The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 17, 1922, Page 2, Image 2
Denmark Hears Candidates;
^ Serves Barbecue Dinner.
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burning ambition to serve in this
' office.
A. B. Hightower, offering for the
same office, did not make a speech,
but took occasion to say that if elects
ed he wiH fill the office to the best of
fhis ability, and thanked the voters
for their support on August 29th.
Supervisor Barney Smoak thanked
the voters for their handsome vote
at Denmark two years ago, when he
defeated E. C. Bruce, "a good man,"
on/1 lilranrico !innro/>iatp(1 the
jliv? ou4u) muu iiag tt 1uv Vv*v??v?. ?good
vote all over the county. He
is running on his record, which he is
proud of, and which had been characterized
by others as one of the cleanest
in the state. His books had been
inspected and pronounced in fine condition,
but he does not claim to have
' ^ done anything more than his duty;
he does not claim to have been perfect,
however. He is not the only
/-^supervisor who has had federal aid
in road work. He referred to the
Bamberg-Denmark road, which was
built by the chain gang. It
had been estimated that it
would cost between $35,000 and
$40,000 to build the road from Bam
Deng to JLees; Mr. Mayneia naa duui
tthe road from Denmark to Lees for
$15,700 in round dollars. The chain
gang had consumed three months
and two days on the road from Denmark
to Bamberg, and he estimated
the cost, not counting the labor which
was free, at $1,900, and considers he
^ saved the county $8,000 on the job.
The road had been inspected and
readily received by the highway commission
and is now a part of the
state highway system.
?V: On January 1st, last, the county
had $10,800 in road funds on hand,
which enabled it to go into the building
of the South Edisto river bridge
'.r-. - ? and causeway. He and the treasurer
lio ^ $90 000 fnr tfhfi Bam
t berg-Branchville road, but this will
be paid back with the special road
tax in two years. Mr. Smoak thinks
we should not undertake any more
government highways until things
look a little brighter. Does not favor
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bond issues for roads. Regarding
keeping up the roads, he said there
are 800 miles of public roads in the
county, and it is not possible to work
'&: ' them all at once, but he will not play
I politics with the chain gang. He will
divide the time as equally as possible
all over the county, according to the
, needs of the roads.
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The Legislative Race.
Both candidates for the 'house
made fine speeches. Messrs. Kearse
and Riley are earnest speakers; they
~ are both members of the house now,
and both are valuable members. It
is indeed a great misfortune that
ir; both of them cannot be reelected.
Both are prominently connected in
committee work in Columbia; Mr.
Kearse being a member of the judiciary
committee, and also previously
clerk to an important committee for
a considerable time, while Mr. Riley
is a member of the important ways
and means committee. Both are in
- position to render fine service to the
county. Each pleaded his cause
earnestly, and it is a foregone conf
; - elusion that no matter which one is
elected, the county will be well repS
resented.
Mr. Kearse First.
Representative Kearse paid his
roonoMs tn the ladies. and ureed
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them to exercise their privilege and
duty to vote, believing that they will,
in so doing, purify politics. He appreciated
the fine vote he received in
Denmark two years ago, when Mr.
Riley came first and he second, Mr.
Riley being the home man, and he
realizes that he cannot expect the
magnificent vote this year he received
then. In return for the votes he
receives he promises to represent
every section of Bamberg county, if
^ elected. He 'had assisted in getting
the new depot in Denmark, alonig
with Mr. Riley and Senator Black.
> He took occasion to say that between
Mr. Riley and he there is nor
antagonism. They are the best of
friends: roomed and ate together
in Columbia frequently, and while
he had not expected Mr. Riley to run.
as he had served elg'ht years, while
he, Mr. Kearse, had served only two
years, he did not blame him at all. He
had said before, and he repeated it,
that he could think of no man he
would rather run with than Mr.
Riley. The race is high-toned and
clean in every respect.
"The greatest problem before the
people is taxes," said Mr. Kearse, in
opening his discussion of that much
mooted matter. He came from a section
that had been drowned out three
years, and naturally the matter of
bringing taxes back to a normal basis
was foremost in 'his mind. He reiterated
his stand, previously expressed,
on the various commissions
and boards in Columbia. He is opposed
to men sitting in Columbia
drawing fat salaries while our people
can hardly pay their living expenses.
