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. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. 'Continued From First Page.) nor . levy the tax, if he did not think the law was being enifo rced. Alr. Kibler: Mr. Blease knows that the governor has absolute control of the tl)Tensary at present and the power to send the constabulary in and *: of a county. Mr. Blease said this was true but he wo-.ld never consent for the gov ernor to levv a tax on him. If the governor had this power there would be more candidates for governor than for the state board of control. Legislative Candidates. Mr. A. J. Gibson was the first of the legislative candidates to speak. He thought the most important question before the people was that of finance, and the affairs of a state ought to be run as the affairs of a prudent bus iness man. Favored reducing appro priations to state colleges as much as possible without crippling any of these institutions. He discussed the matter of good roads, favoring $3.00 commutation tax and six day work on the roads. As to the Brice Bill, he was in favor of letting the majority of the white people of a county say whether they wanted a dispensary or not. This was what he considered good democracy. Mr. F. W. Higgins, after studying the Brice Bill closely, looked upon it as a Trjan horse, not loaded with dynamite, but loaded with men who when 'hey get inside the citadel of -our commonwealth, will destroy it. It seemed to him a fight between ispensary and blind tigerism. He ,opposed the Brice Bill, because he -considered it an attack on the dispen sary law. He said the sta-te colleges -were getting so extravagant they did -not know what to do with the money they had left over at the end of tche session. The time had come when this kind of thing ought to be put a stop to. But while if sent to the leg islature he would vote to curtail ex -penses in every possible direction, he would never vote to cut down one cent of the amount which is being .-given the old Confed-erate soldier. Mr. J. M. Taylor claimed to be the first man who had ever gone before t-he people of the county favoring good roads by t axation, and he held the same position still. He was proud that the legislature had sustained his -pvosition on the child labor question. The state was in a deplorable financial "condition, and about the only thing 'That could be expected from the next 'legislature was reform. He wvas not opposed to state colleges, but these institutions should learn to economize and it should be done in the way of .apropriations by the next legislature. He discussed good roads and thir value at some length. As to state colleges, they would take care of themselves. Just let the state rock her citizenship in the cradle of ease by giving them a college education without any effort on their part, and the state will soon have a citizenship that is not worth the snap of a finger. As to the dispensary question, he 'supposed it had been circulated that 'he was a drunkard, he knew that some one who wore pants but was nothing but an animal, was circulat ing vile reports against one, J. M. Taylor, who was a gentleman. I-' defied any man to say that he eyes saw him totuch a drop. If it camne to a fair and square vote, there were hundreds of members of the -church, who sat in the amen corners, 'who ought to v'ote for prohibition. who would not do so. Why'? They loved it. Let it alone. That was his position. As to this town ques 'on, let any county whose white people say by a two-thirds vote a good ma jor.ity, that they want prohibition, let them have it. Btut don't tax them for wanting to do right. At the conclusion of Mr. Taylor's speech, the meeting adjoturned for l~inner. An excellent barbecue dinner -was served by J. M. Nichols and T. M. Mills. The Afternoon Speeches. Mr. E .H. Aull was the first speak er after dinner. He first took tip the quielion of taxation. He was opposed to high taxes as much as any one else, because he paid a little tax him self and when he favored raising other peop)le's taxes it meant that he favor ed raising his own at the same time. He wanted to see taxes just as low as they can possibly be made con sis'tent with efficitne government, but he did not intend to seek to secure WgolsI Just Receix They are not "As Goo have any size wagon, ar Quatt the votes of the people by fooling them-telling them that their taxes could be reduced. Where was tht pruning knife to be put? The biggest ( item was $305,000 to meet the interest. I on the state debt. That was an honest obligation of the state, and no one c would say that ought not to be met. c The next big item was $200,000 for c pensions for the Confederate soldiers, n and none of the economists would say 1 that they favored cutting that down v In these two items was half of the ap- 1i propriation bill. Could these two e items be cut down? The next big item was $140,ooo for the hospital for the insane. Then there was $27,ooo for the institution for the deaf and ti dumb. He was satisfied these two in stitutions for the-state's unfortunates were being run as economically as possible. The sad part of the matt< was these unfortunates were increas- d ing with each year. The other big , item was the appropriation of $150,0M f( for the state colleges. He had heard I this same cry against higher institu tions on every stump in the county ri for many years-long before he be- d came a candidate. He didn't thinlk the state had the right to furnish any p education except that which would- f fit the children of the state for good citizenship-a common school educa- o