The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-09-06

walk around with his switch or his fer
rule in his hand and keep it in threaten
ing proximity. Solomon enjoyed the
liberal use of the rod upon children, and
Solomon was a wise man; but a. man
who has q thousand children, and don't
know them when he sees them, is poor
Judge of the parentalrelation. Ofcourse
such children have to be raised by ma
chinery. for they have neither precept
nor example. A close, loving compan-
ionship of father with his children is
their best safeguard, and lasts the longest.
The first born do not get full share of
this, for the young father is absorbed in
business and full of worldly ambition,
and leaves everything at home to be
managed by the mother. As he grows
older be has more sense and becomes
more thoughtful about the future of his
children. He attaches less Importance
to wealth or fame and becomes more
concerned about domestic peace and the
good conduct of those who are either to
+ bless or to curse his old age. But about
whipping in school. The time vas when
there was dogging in the navy, but that
has been abolished by Law, and this
reform has stood the test of time and
experience. Time was when the whip.
ping-post was in every jail yard in Geor.
gia. When was very little boy J.
peeped through the crack Of the fence
and saw the sheriff whip man for steal.
inf a hog. Itscared me and ran away.
In that day it vas considered necessary
to whip the bad boys at school. Indeed,
the boys expected it and took their
chances at being caught in their devil
ment. It was a kind of bargain-au
implied contract between the boy and
the teacher. You catch me and you may
whip me. It was like the old Mosaic
Law, "An eye for an eye and tooth for
q tooth;" but in these times We are try.
ing to elevate the boys to higher plane
Ito stimulate their pride, their self
respect, their sense of honor and propri.
ETY.. With some teachers this will sue.
ceed, with some it viii fail for reasons
already given. AS Sam Jones says, some
are not ftten to teach, and are not ftten
to.get fitten. Now the idea Of fixing an
age limit, and to say that boy must not
be whipped after he is ten years old, is
not founded in reason. Some boys over
ten deserve,more than others under ten.
Did you never hire a horse from the
stable and hear the owner say, "Now,
don't touch him with the whip, for he is
high strung and won't stand it," Just 80
tits With boys. Not long ago | heard a
mother say: 81 never had to punish
Clarence. He Was always good and
thoughtful and obedient; but Will is
just running over with mischief all the
time. He keeps me alarmed for fear he
will get into trouble. The boy can't
help it, for it is his nature" While it
would almost break one boys heart to
whip him, you can maui away on another
just like he was steer and with as little
effort. As parents know the difference
in their children, 80 should the teachers
learn the difference in their pupils and
govern them accordingly. 1suppose that
these public shools that are run like
machinery must have uniform rules that
fit all alike, the bad and the good, and 80
the question still comes back unanswered
ought corporal punishment in the pub.
lie schools be abolished, and to this /
answer emphatically, don't know. 1t
is like the old question that we used to
debate: "Should capital punishment be
abolished" That has never been settled
yet, and what capital punishment is to a
man good whipping is to boy. 1t
almost kills him. It hurts mighty bad.
I went to one teacher whose whippipgs
did me no good, for he whipped mad and
the madder he was the harder he whip.
ped.
One day be whipped me for ringing
the bell when I didn't ring it. I had q
big boil just behind ne and he pulled it
before it was ripe, and it liked to have
killed ME and my mother too. But I
had ruDg the bell several times before
and had not been caught, so it was. all
right all around I reckon. Old DR.. Pat
terson whipped me only once in two
years, aud it hurt him worse.than it did
me. He almost cried and talked to me
80 kindly. He was good man-Old
Pat was, and we loved him. And 30
after all I don't know whether the
teacher ought to whip other peoples chill
dren or not, but I don't think he ought
to whip mine. BILL ARP.
MercIe's Equestrian Statue Of Lee.
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