The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-05

is bling pushed by certain newspa-
Ders and he opposes it.
Against Restriction.
He argued against the proposition
to be brought up in the next legis-
lature to require registration certifl-
cates in primary elections. He de-
clared that the rights of the voters
are abridge enough now. He spoke
of the vote for governor two years
ago. He carried Newberry, Laurens,
Saluda and that part of Lexington
contiguous. He did not use the word
free niger" in his speech today.
John T. Duncan was the next
speaker. He received great applause
when he declared that he would be
elected governor on the first ballot.
Mr.. Featherstone found a number
of friends in Camden. He and Maj.
Richards, who have been trying to
read each other out of the prohibition
ranks, seemed to have agreed to let
auarreling alone, for no references
of that kind were made.
Used His Jokes.
Mr.. Featherstone got off four of
his fine jokes we'll and had the crowd
enjoying them. The application Of
his Jokes is always apropos and fixes
point in the minds of the hearers.
Mr.. Featherstone struck a keynote
with these speople when he declared
for an educated citizenshipsand for
law and order He declared in favor
of good roads, good schools, biennial
sessions of the legislature and elect
ing State and county officers every
four years.
Mr.. Hyatt spoke very earnestly to-
day. He comes into. the race not as
a politician but as a business man.
aer things are as important to be
discussed as prohibition, but some Of
these fellows wouldn't know what to
talk about and couldn't run for gov
ernor if it wasn't for prohibition.
"No Patches"
'I am the only man in the race
who has no .windshakes and patches
in prohibition PLATFORM he said.
II never supported the State dispen-
sary; I never supported local option.
I learned prohibition at my mothers
knee and have practiced it all my
life. Twenty years ago I put my
hand in my pocket to assist Capt. L..
D. Childs into his fight for prohibi-
ton"
Then getting down to other mat
tiers, Mr.. Hyatt asked: when cotton
dropped to s cents a pound a few
years ago and this country was
threatened with the greatest panic in
all her history, who gave his time
and money to the effort to organize
to stem the tide Was 1T soma of these
fellows running for office? Nay ver-
lily. Why they called Hyatt and E.
D. Smith cranks when We went to
New Orleans and assisted in forming
the association which has. helped the
farmers"
A Grateful Voter.
He told of man who came up to
him in Sumter and told him that he
had sold his cotton for Is cents and
had put money in the bank after get
ting rid of his debts. "And he said
to me, Hyatt, lam going to vote for
you for 1 know your work in this
fight has helped me ard my family. +"
As to finances, the State is now ac-
tual.y mortgaging it's income year
in advance to run the government. He
thinks this is wrong. Something
should be done to check the extrava-
gance. He thinks that an admins
tratiol can te cJn2ucted to put the
Stata on a bus mess basis, and he
wor;l like to ~ it. =:
F .teel years cgo, when as a coun-
ty commissioner in Riclland he Lad
sta ,e: h : ln) )iement Tor good roads,
be was cll,ed q crank. Efforts were
ma e to iElpe ca him and the legis-
lat;ve delegation passed a special act
with that enc in view. He went to
Gov. Elle1be and explained the
whole situation. The governor agreed
thai Hyatt was right and the bill was
vetoed.
From Small Ac0rns.
And from that beginning Richland
has worked on until she has in her
sand and clay roads the greatest
highways in the country. One of the
candidates had twitted him by say
ing ANY old blind mule would like