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MATT LA Dt Es IN AI D1FXCR WHICH HF.ARN OFFH'F.-hFF.K KHS TF.LL V<>TFKs WHY TU F.Y HFslHF OFFK'F. Candidates Make Fanal Speeche?, AI though Hornau Pvftart from Former Talk*?Clifton and Fppa Again At? tack Fach Other's fteoords?Hu per Ttanr Pitt? Call* on Rival Candi? date, W. s. Thompson, to Prove Hie Charge?? Belker lilvea Warning and Word of Hope to lot ton Farm-. The county campaign meeting at Jtembert on Tuesday we a a very or? derly and Interesting one. There waa an audience of more than two hun? dred persons, about half of whom were ladles and children, in the hand Some school building when the candi? dates commenced to speak. This aud? ience was Increased to about four hundred at one time during the day, although many left after dinner and the audience for the speakers after dinner was not nearly so large us It was In the morning. The audience was very enthusiastic sad all of the candidates had many friends present. If applause indicated S number of friends of the speak? ers In ths sudlence. W. J. Seale, a native of Providence section and candidate for coroner, received an ovation when he came In late, and the race between the candidates for magistrate seems to be eliciting more Interest than any of the county races la that locality. The candidates for the most part went over the same speeches which they have made at other point In the campaign. There was some heat shown by the candidates for superin? tendent of education, each of whom asked the voters to take stock of the two candidates and vote for the best man. Messrs. Kpps and Clifton again took up their time In attacking each others records and explaining their own. where It had been attacked, Mr. Epps bringing up Mr. Clifton's record on the anti-race track gambling bill. There was not aa much Interest shown by the audience fn the speech? es of these two candidates as there has been shown at other places. Mr. R. B. Be User warned the cotton rais? ers of the menace to them of the present war and advised them of the steps being taken by the government to aid them In this crisis. He rec? ommended diversified farming and agricultural Industries as the only remedy for the farmer In case the war continued Indefinitely. The meeting was called to erder In the school house by Hon. J. E. DuPre of Pisgah. who presided, Intro? ducing the candidates as their turns earns. Judge of Probate T. R. Klchard sue csme In late on the train, making his rsital announcement, as did Messrs R. JE Wilder, auditor and B. C. Wal? lace, treasurer, unopposed candidates. P. M. Pitts, candidate for re-election as supervisor, stressed the Importance to the county of the economical and successful handling of the county money by the hoard of commission? ers, all going through his office He told of what had been done while he Wie In the office, stating that the county still was run on a cash hasls. He referred to a statement made by Mr. W. 8 Thompson at the Priva? teer meeting In which he alleged that Mr. Thompson had stated that the roads of Clarendon and Lee counties were better than the roads of Sumter county, although thotj counties did not have sa much money to expend on the roads. Mr. Pitts denied that this ststement was a fact, saying that It was a charge of his Incompetency. He demanded that Mr. Thompson prove his statement and xlve him a chance to answer, or retruct the state? ment. Mr. I R. White, candidate for su? pervisor, made his usual request for the suffrage of the voters, promising faithful and efficient service, If elect? ed. Mr. W. H Thompson, a candidate for the same office, in reply to Mr. Pitta' statement, admitted that he had made the statement, but stuted that he thought that Mr. Pits should dis? prove the etatement. He wus willing for a delegation of thren good men, preferable one a White man, one a Thofeoson man and one a Pitts man. to visit the Clarendon county rouds and then, if they did not find ih?m better, he would make suitable apol? ogies for his statement. He had no pet roads or section and would give faithful service. If elected. Superintendent of Education J. H. Haneworth stressed the necessity or sn education, stating that education? al progress was necessarily slow. He leid of his efforts to make the Sum tsr cour.ty schools better snd iisked that the people vote f.,r the man Whom they thoiiKht would make the best officer. A heivv rain wus fall? ing during most of the lime he was SP"Sklng, making hearing difficult g. D. Cain, also a Candida* * for su? perintendent of sducstlon, stated that ? - - '???..www-_r_I?'.-?WHBHB^^H his political career was known and he asked the voters as a business propo? sition to vote for the man beHt quail fled for the oftVe. He again referred to his belief in rotution in office, say? ing that he had never preached what he did not practice. He referred to his being raised on the farm a..u his teaching In the rural schools, sayiny that he thought that this gave him a clenrer Insight and a closer touch with the rural schools than his op ponent had. He referred to his work in the office when the salary was not commensurate with the duties devolv i ed upon the superintendent, saying that he had never been paid in dollars and cents for his work, "but thank Ood, I do not measure my work and life by dollars and cents alone." The candidates for the office of cor* oner came next. D. W. Owens speak? ing first. 