The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1914-08-12
COUNTY CAMPA|CNERS
SPOKE TO THE VOTERS
Quiet Meeting in the Court
House Monday
w. r. RlCHEY ON
MCINTOSH MATTER


CoRtended that DR.. Mcintosh Signed
the Certificate Read by Gov. Belase.
The first gun Of the county cam
raign was fired itnhe court house
Monday morning, when the first cam
Daign meeting Of the year was held
Tho meeting was quiet, orderly. free
from factionalism and devoid Of any
thing sensational. II. E. Babb, ESQ,
presided.
Judge Of Probate.
E. Shaw Cunningham, Of Clinton,
promised faithful service If elected to
the Office.
Judge 0. &. Thompson, asking re-
election, recoLnteG his services to the
state in the civil war and since that
time and asked for reelection upon
his record.
County Treasurer.
B. Marvin Wolff, of Laurens, as
sured the voters that he would be i'm
partial in attending to the duties of
the Office.
Ross D. Young. the incumbent, said
that he had worked to systematic
the Office and that as a result of his
efforts and those of the county audi
tor the two had succeeded in reduc-
ing the number Of tax executions
from nearly 1900 when he went into
office to GIG this year. He asked for
reelection upon his record and prom
ised to give his best work to the Of
flee.
County Supervisor.
Mr.. Austin Abercrombie said he
was elected county commissioner two
years ago and that he has attempted
to do what was right and expected to
do the same thing If elevated to the
supervisors office. He championed
more authority and better pay for the
county commissioners. He read a
lengthy platform which has been dis
tributed over the county.
Mr.. Fl. B. Humbert said that he had
accepted Office as public trust and
has performed the duties OF the SUI
pervisors office impartially. Any in
situations that he had shown favor
to any mon he branded as incorrect.
In spite Of disasters in the way OF
floods Of recent years and without ex-
ira tax levies the roads of the county
are in better shape today than when
he went into Office and much better
than some roads of neighboring
counties where special taxes for road
purposes have been levided. He said
that the office has been hampered so
much by floods that it has been i'm
POSSIBLE to give the road work as
much attention as was due, on ac-
count of the expense of replacing
bridges. The roads Of the county, he
said are being improved faster today
than ever before. All OF the roads
are not first class roads but they are
being improved as fast as possible.
Some things have been circulated
on the sly, said Mr.. Humbert, that
will not be said to my face. He said
ne did not care to go into any bitter
ness, but If reelected he will contin-
ue his duty in the future as in the
past. II have never made an expen-
diture for the county without first
considering the tax payer"
B. r. Todd said that he was not
asking the voters to support an unex-
perienced man. He said he had at
tended Clemson college, the u. S. Mil
itary academy and had worked for
one year IN the Southern railroad
and five years on the Seaboard Air
Line. "In that time have put as
much iron, lumber and cement into
bridges and culvcrts as any man in
South Carolina" Mr.. Todd said he
was not running on the demerits Of
any man. but upon the merits OF him
self. He said he would make no prom
fses as to any particular duty, but no
would do his full duty the best he
knew how. He said he would have
competent guards for the chain gang
and will attend to the chain gang
purchases personally instead of leav-
ing this to the guards. Mr.. Todd
charged that the county Is not get
ting full value for the money being
spent upon Its roads. BY seriea OF
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