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

aslllngton at his own expense and
had made an argument before the
committees Of congress urging them
TO pass the national pure food law
Which had been passed. DR.. Wyche
said his pure food law and the ma
honal pure food law were in the line
OF protection-protccting the health
Of the people. He wanted TO see the
Office Of state health officer. or State
bartcri"lo9ist established. He was
III the speakers chair when the bill
to create this office was up before the
last house. and he sent for the speak
er to take his chair, and he went
down on the floor to explain the mcr-
It's Of the bill. He explained in de-
tail the advantages and the protcc-
ton I" the people Of such an Office.
AMI one OF the reasons he wanted to
90 back to the legislature was to as
slst III crcatin" such an Office.
He Favored education. He had
voted for the dormitory for Win
! throp, because the Girls were being
turned away From Winthrop'S doors.
Thc State had not yet done its full
'Hty by these higher institutions of
learning. lie had voted against the
T'o'ooo appropriation for high
schools, because he did not believe
they would accomplish the result
which had been contcndcd they would
accomplish. The appropriation had
been given, and what was the result q?
Nearly all the high schools which had
been established were in the towns
and cities.
ENcrvthin" he had advocated be
had advocated because he believed i,
would be protection to ihc people.
lie WAS Il friend Of the common
S"h""lS. and had done everything he
t"nld 10 SuStni'. and foster and i,u;i.;
them up.
Mr.. j. S. Dominick,
candidate for the lower house. came
before The people without any public
record. having never before offered
himself for any Office. lie was not
asking the people to vote for him be-
cause he was Il farmer, but us citiZ-
Ell who had Il right to ask The people
for 'lcir suffrage
II looked hard that the children in
he common Schools-03 per cent of
he chillrcl,-should receive only
three dollars per capita for their
education. while those in The colleges
only seven per ccnt.--rcccivcd
over 5000 per capita.
lie was in favor Of giving the com
mon schools more money making the
districts larger and decreasing the
number of districts. and building bet
ter school houses and improving them
IN every way possible.
lie favored good roads. and Il small
tax. il necessary. for building the
roads. but he wanted to make every
citizen do his full duty on the roads.
The State now had too many laws.
\" law could be enforced unless it
had public sentiment behind it.
lie wanted to sec every man con-
victcd of crime in court made TO-
serve his sentence. and not given The
alternative Of fine.
He wanted the State farms sold,
and the convictS leased to the coun-
ties to build roads. and LET the State
stop raisin" cotton in competition
with the farmers.
There were two ways 10 reduce
taxes. One was to stop apprnpria-
tions-which he did not believe the
people were willing to do, because
This was one Of the erandcSt States
in the union. Another wav was to
issue bonds 10 harness the vast water
power Of the State.
lie was in favor Of cStabliShin"
hi4h schools for the children in the
rural diStriclS--a high school: say. in
every Two or three districts. 50 that
they would be accessible to The coun-
try children.
Mr.. H. H. Evans
candidate for the lower house, want
ed to show some of the ills that had
befallcn the farmer The State to-
day owed six million dollars, and was
paying interest on this debt.
He favored supporting the higher
institutions of learning, but the ap-
preparations for this purpose had be-
come entirely too cXtrava@ant. He |