The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-12-23
A Plea For Education.


every voter must be able to explain
a certain clause in said Constitu-
ton, which is a test as to the ex-
tent of his education? Do they
fully realize that unless they are
educated, they will forfeit their
right OF suffrage? And further
more do they realize that this clause
is a blessing in disguise for the ne
gro! DO they realize that the ne
gro is doing everything in his pow
er to obtain an education on ac-
count of this same law which was
aimed at his disfranchisement. Do
they fully realize that he is not
only trying, but that he is really
obtaining an education much to his
credit be it said and that the day is
not far distant when there will be
no ignorant negroes? For not like
the whites is he always blocking
everything that tends to improve
schools, but in every case where
he has the opportunity, he is help
ing to build up the schools to the
full extent of his ability in a fnan-
cial way and not only is he doing
this but he is seeing that his child
rem are in school every day that it
is possible for him to send them.
true, he has only on the average
OF, three months school, still he
taxes advantage cf every day Of
this. While on the other hand in
visiting the schools of this county,
often pass white children playing
IN the road, which is almost black
with negro children going to
school.
For instance look at our facto-
RES, no negroes work in them, but
they are full OF white children, who
should be in school. The factories
are sapping the life blood of the
white race and the negro is grow
ing strong on the farm. There are
SO many worthless white people
who look upon their children as
servants. They are everlastingly
talking of child's duty to his pa
rents and seem to think that lust
because they have children to rear,
that they have right to look upon
these children as they do their
mules and horses, that they feed
them, therefore they must work.
Ii they would but take time to
think that their child owes them
nothing and that they owe all to
their children, they would soon get
on the right road, for as surely as
there is God, he will, hold you
responsible for the welfare of your
child. Your child owes you moth
ing until you have become old and
unable to support yourself, and it
would be but justice to you if. after
you had allowed him to grow up
in ignorance, he should abandon
you in YOUR old age.
| Possibly you think me overzeal-
Gus and that really as you do not
happen to see any white children
out of school, that such is not the
case to any great extent, however
If you would enquire little and
look around about you at the young
white men who can not write their
names and at the same time try to
find young negro who can not
sign his Lame, you would begin to
see things Immediately. This is
no humbug but disgusting fact.
Sometime ago a man came to
me and said that this way of tax
ing the county for schools was GO
ing to ruin the County. asked
him how much taxes he paid year
and he said that he paid two dol
lars last year, but this year it had
been raised to three on account of
the four mill tax levied recently.
There is a patriot for you and al
man, who lift were left to him
would see this country in Egyptian
darkness so far as education goes.
Good schools mean progress,
taxation means good schools, the
man who fights taxation for schools
is opposed to progress. He is also
opposed to the best interest of his
children and what pray is a man
who is not friend to his children
and is not willing to give them
every advantage within his powerl
Our funds for school purposes
are not halt what they should be, |
and as a result our schools are not
half what they should be. Prac-
tically all our country schools are
on the one teacher system which |
on the face of it is a travesty on
common sense. Will any one who
i knows anufhino about roko,l.