Our own officers can do the work of
these commissions. He paid special
respects to the welfare iboard and
the tax commission. The tax commission
claimed to have put one hundred
million dollars on the tax books,
but how did they do it? By doubling
up on the banks, merchants and other
business houses, and increasing on
lands of the farmers.
Bamherg county can take care of
itself without the aid of the boards.
He said that he had never charged
Mr. Riley with supporting the tax
commission. He is in favor of the
highway commission to a certain extent.
It is necessary, he said, in order
to get federal aid for roads, but it
is too costly. It is costing the state
$100,000 this year, and at that the
county must pay for the engineering
service of the roads. They want
$150 to survey the road through
Bamberg, and any local surveyor
would be glad to have the job for
$10 or so. He is also opposed to the
paying of 20 per cent, of the automo
bile license fees to the commission,
which has amounted in the last few
years to $12,000 to $15,000; he proposes
to offer a bill to keep this
money at home. It is time to call a
halt and make a fight on these expensive
practices.
He also discussed the state board
of health, which he said cost the
state $177,000 this year, of which
amount Bamberg pays several thousand
dollars, and in return gets about
$50 worth of free serum. He wants
it understood that he 'has not and
will not oppose any essential appropriations.
He discussed the proposed
reform bills, and says he is in
favor of all of them; they are all
right, and will assist in adjusting
taxes, but we need something more
than readjustment; we must cut off
all useless expenses. He favors tightening
up on the labor laws and will
work for the same if reelected; favors
liberal treatment of the old sold
iers and pledged snis support 10 me
common schools.
Mr. Riley for Reelection.
'Mr. Riley was well received by his
home people, as, indeed, were all the
candidates. Mr. Riley extended a
cordial welcome to all visitors on behalf
of Denmark, and launched immediately
into a tax discussion. Mr.
Riley said he is not in favor of high
taxes; he wants them to be as low as
possible, but he does not believe the
people want to see any of the colleges
or state institutions closed for the
want of funds, or the pension of the
old soldiers taken from them. He
told why our taxes are high, and recited
some of the remedies therefor.
Taking a local example, he pointed
to the high school building at Denmark,
for which, he said, bonds had
been voted when things were high;
likewise Denmark had voted $60,000
in bonds for waterworks. These
things are all right; they show progress,
but the fact remains that Denmark
people are paying five mills
on the school bonds and eleven mills
on the water works bonds, and will
do so for many years to come; in fact
one-third of their taxes go to these
two objects.
The legislature had worked hard
on the tax matter, and had succeeded
in paring off $700,000 of expenses
last session; the countyappropriations
had been made as low as possible,
and 75 per cent, of our taxes are
spent here in our county. He thinks
we should hold up on road construction
for a while, and only use the
chain gang, and get down to rock
bottom economy. He realizes that
the institutions spend too much money,
and believes that a central board
of trustees will simplify the matter
and prevent so much rivalry between
the colleges. We must have a
reform in taxes, he said, and exhibited
his chart showing the old and
new sources of taxation under the tax
reform bills, some of which have already
become law, the purpose of
these bills being to distribute taxes
equitable and relieve real property of
the heavy burden it now bears.
Regarding the new commissions
Mr. Riley said that he had not voted
for a single one of them, but if all
of them were cut off only one-fourth
of a mill in taxes would be saved,
and if every state officer's salary and
that of their assistants were cut off,
it would only save a half mill, there
fore real relief must come through
tax reforms. All of the reform bills
had eminated from the ways and
means committee, of which he is vice
chairman, and if these laws are enacted
it will mean there will be no
levy on visible property.
Regarding the tax commission, he
did not vote to retain the commission
in office; he voted against a bill that
would have replaced the commission
with another of fourteen members,
and he voted against another bill
which would have changed the commission's
name, providing election by
the legislature instead of appoint?
A * XT /v nol/1 Q
meiu Dy tne guveruui. xx-o oam u&
was tired of elections in the legislature,
especially when some member
would likely be elected. He expects
to Tote against any bill increasing
the membership of any commissions
or boards. When the reductions in
salaries were under discussion in committee,
he proposed a ten per cent.
WOMEN' ESCAPE DEATH BY FIRE.
