The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, September 01, 1921, Image 4
Qhe Sillon ^eralii
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A. B. JORDAN Editor
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mlion. 8. C., September 1, 1921
THE SAME OED CATCH PHRASES
This early in the game?12 months
before the 1922 primary?men who
aspire to the governorship are at the
same old game?harping on lower
taxes. Next summer they will be as
plentiful as hops on a Pennsylvania
farm and you will hear them shouting
from the house-tops, "Elect me
and I'll lower your taxes!"
At the first political meeting we
ever attended some 33 years ago we
beard the same cry, and every poli
Ucal meeting we have attended since
that time we have heard the cry repeated
over and over. In the mean-j
time the taxes on, visible property
have gone higher and higher.
The candidate for governor or any
other state office who goes before
the people and raises the,
"high tax" cry and tells them if theyj
will elect him he will lower their
taxes is the very man who should be,
left at home. He is misleading the
IHople before he gets into office and
he will fool them after he gets there.1
A-?^dividual or group of indivi>r
that matter can bring about
is too big a task. It is
rw-'vement that must have the support
of the people themselves, and
without that support the most earnest
efforts for tax reform must fall.
North Carolina has an ideal tax
law?"a law that has equalized taxes,
reduced assessments on real and
other visible property, and placed the
burden of taxation where it properly
Kol nncTB Wo lino thu wovJ <4ht%*?/Ior? "
Wrswaif^o. X5 UDC UIC nv?U UUl UCli,
tout it is not a burden. The taxes in
that state have been so equalized
that taxation is no longer a burden.
It has lifted the burden from the
shoulders of the people.
But before we can adopt North
Carolina's tax law we must elect to
the general assembly men who will
work for the equalization of taxes ?
men who will pledge themselves to do
all in their power to bring about the
equalisation of taxes?not men whose
only song on the campaign is "We
must have lower taxes and if you
will elect me I will see that you get
them!" We have heard too much of
that kind of stuff.
It i8 there that the beginning mus?
ie. The demand must come
le people themselves. The
1. the banker, the merchant, the
XT At. ..^jturer are carrvinc tho tnv
burden and the power to equalize
taxes is in their hands. I
They'have a majority vote and in
the next^riinary they should let it be
understood that only red-blooded men
of courage and independence are
wanted ? not peanut politicians who,
the moment they are elected to the
legislature, have visions of the white
house. They should let it be understood
that the people are tired of the/
gallery stuff; that we don't care a
hang how many cur dogs there are
tn the state; that we don't care a continental
even if there is too much sulpher
and not enough carbon in the
Bteam coal the railroads use; that
the question a3 to how the 54 work-i
ing hours in cotton mills should be
distributed over the week is some-,
thing that should be settled between
the cotton mills and their operatives. |
The tax problem is the biggest
problem South Carolina has ever had,!
yet for session after session the mem- \
bers of the general assembly havej
apparently side-tracked this big meas-j
ure, have shied away from many gooq j
bills that would have equalized taxes
by taxing the many instead of the
few, while useless measures have had
the right-of-way.
When we send to the general assembly
men who go there for the sole'
purpose of working unselfishly for
the good of the state, with no thought
of what effect will my vote on this
or that measure have on my political
future, then and not until then will
KB* I MS Kill tu U?TC BUUir VfiicooiTc
legislation; men of such courage and
Independence that if a measure is progressive
and he is a man of progressive
ideas and knows it is a good e
Just law and will benefit his constituents,
although they may not be
progtessive enough at the time to see
it, that he will cast his vote for it.
erven though he knows it means hiB
defeat In the next primary.
We do not mean by this that every
member of the South Carolina general
assembly is a weakling who is so
afraid of the political bosses back
home that he will not do his duty as
he seea it, regardless of the effect on
his political future. There are lots
\of good and fearless men in the South
Carolina general assembly, but when
yon compare South Carolina to the
more progressive states of the union
.yon are forced to the conclusion that
Che non-progressive element in our
general assembly is in the majority.
Begin on the general assembly.
"Vote only for the man who pledges
hliaaelf to help In the work of equalizing
taxes by adopting an income tax
law, an Inheritance tax law and an
occupation tax law. The adoption of
them laws will provide additional revenue
and lower the tax on visible
property.
Bet la the meantime don't be mislead
by the candidate for governor
he telle you that if you will elect
Mm he will lower your taxes or re
THE DIE:
form your tax laws. He is either a
knave or he takes you for a tool.
There is not in the whJile state of
South Carolina a man who can 30 into
the governor's office and without
the assistance of the general assembly
raise or lower taxes one iota.
