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STATE CAMPAIGN ~1
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CANDIDATES URGE CLAIMS.
All roads led to Kingstree Friday.
The fair -weather prevailing the >
past week or two had given thel
fanners an opportunity to rid their
fields tof lush grass that for a time
had threatened the crops with extinction.
The weather was intensely
hot, a typical July day,the sky cloudf
less and scarcely a breath of air stir- ;
ring. But the people came from far
t' and near to hear the State candidates ;
and by the time the meeting was
called to order by County Chairman
StoH at 11:30 a. m., the court house
was comfortably filled. The meeting ]
was opened with prayer by Rev j
W A Fairy and the chairman, after i
reading letters of regret from State
Treasurer Jennings and State
Superintendent of Education J E
Swearingen, introduced as the first ]
speaker Mr E W Duvall, a candidate 1
forlieutenant Governor. Mr Duvall ,
said he had heard people say that
}fe was too young for the office, j
hut that he was 35 years old and j
in active business. Recited
political career. Thinks the financial ]
affairs ?f the State are conducted <
backwards, paying $200,000 interest <
on borrowed money. Criticized 1
loose financial methods. The remedy: <
"Get after tax dodgers". Comes \
from dry county trying to enforce
prohibition. Favore local option. \
: Chas A Smith, candidate for i
Lieutenant Governor, referred to his !
business standing and invited in- i
quiry from home people. All his <
forces at disposal of the State if i
elected". Will make no promises that 1
be cannot fulfill. Is not evading liq- s
t u?r question; is for prohibition all the i
F time. If opposing liquor doesn't <
add to a man's character it certainly :
cannot detract from it. Mx. Smith
t spoke feelingly and made a good
impression. 1
! Attorney General Lyon being not
present or accounted for, the next
speaker introduced was B B Evans,
a candidate for Attorney General.
Said Mr Evans: "I have always
been under the impression that free .
speech was allowed in this country, <
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?a Tumblers,Iced Tea Spoons,Ice Pi
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nd most complete line of Paint can
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but I hold in my hand a special
delivery letter, postmarked Columbia
signed 'Night Riders' threatening |
me with their revenge unless I hold
up on the grafters. I am no night
rider; I am a regulator. Your
public schools are being robbed,
$129,000 being taken out of the
treasury that belongs to the schools.
Eight hundred and ninety four thousand
dollars realized from State dispensary.
Where is it? Fraser Lyon
has received $18,500 of public school
money and not a single conviction.
of a grafter; Felder got $71,600; J
B L Abney $10,554; W F Stevenson
$13,600. I exposed it all in Sunday's
State and Lyon didn't even attempt
to reply. Lyon promised to put
stripes on the grafters. Where is he
today? He is too cowardly to meet
me; he is afraid t? be here. He
went to a foreign State and hired
lawyers at exorbitant prices. He has
never pushed the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company case or Southern
Railway merger. He has not argued
a single case without assistance. He
was afraid to appear against a nigger
lawyer in the Pink Franklin case
before the U S supreme court without
Dan Henderson to help him.
I will put my record up against
Lyon's. I will withdraw from the
race if facts are not as I state them.
Lyon does not even try to defend
himself- Clerk of Treasurer (S. T.
barter) has over drawn his salarv of
?1,400 allowed by law $1,000, as
vouchers will show. Lyon has ac:epted
donations contrary to law;
?19,000 of the school money has
gone to him. The grafters are
threatening me but I am working
for your common schools. The
State dispensary winding up commission
got $1,320,000, only $145,)00
is left and of that amount only
?80,000 available. Where is the
ialance? Lyon hasn't carried out a
ringle promise?compounded a felony
with Jim Farnum." (applause and
:alls for Lyon). Erans: "I guess
you are grafters yourselves."
J M Richardson, candidate for
Adjutant General, ree'ted his military
career and urged claims for office.
Charles Newnham set forth his
ideas of the duties of the office of
Adjutant ijenerai, wno is an executive
and not a commanding officer.
All know of the unfortunate state
of affairs now existing in Adjutant
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General's office, which he hopes to
remedy, if elected.
.W W Moore told of his long and
active association with the National
Guard. At age of lc entered the
Citadel and had seen continuous
military service ever since. Now
Captain on Governor's staff.
G H Mahon, candidate for Rail-;
road Commissioner,being introduced, |
said that although the Piedmont
section had by far the largest vote,
that grand, great and glorious country
knew no sectionalism. In this
race 14 men south of Columbia to 6
north of that city come seeking your
suffrages. Told how the State was
discriminated against in railroad,
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charged discrimination in freight
rates.
0 C Scarborough, Clarendon's
candidate for Railroad Commissioner,
said he was a fanner and was
experienced in shipping cotton and
lumber to Northern markets. Took
part in remedying freight discrimination,
which saved people of South
Carolina $75,000 a year.
James Cansler wore a dinky little
skull cap with letters A inch long
spelling "Cansler of Tirxah." He
favored better railroads and more
conveniences. Wanted to see South
Carolina treated as other States are
with regard to freight rates, etc.
