The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-25
BACHMAN CHAPEL LETTER.
Purity in t5liticS the Need OF the Times.
County Executive Committee Other
Matters.

treating with intoxicating liquors
within mile OF any voting precinct
cn election days: 1t runs in my
mind that there was measure Of
TINS kind on foot and that it became
a law. This is good law. but it
does not reach far enough. 1t
cuohr to read that any candidate
who is asking the suffrage Of the
people. found treating with intoNl-
eating liquors or even lending
money to anyone knowingly for this
purpose shall be guilty OF a n1lsde-
nieanor, and on conviction be fined
not less than S1oo nor less than
ninety days on the chain gang. My
friends. beware OF those who are
irving to influence votes with
liquor. We've got to be more con-
Seryative at the ballot box If we
want our country to prosper. Don't
vote for a man Just because he's a
good fellow or YOU have special
liking for him. The time must
come when nen must go INTO
office on their merits and not be-
cause. they can do more hand-slak-
ing. tell more big yarns and laugh
more all over their faces than some
other good men. Let's put good
men into office and there will be no
need OF investigation.
What do YOU think of the OBJ
servers suggestion to reduce the
county executive committee to one
member to each township? What's
the objection to one member from
each club: We have forty-tlve
clubs and it seems to me that the
committee would be more OF a rep
resentative body with forty-hve
members than it would with only
eleven. II this tribunal were cost
ing the county anything | would
say that it were best to cut down
its membership. Let's never make
a reduction in the number OF our
officers who are willing to serve
for nothing.
I believe that the magistrates and
sub commissioners ought to be
taken out of the primary. 1t IS a
hardship for men who only get a
salary of from SIS to SIS to be |
made to go to the expense OF can
vasS;ng their townships and county
at a cost OF fully half the amount OF
salary they expect to receive. Let
the governor appoint upon recon-
mendation Of the county delega-
tion. This is the way they were
chosen before they were put into
the primary and I think we had as
good officers then as we have now.
In what l said about the chain
gang investigation I meant no re-
hection whatever upon Referee
Dorninick. He was appointed BY
the court only to take testimony in
the matter. This is as far as his
jurisdiction extends. He has per-
formed his duty as we'll as any man
could have done. F. H. Dominick
made US a mighty good representa-
tive in the legislature and can be
depended upon to stand BY what he
conceives to be right.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. B. kibler
and little daughter Eva, of New
berry. spent last Sunday with Mrs.
KiblerS parents. near Bachman
Chapel.
Miss Olive Feagle. our teacher
at Union. was sick the first OF the
week, but only missed two days
from her school. The enrolment
went up to 49, this winter, the high
est point it has ever reached.
For the past week or ten days
there has been a general rush IN
blowing. The land is being better
prepared than | have ever known
for a number of years.
Mr.. Gus Wilson, who has been
in Johnson. Tenn, for the past
wear, is now at home. He has the
contract for repairing Mr.. NJ. L.
Strauss Taylor house.
Thursday, the 51st, is Green