The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-05-16
A NEW PARTY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA

The Socialists Organize and Put
Out a Full State Ticket
Candidates, Platform
Fo. ty-five delegates, repre-
senting the organized Socialists
in IS counties of the State, at
tended the Socialist State con-
vention which has just adjourn
ed in Columbia. The Socialist
party has not grown as rapidly
in South Carolina as it has IN
other states and several months
ago the national executive COM
mittee of the party sent 0. E..
Branstetter of Oklahoma into
the State as national organizer
for the purpose of furtherlng
their propaganda and forming a
State organization.
The present convention is the
result of his work and the So
cialists state that from now on
they will maintain complete
State organization and partlcl-
pate in all State elections.
Earnestness and enthusiasm
marked the proceedings of the
convention, which foImed a
permanent State organization,
adopted a State platform and
nominated presidential electors
and candidates for State offices.
Local Socialists state that IN
several districts and counties
their organization will nominate
candidates for congress, full
county tickets and make an act
i've and agg essive campaign.
socIalI,1 CANDIDATES
The following nominations
were made:
Governor, R. B. Britton,
Charleston; lieutenant governor,
J. c. Inabinet, Newberry; secre-
tary OF state, P. I, Rawl, Lex
iugton; comptroller general, J.
F. Fink, Leesville; attorney
general. John A. Meete, Column
bia; State treasurer, j. W. S.
Pigler, Spartanburg; superinten-
dent of education, W. I. Cobb,
Greenville; commissioner of az.
riculture, G. W. Thompson,
Reevesville; railroad commits
sioner. W. R. Charles, Pelzer.
Presidential electors: G. A.
Green, Spartanburg;C NJ. New
man, Charleston; I. NJ. Moody,
Gree. vile; John G. Gibbs,
Georgetown; John. G. Radon,
Greenwood; F. K. Knight, Gas
ton; E. w. Pack, Piedmont; D.
H. Mclaughlin, Jefferson; J. F.
Creighton, Columbia.
STATE PLATFORM
The State platform Of the par
ty is as follows:
I'VE, the Socialists of South
Carolina. in State convention
assembled, do hereby declare
ourselves in full accord and har-
mony with the principles and
platform of the national Social
ist party and appeal for the sup
port of all workers in this State
and of all citizens who sympa-
thize with the cause of labor.
''The present economic condi-
tions place the farmer and the
wage-earner on practically the
same level, and
Whereas, under the capital
istic system the farmers and the
wage earners are exploited of
the greatest part of their prod
ucts through rent, interest and
profit, the Socialist party in con-
vention assembled does hereby
declare that the farmers, wage
earners and all producers should
unite in the Socialist party for
the purpose of combating with
and finally overth,oNi ing the
present capltalStlc system or cN
ploitation through the enact
ment of such laws, which will
protect the wage-earners inter
ested on the industrial field and
thereby finally securing for
every producer the full social
value of this product.
And whereas, the Socialist
party Of South Carolina does
not seek to dictate to union Ia
Dor in internal organization it
declares to be in entire SYM
nathv With the oroa0iZed far