The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-08-12
the Pa|vlTEEa MEETING.
LARGE AND ATTENTIVE CROWD
GATHERED TO HEAR THE
CANDIDATES FOR COUN.
TY OFFICES. 81
Tho Candidates Outlined Their Re.
spectivc Piatforms-A syn0psis Of
tho Speeches-NO Unpleasantness
Marked tho Meeting.

Marked tho Meeting.
There was never q better campaign
meeting ever held than the one at
Privateer yesterday. The attendance
was unusually good. there being In
the neighborhood Of 500 people pres
snt. all Of whom paid the most re-
Fspectful attention TO the speakers and
were there for the evident purpose OF
picking out the most suitable man for
the various ofyices to which the candi-
dates >aspirsd. II wss the attitude Of
the voters OF Privstssf thst lent in
spFption u the speakers, ana, tskep
- . WHOLE. few campaign naeetjngS
have ever been marked fby more eio-
qusnt. thoughtful and logical speech
lee. -. -. 'Sssl III
The meeting vas called to order at
~ O'Clock BY Chairman Kolb. who
pleasantly introduced the Rev. Mr..
aaynsworth for the purpose OF open
Ing, the meeting with the customary
prayer.
Senator John H. Clifton. county
chairman, was frst called upon to az
dress the assembly. He said that he
was present at the urgent request of
the state Democratic chairman. Gen.
Willie Jones. and Congressman A. r.
Lever to impress upon the white vot.
err the absolute necessity Of register
Ing for the approaching general elec-
ton. He explained In q most i'm
pressive manner how essential II was
for the maintainance Of white SUI
premacy In the State to cast q large
vote st the general election. The
eSmall vote usually polled was the ap-
Proximate cause Of the numerous con-
test cases In congress. and while, ne
explained. we have always been able
by the skili OF the bright lawyers. to
have our Representatives seated, still
y was our duty to remove this hasard.
ahd moro especially % sinos the edo.
cationai advantages now offered the
negroes enable more OF them to quali-
fy every year. His remarks had
very impressive effect. \
/, Mr.. L. I. PARROT was then intro
duced Al the unopposed candidate for
the ONCE Of clerk Of court for Sumter
county. Mr.. Parrott returned his
thanks to the people for the past sup
port given him and pledged himself to
the continued faitful performance OF
his duties 20 long az he was retained
In once.
Mr.. Peter II. Pitts. the only aspi-
rant to the. once OF county supervisor,
was next presented. Mr.. Pitts stated
that this was the FIRST time that he
had ever sought once and while he had
no political record. yet ne thought
that he was .suniciently well known to
the people OF the county, Ths fact that
has was q candidate without opposi-
uon would cause him to redouble his
efforts 10 nli the ONCE .aeceptably. He
defined the duties OF the once. and
promised to perform them to the best
OF his ability.
y. The speaker following was Mr,. j..
b. Rancid. candidate for the ONCE
Of ,county treasurer. He thought that
the line of work that he had been fol-
lowing peculiarly fitted him for the
duties OF the ONCE to which he as
pired. He read a clipping from
Sumter newspaper commenting in the
most complimentary terms upon the
manner In which he conducted the
county dispensary. He assured the
people Of his appreciation Of the
votes that would be cast for him.
Mr.. b. c. Wallace. a candidate for
the same ofice. was then heard. He
had never served the people in any
public capacity. and consequently had
no public record. He invited investi-
CATION into his business record and
capaDliity 10 properly discharge the
duties Of the office. He had been a
practical bookkeeper for more than
20 years. and was thoroughly famil-
lar with the system OF accounts. He
solicited the suffrage Of the people OF
Privateer.
Mr.. s. F. Flowers. who seeks re-
election to the Office OF coroner. by
giving to his hearers short but in
teresting account Of his war record. He
believed that he was known to all.
and " such was che case he had no
more to say. for he was confident that
the people Of Privateer would cast
their ballots for the best man I'm the
race.