The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-08-24

educational system and that there
must be sufficient tax to support it.
Believes in good rcads, but 1t Is no
time for building new ones; thinks
we should keep up what we have un-
til times get better and we can get
means with which to build more. He
has the warmest friendship for his
opponent and when the election is
over he and Mr.. Boddie would write
the history of Williamsburg together,
as he has the ammunition and Mr..
Boddie has the guns. Mr.. Graham
was given hearty applause.
MIR. ]. P. Adams was the first of the
candidates for the house of represen-
tatives to be called 10 the platform
by the presiding officer. Mr.. Adams
thanked the citizens of Greelyville for
the handsome vote they had given him
two years ago; he would have thanked
them at the time through The County
Record, but had to leave for The hos
pital as soon as the campaign was
over. This candidate was well
equipped with an array Of statistical
documents and affdavits from which
he endeavored to convince his hearers
that the money they pay into the
county treasure was being improperly
spent. He referred to number Of
bills, the authenticity Of which were
substantiated by an affidavit given by
County Supervisor Singletary and
would show that total of over $685.
900 had been spent and not dollar
of it for educction. He doesn't
blame the County Supervisor or the
engineer or anybody else for having
a Job. There were five County Com
missioners-"sort of family that
wanted to keep everything to them
selves and nobody else could sell any
thing to the county" At this point
Commissioner Hines rose to his feet
and said to the speaker: "You tell a
lie, when you make that statement" !"
v hen the rupture between Mr.. Adams
a I'd Mr.. Hines had been smoothed out
tie speakers time was up; Mr.. Hines
suggested that he (Adams) be allowed
an additional five minutes, then Mr..
Adams proceeded to read other docu-
ments, claims that had been approved
and paid by the supervisor for gaso-
line, corn, cabbage, fertilizer, etc, also
one covering labor. Here it was that
W. E. Allen, one of the county's road
overseers, went upon the platform
and asked Mr.. Adams if he said in his
speech at Salters Friday night that
he CAllen) was paying $1.50 a day for
laborers. Mr.. Adams referred to a
copy of a claim and gave figures, but
told Allen that he had made no direct
accusation against him. Notwith-
standing Mr.. Adams allotted time was
up, he read long list of questions
he had asked the Supervisor relative
to the number of mules and amount
of equipment the county had pur-
chased and owned. Most of these
questions were answered by Supervis-
or Singletary with 81 do not KNOW y
and the speaker attempted to show
that there was no inventory kept OF
the county's mules. road machinery
equipment, etc. This brought about
further wrangling between the can,
didate, Commissioner Hines ano
Supervisor Singletary, the latter max
ing a statement, he said, for the pur,
pose of setting Mr.. Hines right
There was much appause during the
time Mr.. Adams had the patform
The only other interruptions to candi-
dates were by way of questions pro-
pounded by Dave Guess, which were
easily handled.
Candidate E. L. Ard followed Mr.
Adams and after introducing himself
to the people of Greelyville declared
he was in favor of education, and a
reduction in taxation and promised
his best efforts to this end if elected
to the house of representatives; be-
Heves the water power privileges OF
the state should be taxed and referred
especially to the Columbia canal
which was putting wealth into the
city of Columbia and the hands OF
Mr.. Robinson, which he believed to
be wrong and would vote against;
thinks salaries Of officials should be
cut to correspond with the times, but
| is four square on good schools ane
would pay a teacher $3.50 the 2a0Dh
If he~could not get coDsent one
for less. If elected op1the 29th OF
August, he will take Ii his coat and
go to the wheel and stay there as
long as there is 2 spoke in it, fighting