The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-08-12
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN.
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nor - levy the tax, ii he did not think
the law was being enforced
Mr.. Kibler: Mr. Bleasc knows that
the governor has absolute control OF
the dispenSary at present and the
power 10 send the constabulary in
and ort OF a county.
Mr.. BleaSe said this was true but
ne would never consent for the gov
ernor 20 levy a taN on him. II the
governor had this power there would
be more candidates for governor than
for the state board OF control.
Legislative Candidates.
Mr.. A J. Gibson was the first of
the legislative candidates to speak. He
thought the most important question
before the people was that Of finance,
and the affairs Of state ought to be
run as the affairs of a prudent bus
;ness man. Favored reducing appro-
priations to state colleges as much as
possible without crippling any of
these institutions. He discussed the
matter of good roads, favoring $500
communication tax and six day work on
the roads.
AS to the Brice Bill, he was in favor
of letting the majority Of the white
people of a county say whether they
wanted dispensary or not. This was
what he considered good democracy.
Mr.. F. w. Higgins, after studying
the Brice Bill closely, looked upon it
as Trjan horse, not loaded with
dynamite, but loaded with men who
when they get inside the citadel of
our commonwealth, will destroy it.
1t seemed to him a fight between
,dispensary and blind tigerism. He
opposed the Brice Bill, because he
considered it an attack on the dispen-
sary law. He said the state colleges
were getting so extravagant they did
not know what to do with the money
they had left over at the end of the
session. The time had come when
this kind of thing ought to be put
stop to. But while if sent TO the leg
:islature he would vote to curtail ex-
penses in every possible direction, he
would never vote to cut down one
cent of the amount which is being
: given the old Confederate soldier.
Mr.. J. NJ. Taylor claimed to be the
first man who had ever gone before
the people of the county favoring
good roads byt axation, and he held
> the same position still He was proud
" that the legislature had sustained his
position on the child labor question.
The state was in a deplorable financial
,condition, and about the only thing
that could be expected from the next
LEGISLATURE was reform. He was not
opposed to state colleges, but these
institutions should learn to economize
and it should be done in the way of
appropriations by the next legislature.
He discussed good roads and their
value at some length. AS to state
colleges, they would take care of
themselves. Just let the state rock
her citizenship in the cradle OF ease
by giving them a college education
without any effort on their part, and
the state will soon have citizenship
that is not worth the snap of a finger.
As to the dispensary question, he
supposed it had been circulated that
he was a drunkard, he knew that
some one who wore pants but was
nothing but an animal. was circulat-
ing vile reports against one, J. NJ.
Taylor, who was a gentleman. r.,
dehed any man to say chat he eve.
saw him touch drop. If it
came to fair and square vote. there
were hundreds of members of the
church. who sat in the amen corners,
who ought to vote for prohibition
who would not do so. Whyoo They
loved it. Let it alone. That was his
position. AS to this town queS on,
let any county whose white people
say by a two-thirds vote good ma