The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-04-26

supply 90 Store 10 near the speak
ers in the opening OF the rfiutlicipai
campaign Monday night. Messrs.
Kirby. Wood and Humphries, candi-
dates for warden from ward one,
spoke briefly as did Mr.. w. 8. Nc
Lure, candidate for reelection to the
position of water works commissioii-
CT. ]. E. Kirby. the present alder
man was the first to speak. He said
during the tours years he had served
as alderman he had endeavored To
give his best attention to the Job. and
felt he had performed his duties we'll;
and if reelected felt he would be bet
ter qualified to do better work on the
council and would appreciate their
support on the 7th. l reply to Mr..
Humphries' remarks that he felt that
Mr.. Kirby had not done all he could
for ward 1. Mr.. Kirby called his at
tention to the fact that walls had
been constructed near Mr. Hum
phries' home which had made 1t much
more convenient for him.
Mr.. Humphries stated that he had
been a resident of Ward one thirteen
years and did not think Mr.. Kirby
had done 80 much for ward one and
that he saw some OF the needs OF the
ward and IL elected would do his duty
faithfully.
G. A. Wood merely announced his
candidacy and said that he would
perform his duties to the letter II
elected.
Mr.. w. s. Mcclure, who Is the only
candidate for Commissioner of Pub
lie Works. announced his candidacy
and stated that there being no oppo-
nent he supposed that his ssrvics
had been satisfactory.
The main interest developed In the
race between the two candidates fof
mayor. Mr.. T. c. Duncan, and Mr.. j..
sssss / " yslsss; aR a tEpss .ssgss ssaEaes J,
election to this important position.
We give below the gist Of the
speeches by Messrs. Duncan and
Walker. Mr.. Duncan. tn Hrst
speaker said:
When the present administration
took charge OF the city there was
twelve hundred dollars in the treas
ury and seventeen thousand dollars
indebtedness. Administering the at
fairs of the town has been no fiowery
bed of ease. We come to render an
account OF our stewardship.
This administration has not had
the support 1t was entitled to. 1t
has been held up before the county
and the entire State in way 1t did
not deserve. 1t has been made to
appear that we upheld lawlessness.
Now the five men who have admin
istered the city's affairs have stood
together without friction and they
are representative men. Kirby In
Ward 1; Going in Ward 2; Gault In
Ward and O'Shields In ward 4, are
all representative men. l am rep
resentative citizen. ask no favor OF
anybody. but do ask for a square
deal. We have not been eiven a
ssuare deal by those who should
have accorded 1t to us.
The construction work done by the
present administration has been
3 $40 miles of macadam sidewalk
3 Ia miles Of curbing and drains
Ia miles Of macadam road, IL
miles of grading and Ia mile Of sew.
erage. This was done with tho ia,
levy lower than 1t has been In the
past twelve years.
The debts OF the town are not al
great tonight as they were two year,
ago. You have gotten sidewalks
a new fire house, and the other i'm
proyements and yet you have savet
$4,000. The last administration hat
an 18 mills levy, while this admins
tration had only IA 1-2 mills levy
Today you don't owe one dollar OF
the new fire house. You were tolt
two years ago that you owed moth
ing on the other fire house, but W,
found you owed $4,000 on 1t. w,
, came here to talk straight from tn,
shoulder. was laughed at when
said in the last campaign that I'd pu
down cement walks and do 1t with
out bonds being issued. This tow
never bought car load of cemen
until we bought 1t. They paid s
/. a barrel; we paid $3.50 and freigh
barrel. There has been no graf