The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 25, 1914, Image 3
CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE VIEWS
MORE THAN FIVE IIVNRHEH
CITIZENS HEAR CITY CANDI?
DATES sl'I.AK.
Meeting Whs Largely Attended und
INsiph? tiavo Speakers Attentive
Hearing?C. <i. Howland. K?nning
at Itoqoost (?r Erlernt*. Tells What
He Has Done During l*ast Two
Years, Es|ns dally in No lug In Wa?
ter Department? Say* II?? Doos not
Want Oflt??o If IVopIo Do Not En?
dorse) Ills Views?4teo. D. Dovy for
1 nlforio Enforcement of All l4ff|fl
and (?Ding t'lt.v Man?got* IMan of
?Uovernment a Hotter Slum?-Dot11
liberally Applauded.
Messrs Qeo. D. J?evy and C. Q.
Rowland, the two candidates lor
councilman of the city of Sumter, last
night made, an announcement of their
platforms to mure than live huiulred
voters of the city of Sumter. who
gave both candidates a very ntten
tailve hearing, liberally applauding
the speakers at Intervals. Tho au?
dience seemed about equaliy divided,
If one might Judge by the applause
received by the candidates, which
showed that each of tnem had many
ardent advocates.
The meeting, which Is the largest
which has been gathered in the city
to hear city candidates within u num?
ber of years, was called to order '*v
Chairman J. \V M< Khver of tue
Democratic organisation of the city of
Sumter. Mr. Levy spoke tlrst and de?
livered an earnest and Interesting
epeech. telling plainly what he advo?
cated and what he did not advocate.
Hie chief plank seemed to be the uni?
form enforcement of all laws and
city ordinances nnd the giving of the
City Manager plan of municipal gov?
ernment a better test thi.n, ho said
It had had in the post.
Mr. Howland rend his platform
statement, reviewing his work on
council and telling what he advo' Mod.
He was nn economist and was willing
and anxious to do everything for the
city that could be done as long us
the city had the money and If It did
not too greatly Increase tho nlreadv
larae Indebtedness of the city. He
showed where l?\ his work on tho wa?
ter works dep.^rtricnt the city had
been well supplied with niuipmcnt
which would furnish the nty water
for a Ions tun ? to corre and tho op?
erating expenses were roil need from
fourteen to seven dollars a day.
Mr. levy's platform, briefly outlined,
was as follows:
Mr. Eevy Introduced himself as a
ettisen 32 years of age seeking of?
fice for the first time. lie has lived
In tho cits practically all of his life
and the peopio know him for what
he Is by his acta lt. the past, lie has
slwe.ys taken u deep Interest In the
affairs of the city, anil was seeking
election this time as a free agent, not
as the candidate of any ( lass of
men or corporations, but unhamp?
ered, and willing to represent the
Whole people of the city.
He then took up tho workings of
the "City Manager Clan' of municipol
government, outlining wherein It was
different from tho old Des Monies
plan and how It was intended to op?
erate, as he saw It. He did not think
that It had been given a fair test, for
It wa? r ?t being operated as it was
intended to or as tho people thought
It would be when they voted it in.
It had advertised Sumter throughout
the wh-de country and should be made
a success. He pointed ont .".herein Its
local application should make u suc?
cess under the -?dml.dstration of the
present cltv manager, whom he deem?
ed nn able and competent man In city
aft vim He went Into the matter of
the water works department, quot?
ing from the report of the < ity man?
ager, to show that the SjSjNSjpfi in oper?
ation now were pressed to cap o if
to furnl*h suttlcicnt water supply for
the city, and two purnp^ of twice tin ir
capacity were needed. It was Slated
in his report, quoted by Mr. I.? vy.
that It, would Si w? ll t-. have a slue
track from the railroad to the water
works plant to suppl\ < <-al, in Cast
the steam pumps *en* m-i? h n? eded.
Mr. levy did not consider this invest?
ment good economy, us by gettlm
larger electric pum ps when the e|tj
Was Installing them the steam pump
so ild not have been needed at all in
furnishing the cltv its dally Water sup?
ply
Mr Ia \ v a.le/oi .fed a pi. v groun 1
for children, saving tb.it he \ as look?
ing t> the future needs of t>e city.
Ho ?d\...:itc.| tie* conversion 01 the
"city farm." sj tin water works plan I
Into ? park and children's vP-'
around. This ho said would be I
pc?|?IK nee.lid. -? tin ?ttv grew, and
os Mffesi i-ars were put m operation
snd It would bnrvr about betted h. tit I *
among the < hlldn n.
