The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-07-29

of learning should b, fostered, he
also favored the fostering Of the free
school system. He favor ed the idea
of applying the fertilizer tax to the
establishment of ia ctory IN the
penitentiary for the manufacture OF
fertilizers, from which farmers could
purchase their fertilizers at actual
cost of manufacture. He was Of the
opinion that the dispensary system
of controlling the sale of liquors was
a great step toward prohibition and
discussed this proposition at some
length. He advocated the election
OF young men to Office, and illustrated
by saying that if you wanted to buy
a horse to do farm work you would
not pick out an "old plug" but
young horse; if you went in bank
young man would serve you, and if
you went into store young man
came to wait on you and why not let
a young man serve your in the Legls-
lature.
Col. D. T. Barr, "the old wheel
horse Of Democracy" showed in
many ways the reason why the old
horses would better represent the
people, they having ,iper and more
mature judgments and not warped
By the prejudices of youth. He op-
posed the free bridge and favored
the proposition to apply the phos-
phate tax and the profits of the dis
pensary to the free school fund to ed
ucate the masses. He favored the
enactment of law compelling per.
sons convicted CT theft. etc, to
be held responsible for the amount
stolen and the cost OF conviction, the
amount to be recovered by the State
by hiring out the convict. He said
he was among people who knew him
all his life and if they saw fit to send
him to the Legislature they may rest
assured that he would work in the
interest of all the people.
Mr.. W. H. Sharpe, candidate for
the House, was next introduced. He
is an eloquent and fluent speaker
and kept his audience in good humor
from the beginning to the end of bis
speech by his anecdotes and witt
cisms. He said that there we no
new issues; they had been discussed
so often that they had become thread
bare. He favored higher education
and also the common schools. He
promised that if elected to the Leg
islature to serve all the people to the
best of his ability.
Hon. J. Walter Mitchell, candidate
for the Senate reviewed his record as
a member of the House and claimed
that he had saved the tax payers OF
the county big money by the reduc-
ton of the salaries of county officers;
that he was instrumentalin defeating
the bill to suspend the operation Of
the free public schools, and fought
the free bridge scheme. If elected
he would serve the people as faith
fully in the future as he had in the
past.
DR.. J. VIM. Stokes, candidate for
Congress, who had just arrived on the
2 o'clock train, was the next speaker.
He gave an account OF his steward
ship, and said that by hard work OF
himself and others he had succeeded d
in having the seat declared vacant,
as he thought it better for the people
not to be represented at all than to
be misrepresented, which would have
been the case had johnson been
seated. He said that four or six
years ago, when he stumped the
State in the interest of silver, he
was put down as crank, but as it
has become popular there were many
new converts, but he welcomed all
who would Join the silver ranks.