Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-08-07

! Sible, every little black male In the
state to qualify for the suffrage which
we wisely sought to deprive his kind
of in 1895. Were we right in 1895 and
wrong in 1914, or were we wrong in
1895 and right in 1914?
The colleges of the state should be
maintained but without extravaganza.
| The common schools deserve to be
preferred to them in liberal support.
| The colleges better than the common
schools can wait on period of state
prosperity for improvement. Win
| throp College is one of five state COL
| leges for whites, devoted to the educa-
| ton of girls and it educates the girls
| Of the workingman and farmer to be
| teachers and in the industrial arts by
which the wife Of the workingman is
: enabled to be his efficient helpmeet in
the struggle for independence. APP
preparations that would be extrava-
CANT for any one Of four white col
leges for men might be strictly eco
nomical for the one state college for
girls.
| am opposed to the proposed CO.
ordination OF the College for Women
(Columbia) and the University Of
South Carolina.
For Law and Morality.
AS a matter of course every good
citizen believes in the enforcement Of
law, and / believe in it, I believe that
especial attention should be given to
the equal enforcement Of the law so
that the poor and humble shall have
the same chance before the judge and
jury that the rich man enjoys.
This is a Christian country. Our
civilization and our laws rest on the
teachings Of Christianity. Therefore,
l believe that the Christians Bible
should be read daily in the schools Of
the people and 1 favor legislation re-
quiring it. Our mother tongue, the
language Of the plain people, is pre-
served in the English Bible and that
book would well deserve to be read
in the schools for the sake of teaching
the strong, simple language of our
fathers to our children, even were
there not the more powerful reason
that it be read in order that the chill
dren be instructed in sound morali-
ty.
The survivor Of the Southern Con-
federacy diminish in numbers almost
hourly. The Thin Gray Line" at
Appamattox, decimated as it was, was
host compared with the remnant
that is left after 49 years. Surely
South Carolina can afford to be gen.
erous with these brave men to whom
she owes the preservation of her civil
iZation.
Would EquaIize Taxation.
The tax burden is heavy enough
now. 1t ought by no means to be in
creased. The small property holder
is carrying a larger share Of the load
proportionally than the large tax
payer. Were taxes equalized, were
l.l. l. 10. Inl1 i,,or 10
end of the single-tree, the tax levy
the Legislature should be directed to
improving the methods Of assessment.
If South Carolina could afford to
enter the liquor business, certainly
the state should experience no qualm
of conscience in grinding limestone
for fertilizing the farmers lands.
Less talk in South Carolina about
great highways to mountain resorts
and more real planning for good coun-
try roads is needed. The state con-
victs should be used on the public
roads.
For the next year or two the unfor-
tunate inhabitants Of the hail storm
swept sections of the county should
| be exempt from state and county tax
alton. To do this is no more than
|
helped to get on their feet again the
sooner will their properties improve
in value. What the state and county
would lose in tax revenues would be
| returned in the years following.
Too often, it has seemed to me, the
great mass of our people, poor, and
| needing the uplifting arm Of helpful
laws, have not had the voice to speak
| for them in the legislative halls that
they should have had. 1t Is Of these,
particularly, that I would think in
dealing with problems before the Leg
| isature. 1 would not place unfair
burdens upon capital, but If I am
elected to the Legislature and the issue
of man or money comes before the
| body while 1 am a member Of it, the
services of an investigating committee
| will not be required to learn where
stand.
w. R. Bradford.