The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-23
has no opposition.

has no opposition.
When called on on Friday night he
said he felt little out Of place in
making a public address. II some
body should ask him about building
a house he would feel more like talk
ing, he said.
When he looked back for the last
three years and thought Of what had
passed, and saw that he had defeated
three of the best men in Ward l in
succession, and stood tonight with
out opposition, he had stopped and
wondered whether it was on account of
Ibis good looks, his size, or what be
had done for the people Of Ward L
He would leave that for the voters
to say. He had tried to do his duty.
He Lad advocated a number of
things in council, he said, but there
were five votes to his one. So he
could not have just what he wanted.
Among the things which he had ad-
vecated for three years was open ses-
sions of council. He wanted to ask
the editor of each paper to be pres
ent at every session of council, and
when the vote for city officers was
taken he wanted the council to meet
on the stage Of the opera house and
let the roll be called and every mem
-! Der of coun ncil vote openly for the
man of his choice. He wanted the
council to face the people and vote
like men. He realized, he said, thai
when he voted he voted for the peo-
pie Of his ward, Ind he would vote
next year for l16 people, and 1t was
their vote he was entrusted with.
Another position which he had TAX
en- was that there should be a street
Superintendent, and he should be al
lowed a street overseer, to be select
ed by him and subject to his orders.
Nevberry was too big for one man to
take charge of all the streets. It was
) a. bigger town than it was when Capt.
Jackson could get up in the morning
and walk all over town before break
fast. Two overseers had been tried,
: but that did not work, because one
was always afraid the other would
do something that council would not
approve of, and the result was that
little was done. He advocated a
street overseer under the superinten-
dent, the overseer to be put in charge
Of the hands, under the superlnten-
dent, and the superintendent to be
in charge of the work generally. With
only one overseer when it was neces-
sary to put negro in charge of the
hands the hands often did nothing
but smoke cigarettes. The finances
of the town were short, but he believ-
ed if the right men were put IN the
right place, with the proper mater
ials and tools, that much could be ac-
complished.
He again referred to open sessions,
saving that when any measure OF I'M
portance had been before the council
he had always asked the clerk to re-
cord his vote, so that the people
might know how he had voted. If
elected again-it will be recalled that
he has no opposition-he promised to
do the best he could for the people
of his ward, as he had tried to do IN
1.-THE past.
Ward 2 Not Represented.
Neither Mr.. J. R. Green nor Mr.. r.
] B. Lominack, candidates for alderman
from Ward 2, was present.
Ward 8 Not Represented.
=, Mr.. C. H. Cannon, alderman from
Ward 3, was not present.
Ward 4.
There are two candidates for al
dermau in Ward 4, Mr.. E. L. Rodel-
spergere, and the present alderman,
Mr.. Geo. ". Summer.
Mr.. Summers Letter.
Mr. Geo. ". Summer was not pres
ent, and Chairman Mayer read the
following letter from him:
''I regret that on account OF the
condition Of my health cannot be
r with you at the meeting tonight and
, T beg that you will express my re-
cards to the meeting, and Iftake this
method of assuring my fellow Demo
Gratis that if reelected alderman
from Ward 4 T shall attempt to per-
farm nnr dnties as faithfully as I have