The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-07-04
CANDIDATES AT GEORGETOWN
Big Crowd Attended Campaign
Meeting Saturday.


tended the campaign meeting of the
State candidates at Georgetown
Saturday, June 29. The candidates
for Railroad Commissioner spoke
first, each presenting his claims for
the office, especially old Mr. Cansler
of Tirzah. If it's to be given to the
longest winded man Mr. Cansler will
win this time. He has been in the
race since Wade Hampton's time.
The candidates for Attorney Gen.
eral spoke next-Lyon, Earl, Evans
and Peoples. Mr. B B Evans accused
the State of great graft in tine old
dispensary. He said her officers had
stolen hundreds of thousands of
dollars.It seems that to put an hon.
est mans hands on dispensary money
starts him to stealing at ence. All
four candidates for Attorney Cen
eral made strong pleas for the office.
The next candidates in order were
McLaurin and Carter for State
Treasurer. Mr. Carter is bright and
ambitious young man and made a
strong plea to the 1900 voters pres
ent and was given great applause at
the end of his speech. Mr. McLaurin
also made good speech.
The unopposed candidates were
not present. Hon j E Ellerbe, Con-
gresham from the Sixth district,
was present but did not speak.
Gov Cole L Blease was the next
speaker. He arose under thunder
of applause and handclaps. The
Governor made his usual fiery speech
and told his hearers that his oppo-
nent, Ira B Jones, voted with the ne
gro Anderson, then in the Legisla-
ture from Georgetown, and negro
from Beaufort, five different times
against the Jim Crow law, and said
to the Georgetown people: He tried
by this act to make your wives and
daughters ride in the same seat with
the big buck negro men and negro
wenches." He also said Mr. Jones
voted for a divorce law Some one
said he Jones) wanted two wives.
Gov Blease then referred to some of
the people in Georgetown not being
satisfied with his appointment of Mr.
J B Johnson and Mr. Munnerlyn as
Road Engineer and Mr. j Walter
Doar as Superintendent of Educa-
ton, but he said if they did not like
it, to help themselves. He was glad
to have a chance to ram it down
their throats. He said his opponent
had got mad in the House and re-
signed as Speaker. He also got mad
with him (Blease) because he would
not appoint a special Judge to hold
court at Columbia and resigned his
office as Chief Justice. He has now
become an honorary ex-Chief Justice
and has lost his calling. The Gov
ernor was presented by the ladies
of Georgetown with a box of flow
ers as large as he could carry, and
was met at West Andrews on the
afternoon train and given flowers
and loudly cheered by the ladies and
little girls.
Hon Ira B Jones also attempted
to have his say but was howled down
by the yells for Blease. Judge Jones
referred to the Blease badges that
the crowd wore as guano tags. The
crowd was fully marked with Blease
badges. Mr. Jones was not given
fair play. While the report of this
meeting in the Sunday News was
misleading and untrue, there were
about 1,500 voters present, about
75% of whom were Blease men.
After all had their say, Mr. Dun
can made very creditable speech,
but only small number of voters
stayed to hear him.
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