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CANDIDATES APPEAL FOR VOTES ] BAMBERG COUNTY DEMOCRATS, j (Continued from page 1, column 2.) ficiency, but the lowering of county taxes must correspond with the state. Our tax system is obsolete. Personal property and wealth have wrongfully escaped taxes long enough. Advocates gas tax. He re ferred to the North Carolina tax system where no direct levy against property is necessary. He paid a glowing tribute to the Confederate soldier in language of pathos and fervor and is in favor of state aid for him. He believes in education and has helped build schools in Lee | ' county; he prides himself on his achievements for education; let there fte economy but nothing backward. He then said that taxes and education were important, but under the present disgraceful, heartrftndme social conditions existing t 'among us the matter of greatest importance and what should be of paramount concern to us all is the vital question of law enforcement. Crime c will never cease or stop until the verdicts of juries carry justice up- 1 held by the chief executives of the nation and various states. He preached love and respect for the laws of the land and of course was WV*' * -V obliged to promise to enforce all the laws to the letter. He thanked the people for the nice vote given him here 12 years ago in his last race for governor. He also claimed to have done patriotic service here in the world war cause in 1918. Knows and has experienced labor on the farm, but does not care to go back to wo nfnsod with a Dledge if elected to protect and defend the constitution as best he can. Mr. McLeod's f. .v.*. ; platform and policies and those of Senator Laney are identical. Former Governor Coleman Lixingstone Blease, now a Columbia lawyer, then hit the stump, and while mp<?b of his old time fire and pep were not in evidence, still, the instincts, the feelings, the viciousness, of the same old Coley were someV,* what there and occasionally crept v - out. Gov. Blease is at a disadvantage in conducting an even, quiet, dignified, peaceable campaign. However, many shouts and hurrahs were &. heard for him and his friends were there in no uncertain tones and in is numbers not to be sneered at by any faction or candidate. His speech was prefaced with the remark that after the third Tuesday in next s" January Cole Blease would again oc cupy your governor's chair, and lauded the fact that nobody will take exception to that when he was governor he was IT all over and next time would continue to be the governmental boss of us all. He cit ed his friends, the newspapers, to . show that crime has increased and is increasing since Blease was governor, although his enemies had pictured an Uptopian dream with a land of plenty, peace, progress and Godliness if he could only be gotten rid ; of. And since then the office holders elected had bankrupted the state : and darn near bankrupted each ??" -wmtt TT.o c+atori fhnt in the viie vi juu. u? ubMbvu v?? - general assembly he had eternally voted to keep down expenses, and as governor he had invariably vetoed the bills which cost the tax payers money. He took a crack at ' the useless offices, paid his respects - > to the state tax commission which paid $1,245 he says to a Sears, Roer1. > buck %& Co. product to show them bow to keep books, and says that the $17,500 pziid last year to the tax commission by the state was absolutely waste. He scored the tax ? commission for attempting to increase the assessment in Bamberg county. He is proud of his pardon record?(but nobody else is), And said that of all the many hundreds pardoned by him only two had returned to the clutches of the law, as renewed criminals, one for steal . ? ing an auto, while the other was for merely killing a negro, and that up in his country they don't convict white men for killing niggers. He rapped the board of public welfare and uttered a scathing, real, typical and characteristic Blease denunciation of the budget committee. , He dealth a knock out blow to the pets of the political ring and machine politics of South Carolina, and said the last legislature played false with you, but did not go very far into details. He is in favor of cutting out all useless offices and cutting down all taxes on Property and everything, a very peculiar plank in a platform, for of course nobody else would sponsor such a thinor lowering taxes and the like. He likes the colleges and universities, hut they are extravagant and he wants to see things go where his heart is from now on. with the country schools. He prefers a poor government with rich people over a rich government with poor people. If he should become governor he would distribute equal rights to all and special privileges* to none. His only reference to law enforcement was the one simple sentence that he would enforce all the laws y 0 I on the statute books, thus indicat- j ? ing that he attaches very little or 110 | a importance to this phase of present t day conditions among us. Decidedly