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COUNTY CAMPAIGN OPENED AT 5IT. PLEASANT TUESDAY (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3). nriatinnc for Newberry had been divid ed into funds for certain purposes, and | irf iie wanted as uniform and as nearly { perfect system as possible, so that the people might know where every dollar of their money was going, and he wanted a statement published every month. He was not criticizing the officers, but it was a simple business proposition. If a railroad was run as I } loose as the affairs of ihe counties are M run, it would be bankrupt in two J years. His sole purpose in wanting to go to tbe legislature was to be of some / service. For Superintendent of Education* The candidates for superintendent of education were then introduced by County Chairman Dominick, and addressed the audience. Mr. E. H. Anil, the encumbent, began by thanking the j ? ~ + V>ic /?nmmnriitv for their ! JJt'vJpie Wi UUiiJ kindness to and support of him in the past. He said he had for many years heen deeply interested in the betterment of the rural schools, and had taken an active interest in .the subw , ject for many years, both ia his newspaper and in the legislature. He said during the few months he had held the office of county superintendent or education lie had been making an effort to wake up the people to the im> portance of doing something for the . ' rural schools. He believed the rural ; school was the greatest problem beSp fore the American people, and that its betterment was one of their greatest obligations. The children of the rural districts ought to have the same ad vantages as the children of the more thickly populated communities, and the rural districts had the right to demand this. South Carolina was largely a rural community, and unless something was done for the" rural schools the country districts would he depopulated, because the-' people would l I . . go where their children could receive |f the best school advantages. From 1906 to 1911 the rural school enrolment in the schools throughout the rural districts of South Carolina decreased about 10 per cent., while there was an increase of about 10 per cent, in attendance upon the schools in the towns and cities. That means that the people who have been realizing the importance and necessity of educating their children have been movipg from the country to the towns invorder that they may educate them. . This problem, of depopulation of the rural districts would be solved by the "hpttermemt of the rural schools. * *4 Where it coi?ld be done advaiitage:J ?usly, he believed ijpr consolidation of schools, and jrfstead of fifty-nine | districts in Newberry county he believed the number might be reduced ?? a? +fi- i7Ci ijfmn ffor> un/1 tu lilll VI fcUii. ^ wv* UULU ; ? . better schools. Some one, he said, j -e * had spoken of the great amount of money given to the common schoois. i He was not going to make any comparison with or attack upon the highinstitutions, but while two or thr ?e million dollars sounds big, you must remember- that when you distribute 4"; \ that; two or three millions among 190;^ COO white children, not to speak of the negro children, that it amounts to a very small matter per capita. The J per capita in South Carolina, in the \arious counties, for education of chiU \ . dren in the common schools varies from $5 in some counties to $34 ?n some counties. Last year there was spent in the common schools of Newi i Tvprrv about. SIS tier oanifa. for white \ . * children and about $1.32 per capita ; ' tor negro children. Another thing to ? l)e consideed is, that of all the children of South Carolina, at leasv 90 per cent, never have the opportunity of \ > going to college, and all the education they get is in vthe common schools. > Hi? effort in his visits to the schools . v r had been to get the trustees and mothers and fathers and all the pat^ rons out, so as to have a heart-to-heart' talk with them about conditions, and get them to realize the importance of doing something, because he believed ? < s the people of South Carolina and Newberry county could do whatever they 1 .j. at :_ :_ J j. TT. i J , xuctue up tueir luiiius ?. viu. ne uo-u been trying to do something for tfie schools, and at Pomaria there would soon be a handsome new school house, and at Silverstreet he believed there t *was going to be another handsome new school house in the near future? ,Z both of them high schools. One thiug lie wanted to do was to get out in a. ' 1 rural section, and put a good high school on five or six or U>_? acres of land, with the superintei) dent's house ' on the ground, so that the superintendenf might become identified with the community, and be in fact a part of it. i "Ha fhp r>Aor>lA nf Newberry , ? county to "discover the sciiool house," as it were. i He said in the limited time he hai k he could not tell his ideas and pur- : poses in detail, or in detail go over i the work he had been doing, but the j betterment of the rural schools was j his theme. -*? ? it T\ Jir. i*eo. u? nnnwi said this was his first attempt at a j political speech, and he began with a j joke which illustrated a point he i wanted to make. He spoke of the | evils of ignorance, drawing pictures j of the sadness and sorrow which fol- I low in its wake. Among the saddest pictures he could call to mind, he said, was an old Confederate soldier, whose wooden leg plays Dixie upon the sidewalk, who had a good position and was forced to give it up because he wa? unable to read and write. There was loose in the country a great beast, ignorance, taking the child of tender years and sapping its life-blood. It was loose because of lack of interest in the common schools?lac*; of inter- | est among the fathers and mothers? lack of interest among the country people. He meant no reflection upon the country people, because he said he was a countryman himself. ' He was five feet 11 inches tall, and' every foot 'and inch he desired to give in the service of his people. The countrv hnvc and e-irl? nn?