The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 24, 1910, Image 4
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Rt RAI, SCHOOL PROGRESS.
Cornet est Nevd for Rural Schools In
South Carolina as Soon by State
Su|h?rvlsor. W. K. T?te.
I have been very much gratified
by the interest in the rural schools
which la being exhibited by the can?
didates for office in 8outh Carolina.
Every candidate for Governor baa
expressed himself In no uncertain
terms as an adovcate of the upbuild?
ing of the common achoola. and es?
pecially those of the rural districts.
As the reports of the county cam?
paign appear In the dally papers,
these, too. are filled with the expres?
sions of interest on the part of the
candidates in the welfare of the rural
schools. I believe that this interest is
genuine. There has been exhibited,
however, a greater tendency to gen?
eralize on the subject than to pro?
pose remedies for conditions that
would he improved. With a view of
directing this popular interest into
definite ' h mnels of discussion. 1
wish, from time, to time, to present
to the pre** of the State a few ele?
ments of the situation Is which, la
my opinion, we might all profitably
turn our attention.
As I have previously stated, my
own conclusions are tentative and
aubje t to revision. In order that my
work may have the benefit of the best
thought of the State on the aubjects
of discussion. I should like to receive
copbs of papers containing editorial
expressions and the vlewa of candi?
dates for office, and should be pleased
to hear from the educators and oth^r
citizens of tlo State who will be so
krnd eg to give me the benefit of their
jplnlona.
Rotter Supervision Needed.
I am fullv convinced that the first
. to substantial Improvement
n the rural schools of South Carolina
s better supervision. The greatest
llfference between the citv schools and
he country school In this State lies
n the better supervision of the form
*r. I.et us contrast the city of Colum
>la and her next door neighbor, the
inty of Lexlngttsm. In the city of
"olumbla, according to the last re
> >rt issued by the superintendent,
ihere are 73 teachers and 3.367 pu
plla. In the county of Lexington
there are 152 teachera and 8,321
pupl's With the exception of two
>r tl<< ? small towns, all of these
are In country schools. The teachers
?f Columbia are most of them col?
lege gruiuates. and have had years of
experience In a well organized sys?
tem v here the work of each is defi
nltelv arranged and limited in extent.
In the rural schools of Lexington
countv there is. according to the
countv superintendent of education
not a single college graduate. These
teachers ha\> obtained their prepa?
ration In the common schools and
high petal - Is of the county and State,
and their Malt professional training
has been given in the short term
aumm r s. hoois. More than half of
them change school* -very year, lie
cent statistics. In fact, show that in
the wholr State .". per cent, of the
rural t'vnhers tench one year in
S phc e. Theo te e hers must teach
all grades of work, and with the
most meaner m itertal equipment. Th?
task Sf the rural ISBOBSf Is Infinitely
more rUfaVmH than that of the gfnds
teacher In the city school.
rttj \V < ount x ftjajjgpl Ulou.
In the e|t- .,f Colombia the*, s i
snuerli I?leal ef schools wh< re>
, ce|vr? Hilary of $2.000 per year.
Each SCBBOI BBS a principal who gives
a i?nrt "f his time to supervision. There
Is s sii|*ervlalng principal who gives
espeei it itteatlon to the leeching of
the t tbn> grides. There Is a
sup*: '?; BiBBttBl training, ? tu?
p? r\i sau le, and ? supervisor of
aewm.. in r< mucn With other city
astssfi ?' Ihe I'nlted Mates Columbia|
perb.il ? ?pH Ii Is x to It p( I ? ? IK o| its
total expenditures for super*
listen
in ni inul e luring or other bind?
fsnes ? '? rprlse, it is a well sstabllsh?
??I pi to i i? tb it the lean the skill
and ' nee Of I Hell employe the
mor? ?? i tstnn la ns>fssnry. in
fsjengdanc* with this principle) we
shout I ? ?;>?? t to find the schools of
Lcslnri ? ?> counly spending at b ast
|| p. r at. for supervision. On the
sentf rj the total ?mount expended
for supervision In Lexington county,
exctualve of Ifta I we or litres town
Schools, is H##, Ihg salary of the
aonaty sup rtntendent. This is less
than 2 per cent of ti ? county school
cvp n i * *. j r ? The pa/menl of this
gessagrs eompcneatloa assumes thai
Ins ? ?unf mperlntendenl is expect
td in devote only :i part Of his time
to the duties of ho office, and thai
he is .foing t ? m ik' i living in some
Btfjsf o ru pat Ion. This salary i
nb.oit |ns Bvernfjs in South Carolina)
as anv ??ne OBU nscertaln by exami?
nation of |ns code.
