The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-19
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
AT LONGSHORE.
TIE CANDIDATES bold FORTH IN
NO, 6 TOWNSHIP.
A Good Meeting Attended by About $50
Voters and Some Ladles-Tsx for Build
ing Good Roads Receives Much
Attention, and That Ques-
tlon and Child Labor
the Main Issues
Discussed.

Offices held forth at this place, in No
6 Township, today. The meeting
though attended by only about 2OC
persons, including about $50 voters
was one of the best so far held
Close attention prevailed throughout
and there was some applause.
Besides the candidates for the leg
islature and for superintendent OF
education, those seeking the Offices
of probate Judge and treasurer, and
two candidates for sub supervi-
sor spoke.
The Legislative candidates devoted
most of their time today to discus
sion Of the questions of taxation for
the purpose of building good roads,
and child labor in the mills.
The candidates for the Legislature
were first on the program and
CAPT. J. NJ. TAYLOR
was first speaker. He said he was
advocating what he advocated two
years ago. First, good roads. His
plan for building them was to have a
reasonable communication tax; then
after that levy one-half, three
quarter or one mill tax on all prop
erty. The result would be that the
country would be developed, ape
the country would be brought in
touch with the town and the town
with the country.
Next in reference to appropriations
to State colleges. They were too
high and we're extravagantly ex-
pended. If a child is given COM
mon school education, if he has any
thing in him, he will get collegiate
training without State help.
MIR Taylor then went into his dis
cussion of the Child Labor Bill, ex-
planning that it did not affect in the
least any people except the mill peo-
pie themselves. There were chill
dren in the Newberry mills today
with bright minds who would be an
honor to any community, but who'
because they had no education, were
not competent ever to rise in their
profession or to meet the duties and
responsibilities of life. The work
could not but dwarf both body and
mind. He made about the same ar
gument as at previous meetings, IA
Yoring Legislation prohibiting chill
dren under twelve years of age from
working in the mills.
COL. E. Il. AULL
went first into a discussion of the
question of taxation, which he thought
of most Importance. There was no
chance at the present time to reduce
taxation, because the appropriations
were already larger than the States
income, giving figures. The only re-
form that we can get just now is
equalization of assessment OF prop
erty for purposes of taxation. The
remedy he proposed was that returns
should be made in each township IN
the presence of the auditor and the
township board of assessors.
Favored a. one-mill levy on all
property for building good roads.
He favored this tax because the men
who had most property should bear
the most of the burden, and in order
to reach the corporations, who would
be benefited as much as individuals
in the country.
He favored the Child Labor Bill
He did not agree with his friend, Mr..
Taylor, that this question affected
only the mill people. 1t affected all
the people of the county who were
interested in the future citizenship
of their State. When he first began
to study the question he did not un
derstand why the mill people asked
for q. law requiring them to
keep their children out of the mill
and at first he opposed legislation
But he had investigated it and he
had learned and knew that if the
mills needed the children the parent;
would either be required to put thell
children in the mill or to give up thell
houses and leave the mill, which