The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, July 26, 1922, Image 9
VOLUME XXXVIII. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1922. NUMBER 2
FLORENCE RECEII
WITH CHEE!
Two Caididates in Warn Tilt. Wolfe
lalnis Charges by Winter Due
Either to Ignorince or are "Premed.
itated Lie5."
Greenville NeWs.
Plorence, July 22.-The completion
of half of the cirou rf th. rampaign
at Florence here today saIw a gradual
awakening of interest in the candi
dates who are offering for governor
and other state *Allces. Tuere was a
crowd of approximately 1,000 Florence
county voters present, and they
were extremely liberal with their ap
plause, 'particularly to Thomas G. MIc
Leod and Cole L, Blease, .the former
apparently being the favorite of the
voters iresent. Alr. 1Laney was the
Ar4cipient of a goodly reception, but
nwhen Blease, the last speaker for gov
ernor, had spoken about 250 of the
crowd had departed. Vhen the candi
dates for comptroller general spoke
there 'wcre just 22 persons in the
school auditorium where the meeting
was held.
The luxuries tax was again brought
into the campaign today. Senator
'Laney advocated a modjified luxury
tax and Mr. Mc4eod a straight tax on
luxuries, Mr. Blease was olposed to all
forms of indirect taxation.
Florence, the home of the Atlan
tic Coast Line shops, brought forth
express ons in favor of union la'bor
from Mr. Mcleod and Mr. Blease, the
latter telling horw he had not ordered
out the militia to protect strike break.
era in Columbia, and expressing tl(
opinion that the strikers would gair
all their hopes and aspirations.
Before an audience of fuill3
"twenty-two" 'people, S. 1. Wolfe, at.
torney general, and his opponent, P
iM. Winter, engaged in a colloquy, it
iwhich Nir. 'Winter said that certait
charges made by his adversary wer'
either from an Ignorance of the con
tents iof the giindrall appropriatoon
'bill or that Mr, Winter nwas uttering i
'preposterous and premeditated lie. Thi
item in question was the assertion tha
Mr. Wolfe was expending $9,050.00 fo
the hire of outside attorneys when a
a matter of fact the amount named wa
for the salary of the attorney genera
and his office force. Mr. Winter told th
-the audience that he 'would not fur
ther .tax their 'patience tby trying an
disapprove the absurd allegatiOns <
Mr. Wolfe, but would do so at anothe
meeting. .
Laney for Schools
Senator G. K, iLaeny, of Chestei
tIeld, the first speaker for governc
stated that he had opposed .the crei
tions of certain commissions now ec
isting, but .he had unswervingly advo
cated and supported necessary appr4
!priations for the educational syste
of the state, particulaily for comnic
schools.
tHe defended the recent general a
sembly's attitude toward indirect tax
tion, 'by which he claimed, the gener
appropriation bill had been material
reduced and the levy now carried on
seven and one-half mills
In the past," said Senator Lant
"we are dependent upon a sigle sy
temn of tax~tion; this must be adjust
-If we are to secure a material redil
tion of the levy on real and persorl
'property."
Senator 'Laney stated 'that the pi
sage of the gasoline t'ax 'bill WOI
bring into the state treasury this ye
$700,000 and a like amount would
colleoted through the income 'tax 10
The inheritance tax, he stated, eel
not be accurately guaged at this tir
'but the corpor'ation license tax wol
increase the revenues of the state fr
betsween $200,000 and $300,000 annu
ly., These taxation .reforms, he st
e*ye enacted 'by the last general
eilmbly iwhich i's now being unjue
critiised; and 'this same legislat
redu~ced the levy 'from 6weive to se
and one-balf mills. The large maji
*y of taxed, he claimed, are be
paid for municinal, county and aec1
purposes and not for the maintena
* of the state government. Hie advo
ed a modified luxuries tax which,
estimated, would increase the a
revenue fully $400,000 a lVepr, A
enitifle indirect system of taxation,
'ave redould cause the o2litli
'the entiro property 'ti.d
Pqr garmers BIghtS
0eliator Lanoy, styling hhnsuelf '
' rnier ind 'alawyer, eaid thai
wa ,~nee of all the Ngricult
.,~'4rgs~todu of the state andadjl
ES CANDIDATES
LS AND FLOWERS
jected the allegation that the legisla
ture is responsible for the present
condition of the farmr, claiming that
.the sudden, unannounced deflation of
the money market put the farmer in
his present condition.
'Concludint4 Senator -Laney stated
that he would endeavor to enforce all
the laws and extend the hand o' equal
justice to all .people if he is elected
governor.
Amid a storm of aplplause Thomas
G. MdLeod, of Bishopville,, the next
speaker for governor, explained that
the veto power extended to the gover
nor and his other prerogatives did not
confer upon him a legislative function;
'that the main duty of the governor
outside of his statutory authority ol
appointment, is the giving of certair
recommendations to the members o
the general assembly. ie said thai
his recommendations would be for th<
best interests of the people and woult
'be progressive in scope.