M r.? r the teaching force In
Columbia Is concentrated In a small
area, and '.he physical effort Involved
In the supervision is reduced to a
mlmimum. while the county superin?
tendent of Lexington must travel over
an entire county. The superintendent
of schools of Columbia is sleeted for
a term of years by ? stable hoard of
trust SOS The county superintendent
Of Lexington must offer himself he
fore the Democratic primary and, at
considerable expense to himself,
make the race for the olllee, and
throughout his term of office, must
continually trim his sails to the
changing winds of popular opinion,
which often prevents the adoption of
a consistent educational policy. This
county is typical of the entire State.
Is it any wonder, then, that the
mm] schools are backward? With all
our Interest and our protested decla?
rations that the country and the
country school are the bulwarks of I
democracy, we have not given them
a chance.
Allow me to suggest for general
discussion a scheme of county su?
pervision.
First?Let the people elect a coun?
ty board of education composed of
three members. At the first election
let one man be elected for two years,
aonther for four years and the oth?
er for six years, and thereaftter let
one be elected every two years. This
will Insure a stable board. If it is
desired the board may be made to
< onslst of live men rather than three,
but elected In a similar manner.
second?Let this county hoard of
education select the county superin?
tendent of schools, just as the city
?ChOOl board selects a city superin?
tendent. They should be allowed to
?Sleet the l^est man for the work to
be found.
Third?This election should be for
a term of four years.
fourth?The county superintendent
should be paid a salary which is suffi?
cient to enable him to devote his en
iltc time and attention to the super?
vision of the schools. No county :n
South Carolina can afford to pay a
VOUnty superintendent of education
lem than $1,500 per year.
Fifth?The county board of educa?
tion should also be autthorlzed to em?
ploy a county supervisor of instruct?
ion, Whose duty it shall be to vi3lt
Ihf country schools and to show the
inexperienced teachers how to teach
and organise their school. This ofb ?
cial should work under the direction
of the county board and the county
siiperintendent, who would be left
free to devote more of his time to the
administrative duties Of his office,
such as ths voting of special tax?:*,
the Consolidation of schools. and
an ctlon ol propsr school buildings.
Th- numerous requests which have
come from the county superintendents
for the services of an experimental
supervisor to OS plated in one county
of the State for the coming year, is
an Indication that such help would be
appreciated,
Six?The county board of education
should be empowered to levy a special
COUnty tax. not to exc eed 1 mill, t >
* I devoted to the supervision of the
rum] schools. Undsr the constitution
the salaries of county school officers
mil "<a be paid from the :> mill tax,
nd lliey are in conasojusncs dopend?
ent on legislative caprice. The county
nd should be in a position to con?
trol the funds for supervision.
.\s i t ited above, 1 should be pleas*
I l to have this scheme of supervision
Binds the basis of genera' dlcusslon
by those Interested in education.
W, K. T?te.
state sup?r\isor Elementary school*]
Columbia. S. C.
Kllcrhc illld Level.
The News and Courier has been ap
pealed to by "a Wllllamsburi Voter"
for its opinion respecting the charge
brought esjalnai ths Hon. J, B. Bl
lerhe, candidate for re-election to
Congress la the ith district, that by
his krot< against free lumber when the
Civile tariff inn was under consider?
ation by Congri m some eighteen
months ago, read himself out ol
the Democratic party, If so. the
Democratic part) has ulso lost Con
grc sman Asbutj r. Lv ?r. of the Tib
Congressional district, who is under
criticism on precisely the same
grounds, and probably half ol its
m< tu tu rs in I Congress
In our judgment, Messrs 1311er he
und Lever should have voted for free
lumber, lice-use. ;is We stated at the
time, a duty on lumb. r amounts in
? fleet to putting a premium on the
b utruction of our own forests. Nev?
ertheless, some thirty-five or forty
lH*mocrata in the House of Repre?
sentatlves voted for such a duty,
and while tin v are properly answer?
able to their constituents aa lo
whetther <>r not Ihey acted wisely, it
? annol In histlee and fairness be
maintained tint they thereby wrote
I themselves down as Republicans, any
, more than M or M Republicans who
voted for free lumber could now be
[claimed n^ Democrats. Party fealty,
as w> conceive it. does not require
flu? absolute surrender of one'a own
judgment, alhtough of course he who
lakes issue with his party's platform
1 must be prepared to d< fend his action
( in so doing to his own satl'faction
and that of his constltutents,
Had Mr. Kllerhe and Mr, ! ? SI
?
