The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-20
NO CHANGE IN EDUCATION BOARD
Goyernor Makes Vigorous Statement
to State Board of Education in
Columbia.

Columbia, June 17.-Gov. .Blease, IN
positive language before the State
board Of education today, declared
that there will be no change IN tne
personnel of the board. The state
ment was made at the session OF the
board this morning, and this evening
the press was furnished with steno-
graphic report of what Governor
Blease had said to the board at It's
session today.
Gov. Blease, in addition to max
ing the final assertion that the mem
bers of the State board Of education
would not be removed, outlined MS
position with regard to the adoption
Of school books. In this respect MS
statement was practically the same
as that printed in the News and Cour>
Ter a few days ago.
Governor Blease also reviewed the
AWaddy Thompson incident referring
Ito the adoption Of history BOOKS
( BAmong other Interesting statements
y Governor, Blease made reference TO
the. reported presence OF detectives IN
/. Columbia at this time who, he assert
ed. we're here "to watch u.s. accord
ing TO the information Governor
Blease has in the matter;
To List Book Bids.
Following an all-morning session OF
the State board Of education today,
SUPERINTENDENT Of Education Swear
ingen was instructed by the board to
list all the bids from the book COM
panies that were opened today: The
listing will be submitted at meeting
of the board to be held at 10 O'Clock
Monday morning All the members
of the board were here today, and the
work was commenced at 10 o'clock IN
the morning, the. board being in ses-
sion CQLll uGdl4y " N4OSFA e@AAo '~~ASo-
noon, in the governors Office.
-. Governor Blease stated plainly MS
position with regard to the book con-
tract to the board.
Governor Blease's Statement.
.. Governor Blease said:
= "Gentiemen: As you know, there
has been much said in the papers
about this book adoption and whole
lot talked outside and inside, and a
whole lot of dirty talk, toe. and l
think somebody has lied. Some OF
these book men have lied on some OF
us, as well as On one another.
81 have been told to watch so and
so, without giving any reason for such
statement, but just simply stating
that you had better watch so and so.
81 was informed that they had two
detectives out at the Colonia hotel, a
man and woman, and one OF them
came down here and told me that a
man and a woman were out there to
watch US, and I was also told that
they were watching each other. So
far as I am concerned, they are at
perfect liberty to watch NE and all
that is done here in this Office, and
also. at the executive mansion, and I
presume you all are in the same fix.
ALI Southern.
"Now, as I said the other day in
: the papers, which l guess you gentle
men noticed, about the history. In
1888, before I was 21 years old, I ran
for a public Office, and went On the
stump and made the statement and
have stood by it ever since, that I was
in favor of Southern books by South
ern authors fror Southern children,
and to be taught by Southern teach
ers. I got on that platform by lis
tening to my father talk; by reading
books and papers about Confederate
soldiers and the Confederate States,
and from what he told me about it I
knew that somebody was lying. Of
course, took my fathers word, and
would take it above every other per-
sons in the world.
Platform Unchanged.
-ttTherefore, Z stand on that same
platform, and where We have South
ern books by Southern authors we
should adopt them; otherwise, I have
no preference. I don't represent any
house; have no special or particular
friends among them; have no favors
to ask; no books to look after, and no
request to make Of you gentlemen to
vote for any book or Tor the book or