Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-08-05
John A. Horton,

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of Bolton, opened his remarks by
stating that he was glad to have op-
portunity to address an Oconee audi
ence, though he was no speaker, and
had never before sought the votes of
any people for public office, save in
his home town of Bolton, where the
voters had honored him twice with
the office of mayor, and he had vol
unfairly declined to serve longer.
though he had been besought to do
so. He was born, he said, within
eight miles Of the county seat OF An
| derson, and had worked on his fa-
| theirs farm until he was old enough
| to go out into the world. When he
said that he had worked on the
farm, he said, he meant work-not
owning farm and letting others do
the work. He had always gone to
the field and worked side by side
with the hands, and he did this until
| he was 21 years of age, when he
| sought work and found it in the city
of Anderson, where he was identified
with business interests, afterwards
going to Bolton and establishing him.
self in business. He knew the far
mers' needs and was familiar with
the farmers trials, and he felt that
he had the information necessary and
at hand to make proper representa-
tive in Congress for the people of his
district.
Mr.. Horton stated that he favored
Federal aid to good roads. We are
spending millions ".uuaIly on our
navy and millions on other Items OF
public expense, but we are negIecting
| the public highways, and this mat,
ter represents the greatest economic
| principle of the day. ne believed
also in Federal aid to public schools
| to supplement the State aid now
given. We need more schools and
| better schools, he said. "God speed
| the day when every community can
have good school whose doors shall
be open nine months in every year"
| Favored extension of rural mail SER
vice so that delivery of mails daily
might be the blessing of the agricul-
| tural masses. We are spending mil
| lions to deliver mail to the doors Of
| town people. Why not deliver it to
the doors of the people in the rural
districts?
Mr.. Horton eulogized President
Wilson, endorsed his stand on the
canal tolls matter, praised the canal
as the greatest piece Of engineering
work that the world had ever known,
saying that he would have voted in
| accord with Mr.. Wilson's wishes had
he been in Congress, "and not with
| the Republicans and in the interests
of the shipping combine, as Mr.
Aiken did"
| Mr.. Horton charged that Mr.. Aiken
had voted against the pure food law,
! and stated that he had gone against
| tho most vital n pf tho ,oooIo -
when he did so. AS he closed his
remarks Mr.. Aiken asked Chairman
Moss to allow him just one minute in
which to explain his position on the
pure food law. He said that there
were several lldIIers included in the
original bill which We could not sup
port, as they were against the inter-
ests OF the people of the country;
| that these features We're eliminated
| by amendments, and that his vote
would be found recorded in favor of
the bill as it finally passed.
The Meeting Closed
with Mr.. Horizons speech and Mr..
| Aiken's remarks. Aside from one or
| two instances where the claDping of
| hands indicated approval on the part
of the audience there was no demon
| StratiOn throughout the meeting, and
it would be difficult to give an esti-
mate Of the division Of the assem-
blage. We believe, however, that Mr..
Aiken was the favorite candidate
here. Judging by the general facial ex-
prcssions of apparent approval while
speaking. A watch Of the faces Of
those present was the only means Of
Judging the thoughts Of the audience.
so far as any visible tokens of appro-
val or disapproval were concerned.