The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1894-03-22
Lexington Acts.

Efrd, State Senator, who explain |
sd in fow brief remarks that it
was called to dctormino whothor
tho Lexington Roformcrs would
elect u mombor Of tho State Re-
form Executive Committee III ac-
cord with tho Collcton plan. j.
| w. Dreher was elected chairman,
and G. II. Rawls, secretary.
| G. M. Efird was elected Loxing-
tons mombcr of tho committee
which meets in Columbia on April
4th.
T(is instructions woro contained
in a resolution to tho effect that it
was tho sense Of the meeting that
a Roform convention bo called to
nominate Reform candidates for
Governor and Lieutenant Cover
nor to DO voted for in tho August
primary, unless some plan can be
adopted by which tho scnso Of the
people can bo asccrtaincd at the
primary election. The plan in
Wow was that no nominating'con-
vcntion be held, but each person
voting in tho primary for Reform
delegates to the State convention
should place at tho hcad OF his
ticket tho namo Of his choice for
Governor, and tho ono receiving
tho highest number of votes in any
county should rccoivo tho support
of tho delegates Of that county in
tho September convention.
Comptrollor Gonoral Ellcrbo was
introduced with II reference to his
enforcement Of tho tax law.
Gonorol Eilorbo was plsaqoH, f.
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! ssSt8t ttfi0 pooplo of Lexington, ma
, ny of whose faces woro familiar tc
him. Flo ohopcd tho people had moi
formed thoir opinion Of him by
what tho anti papers had said oI
him; no was a pretty bad fellow
. but not as bad as they pictured
, him.
- lie wanted to make PLAN bust
~ ness speech. He was a farmer, as
those before him wcro, and no
would speak to them as farmor.
If q shrcwd politician, a wire-pull-
or, slick, oily-tongucd orator was
the kind Of man wanted for Gov
crnor, they would have to pass him
by.
llo had boon Rcformor since
tho start Of the Reform movemon
in 1885. lIo had Joined tho ALI
anco whom it was first organized
and no was still a supporter Of the
Alliance. IIo stood nut-footod
upon tho Alliance platform.
He reviewed tho history Of tn,
Reform movement, and showed its
necessity. lie explained how un.
dor ring rnle, u fow politicians
managed the politics Of tho State
He thon showed how tho Reform
movement had brought about rul,
Of tho people, by tho pooplo, ant
+, for tho people. Io reviewed hi
conduct of tho Comptroller Gener
ais Office. Ilo showed how unjus
was tho ruling of tho courts on tn,
. bank cases. IIo then showed TIN
. Justice of tho now railroad assess
! monts, and what money they woul,
bring into tho State Treasury.
Whom no bocamo Comptrollc
General ho found a lot of oxcc,
tons against property pigeon holcd
He issued circular to tho shorin'
to report on those executions a
onco. He had had rough export
onces with banks and railroads
but had never before had to fgh
tho womon. The sheriff Of Rich
land county had taken ono Of hit
circulars to lady, who had not
paid taxes for three or four yoars
She told tho sheriff that was all
right, just to wait until sho had
seen the Comptroller General.
She sent noto to him requesting
him to call upon her. IIo did not
know what the noto meant, but he
called upon the lady. She said
that her father fought in the war,
that her mother was q widow and
\ mat thero had been much sickness
~ the family and sho would not
p"S .he tax. General Ellerbe told
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