He advo. st? i| p ,appro?
priation aiol l tofnpk |? equipment
for the are deportment, lie stat-*<i
thtt he bad aHwayi had ihe heent I
mf r?st in tin- department < -r since
there was such Hvatty aetwea Ihe
two companies years au??, ip helle -
ed I hat t In- ? Ity sliOUhl i lh<
ib p il lfio nl u il b '.'t.i? run., I.. ,
to at leu-it sum to. toor name nl i i<
ffMf, II?' condemned the necessityI
which made the boys visu tiu< busl?
!k h men during ihc past spring und
secure donations from thtM liberal
rttiseua, wnen the city should have
furnished the money.
He boJlSVCd that Smntcr had as
efficient a i'hirf of police as could hoi
found anywhere and tIn* department
wum one that the etty might well he
proud of. Tot four roan tho men
had been working faithfully without
any raise in salary and ho had been
unsuccessful in securing any when ho
had appeared before council with thli
object in view. lie thought that those
wh?> daily had their lives in danger'
for the good of tho city and their fei?
low citizens should he justly com.
pcusatcd for their services, laying that
he was opposed to the theory that no ;
working man was worth more than a
dollar a day.
He referred to his being on the
health department, saying that fo*f J
this reason he did not like to refer to j
this department. Ho stated that
mueh good work had heen accom?
plished hy the present hoard and the
experts who had been here recently
stated that thero was such good health
that an extended report was not neo
cssarv. The city was now enjoying
good health and he would advocate, if
elected to council, sufficient appro?
priations to continue tho elllcicnt
work of the health department. He
would advocate and push all meas?
ures- which would give the city hetter
health, especially measures for screen?
ing which would prevent the spread
of disease.
He stated that he was in favor of
giving free water to churches and In
every way working lor their upbuild?
ing and benefit.
He stated that he thought that it
was time that the working man had
a show In the good things of the
elty. In this connection he would ad?
vocate the extension of water mains
throughout new streets whore poor
people lived, so that they could get
city water and savo by the reduction
of insurance rates on their dwellings.
In reference to the question of an
open town, Mr. Levy stated that it
had been said by some that he fa?
vored an open town. This was un?
true. He was unalterably opposed to
an open town. He was in favor of
the enforcement of all laws. But ho
advocated a strict and uniform en?
forcement of the laws and ordinances
of tho city. He did not believe in en?
forcing th?y hiws agaiast one person
J or corporation, and not enforcing
? them agatnot some other person or
corporation. These laws must he en
forced or they should be repealed.
' Ho sta'ed us an instance that during
the fertilizer season the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad company continually
shifted freight cars in violation of the
'law and the violators wer?- not arrest -
' od. He did not believe this was right,
the merchants wore made to close
j
j their stores on Sunday, why not make
; the railroad company stop work on
?Sunday. He stressed the necessity of
o<1ual enforcement of the laws, or
their repeal.
In reference to th? "red light" dis?
trict, he stated that several people
had stated that he was in favor of its
I returning to the city Un its. This was
untrue and had probably had Its
origin in the fact that he had, as
attorney for those set of people, dls
1 cussed the mutter with council. lie
was in favor ot an enforcement of the
ordinance against allowing the d sor
derty houses in the city limits and he
did not want any one to misunderstand
his attitude.
He referred to what he termed a
.continual conflict between the railroad
gad the people. He was |n favor of
allowing the railroad to secure what it
wanted by the regular procedure of
law and was opposed to the city do?
nating streets for the use of the rail?
road. He referred to changes which
wer?' recently promised at th?- passen?
get station, saying that these should
nave been furnished for the city as
a matter of right long ego, ami should
not i?e given now as a, concession foi
the granting of H?user street to the
railroad company,
Mr. Levy ?tut? il that th<" license on
"<>id Bong" sales of tho railroad bad
been repealed in Bumter and thai
Sunder was being made a dumping
ground for all of the old refuse
freight from all OVOf the UtatC which
was being sohl here in competition to
Ihe legitimate business of tin- mor
chants of the rlty, He favored having
th?? uetast for these gales, as it was
for itinerant merchants doing busi?
ness hero.
in iloalng Mr. Levy expressed his
coniMh'uee ,,f ,.| lotion for the follou -
lag reasons;
1st. Tim people want u ? hau-:?-.
