The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-08

of and make up another lie to
spread" he declared.
The inheritance tax, which he had
opposed, MIR. Epps stated would have
been harmful to the widow and not to
inc rich man. He did not consider this
subject Of tax. but thought it q
scheme to help the rich man and hurt
the poor man.
In the bill to reduce the rate OF
interest Mr.. Epps stated he had found
u measure to hurt the farmer, saving
that with its passage 1t would have
been almost impossible to get money
when II was needed and it would have
hurt those who depended upon the
income from the loans. He had voted
against the bill to reduce interest
from eight to six per cent. He thought
that the money was worth eight per
cent
He had not introduced any bills the
hrst year he was I'm the legislature.
saying that he wanted to learn the
ways of that body. During his second
year he had pushed through the house
every bill he had introduced. lie re-
ferred to Mr.. Clifton's work in the
house, saying that In his first two
years. only one bill introduced by him
mad gone through, In 1906 none went
through and In the rest OF the time he
was I'm the house most ofthe bills i'll
troduced by Mr.. Clifton had failed to
go through. During 1913 and 1914
MIR. Clifton. nc said. had introduced
twelve bills. only two of which went
through the legislature, one a bill in
reference to hunting foxes and the
other bin calling for the dispensary
election.
Mr.. Epps referred to the present law
which requires an election every four
years on the dispcnsary question. lie
was an enemy to whiskey and would
always work against it, but he was
not opposed to allowing an election on
the question. He started to explain
his action on this bill when his time
was up, saying that nc would ask q
reply in case any new matters were
brought out by his opponent. There
were several cries of "give him time"
go on" and applause when he stop
ped.
Mr.. j. II. Clifton was introduced and
applauded as he took the stand. 81
have been your very humble repre-
sentative for twelve years." he stated,
Iva commencing. and, to quote from
Josh Ashley. whom Mr.. Opponent
seems to think such a common sense
man, Ii Is not the passage Of bills, but
the prevention of fool bills introduced
by young legislators which counts. "
He was In favor Of getting money
ut the lowest possible rate of interest
and thought that the farmers would
ike to get 1t at lower rate than the
present one. He had voted against
the bill requiring insurance companies
To rcinvcst I'm this State all of the
money obtained here, as II would drive
them out Of the State, ana th1s re-
move the chief source from which
money could be borrowed ON long
nme loans at a low rate of interest.
lie had opposed the inheritance tax.
lie stated that he had not been run
ming around handshaking and did not
expect to conduct his campaign in that
way. He referred to the dispensory
Dill. saying that he was sorry this had
oeeh brought In as nc had hoped that
this would be an educational cam.
paign In which the farmer might bc
warned Of the boil wcevil and means
discussed whereby the rural COM
munity might be made u better place
to live. but since his opponent had
gone into his record, he would point
out few things In the record of his
| AiC CuH DOlnt out
single administrative step or bill he
has had passed nor II single bill which
he has prevented from passage"
Tho bill ordering and directing
the county board to sell the city hall
property for $4,000 had been pre-
pared by the house delegation. had
come to him and he had stricken ou,
the provision stating the amount. This
Dill was passed and the property sold
for $4,000. Thus nc had saved tho
county $500.
The dispcnsary bill Of 1913 had been
passed and defeated by the people. In
1914 another dispcnsary bill had been
prepared and had been recommended
In statement signed by all of the
members of the house, including Mr..
Epps. When u legislator recommend
cd bill. 1T was expected that he would