The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1878-07-17
JOE PWKsy'TrE.gfG
For THE HERALD.
FOR THE HERALD.
SMOKEY Town, S. c.,
July s, 1878.

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! july s, 1878.
DEAR Herald Your valuable pa
per makes its appearance 10 our midst
every week, giving all the news, coan-
ty, State and otherwise, and, best of
all, telling what the different Demo
cratic Clubs are doing in this County
with one exception however. lido
not see anything from your correspon-
dent from this section. SuokevTown
Club holds monthly meetings, aud will
send her quota Of delegates to the
Convention from time to time though
the. distance is great. The Conyen-
tion is the stepping-stone to victory
for the party in this County. We
should never change our tactics so
long as success crow1s cur efforts.
Our Club held meeting last Satur-
day, which vas very interesting and
harmonious; all seemed to be united
to a man on all questions that were
laid before the meeting. l would try
to give you in detail the proceedings
of the meeting, but think it would be
out Of order, as it is the. Secretary's
duty to give you the full proceedings.
A matter which I think should sink
deep in the minds of all voters in this
County and State, is the further re-
duction of salaries from the Governor
down to Coroner. That would cur
tail our taxes; for at the present value
of money our taxes are as high as when
we paid fifteen and.sixteen mills. Some
will say, rot so. I say it is so; be-
cause when We paid sixteen mills We
sold our cotton at seventeen to eighteen
cents per pound. A gold dollar then
was worth from twenty to twenty-five
cents more than greenback dollar;
now greenbacks' are made equal to
specie, hence We should have a great
reduction in all salaries, and if the
nominees of the Democratic party
promise to reduce salaries to mode
raie and reasonable standard We will
have no trouble in the future. Reduce
the pay so that the Office will seek the
man, not the man the Office, and I
venture to say in four years, yes, t~o
years, we will not have SO many Office
seekers and will have less Wire-pulling
for Office. It is the fat pay that makes
men stand ronnd the corners on the
Convention days and watch for the
delegates and ask them to remember
them in making the nominations, say.
ing will do thus and so if elected.
We should shun them as much SO as
the poisonous adcer. .............
The Representatives have, as gen
eral thing, been holding long sessions
at. fine pay, putting up at those fine
hotels, paying high for beef-steak and
fried chicken, smoking ine segars,
drinking the best Of wines and bran
dies, at the expense of the taxpayers.
I will state here that I.think We
have two many laws already. Repeal
some of the ones already made; kill
that bird-law out at once, and reduce
the number of Offices. The Board of
Examination for school teachers for
Public Schools is entirely uncalled for,
and should be dispensed with. We
pay the School Commissioner, and let
him examine the teachers, and that
will be a saving. If it has to beeon-
tinued let the Commissioner pay them
out of his own salary. We should
practice economy, and if. we don't at
once be up and at it'thc farmers will
get so poor that they will not be able
to pay the taxes. But for fear Of
wearying the patience Of your many
readers, Twill subscribe myself
SMOKEY Town VOTER.
NoTE.-We have cut out a portion
of the above communication; lst, be-
cause We had rot room for it all, and
2ndly, because a large part Of it was
taken up in recommending a certain
person for Office, and We always charge
for such things as advertisements.-
EDS. HERALD. d..