The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-06-24
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HELP RUN BOARD
THIS IS YOUR ORGANIZATIONS
CITIZENS ARE TOLD AND
URGED TO WRITE
WILL Be SPECIFIC ALWAYS
Uniting South carollnlans On . Prs'
aram Of Progressive Action VIII b
ts First Undertaking

Asking the help Of the people OF
the State in the formation OF its pol
icies and the conduct of its Affairs
IL going to be one of the fundamsn'
tails Of the new movement for the d.
velopment OF the natural resources OF
South Carolina, according to the 1T
erature which is being sent to thou
sands Of citizens. For instance, on
the face of q circular which is now
going out is printed ooIdiy:
South Carolina Is 5cur home
State. Tho South Carolina Develop
ment Board Is owned by the people
Of the State. 1t is financed by them
and IL directly rssponsibls to them.
Its business is to circulate facts and
information that are important to yos
and to the State. and to organise State
activities efficiently. Its literature IL
all worth while. Read 1t and Write
n your suggestions. Make your or
gani.ation the best thing Of its kind
in the world"
Members Of Governor Coopsrs
State committee which has charge Of
the expansion campaign which the
development board intends to make
IN the week Of June Il. have been
giving q great deal Of their tine ts
the preparations for that effort. bal
thsy have taken time also 70 dsnns
some Of the ideas tAat. they believe
should guide Ne organization. tvs
Of thsss are that the dsvslepnsai
board shall undertake no pse3set
which 10 not spectre In It's nature and
that it, work shall bs mainly alenl
educational lines.
A. an illustration q jast what both
q these IDEAS mean, one Of The men
bsrs Of the committee spoke Of the
subject Of assessment and taxation, On
which there IL considerable sentiment
all ever the State.
The development bolrd cannot. d
course, change the existing laws IN
any resYeot," It vas said. There IL
now q legislative commission pre7ar
ing to make q report as to necessary
chank ss In the str 'utss. IN co-opera
ton with this legislative commission,
the development board can institute
4 campaign which will result in altera
tions. Tho method would be this: First
4 special commission would be created
composed Of the - men in this State
who are most familiar with the pres
ont faults In assessment and taxation.
They would study the subject from
every angle and digest all the avail
able information.
The board then would make fold
Or or pamphlet containing the Andings
Of the ommission and so much OF the
lstaas Of the inquiry as might b
necessary to give an intelligent IN
dsrstanding of the necessity for ~
forms. This would be placed in the
hands OF the Thousands OF members
OF the development board and such
other citizens as might care to see
Il. In various other ways the subject
would ss brought to the attention Of
the people. not as 'glittering gen
sraiity' but ~ q group Of easily under
stood facts.
Thus By teaching. let US say 10,
600 citizens. to know just why the
legislature should undertake a rsvt
sion of the laws relating to assess
mont and taxation, We should have
given our representatives In the lesds
lature that moral backing and united
sentiment which they seek on al
great questions but which thsy many
times do not have
Though assessment and taxation
has been used as an Illustration, the
same guiding principle applies to all
other subjects the board will under.
take. We need only to unite the peo-
pie on . program Of progressive char.
acter to soon male South Carolina
- famous and we'll known Is are Cali
iornia and some other western States.
Tor ~ Ill know II st We have natural
resources here tn It are unsurpassed
saywAsrs else in the U1isa."