The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-02
SAME OLD HARRANCUE BY
SOME SEEKERS FOR
OFFICE
SOME SHOWED PEP
The Candidates Spoke at the Mill
Village At Night, All Except
Mullally }.
Special to The Intelligencer:

Speclai 10 Ihe lntellfgcncer:
Bennettsville. July III. a. Sum-
merset. candidate for Comptroller
General. denied today that lie was
present at the alleged *; chamber"
proceedings at the state asylum. This
was In reply to the statement
made by Mr.. Jennings at Chester yes
| terday that MIR. Summerset was pres
ent when II was planned to ask for
the resignation of DR.. Saunders
MIR. A. g. Brice candidate for attor-
ney general. announced that he would
vote against Blease for. the United
States Senate. He characterized Al
torney General Peoples record as one
OF "masterful inactivity.r Mr. Brice
was we'll received.
Mullally. candidateS for governor.
made another period speech.
The negro question was discussed
at length by Charles Carroll Sims of
Barnwell. gubernatorlal aspirant,
who said the negroes are today as
| AZ great a problem as In 1876. He
charged that the recent revision of the
primary rules effected the poor white
people" OF this state as the eight bal
, , lot box law did the negroeB-"disfran-
| chized them AS
John. G. Clinkscales made 1t plain
. that he Is not an advocate OF state
wide prohibition, stating that while
| he Is opposed to the sale OF liquor he
considers the present llsuor laws suf-
| fictently stringent in rigidly enforced,
which he promised to,,do II elected :
Clinkscales wsA, gwen an ovation, aniii
devoted the PRINCIPAL part. Of his
speech to advocacy OF 1ggf Compulsory
education. >.,s.<,.1-- sr'ry Is, ~.
The newspapers. were lauded BY
| Mendel l.. Smith. speaker OF the house
OF representatives seeking the gover-
norship, who asserted that he had re.
ceived OF the press all ne deserved.
, and that he expected Il 10 prove q
, great asset to his expected adminis-
! tration. He told several years ago he
strongly opposed compulsory educa-
tton. but after an investigation was
convinced It was necessary. He urged
local optional laws of this nature.
Race track gambling was character
ized az 9 great evil by Charles A.
Smith lieutenant governor In the
| race for governor, who was loudly ap-
plauded when lie made feeling plea
| for respect for the law.
The proposed national rural credit
| law was endorsed by Robt A. Cooper
OF Laurens. who urged the: people of
, this state to enact such law He
declared he wanted to see the South
Caroiii!ans become home builders and
home owners. % e'
Crittcising Clinkscales for limiting
his appeal yeste rday to the small cot
, ton mill stockholders. William G. Irby
! candidate for governor, denounced the
Parker cotton mill merger and asked
, assistance OF the people 10 fight the
financial aristrocracy" OF the north.
Richard I. Manning, declared that
| Clemson college of which he is q trus.
tee, Is planning to send throughout
the State expert farm demonstrators
TO personally teach modern agricul-
tural methods. He again appealed for
law and order and administration of
law.
Il am opposed to spending more
| money for the education OF the ne
groes until the white children Of this
! state have been given the needed op-
portunities by proper development of
| the common school system" declared
John G. Richards, candidate for gov.
ernor. Richards opposed compulsory
| education.
county attended the meeting, and
we're undemonstrative. {Csl1nkscales
was accorded the most enthusiastic
reception. NJ L. Smith and Manning
! we'll received.
Candidates for minor offices made
. their usual addresses. They dsclailn
any desire to inject personalities into
| their campaigns. 81,
The candidates tonight address the
mill operatives here with the exce2-
! tiOn Of Mullnlly, WEO stated he WOulN
| speak two hours tonight at the court