Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-07-22

mentalism of the age. The parent
4 ]professes to love the child too much
to chastise him, while he ought to
know that true love will force him
to correct his child. He tries to
make himself think that he is work.
ing for the best interests of the
child, while in reality he is working
for the child's positive injury and
probable destruction.
We see the deleterious effects of
lack of home training manifesting
themselves everywhere in the land,
in the school room, in the State
government, and in society generally.
People have very little respect for
properly constituted authority they
have very little reverence for law.
The teacher who tries to administer
discipline in his school to-day, espe-
cially as it was prescribed by one of
the wisest men that ever lived, is in
great danger of incarring the wrath
and displeasure of the parent. Peo-
pie to-day are great deal wiser
than Solomon ever was--in their
own estimation. He believed in the
proper use of the rod, but people
now look upon that instrument as a
relic of a barbarous age. Yes, and
we are reaping the fruits of this So
called superior wisdom; and we are
going to reap more of them, if
things continue as they are now
going.
would rather have-yes, thous-
and times rather haye-in our homes,
the old, unadulterated Puritanism of
the past, than the wreckless govern
ment which prevails in so many
homes to-day.
8. Disregard OF law is another
cause of crime. The spirit of law
lessness seems to have taken hold of
our people in every section of the
country and in every department of
life. The great question that con-
Germs many is: How can 1 violate
law and escape punishment They
have no respect whatever for the
law, nor for the authorities of the
law. The violation of the law trou-
bles them no more than the eating
of palatable and wholesome meal
would do when they are hungry.
People should be taught to reverence
law and to look upon the officers of
the law as the servants of the AL
mighty. And, until this is done,
there will be no change for the bet
ter in the present state of affairs.
4. Intemperance causes many a
murder. How many men have been
ushered into eternity without mo-
ment's warning by this deadly foe of
mankind? Besides the thousands
upon thousands who are murdered
by this demon through the slow
process, there are thousands upon
thousands murdered by this same
demon of strong drink through the
quick process. And, yet, the great
State of South Carolina has not only
commissioned this agency of de-
bauchery and destruction, but ac-
tually encourages and protects this
evil in its hellish work. Gods
righteous indignation and Judgment
will certainly be visited upon us,
"Be not deceived God is not mocked
for whatsoever man soweth, that
shall be also reap"
S. Carrying concealed weapons is a
prolific cause of murder. 1t seems
that there are many men to. day who
look upon the pistol-this deadly foe
of mankind-as necessary part of
their toilet. The man who carries
the pistol is prepared to use it when
opportunity presents itself. He cer-
tainly would not carry it unless he
thought he would need it. When a
man carries pistol in his pocket it
is frequently evidence that he
carries murder in his heart. Many
a man has been killed by the ready
pistol who would never have been
killed mad the pistol not been there
g. Failure to execute the law is
the last cause that | shall notice.
And this cause needs to be empha-
sized. The fact that 80 many mur.
derers are acquitted encourages this
crime and has been very impor-
tant cause of its increase in our land.
In 1886 there were in this country
LAO homicdes and only eighty
three legal executions. In 1896
there were 10000 homicides and only
about 1853 legal executions. More
than seven times as many homicdes
in ten years and not twice as many
legal executions Here ia q satisfac.