The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-14
THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN
MEETING AT JALAPA
MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED
IN ATTENDANCE.
Speeches Heard With Close Atten-
toin-Good Barbecue Dinner and
Pleasant Day Throughout.

The county campaign meeting at
Jalapa on Tuesday was attended by
more than three hundred people, in
Guiding Il good many ladies. Good or
der prevailed and the day passed
pleasantly.
The meeting was held in the grove
behind the residence of Mr.. w. G..
Sligh. The day was hot, but the fol-
iage in the grove is dense and pro-
tected the people from much of the
heat. A fine spring furnished cool
water.
An excellent barbecue dinner was
furnished by MessrS. w. c. and A.
G.. Sigh. It WAS well cooked, and
the attention was good. and the dim
ner was enjoyed by every one who
partooll Of it.
In the absence Of County Chair
man Dominick. Mr.. Eugene S. Blcase
presided over the meeting. All the
candidates who are on the regular
program Of specch-making were pres
cnt. The candidates for congress.
Messrs. Wyatt Aiken and Julius f..
Boggs, were also in attendance. and
made addresses after the conclusion
Of the regular program.
The senatorial candidates were
first introduced. and their speeches
were, in the main, about the same as
,,I,
out the campaign. Mr.. Il. H. Aull,
the first speaker, referred briefly to
the constitutional question which he
had raised as to Mr.. Alan John
stone, taking the position that Mr..
Johnstone's position as member of
the board of trustees Of Clemson,
and chairman of the board, disquali-
fled him. under the Constitution, to
hold Il seat in the general assembly,
and referring also to Mr.. JohnStonc's $
other position-thai Of government
cotton statiStician for Ncwbcrry
county. which Mr.. Aull urged would
also diSqualify Mr.. JohnStmc rs Il
member Of the general assembly. Mr..
Aull's arguments on these questions
have been fully reported in his adj
dresses at previous meetings during
this campaign.
Mr.. Aull took mp an editorial in
the Ncwberrv Observer (which cdi
tural is published elsewhere in this
iSsu"), saying that the only cnnStrur-
ton which could be placed on the
posed sending any man back to the
general assembly who opposed high
appropriations. "Two years ago.
said Mr.. Aull. "this same newspaper
talked about big appropriations to
State institutions, and if I had his
files [ could show you where he has
taken the position that the privilege
tax ought to be put into the State
treasury, and we could not only sup
port Clemson, but all the State insti-
tutions, with it. You haven't seen
a line in that newspaper this year in
favor Of transferring that privilege
tax into the State treasury. Why
And You haven't seen word about
reducing these big appropriations.
The Observer says that the candidate
'ou9ht to be able to show, in the
first place. from the journals or 9TH
CT sources. that he made some very
positive efforts to prevent the high
appropriations, and also why he
failcl.' | have shown that on this
stump. | have shown that these big
appropriations--cXt extraordinary appro-
priatioi,s--wcrc put into that appro-
piration bill in the ways and means
committee room, most Of them by a
vote Of five to six, and my opponent
in this race was on the six side of
the vote. The fight was made in the
committee room because the custom
has been for number Of ycars-I
don t know why--to let the uppro-
priation bill, as il comes from the
ways and means committee, 60
through the house without many
changes.
Mr.. Aull called attention especial
ly to one extraordinary appropriation
of $35 900 for The South Carolina uni
versity, and he asked Mr.. Johnstone