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such taxes should be handled. H
closed amid applause.

| such taxes should be hanoleo. he
closed amid applause.
At the close Of Mr.. McAlillan's
! speech, Mr.. Bruce was granted per-
mission to reply to Mr.. Mcmillan s
query regarding communication taxes
and stated that there was on hand a
fund created by this tax which was
ready for distribution according to
the wishes of the people.
Mr.. Smoak Asks for Promotion.
w. Barney Smoak, the next candi-
date to speak, told of his own per-
sonal success as farmer and of how
he had faithfully discharged the du-
| ties of county commissioner during
his tenure of Office. He thanked the
voters for their support of two years
ago and asked for promotion to the
Office of supervisor. Said he had no
APOLOGIES to make for his record and
was seeking the office on merit.
| Legislative aSplTdHIS opcdh.
County Chairman Folk announced
that twenty minutes had been allotted
to the speakers for the house of rep
resentatives and proceeded with the
roll call to find that there were two
absentees. J. Gordan Brabham and
Francis F. Carroll. the latter being
detained in Charleston because of per-
sonal illness.
B. ID. Carter.
B. D. Carter was the first speaker
of this group to be introduced and
spoke in a mastery manner Of the
need for constructive legislation and
| the modification of some laws already
on the statute books in order to meet
the demands of rapidly growing
community. "These things are nee
essary," said Mr.. Carter, "to make it
possible for the people to enjoy the
rights guaranteed them under the
constitution of the State and the Uni
ted States According to Mr.. Car
ter, a representative should be the
servant of the people or he would be
unworthy of the trust reposed in him.
He sketched his early career and told
of his struggle to complete his ed
ucation which was finally done by
strict economy and hard work and be-
lieved he was now competent to
serve the best interests of the peo-
pie. The time was too short, Mr..
Carter said, to enter into detailed
discussion of many of the things he
stood for, but would touch on the
things of vital Importance. One of the
most important of all was the need
for education and he deplored the
lack of progressive ideas along this
line. He thought the way should
first be paved by building better
school houses and providing better
schooling facilities and would then
favor compulsory school attendance,
if necessary. He advocates better
provisions for safeguarding and con-
serving the public health as an asset
of the State. In dealing with this
subject, Mr.. Carter said: eve have
reached that period when conserva-
tion Of public health should meet
with a more liberal response from the
people for we are on the eve Of a
great awakening along this line"
Good roads, more liberal support OF
public schools, and biennial sessions of
the legislature are other important
planks in Mr.. Carter's platform. He
also believes that fiat two-cent pass
enger rate on all railroads should be
established, that railroads should be
required to give better SER
vice, and believes that the sys-
tenn of taxation should be re-
adjusted in order that every class of
property should bear it's share of the
burden and is against class legisla-
ton. He closed his speech amid
hearty cheers.
j. Wesley Crum, Jr.
J. Wesley Crum, Jr., was next in
troduced and thanked the Fishpond
voters for giving him majority vote
at that box for the house two years
ago. He has no public record to re-
fer to, he said, further than his pres
ent umbency as mayor of Denmark
and spoke of his efforts to suppress
lawlessness in his town. Said he had
been told he would be charged with
fostering blind tigers, and denied the
charges. Since 80 per cent of the pop
ulation of the State is composed of
farmers, thinks it very necessary to
secure legislation which would bene-
fit the farmer. Among the things
he advocates is liberal aid of the
department of agriculture, for the
farmer, good roads, permanent i'm