The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-01-26
EIR. WANNAMAXER'S LETTER

Saturday, Jan. 21, 1929
editor Chesterfield Advertiser,
Chesterfield, S. c.,
Dear Sir:
Permit ne, please, to give express
sion u @or?c Of my observations made
during the past two weeks in the Leg
islature.
The General Assembly is busy. Many
committees are meeting morning and
afternoon. Immediately after break
fast is committee meeting lasting
until IL a. NJ. then the House con-
venes and works until between two
or three o'clock, then dinner and bacl;
to committee meeting at four P. NJ,
which aometlmes lasts well after dark,
then a rush for supper and back to
the House for the night session which
In some instances lasts until after
midnight. Yesterday when we ad-
Journed for the week, l think every
member of the House was tired, very
tired.
If one wants to feel the pulse of the
people of South Carolina, it can be
done by mingiing with the members
of the General Assembly, and indeed
the pulse is beating fast. We are radi-
cal I'll admit, but reform sometimes
requires violent changes made quick
ly.
The House has already passed and
sent to the Senate the inheritance
bill, the income tax bill, the gasoline
tax bill, and tax on moving picture
hlms and the House will pass within
the next few days increased taxes on
domestic and foreign corporations,
luxury taxes and tax on producers
OF hydro electric power.
have it from the wings of a very
responsible rumor that our Ways and
Mcans Committee is about to cut an
expenditure Of one million dollars in
the appropriation bill which they are
preparing. The members Of the House
wish to apply the principle of rigid
economy.
Al! HindS Of measures have been in
trodu-cd as ual in the House, some
ranging from one 10 allow a StcepIc-
Jac.i to climb the State House to very
:crlous measures concerning the dis
triOutIon of property among heirs
when people die intestate. And FORM
er members Of the General Assembly
from this county know that every
th:ng has to be watched or something
viii get through affecting our inter-
ests adversely, even if it is a change
IN the shad law keeping shad from
coming up the river or something
more serious 10 the whole County.
1t may be Of interest to people of
our County that State Senator
George Lancy is being talked of very
much in the lower House as we'll as
IN the Senate rs very powerful can
hdate for Governor. Member after
member of the Lower House have
been to the writer and stated that
they wanted Senator Lany for our
next Governor.
From conversations with members
from counties whose dependence is
a!mcSt solely on agriculture, / have
gathered that other counties in tho
state are in far worse condition than
is our County. Many counties are off
IN production Of cotton three or four
timeS what our county is, and un-
doubtediy conditions are distressing
Chestertieli's hope is surely in the
number of small home-owning farm
crs.
Killing bills lens to be a r,cas;.nt
past time for the majority Of the
Eouse, and | do not anticipate mu,n
important legislation except that af
Getting the changes in the sources Of
revenue and rigid economy in appro-
priatirg money. This necessarily i'm
plies reorganization of some of the
States methods OF conducting her
more than half hundred duties.
Yours truly,
l. C. Wanpan,akor