The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-26
The State and County Campaigns
Will Close in NeWberry Tomorrow
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and girl in South Carolina can not go
to college, and the time will never
come when this will be the case. Ev-
cry boy and girl in South Carolina q
mean every white boy and girD have
the right and should have access to
the advantages Of high school edu-
cation. Not only in the movement Of
education, which has so happily pros
pered in our State, have boys and
girls been ducated, but on every side
one sees that the spirit of education is
abroad in the land. It has seized even
those who are unfortunately unletter-
ed and unlearned and they receive its
benefit gladly. The man who goes
forth with message of advanced
ideas in any vocation in life now finds
ready listeners. Particularly has
this influence been felt on the agri-
culture of our State, and any man now
who has advanced ideas, new meth
ods of cultivation, of plowing, Of grow
ing crops in any manner finds ready
listeners eager to learn the secret
whereby the riches held in store by
mother earth are ready to be deliver
ed upon the open sesame of an intel
ligent touch There should be no
backward movement. At all times
stand for the encouragement and
building up Of our public schools to
the highest point Of efficiency. I be-
lieve the time has come when ag-
riculture should be taught in the high
schools together with industrial train
ing. While the boy is at home in touch
with nature is good time to be taught
at least the elementary principles OF
the great science of agriculture, thus
implanting at an early age such a
love of this greatest of vocations
which would make him return after
finishing college, if so fortunate as to
pursue Zis course to the end, ana
hence valuable citizenship will be re-
tained. Time does not suffice now,
but l propose later on to develop this
idea to a greater extent, and l trust
that may be able to offer to the peo-
pie some valuable suggestions along
this line.
Another great educating influence is
that of good roads. The Roman en-
pire showed it's wisdom and foresight
in building everywhere magnificent
highways which throughout lapse of
centuries have stood the wear and
tear of time. In this day of rapid
transit the people are ready to de-
mand it. The labor saved, the time
saved, the increased pleasure in trav-
cling, and opportunity it offers OF
bringing together in business and So
cial relations people who live at dis
tance indeed makes good roads not
the least factors in the educational as
well as the material development OF
country.
Every recognized form of govern
ment must be supported by some
method of taxation. This tax should
never be burdensome. I favor at all
times an economical administration
of public affairs. I do not see at this
time where any radical change in our
system of levying and collecting taxes
can be made. There is, however,
lack of equality People owning
sometimes the very same class Of land
in the very same neighborhood are
assessed differently. Carrying this
further, one county in the State, &C
cording to assessment, does not bear
the same proportion Of the expense OF
government as another county. This
inequality should be removed. Ihe
controlling principle of taxation is
equality upon all the people, and l
am in favor of equalizing the burden
of taxes as herein before suggested.
The people who now pay taxes in my
opinion pay enough. There is no use,
and I have no desire to place addition
al burdens upon them, but there are
class of people who avoid taxes, COM
monty known as "tax dodgers" These
should be brought into the fold and
made to bear their just part OF the
burden.
It is unfortunate that this question
seems still to be an issue. | do no.
propose to go into a great extensive
argument about it. My own position
is the result of conscientious views. /
am in favor Of local option. The
Democratic right Of each county to
decide whether it shall have legalized
sale of liquor or whether it shall have
prohibition. T believe the experience,
not only of this Stace, out OF Others
- iustifes the statement that prohl0ltlon
can only be a success where there is
sentiment behind it. Asentiment which
- express itself at the ballot box and
must maintain itself after liquor mas
been voted out. Without this sentl-
ment it will be failure. To abandon
local option, under which we are now
working, and go to Statewide prohl-
:bltzon, would be a reflection upon the
counties that have assumed the re-
sponsibilities of it's enforcement. Hu-
man nature is so consututeo tnat II
does not assume responsibilities that
can be shifted on some one else. AS
matter of fact, I do not believe we
have the right to say to others, where
the sentiment does not prevail, that
they too shall have prohibition be-
cause it suits us. 1t is great ques-
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