
hardly a case on record of a murder'
er being hung for his share ill a
t duel of this kind, however 3ne
sided.
If the cause of the quarrel has
1 anything to do with an insult of'er[
ed to a lady of the challenger's family
the latter is far safer than if he
had killeddog. In most cases he
walks out of court amid the cheers
j of the audience.
There was a ghastly tragedy at
1 Oak Grove, Ya. A man named
? Marx quarreled with a neighbor
over an alleged insult to a young
lady. In the ensuing affray Marx
' killed Taylor and two of his friends
. and seriously wounded a fourth.
The coroner's jury decided that
5 Marx had acted in self defense and
exonerated him.
To some ears this code of the
southern states sounds wicked und
' criminal to a degree. Yet the
. southern code of Honor is certainly
. no worse than that prevailing in
' the German and Austrian armies.
If a German or Austrian officer
, quarrels with another of his own
rank a duel must take place at once.
The insulted man is in Coventry
: till blood is shed. But if the insult
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. is irom one so mucn nigner xu rtui&
that the other cannot challenge, the
i latter is doomed to commit suicide.
The late Archduke Otto, the Austrian
emperor's nephew, got tipay
one night and brought a crew of
i boon companions to the doors of
his wife's* suit. A young lieutenant
on duty drew his sword and swore
he would run the first man through
who touched the door handle. Otto
struck the boy in the face and then
retreated. 'Hie lieutenant could
not challenge one of royal blood.
He prepared to comqait suicide.
Most happily the story came to the
emperor's ears. He telegraphed the
lieutenant and Otto to attend at
once at the Hofburg.
Then he rated Otto fiercely and
ended by saying: "Your royal rank
precludes Lieutenant from
challenging you. But no restriction
binds me." With that he
stepped up to the archduke and
struck him a heavy blow on the
cheek with his open hand. "Now
go," he bade him. Then he turned
to the lieutenant and embraced
him. "You will receive your commission
as captain tonight," he said,
"and with it your exchange to another
station." ? Chicago RecordHerald.
Byron's Qoosa.
One of the odd things remembered
of Byron was his careful observance
of English customs abroad,
customs maintained with an accom
paniment of abuse of his native
land. He religiously ate plum pudding
at Christmas and roast goose
on Michaelmas day. An acquaintance
chronicled a droll consequence
, of this last fancy. Buying a large
goose at Pisa early enough to fatten
1 it for Michaelmas, the poet proceeded
to feed it himself daily. Alas I
, "As the fateful day arrived he
found himself so fond of the crea?
L* J/viAnminA/1 Ia crvoro ifa
lure lllttl lie uctciuuucu w nj/uiv i?
life and buy another in its place.
The respited fowl now began to
1 travel with him, being swung in a
i cage under his carriage."
At Hit Wits' End.
He sat in his office musing. "Now,
here are two tickets for the theater
tonight," he said. "If I ask Jones
to go with me I'm sure to find out
when I get home to dinner that it's
the only thing that's been here in a
year that ray wife really wants to
sec, and if I don't ask any one to go
! and plan to take her I'll learn when
i it's too late to make any change
that nothing could hire her to sit
| through the old piece."
He puzzled his head over the
question for an hour, and then he
tossed up a quarter to decide what
he would do, although he knew he
would lose whichever way it came.
I
THE PRIME MINISTER.
' Ha I* the Real Ruler of the Great Brit*
ish Empire.
i i The real ruler of the British erai
; pire b not the titular sovereign nor
the hereditary nobility, [t is the
i ! leader of the political majority, who
derives his power solely from the dii
, rect vote of the people. The prime
minister of England is subordinate
i ?
neither to the king nor the house
i of peers. Every man who shares
i with him in the work of the govi
ernment is his subordinate.
; Following a general election the
sovereign sends for a member of the
majority party and instructs him to
form a government. This is one of
I V\ /\ .* A A ^ f U A ifllfl AWrtl
, i tiiusc iituuiia ?tL iiic tuustibuiiuaai
authority of the sovereign to which
-1 the English people cling as to the
! heritage of tradition. The sum.
j mons i3 delivered, but it is merely a'
! form. The party leader is such not
i by the grace of the sovereign, but
: by the choice of the majority; not
' by election, but because he has the
1 qualities of leadership.
