The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-08-03
THE HERALD AND NEWS.

son the colonel comes last. The can
dldates are taken up alphabetically,
and as nearly as possible the same
amount of space is given to each.
.... A. o. Jones.
| There are three things in the world
that are certain, and probably only
three: that the ROSTERS Growing in
the twilight Of the morning causes the
sun to rise; that high protective
tariff causes prosperity; and that a.
&. Jones caused the passage of the
Brice law, and the voting out of dis
pensaries in Is counties Of South Car
olina. "These are my jewels" he de-
claims with the perspiration sputter-
ing from his face as the strikes the
table with his fist. The jewels are
the Is prohibition counties, which he
hould out in his arms and dramatical-
ly yet tenderly lays at the feet of the
audience. But before he gets to this
part he has made such tremendous
speech about other things and has
worked himself up to such a pitch of
excitment and got himself so hoarse
you can scarcely understand what he
is saying. Yet you can tell he is max
ing a big speech and that he is very
earnest by watching him. He starts
out by saying impressively, "I stood
in 76 with Hampton and Gary and
| (Here insert some local hero Of '76)
to overthrow negro rule in South Car
olina.' There is slight pause to give
opportunity for applause. Then he
! tells Of how he is in favor of immi-
grafton, of State board of arbitra-
ton, of raising the salaries of State
officials, of denying lobbyists the pri-
vilege of the floors Of the legislature; {;
particularly he declaims how that he
stands for education-for State col
leges, denominational colleges and the
common schools. "Let it be the am
bition of every mother in this State
that her boy shall be as good as every
other boy" is one of the sentences
with which he strikes the table and
Jars the PRECIPITATION off Of his face.
This is the way he leads up to Brun-
son and "licker," which seem to be
his two pet abominatious in this cam
paign. Brunson, he says, is no prohi-
bitionist. Here it is he has caused
prohibition in Is counties and Brun-
son has claim down like Jonah under
nd ,rf 1nIr Il
a petition to vote out the dispensary
in his own county Of Sumter. Besides
lie says, there are gambling places in
Sumter and he can 60 and point them
out to Brunson. But he also assails
some Of the other candidates, when he
has time. He says Blease is the most
consistent dispcnsary man in the lot
and tells thepeople if they are in favor
of the dispensary to vote for Blease
But he wound up his speech on at least
one day with this: eff You vote
against me you vote to carry down
every man who stands for the homes
in South Carolina.' And with this he
came near jarrin" two water pitchers
and glasses off the stand, causing
those sitting near the stand to dodge
and The people in the audience to look
in silent wondcrment as he took his
seat.
Jonh J. McMahan.
McMahan says he would not be
running for governor at all but for
the fact that he feels very earnestly
the need Of better educational advan-
tages in the State, especially in the
rural districts. He varies his speech
slightly from day to day, but there
are not evidences that he plans astute-
! ly to catch the particular crowd.
Sometimes he takes up fully half of
his speech on education, leaving only
ten minutes for the discussion Of
"icker,' though at other times he
talks "icker' most of the time, as
the others do. He says the solution
Of all questions, the "licker" ques-
tion included, lies in education, and
he calls attention to the fact that as
superintendent Of education he advo-
Gated the improvement of schools es-
pecially along industrial and agricul-
tural lines, and put into operation
certain forces which now are working
good. He tells the people that not
one jot or one title Of his interest in
those things has abated, but that rath-
er his zeal is increased and he wants
opportunity to do something for
them