-ht to hp pnp.rmr *7 vvv ^^ O-- - ?-? 'V ?? I aged to remain in the schools. You | could catch more flies with molasses than with vinegar, and the same rule applied to children. Carcli a boy, pat him on the shoulder, and say, "Old boy, stick to it and you will come it." Lengthen the common school term. The difference in the terms of the country and town schools, he said, gave +r?TTrn n'hi'M oroa advantaco in I UXO. V IV *7 XX VUtlU UAV VUb M.\A f MU.VMQV *** standing the scholarship examinations. Get teachers that are wedded to their business, and th^y will change the pupils with electricity, so that the terms will be lengthened in some manner. Tell the country boys that they daily breathe the purest air, that the farm holds out the grandest opportunity. Teach them to farm. A man could be got from the government, and while he wouldn't be able to go to each school, he could come to places like Newberry, Silverstreet and Little Mountain, and the children from surrounding schools could be taken there, and there be taught modern farming. Fill the boy and girl with a determination to stick to the farm, and the time would soon come when Newberry county would bloom as the rose and shed her fragrance over the State. He had taught school for six years, and A - - A _ ? there was no necessity to cnange books every time the moon changes. If one book there is which should be taught, it is the Old Blue Back Speller, and along with it should go Smith's Grammar. Drill into the teachers by frequent visits that they must do their duty, and drill it into the trustees. If he was elected and did not do his duty he was young 'and could be put in his political grave, and he would want his arras folded across his sinful : breast, and his body buried six feet deep in his political grave. Mr| F. W. Higgles ho or-j n with n hie nnnnn. ent, Mr. Brown, saying he did not have any opposition until Mr. Brown came out, and he was glad to have him wTith him on the campaign, so he could train Mr. Brown to succeed him four years hence. He told a joke 3 bout a fellow going to heaven, the point of which was a disparagement of the work done by, the present county superintendent of education. He spoke of the time when the boys and girls of this community sat beneath his voice in the ssuiiooi flouse uea.ijjj, auu scuu ii stem- [ ed somewhat impertinent for other people to be coming around asking j the votes of his children. . j He cited his record during six years as superintendent of education, saying when he went into the o?ce the average term was 3.1* months and the schools were in debt, and the teachers hvr>othenat.inep their claims and books were "way up" and big prices were charged for them. He had got busy and made arrangements *o borrow the money to take up claims, and had got around and got the people to put more money in the schools, and when he retired the term was 6.3 months, and he turned over nearly $10,000 to his successor in office. He sot to inciuiring into the prices of books in other States, and got the price lists and went before the committee on education in the senate, and got them to appoint five i superintendents to sit with the State board, and as a result the price of * i? * * j J jo - i._ dooks naa Deen reuuceu cents on the dollar. And $500 had been put in the book store in Newberry, he said, to enable the people to exchange old for new books. There wasn't any need of the introduction of new books every day, he said?there wasn't any need of this eternal change. He had sent to the State superintendent to get the prices of books ten years ago, and the State superintendent had sent him the prices of four years ago and to-j day, and he bad sent back for the prices of ten years ago. He wanted to show what had been done and what could be done again if he was given the office. Less than half a day spent in the school room by the county superintendent, he said, was just a worry to the children, and he spoke of the ne cessity of undivided attention being given to the schools. He loved the children, and wanted to round up his life in thi^position which he was seeking. He thanked the people for their support of him in the past. Mr. J. B. O'Neall Holloway said there was 110 subject the people of South Carolina and the people of the United States could approach with more interest. There were three fac- J tors in good citizenship?the home, the church and the school. The one with which the people were more intimately concerned in connection with this meeting was the school. The great question was not, are we interested in the education of the children, but what oris wo willinc to fin fnr it? OnA f>f ?-A ^ " V " *v . W* the greatest defects in oun school system of today was the inefficiency of our teachers. He was not trampling on anybody's toes, and his criticism was impersonal, but the teacher makes the -ichool?is the school. You may build your high school, put in globes, desks, blackboards and everything else, but unless you put in the school house a teacher who can teach the children, the school fails of its purpose. What the country schools need is a better and more efficient teaching force, and until the people recognize that, they might dot the county with high cr>hrvilc ami until thev nut teachers there who were efficient they could not,expect successful schools. We are training the child for what? For citizenship. The public schools, he said, are the centres and citadels ' of the Democracy of this country. Every man who casts a ballot is a ruler. This country will weep and shed tears until we have an educated people. He.