Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-01-15

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that the maj lori ty of our best ed daca.
tors tie the s stem of y com
SpIlsory educ ion n 81 S
\ " trha obieotor Sto con, t,iiIsbfV educn.
ttion viii urge that every pasent has
the sright to a term ins 81 iiat I'D di,catioii
q State iSas. t,o irhf M fof ii Intarfefa Ri In
gfhe affairs sof the 3 iamiIy. .Ssg When q
conte 3 ilus tlisea I'd 4, IN isa ii a state
mn S,,,,,.eation nf this Kind ia rfi al mt
SflIe State Il 90 4 IN easIrSss "a n
dit the iisease an "a SIiot fnr. ners
Emission tos Il estebIish 81 Il s. 1,,STanfine
aga iiist Il iaS spread sofl the smalntiy. me
ytw6 al sas 4 are similar moraiica ia
jtlia yorgt sof d senses FandSt heiE State
has tlla sright to .ro1,iiraa tilat s. the
children shall Sbe Sbroiigh S m In Ss,Ich3
I'd way as to make the best possible
citizens. IL ia als6 Siirged that fia
cost Win lie 4 too Nreat E + q, State
nov sspending more fhnn a million
dollars on the education Of its.6chii,
Eflren and the gpfoper Y position "a that
tayery child of sohool lflpa ali oi,lfI Srean
Its share But the greatest sobj jectioh:
which Is urged to comp ulsoryi educa-
stion In the South Is the eyer-present
negro, and the fear that IL he Siss edus
Gated he cannot be CON trolletl 4 The.
fallacy of this argument is patent to
every thoughtful man. 1t is & a fact
known and recognized that In this
State at present, In hprop portion to the
spopulation M of ch, there are Z a. great
many q more: negro children than
whites rec living the Qed alton pro-,
yided the negro is here to stay, and;
to educate him lily Will but teach
him his position and be OF benefit to
him and TO us! 70 leave him WITHOUT
an educatIon is but to make nal him Q
700! IN 4 the Snands OF thei adeslgnlng
ana q curse 70 IS pnt SUI,
ciaai not 70 require Sthe @ ,Wnlte cnlldren
OF tho Statee.tto e.. attend the common On
scnools LOT rear ythe negro 8cnilIarenI
NIL W. receive 5lhe as same dYanIages;
Luis arguinsnI5 means we snouiu
icy the Wnlte chlldren s grow up IN
lsnoraIce ~ ioroerS alnat fll tnle t.lls negro
~ may 4 np.s a,,.s ieaIh' /, 4. {,
. ,'so . ass pHG,
s,oIwe a y ~ " t,n,, e, tts W.
,o,st G aa,,oata a,,ohasa 20 M ti,a,.a
,,,t .i,,,a tS =,
~ tSs sss.y - y. =,
"a con pulsSry law aI .ne Le Dsslmnins
a
uilllculties IN lts enloEcement,;,pu put the
time. y ripe Ioft ftsomethlng 3 10 pe tqonnie,
as gyeiy une t9 nlusS nul'e when Y ~ y,
,nant % +,n biI1na,,aS p,S.ae hooI n,u,' nna
men, 20 the eniiaren OF scnooi ago.
pssliy III she ' Il1tal u uislI sI
q, Al q the principal M countries OF Eu,
countries throughoat the world. and
tWo.thiras tS,s, OF the states and Ieri.
adopted some system Of compulsory
educatlon. :. IN many OF the other' stats
~ Is pelng agltated ana urgea.
= ACCORDING o'the Census c. ), saH, tic
Ina twenty.one en- ones years @ sa Of age who Who
could neither read nor .writs was
Census G figures il show the percentage , Of q
Whi>es iS:o, ana OF negroes bf.1.3
These isures need no comment. The
whites has d decreased ii IN a ten Years 3 5
per cent. the negroes 1893 per cent.
States of the United States that have,
compulsory education laws and be-
TIVE tween what ages, has been obtained
and Territories, and from letters from
tendents t lent Of Of education:
lllinois1e weeks, ls consecus
California two thirds term, 10
Colorado-12 weeks, 8 consecu-
tive. ;. i. .... ,. IS to ID
Connecticut--full term. ~ to 1G
ldaho-12 weeks, S consccu-