Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-08-10

first appearance. Was young man,
felt perfectly competent to perform
the duties Of the office and if elected
will give it his very best attention,
devoting his entire ability to the
performance of his duties.
T. w. Eddins, incumbent, thanked
the people for past favors. He en-
deavored at all times to do his work
so that no one would have reason to
regret having voted for him and pro-
missed if again elected would give his
best attention to his duties.
V. H. Vaughn explained his quail
fications and asked to be remembered
Oh the Goth Of August.
Mr.. E. D. Atkinson for coroner,
asked for the votes because he needed
the salary and felt able to perform the
duties of the office.
H. T. Atkinson, incumbnt. said he
had been coroner and wanted to be
again and hoped the people would let
him.
w. L. Pate thought Mr.. Atkinson
had held office long enough and If the
people wanted change would be glad
for them to try him. Felt perfectly
competent
Arnold Sellers said this was the first
time he had asked for office and If the
people saw fit to .elct him would do
the best he could to make them a
faithful servant.
I. P. Mangum, incumbent, was ser
wing his first term and asks for reject
ion on his merits. If rejected will do
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W. P. odom said Mr.. Mangum had
been treasurer for 10 years before be-
ing elected Clerk and that he would
not be opposing him If this was his
first term as an officer. Said that
time served in this office had very
little to do with it and that II the peO-
pie would elect him If he didn't make
as good a clerk In six months as Mr..
Mangum or any of his predecessors
had made, he would quit. Said he
had served in the legislature six years
where the pay was honor and glory,
while his competitor had held paying
offices, and now he would like to
change places. promising to help elect
him to the legislature two years from
now.
B. J. Douglas. candidate for superin-
tendent of education, thanked the peo-
pie for their vote of four years ago.
Promised If elected, would keep the
office open every day in the year eX-
cept Sunday and when attending to
field duty.
]. Arthur Knight says the superin-
tendent should be a trained teacher,
one who could help the teachers that
had no professional training That
he was graduate Of the teacher
training course Of the University Of
South Carolina, and had taught for
four years in public schools.
r. A. Rouse, incumbent, give a COM
prehenSive report Of the work Of the
schools Of the county under his adj
ministration. Told Of changed con,
ditionS in the law covering and eX-
glained how he had worked to apply
these conditions to the schools Of
Chesterfield county, and pointed with
pride to the advancement along all
educational lines and paid high com
pliment to the trustees, the people, the
teachers and the children for their
unstinted and hearty cooperation in
helping in all his efforts for the better
ment Of the schools.
Kirby Rivers said that he was in
the race for vindicatiOn and not to
attack any man personally. He re-
viewed the work of his administration
and said his salary was just One-tiftn
what is being paid present incumbent.
Claimed that incumbent had only
carried to partial completion meas
ures that had been inaugurated by
him and said that everything
he honestly believed, he
had done more for the educational in-
tereSt Of the county than any other
one man. Said he was not trying to
throw mud on any one but was going
to brush the mud off his own reputation
and said that an examination Of the
records of the office during his incum-
bency would prove that his figures
were correct and that any charge to
the contrary was false. Said that
the statement published by his success
sor (the present incumbent was fig
ured from a wrong standpoint and
chat if the statement had been figured
from the annual statement no such
statement as that sent out would have