The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-07
EDITORIAL CONREsPONDENCE.

live city this week. There are moro
people here than ever known hcforc
this early in Fair week. the hotels are
already pretty we'll filled. If this bcaut
full wcatt er continues the city will be
put to the test to take care Of the pcO-
pie who will come to town during the
week. But they will be cared for and
as the crowd is one Of the attractions CT
the Fair, the prospects of II large crowd
hould not keep any one from coming.
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Fair week is not only IL gathering Of
the people to sec one another and to
enjoy themselves socially, but the poll
ticians meet and talk over the situa-
ton and lay plans and devise schemes
aud form combinations. Especially is
this true Of the r'air just preceding an
clcctio on year. And this you know is
that Fair. The prospective candidates
can feel the public pulse 10y consulting
the leaders from the different parts OF
the State who will Ec here. | do not
believe combinations will be as easily
made this year as they have been for
mcrly, and if they should be made, it
will not br rs easy TO carry them lon
successful termination. No man car
rics the votes of the prouIc around in
his vest pockct, It. no doubt has been
done to Il very large extent. The pco-
pie have been gradually coming to the
front where they do their own think
ing ana will express that thinking hy
casting their ballots for the man Of
their choice regardless OF the little
schemes of the politicians. IL is NOT as
easy to make coml nations under the
primary system as it was when all on-
GERS were nomi ted bv convention.
However, no harm. can come out Of the
politicians LAYING their plans and divid- |
ing out the Offices.
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sec from the papers that Mr.. a. G. |
Jones, chairman Of the Prohibition |
party last year, has called Il meeting or |
conference of the Prohibition leaders /
to be held here on Thursday. | sup |
pose that some Of the prohibitionists |
think that the dispcnsary mudalc has |
given hone to the prohi!ltiOnists to |
rally. believe the prohihitionists
made the best lirht last year that they
will be able to make in a rood many
wears to come. Mr., Fcathcrstone mudc
II good ight-u manly tirht-and he re-
uliZcs that he would be unable to do rs
we'll again very soon.
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Spcakinn of Tho dispcnsary now.
Judge Aldrich has not vet fled his de-
cision in the Douthit case. OF course
no one has any intimation as TO what
his decision will be. think it would
havo been better If the Board had
given Mr.. Douthit an opportunity to be
heard. 1t could have done no harm,
and then he would have lad no grounds
of complaint. The whole row could
have been avoided. 1t will, however,
no doubt result in the Legislature
causing u thorough and searching in
vcstigation to be made in the manage
ment Of the institution. It shonld be
done at the beginning Of the session
and report be made before the Lcgisla-
tur0 al lOurnS.
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sec that some of the papers are
starting the annual talk about high
taxes. We would all like to see lowtaxcs
especially about the time we have tc
pay our tribute to the support of tho
government. But we can't have low
taxes when we increase the public cX
pcnscs. 1t must be remembered that
tho Constitutional Convention of 1897
added one mill to the public school tax
Then when you build State college:
you may expect to pay for thoir main
tenance. The people demanded these
things, and now that they have then
they should not object to paying To-
them, 1t takes money to run them