voted for tho Payne bill, as a whole
as did four members of the Louisiana
delegation, their case would have
been different. As matters stand, the
point really at issue is not the Demo
cracy of either of these gentlemen,
hut whether or not each of thehm
acted for the beat interest of his con?
stituents and the country, and if
not, how seriously the breach should
be regarded. We have already stated
our own opinion that Mr. EUerbe and
Mr. Lever should have voted for free
lumber. The effect which his fail?
ure to do so should have upon the
candidacy of each of these gentlemen
must be decided in relation to his rec?
ord of service, viewed as a whole,
and also with regard to the character
of the candidate or candidates op?
posing him.
While, therefore, the discussion,
which has been aroused over the lum?
ber vote for these two Congressmen
has doubtless been interesting and |
instructive to a percentage of the
voters in the sixth and seventh dis?
tricts, and will not be without benefit
upon the South Carolina delegation in
Congress, it is not likely to have a
preponderating effect in shaping the
choice of the next Congressman from
either of these districts, nor should
it have. The point at issue in each of
these districts is whch of the men
seeking to represent the district at
Washington is best fitted for that
task in character and general ability.
In the consideration of this problem
the voters cannot afford to shut their
eyes to everything except a single
vote of a candidate on one clause of
a bill against which in its entirety
the candidate voted.
We are not of course, advising the
voters of these two districts that they
should vote for Mr. EUerbe and Mr.
Lever. We are merely indicating our
view of the manner in which they
should arrive at a determination in
this matter.?News and Courier.
Death of a Former Charlestonlan.
A telegram has been received from
Toronto, Out., announcing the deac't
of Mr. James Dean Enslow, a former
resident of Charleston, S. C. He
was well known there, while engaged
in business with his father, Mr.
Joapeh A. Enslow. Several y*>ars ago
he went to C<dorado, where he car?
ried on his literary pursuits, writing
for papers and magazines. He after?
wards got up books of prominent
(dties. the first being a handsome
book of his native city. His charm?
ing and genial manner endeared htm
to many. He is survived by his
wife and three sisters, one of whom
is Mrs. M. DeVeaux Moore, of Sum?
te?.
Death.
Mrs. Heyman W llliams died it her
home in Marion on last Saturday
morning. She formerly resided in
Sumter and Is pleasantly remembered
In this city as Miss Aubrey Williams.
Her personal beauty and attractive
manners made her a general favorite
with her friends who will mourn her
untrmely death at the tender age of
eighteen years. She was married less
than one year ago and removed to
her native home in Marion.
The sympathy of the community
foet nut to the grief stricken hus?
band, brothers and sisters, in their
peculiarly sad bereavement.
Rabbi Reasler To Leave.
Rabbi M. Beasler will leave about
the end of the week for another field
of labor. Before doing so be may
take a vacation In the mountain!.
Wie ti asked how he liked Sumter
during his stay here, he expressed
himself as follows: "1 have lived In
several eitles, large and small, and l
must say thai l liked Bumter best of
all. I found here an Intelligent gen
erous and upright class of people.
The i itv is on,, of the most progress?
ive in the South. The city of Sumter
his representative nun of whom it
nan I"' Justly proud. Law ami order
iff strictly enforced. The social life
of Bumter is not surpassed anywhere.
I shall always recall my stay in Bum
ter with feelings of pleasure and de
llght. if l were asked where in the
United Btates I would prefer to live,
I would simply answer. Give me
Bumh r, and ! know Mrs. Bessler
Would say likewise.
\hotil The t'nloii Brokerage Co.
Editor Watchman and Southron:
l was surprised to road in last Tues?
day' Issue Watchman and Bouthron
one very, very foollnsh charges
against the Bumter merchants by one
ot our Fnlon members.
I believe I am voicing the senti?
ment of a large majority of the mem?
bers '-i the Farmers' Union in Sum*
ter county, when I say that he not
only docs the merchants an Injustice,
lad do. s the Union nn unintentional
injustice also by publishing such ru?
mors,
\\v have no flghi with the m< r
< hunts and it w ill no, help our cause
by antagonising Ihem. We have
nothing hut the kindest of feelings to?
wards tin- merchants and believe that
they entertain tic -.tum feeling to?
wards us,
.1 B. Warren^
M lyesi ilk'. B. C. August 22, 1910.
NOTES OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Names of Teachers For the Coming
Term and Their Assignments.
