The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-09


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Rpropriattd fSisthsm now. lie .iiscu uss-
Bsd tisei its6sfaAs <uen ppropriatinlp funds
Pfof aoad hdfI,iins; saying that he was
ih"favor az gtod roads and had tried
u have stats highway department
established I'm order that this State
coulx get her share Of the money. He
wsuld endtavorl to have this depart
IHent credited, a. returned to the leg
stature. ., ''cSothing worth while can
bcrsscsred without paying for It," he
Sstated. and he was In favor of paying
Stoesst cornpetent engineers to outline
iaocompsese systsm or roads and to
fase t1sAt they swere buih properly,
wmch :dOtlraS be sscursd,if the State
wtdId snSsaes the, opportunity Of
Efered land; ey ofcatins the State high
way commissipr eef Is share OF the
govcrnmei. 'riatiOn. He favor
ed the Sta - VA. house system and
stated that in theory It was the best
thtrE winch had ever been devised IN
years. .tsft ne wanted II understood
that 1t must be ktpt out Of politics.
F1t was : business proposition and as
long as It was run on business prin-
Icaplss. II wAuld prove of intmense
benefit to the farmers. but put II in
politics and u.s. usefulness would be
ended. "A banker doesn't try to run his
bsnk on pelitiosl hsues." nor do you
farmers try to run your farms on poit-
ticA'' hss stated. ~l,ut az q busin4ss
ptoposstiom,"''nt Argued in fG,br 'of
throwing precauti6ns around ths state
vaiehcusS. systsnl to remove Il frSAi
politics. HA stated that he was the
faaAiihs nSts r8AA' on the juaiciafy
committee and closed by askli,t l'hia
kaudlesses TO- remember him and ti&real
him kindly when they came to yots:e'
Mr.. w. l. McCutcheon was fick a
stranger In the community. Ax'did
not intend to set out to do && NJ
thing. II sent to the lsgislaturd 81 B&s
would always be on the side q th6xl
things which were for the best intsf-
ests of the State and oouAty. l'1iSifS-
ferred to those issues whi0h hAds been
brought up and stated his posiildnte0f
tnsm. He believed In q atcoKeeh{ {tAti6r
tecsshob1A hf3d industriAi "sdlisa atI6n
,YhiD wAS AN age ~ ,spAxiA iisntion and
], xt!e sIievea,'in testhme aSSy3and sirh
Ito az sehSois The tliinss,k which wsnid
bs az uss'vostf1sm 3'hssf TREY got out
me old soldisks wettsx hobby OF fIis
fhs IAnsysO Od0m act ~atct6o dYaStis
xhd 6hsustt bS changed. Is He. tRouxh1
eh&t hSsm 'df intelfitex66. tact ana hoh:
Isaet Sh0uId b sent Is the iesissature
k1ic6 wss q body q ihssilixsns men
I1St ironiised. Kaslsttsd rtSTB9i Aiwsy.
i'on the Job"
J. X. McElveen stated that if no,
elected this time. he might possibl,
give out and not again be candidate
tssss ssstsdstAss ftfAns. had1kncwncbs.
forshand of 2 the disastrous storm
which was coming he would not have
entered the race. He again went over
his educational Platform. favored a
rural credits system which would
make more land owners and fewer
tenants. He said common sense
should be the ruling spirit in making
the laws, but now common sense was
farce In the laws. A judge himself
had to look up the law In the books
before he would tell which lawyer
was advocating the proper side of a
case. He said taxes were too high
and he wanted them lowered. He ia
vored a four year term for all State
and county ofyicers with biennial ses-
sions Of the Legislature, as q saving OF
money to the State. and means of
eliminating much of the politics, of
which thcre were too much. He want
ed to be on the ballot which was cast
by each OF his hearers and was not
particular which two were sent with
him.
Mr.. A. X. Sanders thanked the peo-
pie for past support and stated that
In his connection of thirty years with
politics In the county. there had never
before been 80 few Issues. He discuss
ed the L.aney-Odom Insurance law,
stating that he had favored 1t in the
legislature and stfll was of the opin.
ion that he had done right, that the
companies were not compelled to
withdraw. but had done SO arbitrarily
and without excuse. especially 80 as
the legislature met again before the