The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-06-30
MOST OF APPLAUSE
GOES TO RICHARDS
Thunder Storm Interefers With
State Meeting at Conway.
ABOUT 1000 ATTENDANCE.
ming Applauded-The Heat
Intense.

News and Courier June 26.-John G..
Richards carried off the majority of
the applause here today, and was ap-
parently the favorite of the crowd.
For Governor, M. l.. Smith, John G.
Clinkscales and r. /. Manning got
some applause, and all the candidates
received good attention. The meeting
was held in a tobacco warehouse,
about 1000 being present. The heat
was intense. The candidates speak
tomorrow at Dillon.
Four persons were slightly lnjur-
ed when planks on which they were
sitting gave way.
Comptroller General A. w. Jones
opened the speaking this morning, be
ing followed b! James A. Summer
sett, candidate for the same office.
Ait Gen Moore and Capt. NJ. C. Will
lis, for the same office presented their
claims. Geo w Fairy, for railroad
commissioner, was followed b. ID.
! Fortner for the same office. Mr.. Fort
|ner, replying to the statement made
| by j. A. Hunter yesterday, that the
idea of the so-called FOrtner bill orig
mated with Tom Miller, a negro in
the constitutional convention, said if
this was true that Miller had more
regard for the white race than Hun
ter. F. w. Shealy w. l. Wither-
spoon and ]. II. Wharton came in the
order named for the same Office
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Candidates for lieutenant COVER
nor, B. Frank Kelly, A. ]. Bethen,
w. NJ Hamer and j. A. Hunter, pre-
sented their claims.
A. G. Brice for Attorney General
sopke. Attorney General Peoples was
absent, being in Columbia. on busi-
ness, the announcement being made
through letter written to L. b. Sin,
gleton.
1t was 1910 o'clock when the can
didates for governor began. Charles
A. Smith asked promotion ON his rec
ord as Lieutenant Governor and said
he favored a two-cent passenger rate
MendeI l.. Smith "romped" all over
the demagogue and the use of the
poor man" by politicians. He made a
strong plea for local option compul.
sorry education and enforcement OF
> the law. He was presented with flow.
> ers.
l.. j. Browning promised IL elected
to be Governor OF all the people ant
to enforce law with even-handed JUS
tice.
7 John G. Clinkscales championeC
, the cause OF the boys and girls, m k
I ing a strong plea for Statewide
$ compulsory education law. Mr.. Clink
1 scales was not feeling well and FIRE
4 quently had to pause on account o
the oppressive heat, making him al
y most faint, finally having to cut hi
{ speech short. He was presented w.
q flowers.
= John p. Duncan discussed wht h
calls the System" Mr Duncan sal,
that Governor Blease received
frost" the other day, and saw tn
handwriting on the wall.
/ w. C. Irby, Jr. developed his plal
of rural credits to enable white ten
ant farmers to buy land.
v r. I. Mannings said that the Gov
ernor's attitude toward the law wa
e largely copied by the people as
% whole. He urged the enforcement O
v law. A shower of rain came up Will
g Mr. Manning was speaking. The nois
q of the rain on the tin roof made it di
D. ficult to hear him and succeedin
= speakers.
John G.. Richards advocated a two
= cent fiat passenger rate aud oppose
II compulsory education. He made hi
RI usual declaration in favor of Bleas'
"a and was cheered when he finished
= Charles Carroll Sims said he wan
d ed better fertilizer laws passed. TIL
d shower developed into o thunde
st storm while Mr. Simms spoke and g
far as hearing him was concorne
/; few In the audience knew when h
had finished.
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