The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-01-17

Southern auCnOTB lot S0ulleTn cn1lu-
ren, and I hope that you will take
such action and make such appropria-
tons as will bring about these re-
forms.
Opposed to Compulsory Education.
am absolutely opposed to compul-
sorry education, and have little pa
tience with, and much contempt fo",
that man or those men who go around
! in the State or outside of the State
and parade figures to show the per
centage of the ignorance Of our peo-
pie. And if they are State otncers
or hold positions under the State gov"
ernment, they should be decent
enough to resign, and if they are not
then they should be kicked out. II
what they say is true, we should all
get together and try to remedy it, and
not parade it and humiliate our State
by advertising it. If some people are
being paid for this kind Of speeches.
T recommend that you abolish the1r
positions, for they are not helping
but injuring US. 'In my opinion
compulsory education in the hands OF
the State means disrupting the home,
for it dethrones the authority Of the
parents and places the paid agents OF
the State in control Of the children,
and destroys family government. Those
agents stand between the child and
the parent. They represent the State
They are not responsible to the par
ents. They impress upon the minds
of the children the views of the State
and virtually say, We have taken you
out of bondage and made you free; We
are giving you what your unnatural
parents would not give YOU and nc
child on earth can be subject to such
influences and teachings and escape
imbibing the spirit OF rebellion against
parental authority, and consequent
disrespect and ingratitude. Children
are too easily infected with the IDEA
that their parents owe them every
thing while they owe them nothing IN
return, and with the design and law
of God set at defiance, who can COM
pass, by the widest stretches OF the
most gigantic mind, the condition that
will follow. We desire to see the
standard of eduaction raised in South
Carolina; We want every boy and girl
in the State to have every possible
opportunity to gain for themselves
the very best and highest degree OF
equipment for life; but we do not want
it at the cost of parental authority and
the peace Of the home. Family gov
ernment and parental responsibility
antedate all others, and it is
possible for wild, extravagant, and
madly enthusiastic men, who see
theory and theory only, to destory
family government, ALLEVIATE children
from their parents, and force the
home into a scene Of strife, rebellion
and wretchedness." The Bible says a
great deal about obedience to parents
and reverence for parents, and be-
lieving in that Book and its teachings
as strongly as I do, and for the sake
of our children, our country and for
the future, believe in letting the par
ents keep within their own control the
rearing and education of their child
rem.
The Education Of Negroes.
1 am opposed to white peoples
taxes being used to educate negroes.
I am friend to the negro race. This
is proved by the regard in which the
negroes of my home county hold me-
The white people Of the South are
the best friends to the negro race. IN
my opinion, when the people of this
country began to try to educate the
negro they made serious and grave
mistake and I fear the worst result
is yet to come. So why continue? u
took this same position in my first po-
litical race twenty years ago, and each
year has proved more clearly that /
was right then, and the future will
emphasize that I am right now. l
believe that you members OF the legls-
lature can pass an act which will
meet all the requirnents of both the
Federal and State Constitutions, which
will remedy this, and I recommend
that YOU do so. The present system
of paying schools their pro rata share
by enrolment is absurd, because the
negro teachers have learned how to
pad their rolls, and children who only
attend school possibly one or two
davs are enrolled, and the schools