Attacked Scarborough's Legislative
record charging that the sergeantat-arms
had to bring brim into the
House to vote on a railroad bill.
McDuffy Hampton, candidate for
Railroad Commissioner, was absent,
"sick," Cansler explained.
C C Featberstone, candidate for
Governor, said that 12 years ago he
had run for Governor and a friend in
the lunatic asylum wrote a postcard:
"Go it, old fellow; we are with
you here." A man running on prohibition
platform might be a lunatic,
but he didn't think so. Had
to toot your own horn in this camaign.
Referred to home people for
endorsement. Platforms were good
things to rfin on but don't vote for a
man solely on account of his platform.
Wouldn't vote for some men
he knew if they had the Ten Commandments
for a platform. Choose
a man qualified in all lines. "Don't'
care if your views differ from mine; '
I would rather be true to my ccnvictions
than hold any office in South
Carolina." No sane man expects to
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stop the sale of liquor by law but you
can "slow it up some," as the boy
said who was holding the calf by
the tail. No law is perfect; all the
law can do is to reduce crime.
Greenwood andMarlboro 12yearsago
were the only two prohibition counties,
now only six not prohibition.
What s prohibition worth to you
when counties on two sides are sellling
whiskey? Our government is
the strongest or the weakest in the
| world according to the type of citizenship?save
the boys to make
| good men. Taxation a chronic issue,
j If you have good things you've got
to pay for them. Favors biennial'
sessions. Send good men to Legis- J
lature. Too many elections, all;
terms of office should be 4 years.;
All agree on education and good
roads. Local option a sound principle
except as to health and morals.
Why make the county the unit, instead
of district or township? Just
as well exempt community from
vaccination against small pox as to
allow it to sell liquor. Mr Featherstone
told several capital jokes and
closed 'midst loud applause.
Mr F H Hyatt, candidate for Governor,
promised to cut short his
i talk as soon as the crowd got tired
! listening. Comes as a business man.
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; win not consume time discussing
' whiskey question which has monopolized
State politics for 20 years,
but stands for prohibition. Some of
his opponents had tried dispensary,
local option and all those things before
they climbed on to the prohibition
band-wagon. Trusts control
everything. "Why, do you know,"
continued the speaker earnestly,
that a trust has been organized to
control the price of cotton?" Claims
to be well posted on financial conditbn
of the State. The country has
gone wild over extravagance. The
State's income from taxes has been
doubled and every dollar is spent.
A new form of extravagance is the
automobile craze. So wide-spread
is the mania for the speed wagon
that Oklahoma bankers recently had
to shut down on farmers mortgaging
their homes to buy automobiles.
Our State is now paying 6% interest
on $500,000 borrowed money. There
are other things than whiskey to
cons:der. Seventy-five per. cent of
fifteen million people depend on the
South for clothing. Our system of
of government is unbusinesslike.
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vorld; Oil Stoves and Ovens in all s
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Think only $1,000 being paid to
audit books in 43* counties. Was
vnioA/1 n v* f Un ^ o millin/v K/il 1 aai*^
laiscu u 11 tuu laiui puuing ucirwiu
over mule and honestly earned every
dollar he had. Mr Hyatt's plain,
practical speech received close attention
and made a good impression.
Thos G McLeod, the next gubernatorial
candidate, referred to early
history of this county,telling how the
little band of Scotch Presbyterians
in their search for ^ country where
they could worship God according to
their consciences, had founded their
colony along the banks of the historic
"Wee Nee", the small beginning
of the present beautiful and
thriving town of Kingstree. He is
no advocate of the sale or drinking
of liquor, but its handling is a matter
on which good people differ. He
stands for the sound doctrine of local
option, which Mr Featherstone
had advocated two and four years
ago. Local option means the right to
choose between the legal sale of
whisky and prohibition. You have a
prohibition law and should know how
it is enforced. If it is not enforced
you ought to see that it is. If you
haven't moral sentiment to enforce
the law then it was a mistake to put
the law on the people.
Prohibition voluntarily enacted
under local option is more apt to be
enforced than forced prohibition.
Twitted Featherstone with chancre
of front on local option. More logical
for 36 counties to convert 6 than
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the ?chool house at the door of
the pupil. Inequality of taxation
ought and can be remedied. Mr
McLeod is a pleasing speaker and
told several apt stories that caught
the crowd. He closed with loud applause.
John G Richards,the next aspirant
for Chief Magistrate,came strengthened
by endorsement of his home
people. Has worked for 12 years
for education. Had been champion
of Winthrop scholarships, repealed
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lien law (with some help, he modestly
admitted), passed rural schoolhouse
law, and through it all had
never left the farm (except to atr
tind Legislative sessions, of course).
Is prohibitionist, but not running on.
that platform alone. Mr Richards'
speech consisted almost wholly of
claims of what he had done in the
Legislature,some of which.it may be
said, were warranted, while in some
claims he took undue credit, in the
opinion of many who heard him.
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