The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-09-24
CooPER's RECORD ALL RIGHT.

had bill on compulsory school az
tendance and Senator Rasor of Or
angeburg had a similar bill. The SEN
ate bill passed and was sent to the
house. We took it up first because
if passed or failed there was no use
to adopt the house bill.
On the motion of Mr.. DeBruhl Of
Abbeville to indefinitely postpone the
bill the vote stood:
To indefinitely postpone which was
to kill the bill: Hon. NJ. L. Smith,
speaker; Messrs. Bailey, Baker, Bass,
Banks. Beamguard, Bennett, Black.
Brooks, Brown, Carwile, Clifton. Col
cock, DeBruhl, Doar, Donnald, Dor
roh, Dowling, Fox, Fraser, Glover
Gourdin, Halle, Hill. Irby, James
Johnson, Kibler, Lesesne, Mccain.
>iMauldin, Middleton, Morgan, Nichols.
Parnell, Patterson, Pearson, Peurefoy,
Potts, Pyatt, Rankin, Rawlinsqn,
Ready, Richards, Richardson, Russell,
seabrook, w. G. Smith, Strong, Stuck
ey, Tatum, Traylor, Wall, Wingard
Wingo, Wise, Wright, Youmans.
Those voting against indefinite post
ponement and for the bill: Messrs.
Aull, Barron, Bates, Blackwood, Bo-
mar, Callison, Cogeeshall, Cooper,
Davis. Dennis, DesChamps, Devore.
Doyle, Edwards, Cause Harrellson.
Haskell, ID. O. Herbert, J. E. Her
bert Hinton, Holman, Humphrey,
Tarnegan, King, Kirby, Lancaster,
Laney. Lanham, Leverett, Little,
Lotion. Logan, Lyles, McMaster, Mace
Magill, Mahafey, Minis, Moses, Pol
lock, Quick, Rainsford, vsarratt, Sink
Ter, jeremiah Smith, stackhouse,
Thomas, Toole, Towill, Tribble, Webb
Whaley and Williams.
Many of these names are familiar
to the voters of the present and many
OF them are not. Some of them are
gone to the great beyond. But Cooper
is found voting right on the educa-
tional question and we lacked only
six votes of carrying the bill through
and if it had been adopted then the
question Of illiteracy would not be
such. puzzling one today, because
the children at school then are the.
voters today IN many cases.
In the list OF those who vote I,
against compulsory attendanee:is5Aas
Smith now major in the army and
one time circuit judge. Beamguard
now a senator from York. Black
now senator from Bamberg. Clifton
now senator elect from Sumter. Doar
row county superintendent of educ
tion, of Georgetown. Fraser now sess
sociate justice of the supreme court.
Nichols now, congressman from the
fourth district. Pearman now clerk
of court of Anderson. Peurefoy now
circuit Judge Richards now rail-
read commissioner and late cam
didate for governor. Stuckey now a
senator frome-Lee. Members of the
present house so far as we can recall
are Hill, Rawlinson, Wingard Two
of the members from Newberry,
Banks and Kibler also voted against
the bill. -
Of those who voted for the bill be-
side the writer are Blackwood now
solicitor of the 7th circuit. Bomar, a
recent candidate against Nichols for
congress. Cooper the next governor
of South Carolina. Devore now cir
cult judge, Haskell now consul to
Switzerland. Laney now senator
from Chesterfield. Pollock recently
nominated for U. S. Senator for the
short term Sinkler now senator from
Charleston. Toole recent candidate
for congress. Whaley now congress
man from the 1st district.
We mention these names to show
that the vote on this question had
little to do with the political fortunes
of the members and also to show how
the names of those prominent in our
political affairs pass out and are al
most forgotten. And to show further
that Cooper has been right all along
on the educational question, and we
feel sure that his administration will
be marked for the advance of educa-
ton along all lines and especially for
the education Of the masses where It
is so much needed.
The only way to wipe out illiteracy
is by compulsory school attendance.