The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-06-27

% LAAc-iN OEO men SOAk4S ~
on free trans portation when they
would have been unable FROM poverty
to have otherwise made the trip.
1t Is well to continue our Confederate
rosters and TIE accumulation of ac-
cu.ate data concerning the service of
Georgia solGiery in the Confederate
war The time is coming whom these
records will be Of incalculable value
10 the people of the commonwealth
and as much scl%ht after as the rec
OrcS of Revolutionary times, | hope
that Mr.. Knight, the compiler of state
records, will be given every encour-
agcmert in his lau1able work, as well
by appropriations as by individual sub
sCr.p:ion.
Colonial Rooorde and Historical
Researches
1t appears from the report of the
compiler of state records that there
are : number of volumes of colonial
records compiled by his predecessors,
Cows. Allen Q. GAMBLER and William j.
Northen, yet unpublished.
Some OF these contain valuable man
uSC1iptS concerning the states his
tory, copied at q heavy expense from
the British museum i'll London, while
three OF these volumes relate to the
Civil W2r period.
Some of the volumes are written in
pencil and will be easily blurred, so
that it is important that they be print
ed as soon Ss practicable.
Military
The war in Europe emphasizes the
necessity of keeping up a well reRulat-
ed military in the commonwealth No
one can tell what an hour may bring
forth. AT q wcrd the whole country
may be plunged into the fiercest war
/ 1rvN
and the facilities for landing troops
so many that this state would be
| among the first to suffer from inva-
sion.
l am of the number who believe
that the best way to insure peace is
to SHOW present readiness for war.
| The facts leading up to the great
rest the idea that diplomacy or APP
peals to sense of justice can post
pone or prevent indefinitely the at
lacks of Jealous, neighboring ma
ton.
BE We also ready" may be said to
nations as well as to individuals.
! am, therefore, in favor of doing
all in our power to foster and en-
courage the military establishment of
our state. One may sleep better these
times who knows that there is a
strong, well armed and well drilled
body of men in the community ready
to respond to call in case of emerg-
ency, to resist invasion or aid in
the protection of life and property.
Law after all finds its sanction in
the sword of the soldier
/ There has been steady progress
on the part of the national govern
ment towards the absorption of our
organized militia into. the national Or
ganizatiOn. l believe sometimes this
fr,aI f>@
thought that there ought to be some
portion of the militia remaining under
the state control and discipline; for
the time being, domestic force upon
which reliance could be placed when
ever need for such should arise with
in the bounds of the state. I do not
like to see the state lines obiterated
or the state control entirely abolished
here by congress; yet the force might
be jointly maintained, for I can we'll
understand how the national govern
ment would be compelled, in time Of
war, to utilize the forces within the
states. 1t is practically the only source
of supply and | trust those who are
in charge may be able to work well
for the state as for the national gov
| eminent may be able to work in har-
mony so that the militia may be
brought up to the highest degree of
effectiveness possible and be ready at
any time at the call of the nation
to do its part in the protection of
our people and our homes.
There are some appropriations the
state must make to meet the new de-
mands of the national authorities.
This, | trust, will be done, as fail
ure would result in very serious en-
barrassment
Our Educational System
Georgia still enjoys the painful dis
tlnction of appearing in the group of
four states showing the largest per-
| centage of illiteracy in the Union.
While the notifying fact is due
principally to the large number of col
| ored illiterates yet the fact is none
the less a reproach that every citizen
who has any pride in the progress
| of his state would rejoice to see COM
! pletely wiped out.
The admirable report of the state
superintendent of public schools
| shows how other states of the Union
are earnestly endeavoring to bring
their people up to a higher plan In
! this respect. The so-called moon
light schools of Kentucky, organized
ates of every age-eighteen to eigh-
| ty-seven-to read and write the Eng
I lish language, is an instance in point.
| These schools are organized and pre-
sided over by the regular teachers
| in the public schools, who, after teach
| ing the children all day, give large
| part of the night to the instruction
, of the parents who are learning to
read and write.
| The same method has been adopted
| in Alabama and l trust may soon be
taken up by the teachers in this state.
For my part, | believe it is time
that our state should adopt some
method of compulsory education I'm
less this is speedily done we will
soon find our people leading the ma
I ton in the matter of illiteracy. Al
ready forty-fourth in rank, we are
! still headed for lower depths, if our
great educators are to be believed.
] would rather be remembered as
the old governor of this commonwealth
who took away from the state this
reproach. than to be pointed at here
after the best financier that ever held
the purse-strings of her people since
| her organization.
If this legislature should adopt the
method of compulsory education it
would justify revision of our entire
common school system. The superin.
tendent OF education or the state SUI
perintendent of public schools, as he
is called, ought to be the most in
fiuential office holder in the state
His work ought to be well defined
and his power ought to be limited