The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-07
The Lie Was Passed at
Meeting ON Wednesday.

compliments TO ladies'. lie wanted the
State to pay the salaries of the com
missioners. The three commissioners
should be elected ut one time. The
board should be composed of ono
man instead Of three. Shippers
should have some right Of applca-
ton direct to the courts and without
any expense, if possible. Collections
for ice should be made at the delivery
end, instead of the shipping end.
Dcmurrage should be charged at both
ends SO that the roads would be
made to pay for holding freight be-
fore shipping. The person 70 whom
freight was shipped was made to pay
dcmurrage if he did not take ont the
freight on its arrival, and it was a
poor rule that did not work both
ways, Rates were 33 f-3 per cent.
higher in South Carolina now than
in Virginia and North Carolina.
MIR. B. L. Caughman,
OF Saluda. candidate for reelection 70
the office Of railroad commissioner,
referred to his record in the Office.
saying he had done his duty fearless
~, ronscicntiouSly and honestly. lie
referred to Il circular which had been
ISSUED in regard To il decision of the
commission rs TO Il depot al IIarpcr's.
on the Georgetown and Western road
(which circular he sad was bc,nz
used by one of thc randidatcs-.s
"n" ct the foulcst circulars ever per-
p"tratrd in Il campaign and as an
INFAMOUS falSrhnod. and he said he
had the records with him to prove
his assertion. He defended the COM
mission and the rates in force in
South Carolina as compared with 9th
rr States, citing the figures. 1t had
even been stated, ne said by
SOME people in this campaign that Il
fa'nwrll man WAS responsible for
the slim Crow' car law, but there
were men in this house who had sal
by him for two years when he WAS
making The fight, and when he won
by only one vote. His reference to
'thr Jim Crow' car law was re-
rrlvrd with cheers. lie promised if
elected to be as true to the people
IN the future as had been in the past
Mr.. F. G. Fishburne,
OF Charleston, candidate for railroad
commissioner. gave the record Of his
life. The best part Of his life had
ocrn spent in collcton, but for the
past sixteen years he had lived in
Charleston. and was not ashamed of
1t. His friend, Maj. Richardson, he
said. really lived in Columbia, but
claimed TO hail from Barnwcll. He
SAID ne. too, was n Confederate
soldier, and in '7G he was one of the
leaders in Colleton, and the people Of
t"ilcton never allowed chamberlain
|" come into their county, But what
had these things to do with the Of
i'rrI Tie said he had helped rebuild
the AArlrSi"n and Savannah rail
road and had worked on the Port
Royal and Augusta railroad. lie be-
llrvrd ne was competent to fill the
"lflrr and he invited the StrictcSt in
rrStigati"n. lie didn't 60 around
with bottle of whiSkey in his pock-
ct or IN his valisc. lie took up the
matter of the circular to which Mr..
Fan"lman had referred. II was NOT y
rlrr"lar. h" said. bu, il letter SIGNED
by the people of the community af-
lrrlrd. Tha! letter. he said. was read
by Mr.. SummcrSctt at Aiken and wos
read AGAIN at Georgetown, among the
people affected. and il WAS never de-
med until Il few days ago. IT was
read again ut KinyStrcc, he said, and
ut both kin"sIrcc and GEORGETOWN,
the people were there TO face Mr..
tauYlman, and fc had not denied il.
Now Mr.. Eamghman spoke of it as
Il rIrrnlar. but il was letter signed
by thoS" people at Harper. "I
charged him. said Mr.. FiShburnc,
'that If he didn't deny il in the
presence Of those gentlemen at two
meetings that then he must be Gull
~ OF the charge made against him.
Now he comes up here when he gets
away from Georgetown, and he de-
mes it. My friends, why didn't he
read the circular? lie stands here
with the backs Of kilograms and let
tcrs. some Of which he read in Co.
lumbla yesterday, and there ism t one
iota of proof in there that that lei