Tho city schools will reopen on the
19th of September. There will be
a meeting of the teachers on Satur?
day the 17th at 1<? o'c lock in tin
Hampton school. Tlie Superintend?
ent will be in his office In the Wash?
ington school, from the 1.3th to 16th
(inclusive). The following is a list
of the teachers and their assignments
for 1910-1911:
WASHINGTON SCHOOL.
Miss A. D. Richardson, first grade
boys.
Miss A. M. Graham, first grade
girls.
Miss Mary Lowry, advanced first
grade, boys.
Miss H. Nelson, advanced first
grade, girls.
Miss Katherine Clarke, second
grade, boys.
Miss L. L. Jennings, second grade,
girls.
Miss M. G. Randle third grade,
boys.
Miss Lydia Richardson, third grade,
girls.
Miss E. W. McLean, principal and
teacher of fourth grade, boys.
Miss Arrie Stuckey, fourth grade,
girls.
HAMPTON SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.
Miss M. Satterwhite, fifth grade.
Miss M. Cromer, sixth grade.
Miss L. C. McLaurin. seventh grade.
Miss K. Moses, eighth grade.
Miss C. Welbom, ninth grade.
Miss M. s. Brunson, principal and
teacher of tenth grade.
CALHOUN SCHOOL FOR ROYS.
Miss Mayo Rees, fifth grade.
Miss E. Hepburn, sixth grade.
Miss E. Tobln. seventh grade.
Miss E. A. Wilson, eighth grade.
Mr. L. C. Moise. musical director
in the Hampton and Calhoun schools
and teacher of 9th and 10th grades.
Mr. W. M. Scott. principal and
commandant, and teacher of the 9th
and 10th grades.
MARRIED.
Miss Aline Lesesne. of Oswego. and
Mr. John Stephen Smith, of Mul
lins, were happily married Monday
afternoon at the Washington Street
Baptist church parsonage, Rev. F.
M. Satterwhite performing the cere?
mony.
DEATH OF DR. A. \V. CALHOUN.
Noted Atlanta Specialist Suceuml
to Long Illness.
_
Atlanta, Aug. 21.?Dr. Alt rl
born Calhoun, well known through
out the South as a physician an 1 oc-.
culist, died at his home here this af?
ternoon, after an illness of several
months. After serving throughout
the War Retween the States in the
ranks of the Confederacy Dr. Cal?
houn studied medicine in this coun?
try, and then spent three years in
Yienna and Berlin, studying dis?
eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
For 4 0 years he practiced his pro?
fession In Atlanta and bis patronage
was drawn from every Southern
State. Dr. Calhoun was born at
Newman, Ga., April lf?, 1845.
He leaves a widow and four chil?
dren, Dr. Phtnlsy Calhoun, Mrs. Jas.
Oglesby, Jr., and Andrew Calhoun,
and Miss Harriet Calhoun, all of
Atlanta.
By his practice Dr. Calhoun amass?
ed a fortune of more than $100,000.
and was most liberal in his donations
to charity. Nowlthstanding his large
practice, probably a third of Dr. Cal
houn's patients were treated without
remuneration. "Never In all my prac?
tice," he once remarked to a close
friend, "have 1 failed to give atten
lion to a patient because be did not
I have the dollar."
The funeral will be hold tomorrow
nfternooon at l o'clock, six brothers
of Mrs. Calhoun will be the pall
| bearers.
MR. FEATHERSTONE REPLIES.
says Thai He Was Not Disloyal Elth
er by Word or by Act to Rrunson.
To the Editor of The State:
Pleas give me just a few words ;n
reply to Mr. Brunson's card in today'
State.
Please give me just a few w ords in
ference and the fair week con
ference. I base made my statement
which is fully substantiated by Di
Cromer and Mr. Crist and I sha
therefore say nothing more.
Rev. Louis j. Brlstow, an intimat
friend of Mr. Rrunson, will also hav
something to say about this, and
trust that you Will publish his card.
The only other statement that l d<
sire to notice |a Mr Brunson's state
men! as to the letter w hich he says
certain gentleman says l w rote. As t
this i desire to say thai no such let
ter was ever written and riny state
< nt to the contrary Is absolutely
without foundation.
I n i nneltislon, l w a nl to say t
close the whole matter, that In no
wny, by word or act, was l disloyal
to Mr. Brunson in connection with
the withdrawal in 1898, tor in any
otlu r way.
c. c. Featherstone.
Lauren*. August 19.
