The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-16

mas biennial ',.ircus opens on Wed
ncrday and will give continual per-
fOrihlnccs until August 10Th. Every
tnuiity In tic ;stntclwill t:c visited. and
OH each day .Ecrc will be a perform
ance at one Of the A county sr1.s
the route having been mapped out by
tho State I,cihocratIc Executive "nn,-
initt"e.
There will BE- two ";!ngs" D. the
"tircug" Nag year. one made up of
cnl:JidatcS or United States scnr:or
and TIE other ut the candidate for gov
ernOr and other State Offices 1'..a
idttcr IL 80 crowded that there Will
m little tine given for the .nd.,'U Iai
actors TO perform. About all they will
have time to do will be to make their
how and retire.
The race for United States senator
Is attracting the major share OF inter
est. United States Senator Il. d. Smith
who defeated some half dozen candi-
cafes six years ago is asking for re-
election. Against him Governor Cole
T.'8'ctse, Just completing second term
iI thr ficc OF chief executive. has
pitted his strength. and is askin.. tic
votes to retire Senator Smith and place
the toga on his shoulders.
1t was thnnGht for long time that
these doughty warriors world have
the arena to themselves and .,',cady
talk had begun OF "Smith people" and
"Blease people" but Mr.. w. r. Pollock
OF Cheraw rudcly shattered all calcu-
lations when he SHE'D his hat into tho
ring and announced that he Ia runnin;;
for United States senator. J.l;,n the
other two lentrants, Mr.. Pol:ock Is
q fighter AMI fierce dcbatoc. pressing
| rcd hot triangular contcs. for tho
s. natc this spnrGer. 'i'@,sh
It Is .!e general expectation that
Governor Hlease will launch a terrific
attnck nL s'ch3tor Smith,, this h,iog!
gathered largely from the canrni.,:
%aEed by the governor agains' Judge
lrn b. Jones :wc years ago. Wh"th.r,
Senator Sniti, Will be ar 70 rrptl.
tie attarksaticf axsault the public rcc- :.
or of the Governor Is ;.,:r sion mo-:
rgituting South Carolina. Mr.. pu':rc:.
will undoul,t ely romp on both ur his
olrpon6iits IND the general '.dta. Of tn.
contest is summoned up In an express
sion heard every day 'the fur viii
fly"
|. The State campaign ring Is crowded
With actors. There will be at least
dozen candidates >for governor, three
for Lieutenant Governor, two for
comptfofiefI general, six for railroad
commissioner. two for attorney gcner-
ai.t three for adtutant general. ana ccr-
tainly one each for state treasurer;
uperintende lent ts0fseducation, commis,
-sioner-ef -AErioultnra and, secretary-6f
State. There may be more but COM;
servative estimate places the entries.
In the state campaign ring at least.
~ and ros3ihly so. A average Of tor,
minutes each would take up three
ef0urs for tho candidates to speak and.
longer than that.
time than the others and some Of the
othor Office seekers VIII jIBt get time
enough to announce thcir names, giYe
the Office they ARD sttkfng. anil :.ankl
tho voters, In nGYanoe. for their eup-
port. and then sit down.
"h.!c there has boan genera! idea
tint ttha race for. Governor wou!a ba
an "AlphOnsc-G CASTOR" affair. r..cnnt
straws show TINT ithis ring" like all
others that have performed In South
Carolina will-warm up, Several OF the
would he governors are already
champing at thn bit anu any little
abrasion will STAR the confederation.
LAY on -MacDnff," willl.likely he the
1not'U OF shts campaign as In the SEN
atortH' ring for that Is what the aver
nEe South Carolinian demands The
4uici. easy gJinr fellow attracts IT.
tie sttention. The audience want ! he
sh,t stuff" ari theshotter 1t is tiis bet
Ia they like It
Claims" of victories. are already be-
ing made. Governor Blenso thinks no
will defeat Senator Smith by $4,000
votes and say 30. Mr.. Pollock.s en-,
trance he figures does not Interfere
with Ills, following but Pollock's votes,
wtll't onie of Smith: fsehator smith
has stated that he wifi be reeia~:.,d by
,5.pUn majority. His friends say Pol
ioch'A>N votes :,yillt not cons sY,tt Smith; Z