Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-18
"A ROW AMONG THE CANDIDATES
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Thomas and Evans tho Figures.
About LOCO Frosunt, ..

Nssosss"o GNU tuC ElB
) About 1,0GG Frosont.
On Monday last at half-past ton O'Clock
tho State campaign meeting for Oconee
county was hold at Walhalla in Ash.
worth's Hall. Thoro was n representa-
tive gathering of the oitizons Of the
county. Tho crowd was variously esti.
n,atcd from sovon hundred to ono thou,
sand persons. The meeting was oellot
to .order by County Chairman G. II. D.
Burns ct lialf-past ton O'Clock. Pr;.yc,
was otiored by Rov. Arthur Crane.
1t had boon arranged for tho candidates
for Governor to have fifteen minutes
6ach, candidates for Congress ten rninutos
and candidates for State Officers othor
than Governor fivo minutes oaoh.
The candidates for Superintendent of
Education woro tho first to speak.
Col. j. III. Rico, of Greenwood, was
tho first speaker. His timo was occupied
in presenting tho Importance of tho com
mon schools and tho necessity of i'm
proving thom. The school house should
DO accessible to ovory child. The pupil
should DO kopt, in tho common school
until he was ripo for tho college. Much
depended on tho work done in tho com.
mon schools preparatory to tho taking of
tho collegiate course. There was room
Tor Improvement of tho common schools
and ho folt qualified for tho discharge of
tho responsible duties Of tho Office to
which ho aspircd. Under tho five min
utes rulo ho could scarcely touch upon
tho main points and closed amid an.
plauso.
Hon. w. ID. Mayficld, tho present n-
oumbont, was tho noxt speaker. ITO,
too, emphasized tho Importance of odu-
caticn, and argued for tho bcttorment of
tho SC hools for tho masses. He had done
much for tho advancement of tho COM
mon schools, and much moro could bo
dono but for tho want Of moro money.
Special efforts had boon and arc boinp
mado for tho Improvement of teachers.
Iho Institutes woro established for this
purpose. Tho idoa was that a poor
teaohor meant poor school, while q
good toachor meant good school. Bo-
1Oro much improvement could be wrought
IN our common schools. however, moro
money would bo needed. Ho had ap-
poalod to tho Legislature for moro monoy,
and tho Constitutional Convention in
1870 increased tho constitutional levy to
thrco mills, largely at his suggestion.
lio crowded much into his five minutes
talk, and closed his remarks in a happy
Voin.
Lion. w. a. Brown, of Marion, fol-
lowod in speech which aboundcd in
clear cut ideas. Tho question of how
should boys and girls got an education
weighed hoavily upon tho fathers and
mothors. He would improve tho COM
mon schools and bring them within the
reach of ovcry child. It was good
thing to have colleges, but tho college
for nino out Of ovory ton of tho boys
and iris of our State was tho school
next thoir door. IIo would not say wo
wore laying too much stress on our col
log IS, but wo woro not doing our duty
by tho common schools. Build them IN,
Tho man who follows tho plow should
havo an education. Io made a happy
'PSSS'i tiit SloSCtl tIIllN applause.
Hon. j. j. McMahan, of Columbia,
was tho last candidate for Superintond-
ont of Education to speak. lie began by
strcssing tho importance of education.
The man %ho n!!o;a! tho oflico of State
Superintendent should be woll informed.
Ho should know something of tho work
iii tho school room and have an oduca-
tho" besides. lie had attended the
country schools when boy, aftorward
wont through college, and then had
taught sovcn years. If elected to this
high Office he promised to visit ovory
county once in ovory year and do all he
could for tho bcttcrmont of the schools.
lilo thought Mr.. Mayfield won't into tho
counties o, ~ once oyery two years, and
that was on occasion of tho campaigns
when ho was asking for votes. Ho had
boon elected in 800 on tho principle of
rotation in Office, and after holding tho
Office for eight years he had come to
think ho had Il perpetual lease on it. 1t
began to look as if tho only way to got
him out was to blindfold him and back
him out. Uaughtor)
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR
The Hon. G.. Walt Whitman oponod
tho speaking by the Gubcrnatorial can
didatos' llc is making tour of tho
state on his whccl, and never misses an
lie has rode his bieyclc
oVor l 800 miles in this canvass. Ho is
picturesque character and an impressive
talkor. lIc began by quoting the lines
Honor and fame from no condition
rise;
Act we'll your parttho"o all the honor
les
lilo was true to duty and laboring for
tho good of tho masses This is the third
timo he has been n candidate for Cover
nor, and he is in this race rs the expo
mont OF principle. The cause of tho
masses was near to his heat, for ho
know thOir interests and their needs.
There arc seven days in the week and
seven candidates for Governor. IIo was
tho apostle of peace, of rest, and aftor
th6 3Gttii instant lie waiitod 30 ,;o T0mom-
bored as tho "Sabbath of Rest" There
should bo rest from the burdons of taxa.
lion, rcSt from tho burden of support for
80 many colleges and higher institutions
Of learning. lie believed in the educa-
lion OF tho masses, and to this end thore
should DO q moro equitable distribution |
" tho money taken from tho people for |
purposes. IIo stands for |
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