The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-09
w. BOYD EVANS,
Candidate for Railroad Commissioner,
lacked by Strong Men.
To the Voters of South Carolina /:


South Carolina, aud, indeed, in the
whole country, than that Of the regu-
lation aud restriction Of great corpo-
rations and combinations within the
bounds Of the law.
VI these great corporations none
have so close connection with
our great material welfare and inter.
ests as do the railroads, AZ upon them
depends our intercourse aud commerce
with the outer world. They are. in.
deed, the very fibre of car material
growth and development as State and
a people. By the maintenance Of just
and equitable laws as between our
people and the raiiroads-the public
servants-alone can these creatures of
the law be rendered most serviceable
to the State as a whole and assist ia
the progressive march which the State
has begun, and at the same time yield
the best returns to those who own
their stocks. .
In the lightof these principles our
State has enacted laws providing for
Railroad Commission, composed of
representative men, to be elected from
her people, whose duty is to regulate
and adjust the passenger and freight
rates or the respective roads within
the State with justice and impartial
ty, assuring to the people equal rights
to ell and special privileges to none.
That the spirit Of this law may be
fulfilled it is cxpedient and necessary
that this commission, in whose hands
lies more Of our material welfare and
prosperity than in any other depart
i ment of our government, should be
composed not only Of men Of the
highest integrity, but of education,
experience aud tried business capaci-
ty; men who, by profession and train
ing, are able to cope with the finest
business and legal talent that money
can buy.
Realizing as we do the necessity and
utilityof the most vigorous admins
tration Of the affairs Of this commits
sion and its establishment upon sta.
BILE business basis, and, moreover,
that these great ends can only be OBJ
tained by maintaining the highest
standard in the personnel Of its mem
| bers, We, the undersigned citizens .os
Marion County, present for your at.
tention the name of Mr.. W. Boyd
Evans, man hailing from our midst
and whom we believe possesses those
high attributes which will qualify
him to meet the obligations, Of the Of.
| fee to which he aspires with the
greatest efficiency and honor. We
feel that word setting out what man
ner Of man he is will not be amiss.
w. Boyd Evans is the son of gal
liant Confederate soldier. He is es-
sentially self-made man, for his faith.
er lacking the means to bear the ex-
pense of his college education, he met
those expenses himself, unaided, by
dint of hard work and untiring perse-
verance.
While still at college, Mr.. Evans
was elected against sharp competition
to fill the position Of Secretary of the
Judiciary Committee Of the Constitu.
tional Convention Of '95, and in that
position exhibited such marked abiE-
ty as to have attracted the attention
of VIM. n. Ellerbe, who afterwards,
becoming Governor Of the State. ap.
pointed him as his Private Secretary.
Mr.. Evans held this responsible po-
sition with the utmost satisfaction to
his chief, and during the last desper-
ate illness of Governor Ellerbe. Gov
ering the greater part of year, dur.
ing which time the duties and respon-
sibilities Of that high Office devolved
almost entirely upon his shoulders,
he acquitted himself with ability and
dignity.
| During the performance of these
arduous duties, however, he found
time to enter upon and complete the
study Of law at the South Carolina
College, and has since the expiration
of his term practiced his profession in
Columbia.
After the return of our Regiments
from the war with Spain, Mr.. Evans,
discovering that these soldiers could
under the National laws, claim furth-
er awards for their services, entered
claims for about fifty thousand dollars
with the War Department in Washing.
ton for back pay to South Caroiina
soldiers; Of this he collected and
turned over to them upwards of TWEEN
: ty thousand dollars, which, but fol
his sagacity and energy, would have
been lost to those brave fellows.
Il For n period of nearly eight years
Mr.. Evans has been connected. IN one
capacity or another, with the Legisla
. tive Department Of our Government
acting as Secretary to the various com
mittees Of the two Houses.
His residence in Columbia, The
. headquarters of the Railroad Commits
sion, renders Mr.. Evans a peculiarl,
fitting choice for the position to which
he aspires. inasmuch as it would Civ,
the commission q resident member a
Q headquarters, thus keeping the offic,
always accessible to those having bus
mess before it. Moreover, his resi-
!. dence at headquarters would eliminat,
d the matter Of costs and expenses j,
his case. which are incurred bysal
n non-residents, and must be INQUIRE