The leader, having received the
' sovereign's instructions to form a
I government, becomes by that man1
date the autocrat of the empire.
1 His' power is absolute. Like the
J president, he may appoint whomso|
ever he pleases a member of his cabi
inet, but, unlike the president, he
1 is not influence] by geographical
1 considerations, nor does he have to
submit his nominations to the senate.
In both countries the members
of the cabinet "hold office at the
will of the appointing power, but
the tenure of office is even more
precarious in England than it is in
I the United State*. Here a minister
; may dilTer from the president on a
j matter of -policy and not feel it incumbent
upon him to resign. In
| England there can be no differences.
Either a minister agrees with his
I chief or he resigns.
In'England the cabinet is an eitra
legal creation. Nominally it is
one of the committees of the privy
; council, whose functions are to adi
vise the sovereign, but this is sim
plv a survival of mediaevalism. The
cabinet is under the sole control of
the premier, unhampered by royal
or other interference. But?another
survival?no member of the cabinet
may make public any matter
discussed by the cabinet without the
express sanction of the sovereign,
and when the premier issues a summons
to a cabinet council, which
meets at irregular intervals, according
to the exigency of public business,
the minister is "requested to
attend a meeting of his majesty's
servants/'?A. Maurice Low in Appleton's
Mag^ine.
Uncomfortable Korean Houses.
The "kunsr," the Korean house
furnace, renders the atmosphere of
the in::s where travelers take their
rest almost insufferable. It is pictured
as a primitive though effective
means of heating the houses
throughout the kingdom. A small
! fire of brushwood is lighted in the
small furnace at one side of the
house, thence numerous flues under
the mud floor conduct the smoke
and hot air to an upright chimney
or hole in the wall at the opposite
end or side, and a little fire suffices
to thoroughly heat a large house. A
traveler says he is not surprised to
find coughs and colds common, for
an indoor temperature of 70 degrees
or 80 degrees and an outdoor
one of zero form trying extremes.
: Moreover, the constant warmth
J seems to keep alive the numerous
I flies, fleas, bugs and cockroaches
; with which most of the houses
! swarm.
Japan's Aneisnt Civilization.
Arthur M. Rnapn in his "Feudal
and Modern Japan'' points out, as
other oloserving historians have
done before him, that the apparently
miraculous conversion of Japan
to modern civilization is not so
strange once it is realized that Japan
was already in a high state of
civilization at the opening of the
present modern era. Some time before
America was discovered the
Japanese had their banks, clearing
house and Europe's supj?osedly modern
system of bank checks, drafts,
letters of credit and notes of hand.
A thorough rural delivery postal
avstem also was in vogue among the
Japanese in the days when painted
Indians still roamed the shores of
New England and the Atlantic
coast.
Two Hats.
"Mr. Harikinson," asked innocent
! little Tommy, who was entertaining
the young man in the parlor while
his sister upstairs was putting the
finishing touches on her complexion,
"why don't you wear the kind
of plug hat Mr. Simmons does when
he conies here?"
i "What is the matter with my plug
: hat, Tommy?" inquired Mr. Hankini
son, with a large, genial smile.
"Ilis'n will straighten out again
when I sit down on it," answered
i the innocent little boy, edging his
way toward the door, "and your'n
i won't."?Chicago Tribune.
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Rates to Jamestown Exposition,
The following rates to the Jamestown exposition, which opens *\ *Jj
next Friday, April 26, have been furnished us by the agent here: j
7 Days 'X
Season Ticket 60 Days 10 Days Coach Excurs'n
, Scranton $15 85 $13 25 $12 00 $7 50
| Lake City 16 00 13 40 12 10 7 70
j Cades 16 35 13 65 12 30 8 10
| Kingstree 16 75 14 00 12 55 8 55
j Salters 16 95 14 15 12 70 8 80
Lanes v 17 20 14 40 12 85 8 90
Gourdins 17 35 14 50 12 95 8 95
Coach excursion tickets will be sold on the day prior to the jj
opening of the exposition and will be on sal?? Tuesdays of each
week thereafter. They are limited to seven days. The other
tickets will be sold on the day prior to the opening of the pcpo- j
sition and will be on sale daily during the period of the e?posi>
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