The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 20, 1908, Image 4
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C. W. WOLFE,
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THURSDAY. FEB. 20. 1908
The slogan in next year's cam
ihcald be reduced taxes.
I - - ?The
plain work-a-day man is,
the innocent by-stauder who gets
hit in the fusilade of reckless appropriations
by the people they 1
send to the legislature to represent
their views.
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And there is an attempt to add
another justice to ths personnel of 1
the supreme court, also to increase
their salaries $500 a year. Poor, 1
over worked supreme court, handing
down at least one opinion a day.
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A newspaper that does* not give j
both sides of a question has? missed
its calling and failed in its mission?Batetburg
Advocate.
.Bight yon are, brother. But
how about one that will attack
go individual in its editorial coltimns
a&d refuse him a reply?
The Columbia State is responsi- ^
ble for the following, under the
the caption: "The La6t Chance in
the House." ''Williamsburg (legation?providing
for a county dele- ?
gation for their county." Do we c
understand that our entire delegation (
means to resign? I
1
The legislature hcs increased the j
the salaries of every State official, {
glso their assistant? and even the
stenographers, many of them, have (
been advanced. Wonder how much ,
the incomes of the poor taxpayers ^
have been exhanced by all this i
wild cat legislation?
Two more new circuits have '
been created, meaning two more 1
judges, solicitors, court stenog- '
raphers, etc., which will put on 1
the State an additional burden of
I
something like ten or twelve thousand
dollars a year. But then, let
'er go. The State can stand it
and the taxpayers will have a lit
tie bit leit.
Under the new arrangement
Williamsburg remains in the third
judicial circuit with Clarendon,
Sumter and Lee counties, John S
Wilson as judge. Florence goes
with Georgetown, Horry and Marion
into the new twelfth circuit. If it
keeps on, the final outcome will
be that e?ery county will hare
iti Affn indcrp
*vo VWM J
The legislature has agreed to'
raise the salary of its members from
$160 to $200 a session, which is
in effect an increase of $1.00 per
diem for each member, entailing on
the State an expense of $6,600 a
year. In bting extravagant in appropriations
the Solons did not forget
to be liberal with themselves
?at the taxpayers' expense.
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It is extremely gratifymg to
his friends in Williamsburg, who
have known him since boyhood,
that Judge Wilson is being com
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plimented nearly everywhere he
holds court upon the able man- j
ner in which he discharges the j
duties of Ins position. We who ]
have known him since our boyhood i
never doubted that Judge Wilson (
would make good. i
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As we understand it, while the i
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levy tor ordinal-j county purposes |
has been decreased three-fourths
of a mill, the State levy has '
been incieased a whole mill; therefore
the direct levy for this vear!
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is 13 1-4 mills against 13 last
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year. W e see nothing in that for j
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the tax-payers to gloat over.
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Represenative Shipp of Florence;
is promiueutly mentioned as a candidate
for judge of the new 1
twelfth circuit. Mr Ship? is a '
man of profound learning and his '
knowledge of the principles of law (
is admitted to be unsurpassed by (
that of any other member of the 1
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bar in the Pee Dee section. Had
ii-a Q vnfA in f-tio vonaral A CQPTT). ^
blj it would be cast for S G W *
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Shipp, Esq.
Our friend Ayer, of the Florence
Times, (and when we use the
term friend it is not mere idle
compliment) takes an anomalous
position with regard to *the premature
county of Rati edge. In
bis Florence newspaper he strenuously
opposes the formation of the
oew county, while in his branch
paper at Lake City, in charge of
Lieut. Starr, the policy is to
rhoop up Rutledge county. To
juote from Kipling: "What is
:be moral, who runs may read,"
is well as some not in the habt
of running either literally or
:er office. g
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As to Mr Starr. J
The new county eyangsl has '
ipoken. With meteoric abandon the 8
)3tensible editor of the "Rutledge" 1
Jounty News butts into our or- F
jit with fierce impact aud anni- a
lilates us utterly?in his own es*
;imatiou. But we refuse to stay 0
innihilated.
Tkio roforon o/llfnr nf fitY WPpkfi X
JL IliO ?VIVlHU VWIVVi V* MCA ?? wa-w |
?xperience, of whereabouts and t
intecedents not known to this de- t
pouent, proceeds to read us a
lecture on newspaper ethics. ^
We might retaliate by giving i
bim a hint or two in that direc- a
tion; tor instance, the questionable 1
?thics of attacking a man in his t
paper and refusing him in ad- ?
vance the opportunity ot a reply, i
That may be journalistic ethics r
in Iudipna, but it does not ap- c
peal to fair-minded people in th e \
Palmetto State.
But we'll let that pass and
get at the high crimes and misdemeanors
with which he charges
us. The article directed at us is
such an incoherent conglomeration
of unfledged ideas that it is difficult
to discern what the writer
is driving at, but we will an.
swer it, as best we can by the context,
where there occurs a gap in
the continuity.
The first charge on the calendar,
we believe, is that we made a prop
ositiou to the people of Lake City
to move The Record up there i
to fight their battle for a new .
county and they turned us down. 1
The fact is, that certain of our
frieuds made us a-f proposition to '
move to Lake City and asked i
what terms we would require. The i
matter was not carried very far, j
but we had every assurance that <
our terms'would be complied with. 1
After considering the matter,
however, we decided that the cos t
of moving our plant would not ;
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warrant the acceptance of certain
inducements offered bj our friends,
and the matter went no further.
