The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-31

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until after March and then INTRODUCE
It himself. ~
He took up the portions of the rural
credits bill and said that no man cared
to have the fact paraded in the news
papers or the country that he wanted
to mortgage his hcmc to buy land aud
| that this was one OF the things neces-
r1ry to be done. undcr Mr.. Aikcn's bill.
He said that then tie farmer would
have to wait probably a year Ecfore
he could get the money. r.
lie said that MIR. Aiken might pos
scss influence In Washington but that
| lie had never had influence enough to
get post office building for Abl1villc
and taat 1t took another man to put
| this across.
In discussing Mr.. Aikcns vote on
| the canal tolls Mr.. Dominick said that
he would net charge Mr.. Aiken with
being q republican because of the way
lie voted but that he did feel as though
Mr. A!kcn's explanation Of his vote
was an insult to the democracy Of the
Third district. He branded as false
| the statement that he IL not In sym
pathy with Woodrow Wilson and
| that he believed he would tie more so
| than Mr.. Aiken has been IL hc>went to
congress.
He next took up his cotton mill idea
md said that of all the cotton mills
located in South Carolina, more than
| 30 per cent Of them are in tho Third
district. He said that the selling ag-
| ents in the north, u majority Of whom
own most of the ctock In tho cotton
mills for which they sell, get or 6
per cent commission for selling the
goods and that this is fur more than
the sum to he realized by thems even
| Y the mill does net pay .divia5nd lie
| says that the sick cotton mill indus
try is due to these selling. agents and
that they get almost one-half, as. much
! for their work as do the cotton mill
| operatives for their labor. lie, says
that the selling cost must be reduced
for the cotton mill operative to get
better pay. for the farmer to get bet
ter prices for his products and for the
stockholders to realize better div.-
dends and says that 1t is the duty of
the government tu investigate these
conditions and better them. "A
Taking up the post Office gituation
| "a eAAsS SAtJ A7it bOHiiufCh 6dtQ tnuL IL
did not seem that Mr. Aiken, was go
Ing to make any change and that IL he
waits little longer the change will
be made by Fred II. Dominick. Hu
read letter, written by Mr.. Aiken, In
which that gentleman said that "he
wished the responsibility of appoint
Ing postmasters could be shifted TO
comcone clse's shoulders and Mr..
Dominick said that after March IL
would be shifted and that he would
not try to dodge any responsibility
| Hc predicted that there would be no
| second race and that he would win In
the first primary.
Capt. Frank s.. Evans.
When Mr.. Dominick concluded sit'
was near the noon hour ani5a great
number OF the voters left the ,4onrt
ROOM when he did, Capt. Evans was
greeted with applause when he arose
to spaak and went after tho records CT
both Mr. Dominfck and Mr..ssAikeh.sH Ho
said that he WAS going to:!get all the
votes In Anderson county thjG year
taat MIR. Dominick did not gelfan be-
lieves that he can give they district
better service than any other candi-
| tate In, the race.
He Is In favor Of liberal appro-
prlation for building and maintain
Ing public highways and believes that
the government should aiso,g furnish
capable engineers for this purpose.
He believes that the government
should take up the question Of equal
izing the freight rates and says that
the interstate commerce commission
is derelict in its duty when 1t does not
attend to so important a matter. He
believes that IL the commission. will
not do its duty 1t is the duty of com
fgRes6i to force that duty upon them
and to sec 10 It TINT the work IS dSac.
He. does not understand why 1t, SHOULD
cost more to make O shipment from
Anderson to FJaleigh, N. c., than from
Raleigh, N. c., to Anderson and says
that there Is something radically
wrong. & s.
He took up the canal tolls bill,
pointing to the great expenditure Of
money necessary to build h+lh ehR hRAnal
and said that this money: would ,Iiave
to he paid by tho tax payers! lofd the
country, Anderson conHtyiae e1eopie
among them. He sharply e Etftiofc1d
Mr.. Aiken's vote on thiB HtiSHtf0h.l .l ii !:
He next took up Mr.. Aikkn.B pr0po-
sition to get the rural freK e Delivery
pervlce out from Under the ;Gfpif SER
Vice commission md aatfd .tfSat atiiis
would bo a terrible miseakelIif ~ Twas
ever done. He said that; sueH q omoSe'
would allow q congressman tblipcrfeet
j the most powerful political machine
imaginable and that It would enable
him to stay In congress forever.
Taking up MIR. Dqminiok'S record,
Capt. Evans roundly scored him for