tion-but the policy of the state had been against his judgment for a hun- p dred years. He had long thought I the state was topheavy with highe? institutions of learning, and that the state had no business building col leges when it couldn't raise $3.00 per. t: capita for the rudimentary education s of the one hundred thousand children t< of the state. He had opposed the i2 building of Clemson college, but the p institution had been built against his v judgment. In this connection he men tioned that Mr. Tillman made his 1C nirst campaign with his opposition to 1 state colleges as one of the planks in s his platform. calling the Citadel a s "dude factory." and when Mr. Tillman '3 got in power and had it in his grasp ( to pull down these institutions he C went ahead and was instrumental in building others. But now that these institutions had been built the speak- n er said that he didn't v. ant to see any of them pulled down, arnd all of thent must be properly supported. But he C did want to see them run as economi cally as possible consistent with effi cient management. Adding the ap propriation to state colleges to ther amounts he had already enuimerated only about $2.50.ooo was left of the whole appropriation for all the othe expenses of the government, includ ing the salaries of the state officers, county auditors, county treasurers. - supervisors of registration, public printing, etc. Where was a cut to be made? If anybody could show him., he wvould be with him, because he wanted to see taxes just as low as they possibly could be made. Clem- 3 son college didn't get a cent direct from the treasury. He had a bill pre -I pared to introduce in the legislature, turning the iertilizer tax direct into 1 the state treasury, but had learned f that it would be unconstitutional, the tax being a tax purely and simply for the inspection of fertilizer and not a tax for revenue. He favored good roads and favored a tax for roads, but wvanted to submit this question to the people to decide for themselves, and the bill he had in troduced in the legislature on this question, and which had been endors ed by the State Good Roads associa tion, merely provided that the question of taxing themselves for good roads, should be submitted to the people of each county, to be decided by them. "1 He had not advocated buying good I (Continued on Seventh Page.) 1 W01 red A CAR irginia d," but are guarante d any size Tire. Let lebaum Wants to See the Igorrotes. St. Louis. Mo., August 8.-In re ponse to a telegram rete ved frorr oI. Edwards, chief of the bureau o: isular affairs, says that Pesider "oosevelt would be pleased to re ive some ,f the head people of tli: lipino tr,i.-, at the Louisiana Pur base Exposition, Frederick Lewi. lanager of the Moro village, and Dr '. K. Hunt, in charge of the Igorrote illage on the Philippine reservation !ft to-night for Washington wit ight natives of the Islands. RE YOUR KIDNEYS WELL? Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Rheuma sm, Gout, Gravel, Dropsy, Inflam tation of the Bladder, Bad Blood an< lervous Troubles caused by Sic] :idneys. Mayes Pharmacy, the well knows ruggist of Newberry, knows by ex erience that HINDIPO will cure'al >rms of Kidney and Nervous Troub s, and will guarrantee it in all cases Can't you afford to try it at thei: sk? it costs you nothing if it don' : the work. Sent by mail to any address, pre aid, on receipt of 50 cents. 6 boxe )r $2.50 under a positive guarrantee Rustic (to conductor)-Which enJ f the car do I get off? Conductor (politely)-Either yot refer; both ends stop.-New Orlean. 'imes-Democrat. Sick Headache. "For several years my wife wa. roubled with what physicians calle< ick headache of a very severe charac tr. She doctored with several em. 1ent physicians and at a great ex ense, only to grow worse until sh< ras unable to do any kind of work bout a year ago she began taking :hamberlain's Stomach and Livel 'ablets and today weighs more thar be ever did before and is real wvell,' ays Mr. Geo. E. Wright, of Nev ~ork. For sale by Smith Drug o., Newberry: Prosperlity Drug o., Prosperity, Bifkins-I know one girl who does ot try to conceal her age. Bifkins-She has a twin brother. Bifkins-She has a twn bfother. olumbus Dispatch. I fmnd ncthing better for liver de angement and constipation thar hamberlain's Stomach and Livei 'ablets.-L. F. Andrews. Des loines, Iowa. For sale by Smiti )rug Co.. Newberry; Prosperity )rug Co., Prosperity. Soda water is always"in season' Vhether taken hot or cold it is iholesome beverage, unless ren ered deleterious to health by be ag loaded with impure artificia avorings atnd poor syrups. Cold Soda drawn from Our Sanitary fountain Lacks nothing that could be Desired by the most Sensitive palats. We use Only pure juices made Direct from fresh fruits And can give any flavor. Our ''Cold Soda" is lways cold. 'HE PROSPERITY DRUG CO. Prnsperi'41~ S. C. jons! I LOAD of the CE Wagons. :d to be "The Best" sold i is show you our Wagons bi & Schumi THIS SPACE BE The Riser Mi 9 We are too bu advertisements O full stock in ev( 0 e ment. Come to us foi 10 * beautiful in Milli: trimmings, Belt. wear. The Riser Mi Clean Work V Our Aim an Wewant your Collars, C anything else that needs Iknow how to do them as i cause we have made a stu and we have all of the la are used in the most uj trial bundle will convince we use only the best mai methods in washing the c) Gall and see the way yol died. TheNewberru Si' Phone 116, : GREEN FRUITS - - * Everything in the Far :TABLE CONDII EVERYTH Modern Res .S. B. 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