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VOL. XXIX. WALTERBORO, S. C.. AUGUST 15, 1906. NO. 4- fllipAir.IV DfpPTIjVfi I stock law exewiption. He ^n-: h** inlroduocd a ' HlivIILlW ! forces it oii hi« plantation at Koumu. $2iK),(K'»0, to t] AT SNIDERS For Four Hours Candidates Ad dress ti'ie Hundred Voters Assembled. Sniders, Aug. A4, 1906.—The county otmjiaign meeting here Icday was a very tame affair. There were not more than a hundred voters pres ent at any time daring the day. Noth- j.>g sensational was developed. The most jntereBtiDg 'luestions were the exemption to the general stock law and the dispensary. The stand taken on the important (question by each of the candidates for legislative honors is given necessarily m brief lorm. Hon M R Cooju’r, the eleventh cation more than hedoes. Every one Ttoe act of ll«04 dei not nuke p. , x>- vision for the erection of a line fence. A provision to tax the county to Ooiid this fence would have been unconsti tutional. This fence must be bmlt either by public subscription or by a licens*^. on catth*. Time was C4lie« J . before he could get to the dibp'-Uttary question. SUPT OF EDUCATION • Dr FI. W. Black. Dr H W Black was the first speaker He looke<l upon the office to which he was aspiring .ts one of the higheav in the gift of the |>eoplo. Sixteen years ago he served as superintendent of educatioii Tor oneiterm, in which he tried ti do his full duty. lie had only a common school education, but no one approbated the need e' an e.in fo mr candidate for the Senate, was absent- The two other candidates, Mertfi Griffin and Fishburne were present, but :n the timerlloted to thorn thfey 00cId not get tc the im portant whiskey question. However, they were interviewed by your corres pondent and gave their views for publication. Mr Griffin is in favor of the State dispensary with certain limitations. Personally he is opposed to the sale of whiskey at-all, but he believes if it must be sold the dispen sary if the best solution. Mr Fishburne is in favor of local option, local option between prohibi tion and the county dispensary. The candidates for superintendent )f education made splendid addresses, ind good impression. The meeting was held in a beauti ful oak grove, and was presided over )y M P Howell Jr, county chairman. The meeting was called to order ibeat eleven o’clock by Hon W C Brant who introduced Kev J F ‘readier, who offered a short prayer. Mr Brant in a touching manner referred to the absence of former Jounty Chairman M P Howell. He hen introduced the pre>ent County Chairman M P Howell Jr, who was 'lad to be present at Sniders. He appreciated the honor bestowed upon dm by the executive committee, in ^acting him county chairman, doubly lecanse he realized the compliment laid his father by his election. He hoped the candidates would not ndulge in personal vituperation or njunous personalities eitner among hem selves or of others. He hoped he campaign would be pitched upon t high plane. He called attention 0 the pledges each candidates would tave to sign in compliance with the lection law. t STATE SENATE. J. S. Griffin. Hop M R Cooper was the first neaker on the program, but being .osent,J S Griffin was first introduced, le was glad to be again at Sniders, le would have been glad for his op ponent to have spoken first, but hav- og no record as a legislator he would ddress the audience os man to man. le is glad we are now a free people nd can vote as we please. He is no man’s candidate and is aaking the race ot his own volition le conducted an honorable campaign our years ago and hoped again to rin an honorable victory, or go down 0 defeat We have not been treated ight by the legislature as a whole or we voted two years ago for bien- lal sessions and our vote was ig- ored. High minded men should be igislators. He discussed the stock law. He r aa in favor of anti stock law and ould vote lor the continued exemp- 10c till the people were ready for it. Time was called before he got to ae dispensary. Wm. J. FUhtmrne. Hon Wm J Fishburne was next Produced. He was a member of the fwer house from Colleton the last ‘rro. The last legislature passed a ill purifying the elections. Taxation as reduced and the beautiful and seded annex to the court house was Qilt and cheaply. He had sought »find a remedy tor thjp evils of broken ne fences. An inquiry waft made as > who dug up the natter of atook w and brought it to the attention 6t te legislature* He said the broken nos bad made it a surface