The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-04-26
THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1885,
PatOrMallnlll.

VINO KNOWS but what that stamp was
tho cause of tho subject being so
dfectuolly pigeon-holed in this State9
Anything i'll our government that
smocks of paternalism is pcrnicious
1t stiles individuality and independ
encc thought and action by putting
communities in pens and placing over
them captains and generals, whose
only object is to teach tlleir subjects
to keep The step. There was q time
when one per cent Of the populasion
of tho United States could and did
serve the people III the matter of Mt.
tending to governmental affairs, but
now it takes about five per cent. and
If the evil tendency goes on it will
soon require fifty per cent.
South Carolina has hnd nm expert
once that teaches many valuable les.
sons i'll assuming control of the
liquor business. If it should go on
it's ultimntum would be only a change
in the forco Of hands and swapping !,
thousand heads for one.
There is Il strong tendency to as,
sumo entire control of the educational
interests Of the citizen. Peuple VIII,
are lucky in getting Offices for them.
selves and their sons and ncphews,
want moro public Offices fer their
uncles, aunts and cousins If this
sentiment prevails aud must b. ac-
comodated, the time will come when
tho infant citizen will be rocked in q
government cradle, baptlzrd in gov
ernment church and, finally, buried
from the poor far'u in q government
coffin.
In towns and cities of great wealth
and population, it is good to have
free schools. The vice and crime
they prevent in carrying civilization
and cheer into the poorest homes is Ii
good thing, purchased at less cost to
5!iie Tux payers than the expense ouf
outbreaks that may thus be avoided
City freq schools are all fright, but
they are all wrong if they arc allowed
to supplant entirely all private enter
priso in tho way of schools. 1t is
but a short step from the public cou-
troll Of the brain to the control Of the
conscience If the State is to tell us
what and how to learn, why not have
n Statc-paid priesthood to tell us how
to pray and what to pray for, and
what and who to vote for?
Two mills and poll tax is enough
to take from tax burdcned and ovor
governed people Of any country dis
trict to educate those who cannot
educate themselves. We need Il few
teachers elected to the high and rc-
sponsible position by actual parents,
who will put their own hard-curned
dollars on The oldtimc articles, in
stead of being elected or rather per-
mitted to teach by public trustees,
who get no pay and less thanks for
their service.
just think what kind of q dwarf
could be hired with even four mills
TAX. on Pickens Court House Dis
tl1ct five miles square. Nothing short
Of ten mil)sSwould give anything like
competency to a man Of the charac-
ter and brains needed for the place.
This would make our tax over thirty
mills, and then where would we Get
the money to erect an adequate build
ing and purchase base ball campus
for the boys? Do not conliscstc our
property for the good Of the cummu.
nifty, unless you can find Joseph
who will keep tho wcovls of out the
corn. If We hive t. br much fu.ther
taxed, We will demand kitchen with
each school bn''s and ;nnrh j,a,k,t.,
nome. Private srh.,;s &r,. y .al,:
'a"ght by men and women II, II u'av
" %oo upper month, but ruilir ,cboo'
= trustees oe@ fn( tencl,c,s II, So 90
@no less Eer month. Some people
Will want trustees after nwhile to look
after their washing and nop;uo
Away with such govcrcment! AWAY
D. with paternnlism in every form, Lrt
us be free, selfrelinnt, independent
people: Let those who wish, b. d.v,to
their property to public Use move ON
mountain, incorporate it aud tax il
till it rs as le, andtbarren az Sahara
There are some communities and
country villages which would like tx
Hetain their property and their chill