The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-03-30
, BON HodME COUNTY. 5. D. THURsDAY. MARCH 50, 1916
while the service given il vary in !
ferior. The schools are poorly

while the service given il vary in
ferior. The schools are poorly
maintained, the teachers being ne,
groes and the salaries small. Il
the school funds are not sufficient
to maintain both the white and the
negro schools the latter are closed,
and frequently they get but 70 w
weeks in the year. DR.. Da niels'
plea for the negro was for justice
rather than equality.
In the afternoon DR.. Daniels
spoke IN the Lyric building to men
only. The statements made here
were based not upon any abstract
moral principle, but wore BASED
upon his personal observation both
as q practicing physician and az
an official whose duty it ia to in
vestigate the public health and il
possible suggest remedies. He
discussed the question of eugenics,
pointing out the dangers from he-
redity. He showed how hereditary
diseases and traits of character are
filling our penitentiaries, our insane
asylums, feeble minded and other
penal and charitable institutions
and cited examples that had come
under his personal observation.
The effects OF excessive use of in.
toxicating liquors on the offspring
we're dwelt upon and he cited ex-
amples of imbeciles, cripples and
other detective children whose de-
fects were directly traceable to ex-
cessive use of liqnor by the par
ents He quoted statistics gather
ed from our charitable and penal
institutions showing the large per-
cent of the inmates whose condi-
ton is traceable direct to social
vices or use Of Intoxicating liquors.
He then made q comparison be-
tween the cost of maintaining these
detectives in these institutions and
the amount that the state receives
from the licenses Of saloons, show
ing the cost to be more than
double the license received to say
nothing of other costs to society
which far exceed this one. In the
light of these facts he asked what
right the drinking man has TO claim
that it is an individual matter
which concerns no one but himself.
and also If it is a sound business
proposition to maintain an insti-
tuition that is costing society more
than double what it is paying.
In the evening he spoke in the
Presbyterian church. The church
was filled to its full seating capa.
city, probably 25O people being
present. This talk was on Pales.
tine. His first stop rs he entered d
Palestine was a: Joppa, the hone
of Simon the Tanner, at whose
home Peter was stopping when he
received his vision. The house oil
Simon the Tanner is pointed out
to the traveller. From Joppa the
railroad runs to Jerusalem, dis
tance of forty three miles. His des.
cription of the various scenes in
that historic city were interesting
The present city of Jerusalem il
the eighth city built upon the same
site, the ruins of the first city being
found $50 feet below the present
site. Many places of historic in
terest are pointed out 10 the travel.
or and whether these particular
spots are genuine or not the gener.
al associations connected with the
life and crucifixion of Christ are
there and make the visit to the city
interesting.
DR.. Daniels description of tn.
Turkish people is not very eompli
mentary, and better form of gov
ernment is the first essential in re-
storing civilization to that country
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