8. W. Raffleld referred to the presence of so many Indies, say ! Ing that the candidates were honored by their presence, "for it would not be long before the ladles will take a lead? ing part In the politics of the State." | W. J. Scale came In late, but wan loudly applauded when he announced himself a candidate for the office. T. M Jones was absent from the meet? ing. The candidates for the office of magi-trates In the seventh Judicial district of the county spoke next. "W. tl. F.eeman of Borden promised to faithfully discharge the duties of the office and to put Into Its execution the same buslnee principles which he did In his private business. He did not think It was the duty of the magistrate to make the laws, or to say whether a law was good or bad, but to strictly and impartially enforce all laws. He stated that while his pri? vate life had been referred to, he would not refer to the private life of any candidate, as he was running for the office on his own merit. Mr. Percy B. Myers of Hagood promised, if elected to the office, to deal Justice without partiality. Hts statement that he had spent "many large evenings with +he fair sex of Ttembert," brought forth a burst of applause. J. L. Gl 11 is, the incumbent, asked re-election aa an Indication of duty well done, saying that his friends wanted him to serve again. He re? ferred to his location at Kemhert, say? ing that the office was now central? ly located, when formerly kicks had) been made that he did not live in the center of the district. He ridiculed the Idea of moving the office from the cental location to Borden or Hagood. He stated that some opposed him, saying that he was too busy a man to perform the duties of the oUce. He denied ever having failed to give his attention to the office when his per? sonal attention was needed. If re elected, he would stand by and con? tinue to deal Justly by all. All three candidates were vigorously applaud? ed, the audience semlngly being about equally divided between the three candidates, Dr. Qeo. W. Dick, the first of the five candidates for the house of rep? resentatives, congratulated the town ot Hembert on the big strides It had made In the past two years. His Jokes met with great success and gave him the undivided attention of the aud? ience. He stated that ho had tr?ed to do his duty by the people of his home county and although he was Ignorant at first be had tried to emulate tho example of the leaders of the hi.us*> and to learn from them. He hnd gained one of the highest po? sition* in the house, chairman of the ways and means committee, through which all of the expenditures of the State must pass. He referred to his work on this commltttee, telling of the reduction the Htate debt and of reduced rate of Insurance. He was not seeking any man's place, but was seeking to re-illl his own prace ami he wanted his friends to show that he had more friends than enemies, that they approved his work and that they wanted him to continue it. He paid an eloquent tribute to the late T. M. Bradley, a resident of a neighboring section, and to Oeo. H. Hembert, who Ml raised In this section, one of tho hardest workers and most dependable men on his committee. It It Heiser. candidate for the house, suffered at first from the con fusion which was occasioned by a number .if the ladles In the andiene*? leaving to serve dinner and some of the men going to get dinner. Me held the attention of the remaining farm ers by bis lucid explanation of the injury wbi< h would tome to them be cause of the great Kuropcan war n ml how they might hope to escape with little loss, if they cooperated with I he hankers S?d business men in passing this crisis successfully. The federal government was sending money to the South to loan the farmers so thiit they could warehouse their cotton ami thus hold it. while burrowing on it and paying their debts. He showed how much rouM he held off the mar? ket by these loans, how mueh the , ot ton mills of the United States m eded for home consumption ami how the farmers by tuklng advantage of these facti would not suffer. Hu warntet the farmers against rushing their co\ ton to market He AdvtStd everybody : who eOUld do so to hold. The llfiai) etal resources of the great New York bankers were coming to the aid of] the cotton raisers, not entirely from an unseltlsh motive, for the bankers wanted to change the great cotton ex? change of the world from Liverpool to New York. He told of the work I of the Chamber of Commerce to help! the farmer and his connection with that organization. The matter of distribution of cotton, he said, was a vital one, and could only be settled by the destruction by the other of the German or English navy, leaving thi other to carry on the commerce of the world. He warned the farm? ers that, if the war hung on, as some seemed to think It would, that the only way in which they could save themselves was by diversifying their crops and reducing their acreage of cotton. He referred to his work on the cot? ton warehouse bill, the commutation road tax bill, the cattle tick eradica? tion bill, which gave the farmer one and a half cents per pound more for his beef than he could get formerly, an amendment