The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-07-31


has not said anything about it here
today. This constitution says mem.
Der OF the general assembly shall not
hold another position under this
State or under the United States gov
ernment "a position of honor or pro.
fit. 1 don't know what it pays, but
l understand that Mr.. Johnstone has
held this position since 1902. 1 have
been told and stated at Mount
Pleasant that the position paid from
$500 to $1,000, and MIR. Johnstonc
has not denied it. That, it occurs to
me, is position Of profit under the
United States government"
Mr. Aull then took up the road bill
which Mr.. Johnstonc said he had de-
vlsed and attempted to pass. Mr..
'Johnstonc's bill had provided that
every road ovcrsccr should receive
one dollar per day for not over twelve
days. There were between five and six
hundred road ovcrsccrs. so that This
item alone would have taken some
i've or six thousand dollars. This
was one Of the reasons Mr.. John
stones road bill was killed.
Mr.. Aull said that he was not or.
posed ;" the !:"!lcr Institutions OF
learning. but he claimed that the
Stalr vas sprndin" more money on
shcm Imam il ought to spend, and
sh"rc N proportion than it was
spending" on The common schools.
Thrr" had been r.-poSition in the
last Legislature" t." appropriate $780,
ooo hr common schools. bni II
was Kicked ont rs if it had no buSi-
ness in the legislature. But whenever
an appropriation Of $3O.OOn. or other
amount waS wanted for one of the
Stat" colleges, il was given.
Mr. Au'l said that Clemson in
come duim" last Year waS about
42l' ,3o', aMi that it hail cost H..
State of South Carolina about *2l3
for every boy who vas educated al
Clemson. N addition to what il had
cost the boy. The South Carolina
university WAS given ;.ruut :SGO. 900
or T'1.NoO for operating expenses and
Winthrop wa. given about $50. 900 or
T?o o.0N0--allu"rtlicr something like
T1o0.ooo for the higher institutions.
winnie tn" State WAS paying about -
per capita for I'll 900 boys and GIRLS.
the great majority nf whom would
ncr"r see the inside Of Il college.
Mr.. Anil said that when i'm appro-
priation for one Of the higher insti-
autl"ns WAS asked, it was urged that
IN" Slate was prosperous, and that
small appropriation would mean lit
II" T." the individual tax payer. Tt
WAS the same when every cxtraordi-
nary appropriation was urged. And
now. in ten years, the appropriations
had been increased from $SlOO0O to
$l.G00,00O.
Nlr. Aull took up the discussion Of
the road question. Mr.. Anil said that
his record would show that he had
ever been IN advocate of good roads,
and he wanted to see good roads in
every section ct Ncwbcrry county,
because he believed it The best mater
ial investment the county could make.
Thc only way to get good roads, he
said. was to pay for them. and the
only way 10 pay for them was to levy
tax for that purpose. But step
could be made in the direction Of Sc
rnrln" GOOD roads by putting the
cham can" on permanent work. Mr..
Anil said he had secured information
from the supervisor that the chain
Gan@ WAS casting the county about
$1,000 per vcar-ahnut ciftv-fivc
cents n"r day for each convict. The
cham "'n" had been spreading ont its
work :" thin that the people didn't
know where their bread was huttcrcd
:" Tar rs permanent work of the
chain "Hn" on the roads was concern
cI. Thc representatives in thr last
'""i>l"lnrr had undertaken to pnt the
cham can" on permanent work, and
the r'an which WAS adopted was
agreed upon by Mcssrs. JohnStonc
and Wvrhr and himself. They
wanted the permanent work to start
somewhere. The roads which had
been selected were selected because
there was material along them. and
because they ran through sections
thlckly populated with white people.
and because the roads would be Of