Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-08-24

~ MA 7 ERS POLITICAL ~
WHERE MIR. HALEY STANDS.
States PoSit ion lie VIII Take on Mat
tors il Elected.

TO the Democratic Voters Of Oco-
nee County: AS Il regular candidate
for the House Of Representatives
from 0cOncc county, ut the ensuing
primary election, and not having at
the campaign meetings just ended
given yoI the positions | will take
on legislation most likely to come
Iup at the next session of the Lcgisla-
ture for settlement, take this
method Of placing before you my
views upon the following questions:
am heartily in favor OF granting
liberal pensions to all homeless Con-
federate soldiers and their widows,
consistent with their needs and the
ability Of the taxpayers to pay.
If | am elected your Representa-
tive, | will use my utmost cndeavor
to enact law that will furnish the
means and will require all mudholes
and gnllies in the public roads to
be filled up; and the small bridges to
he repaired during the months of
February and August Of each year;
that will abolish the Office Of the
two County Commissioners and give
the boys" their salaries in payment
for work done on the public roads.
would favor and work for law
that would allow each township to
elect an Ovcrsccr, whose duty
it would be to sec that all roads
were properly worked as above stat
ed and further to see that all
bridges and culvcrts were kept in
proper repair at all times.
would require that the county
provide home for the Supervisor on
the county poor farm, and that the
Supervisor, when not otherwise en-
gagged, should give the farm his per-
sonal supervision in connection with
the county steward; that ii should
be the especial NnLr OF the Supervi-
sor to look after the chaingang and
to supcrintend all permanent i'm
DrOvements in the county, such as
making relocations and macadamiz-
ing roads. etc. II should be his duty
to overlook and supcrintend the work
OF the various county overscers. and
together with the Clerk Of Court and
Auditor, become the auditing board
OF all claims presented to the county
for payment.
] am in favor Of more liberal sup
port for the public schools, and am
in favor Of adding the study Of ag-
riculture to the course OF all schools
supported by the public funds.
! shall oppose with ali the power
at my command any laws restricting
the qualifications Of any voter, by
requiring the production Of a reg
istration certificate and tax receipt
before allowing white man to vote
in the primary elections Of this State.
For twenty-fOur years | have NOt-
ed the prohibition ticket, and had
the opportunity now, would vote to
make our present prohibition law
more effective. Would vote to make
1T unlawful to sell liquor to per-
son from a prohibition territory. by
dispenser in a dispcnsary county.
Would be glad to SEQ the Carey
Cothran law the law of the whole
State, and will vote to make it such
as soon as asked to by the whitd vot-
ers OF the remaining six counties.
There will be many other uues-
tions OF Statewide Importance that
Will come before the Assembly.
assure you that ] will consider your
Interests and cast my vote upon
them conscicntiously, and with an
eye single to the interests OF my con-
stituency shall be glad to give
an account of my stewardship at any
time during the period Of my encum-
bency, and I'LL treat your inter