The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
Hon. Arthur Kibler

nnl,ncc to the voters of No. 2 town.
ship that [ am unable to get to the
meeting today. regret it very much,
as [ should like to be present."
Mr.. Alan Jornstone
said in lis broad sense, if elected, he
should stand for good government,
good schools, good raods and the vail
dity Of labor and all other contracts,
and he should stand for tho Brice
law. Good government must he meas
urcd by the standard of those who
kept the law, who obeycd the law
whatever it was, and who were for
the moral. intellectual and material
upbuilding Of their community. A
good school law was that which was
conductive to the superintendent and
trustees having control of the schools
while they were in charge for the best
interests of the children. He favored
such road laws as would bring about
the building of good roads at tho
least expense and for the best inter-
cSts of the community. As to labor
contracts it was necessary to havo
some kind of registration somewhere
hat one might know whether another
had hired hand
With that, he passed next to the
Brice law. EIe was not prepared to
say lie WAS familiar with il,
but as he understood it, il stood for
such regulation of the whiskcv traf-
lie as the people by their ballots. un-
der democratic rules, said should con-
troll it. a generation or more ago
we had the sale of whiskcy under tho
old bar room system. 1t proved
disappointment. He did not know
of any whose approval it had Tho
dlspcnSary law was enacted. Should
he say that was a disappointment,
when the people had said by their
ballots that il was disappointment
to them? IF he had the voice of a
trumpet or the tongue Of men or
angels he could not picture the hor-
rors of the liquor traffic.
Were the people going to return
to ask this question. with no disrc-
spcct whatever. lTavin" riddcd the
county of that traffic under The dis
pcnSary law, are you going to do
like the SOW that was washcd-.return
to your wallowin" in the mire? If
they did, they had IL right to do il, and
he should obey the law as he had
done when it was the law in this
county.
Mr.. J"hnstonc said he never
thought he should be a candidate for
office, but he was candidate, and
if the people, by their votes, placed
him in the house Of representatives
he should give to them the best he
was capable Of, being always mind
full Of the fact that he was IL scrvent
Of the people. Should he be able to
accomplish anything for his people,
it should be lis earnest desire.
Mr.. w. H. Sanders
said this was not the first time he
had been candidate for this posi-
tion. TTc was farmer and had no
public record. Tie was in favor Of
higher institutions run OH an cconuMi-
cal plan, of good roads and good GOV.
rrnmcnt. As 10 the dislcnSnry tho
people should have what they wanted,
but he was bitterly opposed to tho
state dispcnsary. lie would rather
not have any dispensary, but If ono
was hal he would rather have it
county dispensary, and the dispenser
placed under strict bond.
Mr.. Jno. M. Taylor
took pleasure in rendering an account
Of his stewardship during the past
two years. He had tried to do his
duty, and every vote he cast was for
the interest of the tax payer Of South
Carolina. He and Mr.. Enrbnrdt vot-
ed almost precisely together on all
bills. Their votes were east in the
interest Of the tax payer. They en-
deavored to save the people every
dollar they could. He spoke Of the
honor in the position.
| He wanted the whiskcy question
decided once for all. The peoppe
were becoming nauscated. Tt was
high time for every citizen to arise
and assert himself and let the matter
be settled. Tie was straight-out
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