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01 D i exact life. .yu s whici worrr NEWS AND HERALD .PUBL18HED WEEKLY, --BY WINNSBORO PRINTING Co. J. FRANK FOOSHE, - - - EDrro! TEEMS, IX ADvANCE : Oue Year,................ Six Months.............-------. WINNSBORO, S. C. Wednesday, March I, 1 905. The Cotton Growers' conven tion in Columbia last wgek was largely attended and shows how~ much interested the farmers of the state are in taking the neces sary'steps to secure the reduc tion of cotton acreage. The call for the Fairfield County conven tion will be issued next week. Those townships which have not yet organized should do so at the earliest date. The statue of Frances Willard, the distinguished temperance advocate, has been placed iE Statuary Hall in the Nationa) capitol by the State of Illinois. This is the first statue oi awomaI to find a place there and the members of her sex showed theii appreciation of, this compliment by turning out in large number! to listen to the eulogistic ad dresses made in connection wit] the ceremony. Elsewhere in this issue appear: the notice of the municipa election to be held in April Winnsboro has been fortunat4 the last four years in1 having Mayo: Ketchin preside over its atfairs and we take great pleasure ui nominating him to succeed him self. While we have not beer able to endorse his administratiot in every particular, yet he ha: made the town a very efficieni official, one whom it would be fortunate to have continue at th4 head of its affairs. The Merchant's Building ani Loan Association has- decided t< go into liquidation and is now winding up its affairs. It has made a good record, having re turned to its stock-holderr $5C per share at the end of 44 monthly payments of $1.00 per share. Through it a number of young people in town have been enabled to save up money that would not have been saved but for the opportunities to do so afforded by it. The Young Men's Saving .a Lom. Assonciation, which was (00D YUOOD I AND his is the BIG y what we say We most posi1 e what we ar< ibegins TO=D2 o goods sold a organized 12 months ago, is also making a creditable showing, there being a ready demand for its stock. The former associa tion had 750 while the latter has only 500 shares, which are held for~the most part by those who are not share-holders in the as sociation that is now going out of business. The new association is not affording all the opportu nity to the young people of the town to save money that the circumstances demand. There is need for a new building and loqn association to supplement the good work that it is doing. Such associations make it possible for young people to become prop Qrty holders when otherwise it would be impossible. Those who are paying rent can thus be-enabled to buy a home. It is through organizations of this chi aracter that towns have been built up. Let this need in Winnsboro be promptly filled by the organiza tion of a new building and loan association, one which will have as its spe cial feature the loaning of money on town propertry. Senator Johnson Answered, Ia another em appears S enator Johnso t O our editorial of IM-. r to his amneudmenst.. bill relative to the ~ e and jail and his vbt state and county levy. fiel we had any doubt at that t.unri L reard t,o the correctuess of our Iconclusion the same' would now be completelty dispelled by his 1explanation, which does not ex While we have no reason tc rquestion his statemeut that he asked for the conference, there is nothing in this request tc -indicate his willingness to gel 1together with his colleagues ar the house, for his action in the matter was riierely in compliance with parliamentary practict s. After the failure of this comn mittee to reach an agreement, for the same reason he made a request for the appoirtmnent of a free conference committee. In regard to the workings of these committees we (10 not admit the Iignorance that Senator Johnson's impertinent questions suggest. While the changes in any other form of legislation in this way might have been possi'ole, the very fact that this was a purely local matter in which the member of the senate were in direct opposition to the membrs of the house made possible chainges so improbable as to put them beyond the rma of possibiltty. Mr. IM M N,OTI( S, OTI( - TO BELOW WEST SALE ea r. Now is yow ively will not Soffering. Set GREAT 3 KY and contint t cost will be c McCants was wholly right in' "expressing his desire that the bill, be killed rather than accept 'the'Senate's action." Had Sena tor Johnson taken this same higrh stand there would have been no oppertunity for the criticism of his action, that the circumstances have demanded. The ends of legislation are better served by having a bill killed out right than to have it loaded with conditions that cannot be com plied with. The concession of letting the bill remain on the calendar until another year was a very liberal one indeed, but wholly worthless. so far as securing the desired improvements at this time .When it comes to voting bonds it is always most desirable to have them bear as low a rate of in terest as possible. With no bonded indebtedness upon the county, the bonds could easily have been floated at par at the low rate of interest named, so there would have been no gain at all in in creasing the rate of interest. This was a concession that did not concede3 and even counted for nought. Had the bonds been of a character that Senator Johnson's bills call for, the rate of interest would necessarily have been so much high.er than 4k per cent to have made it unwise to float them if not to make them literally non Ifloatable. After saving that the naming $5,000 as a minimum for the jail property was merely as a safe guard to prevent it from being sacrificed, Senator Johnson adds that the same p)roperty in Ridge way wouldl command $10,000 easily-and we might add that if the same property were in the beart of New York, it would bring more than $1,000,000.