Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-24
WALHAIIIIA, s. G.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ~ 1910.
"EOUK SQUARE TO Alb WINDS"

Our friend, Representative Nc
Donald, is back this week. and we
gladly give space to his letter now,
as in the past. and we will in the
future. being -four square to all
the winds that blow Either MIR.
Mcdonald did not read carefully
what we had to say cdit0rially, or
what the attendance officer had to
say must have added him to such
an extent rs to have prevented his
getting Il clear conception Of what
WAS really said by both. Certain
~ we made no reference 10 him as Il
"political accidrnt.' We regard
"pOliticnl accidents" and public mis-
fortunatrS as practically one and the
same thing. Hence, had the editor
OF The Courier felt inclined person
ally to make the remark. he would
not have felt at liberty to twit,
through the editorial columns Of The
Courier, even his wors, enemy, much
less Il friend. with his misfortune
not only public, but personal as well.
Our one and only reference to Mr..
Mcdonald personally was to express
regret that our Representative had
added the weight Of his words to
the disc0rd that was then fast dis
appearing.
The truth Of the matter is. We
think. that MIR. Mcdonald is a wee
bit afraid to tackle the task Of an
argument with the former attend
ancc officer, a wOman--and we note
he affects the position Of one dcspiS-
ing woman and her ability. for he
says "tongrcSS was out Of its senses
when the woman's suffrage amand-
ment WAS adoptcd.'
"Why," asks Mr.. Mcdonald, did
you say editorially that oppose
education?" The very sgood and
only reason we can assign for hav-
ing done SO is that we did not.
Does the editor OF The Courier
know that it is the business or the
fourteen Court Solicitors to be in the
General Assembly and see that all
bills are properly drafted and
wordcd? Frankly we did not know
it. We do know, however--and we
present the botch work compulsory
attendance law as evidence amply
sufficient to support the knowledge
that we have some Solicitors woe
fully in need of firing" for derelic-
ton OF duty or inability to perform
Il duty required Of them.
AS to the Senator being ii pub
Usher OF The Courier and hence re-
Sponsiblc for the misshapcn bill, we
fail to see the relevancy. Mr.. ShelOr
is Il member OF The Courier iirm.
lie knows as much about what is
going to appear in the weekly edi-
ton Of The Courier as does our one
subscriber in China, the numbers OF
them in distant places. or even MIR.
Mcdonald himself. We stand -four
square to all the winds that blow,
hence whatever copy is furnished by
Mr.. Shelor for publication is edited
just as carefully as is that furnished
by Mr.. Mcdonald, whose spelling is
corrected. sentences rearrangcd. and
bad grammar improved fact, the
whole in general "rehashcd.'
We are -four square to all the
winds that blow" and this square
ness prevented our doing what we
felt like doing this weuk-that is.
presenting MIR. iicDonalu'S letter to
our readers JUS. n !. c3n!n % us.
lie asserts that he had to pick cot
ton while he should have been in
school, and asks. referring 10 the
chilhrrT II to-day. why %"Or'' 'h"y
not do il also? MIR. NcDonnld rs a
child Suffered from tie detects Of
an educational system that was far
from perfect. Is that reason for
con' .'u!nE 20 ,H.rC;" unOn n" ell
dr"u ot ouayH let IT, who Il We
ST. "c.@d III tn" past .'r.Ec % see
tlLf ,hr VrcIrA' ard future genera
iiom& do not hty, > uifcr thc same
privA,;onS and the -, mc cur;ailmnMts
OF ctuc .I.uMul adv; ltugcS. i.r, us
Of y. i""w" v"ar& " 20 have U'r ~
thus mako t,!is res we: We =" q
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