There is not in the whole state a man
who has a personal or political following
large enough or atron 1
enough to do it. Ben Tillman had
Ithe strongest personal and political
following of any man who over -n !
in the governor's chair, with the.
possible exception of Wade Hampton,;
and Ben Tillman was not strong
enough or big enough to change the
tax laws without the help of a ina-J
jority of the members of the general |
assembly.
I The average governor can help so
far as individual help goes; if hoi
is a good and just man who has the1
confidence of the people he may be!
able to Influence some of his person-J
al friends and followers to vote his
way, but when it comes to voting h<
has less power than the humblest
member of the general assembly. He
cannot participate in the floor debates
of either house and he cannot
cast a vote. He has the privilege of
sitting on thp H"?-" ??*
.. 11urn uivf any
[other ordinary citizen, but he cannot,
'except in transmitting a message to
the general assembly, express his
(views on any measure that comes before
tbat body.
So don't be fooled and bamboozled
by any candidate for governor who
shouts from the house tops that "if
ycu will elect me I will lower yourj
taxes and run the state on a different
system." His duties are to carry out;
the laws?not make them?and he(
is powerless without legislative authority
to raise or lower taxes or put
into effect any reforms that he thinks 1
will be of benefit to the people.
! The beginning must be made on
the members of the general assem,bly,
and if you sincerely desire to see
i taxes lowered and equalized and other j
(reforms brought about vote for the
i man who in your judgment has the
'courage to go to Columbia and do
i his duty, regardless of the effect his
|course will have on his political future.
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| STORIES OF OUR SOUTHEAST).
Oen. Robert Toombs, the Unreconstructed
Rebel.
(By T. Larry Gantt.)
Men who are most blatant in advocacy
of involving their country in 1
war, when the hour of danger arrives, i
are invariably found holding some 1
bomb-proof position and have also I
taken care to keep their own sons I
outside the danger zone, and require 1
men who had no hand whatever In i
provoking hostilities to do the fight- i
ino
But there are exceptions to all I
rules, and Gen. Robert Toombs, of'
Georgia, was an exception to the(l
above named class of skulkers. Long It
before even South Carolina seceded 1
he was a rampant secessionist, and *
while in congress nothing delighted p
him more than to defy and enrage. 1
the members from New England. |t
They never forgave Toombs for de- <
clarinK that he intended some day to (
stand on the summit of Bunker Hill 1
monument and call the roll of his I
slaves; and after the surrender he i
was hated by the North next to Jef- t
ferson Davis, and great efforts made '
to capture him. ;
And the father of Mr. Davis and.
Bob Toombs are of the same county, u
Wilkes. This is one of the most in-|i
teiesting spots in Georgia or the:'
South and rich in historic interest. In * ]
Wilkes was fought the battle of Ket-h
tie Creek and which turned the tide |
in favor of the struggling colonist's. \
Here the wagon train, following Mr. |
Davis and carrying the gold and all- (
ver belonging to the Confederacy and (
the Richmond banks, while encamped
at night, near the town of Danburg.
was raided and looted by disbanded
Confederate soldiers as the Federal .
troops were in close pursuit and
would have captured it. And in Wash-,
iugton, the county town of Wilkes,
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet held'
their last raeetling, the Southern Cou-j
federacy was disbanded and Mr. Dav-,
is, with his family and a few trier*
'and true frlenda, begdh his journey
.to the seaboard, to be captured while
|encamped at night in a pine forest
near Irwinton. Ga. So it was almost
within a stone's throw of Tombs,
whose overpowering eloquence did so
much to bring on the war, that the sun'
of our Lost Cause set and that stain-!
less banner, the Stars and Bars, sane-,
tified with the blood of the chivalry'
of our Southland was furled forever.
Gen- Ben Heard, who owned that)
historic house (since demolished) and!
was present at that last meeting,
.showed me this room and had marked
the spot where Mr. Davis chair stood.
It was a handsome, old style, threestory
brick building, and that last sad
meeting was held on the upper floor.
I have also visited the scene of Mr.
Davis' capture and noted the bullet-!
scarrerd pines. These spots to me'
seemed hallowed ground. There is,
not one word of truth in the publish-{
ed story that Mr. Davis had on a
woman's dress when captured. He
had retired and had donned his night'
robe as had always been his custom.
But I am wandering from my subject.
When war was declared, Bob
Toombs was among the first to enlist'
and fought valiantly until the sur-j
render of Lee at Appomattox.
