The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-06-14
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force the laws.
+. 81. Hyatt.
After dinner F. H. Hyatt was the
next speaker. Mr.. Hyatt went out of
the ordinary line and delivered an ad-
dress on the progress of South Caro-
lima. He did not consider it a politi-
cal gathering, he said, having been
invited by the ladies' committee of a
church to deliver an address at a
church barbecue. Therefore he did
not touch at all on the whiskey mat
ter or on taxation. His opening re-
marks called attention to rural
schools and their relation to good
roads. The two were closely connect
ed. Only one man in each hundred
ever thinks. The others let this one
man do their thinking. Therefore,
the necessity for schools and colleges.
He commended the action of the State
board of education in selecting Prof.
Tate as inspector of rural schools. A
man very often paid more attention
to his stock than he did to the kind
of instruction his children we're re-
ceiVing at the schools.
He briefly reviewed the progress
made in road building in the past
ten years and gave some interesting
figures along that line. He told Of
the work of the farmers and the
Southern Cotton association in rails
ing the price of cotton and in urging
the farmer to plant other crops. Over
100, 900 circulars had been mailed out
by the association describing the
Williamson plan for planting corn.
The wealth of the South was enor-
nous and constantly growing, but
there should be modern methods ap.
piled and for this end all of US must
work.
John G. Richards.
John G. Richards was introduced
next. Mr.. Richards reviewed his 20
years of service in office of which 10
years were in the general assembly.
He was proud to say that in this time
he had always favored education for
high and Cow. He had advocated ap-
preparations not only for the COM
mon schools but for the colleges as
well. He pointed to the bills, intro
duced by him and passed, increasing
the number of rural schools in the
State and the measures providing for
educational scholarships at Winthrop
and Clemson colleges; appropriations
that enabled the poorest boy or girl
to receive a college education. He
stressed the work being done for the
farmer at Clemson and told of his
record as a member of the Farmers
union.
Whiskey Question.
He was tired of the whiskey ques-
ton. He had hoped that for once in
20 years the candidate could come
before the people with matters of
more Importance. Since, however, the
first speaker had taken up as his lead
ing topic whiskey, be would inform
all how be stood. He was a prohibi-
ZIONIST, both in theory and practice.
He had voted for the Brice act, which
was the first step toward local option.
He believed the State ~dispensary a
better solution of the problem than
the county dispensary plan, because
the latter was too close to the obnoX-
ious bar-room system and he had an
nounced that when the State dispen-
sary was killed he would be a pro-
hibitionist. He gave the record of
the house of representatives in pass
ing a prohibition bill twice and the
first time the senate defeated it with
the referendum measure and the Sec
ond time by a direct vote. So the
senate was responsible. He want
ed the p%rohibiticn fight to go and car
ried to congress where a law should
be passed forbid1ing the shipment OF
whiskey into any State where there
was a prohibition law. He further
stated that he would veto a local
option law should it be passed, or the
present one changed, because the vote
of the general assembly expressed the
will Of the people. and he was the
creature Of the people. No creature
could be greater than it's creator. He
stood for pensions of the veterans
and favored low taxes. He express
ed himself vigorously as to the en-
forcement of Jaw, if elected, especial