The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-08-08
COUNTY CANDIDATES
TALK To VOTERS
FIRST MEETING AT FORK NOT
LARGELY ATTENDED.
Interest Centres in Candidates for
Senate and House There Being
Four in Each Race.

The county campaign opened at
Fork last Saturday. There was only
a small crowd present.
The first speaker was Judge Joe
Cabell Davis, Judge OF Probate, unop-
posed candidate to succeed himself.
He stated that. judging from the a
mount OF assessment that he had to
pay. his was considered one of the
most important offices in the county.
he told the voters that when he
first appeared before them six years
ago that he claimed to be follow
ing in the footsteps of Woodrow Will
son; that at the present Mr.. Wilson
was taking rather long strides, and
1t was quite difficult for a one-leg-
ged man to keep the pace but he was
doing his best in that direction. He
assured the people that ~. would
continue giving them the best service
possible as long as he retained the
office.
The next speaker was E. R. Eller-
be, candidate for the House of Rep
resentatives. Mr.. Ellerbee stated that
inasmuch as this was the first cam
paign meeting, and he was very de-
sirious that his platform be thorough
ly understood by the voters, he would
read same. He proclaimed himself a
Wilson Democrat He stated that he
was running on his own responsible
ty, with no attempt to be a Goat
tail-Swinger," in any sense of the
word. He believed in lower taxes, but
If such was impracticable he knew
that taxes could be eQualized, and he
promised to exert his efforts to have
suitable legislation passed to this end.
He said that he would not promise
to perform impossibilities. but under
all circumstances would do his duty
as his conscience dictated. He con-
clu6ed his remarks by saying that he
had two brothers in the army; that
he Is in the draft age, but for reas-
ons which seemed sufficient to the
local board he was placed in a defer
red classification. However, should
the board at any time see fit to re-
classify him he would willingly fol-
low his brothers.
Mr.. j. w. Hamer. candidate for
the House to succeed himself. was the
next speaker. He thanked the voters
for the support they gave him two
years ago. He stated that he entered
the race this year reluctantly, but
that he considered 1t a duty he oweo
the people Of the county; that he felt
his experience was worth something,
and that he should allow same to be
utilized by his county. He assured
the voters that he stood absolutely
on his record, which he reviewed at
considerable length. He believes that
taxes and tax equalization is the main
issue in the campaign. He reviewed
his efforts to abolish the Tax Com
mission, and read a resolution call
ing on this Commission to rescind
its order assessing property at fifty
per cent of its valuation; which said
resolution he stated was instrumental
in having introduced. He told Of his
work on the Ways and Means Com
mittee, the personel of said commit
tee being, as he said, composed of
the most sensible men in the House."
Mr.. Joe P. Lane candidate for the
House, was next introduced. He stat
ed that twelve years ago he appeared
before the people Of Fork, which was
then in Marion county, asking them
to eject him county superintendent
of education. When he decided to be-
gin the practice Of law he did not
expect to have sufficient time to give
said office, and inasmuch as the sher-
iff was, at that time, in a rather pre-
carious condition, politically speaking,
he got in communication with r. S.:
Rogers and told him that If he would
support Sheriff Lane for reelection
that he (Joe P. Lane) would not
stand for re election, but would sup
port Rogers for the office Of Superin-
tendent of education. He said that
there was only one issue, and that
was taxation; that something should
be done to eQualiZe the taxes; but it
would be necessary to expend time
and thought on working out the de-
tails. He could not, off-handed, say
what the best solution would be. At
ter the above Introductory remarks
Mr.. Lane began discussing the War,
and our relation to it. He asked il we
were going to send our young men to
bear the hardships of the trenches
and sacrifice their lives for the free
dom of this country and the salvation
OF civilization, and when they had
paid the supreme price of their de-
Votion to their colntry, fail in every
possible way to honor their memory.
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