Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-09-01

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| licitS your account.
Winthrop college begins her next
term Sept. 16. Clemson opens Sept.
liz. All the other colleges begin work
shortly afterward.
The candidates in the second pri-
mary are busy pursuing their respec-
tive campaigns as best they can. Some
are canvassing and some are writing
| letters.
After three months Of play, York
county boys and girls have started or
will start back to school within week
or ten days, and most Of them, espe-
cially the younger pupils, are as anx-
ious to start back as they were anxious
to be released last May.
Boy Scouts of York county will find
| it worth their while to closely read the
current instalment Of the serial,
alone In the Wilderness" now being
published in The Enquirer. A whole
chapter is given over to instruction or
the Boy Scouts, and by reason Of his
actual experience, Mr.. Knowles, the
author, is fully qualified to give in
struction.
Some defeated candidates take their
defeat lightly, others not so lightly.
Some feel and know they still have
| friends and supporters; others think
they are all alone. A case in point OF
the latter type Of would-be office hold
er was related on the streets last week.
| The gentleman in question was over
whelmingly defeated, lacking several
hundred votes Of getting into the sec
ond primary. He was approached a
few days ago by one of his opponents
who is lucky enough to be in the sec
ond race. The second gentleman stat
ed to the defeated candidate, Il would
Appreciate your support and the sup
race" The defeated gentleman re-
piled, "Humph, II haven't got any
| friends."
| One of the most gratifying results
of the recent primary election was the
reelection Of Mr.. John E. Carroll as
superintendent Of education over a
very strong opponent who is unusually
we'll qualified for the place. We would
not have said before the election what
we are going to say now for the reason
that in our opinion it would not have
been altogether fair to either party
Mr.. Carroll's work and record was be-
fore the people and it was for them to
decide. Anything that we might have
said commendatory Of his work might
have been construed by some as af-
fecting the result, and it might have
been taken as prejudicial to Mr.. Cork
But the facts are like these: There Is
no office under the county government
more difficult Of acceptable admins
tration than the office Of superinten-
dent Of education Some of the reasons
are apparent. In the first place, more
people are directly interested in the
school than in any other public insti-
tuition. The future welfare Of their
children is concerned and their money
| is concerned. Each and every school
involves every source Of friction that
exists in the community in which 1t
| is ted-denominational differences,
social differences, political differences,
financial differences, family feuds and
the like. The appointment Of trustees
touches on all these things and so does
the running of district lines, the voting
of special taxes, and the building OF
new school houses. There is absolute
ly nothing that can be done for the
benefit of a school that will not cause
opposition, and to arrange any school
matter right and to the satisfaction OF
everybody is manifestly impossible.
The temptation Of the average official
who understands given situation is
to stand by and let it rock along; but
this will not do. There are more es-
sential elements of progress in the
neighborhood school than in any other
institution, and this progress cannot
be stayed. The superintendent who
tries to hold things back will soon be
relegated in disgrace. The problems
have to be solved, judiciously, wisely,
and courageously; but no matter how
wise, judcious or courageous any par
ticular solution there is bound to be
friction and feeling, and this friction
and feeling more often than otherwise
centres on the superintendent Of edu-
cation. Mr. Carroll has caused more
special taxes to be levied during the
past two years, built more school
houses and changed more district lines
than has ever been done in two years
by any other superintendent of educa-
ton in the history Of the county free
school system in this county. He may
have made some mistakes, he certain
ly stirred up much opposition in places
and if he had been defeated in the
primary there would have been but lit
tie occasion for surprise. The fact
that he was reelected by such an
overwhelming vote is credit not only
to him and the people, who voted for
him, but to the whole county at large.