The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04

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Labor contract law in force now would
not hold negro. The best method
he knew OF bolling him was good
buggy whip. He had fought hard for
labor contract law. but il would
not hold because it was in violation
OF the United States constitution.
lie did not believe i, necessary for
the legislature to remain in session
Forty days. Some people went to
the legislature with the idea that their
whole duty was to pile up appropria-
| ti"nS. Appropriations were nccrs-
Sary, but they "u"h, to he held down
s." as not t" be il burden upon the
people.
lie favored selling the State farms,
| and putin" the c"nvirtS in the war;
l"uS counties To work the roads. let
| ting the counties bear the expense
Of their keep.
Mr. Godfrey Harmon,
candidate for the lower house. said
this waS the FIRST time he had ever
been candidate for anything en-
rrpt malrlmony, and he had been
elected I" that. tie had no political
record. but if he should be elected
his record tw" years hence would be
before The people.
lie wanted to abolish thr immiurn-
tl"n bureau. lie waS in favor Of lr1
! ting good citizens come in, but we
dldin want any more SORRY ones
we had enough already. The tax
winch had been put on the people to
brn" IN immigrants could ln no
good. and would ho Iurm
Tie wanted To abolish She Office of
Insurance" commissioner. He ,li,ln I
h1v" hi> life insured. hu, if he want
"' I" insure it, he wouldu want
,:n"r!"hv to tell him what in do.
Ihcy had established the Office of in
%"i'AMrr commissioner at Il cost of Sl.-
POE. when before Illa, the work had
been done by Il man in the complrol-
lcr general : office at cost Of ST.
0O0.
llr was in favor Of education. but
he wanted the money which WAS be-
ing spent for education given to the
common schools. If il boy or Girl was
given Il good common school rduca-
tlon. and then couldn I GET Il college
education without the aid of the
State they didn I deserve il.
He quoted figures Showin" that the
State levy had been increased. not
wlthStandng Il vast increase in the
assessment Of taxable property. ap-
preparations having nearly doubled
in the last eight years. His figures
i'll his attack on bic appropriations
were the same which he cave at the
Williams Store meeting ON last Tues
day. Cut Off and abolish useless Of
llrrS and departments and stop en-
trava%ant appropriations. and faxes
would be lowered then and not be-
fore.
Hc stated his dog plat form. want
IN" every man who had Il dog rcquir-
ed to keep him confined so as to
preserve game, and put fax Of 81 90
on every dog. the tax to be given for
educational purposes.
lie favored good roads. but was
willing to leave il to the people 1n
say what was best in building" roads.
If the people wanted n half mill fax
he was willing to give II to them.
Some people had suggested $l2 or -
days. work. That seemed to him
pretty steep, but it wouldn I hurt the
man who workrd-it would only hurt
the man who didn' want 10 work.
And he was not in favor of exempt
in" lawyer or preacher or anybndy
else.
lie was requested 10 tell about the
Clemson bull. lie drmurrrL at first,
Sayin" he bad the story ON informal
tion. and he could not vu,ch for IT,
truth. Being pressed tu tell il. how
ever, he said he had been informed
that Clemson had fine bull anil paid
i man $75 per month 4. crrr" il.
Nj. F. W. Higgins
candidate for the lower house. spoke
of the responsibility Of ihc Office of
legislator. saying the people should
be careful in selecting their rcprcS-
cntativcS and select one in whom |