The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-01-15
HILLSIDE NEWS.


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Hillside. Jan. l3.-Many thanks to
the generous correspondent from Mad
den for the nice compliment rendered
me in last weeks Advertiser. The
writer is glad that the Madden writ
er is in line for compulsory educa-
tion. The writer is also in favor of
votes for women. If women were
allowed to cast ballot. the majority
would support the Christian element.
Dispensaries and blind tigers would
cease to exist, grafters and gamblers
would wear the stripes, and clean
government would prevail. Men don't
seem to care enough for a clean gov
ernment to cast their ballots for ii.
or even voice their sentiment for it.
So long as men cast not their ballot
for this kind of government, so long
as the CRATER and gambler 90 free:
so long as the voters vote not for
clean government and for officials TO
match. who then, can those men blame
when anything goes wrong in Ameri-
ca? Isn't there someone else in South
Carolina who will help push forward
this movement. viz :"votes for wo-
men?
Messrs. c. T Peden. w. NJ Tollison
j. F. Weathers. L. b Eskew. J. A..
and ]. w Adair, all of Hillside were
in Warthen Thursday, enjoying big
rabbit hunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. o. Sims. of Babb-
town, were the guests of w. J. Wealth
ers and family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. T. Peden gave a
party at their home Wednesday night.
Quite large crowd attended
James Cosby of Greenville, was in
our community Wednesday and
Thursday, hunting with the Hillside
people.
Will Cole L. Blease run against
Sen. f. d. Smith. two years hence, for
the United States senatorship? If he
does he stands a good chance OF los
ing. Blease will eventually lose.
| Bill Thompson gave singing at his
| home Sunday night
According to an editorial in a news
/ paper of Sit. Paul. Mimi. there's a
/ possibility of abandoning the annual
( governors conference on account of
Cole L.. Blease. The editor says a
man like Blease would attend with
out an invitation. hence the question
( of abandoning. 1t is evr thus. Well,
this we know, that the Calhouns and
Haynes have disappeared from the
horizon of South Carolina.
There are people in Hillside who
are old in years. yet them can neith-
/ er read nor write. There are fathers
/ and mothers, here who are in that pit
liable condition. Can they be wholly
blamed? No. If there had been a com
pulsory education law twenty-five
years ago these people would have
been educated; their children would
have seen better advantages. These
f. people see, partly. what TN lack OF ed
ucation means yet they do not fully
appreciate its true value Every
! ChlIu ShOulu De given an education. III
the parents do not wish for their
children to attend school, they should
be compelled, by the laws of the state,
to see that they attend certain num-
ber of months each year. unless him
dered b ysickness, or other sufficient
reasons. These same boys and girls
that tottle after us row, must some
day be the citizens-the main pillars
of this state. These children are the
future citizens. Someday (and not
long hence) this government must
rest upon the shoulders of the chill
dren of today. Shall it fall into the
hands of uneducated people? Let's
have compulsory education law, and
thus pave the way for a greater state.
for, by thus doing we spread flowers
over, and make smooth the pathway.
over which the feet of the future cit
iZen must trod