to the one-mill tax levy, In which he had been assisted by Senator Clifton, in having one half of the tax returned to the county where It was raised, his prevention of amendments to the marriage li? cense law, allowing this money to go to the Judge of probate in variou.i counties, the water power tax bill and his efforts to have an equal assess? ment of taxes over the whole State, so that all might share squally the expense, as well as the benefits, of running the State government. A. K. Sanders ^"as in home terri? tory. He thought that any three of the candidates would make a good 'egatton, but asked that he be placed on this delegation, where his past experience would make him a man of value. He would give up a better Job to serve the county and State. He was very cordially received by his home people. At this point a half hour recess was taken for dinner, which was served by the ladles of the Hembert church. Upon reconvening Davis D. Moise wus introduced. He had a small au? dience, as there had been no an? nouncement that the speaking would recommence and many outside did not know it was going on. Ho referred to the fact that he had been asked to make the commencement address at the Hembert school In May, compli? menting the people on their schools and its exercises at that time. He had no record and was seeking only one place and was not trying to take any man's place from him. He again told of his work as president of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, In building a tobaco warehouse and en? deavoring to make Sumter a tobacco market, along with other work for the benefit of the farmers. Crop di? versification In order to prepare for the boll weevil was emphasized. He mentioned the efforts to build the Shi loh railroad and the fact that the cat? tle tick eradication work was first started in the Chamber of Commerce. He favored the Stute warehouse sys? tem and a simplified form of land registration. He favored all schools and places of learning, but would see that the common schools first received their full si are of funds. He believ? ed that he could be of some service and wanted to be of service. J. C. Dunbar of Dalzell was the next speaker. He was not born In Sumter county, but was born in South Carolina. He believed In a ru? ral credit system of the federal gov? ernment and of the State government. This was coming sure, for the people demanded Jt. It was true that the State constitution did not allow the State to lenJ out money, but the con? stitution could be easily amended, lie stated that the reason that the State warehouse >ill did not pass was be? cause John L, McLaurln was the au? thor of the bill and his political oppo^ nents wouhl raher see the bill defeat? ed than McLaurln get the credit for the bill. He deplored the presence of political factions, as polities tended to defeat constructive measures. The present fish laws were a farce, he said, and adequate laws should be made and enforced. He went over his ad vocation of a land title registration system and rural credit system for long time loans. He again went into details as to Illiteracy of the whites and negroes of the State and dwelt on the necessity of educating the white children. Senator John H. Clifton was the first of the candidate! for senator lu speak. He thanked the people of Rafting Creek lor the one lone vote which he had received at that box four years t?;o speaking in very com* pllmentary terms if character or his opponent in the race at that time, Mr. A. K. Sandels. ||,. hoped, however, now that Mr. Sanders was not In tin race that he Would receive some of the votes here, He again stated, as he has at previous meetings, that he deplored the fuel that the race this year was not to he made on the same high [dune as It had been made in the puHt. but that It should deal with rec? ords, his own and that of his oppo nent. He would not discuss good roads, everybody wanted them. He I would not discuss the public schools or the Confederate soldiers, as the State had a lixed policy of caring for them, lie spoke of his work to pass thn amendment to the one-mill tax levy, already mentioned by Mr. Hei? ser, and its good to Sumter county. He had not paid any attention to the marriage license lee bills, 01 this was not a matter of any moment and there was little difference whether the sal? ary of the judge of probate was in? creased directly or was increased by allowing him to receive this little fee for Issuing marriage licenses. The water power tax bill had n?t passed the senate for three reasons, becaupc it was unconstitutional; because there was no fixed rate of taxation, and, pri? marily, because it was to the best In? terests of the State to have this water power developed for the upbuilding of the State. He voted against the two cent rate bill because it was the conllscating of property without due process of law and without seeing that the railroad would have a rea? sonable return on the investment. He again stated that the union station bill had been killed because o* the oppo? sition of the Sumter delegation in the house. He stated that he had always j had the courage to vote when he was In the house, again referring to Bpps1 request of the house to excuse him j from voting on the dispensary bill and his not voting on the Portner