Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-07-22

money at home instead OF sendlnS
it off to the larger cities. Improve
the road and schools. He favors an
amendment to the constitution hx-
/ ing limit for the levy of taxes tor
state purposes, referring to the TACT
that Georgia has fixed a limit be-
yond which the legislature can not
90. Mr.. Wells stated that 20 years
ago the state had property to the
amount of sl4O, 100000 and the
levy then was four and three-quar'
ter mills while now the aggregate
of property has increased to $500,
COO 900 and the levy has also In
creased to about five and one-half
mills. He has no war to make on
the state colleges but believes tn lat
the common schools should be more
generously supported.
Mr.. Wells advocated road I'M
provement at some length, stating
that the people Of the state are pay
ing a tax for bad roads far in excess
of what The state levies. He said
that with improved roads, enabling
farmers to market their produce
more cheaply, about $4,000 could
be saved in the marketing OF the
$4,000 bales of cotton grown in the
conntv. Mr., Wells introduced q bill
to place all of the convicts in the
penitentiary on the public roads,
but he said, unfortunately, be ana
the convicts were retired to private
life before the bill became a law.
MIR. Wells advocates the levy of
tax BY the state on the sale of IL
ouor Just as is done by the national
government, the. amount received to
be apportioned among the counties.
He spoke Of the work that is be-
ing done by the state colleges, com
! mending in the highest terms the
work that is being done by the
Citadel. He stated that the thorough
ness of the work of an institution
of learning can not be judged by
the amount of money at its COM
mand, the appropriation for the
Citadel being far less than that OF
the other schools. He stated that
about $3.50 per student is paid to
tho colleges while the children VINO
attend the public schools only re-
ceive about 80 each.
MIR. ). 7. WILLIAMS.
The last Candidate for legisla-
tive honors to speak was MIR. 5. 1.
Williams. He began by saying his
political aspiration dated from 1876,
and that he has attended county
conventions and served as the ex-
ecutlve committeeman from his
club for the past 80 years. He stat.
ed that he has given more free serve
in the political field than any other
manprese mt.
MIR. Williams referred at length
of the work OF Clemson college and
to hi. duties as a member of the
board of vi Jitors of this insti'u tion
he being the only farmer on the
board. Seven lawyers compose the
other six members of the board,
Ex-Gov. NJ. F. Ansel being the
chairman. He says the duty of the
board is to examine everything in
and around the college. There were
800 manly boys in attendance and
that every department was run like
clock work. In speaking Of how
Clemson uses the money it receives,
Mr.. Williams stated that about
sllO, 900 was spent in the eradica-
tion of the cattle tick and in stamp
ing out diseases of live stock. All
of this has been a good investment.
Mr.. Williams discussed the pub
lie roads at some length, stating
that there there are three ways ip
which money can be raised for road
building: lst, bond issue; End, by
special levy, and third by a reduc-
tion of the road tax and the enact
ment of a law requiring every man
in the couty to work from four to
six days on the roads each year. Mr..
Williams said that neither of these
plans of improving the l,7OO miles
or roads in the county would be
favored by majority of the people.
Mr.. Williams favors compulsory
education, having been convinced
of the need of such a law by the
small attendance upon some of the
schools of the county. He also cited
an instance where a farmer-in the
county who own 800 or 1000 acres
of land and is not giving his chill
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