Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-01-20

Carolina Legislature, now In session,
are saying that money from the
State treasury has not been wisely
srent by the State architect and It is
seriously proposed that an investiga-
ton of that officials activities might
result in little wholesome house.
cleaning. Also, objection is raised to
receiving larger salaries than the
members OF the Legislature them
selves. Looking at the matter from
the point of view accepted and pro-
claimed in Columbia when any such
suggestion is made with reference to
expenditures Of public money be-
longing to the people of South Caro-
lima. one wonders how long it will
take these Tarheel legislators re-
sponsible for the complaint and the
suggestion Of the investigation to
lose their face" The idea of any
man, much less a member of the
Legislature, having the brazen ef-
Z frontery to even think it possible for
any State official to spend money
tnwisely! The idea Is SO extensively
absurd that the man or men respon-
sible for 1t ought to be sent to the
roads for life-that Is. accepting the
Columbia viewpoint as orthodox.
And that's what 1t is sought to make
1t SO far as the South Carolina Leg
islature Is concerned. Let the men,
Der of the South Carolina Legisla-
ture rise from his seat and suggest
that this or that department of the
, state government is spending money
extravagantly and to no good pur-
pose. and in certain capital city cir
cles he Is ut once writ down as a
iow-brow guilty OF slandering the
sanctified head of that particular
department. Thenceforth he Is an
athena maranatha--whateyep the
combination of big words means
and will bear watching. And for the
member to speak doubtfully of the
wisdom of appropriating hundreds
OF thousands for a public building
that not one citizen in a hundred
thinks necessary or dare voice the
sentiment of the people back home
that the time has arrived to curtail
and not increase taxation-why, that
member is so hopelessly superfluous
as to deserve being ridden out of
town on rail. So no one has to go
far afield to conclude that there will
not be tightening of the tax bur-
dens for South Carolina this year
or next year. From the Columbia
point of view, which also seems to
be the point OF view of Governor
Cooper-lese majeste!-it is a trivial
matter, that thousands OF citizens Of
the State, many of them ordinarily
well to do, are not able to pay their
taxes. Suggest to Governor Cooper
that there is the opportunity for re-
trenchment In the States expendi-
lures or that the conduct OF some of
the departments or institutions are
not beyond criticism and you will
have established yourself as simple
h'ihuSu III thS cSteeW Oh the gov
ernor. He was elected on a platform
calling for big expenditures. SO why
not? The fact that conditions are
today not what they were when he
was first elected In 1913 and again in
1920, that, you will be given to un-
derstand, is not to the point We
must have new buildings, we must
fritter away money on government
agencies that are not even worth
the effort OF q sensible man, to criti-
else them, we must continue to allow
the governor and the department.
heads to fix our tax levy-the mem
ber of the Legislature must not pro-
test! II he does, he's n fool-from
the Columbia viewpoint, which may
obtain, which perhaps will obtain, In
1921 and 1922. but what about the
election next year2 II the people do
not improve upon the first opportu-
nifty to see to 1t that some new faces
are conducting theiE business in CO.
lumbia--well. that's their affair.
The Yorkviile Enquirer expresses
the opinion that "the principal sig
nificance of the annexation OF .7b
square miles of Chester county ter,
Iritory to York county Of course is In
1.-THE direction Of the erection OF a
new county with Rock Hill as the
punty seat" Such may be the uiti-
(ate aim of some Of the York coun-
citizens most interested In the re-
mt annexation election In Chester
unity, but the principal reason as
ned for the activity of most OF the
HENS OF this county was that the
zrter county territory held out
lderabae commercial promise and
>1k 4 should join York county
=. .nx- 49, - - 49, JnrI