bill, showing Kpps' action on the 1914 dis? pensary bill. He had always been op? posed to white people teaching in ne? gro schools and had voted that way. I Me belittled bills which his opponent j had passed, a bill for election of trus? tees in Mayesville district, for re-an | nexation of a portion of Lee county jand as to the collection of taxes. He I stated that he was always ready to serve and would be glad to continue to serve the people In the future, as he had in the past. Mr. Epps took up most of his time In explaining the matters mentioned by Mr. Clifton, starting off by saying j that he had served the people of I Sumter county to the best of his abil? ity, nor had he dodged a single Issue I of moment to the State or county. He stated In reference to Mr. Clifton's having expressed regret that their records had been brought into the Contest, that he had been told prior 'to the first meeting that Mr. Clifton \ had stated to friends that he would attack his (Rpps*) record and indi i eating that he meant to do so, he ('Clifton) had during his speech re? ferred to a typewritten statement tak en from his grip at Privateer. He again stated his position on the lb quor question, being personally op? posed to liquor, nor had he ever tak ! en a drink of whiskey or beer, or ever chewed or smoked tobacco, but, as a (Representative of the people he was i In favor of their voting on the dis? pensary question every four years, as j called for now by the present law. In reference to the defeat of the union station bill, he again read the replies he had received from the mayor and councllmen of Sumter and the Cham? ber of Commerce, the latter asking j that the bill be not passed. He thought the railroads could stand for the two cent rate bill and still make a profit. He again gave as his rea? son for not voting on the Fortner bill the fact that he thought It unneces? sary and not a matter on which to legislate, as it would create a wrong I iirlpression in the minds of our pos? terity. He was opposed to race track gamb? ling and would have aided any bill driving this out of the State. Mr. Clifton, he said, had worked against a bill to stop race track gambling and then after the bill had been pass? ed, despite his efforts to kill it, he had tacked on an amendment extend? ing the time for the bill to go into effect. His statement that he had re? turned a ticket sent him by the Char? leston Itacing Association, which he had been assured was worth $1T?0 and which he might easly dispose of for $100, if he chose, telling the associa? tion officers who had sent It that he was a member of the legislature and might work against them was re? ceived with applause. He stated that every member of the general assem? bly had received one of these tickets good for the season from the race track association. Mr. lOpps then went on to tell what he had done and tried to d<>. Me had worked for the water power tax bill, he had passed a bill regulating the collection of poll taxes through the sheriff's office, by which he bad been assured by the sheriff that the collec? tions bad been larger than ever be? fore, and which he therefore consid? ered constructive legislation. Me emphasised the fact that he had no apologies tu make for bringing into tin campaign meetings the dls etisslon ?>f Mr. Clifton's record, as it w:is a matter of public record. He did not think thai on this record Mr. Clifton should be elected, and asked that he be chosen in Mr Clifton's place, Me stated that he had anoth? er matter which be had expected tu bring lip, but that he would not do so as Mr. Clifton was not present, Mr. Clifton having left immediately after his own speech to catch the train l<> Sumter. Both Mr. Clifton and Mr. Rpps were very loudly cheered, Mr. Clifton'more when he rose to speak and .Mr. Kpps more when he completed hit speech. DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON. Those Who Will go From Here to Attend Cotton Congress. The following gentlemen represent? ing the hanking institutions of Sum? ter and the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce will go to Washington to attend the Southern Cotton Congress August 13th-14th In that city, and to inter? view the secretary of the treasury and the comptroller of currency re? garding plans for the United States government furnishing money to help farmers of Sumter county to market their cotton at such times as will be j conducive to the financial interests of the cotton producers, and the tobacco growers: J). i). Moise, President Sumter Chamber of Commerce. lt. B. Belser, Vice-president Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Nelll O'Donnsll, President First Na? tional Hank. Ceo. L. Kicker, Cashier City Na? tional Hank. Bernard Manning, Cashier the Bank of Sumter. Charles G. Rowland, President of the Hank of South Carolina. B, 0. Quinn, of the Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company. The first mentioned three gentle? men are directors of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Moise is a director of the Hank of Sumter. A joint meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce and the dele? gation of local bankers was called for yesterday evening to formulate plans for getting the money in the Sumter hanks. The Sumter County Farmers' Union delegation to go