The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-08-29
More Educational" Features of thc Dis.
pcnsary.

iIHtni" fHttffWHffF: Z nc ifllclt OF
j. l.. Tribblc in the INTEI.I.I:ENtEK of
last week is worthy of Thought, but let
Mr.. Tribblc go farther. Mi. Tribblc is
mild; he thinks only OF the "c,lucation-
al featurc?" Does Mr. I'ribblp, while in
one ear listening TO the prattle of edu-
Gated children, in the other ear stem
he tide of abuse from the cnragcd
drunken parents OF nIuny of those
children? lie does not. Mr.. 'Trbble
ligested thought. this he has given us
III this ''edncati0lal" article.
Every parent capable Of reading,
every young man, woman and child in
Anderson County should read, or have
it read to them, Mr.. IribDlc's article.
In the face of his astounding and
solemn facts il will then be impossible
tor any parent to contribute; 10 inc
drinking fund which requires sum of
s ,5o3,240 that it may. give his child lS
cents per anniim toward education. In
1890, the child in Anderson County re-
cclvcd II cents for Il whole year. Mr..
Iribble rightfully cXclnims, wonder
ful! Does that parent who contributed
10 cents toward the drinking fund last
year. consider what he contributed to-
ward the child's soul: Will the influ-
of the child's life for IL cents? Will
the memory of his enragcd face, his
bcsOttcd appearance, his brutal words
and tigcrish blows be erased Oft that
chiiu's memory plate for Is cents?
What teacher paid any salary can ac-
complisll thise Ask the man himself
would he subtitutc these memories for
the 10 cents. which his many dollars
have placed in the school fund Ask
him, ii when his child is dying there is
any price he would not pay to wipe
from the child's eternal mind the meln-
Ory OF n fathers wrongs. While some
may iecr there is many IL man who
reads this will brush from his eyes the
first conscience stricken tears he has
shed since he shed them over the grave
OF hls little boy or girl
Is this allf this is not mnch-tho
memory. OF 4 little boys or girls tor
tured life.tiiis soon .:1ts .S:.cs away, rs y
mans nmna .soaad soul is hardened and his eonsci.
according to the Word of God upon
which the righteous law of the land is
based, that mans own soul is cternally
lost. We are told it "shall not inherit
the Kingdom of Cod While a man
is drinking satan tells him the bible is
not true; it makes him jeer at the word
OF God; he scotfs at the mention of
eternal reward or eternal punishment;
but let the child die and he raises his
Il know my child is safe; know nv
child is at rest; nm q bad man; God
be merciful to mel" He is not drink
ing then, and in his grief his face looks
into. the face of God and rends the
truth.
There is, though, another child-the
living one-which last year received
from the County, IS cents for a years
education, and-bless winking pro-
yidence!-will this year receive SS
cents, as up to last May going OH three
| times last years amount of drinking
| money was already received into the
treasury. Mr.. Tribblc, though. wisely
makes this incOnseQuential prOviso: eff
the enrolment does not exceed what it
was i'll the scholastic year 1S07-9S.''
We need no Mulhall's Statistics to as
sure lis that births increase with
poverty. t within third of the year,
going on three times the amount of the
former years is received into the
treasury from drink, what at the close
OF the year will be the amount of
poverty incurred! Births increasing
IN the ratio will subvert Mr.. Tribble's g
benign forecast. The living child will
be again fortunate to receive Is cents
per annum for secular education.
For the sake of this child, who may
belong to the pauper or the Governor.
how much does the State supply to save
1t from CRIME! The people of South
Carolina last year supported crime
through an investiture Of 81, sos, ,s4O
for liquor. For education from that
amount it dispensed $3.50, 10000. What
became OF the balancef supporting
liquor Offices. Had this balance beer
giverIto the schools, what magnificent
manhood and womahhOOd we might
have in South Carolina.
Any person with intelligent hearing
will learn from the voices Of the time!
not so much the regret of liberal edu.
cation. rs the alarming clamor of crime
The father and mother free from drink
WILL naturally be moral parents and in.
struct their children along moral lines
The parents, however well educated
themselves and disposed toward their
chlldren's education, cannot with thu
faint Of liquor OH their breath dispense
holy. instruction to- their children
While people are SO blind to the fact.
and figures such as given by MIR. Trib
BILE, it shows how little holy instruction
, Il. III