Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
New Series No. o4s.--volnmo IxIv..--No: 81.
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tween the term county local option
and town or township local option.
He believed in each county settling
Its own affairs In tho solution Of the
Whiskey problem If one county
wants prohibition, let 1t have it: II
another wants dispensary, let it have
It: but enforce tho laws strictly and
to the letter, and If the system in
vogue does not suit the people or
meet the conditions as they exist,
then the citizens can make a change.
Strict enforcement Of laws that meet
| conditions Is what is needed No
enforcement OF law will be higher
than the sentiment Of the pubic.
| He believes in liberal appropra-
tons for the Confederate veterans,
VINO one ny one are passing over the
river; While they are still with
us, he said ''lct us treat them with
honor and consideration" He paid
high tribute to the Confederate SOL
diers, many of whom are crippled.
manned and sick Let lis give them
the very best that Is possible In their
declining years"
He is strong advocate Of good
roads, and believes in utilizing the
convicts in building and maintaining
the public highways. He dwelt at
some length upon the benefits to be
derived from improved modern
highways, saying that he believed
there was nothing that would be OF
greater service In advancing pros.
perity and Industrial activity than
good roads. They were essential to
every citizen, to the farmer, the mer-
chant, the banker, lawyer-every-
body. The Federal government Is
largely using the public roads to-
day In the rural mail service, and he
believes in Federal aid in the build
ing and maintenance Of public high
ways. Good roads, he said, are a
necessity to the town and to the
country-to the country more than
to the town, however, because the
schools and churches Of the rural
districts are more dependent upon
them. Our people and our country
deserve good roads. We have the
best climate, the best country and
the best people on the face OF the
earth (Applause.) He used the
story Of the pot OF gold in q field.
IVY ny, he SAID, & .theg Is % 9syspot OF.
|sgo1d III every field and on every hflISi
In old Oconee." It Is not necessary
to go North, East or West to find
prosperity; go down deeper into our
own country. Every man who owns
one farm owns three. If he pows
four inches deep he uses one; If he
plows eight inches deep he uses two.
and II he plows twelve inches deep
he will find that he begins to utilize
his third farm. Old south C,rolina
Is the greatest State in the Union.
There is pot OF gold in every field,
and if we will but go deeper into the
soil we will find that pot Of gold in
the crops that are produced. He ap-
pealed to the young men to stay in
South Carolina and help make the
old State all that she ought to be.
Judge Jones Is graduate Of q de-
nominational college, he said, and he
believes in the denominational COL
lege, the State Institutions, but the
cause closest to his heart Is the cause
Of the public schools, upon which In
large measure, the common people
must depend mainly for their educa-
ton. He wants South Carolina to
have one Of the finest public school
systems in the United States and
hopes that we may devise a school
system that will give to the children
Of the rural districts all the advant-
ages that are enjoyed by the chill
dren Of the towns and cities.
Judge Jones touched briefly upon
the insurance companies doing busi-
ness in South Carolina. They are re-
quired to carry a reserve fund Of
$22, 100000 He hoped to induce
these companies TO invest that re-
serve flnd in South Carolina enter
prises, to build up the great State
from which this revenue Is drawn.
He said he hoped to induce them to
do this, but If they could not be in
duced to do it by persuasion. he
favored compelling them to do It,
This would be Of great advantage to
the State in the way Of building
large enterprises and furnishing an
abundance of money to those who
need it to carry on business at
lower rate OF interest than now pre-
walls.
He favOrs the TOrrens system OF
land registration. This system gives
q complete and warranted title to the
holder Of lands, and there Is no going
behind the registration under this
system. It stands for all time. I'm
der present system every time man
buys or sells land some one has to
pay a lawyer for Investigating title.
The Torrens system does away with
all this useless expense. This sys-
| tenn Of land registration would make
| real estate SO stable an asset that 1t
| would be recognized as the highest
| ana HioSI Sounu DaSlS VI tTaup. AS
it IS to-day national banks are not
! allowed to advance money on real
| estate.
He favored and discussed at length
the bonded warehouse for the stor-
ing Of cotton and other farm pro-
| ducts. Hoped to see the system In
vogue generally in this State in a
, short while, and 1T would prove
great blessing to the people. He had
! this year realized the benefits OF the
| lia