issue. He ss the author 1*6 years ago of the can get aoonunon school education— not every one can get a college educa tion. He favored good leachtvs He was told there was paid in the treasurey now every year idr the schools. He promised that books could be had in "Walterbcro. if he were elected, any day in the week cept Sunday. He will establish positoriee in every township for sale of books. T. B. Caldwell. ex- <ie- the bill to appropriate the common eohoois. lie favors bi-eanial sessions, and wa* in favor of increasing the jurisdiction of the magistrates, and introduced a resolution to that effect when in th» legipldtxre. He favors appropriation by Congress for better roads and the formation of local good roa Is clubs He favors appropriations for the Confederate soldiers, but is opposed to building a soldiers home, lie is opposed to immigration. He whs opposed to compulsory edu cation, as it would force us to educate the negro as well as the white child. He fa^rs the exemption from the general stock law and levying a li cense tax on cattle to keep rp the line fence. He is opposed to the Morgan bill —but stands for the btute dispensary as set forth by the Kaysor-ilanning bill. He is opposed to local option. D L Smith. Mr Smith was next introduced. Six years ago he addressed an au dience here asking their suffrage as couutv treasurer. He was a candi date for the legislature because he felt it was a larger field, and he believed he could do his people good there. He is opposed to immigration. It would bring anarchy and incest, murder and arson. He favors, if the exemption of the general stock law passes, levying „ „ a 1 he next shaker was T B Caldwell j a license on stock to build the'eounty fence. Favors an approprition for drainage of the low lauds. He favors the common schools. He favors levy ing a tax on the county for improving the roads. He is opposed ilsory education. He favors Ills aspirations was to a reepen sib file office. For six years he had studied this question. There was not enough interest taken in this question He studied law under Griffin and Pad- ^ett, and his experience as teacher fitted him to fill the office. He is up on all the new books and knows bow to instruct the young teachers. He would open the office from Oct i, to Christmas. He would leave it to the people as to whether they will have local depositories. He would visit the schools and see that the work was carried on properly. Hugo S. Strickland. Mr Strickland was next introduced. He was glad to meet the people in his first political speech. He said with regret that he had not had the oppor tunities to go higher in acquiring an education. For seven years he had taught school. If elected he would give all his time and talent to the betterment of the schools. Ho wanted to be thought honest and all he said was in earnest, and he hojied every one present would think so. FOR THE LEGISLATURE Jno. C. Goodwin. JnoC Goodwin was first intro duced. He wished he could be an orator and sway his audience. He wanted men to vote for him for his merit and if they did not consider h: in worthy and voted for him for any other reason he would not respect th ‘in. He favored good appropriation for the old soldiers, good roads and schools. He was in favor of the ex emption from stock law*. He was opposed to the sale of whiskey in any form, but he did not think the time quite ripe for the abolition of the dis pensary out it would soon come to that period as it was daily getting more corrupt - J. B. Dodd. Mr Dodd was next introduced. He aspired to legislative honors the first time. He stands for certain princi ples among them bi-ennial sessions of the legislature. He is opposed to compulsory education as it is con trary to the spirit of American Inde pendence. It did not suit the poor man. He is opposed to immigration, as the farmers, who are the back bone of the country, need elbow room. The class of immigrants who come here are undesirable. (Here a shower of rain came up and interrupted his speech.) He is opposed to the dispensary bnt in favor of prohibition right He was asked: “what solution do yon of fer to the whiskey problem?” He be lieved it wrong for the state to sell whiskey.