When was it published?

November 21, 1911 in The Ocala Evening Star

Domestic News November 21, 1911

The Ocala Evening Star

Q: What keywords are associated?

A M C Russell, State Superintendent, Public Instruction, Free Textbooks, Hernando County, Brooksville Argus, Colored Schools

Ocala, Marion County, Florida

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What is this article about?

A. M. C. Russell, editor of the Southern (Brooksville) Argus, seeks election as state superintendent of public instruction after 18 years in Hernando County. He supports free textbooks through a county system, redistributing used books from white to colored schools, though doubted for Marion and Duval counties.

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A. M. C. Russell, editor of the Southern (Brooksville) Argus, is a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. He has been superintendent of Hernando county for eighteen years. He advocates free text books, county system. We understand that he follows the plan of taking the books given up by the white scholars and turning them over to those in the colored schools. This plan may work very well in Hernando, but we doubt the wisdom of trying it in Marion and we are practically sure it would cause a riot in Duval.

What sub-type of article is it?

Politics Education

What keywords are associated?

A M C Russell State Superintendent Public Instruction Free Textbooks Hernando County Brooksville Argus Colored Schools

What entities or persons were involved?

A. M. C. Russell

Where did it happen?

Hernando County

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Hernando County

Key Persons

A. M. C. Russell

Event Details

A. M. C. Russell, editor of the Southern (Brooksville) Argus, is a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. He has been superintendent of Hernando county for eighteen years. He advocates free text books, county system. We understand that he follows the plan of taking the books given up by the white scholars and turning them over to those in the colored schools. This plan may work very well in Hernando, but we doubt the wisdom of trying it in Marion and we are practically sure it would cause a riot in Duval.