The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1910-08-17

and when you send them there they
sit like knots on log, immovable.
haye no promises to make
except that if you send me to the leg
islature I will not sit quiet when ina
portant legislation is on, and I will
guarantee you that it will not take
me two years to find out where to
hang my hat" Capt. Redd stated
that he was born in Aiken county,
but had been a resident of Lexington
county for 20 years. Favors good
roads and more of them, free bridges
and everything that has tendency to
advance the material progress Of the
county and that will redown to the
good of of all the people of Lexington
county and South Carolina.
Col. J. Brooks Wingard.
Col. J. Brooks Wingard, the next
speaker, began by saying that he
hardly knew what to talk about, when
someone in the audience shouted,
"Talk about free bridges; that's what
we want" Col. Wingard stated, in
reply, that the free bridge question
was now up to the people; that it was
in tho shape of referendum and the
matter, he thought, would be settled
atthe coming primary. He said, how
ever, that he was in hearty accord
with the present plan to free the
bridges and that he would cast his
vote for the $4,000 to make them
free. Taxation and good roads are
issues, he said, but unless we arc will
ling to pay for good roads we will
never have them, because it is impos.
sible for the chaingsnR to do ali the
work. He is In favor Of creating
road fund, and believes in an honest
and economical administration. Col.
Wi4gard wsxed- -qa5te eloquent in dis
oussfng education, as he pleaded for
livelier interest In cur schools. He
asserted that parents should visit the
schools in which their ehildran are be-
ing taught. eve, as parents of South
Carolina" said he, "are not doing
our duty in the home. In the schools
you can make good citizen, but not
a good man. This can only be accom-
plished in the home"
Hon. Isaac Edwards.
The Hon. Isaac Edwards began with
a catchy joke, after which he stated
that he had only come to Irmo to have
a heart-to-heart talk with his friends,
and to extend the right hand offellow-
ship from the sand hills to the good
people of Dutch Fork. He paid a
| glowing tribute to this section and to
Lexington county as whole. "In
the bloody sixties Lexington was
there" "In '76 Lexington county
| was there, and in the '9G's, when the
great reform movement was brought
about, Lexington county was there;
and in all Of these fights the people
of Dutch Fork had helped to carry the
banner on to victory" Mr.. Edwards
then entered into discussion of the
annexation question. by reading fig
[ nres from the comptroller generals
report, in which it was shown that the
tx valuations of Richland county are
more than the tax valuations of Lex
ngt1n county Oh, an average. At this
| juncture the speaker was interrupted
by few seemingly strong advocates of
annexation to Richland, and the pre-.
siding officer, DR.. J. l.. Shuler, plead
ed with the crowd to give the speaker
respectful hearing, whether they
were in accord with his views or not.
Leaving the annexation question, Mr..
Edwards stated that he was in favor
of good roads, good schools, and local
option AS to the liquor question he
always had believed that every man
had right to drink it, and that every
man should have right to sell it.
Mr.. w. r. Lowe.
Mr.. ". r. Lowe, of New Brook
land, was the next speaker. He began
by thanking the people for their votes
two years ago, and declared that the
encouragement he had already re-
ceived, led him to believe that he was
going to be elected on the 3Otb of Au-
gust. If elected he promised to be in
his seat all the time looking after the
interests of all the people of Lexington
county. Said he would not make any
promises for the purpose of riding into
Office, neither would he use money or
whiskey to buy the vote of any man.
Favors better rural schools, free bridg-
ss and good roads. AS to the liquor