[3 that sour grapes? We may mention
in this connection that the
[question of our moving to Lake
City is entirely irrelevant to this
iiseussion; as much so as the edi- l
tor of the R. Co. News applying j
to us for a job last summer when
b& first reached this land of secession.
Ti dark and mysteri )us
co hat this diseipla
if Sherh s has ferreted
)ut is tr * Lake City,
'eren afu. "^inj^g to
.'gtubiish this p?.r,
While we admire his perspic.
n 'sberlocking that risit, we
lasten to assure him that we had
10 anarchistic intent, no bombs
>r infernal machines concealed on
>ur person, but simply as a mater
of business, were trying to colect
a few outstanding accounts. 1
ffe regret that the News' editor i
binks that things have reached i
inch a pass that we may not visit
Lake City without an ulterior
notive.
At the same time we bow onr 1
frstefnl acknowledgements for the i
gracious privilege extended ns by
bit arbiter of journalism to ex- i
>ress in our own paper onr views <
m this new county question.
We agree with the editor of
be News that "neither of us i
honld make no wild statements," 1
,nd respectfully commend the ad- <
ice to him for home consump- |
ion. <
While we would not disclaim '
he credit due the editor of the <
Ipwh fnr "actio? the Dart of a '
V"* O *
;entleman" in acknowledging his
rror in the matter of valuation, I
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et we scarcely see ^what else
here was to do when Mr, Stoll
howed by the auditor's books
hat he had over-estimated the
iropertv in the northern area
bout one million dollars.
"The area of this county was giyn
us by a gentleman who is in an
fficial position, etc."
By this county we presume
Williamsburg is meant, which area
he News' editor places at 1163
o date.
We have also made some investigation
as to the area, havug
bnt little faith in the Mills
tnd Harllee maps of musty date,
rhe map of record for Williams
mrg COUUIJT IB IUC vuc uiauc VJ
iurveyor J K Goardin in 1878. '
V. careful measurement of this
nap makes the area of the whole
:ounty about 991 square miles,
which corresponds with our map.
We are asked to correct the
itatement that an eight foot adlition
to the court house coat
^8,000. We made no such sta tenant.
What we did say was that
i twelve foot addition coat $8,000.
Dur information was from one
irho we thought knew and we
made no personal investigation.
We have learned since that the toial
amount paid out on repairs at
the time was $4,000, but $3,700of
this was for the twenty foot extension.
We are advised to correct that
statement that the citizens of
Lake City expect to build a court
honse and jail with $8,000.
Well, really, we have until this
time never heard it denied. Our
statement is based on the following
paragraph taken from an article
published in the Florence Times
an December 29, 1907, which article,
we are informed was written
by Mr Stuart Starr: "The "^citizens
propose t o build a court-house
and jail cost free to the new county,
and nearly $6,000 out of the $8,000
$
ii ii in in i i ? n in *
desired Hhs been pledged, etc." If '
we fell into error on this question j
certainly it is not our fault.
"Ke.'p from v<mr columns later,
statements that our citizens don't in- j
tend to build the county buildings
at all * * * You make out that some
of the best citizens of this county 1
are liars by that statement. The
very men who have been your chief
financial support, make this promise
and it seems to me it is exceedingly I
ungrateful to make such insinua- :
tions in cold type." (Weep here.) j
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Right here wi ''rise to a point ;
of personal privilege." For ten
years past, since the present editor
assumed control of The
Ricoro this newspaper has
stood up for Lake City through
thick and thin. When Lake City,
we deemed it, was persecuted
i. oppressive>r, we
defeuuw. .... id and |
contributed in a material way to j
aid her citizens in getting a ijuare |
deal. In fair weather fri s are
net especially needed, and . .e test
of true friendship is when there is
something to lose in advocatiug a
cauee or a principle. Moreover, for
ten years The Record has had a
paid correspondent at Lake City
with carte blanche to exploit the (
town as he saw tit. We flatter oarlelf
that we have not a fc w friends in
Lake City and we valae their friend*
ihip, yet thev have not been onr
chief flnancial support. So far as
making out the best citizens of
Lake City liars such a thought
never entered oar head and it surely
requires a qneer twist of a jaundiced
mind to so constrne our language.
We do not believe any
citizen of Lake City credits any
snch stuff. We still believe however
that $8,000 is inadequate for
building a court house and jail and
also that it would be nothing more
:han good business policy to have 1
Lhe proper amount in bank before }
the election takes place. To consider
this as a reflection on any
man's integrity one would be as
quixotic as the man who would
not put locks on his doors for fear
bis neighbors would tbiuk that he
iuspected them of ^piug dishonest. !
1 he consolidation of counties as ]
an issue in Virginia was quoted !
from the News and Courier, which j
paper, we b elieve, is usually re- j
sponsible for its editorial utter- j
auces. i |
As to Williamsburg being one j
of the poorest counties in the
State, we are 6till of that opinion,
the News to the contrary notwithstanding.
According to the News'
editor's last estimate of its area
Williamsburg ranks third in area,
while the comptroller general's report
shows it to be twenty-first in
wealth. That seems to place us
among the poorest counties in the
State, area considered. But form
Rutledge and that will place Williamsburg
next to the foot of the
column with Rutledge county last,
according to the comptroller general's
report.
In tne last two paragraphs of
its lucubration the News asks us
to correet statements that we
never made. We have never
seen or heard the assertion made
that the formation of Rutledge
ceunty would cow the area $60,000
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a year more flaxes:/ tuau it ia
ing now, nor have we any idea that
it would. But the taxes would be
high a plenty both in the new and
the old counties.
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