Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-07-26
Mcleod Proves Favorite With
Voters at Florence Meeting.

Florence, July 22.-The compile
lion If half Of the circuit of the cam
pa;gn at Florence here today saw a
gradual awakening of interest IN the
candidates who are offering for gov
n and otaer state Offices. There
was a crowd of approximately 1000
Florence county voters present, and
they were extremely liberal with their
applause, particularly to Thomas q.
Mcleod, and Cole l.. Blease, the for
mer apparently being the favorite Of
the voters present. MI. Laney was
the recipient of a goodly reception,
but when Blease, the last speaker for
governor, had spoken, about ESQ of
the crowd has departed. When the
candidates for comptroller general
spoke there were just % persons in
the school auditorium where the
meeting was held.
Luxuries Tax Up.
The luxuries tax was again brought
into the campaign today. Senator La
ney advocated a modelled luxury tax
and Mr.. Mcleod a straight tax on
luxuries. Mr.. Blease was opposed to
all forms of indirect taxation.
Florence, the home Of the Atlantic
Coast Line shops, brought forth eX-
pr%essions in favor of union labor
from Mr.. Mcleod and Mr.. Blease,
the latter telling how he had not or
dered out the militia to protect strike
breakers in Columbia, and express
ing the opinion that the strikers
would gain all their hopes and aspi-
rations.
Before an audience of fully Given
ty-two people, S. NJ. Wolfe, attorney
general, and his opponent, D. NJ.
Winter, engaged in a colloquy, in
which Mr.. Winter said that certain
charges made by his adversary were
either from an ignorance of the con-
tents of the general appropriation
bill or that Mr.. Winter was uttering
a preposterors and premeditated lie.
The item in question was the asser-
ton that Mr.. Wolfe was expanding
S9,O5O,OO for the hire of outside at
torneys when as a matter of fact the
amount named was for the salary of
the attorney general and his Office
force. Mr.. Winter told the audience
that he would not further tax their
patience by trying and disapprove the
absurd allegations of Mr.. Wolfe, but
would do so ut another meeting.
Laney for Schools.
Senator G.. X. Laney, of Chester
field, the first speaker for governor
stated that he had opposed the crea-
tions of certain commissions now ex-
listing, but he had u~nswervingly ad-
yocated and supported necessary ap-
preparations for the educational sys,
tenn of the state, particularly for
common schools.
He. defended the recent general
assembly's attitude toward indirect
taxation, by which he claimed the
general appropriation bill had been
materially reduced and the levy now
carried only seven and one-half
mills"
"In the past" said Senator La
ney, "we are dependent upon a single
system of taxation; this must be ad-
justed if we are to secure a material
reduction of the levy on real and per-
sonal property"
Senator Laney stated that the pass
age of the gasoline bill would bring
into the state treasury this year $500
900 and. a like amount would be col
lected through the income tax law.
The inheritance tax, he stated, could
not be accurately gagged at this time,
but the cooperation license tax would
increase the revenues of the state
from between 100000 and $780,
00G annually. These taxation re-
forms, he said, were enacted by the
last general assembly which is. now
being unjustly criticized; and this
same legislature reduced the levy
from twelve to seven and n half
mills. This large majority of taxes,
he claimed, are being paid for mu-
nicipal county and school purposes
and are not for the maintenance of
the state government. He advocated
a modified luxuries tax which, he es-
,timated, would increase the state
revenue fully $500. 600 a wear. A