The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-04-04

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gently and therefore fruitfuliy. and
TO serve comparatively the collective
interests OF his community and state
From my standpoint, the child as n
future member of society can only
attain these great ends by being ex-
posed to the creative and deVeolping
process called education. The right
to this opportunity is, in my view,
the most fundamental right in de-
mocracy. For we get nowhere wisely
in anything except through u trained
and enlightened citizenship The cost
liest liability of this Commonwealth
is ignorance. All our progress waits
upon what we do to Danish it forever
from us. The reform of our laws,
the improvement IN the efficiency
of our Legislative and administrative
machinery, the proper regulation of
our Industrial interests, the develop
ment Of our material resources the
al-round welfare of the people-all
linger and halt till we have trained
our citizenship to know what ought
20 be done and how to do it. And this
is the task Of the school, the college,
the university therefore, have fixed
n my mind the vision Of vast army
OF children in school system admin
istered ILLEGALLY and efficiently, am
ever increasing body or, young men
and young women in our colleges, and
school and college consciously moved
by the ideal of service in the up
building of the state. The common
scnUoIs, the misu 5LiiIo,s, xi:- - :.,Ss
sity, Clemson, the Citadel Winthrop,
shall receive my cordial support, and
shall ask every denominational<an and
private institution to join in the
friendly cooperative In helping
great Commonwealth realize its best
life. social. moral nnltical and in
dustrial, by properly training all the
youth of the State. This is our big
| gest job and all else is but battling.
dram til we have done this. 3.
5. In the last place. believe it is
time for us to come to the realization
of the use and meaning of the law.
Nothing we have is life, liberty,
property--ualess 1t be protected by
the law, a iawIess people with JUS
tiee perverted or. laxly administered
are q people who are .relapsing into
bsrbayic conditions, But however aeesy
and frequent seems the violation OF
| 1t ia this state, we sim must not ira-a
| main a lawless people. What we. heed
| Is to be called back to our best selves
and to be reminded that to persist in
our dangerous habit of law1essuess is
to forget what is fine in our history
and traditions and to be faithful to-
a noble future whose guardian we are.
II am alee4ed 20 III nee itis.: sSe
| chief executive OF this state, pledge
myself TO try the tonic, effect of en-
forcing she lag ;;a..i;::ss ..i;::s :. q. =.
section or class. i believe the re-
! suits of such d course vii be q stiff
ening of onr moral fibre and g. clean
ing of the moral attitude osaeh a
| degree as to make South Carolina q.
better place to live in and South
Carolinians proud OF their citizenship.
We dare not go on as we are and If
should imagine for moment that as
governor 1 should have to make a
truce with lawlessness OF any sort,
should ycontiue teaching boys In the
lhope that they one day would be able
to accomplish the reforms Impossible
| to this generation.
JOHN @. CI.flsiSSCAEES3
] Smart anhlIf1s 80 IA s.rii q tina
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