Telephone Exchange at Piedmont De- u
stroyed?Loss $100,000. Ill
Greenville, Aug. 10.?Mrs. Mollie
Merck, operator in charge of the
telephone exchange at Piedmont,
twelve miles from Greenville, and
| her niece. Miss Louise Parker, narrowly
escaped being burned to death
about 4 o'clock this morning when
fire completely destroyed the building
that housed the exchange and
several other business establishments.
The total damage is estimated
at around $100,000.
When the women, who were sleeping
in the building, were awakened
by pistol shots fired as an alarm
by citizens, the building was nearly
on the point of falling in. Mrs.
Merck attempted to let her niece
down cut of a window by means of
sheets torn off the bed and tied together,
but the young woman fell
before reaching the ground
and was slightly hurt on
the ankle and back. Mrs.
Merck was rescued by citizens with
ladders shortly after. The exchange
was completely destroyed, together
with a meat market, pressing club,
photographic studio and barber shop.
The production of automobiles in ||
1921 required 1,464,000 tons of steel. I]
Six million gallons of varnish and II
paint were required.
Coffins made of baked clay have II
been found in Mesopotamia. !l
reduction all round, and it was adopt- II
ed.
In explaining his position regard- II
ing schools, he said that Mr. Swearin- I
gen had asked for $1,700,000, where- II
as he had favored giving him the I
same amounts t'hat he had spent the
previous year. Figures showed that
of the various items appropriated for
the superintendent of education's office
the entire appropriation had not
been expended except in one instance,
and he therefor proposed to allow
only the sums expended. This meant
no reduction for the schools; as a
matter of fact, although the appropriation
was considerably cut, it
meant the same money for the
schools excepting about $25,000,
which was cut here and there without
hurting anything. He felt that
there Should be economy in this office
as well as in all others.
BjTnes Greets the People. II
Mr. Crum announced that Con- V
gressman Byrnes was in the house.
There were instant and loud calls for _
Mr. Byrnes, who came forward re
luctantly, saying he had come not to II
make a speech but to eat. He was
fondly greeted with much applause.
Mr. Byrnes said that 'he had listened
with much interest to the references
to taxes and the candidates
speaking in terms of thousands,
which reminded him that congress
voted four billions of dollars to run
the United States government. He
regretted that the people do not take
the same interest in national as state
and County affairs. He took occasion
to rap those people who bad expressed
themselves as wanting to vote the
Republican ticket, if it were not for
the race question, and told some of
the things the Republican party has
done and is doing, reminding his
hearers that the G. O. P. was en-1
deavoring to pass an anti-iyncn law <
whereby all those taking part in a 4
lynching would be tried in the United 4
States court; the sheriff of a county ^
in which there was a lynching being jj
subject to trial in the same court, and 3
the county being liable for a penalty 1
of $10,000 merely on proof that a 4
lynching had occurred. 4
"Would you vote with a party 3
w'hose president appointed Henry
Lincoln Johnson, a Georgia negro, as 4
registrar of the treasury, where more ]j
than 100 white women are employed, |
and when he failed to be confirmed, 4
appointed a West Virginia negro to 4
the same job?" inquired Mr. Byrnes. jj
Referring to the matter of taxes, 4
Mr. Byrnes said the Republican party 1
is endeavoring to transfer the taxes j
from the wealthy man to the poor 4
man, giving, as an example, the case 4
of Secretary Mellon, one or i 'ne
wealthiest men in the country, who
is saved hundreds of thousands of
dollars in taxes by new tax laws, and
that Wrigley, the chewing gum magnate,
had saved half a million a year
when the chewing gum tax had been
taken off. Wrigley had shown his
appreciation of the Republican party
by offering a contribution of $50,000
to the campaign fund, with a promise
of more when it was wanted. This
tax was paid by the manufacturer.
Hundreds of millions of dollars had
been taken off in excess profits taxes,
which were paid by the big interests.
It is the same demands of the big
interests which prevent Henry Ford
taking over Muscle Shoals and giving
fho Tipnnlp pheaD fertilizers.
"If there were not a netgro in South I
Carolina today, I would be an even I
more rabid Democrat than ever, be- I
cause I have been among the Repub- I
licans for twelve years, and I tell you I
I know these fellows," concluded Mr. I
Byrnes amid cheers.
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