The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-03-18
JUDGE PRINCE RIGHT ON.
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM
AN EXHAUSTIVE CHARGE ON
SCHOOL QUESTIONS.
County Supervisor and County Super
intendent of Education Most Inn.
p0rtant Offices.

vened at Newberry on Monday morn
ing with Judge Geo. E. Prince pre-
siding. Solicitor Cooper and Sten-
ographer Dodd were in their places.
| Solicitor Cooper handed out a number
of bills to the grand jury and Judge
Prince delivered an able and clear
charge laying particular stress upon
the Importance Of the Office of county
supervisor and the Office of county
superintendent of education and the
| duty of the grard jury to inspect the
work of the schools and the manner
in which the local trustees performed
their duties, and if they failed to pre-
sent them to the court, and also ad-
vising that the grand jury in their
! final report make statement of the
white children who are not in school,
and if they think advisable, mention
the names of parents who were not
sending their children to schools, and
in this way create sentiment in fav-
or of giving to every white chil@ an
equal opportunity with every other
white child in the community.
He first charged the grand jury as
to their general duties and then. he
took up the Office of county supervis-
or and laid particular stress upon the
Importance of having an expert to fill
this Office. You get him, said Judge
Prince, even if you have to pay him q
! bigger salary. Pay a fair salary and
then demand frst-class service You
should not expect to get first-class
man for less money than a business
concern would pay for similar SER
vice.
! The county supervisor should be a.
good, intelligent business man, an ex-
/ pert bridge builder, and should be
paid a sufficient salary to secure the
services of such man.
Judge Prince then took up the Office
of county superintendent of educa-
ton and said it also was one of the
most important and responsible posi-
tions in the county. That under our
system of selecting officers it fire.
, quently happened that the officer who
was competent and performed his du-~
ties faithfully was defeated for re-
election by some smooth hand-shaker
and good mixer who had no other
qualifications for the position He
spoke of the importance of having
real and competent man in this posi-
tion. and he should be not only a COM
petent teacher and an educated man,
but he should be good organizer;
ne who can go out among the people
and arouse their interest in the i'm
provement of their schools and get
the trustees to do their duty He ad-
vised the grand jury to appoint CON-
mittees from their number to go and
visit the schools and report on how
the trustees are performing their du-
ties and what the county superintend-
ent and teachers are doing His re-
marks on this subject were exhaus-
tive and had the right ring about them.
The Herald and News regrets hat
it has not stenographic report Of
this portion of the charge so that it
might be placed in the hands of every
man and woman in Newberry county.
Proceedings of Court.
The frst case taken up was the
State VS.. J. D. Quattlebaum, charged
with assault and battery with intent to
kill, in the shooting of Banks on the
streets of Newberry some months ago.
The defense is represented by E. S.
Blease.
The grand jury returned the follow
ing true bills:
State VS.. Johnson-Violation dis
pensary law.
State VS.. Will Marshall-Murder.
State vs. R. P. and r. NJ. Paris
Housebreaking and larcency.
State VS.. Jim Plyler-Assault and
battery with intent to kill
State vs. John Dcyce-Murder.
State VS.. F. P HollingsWorth-
Breach of trust with fraudulent in
tent.
State VS.. 0. ]. HaVird-Breach Of