The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-08-06

the THrd congreSSIoiia.. 81
campaign was held in the TICK
ems ems court house Saturday:
About 400 people heard 5ne
Speaking, which commence az
Il o'clocs. The meeting was
presided over by Chairman ",
r Norris and each speaker was vas
showed 40 minutes to make ms
speeeh. Excellent order pre- pre-.
vailed throughout the mese,.'s a,, :
and each candidate was gwen d
respectful hearing. ~
Fred Il. Dominick was tne
first speaker introduced ana De.
gan bis speech by saving ,tanat snat
While viii he was unknown to most
If his his hearers personally he was
orohsbIy :, ltss 5 known to them by
reo1tation. pspDts, Said he had repre- /
ssnted Newberry county IN tnel
legislature for two years, was
Chairman che Of the Newberry
county Democratic execuIlss @ :
Committee 90 for a long time ara
M now assistant attorney genera,
of South Carolina DE n a q
copies Of the house Journals ol
fhe wears he was a member OF
the the house and read from them
in defense Of his record. Salo
he m Voted against reducing the
hours of labor in cotton mliis
because the house received pc
titians from cotton mill opera
lives asking for no interference
with the cotton mill industry.
Saws he is making the race TO
win and has it won. Mr.. Dom
mick attacked Mr.. Aiken $ re,
cord. saving he had introduced
sI3 hills and only 81 OF them
had become laws and pracslcaL-
(, ~ none of theseWere important; =;
Called the rural credits Dill
iapdoodles and poppycocks.
Said t,ne-third of the cotton
mills Of this state were in this
district and the cottcn mill IN
dnstry was sick. !" caused by
the enormous profits of the sell
inc agents. Believes the mem,
ods Of the selling agents should
be investigated Said Aiken :,
shirked i responsibilities and aftel
August25th these response olllgles
wnr1ld be shifted to Dominlck
shoulders and would not be
shirked. Said Aiken was deae
and didn't know it.. He tole
several jokes and was we'll re
ceived..
was the second speaker. Salt
he was making the race ON M
own record. Is a practical Dusl
ness man and will try to repre-
sent this district to the best 0
his ability if elected. Believe
in Federal aid for public road
and equaliz ion Of freight rates
Attacked Aiken's record. he
ferred H all the candidates q
hot ar artists, I" and promised
if elected, to give all of his tim
to his constituents.
John A Horton OF Hei5o
was the third speaker. He o.
can by giving a short sketch {
Ris Hfe. Was born on a farl
and worked there until he We
1s wears Of age, when he entere
. school in Anderson, teachln
between sessions to make e
Denses. Then entered mercal
tile business in Belton and VIZ
successful. Organized the Farm
ers' bank at Belton and was Il
several terms mayor Of Beltol
retiring of his own accor'
Criticized Mr.. Aiken's vote {
several questions, especially Il
canal tolls repeal bill: Sa
cangressmen who voted wi
the Republicans against t.
Democrats were almost inva z
abIv left at home on the I'll
chance the people had at the
4; and hoped this rule would CO
time in force. Said some &C
gressmen and senators had TO.
SIGHT enough not to offer Tor
election after boiling the part
h,lf others did not seem to la
such a keen foresight. Fav'
Federal aid for public roads a
extension of rural mail rout
Said Aiken's record was SIN
and bad and that MS W
against canal tolls repeal
was a milestone about his ne
which would sink him into
ltvion on August Is. Belle
that when President wills
and Secretary Bryan get
gether they have asmuch bra
as is possible to get into t
heads. Said Dominick was n
fellow and had been seek
congressman's job a long til
but after August 25 would S
~ This way I long have sou
: anui- anu AZ. sSis!- nourning beca
I found it not. '~~Ar: do1
told several jokes andTas
plauded.
Congressman Aiken was
last speaker. He began by S
ing that if everything his
ponents said about him was
truth that he would fear a Tyr
inc. Got the crowd in a g
humor by telling a joke
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