Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-22


bring relief not only through abolish
ing useless offices but in every other
possible way.
Responsible for Taxes.
Emmett w. Fursley Of Santiago in
troduced himself as "one of those
responsible for the high taxes who
wanted to explain little" Mr.. Pur-
sley called attention to the fact that
Lancaster pays county levy Of 13 1-2
mills while York county only pays 6
mills ahd cited Abbeville, Barnwell and
Orangeburg as the only three counties
in the state that have a lower tax
levy than York.
Mr.. Pursley agreed that there was
too much extravaganza in connection
with the state highway commission
and he said that some of the boy sur
veyors" that they employ were respon-
sible. for neighborhood road rows. He
also thought that the state board or
health was getting too much money
and he believes that an Appropriation
of $4,000 is a plenty for the board.
He is also of the opinion that the state
board of charities and corrections is
an unnecessary institution. In con-
clhsion, he made it plain that if he
was reelected he would do nothing to
cripple the educational institutions of
the state.
Mill Presidents Against Him.
w. ]. Talley of Rock Hill told the
Forest Hill folks that he was a union
man and was proud of it. He said
that the cotton mill presidents and
some of the bank presidents were
fighting him and were putting out pre-
judicial propaganda calculated to in
jure his candidacy. He had never
been to college he said but had receiv-
ed a fair education in the University of
Experience. He has the endorsement
Of the laboring people Of his home
town. In this day and time practically
every class of people were organized.
Even the cotton buyers he said, we're
organized and. one cotton buyer won't
bid on bale of cotton if he knows it
where another buyer has already bid
IF you farmers had been organized
three years ago like we railroad men,
said he, you would be getting twice
as much for your cotton as you are
getting"
Got Wrong Impression.
w. A. Boln told the audience he
was afraid that some of those who
read the published report of his
Aragon- Blue Buckle speech in Rock
Hill a few nights ago got the wrong
impression. Mr. Rolin said his words
relative to the battle of labor were not
to be taken literally but figuratiVely.
The idea he meant to convey in re-
ferring to mill buildings and other
buildings was that money costs Of
those buildings were small when COM
pared to physical and mental costs. He
meant that many laborers had lost
their lives while engaged in labor
had painted the buildings with their
blood in that manner.
Mr.. Bolin started his Forest Hill
speech by saying that the original de-
sign Of law was to protect the weak
against the strong since there is
tendency on the part Of the strong to
gobble up the weak. He said he was
the defender of the "underlings." Dur
ing the first few days Of the present
campaign he said he was the only
candidate who could see any relief in
the future but that others were now
beginning to see the light and If he
could arouse the thinking faculties Of
his fellows, his candidacy would not be
in vain.
He said he did not care to agitate
the labor question but it was n fact
that the weak needed protection while
the strong could take care of them
selves. There were numbers of useless
offices in the state. Among them was
the state supervisor Of adult schools.
The county superintendent Of educa-
ton could do this work and if Mr. Car
roll or Mr.. Slaughter didn't want to
take it on he guessed it wouldn't be
hard to find some one who would. If
he was elected and didn't do something
toward relieving the situation in the
state, he would not ask reelection. He
thought Winthrop College could do on
a smaller appropriation and he remem-
bered the time when the college did.
In fact he thought appropriations for
all the schools and colleges could be
cut down without crippling them
seriously.
The speaker took a little fling at
college graduates saying that they
were not found on the farm and in fact
most of them are unfit for service after
graduation anyway; but most Of the
places of Importance are filled by peo-
pie who were never in a college.
He said he was opposed to the state
highway commission. He was against
the demonstration agents and the state
inspectors and he thought the hunting
laws a nuisance" Speaking of the