to Washington to at? tend the Cotton Congress is as fol? lows: J. Frank Williams, President. R. B. Belser, J. M. Brogdon, J. M. Kolh. ! Mr. E. W. Debits of Goodwill, Sumter County, President of the State Farmers' Union, is already in Wash? ington. j The representatives of the Sumter banks are primarily interested In seeing, if possible, that there is suffi? cient money, under the new national I currency act, deposited with Sumter banks to enable farmers of Sumter's trade territory to hold cotton by some plan of credit extension yet to be agreed upon. The delegation of bankers, with President Moise of the Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce leave for Washing? ton this evening. It is expected that Congressman A. F. Lever, chairman of the committee on agriculture of the house of repre? sentatives will meet with the Sumter delegation for a conference early I Wdnesday morning before the dele? gation calls upon Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department and Comptroller of the Currency Williams. The business men of Sumter and the officers and directors of all of the Sumter banks, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Retail Dealers' Association have been engaged for the past week in discussing and en? deavoring to work out plans for rend? ering to the cotton, tobacco, and oth ier agricultural product producers ev? ery possible means of relief whereby cotton and tobacco particularly can I be so marked under normal condi? tion prices or held until the present financial crisis has passed. As soon as the Southern Cotton Congres adjourns and if any positive relief is guaranteed whereby farmers can hold cotton and borrow upon same the Sumter County Farmers' Union, and the Suniter Chamber of Commerce will get busy organizing the farmers and sending out circulars giving them advice as to what to do in order to borrow money on cotton. The Sumter County Farmers' Union and the organized business interests of Sumter city are working well to? gether in this crisis. President J. Frank Williams, of the Sumter Coun? ty Farmers' Union attended the meet? ing of the commercial organisation yesterday afternoon and gave his views, also promising active and hearty cooperation of the farmers of Sumter county. CROP MOVING DAY. Long String of Appeals for Iticivasc In Amount of Funds Allotted. Washington, Aug. 11 This was crop moving day at the treasury de purtment and there was a long string of appeals to Increase the allotment of government crop moving funds Senator Poindexter, of Washington, wanted the original allotment of $500,000 for the Spokane action re? stored. Representative Clarke of Florida asked for an Increase in the allotment to the Florida hanks. Every criminal pardoned means at least one more vote against law and order. Executive Committee Meeting, An adjourned meeting: of the County Democratic Bxeeutive com? mittee was held in tin- court house at 10.30 o'clock Wednesday morning for the purpose of hearing voters the regularity of whose enrollment had been questioned at the time the rolls were inspected by the committee at the meeting held on the Rth instant. There was only one case of this kind, '?lin Leslie stuhl?, enrolled In Ward 4 Club. The question was raised as \ to his residence in the state. Mr. IHtubbs presented the following affi i davit: ! i STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA? Sumter <'onnly. Personally appeared before me Olln Leslie Btubba, who being duly sworn says, that he Is a resident of the State of South Carolina, that he was born and raised In the city of Cheraw, Chesterfield county, South Carolina and has lived there nearly all of bis life; that he is a telegraph operator in the employ of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., and that he has been sent by the said Atlantic Cuast Line Railroad Company to dif? ferent places out of the State to work on several occasions, but for only a short time. The deponent fur? ther swears thai at the time of his marriage in November, It IS, he wras I stationed at Arcade, Florida, and stayed there five months and was then transferred to Sumter, S C., where he has since resided, that he has always claimed to be a resident of South Carolina and that he has been a resident of the city of Sumter, 3. C, for a period of six months anil over. OL4N LESLIE BTUBB& I Sworn and subscribed to before me this 11th day of August, 1914. F. B. Creech, (L. S.) Notary Public for S. C. After hearing further statements in his behalf to the affect 'hat hje had never established a residence in any other State and had never voted in any other State, a motion was made and adopted that the showing made by Mr. Btubbs be accepted as sufficient to establish his citizenship and that his name be not stricken from the club roll. There being no further business the committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. Washington, Aug. 12.?The Euro? pean wars and the consequent cutting down of imports will not diminish to any appreciable extent the supply of food in the United States and any raising of prices will be unjustified, it was announced today. Increases of food prices may be made, but it will be because dealers take advantage of the war situation to make larger profits. 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