Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-08-21
STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING

ricultufal College a possibility. He
reviewed. the fight of the commission
In tAsmatter of exchange Of mile
age sfoEstickets, and the retaliation
of thekrailroads In withdrawing the
mileaks books from sale. He had
endeayored with all his power to
seryeSShe people and their interests,
and felt, that he had good record
Of seEstce to present, on which he
was willing to appear before the
peopla{Of the State and seek re-elec-
ton, ,He referred to his pleasant
association with Col. Il. A. Thomp-
son, iEGpublic life, paid glowing
trlb1ta to people Of Oconee and ask
ed,HfoSga continuance Of their sup
'Cansler, of Tirzah."
folloWed Mr.. Wharton. paying his
respeef$Eto Wharton, who, he said,
had dNpe nothing in the six years he
had bReh a member Of the Railroad
COMMISSION. The other candidate
for THIS office, (John G. Richards)
CanslAI said, claims to be able to do
as mWsh In one day as Wharton
couldS1o in six. Wharton having
done Nothing in six years, according
to ''C&nsler, of Tirzah," If Richards
shouldybe elected he would do six
times Gas much as Wharton. "Six
timesNpothing is nothing" shouted
Cansler and that is what you can
expectA from him." Received $4,000
votes SSSllen he ran before and intend
ed toMbo' elected this time. Said
freighHS Transportation rates were
too high,and he would see that they
were fsduced If elected.
HON. John G. Richards
came efNsxt and made splendid talk.
He %asEsproud, he said, to face an
Oconee eisaudience again. Two years
age heShad appeared here as an aspi-
irantsto.she Office of Governor, and
jthoughbthe people Of the State had
hot seeiiEfit to honor him with this
the highest Office In their gift, he had
no COMPLAINT to make. He had gone
back toShis farm and done his duty
the duties Of Railroad Commissioner
by& appointment to fiji vacancy
caiissdyb& death. He had done much
in the sss tterest of the public in the
>,4sAls. aserSed son y til oniaA fSsa
sion and sought the votes OF the peo-
pie of Oconee and South Carolina
DAcause he believed that he could do
for them that which they needed
done. Mr.. Richards said that while
he was possibly little known to the
people Of Oconee, lie was not
stranger in the State, his service in
the Legislature having been such as
to result In a number Of bills Of his
becoming law to the advantage Of
the citizens Of the whole State. The
people of his county (Kershaw) had
endorsed him for every position he
had ever sought, and in no instance
hn1 c~u
second race there He was the au-
thor OF the bill that gave free schol-
arships to the women Of South Caro-
lima in that great institution, Win
throp College,; offered the amend
ment to the scholarship bill which
made 1t possible for farmers sons to
obtain free scholarships at Clemson
College; introduced the bill that re-
suited In the erection Of 162 school
buildings by State aid. Mr.. Rich
ards assured the voters If elected as
Railroad Commissioner he would
give the same conscientious service
that he has given in all his public
life. With the single exception Of
the Office of Governor, Mr.. Richards
said that he regarded the office Of
Railroad Commissioner the one Of
most Importance to the people of the
State. Therefore, he said, 1t be-
hooves the voters to elect strong
men to this office. He felt that he
was thoroughly competent to dis
charge the duties Of the office, and
would give service of which none
need be ashamed If he should be
elected. He was well received and
impressed himself most favorably
upon the crowd
Barnard Is. Evans
spoke first among the candidates for
Attorney General, paying his re-
spects to Attorney General Lyon, who
followed him. He had no charge Of
dishonesty to make, he said, but
wanted to know what has become of
the thousands upon thousands Of dol
lars that were collected by the
winding-up commissions. These
funds, he said, should be used for
the education Of the children Of the
State, but they were being squaf-
dcrcd by the officials. He said that
the present occupant Of the Attorney
Generals Office was not a brilliant
lawyer, but that he (Evans) was 4
lawyer Of great ability and Il large
clientage. Turning to the news
paper reporters on the stand he
characterized the newspapers and
the reporters as a set Of the meanest
and lowest liars on earth. His TRADE
against both the Attorney General
and the papers fell rather fiat. He
closed his remarks by appealing to
"all who do not vote for me in the
coming election to vote for Dick
Earle
Attorney General Lyon
spoke calmly, devoting the major
part Of his time to a discussion of
the affairs Of his office, which, he
said, were being administered in the