Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-04
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months school term and hoped to see
the time when every South Carolina
boy and girl could go to school seven
months out of each year. He did not
believe in compulsory education until
the boys and girls had a chance to
attend school, Compulsion would not
be necessary.
The speaker said If elected govern
or, he would advocate a demonstra-
ton farm school for each county, be-
cause future prosperity OF the state
depended upon agricultural develop
ment. -,
Five years from now the state will
be up against the boil weevil propo-
sition. Scientific farming is the only
way to meet the weevil, and the
speaker thought Clemson college
should begin sending out experts to
combat with the threatening pest.
In conclusion Mr.. Cooper said that
if elected he would have no friends TO
reward and no enemies to punish, but
would be the governor of all the peo-
pie and would work for the interests
of ALL
He received much applause.
Prof. clinkscales.
Chairman Beamguard introduced
as the next speaker, Professor Jonn
G.. ClinkScales of Spartanburg, VINO
had pleasant recollections of former
visits to York county.
Mr.. ClinkScales said he had entered
the gubernatorial race at nobody s
suggestion save his own. He had not
even consulted his wife.
The speaker confined his remarks
wholly to educational topics, pointing
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Carolina.
He kept the audience in a good hu-
NOR by his witty repartee, and his
comeback TO those who at various in
tervals voiced their approval of his
declarations was, my friend, l want
TO take you around with me and help
me make this race"
Prof Clinkscales said there were
more than $4,000 South Carolina boys
and girls who were denied the prlvll-
eyes of the school room each year,
and he declared that no man had
right to deny his children this privil-
ege.
He said he was the champion of the
neglected boys and girls of the state
and declared that there were lots OF
parents who were not interested in
education enough to force their chill
prohibits any child under IL years of
age working in the mills. All chill
dren should at least be kept in school
until they attained that age. BY way
of illustration of the point he told the
following personal incident:
He had found group of small boys
using a swing in his yard in Spartan
burg one afternoon, and after aSsur-
in the youngsters they were welcome,
engaged them in conversation.
Before the boys left he asked them
the question, why are you not in
school?"
The largest boy in the group squirt
ed yellow tobacco juice between his
teeth and replied: "By God, mister,
we don't halter" Such boys and girls
as these have no conception of the
value of an education.
Prof. Clinkscales said he was born
in the country and remarked that
he could even yet plough a straight
er furrow than a great many of
his hearers. However, he was not
born between the plow handles" and
had left the farm for an easier job. He
had stolen apples and water-melonS
and had been a real farmer boy.
He said he had turned the attention
of the whole state to education as 1t
had never been done before.
He said he favored the abolishment
of the state farm. The convicts should
be put to work on the roads.
Referring to various lime deposits in
the state. Mr.. Clinkscales said the
cost of lime was a big expense to the
farmers and he thought these natural
lime deposits in Aiken, Cherokee and
other counties should be developed by
means of convict labor.
Is there a York county farmer who
can't spare his boy off the farm three
months in the year? asked Prof. Clink-
scales in advocating a three months
compulsory education law. IF there
is, 1 want his picture to take home to
my baby"
He said there was opposition to
such a law because it would mean
education of the negro as well as the
white child. Yet the negro is educat-
ing his children without compulsion.
If things go on for fifteen years as
they are now, there will be more ne
groes qualified to vote in South Caro-
lima than there are white men.
And if you hear anybody saying
that / want to put the children in the
schools nine months in the year, just
tell 'em Clinkscales would like to have
it that way, but knows it is impos-
Sible now.
In concluding his speech he said he
had no enemies and would be the gov
ernor of every man-black and white.
He was applauded.
lowndes j. Browning.
The last candidate for governor to
address the large crowd was Hon. l..
J. Browning of Union, who said it
WAS hard for a Dractical farmer like
himself to hold his own in speech
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