2ml. Assurances received from
bankers, working men and bush ess
men.
Irtl. MBecause i am free t?? serve
ail ??f tho people OQually, and i will, If
elected, go help me God."
Mr. Itowland spoke as follows:
Gentlemen: It's custom of long
standing, that candidates for city hon?
ors should appear before s meeting
of this Kind just before th?> elt) elec?
tion and I'll those present where they
ltd and wh) the) are stitndlng
there, My story shall be short, |
though l hope convincing. If loft to
my likes and dislikes, I would inn
bo bofore you tonight, asking your
support, put many u tho good people
oi" tins city, have very earnestly so-j
lliited my standing for re-election t"
the olflco of councilman, ami it 1m
on this account that l am here,
Having tilled this office for the past
tW<J yeara ami am now offering again
it is l?ul natural and right that you
should want an account of mj
Stewardship, ami the ground on Which
I feel warranted In coming before you
for rc-olectlon, Now gentlemen, do not
lose Bight of the fact, that the income
of our city is comparatively small,
and the outgo, large, wish a constant
demand that we have things done-, is
Increasing all tho while, also re?
member that the public debt, like the
poor, we have with us all the while,
and while thutrcs do not He, still It
has been said, an 1 rightly so, they are
very controvert ill*, and often alarm
us. My work on the council has
been largely, not en the water wagon,
gentlemen, hut looking after the wa?
ter system of the city, since under?
taking this i have had many ami va?
ried klcka, strange to say. don't you
think ? And they were all of course
very pleasant, l havo no doubt the
kickers are all my friends and will
vote for me. I am not very practi?
cable as a water man, hut my aim and
desire has bot n to, got a maximum
amount Of water at a minimum cost.
Pome of my good friends, the kickers,
have said they would not pay their
bills, ami others that It was outrageous
'that the churches should be required
? to pay anything at all. As water com?
missioner my position is now, and has
I been all along, that the water com?
pany should get (redit for every gal?
lon of water it delivers, and if a case
j of charity should develop, it must be
treated by the council on its merits.
I No business can hope to succeed,
, by careless and indifferent methods.
If you do not want me 1?? attend to
your business do not elect me as al
Iderman, All of these objectors re?
ferred to thus far, are, of course,
! friends of mine and will vote for me.
j Three years ago, at this time of the
j year, the water system of Sumter
I was badly run down, not only shy in
water, but extremely dellcient in
equipment, and the commissioners,
one of whom I was, were easting
about for an additional supply of wa?
ter and better equipment, at a possible
cost of more tluvn one hundred thou
j sand dollars. At that time it was
(hard to keep fifty feet of water In
? the stand pipe during the hot months,
namely June, July and August. Un?
der tho new management, we have
spent approximately $10,(1:12 on this
I system and have equipment that Is
worth the money, having 13 new
Wells, <r?0 feet deep and new* steam and
electric pumps and boilers, and dur?
ing the dry period that we have just
j passed through, we have had no tvou
1 ble in keeping the standplpo full, that
is about 118 feet, and the eost of
power for doing this has been about
$7 per day, against $11 for the old
system, a saving of $2*600 a year,
and while we may expect to increase
the facilities as OUI city growa, at the
present time we are well fixed In this
line and at a reasonable cost for
same. Mr. Kicker, be "an honest In
jen," what have you got to say about
this showing? It's easy to verify the
figures, if you think it necesary, and
still you do not like Rowland for rea?
sons which I hope to toll you later on.
You all know, as well as I do, what
has been done in the matter of street
Improvement, and what has not been
done, simply because we did not have
the funds with which to do it. But
we have a plan to submit to the voters
before very long, the question of beau?
tifying and Improving all the streets
in our city, and if we are directed to
do this you will find Sumter fully
j abreast of the times along these, as
well as other lines, it is entirely in
your hands to have it done, if you
' wish to do so. The city manage?
ment, is subject to your direction.
The commission form of govern?
ment is on trial, but the ' ity debt In?
curred before Its institution, and with
Which It had nothing to do, has it
handicapped in a large measure and
prevents its doing things that it would
do were conditions different, it is
hard to navigate a boat that is heavily
loaded, even to the point of being
waterlogged, and it is imprudent to in?
crease the load, Unless a like increase
is made in its capacity. The very
best talent that we have is none too
good for this work, and I am free
to admit, that 1 feel my incapacity all
the while. I have lived among you
good people for about -."> Of the best
yeara of my life, the savings of u life?
time are Invested in and around Kum
ter, I am a large taxpuyor and nm
earnest in striving for the moral,
spiritual, financial and healthful up
Ill t of t his i Ity, I ut i am an econo?
mist ia bundling its money ami very
timid uliout Increasing its obligations.
