The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-09
Hospital Bond Tickets

hoSpilal poHu tlcketS, as 10 who was
responsible. Any honest confession is
good for the soul 1 want to set at
rest all reports. No one is responsible
for it except myself, no stenographer,
Printer or anyone else. l made the
error in my own handwriting. Mr.. w.
w. Cotton of the Progress press
Ielephoned me to prepare the
tickets, because l was county at
torney. / did it, and tried to do it
right, but in preparing the ticket,
made an error, and no one else made
it. When Mr.. Cotton first asked me
to prepare the tickets, I was extreme
ly busy and asked him to go ahead
and have them printed, but he insisted
that l fix the ticket, and in so doing,
made the mistake.
The first time the error was called
to my attention was by Mr.. Tom
Estes last Monday morning, over the
telephone, when he wanted to know
how long before l would come up to
my office, and told him in about half
an hour, as it was very early in the
morning. He told me of the error,
and at first / was so certain l was
right until / told him thought the
tickets were alright, but when he told
me of the error and said he thought it
best to have some more printed, l told
him to go ahead so that the error
could be corrected.
Some have suggested that / fixed
the tickets enormously so that it
would bring law suit and I could
thereby make some money. If they
would take the second thought they
would realize that am on a small
salary as county attorney, and do
not get any more for trying dozen
cases than I do for trying one case
for the county, they would readily
see that it would mean more work to
me. What had to do with reference
to preparing any of the papers for the
hospital bond election was strictly as
county attorney, working under the di.
rection of the county authorities.
1t has been stated Mr.. Cotton called
my attention to the error. This is g
mistake. Mr.. Tom Estes was the first
man that called my attention to the
error.
Some have stated that it was 6
scheme on my part to put the bono
Issue over the; will of the people. Thi.
Is incorrect for the reason that I per
sonally voted against the bonds fo1
the hospital, and when anyone asked
me of my position on the matter,
Lave so stated it. I have been YER,
lusy and have taken very little tim,
to discuss the matter.
| Some have blamed me for permit
ting the bill to go through the house
Of representatives. My reason for thi.
action is that representatives of about
one-third Of the taxable property o1
the county came before Senator Dun
can, Mr.. Kennedy and myself and ask.
cd for an eledtis::s-sn this question, ant
we thought that this minority had 6
right to have the matted submitted tc
the people and let them pass on the
question. I thought it was their con.
stitutional right to petition the legis.
lature and let the matter be submit,
ted to the people and let them pass
on the question. I though it was
their constitutional right to petition
the legislature and let the matter
be submitted to the people, and not
that | sanctioned the bond issue for
the hospital. Mr.. Duncan is not to
he censored any more so than Mr.
Kennedy and myself for the question
being submitted to the people; how.
ever, as / have stated before, I exer-
cised my right as a citizen to vote
against the bond issue.
Some have suggested as a LAWYER
| was trying to work a scheme in or
der to deceive the people. If any per-
son would take the second thought
they would realize that rs county at
torney, Mr.. Askew would not permit
me to do this, and why should 1 under
take tC deceive the people on matter
to which was personally opposed?
Could | hope to continue as county
attorney, knowingly doing such g
thing? leave it to the fair-minded
people as to whether in my al years
that my life with its errors and many
things that I would like to recall, ir
the main, has it been such, as a man
that | have done things of this kind ?
AS lawyer have I been guilty OF
things of this character? A man who
has been honored by being three times
elected to the legislature, have done
things of this kind?
JnO. X. Hamblin.
The connection Mr.. Jno. K. Hamblir
had with reference to the tickets fo,
the hospital bonds and the preparation
Of the election notice was that of coun.
ty attorney which wac bis duty to do