c and easily the two main topics for a thought and discussion by the can- t didates for governor were taxation i and law enforcement. r Condidates may come, and candi- a dates may go, but John T. Duncan, \ Columbia lawyer, runs on forever, t And so John T. immediately launch- t ed into a vitriolic attack upon t Blease, who he said went to Washing- c ton once to select his seat in the 1 United States senate, but hasn't occupied it yet and never will. He made the rather startling assertion ( that Blease is running solely to t elect McLeod with no idea of going t in himself, and reminds us that c Blease carried only three counties in his last race for a state office, and that Edwin W. Robertson, of Co- { lumbia* is the political boss of us t all. He made his customary state- ^ ments about the Columbia canal, the greatest water power in the state, j And he took a mild sling at every . other candidate in the race, but no- a body seems to pay much attention to g Duncan except those who enjoy a keen sense of humor. He pictured ? - ?A ^ ?fn 1 fntnra f AT" tVlO O T"l 11 T P <A VTUUUCilUl miuic ivi vuv v?v - ^ state if its water power is utilized cand said he was the man to put be- t hind this project to perfect it in the constructive upbuilding of the c state. He charged Blease with a de- r liberate falsehood in not writing a j report which the former .governor, t according to Duncan, said in the outset of the campaign that he had g made. He promised with the sup- x port of the public to run Bobinson j clean out of the state, and injected a little life by renewing his prom- j ise to put roller skates under the , whole' buqch at Orangeburg Satur- g day. He closed with a witty joke on Blease comparing him to a mule j that its owner said, "Didn't give a ^ d-n." His was a speech of aggres- ( sive abuse instead of a discussion of the timely j issues of the campaign, j his wrath apparently being vent upon c Blease chiefly, but who has ever fig- c ured what John T. Duncan's purpose g is? t Following the candidates for 'gov- t ernor. came the three men in line for elevation to the lieutenant governor- j ship, and first spoke Jennings K. z Owens, lawyer, and representative | in the lower house of the South s Parrel in a prp nAral ARsemblv from VUf* VAAAAV* QV ?v.? v _ Marlboro county. Mr. Owens began f by shooting a lot of hot air about ^ the magnificent improvements and ( progress made here and in the county during the past 18 years since he i had moved away from here and how j well he was treated here and natur- e ally became fond of it, but still, he ? hasn't been back since. He had to t blow a little about having gone to e Denmark some 18 or 20 years ago j as a teacher thinking probably that would gain a few votes for him by t making friends with Bamberg folks, t and he then immediately bragged on o his lofty ideals and record of four j years in tne legislature, cut mrougu t all of this he neglected to refer to the fact that although he had that interest in us down here, yet when Bamberg county offered the state a man for the supreme bench fully as able as any who have aspired to that honor for several generations the same Mr. Owens voted against him for more than 40 consecutive times, in the face of the fact that several years previous the Bamberg county man's brother then in the legislature himself and unknown to Mr. Owens had staunchly supported the same Mr. Owens in his fight to become circuit judge. Although he tactfully refrained from that part of his record Mr. Owens, nevertheless, failed to make any howling impression Thursday, and Bamberg county people will probably convince this same Mr. Owens on the fifth Tuesday in August that although unmentioned they don't forget records, especially records of ingratitude. He * ? ? attempted to discuss tne duties ui ( (Continued an page 7, column 1.) J NO "BACK TO THE FARM' " TALK FOR DR. AY. W. LONG. ' (Continued from page 2, column 3.) 1 < lishment of experiment stations. In 1888 the bureau of agriculture was : made a department. In 1890 an ap- < priation of fifteen thousand dollars per year to be increased to twenty- < five thousand in ten years, for insti- i tutions established by the act of 1862.1 ] It will be observed from the fore- { 1 going that little was done for agri- < culture during the last century in 3 the way of constructive legislation. In fact it is within the last ten years that the minds of the economist legislators and the general business public have been forced upon the needs of agriculture, resulting in the passage of the Smith-Lever Extension act. the Smith-Hughes agricultural educational act, the Farm Loan Bank, the War Finance Corporation, and the Federal Warehouse. ( During all this period of neglect, notwithstanding the fact that his , general view point is one of doubt md suspicion, the farmer remained ] rue to the teachings of his fathers, t ?nly accasionally did lie wander off j J md become the willing pliant tool of he demagogue. Today he is coming nto his own for the people realize ' ~ x-v ? K Paha i f f VinT'D 1C t" O ho LUW (IS Ilt:> CI UC1UIC 11 IU1.JV 10 w I my race betterment of permanent alue there must be a betterment of | be masses. "A great nation is not s he outgrowth of a few men of genius C >ut the superlative worth of a great 9 ommon people." ' * die Present Potential Agricultural 3 Power of South Carolina. n . e The potential agricultural power t ?f South Carolina is greater today J han any time in its history. I know v his is a startling statement; of ^ :ourse, I appreciate the seriousness >f tire present situation. i Let me sum up briefly my reasons 0 f or stating that the potential agrlcuia ural power of the state is greater j oday than any time in irs history. 