- He proposed to offer an out and ont prohibition law that would prohibit. Jno. B. Smith. Mr Smith was next introduced. In 1900 he was elected representative, an honor he appreciated. He advocated the support of the common schools, and when he was in the legislature to compolsory education, bi-ennial sessions. He is opposed to the sale of whiskey, to high license. If whiskey must be sold he favors the State dispensary, next to th.»t he favors county dispensary. If the exemption to stock law fails he will vote to giving one year to get ready for it. Hon J M Walker. J M Walker was next introduced. He appears as a candidate for re-elec tion. He wished to give an account of his stewardship. He is on record as being opposed to immigration--He is opposed to compulsory education. He favored a liberal appropriation for the confederate soldier and worked for $250,000. The Senate cut it to $225,00o. He favored submitting the stock law to a vote of the people, as the delegation was flooded with petitions and letter asking for the enforcement of the stock law. He favors the li cense tax on cattle to build the line fences His record stands on the liquoi question He was opposed to the Morgan bill aud to prohibition as he did not believe it would prohibit, lie favors the State dispensary. If the dispensary was voted out it would mean 11 mills more taxation. In reference to certain reports that had been circulated that his votes had been improperly influenced while he was in the legislature, he wished to say any report to that effect was false. He read a letter signed by Major Jonn Black in which Major Black stated that he bad never given him (Walker) a suit of clothes Lyon and other members of the legislature were responsible for this attempt to black en his character. He exhibited a check which he said was his cancelled check which he naid for the only suit of clothes he had ever gotten from Columbia. Hon W C Brant. Mr Brant was then introduced to give an account of his stewardship. He is opposed to compulsory educa tion: he favored the dog tax that goes to the public schools; he favored mak ing the license to sell seed cotton discretionery with the County Board of Commissioners making license from $1 to $500; be is a true prohibi tionist, but of two evils he always chooses the lesser. Sixteen years ago the political speaking here was brok en un by a bloodv riot on account of whiskey. Ladies can now attend meetings here under the present sys tem. He believed the State dispen sary the best solution offered, but it needs some changes. He favored the Raysor-Manning bill, because it made these changes, He favors the election of the County Beard of Control by the people... He favors stock running at large; he has always been an anti-stool law uiuu, and favors a license tax on cat- tk to keep up the county teuoe; he is opposed to general immigration. treasurer. R E Jones. Mr Jones was first introduced. He thanked the people for the support given him two years ago; he pledged bis l>e«t efforts to mike a gocsl treas urer. J L Lyons. Mr Lyons did not think the office a s|»(*ech making one. He wants to thank the people for the support given him here two years ago, aud ho|»e8 for a continuance. W 5 Marvin. W S Marvin deemed it unne'essary to make a speech. If elected he would try to make a record for him self and the county. C W Pellurn. C W 1‘ellum was opj>*sed to the general stock law and advised every one to vote against the law whin op portunity ottered. AUDITOR A C Hiers A C Hiers ot Smoaks, was the first introduced and announced his can didacy; his life work has been in Colleton county where he has taught 20 years and is proud of the work he has done; he feels he is competent to fill the position he s^ks. H W DuBoi* H W DuBoia being at home does not feel that he needs to make a speech; he thinks the present in cumbent has had the position long enough. P M rturrsy P M Murray has appeared before a Sniders audience six times. He did not think his competitors young enough to learn to do the work. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS All the candidates for county com missioner were present and an nounced their candidacy in the fol lowing order J W Crosby, E B Blocker, I W Dopson, C C Crosby, Jasper Robertson, A Walker and E H timer. COUNTY SUPERVISOR M H Carter M H Carter was four years a mem ber of the board of county commis sioners. He believed he could run the county on less money than is being spent now; he cited figures to show the indebtedness ot the "county; favored paying claims, after the first three months, every 30 days and would enforce such it elected. 