Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-07-01
BELTON PROUD OF HER MAN.
John A. Horton in Race for Congress,
Third District.
(Belton Journal, June 49,

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date. For some time it has been ru-
mored that Bolton had a citizen with 4
Congressional aspirations, and was
considering the matter Of Offering for Il
the position of Representative from
the Third Congressional District. Ali
rumors are now at an end and John
Horton is in the race to stay and,
his friends say, to win. 1T is believed
that he will poll a large vote in An
derson county, and this is the larg-
est voting county in the district.
Coupled with the large vote he will
carry in the other counties, his sup
porters and friends in this county
see nothing in the way of Ander-
sons having a Representative in Con-
gress.
join Aiken Horton, III candidate
for Congress, was born in August,
1874, on his fathers farm near Bel
ton. AS a small boy he attended
school here in Bolton, having to walk
the distance of -four miles twice each
day. He was determined to have an
education, and never stood back on
ccoun of wine and weather, but was
always present and always led his
classes. From here he went to the
Patrick Military Institute in Ander-
SON, teaching school there the sum-
mer months to pay his tuition. He
was graduated from this insti-
tuition in 1895. He then went into
the grocery business on a small scale,
but soon his business had grown to
be IL of the largest in Bolton.
In 1908 he organized the Farm
ers' Bank of Bolton with a capital
stock of $4,000. He met with a
great deal Of opposition in his zen
ture, especially by Hon. A. G. Lati-
mer, but when this gentleman saw
how determined Mr.. Horton was to
succeed, he withdrew his objections,
and was one of his biggest stock
Understanding how much conf
dence he had in Mr.. Horton. The
bank has grown to a surplus of ST.
600 under his able management. He
did all of the work himself for seve-
raj years, but now he and his cash
Ter are both taxed to keep up with it.
He was mayor Of Bolton for three
terms, retiring each time on ccount
OF business. 1t was during his ad-
miristratione that lawlnssnese was
practically wiped Nut of Hl,or. His
fearless ADMINISTRATION diI honor 10
him, accomplished TIE end he was
striving Tor -a 'l"o-ahiGiua g wcl
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merciful where circumstances war
ranted it and did his duty as an
honest man should.
Mr.. Horton was married in June,
1910, to Miss Emma Tate, one of Ell
berton's (Ga:) most attractive young
ladies. Socially they are one of the
most popular couples in Bolton, and
as a business man Mr.. Horton is hon
ored as highly as any man in Ander-
son county, because he has succeed
ed at everything he has ever under
taken, because his character is clean
and honorable, because he can al
ways be depended on to be at his
post and because he will do what is
right while he is there.
This Is the kind of a man Bolton
is offering to this district as a can
didate for their Representative, and
surely that is the kind of a man
every good, honest voter in his dis
trict wants to represent him in our
Congress.
If you vote for Mr.. Horton you can
feel safe that when a roll Is called in
Congress he will be present TO an
swer to his name and to have lou
interests truly at heart. Born of
farmer parents, brought uD a farmer
boy and thrown in close contact with
farmers, all Of his life, he knows the .
farmers needs-not the theories, bat
their actual needs.
Living for years in a mill town.
he also knows their needs and being
a banker, he knows their needs and
is ready to work for them all to the
very best of his ability, as he has al
way done in everything he under
took to do. :
Bolton is proud Of John Aiken
Horton and predicts great things for
him in the future.
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