The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-08-15

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sition to vote for the man best quail
fled for the office. He again referred
To his belief In rotation In office. say
ing that he had never preached what
ne did not practice. He referred to
his being raised on the farm aad his
teaching In the rural schools. saying
that he thought that this gave him
clearer insight and a closer touch
with the rural schools than his Op.
ponent had. He referred to his work
in the office when the salary was not
commensurate with the duties devOlv-
ed upon the superintendent, saying
that he had never been paid in dollars
and cents for his work, but thank
God. I do not measure my work and
life by dollars and cents alone"
The candidates for the Office of cor,
oner came next. d. w. Owens speak
ing first. 8. W. Raffield referred to
the presence OF so many ladies, say
Ing that the candidates were honOred
by their presence, for 1t would not be-
long before the ladies will take lead
ing part In the politics of the State"
w. j. Scale came In late, but was
loudly applaudcd when he announced
himself a candidate for the office. r.
NJ. Jones was absent from the meet
ing.
Tho candidates for the Office of
magistrates In the seventh judicial
district Of the county spoke next. w.
II. freeman Of Borden promised to
faithfully discharge the duties of the
offtce and to put into It's execution the
same bushes principles which he
did In his private business. He did
not think II was the duty of the
magistrate to make the laws. or to say
whether law was good or bad, but
to strictly and impartially enforce all
laws. He stated that while his pri-
vate life had been referred to. he
would not refer to the private life of
any candidate. as he was running for
the office on his own merit.
Mr.. Percy B. Myers of Hagood
promised. II elected to the office. to
deal Justice without partiality. Hts
statement that he had spent "many
large evenings with the fair sex OF
Rembert," brought forth q burst of
applause. s
]. L. Gillis. the incumbent, asked
reelection as an indication of duty'
well done. saying that his friends
wanted him to serve again. He re-
ferred to his location at Rembert, say
ing that the office was now central-
ly located. when formerly kicks had
been made that he did not live in the
center Of the district. He ridiculed
the idea Of moving the office from the
Genital location to Borden or HagOod.
He stated that some opposed him.
saying that he was too busy a man to
perform the duties Of the office. He
denied ever having failed to give his
attention to the office when his per-
sonal attention was needed. II re-
elected. he would stand by and con-
tinue to deal Justly by all. All three
candidates were vigorously applaud
ed, the audience seemingly being about
equally divided between the three
candidates
DIR. Geo. w. Dick. the first OF the
five candidates for the house Of rep-
rssentatives. congratulated the town
OF Rembert on the big strides 1t had
made In the past two years. His jokes
met with great success and gave him
the undivided attention OF the aud
ience. He stated that no had tried
to do his duty by the people of his
home county and although he was
Ignorant at first he had tried to
emulate tho example OF the leaders
OF the house and to learn from them.
He had gained one Of the highest po-
sitions In the house, chairman OF the
ways and means committee. through
which all OF the expenditures of the
state must pass. He referred to his
work on this committee, telling OF
the reduction the State debt and OF
reduced rate OF insurance. He was
not seeking any mans PLACE. but was
seeking to refill his own place and ne
wanted his friends to show that he
had more friends than enemies, that
they approved his work and that they
wanted him to continue 1t. He paid
an eloquent tribute to the late T. M.
bradley, a resident OF neighboring
section. and to Geo. X. Rembert, who
was raised In this section, one of tho
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