The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-06-05
DON'T WANT LEVER TO
ENTER SENATORIAL RACE,
oraagaburg is So Pleased With
Hin as Congressman She
Wants Hin. 70 Remain Where
Ee is.

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Orangeburg, May a4.-Congressman
A.. Frank Lever of the seventh con
g~ressional district, who came here to
confer with the business men with re-
gard to securing a government appro-
priation for the purpose of making
the Edisto river navigable, would not
discuss the report that he would be a
candidate for the United States senate.
Congressman Lever was in Orange
burg much of his. time while secretary
to the late Congressman Stokes, and
has hosts of friends who r always
glad to give him the glad hand.
The people of Orangeburg county
have been much exercised ver the
report that MI. Lever would not be a
candidate for reelection, but would
oppose Senator Latimer. The idea
has not taken well here at all. Not
because the people are opposed to
sending him to the senate, but be-
cause they consider him of so much
value as congressman that they don't
want to give him up
1t would be hard to tell just all Con-
gresham Lever has done for his con
stituents in this county since he was
elected over an Orangeburg county
man, but the hundreds of little things
that never get into print have of them
selves made him stronger year by
year.
When he was first elected there
were not More than fifteen R. F. D.
routes in the county, while now the
county is covered by a net work of
them, and practically every farmer
gets his mail every day.
Having gotten the county thor
oughly equipped with the R. F. D.
service, he has recently induced the
postofice department. to give what is
known as county SERVICE" This
means that the entire service in the
county will be overhauled, routes
changed and new ones instituted, SER
vice operating from the county seat
to as great a degree as possible.
When this is done it is very probable
that there will be a chief carrier in
charge Of the entire county, or this
work will devolve on the postmaster
at Orangeburg, who is already the
practical head for the county.
City delivery will be instituted in
Orangeburg June l., and this, too, has
been secured through the instrumen-
tally Of Mr. Lever.
That Orangeburg will get a federal
building at the next session Of coz
gress is an assured fact, Mr. Lever
having discussed the matter with the
public building committee during the
last sessisn of congress and holds their
promise to allow him one building in
his district. Of course this is f1edto
a certainty unless 'tUncle Joe" Csa-
non should change the personnel Of
the committee greatly, but this IS
hardly probable
In his work for the Gongaree river
during the last two or three terEas
Mr.. Lever has benefited the people Of
the eastern part Of the eoe2ky, living
near the Santee, and they 4 now
reaping the benefits.
Having secured liberal appropria-
tions for the Congaree, Mr.. Lever
turned his attention to- the Edisto,
secured an appropriation at the last
session of congress for the purpose OF
making a survey, aud at the next ses-
sion hopes to ecure a sufficient ap-
preparation to secure a thnee-foot
depth from Orange5urg to its raouth,
thus opening up river navigation, put
ting Orangeburg On a footing with
Columbia in this respect.
AS has been said, the people resiize
that Ill. Lever is recognized as n
of the most aggressive and strongest
men in congress, and, too, that he
has done far mere tor this district
than any former congressman, hence
they Go not relish the prospect Of his
giving up his seat in a c:iltest for the
senate, and he Was told SC every hand
buv our citizens. Not because the
people fear he can not be elected, for
there is every reason to believe he