| did not underestimate the great good j accomplished by the teachers who had heretofore beensj-eaching iu our country schools. We had been doing the best we could under the circumstances, he said. But he said that until "you do get more efficient laborers in the schools you can't expect success." If elected, it would be his "pleasure and aim to go throughout Newberry county and visit the schools in a sys ? rx? xi? t a temauc ana oraeny way. i: me .uuiu gave him the strength, he would go and take his pla<je in the school, show the teacher he was in thorough sympathy with the work; let the teacher go through with the exercises, and offer suggestions in private, and if the. opportunity did not present itself to offer these suggestions, if he fajt suggestions were necessary^ he would write the teacher upon his return to his'office in Newberry. .With his experience of 18 or 20 years in teaching, I and his experience in summer normal schools throughout the State, he felt he could be of service. Expert supervision was needed*./ He promised to serve the people, if elected, ?and to serve them and the schools to the extent of his ability, and to let nothing interfere with his work in so doing. SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE It is announced in the Greenville. News that the Southern Christian Advocate will be moved to Greenville, where its plant will be consolidated with the printing establishment con ^ rrr "n ducted in lireenviue Dy jar w. d. Wertz. Rev. S. A. Nettles will continue as editor of the Advocate, and Mr. Wertz will have charge of the printing department Mr. Wertz was formerly connected with The Herald and News. , i &<S><?><$><$>4><$><S>3><S><fc^<S><S><S><S><? ^ <$> <e> STATE CAMPAIGN DATES. * <S> <$> Edgefield, Thursday, July 25. Aikenfi Friday, July 26. One ITeek Off. Camden, Monday, August 5. Lancaster, Tuesday, August 6. Yorkville, Wednesday, August 7. Gaffney, Thursday, August 8. Spartanburg, Friday, August 9. Union, Saturday, August 10.Newbery, Tuesday, August 13. Laurens, Wednesday, August 14. Greenwood, Thursday, August 15. Abbeville, Friday, August 16. A ? J ~ ? CSo+nwIav A 11 OTIC+ 17 ALlUtJX aUli, oatuiuu.;, . . Walhalla, Tuesday, August 20. " Pickens, Wednesday, August 21. Greenville, Thursday, August 22. NOTICE OF ELECTION. A written petition having been pre sented to the undersigned trustees of Silverstreet school District No. 58 of Newberry County, South Carolina, signed by at least one-third of the resident electors and a like proportion of the resident freeholders of the age of V twenty-one years, of said District, ask- < ing that an election be held to determine whether or not Silverstreet School District Xo. 58 will issue and sell coupon bonds aggregating forty hundred dollars, payable within twenty years, at the rate of interest not exceeding six per cent per annum, bayable annually, for the purpose of erecting buildings and for equipment for maintaining public schools in said District An election for said purpose is hereby ordered to be held at H. C. Lake's store in the town of Silverotreet on Wednesday, Aug. 7,1912, at which election only qualified votea*s residing in said District shall be allowed to vote. The ballot cast must have written or printed on it the words, "For Bonds," or "Against Bonds." The following are hereby appointed managers of 6aid election: Jno. P. Long, G. T. Blair, and W. H. Hendrix. The polls will be open at 7 A. M. and close at 4 P. M. G. W. Suber, T. M. Werts, H. C. Lake, Trustees Silverstreet School District No. 58, Newberry, S. C. Flagged Train With Shirt. Tearing his shirt from his back an j Ohio man flagged a train and saved it | from a wreck, but H. T. Alston, Ral- . eigh, N. C., once prevented a wreck j with Electric Bitters. "I was in a ter-1 rible plight when I began io use them," he writes, "my stomach, head# back and kidneys were all badly affected and'my liver was in bad condition, but four bottles of Electric Bitter^ made. me feel like a new man." A trial will convince you of their am c* + r\ m r\ c* V* IiTTaw IliaLC-UitJSS merit, iui" any owma^u, u?ot or kidney trouble. Price 50 cents at W. E. Pelham's. NOTICE OF ELECTION. \ i A written petition having been presented to the undersigned County Board of Education of Newberry B ^ xAa r? 1 CTir\ r\A V*TT 1^011111^, OUUUX VjiHUiiua, Oigucu uj UJ-L^ requisite number, one-third, of freeholders of the age of twenty-one years, residing within the territory of Whitmire School District Xo. 52, asking that an election be held upon the ! question of establishing a High School Ill ?>aiu Vf UV/UVU1 juiguiui. ?iw. 52 v Now, therefore, the undersigned, composing the County Board of Education of Newberry County, South Carolina, do hereby order an election to be held on said question of establishing a high school, which said election shall be held at the Council Chamber in the said Schood District No. 52, 011 Wednesday, July 31, 1912, at which said election the polls shall * be opened at 7 o'clock in the forenoon and closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The following are hereby appointed managers of^aid election: R. M. Aughtry, S. B. Sims and W. A. 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