PRESENCE OF MIND.
Wellington's Cool Interview With ? 1
Murderous Maniac.
One day as the Duke of Wellington
eat writing at his library table quite
alone his door was suddenly opened
without a knoek or announcement of
any sort, and in stalked a gaunt man.
who stood before the commander in '
Chief with his hat on and a savage ex?
pression of countenance.
The duke was of course a little an?
noyed at such an unceremonious in?
terruption, and, looking up, he asked.
"Who are you?" "I am Dionysius,"
was the singular answer. "Well, what
do you want?' "Your life." "My
life?" "Yes; I am sent to kill you."
"Very odd," said the duke, sitting back
and calmly gazing at the intruder.
"Not at all, for I am Dionysius," said
the stranger, "and I must put you to
death." "Are you obliged to perform
this duty today?" asked the comman?
der In chief. "I am very busy Just
now and have a large number of let?
ters to write. It would be very In?
convenient today." The visitor looked
hard during a moment's pause. "Call
again," continued the duke, "or write
and make an appointment" "You'll
be ready?" "Without fail." was the re?
ply.
The maniac, awed doubtless by the
stern old soldier, backed out of the
room without further words and half
an hour later was safe in bedlam.?
London Graphic.
FULL OF GRATITUDE.
But the Little One Had a Queer Way
of Expressing It.
Mr. Brown's business kept him so
occupied during the daytime that he
had little opportunity to enjoy the so?
ciety of his own children. When some
national holiday gave him a day of
leisure his young son was usually his
chosen companion. One day, how?
ever, Mr. Brown, reproached by the
wistful eyes of his seven-year-old
daughter, reversed the order cf things
and invited the little girl to go with
him for a long walk.
She was a shy, silent, small person,
and during the two hours' stroll not a
single word could Mr. Brown Induce
the little maid to speak, but her shin?
ing eyes attested that she appreciated
his efforts to amuse her?indeed, she
fairly glowed with suppressed happi?
ness.
Just before they reached home, how?
ever, the child managed, but only after
a tremendous struggle with her inher?
ent timidity, to find words to express
her gratitude.
"Papa, what flower do you like
best?" she asked.
"Why, 1 don't know, my dear?sun?
flowers, I guess."
"Then," cried the little girl, beam
? ?.u gratitude "that's ?v^* FH
plant on yoor grave r'?~Kxchange.
Tennyson's Tactlessness
Several stories are told of Tenny j
fish is this?" he once asked his hostess
where he was dining. "WThltlng," she
replied. "The meanest fish there is,"
he remarked, quite unconscious that he
could have wounded any one's feel?
ings.
Yet his kindness of heart was such
that when his partridge was afterward
given him almost raw he ate steadily
through It for fear his hostess might
be vexed.
On one occasion Tennyson was very
rude to Mrs. Brotherton, a neighbor at
Freshwater. The next day he came to
her house with a great cabbage under
each arm.
"I heard you like these, so 1 brought
them," he said genialy. It was his idea
of a peace offering.
Women's Time Schedules.
Few women speak of a train starting
slightly off the even hour, us the 3.02
train, for example, or the 3:12. "Three"
will do. It bothers a man a heap to
go hunting for a 3 o'clock train by
feminine directions when it Is a 3:12
train. For some women "3" will do
for the 2:54 train; It's near enough.
Then the man following feminine di?
rections, unless he is on his guard
against these pitfalls, is lost. Prob?
ably If It weren't for his business train?
ing, which teaches a man that 3:02 Is
not 3. not 3:01. not 3:01 Mb not 3:01%,
but 3:02, he'd be better uatured about
women's time schedules.?Boston Post.
The Soft Answer.
Two men were occupying a double
sent in r crowded car. One of them
was a long distance whistler and the
other was evidently annoyed. "You
don't seem to like my whistling?" said
the noisy one after a five minute con?
tinuous performance. "No, I don't,"
was the frank reply. "Well." coutJu
ued the other, "maybe you think you
are man enough to stop it?" "No, 1
don't think I am." rejoined the other,
"but 1 hope you are." And the whist?
ling was discontinued.?Argonaut
Warmth Not Wanted.
"This would be a pleasant er world If
people put more warmth?genuine
warmth?in their letters." said the
man of sentiment.
"I don't agree with you," replied his
worried friend, "there was a warmth
about some of the business letters I
got this morning that I didn't at all
like."
Didn't Hide His Joy.
Janet?Viola says there was only one
drawback to her wedding. Fanny?
