Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-26
WOMAN SCHOOL Chief .
Interesting Facts About Miss Kate
W0ffOrd
The FIRST WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT
Goes Back to Her School Work ln1i1'e-
dlately After Vote Is counted-L'ves
In the Country Near Laurens Town.

dlately After Vote Is Counted-Lives
In The Country Near Laurens Town.
On the night of the second primary
election, after being assured OF her
nomination for the Office of county
superintcndent of education, and after
being showercd with congratulations
and best wishes by throngs Of friends
who gathered to get the news OF the
various contests, county and state
Miss Kate Vixon Wofford, the first wo-
man in South Carolina to be chosen
Tor this particular office, gave eSpre"-
SION cf her appreciation and he: Wow
CT the recognition of women In poll
tics in the follwino card:
1T is an overwhelming thinS for
2,971 of my neighbors to so to the
polls on particular day and say in no
uncertain terms: We need you, Kate
Woford, for q particular job dealing
with q particular responsibility-the
education of our children in our coun-
ty schools" Continuing, she said: Il
am deeply grateful for this confidence
and sensitive to the responsibility
which it places upon me. ], therefore,
pledge to you anew. my people of Lau-
rens county, both those who voted for
and against me, that shall never stint
myself of time nor energy in giving
every child in the county its own bcs.
chance.
"Another thing: I shall nevc: forget
with my entrance into q political Of
fee that / shall represent in a peculiar
way all the women who shall run fpr
office in years to come. shall never
forget that, and / promise that my
conduct in this high place Of respon-
sibility shall reflect credit and make
easy the holding Of women's place in
politics. ] shall never forget my duty
to the thousands of county school chill
dren and i shall try to meet their need
gravely and with a sort of solemn
pride"
Takes High School Job.
And shortly after writing this card
Miss Wofford, without taking much if
any rest from the strenuous weeks
work of campaigning and receiving
friends, answeli ing letters and tele-
grams, left that night for her post of
duty as principal Of high school at
Cary, North Carolina. This work IN
the Tar Heel state is somewhat new
to her, but out of it she will get a new
and helpful experience, for it is big
training school for boys and girls %
rural life and into 1t she will put en-
thusiasm and well trained mind. The
school term there is about eight
months, and then she will return home
next May and be ready to take up her
work as head OF the Laurens county
department of education, July 1.
Miss Wofford is the eldest daughter
of John A. Wofford, who lives at Mad
den, four miles south of the city Of
Laurens. Her mother, who was Miss
Clea Cunningham before her marriage
to Mr.. Wofford, Spartanburg man,
was called hence two years ago. She
received her early education in the To-
cal schools, Prospect and the Laurons
city school, driving every day In a
buggy with brother and sister to the
city school, four miles, and the wealth
er was never too bad nor the roads toe
muddy for the little trie, with their eyes
glued to some particular text book
lesson and the old roam picking his
way in his own cautious way, to miss
a single day from school--never miss
ing and rarely ever tardy.
Winthrop Graduate.
Miss Wofford graduated from Win
throp college a few years ago. She
taught school for while. In 1917 she
was appointed to position in the office
of Senator B. r. Tillman. In 1918 she
volunteered for service and served to
the close of the war as q second class
yeoman in the navy offices in Wash
ington. Later she was connected with
Y. w. c. A. work In Atlanta and other
points, and for the past two years she
has been in charge of the commercial
department in the Laurcns city school
She had planned foreign work when
the sudden death Of her mother changed
the program. She returned home, with
a younger sister, and they have been
teaching close home and at the same
time caring for the household and as
sisting the younger children in their
schooling.
The county superintendent of educa-
tion-nominee is thoroughly alive t.
the need as it touches the rural schoo
situation and it is believed by her
friends that she will give impetus and
encouragement to the system that will
lead to steady and sure development
with special reference to longer term.
and syStcmatizcd schedules and pro.
grams.