The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-08-15
COUNTY CAMPAIGN
At PROSPERITY.
REOPENED ON TUESDAY AFTER
THREE WEEKS INTERMISSION.
The Most Largely Attended Meeting of the
Campaign and the Only One at Which
There Has Been Applause - Child
Labor Main Question Discussed,
Only Two Candidates Favoring
Legislation on the Subject.

Prosperity, Newberry County,
August 12.-After an intermission OF
three weeks, the county campaign
reopened today. The meeting v as
held in Young's Grove, about mile
from this place, and an audience OF
about 500, including q number OF
ladies, greeted the speakers.
All the speeches were listened to
with close attention, and for the first
time during the canvas there was
applause, MIR. Aull being interrupted
by cheers and closing with some ap'
plause, as did also Messrs. Taylor
and Banks.
ALI three of the candidates for
superintendent of education 'ere
cheered.
The principal issue discussed on
which there was division was child
labor. All of she candidates, with
the exception of Messrs. Taylor and
Aull, opposed any legislation in this
matter.
County Chairman John G. Cog
gans was present and presided.
The candidates for the Office of
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION
spoke first today.
Mr.. j. S. Wheeler in his candi-
daey had two hopes-frst, to be able
5 to win, because it was an honorable
position he sought; second, having
won, to be of benefit to the schools
of NewberrY County and to the cause
Of education. Thought it the duty
of man in this position to visit
every school at least once a year,
and more if necessary, and if elected
would spend the most of his time in
visiting the schools. Every teacher
could not attend the State summer
school and the county superinten
dent should attend in order to give
his schools the benefit of new meth
dds there taught. This was his home
and he did not think it necessary to
say more.
Messrs. Werts and Wicker not
having arrived, the candidates for
the legislature were next intro
duced.
MAJ. F. ". HIGGINS
wanted to represent these people in
the lower house. He wanted to 60
TO Columbia not as a man who be-
lieved himself capable of revolution
izing anything, but as one who be-
lieved himself capable OF watching
over and guarding the interests OF
his people.
1t appeared that there was a trl-
bunal IN Columbia which was trying
to supersede the people of Newberry
County as judge of the fitness and
the Democracy of the men who were
before them asking their suffrage.
That self. constituted tribunal was
known as The State. If be were IN
favor of the passage of the child
labor bill he would organize com
mittee and go to Columbia and ask
and beg and beseech that paper to
oppose it, because it had hardly ever
opposed q bill that was not now on
the statute books of South Carolina,
or a man for Office who had not been
elected.
He opposed the child labor bill
now pending because away back IN
the dim and, misty past it had been
dscreed that the parent should rule
his child. No one has the right to
step between father and his child.
Favored putting ten year prison
ers on permanent chsingangs fol
building good roads, and II tins
should not be sufficient, get the bal
ance from the commutation tax. The
time was coming when q tax Woulc
have to be levied, but the people
were at present too poor.
Cases against railroads and sucf
like should be tried in the counties
in which the cause for the actor
occurs.
Again attacked extravaganza II
appropriations to State colleges com
pairing the amounts required with
that used by Newberry College.
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