- A simple calculation will enable us to know whether this statement is a big joko or a b'usiness prop osition Ridgeway has recently taken the progressive step of costructing a modern town hall that is to its credit: being locat ed uoon the most desirable lot from~ a business standpoint of any in the place. The said lot has a front of 31 feet and is 114 feet deep. The price paid for it was $1,000, and that this was its full market value is fully attested by the fact that every man in Ridgeway has to tell you about the fine price for which it was sold. As tr e value of business lots is determined almost wholly by their frontage, let us see what would be the value of the jail lot when measured by the Ridgeway yard stick. This lot is 105 feet square, which 'vould make it / NAKNG ENS OF )NS, HO )NS, 0 BE CLOSEDOC COST I rer carried on ir r opportunity te be undersold. ~ing will be beli ~LAUUHT ies till MARCI1 harged. No gc worth at the same rate, without bi making a difference between the Ito value of the corner and the 2 ed adjoining lots (if sold, it would tb probably be divided into three ha lots) only $3,387.09. As Winns- ca boro dirt could under no cri circumstances be more valuable tb than Ridgeway earth, Senator 1be Johnson must make big allowances ti< for the building itself. As a ti< matter of fact this magnificent in superstructure would add about hC as much to the value of this lot, oj as the building on the lot ad joining the Ridgeway town hall di would to that property. There- st fore in saying, that "if the jail and it lot is not worth $5,000, it is worth ra nothing," Senator Johnson is w< committing an offence against to his home town by demanding he almost a double valuation for w< Winnsboro property. The prob- sa abilities that a property the size w< of the jail lot, with a worthless pr building on it, bringing $10,000 wi in Ridgeway is about as improba- el ble as it is probable that Senator m Johnson's naming $5,000 as the le minimum for the jail property til was solely for preventing it from as being sacrificed. wi In introducing this compara- p tive valuation of Winnsboro and wi Rdgeway property, Senator re Johnson has given the motive b< for his opposition to the mneasuse, n< whereas we had only criticized at his underhanded manner of con- at ducting his fight against the ne same. However much as a pi citizen and property holder of tb Ridgeway he was opposed to the w measure, as the Senator from bi Fairfield it was his duty to rise, above any local opposition and ti represent the whole county. pt With grand jury after grand jury di recommending the improvements tii and with a county Democratic m convention approving the re- b commendations, there, have been w enough expressions of the peo- al pe for the matter to be submitted gs to them in a business like way. pi Certainly, if it would have been be constitutional to have issued de~ bonds two years ago on the vote er of the people at the primary, it '9 would be constitutional now. But m: it was not constitutional then 14 and is not constitutional now. cc The object of tnat vote was to ul bring upon the county,s repre- all sentatives such pressure that $2 they would do exactly what the'a house bill provided for-provide th for an election at which the mat- lit ter could be submitted to the as people in a legal way. Of course rei Mr. McDonald knew that such gr: an election was nothing more int than a primary and was not in fnal, and it is wholly inuenua- mi '[MU 'ES AN] 'ES N] UT k)R SF Winnsboro. Sget the Big Don't buy ai eying. Con EiR SAL 10. The e ods on appro for Senator Johnson to try defend his action on this prec et. To do so is to set u11 eplea of ignorance, which w< ve good reason to believe he n not, thouigh it would be more ~ditable to him that such were e case than for him knowing ter to have introduced condi ~ns that were not constitu nal for the purpose of defeat ga measure his want of man id would not let hin openla pose. While Senator Johnson's bill d provide for the matter to be mitted to the qualified voters, did not provide for a sepa e set of managers and sc uld have narrowed it dowi a party vote, which wouli re raised a technicality, thai uld have interfered with thE e of the bonds. Even if it re the purport of the bill t< >vide separate managers, thi; uld not be*,advisable, for th< etion at which bonds are vote< st stand to itself. Even i ~ally possible for such an elec 3D to be held on the same da: the primary, the ,votinj uld have been at the placel vided for general election; ich would have very inued uced the vote on the propose< nds. There would have bes trouble in getting a full vot< a special eletion for the issu e of bonds, as the peopl' ~ver fail to vote when thei aperty is to be taxed o: re is the opportunity for thosi thout property to add to th< rdns of those who have. And now comes that old say Lat it is those who have no pro ~rty that would impose ad ional taxes. The obstruc niSt to public improvementi y