The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-07-31

said, unless it is based on law and
order l shall ever honor, therefore,
the verdicts of juries'
Mr.. Cooper stated that his friends
would be those who obey the law
and that his efforts would be used
to suppress the lawless. He advocated
provision for Statewide education"
before sucn a law is enacted. He
stated positively that Statewide
compulsory school attendance law at
/ this time could not be enforced He
then outlined his scheme to place a
farm demonstration school in each
county so that tie farmers could ad-
cause the great agricultural interest
o. this State. One good of such
Schools, he pointed out, would be
preparing the farmers against the
threatened invasion of the boil weevil.
Il stand for a proper support of
cur State board of health said Mr..
! Cooper as he spoke of his advocacy
OF expending tn ebenefts of public
| health service.
John T. Duncan spoke Of t1e "sys-
tenn" He caused a great deal of
laughter at the expense of other can
Gidates for governor.
Irby Challenges Papers.
w. C. Irby, Jr., told of his work in
the legislature 81 challenge the news
papers," he said, "to show one thing
in Irby's record that was against the
interests of the working people He
| told of his fight against the immigra-
ton bureau and charged that Rich
ard |. Manning in the senate, Mendel
! l.. Smith and John G. Richards in the
house ant Robert A. Cooper had "put
it over tie people" He told of the
bill, of which he was the author, to
make cotton mills submit reports and
repeated lis denunciation OF the cot
ton mill merger
Mr.. Irby advocated system O.:
rural credits similar to that of New
Zealand.
81 have had the courage" he said,
'to refuse to sign petitions for par
dons and paroles when | thought it
best to do it" said Mr.. Irby in answer
! to question as to how ne would use
the pardoning power. He stated that
he would be friend of his enemies,
il he thought his enemies were rig-t,
saying that he would be a "g1vernor
of all the people
What do you call an enemy?' ask
ed an auditor.
"One who goes behind my back,
| tells a lie on me and knows mat it is
lie" responded Mr.. Irby, and the
! audience cneered He said that ne
was friend of the governor because
of personal opinion, to which all are
entitled Mr. Irby was well received
Richard I. Manning said that there
is "but one issue in South Carolina"
as there was certain amount OF
agreement towards the other issues
which he outlined. This issue, he
pointed out emphatically, was the per-
petuation of the policies OF the pres
ent administration.
"The senatorial campaign" said
Mr.. Manning, "has overshadowed the
State campaign l fear our people
may lose sight of tee Importance Of
the race for State offices. | can not
overstate the importance OF the State
campaign. A senator in Washington
has but one vcte in the congress for
our country while a governor to
large extent has the destiny of MS
State in his hands.
The Vital Issue.
And this brings me to the issue
most vital to all South Carolinians.
In my opening speech Of tie cam
paign | declared that l would not in
ject factionalism into this campaign,
and l have MT done so. But, against
my wishes, developments have
brought us face to face with the fact
that the race Cor the gubernatorial
chair has narrowed down to the ques-
ton whether man stands with tnose
wishing the perpetutation OF the poll
cies of the present administration with
its lawlessness or whether he stanus
at the head Of that other element
which thinks tie present administra-
ticn is disgrace to the State.
crrLo iccuo Of thic cam