The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-06-16
MANY CANDIDATES FOR
THE VARIOUS OFFItES
CAMPAIGN PARTIES START OtT
on WEDNESDAY.
Senatorial Campaign Opens at St
Matthews and State Campaign at
Sumter.
TO The Herald and News.

Special to The Herald and News.
Columbia. June 15.-The senatorial
and State campaign parties will start
out on their county-to-county >itinerar-
les on Wednesday, the 18th. The sena-
tcriaI candidates open up at ST. Mat
,aews, in Calhoun county, and t2e
candidates for State offices at Sumter.
The senatorial contest promises to
be the centre of interest witt tAe
eQbernatorial contest seco2d. Three
candidates have filed their pledges in
the senatorial race, and one ether can
didate was announced in the daily
newspapers of Sunday morning. The
three who have, filed their pledges
are Governor Cole. l.. Blease, Senator
E. D. Smith, and Mr.. w. P. Pollock,
of Chesterfield The Sunday morning
newspapers carried the announcement
that Mayor L. D. Jennings, Of Sumter,
WOulO also De III luS !oCC.
Up until Saturday afternoon eight
candidates had fiIeu 1neir pledges in
the gubernatorial race They are:
Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, the
speaker of the house; Charles A
Smith, OF Florence, lieutenant COVER
nor; R. A. Cooper, or Laurens solic-
itor of the eighth judicial circuit; W.
c. Irby, Jr., of Laurens, member of the
house; John c. Clinkscales, Of Spar
tanburg, member of the Wofford col
1ege faculty; Richard l. Manning, Of
Sumter; John T. Duncan, of Columbia,
and Lowndes J. Browning, of Union.
In addition to these eight candidates
for governor, it is expected that pro-
badly five others will be in the race.
John c. Richards, of Kershaw county,
now railroad commissioner, is expeot-
ed to file his pledge today, and Charles
Carroll Simms, of Barnwell; Geo. Bell
Zimmerman, Of Lexington; John B.
Adger Mullally, of Anderson county,
and John L. McLaurin, of BENEFITS
vile, are the four other gentlemen
who are expected, in view of their pre-
Vious announcements, probably to be
in the running.
For lieutenant governor B. Frank
Kelley, Lee county, and J. A Hunter,
OF Bamberg, had filed their pledges on
Saturday. Mr. Kelley is a former SEN
ator from Lee county, and Mr. Hunter
is member of the house of represen-
tatives from Bamberg. Andrew J.
Bethea, Of Columbia, has announced
his candidacy for Lieutenant governor
He was private secretary to Governor
Ansel and is present code commits
sioner
For secretary of State R. NJ. McCown
has filed his pledge, and, so far as is
known, he will not have opposition or
reelection.
S T, Carter has filed his pledge 20
State treasurer, and so far as is known
at this writing, Will not have opposi-
ton for re-electio2
F-r attorney general two can can
didates have filed their pledges-Thos
H. Peoples, the encumbent, and A G.
Brice, of Chester.
State Superintendent o. Education j.
E. Swearingen has filed tnis pledge as
a candidate for reelection, and there
is no opposition to him so far,
For commissioner Of agriculture Z.
Watson has filed his pledge. There
has been talk of opposition to Col
Watson but it had not materialjzed on
Saturday afternoon in the matter Of
formal filing OF pledge
Two candidates for adjutant general
We're formally in the running on Sat
rrday ate William W. Moore,
the eacum5e It. and N. c. Willis, Of
YORK, J 4 Claffy, Of 0rangeburg.
has been ig2red il this race, and has
mill tsmorrow ct noon to tiIe MS
pledge.
For comptroller gaaral James A.
s1mGersett. Of Columbia president Of
the board OF regents Of the State hos
rital for tae insane, aad filed his
pledge on Saturday. a w. Jones,
tbe encUmbent, is a candidate FOR 'e~
election.
F.r railroad commissioner five aad