The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-01-14

their employees may meet and solve
their problems which multiply with
the high cost of living, and selfish in
terests must give way to appreciation
Of faithful service The preacher, the
teacher and the clerk, all salaried men
and women as well as the Iaborer, TO
be able to keep their ideals clearly be-
fore them must receive compensation
basd upon fairness and in proportion
to the services they perform. The
hardships Of farm life with its isola-
tion and drudgery for men and women
must be recognized by city dwellers,
that good roads may be extended
throughout the rural sections, to re-
lieve isolation and to cheaper trans
portation, to facilitate travel and to
give opportunity for social gatherings
and social pleasures. Together we
must work to afford the opportunity to-
every body and girl an education that
they may make better and more eff
ficient citizens Better housing condi-
tions for the poorest mill worker and
tenant farmer must be provided. Into
the isolated rural sections the doc
trine of sanitary living must be intro
duced and the people taught to pre-
vent disease and to treat it when it
falls upon them. Our teachers must
be trained to lead the people Of TIE
communities in which they live along
these lines. Economy must necessar-
lily follow after such tremendous and
unprecedented expenditures os have
been made during the war, but this
should be the economy Of thrift, ap-
plying to peace the lesson we have
learned individually during the war;.
and not to economy which Will tend to
retard or block progress Of the devel-
opment of the American character as
it has been given expression on the
battlefelds of France and in every
city, town, and hamlet and rural COM
munity in this country during the Pc
riod Of the world war
l have pionted to the accomplish
ments of the people of South Carolina
during the war as an indication that
they have grasped this vision of high
er citizenship. Our deficiencies and
our ability to remedy them have been
revealed to us by wars requirements
and the manner in which we have met
them, and to retain the lesson Of sac
rifice and service and duty and to.
usher in day of broaded hope and
higher living by applying them to. our
State, some clear tasks lie before us.
These we may face with courage and
with confidence in ourselves and in our
ability to accomplish big tasks which
hitherto may have appeared impossi-
BILE.
South Carolina remains almost at.
the foot of the ladder in point of IL
literacy-the 47th State in. the Union.
The one State which by it's position
saves South Carolina from being at
the very bottom-Leuisiana- al
ready taking serious and far-reaching
steps to climb to a higher plane. This
blot must be removed from the eofr
name of our State, and South Carolina
must net longer occupy this d graded
position. She must in education and
efficiency be fully abreast of her sis
ter States. We have demonstrated to
ourselves what we can do If we but
possess the courage to go forward
The amount given by the people of
relief purposes during the war is al
South Carolina for humanitarian and
most four times the amount appro-
priated for educational purposes the
State during the past four years.
Automobiles and heavy trucks have
multiplied. This heavy traffic has cut
up our roads, and now they are dis
grace. A makeshift system road work
will not longer suffice. South Carolina
must adopt modern. Practical and
effective system of highways. The CIV
ilization Of the State can not progress
without good roads
The time has come to stop and take
an accounting. Can we, the people
Of South Carolina who have raised
nearly a hundred millions of dollars
for the war, do the things which lie
before US in the broad path Of duty?
There are to my mind but two essen
tials, the vision and the willingness ia
go forward. Such program as our
vision Of a better State outlines will
require as a primary and fundamental
means the expenditure of more money
than the State has heretofore appro-
priated for education, highways, pub
lie health, humanitarian causes and