Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-07-11
"Swearinqen for Governor"

"SWearIn9en TOR 1oVernor'
| The esteemed News and Courier.
frothing at the mouth, hurls back in
our face the charge of misrepresenta-
tion because we said that that newspa-
per had nominated Mr.. Swearingen Tor
governor when as a matter OF fact
The Yorkville Enquirer did the nomi-
mating and the News and Courier
merely seconded the motion. We
leave it to the public to figure out
the difference. AS to whether Mr..
Swearingen acted impulsively or not.
when he made the charge Of graft in
| the textbook elimination, Is merely a
matter of opinion. 1t appears to us
that he acted hastily, to say the least,
because his first statement, which GER
tainly gave to everyone the impress
sion of graft charges, had to be fol-
lowed by another statement explaining
that his charges had been misinter-
preted. However, we have no quarrel
with the News and Courier since Mr..
Swearingen has stated that he does
| not intend to become a candidate for
the rnorship.-Anderson Daily
Mail.
One of the old school readers, we
do not remember which one, we had
to study so many by different authors,
had a story entitled Three Black
Crows" In BRIEF the story was to the
effect that a good man told his neigh
Dor of having, while sick the day be-
fore, thrown up something as "black
as a crow" The neighbor told the
story to another, and he to another
until after a while the community had
it that the good man had thrown up
three black crows" We are sorry
that the reader which told this story
of such an excellent moral has been
discarded in the frequent shuff1es, and
we think it would be well If succeed
ing boards could keep the matter in
mind and require the carrying Of the
story as a condition prerequisite to
the adoption of any series of readers,
no matter by whom published.
The Enquirer has never nominated
Mr. Swearingen for governor. 1t
merely said that Swearingen could get
good vote for governor if he would
good governor. The News and Courier
did not second the nomination. 1t
merely agreed that The Enquirer was
right on both counts; but was in
clined to think that Swearingen has
plenty to do where he is, a suggestion
that we do not question. The En-
quirer is not making any nominations
for governor or anything else. or
course, we claim that theoretically we
have just as much right to make a
nomination as has any other newspa-
per or any other individual; but then
we are a little dubious about making
such an open admission that we are so
fresh" We do not consider that pre-
vailing nominations come either from
the newspapers or the people. That
is something entirely within the con-
troll of the politicians.
But another thing. Goodness knows
we do not want to quarrel with such a
highly esteemed and valued friend as
the Anderson Daily Mail. If we are
"frothing at the mouth" for instance,
we are not aware of ii. We do not
consider that we have ever been in a
better humor or in a state of temper
more even or complaisant But If Mr..
Swearingen ever charged or intimated
or said anything that could be con-
strued into an intimation that any
body had been improperly influenced
| in the textbook matter, the fact en-
| tirely escaped our attention. We have
never thought that anybody has been
| influenced by graft, Notwithstanding
the fact that we are as morally certain
as we are of anything on earth that
there are number of school book pub
fishing houses which do not hesitate
to use corruption money to secure the
adoption of their books. We know
personally only one appointive member
of the board of education. We know
| that he cannot be bought or improp-
erly influenced and we have no rea-
son to think that any other member
of the board is any more venal than
he is.
But we have lots of sympathy with
Mr. Swearingen's protest against this
eternal changing of school books. AS
to what there is in his figures as to
the cost involved, the destruction of
property values, etc, we do not know.
We feel however that the protest is in
the right direction, and the exactness
of the figures a matter OF small
consequence. OF course school books
are good, better, best. There are none
absolutely worthless. We have our
own opinion as to some Of the best
| textbooks that have been in use since
the war; but we know very well that
no dozen men would likely agree unan-
imously on any of them. We do not
doubt that the books that have been
adopted are as good as any that have
been discarded, and it is possible that
some are better There was more
scandal about book adoption five years
ago than there has been this year.
What we want more than anything
else is to have an end of it all, if pos
sible Now that the books have been
any more changes. Let's hold on to
what we have SO that struggling heads
of families can hand the books of one
child down to the next one coming
on and escape some of the terrific
drain Occasioned by the requirement
of the purchase of entirely new books
| for each child.
In the meantime we repeat that if he
would run, Swearingen would get a
good vote for governor and if elected,
he would make a good governor.
- Columbia State: 1t is rumored that
the diSpenSary commission is discuss
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