The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-08-26
G.. G.. FeatherStOne.

c. c. FeatherstOne.
7 am against whishey, out-and-out'
in all it's forms and phases. | al
ways have been and always expect to
be. I stand for a sober Christian man
hood in South Carolina, something we
can not have in all Of its strength as
long as the whiskey traffic exists.
Local option is tolerated by true
prohibitionists, not because II As
right, but as a means to an END; the
end being to get rid Of the traffic ID
toto.
It was my good fortune to stump the
State in advocacy of prohibition IN
1898, a time when the old State dis
pensary was in the zenith OF It's pow
er. I fought for what I conceived 10
be right, and went down in defeat
because / was opposed to the dispen-
sary. Recognizing in that campaign
it's practical strength, to detnrone tne
dispensary and secure prohlD1tlon' l
have favored local option as means
TO that end, and have been doing all IN
nv power to build up healthy anu
whiskey sentiment. l have worked
in seasons and out; l have spoken III
nearly every county in the State.
I am thankful that l have lived TO
see. and have taken part in a cam
paign which has resulted IN the Wnls-
KEY traffic being swept out OF every
county in the State save SIX. IN my
Judgment the time has come TOR 1t 10
be swept out of the entire State, ana
am in for the war.
stand for a prohibition law which
will be provided with the necessary
machinery to insure it's enforcement
and, if elected governor, l will en-
force the law, or exhaust the powers
of the executive department in the at
tempt.
A good deal is, being said about
wanting a business administration.
All right: That is what the prohlDlt-
ionists want, and are competent to
render. I dislike to be personal, but
I invite a close and careful inspection
of my own career as a business man'
I did not inherit money; l am not
rich man, but an inspection OF my
career will, l think, reveal the fact
that I am free from failure along
that line.
On educational matters, I am in
hearty accord with the well-dehned
policy of the State. I believe in edu-
cation to the fullest extent. Good
citizenship demands it, and must
have it. The State is absolutely de-
pendent upon the quality Of its cltl-
zenship for good government; and the
quality required can not be had with
out education.
Especially am in favor OF perfect
ing the public school system, the
school where at least three-fourths OF
our children will get all they will ever
have of education.
And I am most heartily in accord
with the high school idea. Our col
leges are, to a great extent doing high
school work. They could shorten the
college term and DO better work II
the students entered better prepared.
Especially are high schools needed IN
rural districts, for there they would
put high school education in reach OF
children of parents of modern means
parents who can not afford to send
to college.
Our young people must not only be
developed along mental and moral
lines. but along physical as we'll.
They must have sound bodies.
This idea has never received the at
1ention that it should in our common
school system.
Improperly constructed buildings,
want of proper attention to the laws
CT sanitation and hygiene and the
failure to provide a system OF medl-
cal inspection have brought about
condition Of affairs extremely detrl-
mental to cur young people along pny-
sical lines. I am most heartily IN ia
vor of a system of medical inspection
in our common schools, to the end
that the above evil may, to q large eX-
tent. be overcome. Our people. and
especially our young people, need edu-
cation along these lines. The power
of our board Of health should be en-
larsed and our people should receive
the very best instruction possible
looking to the preservation and build
ing-up of physical health.
In connection with schools and es-
pecially the rural schools the pres
ent tendency towards industrial train
ing should be encouraged and assist
ed. Good citizenship must in large
measures rest on the ability OF the
people to utilize efficiently and econ
omically their natural resources. Our
principal resource being land and the
destiny of the State being agrlcultur-
al, the farmer boy and girl should be
taught to make the most of the farm,
so that it shall be desirable home
and that farming shall be a profitable
calling. Town schools as we'll should
have industrial training but | EN-
phasize it as to the rural schools be-
cause in thinly peopled districts the
stimulation of school growth is har-
der problem. Training the hands OF
the boys and girls to do necessary
things with skill, in parallel lines with
their moral and mental training, is the
shortest and easiest way to n: lie
good, happy and independent men and