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lions. he said the law allowed $500
per day and expenses for the officer
who went to another State for fugi-
tive; that the fugitive was brought
back, and if found guilty, he was
probably sentenced to the changing
in. the county, and he had written to
} all the sheriffs that whenever man
istto be brought back under requlsl-
ton, if he is found guilty and SEN
ICED to the changing the county
"a gets him must pay the expen-
m bringing him back, and not all
A a3 Sple of South Carolina; but II
yEs sentenced to the penitentlary
IND the State gets the benefit of his
work, then the tSate will pay the ex-
penses of bringing him back. He said
his friend, Luther Boozer, had come
. to him in regard to a man caught IN
Oklahoma supposed to be the man
that killed Mr. Boozer's son; that he
had told Mr.. Boozer that from the de-
scription he was convinced they had
thG wrong man; that Mr.. Boozer said
he didn't want to help him catch the
man that killed his son; that he told
Mr.. Boozer to pay Chester county for
bringing him back, and the very day
he got back to Chester and Mr.. Booz-
/ er telegraphed the governor he was
the man, the governor would send him
a check for the expenses; that man
had been sent to Oklahoma and the
mag under arrest was found not to be
the man wanted.
s~He spoke of the State printing, say
ing the State printer contracted to do
the work for a certain amount, and
yet extra bills for different amounts
were brought in.
All these matters of which he spoke
were small, separately $4,000 here, ST.
600 there and $1,000 here, but in the
aggregate they amounted to some.
thing: 'You have on your statute
books, passed by your last legisla-
ture,'' he said, 'the largest appropria-
xtion bill that has ever been in the
Estate of South Carolina, and the most
extravagant one in the government of
any State in the American Union"
Taxes kept going up, and was there
any material benefit? Il have fought
to keep down expenses" he said, Il
have fought against extravaganza, 1
have fought to try to run your State
government on a plan of economy, I
bave fought for what believed was
for your best interests and your chill
dren's best interests, and have stood
there and had to fight the world, the
flesh and the devil, but / thank God
l amrnot afraid of the whole combina-
ton put together"
Character Attacks.
|, when they had attacked me in
every other way, then they decided
they would attack my character"
said the governor. 81 did not fear it.
I was born and reared in your county.
Let them come and search. They can
come to Newberry and search my life
from the time + was in the cradle right
)kStraight through. 1 am willing for it
willing for them to turn on the
earch-light, willing for them to come
nd see what I have done. They will
ind Il was like all other boys; have
9een a boy-I have never been accus-
ed of being an angel, if I was l have
never felt any tickling under my arms
where the wings were growing-but
at the same time, those things | have
done, I am willing for them to know
And since l have been governor Of
your State, I swear to you today, as
my people, and as my fathers and
mothers people, that have never re-
ceived from any man or from any
source one single dishonest dollar;
that I have never done an act that I
am ashamed of, or that l am afraid
for all the people of my home county
to know of-my home county, where
was born and reared, and where eX-
pect to die and expect to be buried.
And when I am dead and gone am
willing for them to continue to turn
on the search-light, and willing for
the honest people of my county, when
they pass by the old cemetery, where
hodv will oo1,