The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-07-21
CANDIDATES SPEAK
MEETING HELD AT THE COURT
HOUSE YESTERDAY.
large crowd OF Voters Hear Can

Large Crowd OF Voters Hear Can
didates for the Various Offices
Order Very Good.
The State Campaign meeting Was
held in the Court House in this cit!
on yesterday. Chairman Lide called
the meeting to order at 1910. Rev
D. D. Dantz1er led short prayer
after which Chairman Lide welcom
ed the candidates to Orangeburg.
Letters were read from Messrs
) SUearingen and Jennings. The cour1
aotise was crowded during most ot
the day, but the crowd dwindlee
While the last candidates for govern
Or vi we're a;e speaking, although there
Still remained about four hundred
b,eople. One lady was present: The
: lirst candidates to address the voters
were were tSoss Tor Rail Road Commits
sioner.s
Railroad Commissioner.
a letter was read from Mr.. G.
Med. Hampton stating that he was
unweu and could not be present.
The first speaker was Mr.. G. H.
Mahon, Of Greenville. He said ne
was very much interested In Orange
burg, for it was here that he did
his first work. He then denounced
the statement that the T. P. A. had
endorsed him. He stated that a
meeting had been held by that body;
and that he was endorsed, not by
the T. P. A. as a body, but as man
te man.
The next speaker was Mr.. o. G..
Scarborough, Of Clarendon. He men
toned the reduction Of 5 per cent.
on the fertElizc- rate in this state,
accomplished through conference
With the commission. saving the far
mer's s75,0oO. He said he was a
farmer and knew what the farmers
need, and would look after them. He
said that the opinion was prevalent
that the office which he sought was
a joke, but he affirmed that it had
done much.
Mr.. James Cansler, of Tirzah, was
the next speaker. He thanked the
voters for their good vote. for him hiim1.
in the last race, and said he asked
them for election only because the
doctors had warned that If subject
ed to actual work, his legs would
70 back on him. Said that he had
just left off cotton picking last fall
For Lieutenaut- Governor.
Mr.. Charles A. Smith was the first
speaker for the office of Lieut.-Gov-
ernor, He stated that the States
business should be conducted as ev-
cry good business man does his own.
He outlined where the money went
and said there was room for re-
trenchinent in the affairs of the high
er institutions of learning. He is
against the dispensary. or any legal
ICED sale of liquor.
The next speaker was Mr.. E. Wal
ker Duyal. He said; that the remark
has been heard around on the cam
paign that he was too young. He
stated his reasons why he was not
SO, and plead mot guilty to the
charge. In reference to the liquor
question Mr.. Duval said ne would
not force on one county what it did
not want.
For Attorney General.
MT. B.. B. Evans said that fou1
years ago the people elected under
a wave of excitement the present
Attorney-General, on a platform
which he would attack. He attack
ed the winding up commission fol
squandering the school money. He
charged Attorney General Lyon with
charging his personal effects, such
as hair cuts, tips, etc., to the State
He received applause at this point
but there were shouts Of don't be;
lieve it.
Acknowledgement Lyon requested
Evans to point out the statement that
he received $4,000 as personal ex,
penses. Evans denied saying it. Mr.
Lyons denounced the statement as
UNANIMOUSLY false. Then he denounc'
ed a statement that he had received
$4,000, and Evans said he could
point out. The crowd shouted
point it out. The crowd shouted
that or page 99,, expenses J. F. Lyon
S2,985. Mr.. Lyon says that an item
lied expense account for this bill
had been made and branded the
statement that it was for personal
effects as being false. At one point
when Mr.. Evans gave him the num-
Der of the page, Mr.. Lyon remarked,
Little confused on pages. Where
upon Mr.. Evans retorted that figures
did not lie, and Mr.. Lyon remarked
that people who read them some
times did. The crowd was evidently
with Mr.. Lyon.
For Adjutant General.
The first speaker for Adjutant
General was Col. Newman. He told
of the duties of the office and of his
fitness for the Office.
Capt. w. W. Moore. OF Barnwell
told Of several Of the problems that