The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
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threatened them, they are liars. | did
threaten that detective, that he wasn't
to come and put his mouth into my
private affairs. | told Christensen
and Lyon, You investigate as many
questions as you please; I am ready
to 90 before you; you can do anything,
but that man can I. He is not men,
Der Of that committee in South Car
olina. He is Il hired assassin, and the
has got The bulk of the money that
was appropriated to South Carolina
for the investigation. So help me
God, if he had asked one question re-
lativc to my character l would have
killed linn just as dead as / could
have killed anything on earth. meant
every word of ii. said it in public
in the supreme court room to him, in
his face. I am not coming here to deny
it,
Mr.. Evans promised if elected to
look after the best interests of his
people, but to vote to maintain the
State dispensary. Hc was straight
out for the state dispensary, he said.
Mr.. T. J. Harmon
had not had the opportunity Of doing
anything III the general assembly, but
he believed if elected he could do
some things for the benefit Of his
people. The liquor question seemed
TO be most discussed, he said. We
had had nothing but liquor, liquor,
since 1890. lie was in favor Of doing
everything tn put safeguards around
liquor The only way to have prohi-
bition was when The people said they
would stop drinking liquor. There
was more blind tiger liquor sold today
in this county than there was in the
days of the old bar rooms or the dis
pensary. Why? Bee; there was
no one to enforce it, Prohibition had
caused every expires ufice in New
berry county to be bar room. 1t was
making the Southern Express com
pany richer. People were going to
drink liquor, and it was best to let
them have it lawfully. He was in
favor Of Newberry county having
what she wanted. IF the people of
NcwbcTry county wanted lispcnSary
or no dispcnsary he was in favor of it.
And if they had dispcnsary he was
iE fa>nI OF Tie liquor being shipped
from the State dispcnsary. IF there
was rottc:mcss in the State dispcnSary
why didn't the attorney general pros
ccutc. The attorney general said be-
cause there was not enough evidence.
But if there was corruption in the
State dispcnsary how much more cor
ruption would there be in forty-onc
county dispcnsarics?
He discussed the labor question.
The labor contract law as it stood
was no good punishment for il, he
meant. If man hired laborer, he
should not be allowed TO make him
advances until he moved him on his
plantation, and if the contract was
violated the punishment should not
be less than six months, with no al
tentative Of IL fine.
He favored reducing the II hour
system in cotton mills to ten hours.
If elected to the legislature, if he
didn't do any good he would promise
to do no harm. IIc believed in
economical appropriations for higher
institutions, in uphulhin" the common
schools and in doin" all possible for
the old soldiers.
Mr.. F. w. Higgins
could not be present on account Of the
very serious accident he sustained
some days ago. Chairman Dominick
read the following letter from Major
Higgins:
"a serious and painful accident
prevent my being with You today. It
is useless to say that m sorry for
this. I had anticipated great pleasure
in meeting the democracy Of Ncwbcr-
ry county and thanking them for the
royal support that they gave me at
the last election, and Of giving to
them an account Of my stewardship,
and 7 still hope that I may be per-
mitted to do so before the closing Of
the campaign. Only one Of my front
feet is stuck the "tar baby" Ny
right &c still at the service Of my
friends. | shall during campaign take