The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-06-25

worthless. Re was worse than worth
less, my friends, for the farms that
he was working were deteriorating in
value each year under his manage
ment. The lien law converted what
is the very best labor for the South
Carolina cotton growers when intelli-
gently directed, into a shiftless worth
less class Of cumberers of the earth.
and for this reason if for no other.
IL should have been repealed. The
first step has been taken and we need
to go little father and prevent the
giving Of a mortgage until the crop
| comes into existance. If the farmers
of South Carolina will remain firm
and demand relief from every phase
of this old law, my word for it, the
wisdom Of the chance will be fully
demonstrated and in very short
period Of time.
Good Roads.
Another vital interest my fellow
citizens, is the building of good and
permanent highways in every county
In South Carolina. The great wonder
is that this vital interest has been 80
long neglected by our people. Bad
highways is the very heaviest tax
that our people have had to bear and
1t Is se!f-imposed The wear and
tear upon stock and vehicles and loss
OF time incident to the travel upon
our public roads. Is the greatest bur
den we carry. No public utility will
add more to the value of our prop
erty and wealth of our State than
good and permanent highways. The
effect will be to eliminate distance
ara make life in the country very
much more pleasant and desirable.
This Improvement will be a great
economy and blessing not only to the
State but to all Of our people and in
every walk of life.
1 shall stand for and urge the per-
manent improvement of our high
ways. such improvement to be made
under local self government in the
various counties.
Expenditures of The Government.
Fellow citizensh if elected your gov
ernor, I shall urge the utmost care
and precaution as to how we shall
spend the hard earned tax money Of
the people of our State. Wherever
1t can be done without impairing the
public service and the best interests
OF our State there should be re-
trenchment. We should use the
greatest care to prevent the appro-
priation of more money than our an
nual income will warrant. Our State
debt is already too large, and our an
nual interests very great There are
expenditures that cannot be reduced.
those for education and the Ex-Con-
federate Soldiers, and there may be
others, but the pruning knife should
he used wherever possible to keep
our expenditure within wise and
safe bounds My record will show
that / used the greatest precaution
In Voting appropriations of the peO-
pies money while ] was a member
Of the legislature and / still stand
Tor wise economy in all of our gov
ernment affairs.
Bonded Debt.
In 1913 our State debt becomes due
and our bonds are to be refunded.
our bonds are drawing 1-2 per
cent interest today. but there is no
good reason why our bonds should
not be floated at at least 8 IL per
cent. We have 100000 in our sink
ing fund today for the purpose of
retiring bonds to that extent, there
fore our interest that is now very
hurdenSome should be very material
ly reduced, and there should. there
fore be a corresponding reduction In
taxation.
Taxation.
The inequalities of taxation are 50
manifest TO every South Carolinian
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