The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-13

/ oOH~ "hO WON thC OiuCc Vi TtCOEueT
abolished. II this could be done and
the work devolved upon him he would
see to one thing. there would be no
partfalfty shown. II boy from
Ward 6 came up town and happened
to get a little full he would not be
harsh with him in recorders court,
for the same thing when done by other
boys IL often not brought before the
police at oil. but the boy is sent home
In hack. He favored taking the san
itary dues off the mill people who are
i also taxed Ior sewerage that they
/ don't get.
Attention was called to the fact that
at the court house Thursday night
when Mr.. Godfrey was asked where
he stood on the blue laws" he de-
| clared that he hasn't much patience
\ with them and that he had seen them
fail in Columbia and other cities, and
| that a circuit Judge had declared un-
constitutional the "blue laws" in
| iGreenville.
Mr.. ElmOre Under Difficulties.
The next speaker. Mr.. E. E. Elmore,
was not well received and after max
Ing game effort to present himself
! properly to the people OF Ward 6 ne
practically gave it up as 8 hard lob.
All through his efforts to speak there
| were numerous queries about the
blue laws" and the where can get
a dope on Sunday" etc. Mr. Gilmore
stated that he had been friend of
Ward In council for the last two
years and had done everything that
he could to assist Alderman Carter
| IN getting improvements for the ward,
and at times had suffered uncomplain-
tnRlV tho crit fatunc ~
for 30 doing. But he thought that
Ward deserved something. He was
proud of his record in council. He de-
clared that 1t was he who had made
the fight against the. Public. Utilities
| contract In council, and that he had
| done SO for the motive of service to
| the people. He had tried to get the
| best contract he could for the people
| end had succeeded in doing more than
some OF the others who now talk a
great deal. But now that the issue has
| been fought out, he Is willing to let the
court decide the validity OF the con-
tract. He had done the best he could
for what he conceived to be the in
| terests OF the people and he would al
ways do 90.
A Capital Speech.
The last speaker Of the candidates
Tor mayor was DR.. Frank w. Ashmore.
who soon gained the attention of the
crowd and held it. making a capital
speech on high plane and concluding
with a splendid appeal to the patriot
ism OF the people OF that ward. He
spoke OF the fact that he had been
renred IN the country, had worked his
way up from the duties and chores of
BOY on the falm to a place us To-
C0mOfiVa an0fnQpr cfn.
cine and for 20 yearr had been n Lrac-
titioner. He had cast his lot with ,he
| mill people Of Enoi &c and afterwards
at Newry and finally had come 70 an
derSon more than IL years ago. lie
mad practiced among the people of
Ward 6 and he was not OF the kind
! that came among them every two
years asking for their votes, nut he
had been their physician and had
come to their call on many occasions
4opH He, came back at .thoee who ,ldyo.
Gated taking of the sanitary dues, for
he explained that If this were to be
done. the negroes. who pay more than
| tihiT. would get oil. OF the tex ea-
tirely and the white people would have
their property tax increased just that
much 10 help keep up the health of
the community. for the money had 10
be raised. The mill people would net
| DC bettered anyway by the removal of
the sanitary dues, for the mill peuple
would have to keep up the sanitary
Iservice and would collect the dues lust
the game.
He declared In answer to one Of his
opponents that he had something else
than mayor to occupy his time, that
ne would give enough Of his time 10
the city to make good mayor and the
people ara looking for busy men fheae
days, for the men who have nothing
to do are not the progressiv, men.
He admfres the white way, but re-
peated his objection that the money
might have been better spent in a bet
ter way for the benefit OF ths city
He does not conceive of the Dr..
vence OF the recorders court to be the
criminal court, and he would If cl-
ected mayor offer to do the work him.
SELF, and while he would administer
the law to protect the people and to
preserve order, yet he would not let
the people Of one section of the civ
be treated differently from the 9th
| ers.
He Has No Dictator.
| With great deal of Significance be-
hind what he said he declared that he
mas no campaign manager to dictate
to him his policy II he should be elect
ed, but he Is running on his merits
ana hfe ambition to serve. He has
no organisation or clique behind him
but fs running as an individual and on
his recor.i as q citizen.
Dr. Ashiu0re concluded with q spir-
ited defense of the people OF Ward
8. He declared that he had often
heard that the people of this ward
could be led. around by whiskey bot
tie stuck to their noses or by the offer
OF q quarter. and some had boasted
that they. carried this ward in. their
vest pocket, but he wished to reputi-