The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-07-27

ernor: his political positions since
1890 up TO now are too we'll known.
Mr.. W. a. Stuckey OF Lee w<s for se9-
eral years superintendent Of the city
schools at NeWberry when | Tweed
there, and before he went back to MS
home in Lee county to devote hlmseir
to his fine farming interests there. he
is one of the leading members OF the
Reform party, and was member O..
the committee which went to Wash
ington to confer with the War De-
partment. Mr.. William Godfrey's fam
lily is highly esteemed in NeWberry,
for l think he is brother Of the
young lady who met a tragic death
while teaching school there, while Mr..
Stuckey was superintendent. This
young lady had won many devoted
friends in Newberry While out for
an afternoon drive she was thrown
from buggy and was taken to my
home, where she died. Dr.. Robert
Wilson of Charleston, president Of the
South Carolina Medical college and
chairman of the state board of health,
is. as everybody knows, an exception
ally fine gentleman, and will do what
is right. The college was taken over
by the State during my term as gov
ernor, and as was chairman OF the
board Of trustees 1 was closely asso-
Gated with him.
LAS to the western district board, 1
do not think the Reform party has a
truer member, or that l have better
personal and political friend than J.
Marion Davis, of Newberry. His faith
has been proven by his works since we
were children together. There is no
fairer man in the State, and he Will
make an exceptionally splendid mem
Der Of the board. Mr.. J. W. Castor, q
Spartanburg farmer, l understand IS
! a gentleman of good judgment and
discretion, and believe he viii act
fairly and justly. | know very little
of DR.. E. A. Hines Of Seneca, who 5
secretary of the State medical associa-
ton. Mr.. J. E. Mcdonald, of Wins
boro. the former solicitor OF the sixth
circuit. is an able lawyer, and in mat
ters where fine questions were recent
" to be decided I have found that he
was fair. Especially was this the case
in an affidavit which he made in the
matter Of transferring the Isenhower
cases from Winnsboro to York. Mr.
A. Foster McKissick Of Greenwood
cotton mill president, was school
mate of mine. His father and my rath
e- were good personal friends.
haven't known much Of Foster in re-
cent years, but tf he takes after the
old colonel, his father, he will not do
anything detrimental to the life OF any
man His association with Marion
Davis on the board, the one being
cotton mill president and the other
cotton mill superintendent, and both
being high in the councils Of the man
ufacturers, and Marion Davis at the
same time being close to the cotton
; mill employees should assure that the
interests of the cotton mill boys Of the
western district will be properly safe
guarded
Taking them all in all. we must
give the authorities in Washington
credit for having named very good
| boards and I am satisfied that the two
trips of our committee to Washington
lad much to do with bringing about
the appointment of this class of men
I am convinced that General Crowder
from his remarks to Us, saw what
might become a very serious and
critical state of affairs in this State
if bitter local partisanship had been
allowed to control in naming the ap
peal boards for the district, as was
the case in the appointment of the lc
cal boards. The little county boards
will have to be more particular no"
than they would have been, because
they have men over them to set aside
any actions of their, which may be IN
fuenced by mean partisanship.
81 have had no opportunity for con
sultation as yet with any Of the mem
bers OF our committee, and the oo-
seryations which I am now making
are personal views. I shall be very
much surprised, having studied care
fully of the personnel Of these two
boo.5, 20 onu man or eat Of men c2l