What was that? Janet?She snys her
father looked too cheerful when he
gave her away.?Boston Globe.
Title and ancestry render a good
man more Illustrious, but an ill one
more contemptible. - Addison.
The way to get out of self-love Is
to love God.?Phillips Brooks.
Sonic Random Thoughts.
The Farmers' Institute at Shiloh
last Friday was not so well attended
on account of fodder-pulling and so
many political meetings in that sec?
tion durin*r the week. Sumter, Clar?
endon, and Florence counties had
campaign meetings and the voters
sere quite impartial In their treat?
ment of the various campaign parties.
The size of the meeting was no indi?
cation of the vote, for the voters
were merely comparing the candi?
dates by counties.
s a ?
Well, to go back to the Institute.
Mr. A. G. Smith talked about an
hour and a-half on tile drainage and
farm management to a very thought?
ful bunch of some thirty or fotty
farmers. The entire institute being
confined to these two subjects, it is
very probable more good was dbae
than if the program had been carried
out in full.
? s ?
In regard to the fight on the Union
Brokerage Company: Where there is
so much smoke, there is bound to be
some fire. And, however foolish
such a cause may be, somebody
must be saying spiteful things against
the farmers' business enterprises.
Perhaps the fact that we get on to
these schemes and know more of
certain plans than we publish has
done much to prevent an open fight.
And Brer. Rabbit say. "trus' no
mistake."
SOS
I want to commend to every youth
in the land the article by Clarence
Poe on the Alcohol question. I also
commend the business courses, in?
cluding this newspaper, which wants
only sober men in their employ. It
would be a great step toward prac?
tical prohibition when not a news?
paper in this State would carry a
whiskey 'ad." and the papers that
wish to be the leaders of the thought
of the State cannot begin too soon to
cut out this source of revenue. They
may be leaders now, or think they
are, but sooner or later no paper that
carries a whiskey "ad" will stand
any higher in the State than the poor
fellows who succumb to their allur?
ing advertisements; and who cannot
get a job on the very papers that tell
them where to buy their best or
worst (just as you please) booze!
When it is more generally recognized
that all talk of revenue from whiskey
is the worst kind of "Spigot economy"
and 'Bunghole waste" that people
were pvpr nr,}}(*r* im^n to r-'.-o Or>T" ?
tia. traffic Ufill 1 ipz-d out, Foe it
is the so-called revenue feature that
pr< \ented it from being w tp*d out
loog ago. Now (hit*, as to ^bc illicit
tramc: it will continue and flourish
just as long as the State permtis cer?
tain counies to engage in the busi?
ness for revenue. Let this be called
"hot air," I had better close. But I
would like to know who more inter?
ested in sobriety and peace than we
farmers in the unpoliced rural dis?
tricts? Just as I think the farmers
and producers are vitally interested
in peace, for the burden of war
ultimately falls on us; and the middle?
men, and speculators, still trusts
and money trusts place burdens on
us in a year or two of war that two
generations cannot shaKe off. We are
still bearing the burdens of the war
of 1861-65 and our children's chil?
dren will be bearing the burdens of
the Spanish war and that unholy war
for Phillipine subjugation. If this
Is not good farmers union doctrine,
then pray w hat is?
E. W. D.
Farmers Take Notice.
The vote should be taken this week
on the ratification of the revised
constitution. Next county meeting
will be on Bepember 2nd. with Trinity
local. The watchword at Trinity is
A home grown Dinner. Watch
Trinity.
E. W. Dabba, Prest.
ilugli Witherspoon, See.
THE GUBERNATORIAL RACE.
IION the Contest Looks to the spar?
tan burn Herald.
(From the Bpartanburg Herald.)
With the approach of the end of
the State campaign, the idea that the
race is between Messrs Featherstone
and afcLeod seems to be gaining
ground. The issue is, therefore, be?
ing squarely drawn between State?
wide prohibition and local option.
Mr. Featherstone is the advocate of
State-wide prohibition, while Lieuten?
ant Governor IIcLeod believes In leav?
ing the liquor Question to be settled
by each eouny, according to oronent
conditions.
If all the voters In Spa
who are prohibition In so far
tanburg county is concerned
Vote for Mr. Featherstone h
carry the county by a big r
of course. But this will not
case. There is a difference be
Btate-wlde Prohibitionist and
option Prohlbitionst. Mr.
will uet many votes in this
tram among those who may b
?d local option P**ohbttk>nlsl
who believe In prohibition f
county and believe it the be.<
for every other county in the
but are willing
ties speak for