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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.
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ively will not
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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
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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
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Winnsboro.
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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.
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