I am mos I ussii redly opposed to, mid
and in favor o| running out of both
ihe city ami county, yes, out of ihe
State, also, houses of il! fame, blind
llgers, crooks und moral lepers of
e\ cry kind. It mal t< rs iml w hol her
the; huto political pull or not. I ad
I mire and respect the honest laborer,
and feel that he is worth) of his hire.
I have always been in favor of
ample salaries for services rendered,
having been a salaried man all <>f my
lite, hut under no conditions am 1
Willing to keep a man in service of the
elty simply because he controls
voles. Nor will l consent to the cltyi
employees dictating to the council
What iis policy shall lie or the salaries
thai shall he paid, under the threat'
of not being re-elected, if we do not
do this. 1 have been told, hut how true
iL is 1 do not know, that some of the |
city employees an- opposing my re?
election, for the reason that l voted
against a general increase of salaries,
and Unit others are supporting me for
reasons known only to themselves. I
feel that all employes should vote as
they honestly think lust, but that they
should not attempt to manipulate the
politics, of the city, as docs Tammany,
those of New York, and whether I am
elected/ or not, I am against Jill such.
In addition to voting against the
above increase of salaries, I also
j voted against the purchase of a gaso?
line fire truck, at a cost of about $4,
600 and a crematory for burning gar?
bage at a cost of about the same
amount. I did this because I felt wo
could not afford either of those at this
lime, not having a penny with which
to pay for them. I have been told
by many of late that my acts as coun
.oilman have made me unpopular per?
sonally, and I will lose many votes on
1 this account. If such is the ease, and
I fear it is, I am Rorrv for it. How?
ever, if it is popularity, and not effi?
ciency you want, I can very well af?
ford to pull my hat, I would rather
I have a clean consc ience, than public
[ applause without it. I have always
j tried and expect to continue to do
what I think manly and right, wheth?
er It makes me popular or not. I
would rather know that 1 am right
than popular.
I hear all sorts of reports as to why
I am not popular. One man said, he
did not like me and was not going to
vote for me when he hardly knew me
by sight. He has only been in the city
for a short time and my business re?
lations with him have been very
slight, but pleasant. How do you sup?
pose he came to have such a dislike
for me? Possibly some walking dele?
gate has been telling him of my good
traits and, he could not have had his
mind posoned otherwise. They tell
me that ^1 went to Columbia and de?
feated tj|e Union Station bill. Now
gentlemen, the party who started this
report was either a liar or a knave.
Were I big enough and inclined to
manipulate the legislature of South
Carolina in this manner I certainly
would not want the Job as alderman
of Sumter. I would he too big for it.
which I am not. It is too absurd to
think of. My home and interest arc
In Sumter and what affects Sumter af?
fects me and my interest. I'll hot the
man who started that report, was a
walking delegate, also, whose heart
was mere in pulling me down, than
helping the city of Sumter; that T pay
more taxes than he does, and that he
has an axe to grind in getting me out
of the way. Another just as absurd
objection, is that my Jersey cow
always had heifer calves and by that
means I hope to control the milk sit?
uation in the city. That's bad, if true,
but all of the calves are not heifers.
Another very serious charge, my dog
ran my neighbor's cats.
It is claimed that I have stated that
no man is worth more than 50 cents
per day. The man to whom I told
that has never been born and the man
who tells itj as true, is telling an un?
truth and he knows it.
Further, that I bought tho Graham
property and had the street Improv?
ed. Well, the street certainly needed
improving. However, it was ordered
done long before I bought this prop?
erty, which statement my associates
on the council will hear me out in.
But the most serious of all is my
relations with the railroad company.
