The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-07-01
LOW SALARIES.

| Sohe vi ouT county Buper1nten.
dents will not offer for reelection be.
cause their salaries are 30 low. They
can easily get better paying positions.
L know OF some we'll qualified men who
have declined to offer for this position
because of meager salaries. The
average salary is only q little more
than $500 year. l hope to see the
time when no county superintendent
In South Carolina will receive less
than 81, 200 a year, and when each
superintendent will devote his whole
time, energy and ability to his work
for upon him rests the entire system
and organization in each county.
We have made gradual improve.
ment In length Of term and salaries Of
teaohers, but we are yet sorely detici-
ent In these vital matters. We have
oeen liberal In providing for the train
lining OF teachers, but we need to in
crease our revenues by local taxtion
and otherwise, 30 that we can provide
for longer terms and the best of teach
erS, because the best are cheapest,
regardless Of the cost. We need econo-
my, but not penuriousness. We have
nearly 400 districts which levy local
taxes. There are more than 1,6OO
districts In the State. A local tax
can be levied only from the first of
January to the first of June. The
legislature ought to change this law
and let the people vote a special tax
at any time in the year and especially
In July and August; but those which
were voted after June 1st could not be
collected until the following year. A
live county uperintendent can more
than earn his increase in salary by
urging special levies.
With Improvement In buildings,
libraries, equipment, establishment of
county high schools, better teachers
and finances, there is coming also an
improvement IL COURSE Of study. The
useful and beautiful are being taught
together-manual training and indus
trial trailing, as we'll as literature
and art, are being taught and they
will widen the horizon and increase
the comforts and pleasures Of our
people, as well as develop originality
and inventive genius. We need diver
sity; we have had continuous mono
tony.
| ]AoofO VIC uCCu W
strong and enduring sentiment in
favor of genuine training and true
education. There Is a revival in this
work, and it behooves our construc-
tive and farseeing craftsmanship to
seize the critical moment and build an
educational structure which will con-
tribute rich means Of usefulness, cul-
ture and happiness to posterity and
bring glory and honor to the State we
love so WE'LL"
AS Mr.. Martin will have to prepare
summer school work he does not ex-
pect to be able to attend many more
campaign meetings.
Adult. GEN. FROST.
Chairman Dabbs then introduced
Mr.: John u. Frost, candidate for a
second term as adjutanJ and Inspector
general. He said he was not in favor
OF everything as was his friend Col.
Sloan, but he was In favor of good
militia. This was his especial duty so
long as he was adjutant and inspector
general.
He could not hope to meet the peo-
pie In every county in the State this
year as he had very heavy duties to
preform during the approaching en-
campment Of the State troops.
Gen. Frost complimented Sumter
on furnishing the members of the band
which was to render music at the
State encampment. He thanked the
people of Sumter for their past sup
port and would try to do nothing to
make them regret having elected him
adjutant and inspector general.
TIE COMPTROLLER.
Comptroller General A. w. Jones.
as candidate for comptroller general
to succeed himself, was then introduc
ed Mr.. Jones said:
1t gives me great pleasure to ap-
pear before you at this, the first meet.
ing of the campaign, to offer myself
for reelection to the high and import
ant office of comptroller general of
South Carolina. Two years ago the
good people OF the State honored me
with their sutirages and elected me to
that responsible position. entered
upon the duties of my Office with dini-
dence and distrust Of my ability to
discharge those duties to your salts
faction, but at the same time, l was
filled with an earnest desire and de.
termination to do my best to Justify
your confidence and choice.
While have not done as well as
could have wished, not been abl, to
please everybody myself included i
do feel profoundly graceful that my
ADMINISTRATION OF that Olllce has been so
far satisfactory to the public that
now appear before you without any
opponent in the field against rae. |
think that | am just lied i'm regarding
that fact as proof that the citizens
OF the State have sufficient confidence
in my honesty and sincerity and that
they are willing to trust me for two
more years.
1t is not necessary, | hope, that
should give today an account of my
stewardship, nor shall do so, unless
you request it.
If any gentleman present desires
information as to the work done in
the comptroller generals Office during
the past two years, | respectfully re.
Ter him to my annual report supmit, ed
to the legislature, and if any gentle
man desires to ask me any questions
about that work, will do my best to
answer him.
Fellow citizens, you will allow me
TO say this: ThatI thank you sincere
ly for the confidence and trust you have
reposed in me and |, today, pledge my
| self to do everything i'm my mower If