The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-01-25

education woum be op en to every BOY
and girl who could stand the neees-
sary entrance examination and who
could he accommodate by the insti-
tuition.
NAV necessitate. and I hope i
the enlargement Of our plants
ia order to accommodate the increas-
iiSg demands. The student who OBJ
tains a loan from this fund should
be required to repay the same with
out interest in four annual install
naents; the first payment to be due
IN two years after graduation. This
would insure prepayment Of the entire
loan ia ten years, or to be more ac-
citrate. each loan granted would be
y7snaid within six, years from the date
8 asrasSfed In the 29th annual report
ssof the beard Of trustees of Clemson
college. pages 1914, / find the fol-
lowing language:
it is to be admitted that a
technseaI education. adds to a young
mans earning power (and surely such
an education represents a capital OF
: least SO, 600, then any young
man should be willing to accept a
): ISan her Than a gift of 500 to
help him obtain it The history Of
s&sach loans elsewhere is that they are
eagerly sought by the really needy
and invariably paid"
The board of visitors OF Clemson
CsSllege for the year 1918 called at
ssntion TO the fact that since the IN
Al1guration Of The scholarship system
Clemson College has expended for this
purpose alone s22e, 200. Other col
Sdeges doubtless have expended pro-
Sportfonate amounts. II the money
fhus expended for the past ten years
had been lent TO worthy students we
would have On hand today a loan
sf1fsd of not less than $500, 900, and
sc would not be necessary to make
other appropriation for this pur-
pose It may be wise for the State,
S5n order to promote the efficiency OF
the organized militia, to offer limit
ed number of military scholarships IN
ssonsiderationofa a special service to be
Rendered where no adequate compen-
! saHon IS provided. But the scholar
ship should be contingent on such SER
nother question which feel I
must cali to your attention is that OF
The public health. believe the
State board OF health should be au-
thorlzed and directed to make a
/,P ~, q, aofiro C+ota nv,
the school districts. It is important
that sanitary conditions as they exist
IN the various sections Of the State
should be known, and wherever nee
essaIy proper steps taken to remedy
ecoriitions. I have heard it stated
that the health laws of South Carolina
are equal to the best in the Union.
This is gratifying but it is certainly
true that a great deal is yet to be.
6one before our people are properly
protected against the raEages OF dis
sase and unnecessary mortality. Your
State health officer will tell you that
we have a great many deaths among
Infants and young mothers, because
fof lack, Of a few simple and neces-.
sary precautions Information which
has come to US, incident to the mob
ilization of our troops in the recent
world war, has disclosed a physical
condition among the adult population,
both men and women, which can not
he ignored and should not be neglect
ed Our people, if we are adequately
to safeguard the future, must be
physically and morally clean as we'll
as mentally vigorous IF our ciyiliza-
ton is tosendure, it must have as its
sure foundation, a people mentally,
Iueraily and physically fit to be the
fathers and mothers Of future gen
erations.
It is the policy of this State that
the sale and use of intoxicating Il
quors as a Beverage is against public
health and morals, and it's sale has
therefore, been prohibited. If, as the
legislature has enacted. and the peo-
PIE at the ballot box have declared,
the pohi ibitien of the sale of intoSi-
eating liquors is to be the policy Of
the State, and am in full accord
with this view, we must realize that
IN this matter eternal vigilance" is
SSSSSRIt6t etOSt1lS pftpSf t1i1OtSSiiLS1AI oN
this provision. Recently my atten-
ton was called to situation that
somewhat surprised me. The police
department. of one Of the cities OF this
State made a search in back alleys
ard secret places. where persons nat
urally resort to drink, and collected a
surprisingly large number Of bottles
on which were labels showing that
said bottles had contained compounds, |
either extracts or patent medicines.
which contained from to 80 per
cent alcohol. was informed by the
chief Of the police department that
these so-ca1led medicines and extracts
were being freely purchased from
merchants and drunk as a beverage.
He further stated that his department
was having considerable drunken
ness to deal with on account of this
practice. I have learned since that
this condition is not peculiar to any
one locality, but is somewhat general
throughout the State ANY reputable