The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-07-30

your State officials and help them
benefit the State" he said.
Mr.. Jno. Henry ChappelL
Mr.. ]. H. Chappell said he was glad
to have the pleasure of standing upon
the scene of his boyhood days. He
said the present representatives from
Newberry were composed of a lawyer,
big commission merchant and doc
tor. and he contended that these gen.
tlemen had done nothing for the peo-
ple In connection with the record OF
the member who was lawyer he at
tackled the increase of judicial cir
cults from to 12. He asked Mr. S. j.
Dominick how his taxes were as COM
pared with twelve years ago.
"About double what they were II
years ago." said Mr.. Dominick.
"Values have been increasing" :"
some one suggested.
"No. I mean the assessment" said
Mr.. Dominick.
Mr.. Chappell was particularly Wig
orous in his attacks upon this increase
in the judicial circuits, speaking OF
what an "easy job" he said the judges
had.
He said he would like to have time
to tell why he opposed the great big
appropriations for these colleges. He
told a pathetic story to illustrate his
, view that a college education had not
!; resulted in good. He referred to the
appropriation for the negro college,
! being especially vigorous in his de-
nunciation of the $500 for the heat
i ing plant when little boys and girls
| throughout the country came near
| freezing in poorly equipped country
: schools. He made his same promise
V not to vote for one cent, if elected
: for negro education.
1 He again paid his respects to the
j. dispensary investigating committee
t and referred to the expenses OF the
| Murray commission, which he said
), amounted to $4,000. The presen'
: commission, he said, would have fin
:. ished it's work long ago had it no
e been for it's SIS per diem and expenses
!. either that or it's hatred of Blease
: He said that not only would he no
n believe Fielder on oath, but he woult
. not believe a member Of the legisla
n tive committee On oath. He reiter
: ated his statement that no man ha'
= ever been prosecuted before as Gov
u Blease was being unjustly persecut
d ed.
: For Superintendent Of Education.
!! The candidates for superintendent
!" of education were next introduced an:
If spoke for ten minutes each. 1t is pos
Y sible here, on account of the length Q
RI the other part of this report, to Civ
V only the briefest outline of their ad
dresses.
n Mr.. George d. Brown
e expressed his pleasure in being here
,e He said he had always had desir
# to serve his people as superintendent
Is of education. He said he was gradu
e ate of Erskine and had taught 81
ef years. AS at Mt. Pleasant he pictul
ID ed the evils of ignorance and pleade
,e for the uplift and the betterment
II the rural schools. Eighty-five per cen
ID of the men who had been promine1
h. and successful had come from th
n. country. He wanted to encourage tn
r. country boys and girls, and to gi7
70 them equal opportunity in life. +
nt deplored the flow of population fro
g. the country to the towns and wante
is to better the country schools and
make country life more attractl7
X so as to keep the boys and girls
n the farm. If elected and he faile
he to perform his duties properly,
wished to be buried, politically, n
only six feet deep, but ten or twel'
rt feet deep, with "my hands fold'
he across my sinful breast %
Il. Mr.. F. w. Higgins
reviewed his record of six years
ot the office of county superintendent
,c- education, giving the figures which
I1v had cited at Mt Pleasant. When t.
es people elected superintendent of ed
elf cation they should see that he
es tended to his duty, and no man liv
70 who could attend to this duty a
n seek to do other things at the Sal
his time If he were superintendent