The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-13
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CANDIDATES SPOKE
UNDER DIFFICULTIES
GOOD NATURED CROWD is
GIVEN TO BADINAGE
SOME NEW IDEAS
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Dr. Ash@ore Made Stirring APP
peal so>Yoters For a Clean
I Election
ONE NEW IDEAS

h NoFN<O ldSl nlSuL 10 near the
speeches OF the candidates for mayor
a. alcarmen. 1t was worth the sui
OF year as mayor to try to make
speech under the circumstances.
Considering the weather and all the
other things. Only two of the candi-
dates for mayor received anything like
attention. Messrs. Payne and Ashmore.
The crowd was hungry to hear some
thing from Bob" Carter, the redoub-
table candidate for reelection in Ward
6. and until he spoke, as he was the
last on the program, the crowd was
restless. II!
The order of speaking in the court
candidate for mayor, came first. He
seemed to lave large following In
the crowd and was well received. He
said he would be the mayor of ell
the people and. no Fespecter of per-
sons. He was In favor OF abolishiIg
the Office of recorder and would try
the cases himaelf. and would give a
fair deal to all who came before him.,
He would give. Wasd square deal
on the matter Of street improvements.
Would Stop Waste.
He favored abolishing one of the
clerks in the city hall and devolving
the duties upon one man and he would
see that the man did the work and
gave the city his whole time and
would not have Outside interests to
take all ,of, his time.
He recalled the fact that he had
been county treasurer for 18 years and
he had done all that he could for the
mill people. Even when Treasurer
Copes of Orangeburg had been mur-
dered and the legislature passed an act
that county treasurers would take
their own risk In going out from the
county seat to collect taxes, he. Mr..
Payne. as county treasurer, had always
gone to the milf villages at his own
expense to save the mill people trou-
BILE and to prevent them, from being
delinquent in paying their taxes.
Il Mr.. Payne spoke of the campaign
lies that are being circulated, and said
that they did not bother him, and he
hoped that none of his friends would
use any kind Of camp i!gniny Gf that
kind. He concluded by asking VINO
knows the financial condition ,'bf. the
city today. He declared that IL elected
mayer he would give lhis, attention. to
trimming the City III 4 blBlnesssliks
agg Ns! ;!s psS afia&s kae q m
ney Wae scarce the credit Of theSCaty
would always be good and, ne dS4ld
So III. III Gs;,fsss aud ts.ss s. 81. aHls {
Mr.. J. H. Godfrey, the next speaker,
again denounced as lies some cam-
paiga stories started on. him. He de-
clared!that the. preposteroushess or the
lie that he had to leave Cheraw had
been brought out when he had beard
the. rest OF It., He had Just learned
that the man WHO started the lie had
had stolen sawmiil. ssHe bald his re-
specte to the matter. & But there were
some In the apdiepcfy who seemeds TO
be very much alnused;and ;all.threugh
Mr.. Godfrey's speech interruptedt him
and Chairman Sullivan repeatedly
called for order. To 4Me credit Of fhe
people OF Ward 6 It should be said. that
most OF the Interruptions come from
persons who do not reside there.si
Mr.. Godfrey stated that he is under
q $4,000 bond and that he has a letter
from the .bp1ding/ company stating
that they had been very rigid Id the
examination, Of his books, and p Had
found everything in splendid condit-
lou stssu ''.s-is ssssz7e.ss-.s ~
= Discussing scondi ditf0nse:, inssWard3 8,
Mr.. Godfrey said. he -would.4see.Athat
sthe7 PEOPLE got ketteEs streets ON that
they would. mot haze ~foA pay the SS3
street tax. The streets, he said! BE-
long to the ,mill company. and, not t;;to
the city. fbut3he would ehdGsv6r to Eet
the mill to deed tha,atreetg 10 the; dty
Gnd ;he' would then, have Whom putin
good condition. He declared flint
Ward pays IT of the. taxes OF The
city. but does not get the benefit 1pIo-
portionately. He promised new 1ig6ts.
new hydrants and variety of other
things. He defended the present city
as Confederate soldier, ami good
one. 60, IL 4 vs. {. \ i,sss (; IS: &
He spoke of the financial coniit-
ion OF the city in answer TO questions
Tho, bonded debt ,sis $t76,U00 and the
floating debt ia abouty 81 6 .000f with
more than $4,000 In bank s He would
favor dividing the time for tlfe paying
OF taxes 30 that the laboringl people
could pay half In March and half in
November. He said March rs ID hard
month for labo-fng people raise mo-
I Where The sIsssuss Originated. s
He denied with warmth GscampaiKn
rumor that1 be S'hQd been. brought MIt
az the candidate OF the Southern FAB=
lie Utilities comyo0y He admitted
that he WINS the ! one Q who ian
tHSade all the trouble fof3 this cohipa-
my In getting its contract from The
city, as he has been sarouj.d with q
committee OF council to Inspect ic6n-
.dltiopa In, 91ties IN Aortt and ,Soath
aI0HnR alxd sGe0rgA End he SlAta
she aepoft ny the Segsmittee of Mty