The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-04-04

* combining their duties with other
departments. These boards and com
missions have bred an army of office
holders who besiege the legislature
with demands for increased salaries
land appropriations They encourage
extravaganza. form combinations and
make trades of pulls and influence
and make the life Of the legislator
miserable.
Corporations are creatures Of the
legislature under general laws. No
members of the general assembly,
while retained as attorney or agent
of any corporation, should be allowed
seat in either house. otherwise the
creature becomes the creator and this
IS contrary to nature and to our form
of government. The legislative IS
tie most important department Of our
state government. The governor and
state officials can 90 nothing without
the hearty cooperation Of the law
making body. United action alone
can bring prosperity TO the people.
1t is time to give the women Of the
state representation in the legislature.
We can never reach the highest stage
of civic virtue until both sexes CO.
operate for the public welfare. The
woman should have a voice in making
the rule that binds her and her prop
erty.
Wants Law Enforcement
The spirit of lawlessness that eX-
lists IN the state is, in my Judgment,
a direct result of the World war. The
spiritual force of a people is always
al its lowest cob at the conclusion of
a war. We should meet this by a
strict enforcement of the laws. The
prohibition laws, especially, should
be rigidly enforced and the 1ootlegger
driven from the state. | am satisfied
that the happiness and prosperity of
our people will never be complete un-
til the Illicit traffic in liquors is de-
stroyed.
eve have made excellent progress
in stamping out illiteracy and increas-
ing the length of the term Of our
common free schools. We are spend
ing lots of money, but our people do
not complain so long as the results are
satisfactory. There is no state in the
union more alive to the Importance
of the education of the masses. We
will not submit to one step backward
IN this respect. We must continue
to advance until every common school
in the state has term of months
and until every child is given the
foundation FOR a college education.
Our system of higher education is
top heavy in proportion to our COM
mon schools. There are 80, and more,
colleges for men and women in this
state, exclusive of orphanages and re-
formator;eS, and while they are not
all state institutions, nevertheless,
they are supported by the people and
must be accounted as parts of our ed
ucational system We can not af-
ford to close the doors Of single col
lege so long as a reasonable number
of students attend them, but con-
soldation of a number of them might
be wise from standpoint Of economy
and efficiency. Let us put out no
lights but merge the dim ones into
me brilliant beacon to the glory of
the state.
eve are spending much money
en- lunatics and prisoners. There are
too many of them in South Carolina.
1t should not be too easy to get into
the hospital for the insane nor too
easy to get out of the penitentiary.
Both of these institutions should be
nearly, if not entirely, self-support-
ing.
eve have materially enhanced the
value of the farms of the state by the
building Of good roads. Next to ed
ucation, this is most important. We
can not countenance any policy that
would retard the efforts of the state
and counties to make available every
dollar of national aid to good roads,
but we must go gradually and not
disregard our ability to pay. 1t is
easy to vote bonds but hard to pay
the interest.