The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-08-06
To fhe Democratic Voters
OF PickenS County

49, oan,naien I am aware of the facl
49, - ereat responsibility rests upon
10 shoulders of every American GU,
zan and it should be the aim anu
on,b bition of every one to 90 some
tbino to make better and cleaner the
o;tizen - shin of our Country and state
and if am elected to the LegisiaIu.s
ii shall be MY aim ana am oitioE "
assist in passing such laws ina. wiz
a,evate educate and enrich our cltl-
eanebin and our State. We only have
~ look around us to find the great
nrogress that has been made IN all
nbases of life. Look at the wonder
frl. progress that has been accom-
nIished with steam and electricity
Won can take a train in your county
+odav and wake up tomorrow morn
mo in YOUR capital. This train is
annipped with all the luxuries pos
sible: you have a magnlncently
equipped car to ride in; nice place
tn sleep and eat, and when you ar
rive at your destination you feel fresh
and ready for work. A few years
ago it would have taken you months
to have gone to your natlonal capi7
tai. You have beautifully equipped
electric cars to ride in now, and II IS
easy and convenient to go and come
when YOU please. Look what has
been accomplished with little gaso-
line and electricity,-you can jump
into YOUR automobile and go any
where you please in a very snort
time: and Henry Ford and Thomas
Edison have stated that they intend
TO build a car to be propelled by
electricity that will be within the
reach in price of every working man,
hand I will be proud to see every man
own an automobile. AS it is now,
only the rich can buy, and when this
car is built both the rich and poor
can enjoy the pleasure of an auto
mobile. Look what has been ac-
complished in respect to air naVlga-
ton; you would have thought a man
crazy who would have told you few
wears ago that people would soon be
riding in aero-planes. Great prog
ress is being made with these ma
chimes: they are used for conveying
the mails and for war purposes, and
why should we dispute the fact that
some day this will be one of the ways
of travel. Great Improvement has
been made on them in the last few
wears. and you can look for greater
: Improvement to be made in the next
: i've years or perhaps less time. LooS
: what marvellous things have been ac-
/ complished along the line OF wireless
! telegraphy; one ship can signal an.
; other in time of need or danger ano
through this process great thing:
have been accomplished, and many
S lives have been saved. When the
= Titanic was sinking a wireless mes
q sage of distress was sent out, ant
the ships responding to this message
: saved many lives. If am elected tt
the LEGISLATURE it shall be my dut!
o to pass and help pass good and use
4 full laws for my country and state
= and laws that will prepare US for tn
battles which we will have to hgn
and meet in the near future. 1t shal
be my duty to pass and help pas
such laws that will guarantee to tn
citizen, State and corporation righ
to progress unhampered in this pro
gressive age.
All candidates are. expected to ad
f vocate certain propositions that the
favor, and I shall try in brief wa;
= to state those things that l stan'
}, for and will advocate if 1 am elected
u First.
= = I think the greatest problem tina
i confronts the people of South Caro-
l. lima tolay is the education of it
n bows and girls. The education OF tn
:, bows and girls of our State is tn
= very foundation of good governmen
:, in future years, and every indlv1dua
u should put forth his or her efort
5, to give to his or her children the yer
n best educational advantages so tina
- they will be fully equipped to hgh
y the battles of life. The burden wi
II sooner or later fall on their shou
n ders, and they must be equal to tn
n task. No State or Country has eve
!, prospered in ignorance and neve
l. will. I am in favor of reasonabl
, appropriations for our State Inst
e tutions, and am in favor of better TT
h raj schools The preparatory school
"a mould the character of the boy an
y girl, and they will be equipped fo
u College far better when these school
.e are improved, and am In favor
doing anything possible for rural an
sc preparatory schools. We now haV
~ constitutional tax of three mills fo
= public schools, and the legislature
le 1913 passed an act 1evying an add
,r tional mill for public schools and ont
/, half of this amount is used in tn
~ County levying it, and the other ha
IL is turned over to the State for scho'
III purposes. I am in favor of Loc;
l. Option Compulsory Education whlc
10 gives the people the right to So
,f whether they want compulsory ed
~ cation or not. The people make IL
laws and if County wants con
at pulsory education let it have tn
4 kind of a law. Some people obje
10 to this kind of law for the rease
w that the negro will be educated to
u Why, the negro does not have to
made to go to school. He will tai
his tin bucket with a meat skin ar
a piece of hard bread in it and
to school every opportunity he get
Why sacrifice the usefulness OF maj
thousand white boys and girls
cause the negro will be educated TOT
y Second.
I am in favor of strict punishme
L- for carrying concealed weapons.
Wy the law now stands those who car
IS. concealed about the person a dead
b. weapon can come into court al
or plead guilty, and the probability
~ that the magistrate will fine the
III about twenty dollars. This is
eS cense in a sense to violate the Ia
ae The law should be amended so tn
ia the court of General Sessions Wou
-, have Jurisdiction, and those who car
'n concealed weapons should be punis
IS. ed severely, and if am elected sn:
IS do my best to have passed STR
tie law forbidding the carrying OF plsta
,o- We will have less murders when
~ law is made stricter in violation
So an act forbidding the carrying OF
Ou pistol:
st Third.
eS am in favor of reasonable a
80 nropriation for the Confederate s.