The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-14


, subjects, and obedience TO the Consti-
tuition Of the United States and the
Constitution of South Carolina.
Sd. Keeping forever separate the
Legislative, judicial and executive de-
partmentS Of the government. each,
however, doing it duty and endeayor-
ing to uphold and support the other.
! 4th. Trial by jury for all persons
accused OF crime, and enforcing the
Judgment OF courts founded upon the
verdict of juries.
II you would allow me further to
suggest, Woiild make the following
Issues: ~
First. Competency.
Second Honesty of Purpose.
Third Education.
Fourth. Taxation.
Fifth. A measure that will prevent
white people from teaching negroes
in any school or college in this State.
Sixth. A fiat rate OF two-eents a mile
on all railroads in South Carolina.
Let each candidate when he appears
before the voters SHOW himself COM
petent and honest and declare himself
upon the issues which name. Then,
after hs. EXPRESSES himself IL the vote
finds him conmpetent and honest, and
lhe stands upon these Issues as the
Voter staIdsi let the voter support him.
III he does not, defeat him. AS for my
self, will answer now; while time
Will not permit me to answer fully.
will give my position:
| First. Competency.
AS TO my competency, my experience
in the House and Senate, and my rep
,ritation as d parlinmentariah In those
bodies, speak for themselves, and re-
IsDeGtfully submit, show me Thoroughly
lsotnhetent To be a member OF the law
fmakfhg body in this nation.
T. Second. Honesty Of purpose In do
Ing these things which the candate
pledges himself to dc, and being GER
tain that he favors those things which
iare for the best Interests or the peo-
tple--that he favors them at heart and
is' not simply claiming to favor them
for the purpose OF being elected.
las to my honesty. ! submit the pub
nc nc record record IN various omces which 1
) liihve' held since 1880.
Third. Education.
: isltIsptS every mother control her own
gchildrensin her own way, as God in
tGadods and let her be free from out
side interference and meddling.
As t6ssny eduoation, II Is so we'll
known that fee1 that 1t would be
wasting time to5reitaTate Il. have
done more for the country schools of
this State than. any other man who
5hRs ever held office in it. My fight for
Ian extra one-r1ill levy Is well known
and fresh In the minds of the people,
q Ny fight ID the last Legislature. and
lkt. -. / n -
large aijDro0riatioY, for All common
Ischool nuFposes. marks this afln,inis.
.ltratIon iaa having i,Ione; more 5fnri iedn:
: ..icagioiial inteFestof south i(,nro.Ine t,,..,,
jiaI,y aumtfiistraffcn beretofore! n thinl,
iFH tlia; ieffIifI,t,t etiunatsIrs viii nsirni,
5tfliIa fbifsieh 4 aaniss or tb am :; q,
3 sI,shsrH1 thlhii,sbs ,E5FrbwsrniII sinass
III iaiifl fAjudiea. win att6innt To Atakc
/. lf0itis OF flia eredtk frhIn l,iIe uatyev.
81 The record apleaIts for iiEeH. ara fhe
is,cbiintrv schooIs oflsttis sfafss ;s;,.ieI
{ the abf1roprfafJons of 1914. win reSeivs
: more assjstaSlee: than ffayS have Eevar
! afeSaIyeti. bzf0ra ana fs: tEa nancy. q
3 tilspeIit prbberiy iiIty win he In the
titbastt condition thew bnye ever bren
In sts'siisAsS t'''T
: If this policy Ia kent nm. (. will he
J only Il short. while uiifiI there ,wiIJ noi
N y any'trov for fooiilnulsorv efI,icafion
THE people want oubdrtunity. n,,,I NO.
goi Jt puision, i5i5 and n mo proper Kind,
-lFof sSbnt,is. are tnciaa po .o4tI, aI,
I: to the people. ana run pronerly anS
: for the pfober length or time; atf m
1.-THE cGildfen of thia. country viii On
s'Ito scfIo1i and be eIipcated con,h,,s,en
itWiitF fiot 81 necessary. an, h wtIi i' ( ~
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q tgI{irenl alncafson ~ faka flon, t,te ct,n.
froI of ina naranta fSa,s Shi,drs,, 80 =, !,
triRce them In .ihe ba,ids ~ SaIt;a ne ano sno
! iis highly educated II Hoo HOOKS d hst s gboi, 9ae