I did not know Gen. Toombs per-;
sonally until he was in the decline of(
life, but he was then a remarkably
handsome man, and would be singled
out in any assembly. We lived in
adjoining counties, and Oen. Toombs
being an eminent lawyer attended i
court twice every year, besides being
a frequent visitor to my town of Lex- j
lngton. 'j
In his younger days Toombs Is <
LOX HERALD. DILLON, SOUTH CA
said to have been one of the hand
somest men of his day, with erecl
and imposing stature. To Lee anti
i his army as a cavalry commandei
Toombs was what Prince Rupert was
to Charles I and Murat to Bonapartt
;?undaunted courage combined with
dash and a most picturesque bearing
He was one of the most eloquenl
and convincing speakers his state
lever produced, and in defense of a
cause he believed to be right and
facing an antagonist his words were
charged with vitriol and fairly blistered
the party assailed- The severest
arraignment of a public man was
at what is known as the "Brush Arbor
Meeting" in Atlanta where
Toombs denounced Gov. Joesph E.
Brown, who had joined the Republican
party and was rewarded with
high office. He closed his denunciation
with the words, "He rots us he
rises and he rises as he rots." '
Gen. Toombs was intensely Southern
and his devotion to his country
and "s cause amounted almost to fanaticism.
His spirit was unyielding,
uncompromising and unconquerable.
Had Toombs the power he would have
continued the war so long as a man
was left to pull a trigger and he
would have died in the last ditch with
them. He refused to take the ohth of
allegiance and died as he had lived an
unreconstructed rebel. He refused
to accept a pardon when tenderer hv
President Grant who was at West
Point with Bob Toombs and was his
friend and admirer. He told Grant
he had done nothing to be pardoned
for and was ready to try it over the
first chance.
After Gen. Toombs' visit to Washington.
he was asked if he met the
president ?
"Certainly," replied Toombs, "I
always call on the chief of police
when 1 hit a town, for I don't know
when I'll get in trouble. Grant
tried to get me to take the oath of
allegiance," continued the general,
"but I told him that I'd boil down
hell to a pint and drink it before I'd
swallow the d?d thing."
When Gen. Toombs visited Lexington
a chair was always placed foi
him on the sidewalk in front of the
Roane house, which he took and was
surrounded by every one on the
street to ask the general questions
on current matters and hear him talk.
During the big fire in Chicago
Toombs was occupying that seat. A
newcomer, after shaking hands with
Toombs, asked. "Well, general, whats
the latest news?"
"Glorious news!" replied Gen.
Toombs. "Chicago is burning like
hell and the wind is still in our favor!"
Because H. L- Kimball with Republican
money began rebuilding Atlanta.
he spent a good part of his
time denouncing the town as a pest
hole of radicalism, and did not modify
his language even when on a visit
o that city. But when the Kimball
bouse was burned Gen. Toombs was
induced to go on a note to rebuild it
uid was left with the bag to hold,
rhis stripped him of a considerable
sart of his wealth.
Gen. Toombs would S? to any
ength to assist a man he liked, but
hev had to toe the political line he
.ad ohallfpH U o fnrniotioa Uo-.-.,
3rady, Bob Alston and St. Clair
\branis money to start the Atlanta
rlerald. but when Grady wrote an
irticle eulogistic of Jos. E. Brown,
3en. Toombs made the sheriff foredose
his mortgage'and so cleared the
way for the Constitution. The only
jitter article Grady ever penned was
in denunciation of Gen. Toombs on
this occasion, which concluded with,
'He loans his money like a prince
and collects it like a Shylock."
After Lee's surrender a small
irray of Federal troops were scouring
he country after Davis and Toombs,
who were looked upon by the Washington
authorities as the chief instigators
of the war. My family had reTugeed
from Charleston, S. C., and
tny father had traded seven negroes
for a farm in Elbert county, Georgia,
as a temporary home. The war had
ended and squads of Yankee cavalry
were seen on every road in search for
Davis and Toombs.
Late one afternoon, Mr. James M.
Carter, another of Toombs' old solJlora
1 - - * - *
iuuc uy iu uur khic ana asxea
if my father was at home. I replied
that he had gone to a neighbors. Mr
Carter then told me to say to my
father to be without fail at the home
of Col. L. H. O. Martin that night at
12 o'clock sharp; and as Mr. Cartel
stuck spurs in his horse and dashed
off. he tufted in his saddle and add
cd, "An<j tell him <J^t 4t 4s not beyond
his cable tow.'"
My father reached home a little
after dark. 1 gave him the1 first part
of the message he said he was tired
and had no idea of taking such a long
ride that night, but when I addec
about the "cable tow" he had ncr
vant saddle a fresh horse and rod<
away and he did not return home foi
several days.
It was not until years after and
when I had grown to manhood anc
had myself joined the Masonic fra
ternity that I learned the sequel ol
that message. The Federal troopi
were closing around Gen. Toombi
when he slipped through their linei
and went to the home of Col. Mar
tin. A number of hi? disbanded of
fleers and soldiers were summoned tc
protect and try and get him to Cuba
ns Spain was a friend to the Soutt
and the only European country t<
acknowledge the independence of the
Southern Confederacy. Toombs hat!
never Joined the Masons,'but thai
night he was slipped into a rear room
of Major John H. Jones' store in Elbertcn
and all the degrees in thf
niuc lodge administered to him; and
Toombs is said to have been the aptest
'candidate to ever go through th?
ordeal. And in after years ne be
came a high Mason and a pillar in the
order.
