The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-06

men will have to be put in charge of
Il great many Of the Offices.
"lt has been charged that tn"
| Prohibitionists arc not in favor of on
forcing tho dispensary law. Such is
not tho fact. SO long rs it remains
a law, a.. law abiding citizcns they
are in favor Of it's enforcement. They
would like to 81. it enforced hy men
all over the State who will make it's
management clean and honest, who
will not use it rs political machine
and to further their own private
ends, but who will manage it in such
Il way IA to sell as little whiskcy az
possible Such state Of affairs |
will earnestly try to bring about in
case am elected"
"What arc your views on tho cd
ucational qnestion?'
II am glad you asked that ques.
tion. While on the stump my time
was 30 limited that | could not dis
cuss this question as l might have
done. TO start with, | am in favor
of building up and improving in
every way possible the common
schools. This must be done before
the colleges can flourish as they
ought Every boy orgirl inSouthCaro
lima ought to be given Isood com,
mon school education. When this is
done, with the high sch' os al |
academies scattered over tho State,
it will be no trouble for the boys and
girls to be prepared for college, and
the result will bo tho building up
and ilourishing of all our colleges
l do not believe that any Of them
ought to be torn down or allowed to
starve and languish for want Of sup
port.
at may be, and doubtless is, true
that there have been many, or at
least some, eXtravagances in the
III managclnent Of our institutions. All
| this can and will be corrected in
time. 1t must ho done. 1t is i'm g.
possible to keep down Extravaganza
in connection with such large in
stitutious az Clemson and Winthrop.
Especially is this true while they arc
in their infancy and before thoy arc
in their infancy and before tiioy be-
come thoroughly organized. But all
Of this will be overcome. would
not say aught against Clemson, but
/ would say wo'd in praise of Win
throp. In my Judgment thore is no
better or grandcr institution in the
South than Winthrop, and | know
whereof L speak, for l have boen
there. We canhot afford to lot the
old South Carolina College langulsl
and sturve. Instead Of this the
Standard onght to be raised, so that
sie will not compete with our do
nominational colleges, aud she ought
to be put upon Il lirmer and better
basis. The same thing ought to b,
done in rofcrence to the Citadel
This old institution has done great
W 'rk for tho State, and she will con
Time to do so in the future if she is
not hamp"rcd by want OF funds.
"One thing would emphasiz,
and then | am through talking
What we want, and what wo mus
have in South Carolina, is economy
il the III .nagomcnt Of all Of on
State affairs Not stingincs, o
penurousness, for economy docs no
mean that, bnt thoro arc extraga
ganco which can and must b.
stopped. What we n.od is th
same amount Of energy and econom,
in tho co"duct of the States affair
that IS exercised by tho ordinar,
man in tho management of his owl
alfairs With such state Of thing
in existence taxes can be lowered t.
n cortain cxtont, reforms, true re
forms, can be instituted and OF
South Carolina will be ono of tn
most prosperous States in tn
Union A. K.
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