1st. There has never been a time . n the history of the world when I nere was such a s+ore of practical md useful information for the 'guidance of the farmer as today. bnd. The^e wis never a time in ro:? nt history when t.'i-*-? was a grcpt>r sympathy and a more general an- i lerstanding of the farmers' problems * ;y the general public than to iav. 3rd. There was Hive? a.s much favirable legislation en actM of a tinan ial and econom c character it tne nterest of agr: nature as there is oday. 4th. There is no soil t!iat will respond to intelligent treatment more ( eadily than the soil of South Caro- | ina. I 5th. There is no country that can 4 >roduce as many soil building crops ! is South Carolina and the adjacent 1 states. ! 6th. There is 110 ccuntrv that can I iroduce a greater number of nitro- * renous crops tor forage than Sbuth j Carolina. j 7th. There is no country that can I )roduce a greater number of monev ' :rops than South Carolina: namely, . :otton, tobacco, peanuts, soy beans, sweet potatoes, and practically aK j :he truck crops in the lower coun- 1 ies. 8th. There is no country that can j r>r>T>l' and rtairv nrnd'il^ts c /I UUUV/O pvi IV uuu \AV?*? ^ r. . a nore economically than South Caroina owing to our ability to produce l luch a variety of forage crops. ' 9th. There is no country that can >roduce more profitably peach.es, j grapes, and small berries than South Carolina. s 10th. And last, but by no means east, now that the farmers have at ast determined to put the business ind of farming which is largely the narketing of farm products on a >usiness "basis, by organizing farm:rs' cooperative commodity marketng associations. I admit it is one thing to possess he potential power and another hing to develop and mse it intelli gently. But I have a sublime faith11 n the fiber, the stability, and the ul- I imate common sense of our people, I or the agricultural record they have I nade within the last twenty-five rears justifies this faith. Uwentyive years ago the average yield of orn per acre was 11 bushels. Tolay it is 19. The average yield of >ats per acre was 13 bushels, today it s 24 bushels. The average yield of vheat was 5 bushels, today it is 12 rnshels. The average yield of coton per acre was 137 pounds of lint, oday it is 24 7 pounds. The averige yifeld of all the great stable crops >f South Carolina has increased vithin the last twenty-five years, extressed. in percentages 85 per cent., learly double. And we have just icratched upon the surface, the next lecade will see a further increase of j LOO per cent. But just think, gentlemen, what nfinite labor it has taken to secure heseresults. For it must *be remembered that southern agriculture 25 rears ago consisted simply in a series >f motions inherited from Adam and ;he time merchant and factor were :he only agencies the farmer could :urn to for financial aid, and thev demanded their pounds of flesh exDressed in the usurious rates of in:erest ranging from 50 to 150 per :ent. Year after year he produced and pear after year he offered his products below the cost of production. ? A - 1 T I am as nrmiy convinced as i am 3f anything that in a few years our agriculture will be readjusted. Our present antiquated system of taxation modernized. A great and efficient school system established. A modern policy of highway development adopted. When these great movements are accomplished our civilization will be of such a character that the philosophy of Dr. Van Dyke will be appreciated and become a part of the daily life of our peo- I nle. This oliilosopher so briefly and | charmingly expressed: "Four things a man must learn to do If you are to keep your record true: Think without confusion clearly; Love your fellowman sincerely; Act from honest motives purely; Trust in God and Heaven securely." Colds Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove I :he cause. There is only one ' Bromo Quinine." j ' Z. W. GROVE'S signature on box. 30c. j . W,inthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AND ENTRANCE| EXAMINATION. 11 The exanination for the award of j i acant Scholarships in Winthrop "ollege and for almission of new j ( tudents will be held at the County j! tt ? e ?? ! ;ouri nouse ou rnuaj, ?uij ?, at. > a. m. 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