Mr. eidLeod made an earnest :plet
to the farmers of the state to co-oper
ate in the marketing of their crops be
cause, lie stated, they had lost thous
ands of dollars in the past through in
correct ibusiness methods which ar
now quickly being eliminated.
Labor Hins Right to Organize
"I believe," he stated, "that labo
has as much right to organize as th
farmer has to Organize. You have
right to unite in al effort to attail
your holpe and your aspirations.
know the people of Florence, and
know you; you are a 'praying, God feai
ing 'people, and you will not resort t
any violence. I (wish to express th
hope that your difficulties will I
solved and your hopes -will be attaine
in a manner satisfactory to you."
iMr. -Mcheod stated that lie b<
lieved in economy in government; bt
he did not advocate a curtailmei
which would impair the efficiency <
, such service. However, should there 't
a useless and duplicate offices he swoul
t endehvor to see that they are abo
r ished.
3 Mr. MoLeod said that anyone wi
3 can afford luxuries can afford the pa:
I ment of a tax on them. He likewii
0 advocated other methods of indire
- taxation.
He concluded with an appeal to 1
people to assist both the state and 't
r federal governments in the enforc
ment of law, prohibition and otheiwi!
and he -pledged himself if elected
see that the force of criminali
r throughout the state would 'be su
dued.
Stating that eight years ago certa
forces in South Carolina promised t
people -that if they took the reins
the government from. his hands the
a would 'be a reign of law and ord
throughout the state, Colo L. Blea
the next speaker, sarcastically allu
ed to the magnificent oratory of ti
iof his opplonen~ts nyho u~r 'pleadi
yfor law and order,
Mr. 'Blease made his usual atta
yup~on the state tax commission,t
s- state welfare board, the 'budget co
ed mission and the othor agencies of g<
c- ernent to which he has paid his;
al tention throughout the present en
paigni.
- IHe stated that his opponetna wa
1I looking toward 'methods of raising r
ar enue other than real and 'personal p
be perty, but he is endeavoring to redi
w. taxes by the elimination of useless
id flees, and the curtailment of usel
e expenditures. 'He condemned
1('platformIfs of Senator Laney and
MMdLeod for indirect taxation as me
al~ ly taking money out of one 'pocket i
d.'iputting it into another.
as- Higher Paid Teachers
tly 'Hie .said that ho had always *b
itre n favor of adequate appropiati
ren of the .public schools and he was
ri- the opinion that a higher paid ce
ing of teachers would sender better
601 vice than some of those -who are
nce endeavoring to train the minds of
,at. children of tihe Mtate.
le 'He stated that he had opposed
~ate 'Dick lamr iwhich nationalized~ the 8
sci- militia as an 'infringement 'u-pon
he -rights of the state; and, lie claimed.
of ture events had proved him to be
rect.
"Some things art' so fithy/'
oth Mr. '1lesse, "that a decent man
he not stoop andi besmiroh himsel-f 'by
tral ing them, I will not nej$Oc cet
een dirty attacks made upon me..The. I
t eiaptpd frolkl and have been 41
.'e. uted by a oWk0 $$#O pa4 9
to give forth -this filth."
Duncan Atitek4 Vlense
John T. Dtncan, the lIst !peaiker for
govornor, openedI his sp1ech 'With a
ylicous .attack upon Cole db. Blease, wlho
he claimed ral when the spurs were
put to him; that he was always in re
treat as were his followers. 1.1r, Dun
enn elaonied that some good men now
now running for state office are pln
ning their hopes on Blease :but they
are doomed to defeat as 'llcase will un
doubtedly be retained in private life
by the decent -peop)le of the state. -Mr.
Duncan !Pai(d his respect-, 'o Mr.Mc
Ijcod and Mr. Laney, stating that he
.would shoot their toy balloons which
they had imisnaied platforms full of
holes letting the gas and hot air ex
cape.
In his argument. for state-Owined hy
(11o-Clectric power he again referred to
Il!ase, lie Said that. Illease's asser -
tion that he Would enforce the law,
partieularly the 'prolibit ion law, was
not even believed by his own follow
e's; they knew that he twas iuttering a
lie.
WOMAN 0031PIL'I'ES 4'I
DAY OF VOLUiNTARtY FAST
Louih4 Sville, Ky., .1uly 23.- According
to a dispatch to the Courier Journal
fron Mount Vern"n, Ky., Mrs. lietty
'Coffey, 87, a resident of flitnble, a
little village in the hills of Rock Cas
fast, today (oml)pIleted the forty-fifth
day iI yitlclh she has declined to par
take of food.
Mrs. Coffey has taken only a little
.buttermilk but iats drlik large Illictal
titles of water, IMrs. Coffey's fast be
gan after sho learned of the hunger
strike of the Rev. 'Willian lice, in
the Powell county mountains, who d 'd
last week afterv1 goingi withollt. .f ood
sixty days.
'.\Mr. ice fasted, hie said, so that
he might convert his leighbori to
christianity by his sacrillce, bui. Mrs.
Cotfey never hasi, given any (elinlite
reason for her act.
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