Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-06-24
PEOPLE ASKED TO
!. HELP RUN BOARD
SYNls 10 YOUR ORGANIZATION
CITIZENS ARE TOLD AND
A.: URGED TO WRITE
az
init BE SPECIFIC ALWAYS
valt,as South carolinians on a Pro-
sesm Of Progressive Action Will ss
s'i';' Ifss First Undertaking

.Askiag the help OF the people Oh
Na..ststs in the formation Of its pol
iesss- ana the conduct of its affairs
= es&ax to be one Of the fundamen.
isls sf the new movement for the do
sslspnsnt of the natural resources OF
0ssth Cardinal according to the lit
ssssurs which is being sent to thou
saAls Of settixsns. For instance, on
~ face Of a circular which is now
.spiae-est. ID printed ooldiy:
"Dsuthr CsreliLa is your home
Ssets. The South Carolina Develop
Nat Board is owned by the people
e he State. It Is financed by them
saA H. directly responsible to them.
~ business il to circulate facts and
inissnation thst are important to you
sa1 % the State. aad to organize State
dbe1slstss asfficiently. Its literature Il
s1syortA while. Read it and Wrih
sysur suggestions. Make your Or
eaaisstion the best thing Of its kind
= The sHssid@
Members Of Governor Cooper'i
leass somAittss which has charge OF
- szpsasien eanapsisns which thu
4syslopnsnt board intends to mako
n The week Of June al, have been
6iyiAg Q great deal Of their time To
sAs spFsDarations for that effort, but
tAsy have taken tine also 70 dshns
6ons or tAe' ideeS that they believe
sAsslA guide the organisation. TIVE
- ths6s, are that the development
bearA shall undertake no project
vAisA 10 net specific In It's nature and
tAa& ~ work shall be mainly alons
slssatioaai lines.
A. aa illustration Of Just what both
q tAsss ideas mean, one Of the mem
Asss q the committee spoke Of tha
subject Of assessment and taxation, on
vSseA there 10 considerable sentiment
I'll ever the State
"7ks dsvelopm It board cannot. OF
ssarss. change the existing laws IN
Az respect" It was said. There ID
aSv . legislative commission prepar
iaS 70 make . report as to necessary
Aaasss In the 81 Stutes. IN co-opera
ASa with, this legislative commission.
As development board can institute
Q campaign which will result in altera'
;sieas. The method would be this: First
o aOsesal commission would be created,
ssAoossd Of the II men in this State
vAS are most familiar with the pres
ct faults In assessment and taxation.
7Asy would study the subject from
every aAsls and digest all the avail
slls Information.
The board then would make a fold
sr q pamphlet containing the findings
sfSthR commission and so much Of tho
Esta1s Of the inquiry as might Be
SassssA1y 20 give an intelligent un'
1ssstaldlng Of the necessity for re
SRns. This would be placed in ths
hands Of the thousands Of members
Of the development board and such
oshsr citissns as might care to seq
k2dRivarious other ways the subject
would be brought to the attention Of
the people. not as 'glitterins yen.
sraiity' but as group Of easily under
stood facts.
THUS by teaching. let US say 20.
go citizens, to know jaSt why the
lsSisla;urs should undertake q revi
sisa Of the laws relating to assess
neat and taxation, we should have
/. given. our Representatives in the lezis
lsturS that moral backing and united
sentiment which they seek on al
great questions but which they many
times do not have.
Though assessment and taxation
has been used as an illustration. the
same guiding principle applies to sll
other subjects the board viii under
tSAs. We need on? TO unite the peo-
pie On program OF I progressive char.
scter 10 soon ma%2 South Care.ina
- famous and WEI! known IS are Cali.
serlis and some other Western States.
Iss vn e. know Il w= have natural
resources here tn are unsurpassed
anywhere else IN the Union"