hide behind this defence t such a doctrine will not holi ter when it comes to debt eady incurred. If the obli Ltion must be discharged by thi >perty holders which is thi ~ter business policy, to pay th4 bt or to allow it to go on in asing without reducing it. 1 and '99 the county levy was ls, but was then decreased t< mills, and as a result the uty's indebtedness has pilei , until it has reached th< rming figures of approximatelj 5,000. The debt must be paid it is the part of wisdom foi ose of us who pay taxes or ie and for those so fortunatE to pay on much to be aboul ucing this indebte<iness. The ,d jury may recommend the ~reasing~of th.i levy as they did 1903, county commissionerE ey beg for money to meet the P1 iTOC 'OT CAS We are going gest Bargains c iything in our 1 te one, come all any bird catch1 val. county's obligations with as they fI -have been doing from - year to In year, but all this is of no avail d unless the, delegation accedes to' r these recsmmendations and de- I mands by making the necessary't levy. If senatorial courtesy is e to keep us from making improve- j4 ments, in the name of all that is o good do not let it keep us from s paying our debts. s As to your question, Senator ti Johnson, as to how much taxes t< we pay, we answer most emphati- s cally that it is none of your busi- u ness and has nothing to do with y the question at issue. As to your further suggestions of a challenge a to a debate and as to his editorial e Greatness and all other such im-- i: pertinent stuff, they are herewith s consigned to that waste basket of a contemnpt. Respect for the office with which the people nave en- t trusted you, -if not respect for di a yourself, would demand of you1a i to refrain from dodging the realy I issue by stooping to such little Sness. -We have not deemed it neces i sary to publish the two bills j here, as the former bill has been c i published in full and the senate t Sbill differed from it only in those r iparticulars that we have named, y i all of which are admitted as , 1 correct. The real issue centers e ' around the having the matter -voted upon at the primary in1 i a 1906 instead of at a special j r election this year. The two e e clauses in the senate bill provide e 3 "that the question of issuing of a i said bonds shall be first submitted e to the qualified voters of the i r county at the first regular c -primary to be held in 1906 for i - nominating state and county g -officers" and "that the said election j Sshall be conducted in all manner a ,and ways by and under the a eletion laws of the state, and if a the said majority of the qual- s -ified voters vote "Yes" as herein before provided, the said super- y visor and board of commissioners shall immediately provide to s -issue said bonds to run for a r period of twenty years" Senator Johnson's Explanation. (Continued from page one.) would not be a handful of votes polled outside of the towns at h such a time. Ii Althughpersonally opposed -s timposing this burdeni upon a the people, oecausa~ I believed it a wholly unnecessary and that we re now have as good a jail and court al house as any other county a similarly situated in the State, ye in fairness to allt I was per- n< ING ~to do f your ine till. to this4 es the retly ~villing to subnit the tatter to the people for thei ecision and -have done all in ~ason to accomplish that end. will say for your edification iat when the issue arises, if it ersrdoes, Iwill be pleased to >in issue with you or;the stump r elsew here, when the people'can atLle the matter in a way bes 2ited to themselves. I believe after ie matter is properly presented > them at the polls, they will attle it by their ballots in -no ncertain way, as they did two ears ago. And I have committed another npardonable crime . in your stimation in voting against 2creasing the taxes for both bate and county puirposes. It is very easy matter for those who ay no taxes to, favor increasing Lie tax burden upon those who o pay. Really, how much tax o you pay? Anything, except our poll tax? But you have reserved the rorst for the last; namely, the eople are watching me and I ave not showed up creditably n account of my connection with hie bond issue. Now, are you ot assumiing a great deal when ou attempt to speak for the rhole people? If you will strike ut or erase the words "the peo le" from your sentence and aisert "your own name" instead, will offer no further amend wents or objections. But in onclusion will say, if I have roused the indignation of his ditorial Greatness, who seeme to ave recently ascended a throne I some kind in his wild imag lation and is about to promul 'ate his solemn imperial decree. ow things in general shall be one and how people shall think nd deport themselves, I sup oselI shall have to bow at the brine and crave his Majesty's ardon in order that I might be ermitted to escape with my life. I send you a copy of the Senate abstitute bill and ask that you ublish it along with this com mnnication, and the Brice bill iso, and let the people judge etween it and the House bill 2at you seem so much wedded to. W. J. Johnson. For Over Sixty Years MRs. WINsLow's SOOTHING 8YRUP as been used for over 60 years by mil aus of mothers for their children bile teething, with perfect success. soothes the child, softens the gums, lays all pain; cures wind colic, and is e best remxedy for Diarrhea. It will lieve the poor little suff'erer immedi ely. 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