Xow gentlemen, this calls for more
talk. 1 came to Sumter as railroad
agent and have been on tho council
several times. I am now an employee
I of the railroad and hope to be as long
'as they want me. My salary for the
past several years, as commercial
agent, is so small, that I am ashamed
to tell you what it is. During my stay
hero, if I have over attempted to leg?
islate in favor of the railroad, to the'
hurt of tin.' town, I have no knowledge I
"f it. On the other hand, my being
with the railroad has enabled us to
get concessions that it would have
been hard to have gotten otherwise,
i me case in mind is the drain lead?
ing front Alain street down the rail?
road to Turkey Creek. The city ha?l
made an agree me 111 with the railroad
to spend four to live thousand dol?
lars on this drain, it costing $H,000 to
110,000, half of Which the city was to
pay, ami participate in keeping it up
for all lime to come. Tho general
manager very kindly, at the suggestion
of some one who had the welfare of
the city at heart, reconsidered and
directed me to tell the city he would
have lids drain put In and Kept up
for all time, upon the city's paying
the nominal .sum of one thousand
dollars. I was tin n on the council,
and in I he railroad's employ. Was I a
friend to the city in tins case or not .'
Must Centralize the Anti-Blease
Forces to Elect a Governor
si ( ll A si i:i? HAS BECOME IMPER ATI V F TO ASSURE t'f/l'IMATH
VICTORY OF AN ANTI-BDFASF ADMIXISTR A TIO X MAN, AC
CORRIXG TO LEARER8 0? THIS FACTION? MANNING UOUWAL
CHOICE.
(By J. A. Daly in Columbia Record,'
July 20.)
That centralization of the anti-ad?
ministration forces on some one anti
Blease candidate for governor has
become imperative in order to assure
the ultimate election of an anti-Blease
governor was a development of last
week in the campaign for State of?
fices contained in statements of sev?
eral anti-administration candidates re?
garded as leaders of that faction.
Without reserve it was admitted by
one candidate ot this faction that such
a coalition is necessary to prevent
two Blease candidates for governor
entering the second primary.
The claim that he is the logical can?
didate around whom the combined
forces opposing the administration
should gather has been individually
advanced by several candidates for
governor. Considerable doubt is,
however, expressed that such an
agreement can be perfected.
Blease supporting 4candidates Jfor
governor continue to assert that two
of them will make the second race un?
less the anti-administration forces
combine and center their strength on
one candidate.
In discussing the probability of
such a coalition, anti-administration
candidates pointed out that thoughts
of the formation of such a combination
can not be taken as an admission ot
particular strength of the administra?
tion forces. They admit the Blease
I
faction has a strong minority, which,
it is believed, will he principally di?
vided between John Q. Richarde, of
?< Kershaw, now regarded as possibly
the leading Blease supporter in the
race for governor, and William C.
Irby, Jr., of Baurcns, and Charles Car?
roll Simms, of Barnwell.
j While this unknown vote of the ad?
mittedly solid Blease faction will be
divided between these three Blease
< nndldates, the anti-administration
supporters in the race for governor
admit that their faction's vote will
be divided between at least seven can?
didates. Arguing in this manner, they
declare that coalition of the strength
of the several anti-administration can?
didates is necessary to insure suc?
cess for their faction.
Developments of the past several
weeks in the State campaigns have in?
dicated that John O. Clinkscales, of
i Spartanburg, candidate for governor,
whose strength lies principally in his
stand for compulsory State-wide edu?
cation, has been placed in a "faction"
by himself. The more or less mild
attacks directed at Clinkscales by
both anti-administration and adminis?
tration candidates for governor are
generally taken as indicating an in?
crease in strength.
These attacks on Clinkscales from
his several opponents would possibly
indicate that he has, in a way, been
"outlawed" from the strict anti-ad?
ministration faction on account of his
comparatively radical view he holds
on account of the compulsory educa?
tion question. This issue it is felt
by some of the anti-administration
supporters, would make Clinkscales a
weak candidate should he enter the
second primary.
In opposition to this tendency of
the Clinkscales advocacy of the state?
wide compulsory education Issue there
is known to be developing among
some of the anti-administration sup?
porters a movement seeking to center
on Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, the
support of the anti-administration
men, whom, they argue, would be a
strong candidate in the second pri?
mary because of bis advocacy of local
option compulsory education, which,
they say, would make Manning a de?
sirable candidate in counties where
compulsory education is strongly
supported and unobjectionable in
counties where compulsory education
is disapproved.
While no candidate expressing his
views regarding this now indefinit?
proposal has declared opposition to
such a movement, still the claim of
each that he Is the logical man for
selection as the center of the combina?
tion foretells a great difficulty to bo
overcome before an intra-faetional
agreement can be reached by the anti
Blease candidates and their support?
ers.
