The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
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Fraser Lyon and Christensen say l
threatened them, they are liars. / did
threaten that detective, that he WASH It
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 go before you; you can do anything,
but that man can't. He is not men,
Der of that committee in South Car
olina. He is Il hired assassin, and the
has pot 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 lfim just as dead as / could
have killed anything on earth. meant
every word Of it. | said it in public
in the supreme court room to him, in
his face. 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 dispcnsary. He was straight
out for the state dispcnsary, he said.
Mr.. T. J. Harmon
had not la! the opportunity of doing
anything III the general assembly, but
he believed il 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. He was in favor Of doing
everything T." 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
da.|S of the old bar rooms or the dis
pensary. Why? Bec;:.I there was
no one to enforce il. rnhihition had
caused every expires "'ficc in New
berry county to be bar room. 1t was
making the Southern Express com
pany richer. People were going tc
drink liquor, and it was best to let
them have it lawfully He was in
favor Of Ncwberry county having
what she wanted. IF the people of
Ncwbcrry county wanted ,lispcnsary
or 10 dispcnsary he was in favor Of it.
and if they had II dispcnsary he was
IL favor Of Tic liquor being shipped
from the State dispcnsary. IF there
was r"ttcnncss in the State dispcnsary
why didn't thc attorney general pros
ecutc. 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 us il stood
was no good punishment for il, he
meant. If man hired laborcr, he
should not be allowed TO make him
advances until he moved him oh his
plantation, and if the contract was
violated the punishment should NOT
be less than six months, with no al,
tcrnativc Of II fine.
He favored reducing the II hou,
system in cotton mills TO ten hours
If elected to the legislature, if he
didn' do any good he would promise
to do no harm. He believed IN
economical appropriations for higher
institutions, in uph"ldim@ fine common
schools and in doin" all possible fol
the old soldiers.
Mr.. F. w. Higgins
could not be present on account Of the
very serious accident he sustained
some days ago. Chairman Dominicl
read the following letter from Major
Higgins:
"A serious and painful accident
prevent my being with you today. II
is useless to say that IN sorry fol
this. had anticipated great pleasure
in meeting the democracy of Newbcr.
ry county and thanking them for the
royal support that they gave me al
the last election, and Of giving tc
them al 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" NJ,
right &c still at the service of my
friends. | shall during campaign take
| every OnDortnnitv Of nnn0uncinm No,