The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-06-23
NO DECTATION
SAYS MIR. PAYNE
Asks Voters to Resent the Action
Taken by Defeated Candidates
For Mayor.

Editor The Intel.igencer:
] notice In the Daily Mail OF yester-
day, two cards published by DR.. Ash
more and Mr.. Gilmore.
Perhaps, these gentlemen know best
why they have preferred to walt to
the last day OF the campaign to. pub
lish how they would stand In the sec
ond primary, GhH to thank their
friends for their support week ago.
bring to'beaf aSSS shs y Voters sana IN n to. %
days election theo weight OF their in
fIuence Tor a certain candidate.
As to DR.. Ashmnre's card, can on
the race for mayor, 1t is impossible
to tell to whom he refers. j shall not
appropriate the references to the per-
son, who will be familiar with the
duties OF the office, and who Will
serve the peoplehin high toned, bus
mess way etc.; as intended by him
for me.
The best reason have for this is
that ! should not have permitted any
candidate. dropped In the first pri-
mary, to undertake to turn his sup
port over to me by published card.
The DR.. has 30 couched his endorse
ment that one can only give It the
force Of yelled hint.
Mr.. ElmOre is quite flat-footed
about his endorsement OF my op-
ponent
write this card. MIR. Editor. to say
that these gentlemen are not In the
race now. and cannot gracefully un-
dertake to turn over the support
which their friends gave them In the
first primary bodily to any candidate.
Those voters should be accorded the
right to vote In today's election az
they see tit. "
This Office belongs to the people OF
the city. and they should be left to q
free exercise OF their. suffrage with
out indication by those who, because
they had following in, the .lrst pri-
mary. conceive that they can deliver
the goods over to another man.
have endeavored throughout. this
campaign to conduct a fair fight with
all my competitors, and l do submit
to the reasonable Judgment OF all fair
minded men that those men should
stand aside and let the. voters have
free rein to vote as they see fit.
The mayor Is notthe entire city gov.
ernment, and feel sure that With the
staunch citizens elected Gu the coun-
oil, will be able to give the city n
straight. progressive and business like
administration. ,@s t,n
] am grateful to the people of An,
derson for their support In the past
and wish to thank them for the gener-
Gus vote and the nomination for may
or tomorrow pf which II Jam c2nfi-
dent. '' - -.
q JAS, M. PAYNE. ~.
Anderson. June. 22. f1siA. -, ~
.c ueriTT--T--aG & i.,.lit.1
The following are the cards. from
the afternoon paper to SwS.sh 4 Mr..
Payne has, reference:.s.l ii-ug.. a.,
DIR AsHMOFES SAYS FAKE HEED
want; High Toned, Business IN 3 Il Like ,e,
sr-..-Adm1nistFafeo Son fOr--5s Anderson ~ sS,
Or. w. Frank Ashmoee. candidate
for mayor In the first primary. prepar-
ed the following open letter to the
public today. calling upon the people
OF the city OF to vote Tor q
man who will give this city sas high
toned. buainess ike. ad1hntS fAtiduf
He says the voters should support q
man who win be familiar with the
duties Of The once His open letter
follows: IS IS 80 ]; KS n y. 81. q
To My Friends: 81 u
wish to thank the good people
who supported me In my race for
mayor. ! realize that they were con-.