Facing a possibility similar, intra
factional agreement between the three
leading Blease candidates for gover?
nor, some anti-administration candi?
dates hint at the probable failure of
any combination, though they do not
make that definite assertion.
Throughout the entire party, there
is yet held a noticeable desire on the
part of each candidate to fight his own
battles and abide by the result of the
balloting in the first primary, despite
recent political developments.
The three Blease candidates in the
race for governor each claim he will
be in th-j second primary with another
of tho Blease candidates, and they de?
clare the election of an administration
supporter as governor is as nearly as?
sured as is possible in a campaign
so split as the present campa'gn.
I With three more meetings in the
coastal plain between, the campaign?
ers and the coming fights in the Pied?
mont section, where they say lies the
balance of political power, the candi?
dates for State offices are now specu?
lating as to the results there of the
political developnu nts of the last 18
months.
Through the first five weeks of the
State campaign, a general desire to
erase factional lines and bring about
a clear-cut discussion of the issues has
been repeatedly expressed by anti-ad?
ministration candidates for governor.
It is generally thought that this con?
certed action has a veiled purpose.
Administration candidates claim that
elimination of factionalism would re?
sult in greater benefit for the anti-ad?
ministration forces, offering their ex?
planation of this effort. The adminis?
tration candidates dec lare they desire
the erasure of factional lines only
because they believe it would make
possible greater development and ad?
vancement of the State.
Despite these pleas, a partisan ten?
sity is noticeable at every meeting,
though the lines are apparently far
less closely drawn than in 1912.
Whether or not this continued plead?
ing for elimination of factionalism is
responsible for this marked e-uietude
at the campaign meetings is a matter
of personal opinion and of consider?
able doubt.
In three instances only in the 23
meetings of the State campaign that
have been held have audiences cre?
ated factional disturbances. In each
instance it happened that a Dlease
candidate for governor was the cen?
ter of the short-lived storms. The
most stormy of these disturbances
occurred last week at Aiken when
John G. Richards directed an attack
at Fnited States Senator Ellison D.
Smith, an opponent of Oov. Dlease,
whom Richards is championing in the
State campaign. Richards was also
troubled during his recent speech at
Columbia wnen the crowd expressed
with loud yells and interruptions
their disapproval of his factional ut?
terances. Charles Carroll Simms was
the center of a mild disturbance at
Camden, provoked when a boy threw
a glass of water on Simms.
With the exception of Richards at
the Aiken meeting, candidates for
lieutenant governor attracted par?
ticular interest at the meetings last
week by their stinging attacks on their
several opponents. R. Frank Kelley,
of Lee. in this race and a Blease sup?
porter, was prodded at Hampton by his
opponents into making a bitter and
personal attack on his opponents and
the anti-administration faction.
[There are many like eases, but what's
tln> use of talking to a man who comes
with sin ii rot as this, who is actuated
by some unknown motive in opposing
me. There are some people so leal*
oue, that they would rather lose a
dollar than see another make one.
Krom all euch may we he delivered.
Now gentlemen, if you want an
open town, where vice is licensed,
where the employees run the coun?
cil, ami the aldermen are afraid to
do their duty, where the blind tiger is
allowed to go at laiue with its awful
debauchery, do no! cote for me. I
do not believe the ten commandments
and golden rule are obsolete, ami if
elected I expe< t to a< t on my own
judgment and' do what i consider for
the best Interest of all of our people,!
iml whether elected or not, you will
always find me drawing tin- traees
light, in the interest id' the city's good.
I have served you for the post two
year?I have attended all meetings,
possibly with one or two exceptions,
when out of town, 1 have neon honest
and fearless in the performance of the
duties intrusted to me. If I am not
re-elected, it should he from failure
to perform my duty, and if there he
auch c harges they should he made
Known to me and now is the time to
do it. And in conclusion, I am on
the council now. standing for re-elec?
tion. 1 have nothing against my
friend and opponent, Mr. Levy, you
know hin possibly as well or better
than you do me. He has been here
for many years and 1 hope may be for
many more. He aspires to the po?
sition which I now hold. It's up to
you to say which one will he elected.
Georgia's First Bate.
Savannah. Ga? .Inly 17.?The first
hale of Georgia cotton was sold at auc?
tion in front of the cotton exchange
here today, it was graded middling
and bought by G. Gabhart at IS cents
It is the earliest brst bale ever receiv?
ed in Savannah,