The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-20
TWO COUNTY MEETINGS
WERE Held SATURDAY
GOOD MEETING AT JOLLY STREET
IN NO. 10.
Night Meeting Was at MOllohOn, and
Was Largely Attended-LOts OF .
Speaking.

The Newberry county candidates had
a busy day on Saturday, attending a
regular meeting at Jolly Street, which
began at 1870 o'clock in the morning
and continued until $50 in the after
noon, and then attending night meet
ing at the Mollohon mill. which began
at $50 o'clock and continued until
about midnight. At the Moltohon
!. meeting. in addition to the candidates
on the regular program, all the other
candidates were given a chance to ad-
dress the voters, and most of them
availed themselves of the opportunity.
There was crowd Of about 25O
people, including a good many ladies,
at the Jolly Street meeting, in No. 10
township. This was the first meeting
to be opened with prayer, an earnest
invocation being offered by the Rev.
Y. Won A. Riser. In the absence OF
Acting County Chairman Frank r.
Hunter, who was detained in Newber-
ry on pressing business, Mr.. Jno. K.
Aull presided.
The candidates for the house of rep
resentatives were first on the program,
and all of them were present, except
Mr. Al thur Kibler, who was kept in
the Cit by business engagements.
Mr.. Geo. S. Mower discussed the
question of taxation along the lines
which he has taken at previous meet
ings, defending the legislature against
the charges of extravaganza. He said
for the past ten years the average
State levy had been 81 mills and was
today but ga mills, and during the
past two years the rate of taxation for
State purposes had not been raised.
The average for the county for 10
wears was 3.15 mills, and today it was
but 8 1-2 mills, and had not been
changed in the past four or five years.
For the past 20 years the average State
levy was 4 ga mills and the average
county levy 2.95. He spoke of the
necessary increases in some of the ap-
propriations in running the State gov
ernment, such as for pensions, for the
hospital for the insane, and other mat
tiers. He said the general assembly
had been careful in making the appro-
' priations as small as were consistent
with the right kind of economy-an
economy coupled with efficiency.
Mr.. H. o. Long gave his platform
which has already been published in
The Herald and News Mr.. Long favor
ed better schools. He favored the
higher institutions, but wanted them
run more economically. Favored good
roads, and wanted to sell the State
farms and put the convicts on the
b roads. Wanted a good government
= but wanted it run on a more economi-
cal basis.
DR.. C. T. Wyche spoke of the critic
ism of the Newberry delegation be-
cause it did not vote to sustain the
governor in his every action, he said
and he cited his record along this line,
going into discussion of some of the
votes. Certain candidates have gone
around and bewailed the fact that the
legislature voted money for a negro
college," he said. when Mr.. Evans
was in the legislature there was a
proposition to vote $4,000 to the same
negro college, and voted against it,
and we reduced it to $4,000, and his
voice was not heard. l was there with
him two years, and he never protested
against voting money to that college"
He said if the legislature didn't main
tain this negro college, the Federal
government would come in and put in
a college that would put more devil
Dent in the heads of the negroes than
they now had. He defended the heat
ing plant given the college as matter
of economy. He addressed himself to
number of other issues, giving his
position on the various matters as al
ready outlined.
Mr.. John Henry Chappell attacked
DR.. Wyches vote on the medical in
spection bill, saying the trustees al
ready had the power which this bill
would confer for the relief OF, the chill
drer. I'D saving Tr. W"""e "or'd not
convince the ~ecnle .hat his vcre was
in the .u.erest cf the farGoa". and not