The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-08-23
2JUu1TTITT
COUNTY CAMPAIGN.


Friday in Easley and promised
from the start to be lively and cn-
tcrtaining, such has been the case
and THE JOURNAL regrets that ii
cannot give the speech of each can
ddrtc Il verbatim report. AS there
arc no special issues in this cam
paign except among the candidates
for the house Of representatives.
THE JOURNAL will give only a sy-
nopsis of their speeches:
j. MONROE KING.
lie was 0ratOrical and tlOwery,
and would have made a good inn
preston at !" Sunday school cclc.
hlation, but the crowd was com
posed of practical business men,
disposed to listen to reason rather
than sentiment.
believe, he said, that education
should be first and foremost, but
Pckcns is not getting its Just pro
portion Of the school funds. lie
paid his respects in no uncquivo-
cable terms TO the Citadel Academy
and said the common schools were
getting the tlrcys from the dram
drinking shop. He said there was
no Justice in the distribution of
public school fund, and other pco-
pies money was Squandcrcd for
higher education and that PickcnS
was not getting its share Of such
funds.
On the road question the right
thing was work. He was in favor
OF the one mill tax nor in favor of
putting men who had served their
time back upon The roads. Don't
want any money to pay commuta
tion tax. County chain gang fines
and lortcitures will not pay ou'
the working Of roads. The dispcn
s;ry law is the hlackcSt spot in on
history.
y. II. MILLER.
The road law before wont tC
the legislature was $3.50 commu.
tatlon tax or four days work, while
| was 4 member it was changed to
$500 or SIX days. Tho result cf
last election WAS tor 90 or three
days. II You favor the pre- sent
law, then return Mr.. Mauldin and
Mr.. Robinson. My theory on the
road question is that the tax should
lie specified as to whore it should
80. / believe in taxing property
10 the extont Of permanent i'm.
vements, such rs terra Gotta,
rosd tools, machines, mules and
such like. It will tuke one mill
The first year.
Eliminate tho communication tux
,ntiry|y rnd ] cnmn to that conclu.
SION i,oN figures carefully ctudir,l
and another rra a'On L., | am Il poor
hlan myself, have done everything
rr1urcd OF farm hand. Take
the men who have not paid tho
com rutation tax and they must
work by the side Of Il negro, while
they are allowed only 33d cents
day for Their work and tho over.
seer gets 81 90 o day. l am not in
favor OF three days or ST. 90 com.
mutation tax. 1t will tako moro
days to work the roads IN tho
mountains than on the Anderson
line. My plan places the respon-
slbillty on the individual to work
or hire a substitute. The present
Jaw contuses the whole thing, mako
every man work Of get a substitute.
am not IN favor Of over six DAYS
on the roads, but think tho roads
Should DO worked two or threo DAYS
bat not over six days. Robinson
and Lahan Mauldn stick to the old
law, but the poor man gets but
little benefit under it, as tho hours
"i work IN a day has been increased.
The number OF hours has bcon in
creased two hours in each dav and
Tor thlec days 1t is Increased six
hours, nearly an additional day of
work on tn" public roads. Let the
road hands have the choice tC
work or put in Substitute.
warn the poor man that the at
tempt to tax property will rcac
and the property owners will re
taliatc.
On the dispcnsarv | am where
always stood and believe IN lottin
the institution stand until the pee
pie say 10y their votes that it sha
go. I tried to get an act for TIL
people to voto On tho question ft
Pickens county and will contin,
my fight TO that effect.
I. NJ. MAULDIN.
It is a wiso plan to require ca
didates to declare their positlo
hut they should also give the
reasons. fer any fool can take p
sition. People OF this county a
enthused and aroused On the roa
aatisf:
ot rcad
and vi
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