3 . J E Moore Mr Moore is a cand idste for re- election; he has reduced the indebt- ness of the county from $78,000 to about $3,000; he has reduced the levy; he says the levy of 1 mill will more than pay past indebetness and the levy can be reduced to 13 mills; he has 62,500, from the licens? fund; he is a contractor and superintends the work on bridges, aud receives no compensation save his salary. The cost of the annex to the courthouse did not exceed $4,200. The superin tendent or the poor farm gets $25 per month, and any statement to the con trary its false. It is also a false rumor that he contracts with the county; he does outside wook as a contractor. All other officers have their farms and businesses; he explained the con tract for county printing and cited the law as to letting contracts for the public printing; he had not ordered an election for the stock law at the time for the primary election, is the law went into effect five months after the election and the legislature would not be in session. Comity Chairman Howell here read a letter from Col Jno. 1) Ed wards stating his inability to be preBent on account of his feeble nealth. He then introduced R G W Bryan, a candidate for magistrate for Hey ward township, who announced his candidacy. The meeting then ad journed. The campaign party will speak at Kioe Patch tomorrow and Thursday at Lodge. W. W. 8., Jr. List of Managers for Primary Elec tion. The following are the managers at. the variou spoils for the democratic pri mary elftctiori to beheld Auc. 23, T-W6: Ashtou—T G U Broxton, D M Yarn, M M Key. Adams Run—W T Sanders, II D Dodd, P W Martin. Balls—J E Hudson, Willie M Bryan, B A Herndon. Berea—W A Smith, .1 M StrieJcIaml, Anbury Linder CottaKeville—T 8 Ackerman, H U Ackerman, T M Reeves. Colleton—J T Garris, Jasper Strick land, J S Padgett. Doctor’s Creek—J F Fender, B It Griffin. B C Sanders. Green Pond—C P Thomas, C H Boyn ton, J S Welch. Hendersonville—W W Fpeighte, Toe Marvin,Jr,A H Herndon. Hudson’s Mill—C J Breland, \Y W Bryan, H M Benton. Home Pen —C L Langdale C F Unger. Lucius Linder. Hickory Hill-S G Chaplin, J H Wood, H J Perry. Tacksonboro—S M Crosby, H B Hiott, ORB Price. Lodge—H W Carter, F W Stanley, Robert Miley. Maple Cane—W M Jaques, M H Hioftl, J A Willis. Petite—t E Benton, W W Waikar, K K Jones. Peoples—C L Lovelace, J M Craven, W B Sanls. Rice Patch—H H Rent*, G W Camp bell. PL Polk. Ravenel—John Martin, J D Airman, R W Chaplin. Ritter—Lee Ritter, Ben Carter, Jr, Henry Thomas. Rufflo—W J Brabham, J W Smyley, J M CrostTy. Smoaks—W B Smoak, Joins RRikber, Lee F Berry. Sniders—J E Harper, J W Getetager, U P Ulmer. Sidney—G W Gartis, J E Kinsey, J SJordan. Tiger Creek—G R E Linder, J H Beach, P Warren. Walterbcro—E P Henderson, E B Webb, C D C Adams. Warren’s X Roads—Moses Rifts, D R Posted, James Meggett. Wiggins—Dr Sisk, A F Richardson, J L Hickman. Wolf Creek—L ai Prine, P W Ollern- don, J S Bnchauan. Williams—H B Williams, A J StaadW ly, Charles Crosby. Young’s Island—E D Smoak, F T Towles, I W Carter. Why doe* *Re sun bu^n? Why does a mosquito si me? Why do wc feel un happy in ibe Good Old Summer Time? Answer: we don’t. We use DeVliU’a Witch Ha/.el Halve, and these Utile ilia don’t bother us. Learn to look for the name on the box to get the genuine. Sold by J >i Klein. Haa Stood The Test 25 Years. The old original GROVERS Tast«le-s Chill Tonic. You know what you are taking. It la Iron and quinine In a taate- leaa form. No cure no p4f 00c. Telephone Notice Answer your ’phone promptly. Do not blame Central when party folia to answer. We have no means of mak ing party come to phone. Do not answer phoue unless yon ore called. It is jnst as improper to eavedropover a phone as in any^other way. Do not leave your receiver down, if you do the whole line is jrat but of order. Decide who you want before you call Central. Hereafter when yon call Central aho will respond, “What Party?” You will know by this that you are talking to Central. Do not talk to Central, she has not the time and it is strictly against the rulea. After ringing, wait a reasonable time before ringing again. Do not under any circumstances uae your phone during a thunder storm. Do not ring Central after 10 o’clock at night except in cases of emergency Report all troubles promptly to F. S. Dixon, Manager. Prof Tyler, of Amherst College, said recently: “A man can live comfortably without brains: no man ever egistea without a digestive system. The dyspep tic has neither faith, hope or chanty.** Day foy day people realize the importaoee of caring for their digestion; realise the need of the uae of a little corrective after overeating. A corrective like Krtol For.