Gen. Toombs was then carried to
an island In the Savannah rive.* (th?
Seaboard railroad now crosses the tipper
end of this island) and there fed
md guarded for woeks. When an
Dpportuaity occurred, with one of
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- his brav? soldiers named Irvln as a
t guide, he embarked on board a sailI
ing vessel and safely landed in Cuba,
r From thence he went to England
) landing there almost penniless, but
? was treated with great honors,
i Even when a student attending
Franklin college at Athens did Gen.
Robert Toombs display the uncon?
querable spirit that characterized his
, entire life. It is said that one night
[ when young Toombs and other stud>
ents were engaged in a carouse in a
room in the dormitory, the meeting
was invaded by several of the facult
ty. The boys escaped through windows
and other outlets except Toombs
who was too drunk to get away. Looking
at the invaders, he said, "The
wicked flee when no man pursueth.
but the righteous are bold as a lion."
Before graduating Toombs, for
some breach of discipline, was denied
jthe privilege of delivering his addi
ess, but while the commencement
exercises were in progress he mounted
a chair beneath a large oak in
front of the hall and by his eloquence
drew the entire audience from the
cbnpel. That tree was ever after
known as the "Tnmhn Onlr " Hnmo
years ago it died but the remnant of
lit* trunk is still preserved as a relic
by the Institution.
I Toombs was refused a diploma, but
years after when he attained fame
jP.nd distinction, the university sent
him a diploma, which Toombs returned
with a note stating that when the
document would have honored and
helped him in his start in life it was
, refused him, but now that his acceptj
ance would honor the college he
would not accept it. j
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WHY SUFFER SO?
Why suffer from a bad back, from
sharp, shootitia twings, headaches,
'dizziness and distressing urinarv ills?
Dillon people recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills. Ask your your neighbor.
Could you ask for stronger proof of
merit?
W. A. Weaver, shoemaker. Main
St., Dillon, says: "I had pains in my
back and was sore and lame in the
morning. My sight became blurred
and the secretions from my kidneys
acted irregularly. I had other symptoms
of kidney trouble. Frieads recjom
mended Doan's Kidney Pills and 1
got a supply at the McLaurin Drug
Co., now the Moody Drug Co., and
they soon relieved me of my trouble
and fixed me up in fine shape."
| The above statement was given
.December 22, 1914 and on January
29, 1918, Mr. Weaver said: "I have
never heard of a kidney medicine
I that can equal Doan's Kidney Pills.
They have completely cured me of eviery
symptom of kidney trouble and
I am oniy too glad to recommend
them again."
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. It.
NOTICE.
I This is to forbid any and all persons
from employing or harboring my
wife, Daisy Price.
I Ness Price,
9 1 ltp. Lake View, S. C.
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we have to offer b<
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ESTABLISHED
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Dillon Swe
Storage C
We wish to announce thai
our Potato House, which is s<
Carolina.
Mr. J. W. Edgerton will 1
tato business. Will buy an
Sweet potatoes, and will stoi
one car load of crates on t
at 15 cents per crate.
After September the 1st c
strictly for cash.
Mr. Edgerton will be on h
of the old Dillon StorageWar<
week day. He will make e:
corn or flour for wheat.
Fulghum oats and Abruzzi r
at close cash prices. We
oats, velvet beans or peas an
We will keep Formalin on h
every bushel of oats, wheat <
Ion County be treated to pre
We buy cotton seed and u
tall grain.
Yours to \
DILLON SWEET POTA'
DILLON,
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tention Farmers!
HNNING COTTON A
AND LITTLE ROCK
ive just put in ne
it both ginneries.
e latest and most
hmery on the n
:e you to call and :
We are equipped
gins if the custom 1
ins when crowded.
3 you getting prom
>ur plant. We g]
:on as well as short
antee that your cotton "
lg graded as "gin cut.'
or exchange for your se<
[ will he as high as the
we solicit your business
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lion, South Carolina.
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Brick!
and see what
efore you buy
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et Potato
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t we hare completed
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lave charge of our pod
sell both Irish and
re potatoes. We have
land which we can sell
>ur local sales will he 1
f
land in the front room
ehouse ten hours each
(change of meal for
He will keep on hand
ye which he will sell
will buy corn, wheat,
id pay cash for them,
and and suggest that
or rye planted in Dilvent
smut.
rill sell fertilizers for
lerve,
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